(See the end of the chapter for more notes .)

Well, you're gonna find out in about two lines, so...

So, I wonder if you guessed the killer! Who could it be?

Why is it that whenever I say, "no updates for a while", I end up delivering one at a reasonable time?

Chapter Text

[OST: Living to the Fullest]

[Select Hideki Fujihara]

Minami: I've figured it all out!

[OST: None]

Fujihara: [Neutral] ...Something up, Minami?

[Nervous smile] You're kinda giving me the evil eye a little, you know?

Minami: [Looking away] Fujihara... this morning, you were the one who escorted me to the morning meeting.

And on top of that, our rooms are in the same hallway - the Green Hallway.

Fujihara: [Serious] ...So?

Minami: [Asking] So why didn't you say anything about the blood?

There's no way you could have missed it. You were the first up, after all.

[Determined] So why didn't you tell us before Chiba screamed?

Hagino: [Hand on chin, frowning] ...Indeed, Fujihara. Why?

Washio: [Reluctantly looking up] Um... didn't Noguchi say that, uh...

Unless you were the blackened... there was, um, no reason not to say anything...?

Fujihara: [Serious] ...Oh, I see how it is. I get it now.

You're accusing me. Is that it?

Minami: [Sweating, playing with hair] ...This isn't easy, Fujihara.

But you should have alerted us to the blood when you didn't.

[Determined] So yes. I am. I'm accusing you of the murder of Yuina Degawa.

Fujihara: ...How disappointing.

I thought you were better than that, Minami.

Muramoto: [Glaring] ...What new devilry are you pulling on us, Mr. Fujihara?

Fujihara: [Hurt] I thought you were my friend! I trusted you, Minami!

[Ashamed, looking away] I even... I even helped you cover this up...

Matsuoka: [Serious] Excuse me? What are you trying to say?

Fujihara: The reason I didn't mention the blood...

[Desperate] I was... helping Minami!

NONSTOP DEBATE!

[OST: Discussion -HEAT UP- (2nd mix)]

Truth Bullets: Broken Glass, Washing Machine, Bloody Towel, Bloodstain on Bed, Bloodstain on Door, Degawa's ElectroID

Fujihara: [Ashamed, looking away] I'm so ashamed at myself... letting Minami use me like that...

Okazaki: [Eyebrow raised] Like, what the hell are you even talking about?

Fujihara: Last night, Minami came to my door, in tears. She...

[Hurt] ...she confessed to killing Degawa...

Tamura: [Surprised] A-are ya fuckin' kiddin' me? We just explained why it couldn't be her!

Fujihara: [Enraged glare] Did I say I was done, Tamura? No? So shut up.

Tamura: [Angry] Ya can't fuckin' talk ta me like that! Bring it, fucker!

Hagino: [Serious] Enough, Tamura. We need to let him finish.

Fujihara: ...Thank you.

[Looking away] As I was saying... Minami confessed. She'd moved Degawa to the Medical Room...

...but it was too late. So she asked me to help cover it up for her.

Chiba: [Exasperatd] This has to be a joke...

Fujihara: [Snarling] I'm not finished!

[Serious] ...We tried to wipe up the blood with something from Degawa's bathroom.

But there was no water, so that failed.

In the end, we just got rid of the evidence that we tried to clean it.

Junpei: [Biting thumbnail] Th-the towel in the Laundry Room...

Fujihara: [Desperate] We even hid it in a different machine to Minami's.

[Ashamed, looking away] All just so that we could throw you off...

Minami... I'm so sorry to have done this to you...

[Serious] ...but my life trumps yours!

Minami: [Betrayed] ...Fujihara... I can't imagine what you're thinking right now...

[Angry] But I can't let you slander me! I can't let you get away with your crime!

For all of us... I have to prove you wrong!

Answer: E2, S9

Minami: You've got that wrong!

[OST: Class Trial Dawn Edition]

Minami: [Serious] Fujihara... You're lying.

Fujihara: [Serious] Of course you'd say that, Minami. My story proves you killed Degawa.

[Smiling spitefully] You could just give in gracefully, you know. Drop this whole act and know when you've lost...

Takanashi: [Fixing glasses, inquisitive] How do you know he's lying, Minami?

[Biting brush] ...If that's not too much to ask.

Minami: So, using a different washing machine to mine was how we covered it up, huh?

