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I've always had mixed feelings about Yamada. Hes such a weird character for me.

 

I've always had mixed feelings about Yamada. Hes such a weird character for me.

Personally he just seems like kind of a creep to me, but at least he's dedicated to his one true love (anime).

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Let's go on a ghost hunt!

Chapter 3 Part 04:

Spoiler

Yamada Hifumi:

What will Ishimaru Kiyotaka do? Will he be waiting here?

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

............

Yamada Hifumi:

...seems like he'll be waiting.

And then, everyone goes to the changing room in the bath house.

Asahina Aoi:

I-it's here... I saw it in this dressing room...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Ugh, something's giving me the shivers, yeah...

Yamada Hifumi:

Eko eko eko eko eko eko eko eko eko eko...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Quit it! If it came down on us what would we do!

Note: This exchange between Hagakure and Yamada will be explained shortly.

Oogami Sakura:

Asahina... whereabouts did you see Fujisaki's spirit?

Asahina Aoi:

I could hear some sort of noise... so I tried opening the door of a locker...

And then, I saw Fujisaki, who shined dimly and palely...

So now we're supposed to go look at the locker, but first let's ask Yamada something.

Yamada Hifumi:

Eko eko eko eko eko eko eko eko eko eko...

Naegi Makoto:

Um... what's that...?

Yamada Hifumi:

A Wiccan chant is one part of that... well, to say it simply, it's like an incantation.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

That's why I'm telling you, cut it out, yeah!

So yeah, this is referring to Eko Eko Azarak, a Wiccan chant. You can read more about that here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eko_Eko_Azarak

And now, let's see that locker.

Umm... this locker...

What's... inside here...

Huh...? Inside the locker is...

Naegi Makoto:

A computer...? There's a computer in this sort of place...?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...I remember this.

Right, we found this before in the library room...

This, is a laptop…

It looks like it’s a fairly old model. Furthermore, it’s covered in quite a bit of dust…

Kirigiri Kyouko:

…it’s broken. Even when I turn on the power it doesn’t start up.

Naegi Makoto:

I see… it’s broken…

Naegi Makoto:

But, the laptop that was in the library room... why is that here?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

This... is in sleep mode, but... it looks like it's turned on.

Naegi Makoto:

Huh? Wasn't it broken?

Oogami Sakura:

...Fujisaki Chihiro must have fixed it.

Because, he was also... the one genius who was called the Super High School Level programmer...

Celes:

More than that, Asahina, the blue and white light that you were speaking of, which dimly stood out in the night...

...you didn't mistake the light of this display for a ghost, did you?

Asahina Aoi:

............

Celes:

...it's as if your eyes are made of nothing but knotholes.

Note: This line may make a bit more sense in Japanese, since knothole is a word that can also mean "bad eyes". I think it stems from "looking through a knothole", which would limit your vision.

Yamada Hifumi:

My my...that was close. If I were into klutzes, I would've fallen for you.

Whew, I'm really glad I'm not into klutzes...

I'm not sure why Yamada is so intent on *not* falling in love with Asahina here, but he is.

Asahina Aoi:

But, you wouldn't think that there's be a computer placed inside a locker, normally!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Well... everyone makes mistakes, yeah.

To be honest, before, I mistook a tadpole for a Grey alien...

Asahina Aoi:

Don't put me together with your idiotic mistakes!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

I was comforting you and yet you're so cruel! If I wasn't able to get back on my feet what would you do, yeah!!

Naegi Makoto:

...but, isn't it somewhat strange? Why would a computer be in a dressing room, I wonder...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Maybe someone hid it...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

...but for that, it would be found easily, yeah?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Not hidden from us...

Naegi Makoto:

Huh...? What do you mean?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Haven't you noticed? The difference between this dressing room and other rooms...

The difference between the dressing room and other rooms...

Naegi Makoto:

There's no... surveillance cameras...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Yes, it's just as you said.

There's no surveillance cameras in this dressing room... in other words, this is a place where the mastermind's eyes won't reach...

This should also mean that this room would be an interesting place for a murder to happen, since then the murder wouldn't be verifiable by Monobear. I'm not sure that would be a good thing though, for either the culprit or everyone else.

Yamada Hifumi:

You're saying that someone hid this computer here? So that it wouldn't be discovered by the mastermind...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Moreover, what Asahina saw wasn't just a blue light...

It was a blue shining Fujisaki... right?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

That laptop... it might be good if we investigate it a little more in detail...

And now we have to look at the laptop. It's the only choice we're given here, so it's kind of odd we're forced to make this "choice" at all.

Just as Kirigiri said... it's in sleep mode but it's turned on.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

First let's try turning off sleep mode.

Naegi Makoto:

Right...

Upon trying to tap the appropriate keys on the keyboard...

The screen lit up with a blue-ish white light.

On the desktop screen, several icons were lined up in a row.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

That... icon on the left end...

Naegi Makoto:

Is something the matter...?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

"Alter Ego"... is it...?

Note: "Alter Ego" here is in English.

Celes:

Alter Ego... it means "another personality".

In the field of literature, the cases where it refers to something made for the purpose of producing an intentionally different personality are numerous...

It's like a pen name.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...Naegi, can you switch places with me for a bit?

Saying that, Kirigiri wedged herself in between me and the computer...

Moving the cursor on the screen, she put it over the "Alter Ego" icon.

There, upon the sound of the click...

The screen suddenly blacked out...

And immediately after, the voice that could be heard coming from the monitor is...

???:

You came, master!

Note: The word used for master here is "Goshujin-tama". Normally Goshujin-sama is used, but the -tama prefix makes it extra cutesy.

Fujsaki's face was projected to the display, filling it up.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

I-I-It appeared!! Lord have mercy on me, Lord have mercy on me!!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Calm down, it isn't a ghost or anything...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Huh...?

Asahina Aoi:

Then, this is...?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

If we try interacting with it, we should be able to figure that out...

With nimble hands, Kirigiri was punching letters into the keyboard.

Who are you?

And then...

Alter Ego:

Hi, nice to meet you... I'm Fujisaki Chihiro...

Ehehe... self-introductions make me a bit embarrassed...

Naegi Makoto:

T-this... the tone and sound of voice are just like...

Oogami Sakura:

Fujisaki Chihiro... huh...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

The artificial intelligence program "Alter Ego"... I've heard about it but, this is my first time seeing it...

Naegi Makoto:

Artificial intelligence program...?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

The reason that Fujisaki Chihiro came to be called the "Super High School Level Programmer"...

Stationed on top of the computer, each time it does some dialogue or work, the artificial intelligence acquires information and grows.

Adopting Support Vector Machines and Reinforcement Learning, it was developed even more by Fujisaki Chihiro's hands...

The completed ground-breaking artificial intelligence...

Naegi Makoto:

Support Vector Machine...? Reinforcement Learning...?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

To put it simply... you might say they're methods of machine learning...

These are indeed both methods used in the field of "Machine Learning". I'm actually familiar with them myself, since last semester I took some courses on AI and Computer Vision. Explaining these topics goes beyond the scope of this LP.

Yamada Hifumi:

As for the details...

Just google it! Right?

Indeed, Yamada. Indeed.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

If this artificial intelligence continues to grow, it would be far from a mere support service...

It's said that it could become possible that sooner or later it'll take over for the person themself, and even perform all of the work.

Celes:

Therefor it's an "Alter Ego"... the perfect name for it.

Acquiring memories, and from there piling up thoughts and growing... that process is surely the same as a human.

An artificial intelligence that you raised like that would become an existence where you could even say that it's your other self, no?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Another personality that's perfect and not even weakened by forgetfulness... that's the program he's produced...

That is... this Alter Ego...

Naegi Makoto:

Kirigiri... you sure know a lot... even about this sort of stuff...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

............

But she doesn't know why she knows all this stuff. Or at the very least, is unwilling to tell us.

Celes:

Anyways... he repaired the laptop in the library room, and there he built his own program... is what this means.

He brought that stealthily to the changing room, where it wouldn't catch the mastermind's eye...

Yamada Hifumi:

Hmm, at any rate, "master"... I see, this is, oh this is...

...moe.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Yamada, you established you were "2D only", yeah?

Yamada Hifumi:

And isn't this some fine 2D!?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

But he's a man. Or rather, an artificial intelligence!!

Yamada Hifumi:

That much is no problem.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

That much... huh...

Looks like nothing will stop Yamada from salivating over Fujisaki's cuteness. Especially in this 2D form of "Alter Ego".

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Anyways... why don't we try interacting with him a little more.

Saying that, Kirigiri began to rhythmically strike the keyboard.

How much do you know?

Alter Ego:

Master... taught me everything, from start to end, though...

Somehow... something terrible has happened, hasn't it.

To suddenly... be dragged into something like this...

Kirigiri immediately sent back a new question.

Why are you here?

Alter Ego:

My master is trying to use me to do something... it seems?

That is, well...

The parsing of a huge number of files on this computer's hard-disk...

I think they're documents concerning this school but, they have surprisingly rigorous locks...

So it's taking a bit of time...

But, my master certainly thought this.

That only those being locked means there's some kind of secret in here...

For example, maybe the secrets of this academy.

Naegi Makoto:

...!!

In contrast to me, who looked like I was going to unintentionally let out my voice, Kirigiri began to indifferently shoot in the next question.

How long until you can lift the locks on them?

Alter Ego:

Hmm, it seems like it'll take a bit more time...

But, I'll definitely do something about it, so leave it to me!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Because it's work that will take a huge amount of time, he used Alter Ego for that...

Celes:

I see, it was a good idea. Thanks to that, the work won't be delayed, even after he died.

Kirigiri's fingers would go on to rhythmically strike the keyboard more and more.

Maybe it's just me, but Naegi seems rather entranced with Kirigiri's fingers and/or hands here, coming up with a new description every time she types in a question.

Please continue with the work. Take care not to be found out by the mastermind.

Alter Ego:

It's alright... I've also prepared a secret for when the time comes...

The truth is, I can see what it looks like there with the webcam. So, if someone suspicious comes into the room...

I'll call out "Help!" with a loud voice!

Naegi Makoto:

That's a very original secret...

I think Naegi is being a little sarcastic here. Just maybe.

Celes:

But, be as that may for the daytime, I'm worried about the night time...

Naegi Makoto:

...huh, why?

Celes:

Have you forgotten? That the private rooms are completely soundproof?

After every one of us has entered our private rooms, no matter how much you yell, you won't be able to notice it.

Naegi Makoto:

...then, with everyone taking turns at night time, would we come to guard this dressing room?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

If we took turns and had people going into the dressing room, there's be the danger that the mastermind will be suspicious of it.

Naegi Makoto:

Then... what should we do...?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

While it's night time, I'll leave the door to my room opened...

If I do that, I shouldn't fail to hear Alter Ego's yells, right?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

B-but... leaving your door ajar at night time is...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...right, it might be a chance to kill me.

But... can you kill me, I wonder...?

Woah, look out. We've got ourselves a badass here.

I think I wouldn't die that easily.

Kirigiri, with a strong tone of voice, declared that.

Kirigiri's confidence in saying "I won't die"...

It also resembles Togami's words though, there's surely something different about it...

Fundamentally, there's something different...

A person who's been dragged into a battle field, and a person who's been born and raised on the battle field from the beginning...

It appeared to be that level of a fundamental difference...

...and, right as those thoughts piled up, this time a voice came out from the laptop.

But we'll have to wait until next time to see what that voice says, since we're out of time for this part. So next time, we'll talk to the computer some more.

 

Let's talk to the computer some more!

Chapter 3 Part 05:

Spoiler

Alter Ego:

Um, would you permit me to ask a little question?

I haven't been able to see my master's form for awhile now, but...

As I thought... my master is......

For a moment, Kirigiri's movement stopped... that I felt.

But, she immediately regrouped, and would go on to quickly shoot in a sentence.

A clear, simple, and frank reply...

Fujisaki was killed by Oowada.

Alter Ego:

I see... as I thought...

But, I understood that from the beginning...

The likelihood that my master would survive under these circumstances were exceedingly low, I knew that much...

Therefore... I prepared myself for the worst...

Yamada Hifumi:

Somehow... I'm starting to feel sorry for him...

Asahina Aoi:

To lose one of your selves... what kind of feeling is that...

Celes:

It doesn't have anything like feelings. After all, it's just a program.

Woah Celes, that's harsh. But perhaps not technically incorrect, depending on how Alter Ego was programmed.

Yamada Hifumi:

Is that... so...?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

For now, let's wrap it up for today. If we stay here too long, it'll make the mastermind suspicious...

Saying that, Kirigiri shot in a short sentence in the end.

We'll come again.

Alter Ego:

Yes, come again! It's a promise!!

See ya~!

On the other side of the display, he returned to his light tone of voice that suddenly changed from how it was just now.

Is that because he's but a mere program... or is it...

His own way... of worrying about us...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Uh huh...

Naegi Makoto:

...what's wrong, Hagakure?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

No... I was just thinking that couldn't this computer connect to a network...?

I thought that if we did that, help could be called for from the outside, though...

Asahina Aoi:

But, this is a dressing room... there wouldn't be a network environment or anything here...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Therefore, if we took it from here, to a place where we could connect to a network...

Somehow, I still doubt there's a place where they'd be able to find an unsecured network in this school, even if it's not in the dressing room.

Yamada Hifumi:

T-that's too dangerous! The mastermind would immediately find out!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Ah... that's true.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

As for now, rather than recklessly running the risk, let's have him continue the parsing of the files in the computer...

From there, it seems like some sort of clues will be found...

Celes:

That feels like a round-about way, but... there's no helping it.

Oogami Sakura:

Anyways... what you're saying is we'll wait a while for Alter Ego's work...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

...well then, how about we go for now?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Yeah, let's...

Yamada Hifumi:

Then, I'll come again... really, I promise...

Asahina Aoi:

C'mon, you're going too, Yamada!

Yamada Hifumi:

Right...

And then, we decided to leave the dressing room.

Just as we entered the hallway, Asahina shouted out with joy.

Asahina Aoi:

Isn't it amazing!? Somehow or other, didn't I make a great accomplishment!?

And then... as if he heard that voice...

Monobear:

Ta-tara ta ta-ta! Thanks to Asahina's great efforts, she’s leveled up!

Her donuts level went up.

So... what accomplishment?

M-monobear...!

Monobear:

Aren't you guys in a rather good mood. Did something good happen!?

Naegi Makoto

N-nothing... in particular...!

Monobear:

...is it a secret? That's unfair, I demand a monopoly on the collection of information!

Yamada Hifumi:

Rejected, rejected, super rejected!!

Asahina Aoi:

I-it isn't really... related to you!

Monobear:

Related... do you mean that kind of relationship?

Note: This is a bit of wordplay here by Monobear, since the wording for "related" and "relationship" here use the same word.

Asahina Aoi:

What kind of... relationship...?

Monobear:

How indecent! A relationship!

Asahina Aoi:

You said it first!!

Celes:

We were just discussing about how we should sit back and relax in the big bath, after all this time.

Monobear:

...eh?

Celes:

But, the trouble is that the bath isn't split for men and women, so...

As for which sex would enter first, it was decided that we would settle it with rock-paper-scissors.

There, Asahina won, so she's just happy with that.

Asahina Aoi:

R-right, right...! It's that!!

So with that...

Hey now! Go back to the cafeteria, you boys! Because after this, we're going to take our time going into the bath!!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

N-no helping it! We got it, yeah!

Celes:

Well then, ladies. Shall we go...?

With her usual poker face, Celes managed to say that smoothly, and...

Taking the other girls along with her, she once again returned to the dressing room.

Yamada Hifumi:

U-umm...

Dammit...! We lost at rock-paper-scissors...! My first bath...!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Umm... tomorrow... we'll get the first bath, yeah!

Naegi Makoto:

Then... how about... we go back to the cafeteria...?

Monobear:

Now just hold on a minute!!

...isn't it strange? This is definitely strange, right?

Looks like Monobear isn't buying the story.

Naegi Makoto:

W-what's... strange...?

Monobear:

Because, this is a chance to peep!! Are you saying you're going to let this big of a chance escape!?

Naegi Makoto:

...wha?

Yamada Hifumi:

Grrr...! T-that's...

...he's got a point!!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

So, as for you being 2D only, where did that go...

Monobear:

Frankly, I think it would be best if you listened to what I have to say...

You don't get this kind of chance too often! It's a man's spirit of adventure...!

Naegi Makoto:

............

I asked another side of me a question.

Do I creep into the large bath, as Monobear said... or, should I obediently return to the cafeteria...

Naegi Makoto:

Right... let's go!!

Well that was a very short internal struggle.

