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[ 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝-𝚝𝟹 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚊 #𝟶𝟸 ] 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚜 (𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝟸)

Warning: detailed descriptions of everyone's murders.

Rana: Okayyyy! Kei, just wait until we're done with all the verdicts and then you'll get to do your job.

Kei: Hm.. If I have to punish certain prisoners..

Kei: Does that mean I'll have to punish Aimi as well?

Rana: Nope, I'll take care of her.

Rana: You know, Aimi.. You're a very cute girl, but..

Rana:That idea of yours was quite stupid.

Rana: You really thought making everyone watch their videos would give you the result you wanted?

Rana: *laughs* Well, I'm going to be honest with you. You actually were kinda right.

Aimi: !

Aimi: D-does that mean-

Rana: Yep. If you guys got to watch your videos, your brains simply wouldn't be able to handle it and.. I dunno, your heads would just explode, I guess.

Miki: "What videos are they talking about?.."

Aimi: T-then-

Rana: No, they still aren't allowed to watch them. Honestly, the fact that you came up with all of that..

Rana: Makes me a bit mad.

Rana: Like hey, why did you think you'd be allowed to watch your videos? Why did you think that we'll be so kind that we'll let you watch all of them with everyone?

Rana: Please, get those thoughts out of your head. They're not doing you any good.

Aimi: .. Why did you mention my idea anyway? 

Aimi: You were talking about my punishment. How is my plan related to all that?

Rana: Hehe. You'll see.

Arisu: .. Is it okay for me to start talking about Yoshioka Eiko-san's murder now?

Rana: Oh, right, right! Sorry about that, Arisu. Please go ahead.

Eiko: ...

Arisu: Prisoner 006, Yoshioka Eiko. 23 years old, a university student and a part-time model.

Arisu: Her victim was Gatou Takeru, her boyfriend.. 

Arisu: Or, I guess "ex-boyfriend" would be more accurate.

Arisu: Eiko-san and Takeru-san met online and they realized just how much they have in common, though Eiko-san herself believes that Takeru-san was actually lying about his interests, hoping that it will help him to become closer with Eiko-san.

Arisu: They did end up falling in love with each other, however, Takeru-san quickly realized that Eiko-san was.. more affectionate than he thought she would be.

Arisu: He wanted to break up with her, but he felt too afraid, and he was also convinced that Eiko-san wouldn't take it well and that she will even try to hurt him in some way if he decides to put an end to their relationship.

Arisu: And that's why Takeru-san came up with.. a very unique plan.

Arisu: He decided to fake his own death just so that he won't have to actually break up with Eiko-san while still making her leave him alone.

Rana: *laughs*

Arisu: ...

Rana: Sorry, sorry.. This is so funny. Men would rather fake their own death than actually talk about their feelings.

Arisu: .. May I continue?

Rana: Oh, yeah, yeah, go on.

Arisu: Takeru-san stopped using his main account and started using his private one more instead and asked his friends to make it look like something tragic happened to him and he ended up seriously injured or simply dead. 

Arisu: Eiko-san was shocked when she saw that Takeru-san completely abandoned his account because he was the kind of person who was obsessed with social media, and she didn't know any information about him that could help her find out what happened. 

Arisu: When Eiko-san finally was able to contact his friends, she almost ended up believing his lies, but one of them couldn't take it anymore and gave her the access to Takeru-san's private account which showed that he was still using social media very often and he didn't go anywhere.

Arisu: And when Eiko-san realized what actually happened.. She was very.. very angry about it.

Arisu: Eiko-san searched for more information about Takeru-san and eventually, she was able to find his full name and address. She found his house and when Takeru-san opened the door, he saw his ex-girlfriend who was there definitely not because she wanted to reconcile and because she missed him.

Arisu: Takeru-san begged Eiko-san for forgiveness and he knew that Eiko-san came here to end his life. When he realized that no matter how hard he tries, she will still kill him in the end, he revealed what he actually thought about all of this and said that he didn't think his lie would affect her so badly and that "it wasn't even a big deal". 

Rana: Wow, what a piece of-

Arisu: In a fit of rage, Eiko-san used the "equipment" she brought to kill Takeru-san in a very brutal fashion: by dismembering him. She believed that it was the most fitting murder method for him and that he fully deserved it.

