(3rd Person's POV)

Kyoko: ...What if her being scared was a lie?

Makoto looked at Kyoko in disbelief at such an accusation.

Makoto: Huh...? Wh-What the hell is that supposed to mean!? Why would she lie about something like that!?

Kyoko: I know you don't want to consider it, but look at this and tell me...can you still deny the possibility?

She then pulled out a note with shaded words on it.

"There's something I want to talk to you about, just us two. In five minutes, come see me in my room. Check the nameplates to make sure you don't get the wrong room, okay?"

Kyoko: I found a notepad during my search, and I shaded in the top sheet with a pencil. And these are the words that appeared.

Hina: Oh man, I've totally seen people do that on detective shows! When you write, it can leave an imprint. Sketch over the next sheet of paper, and you can see the words! When I saw that, I was like, "Holy crap! I better make sure I rip the paper out before I use it from now on!"

Kyoko: It's a pretty old-fashioned technique, but even the classics can be surprisingly useful sometimes. Oh, and I should also mention...I found the notepad on the desk in Naegi's room.

Byakuya: Then either it was Naegi, who lived there, or Maizono, who switched rooms for a single night...

Kyoko: So Naegi...did you write this?

The boy shook his head.

Makoto: N-No, I didn't. But--

Kyoko: Of course you didn't. Because the note also bears a perfectly legible signature--Maizono's signature.

Makoto: B-But why? Why would she write that?

Kyoko: The note was likely her way of getting in touch with a certain someone. She must have slid it under their door to let them know she wanted to meet with them in secret.

Hifumi: If you got an invitation like that from the Ultimate Pop Sensation, what young man could resist? Of course, I'm only into 2D so it wouldn't have any effect on me!

Celeste: But can we be sure anyone even got this note? And honestly, even if they did, I do not think they are at all involved in what happened.

Chihiro: Huh? What makes you say that?

Celeste: Hmhm... Would you like to hear what I have to say? Very well, then. Pay attention!

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NONSTOP DEBATE: MAKE YOUR ARGUEMENT!

Celeste: Maizono and Naegi switched rooms, correct? But in the note, the place they were asked to come to... It specifically says "my" room.

Chihiro: I see... So if someone read that note...then they would have gone to Maizono's room!

Celeste: Exactly. The room that Naegi was staying in. So in other words, even if someone did read the note and did what it said...they would not have any connection to what happened.

Sakura: Hmm... It certainly would seem that way.

Sora's Truth Bullet: Dorm Nameplates

"I DOUBT THAT!"

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Sora: Yeeeah, sorry. The nameplates on Naegi and Sayaka's room got switched.

Celeste: They got...switched?

Kyoko: That's right. The nameplates got switched, just like the rooms themselves. As a result, the nameplate on Maizono's room actually had Naegi's name. And the nameplate on Naegi's room had Maizono's.

Byakuya: So what you're saying is, the room Maizono was staying in, was actually marked as her room.

Chihiro: Then...if someone did do what the note said, they would end up at Naegi's room, where Maizono was...

Kyoko: Plus, their rooms are right next to each other. So switching the nameplates would be no problem. And the one who switched the names was... Well of course it wasn't you, right Naegi?

Makoto: R-Right...

Leon: Okay...then who did it?

There's only one person who could have switched the nameplates. The only other person who knew they had switched rooms...

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-The killer

-Makoto

-Sayaka

"I GOT IT!"

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Makoto: Me and Maizono were the only ones who ever knew about us switching rooms. So the only other person besides me who would even know to switch the nameplates...was Maizono.

Kyoko: You can also infer as much from her note... She specifically tells the reader to check the nameplate. She would only have written that if she knew the nameplates had been switched.

Chihiro: But...why would she switch them in the first place?

Kyoko: She wanted someone to come to the room she was in, and also hide the fact that it was Naegi's room.

Makoto: What...?

Hina: Inviting someone to "your" room, but not telling them you'd switched rooms... Why would anyone do that?

Kyoko: To understand that...we first need to understand what happened after she invited the person into the room. That's where the answer lies...

Taka: What happened then was...probably... Whoever she invited over...came in, and...attacked her! We figured it out! We know who did it! Whoever she invited over is the culprit!