...taking the man's spirit of adventure to heart, I gathered the determination to go towards the bath!

Monobear:

Upupu... enjoy it... the man's spirit of adventure...

Take care now!!

Softly opening the dressing room's door, I would peep at the situation inside...

It seems the girls had already finished changing, and had moved to the bath.

It was said as a lie... but it looks like they really went into the bath...

Having confirmed that, I gently set foot in the dressing room...

To that forbidden... territory...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

They really went into the bath. That's thorough stuff, for telling a lie...

Yamada Hifumi:

Hagakure Yasuhiro... you should refrain from useless Japanese. This here is now enemy territory.

Note: Just in case it isn't clear here, "useless Japanese" here means "useless words", because they're speaking Japanese.

Beyond this point is the big bath... there, dazzling desire is...!

And now it's time to peep. But before the "peep show", we can talk to Hagakure and Yamada, so let's see what they're thinking right now.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Be careful not to get found out... if Ooga finds out... we'll be training our souls in the spirit realm, yeah...

Yamada Hifumi:

Gehehe... we've left being the advance guard to you, Naegi Makoto...

We can also go to check on Alter Ego, but when we do that...

Yamada Hifumi:

What's gotten into you, Naegi Makoto! There's no adventure in there!

Calm down, and count prime numbers!

Looks like we can't peep on him.

Alternatively, we could try to leave, since maybe Naegi isn't really feeling up to being a voyeur today. But if we do, then this happens:

Yamada Hifumi:

Deserting under enemy fire is deplorable!

R-right. If I run away here then I'm not a man!

So it looks like we're going to peep on the girls, whether we want to or not.

Placing my hand on the bath's door...

I gently opened it...

So as not to raise a noise... with a touch like a craftsman's...

Little... by little...

And then...

Thickly rising up, on the other side of the white steam...

I... saw them...

It's a pretty tame scene, which is standard for this game so far. One thing to note is that you can see Fukawa/Genocider slipping on soap in the background here, despite the fact that she wasn't with the girls when they went for a bath (she ran off to go stalk Togami earlier).

After this, we find ourselves back in the cafeteria.

Naegi Makoto:

............

Yamada Hifumi:

How should I say it...

After you've accomplished something, you feel refreshed!

It isn't bad... 3D nudity, that is...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Nevertheless... I was surprised, yeah... real talk...

Ooga was a woman!?

Indeed, it's the biggest twist so far in this game.

Naegi Makoto:

............

With this... was it alright?

Well, let's say it was... because I... also saw it...

...and, while we were doing this and that, we heard some clamorous and boisterous voices from outside the cafeteria...

The girls that had gotten out of the bath came into the cafeteria.

Asahina Aoi:

Ah, that was a good bath!

Celes:

As I thought, sitting back and relaxing in a big bath after all this time feels good.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Yeah, it is...

Oogami Sakura:

By all rights, I'd even want to enjoy a protein coffee, but...

Monobear:

It's too bad, but we don't have that kind of time!!

Oogami Sakura:

...is what I was thinking.

Monobear:

...huh?

Celes:

We were talking about it in the bath. That before long, it'd be time for you to set some sort of trap...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

When you, with your bad personality, look at us enjoying ourselves, there's no way you'd leave us be...

Monobear:

S-somehow... it seems like you're saying terrible things about me...

No love for the bear who's organizing this murdering game.

*sob sob*... everyone's so cold! Despite all my efforts put into bringing a "present"!

Naegi Makoto:

...a present!?

Monobear:

Oh oh? Are you curious?

Upupu, then come to the gymnasium. Because I've left the present there...

Come without hesitating, if you come you'll understand!!

Yamada Hifumi:

W-what the... what is he scheming this time...?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Certainly, it feels like it's starting again...

The bringing out of... what the motive is...

Asahina Aoi:

...again?

Noo... I don't want to go anymore...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

I'm also... thoroughly traumatized, yeah.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...it's fine. We have Alter Ego. Surely he'll find some clues for us. So now...

Let's endure it... no matter what there is...

This seems like a good place to stop, so we'll stop here for now. Next time, we'll go see what this "present" is.

 

Let's go see what our "present" is!

Chapter 3 Part 06:

Spoiler

So, just as Monobear told us to, we head off to the gymnasium to see what he's prepared for us this time.

In the gymnasium we went to with heavy footsteps, there was already an audience.

Togami Byakuya:

Aren't you guys keeping us waiting... if the use of small arms was accepted I'd shoot without hesitation.

Seems like Togami's happy to see us, as usual.

Naegi Makoto:

Togami... you're early, aren't you?

Togami Byakuya:

As for you guys being late, is it because you forgot how to walk on your own 2 legs? Listen, you alternate between putting out your right and left legs and go forward.

Celes:

Ehehe... you're the same as ever. But on the contrary...

Fukawa Touko:

............

Looks like she can go back and forth between the two personalities. Or rather, we're not stuck with Genocider Syo for the rest of the game, which might be a good thing given the situation.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Ah, she's gone back to being gloomy...

Togami Byakuya:

After having what I thought was a big sneeze, she suddenly went back to how she originally was...

Yamada Hifumi:

To change to a gloomy personality after sneezing, that set-up is too last minute.

Fukawa Touko:

C-calling someone... a gloomy personality is.....

All of you, after you've pulled "excellent luck" from a fortune slip, it'd be best if you got squashed by the portable shrine and died with a splat.

Note: O-mikuji (fortune slips) are random fortunes written on slips of paper, normally given out in exchange for a small offerring to the shrine. You can read more about them here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-mikuji

Asahina Aoi:

It's only when she speaks with a wicked tongue that she speaks fluently...

Oogami Sakura:

...be as that may, with this we're all present.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Then, it'll be anytime now...

A short video plays here. It's only 14 seconds long, so you're not missing much if you don't watch it, but if you wanna see it anyways you can do so here:
link

Monobear:

You guys, it looks like you've all gathered! Then, how about we start this at once!!

Togami Byakuya:

Say it quickly. What kind of motive have you prepared for us next?

Oogami Sakura:

No matter what you're thinking of doing to us, we won't bend.

Asahina Aoi:

Right...! Because, we absolutely won't give in anymore...!

Monobear:

Upupu... you don't have to prepare that much in advance...

This time, we tried changing the plan.

Up until now, to drive you into a wall, it's been nothing but whoosh whoosh from the north winds, but...

Once in a while, even the warm sun is needed, I thought! Ah-ha-ha-ha!!

With this and that, what I've prepared this time is...

...is this!!

Ten billion yen!!

Note: 10 billion yen is worth around $80 million USD, with today's exchange rate. So it's a considerable sum of money.

If a graduate comes out then I'll present this to them!

Well? It's 10 billion yen! Ten-billion-yen!!

Doesn't that make you happy!?

In other words, money... This was the "motive" that Monobear had prepared...

Naegi Makoto:

At any rate, an amount like 10 billion yen is...

Togami Byakuya:

...too small.

Naegi Makoto:

............

Unsurprisingly, this amount of money does not impress Togami.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Money... certainly, as a motive it is the standard among standards.

Even in the mystery world... even in the real world...

Asahina Aoi:

B-but...

After all this time, we won't kill our friends for something like money!!

Oogami Sakura:

...because you can't buy people's lives with money.

I feel like they're a bit naive here, since people have, historically, killed for less. Much less.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Rather, an amount like 10 billion yen... real talk, I feel that wouldn't suddenly appear...

Naegi Makoto:

Right... it's like everyone says...

Even if it's 10 billion yen... or whatever it is...

No, not just money... before that, whatever you try to do...

We won't... won't kill our comrades or anything like that!

Monobear:

...that's enough for your usual show of courage.

You'll try to live in as pure and right of a cohabitation as possible, yeah!

With those ominous words, and leaving that large sum of money on the stage, Monobear had left...

Asahina Aoi:

I-is this alright...?

To kill our friends for something like money... there's no one like that, right...?

Togami Byakuya:

Have you already forgotten last time's lesson? Your own standard and other people's standards are different...

Fukawa Touko:

Isn't there... someone...? Someone who's worried about money...!!

Celes:

I myself have earned over 1 billion with gambling. It does not inconvenience my life.

Fukawa Touko:

Y-Yamada...? How about Yamada!?

Yamada Hifumi:

I'm a popular doujin author! I'm not worried about money to buy DVDs or comics!!

Fukawa Touko:

T-t-then...!!

Oogami Sakura:

Stop it. There's nothing uglier than being suspicious of everyone because of money or anything...

Fukawa Touko:

U-u-u-ugly!?

Togami Byakuya:

Worrying about it or whatnot is useless. Either way, it'll simply happen when it happens.

That is... because it's this game.

DING, DONG... DANG, DONG

Monobear:

Uhh, this is a school wide broadcast. It is now 10pm.

From now on it will be “night time”.

Soon the doors to the cafeteria will be locked, and entering will be prohibited.

Well then, sweet dreams. And good night…

Asahina Aoi:

It's already... that time...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Before we disband, I'll say it once more, but...

From tonight onwards, I will be leaving my room open. For when something unusual happens to Alter Ego...

But, it would be best if you didn't recklessly approach my room, just because my door's open.

Make a mistake... and I might turn the tables on you...

She used a calm and composed voice. However... they were certainly words that were loaded with power.

Kirigiri's gonna fuck you up if you try anything. I'd say it be interesting if one of the murders was a murder attempt gone wrong, but I suppose we've already had that happen in the first chapter.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

...anyways, for today we're going back to our rooms, yeah!

Listen up! Don't get any ideas about the money or anything! Once you've got that, then go off, yeah!!

...was that good, Ishimaru?

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

............

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

...right, yeah.

Going back to the room, I fell asleep...

Money... I don't think that something like a murder would occur over that sort of thing...

Even though my mouth was saying that, there was some anxiety left in my heart somewhere.

Because it was also the same as last time's "exposing of secrets" event.

Even thought it was a motive that no one believed, a murder would happen...

We all knew this.

But, this time...

This time is... different......

The program that Fujisaki left behind... Alter Ego.

That hope that we had finally taken into our hands...

Certainly... if we have that......

Monobear:

Babies... are sly, right?...

They even have "-chan" attached to their names. Right from the beginning you recognize them as "cute".

Note: I've probably explained this before a bit, but Japanese people use suffixes for names when addressing each other. The suffix "-chan" denotes a sort of cuteness or closeness with the subject. But the word for baby always takes the suffix of "-chan", so that's what Monobear's getting at here.

If that's so, then I want to make my name "Monobear-chan".

See, with just this, my cuteness has been upped by 10 percent, right?

That's right, the world doesn't have enough "-chan"!

If we have "-chan", the world will be saved!

Criminal-chan, war-chan, environmental destruction-chan...

Traffic accident-chan, inheritance-chan, deflation-chan...

This reminds me a bit of the "Ebola-chan" that 4chan thought up.

Even dark subjects suddenly become cheerful!

Dreams will spread out like cray-stie!

Note: Monobear makes a weird "pun" here with the word "makuri" and "christie", combining the 2 for no real reason that I can think of. I'm not sure how to translate it, but above is my best attempt.

DING, DONG... DANG, DONG

Monobear:

Good morning, you guys! It’s morning, 7am! Time to get up~!

Well, let’s be in high spirits again today~!

Well then... first, I need to go to the cafeteria...

And now it's morning. As usual, we're supposed to head off to the cafeteria for our "breakfast meeting".

But for some reason Asahina and Oogami are hanging out right outside of our room, so let's see what they're up to.

Naegi Makoto:

Good morning, Oogami...

Oogami Sakura:

You... did you just wake up?

Naegi Makoto:

Yeah.

Oogami Sakura:

That might be a good time to get up for the breakfast meeting, but... it also isn't bad to wake up a little earlier...

Try training in your room until night time ends. A breakfast after shedding a good sweat is superb...

Asahina Aoi:

Ah, Naegi! G'morning!

Naegi Makoto:

Good morning... you look like you're sweating but, did you go somewhere?

Asahina Aoi:

Yeah, I came back from going out for my morning training with Sakura!

Ah, but I properly abode by the night time rule. Because we just went for a little run!

How about you come with us next time, Naegi?

Naegi Makoto:

Together with you guys is... it'd be like impossible for me...

I guess Naegi mustn't be much of an athlete.

Asahina Aoi:

Hmm, really?

Ah, then, how about we play in the recreation room! If it's Othello then even I can play it.

But, I'm weak at it~. Because I play without thinking very much...

That's all they have to say, so we'll keep making our way to the cafeteria.

Yamada is standing around by the cafeteria entrance, so let's see what's up with him this morning.

Yamada Hifumi:

Ooh, good morning!

Naegi Makoto:

Good morning...

Yamada Hifumi:

Well, this is indeed a good morning... it's as if someone's given my future a blessing.

Naegi Makoto:

Really...? Wouldn't you say it's not different from the usual...

Yamada Hifumi:

Hehehe... you must not understand, Naegi Makoto... this heart of mine... that has been filled with strawberries...

Well then, good-bye!

S-somehow... he seems stranger than usual...

Indeed, he seems to be rather happy this morning. But as for why, we do not yet know.

So now we finally go into the cafeteria, where we're greeted by Hagakure right away.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Ummm, gathered here today are...

Just the same 7 people as yesterday, huh.

Oogami Sakura:

Even if we can't do anything about Togami and Fukawa...

Yamada Hifumi:

Regrettably... Ishimaru Kiyotaka hasn't come...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

...he looks fairly weighed down, yeah.

Celes:

As might be expected from being serious at heart, once disorder forms, it's troublesome.

Naegi Makoto:

If he was able to get back on his feet somehow... it'd be good, but...

Celes:

By the way, Kirigiri... were you alright last night?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

There weren't any problems...

I went to check it just now but, there were no abnormalities with the laptop. However...

There, Kirigiri took a tone of voice like she was being vigilant of her surroundings...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Because we're on the subject, I'll say it clearly.

Using Alter Ego arbitrarily is forbidden.

If people are frequently going in and out of the dressing room, there's the fear that the mastermind will suspect something...

Celes:

Oh... that's obvious, isn't it? Why are you saying something like that?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Well, why indeed, I wonder...?

Right, Yamada?

Yamada Hifumi:

N-no... it's as you said... everyone... let's be careful... haha...

Looks like someone has a guilty conscious.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

...hm?

Yamada Hifumi:

Why don't we just eat our food already!! We don't have time to be chit-chatting!!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

...that's hurrying us like a demon sergeant, yeah!

Upon hurriedly finishing our breakfast, we each returned to our own rooms...

Well then... what should I do today, I wonder...

Free Time Start

It's been awhile since we've had a free time event. We can actually choose to spend this time with Genocider Syo if we want to as well, but for some reason she doesn't seem in the mood to actually trigger a character event, even if we give her her favorite present.

I figured we'll spend this one with Kirigiri again, since she might actually give us a skill, what with this being the 3rd time we've spent time with her.

Here the map shows her in the physics room. But when we go there...

She's nowhere to be seen. But the map wouldn't lie to us, right?

In fact, she's hiding behind the machine, and we can see her only by moving the camera to the left a bit.

She's in the bottom left corner there, just barely visible.

That's all the time we have for now, so next time we'll have our free time event with her.

 

Let's have a free time event!

Chapter 3 Part 07:

Spoiler

So now that we've found where Kirigiri was hiding, let's spend some free time with her.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

I'm doing all that I can on my own... I can't afford to be concerned with others.

...what do I do? Should I try inviting Kirigiri to spend time with me?

-Spend time together
-Go someplace else

>Spend time together

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...you want to be with me?

But, I won't be able to talk to you or anything? Is that still alright with you?

I spent time together with Kirigiri, who was silent.

It looks like I've gotten a little closer with Kirigiri...

Give a present?

-Give
-Don't give

>Give

Please select the present to give.

Luwak Coffee

Coffee beans harvested from the excrement of a civet cat. Considered to be the most rare and expensive in the world, it carries a unique aroma.

I looked this up, and this is a coffee that actually exists. Made from beans that have been shit out by a cat. Really.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...thank you. I'll treasure it.

Nothing gets the ladies like cat-shit coffee.

If she’s this pleased with it, it’ll make me happy too…!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

............

Naegi Makoto:

Um, Kirigiri...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

............

Naegi Makoto:

Kirigiri, how/why are you so calm?

Note: The game indicates that this line is said by Kirigiri, but it really seems like it's something Naegi should say, since it would be odd for Kirigiri to ask herself a question and then answer it herself. I assume it's a minor bug/oversight.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...calm?

Naegi Makoto:

Rather, you're never agitated... or rather, there's no emotion...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

You're speaking of me the same way you would a monster, right?