Rana: Woah, she sounds like a woman you just can't mess with! Unless being killed by her sounds fun to you.

Arisu: After she was done, Eiko-san felt very overwhelmed and she ended up losing consciousness. When she woke up, she was already at her house and she received a message from her mother that implied Eiko-san's parents cleaned up after her and brought her there.

Arisu: Eiko-san never knew what her parents do for a living, but she had a feeling that it wasn't something legal, so she wasn't surprised.

Rana: Man, her parents are so nice! 

Rana: It'd be a shame if something happened to them.

Eiko: !

Rana: Arisu, hurry up with the verdicts, I think this girl has a lot to say.

Arisu: Yoshioka Eiko's verdict combination is..

Arisu: Innocent, Guilty, Guilty.

Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, she should be able to come back home safely, but her being a murderer will become known to everyone and it will be up to the outside world to judge her.

Arisu: Congratulations, Eiko-san. You may speak now.

Eiko: *breathing heavily*

Shun: E-eiko-san?.. A-are you okay-

Eiko: .. Are my parents working for you two?

Shun: Eiko-san, I-I don't think you should just ask-

Rana: Sure were.

Eiko: .. Were?

Rana: Hehe.

Eiko: .. Tell me everything. Now.

Rana: Or what? Are you going to try to dismember a goddess?

Arisu: Eiko-san, allow me to explain.

Arisu: Your parents started to work for us very recently and they were supposed to help us out with these three trials specifically. If everything went according to plan, they would be allowed to continue working here.

Rana: They even went as far as sacrificing their own children just to prove their loyalty to us! 

Eiko: !

Arisu: .. T-they did.

Eiko: .. You didn't have to make Naruha a guard. He was only 14. 

Arisu: We had no choice. Your brother wasn't a murderer, but you were. Of course we'd have to make you a prisoner and him-

Rana: Hey, just to remind you, our guards are-

Arisu: Please, do not interrupt me.

Rana: Ooh, scary. 

Eiko: .. What happened to my parents?

Arisu: They realized that what they've done was a mistake and tried to come up with a way to save you. 

Arisu: They.. I guess they wanted to rebel against us.

Arisu: As for the consequences.. 

Arisu: My sincerest apologies, Eiko-san.

Eiko: ...

Eiko: When did it happen?

Arisu:After the second trial.

Eiko: ...

Rana: *laughs* How are you feeling, Eiko? Your parents literally got killed while you were too busy worrying about your crush's broken arm!

Shun: B-but I never got my arm broken-

Rana: Oh, and about your brother being one of the guards and killing himself just so that he doesn't have to judge you, of course.

Eiko: .. Haha..

Eiji: "Now that I think about it, my arm does feel a bit.. weird."

Eiji: ".. Must be a coincidence."

Eiko: .. I see.

Eiko: Well, guess I have no choice but to accept any punishment the outside world will decide is best for me, haha.

Eiko: I do wish Eiji-kun was the one who punished me instead though..

Shun: .. Eiko-san, c-can you not talk about Eiji-san right now?

Eiko: Shun, your girlfriend just found out her parents are dead. Can you not act like your clingy and jealous self right now?

Eiko: .. And if Naruha is also dead.. Then that means..

Eiko: Ahaha.. I don't..

Eiko: I-I don't have anyone else.. left..

Shun: ...

Shun: .. Do you want a hug?

Eiko: .. That would be nice.

Miki: "So if I understood correctly, this prisoner's little brother died?.."

Miki: "And her parents too.."

Miki: ".. I feel bad for her. Maybe we could get along."

Miki:"Wait, the prisoner standing next to her is-"

Miki: !

Rana: Well that was sad. Anyway, time for me to talk about the next pair!

Rana: Prisoner 007, Yano Asahi! 

Miki: "What did she just call him?!"

Miki: U-um, s-sorry, but I think this prisoner's name is actually-

Rana: Ugh, can you just let me do my job? Please?

Miki: B-but I know this prisoner! H-he's my-

Miki: "He's looking right at me! He still remembers me!"

Miki: "Haha.. I'm just so glad that he's still alive.."

Miki: "I will get you out of here, Marito. I'm sure you've never committed any crime-"

Rana: Anyway. 11 years old, an elementary school student.

Rana: Oh, his story is so, so sad!

