Chapter 8 – The True Culprit
"Who's that? A killer? Asked Paul
"The Beheader , cool name. Who are you referring to?" asked Ricardo. "Beheader, as in to decapitate someone. No one here has that sort of name" said Xavier. "That's true, what are you talking about June. Are you being serious with us?" asked Jasmine.
"Yes I am, The Beheader is the culprit of this case. It must be" said June strongly.
"Okay, so who is it? Which of us has such a dumb name?" asked Terry. June replied "I don't know yet. All I know is that the culprit is the famous serial killer who lives in South America. The Beheader always cuts his victims head off and moved the head far from the body. That's what happened with Jasmine right".
"Jeez, you're wasting time June" said Terry.
"A serial killer? You're telling me that there's one more besides you" said Shawn shockingly. "I'm no serial killer, I'm an avenger, please get it right. Anyways it could be that this murder was imitated" said June.
"That must be it. I find it hard to believe that one of us would be a serial killer who enjoys slicing heads" said Sue. Flora asked "How did you even think of The Beheader?"
"I saw a book about it in the library by chance. I looked inside and now I just can't shake the feeling that the Beheader is the culprit" said June.
"The way how Olivia's corpse was found and the way how The Beheader kills is one and the same is what you're saying. Then tell us what's identical" said Shawna. June sighed then looked over to me.
She wanted me to take up the task of matching the Olivia's and the Beheader's murder. I accepted and started with saying "The book that June gave me to read said that The Beheader's victim's body is always clean. No stab or bruises to found other than the loss of the head. What do you think? Is it the same for Olivia?"
"Yes it was. She didn't have a single bruise on her. But she did have blood stain on her clothes though" said Cj. "That's fine. The next thing is the head wasn't near the body. The Beheader always moves the head far away from the body so it can't be found quickly. There have even been cases where the victim's head hasn't been found this very day" I stated. "What do you have to do to get a fetish like that?" wondered Ricardo. "Hmm those two things did happen with Olivia but she died from suffocation. Does the Beheader normally do that?" asked Shawna.
"No, most times he slices their heads while they're alive to see and hear their expressions".
"Wow sick! Its official there's no one like that here" said Shawn feeling the chills.
"Yeah June, you're only thinking of The Beheader because you previously read about it. And it happened to remind you of Olivia's death" said Xavier. "Really? Which one of us other than the Beheader would do something so unnecessary and cruel? Who would think to cut somebody's head when they're already dead? That's the action of a serial killer it must be" said June.
"Umm, is that all the book said. Isn't there anything else that could solidify your claim?" asked Flora curiously.
When she said that I just remembered something I couldn't believe I missed. If I remembered this sooner I would've mention The Beheader a long time ago. "The book is called Facts About the Beheader and on the front page it said that the killer is a teenager who's enrolling at Hopes Peak Academy".
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Everyone looked at me with doubt and confusion. "Alisa don't support her. Lying won't help us in this trial" said Shawna. "I'm not lying. The book really said it" I replied.
"If it did, why would Hopes Peak Academy accept a murderer in their school and plus if that information can be found so easily then the police should have caught the person by now" said Shawna.
"Oh boy, this is such a waste of time. Let's move on to the actual discussions" said Shawna.
"Stop it Shawna, you were an accomplice to the last murder so you don't get to decide our pace" said Paul. "Hehehe, you remembered that. I'm not an accomplice this time so don't worry" she replied.
I looked up at Monoplus and asked "Is the book in the library true or not?"
"Sorry, I ain't telling ya that. Wouldn't want to lead you anywhere by accident" said Monoplus. "SO they are true then, thanks Monoplus said June.
"What, wait I didn't say that" said Monoplus.
"You're great help"
"Wait maybe the murder was imitated. You said there's a possibility right" said Xavier.
"No! Why would anyone want to imitate that? I'm thinking the real deal is among us" said June. "Okay just point on someone then genius. Which one is it?" asked Terry. June pointed at Terry and said "You're a part of the yakuza. You have experience with a katana and you have no alibi for last night.
"Fuck you! No one here has an alibi. The murder happened at midnight!" shouted Terry.
"No wait a minute. Some of us were up last night. Tell them Ricardo" I stated. "Yeah, Paul and I were training in the dojo while June was out there doing nothing but staring at the sky. Olivia went inside the main building and Flora was looking for her" said Ricardo.
"Did you eventually find her?" asked Ricardo. Flora took a deep breath then replied "Yes I did. She was in one of the classrooms reading". "So you and Olivia were inside a classroom reading. You look so suspicious right now" said Shawna.
"Come on Shawna be serious" said Paul. "Flora wouldn't kill anyone. I think the most suspicious one is the one that Ricardo saw staring at the sky" said Sue. We all looked at June to hear what she has to say.