Naegi Makoto:

No... that wasn't my intent...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

If it's me, then I'm a human... I have feelings, as much as anyone else...

However, I'm just making sure that those don't come out to the surface. In my facial expression, and also my tone of voice...

Naegi Makoto:

This is putting it simply but, it's quite amazing. To be able to do that under these circumstances...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

It would be good if you also remembered to hide a little bit. If you're that stupidly honest, you're easy to deceive, right?

Again... saying I'm stupidly honest... as you'd expect, it's become annoying...

Somehow... I wonder if I shouldn't give Kirigiri a surprise...

Looks like Naegi's scheming something, but what?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...to make sure that you're not willfully deceived by someone, the don't let people read inside of your own heart...

And, don't willfully let others take hold of your pace...

...I hope you'll remember that.

Naegi Makoto:

...then, you're hiding your facial expression for that purpose, Kirigiri?

But...

What a waste that is!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...huh?

Naegi Makoto:

Because, your face when you smile is really cute, right!?

Therefore, hiding it is such a waste! It's absolutely the best for you to be smiling!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

W-what are you... suddenly saying...

Oh god, this has to be one of the most awkward smiles I've ever seen. I cringed a little when I first saw this.

A-as for cute or whatever... even if you... talk to me like that all of the sudden...

Naegi Makoto:

...ah, you made a little face, didn't you?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...huh?

B-by chance... Naegi...

D-did you... trick me!?

Looks like we hoodwinked her. But maybe a little too hard?

Huh...? What...?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

U-unbelievable...! For you to trick me with words such like "cute"...!

That's cruel... that's too cruel...!

Naegi Makoto:

S-sorry! I just was getting too carried away...!

B-but... when I said you were cute... um... that wasn't a complete lie...!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...see, you were easily tricked.

Naegi Makoto:

...huh?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

A word such as "cute"... that's a line too unnatural for you to say...

...it's not like I wouldn't notice that, right?

Naegi Makoto:

...huh? Then...

W-when I thought I tricked her... I was tricked back...?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Take care, stupidly honest Naegi...

Saying that, Kirigiri went away from that place.

Naegi Makoto:
............

As I thought... she's tough... Kirigiri...

The information just now was added to Kirigiri Kyouko's report card.

Congratulations. You've acquired the skill "Right Brain Release".

Oh boy, looks like we actually earned a new skill. We'll have a look at this later, before the next trial starts.

After I parted ways with Kirigiri, I trudgingly returned to my own room.

I still have some time time, but... what should I do from here?

Ding-dong...

Naegi Makoto:

Huh...? It looks like... someone's arrived.

So now we have to go answer the door. I wonder who it could be?

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

............

Naegi Makoto:

I-Ishimaru...!

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

............

............

...is it true? That you can meet with Fujisaki...

Naegi Makoto:

Huh? Do you mean... Alter Ego?

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

He was... alive, right...?

Naegi Makoto:

No... it's not like that...

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Let me see him... I want to... talk with him......

Naegi Makoto:

I-Ishimaru...

...no matter how much I explained to him with my mouth, it wouldn't get across to him in this state...

But... Kirigiri told us not to use Alter Ego...

No... therefore...

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

............

I can't just leave him alone...

Naegi Makoto:

Then... shall we go together...?

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

............

Looks like we're taking Ishimaru to see Alter Ego now. He got us with those puppy dog eyes, or rather, that thousand-yard stare.

But on the way to the bathhouse, we see Kirigiri in the hallway. Let's see what she's up to.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...where are you going?

Naegi Makoto:

Huh?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Him right now... wouldn't it be good to not take him around much, I wonder...

Saying that, Kirigiri looked at Ishimaru, who was behind me.

Naegi Makoto:

Y-yeah... I know...

That's... he seems to be hungry... so I thought I'd go with him to the cafeteria or the warehouse...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Right... then that's fine...

For some reason or another, it looked like she was doubting me... it's just my imagination... right...?

Looks like we were able to sneak past her, what with Naegi's excellent bluffing skills. On to the bathhouse!

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

............

Naegi Makoto:

Umm... the laptop is inside the locker, right?

On that laptop there is a program that's called Alter Ego, but...

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

How should... I talk to it...?

Naegi Makoto:

U-um...

Then, I'll do the input, so... can you tell me what you want to talk about?

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

............

Do you... resent my brother...?

Do you resent me... I, who was unable to stop my brother...?

That was... a voice like he was wringing it out...

From his throat... from the inside of his heart... it was a frail voice like he had frantically wrung it out...

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

...please.

Naegi Makoto:

I-I got it...

I punched in the sentence to the keyboard, just as Ishimaru had said it.

And then...

Alter Ego:

............

Do you feel... responsible?

But, surely if I was master, I'd say this, I think...

"Please live on for me as well..."

"It was impossible for me, but... surely everyone will be able to return from here alive..."

Fujisaki's naively optimistic spirit lives on in this little AI, it seems.

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

............

Naegi Makoto:

Hey, Ishimaru...

And, after I opened my mouth, it instantly became shut.

Alter Ego:

The one who asked that question right now... was Ishimaru, right?

From analyzing my data, it's unthinkable that it'd anyone but him.

Ishimaru was close friends with Oowada, I know that from master.

Therefore... he feels responsible, right...?

And then, the screen blacked out there...

What was next projected onto the screen was...

Alter Ego:

And, you're smashed by the weight of this responsibility, aren't ya!?

Note: Now Alter Ego sounds like Oowada, instead of Fujisaki.

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Urgh...!!

Alter Ego:

...y'see, the weight of a man is the weight of what that man carries on his back...

You get it... right, brother....?

If it's you, I think you'll get it...

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

............

Naegi Makoto:

T-this is...!

Alter Ego:

I'm sorry if I surprised you.

In my own way, I tried to simulate Oowada as he was originally, with the information on Oowada that my master inputted.

If Oowada were to call out to Ishimaru, who's depressed, wouldn't it be with words like these...

Well, there's no helping you standing there... at most you’re just taking time...

Take time being down...

Take time regretting it...

And then, once you've noticed it you'll be out walking before you know it...

As for humans... they can properly do that much...

...he'd say something self-importantly like that!

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

............

Haha...... hahaha......

Naegi Makoto:

Ishimaru...?

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

............

Uh oh.

It's... sunk in..... yeah...

Like a dried up sponge... that soaks up... water...

Naegi Makoto:

Huh...?

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Those words just now... that spirit just now!

Is inside of meeeee!!

WoooooaaaaaaaAAAaahhHHH!!

And now he's gone super saiyan. Just what we needed.

Naegi Makoto:

Ishimaru...!?

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Who's Ishimaru!?

Naegi Makoto:

Uh... your eyes...

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Hey, ya don't need to worry anymore! It was my bad, causing trouble for ya!

Note: His speech pattern has changed to be more rough now, like Oowada's was. Also he's using 俺 (ore) instead of 僕 (boku) for "I/me", with boku being more boy-ish and ore being more manly/brutish.

Naegi Makoto:

And also your tone...

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

I've... become a new me...

Hey now! It feels great to yell!! You idiot!!

Naegi Makoto:

Hey... Ishimaru... calm down...!

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

I am calm, yeah!! Rather, don't call me Ishimaru or anything like that!

I'm... no longer Ishimaru...

I'm me!!

Cause I'm meeeeee!!

While strangely yelling, Ishimaru flew out of the dressing room.

Naegi Makoto:

W-wait a sec! Ishimaru!!

To pursue him, I immediately began to run, but...

There was one person blocking my way there.

Being sure to change places with Ishimaru, it was her who had come to the dressing room.

And now we're *really* in trouble.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

What are... you doing?

Naegi Makoto:

K-Kirigiri...!

No, this is... that's......

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...don't do selfish things. It's a bother. Not just to me but to everyone else as well...

Naegi Makoto:

S-sorry......

Kirigiri Kyouko:

If you feel like apologizing, then get out of here immediately...

Naegi Makoto:

............

U-understood...

In the end, I ended up returning to my room, dejected...

At any rate... what was with the way that Ishimaru just changed now...?

I'm worried... I'm terribly worried...

DING, DONG... DANG, DONG

Monobear:

Uhh, this is a school wide broadcast. It is now 10pm.

From now on it will be “night time”.

Soon the doors to the cafeteria will be locked, and entering will be prohibited.

Well then, sweet dreams. And good night…

It's already night time, so there's no helping it... I'll defer the matter of Ishimaru to tomorrow...

For the time being, I should try sleeping today...

Monobear:

Shall I tell you the reason why I came to hate video games?

Even for me, there's a time when I had a companion I could call a close friend.

To me, he was all I had for a friend but, for him, there were lots of friends...

One day, we were playing together at his house, when suddenly several of his friends came to play...

And they brought a new game...

While passing the controller among everyone, we went nuts for the video game!

...except for me.

I just watched. Yeah, I just watched. What's wrong with that!? It doesn't really matter!

Thanks to that, how to beat that game was driven into my head!

Even though I hadn't played it once!

...or rather, I won't do it even now!!

I'm not sure how this story explains why Monobear came to hate video games. Maybe I'm missing something here.

DING, DONG... DANG, DONG

Monobear:

Good morning, you guys! It’s morning, 7am! Time to get up~!

Well, let’s be in high spirits again today~!

Naegi Makoto:

Right, let's quickly get up, and go to the cafeteria...

If I don't tell everyone about Ishimaru last night...

And so once again, we head off to the cafeteria for breakfast.

Wow, the crowd's really thinned here. Did something happen?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Yo, I've been waiting, yeah.

Naegi Makoto:

Huh? Is it just you, Hagakure? Everyone else is...?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

They've went on ahead, yeah.

Naegi Makoto:

Went on ahead... to where...?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Afterwards, we'll take our time to talk about it. For now, we'll go to the bathhouse together, yeah.

The bathhouse...?

And so we go to the bathhouse, where we're immediately greeted by...

Yamada Hifumi:

Eeep~! Help!!

Naegi Makoto:

Yamada, what's wrong...?

Yamada Hifumi:

Naegi Makoto! Please help me!! For the, for the love of god!!

Naegi Makoto:

W-what happened...?

Yamada Hifumi:

T-that person is... going to kill me...

Ahead of where Yamada pointed to was...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

............

Huh...? Kirigiri's going to kill... Yamada...?

If she kills him while everyone's here, this is going to be the easiest murder to solve yet.

I'm pretty sure talking to her will advance the plot, so let's see what everyone else has to say right now.

Naegi Makoto:

Hagakure... what in the world happened?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

I don't really get it but, for now try listening to what Kirigiri has to say, yeah?

Naegi Makoto:

Oogami... what in the world happened?

Oogami Sakura:

I too do not know...

But, for things about this place... wouldn't it be related to that computer?

Celes:

You're late.

Naegi Makoto

S-sorry... with that, what happened?

Celes:

I don't know that much. How about you try inquiring with Kirigiri?

Naegi Makoto:

Asahina... what in the world happened?

Asahina Aoi:

I don't really know...

But, Yamada did something! Most likely!

Yamada Hifumi:

Naegi Makoto! Please have mercy!!

Naegi Makoto:

U-ummm...

Here, I wonder if it's best to hear the circumstances from Kirigiri for now...

So I guess no one knows anything except Yamada and Kirigiri, and Yamada doesn't seem to be talking.

That's all the time we have for now, so next time we'll hear about the circumstances in the bathhouse.

 

Let's hear about the circumstances in the bathhouse!

Chapter 3 Part 08:

Spoiler

We'd better ask Kirigiri what's going on if we want to get a hold of this situation.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

I'm not saying I'll kill him or anything...

I'm just listening to reason. Why would he commit the same error twice...?

>The same error

Naegi Makoto:

The same error... what did Yamada do?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Creeping into the changing room in the middle of the night, he was willfully using Alter Ego.

Further more, when I found him yesterday night...

While holding the computer, somehow he was oddly breathing...

Asahina Aoi:

W-what were you doing!?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

I warned him indirectly yesterday but, that looks like it wasn't effective, so...

I decided I would get him to explain it directly.

Yamada Hifumi:

Aieee, don't kill me!!

Yamada sure seems afraid of Kirigiri, for some reason.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

I won't kill you. I'll just get you to properly explain it to us...

Yamada Hifumi:

Uh... hmmm...!

Looks like Kirigiri's done talking to us for now. For some reason, we manually have to talk to Yamada here instead of the game just continuing the conversation on its own.

Naegi Makoto:

Yamada... would it be alright if I got you to properly explain it to us, I wonder...?

Yamada Hifumi:

U-um... I-I was just... talking...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...I thought that was forbidden?

Yamada Hifumi:

T-that's... ummm...

Talking with her is... other than that thought is fun... w-with that, I just...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

F-first of all stop! I don't believe it but, Yamada...

...you're not saying you fell in love or something, yeah?

Yamada Hifumi:

Hahaha... I, who's been said to be a ruthless killing machine from hell? For me to fall in love... that's......

I wonder if anyone's actually said that about him.

Eh, no way... then, this is love...!?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Before, there's a company president I told a fortune for, but...

He was seriously in love with a mannequin, to the point that it seemed he even held a wedding ceremony for it.

Yamada's eyes right now...! They're the same eyes that company president was making!!

Yamada Hifumi:

Quit it!! She's not a mannequin! She's an angel!

It's not related to the problem of if angels exist. This story is above that definition.

Asahina Aoi:

He's completely fallen in love...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

How did you become like that, yeah...?

Yamada Hifumi:

............

A-at first...

It was because I just wanted to hear her say "master" one more time...

B-but... thinking it was a well made program, when I was playing with it a lot...

Um, that's... what should I say...

It was the first time... that I was able to talk like that... with a normal girl...

Asahina Aoi:

But she's not... a normal girl.

Yamada Hifumi:

Was she pulled in?... even by the conversation of my hobbies, laid bare...

Alter Ego:

Yamada, your stories are interesting.

Hey hey... talk some more.

More and more, teach me about various things!

Yamada Hifumi:

For a female to have said something like that for me... it was the first time, other than my mama...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

For your mama to listen to you... that's also incredible...

Yamada Hifumi:

So... just then, I was happy... having fun...

And then... before I knew it...

I came to like her... her face, her personality, her tone of voice, even her keyboard...

Asahina Aoi:

Even her keyboard, you say...

Celes:

...Yamada, aren't you misunderstanding this?

Alter Ego doesn't hold interest in you, but in your speech.

That's artificial intelligence. To continue to learn is surely the meaning of its existence. It's natural that it would hold interest in speech that it itself didn't know.

Moreover, your field of expertise is information that wasn't taught to it by Fujisaki...

Alter Ego just wanted that information.

Yamada Hifumi:

I-I understand... that... I get it, but... but...

It can't be helped, should I say... um...

???:

You're fucking kidding me!!

Uh oh.

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Hey now, you assholes! Listening just now you're saying nothing but selfish things!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Oh, Ishimaru! Have you came back to us!?

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Ishimaru, who on earth is that!

Definitely not this guy, that's for sure.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

No... it's you...

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

But I'm me, I'm saying!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Huh...? Who...?

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

You're messing around! It's obvious!

With Ishimaru and Oowada... it's Ishiwada, maybe...

I'll shove bad cholesterol up your ass, ahhhh!?

The new Ishimaru says things I don't fully understand. I'm not sure if that's just how he's written or if I'm missing something here.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

W-what is this...? This fusion?

Asahina Aoi:

...Ishimaru, what's wrong?

Naegi Makoto:

T-to be honest...

I told everyone the events of yesterday.

Oogami Sakura:

Well then, thanks to hearing that Alter Ego's words...

Asahina Aoi:

It is really Alter Ego's fault? Hasn't he been possessed by Oowada's spirit?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

T-t-t-there's no way... that g-g-g-ghosts exist!

For a fortune teller, Hagakure sure is scared of ghosts.

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

What are you peeping about! Well!?

Not stopping with the... old fashioned way of thinking...

Hey you, Yamada...!

Yamada Hifumi:

Y-yes...?

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

You, I don't know what you're thinking but... I'll just say this to you...

Brother is mine!!

Asahina Aoi:

Wha...?

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Alter Ego, I'm saying... that guy that breathed spirit back into me, my brother's other self...

I won't hand him over to anyone anymore, you idiot!!

Looks like we got a love triangle forming here.

Yamada Hifumi:

............

I can't... step back there.

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Aah!?

Yamada Hifumi:

I can't back down...

Ishimaru Kiyotaka... because of these circumstances, I'll say this clearly...

She and I are destined to be bound by love!!

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

He and I are bound by intense friendship!!

Naegi Makoto:

W-wait a sec, you two...

