Lin Xiao understood that if everyone could come and go freely, it would be easy to destroy the evidence... so in order to prevent things from becoming so simple, it had such an effect.
What is the real purpose of the mastermind behind the scenes... It feels really baffling... Sure enough, he must have been involved in some incredible game.
I always feel that school rules and school-level trials are all preparations for these...
"Then Yamada-san, please go to the waste disposal place with us. We have something we want to investigate." Lin Xiao said.
"Yes, that's it...what do I want to do?" Yamada said.
"Anyway, come here first." Naegi said.
Arriving at the waste disposal room, Lin Xiao said, "Please open the iron bars."
Yamada said: "Well. Just open this iron fence, right? Okay, I'll cover it..."
Opening the iron bars, there seems to be something underneath the incinerator inside...
"This seems to be the residue of something." Lin Xiao said.
Naegi said: "It looks like a piece of white cloth with blood stains... This is the trace of the evidence that was destroyed..."
Then he found something that looked like glass fragments on the ground... Yamada said: "This thing, it must be... a glass crystal ball used for divination... the kind that witches love to use...
"
If you put it this way, this thing can only belong to that person... The super-advanced fortune teller, Ha Yin... Why is his thing here?
The distance between the iron fence and the incinerator is 1O meters...the incinerator is still burning...the switches are green and yellow...
"Yamada, is this incinerator always burning?"
Yamada thought for a moment and said: "There is no such thing. I hadn't opened it when I came here yesterday...it should be impossible to light the fire."
Lin Xiao said: "That is to say...someone used some method to turn on the switch and ignite the incinerator..."
Naegi said: "It's all a matter with no clue...but let's go find Hagakure first."
Arriving at the gymnasium, I found Ye Yin.
"Hayin, I have something to ask you." Naegi said.
"No, I want to get out of here...get out right away, I want out, get out right now..." He looked very confused.
Lin Xiao patted him on the shoulder and said, "Calm down."
Ye Yin then came back to his senses and said: "What's wrong...what's wrong with you?"
Lin Xiao took out the fragments of the glass ball that he had just collected and said, "What is your impression of this glass ball?"
Ye Yin shouted: "My crystal ball! It broke! It was said to be a crystal ball that will never break! Is it actually made of glass? Am I being deceived..."
"Okay... after all, this is yours, right?" Lin Xiao felt helpless at this disconnected nerve and immediately changed the subject.
"It's mine... I must have put it in the laundry room last night and it was stolen..." Ye Yin said.
"...Is that so? Okay, it's okay." If you say this, anyone can take it away...
After searching for a while, the school broadcast was received... Monokuma said on the screen: "Oh, I'm tired of waiting... It's about time we started, right? Everyone has been waiting for a long time."
...School-level trial... Then I will designate the meeting place. Please enter the red door on the first floor of the school...Pfft, see you later."
After saying this, the notice ended...but Lin Xiao knew that now was the real beginning.
Lin Xiao and Miaomu arrived at the designated location, where everyone was already there... they were late because they were investigating just now.
Ishimaru pointed at Naegi and said, "Too slow! Everyone is waiting for you!"
Dongzi said: "Humph... I must be afraid... Afraid that my crimes... will be exposed..."
Lin Xiao said: "Okay, don't make preconceptions. We will discuss it later when the school-level trial is held."
Ishimaru said: "Yes, that's how it should be. I'll expose Naegi's crimes when the time comes!"
It seems that Naegi is still suspected by most people...but there is nothing we can do...
Monokuma's voice said: "Please take the elevator in front, it will take you to the trial court."
The front door opened, and it turned out to be an elevator. Everyone walked up, silently.
Then the elevator stopped after a long time, and after the door opened... everyone arrived at the place.
It was a gorgeous court-like place, where everyone's positions were arranged, and everyone found a place to stand.
Monokuma sat in the judge's seat and said, "Welcome... This is the trial court that will decide your fate."
"First of all, let me explain the rules for the last time. In the school-level trial, you will initiate a discussion and finally vote based on the final result. If you come up with the real prisoner after voting, then only the prisoner will be executed. But if you make a mistake,
If so, all members will be executed.
I declare that the school-level trial will begin now! Fufufu.”
Okami Sakura said: "The murderer...is he among us?"
Monokuma said: "Of course."