"The Beheader huh? I bet you planned to fool us with that" said Terry. "Hey now let's not rush into things. We still have so much to talk about like where the head was found" said Cj trying to change the topic. "The head? Who found it again?" asked Shawna. Fei raised his hand and nodded. "Where did you find it?
"At the doorway to the bathroom. It was in a trash can" said Fei. "Eeeew and you really picked that up" said Sue. "Her head was in a plastic bag when I saw it" said Fei. "That plastic bag might be the same one that suffocated her" said Paul. "Those bags are found in the warehouse and you can't enter in there at night time so someone must've gone in and took some beforehand" said Cj.
"Shawn who relieved you of your warehouse duties?" asked Shawna. "Shut up, I didn't expect someone else to die" said Shawn. "They could go get those bags days ago for all we know. But those swords though. We should assume that they took it the moment when they took the sword" said Sue.
"But when did Monoplus put them there. I didn't know about them until today" said Terry. "He put those swords in last night" said Fei.
Monoplus supported by saying "Yeah Fei helped me carry some of the load". "No" Fei quickly added.
"Those long boxes have swords in them. I saw one of those boxes in Classroom B" said Cj. "Classroom B? Why put that next door to the scene of the crime?" asked Xavier. "Something went down last night. Maybe the culprit and Olivia ran out of classroom b and ran inside classroom c" Paul suggested.
"….?"
"If the box with the sword is inside Classroom B then maybe they were inside that classroom to begin with" I said. "The culprit took out the sword and it scared Olivia. She ran away but the culprit cornered her in classroom c" said June. "Hmm, sounds like you were there" said Ricardo.
"No I wasn't" she replied.
"If the only persons who were up late last night were Paul, Ricardo, Flora, Olivia and June then it's safe one of them is the culprit. I bet June" said Terry. "Me? I wouldn't kill somebody so cruelly" said June.
"Neither would Ricardo, Flora or Paul" I stated.
Ricardo slapped both his cheeks and looked at June desperately. "June why haven't you said anything about it yet?"
"About it? What's he on about?" I wondered to myself. June paid him no mind and said "I'm not the one who killed Olivia. If I were to kill someone it would be a guy. I'd never harm a lady" said June. "So June are you going to tell them about it or should I" asked Ricardo.
"Knock yourself out. I don't think it's important though" said June. "After my training with Paul was finish I went to the main building to see if Flora and Olivia were still in there. But before I could enter June stopped me and said "Don't go in there. You need to sleep first". At the time I was very sleepy so I went along with it and head to my room. At first I didn't think much of it but now I realize that if I went inside the main building last night I would've seen the body. I'm curious to why June stopped me last night".
"June did you see the body already?" asked Paul.
"OMG, I knew you were the culprit" said Shawna. "Wow June I can't believe you" said Jasmine disappointedly. "Why did you stop him? I asked.
"Seriously June. You screwed up when Ricardo spotted you. Too bad" said Shawna. "I didn't want….." June got interrupted with Terry's shout.
"YOU bitch! You tried to murder Cj. You killed Olivia and even tried to blame it on something that isn't even here" he shouted furiously. June sighed and said "I didn't know that a murder occurred last night. I just wanted him to get some rest that's all. His eyes look dark red, he needed sleep. I didn't want him to go and push himself anymore".
"That's a lie, you worrying about him. That's out of character" said Terry. "I'm telling the truth" said June. "I can't believe her either but…. The Beheader"
Fei took his headphones off and said. "Please guys stop shouting. My ears can't take it anymore" s. The place went silent as we stared at him worriedly. "Terry enough of the shouting okay. Fei can't take any of it" said Jasmine. "Yeah sorry. I'll try my best to calm down" said Terry.
"Well that aside Ricardo left you outside right. Then that means you were alone with Olivia and Flora" said Shawna. Paul disagreed and said "No, I saw Flora leaving the bathroom and we both headed inside our rooms. So Flora went inside before Ricardo and June". "Wow, June's in serious trouble" Shawn thought out loud.
"Hey Alisa what do you think? You've been silent for a while listening to everybody. Is that how you work?" asked Cj.
"Uhh, sorry it's just entertaining hearing everyone discussing I sometimes forget join in. So June is a very likely to be the killer then" I stated. "You too" said June. "Well yeah, that book you gave me earlier about The Beheader is way too convenient for you. Blaming it on him to run away from us getting to you. Ms. Kirigiri would never get a criminal like that wrong".
"That's your issue. Alisa please help me out here. We're all going to die if they vote for me" said June. "When Ricardo left the area I looked at the stars for a little while then went straight to my room. I didn't check the main building either" said June.
