"Let's begin with a basic explanation of the class trial!" Monokuma began, "You guys will discuss who the culprit, otherwise known as the blackened, who killed Daiki Tsuchida, the ultimate parkourist, is. If you guys guess right, the blackened will receive punishment! If you guess wrong, the blackened will graduate, and everyone else will be punished! Let's begin the class trial!"

"Um, one question," Hikari interrupted, "What's that?"

She pointed to a portrait on Daiki's podium. It was a picture of Daiki's face crossed out with an X.

"I would feel just horrible if he had to miss the class trial, just because he's dead!" Monokuma explained, "This way, he can join the trial!"

Tamao shuddered.

That's not gonna bother me at all...

"Should we actually have the trial?" Tomoyasu sneered, glaring at Tamao.

Eh? Why me?!

"We all know it's a suicide," Tomoyasu continued.

I have to convince them it's a murder!

Nonstop Debate
Start!

Truth Bullets
Slit Neck

"Daiki didn't commit suicide!" Hoizumi snapped.

"How do you know that?" Tomoyasu asked.

"He was literally hanging from his ceiling," Hitoshi added.

"What about the cuts on his wrists?" Hikari asked, tilting her head.

"You don't die immediately from hanging yourself," Ahiru added, "He could've cut his wrist while he was dangling and dropped the knife."

Tomoyasu glared at Tamao again, "Other than that, there are no other injuries."

"No, that's wrong!"

BREAK

Tamao pulled out her monopad, "If you see here, Daiki actually had his neck cut."

Tomoyasu narrowed his eyes at the picture, "You realize I can't see that because we're across from each other."

Monokuma raised a hand? Paw? "I got it!"

A set of three TVs fell down from the ceiling. It was facing all the students at once.

They turned on with the image that Tamao took of Daiki's neck on the screen.

The TVs slowly rose back up.

"Yeah, that. Jeez, it's like none of you even bothered investigating," Tamao stated, crossing her arms and rolling her eyes. She turned her glare to the group, "Oh wait."

"Why couldn't he just cut his neck while he was hanging? You said he could've cut his wrist while hanging, so why not his neck?" Hikari asked.

Mayumi spoke up, "I examined the rope. If he had cut his neck while hanging, the rope would've been damaged, but it wasn't."

Tamao slammed her fists down, "So it's definitely a murder!"

Tomoyasu scoffed, "Fine. So it's a murder. Now what?"

Tamao angrily pouted, glaring at him.

Seriously?! That's all you have to say?!

Nonstop Debate
Start!

Truth Bullets
Blood Stain
Hoizumi's Account

"So let's go over what we know about the case so far," Mayumi started.

"The file thing said he was killed from 9 to 10 last night!" Kazue pitched in.

"He was probably killed by the cut on his neck," Bunta continued, "I mean, you do die immediately when your neck gets cut."

"Other than that," Hikari frowned, "We don't have any other information."

"No, that's wrong!"

BREAK

Tamao pointed to Hoizumi, "Tell them what you know!"

Hoizumi blinked, "What?"

Tamao sighed, "What time did you see him last night?"

Hoizumi nodded, "I saw Daiki last night around 9:10 pm. He told me he was meeting with someone."

Shiori placed a finger to her cheek, tilting her head, "So, it's safe to assume that the person he met with is the culprit."

Tamao nodded.

"Where did they meet up at?" Sadako asked.

Mayumi spoke up, "Nishioka, you know. Just use the evidence."

Select Evidence

Small Note

"That's it!"

"There was a note we found," Tamao explained.

"You're referring to the one where it threatened to kill Shinsato if Tsuchida didn't show up, correct?" Isamu asked.

Tamao nodded, noticing Hoizumi flinching.

"That's a thing?" Chiyo asked, "That's horrible!"

"So he was lured there, then taken to his room, then killed," Katsushi deduced.

Tamao blinked.

Where'd that come from?

"Yeah, that's definitely what happened!" Hikari backed up.

Other people began agreeing.

Tamao wiped her hands on her face.

"I thought it was in the gym," Isamu cut in.

Mayumi nodded, agreeing with him.

Monokuma giggled, "It seems the room is split into two different opinions! Time to introduce our transforming trial grounds!"

A contraption appeared in front of him. Monokuma pulled out a key and pressed it into the mechanism.

Tamao felt her podium lift off the ground and fly into the air. She shrieked and grabbed on tightly, moving further away from the edge.

She wasn't the only one freaked out.

Hikari was kneeling down, crouched to the bottom of her podium, screaming silently.

Other people were also screaming and gripping their podium.

Split Opinion
Scrum Debate

Where did the murder take place?

Katsushi
Hikari
Chiyo
Sadako
Hitoshi
Ahiru

In Daiki's room!

VS

Tamao
Hoizumi
Mayumi
Isamu
Shiori
Kazue

In the gym!

Begin!