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♟ memory 27.
Date: Day 109
Game won: jo's game
Memory:
SONIA: …Komaeda-san?!
SOUDA: Eeek! What’s he doing here?!
KOMAEDA: Yo, Souda-kun… I should thank you for taking it easy with that rope back then.
KOMAEDA: Thanks to you, I was able to get out with only a bump on the head. That was Super High-school Level kind of you!
SOUDA: You… you…!
SONIA: Nevertheless, you two got here at just the perfect time…
SONIA: I’ve gotten a huge scoop! I’ve made a terrible discovery!
TSUMIKI: U…Um… I have something to say too…
TSUMIKI: I’m sure it’s not as important as Sonia’s information, but… I…I noticed something else…
HINATA: …You too, Tsumiki?
KOMAEDA: Well! The investigation’s picking up just in time for the climax!
[ during the downtime, hinata approaches peko ]
PEKO: There is likely not much time left for the investigation.
PEKO: Tsumiki returned here a while ago and examined the body. Perhaps she found something that can help?
PEKO: Then, there’s Sonia. She also seems to have something to say.
PEKO: …I apologize, but I can be of no help this time.
[ hinata then approaches sonia ]SONIA: Please listen! I have a huge scoop!
SONIA: A huge huge huuuuuuuge scoop!
HINATA: Sure, we get it. What is it?
SONIA: It’s all about that “Sunny Witch ♪ Esper Itou-chan” mask we found next to the body!
HINATA: Yeah… the mask the culprit used to conceal their face…
SONIA: No, that’s not it! That mask wasn’t there just for that purpose!
HINATA: What other purpose could it have?
SONIA: It’s Kirakira-chan!
HINATA: …Huh?
SONIA: Kirakira-chan! The spectre of humanity’s darkest desires! The self-proclaimed warrior of justice!
SONIA: A serial killer who wears hero masks from the world over, and kills criminals one after another!
HINATA: …………
SONIA: Hinata-san, this is a most improper time for silence! Act more shocked at once!
PEKO: This “Kirakira-chan”… isn’t that the serial killer you were talking about before, Sonia?
PEKO: That is certainly a hero mask, but…
SONIA: More accurately, a heroine mask!
SONIA: Sunny Witch ♪ Esper Itou-chan is a pretty magical girl witch!
SONIA: See? A heroine!
PEKO: A…Anyway… Are you saying it’s possible that a serial killer murdered Koizumi?
KOMAEDA: Or, in other words… that one of us is a serial killer?
KOMAEDA: That sounds like a plot twist from some kind of weird game or something…
HINATA: Don’t be an idiot… Really? A serial killer? That mask’s only here to keep the culprit’s face hidden. That’s all.
KOMAEDA: …Nevertheless, the culprit chose one really extravagant mask.
HINATA: That might be true, but…
PEKO: It’s easy to dismiss it as simple foolishness, but I think it would be wise to stay alert.
PEKO: Sonia… Can you at least tell us what you know about this… “Kirakira-chan”?
SONIA: “The time has come to don this mask, imbued with the very essence of justice, and lay bare the ugly entrails of evil…”
SONIA: “Jus ・ tice ・ Com ・ plete!”
SONIA: “Piercing the very night itself with the shining light of justice’s brightest star!”
SONIA: “Call me Kirakira-chan!”
HINATA: …………
HINATA: Um, what… was that?
SONIA: That was Kirakira-chan’s catch phrase… Or, at least, that’s what they say it is.
PEKO: A serial killer… with a catch phrase?
SONIA: I read it in a magazine at the library.
SONIA: Only one journalist has ever actually encountered Kirakira-chan…
SONIA: That magazine printed Kirakira-chan’s words as he heard them, so I just had to translate it.
SONIA: Unfortunately, that journalist was also ultimately put to rest by Kirakira-chan…
KOMAEDA: …It’s not the safest thing in the world to involve yourself with a serial killer.
PEKO: You are the last person I wanted to hear these words from.
SONIA: Um… That’s all I know about Kirakira-chan.
SONIA: Because of the mask, no one knows their age or sex. Kirakira-chan’s existence is a mysterious one indeed…
HINATA: Um… Don’t you think you’re jumping to conclusions way too fast here? It’s ridiculous, having a serial killer among us…
SONIA: No, they are not among us…
SONIA: It’s possible the serial killer was already hiding on the island before we got here, and killed Koizumi-san!
KOMAEDA: T…That can’t be right, can it…?
SONIA: I think that’s the only possible explanation…
SONIA: I mean… I refuse to believe any other possibility.
SONIA: No one in our ranks could be that kind of loathsome villian…
SONIA: I’ll never believe it! Never!
HINATA: S…Sonia…
HINATA: …………
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