Shawna yawned and said "Whatever killer, can we please vote now. The killer is clearly June. Paul and Flora left first; Ricardo left second leaving you all alone to do what you like with Olivia".
Flora stated "Wait you're being unfair to June. If Olivia and I met up in a classroom, nobody checked to see what happened and you're letting me off the hook but you're fighting June like you want her to be the culprit".
"Hahahahahaha good one. Flora why would you of all people say that. It's obvious that you didn't kill anyone" said Shawn. "June didn't do it either" said Cj.
"Then who did it? We're getting nowhere" said Sue.
"For the sake of progress let's talk about where the sword that decapitated Olivia was found. I didn't find it during my investigation but maybe one of you guys did" I said looking at Fei. He nodded at me and said "It was in the Infirmary along with the bloody clothes".
"Bloody clothes? In the infirmary? Did the culprit use it to wipe or something?" asked Ricardo. "No they wore it while they were cutting Olivia's head and since she was already dead you wouldn't hear her scream" said Fei.
"Looking back, those clothes look too big for June don't you think. Especially the shirt" said Jasmine. "Maybe she just picked one, it's not like she was going out with it. She just wants to keep the blood away from her when she got to work" said Terry. "But the infirmary has clothes in many sizes. She could've picked something better" stated Paul. "Olivia would fit perfectly in it" said Jasmine.
"Stop Jasmine. Enough" said Shawna. "Huh what did I do?" asked Sue. "Let's vote!" said Shawna. "I'm starting to think that you're stupid or something. You can't be in this much of a rush. You do know that our lives depend on this right. Why rush it just so you can go to your room and there's a chance you won't survive so that you can go there" said Fei bluntly.
Shawna grinned at Fei saying "I'm positive that June is the culprit but fine. Go on and waste more time".
"Why is she like this?"
"You know, thinking back those clothes fit Olivia the best" I said. "They do?" asked Cj.
"Yeah those clothes definitely fit Olivia perfectly. She's the tallest girl here Let's start over. And another thing June didn't go to the warehouse last night so when did she get the katana" Jasmine said. "What are you talking about? She could've gone without us realizing" said Shawna. "No way, After Cj and I went our separate ways I was with her up until night time and the warehouse can't be entered at night" said Jasmine.
"And the katanas were moved inside the warehouse at what time?" I asked. Fei replied "I helped Monoplus around ten minutes to night time and we were finished around 15 minutes passed it".
"So how did she get the katana to behead Olivia? Was the time of murder wrong?" asked Xavier. "No that's not it. She killed Olivia then early this morning she beheads her" said Shawna. "It said the time of death, not time of decapitation" she added. "You're not going to lay off my name anytime soon are you" sighed June.
"Nah uh, you did it" Shawna said confidently.
"Anyways the murder definitely happened last night around midnight. It would be too risky to slice someone's head off not knowing when the others are going to wake up. Wouldn't want the same screw up that happened to Zoey happen again" I stated.
"So she was beheaded last night. How would June have gotten hold of a katana?" asked Flora.
"Maybe she didn't get a hold of it. I'm starting to think that we climbed up the wrong tree here" said Sue. "I knew June wasn't the culprit to begin with. I'm so glad there's something that can prove her innocence now. If she was with Jasmine then it should be safe that she has a good alibi" said Cj relieved.
"Why are you so happy? How's your eye now? Will that bandage ever come off?" asked Shawna. "But if it's not June then who is it?" asked Terry. "From the beginning it was kind of weird to say that June did it. She wouldn't kill a girl while there are so many dudes to choose from" said Ricardo.
"Precisely. Glad you're all getting it" said June.
"Umm but who could've gotten a sword? They were moved inside the warehouse close to night time. Fei's the only one who could have gotten one if he wanted to and I don't think he did" said Flora.
Fei nodded and added "I left Monoplus to close the warehouse. It was still open when I left since we only just finish moving the goods. I wonder if he let anyone in when I wasn't there". Fei looked over to the robotic puppy and asked "Well Monoplus did anyone of us enter the warehouse when I left?"
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"Answer him"
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"If you don't say anything that means you're siding with the culprit you do know that right?" I said. "Yeah but…"
"No buts, just tell us"
Monoplus sighed and said "I won't tell you anything but you can ask that bitch Shawna over there".
"Don't call me that. My name is Shawna Matar" said Shawna. "Do you have anything that can tell us who went inside the warehouse last night?" Fei asked.
Shawna went in her pocket and showed everyone pictures of inside the warehouse. "This is going to expose myself a little bit but I suppose it's worth it" she said to herself.
I looked at the pictures closely and realized that these were all taken at many different places around the school. Pictures with people in the bathroom, game room, library, dorm rooms, classrooms and even the warehouse.
