Danganronpa: Dead or Alive

🔮Chapter 23: Was It Me? Or Me? Or Possibly Me?🔮

[The next day]

10:30 am

He was missing. Mizuki couldn't find him anywhere. She had been scouring every god forsaken inch of this building. Even outside.

However, she had one last place to check. The library. But once she approached the door, all sounds around her seemed to cut off entirely.

"That's....definitely not natural." She says to herself, pushing through the library door.

Once inside, she looked around. So far, everything looked normal.

But she soon spotted a small red book on the ground. Without giving it much thought, she approached said object and picked it up.

"If this isn't my passport to hell, then i'm gonna be very pissed." The brunette said, laughing at her joke.

She paused and looked around the room before clearing her throat.

"Man, I really need to stop talking to myself." She said to herself.

The comedian glanced over the title of the book. Then she froze.

'Jiro Kinoshita'

Okay. Now this demon had her full attention. She flipped open the book to the first page.

"Jiro Kinoshita
An awkward young man
I took him first
Now follow my plan"

As she read this, she felt a shiver down her spine.

"What the hell did you do to my friend..." she mumbled before continuing to read.

"Each day that passes
I'll take one more
You'll lose the game
When I have all four"

She took a deep breath.

"After I gather them
Our game will be done
You'd better think fast
Or they'll die. One by one..."

After reading the last part, Mizuki narrowed her eyes. A soft, nervous chuckle left her mouth.

"Alright, Dr Seuss. I'll play your little treasure hunt." She mumbled, snapping the book shut.

Taking another deep breath, she turned back towards the library door, but paused when she saw the jagged letters that were etched into the back of it.

'DARK'

"Dark? What the hell?" She mumbled.

-

3:30 pm

"Is everyone here? This is a very very urgent matter!" Monokitty said, frantically pacing back and forth.

Everyone had shown up to the theatre room. Even Gin. But everyone besides Itsuki had taken the initiative to distance themselves from the bodyguard.

"T-that weird d-detective boy isn't h-h-here." Fumi mumbled.

"Yeah, that's kinda what I gathered you all here to tell you about. Now listen up." Mizuki said.

-

After a short explanation, everyone seemed to be on the same track.

"Do you know who took him?" Gin asked.

Mizuki shook her head. "Not a clue. But if we don't do something, who knows which one of us will be next." She said.

"So we just need to search for clues, correct?" Itsuki asked.

The comedian nodded.

"It's best to be in at least groups of maybe two or three to prevent from anyone being picked off in the meantime." Mizuki said.