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YAHOOOOOOOO!!! EXTREEEEEEEEEEEEME!

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Kyaaaah!

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Phew! I feel bad for anyone who missed out on that spectacle!

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T-Teruteru!

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Gh... oooohhhh...! A-Are you... fucking serious... ughhh...!

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Ah... aaaahhhh... aaahhhhhhhhhhhhh...!

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Wh-Why...? Why... did you do something so cruel?

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Huh? Didn't you learn when you were in elementary school?

If you badmouth someone... The teacher writes it in a note, and makes whoever you bad-mouthed read it to you in front of the class...

When that happens, only then do you think about how it feels to be bad-mouthed. The same applies to murder.

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Like hell it does! *You’re* the one who made him do this!

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Ugh... so cruel... This is just too cruel...!

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Well, it can't be helped. I’m just following the rules!

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Rules... What the hell...?

The only one breaking the rules is you!

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Huh? I can't just let that slide... What do you mean?

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When you mentioned the motive... Didn't you also promise something?

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However... there's a catch.

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Don't tell me the catch is...

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Puhuhu...figured it out yet?

That's right, you guys have to kill each other! That's my bargaining point!

You guys wanna know, right? You want your school memories returned to you, right?

Then you better start killing! A penny for your thoughts, and a murder for your memories!

T... That’s right...

There was a killing... so you should have told Teruteru about his mom and the restaurant!

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Yeah... us too... We all have a right to know...!

Hey! Hurry up and tell us! What did you mean earlier when you mentioned our "school memories"?

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Oh yeah, I did promise to return your memories after the killing began...

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Huh? You're gonna do it? But... telling them is kind of...

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But I never told you guys that I'd tell you right away.

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Wha-...!?

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Th-That's not fair!

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Of course, I'll keep my promise to return your memories someday.

But... it's still not clear when that "someday" will actually be...

Bwah-hahahahaha! [leaves]

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U-Um... I must excuse myself as well! Th-There's something that I need to do! [leaves]

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Wh-What the heck...!?

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That's not fair! They both ran away!

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Teruteru... he played right into Monokuma’s hands.

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Damnit...! Teruteru, why...!?

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An ending like this is just full of despair... A seriously tragic despair...

But still, at times like this...

As the symbols of hope, you guys need to keep doing your best!

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You... why're you smilin'?

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How can you smile in a situation like this, you creep!

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Hold on... I'm sad too, you know.

...Didn't I tell you? From the bottom of my heart, I truly love you all. You Ultimates who inspire hope... and your splendid talents.

There's no way I can be happy when we've lost such a talented individual.

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Don't go sayin' creepy shit! I'll fucking kill you!

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...Please, kill me any time.

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...Huh?

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If you hate me, I don't mind you killing me! I've already prepared myself to become your stepping stone!

If absolute hope can be born from that... then my life is nothing special.

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You... how messed up are you...!?

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However, if you're going to kill me, tell me in advance, okay?

That way I can cooperate with you.

You... you want to help someone... kill you?.

It's really not that big of a deal.

If you're students of Hope's Peak Academy... If you're the symbols of hope...

Then it shouldn't matter if I cooperate with the killer, right!?

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Hmph... Declaring so confidently that you'll side with the killer...

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Maybe this was his plan all along.

Since he's willing to work with the killer, he wants us to think it's better for us not to kill him...

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Well, I don't mind what you think of me...

To tell you the truth, thanks to Byakuya, I'm starting to feel a small desire to live.

I want to watch everyone destroy the despair that comes for you, one after the other...!

Ahaha, just kidding!

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Hey, can I punch him? I just won't be satisfied till I punch him!

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T-That’s enough...

Let's stop this already. It's just going to be a waste of time... if we keep dealing with him...

...

Yeah... Yeah, you’re right...

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Huh? Even you hate me, Mahiru?

That’s a little sad... but, it makes sense...

I betrayed you, didn’t I? I orchestrated this entire thing behind your back...

When the truth came out, you must have felt so much despair...

But through that despair you become stronger, didn’t you? The way you concluded that trial... was amazing!

Please... just stop.

Just... stop talking...

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Alright, this is pissing me off!

If you won’t leave her alone, then I’m gonna punch ya!

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H... Hold on!

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P-Please stop this at once!

Nothing will come from fighting like this. There... there is something else that we must do.

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Something else...?

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We must not argue with each other in a place like this.

There... is something more important we must do.

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...Which is?

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Do our best.

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...Hm?

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We must first leave here... and get some rest. And then...we shall all work together and do our best. Do our best so we never have to come back here again.

That is what... I believe we must do right now...

I am sorry... If only I was a better motivational speaker...

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No... That really touched my heart...!

You're totally right... What we need to do right now... is do our best...!

If we do our best... it's definitely going to pay off, right?

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Yes, that is right.

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But... what do we have to work hard at?

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I do not know, but we must do our best!

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...Jeez, I don't get you at all. Are you some kind of moron?

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It's fine if you don't know. What matters is that you hold on to the feeling that you have to do your best.

So... let's do our best. Let's make sure a killing like this never happens again.

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...Yeah, you’re right. Let's definitely work together and leave this island.

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All right! I dunno what you're talkin' about, but let's do our best for now!

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Very well... Even if we are not able to change the future, I guess I should at least change my tomorrow...

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Damn fiend... I won't give up until the very end! I won't die in vain...

I'll give my entire existence, my entire power, my entire body and soul, and fight to the very end!

Yeah... That’s right...
It's scary, but... we don’t have much of a choice.
We can’t let something like this happen again... We have to do our best!

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But when we stepped back into the elevator...
The reality of everything that happened came crashing down onto me.
We lost Byakuya... and we lost Teruteru.
In one night, we lost two people.


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...
Everyone else had returned to their cottages.
I wasn’t able to sleep... so I came here instead.
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The night sky was bathed in millions of stars.
Stars that looked like tiny snowflakes...
As I stared, the events of the day flashed through my mind.
The murder... the investigation... the trial.
And then... I was dragged to yesterday... and the day before that...
And every single time, I was forced to see that person.
I tried thinking of something else...
I tried shutting it all down...
...but I couldn't get them out of my head.
I couldn’t... get them... out...






