Investigation

“Now, I wonder if the Masterminds are already here…”

“Hold on.”

I set a hand on the door Kamishiro was heading toward.

“…Hm? What’s wrong? You want a kiss before the decisive battle begins?”

“No, it’s not that…”

I had a bad feeling about this… A really bad feeling. But nevertheless, I asked him. I had to ask
him.

“What do you mean by Mastermind?”

Kamishiro’s eyebrows twitched.

“Ahhh, that was careless of me. I was planning to reveal everything about the accomplices once I
captured everybody…”

He then licked his lips with a bitter smile.

“Accomplice…?”

Maybe he was referring to that girl… Actually, she’s the only person I could think of that might
fit the category.

“You’re talking about… Mukuro Ikusaba, right?”

“Huh!? She’s suspicious?!” Unexpectedly, Kamishiro appeared to be surprised. “Wow, I didn’t
know that! Then that means there’s two accomplices, huh? Well, well, well… This is just one
big, happy family!

This time, it was my turn to be surprised.

“Wait, if you didn’t mean Mukuro Ikusaba, then…”

“Of course, I’m talking about Yasuke Matsuda.”
At that moment, I was hit with a shockwave so powerful that the word ‘shockwave’ itself
couldn’t begin to describe it. My heart began beating as fast as it could, its agonizing screams
reverberating all throughout my body. A cold shiver ran up my back, numbing my spine and
taking my breath away.

“Well, I should probably go ahead and tell you this now, but… Izuru Kamukura isn’t someone
who could necessarily be called the ‘culprit’ in the first place. He was just some poor fellow who
got wrapped up in all this chaos. The real person who set this all up was Junko Enoshima.
Basically, she wasn’t just the first person to discover the scene, but the Mastermind pulling the
strings from the shadows. The one who’s been secretly working as her assistant is none other
than Yasuke Matsuda… Wonder how he feels, a guy playing secretary like that.”

Kamishiro’s starting point for this part of his ‘resolution phase’ was so unexpected that all I
could do was stand there and listen.

“I’m pretty sure those two are the only ones aware of their relationship. …Well, the school
doesn’t know about it at least. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have requested help from Matsuda in
the first place… Or maybe that was the reason… Anyway, as a result, Enoshima was able to
successfully avoid investigation from the school.”

I became a brainless mannequin that couldn’t even perform the simplest of responses.
By the way, who is this Yasuke Matsuda he’s been talking about? What Yasuke Matsuda would
that be?

“But, cooperating with them wasn’t the only thing Yasuke Matsuda did. Like I said before, about
how the disappearance of the Steering Committee members was the work of Enoshima… It
appears that Matsuda was involved with that case as well. Man, they really are a great
combination!”

I had no idea what he was talking about.

In fact, I rejected comprehension of his words with all my might.

By hearing things that I didn’t want to, my head would begin to hurt. My chest would suffer. I’d
feel like throwing up.

“Also, the decisive evidence that ties them together… I’ve seen it. Well, it was because I
witnessed that evidence that I was able to get this far along toward the truth but…

I don’t want to hear any more!