Mondo: But we still don't know who it is, you goddamn idiot...

Celeste: Maizono fought with her killer there in the room, yes? Perhaps the answer to our previous question lies in that initial struggle.

Kyoko: Yes, I think you're right.

Hina: Then...we just have to figure out what happened during the fight, right!?

Sakura: That reminds me... There was a replica sword at the murder scene. Was that perhaps used during the fight?

Mondo: Oh yeah, what's the deal with that sword?

Makoto: Maizono suggested I should hold on to it. I thought it might come in handy if I had to defend myself...

Sora: Now that I think about it, it seems pretty likely that the sword was used to break Maizono's right wrist.

Leon: How the hell could you possibly know that's what broke her wrist!?

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PRESENT KEY ITEMS: SHOW YOUR PROOF!

Sora's Truth Bullet: Sayaka's Wrist

"EASY PEASY."

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Sora: I mean, all you gotta do is take a good look at her broken wrist. Right there where her wrist is all swollen, there's some glitter there, see?

Chihiro: Is...is that gold?

Makoto: It sure is. Specifically, the gold coating from the replica sword. You barely have to touch that stuff and it'll stick right to you. And there's some on her wrist because...

Taka: I got it! Because she got hit with the sword, right there on her wrist!

Hifumi: I see, I see... And so the truth draws ever closer...

Hiro: Alright! Then it's about time to solve this mystery!

What happened in Makoto room... And what led to Sayaka's death... That's what they need to make clear.

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NONSTOP DEBATE: MAKE YOUR ARGUEMENT!

Hiro: When the fighting broke out, the culprit grabbed the sword. And that's when the first blow was dealt! A sword-based sneak attack!

Hifumi: And that's what broke Miss Maizono's wrist...!

Toko: S-So she tried to fight back. She grabbed the k-kitchen knife she had hidden a-away...

Chihiro: But then the culprit took that from her, too...

Sakura: And they killed her with it.

Hiro: And that's exactly what happened!

Sora's Truth Bullet: Replica Sword Sheath

"I DOUBT THAT!"

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Sora: No, that's not it. The fight didn't start with the sword.

Hiro: Huh? Why not?

Sora: Because the sword-holding thingie had been scratched. Look. There's a gash in it, like someone cut into it with something sharp.

Hiro: "Sword holding thingie"...?

Makoto: I think she's talking about the sheath...

Chihiro: Something sharp... You mean, like the kitchen knife? That was the only sharp thing found at the scene...

Mondo: Stop jumpin' ahead! Slow down and explain it so I get what the hell's goin' on!

Makoto: If the sword was used first, there wouldn't be any explanation for the scratch on the sheath. If you were going to attack with the sword, you'd take it out of the sheath first, right?

Mondo: That's true. With the sheath on, it'd be heavy and bulky and useless as shit.

Hifumi: Okay, so how did the sheath get damaged?

Kyoko: If they got attacked with the kitchen knife, maybe they grabbed the sword as a defensive impulse. In that situation, there wouldn't be any time to actually unsheathe the sword.

Sakura: So you're saying the sword was initially used to defend against an attack from the knife.

Hifumi: Which means whoever had the kitchen knife...was the one who attacked first!

Taka: I think I get it! So here's how it all played out... The culprit came in, found the kitchen knife hidden there somewhere...Then they took the knife and attacked Sayaka before she knew what was happening! So she grabbed the sword to defend herself, but then the culprit took that from her, too...! Then, after they broke her wrist with the sword...they took the knife and...finished it...

Kyoko: Sorry, but I don't think Maizono used the sword to defend herself.

Leon: Wh--!? How the hell can you not think that!?

Kyoko: Because she never held the sword at all. There's a certain part of her body that makes this clear.

The part of her body that shows she never used the sword... If you wanted to use a sword, which part of your body would have to touch it?

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-Her broken wrist

-Her stomach

-Her palms

"EASY PEASY."

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Sora: It's her palms. If you look, her hands were perfectly clean. That means she never picked up the sword.

Hina: How can you know that just by looking at her palms?