"Hey what the hell!" shouted Terry.
"Did you set up cameras all over the school? That's a huge invade of privacy" Shawn complained. "Sorry but I just can't stand not knowing what's happening around me. I'm just said that I don't have those sweet surveillance cameras instead of having these that takes shots every three minutes" said Shawna.
"You had this but still kept on accusing me being the culprit" stated June. "You'll find out soon" said Shawna.
"Does this have to do with your talent that you've been keeping a secret?" I asked curiously. Shawna put all the photos away and left only one in her hand. The one that showed a bluish green haired girl in blue clothes holding a long box that's identical to what the swords were in.
"Olivia? But why?" asked Flora.
"Olivia took a katana? But she's the victim isn't she?" Terry stated. "I imagine that she was attempting a murder and failed" said Shawna. "NO! She wouldn't kill someone. Never" said Flora. "Sshhh missy, why else would she be holding a box with a sword" said Shawna.
"For self-defense maybe"
"Maybe it was suicide" said Ricardo. "Don't make me get over there and punch your lights out. She was beheaded you fucking idiot!" shouted Flora angrily.
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Everyone went silent staring at Flora surprised at her outburst. "Wow, Flora calm down okay. Like I said earlier we'll find out who did this don't worry" I cheered. She slighted nodded at me and we continued on our discussion.
"SO yeah obviously she didn't commit suicide. It's safe to say that she was going to commit a murder herself" I stated. "What? No anything but that" said Flora holding her head.
"Why would Olivia want to kill someone though and who was her target if she was planning on doing it?" said Cj.
"Why did Olivia want to kill? That motive must be the answer" I thought to myself.
"Her motive photo was of her playing with three kids. That might trigger her to kill. She wanted to escape and see those kids again. I'm positive that's what happened. It's a perfectly good motive to want to leave here no matter what. I think her motive is one of the strongest ones here and as for who her target was".
I looked at Flora seeing that it couldn't be anyone but her. "Flora's her target of all people. Aren't they like plant buds?" stated Shawna. "You met up with her at a classroom and she was found dead in a classroom" said Xavier. "I can't believe she's gone now" Flora's eyes filled with tears that none of us could argue back at. "Please who ever that killed Olivia please step up. I want to know why you did it" pleaded Flora.
"That's no good. The culprit might have done it for self-defense. Olivia was going to kill after all" said Shawna. "Self-defense, but who would be in that position?" asked Shawn. I looked over at June and so did everyone else right after the other.
"Uhh seriously, me again" said June. "It hurts my heart seeing you ladies accusing me like this ya know" said June getting annoyed.
"You can't blame them though. Paul and Flora left first leaving Ricardo and June. You two alone were left outside" I stated. "You're talking like Flora can't leave Olivia dead and not alive" said June.
"Don't be absurd, Flora would never do that. You're the suspicious one here. Outside doing nothing and talking about a serial killer that doesn't matter" said Terry. "I wasn't doing anything bad. I felt like looking up and daydream about flying above the walls. And as for The Beheader I was simply saying my thought" said June.
"Sorry but Flora wouldn't be so dumb to admit that she met up with Olivia close to the time of death if she was the culprit. That's just not possible, nobody's that stupid and I can't bring myself to believe that The Beheader is a high school student that's attending Hopes Peak" I said.
"This is just like last time with Shawn and Cj. You guys pressure them, accusing them of killing someone and then in the end they didn't do a damn thing. You want things to be normal after that. You guys are the worst" said Fei. "Yeah the worst" Sue supported.
"What else do you want us to do? It's a class trial and besides June is guilty" said Shawna.
Hearing Fei's words stung a little. I was accusing her alone and not everyone else. I wasn't treating this fairly like I was supposed to do. I hope Ms. Kirigiri isn't watching me right now" I thought. I cleared my throat and said "This is getting tiresome. Let's stop attacking June. There's still a possibility that she didn't do it".
"What! If she didn't then that means it would've been Flora" said Ricardo. "Huh it isn't me" Flora said. "Seriously Alisa I expected better from you. Are you saying that there's a chance Flora is the culprit" said Shawna.
"Yes, I'm through with being unfair. I shouldn't be on only one person's case while there's someone else who's even more suspicious" I told her. "More suspicious? Let me explain this again. June entered the main building while Olivia was still there. Olivia tried to murder June but she failed. They thought it was fit to kill a killer so that her conscious don't have to haunt her. June took the opportunity and killed Olivia then cut her head off".
