Identity V x Danganronpa

Chapter 82 -A Long Investigation Ahead!-

     Lucky Guy's P.O.V: "?"


     Following Demi down towards the main room, the rest of us were surprised to find how Demi was right... Bonbon was dead...

     His body looked like someone had dismantled him by pieces... 

     And that wasn't all, there was a writing in the words next to him on the floor... 


     It read: Rest In Peace, My Friend.



     Thankfully, everybody was now in the main room together and so were the remaining survivors and the hunters-- (Antonio, Joseph, Violetta, Bane, Leo, Hastur, Andrew, Victor, and Jose) who were all staring closely at Bonbon's dead body. 

     "What happened to him?" I demanded.

     "Well," Jose began with a frustrating look in his eyes. "How should we know? I was the one who found him like this first before the others in the room did."

     "Are you sure about that?" Tracy challenged him. "Or maybe it's because you're not admitting that 'you' might be the killer."

     "What the heck are you talking about, you wretched mechanic?!" 

     "Nevermind her," Freddy jumped into the conversation. "That shows us something, doesn't it?" He glanced over at me before stating what he knows... "The killing game has already ended, which means..."


     "Which means the trial starts in 1 1/2 hour!" Monokuma surprised all of us from the room. He was standing in front of us, looking delighted and happy. "My, my, my~ What have we got here? Another Dead Body!"

     Sometimes, I really wished a duct tape would be able to stop this bear from speaking... Or maybe, that wouldn't be such a good idea...

     "Another dead body!?" Bane looked quite furious for himself. "What do you mean another dead body!?"

     "It means," Martha replied. "Kreacher and Edgar are considered to be 'dead.'" 

     "You must be kidding me!" Leo Beck shook his head sadly. "Who must've done this?"

     "Those filthy killers will pay for this!" Hastur added angrily. 

     "They will, for sure!" Antonio agreed immediately. 


     "Anyways~" The headmaster, Monokuma, brought everyone's attention to him. "Now that's settled, please be sure to give this investigation all you've got! Or else, I'll be pretty bored myself!" And with no questions being answered by him, he disappeared. 

     
     "Dang it," Naib began with a frustrated look. "I was going to ask Monokuma if it's the two traitors who had killed those three victims."

     "Same here," William muttered. 

     
     Now it's time for the investigation to begin!


     "But those two must've gotten a kill once, isn't that right, Lucky Guy?" Tracy pointed her accusing finger towards Emily and Kurt. "We still can't trust them, can we?"


     She's right, there is no doubt about it... Those two might've caused all of us to panic, including me who happened to overhear their little plans, but still... I can't let those two out of my sight that easily. 

 
     I hesitated as I tried to think of another plan for those two... 


     "Can I question you two for a moment?" I asked, then turning to everyone else. "Please continue your search, and don't forget, those two bodies are up the stairs so you guys can get a early head start while I talk to those two if you don't mind."

     "Not at all," Luca agreed with my plans. "Come on guys, let's go."


     As everyone started to exit the main room, it was only me, Emily, Kurt, and... 


     "You can go on ahead with them, Freddy," I looked over at him, "I can take this from here."

     "No way!" Freddy disagreed with me. "We're supposed to work together, remember?"


     Ah, right... maybe I should let him work with me--


     "Are you sure about that?" I heard my insecurities talking to me. "He can bring you a lot of trouble if you aren't too careful about it..."

     "What do you mean?" I asked the voice in my head. "You're nothing but a liar."

     "Oh, blame it on me, aren't you sweet?"

     "Why do you not trust Freddy?"

     "Simple... He 'could' be the traitor. Or the killer."

     "And how would you know that?"

     "Remember when you told the others in the morning-- Emma, Emily, Freddy, Edgar, including you~ to split up... What happens?"

     "..."

     "That's right... One of them died, didn't he? AND you know what THAT means?"

     "...What?"

     "IT'S. ALL. YOUR. FAULT."



     Waking up from these sudden thoughts in my head, my mood got the worst of me when somebody tapped on my back. "Um, Lucky Guy? A-are you alright there, buddy?"