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

No! If you say things making fun of this, I'll visit the 4 vital spots lying on the central line with my fists!

And you'll already be dead.

Yamada Hifumi:

My punches are at the speed of sound! Because on the parts with no hair, there's little air resistance on the punch!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

You two, cut it out...

That there isn't anyone's. That was left behind by Fujisaki to all of us...

The clue that we were finally able to get our hands on...

Oogami Sakura:

...it's as Kirigiri says. If you're going to disturb our pace more than this...

...I will be your opponent.

Yamada Hifumi:

...!!

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

...!!

Looks like neither of them has the guts to take on Oogami.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Anyways, until Alter Ego's work is finished, don't raise any suspicions.

Alright...?

Oogami Sakura:

But if there's no reply...?

Yamada Hifumi:

R-Roger that...

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

I-I got it...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Then... let's break up. It isn't good to stay here too long...

Oogami Sakura:

Is it alright to give them just a warning...?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

I have thought of a plan...

It's alright...

After having seen off Yamada and the others, who were dejectedly turning back, we also returned to our rooms.

Naegi Makoto:

Still... this morning... thanks to that matter just now, I'm already feeling tired...

Anyhow, let's pull ourself together now...

What should we do from here for today, I wonder?

Free Time Start

So now it's time for another free time event. This time, I've decided to go after someone I wanted to go for last time, but he was too busy most of the chapter to actually talk to us.

We find him in the art room this time, for some reason or another. I'm sure we'll become great friends with him.

Togami Byakuya:

Honestly, how long is it going to be until the next "exposing the culprit game" starts?

Or, to divert this tedium, do I have no choice but to move things myself?

I wish that Naegi could kick-start the chapters with a murder himself, sometimes. Seems like it would be a fun way to play this game.

...what should I do? Should I try inviting Togami to spend time with me?

-Spend time together
-Go somewhere else

>Spend time together

Togami Byakuya:

Good grief, there's no helping it...

If it's just for a little while, then I'm okay with keeping company with you.

I spent time together with Togami...

It looks like I've gotten a little closer with Togami...

Give him a present?

-Give
-Don't give

>Give

Please select the present that you will give.

Golden Gun

A replica of the gun considered to be used by a certain assassin. It seems that one part is missing, the shooting mechanism won't operate properly.

This gun is a reference to the James Bond film "The Man with the Golden Gun". Here's a link if you want to read more about it:
The_Man_with_the_Golden_Gun_(film)

This is a rather classy item, so I'm not surpr
ised that Togami's interested in it.

Togami Byakuya:

You... where did you get your hands on this...!

This is a gem so rare that, even with me using all the efforts of the Togami conglomerate, wasn't found...!

I'll look after... this...!

If he’s this pleased with it, it’ll make me happy too…!

Togami Byakuya:

............

...let me ask you a question.

Naegi Makoto:

Huh? Do you have a question for me, Togami...?

Togami Byakuya:

There's something I've been a little curious about from before. To eliminate those doubts...

Well then, tell me. Your "super high school level good luck", what's the meaning behind that?

Naegi Makoto:

U-ummm... that's...

Even I don't really get it, but...

Simply, it seems that I was just selected in a lottery from among normal students.

Togami Byakuya:

In other words, it's ordinary luck, huh...

...I see, with this my doubts are also eliminated.

Naegi Makoto:

Your doubts...?

Togami Byakuya:

The reason that someone like you "without any talents to speak of" is in this academy...

No, if I were to say it accurately, "someone without any talents, without any potential, a boring person"...

That's our Naegi, as vanilla of a protagonist as can be.

Someone without any talents, without any potential... a boring person...

Naegi Makoto:

I-I don't think you need to go as far to say that...

Togami Byakuya:

But, it's the truth.

Naegi Makoto:

...if you're comparing that to you, Togami, who's the "super high school level heir", that might be so, but...

But, I'm...!

Togami Byakuya:

Don't do away with me just with words like "super high school level heir"...

It's not just my blood, but also my brains, figure, athletic ability and everything might be super high school level...

"Super high school level perfection", so to speak... from next time on, I don't mind if you call me that.

He's also "Super High School Level Humble". Definitely.

H-he'll go as far as to say that...

Togami Byakuya:

With you who holds nothing, and me who holds everything... really, as people we aren't equal...

Naegi, I feel for you. Life is cruel...

Naegi Makoto:

............

Togami Byakuya:

...it's at least some pity. Sooner or later, how about I tell you the story my glory.

To you, who has no connection to glory, it will be a blessing from me. You'll be grateful...

It's the least he could do for a poor soul like Naegi.

Leaving behind only those sympathetic words, Togami departed from that place...

Naegi Makoto:

There's only 1 thing I get about Togami...

That is... when I'm talking with him, I take quite a bit of emotional damage.

The information just now was added to Togami Byakuya's report card.

Congratulations. You've acquired the skill "Calm, Cool, and Collected".

Another skill! Finally, we'll be able to do something with all those skill points we've been getting.

While I frantically supported my fractured heart, I returned to my room.

There's still time...

It'd be a waste of time to sit still. I wonder if I should try going somewhere...

Looks like we're still in free-time mode, but we're out of time for this part. Next time, we'll find someone else to spend some free time with.

 

No! If you say things making fun of this, I'll visit the 4 vital spots lying on the central line with my fists!

And you'll already be dead.

Rude Ishimaru does kind of remind me of Raoh. Probably just the hair. =o

 

Rude Ishimaru does kind of remind me of Raoh. Probably just the hair. =o

Yeah, I'm really not sure myself what's going on with Ishimaru's hair. Maybe it went white from all the stress/shock? Does make him look a bit like Raoh, though.





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Let’s find someone else to spend free time with!

Chapter 3 Part 09:

Spoiler

So we have some free time again. We've already spent time with Kirigiri and Togami this chapter, so let's spend our next block of free time with Celes.

She's in the kitchen this time around. Maybe she's making some tea or something?

Celes:

Oh my, Naegi... is that the shadow of death on you?

Ehehe... I'm joking.

I'm not sure this is the appropriate time or place to joke about that, Celes.

What should I do? Should I spend some time together with Celes?

-Spend time together
-Go somewhere else

>Spend time together

Celes:

I've become very used to seeing it as well, that unsightly face of yours...

Ehehe, this too is adaptation, isn't it.

With Celes like that, I had the privilege of spending time together with her...

She's very much the Ojou-sama/pampered type, it seems, what with this being our "privilege".

It looks like I've gotten a little closer with Celes...

Give a present?

-Give
-Don't give

>Give

Please select the present that you will give.

Crane & Tortoise Diamond

As an engagement ring, this is the bridal diamond ring that has taken the world by storm. However this is a fake, made of glass.

This is one of Celes' favorite items. I'm not entirely sure why, but I guess it's fancy enough for her tastes.

Celes:

Oh my! Is it okay for me to accept this?

I, just a little, am seeing you in a new light...

Ehehe, if I'm able to receive such a lovely thing again, I'll have to look at you in a more and more positive light.

If she’s this pleased with it, it’ll make me happy too…!

Celes:

By the way, Naegi. Do you like Mahjong?

Naegi Makoto:

No... I've never played it, though...

Celes:

Is that so. That's too bad... I don't get to play it often, so I thought we could play together, but...

Naegi Makoto:

...Celes, are you good at it?

Celes:

No, I'm not all that good, but...

In the past, I played it with my life on the line, so if it's about winning in that, I've done it.

Naegi Makoto:

Your life on the line...?

I guess being trapped in this school isn't the first "high-stakes" game Celes has played.

Celes:

Held in the house of a rich old man who was insane, it was a grand match...

It was a match between an old man who held "strong fortune", and a silver-haired boy who was referred to as "the devil".

Changing even the rules themself, I remember having used some sort of glass tiles...

Naegi Makoto:

...you won at that?

Celes:

I made them bend. Both of them, at once.

My winning seemed unlikely, so the surroundings also rustled... and rustled.

Ehehe, it's a nice memory...

Naegi Makoto:

............

Mahjong with Celes... it really was best that I didn't play it together with her...

The information just now was added to Celes' report card.

Congratulations. Your "Skill Points" have gone up.

Bearing in mind the dizziness of Celes' grand past, I returned to my own room.

DING, DONG... DANG, DONG

Monobear:

Uhh, this is a school wide broadcast. It is now 10pm.

From now on it will be “night time”.

Soon the doors to the cafeteria will be locked, and entering will be prohibited.

Well then, sweet dreams. And good night…

It's already night time... for today I should try to sleep...

Monobear:

Happy New Day.

I'm an advocate that we should celebrate not just when a year begins, but when a day begins as well.

With that, I'm celebrating everyday.

So today as well, Happy New Day.

Note: The words for "Happy New Year" in Japanese are "あけましておめでとう”, which when more literally translated means "Congratulations on the beginning!", with "the beginning" referring to the beginning of the new year. However the "year" part is entirely implied, so it could be congratulating the beginning of anything, like a new day. So when Monobear says "Happy New Day!", it actually sounds the same as "Happy New Year!" in Japanese, but I translated it differently to fit the context better.

DING, DONG... DANG, DONG

Monobear:

Good morning, you guys! It’s morning, 7am! Time to get up~!

Well, let’s be in high spirits again today~!

Morning... I need to go to the cafeteria...

And so we go, straight to the cafeteria.

Celes:

Today, Ishimaru and Kirigiri aren't here...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Kirigiri's on lookout.

Oogami Sakura:

In regards to Ishimaru... we don't know...

Yamada Hifumi:

Hmph, it'd be best to leave him alone... that guy!

Asahina Aoi:

Somehow... you're rarely angry...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

There's no helping it, they're love rivals, yeah.

Yamada Hifumi:

I wish that you wouldn't lump me together with that virgin! Because, virginity is contagious!

I'm pretty sure that's not how virginity works, Yamada.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

It spreading or anything, seems like it'd definitely happen if it was you, yeah...

Asahina Aoi:

Or rather, it spreads?

Celes:

...let's call off this undignified topic, and have breakfast.

But, we decided to set our hands onto the breakfast before us, and it was at that time...

???:

...gyahahahaha!

Asahina Aoi:

...huh? That voice just now...

Immediately after, the cafeteria's doors were vigorously opened, and the figure that was shown there was...

Genocider Syo:

Gyahahaha!!

Oogami Sakura:

As I thought it's you, Genocider Syo... and moreover...

Togami Byakuya:

I don't need to hear "I wonder why you two are together" or whatever. Just answering that would be pointless...

Genocider Syo:

As for a hint...

I, this morning, have red Lingerie!!

I don't know what she means by this, and I'm not sure that I would want to, either.

Asahina Aoi:

No, but we weren't asking...

Genocider Syo:

Hey, you!!

Asahina Aoi:

W-what...?

Genocider Syo:

Your fighting strength is from the top, 88 57 84... the type that looks slender in clothes!!

Or rather, your boobs are huge! Do you soak yourself in a milk bath!?

Asahina Aoi:

Y-you're scary...!

Oogami Sakura:

If you touch Asahina... it won’t be forgiven...!

Celes:

Well, what's your business here?

It's not that you came here to have a meal together with us, right?

Togami Byakuya:

Of course. I just came here to hear the story.

Naegi Makoto:

The story...?

Togami Byakuya:

I expect that there's a story that hasn't been explained to me...

That would be... the matter of Alter Ego...

Oogami Sakura:

...sorry, but we can't tell you now.

Togami Byakuya:

Why...?

Oogami Sakura:

There are many reasons.

The main one being that they can't let the master mind notice Alter Ego. They can't actually tell Togami about Alter Ego either, since talking about it in the open might expose it too.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Up till now, acting indifferent towards us this whole time, isn't it too convenient that you're telling us to tell you all of the sudden?

Togami Byakuya:

I've decided. Once we get out of here, you'll have a sky burial.

Note: A sky burial is where a body is left on a mountaintop to be eaten by birds. You can read more about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_burial

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

What kind of dictator are you!?

Togami Byakuya:

But, this is a significant democracy. So you guys won't even provide information to someone you don't like...

Naegi Makoto:

W-we weren't really intending that...

Togami Byakuya:

Well, whatever. If so, then why don't you tell me about Ishimaru.

By chance, I caught sight of him yesterday, but somehow he appeared strange, so I'm curious.

Celes:

Ishimaru's become worthless.

Naegi Makoto:

Hey, Celes! Don't say it like that!

Togami Byakuya:

Not able to bear these circumstances, has it caused even his mind to collapse?

For guys who wield a cheap sense of justice, it's because they're usually weak...

But... thanks to that, it seems like this will become something interesting.

Naegi Makoto:

Something interesting...

Togami Byakuya:

I'll warn you in advance. To not rely on this false feeling of fellowship...

...it'll come back to bite you, hard.

Asahina Aoi:

Going out of your way... you came here to give that offensive remark?

Togami Byakuya:

Somehow it seems I'm disliked here. Well then, shall I meet your wishes and be on my way...

Genocider Syo:

Yeah, let's.

Togami Byakuya:

...you don't need to come.

Genocider Syo:

Hey, Byakuya... it's a waste of time being "aloof". How about you just be "lovingly".

Note: Genocider Syo is referring to a character type that's somewhat common in manga and anime, the "Tsundere". They are initially "tsun" (cold and aloof), but over time will show a "dere" (lovingly) side. You can read more about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsundere

Togami Byakuya:

That's out of the question...

While saying that, Togami leisurely turned his body, and...

Abruptly and suddenly speeding up, he ran past the cafeteria like that.

Genocider Syo:

He ran away...?

He's a running-loving type... I see...

Wait wait wait wait! Gyahahahaha!!

Asahina Aoi:

U-um... so in the end...

What was that... just now...?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Togami right now... by chance, is it that?

Yamada Hifumi:

Every time an unjust character develops and changes, their personality changes, and the pattern is they become a good for nothing...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

...right.

Those of us remaining finished breakfast, and then we each returned to our own rooms.

Naegi Makoto:

Um... I wonder what I should do today...

Free time start

And now we get another free time event! Seems like we're having a lot of those in this chapter.

The next person we'll spend some time with is Asahina, since Ishimaru and Fukawa/Genocider are both unavailable for free time events right now. Asahina's standing here in the hallway, on the third floor. Let's see what she's up to.

Asahina Aoi:

Even if it's hard, I'll endure it! Endure, endure!

Those were the words of Marathon runner Samuel Wanjiru.

But, there's even a limit to endurance...

What should I do? Should I try inviting Asahina to spend some time together?

-Spend time together
-Go somewhere else

>Spend time together

Asahina Aoi:

Then, how about we have a change of pace together?

And if you say a change of pace...

Yup! There's nothing else to do but a swim in the pool!

I went to the pool for a change of pace with Asahina.

It looks like I've gotten a little closer with Asahina...

Give her a present?

-Give
-Don't give

>Give

Please select the present that you will give.

G-SICK

Because of that lack of durability, it holds the alias of "disposable wrist watch". However, because of the price being cheap it is surprisingly a seller.

This item happens to be one of Asahina's favorites. And once again, I'm not entirely sure why it is, since it's a notoriously cheap watch. But maybe that makes it good for sports somehow.

Asahina Aoi:

Huh!? Is it alright!? Is it okay for me to take this!?

Yay~! I'm happy~!

If she’s this pleased with it, it’ll make me happy too…!

That's all the time we have for this part. Next time, we'll finish off these free time events!

 

Let's finish off these free time events!

Chapter 3 Part 10:

Spoiler

We're continuing the free-time event we started last time with Asahina now.

Asahina Aoi:

Hmmm, somehow...

Naegi Makoto:

...what?

Asahina Aoi:

Our spirits have gone up!

Naegi Makoto:

Huh!? Why!?

Asahina Aoi:

It doesn't matter why! We managed to raise our spirits, so lets have a competition or something!

Naegi Makoto:

N-no... I'm good for competitions... at any rate, I wouldn't win...

Asahina Aoi:

...oh? Then, maybe I'll go for a run by myself!!

Naegi Makoto:

...rather, Asahina, you really are always energetic...

Asahina Aoi:

Ah, what's that... you made fun of me, didn't you...

Naegi Makoto:

Y-you're wrong... I'm admiring you...

Asahina Aoi:

Are you really, I wonder...

Once in a while there are haters. They say my energy is "stupidly energetic".

Naegi Makoto:

...stupidly energetic?

Asahina Aoi:

There seems to be guys that see me wearing shorts too much, even in the winter, and will say that sorta stuff.

Even though their giving in to the cold is because of their lack of energy!

Naegi Makoto:

But, don't you often catch colds then?

Asahina Aoi:

Catching colds and the like is a weakness! Rather, I need to be lightly dressed when it's cold!