Rana: Little Asahi over here actually comes from a very toxic and abusive household. 

Rana: His biological parents named him Andou Marito.. Well, his biological father never actually bothered to call him by his name and his biological mother died shortly after giving birth to him.

Rana: So his lovely older sister was the only one who actually called him by this name. Just to let him know that he was still worth something. That he deserved to have a name even though his existence itself killed his own mother.

Miki: "Don't.. Don't say that.."

Miki: "Honestly, I'm grateful that Marito's birth.. killed her.."

Miki: "Ahaha... Our life would be so much worse if she was still around-"

Rana: His older sister was strong enough to handle all of their father's abuse, but Asahi didn't want to go through that for who knows how long.

Rana: So when both siblings were out on a walk one day, Asahi waited for his sister to get distracted and.. he ran away.

Miki: ".. H-he didn't wait."

Miki: "H-he couldn't.. I-it was my fault, I should've paid more attention-"

Rana: Pretty selfish of him, isn't it? They could try to run away together, but he decided to do it alone. Did he want his sister to continue going through that abuse?

Miki: .. Shut up.

Rana: So when Asahi-

Miki: I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP!

Miki: YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIM!

Miki: I'm literally his sister, I should be the one talking about his past, not you-

Rana: Then go on. Please, tell us the truth about Asahi's murder.

Miki: Huh?...

Miki:M-murder?..

Rana: But you can't. Because you don't remember anything.

Rana: Too bad. I'm sure you telling us his story would be so interesting.

Rana: Come on, Miki. Don't you want to protect your brother? Don't you want to defend his honor?

Miki: .. H-he can't be a murderer. 

Miki: Even if he is.. I would forgive him as many times as I had to.

Miki: So please-

(sounds of Hinode standing up)

Hinode: .. I would like to tell everyone the story of Marito-san's murder.

Miki: !

Rana: Ooh, interesting. 

Miki: B-but how do you know-

Hinode: Miki-san. I think both you and Eiji-san already know that I know more than you two.

Miki: ...

Eiji: I knew that he's suspicious-

Miki: .. If you really know something.. Please, protect him for me.

Hinode:I will protect him just like his older sister would, even though I don't have nearly as much love in my heart as you do.

(sounds of Hinode's footsteps)

Hinode: I will keep it short. Marito-san was adopted by Yano Satsuki-san and her husband, though "adopted" is not exactly the correct word.

Hinode: Satsuki-san wasn't able to have a child of her own, so I'm assuming she wanted Marito-san to.. fill the void inside of her.

Hinode: She gave him a new name and started treating him like her own son, however, even though Satsuki-san's intentions were pure, she didn't know how to take care of children and what children need from their parents.

Hinode: And the most important thing that children need is obviously love. And Satsuki-san wasn't able to show it in a way that Marito-san wanted her to.

Hinode: Marito-san couldn't take it anymore and got angry at her. After that, Satsuki-san started saying strange things which scared Marito-san and made him think that Satsuki-san will try to get rid of him, since she started saying that adopting him was a bad idea and that she will never be a good mother.

Hinode: Marito-san knew that Satsuki-san had quite a lot of health problems and he also knew that she was allergic. Deathly allergic.

Hinode: I don't know all the details, but Marito-san was able to secretly add something she was allergic to into her food. Satsuki-san ate it and.. 

Hinode: .. This is the truth, Miki-san. This is what actually happened. 

Miki: ...

(sounds of Miki falling on the floor and sobbing)

Eiji: H-hey! Come on, he's your brother, but-

Hinode: .. Please, announce his verdict.

Rana: Thanks for doing my job, I guess, but seriously, this was so boring! 

Rana: You had to make it more emotional! More interesting! More fun!

Hinode: Trials aren't supposed to be fun.

Rana: They are. At least in this place.

Rana: Anyway. Yano Asahi's verdict combination is..

Miki: "Please, please, if those guards voted him guilty at least once-"

Rana: Innocent, Innocent, Innocent.

Rana: According to the verdict system, he should be able to come back home safely and everyone will forget about his crime and his victim's existence, including him. 

Rana: He will also get a special reward.

Rana: Congrats, Asahi! You can speak to your lovely older sister now.

Asahi: MIKI-NEE!

Miki: .. M.. Marito..