     Turning around to stare at Freddy, I gritted my teeth. "Leave. Me. Alone or else I'm beginning to assume you're the killer."


     "W-what?" His face fell.

     "You heard me."

     . . .


     "But we're supposed to work together on this! You promised! Don't tell me you're going to work this out by yourself!"


     Hearing this, I quickly countered, "I never promised such a thing, Freddy. Not one bit, you liar."



     . . . . . 


    It felt as if my hand had just slapped him in cold air...



     "If that's what you w-want... Then fine, I'll go." And with that, he left me all alone with Emily and Kurt in a hurry... 

     However, for me, I caught him hiding his tears away as he exited out of the room...


     "You're so mean, Lucky Guy," Emily called out on my behavior. 

     "Yeah, what has gotten into you, anyway?" Kurt locked eyes with me. "Are you afraid?"

     
     "Afraid?" I repeated. "Of course not. Just... lost..."


     "Well, what do you want to talk to us about then?"

     "I want to know where you were before I told you guys to split up," I met Emily in the eyes. "Can you?"


     "Right," she softly began. "So basically after you left us, Emma told me she wanted to go hang out with her father, so I gave her the chance to go after him."

     "And?"

     "And... I was walking along up the stairs when I met Kurt who was also by himself as well."

     I glanced over at Kurt. "What were you doing at that time before she found you?"

     "I was alone at that time, don't know what to tell you. Though, when I was talking to myself about how I wanted to start this killing game alone in the hallways, Emily didn't hesitate as she wanted to help me."

     "Oh?" I raised my eyebrows at both of them. "What else? What happened after you left the classroom when you were trying to find me?"

     "Nothing much," Emily's eyes blinked a couple of times. "We headed into the kitchen in order to plan out our ideas until we found Emma already there..."

     "What was she doing?"

     "She told me that she couldn't find her father during this Hide-And-Seek game, so she gave up to make herself busy in the kitchen," the doctor told me. "And... I'm sure you already know what happened as that little axe boy came over to the kitchen to attack us."

     . . . 


     Yeah,  I could tell... I was there.


     "I guess that answers most of my questions," I told myself. Then before they could say anything else, I headed out of the main room just when I accidentally bumped into Robbie in the hallways. "Robbie?"


     "Watch it!" He took a step backward. "Geez, what's the rush? It's not like the bodies are going to disappear."

     "So you found Edgar's dead body, didn't you?"

     "Yep, I sure did," he tilted his head. "I happened to find the others studying him as well, while some of the others began exploring the other rooms."

     "Exploring the other rooms? But why?"

     He shrugged. "Dunno, I overheard some of them thinking that the murder could've happened somewhere else, so they decided to check the other rooms for more clues just in case," he responded to my confusion. "And I'm guessing Bonbon's dead, just like I thought."


     Woah... He's not scared at all? Where's the axe boy that always cries?


     "Surprised?" Robbie sighed. "Yeah, I'm still upset if that's what you're thinking, but trust me," he smiled. "Things will be a lot worse than this, I know it... Even a 6 year-old knows way more than grown-ups, don't I?"

     "Y-yeah," I hesitated. "That explains it."

     "Say, where are you going?" 

     . . . 

     His question startled me a little as I thought about where I was supposed to go... 


    "Hm, I was planning to explore more on how those three victims are connected to the 2 killers," I answered instantly with a look. "I'm thinking it might've been related to the game you're talking about."

     "Oh? You think I killed them by myself?" He raised his axe as he pointed at my chest. "Don't play games with me, Lucky. If you want my honest opinion, relax yourself. You're already broken like a toy, so leave the rest of the case alone," adding, "You need to take a break is what I mean."

     But before I could respond back, he left me alone in the hallways as he headed into the main room to check up on his friend, Bonbon. 

   
     . . . 

     I never knew Robbie would feel this way... And yet again, I didn't mean to assume he's the killer. Even though that identical axe of his is still with him, there's no possible way he could've killed Kreacher...


     Ah, what am I thinking? I need to explore more!