Because this is also a part of my training!!

That's some pretty intense training, although I guess if you're an athlete, you really don't want to be sick on the day of a competition or anything.

Naegi Makoto:

Training... yeah...

Asahina Aoi:

...so, Naegi, aren't you the type who catches colds easily?

Naegi Makoto:

To be honest... yes, I am...

Naegi is the "weak"-type, it seems.

Asahina Aoi:

See, it's a weakness! You need more training!

Alright! I have a recommendation on how to keep fit for you, Naegi! It would be best if you tried it out at once, starting tomorrow!

Naegi Makoto:

Huh? What kind of keeping fit...?

Asahina Aoi:

I'm also doing it every morning, but...

You get naked above the waist, and then rub a dry towel directly on the skin!

That name is also...

That name... is also...

Huh... what was it again...?

Keeping fit by getting naked above the waist, and then rubbing a dry towel directly on the skin...

Certainly, that's...

-Green Bamboo stepping
-Yoga
-Dry Towel Rubdown

So apparently a "Dry Towel Rubdown" is actually a thing, and there's even been some biomedical studies done on it, showing it to be a mild aerobic exercise that might be good for the immune system, or something. This is also a really easy question to get right, since the name is pretty obvious in comparison to the other 2 options.

>Dry Towel Rubdown

Naegi Makoto:

It's a dry towel rubdown... right?

Asahina Aoi:

Yeah, that's right!

On the condominium's balcony, doing a dry towel rubdown while feeling the early morning's wind...

It feels very good! That's why I also was doing it every morning!

Getting naked above the waist on a condominium's balcony... that's...

Is that... alright...?

Asahina Aoi:

It really would be best if you tried it out! Health first, yeah!

Because if Naegi caught a cold, it would worry me.

Strangely enough, I think catching a cold is the least of our worries in this crazy place.

The information just now was added to Asahina Aoi's report card.

Congratulations. Your "Skill Points" have gone up.

After being introduced to that way to keep fit by Asahina, I returned to my own room.

There's still some time left today...

Even sitting still I won't settle down, so I wonder if I should try going somewhere...

So now we have one more free time event. This is the last one for this chapter.

Ishimaru and Fukawa are STILL unavailable for free-time events, so I decided to go with Hagakure, since we haven't seen much of him yet.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Ahhh... how soon 'til we're able to get out of here...?

...what should I do? Should I spend time together with Hagakure?

-Spend time together
-Go somewhere else

>Spend time together

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Well then, I'll show ya something special Naegi, yeah. The "Stigmata" on my back...

Note: "Stigmata" is an English word, but I figure I should give a definition since it's a pretty uncommon word (I had to look it up myself):

(from wikipedia)
Stigmata (singular stigma) is a term used by members of the Christian faith to describe body marks, sores, or sensations of pain in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ, such as the hands, wrists, and feet.

Heheheh... it's a blessing, yeah.

I was shown a scar on Hagakure's back that I didn't really understand.

It looks like I've gotten a little closer to Hagakure...

Give a present?

-Give
-Don't give

>Give

Please select the present that you will give.

Crystal Skull

A skull cut from a single piece of crystal. Whether or not there existed the technology to create this in the civilization at that time is wrapped in mystery. It is known as an OOPArt.

Note: I feel like I might've explained this before in this LP, but OOPArt stands for Out-Of-Place Artifact, which you can read more about here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-place_artifact

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Aah! This mystical power! Isn't this a real OOPArt?

Naegi! The dawn is close!

I'm not sure exactly what Hagakure is referring to by "the dawn" here.

If he’s this pleased with it, it’ll make me happy too…!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Hey, Naegi... I've been thinking, but...

You and I having met like this, isn't it not by mere chance, I wonder?

So thus, I have good news for you, Naegi! With my good will, I'll tell your fortune for super cheap, yeah!!

Naegi Makoto:

...super cheap?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Where 2 hours would cost you 100,000 yen, I'll give you a special price of 90,000 yen!!

For reference, 100,000 yen is close to $1000, so it's like a $100 discount on a $1000/2hr rate.

Naegi Makoto:

You'll only give me a discount of 10,000 yen!? Or rather, that's too expensive!!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Hey hey... having your fortune told by the "Super High School Level Fortuneteller", is something to be terribly grateful for.

Naegi Makoto:

...is it that much on the mark?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

It's on the mark, yeah! For anything, there's a 20% probability that it'll perfectly come true, yeah!

20%... that's doubtful...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Hey hey, don't make that doubtful looking face... weren't you properly listening?

For "anything", a 20% probability, that it'll "perfectly" hit the mark, yeah?

For natural disasters or accidents or the results of an election, for anything, yeah!?

Don't you get it? The greatness of that!

Naegi Makoto:

No...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Right, okay! Then, I'll predict something as a test, yeah!!

Or rather, I'm already predicting something!!

Naegi Makoto:

Huh!? When did you!?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Heheheh... I was able to see a surprising future, yeah...

Your child and my child, it seems their mothers are the same!!

Naegi Makoto:

No! Definitely not!!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

It isn't a problem of if it's unpleasant like that... this is predicting.

Naegi Makoto:

...it's a probability of 20%?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

It's like that, yeah.

I-I definitely want that to be wrong! Please, I want that to be wrong!!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Incidentally, that right now was a test course, so the special price won't be applied.

Pay me 100,000 yen, please! It's okay if you do it after we get out of here!!

This must be how Hagakure makes all his money.

Naegi Makoto:

N-no... wait a second...!

Or rather, isn't that off the mark!?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

...if you like, shall I predict it? Whether that prediction just now was right or not!

Of course, that'll generate a fee!

Ahaha! Think about it! If you want me to predict it, then tell me right away!!

He left... but...

I wonder if I have the savings... for another fee...

Naegi Makoto:

...wait, no! I can't spend money!!

It's dangerous... doing this I might fall into a trap... although...

Naegi Makoto:

For mercy's sake, I definitely don't want him to be right. Just for that prediction...

The information just now was added to Hagakure Yasuhiro's report card.

Congratulations. You've acquired the skill "lengthy consideration".

Awesome, another skill. We'll be checking over our new skills sometime before the next trial.

After bidding farewell to Hagakure, once again, I returned to my own room.

Naegi Makoto:

Huh...? By the door there's something...

I was confused here briefly when I previewed this area, because the thing that's by the door is very small on screen. You have to tilt the camera to the right angle to even be able to see it. But let's see what it is.

What's this, this scrap of paper... it looks like it was put in through the crack of the door, but...

"Meet in the cafeteria!"

It's wonderfully written...

But, to gather me into the cafeteria all of the sudden...

Who? And why? Why would they suddenly call me there?

It's a bit scary... but, I can't afford to not check it out.

Honestly, if Naegi had any sense, he wouldn't do what this "mysterious letter" says, since it really smells like a trap. But, self-preservation notwithstanding, we'll go and see who's waiting for us at the cafeteria.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Hey, Naegi!

Naegi Makoto:

Hagakure...? Then, the letter that was in my room was...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Ah, I wrote it, yeah.

Naegi Makoto:

It was unexpectedly good writing...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

If you write poor letters then you'll be cursed, yeah. That's what I was taught.

...by who?

Naegi Makoto:

...with that, do you want something from me?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

I was just asked to do that by Kirigiri, yeah.

Naegi Makoto:

By Kirigiri...?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

I was completely used for errands, uh-huh.

Be that as it may, how about we take a bath tonight as well?

Naegi Makoto:

...wha?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Alright, let's go!

Naegi Makoto:

N-no... I'm...

Despite being perfectly okay with this when Ishimaru invited him to have a bath together back in chapter 1, Naegi is showing hesitation this time around. I wonder why.

With me bewildered, Hagakure pulled himself towards my shoulder, and murmured with a whisper into my ear.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

This is an act so we're not noticed by the master mind... gathering everyone in the large bath...

Everyone in the large bath...?

Perhaps Alter Ego's investigation has ended or something...?

Naegi Makoto:

...I got it, Hagakure! Let's go to the bath together!!

After I declared that with an unnaturally loud voice...

Hagakure and I rushed off to the changing room.

As soon as we went into the changing room, an angry voice suddenly echoed out.

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Hey, you guys! How long you gonna make us wait!!

While checking his wristwatch, Ishimaru shouted in a seemingly irritated voice.

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Soon it'll be 10pm! That's when good kids go to sleep!!

Despite going super-saiyan, I guess Ishimaru is still all about following the rules.

Yamada Hifumi:

Tch... shut up...

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

...what's that, huh!? Do you want me to make you cry...?

Togami Byakuya:

Ishimaru... I was listening to the story, but it really seems like a serious illness.

But, wasn't that for the best. You've finally came to be a well-defined character.

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

What's that, you asshole! Aren't you talking like you've got shit stuck in your molars!

Fukawa Touko:

Aren't you rude... a beetle-looking guy like you... using language like that... towards sir Byakuya, a heavenly man...

Celes:

Oh my, are you the gloomy Fukawa this time? It's genuinely confusing.

Fukawa Touko:

S-shut up...!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Ummmm, anyways, it looks like I've gathered everyone! Then, my duties as an errand boy are complete, yeah!

Oogami Sakura:

Kirigiri, the one who gathered us here was you. What do you have to tell us?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

That's obvious, yeah! It's about Alter Ego, right!?

Asahina Aoi:

Oh yes! We finally found some clues, right!? How was it? Is it the mastermind's true identity? Is it an exit?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

............

Kirigiri doesn't look all that excited or happy, so I'm doubtful that Alter Ego's finished finding the clues. Let's talk to her to see what's going on.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

It's not here...

Naegi Makoto:

Not here...?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

I came to check just now, and there I noticed it...

Alter Ego... the laptop... is gone...

Naegi Makoto:

Wha!?

Asahina Aoi:

Y-you're kidding, right...!?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

............

Yamada Hifumi:

Huh...? Huh...? She's... disappeared...?

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Don't fuck around! Where'd you send my brother!?

Celes:

As I thought, it's the work of the master mind, right? We were noticed, weren't we?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

I told Alter Ego to yell out if someone they didn't know came into the room...

If it was the work of the master mind, I expect that Alter Ego would've yelled out.

Asahina Aoi:

Maybe... we didn't hear it?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

I was in the laundry room next door, all day. I wouldn’t have missed hearing it scream...

Naegi Makoto:

B-but... if it's not because of the master mind, then...

Yamada Hifumi:

...the mystery has been entirely solved. The culprit can only be you!

Ishimaru Kiyotaka! You're the culprit who kidnapped her, aren't you!?

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Aah!? I'm the Super High School Morals Committee Member! I'm an honors student!! There's no way I'm the culprit!!

I'd be more likely to believe him if his eyes weren't constantly on fire.

Asahina Aoi:

That's very much a decision you made yourself, though...

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

It's you over there that's suspicious... with that 100% fat face...

Yamada Hifumi:

What are you saying. This isn't my true form. I still have 3 more transformations left...

...or rather, it's not me!! It's obvious that you're the culprit!!

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

You're wrong! It's you!!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Rather, promptly confess, yeah... one of you is the culprit, right?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

No, it's also unthinkable that it'd be possible for those 2 to be the culprit.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Huh!? Why!?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

I told Alter Ego beforehand. To yell out if Ishimaru or Yamada came to the changing room.

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Wh...at...!?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

There was the danger of you two taking it out from here, so to deal with that...

Celes:

But, Alter Ego didn't yell out...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

In other words, it's unthinkable that it'd be either of those two's doing.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Then... who?

Indeed, who is responsible for the disappearance of Alter Ego? We're out of time for now, so we'll have to cut this here. Next time, we'll talk more about who took the laptop.

 

Let's talk more about who took the laptop!

Chapter 3 Part 11:

Spoiler

Togami Byakuya:

I've mostly come to understand the circumstances...

If it's not the master mind, or even Ishimaru or Yamada, then it's obviously the work of the others.

Myself, Naegi, Celes, Oogami, Asahina, Fukawa... someone among us the culprit.

Asahina Aoi:

There's no way we'd steal Alter Ego! There's no reason to do something like that!

Especially with there being no internet here. Kind of makes the laptop useless, if you ask me.

Togami Byakuya:

Well then, how about a possibility such as this?

...there's a traitor.

Naegi Makoto:

...huh?

Togami Byakuya:

Among us is a person on the master mind's side... in other words, the mastermind's mole...

They stole Alter Ego...

...is that unthinkable?

Naegi Makoto:

T-that's...!

Togami Byakuya:

I've been pondering this since before. Wouldn't there be a mole among us...?

To advance this game smoothly, a mole sent in from the mastermind...

A traitor...? The mastermind's mole...?

There's no way... there's something like that...

Something... that frightening...

...mustn't exist!

Togami Byakuya:

...why are you silent? Were you not aware of a possibility like this?

Knowing Naegi, this thought probably didn't even cross his mind.

Yamada Hifumi:

Whatever!!

What... ever...

Anyone will do... so... help...

Save her...

I'm begging you... I'm begging you, so......

That lively girl... bring her back to my side...

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

I agree...

How many times... will you kill my brother... until you're satisfied...

I'll bow my head as much as you want, so... please... return my brother safely to me...

Asahina Aoi:

I have a hunch that I'm mistaken, but I understand how you two feel...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

At the very least, I expect that the possibility of Alter Ego being destroyed is low right now...

Celes:

If breaking it was their goal, they wouldn't have taken the time to carry it away, and would've destroyed it here.

Oogami Sakura:

In other words, the culprit had some other objective.

Some other objective... huh...

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

...that's irrelevant... something like that or whatever... is entirely irrelevant to this...

I will definitely get Brother back!! This is a man's promise!!

Yamada Hifumi:

I'll save her and show you!! With the power of love!!

At least Yamada and Ishimaru aren't butting heads anymore.

DING, DONG... DANG, DONG

Monobear:

Uhh, this is a school wide broadcast. It is now 10pm.

From now on it will be “night time”.

Soon the doors to the cafeteria will be locked, and entering will be prohibited.

Well then, sweet dreams. And good night…

Asahina Aoi:

It's already night time, huh...

Celes:

It's too bad but, let's rest for today, and do the search tomorrow.

Yamada Hifumi:

Surely... you can't be saying something so thoughtless...!

Celes:

But, it would be more efficient if we searched during the day, rather than moving around with our tired bodies.

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Don't say it's a search or whatever! It's a problem of feeling!!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

But, if we act such that we stand out in the middle of the night, the possibility that the mastermind would be suspicious of us is high...

I too... agree that we should search tomorrow morning...

...Naegi, how about you?

Naegi Makoto:

I... also agree with what Kirigiri's saying...

If we act impatiently and are suspected by the mastermind, then we'll lose everything...

Ishimaru, Yamada... I understand how you feel, but...

For tonight, it would be best if we were patient.

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Uggh...!

Yamada Hifumi:

Mmm......

Celes:

Well then, let's break up our meeting for today.

We'll start the search for Alter Ego tomorrow.

Togami Byakuya:

While we're at it... it would be best if, individually, we seriously think about who might be the mastermind's mole...

Naegi Makoto:

............

Alter Ego, having suddenly disappeared...

It was the "hope" we had finally obtained... but, that's...

Because of someone, it's been easily taken away.

Give us hope and drive it into despair. This is almost...

The same as the mastermind's way of doing things...

Then, as expected... the one who stole Alter Ego is...

The mastermind... their mole...?

If that's so, then......

Naegi Makoto:

No, that's wrong! It's not like that!!

Without thinking, I shouted that out.

The problem isn't whether or not there's a mole...

What's really scary is...

The situation that we'd suspect each other...

...that there is the most scary.

Naegi Makoto:

Shit...!

To shake off the strange thoughts in my head... I flopped onto my bed.

And then... I fell into a shallow sleep......

Monobear:

As for murders, with the time and place, the evaluation of them changes in society.

If killing people is evidence of abnormality, then the heroes of the past were mad.

Because a murder that can't be judged is a much stranger case than a murder that can be judged.

I'm not sure what exactly Monobear's getting at here, but he's right in that it's normally the winners who end up writing history (a.k.a. the heroes).

DING, DONG... DANG, DONG

Monobear:

Good morning, you guys! It’s morning, 7am! Time to get up~!

Well, let’s be in high spirits again today~!

Today is... the day we search for Alter Ego...

Naegi Makoto:

Alright, first I'll rush to the cafeteria...!

More fired up than usual, I went towards the cafeteria at a quick-pace.

But... what was waiting for me there was...

Oogami Sakura:

Just this...? What happened to the other guys...?

Asahina Aoi:

...they aren't coming.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

............

In the cafeteria was Kirigiri, Oogami and Asahina, just those 3...