I nodded in disagreement. "No. You're just picking up for the wrong side again . First off if June was Olivia's target then why didn't she call of the study meeting with Flora. That would make Flora not having a reason to go and look for her. She wouldn't want to kill someone right after Flora seeing her and let's not get started with the motive. June had a motive to kill Cj and no one else"
"Uh huh, but Flora's motive picture is just of photo of herself. That's no motive for murder so she couldn't have done it" replied Shawna.
"Those who think there's a chance June isn't the culprit speak up" I stated.
"Me" Cj quickly raised his hand.
"Me too, we might be overlooking something" said Paul.
"I don't think she did it either. You guys just want her to be the culprit but reality doesn't care what you want" said Fei.
"I want to believe in June" said Jasmine.
"I know I didn't kill anyone" said June.
"Okay for the sake of us six let's just try and see if anyone else could be the culprit" I suggested.
"Fine whatever, it's still going to June in the end anyway" said Shawna.
"This girl? Does she care about this trial at all? We'll die if we don't get this right but she never gives off a sense of worry to me. Is there a reason for that?" I wondered to myself.
"Well we can quickly narrow the suspects down to only Ricardo, Paul, Flora and June. It can't be Paul because Ricardo was with him and he left first, he didn't even entered the main building" said Sue.
"Can't be Ricardo either since June stopped him from entering the building and went to his room" said Xavier.
"When did Flora leave again?" asked Fei. "I left a little bit earlier than Paul did and we saw each other at the dorm room" said Flora.
"I didn't enter the main building so who's to say that Flora didn't leave a dead body in the classroom" said June. "But if she was going to kill then why would she come to the dojo and make herself seen by me and Paul?" asked Ricardo. "The murder wasn't planned. Whosoever that killed Olivia may not have planned it. They were attacked and they retaliated" said Paul.
"It's possible that Flora didn't plan on doing it when she saw you" I said while twirling my hair.
"Umm guys I get it, I really do but I'm not the culprit" said Flora looking nervous. "Then who could it be, I'm sure it's not me" said June. "But it's not me either" Flora replied. "It must be one of you two" said Xavier.
"No seriously guys I didn't do it" said Flora.
"Me either, I didn't kill her" sighed June.
"Both of them sound like they're telling the truth. I don't see why Olivia would target June knowing that she was supposed to meet up with Flora. Flora doesn't look like she's lying. If she really is the culprit then she's the best liar I've ever seen". I looked over at Paul and asked "How did Flora look when you saw her. Did she looked tired or stress?"
"No she looked normal" Paul answered.
"Okay let's talk about the motives for murder. June's picture reminded her of being bullied. What did your photo remind you of Flora?" I asked.
She nodded and showed me her picture. I looked at it but I didn't get anything weird from it. It was just a simple photo of Flora from neck upwards. I sighed and said "This is useless; I can't tell what you remembered just from looking. What did you remember Flora?" Flora scratched her head and said "OH, well I remembered Monoplus telling me that my photo isn't like the others. It doesn't remind me of anything".
"Is that true Monoplus?" asked Shawn.
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"He's not talking. But looking at her photo should be enough to say that there's nothing to remember" said Shawna. "Wait so what about Cj you didn't remember anything from your photo either did you?" asked Jasmine.
"June tore it up before I got a long look at it" said Cj. "You need to look at the photos for at least half a minute to remember anything" said Jasmine. "Flora you did look at the photos for that long right" said Paul. "Yeah… I... did"
Flora looked up at Monoplus as if she wanted him to say something but he kept silent. "You sure, you don't sound sure of yourself" said June. Flora took a deep breath and said "I... I don't know. The first time I looked at the photo I blacked out seconds after that. I don't think it was all that important".
"Seriously, did Monoplus tell you to keep something quiet?" I asked. She nodded yes in reply. "Yes he did. I don't get it but he wanted me to keep my mouth shut about my motive picture. I don't get it" said Flora looking puzzled.
"Flora you're the culprit after all" said June strongly.
"Me? No I didn't do it. I wouldn't hurt anything much less kill them" said Flora positively. "Come on guys let's get started with the vote" said Shawna. "Yeah I agree you guys have ten minutes so try and decide on who to vote for" giggled Monoplus.
Monoplus told Flora to keep her mouth shut about the motive picture. There must be something about that photo. Flora please look at it for as long as you need to" I stated. Flora quickly took the photo from me and agreed. "Okay if this will help clear my name then I'll do it. I know I didn't kill Olivia. She and I shared common interests, even if she tried to kill me I'd forgive her".
Flora stared at the photo for an entire minute with the rest of us waiting to see what would happen.
Ricardo broke the silence and asked "So Flora what did you remember?"
Flora dropped the photo on the floor and covered her face with her hands. Flora?
"Upupupupupupupupupuh!" giggled Monoplus.
