Chapter 16

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"Everyone! Gather 'round!" Angie yelled, we came in just in time. "We all here? Good! Then let's bow our heads and pray to Atua."

"You're a real pain in the ass, ya know that!? Just tell us what you fuckin' want!" Miu shouted

"Alright then, check this out." Angie pulled out a weird looking flashlight.

"Uh, okay... a flashlight. Is it like...special or something..?" I ask

"Umm, I dunno what it is either. I inspected it pretty good, but in the end I couldn't figure it out. So I asked someone for help." Angie added

"Wait, you don't mean—" just as Shuichi was about to speak his thoughts, the famous Monokuma appeared.

"Tell us, Monokuma. What is this flashlight?" Angie asked

"Why, that's a flashback light. That flashlight doesn't shed light on darkness, it sheds light on your lost memories.. You guys seemed concerned that you couldn't remember how you came to this school, but if you use that flashback light, you can remember everything!" Monokuma spoke cheerfully

"What? With just this light..?" I mumble to myself

"So it's your fault we don't remember when we were kidnapped, huh?" Kaito said

"What did you do to us, and how did you steal our memories away?" Kirumi asked impatiently

"Hmm, maybe if you use the flashback light, you'll be able to remember that, too." Monokuma answered

"...I don't believe it. No way this flashback light will recover our memories." Maki spoke up

"Yeah...I agree. It seems far fetched.." I say

"I bet there were a lot of naysayers and skeptics when the telephone was invented, too. For your information, the flashback light can treat various symptoms of memory loss. The light it emits stimulates the basal ganglia and hippocampus. Not just that, but physical— Phew, I didn't realize how boring it would be to explain. Basically, it works like that.." The bear stopped himself before he continued to ramble on, but left shortly after he finished speaking.

"Hey! Don't just give up on explaining after a single sentence!" Kaito yelled after Monokuma

"So...what should we do?" I ask

"What should we do...? You mean, should we or should we not use the flashlight? No way! I refuse! It reeks of fishiness!" Tenko said

"Yeah. Gonta no can believe flashlight can bring back memory."

"Why don't we ask Miu, then? She knows a lot about machines...since she's the ultimate inventor." Ryoma suggested

"You're all a bunch of ultimate dumbasses! No fuckin' way that thing can treat amnesia! Then again... these aren't exactly normal circumstances..." Miu said

"So in such an uncanny environment as this, common sense has no place." Korekiyo added

"Well, I mean, there are those neuralyzer things. The flashy things from men in black.." Tsumugi mentioned

"Ahem...real life, Tsumugi. This is....real life...not a movie." I say

"Sorry."

"I don't think we should do it. I'm scared it might cause some weird side effects..." said Kokichi.

"...Has everyone spoken? If we're in accord, I will consent as well. What about you, Shuichi? You have not said anything yet." Kirumi asked

"Alright! Then it's decided! Let's use it!" Kaito talked before Shuichi could even respond to Kirumi.

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