Thump, thump.

A bone-chilling chill suddenly ran down Miao Miaocheng's spine. Under the black and white bear's malicious gaze, Miao Miaocheng's entire body seemed to be frozen. He seemed to hear the sound of his own heart beating. It was bloody, and the blood flowed to his limbs and bones. It was cold and sticky, and his feet were as heavy as lead.

The person in front of him did not seem to be a simple individual, but a dark and twisted consciousness. It made him feel both mentally and physically … disgusted and nauseous.

"Hey, Naegi-kun, why don't you suspect?

Did you not think of it?

You can't be that stupid, right?

Is it because you don't dare?

Because you're afraid of getting an answer you don't want? "

"…"

"Then … do you think so too?

Rather than betraying each other while suspecting each other, it's better to trust each other and drown in happiness … Someone once said it, for the sake of the 'hope' that he loved to the point of 'despair'. "

Sayaka Maizen stood hesitantly in the hallway of the dormitory area.

"Good morning, Maizen." Hina Asahina greeted her energetically.

"Oh … Ah, good morning, Hina Asahina -san."

She took half a beat to react. Even the sweet smile on her face showed that she was absent-minded.

"Maizen -san, why are you still standing here?"

Hina Asahina's curious gaze moved from her to the door sign behind her. "Miao Mu … Ah, right, I wonder how Miao Mu is doing. He accidentally got involved in the conflict between Ōwada and Shikami yesterday, and got punched by Ōwada, right?"

Wu Yuan softly grunted in acknowledgment. Her brows were tinged with worry as she said worriedly, "Miaojun has been unconscious since yesterday morning. I originally thought that he would wake up at night, but there seems to be no response when I rang the doorbell. I wonder how he is now."

"No response?"

Hina Asahina blinked and suddenly looked shocked. "Wait, Miao Mu looks so small. Could he have been killed by Ōwada with one punch?"

"Eh?!" Maizen's face turned green.

"Impossible."

Okinawa Sakura walked up from behind Hina Asahina and said calmly, "With Ōwada's wrist strength, the strength of his punch is far from enough to kill. I was there at the time, and my judgment is correct."

"I see." Hina Asahina heaved a sigh of relief.

"But logically speaking, Miyoshi shouldn't be unconscious for so long," Okinawa Sakura continued calmly.

"So something did happen, didn't it?!" Asahina took another deep breath.

Maizen bit her lip and rushed back to Miao Mu's room. She turned the doorknob with her fingers. Just like last night, the door was locked. However, when they sent him to the dormitory yesterday morning, they didn't lock the door.

"This is a school where people kill each other. Only murderers can graduate."

Monokuma's words came from the depths of her memory. Her pupils constricted slightly, and all kinds of horrible images flashed through her mind. She gripped the doorknob so hard that her veins popped.

'No, it's impossible.'

She said to herself in her heart.

Such a ridiculous thing … It was like a prank that had gone too far. It was impossible for anyone to be instigated to kill each other. There was no need for them to do such a thing. Even if they managed to graduate, when the outside world rescued everyone, that person's evil deeds would be made known to the world.

It was impossible for them to do such a thing.

Although that was what she thought, the doubt in her heart was like a growing vine that gradually swallowed the girl's rationality.

She rushed to the door without thinking. Before she raised her hand to knock on the door, a hesitant expression flashed across her face.

What if …

What if someone really did it?

Is Naegi-kun still inside?

Is Naegi-kun the only one inside?

Don't be afraid. Hina Asahina -san and Okinawa Sakura -san are standing behind me.

But are they really trustworthy?

If someone meets the requirements to graduate, what will happen to the rest of us?

Indescribable horror, the unknown horror and the noise in her heart. Her fingers twitched nervously for a moment, and the hand that was about to punch the door suddenly froze in mid-air.

"Click."

At this moment, the door that had been closed for the entire night opened without warning.

"Ahhh … Ahhh!

