Afterwards, Lin Xiao and Bai Tian left the research classroom.
"Hmm. Maid classmate, why are you in a place like this?" Lin Xiao said.
"Didn't we agree that we should try not to act alone during the search?"
As she spoke, she looked in the direction of Koharu-san.
"Well, that's why you stay near Xiaoharu-san."
Momota: "That's very clever. After the trial is over, give me a massage."
"It doesn't matter. We just happened to meet each other. I have something to ask. In order to deduce the time of the murder that is not mentioned in the Monokuma file, I want to ask everyone."
Maid; "When was the last time you saw Ryoma-san?"
"Well, I saw him yesterday before he was arrested by Quan Tai, probably around 6 o'clock in the evening." Lin Xiao said.
"I was on duty earlier. At least I didn't meet her yesterday."
"Then there's no need to think about it, Momota-kun, because the most important thing is to finally see Ryoma-san's information." the maid said.
"So, when was the last time anyone saw him?" Lin Xiao said.
"The last person to see him was around 8 o'clock last night, and the person who saw him was classmate Quan Tai."
The maid said: "It seems that Chun Tai-san is trying to catch everyone, but I saw that he said that Ryoma-san escaped using Shuchi."
After being caught, Ryoma was still on the run.
"By the way, about 30 minutes ago, Miu, who was also on the run, also saw Ryoma-san."
"This makes Quantai's eyewitness testimony quite credible," Lin Xiao said.
"Well, at least Ryoma-san was still alive around 8 o'clock last night," the maid said.
"Classmate Xiaochun, what are you doing here?" Lin Xiao said.
"You just said you didn't know how to search. Is that true?"
"It doesn't matter if I don't search. Are you saying that you are obviously a detective, but you don't have the confidence to solve the case on your own?"
"This and that are two different things." Lin Xiao said.
"Ahaha, you are so strict, but my assistant works very hard." Bai Tian said.
"assistant?"
"Well, Lin Xiao is my assistant." Baitian said.
"Generally speaking, it should be the other way around, right? Only those with weaker brains will be the assistants, right?" Xiaochun said.
"No, it's not that I'm bad at making trouble, it's because I'm a science major and my brain is not very good."
"The search should also require a scientific mind," Xiaochun said.
"Let's not talk about it for now. Why do you stay in this place all the time? Is there any reason?" Bai Tian said.
"What do you mean by asking this?" Xiaochun said.
"No, it's normal to be curious." Lin Xiao said, "Since this classroom was opened, Xiaochun has been staying here."
"It's almost like being on guard to prevent anyone from getting in."
"Are you really questioning me?" Xiaochun said.
"No, that's not the case. I just hope you can explain it clearly." Lin Xiao said.
"If your action has nothing to do with the incident, I hope you can clearly explain the relationship between the two."
"It may be true that you are free to not conduct a search, Xiaochun, but you still have to assist our investigation, which is not up to you," Lin Xiao said.
"Because this is about everyone's lives."
"Not to mention assisting in the investigation of the incident, there is nothing I can do to help." Xiaochun said, "Because I have been staying here for the past few days.
"I only go to my personal room to take a shower at night, and it was the same thing last night."
"Then let me ask you, did Mrs. Quan come here before last night?" Lin Xiao said.
"Quanta should have wandered around the school last night to catch all of us," Xiaochun said.
"I really admire you for not being caught by him." Lin Xiao said.
"Mrs. Quan was here, but I tried to drive him away. I told him that if he dared to touch me, he would kill himself." Xiaochun: "He was the one who killed me."
"It's so courageous." Bai Tian said.
"However, hearing her say this makes me even more concerned."
"Why is Xiaoharu-san unwilling to leave this place?"
What is the reason?
"Well, that's about it, because I don't know anything, so asking me is useless," Xiaochun said.
"I know, that's enough." Bai Tian said.
"Huh? Is this good?" Lin Xiao said.
"Although she has no alibi, which is very suspicious, I really don't think she did it." Bai Tian said; "It's just my intuition."