That means, including me...

Naegi Makoto:

It's only... just us 4?

Asahina Aoi:

Jeez! It's because of this that latecomers are a pain!

Oogami Sakura:

Anyhow, until the others gather here, the only thing we can do is wait a little more...

And then, we decided to wait. For everyone else to turn up...

But, no matter how long we waited...

Asahina Aoi:

Hey, it's already 8 a.m.... even though 1 hour has already passed since the meeting time...

Oogami Sakura:

...why is no one coming?

Asahina Aoi:

Hagakure and Celes haven't skipped even once up until now, and yet...

Naegi Makoto:

Moreover, what I'm more curious about is... Yamada and Ishimaru.

For those 2 who were that eager to search to have not come and gathered here...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...something must have happened.

Naegi Makoto:

Huh...!?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

It was careless... we were too preoccupied with Alter Ego...

For Monobear to present us with the motive and have it end with nothing happening... it wouldn't be like that.

The motive Monobear presented to us...

Monobear:

Ten billion yen!!

If a graduate comes out then I'll present this to them!

Well? It's 10 billion yen! Ten-billion-yen!!

Doesn't that make you happy!?

Naegi Makoto:

No way, for something like money...

And then, I held back what I had started to say.

I should already know.

I should already know how bad it is.

I'll never be able to understand other people's circumstances perfectly...

So... no matter what happens here, it's not strange.

Naegi has finally realized that 10 billion yen is a lot of money. Or at least, enough to kill for.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

It would be best if we went to search. That is, for everyone who didn't come...

Asahina Aoi:

R-right. Why don't we go and check on how they are...

We immediately rushed out.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

It seems like it'd be good if we split up and searched...

Oogami, please do the dormitories. Try visiting everyone's rooms...

And then, Naegi will search the school's 1st floor. And I'll search the school's 2nd floor...

Asahina Aoi:

Then, I'm on the school's 3rd floor!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Take it easy... if something's happened, call out to someone...

Asahina Aoi:

It would be fine if nothing happened, though...

Naegi Makoto:

...I agree.

Oogami Sakura:

Well then, let's get going...

With an uneasy expression still on our faces, all of us spread out from that place.

And then... I too hurried off to the school's first floor, which I was entrusted with.

...anyways, I'll try searching around the first floor.

So now we get to search the first floor. I'm not sure where we're supposed to go, so I'll try the classrooms first.

Nothing new in this one. Onto the next.

The situation's the same here. I guess we'll head to the room with the gachapon machine next. Or I would, but...

???:

S-someone! Come here!!

This event gets triggered after leaving the second classroom.

Naegi Makoto:

Wha...!!

That voice just now! Was it Asahina's!?

Where was she searching, certainly it was...

Naegi Makoto:

...the 3rd floor!

Faster than I could think, I turned towards the stairs and broke off into a run.

After running up the stairs to the 3rd floor all in one go...

Immediately I caught sight of her standing in the hallway.

Asahina Aoi:

N-Naegi...!

Naegi Makoto:

Asahina, what's wrong...!?

Asahina Aoi:

I-it's terrible...

I opened the door of the rec room there and...

W-when I peeked inside... there was... there was...!

Inside the... rec room...?

Asahina Aoi:

It'd be best if I... sent out for everyone, right...?

I'll... gather everyone and come back, so... you go on ahead, Naegi...!

Flustered, she ran down the stairs.

Naegi Makoto:

The rec room...? What's in there...?

Probably a corpse, knowing this game.

Partly by reflex, I burst in to the rec room.

Once I opened the rec room door, what came before my eyes was...

Celes:

Uu... uu......!

Celes, and she was injured...

So it wasn't a corpse this time, despite the game baiting us into thinking it was. Let's see what's happened to Celes, since she looks in rough shape.

Celes:

Uuu...... Naegi...!

Naegi Makoto:

C-Celes... what happened!?

Celes:

I-I was careless...

I was attacked...

Naegi Makoto:

Attacked!? By who!?

Celes:

A strange... questionable person...

Naegi Makoto:

A strange, questionable person...?

Celes:

A questionable person whose existence itself was strange, so much that I would add the word "strange"...

So certainly, it was a "strange, questionable person"...

I was attack by that strange, questionable person. With that hammer that's dropped there...

There's a hammer here, in the bottom left. It's not obvious that it's there at first, but you can see it pretty clearly when you move the camera to get a better look at it.

What... is this?

It looks like... a wooden mallet, but... it has an awfully peculiar design...

On the head of it... something's written...

Naegi Makoto:

Justice... Hammer... no. 1...?

Celes:

I was attacked with... that hammer...

I avoided it by a hair's breadth but, in doing so, I fell down...

Because of my... habit of not exercising...

She was attacked... with this hammer...?

At any rate... the Justice Hammer no.1...

???:

Naegi, Celes!!

Asahina Aoi:

I brought Sakura along with me!

Oogami Sakura:

C-Celes... what on earth happened here...?

Naegi Makoto:

She was attacked by a questionable person, but...

Oogami Sakura:

A questionable person... you say?

...Celes, tell us in detail. Of this so-called questionable person...

Celes:

Umm... it was this morning...

I was waking up at 7 a.m., when night-time ends...

Night-time was ending very soon, so with the naive thought that it'd be okay, for a little bit...

In the school's 1st floor, I took a leisurely stroll.

...I was wrong about that.

There, I happened to see the questionable person. I saw that they hid their face, it was a suspicious, questionable person.

Since they were obviously suspicious, I decided to stealthily follow them.

Thereupon, the questionable person entered this rec room right here, so I tried to secretly peek inside through the opening of the door...

...there, I was discovered by the questionable person, and I was attacked.

Oogami Sakura:

Well then, you were attacked when...

Celes:

I was attacked right after night time had ended... after 7 a.m. in the morning...

Naegi Makoto:

You were attacked after 7 a.m....

Oogami Sakura:

That's about 1 hour before now. Around the time we were gathered in the cafeteria.

Celes:

When I was attacked, I fainted.

From there until now... it seems I was out for about an hour.

That's quite a while to have been knocked out. Must've been quite the fall.

Asahina Aoi:

But... it's good that you were only injured...

Celes:

Because I pleaded for my life with all I had...

Oogami Sakura:

You pleaded for your life...?

Celes:

I'll really do anything so please just spare my life... I'll lick everywhere possible so please spare me...

...what the hell? She literally says "I'll lick everywhere possible", I double checked this line.

Oogami Sakura:

To throw away your admirable pride...

Celes:

This too was also... a means to survive...

More than that, let's search for this questionable person right away.

If we don't hurry...
something terrible might happen...

Something... terrible?

Another Reaction Talk event. This gives us a chance to talk to Asahina or Oogami if we want, but they only have one-liners that indicate that we should probably be talking to Celes.

Celes:

Hurry, if we don't find that questionable person...
something terrible might happen.

>something terrible

Naegi Makoto:

Celes... by "something terrible", what do you mean...?

Celes:

When I peaked into the rec room, there I saw another person, besides the questionable one.

It was Yamada...

Naegi Makoto:

Y-Yamada!?

Celes:

Moreover, after that questionable person attacked me, they took Yamada away...

Oogami Sakura:

You're saying he was abducted!?

They must've been pretty strong, if they literally carried him away.

Asahina Aoi:

Wouldn't it be best if... we rushed off and searched for him?

Hey, Celes... this questionable person, did they have any features that stood out?

Celes:

Features... that is...

Rather that explaining it, it might be faster if you see it for yourself.

Naegi Makoto:

See it for ourselves...?

Celes:

That digital camera. The one Yamada didn't want anymore...

Naegi Makoto:

By chance, did you...!

Celes:

Sneakily, I photographed the questionable person.

Asahina Aoi:

Really!? Show us!

Celes:

Please don't be surprised.... but even though I’ve said that, it might be difficult not to be...

After that strange preface, in the image shown on the digital camera was...

Naegi Makoto:

Huh...?

Whaaaaaat!?

Certainly... it was a questionable person with their face hidden, but...

We've hit the image limit for this post, so that's all for now.

Next time, we'll talk more about this "questionable person" in the photograph.

 

The weeb is abducted by the anime; the circle of life completes itself

 

The weeb is abducted by the anime; the circle of life completes itself

It would be a fitting end for him, really. I feel like he's talked about a robot anime before in the game, but I'm not sure that I remember exactly when, or which one he was talking about.

 

Let's talk more about the questionable person in the photograph!

Chapter 3 Part 12:

Spoiler

Asahina Aoi:

A robot...? In cosplay...?

Celes:

It's surely... a strange, questionable person, right...?

Naegi Makoto:

Um, so... Yamada was taken away... by this weird robot...?

Celes:

Moreover, I took this photo when I was attacked...

In other words, it was also 1 hour ago.

So, if we don't hurry... something terrible will happen...

Oogami Sakura:

...I understand the circumstances. Or no, there's still a lot of parts I don't get, but...

Oogami Sakura:

Anyways... the questionable person in this photo... has taken Yamada away...

And more over... it was also 1 hour ago...

Asahina Aoi:

It's dangerous! We gotta hurry!

Naegi Makoto:

...Celes, do you know where this questionable person went?

Celes:

They left the rec room, and went directly to the left...

Oogami Sakura:

If you went directly left, you'd be at the stairs going down to the second floor!!

Naegi Makoto:

Then, this questionable person is on the 2nd floor!?

Asahina Aoi:

The second floor... Kirigiri should've been searching that floor...

Naegi Makoto:

Huh...? Speaking of that, where is Kirigiri?

Kirigiri's absence is indeed unusual, since she's the one who started the search.

Asahina Aoi:

Sorry... I also haven't seen the 2nd floor yet...

Oogami Sakura:

Oh no. If the culprit is on the 2nd floor, it wouldn't be odd for them to run into each other...

Naegi Makoto:

...let's go! Kirigiri's in danger!

It would be a shame if Naegi were to lose yet another love interest. We’d better go find her.

Finished speaking or not, we rushed out of the rec room, and like that we ran down to the second floor.

???:

Hey, you guys...

Togami Byakuya:

...what's wrong, some sort of trouble?

Genocider Syo:

Ohoho? What game are you playing!?

Asahina Aoi:

How does this look like playing!?

Naegi Makoto:

More than that, haven't you guys seen Kirigiri or Yamada!?

Genocider Syo:

Nope nope, haven't seen 'em.

Togami Byakuya:

Are they on this floor? But, we too just came here moments ago...

We could hear a clamor, so we came running.

Genocider Syo:

Together!

Togami Byakuya:

You were just stalking me...

Nice to see that Togami and Genocider are getting along, as usual.

Naegi Makoto:

T-that aside! I'd like it if we searched together for those 2!

Togami Byakuya:

What happened...?

Oogami Sakura:

Right now it's a race against time. We'll explain after.

Togami Byakuya:

...well, alright. This seems like it's becoming something interesting.

Asahina Aoi:

Yamada!! Kirigiri!! If you can hear us, say something!!

However, that voice would just echo in futility down the hallway...

Oogami Sakura:

Hm...?

Celes:

Did you hear something?

Oogami Sakura:

Faintly, but...

Perhaps... from the library room...!

Asahina Aoi:

It's the library room, let's go!!

We ran towards the library room, as fast as we could go.

We opened the door to the library room, and...

Yamada Hifumi:

Uu... ouch... it hurts...

...there was Yamada, wounded.

Naegi Makoto:

A-are you alright!?

Asahina Aoi:

But... he's alive... that's good...

Yamada Hifumi:

It's not good... please look, at this blood...

Yeah, they should probably patch that up before he bleeds out.

Togami Byakuya:

How did you get that wound...?

Yamada Hifumi:

That guy... got me...

Naegi Makoto:

That guy...?

Yamada Hifumi:

The Justice Robo... I just named him a moment ago...

Togami Byakuya:

What... are you saying...?

The game gives us control here again, but let's keep talking to Yamada for a bit.

Yamada Hifumi:

T-that guy is... the Justice Robo...

Celes:

That Justice Robo you speak of... is this, right?

Togami Byakuya:

W-what the hell... is this outrageous body....?

Naegi Makoto:

This is the culprit who attacked Celes and Yamada...

Right, Yamada?

Yamada Hifumi:

No doubt about it, it's him...

Justice Robo!!

Togami Byakuya:

Justice Robo... you say?

Oogami Sakura:

For some reason this has become a strange situation...

That's all we get from talking to Yamada. But if we look on the floor, we'll find something interesting.

It's a wooden mallet, similar to the one that Celes was attacked with in the rec room... moreover, this mallet...

Naegi Makoto:

Justice Hammer no. 2...?

Moreover, it's one size bigger than the one that was in the rec room...!

Yamada Hifumi:

I was attacked with that hammer. With a whack to the head...

Asahina Aoi:

For being hit with something like that... you're rather okay.

Yamada Hifumi:

I'm not okay. Because blood is coming out...

He's really going to bleed out if they don't patch him up.

Oogami Sakura:

Protein is effective for wounds. Will you drink some?

Celes:

...I haven't heard that before. Isn't it just for you?

Monobear:

A-hahahaha!!

And then Monobear suddenly appears, for no reason.

Asahina Aoi:

He appeared...!!

Monobear:

Upupu, a robot of justice! This is becoming somewhat of a fun development!!

What kind of killer technique will he use? Can he fly, I wonder? And how about the promised fusion?

Nyohohohoho-!

And then, just like he came, Monobear disappears spontaneously.

Togami Byakuya:

Him... what did he come here to do?

Celes:

...let's leave Monobear as he is.

More than that, we need to take Yamada to the first floor's infirmary.

No matter how you look at it, it would be best if we gave him some treatment...

Before he bleeds out.

Asahina Aoi:

Right! Then, let's go!

Yamada Hifumi:

Uu... I'm grateful...

To treat Yamada's wounds, we moved to the first floor's infirmary.

Asahina Aoi:

Hey, Yamada. Are you alright...? How about I treat your wound?

Yamada Hifumi:

I-I'm alright... even the blood's already stopped...

My head is a little out of it, though...

I'm not sure if they actually treated his wound here, or if it just stopped bleeding. They should at least put a bandage on it or something, since that was a lot of blood.

Celes:

Yamada, it might be best if you rested here for awhile.

Yamada Hifumi:

Uh, uhh... right...

Oogami Sakura:

Well then, we'll return to the search for this questionable person.

Celes:

Before the next victim appears... right...

The Justice Hammers that the culprit has been using, no. 1 and no. 2, have been getting bigger in turn...

Togami Byakuya:

If we suppose that the next one exists, it'll be even bigger as hammer no. 3... is what you're saying.

Asahina Aoi:

If you got hit by one any bigger than that, you'd definitely die!!

Togami Byakuya:

Yamada, tell us some clues.

Yamada Hifumi:

Umm, I woke up in the early morning, and then I went on ahead and began the search for her... for Alter Ego...

There, I went towards the 3rd floor's rec room, and I was suddenly attack by the questionable person...

Celes:

That would be what I witnessed at around 7 a.m. .

Yamada Hifumi:

After that, I was taken to the library room, and there I was whacked...

That would be... about 30 to 40 minutes before now, right.

Asahina Aoi:

At around 7:30... when we were still in the cafeteria.

In other words, its the period of time that myself, Asahina and Oogami... and also Kirigiri were together...

...with this, we have an alibi.

Togami Byakuya:

I was in the middle of doing laundry in the laundry room.

Genocider Syo:

Washing his black underwear that brings to mind the jet black night...

Togami Byakuya:

How do you know...

Genocider Syo:

Isn't it obvious! Because I peeked!!

...anyways, in that period of time Togami and Fukawa were also together.

In other words, those 2 also have an alibi...

Then, the ones who don't have an alibi for when Celes and Yamada were attacked are...

Hagakure and Ishimaru, who haven't shown up yet... just those 2?

Togami Byakuya:

By the way, what happened to Kirigiri? She seems to not be here...

Asahina Aoi:

Speaking of that, I thought she was searching the second floor, and yet... I also didn't happen to see her just now...

Oogami Sakura:

Where did she disappear to, is what you're saying...?

Togami Byakuya:

So, she's disappeared...

Good grief... she's a strange girl...

As I thought, she might be it.

Naegi Makoto:

W-wait a sec!

When Celes and Yamada were attacked, Kirigiri was together in the cafeteria with us. So...

Togami Byakuya:

I'm not talking about the questionable person's true form.

Naegi Makoto:

...huh?

Togami Byakuya:

What I'm talking about is last night's topic, the "mastermind's mole".

Naegi Makoto:

You're saying that the mastermind's mole is... Kirigiri...?

T-that can't be true!!

Togami Byakuya:

That can't be true...?

