Ultimately, someone died.
I never expected anyone to die so quickly.
How long has it been since we met, and already this chaos ensues?
As expected, these guys are out of their minds.
Of course, I didn’t kill him.
“That’s a shame…”
Even with a decent target like Chihaya right in front of me, there wasn’t a murder command available to me.
I won’t deny that I felt a slight emptiness inside.
In this survival game, achieving a perfect run was my greatest thrill.
It seems this game is designed for the protagonist to escape without killing a classmate.
The protagonist, who is supposed to show righteous qualities as a hero, probably can’t kill anyone.
The victim is an unnamed male student A.
According to his self-introduction, he said his dream was to be an inventor.
He was supposed to investigate the gym but was found collapsed inside.
– Hey, Yuki…!
– Why…?
– I can’t believe this is actually happening… It’s really a terrifying place.
The students fell into a panic upon seeing Yuki’s corpse.
After that, they were consumed by suspicion and began to resent one another, spiraling into despair.
In this space, no one can be trusted; the only thing to rely on is oneself.
But still, we had to uncover the truth.
“This is roughly the story. So now we just have to catch the culprit, right?”
[Please explain why you were drooling while watching Chihaya earlier]
[A Mollu who wants to kill someone…]
[Chihaya does look delicious.]
[Whoa.]
[2D sexual harassment;;]
[This is not that kind of room.]
[The moderator can’t help their true nature.]
[It’s a detective game~]
I don’t understand what kind of misunderstandings people are having.
I’m thoroughly enjoying this detective game.
“Alright, what should we do first… Let’s start with investigating the surroundings, right?”
Having experienced various games, I had a feeling for how the story would unfold.
In the end, physical games like Eo War became my main focus, but I was familiar with this genre since I played new titles whenever they were released.
“The weapon is a baseball bat. A baseball bat…”
Isn’t this a bit too obvious?
For now, there’s nothing to lose, so I decided to poke around a bit.
My target was the baseball club ace B, who said his dream was to be a baseball player.
– I-I could never do such a thing! That’s nonsense! What, are you suspecting me?
He seemed quite flustered.
He had shown a serious demeanor during introductions, but now he appeared to be panicking in this sudden situation.
It’s a perfectly normal reaction.
I need to start analyzing characters like this and observing their reactions one by one.
[A baseball bat, so a baseball player? That’s a bit…]
[That’s some crazy emotional reasoning;]
[Look at Yamota panicking and acting all jumpy.]
[If they were normal, panicking is exactly the right response; investigating calmly would be more suspicious.]
[Such one-dimensional reasoning, teacher.]
“No, I just poked around a bit. I’m not saying Yamota is the culprit.”
[LOL, that’s a crucial aspect of being a detective, the surrounding inquiry.]
[Inquiring about guilt—who are you suspecting?]
[Doing some pressure interrogation, huh?]
[There are really a lot of clueless people; I’m an active police officer, and they actually do something like this often.]
[FBI in my room, Mollu dreads;]
Ignoring the viewers who were rambling as usual, I continued the investigation.
The conversation I just had with Yamota over the baseball bat had updated the list of investigation clues.
Collecting clues one by one and revealing the truth would be my ultimate goal.
Yeah, this isn’t difficult.
I’ll clear it all easily.
*
It was time to deduce the culprit by synthesizing the collected clues.
The students, who had been scattered, began to gather and share the information they had collected.
Among them were both useless pieces of information and genuinely important ones.
Yeah, good job gathering information and discussing it together.
Yet, I couldn’t help but think.
Do these guys even intend to find the culprit?
– I have no intention of getting involved in this case. You guys figure it out.
I exuded an air that I already knew the answer while not providing any help for the deduction.
– Ah, there was a separate auditorium in the annex? I’m sorry, I completely forgot.
This guy exuded an unusually cheerful vibe.
– The culprit is Yamota, it has to be you! They used a baseball bat as the weapon, so it has to be you!
He was foolish yet assertive, making him difficult to handle.
– Let’s review the case from the beginning once more. Moru, you’d feel something was odd here, right?
He had the brains and deduction skills to solve the case while subtly shifting the burden onto me.