Makoto: Like I said before, the gold coating on that sword comes right off. All you have to do is touch it. In fact, if you look you'll notice that a lot of the gold has already come off the handle. It's safe to assume that's because whoever used the sword got some of it on their hands. There's really no way she could have picked it up and come away completely clean.

Toko: Maybe she w-washed her hands after she e-escaped into the bathroom...

Sora: No, that's not it.

Toko: Why d-do you say that? Is it b-because you think I'm u-ugly...?

Sora: Not...necessarily. 

There's no way Sayaka washed the gold coating off her hands, because there's a certain regulation that talks about what happens to the bathrooms at nighttime...

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-The water was off

-Water can't remove it

-She's afraid of water

"EASY PEASY."

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Sora: According to the Monokuma File, Maizono died at 1:30 A.M., during nighttime where the water shuts off.

Toko: Oh...I didn't know that. Actually...I haven't taken a shower here yet...

Sora: ...That's disgusting.

Toko: S-Shut up! Not everyone g-gets to smell like f-fresh peaches every day like y-you do, Shirayuki!

Sora: Hey, c'mon now. It's not my fault. (Smugly smirks as she flips her hair) I just can't help being this pretty...

Taka: ...So anyway, if Maizono never touched the sword, then that means... The killer was the only one who used the sword. But hold on. If that's right, then the one who damaged the sheath with the kitchen knife was...

The one who damaged the sheath...would have to have been the one without the sword.

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-The killer

-Sayaka

"I...GOT IT...?"

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Makoto widened his eyes in confusion.

Makoto: Maizono...? She had the knife...?

Chihiro: But...we already said that the attack started with...

Byakuya: The person with the knife attacked first, and the sword was used as an impromptu defense.

Hifumi: Then the one who attacked first was...!

Makoto: ...M-Maizono?!

Kyoko nodded.

Kyoko: Now do you understand? She wasn't a blameless victim in this.

Sora: Mm-hm, doesn't seem like it. Seems like she was planning a murder this entire time.

Makoto: W-What...?!

Byakuya: She took the knife from the kitchen, then invited the culprit to the room she was staying in. And if it's true that she had the kitchen knife and attacked without provocation...

Sakura: Indeed...these are all the actions of an assailant.

Celeste: Which brings up another point... Naegi, Maizono was the one who suggested you two switch rooms, correct? Maybe the reason she wanted to switch rooms...was so that she could pin the crime on you. That is a possibility, is it not?

Makoto: Maizono wanted to--on me!?

Kyoko: ...

Celeste: That would also explain why she would switch the nameplates. She wanted to get whoever she had targeted to come to Naegi's room, where she was staying... And by committing the murder there, instead of her room, that would implicate Naegi. But for that to work, the target had to be lured out while still keeping the room swap a secret. If the target knew she had switched rooms, they would have become suspicious right away.

Mondo: So all that's why she switched the names...?

Hifumi: But doesn't that plan seem a little risky? For one thing, even if her plan worked, Mr. Naegi would just tell everyone they'd switched rooms.

Byakuya: I don't know... I'm not sure our softhearted Naegi is capable of that kind of cutthroat behavior. I'm sure Maizono realized the same thing, which is why out of all of us, she asked him to switch rooms.

Makoto: ...

Toko: P-Plus...she was the Ultimate Pop Sensation... A t-totally forgettable kid, o-or a national superstar... Who are you m-more likely to believe?

Hifumi: Wait, then...you're saying she had this all planned out...?

Mondo: Holy shit!

Celeste: But in the end, her plan backfired. She launched her attack with the knife, then found herself under attack in turn. That must be when her wrist for broken, and she was forced to drop the knife.

Sakura: The tables were suddenly turned on her, and she died at the hands of the one she'd planned to murder...

Sora: (Sighs) Good grief...

Makoto: J-Just hold on! That can't be true! Because...! Because...

Monokuma: Hey, hey! You guys have totally derailed the argument! You're being super boring right now! Come on, hurry up and decide who did it! Wouldn't it be awful if I had to punish you all just because you ran out of time!?

Hiro: Oh yeah... We gotta decide who we think did it...

Makoto: ...

The lucky student put his head down in sadness, the realization hitting him like a bus.

Kyoko: Naegi, right now you just need to concentrate on figuring out the answer to this mystery.

