Torment and Lies (New Danganronpa V3 x OC)

[17] Make it stop

"Ahem! Now then, let's begin with a basic explanation... Eh, screw it." Monokuma looked down at his feet. "This is tiresome."

"You need more motivation!" Monophaine piped up.

"I do... I really do. Now then, let's start this class trial."

"Before we start," Kokichi spoke up. "I just wanna ask something since there's not a lot of us left... What happens if the votes result in two first places?"

"Huh? You mean, like... a tie? It means they're both the blackened. As long as one of them 'em is correct, it's fine."

"Thaaaanks! Since that's answered, I can start enjoying this life-or-death game now!"

"What game?" Kaito barked. "How long are you gonna keep saying that!?"

"Just ignore Ouma. The rest of us need to work together to find the truth." Himiko said. "Got it!? We can't die here!"

"Oh my! Yumeno has become so determined! It's true. People really do change." Monophaine commented.

"...But now she's lost what made her so unique." Monokuma added.

"That's none of your business!" Himiko shouted back.

"Okay, look. We need to focus on this class trial." Ichika said quickly. "First, we should determine how Micchan was-"

"Momota-chan's the culprit!" Kokichi interrupted.

"What!?" Kaito sweated. "Say that to my face!"

"While we were all still logged in, Momota-chan logged out alone, right? You were able to move freely; doesn't that mean you were able to commit the murder?"

"Don't screw around! There's no way I'm the culprit!"

"Momota-kun is right! There's no way Momota-kun would have killed Iruma-san!" Gonta joined in.

Kokichi looked at his nails, a bored expression on his face. "How long are you people gonna keep saying that? Trusted people can still kill, y'know? We already saw that a buncha times! So many times... since Akamatsu-chan." 

"..." Shuichi stared at Kokichi.

"Not to mention that the supposed traitor had recently decided to come out of hidingggg." Kokichi sung.

"The fact that this murder happened right after that message appeared... It points towards the possibility of the one who murdered Iruma-san being the traitor." Kiibo hummed.

"S-So you think one of us is really a traitor...?" Himiko grumbled. "Of course the robot would say that." She glared at Kiibo from under her hat.

"I-I'm just trying to put forward a possibility!" Kiibo cried.

"Momota-chan logged out first, by himself... Iruma-chan was still logging in though... That's when you poisoned her, right?" Kokichi gasped. "Maybe Momota-chan is the traitor we're looking for!?"

"Screw off! I am not a traitor! I would never stoop to such levels, you liar!" Kaito barked back.

"Iruma-san wasn't killed by poison, and the warning on the label proves it. Drinking the poison would result in subconjunctival hemorrhaging. In other words, your eyes would be bloodshot." Shuichi explained.

"Oh, but Iruma-san's body..." Tsumugi's eyes lit up in realization. "That's right! Her eyes weren't bloodshot! She wasn't killed by poison!"

"Then, what was that poison for?" Kokichi asked.

"It was a diversion that someone intentionally placed, to steer us away from the actual cause of death." Ichika explained.

Himiko placed a finger to her chin. "Then... what was her real cause of death?"