Dangan Ronpa Part #120 - Super High-school Level Update #108

Part 120: Super High-school Level Update #108

Trial 8 (Youtube via Polsy)

Why... is Kirigiri-san saying these things...?

Why is she trying to make me look like the culprit...?

...No, now's not the time to worry about such things.

That tarp...
If it was used in the way Kirigiri-san says it was...

...Doesn't that mean its clean side touched the body?

It touched that body...

No... That's strange...

What's so strange...?

I don't have time to figure out what Kirigiri-san's intentions are... But if things keep going like that, I'll end up being voted the culprit...

I must argue her down now...!

Phase 6 (Youtube via Polsy)

DISCUSSION START!

Evidence bullets: Knife next to the body, State of the body before the explosion, Condition of the body after the explosion, Shards next to the body, Events time table

By covering the body with a tarp...

...the culprit kept it from becoming wet.

So, the tarp was dirty on just one side...

...because that side was facing the sprinklers!

But, that tarp's other side...

...it wasn't even a little dirty, was it?

That's because it didn't get wet from the sprinklers!

It was facing the body, so...

It's just natural it stayed perfectly clean!

The condition the tarp ended up in... that seems like a clue...

If the tarp was covering the body, it's strange that one side is completely clean...

Evidence bullet: State of the body before the explosion
It's just natural it stayed perfectly clean!

YOU'VE GOT THAT WRONG!

Trial 9 (Youtube via Polsy)

No, it's strange that one side ended up perfectly clean.

I mean, before the body exploded, the blood on it hadn't even dried yet.

Togami-kun, you said so yourself, didn't you? You warned us to be careful when touching it.

If the tarp was covering that body, it should've gotten dirty with blood.

Maybe the culprit washed it later? They wanted to hide the fact they used it...

In that case, both sides should've been clean. Washing just one side is not a good way to hide anything...

Well... I guess that's true...

How about if that blood on the body itself was a diversion planted by the culprit?

Eh...?

The blood itself... was a diversion?

In other words, after keeping the body from getting wet from the sprinklers using the tarp...

...they poured some fake blood on the body from above?

F...Fake blood...? W...Where would they get fake blood...?!

I got it! It was the blood packs from the infirmary, 'right?

When Yamada-chi faked his death, he used that same blood, didn't he?

No... This time, the culprit didn't use that blood...

The culprit managed to procure some blood at the scene of the crime, the botanical garden.

Procure blood at the scene of the crime...? In that case, that blood must be...

Evidence bullet: Chicken in the coop

Could it be... chicken blood...?

...Eh?! Chicken?!

When I checked the chicken coop before the incident, there were five chickens in there, but...

After the murder, there were only four left.

S...So... the culprit killed a chicken and used its blood...?

That's a very cruel thing to do!!

Killing a living thing like that is terrible! They could've at least let me eat it!

The culprit must have procured blood from the crime scene because they didn't want to be caught walking around by the rest of us...

...Anyway, the fact that a chicken is missing is proof enough for my reasoning.

Nevertheless, there is something amiss here...

You're saying the culprit poured blood on the body after keeping it dry with the tarp...?

But, if the blood was poured on to the body from above, the blood should have also spilled to the floor around the body...

But that wasn't the case... the only place with blood on it was the body's stomach.

The floor around it was perfectly clean...

It's certainly strange that the floor around the body was clean...

In that case, the culprit probably didn't pour the blood on the body at the garden, but prepared a robe dirty with blood ahead of time...

Ahead of time...? A robe with blood on it...?

Was the body you found at the crime scene properly wearing the white robe?

Um... I think...

No... her arms didn't go through the sleeves. The robe was simply thrown over her body...

That settles it, then.

...Sorry, I couldn't quite follow all that. What's settled, exactly?

Let me summarize. The murder took place before the sprinklers turned on.

The body did not get wet because the culprit covered it with a tarp.

Then, later, the culprit removed the tarp, and at the same time...

They took a robe covered with blood they prepared ahead of time, and threw it over the body...

By creating this elaborate diversion, they tried to hide the time the murder occurred.

They did it so someone could claim the murder took place after 7:30am, when the sprinklers activated...

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

That certainly makes it possible for the murder to have taken place before 7:30 this morning...

But... in order to go through with this diversion...

The culprit must have gone to the garden sometime after the sprinklers turned on, right?

It should have only been for a few seconds.

Eh...?

Removing a tarp, and then throwing a robe prepared ahead of time on the body...

That shouldn't take a long time to do.

That... may be so, but...

Asahina-san, after you met Naegi-kun at the cafeteria, were you with him the entire time?

No... I went back to the gymnasium first, and Naegi followed me a little while later...

So, it seems we have an unaccountable period of time right there, don't we?

T...That's...!!

You can't say it's impossible.

Uu...!!

