Danganronpa Zero Vol. 2

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Back from her long period of absence, the first thing taken care of when returning to her dorm room was applying the makeup.

Looking at her reflection in the mirror, Junko Enoshima saw despair.

Geez, Matsuda-kun sure had horrible taste.

Reflecting in the mirror was a simply plain, normal, and uninteresting female high school student.

"...To think something like this was of value for despair."

I don't know if he picked something up from his mother or something-Going over the sense of a loved one in despair while applying makeup, she next began to tidy up the room, beginning with picking off the numerous post-it notes saying "This is my room".

And then the Ryouko Otonashi Notebook...

Looking at this notebook brought back memories of Yasuke Matsuda. Remembering him, she could feel her chest tightening. Consumed by disgust at what she did to him, she was compelled to cry and scream out.

I want to forget this already! I want to just get rid of this notebook!

"Aha! All the more reason to keep this on hand!"

With an indescribable expression somewhere between woe and excitement, she flipped through the pages.

Suddenly, her hand stopped.

On that page laid a ridiculous amount of likeness portraits of Yasuke Matsuda.

"These horrible drawings are surprisingly heartrending...how exciting."

As expected, it seemed that her heart's wound wouldn't heal any time soon. But that's how it should be. After all, she went so out of her way and lost her memory to taste this despair.

Speaking of which, that wasn't the only reason she had her memory lost.

There was another goal in mind as well.

That reason was within the notebook within Enoshima's hands. Reports on Matsuda's methods in manipulating her memory were recorded in that very notebook.

That was her other reason.

Memory manipulation was required for the final stage of her plan to inflict further despair. That's why she wanted to test it. That's why wanted to test it on herself. She arranged for Matsuda to take away her memory, resulting in becoming a subject to that memory manipulation.

"I guess this is all one can expect from just an experiment...just becoming forgetful is only half-way progress, I guess Matsuda-kun just didn't try hard enough. Well, once I take care of it, I'm sure it'll turn out perfectly. Taking over a loved one's lovely research...I'll be sure to make use of it in the most despair-inducing way possible."

Her other reason for using Matsuda was for this experiment.

For that experiment, she anticipated Matsuda's actions and then proceeded to move freely within her own convenience.

That goes for others as well. She anticipated the results of everything, and manipulated those events at will.

By doing this, she finished her perfect development.

It was the same for even Enoshima herself.

She was able to control even her own actions, and experienced the greatest taste of despair.

"Yoo Hoo! I'm baaaaaack!"

Suddenly a strange voice rang out as the door to the room flew open.

Standing at the door was a blonde haired girl.