Fujihara: I'm sorry... but yes, Minami. We both know that's the truth.

Minami: [Smiling confidently] Then we're both stupid. After all...

...we'd already covered it up one way, why do it again?

Akutagawa: [Arms folded] Classmate Minami! I'm afraid I don't understand! Please explain!

Minami: [Asking] Junpei... do you remember what was odd about the washing machines?

Junpei: [Startled] H-huh? W-well... there was the t-towel in one of them...

Minami: [Frowning] Not the contents, Junpei...

[Smiling confidently] ...the machines themselves.

Noguchi: [Arms folded, narrowed eyes] What are you driving at, Minami?

Minami: [Explaining] Remember how, in order to use a washing machine, you have to scan your ElectroID?

Okazaki: [Grinning] Like, I discovered that, yeah!

Minami: Well, Degawa's ElectroID was scanned into every machine in the Laundry Room.

Matsuoka: [Eyes closed, in thought] I see. A way to hide which one was actually used by the killer, huh?

Fujihara: [Sweating] ...So we did that too, what's your point?

Minami: [Asking] My point is, why do both?

Fujihara: What do you mean, "why do both"?

[OST: Class Trial Solar Edition]

Chiba: [Bored] I see where you're going with this, Minami. Let me take it.

[Hand on chin in thought] If you two scanned Degawa's ElectroID into every machine, so you could try and hide which one you used...

...there'd be no point in putting the towel in a different one to Minami's, would there?

[Bored] Which means you're lying.

Fujihara: [Surprised] ...! You...

Hagino: [Gentle smile] Impressive, Chiba. I'm thrilled about how you managed that.

Chiba: [Smiling half-heartedly]It was nothing, really...

Minami: [Annoyed] It was my idea! He was just the one who said it out loud!

Urayama: [Arms folded, serious] So, Fujihara... what's the explanation for this one?

Tamura: [Cracking knuckles] Ya better have a good excuse, buddy!

[OST: None]

Fujihara: [Desperate] ...

[Smiling spitefully] ...A good excuse? I don't need a good excuse.

Washio: [Confused, wringing hands] Um... what do you, uh... mean, Fujihara?

Fujihara: I could give you the weakest excuse in history, and you'd all lap it up.

[OST: Class Trial Turbulent Edition]

Fujihara: [Gesturing angrily] You... you stupid morons!

Mai: [Mock anger] Hira! You take that back!

Fujihara: [Pointing furiously] Shut up! Just shut up with your stupid nicknames and your bullshit chirpiness!

Okazaki: [Nervous] L-like, what's wrong, Fujihara?

Fujihara: [Smiling spitefully] "What's wrong"? You have the damn audacity to ask ME that?

[Snarling] You're all just jealous, aren't you? That's what all this is about!

Urayama: [Deadpan] You can't be serious.

Hagino: [Frowning] Fujihara, nobody's jealous of you.

Fujihara: [Snarling] I can see it in your eyes!

"There goes Hideki Fujihara! I wish I was as gifted as him!"

[Angrily gesturing] Who are you gonna trust on this: one of the most successful and acclaimed directors in history...

[Pointing furiously] ...or a nobody who won't even tell us what her talent is?

Muramoto: [Glaring] ...Choose your next words very carefully.

Fujihara: [Snarling] How about these ones, then?

Since you're all such goddamn geniuses, clearly on my level...

[Pointing furiously] ...then answer this!

NONSTOP DEBATE!

[OST: Discussion -HEAT UP- (2nd mix)]

Truth Bullets: Degawa's ElectroID, Bloodstain on Bed, Chiba's Testimony, Antiseptic, Bloodstain on Counter, Handwritten Note

Fujihara: [Snarling] If you're all so goddamn gifted, then answer this!

[Pointing furiously] Degawa's ElectroID! What was it doing in the washing machine?

Hagino: [Serious] I'm afraid I don't follow, Fujihara. Please explain.

Fujihara: [Gesturing angrily] Let's say, just as a hypothetical, I wanted to hide something.

First of all, why would I hide it in Degawa's room? Why wouldn't I just hide it in my own room?

Urayama: [Tapping arm, in thought] ...Hmm...

Fujihara: [Grinning spitefully] Oh, but I'm not done yet!