Sora: Yeah, if we don't find out who killed Maizono, our games are as good as ended. With no continues!

Makoto looked up. Is...is it really all over? Obviously he;s committed to finding out who killed her, but what can he do? I mean as far as clues go...

...there's nothing left.

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NONSTOP DEBATE: MAKE YOUR ARGUEMENT!

Leon: It's easy just to say, "Hey, decide who did it!" But there just aren't any more clues, right?

Taka: Very well! Then let's review all the clues we've found up to this point one more time!

Celeste: Do we really have time for all that...?

Toko: D-Die... Die! If we don't d-do something... we're all g-gonna die!

Sora's Truth Bullet: Dying Message

"I DOUBT THAT!"

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Sora: Actually, there's still one more clue left. It's Maizono's dying message.

Leon: Dining--wait, what did you say?

Kyoko: The dying message. She wrote something on the wall behind her, remember? 11037, written in her own blood. There must be a clue about the killer hidden in there.

Taka: What?! How did we not see that before?!

Sora: To be fair, we are Japanese...

Celeste: Well, before we get too far into that, I need to ask... Can we really be sure that Maizono's is the one who wrote it?

There's no question that Sayaka wrote that message. And Makoto can prove it...

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-Left index finger

-Fatal wound

-Right wrist

"I GOT IT!"

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Makoto: Her left index finger had blood on it. That could only be because she used that finger to write the message.

Taka: I see... She broke her right wrist during the fight, so she'd have to use her left hand to write...

Hina: Sure, I think we can all agree Maizono wrote it, but still... What the heck do those numbers? 11037?

Mondo: Hey Fujisaki, you're a computer nerd or whatever, right? You should know all about numbers and shit!

Chihiro: N-No, that's not... Yes, I'm a programmer, but I went through every decryption method I know from a number code angle, but I didn't see any meaning in these numbers.

Kyoko: ...Of course. It's because they're not numbers.

Hifumi: Oh! Yeah, it looks like...

Mondo: Huh? What? What!?

Hifumi: No, it's just...look at the numbers assuming they're not numbers. Don't these first two, 11, look less like two numbers and more like one letter?

Chihiro: Ah, you're right! The connecting line is barely there, so I assumed it was 11, but... Looking at it now, you could also read it as an N!

Mondo: Whoa! You might've finally just said something worth a shit!

Hifumi: Bwehehe! Out little grey cells are really getting excited now!

Sakura: But even if that really is an N, "N037" doesn't make any more sense than before...

Makoto put on a thinking position before grunted in frustration. Dammit! He just doesn't know!

Kyoko: ...Rotate the image 180 degrees.

Makoto looked at her in confusion. Rotate it...? Wait...hold on. He sees something!

Makoto: Kami... Now I see! She wrote down the killer's name...

Hina: Huh!? You just shot past the clue part and right on to who did it!

Toko: So wh-whose name did sh-she write...?

Sayaka's dying message reveals the real killer's name... If you turn her message 180 degrees... It should become crystal clear.

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SELECT SOMEONE: PICK YOUR SUSPECT!

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...

...

Chosen: Leon Kuwata

"HERE'S MY ANSWER!"

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Makoto: The key to solving this mystery was simply to rotate the writing 180 degrees. If you turn the message around... ...it becomes the letters L-E-O-N. Or more accurately, Leon!

https://youtu.be/xZpwfcw4NkQ

(Play BGM)

Sora smugly smirked at this.

Sora: Oh really? But... isn't that Kuwata's first name?

The person in question begins to briefly lose the color on his face.

Leon: Wh--!? What the hell are you talking about!? I-It's just a coincidence! It's just a bunch of random squiggles that happen to look like my first name!

Kyoko: No, it's not random at all. She wrote that message on the wall behind her as she was leaning up against it. In that position, she couldn't move to write normally, and had to write upside down, as it were. And as a result... When you look at it standing in front of her, it ends up getting flipped. Try it for yourself, if you want. Write something sitting like her, and the letters will be inverted.

Leon: Th-That sounds like one hell of a stretch to me...! 

Sora: No. It makes perfect sense. Sayaka Maizono chose the ideal victim for murder: A superstar baseball star who is several times stronger than her.