It seems Kirigiri was right. Naegi's alibi has a hole in it.

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

So... I'm a suspect again.

But, why...?

Why is Kirigiri-san... pushing me into a corner like that?

Why...?

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

System message posted:

Faking the body was added to your notes.

...Well, then. We're back to square one.

Naegi's alibi isn't perfect, so our suspects are both Naegi and Kirigiri again.

So, seriously, which of them is the culprit...?

I know! Let's just leave it to luck! We have a 50/50 chance, 'right?!

Ah...!

'Right? I have good ideas from time to time!

That's not it! I just remembered something amazing!

...What is it? Tell us.

Um, there was a charred knife at the crime scene, wasn't there?

Yeah, it was stuck in the body before it exploded, 'right?

According to the Monobear File, it went all the way through the body, from its stomach to its back...

So, what is it about that knife?

The knife seemed familiar to me...

And... I just remembered from where.

Hey, much more importantly...

What are we going to do with this knife?

We can't let Fukawa-chi keep it, that's for sure. I have no clue where to put it, though.

I...It's not like I want it, anyway...!

Yeah... It's a problem...

...Let's just have Naegi-kun keep it.

Eh? Me!?

I...It's the knife I gave to Naegi...?!

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

You don't seem surprised. You must have figured that out before.

Y...Yeah... I did.

And why, exactly, did you keep that from us?

It's not like I meant to hide it, it's just...

I wasn't completely sure what happened last night...

Maybe... I really did kill...

That's suspicious... Too suspicious!

If the knife the victim was stabbed with is the one Naegi-chi had...

There's no question about it! Naegi-chi is the culprit, and I'm 1200% sure about it!

But, now that much more about this case is clear, I have no doubts anymore.

I wasn't the killer after all...! I'm not the culprit...!

Phase 7 (Youtube via Polsy)

DISCUSSION START!

Evidence bullets: Faking the body, State of the body before the explosion, Condition of the body after the explosion, Shards next to the body, Events time table

So, that knife stuck in the body...

I...It was the one I gave to Naegi...!

Yeah, it seems so... right?

If he had that knife...

...That means he's the culprit!

Even if I was entrusted with that knife...

...Why does that make me the culprit?

Because the knife was the murder weapon, wasn't it?

There's no question about it!

You did it! In the botanical garden with a knife!

Makoto Naegi... Truly a fearsome man...

Did I kill Mukuro Ikusaba with the knife...? No, that can't possibly be...!

In fact, the entire knife business is suspicious, based on what we know now.

Evidence bullet: Faking the body
Because the knife was the murder weapon, wasn't it?

YOU'VE GOT THAT WRONG!

Trial 10 (Youtube via Polsy)

No, it wasn't the knife that killed Mukuro Ikusaba at all.

If that story about faking the body is correct, that much should be obvious!

You're lying! The cause of death wasn't even mentioned in that discussion!

Try to remember what we just discussed...

The culprit removed the tarp from the body, and then threw a white robe over it, didn't they?

In other words, the victim did not have that robe over her until after she died.

And why is that important?!

Because, when we discovered the dead body...

The knife she was stabbed with went through the robe, didn't it?

A knife that was thrust into someone's body through a robe they hadn't had on before they died...

...Couldn't possibly be the cause of death!

S...She could've been stabbed in the same place twice, couldn't she? It was all part of the diversion!

Was the victim stabbed twice...? No, that's not possible.

Evidence bullet: Monobear File 5

According to the Monobear File, there is only one knife wound on the body.

That's right! I've completely forgotten about it!

So, that knife...

It was also part of the culprit's diversion...

They wanted to hide the real cause of death, so they left behind something much more noticeable.

They made the body explode for the same reason.

Thanks to the explosion, the body was badly burned and it became difficult to find the true cause of death...

In other words, they were disposing of evidence... That was the culprit's goal!

They left us with an impression of death by stabbing when we discovered the body, and destroyed that body afterwards...

By doing so, they were trying to destroy evidence by leaving us with that wrong first impression...

...Um, can I ask something? It doesn't really have anything to do with this, but...

What was that explosion, anyway? Why did the body suddenly explode?

Try using your head for once... This question is not even worth an answer...

If you know just tell me!

I'll tell you! Most likely, some strange particle caused a nuclear reaction inside her body and made her spontaneously combust!

At least I can tell for certain that that's not what happened!

Naegi, answer her so we can continue.

The cause of the explosion... It must have been because of...

Evidence bullet: Shards next to the body

After the body exploded, we found small shards next to the body, didn't we?

Those shards are the origin of the explosion.

Huh...? I think I've seen that thing somewhere before...

Of course you have. After all, those shards are...

That thing we pulled out of Monobear when we took it apart.

They're the remains of that bomb.

So, the explosion was caused by a Monobear bomb!

In any case, the culprit's goal is now clear.

