Danganronpa: What Happens Next (V3 Postgame AU???)

Chapter 9: Tell me

Back at the apartment.

Shuichi's POV

We've just arrived back home exhausted and relieved at the same time. We were able to meet Mizuno's creator who was also Kokichi's sister- well... that can also mean that Mizuno is Kokichi's sister as well but is an AI.

"I'm going to use the bathroom first," Maki said and went to her bedroom to get her towel and clothes "Nyeh, I wanna rest... I need to higher my MP especially since we're going to investigate some things," Himiko said and went to her bedroom. "Okay! I'll be visiting my Uncle, you guys call me when it's dinner time!" I said as I made my way to the door. "Okay!" I hear both Himiko and Maki say and went outside.

A few moments later

I stood there in front of my Uncle's door as I quickly pressed the doorbell "Coming!" I hear him call as the doorknob tilted and the door opened. "Ey! Shuuchi what's up?" His face lit up when he saw me "Come in, come in!" He grabbed me by the arm and gently dragged me inside his house.

"So what's up kiddo?" He asked me "Do you need anything?" He added while doing through the Kitchen's cabinets "Just tea please," I simply answered while he nodded in response. "Go on take a seat," he looked at me in which I nodded back.

"Uhmm so Uncle... I have something to ask you," I said and took a seat by the dinner table "Yes, go on," he said and gave me the tea then sat with me with his arms crossed. "Well uh... this may come as a shock to you but..." I looked directly at his eyes and gulped.

"What... Happened to me before the killing game started?" I asked sweat dripping down my face. I saw him frown at my question "Why do you want to know?" He asked. "I just wanna know... I don't seem to remember anything that happened on that day," I replied and took a sip from my tea.

"It was... horrible," he sighed and placed his arms on the table "Just tell me what happened Uncle," I said sipping some more from my tea. "Okay... it happened when we were just about to get home," he sighed and took a deep breath "And while we were walking down a street a white van suddenly stopped by us," he said while taking a sip from his glass of water.

"And then what happened," I asked him "Some men all dressed in black came out from the van and tried to take you away from me, and when they successfully did they drove away with you, a screaming mess and I chased them," he stated "Just you running?" My eyes widened while he nodded.

"The van's destination was pretty far and I had to run with my feet but then I fainted," he sighed and held his on his hand "The next thing I knew I was waken up by some people and I screamed while telling them 'they took my nephew' they were all kind and comforted me for a while and let me cry," he added.

"Wow, do you still remember where the van was heading?" I asked him again "Why do you want to know anyways kiddo?" Now he was the one asking "Uhmm actually... Just today I met uh... the three of us met someone who was a relative of one of the participants in the killing game that we were im and she's holding an investigation," I exclaimed.

"Wait... So when Mizuno called you-" my uncle stopped and as what I assume a thought came to him "Was she... needing your help as well?" My uncle added and I nodded.

"She told us that it might be possible that the people who died in the killing game are still alive that's why they're trying to investigate and Mizuno told me that if they let this out to the public, there might be a chance that the ones who kidnapped us might go further into hiding aling with the others," I explained at my Uncle as he processed everything I said.

"So that's the case... Whose relative did you met?" He asked again "Kokichi Oma's" I replied "That kid?! Wow... wasn't expecting that... An Oma," he widened his eyes and smiled "They really are unstoppable huh," I hear him say which caused me to get curious.

"Uncle, what do you mean by unstoppable?" I took a last sip from my tea "I'll tell you in another time but for now, I'll tell you where the van was heading when I tried to chase it down," he said and stood up.

"The went east from here and went to the hills and that was it," he answered and smiled "I hope this helps you kids," he said and patted my head "Yeah, it does," I replied and just a second pass I felt my phone vibrate.

I pulled out my phone and looked at the notification that seemed to be a text from Maki.

Maki: Shuichi, dinner's ready.

I smiled and immediately replied:

Alright, I'll be there

"I'll be going now Uncle," I said as I hugged him and bid goodbye "Good luck with your investigation kiddos," he smiled and went to his usual routine... Watching TV.

I immediately brisk walked towards the apartment ready to tell Maki and Himiko about the information I got from my uncle. It was just a simple detail but it might work.

Meanwhile at Oma residence

No one's POV

Katsumi was busy surfing around her computer to find somo files "Hmmm... not, not, not.... nooott!" She growled while scrolling down the files, she had just finished her work and is now doing another one but this time it isn't related to her regular work.

"Pictures, Musics, aha! Voice records!" Her voice echoed throughout her room, she may have an expressionless face but her voice is always filled with emotions. Katsumi opened the folder and through some more categorized files and one of them was labeled "Tsumugi Shirogane".

With quick fingers typing through the search bar and feeling the soft roller' surface, she took her headset leaving one ear uncovered just in case someone calls and began listening to the voice recordings.

File 1:
Tsumugi's Father: Hey honey look! Tsu tsu's in the show!
[Footsteps]
Tsumugi's Mother: [laughter] Go sweetie do your best!

No... this isn't it what I'm looking for.

File 2:
Tsumugi's Mother: Oh dear! That Amami boy died!
Tsumugi's Father: Well who could it be? [Chuckles]

Still not it...

File 3:
Tsumugi's Mother: It's starting to get lonely without Tsu Tsu around...
Tsumugi's Father: Aw don't worry honey I'm sure by the end of this show Tsu Tsu will be fine.

No...

After many times of checking and scrolling Katsumi didn't seem to find any of the voice recordings to be helpful. Still, Katsumi kept on scrolling and scrolling through the files and played one of them.

File 23:
Tsumugi's Mother: [Sighs] it's been a while since Tsumugi came back.
Tsumugi's Father: I agree, they said they would her let go by now.

"Wait what?!" Katsumi's eyes widened and adjusted the volume.

Tsumugi's Mother: [Gasps] You think something happened to her?
Tsumugi's Father: No way! [Panicking] They said they would let her home by now!
Tsumugi's Mother: But what if they-
Tsumugi's Father: That's impossible there's no way they would do to Tsu Tsu the same thing they did to those kids!

"What the- did to those kids? That means-" Katsumi panicked and went to the other files "I wanna know what happened to them, are they alive?!" Katsumi whispered to herself.

File 24:
Tsumugi's Mother: Is there a chance she's still alive?
Tsumugi's Father: I think so there must be a way, I need to know.
Tsumugi's Mother: Be careful honey-
[Door slams]

"So there's a chance they know! Whoo! it's only been a day and I'm already making progress!" Katsumi's eyes widened. It's really unbelievable how someone whose face barely shows any emotions could even sound and act like they have one.

"Кацуми, Киоши, Мидзуно ужин готов!" Katsumi's mom called from downstairs. Katsumi immediately placed her headphones down and stood up from her chair "Ага, скоро мама!" She replied and went out of her room grabbing a tablet (That had Mizuno sleeping in it) and Kyoshi following her downstairs.

Translation:

Katsumi's mother: Katsumi, Kyoshi, Mizuno dinner's ready

Katsumi: Yeah, coming mother!

(I'm sorry if it's inaccurate, I'm using Google Translate)