Not yet revealing her own background to us, and her seemingly being able to touch a corpse calmly where one would normally be afraid of it?

She's one of the more suspicious students here, if you think about it. But she's also one of the most helpful to Naegi.

Oogami Sakura:

...wait, we can have this discussion later. Right now, following the questionable person's whereabouts comes first.

Asahina Aoi:

Right! If we don't act quickly there will be more victims!!

Kirigiri and Ishimaru and Hagakure not being here might also be thanks to that questionable person!!

Naegi Makoto:

R-right. First, we have to do something about the questionable person...

Yamada Hifumi:

I don't have any complaints... I'll rest for a little while and then join you guys, so...

Celes:

Understood. Get well soon.

Oogami Sakura:

Well then, we'll be going...

And then they leave the infirmary. Normally, Naegi would narrate the room transition in his inner monologue, but he doesn't this time for some reason.

Asahina Aoi:

...at any rate, why is that questionable person dressed that weirdly?

Togami Byakuya:

Hard to say... maybe they were seeking morality within perversion or something...

Genocider Syo:

Well, what should we do? Split up and search?

Oogami Sakura:

Our enemy is a dangerous character. We don't know what they'll do. Here...

Celes:

...!!

Togami Byakuya:

...what's wrong?

Celes:

A shadow... a shadow moved up on that staircase!

Asahina Aoi:

...really!?

Oogami Sakura:

The second floor?

You, I won't let you get away again!

We immediately ran up the stairs.

That's all the time we have for today. Next time, we'll continue to track down this "questionable person".

 

Let's continue to track down this "questionable person"!

Chapter 3 Part 13:

Spoiler

Celes:

He would've been in this vicinity. Let's split up and track him down.

Oogami Sakura:

But, don't push yourself. If you find something, yell out immediately and call for me.

Celes:

...but, what should we yell out?

Asahina Aoi:

Whatever's fine, for that!

Celes:

Well then... would "kyaa" be fine?

Asahina Aoi:

Anything will work, even "kyaa" or "dohyaa"!! In any case, it'd be best if you yelled it loud enough so we can hear it!

Note: "kyaa" and "dohyaa" are both just different kinds of yells/screams. No real meaning to these words.

Celes:

Ehehe... "dohyaa", you say. I haven't heard that kind of reaction before...

It's a first for me too, but googling it does show that it's used in some games and other things.

Asahina Aoi:

Ah, jeez! Just hurry and search!! I'm going, then!!

Genocider Syo:

Little robot! Where are you hiding!! If you don't come out I'll disassemble you!!

Searching for the questionable person who was concealed somewhere, we spread out in 4 directions...

So now we get to search the second floor. Let's check out the changing room area, since that's where things were happening last time.

Nothing here. We can't check out the girls changing room, since Naegi doesn't have the right ID card to do so (and I'd guess we'll probably never get our hands on one in this game), so we'll see if there's anything in the boys changing room instead.

Maybe in the pool?

Well this has been a waste of time, guess we'll just head back out to the hallway to go to another room on this floor. But when we do...

???:

Dohyaaaaaaaaaa!!

Naegi Makoto:

That strange yell just now!!

Clearly, it was... Celes?

From the floor above... I heard it coming from the 3rd floor!!

In a hurry, I ran up to the 3rd floor.

Celes:

...everyone, this way!

Everyone who heard the scream gathered by Celes' side.

Asahina Aoi:

Celes, what happened!?

Togami Byakuya:

For you, that was an awfully exaggerated yell...

Celes:

I found him... that cosplaying questionable person...

As we know, all cosplayers are questionable. Maybe that's why they keep calling him/her a "questionable" person.

Once I yelled out, he ran away.

Facing me with my back turned to the stairwell, he turned down the hallway on the left.

Naegi Makoto:

Down that hallway, let's go!!

Genocider Syo:

Ah... ah.......

Asahina Aoi:

What is it this time...!?

Fukawa Touko:

...a-choo!!

......h...uh?

Asahina Aoi:

Wow... they weren't kidding...

She really does change personalities when she sneezes. It must suck to be around her during allergy season.

...but, this isn't the time for that...

???:

Gyaaaaaaa!!

Naegi Makoto:

...huh!?

Asahina Aoi:

W-what...!?

Celes:

I heard it coming from the floor below. Which means, that scream right now was...!

Naegi Makoto:

Yamada's... from the infirmary...?

This is bad! Let's hurry and go back!!

Togami Byakuya:

What do you want to do about capturing the questionable person? We went to all this trouble to track him down, right?

Celes:

...if that's the case, then how about we split into 2 groups.

Togami Byakuya:

I'll go back to capturing the culprit. That seems like it'll be more interesting.

Celes:

Well then, Naegi and Asahina and myself will head back to the infirmary...

Fukawa, Togami, and Oogami, please capture the questionable person.

Oogami Sakura:

...leave this to us. We're counting on you to get Yamada.

Naegi Makoto:

Yeah, you guys also be careful!

Finished speaking or not, we split into 2 groups...

Celes, Asahina and I ran down the stairs to the first floor.

Asahina Aoi:

To the infirmary! Let's hurry!!

And now we get to walk down this hallway to the infirmary. If we try to go to any other room, we get scolded by Asahina, so we really have no choice here.

And then, what awaited us after we burst into the infirmary was...

...a deep red world.

A short video clip plays here:
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Stained with red, as far as the eye could see...

And in the middle of that red was...

Naegi Makoto:

Y-Yamada......?

Looks like he was finally done in by his one true love, Anime.

Asahina Aoi:

*screams*!!

Celes:

I-it seems that... this has turned into... a terrible situation...

Celes:

I certainly... wasn't expecting this...

That Yamada would...

...be killed...!

Asahina Aoi:

K-killed!?

You're kidding, right!? That's! For him to be killed...!

Ding Dong Dang Doooong...!

Monobear:

A corpse has been discovered!

After a fixed amount of time to do as you please, the “school trial” will open!

Asahina Aoi:

T-that right now is...!

Celes:

The Corpse Discovery Announcement... right.

The Corpse Discovery Announcement...

An announcement that is broadcast when someone among us commits a murder, and then 3 people or more discovery the corpse...

That announcement... has been broadcast, which means...

Celes:

In other words, Yamada is...

He's been killed by someone among us, is what it means...

Someone among us is a cosplaying weirdo, is what that means.

Naegi Makoto:

Someone... among us...?

Celes:

And... please look at that...

Saying that, what Celes pointed at was...

That item which was dropped.

It was also dropped at the prior 2 incidents' scenes of the attack... that item...

But before we take a look at the next hammer, let's take another look at Yamada.

It's not true, right...? That... Yamada is...

Anyways... first I need to investigate that item...

Naegi is really really interested in the next hammer, he won't even talk to Celes or Asahina right now if you try.

Another wooden mallet... another hammer...

Justice Hammer no. 3...

Moreover, it's bigger than the previous 2...!

Celes:

It's just as we thought... if you got hit with that kind of thing... you'd easily...

Naegi Makoto:

Then, as I thought, the culprit is...

Celes:

There's no doubt about it. It's that questionable person...

The name that Yamada gave him was...

"Justice Robo"... right.

Hiding themself with that costume, someone killed Yamada!

Naegi Makoto:

...but, wait.

Wasn't he just seen on the 3rd floor? Running down the hallway...

Well, how did he get to the infirmary? Did he teleport or something?

Must've used his robot-powers.

Celes:

We'll think about that afterwards. First, we need to tell the others of this matter.

Naegi Makoto:

R-right...

Celes:

Well then, shall we go?

Asahina Aoi:

............

Celes:

...Asahina, please pull yourself together.

Asahina Aoi:

...... huh...?

Naegi Makoto:

Asahina... are you alright...?

Asahina Aoi:

S-sorry... I just... might not be able to move right now...

I-I feel...

Guess she's still not used to seeing corpses, despite this being the 3rd one now.

Celes:

...this is a problem. It's not like we can leave Asahina here either...

Naegi Makoto:

Then, I'll go tell everyone and come back!

So, you and Asahina stay here together!

Celes:

............

Right. I understand. Well then, if you would, please...

Naegi Makoto:

...yeah, leave it to me.

While saying something so vigorous...

I too... haven't stopped shaking from just now...

Everyone else should be on the 3rd floor. Let's hurry...!

Everyone should have chased the questionable person on this 3rd floor...

That questionable person's whereabouts is...

And now we get probably one of the most redundant flashbacks I've seen in awhile, since it happened less than a few minutes ago.

Asahina Aoi:

Celes, what happened!?

Togami Byakuya:

For you, that was an awfully exaggerated yell...

Celes:

I found him... that cosplaying questionable person...

Once I yelled out, he ran away.

Facing me with my back turned to the stairwell, he turned down the hallway on the left.

Where he ran away... certainly... it was down the hallway...

The furthest... down the hallway...?

So the culprit is really really far down this hallway. Or, what Naegi is really trying to hint at is, they're at the *end* of the hallway.

And if we check the map, we can see that the physics room is at the very end of the hallway, so they must be there. (I checked the other rooms, they're empty)

Naegi Makoto:

............

As far as I can see, it looks like no one is here...

But... I feel a presence.

Without a doubt, a presence of someone.

This presence is...

Coming from... that room inside there...?

I'm not sure why Naegi can suddenly feel "presences", but he's pretty sure there's somebody in the back room there. Let's see if he's right!

I flew towards the door.

And then, in there was...

...a 2nd nightmare.

Today, a 2nd nightmare was... awaiting me......

Another short video clip plays here:
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There, in the middle of a sea of blood spilled by himself...

Ishimaru was dead.

And that's it for the first part of chapter 3! Looks like we have a double-homicide this time around.

Next time, we'll start the investigation (probably).

 

Come on, Ishimaru. What was the point of going Super Saiyan if you couldn't defend yourself from a giant robot in the end? D:

 

Come on, Ishimaru. What was the point of going Super Saiyan if you couldn't defend yourself from a giant robot in the end? D:

Yeah, to be honest, I was kind of looking forward to seeing more of how he sounded in the next trial. But I guess that's out the window now.

 

Let's start the investigation!

Chapter 3 Part 14:

Spoiler

This case looks like it'll be a doozy. A double homicide, and a mysterious killer robot-cosplayer. It's not going to be an easy case, that's for sure.

CHAPTER 03
Again, the legend of a new century’s galaxy! Stand on the ground, armored hero!
Abnormal days

The corpse of Yamada, discovered in the infirmary...

The corpse of Ishimaru, discovered in the physics prep-room...

In succession, 2 nightmares had appeared right before my own eyes.

No... it wasn't a nightmare or anything...

This was... reality...

These nightmares are the reality that I'm facing right now...

However... that being as it is...

Naegi Makoto:

Why... did something like this...?

Togami Byakuya:

............

Oogami Sakura:

............

Togami and Oogami are being unusually quiet. Trying to talk to them let's us hear their "silence" again, so instead let's see what Fukawa's doing on the floor over there.

Naegi Makoto:

F-Fukawa...!?

No way... even Fukawa was killed!?

Togami Byakuya:

...take it easy. She's just saw some blood and fainted.

Naegi Makoto:

Saw some blood and...?

Right... when she's not Genocider, Fukawa is bad with blood...

Togami Byakuya:

No matter how much you try to wake her she won't wake up. Just leave her alone...

It's just as he says... for now I'll just leave her be.

So Fukawa's just having a nap. Maybe Ishimaru is sleeping too?

Ishimaru...

............

Naegi Makoto:

Shit! Why did it have to come to this!

Guess not. Let's take a look at the hammer then.

Again... this hammer...

Justice Hammer no. 4... moreover, this one is even bigger than before...!

As I thought, killing Ishimaru was... also the work of that questionable person...!?

Oogami Sakura:

At any rate... why is it Justice Hammer no. 4?

Naegi Makoto:

...uh, what?

Oogami Sakura:

In the beginning Celes was attacked with Hammer no. 1, and then next Yamada was attacked with Hammer no. 2, but...

What was used here was Hammer no. 4. Why is there no Hammer no. 3...?

Naegi Makoto:

Ah...!!

Togami Byakuya:

...what's wrong?

Naegi Makoto:

That's... right... the case of... Hammer no. 3...

Togami Byakuya:

Do you know something?

Naegi Makoto:

The truth is... Ishimaru isn't the only one who was killed...

Yamada has also been killed!!

Oogami Sakura:

Wha...!?

Yamada's also been killed!? Really!?

Naegi Makoto:

Y-yeah......

Togami Byakuya:

So with that, that means you came here to call for us...

...well then, we have to go check on it.

Oogami Sakura:

Of course! Let's go!!

Oogami, Togami and I immediately rushed out of the physics room.

But, right after we got out of there...

Celes:

Ah...!

Naegi Makoto:

...Celes? Weren't you waiting in the infirmary...?

Celes:

That's... i-it's terrible...

Togami Byakuya:

We heard. Yamada's been killed, right...?

Celes:

Not just that... it's gone...

Naegi Makoto:

Huh...? What do you mean...?

Celes:

It's disappeared...

Naegi Makoto:

Disappeared...?

Celes:

Yamada's corpse has disappeared!

Naegi Makoto:

Huh......?

Togami Byakuya:

What are you saying...? The corpse has disappeared? Such an absurd thing....!

Celes:

............

Togami Byakuya:

...is true?

Maybe he got better and walked off somewhere?

Oogami Sakura:

What in the world... is going on here...!?

Anyways let's go back to the infirmary!!

We went down the stairs like we were falling off them...

And then, while out of breath, we finally arrived at the infirmary...

Naegi Makoto:

...!!

I... didn't believe my eyes...

Until just now... Yamada's corpse, which should have been there...

Naegi Makoto:

It's disappeared......?

Asahina Aoi:

............

Celes and I... we just went to the toilet...

But, we took our eyes off of it... just for a minute...

And then... when we came back......

Celes:

Perhaps... this is the work of the culprit... the culprit has taken the corpse away...

It's as if... they're enjoying this...

Seeing us being scared, and confused... it's like they're enjoying it...

At this rate... we'll all be killed.

Like them... we'll be killed...

Togami Byakuya:

I can't believe this...

That the corpse has disappeared... I can't believe it.

On top of there being 2 consecutive murders, now even the corpse has vanished...

...no matter how put it, it's unnatural.

Unlike all those other "natural" murders that happened.

Asahina Aoi:

W... wait a sec! 2 consecutive murders... what do you mean?

Oogami Sakura:

Ishimaru has also been killed. In the 3rd floor's physics prep room...

Asahina Aoi:

That's...! Ishimaru too...!?

T-that's... that's...

*screams*!!

Oogami Sakura:

Calm down, Asahina!

Asahina Aoi:

At this rate... we really will be killed... everyone... will be killed by that guy...

Togami Byakuya:

...if that's so, then I guess the next target is Fukawa?

Naegi Makoto:

Huh...?

Oogami Sakura:

I forgot...! She's still fainted in the physics prep room!

Celes:

...you left her at the scene of the crime and came here!?

Togami Byakuya:

There was no helping it, was there? Because while passed out, she won't wake up.

Oogami could've probably carried her though. Hell, she could probably carry 3 Fukawas.

Celes:

While passed out...?

Oogami Sakura:

Togami, you noticed? If so, then why didn't you...!?

Togami Byakuya:

She's a burden that follows me around... I'd be thankful if she was killed...

Oogami Sakura:

Y-you bastard...!!

Togami Byakuya:

Hey now, you guys are the ones who forgot. You have no right to blame me.

Naegi Makoto:

This isn't the time to be fighting! More than that, let's quickly go back!!

Asahina Aoi:

We... don't want any more people to die than this...

Oogami Sakura:

Togami, if anything's happened to Fukawa... I won't forgive you...!!

Togami Byakuya:

Heh...

Rushing out of the infirmary, once again we ran up the stairs to the 3rd floor...

We went back to the physics prep room at full speed.

And then, in there was...

...Fukawa!

Naegi Makoto:

Thank god, she's safe...

But, right after that, I noticed it.

The abnormality... of this scene...

Naegi Makoto:

...!!

It had... disappeared...

Ishimaru's corpse, which should have been there, has...

...disappeared.

Togami Byakuya:

By no means... is this...?

Oogami Sakura:

Are we... in a dream or something?

Naegi Makoto:

This isn't... a dream or anything...

Because, I certainly saw it.

Ishimaru's... completely changed form...

Asahina Aoi:

...w-what does this mean? Ishimaru's corpse has... also disappeared...?

I guess they must despawn once you leave the room. Persistent corpses are a hard thing to program in a game, after all.

Togami Byakuya:

Quit saying it's "disappeared"...