The culprit tried to make the knife look like the murder weapon in order to push the blame on to Naegi...

The one person who had something to gain out of doing something like that is...

Our second suspect, Kyouko Kirigiri... It can be no one else but you.

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

W...Wait a second, Togami-kun...

...What is it?

...I think there's still something important we have to discuss first. We still don't know what the victim's real cause of death is...

He's right. It's still a mystery... What could have killed the victim if it wasn't the knife...?

...Fine. Let's continue our discussion, then.

It's not like it's going to change my conclusion...

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

Anyway... we must make clear what killed the victim.

For the time being, that's what's important...!

Phase 8 (Youtube via Polsy)

DISCUSSION START!

Evidence bullets: State of the body before the explosion, Monobear File 5, Condition of the body after the explosion

Well then, let's continue the discussion.

We don't know what killed the victim. Was that it?

It wasn't the explosion that killed her, was it?

Of course not... that happened after she died...

The knife also has nothing to do with it, does it...?

In that case, all that remains is...

Um, according to the Monobear File...

That's it! There are signs of a blow to the back of her head!

Other than that, the only thing that's mentioned is...

...many wounds on the victim's body.

So, what killed Mukuro Ikusaba...? There's only one thing that makes sense...

Nothing in the provided evidence bullets helps us, so we must pull the only other logical explanation for Ikusaba's death from the discussion...

That's it! There are signs of a blow to the back of her head!

Evidence bullet: signs of a blow
We don't know what killed the victim, was it?

YOU'VE GOT THAT WRONG!

Trial 11 (Youtube via Polsy)

What killed Mukuro Ikusaba was the blow to the back of her head!

What about the wounds all over her body? Don't they have anything to do with this murder?

According to the Monobear File, they are old wounds she had from before...

Old wounds, huh...? So, they're unrelated...

It's undeniable. What killed her was that blow to the head.

But, what's the weapon...?

A...According to the Monobear File, she was hit with something cylindrical as thick as an iron pipe...

...It must have been the pickaxe!

T...That doesn't make any sense...! If she was hit with a pickaxe, it wouldn't just leave a mark. It would have crushed her skull...!

That just means the culprit held the pickaxe upside down and hit her with the handle!

Impossible... The balance of weight is no good... It's difficult to get an effective strike like that...

Do you want me to... demonstrate it to you...?

You're just going to pretend to make a mistake and hit me with the blade instead, 'right?

And then... I'll pick up your filthy brain tissue and throw it on the floor and spit on it...!

Ahahaha! We're like-minded, me and you!!

I wouldn't admit that if I were you...

If it's the murder weapon you're worried about, I've already found it.

Y...You did?! That's wonderful, Bykauya-sama...!

So, what is it? What's the real weapon...?

Naegi, answer him. You should also know the answer.

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

This murder's real weapon... It was probably...

Evidence bullet: Duralumin arrows

The weapon used to strike Mukuro Ikusaba on her head was...

The duralumin arrows we found in one of the dojo's lockers...

Duralumin arrows...? That's what the culprit used to kill Mukuro Ikusaba?

Yes, that much is certain...

Is... that so...? Don't you find it a little strange...?

H...Hey, you! I...It's a million years too early for you to doubt Byakuya-sama...!

But, I can't help questioning this!!

Yes, Asahina-san is right in doubting this answer. But that's just because...

...The weapon had one more hidden secret about it...

Phase 9 (Youtube via Polsy)

DISCUSSION START!

Evidence bullets: Bloody packing tape, Kirigiri's testimony, Monobear's testimony, Wooden tag, Duralumin arrows

We found them in a dojo locker...

Duralumin arrows...

They are the murder weapon. That much is certain.

Is that... really so...?

What's so strange about it...?

I mean, according to the Monobear File...

The murder weapon was a cylindrical object about as thick as a steel pipe, wasn't it?

I think an arrow would be too thin for that...

Doubting Byakuya-sama like that...

That's a trillion years too early for you...!

The murder weapon must have been the duralumin arrows.

But, that wasn't enough...

Ladies and gentleman, if I'm not mistaken we have a first: a solution not guessed even once by anyone in the thread.

Evidence bullet: Bloody packing tape
I think an arrow would be too thin for that...

YOU'VE GOT THAT WRONG!

Trial 12 (Youtube via Polsy)

A single arrow would be too thin, certainly. That's why the culprit used one more tool.

One more tool...?

We also found a crumpled piece of packing tape inside that locker.

The culprit must have used it to bundle the arrows together.

By doing so, they created a "cylindrical object as thick as a steel pipe"...

...and used it as their murder weapon!

It's just like the proverb about the three arrows... It's a lesson Moori Motonari, the sengoku general, taught his sons...

Even a single fragile arrow becomes sturdy when in a bundle... Using that story, he taught his sons they should stay unified instead of fighting each other...