[Snarling] If I wanted to get rid of Degawa's ElectroID, I'd just dump it in the Incinerator!

That way, nobody would ever find it!

Takanashi: [Biting brush] I... guess...

Fujihara: Which brings me to my final point!

[Pointing furiously] Why the hell would I leave Degawa's ElectroID in the washing machine?

And why that one in particular, for that matter?

Chiba: [Sighing] ...I've got nothing...

Minami: [Thinking] Fujihara's got to have made a mistake of some kind!

I just have to find it...

[Betrayed] ...even if I don't want to keep accusing him...

[Determined] This is the only choice I have!

Answer: E3, S3

Minami: You've got that wrong!

[OST: Class Trial Dawn Edition]

Fujihara: [Snarling] What is it now, Minami? Trying to backstab me again?

Minami: [Determined] No, Fujihara. Trying to show the truth.

There's no way that you could have used the Incinerator.

Fujihara: [Smiling spitefully] Really? Enlighten me, then.

Minami: [Asking] Chiba... has the Incinerator been used recently?

Chiba: Definitely not.

Fujihara: [Snarling] And why the hell is his opinion worth more than mine?

Junpei: [Eyes widened in realisation] Y-you need Chiba's ElectroID, don't you?

Noguchi: [Smirk] Ah, yes. That's right. The clown's card.

Matsuoka: [Smiling confidently] And you can guarantee that you didn't use your ElectroID last night, Chiba?

Chiba: [Shrugging] I can, yes.

Fujihara: [Desperate] N-no...

[OST: Class Trial Turbulent Edition]

Fujihara: [Gesturing angrily] This... this isn't fair! I'm one of the best directors in the world! He's just a clown!

How dare you trust him over me!

Minami: [Betrayed] ...Fujihara, I'm sorry...

...But we all know it was you.

Fujihara: [Snarling] ...No! I... I'm not done!

Muramoto: [Eyes closed] For all our sakes, accept defeat graciously.

Fujihara: N-no! I will never give in!

[Pointing furiously] You haven't answered my other questions!

Okazaki: [Head tilted in thought] Like... you mean, why Degawa's ElectroID is, like, in the washing machine?

Mai: [Gasping] Hira's got a point!

I don't know why anyone would try and do that! It's super weird!

Fujihara: [Smiling spitefully] See? So there's no reason to suspect me!

Noguchi: [Smirk] ...Apart from literally every other reason?

Minami: [Thinking] ...I know there has to be a reason to toss Degawa's ElectroID in the wash!

It's right on the tip of my tongue! I just have to think a little harder!

HANGMAN'S GAMBIT!

[OST: ANAGRAM.NET]

Why would Fujihara throw Degawa's ElectroID in the washing machine?

K T E R A O T I B

Answer: TO BREAK IT

Minami: Everything's falling into place!

[OST: Class Trial Dawn Edition]

Minami: [Serious] I can think of a pretty big reason you'd leave an ElectroID there, Fujihara.

Fujihara: [Snarling] I highly doubt it.

Minami: [Pointing] Monokuma! I need to ask you something!

[OST: Mr. Monokuma's Lesson]

Monokuma: Eh? What's new, pussycat?

You know, I'm not allowed to give you bastards any help in this!

I must remain a fair and impartial judge, after all!

Tamura: [Worried, grimacing] Minami, the fuck're ya askin' teddy for?

Fujihara: [Smiling spitefully] Maybe it's just her true colours!

Urayama: [Eyes narrowed] Seriously, Fujihara, shut up.

Minami: [Asking] What would it take to break one of these ElectroIDs?

Monokuma: ...I can't tell you!

Okazaki: [Pouting] Like, why the hell not?

Monokuma: Soon as I do, you'll all start breaking them!

There aren't any replacements, you know!

Minami: [Thinking] Well, can you tell me what won't break them, then?

For example, are they waterproof?

Monokuma: ...Oh, fine, I guess I have to... Stupid brats, can't do it yourselves...

Yes, the ElectroID is completely waterproof.

Minami: [Smiling sweetly] Thank you very much, Monokuma.

Monokuma: Eh, just shut up and stop feeling gratitude towards me...

[OST: Class Trial Solar Edition]

Hagino: [Smiling gently] So... you believe that Fujihara was trying to destroy the ElectroID?

Minami: [Smiling confidently] Right.