"Okay, let's close our eyes, and then the murderer will raise his hands!" Ishimaru said.
Owada said: "Idiot. How could you raise your hand..."
Kirigiri said: "...Can you interrupt? Before we start the discussion, I would like to ask a question... What does that mean?"
Kirigiri looked at the gray photo frame hanging on the empty seat...the photo was of a dead person...Enoshima and Maizono Sayaka...
Monokuma said: "It's too pitiful to be ostracized after death, isn't it? Friendship transcends life and death!"
Yamada said: "Beyond life and death?..."
Ceres said: "But why are there 17 seats in the trial field... What does this empty seat mean?"
Monokuma said: "It doesn't have too much meaning...it just means that the trial venue can accommodate up to 17 people...Then the preface said that we should almost start..."
"But what should we do?" Asahina said.
"Well... this is the first time for you to experience this kind of thing... Let me give you a little reminder... The first step is to sort out the incident... Then please start discussing..."
Monokuma said.
Ishimaru said: "I am certain that the person who was killed was Sayaka Maizono!"
Ye Yin said: "Everyone knows this kind of thing..."
Togami said: "The place where the murder occurred was Naegi's room."
Asahina said: "It's the bathroom in the room."
"Wumao-kun must have been attacked while he was in the shower room, and was killed before he could resist!" Qianxun said.
"No, that's not the case. The situation at the crime scene was in a mess... There were many marks on the walls, bed, and floor. From this, it can be seen that there must have been a fight in the room at that time..."
Lin Xiao said.
Naegi said, "That's why the room looks like this."
"Then Wu Yuan-san was not suddenly attacked while he was in the shower room..." Chihiro said.
Ceres said: "The horror was when I was attacked in the room at first, and then I escaped into the shower room... and was killed by the murderer who chased me..."
"As long as you have seen the scene, you can do it immediately, no need to explain at all..." Togami said.
Qianxun said: "I'm sorry..."
Ye Yin said: "Then continue the discussion..."
Okami Sakura said: "Then, the next step is the murder weapon..."
“It always feels like more and more interesting aspects are developing,” Yamada said.
Okami Sakura said: "What was the murder weapon that killed Sayaka Maizono? Where did the sharp blade that pierced the abdomen come from..."
Lin Xiao said: "The murder weapon was a kitchen knife... We have already investigated this."
Naegi said: "One of the kitchen knives originally kept in the kitchen was missing after the incident..."
Okami Sakura said: "So is that kitchen knife the murder weapon?"
Kuwata said: "Even if we know that the murder weapon is a kitchen knife, so what? After all, Naegi is the murderer in the end, right?"
"That's right!" Dongzi said: "...The scene of the incident was Naegi's room. There is no more definite...evidence than this!"
"Wait...wait...I..." Naegi said.
Lin Xiao said: "Let's wait a while before we come to a conclusion on this point, or should we discuss it first?"
"...The purpose of the school-level trial is to find the real culprit, otherwise it would be meaningless." Kirigiri said.
Sangtian said: "However, if we continue to discuss it, the conclusion will not change..."
Kirigiri said: "No, there is no such thing. As long as we continue to discuss, we will definitely find a breakthrough point..."
Ye Yin said: "Huh. Breaking point?"
Lin Xiao said: "That's right, then let me discuss whether Naegi is the murderer."
"It seems that the murder weapon was indeed a kitchen knife...but this does not eliminate Naegi's suspicion," Kuwata said.
"Yes!" Dongzi said: "Naegi can steal a kitchen knife from the kitchen, take advantage of the fact that no one is in the restaurant, get the murder weapon without anyone noticing...and then commit murder."
"Look, Naegi is indeed a criminal, right?" Kuwata said.
"Yeah, it's decided!" Yamada said.
"Oh? Is that so? It's too early to make such a decision..." Lin Xiao said. "If the murder weapon is confirmed to be a kitchen knife, then the person who took the kitchen knife away from the kitchen is not Naegi."
"Yes, that's it. It's really not me. Please believe me." Naegi said.
"You two are colluding. What's the point of such an excuse? If you just say it like this, anyone can defend it." Dongzi said.
"No, Naegi has a witness...of course it's not me...right, Asahina-san." Lin Xiao said.
"Huh?" Asahi asked confused: "What's wrong..."