Maizen -san? "

Miao Mu, who was almost hit by a punch as soon as he walked out of the room, jumped in fright. The blue-haired girl was still leaning forward with a panicked expression on her face. He stared at her in astonishment, and saw Wu Yuan's eyes quickly fill with pitiful tears. She couldn't stop her momentum in time and fell towards him.

In front of Hina Asahina and Ōkami, the brown-haired boy was caught off guard and was pushed to the ground by the blue-haired girl.

"Bang!" His body collided with the ground.

He cried out in pain, and his face scrunched up in pain.

"Even if you have the physical fitness of a normal high school student, this performance is too weak." Okinawa Sakura objectively commented, and asked with concern, "Miao Mu, is your waist okay?"

"… I, I'm fine!"

Naegi Makoto immediately stopped grimacing in pain, and shouted with a red face.

Just, just a little sore, and there was a reason for that.

His eyes wandered.

"That's great!

Naegi-kun, it's great that you're fine! "

Maizen wanted to hug him with a sobbing voice, but he immediately put his hands on her shoulders in shock, and gently but unquestionably helped her stand up.

"I'm fine, I just rested for a long time. I'm sorry for making you guys worry."

He was a little embarrassed, and there was a hint of concern in his eyes. "Maizen -san, are you okay?

You look a little tired. "

"I'm fine …"

Maizen retracted her hands, and carefully collected her feelings of disappointment, paused for a moment, and put on a gentle smile.

"Sorry, I lost my composure.

It's great that Naegi-kun is fine. Oh right, I'll tell you about the results of yesterday's exploration of the campus, and Ishimaru -san said that he hopes everyone will attend the breakfast gathering every day, and it's almost time … "She was anxious to hide her emotions, so she spoke faster than usual.

"Actually, we didn't find anything."

Hina Asahina added, and she shrugged. "The conclusion is that we're trapped here. The corridor to the second floor is blocked by a metal fence, and the entrance to the hall is blocked by a strange metal door. There's no one else here except for the 15 of us, so we're at our wits' end."

"Kirigiri found a map of the first floor of the campus." Okinawa Sakura glanced at him. "If you're interested, you can ask Ishimaru to take a look."

Okay, thank you! "The brown-haired boy said cautiously.

He seemed to be still troubled, and after he finished speaking, he fell silent. After thinking for a long time, he muttered to himself, "Are there really only 15 of us …?"

They thought that he was depressed because he recalled the ridiculous entrance ceremony yesterday morning. Hina Asahina thought about it, and sighed in melancholy.

She didn't know when the outside world would discover the abnormality here, but she didn't have to worry too much, since the police would definitely come to rescue them … right?

She thought half worriedly, half comforting herself.

Naegi Makoto had a lot of things weighing down on his mind.

His admission into the school was different from the other students of the super high school. Now that he looked back, the things that he had encountered since he received the admission notice, the entanglement between luck and misfortune was unclear. Almost all of them could be said to be linked to the unusual and strange development.

If this was the fate of being a "super high school student," then how could he explain his ordinary life for the past 15 years?

This didn't seem like "luck," but more like a sudden "variable" that disturbed the trajectory of fate.

Thinking about it this way, Hope Peak Academy, which had been deified by word of mouth, seemed to be covered with a layer of mysterious and gloomy fog.

Was it true that he was selected?

Was all of this a conspiracy hatched by someone in the beginning?

Naegi Makoto's mind was filled with countless bright red question marks.

After waking up in the school dormitory for no reason, they were asked to play a game of mutual suspicion with their fellow freshmen. Anyone would be flustered and at a loss, subconsciously doubting the authenticity of everything.

Was it true?

Was the school real?

Was the principal for real?

Was it true that he was her classmate?

Was it true that they were killing each other?

…

??

Qinxian Mu Yan

Until now, no one other than himself had found any traces of it?

Ammonia glass?

Wait and see?

Ji Poke Huan * * * *

Is that so?

What?

