As always(for now), Katsushi went first.

"The killer broke into Suda's room to kill both of them!"

"Sawada-chan!"

"If that's your logic, then two people breaking into Suda's room works much better!"

Hikari went next.

"The killer used both of the weapons in his room to kill them!"

"Shinsato-kun!"

"Why would one person use two weapons?"

Tomoyasu joined in for the first time.

"Perhaps one of the victims walked in on the murder of the other."

"I got it!"

"But why would they use another weapon? Even if the second victim walked in, it wouldn't make sense!"

Isamu continued the argument.

"It's always been one killer."

"Doi-chan!"

"Just because it's always been one killer up to this point, doesn't mean that it's gonna be the same for this trial."

Bunta shouted his opinion.

"Chiyo and Hitoshi had one killer!"

"Hirabayashi-chan!"

"We haven't determined that Chiyo and Hitoshi were killed by one person yet!"

"This is our answer!"

"We haven't concluded that they were killed by two people, but we also haven't decided that they were killed by one!" Tamao concluded.

Tomoyasu scoffed, "Fine. I surrender. It's stupid I had to lose to someone as idiotic as you."

"Is your only purpose in the class trials to insult Nishioka?!" Sadako huffed.

It was then, and only then, that Tamao realized she had never looked at Riku's portrait.

Why?

It's not because he was a killer. I looked at Oshima's.

Then...

It's probably because he killed without a motive at all.

Shibuya killed Kawashima for no reason other than he was bored.

...

Maybe that's why Sonoda and Shibuya got along together so well.

She took a quick glance.

It just looked like a normal X.

...

How boring.

Shiori spoke up, "Shouldn't we be looking for a suspect? Tam-er, Nishioka, you know who I'm talking about, right?"

Yeah, that's right.

If I remember correctly, then...

Select Someone!
Tamao Nishioka
Shiori Doi
Daiki Tsuchida (DEAD)
Mayumi Kawashima (DEAD)
Hikari Takayama
Hitoshi Suda (DEAD)
Katsushi Shibata
Isamu Hamada
Chiyo Miyoshi (DEAD)
Riku Shibuya (DEAD)
Ahiru Oshima (DEAD)
Tomoyasu Sonoda
Sadako Hirabayashi
Bunta Yoshioka
Kazue Sawada
Hoizumi Shinsato

"It has to be you!"

"Hirabayashi-chan," Tamao accused, "I'm sorry, but the only suspect we have right now is you!"

Sadako's jaw dropped, "What do you mean? They were my best friends! Why the hell would I kill them?"

"It's all because of one piece of evidence," Shiori vaguely explained.

Select Evidence
Note from 'Sadako'

"This has to be it!"

"There was a note that said that you did it!" Tamao explained, going into more detail.

"It's just a note!" Sadako defended herself, seeming to not quite be understanding, "Why do you accuse me so fast?!"

"Because the note was signed by you," Shiori deadpanned.

"At least hand me the note!" Sadako exclaimed.

Shiori took the note out of her pocket and gave it to Sadako.

Sadako blinked.

"T-This isn't my handwriting!"

Tamao thought for a moment, "Wait, let me see the note again!"

Sadako showed her.

Tamao licked her lips, "Ah, yeah, it isn't her."

"Bullshit."

ARGUE