Final Danganronpa 4: Another Despair

Chapter 0 - Re:Ultimate Revival

At the building surrounded by the Kisaragi Foundation...

Keisuke Iranami: "....."

Ryutaro Maki: "It's late, everyone. How long do you think it will take? Keisuke?

Keisuke Iranami: "...well, all we can do is just wait."

Ryutaro Maki: "....."

Slowly, footsteps began to echo from down the hall.

Keisuke Iranami: "...What? Footsteps?"

Kisaragi Foundation Crew: "Keisuke, someone is getting up from the capsule and coming over here!"

Ryutaro Maki: "Ah! Will everyone be back?!"

Keisuke Iranami: ".....wait a minute. No way... That person is..."

There were shouted orders, explosions, screams, and the like...then it was all over. By the power of Divine Luck, all of them lay dead in front of me.

Mikado Sannoji: "They didn't even put up much of a fight...how pitiful."

I walked over to the blue-haired guard's corpse, the one they called 'Keisuke'. He seemed to be in charge, so he would most likely have any items that would be valuable to me. I searched his body and took a ring of keys and a couple of imperishable food snacks. They would surely be helpful in the future. Suddenly, a problem came to mind.

Mikado Sannoji: "That pesky Kisaragi Foundation will probably send backup to the laboratory. I have to get out of here."

I looked down at my body, feeling a chill pass through the air. The body that used to be Akane Taira's was barefoot and clad in only a tattered grey dress. From what I've seen from behind a computer screen, being dressed like this in this world will get me hurt, even with the power of Fortune.

Mikado Sannoji: "Hm, I'm probably gonna need to get some clothes. But the only ones that will fit this body are..."

That's right, a group of people who vary in sizes and have plenty of apocalypse-appropriate clothing...I'll have to return to the capsules.

Mikado Sannoji: "Ah, I'm going to feel disgusting, taking clothes of corpses. Oh well, it really can't be helped. Besides, should I be relying too much on my Divine Luck when I haven't fully mastered it yet...? Wait, why am I rambling out loud?"

I went back over to the capsules, going over to the people who are around Akane Taira's age and size...the Children of Utsuro. I walked over to the capsule of the biggest nuisance of them, Nikei Yomiuri. His jacket...it looked like it could protect me from the elements. I'm not taking the hat though, I don't want to look like a moron. I opened his capsule and got to work taking his coat off his body. Unsurprisingly, it was harder than it looked.

Mikado Sannoji: "Jesus! You're just as stubborn in death as you were in life! When will you just give up?!"

Eventually, I got the stupid jacket off of his body and tried it on. To my surprise...which it really shouldn't have been...it fit perfectly. I turned to Nikei's body and blew a raspberry.

Mikado Sannoji: "Looks like the final victory is mine! Suck it, Mr. Yomiuri!"

Stepping away from my former teammate's capsule, I went over to Emma's and opened it up. My eyes darted all over her body in search of anything I could use. I wouldn't need her fur coat since I had Nikei's jacket...

Mikado Sannoji: "Oh! Her boots! They must be really good at protecting one's feet!"

With much less difficulty than the previous body, I took her boots off and tried them on. They were a bit high, going up to my knees, but I could fit into them easily...thankfully.

Mikado Sannoji: "Phew! Now I can survive the elements!"

I reached up a hand to rub my temple, but my hand ran over the right side of my face. It stopped suddenly, feeling something abnormal. Curious of this, I tried to touch the higher part of my cheek...

Mikado Sannoji: "Ow! Shit!"

...And poked myself in the eye. Wait, if my right eye was larger than my left, it probably meant that I still have a few physical traits carried over from the program.

Mikado Sannoji: "I'm gonna need to cover this up. No one can ever know."

And I knew just what to steal next. I walked over to Hajime's capsule, opening it up and going straight for the bandages on one of his hands. I carefully unwound the bandages, making sure not to tear or stretch them as I took them off his hands, pardon the pun. Once I had removed them, I eventually had them wrapped securely around my right eye, though this process took trial and error.

Mikado Sannoji: "...Alright, NOW I should get the hell out of here."

I didn't bother putting the pod covers back onto the bodies before I quickly left the heart of the laboratory. I stepped past all the bodies and passed the winding corridors my mother liked.

Soon, I was at the door. Taking out the ring of keys, I searched through them until I found the one that would unlock the door. When I opened it, all I could do was take a step back and stare in amazement.

Once I stepped out of the lab, it would be over. All the kidnappings, all the killings, all the despair I faced and caused...it would all be over. Those humans tried to stop me, even my own teammates, but in the end...

Mikado Sannoji: "...I won."

That's right, I won. Though I might not be truly living, I finally became a part of reality. I finally became human. I...became Master Utsuro. And through that door...my future can finally begin.

But as I was about to take my first step into the real world...

Mikado Sannoji: "Mmph?!"

Strong arms grabbed me from behind, pulled me back, and a cloth was put over my nose and mouth. It smelled strongly of medicine. As I panicked, my mind became blank. Screaming muffled curses, I tried to get out of my attacker's hold. However, the longer the cloth stayed on my face, the more dizzy I became.

Mikado Sannoji: "Mmn...nnrgh...hmm..."

In the depths of my frenzied fear, I noticed that my limbs became heavier and my head became warmer and full of static. Slowly but surely, I felt myself succumb to whatever was in that cloth. But as I closed my eyes and sank into unconsciousness, one thing still eluded me...

...If I had killed or trapped everyone, then who was my attacker?

Chapter 0 - Re:Ultimate Revival - End

Remaining Survivors: 2?