"Why are you laughing?" I asked. Shawna pointed at Flora and said "What terrible thing did you remember from that photo for you to cover your face?" Flora put her hands down, the moment she did I felt chills. Her eyes felt like they were staring deep into my soul, Black eyes that looked like an endless void. Her emotionless face was not the same as before.
"Flora what's wrong?" asked Shawna.
"What's wrong Flora? Are you okay? Want something sharp?" asked Shawna.
"Sharpe? Why would I need that?" asked Flora lowering her head.
"You know" Shawna grinned.
"Anyways Flora what did you remember from that photo?" I asked curiously. "Boy oh boy what did I get myself into" said Flora picking her ears. "Hey are we here because of that dead chick?" asked Flora.
"Dead chick? Are you talking about Olivia?" asked Cj.
"Who's Olivia?" asked Flora.
"I'm talking about the bitch who tried to kill me. Anyways I'm leaving" said Flora walking away. Monoplus jumped in front of her and said "No you can't do that yet. We still have a trial going on".
"Oh it's the stupid puppy again. How am I in a trial? Did I get caught or something?" asked Flora seriously. Monoplus looked over to me and said "Wait and see".
He pushed Flora back to her podium and we continued.
"So explain this, are you the same Flora from a minute ago?" asked Shawn. "A minute ago? I was sleeping until a minute ago" said Flora looking at her clothes. "Why the hell do I have on a skirt?! This is not my style" Flora complained. "I'm confused. All she did was look at her photo and now she's acting this way" said Ricardo.
"When was the last time you were awake?" I asked.
"I don't know. The night I killed a bitch"
"That's enough. Answer some of my questions now. Why are we here?" asked Flora calmly.
"To find out who killed Olivia which seems to be you" said Paul. "Me? Well I can understand that. I've killed so many what's one more. SO will I go to prison and if so please take me to a male prison" said Flora holding her yawn.
"Hey, hey wait a minute. SO you're the culprit Flora?!" said Shawna surprisingly. "You're the Beheader right? The killer who entered Hopes Peak" said June.
"The Beheader?"
"Hahahahaha you know about me. I'm so flattered. The Ultimate Serial Killer Flora Feista" she laughed.
"No! You're not The Beheader. If you are then that means… that means she was wrong" I shouted. I can't accept this, there's no way she got that wrong" I said.
"Sorry missy, but I am who I am. I commonly teach others to murder like I do for it to be harder to catch me" said Flora.
"You killed Olivia. Why did you have to kill her? You could've disarm her and called for us" said Shawn. "White haired, what would you have done if you've just woken up and you saw that you're about to get stabbed by a sword. Would you not have retaliated?" asked Flora. Shawn replied "I would have stopped her and then make everyone know".
"So what happened to the our Flora?" asked Shawna worriedly.
"Other Flora? Hey puppy what's she talking about?" asked Flora. "Yeah Monoplus it's time to explain this madness" I stated.
Monoplus cleared his throat and started explaining. "Okay open your ear holes you bastards cut once I finish it's time for a vote. It all began when a seven year old girl failed her exams and her parents got mad. They hit her over and over and the girl felt like it was unfair. She's always been a straight A student but the moment she failed once she's being hurt. That moment while she was getting beaten one of the parents hit to the head dealt her some serious damage and it resulted in the person she is today.
After that incident whenever she sees a head she has a sudden urge to hurt it. At first it was just hitting later on in her life it she started stabbing until she eventually started decapitating people. Long story short that's the real Flora. The person here and now is the original, a killer who doesn't care about anything" said Monoplus.
"The real Flora? No! What about the other one? Asked Shawna worriedly.
"Shawna you've been routing for June to be the culprit the whole time. So how do you feel now that it's Flora but it ain't the one you know" asked Monoplus.
"Before Flora entered the academy The Ultimate Neurologist Caleb Heaven wiped her memories of being a serial killer and implanted new ones. He wanted her to start a new life being a good person with a good will. The result of that was the Flora you knew but now because of the motive picture her old memories of being a serial killer started flooded back in her head. Her other self-came back and took the place of her current. The Flora you guys knew can be brought back if you want but I'd have to show her a picture to remind her. The reason why I told her to keep her mouth shut about her motive picture is because hers unlike the others brings up a whole new person".
"The Flora here is the real one and the one we knew was a fake. What world is this?" asked Xavier. "Your nightmare mister red head. Now want me to keep this version of Flora or call the other one out" asked Monoplus.
"Call the other one out. I want to hear her one more time" said Shawna. June smirked and pointed at me. "See Alisa, she's The Beheader. I was right".