Lin Xiao said: "When Naegi and I went to investigate the restaurant today, Asahina-san, you told me that you wanted to drink black tea last night, and when you entered the kitchen, the kitchen knives were indeed all ready... But after you drank the black tea, you wanted to
I went to the kitchen to put away the black tea, but found that one kitchen knife was missing... The kitchen knife disappeared when Asahina-san was staying in the restaurant. At that time, Asahina-san, have you seen Naegi...?"
Asahina said: "...I probably haven't seen this before."
"The kitchen knife disappeared when Asahina-san was staying in the restaurant, but at that time, Naegi was not seen, so it was impossible for Naegi to get the kitchen knife." Lin Xiao said.
"Yeah, I never went to the restaurant at that time, which means I couldn't possibly get a kitchen knife." Naegi said.
Fuyuko said: "Then is it possible that the idiot over there who can only swim is an accomplice with Naegi, so he gave a false testimony or something like that."
"What? A fool who can only swim! By the way... why am I an accomplice!" Asahina said.
Togami glanced at Monokuma and said, "I have a question. I want to ask that puppet by the way. If there is an accomplice, is that person also considered the murderer?"
Monokuma said: "Then let me explain this problem. When killing people, you can find accomplices, but only the murderer who committed the murder can graduate."
Kirigiri said: "In other words, even if you assist in killing, there is no benefit to being an accomplice..."
Owada said: "Then there shouldn't be any accomplices..."
"But... maybe the murderer just doesn't know the rule..."
Chihiro said.
Monokuma said: "Ah... what a trouble! There is no such thing as an accomplice in this incident! Ah... I told you..."
Naegi said: "Anyway, I didn't go to the restaurant or take away the kitchen knife, so I'm not a murderer!"
"So...who took the kitchen knife..." Qianxun said.
Ceres said: "If Asahina has been staying in the restaurant, she should be able to do it..."
"No, no, no, it's not me!" Asahina said.
Yamada said: "Can anyone prove it?"
Okami Sakura said at this time: "Me."
Asahina said: "When we were drinking black tea in the restaurant last night, I was always with Sakura..."
Sangtian said: "Well... just to be on the safe side, let me ask Aying first..."
"Me." Sakura, the muscular female fighter, said calmly.
"That's right..." Sangtian said with a slightly pale face.
He was probably frightened by Okami Sakura's aura, and the fact that the opponent's muscles were those of a girl, Sakura was indeed scary...
Ye Yin said: "Then, could it be that one of you secretly took the kitchen knife?"
Okami Sakura said: "I spent the night with Asahina in her room last night..."
Asahina said: "Because I saw strange images... I felt very scared... so I forced Sakura to spend the night at my place... so we had an alibi."
Dongzi said: "Isn't it against school rules to spend the night in someone else's room?"
Lin Xiao said: "Although it is prohibited to rest and sleep in places other than personal rooms, there is no prohibition on sleeping in other people's personal rooms."
"...Actually, there was another person who came to the restaurant." Asahina said.
"Who is it?" Togami said.
"...Actually, it was Sayaka Maizono's sister who came to the restaurant...she was the one who was killed..." Asahina said.
"So... the one who took the kitchen knife... was Wu Yuan?" Lin Xiao said.
Okami Sakura said: "Having said that, I also remembered it. Now...her behavior that day seemed a bit strange...When she came to the restaurant, she didn't even look at us and walked in on her own.
into the kitchen...Although he said she just came to drink water...but now it seems like..."
Ishimaru said: "So... the person who took the kitchen knife was the victim Maizono-san himself?"
Naegi Cheng said: "It must be... I want to use it for self-defense..."
"That is to say, the kitchen knife Wu Yuan took away was snatched away by the murderer, and he was killed with it..." Togami said.
"Then, even if someone claims that he did not take the kitchen knife, he cannot use this to clear away the suspicion..."
Naegi Makoto said: "Oh!?"
"Yes, that's right. The murderer is you, Naegi!" Dongzi said.
"Naegi, do you just want to twist the routine like this and lead everyone in the wrong direction?...This technique of yours is really scary..." Yamada said.
Makoto Naegi's current situation seems to be very bad.... But Lin Xiao believes that Makoto Naegi is not the murderer.... What is the key evidence?
Kirigiri said: "Wait a minute... Isn't it too early to confirm that Naegi-san is the murderer? This time the murderer took an action that the owner of the room could not have done... If the mystery of this action is not solved,
There is no way to confirm that he is a prisoner..."