"But if you think of any clues, please tell Lin Xiao."
"Although this guy is an assistant, he's pretty good at it." Momota said.
In the end, the only thing Koharu asked about was that she had been staying here.
But no one can confirm this and it may become a problem later.
When we came to the swimming pool, there was also a swimming ring floating in the swimming pool. It was a huge swimming ring made of rubber and looked very strong.
"It must have been some idiot who didn't clean up after playing with it." Momota said.
The bears appeared.
"It's not us."
"Because we hate water."
"If the stuffing absorbs water, you will gain weight, which is the natural enemy of weight loss."
"It seems interesting."
"Idiots, our existence is not for fun, but to push these guys into the abyss of terror."
"It is a cruel mascot that is incompatible with fire and water and has no mercy."
"If you still don't understand, I'll let you know."
"Don't be like this, let's all get along well."
"In other words, it wasn't Monokuma, but did one of us put the swimming ring there?" Momota said.
"It doesn't matter who it is, after all, the swimming circle and the incident have no connection."
It really has nothing to do with the event? But if it is just for fun.
What is it about tying a rope to an injury? Why tie a rope?
I always find it a bit concerning.
Well, that floating thing.
"It seems like a piece of rag." Lin Xiao said.
"It's just a piece of garbage. It's not worth taking care of. Besides, we are looking for the murderer. Don't focus on the garbage."
"Yes, you are right." Lin Xiao said.
But I always felt that although it was just intuition, I was a little concerned about it.
Occasionally I try to trust my intuition as a super high school level detective, this.
There are the windows of the gymnasium.
"That's the window handle I just looked at from the stadium stage.
"Looking at it this way, the location is quite high. If you look at it from this side, you can't reach it even if there is a stepladder."
"After all, if you put the stepladder on the stage of the stadium, you can barely reach it."
"In that case, it might be a little difficult to get in and out from here."
"Well, maybe that's the case." Lin Xiao said.
That's the rainy window in Ryoma's research classroom, right?
It's such a big diving platform, it looks like a recreational facility in a resort.
There seems to be something to investigate here.
This is the storage room of the swimming pool and should be investigated.
Electric motor?
I see, as long as I have this, even a large swimming ring should be able to be filled with air easily.
Other than that, there's nothing of note.
It's more like a resort swimming pool than a swimming pool used for school competitions.
Because the swimming pool is very deep, the amount of water only appears to be small, but in fact there is enough water inside for swimming.
The water level has not changed from when we came before.
It states the precautions for swimming pools and the specifications of this swimming pool.
"You are not allowed to jump in, especially in swimming pools at night."
"What are you doing.",
Monokuma: "The act of jumping itself doesn't matter. If you jump and get hit by a car, you can jump as long as you and your family are responsible."
"But you must not jump into the swimming pool at night. It says swimming is prohibited at night, right?"
"This will also violate school rules." Lin Xiao said.
"As long as someone violates school rules, not only will the alarm bells ring throughout the campus, but that person will also be hunted down by mechanical warriors!" Monokuma said.
"Will you do it to this extent?" Bai Tian said.
"Although the alarm bell didn't sound, no one was cut into pieces," Monokuma said.
"Phoo hoo hoo, I'm serious."
"Since there is no such person, it means that no one enters the gym or swimming pool at night." Lin Xiao said.
"Yes, at least there are no living people." Monokuma said.
Swimming is prohibited at night. Does this have anything to do with it?
"Is this swimming pool really related to the incident?" Bai Tian said: "I was looking forward to it, but found that there were no clues."
"But that swimming ring makes me a little concerned," Lin Xiao said.
"Although I don't know what clues it can be, I think it is related to the incident."
"But if the swimming ring is really related to the incident, it means that the murderer is a pretty casual guy. If it is related to the incident, generally speaking, it will at least be cleaned up afterwards." Momota said.
"To just leave it there, the murderer should have done it very casually?"