Leon: What the hell kinda logic is that!? And what are you saying?! I'm the killer!? You can't just go and say shit like that!

Kyoko: If you're not the killer, then why did you try to destroy the evidence?

Leon: ...Huh?

Kyoko: You know what I'm talking about, right Naegi? The evidence Kuwata tried to get rid of?

The evidence that Leon tried to get rid of...

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PRESENT KEY ITEMS: SHOW YOUR PROOF!

Makoto's Truth Bullet: Burnt Shirt Piece

"I GOT IT!"

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Makoto: You mean...the burnt shirt piece I found laying on the ground by the incinerator, right?

Kyoko: As the killer stabbed Maizono, they must have gotten some of her blood on them. And to dispose of the shirt covered in the victim's blood, they threw it into the incinerator.

Chihiro: But one piece burned off and got left behind...

Kyoko: And the killer didn't notice. If they had, they most certainly would have panicked. Isn't that right, Kuwata?

Leon: Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh--!?

Sakura: But is one scrap of fabric enough to conclude that Kuwata is guilty?

Chihiro: Yeah... I mean, Kuwata's not the only one wearing a white button-up...

Leon: Th-That's right! There are plenty of other people here with shirts like mine! With just that one little charred piece, there's no way you can say for sure who it belongs to!

(Stop BGM)

Makoto: You're right. That alone isn't enough. But there are some other points that may reveal the truth...

Kyoko: Are you finally starting to understand? The answers to all the riddles are right here.

Makoto: Yeah, I think so...

The burnt remains of the button-up shirt, which the killer wasn't able to get rid of... There's something about it they need to pay attention to in order to figure out who's responsible.

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-Where it was disposed of

-When it was disposed of

-How it was disposed of

"I GOT IT!"

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Makoto: If we look closely at how the shirt was disposed of, we should be able to figure out who the killer is.

Leon: O-Oh, yeah...that's a good point. I think I know what you're gonna say... You can't reach the incinerator without opening the gate in front of the trash room, right? And obviously you wouldn't be able to hit the switch to turn it on, either. You'd need the key to get in. And the one with the key was...the person on cleaning duty! So the killer had to be whoever was in charge of taking care of the trash! Right!?

Hifumi: Hahaha. Interesting... Gweh!?

No, that's wrong. There was another way to use the incinerator without being the one on cleaning duty. And that's exactly what proves that Leon is the real killer!

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NONSTOP DEBATE: MAKE YOUR ARGUEMENT!

Leon: The key to the trash room... Whoever was on cleaning duty must've had it, right?

Toko: So the only one wh-who could get to the in-ncinerator was...the p-person in charge of the t-trash?

Leon: And you'd have to get close to the incinerator in order to destroy the evidence. Which means the only possible suspect is whoever had the trash room key!

Hifumi: Okay, so...the person who would have had the trash room key was...Huh? Me...? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Sora: My ears...

Makoto's Truth Bullet: Shattered Crystal Ball

"NO, THAT'S WRONG!"

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Makoto: Hold on! I think I know how someone could dispose of the evidence without using the trash room key!

Sakura: But if you can't get past the gate, you couldn't possibly turn on the incinerator, could you?

Makoto: Yes, you could. If you used this.

He showed everyone the shattered glass ball.

Mondo: What is it, some kinda glass ball? It's busted to hell...

Hiro: Actually, it was supposed to be a crystal ball. But, uh...

Celeste: But...how would you use it?

The killer had to use the glass ball in a certain way. Which was...

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-Divine with it

-Throw it

-Roll it

"I GOT IT!"

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Makoto: The killer simply took aim at the incinerator switch and threw the ball through a gap in the gate. All they had to do was hit that switch, and the incinerator would come to life.

Hifumi: Someone threw that...through a gap in the gate!?

Makoto: Remember what you said before, Yamada?

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"Huh!? Someone turned the incinerator on! Very strange... I'm quite certain it was off last time I was down here. Perhaps it was the work of a fairy..."

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Makoto: Yamada had the key, so the only way the incinerator could have been turned on without his knowledge was because the killer was able to hit the switch without opening the gate. Once they'd gotten the incinerator going, all they had to do was ball up the shirt and toss it in!