Akutagawa: [Posing] I see the reason now!

Fujihara, as with all of us, had no knowledge of the proceedings following a murder!

[Pointing passionately] As such, he decided the best course of action would be to completely lock off the crime scene!

Fujihara: [Covering ears, eyes screwed shut] Shut up shut up shut up!

Matsuoka: [Hand on chin, in thought] So he threw the ElectroID in the washing machine. But why that one in particular?

Mai: [Waving arm in the air] Ooh! I got this! I got this!

[Excited] The machine Yuiwa's ElectroID was in...

[Cheerful] ...it's closest to the door!

Noguchi: [Smirk] So... sealing the crime scene was something done as a last-minute thought.

Takanashi: [Smiling shyly] I think... we're almost at an end...

[OST: Class Trial Turbulent Edition]

Fujihara: [Screaming] JUST SHUT UP!

[Snarling] You goddamn mouth-breathing morons! Do you have any idea what you're doing?

[Desperate] I... I still have one question you haven't answered yet!

[Pointing furiously] What the hell did I hide in Degawa's room?

Tamura: [Surprised] Oh, shit, yeah, we still gotta figure that out...

Washio: [Reluctantly looking up, wringing hands] Um... it would be, uh... something important to the crime...

Noguchi: [Fed up] Can't we just guess it and get this over with?

Junpei: [Biting thumbnail] N-no, we have to do this properly...

W-we have to think about this logically...

Minami: [Serious] OK. Give me a sec.

[Thinking] Something Fujihara would try and hide...

I have to piece it together!

LOGIC DIVE!

[OST: DIVE DRIVE]

What type of object would Fujihara try to conceal?

A. Something that incriminates him B. Something about the murder C. Something embarrassing

Why wouldn't Fujihara be able to get rid of it in the same machine as Degawa's ElectroID?

A. Too bloody B. Couldn't move it C. Would break the machine

Therefore, what did Fujihara try to hide?

A. Hammer B. Bloody Towel C. Broken Glass

Answer: BCA

Minami: I've pieced it together!

[OST: Class Trial Solar Edition]

Mai: [Cheerful] Tell us, Hanni! Tell us tell us tell us!

Minami: [Smiling confidently] It's the hammer.

Noguchi: [Stunned] The hammer?

Akutagawa: [Grinning, arms folded] Of course! The hammer!

Tamura: [Hand on chin in thought] So, he wanted ta hide the hammer in Degawa's room?

Minami: [Neutral] Exactly. Think about it.

[Explaining] He couldn't just throw it in the wash - it'd destroy the machine.

Chiba: [Shrugging] What's so bad about that?

Takanashi: [Smiling shyly] Mono-Tower Rule 4.

[Fixing glasses] "Mono-Tower's furnishings are very important!

"The damage of cameras, loudspeakers, monitors and other such devices, whether intentional or not, is strictly prohibited."

Okazaki: [Head tilted] Like, do washing machines count, though?

Matsuoka: [Exasperated] ...Not a clue.

Muramoto: [Arms folded] It matters not. If none of us are aware whether this is the case...

...then I doubt Mr. Fujihara would have taken the risk.

[OST: None]

Fujihara: [Looking down, face darkened] ...

Urayama: [Sneering] Any last words, Fujihara?

Fujihara: ...Heh.

Washio: [Wringing hands] Um... Fujihara?

Fujihara: Heheheh...

Hagino: [Frowning] What's so funny, Fujihara?

[OST: Class Trial Future Edition]

Fujihara: [Cackling wildly] Haaaahahahahahaha!

[Grinning manically] You stupid stupid idiots! You still don't get it!

Junpei: [Terrified] He's... g-gone nuts...!

Fujihara: [Cackling wildly] Nuts? Me, nuts? Hehehahaha! You really are stupid, aren't you? All of you!

[Gesturing, manic grin] You were so, so close, and you blew it right at the end!

Okazaki: [Surprised] Like... is that a confession?

Fujihara: [Snarling] Never! Never never never!

Minami: [Startled] Goddamn, he's really flipped!

Fujihara: [Smiling spitefully] Since you mouth-breathers apparently can't see something so blindingly obvious...

...let me, the greatest director in the world, tell you one thing:

[Grinning manically, arms in the air] YOU JUST PROVED I'M NOT THE KILLER!