Impossible action...What does Kirigiri mean?
Owada said: "Impossible action? What is that?"
Kirigiri said: "There is nothing that should be expected at the crime scene..."
After thinking for a while, Lin Xiao finally came to the conclusion: "There was not even a single hair in the room at the crime scene... This shows that the murderer destroyed the evidence! If Naegi is the murderer, why did he clean his room thoroughly?
What about your hair? After all, it shouldn’t be surprising at all if your hair falls in your own room!”
"What does this mean? In order to eliminate the traces that Wu Yuan-san has been to his room, he cleaned the hair in the room...can't you think so?" Ceres said.
Kirigiri said: "If the purpose is to eliminate traces of Mai Madoka's visit, then it is not about cleaning the hair, but about disposing of the body. At least you cannot leave the body in your own room."
Yamada said: "It makes sense."
"Then, why is there no hair on the ground?" Sangtian said.
Lin Xiao said, "Of course it was cleaned up. The real murderer wanted to eliminate traces of his having been in that room... If his hair fell and was found in the room, wouldn't it be very disturbing? That is.
Said, the murderer cannot be the owner of the room!"
Chihiro said: "Then...isn't Mr. Naegi the murderer?"
"But...such an important thing..." Ishimaru said seriously: "Is it okay to decide based on just hair?"
"No, there is other evidence to prove that Naegi-san is not the murderer." Kirigiri said.
"I agree with this. Everyone, please carefully recall the situation around the shower room at the scene... Wuyuan was attacked in the room before escaping into the shower room, right?" Lin Xiao said.
"The murderer chased her, entered the shower room and stabbed the woman to death," Owada said.
Kirigiri said: "That's true, but did the murderer enter the shower room smoothly?"
Ceres said: "What does this mean?"
Lin Xiao explained: "When the murderer entered the shower room, he must have spent a lot of effort... The evidence was also clearly left at the scene... that was the door handle of the shower room..."
Ye Yin said: "Door handle, what's wrong?"
Lin Xiao said: "The door handle of the bathroom in the room was damaged and all the screws were removed."
"If that's the case...but why destroy the door handle?" Qianxun said.
"That's because the murderer wanted to destroy the shower room lock, so he removed the door handle together with it... This is also evidence that Naegi-san cannot be the murderer," Kirigiri said.
Kuwata said: "Does this mean that it is impossible to destroy the door of your own room? However, if it comes to a critical moment in order to kill Wu Yuan, of course you must destroy it. Even if it is your own room, you will not stop.
Alright?"
Lin Xiao said: "No, it is precisely because of this that the suspicion of Naegi will be lifted. Let's review the incident and then discuss it, so that we can explain it more clearly."
Lin Xiao probably already understood, but since it is a discussion, he must listen to everyone's opinions, otherwise, this group of people will definitely suspect that he and Naegi are in the same group... So it is better to propose a discussion...
Kirigiri said: "The incident occurred in Naegi-san's private room. Mai Madoka was attacked in the room at first... and then escaped into the shower room..."
"And the murderer chased him..." Owada said, "entered the shower room..."
Sangtian said: "At that time, the murderer should have destroyed the doorknob... because the shower room was locked."
Naegi said: "That's not the case. The shower room in my room can't be opened. It's not because it's locked... because the shower room can be locked only in girls' rooms, right?"
Okami Sakura said: "If you say so, it is indeed correct."
Chihiro said: "Then why can't Naegi-san's shower room be opened?"
"The Naegi bathing room cannot be locked. The private rooms can be locked except for girls. The bathing room of Naegi's room is special. Because there is a problem with the hinge, closing the door feels like it is locked. In fact, as long as
Just lift it up when turning the handle.
But the murderer didn't know about this, so he forcibly removed the handle, and if it was Naegi, he could have just opened the door and rushed in... So it is completely impossible to establish that Naegi is the murderer," Lin Xiao said.
"That's right. Only the lucky one at the super high school level, Mr. Naegi, has a door that doesn't work properly...Pfft, you're not lucky at all!" Monokuma said.
"It seems like the suspicion of Miaomu can be ruled out, right?" Lin Xiao said.
"But, who is the real murderer?" Ye Yin said. "Ah... things have become so troublesome..." (To be continued)