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And so, the Junko-Enoshima-Ringleader-Mastermind-Whatever-Wannabe Tsumugi Shirogane announces the mechanics for the final voting...
One on One.
Hope against Despair.
If the three voted Hope, then the Junko-Enoshima-Ringleader-Mastermind-Whatever-Wannabe Tsumugi Shirogane would be punished. However, there is a catch. Since the rules of the game must have two survivors, two people have to sacrifice themselves and get executed also in the game.
But if they voted Despair, then only Ki-Bo will be the one punished in the trial. After that, the game would continue until there were two people left in the game. Of course, the Ultimate Hope would pick Hope as a way of eradicating Despair and finally end the (53rd) Killing Game of the century. As usual.
But oh my~! The Junko-Enoshima-Ringleader-Mastermind-Whatever-Wannabe Tsumugi Shirogane has more tricks up her sleeves! Would this 'Despair-Inducing Mastermind' ever be stopped? She just killed our beloved 'protagonist' Kaede Akamatsu, the Ultimate Pianist. Who framed her, sent Kaede to her execution, strangled, stoned, and CRUSHED to our 'protagonist's' own death?! How long will this killing last?! Look at the poor babies!
Himiko Yumeno, our cute Ultimate Magician, was once a lazy girl who lost two of her beloved friends at the hands of the disgusting, woman killer. And even if she begged our Mastermind to return her memories, it's impossible because the Flashback Light can only implant even more false memories. Heck, even our writers preferred the Himiko they know rather than her old self. She's just so cute!
Maki, Maki, Maki Harukawa! The Ultimate Assassin, or, Child Caretaker. But whatever! Everything is scripted for her to fall in love with her precious Kaito Momota, who sacrificed his own life just to save his girlfriend from getting executed. While the makers were in a rush and thus had to do Jin Kirigiri's execution all over again, which it FAILED, it just didn't matter as long as Maki was there.
Oh, don't forget Shuichi Saihara. The (show's Plan B) 'protagonist', the Ultimate Detective. That boy is a treasure, a timid boy who lost his love and became the protagonist that the whole world watched from the cameras. It's so sad that Shuichi went blank when we showed him his audition tapes. The whole Team Danganronpa was there to watch the finale that everyone had been working on.
And lastly! ...Um ...Uh ...Who's the fourth one again?
Bah! Who cares about that stupid camera? That junk's disposable anyway, we can always get a new one!
But anyway!
Oh, those children! They've already succumbed to their Despair, what will they ever do?!
Well, that makes our viewers worldwide flush with adrenaline! That's our Tsumugi! Injecting the characters with Despair until they die!
CLASS TRIAL
VOTING TIME
\\Soundtrack: Almost Hell Heaven by Masafumi Takada\\
Shuichi Saihara looked at the screen on his trial podium, it flashed the class trial voting system early for some odd reason. His eyes were still blurred from crying too hard, the shock of this...reality show he'd been participating in. Everything he knew, everyone he loved, it was all nothing but a lie. Kaede Akamatsu, the girl who inspired him to face the truth, was nothing but a lie. Kaito Momota, his close friend who sacrificed his life to save Maki and end the game, was also nothing but a lie. Surely, Himiko and Maki got the same reaction when he looked at the two girls. They were silent, but they were looking at Shuichi after, thinking if ever the Ultimate Detective knows about this. The truth is, he doesn't.
The screen's timer started ticking, and his heart dropped when he saw all of his 'classmate's' faces being marked with a cross on it. The cross symbolizes that they're done. Finished. D-E-A-D. Dead. And there were only five of them remaining; himself, Maki, Himiko, Tsumugi, and Ki-Bo.
Though the voting was twisted for the show's grand finale, it's either Tsumugi or Ki-Bo, the representatives of Despair and Hope, will be given their fates in the end. One has to be executed for the survivors to be free from the killing game...if there were two of them though. Which is unfair to all, there were four people left, the rules stated that it has to be two! The Mastermind already said it, while cosplaying the so-called 'characters' from the previous shows.
He is stressed out because of this conflict that he couldn't even think of, two people will have to sacrifice themselves so the other two would live. Ki-Bo, the show's Ultimate Hope, had already volunteered to be sacrificed. Shuichi tried to stop the robot from doing such a reckless act, but Ki-Bo already had his fate locked.
"Please...do not worry... If it's for the sake of Hope, then I will accept my decision for it. I will not let Despair to win!" The Ultimate Hope had said, and there's no turning back.
"Ki...Ki-Bo...!" Himiko looked at the robot who wanted himself to be sacrificed. These surprises are getting into her brain too much. Sadness, anger, disgust. It's a mix.
Now that Ki-Bo volunteered, only one person was needed. Three people; Shuichi, Maki, and Himiko. One of them has to raise their voice and say "I will sacrifice myself!" or something.
Unless they picked Despair. If they did, then Ki-Bo would be executed. And the Mastermind will give them the privilege to stay in the Ultimate Academy forever, they don't have to kill anyone anymore if they execute Ki-Bo this instant. But that's unfair also, killing a robot was also like being 'robophobic' to Ki-Bo.
Now, why is it odd to have the voting system opened early? Shuichi doesn't know. He doesn't know anymore, and he stays silent once more.
He couldn't even afford to care when the screen in front of him went static.
\\Soundtrack: New Classmate of the Dead by Masafumi Takada\\
VOTING TIME
Ultimate Pianist, Kaede Akamatsu
Ultimate ? ? ?, Rantaro Amami
Ultimate Inventor, Miu Iruma
Ultimate Supreme Leader, Kokichi Oma
Ultimate Hope, Ki-Bo
Ultimate Entomologist, Gonta Gokuhara
Ultimate Detective, Shuichi Saihara
Ultimate Cosplayer, Tsumugi Shirogane
Ultimate Anthropologist, Korekiyo Shinguji
Ultimate Aikido Master, Tenko Chabashira
Ultimate Assassin, Maki Harukawa
Ultimate Tennis Pro, Ryoma Hoshi
Ultimate Astronaut, Kaito Momota
Ultimate Magician, Himiko Yumeno
Ultimate Artist, Angie Yonaga