Danganronpa: Despair please

Part 2

Akira Ekashi, distorted, beyond recognition. He lay on the ground, motionless, his dirty lab coat tied around his neck, tight. He was covered in a thick layer of bright pink blood that directed us towards the stage, in which a sharp, blood covered pair of scissors lay. Awwwww.... He was the only one I sort of liked...

"Time for... Investigation! After a certain amount of time, a class trial will start for you to work out who is Akira Ekashi's killer! Also... here's some basic information on the death..." A familiar voice rang through the gym, as Monokuma handed us all a file which read;

The victim was Akira Ekashi, the cause of death was strangulation and the time of death was 3:37am.

Well, it doesn't say much, but it's a start...

I should probably start with investigating the corpse...

I carefully leant down to examine Kashi's lifeless body... I can't believe he's dead... And I can't believe that somebody would kill him! Anyways, I saw that Kashi had a stab wound in his stomach, probably from the scissors, but it said the cause of death was strangulation so the scissors can't have been the murder weapon. Considering his lab coat was tied around his neck, I think I can safely assume that was how the killer killed him...

I also noticed that his lab coat was soaking wet, I'm not sure what in... So I called over the closest person to me. "Kurite!!" I yelled.

"Hm?" Kurite came running up to me.

"What does his lab coat smell like?" I asked, realizing that would sound weird out of context.

"Uhh..." Kurite leant down and took a deep sniff of Kashi's lab coat. "Oh that's... that's definitely gasoline..."

I took note of that, and continued investigating. I followed the trail of blood on the ground to the knife. The blood had a small but noticeable grey piece of cotton material in it, from a piece of clothing, no doubt the killers. There were also heavy scratch markings on the floor of the stage. I think what happened is that Kashi was on the stage for whatever reason, the killer stabbed him and dragged his body to where it currently lays and Kashi, wanting to live, struggled and tried to grab onto whatever he could, but ultimately failed and the killer strangled him... But how would Kashi just let himself be strangled? It would take a while, and why was Kashi in the gym at that time? He isn't the type of person to go out at that time... None of this makes sense...

I think I should check Kashi's room. He might have something in there... I quickly rushed to the door with Kashi's name printed on it and heaved it open. His room was neat, obviously, he was the type of person to keep everything clean and organized. But there was one thing odd... A note on his bed. It read;

Kashi, I think I found an escape route! Meet me in the gym at 3:30am! Don't tell anyone else, you are the only one I trust with this...

Huh... The killer must have written this... So this is why Kashi went to the gym, but why did Kashi trust them...? I definitely remember him saying I was the only one he trusted... Suddenly, Seki came in. To investigate, no doubt. She was staring at the piece of paper I was holding. I didn't know why, she couldn't even see what was written on the front.

"Umm... Hiroshi... flip over the page..." Seki said shakily.

So I did as she wanted. And on the back, it said;

From Aruni

So that's why Kashi trusted the killer...

"I... didn't write this!" I yelled.

"Okay... If you say so..." Seki said, leaving and closing the door.

I got the feeling she didn't believe me and that nobody else would either... I stuffed the note in my pocket and exited the room. Next, I needed to ask some people stuff and get alibis-