"No! The truth is…." I thought to myself. My father told me once that everyone lives in the world wrong. Everyone talks about truth and lies but it doesn't matter. The strong can turn whatever they want into the truth and turn whatever they want into lies to shape the world how they see fit so believing solely into either of those two things is stupid. Lie if you ever need you, just don't regret it. "The truth is that someone strong helped Flora to hide herself from the police" I sighed to myself.
Shawna slammed her hands on the podiums and said "This was stupid. If June isn't the culprit then all of this is just wrong".
"What do you have against me?" asked June curiously. Shawna frowned and replied "I just don't feel right with you around. Ever since I heard that you hurt Cj it's safe to say that you should be remove from the list".
"Removed from the list. You don't have those rights" said June.
"Sorry June, I really thought that you were the killer. I'm so wrong I will understand if you don't ever speak to me" said Terry apologetically. "Its fine, not like I care about what you guys do. Jasmine you and I are cool right?" asked June. "Sure, I'm glad you're still with us" said Jasmine.
"Anyways time to vote piss ants" ordered Monoplus. We did as he said and voted for Flora.
After we were finished Flora pulled her hair and said "It sounds like I'm about to die so let me say this before I go. You are all lucky that I didn't kill you all. To think I was with you guys for over a day and you're all still alive and well. I'll tell you what happened as your reward"
"The things that happened last night were crazy. I woke up in the middle of the night just to see the girl Olivia talking about a picture she had. She said she wanted to see those kids no matter what. I was planning on striking her right then and there because I knew where things were leading to but when the girl said that those children were being bullied by everyone I sort of gotten soft. I stayed there and listened until she picked up a sword. She said sorry before she tried stabbing me with it but unluckily for her I kicked the sword away from her hands then started choking her. She stretched her hand out for the sword but couldn't reach it. I saw a nearby plastic bag so I covered her head with it and suffocated her. When she died from the lack of oxygen I looked at the sword and gulped. I normally cut people's heads when they are alive but since a sword was staring right in front of me I decided hey why not. I went and put on some white clothes I found in the infirmary then got to work. I did swift and painless; one slash was enough to slice her head off clean. After that I was confused to why I felt sleepy despite waking up so I took the clothes off and hid it somewhere random then went to the bathroom with the head in hand. When I got there the puppy appeared and giggled. He told me to go to my room and that he'd take care of the rest. I blacked out midway in our conversation and the next thing I knew I woke up here. That's that. I hope to see you guys survive the slashes and stabs" said Flora.
"The Beheader, Flora, The Culprit all the same person. I need some sleep" said Fei.
"What a shame. We're losing another cute girl" said Ricardo.
Monoplus showed Flora a picture of herself smelling a flower for thirty seconds.
Flora screamed "Waa! Did I faint or something? Sorry guys"
"No worries, we're the ones who are sorry" I said. "Why? I didn't remember anything from the photo sadly" said Flora disappointedly. "So who's going to explain it to her" asked Cj. Shawna jumped up and said "I'll do it, this is so wrong. She didn't do anything".
"What?" asked Flora.
"You didn't kill anyone but you're the one that has to be punish" said June. "Why? Are there really not anymore clues to find the real culprit?" asked Flora confused. Shawna slowly explained Flora's position to her.
"Oh, I see so I'm a fake" said Flora.
"Yeah I'm sorry" bowed Shawna. Flora fell on the floor and held her head from the dizziness she felt. "If what you're saying is true then I killed Olivia. Me? I can't accept that" said Flora.
"Hey Monoplus, is there a way you could not kill Flora?" asked Cj. Monoplus grinned and said "Sorry that body has to get ripped to shreds but that's not even the worst part of it. Since this girl here is a fake she won't even go to the afterlife. Once she dies she'll be erased from existence Upupuupupuh"
"Erase? Like I won't even get to see Olivia ever again. No! Please don't let me die" said Flora starting to cry. "Please Monoplus I didn't do it. I can't go out like this. Why am I a fake? That's a lie! From the moment I was born up till now everything felt real" cried Flora. "Well of course it would. Sorry but all your friends already voted for you soooo".
Flora looked at us shockingly and said "You all voted for me already. This is crazy but I didn't do it. I didn't do it, I didn't do it!" She kept on repeating the same thing over and over.
"You may not have done it but your true self did. If anyone has to be punish it's got to be you" I said to her. "This isn't fair, I won't ever see the light of day here or in heaven" cried Flora.
"No missy, once you killed someone this heaven you speak of won't accept you" giggled Monoplus. Flora is trying her best not to break down in front of everyone.
After three minutes of crying Cj left his podium and patted her on the head. "You're real; you're here and now talking to us. How much more real can you get! You don't have to worry about seeing Olivia again because you will. I bet your star will be right next to hers" Cj cheered.