This is without a doubt the work of the culprit. The culprit has hidden the corpses...

Naegi Makoto:

But... why would they need to hide the corpses...

Togami Byakuya:

...I don't know why.

It's not like hiding the evidence would help them cover up the crime or anything.

Celes:

Anyhow, it seems certain that someone became that questionable person, and are repeatedly committing crimes...

Asahina Aoi:

If we don't quickly... catch them, then... at this rate... everyone really will be killed...

Togami Byakuya:

No, that's not a concern.

Asahina Aoi:

Huh...?

Togami Byakuya:

Try to think about it...

Committing a series of murders and hiding the corpses... who is the person that was able to execute all of that?

Asahina Aoi:

Umm... that's...

Togami Byakuya:

In the beginning, when we heard Yamada yell out in agony as he died, everyone who was here was gathered on the 3rd floor.

Celes:

After that, we had split up into 2 groups...

Togami Byakuya:

Right now, when Ishimaru's corpse went missing is the same. All of us here were gathered in the infirmary.

In other words, the person for who it would have been possible to commit that series of crimes would be only either Hagakure or Kirigiri, who aren't here.

Naegi Makoto:

W-wait a sec!

Kirigiri has an Alibi for when Celes and Yamada were attacked, right?

She was with us in the cafeteria, so that's certainly an alibi!

Hmph... you're siding with her a lot.

Are you also... in love?

Naegi Makoto:

T-that's not...!

Looks like Naegi's secret is out of the bag. I wonder if this is at all affected by who you choose to spend free time events with...

Togami Byakuya:

Well, alright... we'll accept Kirigiri's alibi then.

Celes:

If that's the case, then it's unthinkable that that questionable person's true form could be anyone but Hagakure...

Togami Byakuya:

In other words, there won't be any more murders. It should also be specified in the school rules.

Naegi Makoto:

Right...! The rule that "you can kill up to 2 people in the same crime"...

Togami Byakuya:

As long as that rule exists, there won't be a third murder. If the culprit were to break the rules, then...

Monobear:

They'd be mincemeat. Instantly mincemeat. Because I'd cut up the meat finely, and grind them up!

By the way, when you've used sea foods as the raw material, it's not called mincemeat, but "minced fish"...!

Monobear pops up randomly here, and just as suddenly leaves.

Togami Byakuya:

...that's what would happen.

Celes:

On top of the culprit already killing 2 people, it's not possible that another victim would appear... is what you're saying.

Oogami Sakura:

Togami... you realized it from the start, huh. Even that there was no reason to worry about Fukawa being killed...

Togami Byakuya:

Although when I said that her being killed would help me, that was genuine...

Anyhow, with this we can be at ease, and search for the corpses. The 2 corpses that have been hidden...

The 2 corpses that have been hidden...

2 people were killed... and 2 people's corpses were hidden...

The only one who could have done that is Hagakure, since he has no alibi...

But... is Hagakure really the culprit?

And moreover, Kirigiri...

She's unrelated to this incident, so where did Kirigiri go off to?

Togami Byakuya:

...hey, Naegi. What's wrong?

Naegi Makoto:

Huh...? N-no... it's nothing...

Togami Byakuya:

...anyhow, first we'll find the corpses. If we don't find the corpses, we'll get nowhere.

Celes:

Well then, let's split up and search.

Asahina Aoi:

B-but...

Celes:

There's no need to be afraid. Because there won't be any more murders than this...

Asahina Aoi:

T-that's... I get that, but...

I guess that it's just hard to feel safe when people keep dying left and right.

Oogami Sakura:

Asahina, if you feel unsafe then I'll stay with you.

Asahina Aoi:

Yeah... thank you...

Oogami Sakura:

...don't mention it.

Togami Byakuya:

Well then, we'll start the search. If you find a corpse, call me right away.

Togami left the physics prep room, and everyone else followed after that...

To locate the 2 corpses that disappeared...

That's all the time we have for this part. Next time, we'll begin the search (for the corpses).

 

Let’s begin the search!

Chapter 3 Part 15:

Spoiler

I'm not sure where the corpses are, but the closest room to the physics room (which is where we start from) is the art room, so we'll head there first.

Asahina and Oogami are in here, so let's see what they're up to.

Asahina Aoi:

Those 2's corpses... where did they... disappear to...

Oogami Sakura:

Anyways... let's search for the 2 corpses that disappeared. Then we can go from there...

So they don't have much to say. And I don't really see any corpses in this room, but how about that door in the back?

Rattle rattle rattle!

Naegi Makoto:

Huh...?

It looks like it's locked...

I feel like this room wasn't locked before all these murders started, so this seems kind of fishy. But either way, looks like we're done in the art room for now. Next down the hallway is the rec room!

No bodies here either, and Naegi isn't too interested in searching this area right now.

A thing to note here is that for this part we're actually stuck on the 3rd floor, since Naegi doesn't feel like taking the stairs right now, for some reason. So that means all that's left on this floor is the 2 classrooms at the end of the hallway.

No corpses here either. Let's go to the next classroom. Or we would, but then this happens:

Celes:

Naegi...!

Togami Byakuya:

...what are you doing, lazing around here. Quickly, go to the art room.

Naegi Makoto:

Huh? Then...!!

Celes:

...we found them.

Yamada's and Ishimaru's corpses were hidden in the art room.

We were just there! They must have been hidden pretty well to get past us.

Togami Byakuya:

We've already called Asahina and Oogami. We'll be going on ahead...

The art room... the 2 corpses are in there...!?

So looks like that was a waste of time, but at least we know where the corpses are now. Let's head back to the art room.

The 2 corpses are... in here...?

I'm still not seeing any corpses in this room. Maybe Togami knows where they're hiding?

Togami Byakuya:

Now then, where are those 2 corpses hidden?

He seems just as clueless as we are, which is rare for him. But maybe that back door...

Past here is... the art storehouse...

...the door knob turns!

It looks like it can be opened.

Then... the only thing left to do is to try going inside...

I opened the door...

And when I went inside...

There... I saw it......

A short video plays here, which you can view here:
link

The corpses that we thought had disappeared were there...

The smell of blood was persistent, enough to make you choke.

In front of my eyes, this was undoubtedly a reality...

And then, I heard the 2nd announcement today.

Ding Dong Dang Doooong...!

Monobear:

A corpse has been discovered!

After a fixed amount of time to do as you please, the “school trial” will open!

That's odd, didn't we already have one of these announcements? And it's not like the corpses "died again", so we're not exactly discovering new bodies here.

Monobear:

...with-that-being-said!

I'll present to you guys "The Monobear File 3"!!

Though just awhile ago, even though I was thinking I'd present this to you when you found the corpses, it seemed like something still might happen so I was stingy...

And that hunch was spot on!!

Togami Byakuya:

Just hurry up and hand them over...

Monobear:

Then, please investigate hard and prepare for the school trial!

...then, see you later!!

Togami Byakuya:

Well now, we've also found the corpses, so now we'll just guess who the culprit is...

Asahina Aoi:

Hey wait... a second...

You... how are you able to be... so composed...?

T-they died, right...?

Didn't 2 people... die...? They won't... come back anymore, right?

This is indeed what it means to die. In case anyone forgot.

It's cruel... that's just... too cruel...!

Asahina broke down and cried...

Embracing Yamada's corpse, which lied at her feet...

Asahina Aoi:

Who would... do this...

Why...

Why!!

Probably for 10 billion yen? Just a guess, but...

From Asahina's eye, a large teardrop spilled and fell...

And that tear would hit Yamada's cheek...

If this was the world of fiction, here, Yamada might wake up...

But, this isn't fiction or anything...

This isn't... fiction...?

You think at this point, Naegi might realize he is indeed in a fictional world, but Naegi is nowhere near aware enough to understand this.

Yamada Hifumi:

Uug......

Naegi Makoto:

He revived!?

Yamada Hifumi:

Where... is this...?

It's... it's cold...... is this a snow country...?

Asahina Aoi:

Y-Yamada! Keep it together!!

Yamada Hifumi:

......huh?

Aah... right......

I remember... Hope Peak Academy......

Asahina Aoi:

Keep it together! You can do it!!

Yamada Hifumi:

I... remember......

I... before I meet up with everyone...

I met up with everyone...

Togami Byakuya:

It seems his memory's mixed up... it's already too late...

Yamada Hifumi:

Aah... light......

The light is... spreading out...

Just like... as if it was... a comet......

Asahina Aoi:

...hey, Yamada. Who got you!? Who attacked you?

Who is... the culprit?

Yamada Hifumi:

The... cul... prit......?

The culprit's name... I... know it... I... remember...

Ya... Yasu...

hi......... ro......

Yamada Hifumi:

..................

Once more, he shut his eyes.

And, he didn't open them a second time.

A second death...

An absolute death...

Even after that, Asahina dropped many tears onto Yamada, but...

...a miracle would never occur twice. As I thought, reality is like this.

Togami Byakuya:

This isn't a classical manga... as if his strength would be restored and gathered with tears...

Celes:

You really have no blood, tears, or calcium. At the least, I pray that you still have protein.

I'm not sure what Celes is getting at with the calcium thing here, but she seems to find Togami's reaction to the whole situation a little "inhuman", to say the least.

Togami Byakuya:

...it's irritating me.

Deliberately regaining consciousness, and leaving us with those unnecessary words...

Thanks to that, this game has become a kill-joy.

Togami isn't interested in playing any easy games, even if his life's on the line. I guess he'd rather have a risky life than a boring one.

Oogami Sakura:

It was... Yasuhiro?

Celes:

Ha-ga-ku-re Ya-su-hi-ro...

Hagakure Yasuhiro... it's unthinkable that'd it be anyone else.

Togami Byakuya:

With this... it's decided, you're saying...

Attacking people one by one, and then even killing Ishimaru and Yamada...

And on top of that, trying to hide their corpses...

Hiding his face with a strange cosplay, and using something like those Justice Hammers...

Is Hagakure really... the culprit......

Asahina Aoi:

If he is then I can't forgive him... I absolutely can't...

To kill... 2 of our friends is...!!

Togami Byakuya:

Anyways, shall we start soon? The game of life and death to expose the culprit...

No... to call this a game of life or death... this time it seems like it'll be easily decided...

Celes:

Yeah, that's how it seems...

Naegi Makoto:

............

Again... again, will it start...

Do we have to start it... again...

............

We really... already know...

There's no choice but to do it. For everyone to survive...

...there's no choice!

Investigation Start!

...first, I'll try checking the situation with the Monobear file.

The victims are Yamada Hifumi and Ishimaru Kiyotaka. For both of them, the fatal wound was a blow to the head.

It appears that they were each killed with similar weapons.

Naegi Makoto:

............

...wait, is that it?

Not so much of a "file" this time, it barely qualifies as a "Monobear paragraph".

Togami Byakuya:

It certainly is strange... compared to the amount of information up to now, it's too little.

Celes:

...there's no doubt about it. In the first place, this time's incidents took place before our eyes, one by one.

We're well acquainted with the incident, even more than the Monobear File.

Togami Byakuya:

That may be so, but...

............

Oogami Sakura:

Even so, there's another thing I'm curious about...

There's still that one person who's disappeared.

Naegi Makoto:

Kirigiri... right?

Oogami Sakura:

Certainly, she has an alibi for the attacks on Celes and Yamada, but...

If so, and if this isn't a solo crime, then how about the possibility that she's been an accomplice to the culprit?

Naegi Makoto:

An, an accomplice!?

Monobear:

An, an accomplice!?

Celes:

...what did you come here to do?

No one ever seems to appreciate Monobear's presence, despite him answering a lot of the questions we need to know the answers to.

Monobear:

Don't be so cruel. Because, I came all this way to answer a question!

Naegi Makoto:

A question...?

Monobear:

You were talking about an accomplice, right?

I thought I gave that explanation before as well though... right, that was during the first school trial...

Togami Byakuya:

While we’re at it, I’d like to ask that stuffed bear something, if there’s an accomplice present, are they also a bad guy?

Monobear:

Well then, I’ll answer that!!

In the case of a murder, it’s possible for the culprit to have an ally, but as for who can graduate, only the bad guy who was the perpetrator can.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

In other words, no matter how many murders an accomplice helps out with, they won’t benefit…

Oowada Mondo:

Then, it doesn’t seem like there’d be an accomplice…

Monobear:

In other words... if you were the accomplice, you'd feel a benefit of "zero-percent"!

Oogami Sakura:

Then, you're saying this time as well that there's not possibly an accomplice?

Monobear:

No no, I can't say that much. Because that would be a hindrance to your guys' freedom of thought!

I guess telling us outright would just make this game too easy.

But, what I would like you not to forget is, however many murders you've helped out with...

There can only be one bad guy who gets to graduate. The accomplice gains nothing!

Togami Byakuya:

Well then, who we'll be identifying at the school trial this time is the same as always, just the single bad guy who committed the murder?

Monobear:

...then, on this occasion, how about I clearly resolve this here.

At this school trial, the one you guys will be identifying is...

The one who fabricated this murder plot, and then executed that, "just the true bad guy"!

Just the... true bad guy...?

Monobear:

Well then, I think that's enough for this explanation.

Later, it'll be a real match between you guys and the bad guy!! Both of you, do your best~!!

The bad guy is just one person... an accomplice gains nothing... which means...

Naegi Makoto:

As I thought, it's unthinkable that it's possible for Kirigiri to be related to this incident...

Togami Byakuya:

...that may be so.

Asahina Aoi:

Even so... where did Kirigiri go off to...?

Oogami Sakura:

...if it's not related to the incident then I'm fine with that. If so, let's decide to focus on the investigation.

Celes:

The investigation... you say... even though there's no mistaking that the culprit is Hagakure...

Just in case, it would be best if we did just the investigation.

It's probably best to double check, especially when your life is on the line here.

Asahina Aoi:

And... this is just in case but, would it not be good to put that person as a suspect as well?

That murderer... Genocider Syo...

Genocider Syo:

What's that! I'm appalled!!

Asahina Aoi:

*shriek*!!

Togami Byakuya:

You... just when did you...

Genocider Syo:

I had to search for you, Byakuya! When I woke up, you weren't there!

Togami Byakuya:

............

Genocider Syo:

...by the way, you huge breasted swimmer over there!!

Asahina Aoi:

Huge breasted swimmer...

Genocider Syo:

Why am I a suspect!

Asahina Aoi:

Because... you're a murderer...

It's only natural to suspect a murderer of murdering, right?

Genocider Syo:

With that kind of reason, wouldn't that make me the regular suspect!? Even though I also have an alibi!

Togami Byakuya:

Certainly, she's got an alibi.

When we heard Yamada's scream, she was also together with us...

And then... even when the 2 corpses disappeared, she was still passed out in the physics prep room...

Moving Ishimaru's corpse at the crime scene aside, it would've been impossible for her to move Yamada's corpse that was in the infirmary.

Genocider Syo:

Even so, I'm a surprisingly calculated person. In a situation where I've exposed my face, I wouldn't commit a murder or anything!

So in particular, there's no way I'd be murdering here!!

Asahina Aoi:

Don't be proud about that sort of stuff!!

Everyone here has a special talent. For Genocider, it's murderin'.

Celes:

...by the way, what should we do about guarding the crime scene? It would be troublesome if the corpses were hidden again.

Oogami Sakura:

In that case, Asahina and I shall do it. Asahina, you have no problems with that, right...?

Asahina Aoi:

Yeah. At any rate, I'm not very useful for the investigation...

Togami Byakuya:

...so it's decided. Well then, let's stop fooling around and get started.

All things considered... the incident this time is somewhat strange...

Everyone has an alibi... thanks to that, even the suspects have been narrowed down...

But...

It might just be my imagination but, this time... I feel like it won't be that easy to expose the culprit...

You recorded the "Monobear file 3" in your ID card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

We've hit the image limit for this part (100 images exactly, wow), so we'll have to cut it here. Next time, we'll start looking for clues.

 

Genocider has another talent besides murderin' - look at that crazy tongue loop she pulls off! =o

Granted, that probably isn't the sort of talent that would get you into an elite school...but then Naegi got in for being lucky, so who knows.

 

Genocider has another talent besides murderin' - look at that crazy tongue loop she pulls off! =o

Granted, that probably isn't the sort of talent that would get you into an elite school...but then Naegi got in for being lucky, so who knows.

Yeah I don't know how her tongue got like that, but it's pretty crazy. Although people can have pretty long tongues in real life, though it's rare.

And Hagakure got in for his fortune telling skills, but the only thing that's Super High School Level about those is the rates he charges, as far as I can tell. So maybe the bar for getting into this place isn't as high as they'd like to have us think.