Tamao took a shaky breath.

The four of them in the room were the only people who would be investigating.

Alright, calm down, even if it's only the four of you, you can find enough clues to fucking blow the case right open!

The thought only fueled her anxiety.

Hoizumi was still staring at the body in disbelief.

"Isamu, let's go see if there's any evidence in any other rooms," Mayumi grabbed onto Isamu's shoulder and walked out of the room.

The door closed behind them.

Tamao pulled out her Monopad after hearing a notification alert.

The button labeled Truth Bullets was unlocked.

She tapped it and was taken to a list of evidence.

There was only one piece of evidence so far.

The Monokuma file.

Tamao clicked on it. The screen changed to a file that had information about the case.

Daiki Tsuchida

Cause of Death: ???

Time of Death: Last night at 9 to 10 pm

Body found in Victim's room at 7:30 am

Tamao walked over to Hoizumi, who was checking the file, "Hey. It's not your fa-"

"Yes, it is!" Hoizumi interrupted, staring at the body, as if he stared at the body long enough, it would come back to life.

"How would it be your fault? Unless you killed him, that is." Tamao asked.

"I saw him, before he died." Hoizumi muttered, "I could've stopped the murder if I just stayed with him."

"I should've noticed something was wrong when he didn't want to come over that night," He clenched his fists.

Tamao pat his back, "You couldn't stop his murder, but you can avenge him. Tell me everything about when you last saw him."

Hoizumi glanced off to the side, "I last saw him at around 9:10. He told me that he was going to meet someone and go to bed."

"Did he say who he was going to meet with?" Tamao asked.

"No. I wish he had though."

Truth Bullet Obtained!
Hoizumi's Account

"Thanks," Tamao thanked him, "That's gonna help a lot while trying to solve it."

Hoizumi smiled, although it was small, "I hope so."

Tamao looked up at the body, "I need to untie that rope."

"Untie it?"

"We need to look at the body more throughly." Tamao walked up to the body, staring at the knot, "Unfortunately, I'm too short to reach it."

Hoizumi strolled over and untied the knot connecting it to the ceiling fan, lowering the body, bridal style.

He set the body down on the ground.

Tamao kneeled next to the body, leaning forward and untying the rope from around his neck.

Hoizumi looked away.

She took a deep breath, and started to touch all areas of Daiki's skin that was exposed.

Tamao rubbed his wrists.

She counted how many cuts were there.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Tamao took her monopad and took a picture of his wrist.

There was little to no blood staining his wrist.

Truth Bullet Obtained!
Cuts On Wrist

Tamao glanced at the neck.

Nothing notable was there, but she ran her fingers over it anyway.

"Eh?"

She removed her fingers. Some form of concealer was on it.

Tamao took another picture of it.

Truth Bullet Obtained!
Concealer on Neck

She looked at the spot where the makeup had rubbed off.

There was a cut along his neck that was stiched up.

Truth Bullet Obtained!
Slit Neck

Tamao felt the rest of his body, finding nothing.

She stood up, about to check the rest of the room.

Tamao glanced around the room.

Truth Bullet Obtained!
Blood Stained Knife

Truth Bullet Obtained!
Knocked Over Stool

Hoizumi walked up behind her and tapped her shoulder.

She jumped and turned around, "Eh? You scared me!"

Hoizumi held up something, "It was in the trash can."

Tamao stared at the object in his hands.

Is that..

Daiki's motive tape?

Truth Bullet Obtained!
Daiki's Motive Tape

Tamao blinked, "Let's go to the AV room. We can watch it there."

Hoizumi glanced at Daiki's body one more time before nodding.

The two headed out of the room.