"Stars? What do you mean?" asked Flora wiping her tears. "When you die you become a star and watch over your love ones from a far. You don't deserve this and I'm sure you have anger towards us now for voting you but at least leave here with a little hope. You're not a fake who's going to disappear" said Cj. "Stop blabbering nonsense to her Cj. She's going to disappear" said Monoplus.
"Shut up you stupid robot. Humans are talking"
"I'm real, yeah you're right Cj. But it still sad that everyone voted for me without my knowledge" said Flora. Monoplus jumped between the two of them and said "Well it goes without saying that they were correct. Look at the bright side miss, your death saved many lives today".
"Stop it, let's get this over with" said Cj. Flora held Cj's hands and pulled him in for a hug. She whispered something in his ears before letting go. "What did you tell him?" asked Jasmine. "Nothing" Flora quickly replied.
"Flora's going to get executed huh. She was The Beheader all this time. I… I can't take any more of this. I have to escape. Staying here one more day is going to drive me nuts" I thought to myself. Before Monoplus began the execution Flora us each her parting words. She walked around the podium not even hiding the saddened look in her eyes and told everyone her final words before leaving. When it was time for her to tell me something she said "Thanks for the meals Alisa. You are an amazing woman. I hope you survive". We shook hands she continued with everyone else.
After she was finished it was finally time.
OKAY EXECUTION TIME
LET THE DEATH OF FLORA FEISTA, THE ULTIMATE GARDENER AND THE ULTIMATE SERIAL KILLER BEGIN
"Bye"
A hole suddenly appeared under Flora causing her to fall down deep under. The monitor screen inside the trial room lit up and everyone started looking at it. Everyone besides Shawna. She left the trial ground with a sad expression on her face.
After three minutes of falling Flora finally landed harshly on the ground filled with grass. She got up and looked around her only to see plants and vines everywhere. They didn't give off a scent of danger so Flora quickly walked passed most of the plants. The moment she almost entered a nearby door something grabbed both her feet and started dragging her on the floor. Her screaming could've been heard from even up at the trial grounds. Green and purple vines were what grabbed Flora bringing her to what it looks like a maze. Before too long you could see the color of Flora's feet changing to green and purple probably because of the vines. After five minutes of being dragged Flora's face hit many rocks along the way which caused her to start bleeding she was sent to a space with a guillotine right above her. More vines appeared and started holding every part of her body so that she couldn't move. Flora looked up and the guillotine and saw that Monoplus was up there ready to let it go and slice her head off.
Monoplus dropped the big guillotine on Flora sending her head flying right off her body. While her head was in midair Monoplus caught it and put it inside a plastic bag then throwing it in a trash can. The monitor screen went black after that.
"Damn! What the fuck!" shouted Terry.
Shawn and Ricardo screamed in unison. Cj, Fei and Xavier went on their knees and started vomiting and crying at the same time. "Monoplus didn't have to do her like that. I swear I'll get him back for this" I said to myself.
"We've lost another one guys. Too bad" sighed Monoplus after appearing again. "You're the one that took her away!" shouted Shawn. "Yeah, yeah whatever, it seems like you guys don't ever want to see another class trial right?" asked Monoplus.
"Never, it's the worst" said Cj.
"Okay fine, I feel bad for what I did to Flora really I do so hear this. The next motive for murder is that there will be no class trial. You have my word" said Monoplus.
"No class trial? He wants us to murder that badly" I thought. "Get the fuck away right now! Flora just died!" Terry shouted. Monoplus lowered his head then disappeared.
"No Class Trial? He's such a liar" sighed Fei. "No kidding" Sue added. June cleared her throat and shouted to everyone.
"You know if you guys listened to my warning yesterday about those photos this wouldn't have happened. You've even seen for yourself how I acted when I saw my picture but you guys still went ahead and did. I hope you all learned your lesson. Don't give in to Monoplus's motives" said June.
"Yeah, we hear you loud and clear" said Xavier rubbing his tummy. Jasmine told Cj, Fei and Xavier to follow her to the infirmary. They left the trial grounds and so did everyone else one after the other. I was the only one left inside their. I looked up at a surveillance camera and shouted "If anyone is watching this then please hurry up and save us already. What the hell is Cruez's Path doing? Your boss is in trouble. Where is my father? Father are you watching this if so hurry up and get to work!"
Meanwhile back at Jabberwock Island Byakuya and the 77th class were watching the live stream of the killing game.
"She looks tired. Tomorrow we'll start the operation yes?" asked Byakuya. "Of course, we've hoped that no one else died before we could get to them but that hope is now crushed" said Hajime. "When they escape I got some things I need to sort out with that boy Terry. He can't go on like this" said Peko. "Please do, when we save these kids tomorrow many of them will need some serious talking to" said Hajime.