"No, maybe he wanted to clean it up, but he couldn't do it. Maybe there is no stick or anything like that that can hook the swimming ring to the edge of the pool." Lin Xiao said.
"And the water level in that swimming pool is also very low. Even if you hook it to the edge of the pool, you probably can't reach it with your hands."
"You don't need to go through so much trouble. You can just go into the swimming pool and recycle it."
"Ah, I see, you are saying that the murderer may not be able to enter the water." Momota said.
Not being able to get into the water, most likely.
"By the way, we are not suspicious and have been staying here. Let's quickly go to the next place to search. There is no time for ink."
"Yes." Lin Xiao said.
Then they left here and the two came to Ryoma's room.
"This is Ryoma's room, so where is the video?" Momota said.
"At first glance, I didn't seem to see it. Did you put it in the cabinet?"
Momota opened all the drawers in the room and checked them one by one.
"It's so strange, I can't find it anywhere."
"Well, I can't find the video here, so that's fine." Lin Xiao said.
"Because that alone is enough to serve as a clue."
"Ah? What do you mean?" Bai Tian said.
"If we assume that the motive for this murder is really that movie," Lin Xiao said.
"The video in Ryoma's possession may be detrimental to the murderer, because if it were his own motive, the video would definitely be suspected."
"There is no reason for the murderer to keep something so threatening to him here instead of taking it away?"
"That makes sense."
"And there is actually no video in this room."
"Your assumption is correct, so that movie is the motive," Momota said.
"Well, we should be able to consider moving in this direction now."
"I see, you are indeed the assistant I have chosen." Bai Tian said.
"What's wrong with Lin Xiao?"
"Ah, no, it's nothing."
"Then I'm thinking, maybe we should make those motivational videos public to each other," Momota said.
"Um?"
"Because isn't there someone important to everyone in the film?"
"Then shouldn't we escape and face the truth properly? Although I agreed with Ji Wang's proposal at that time, I began to have this idea afterward.
And if you’re worried about the risk of watching it alone, you can just watch it together,” Momota said.
"Let's watch together?"
"Well, everyone got together and everyone made a video of Aquinas and shared everyone's motivations,"
"Even if it is a truth that is difficult to bear alone, as long as we are together, can we bear it enough?" Momota said; "I am thinking that this is cooperation."
"That's what Xiao Ji plans to do." Lin Xiao said.
"ah?"
"The reason why they gathered us together yesterday was to hold a motivation appreciation party."
"He insisted on calling everyone here for this purpose." Lin Xiao said: "Does he also think that this is real cooperation?"
"No, that's not right. If he thinks so, he just needs to convince everyone." Bai Tian said.
"Well, generally speaking, I would think so, but the trouble is that guy is not an ordinary person at all."
"Although it may really be possible, even if I ask him, he may just push me away." Bai Tian said.
Indeed, since we are not sure of his purpose at all, it is possible that he proposed to do it for our sake.
"Okay, everyone is almost tired of the search. I should say we have been tired of it for a long time. There is nothing we can do about it. The search is not interesting. It is just a necessary step before the main event.
To use an analogy, it is equivalent to the process of searching for treasures. Although some people enjoy this part more, I will put this topic aside for now."
"We are now hosting the long-awaited school-level trial. Please gather immediately. We will see you later." Monokuma said.
"Lin Xiao, it seems the time has come." Baitian said.
"Yes." Lin Xiao said.
"Don't suddenly show an uneasy expression. If you are worried, I will believe you. You must be suspicious."
"Why can Bai Tian believe me? I might be the murderer." Lin Xiao said.
"Of course it's because I want to believe you. Is there any other reason besides that?" Momota said.
"Um?"
"The reason why you trust Xiaofeng is that way. Although it is indeed impossible for everything to go smoothly and betrayal, if you keep caring about that kind of thing, you will not be able to trust even the people you really want to believe?" Bai Tian said.
"Lin Xiao, we are still very young and have not tasted the taste of wine and the universe. How can we die? If we don't do it now, then when will we do it? The only time we can do it is now."