His nephew, Wen Yan?

Slow and slow to technetium?

Boasting about Wukan Barren, Huan Lian Cuo, Cheng Sang?

What?

Crest?

Are you a car model?

Tragic?

Throbbing?

Mei Mu Ji Yu V?

Is it difficult to invade the vast expanse of the earth?

Ya????

Η Ammonia Plucking φ Plucking?

Huh?

Knock on the lips here?

Drop the dregs?

Ash?

Grasshopper?

Song Gong?

He had always thought that he was not very good at thinking about such complicated things, and now he was so distressed that his head was about to hurt.

People tended to believe in the people closest to them. He did not want to be swayed by Monokuma's provocation.

Η ammonia ginseng?

Ask the cook to help Huang Dengyi?

Delay?

Wu Si Wu Ke?

Lan Xing U Qie Pu Wu Yue Zhen Zhen Zai Pu Wu Yue Zhen Kang Mei Yu

After breakfast, everyone dispersed.

Even though they had completed the so-called "Hope Peak Academy Admission Ceremony" yesterday, it was obviously different from the usual admission ceremony. The rules set by Monokuma did not have any rules related to learning, not to mention that there were no teachers in the academy. Therefore, some people like Celeste found a place to kill time, some people did not give up looking for clues to leave the academy, and some people were suspicious of others and locked themselves in the dormitory all day long, refusing to go out unless absolutely necessary.

The enclosed school building was terrifyingly quiet.

The large space was originally planned for many teachers and students to use for their daily school life, but now there were only 15 people moving around. When people did not speak, the silence was suffocating.

In such a depressing atmosphere, very few people could maintain an optimistic and peaceful state of mind.

Miao Mu was an exception.

This was probably the only thing that made him feel a little proud. Even in this harsh environment, he still thought that at least his classmates were very resistant to killing each other. He didn't have to worry about food in the school cafeteria, and he had a place to stay. At least he didn't suffer any physical abuse, and the person he liked seemed to be safe and sound. Aside from those doubts that confused him, there was actually nothing that would push him and the others to a dead end at the moment.

"You can't relax your protection just because of trust, Naegi-kun." The girl's slightly serious voice came into his ears.

"Eh?"

Miao Mu was surprised that Maizen suddenly hit the nail on the head.

Had he told her what he was thinking?

"I didn't say it … It's because I have superpowers."

She looked at the brown-haired boy's round eyes, then suddenly curved her eyes. "I'm kidding, it's just intuition!

Because Naegi-kun seems very easy to get along with, I'm a little worried that you will be framed because you trust someone too much. "

"Is, is that so?" He scratched the back of his head helplessly.

"After all, before this, we were all strangers who did not know each other. Now that we are forced to be locked in a place like this, we can't let our guard down. This is also to better protect ourselves."

Maizen smiled and gazed at Miao Mu. After a long silence, she suddenly said, "Speaking of which, I did not expect that Naegi-kun would also enter Hope Peak Academy."

"Well, that's right, because I'm very ordinary." Miao Miaocheng said very frankly. He still had this bit of self-awareness.

Maizen shook her head.

"But I'm very happy." She said, "Because I finally have a chance to talk to Naegi-kun."

He was stunned for a moment.

"I've been waiting for a long time, looking for a chance to talk to Naegi-kun … from middle school until graduation."

Maizen gently bit her lip, and a blush appeared on her white cheeks. "You might not remember, but a lost crane once flew into the school's pond in the first year of junior high school. At that time, as a member of the feeding committee, I was at a loss. It was you who released the crane.

From then on, I began to pay attention to you. But due to various coincidences and the fact that I'm very busy as an idol, I didn't find a chance to talk to you until graduation. "

She sounded a little disappointed as she said this.

Seeing that Naegi Makoto was still in disbelief, Maizen giggled.

"Naegi-kun, although this is very sudden, may I ask?"

She looked at him with anticipation and shyness. "Now … do you have someone you like?"