The way he casually dropped clues while checking if I picked up on them was maliciously cunning.
“Why is he not deducing it himself and doing this to me?”
[If he did it himself, the game wouldn’t progress.]
[He’s in the assistant position, yes.]
[It’s amusing to watch Mollu flounder.]
[It’s the moderator’s style.]
[Species hatred towards Mollu.]
What are these people talking about?
I would never engage in such petty behavior.
Thus, the discussion continued in a somewhat roundabout manner.
With a bunch of trolls mixed in, it progressed rather slowly, but we began inching closer to the truth.
The direction of the deduction had long been set, and the figure that all clues pointed to was revealed.
– Please point out the culprit.
“The culprit is male student C!”
This is way too easy.
Is it because it’s chapter 1?
I excitedly pointed out the culprit without hesitation.
– Morikawa… why did you do such a thing?
– Why did you kill Yuki so brutally, Morikawa?
However, the male student referred to as Morikawa simply remained silent, smiling.
– Hehe… heh… hick…!
“What’s wrong with him?”
When I asked the viewers, I received incomprehensible answers.
[Here comes phase 2.]
[He’s in a floundering pattern.]
[It’s not over until it’s over, lol.]
Next up was revealing the motive behind the crime.
But why?
Isn’t it enough just to throw someone like Morikawa into the holding cell?
I couldn’t understand.
“Do we really have to find out the motive? That’s such a hassle.”
– Moru, please find out why Morikawa made that choice!
“Why don’t you do it? You’re always telling me this while doing nothing yourself.”
[Chihaya-chan wants you to do it, so you should.]
[Your friend is asking you to do it.]
[“Please do it.”]
[He’s curious about the crime motive.]
[Honestly, I’m curious too, I agree.]
[It’s quite obvious, so let’s just confine him for now, right?]
Amidst Chihaya’s tearful pleas and the chuckling viewers, I managed to uncover the reason behind the crime.
As I pressed on, he eventually spilled everything out.
– Ugh… that guy belittled my dream. My precious dream!
Yuki was a promising inventor who regularly participated in various competitions since childhood.
It was said he planned to conduct personal research at a renowned institution after graduating.
On the other hand, Morikawa, who’s studying mechanical engineering, had yet to achieve any significant results.
Yuki’s talent, as a friend in a similar field, was more than enough to make Morikawa feel diminutive.
In that situation, what Yuki said to Morikawa became the catalyst for the incident.
– Morikawa, wouldn’t it be better to approach it this way instead of that?
Yuki was advising as he looked at Morikawa’s machine blueprint.
That was Morikawa’s masterpiece he had spent years conceptualizing.
If he successfully built that machine, it would only be a matter of time before he received recognition in academia.
But Yuki quickly realized there was an issue with his design.
– You think I’m wrong…? That can’t be true, it can’t be!
Morikawa probably couldn’t accept that his painstakingly crafted result was flawed.
So he killed Yuki, filled with rage…
As the truth became known, chaos broke out among the students.
– Just for that reason…!
– Just for that? You call that just? It wasn’t “just” to me; it was my life’s masterpiece! And that guy just kept blabbering about what’s right and what’s not while he didn’t even understand…
To Morikawa, Yuki’s advice turned into ‘interference’.
This incident proved that advice should be given considering the person receiving it.
It was an utterly tragic event.
There were aspects I could relate to.
It was quite an educational incident, and I hoped the viewers would feel something from it too.
I hoped my sentiments would echo with the viewers’ feelings.
“Interferences are this dangerous, everyone. Carelessly interfering could lead to serious consequences.”
[Indeed, should never interfere carelessly.]
[Can’t stand interference, yes;]
[Are you threatening to kill me if I interfere?]
[Whoa…!]
[Mollu/Controversy/Viewer Threat]
[It’s scary…ㅠㅠ]
[I’m sorry, please spare me.]
[Hug me.]
[If I hug you, everything will be resolved, yes?]
“What kind of hugging are you talking about? You people.”
Aren’t the viewers just patients with delusions of grandeur and collective psychosis?
I shook my head at the tears flooding in.