Leon: H-Hey, come on...what the hell is this?

Kyoko: All you have to do is look at the scene to know that the killer never actually went inside the trash room. The shards of broken glass, the incinerator left running, the piece of shirt that escaped the fire... If the killer had been on cleaning duty, the evidence would have been taken care of much more thoroughly.

Leon: W-Wait, no...just hold on!

Chihiro: But the distance from the gate to the incinerator has to be at least...thirty feet, right? The pinpoint accuracy you'd need to throw a glass ball that far and hit something that small... Could someone really do that?

Leon: Th-That's right! There's no way! It'd be impossible!

Makoto: Difficult? Absolutely. Impossible? I don't think so. Because the killer is...

It wouldn't have been much of a challenge at all for the killer. Because...the killer....they're...

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-Ultimate Clairvoyant

-Ultimate Baseball Star

-Ultimate Fanfic Creator

"I GOT IT!"

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Makoto: Because the killer is the Ultimate Baseball Star. Isn't that right, Kuwata!?

Leon: D-Do you have any idea how stupid you sound right now!?

Celeste: A target thirty feel away would surely be little challenge for the Ultimate Baseball Star.

Leon: Y-Y-Y-You can't be serious! I...! I...! I'm not the killer! These goddamn shit-for-brains have got it all wrong, I'm telling you!

Kyoko: You still won't admit it? Okay then... Naegi, go ahead and review the incident one more time to make his crime perfectly clear. And with that, we can end this...

Leon: Listen to me! What the hell do you mean, end this!?

Makoto: Say what you want, Kuwata. But all the questions have been answered, and the truth has been revealed. Now here's what happened!

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CLOSING ARGUEMENT: CLIMAX INTERFERENCE!

"HERE'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED!"

ACT 1: I think I'd better take one more look back at the case from the beginning... Last night, the killer went to the room Maizono was in. In other words, my room. From what we can tell, Maizono invited that person there intending to kill them. She attacked them with the knife she's taken from the kitchen earlier...but then something happened that she wasn't prepared for. They grabbed the fake sword I'd put in my room, and fought back. During the struggle, a strike from the sword broke Maizono's right wrist... And that's when she lost her grip on the kitchen knife.

ACT 2: Finding herself cornered, Maizono panicked and ran into the bathroom. The killer went after her, but couldn't get the bathroom door open. What they didn't know was that my bathroom door got stuck easily, and there was a trick to opening it. Maizono knew about that because I'd told her, but of course the killer had no way of knowing. So instead, the killer forced the door open, took the kitchen knife...and stabbed Maizono. But with what strength she had remaining, Maizono left a dying message. To keep the killer from noticing, she wrote it on the wall behind her... And with that, all her strength was gone.

ACT 3: With Maizono dead, the killer quickly began destroying the evidence. First, they took off their shirt, which was covered in their victim's blood. Then they took the lint roller in my room and cleaned up the entire area. They wanted to make sure they got rid of any trace they'd ever been there... Afterwards, the killer headed to the trash room to destroy their bloody shirt. They tried to burn the shirt using the incinerator there. But the trash room was blocked off by an especially sturdy gate, preventing access to the incinerator. So they came up with a plan to use Hiro's crystal ball, which he'd left in the laundry room. The killer managed to throw the ball through the gap in the gate and hit the incinerator's switch. For any normal person, that'd be an impossible throw, but the killer had the confidence to take a shot. And that's because the killer...was the Ultimate Baseball Star. The crystal ball, thrown with absolute precision, hit the switch on the incinerator...which then quickly roared to life. Having destroyed the final piece of evidence, they left the area with, I imagine, a sigh of relief. But there was one thing they missed... Part of the shirt they'd thrown into the fire burnt away and fell out of the incinerator. The killer didn't notice this, and so left behind a piece of indisputable evidence.

"Isn't that right...Leon Kuwata?!"

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Makoto: It would appear that Hiro simply forgot his crystal ball in the laundry room. You went there to try and wash the blood out of your shirt, and that's where you saw it, right? Seeing the ball, you thought of a way to take care of everything...

Kyoko: So, Kuwata...do you object to anything that's been said?

Leon: Do I object...?

Clenching his fists, Leon looked up at the students and roared from the top of his lungs...

Leon: Hell yes I object! Of course I do! I object, I object, I object! I mean, all of this is just a bunch of stupid theories! You need evidence! Where's the evidence!? Without evidence, it's all bullshit! It's bullshit and I refuse to acknowledge it!

Kyoko: Well then, I guess this is as good a time as any to present the evidence that proves you did it. Naegi, Shirayuki...I believe you're in possession of that evidence?

Sora: Eh...? We do?

Kyoko: When the killer removed the screws from the doorknob, they didn't use anything from Naegi's room to do it. Instead, they must have used something that belonged to them.

They used something of their own to remove the screws... Could it have been...?

Leon: I refuse to acknowledge you! There's nothing legit that points to me!

Sora: (Rolls her eyes) Yeah, all this yelling and screaming is really convincing us. Keep it up, man.

Leon: Shut up! You can't prove anything! Assholes! Assholes! Assholes! AHOAHOAHOAHOAHOAHO!

On the brink of desperation, Leon started spouting unintelligible nonsense.

Byakuya: What is he even saying...?

Celeste: I think he's broken...

Leon: AHOAHOAHOAHOAHOAHOAHO!

Makoto narrowed his eyes. He and Sora...they have to show indisputable evidence that Leon is the killer. They need to figure it out!

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BULLET TIME BATTLE: THE MOMENT OF TRUTH!

On the Brink of Desperation - Leon Kuwata

"Where's your proof?!"

"You kiddin' me?!"

"Not a chance!"

"It wasn't me!"

"You lie!"

"Stop talking!"

"Shut up!"

"Where's your proof?!"

"You kiddin' me?!"

"Not a chance!"

"It wasn't me!"

"Let's see some real proof, cowlicks!"

"Without evidence, it's all bullshit! It's bullshit and I refuse to acknowledge it!"

Makoto and Sora's Truth Bullet: Toolkit

"THIS SHOULD PROVE IT!"/"GOTCHA, BITCH!"

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Makoto: The screws on the bathroom doorknob were removed.

Sora: (With a smug smirk on her face) Hm...But what could the killer coulda used to remove 'em...?

Mondo: I mean...it had to be a screwdriver, right?

Hiro: Oh yeah. I'm pretty sure the toolkits we got each had one inside.

Hifumi: Then that must be what he used! There aren't any other tools anywhere.

Makoto: But the toolkit in my room had clearly never been used...

Taka: That's because the culprit didn't know it was your room! They thought they were in Maizono's room!

Chihiro: Only the boys got toolkits, so the killer naturally assumed there wouldn't be on in there...

Makoto: Okay, then whose toolkit did the killer use?

Leon: AHOAHOAHO!

Sora: Well, it must've been their own, of course!

Leon: AHOAHOAHOAHO!

Makoto: Kuwata, would you mind showing us your toolkit? If I'm right about this, then...the screwdriver will show some evidence of being used!

Leon: AHOAHOAH...huh?

Byakuya: And if you say you used it for something else, you'll have to explain exactly when, where and why...

Kyoko: And let me say this right now..."I lost it" isn't an acceptable excuse at this point.

Leon: A...ho. A...ho?

Feeling himself psychologically cornered in all directions, Leon went deadly silent. His face lost all color and turned blank white.

Byakuya: So, you have no rebuttal? You're not going to start quacking again?

Celeste: Then it would seem...we are finished here.

Monokuma: Puhuhuhu... Looks like you've reached your verdict! Then are we ready to cast our votes? You all have a lever in front of you. Use it to make your selection! Oh, just to remind you all... Make triple sure you vote for someone! You wouldn't want to be punished for something so minor, right?

Kyoko: ...

Monokuma: Okay! Then let's get excited! Who will be chosen as the blackened? Will you make the right choice, or the dreadfully wrong one? What's it gonna be? What's it gonna beeee!?

Everyone pulled their levers at the same time. Then...

Leon was unanimously voted guilty. Cheers were heard as banquets could be seen. They were right. The one who killed Sayaka Maizono...

Was Leon Kuwata, the Ultimate Baseball Star...

Class Trial #1: End

To be continued...?