Asahi: LET ME GO! I NEED TO TALK TO HER!

Rana: Can't do that. Not until the trial is officially over.

Asahi: MIKI-NEE, I WANT TO GO HOME! I WANT TO GO HOME WITH YOU!

Miki: W-we will! We will get out of here and we will go home a-and-

Eiji: But what about.. the reward?

Rana: Hehe, we will announce it later, after we're done with everyone.

Rana: I'm surprised that this kid got so many innocent verdicts though..

Rana: The guards must really care about him a lot..

Rana: Or they just didn't want to make a certain guard sad.

Hinode: ...

Eiji: ...

Rana: Now, the next prisoner!

Rana: Prisoner 008, Maruyama Yurika. 21 years old, a maid cafe worker and a university student.

Yurika: ...

Rana: Oh, she's one of the interesting ones, that's for sure! 

Rana: And the guards have been so cruel to her.. So mean..

Eiji: .. When will we meet the guards, by the way?

Eiji: I mean.. They have to be somewhere around here, right?

Rana: ...

Rana: Ah, so you still don't understand..

Rana: Well, it's okay. I'm sure you will soon.

Eiji: Can you stop talking in riddles for one second-

Rana: So, Yurika ended up in quite a horrible situation. Yurika grew up in a pretty rich and successful family, which resulted in her becoming.. a bit spoiled.

Rana: Her parents got sick of her being so dependent on them and decided that it was time for her to do something on her own and basically kicked her out, forcing her to grow up as fast as she possibly could.

Rana: Some time passed and Yurika was able to find at least some kind of job, even if it meant simply working at a maid cafe. Oh, if her parents saw that, they wouldn't shut up about how she needs to find a more "serious" job..

Rana: Even though Yurika was always so passionate about anime, manga and anything associated with it, that job was nothing but torture and dealing with customers sometimes could be.. hard.

Rana: But she was okay with going through all that! Because now she had someone who could always protect her..

Rana: Kanasawa Takame was the woman who owned the cafe and she was always there to help Yurika with anything she had trouble with. 

Rana: And Yurika became very, very dependent on her.

Rana: One could say she got a little crush on her own boss, hehe.

Rana: But simply working there obviously didn't give her enough money to live on her own while also attending university.

Rana: So Yurika secretly had another job..

Rana: There was a reason why Takame owned a maid cafe in the first place. She used it to hide her other job and she offered one to Yurika as well..

Rana: And that job involved organ harvesting.

Rana: And they often used the customers' organs too.

Rana: Yurika found the job gross and scary.. But she was okay with it as long as that meant she could earn more money and more of Takame's attention.

Rana: But some people from her university got a bit curious about Yurika's job.. Or jobs.

Rana: Yurika was a criminal even before her murder, it's true, but she was usually just Takame's assistant and nothing more. As for her actual murder..

Rana: Her victims were Amari Karin and Amari Rion. Two siblings that wanted to know more about what Yurika did for a living.

Rana: Well, Karin was the one who was curious about it, meanwhile Rion was just there to support her and make sure Karin didn't end up in danger. Too bad Rion was the one who got killed first..

Rana: Both siblings were ready to do anything that could help them learn more about Yurika, including stalking.

Rana: And of course, eventually, Yurika snapped and decided to fight back.

Rana: When the siblings found out about her real job, they were shocked. Karin couldn't understand how Yurika could do something like that "just for money"..

Rana: And this was the last drop for Yurika.

Rana: At first, she simply knocked them out and then called Takame for help. When Takame got there, she calmed Yurika down and told her that she did the right thing and that they should get what they deserve.

Rana: "They wanted to know more about your job, right? How about they see you in action then?" 

Yurika: !

Rana: Karin and Rion both got killed that night. Hopefully someone found a good way to use their organs, haha.

Rana: Anyway. Maruyama Yurika's verdict combination is..

Rana: Guilty, Guilty, Guilty.

Rana: According to this Milgram's verdict system, she should receive a death penalty. 

Rana: Congrats, Yurika! What do you think about your verdict-

Yurika: MIKI, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!

Miki: "S-she knows my-"

Yurika: YOU'RE OUR SAVIOR, HUH?! IS THIS YOUR IDEA OF SAVING PEOPLE?!

Yurika: OR I'M JUST SO EVIL THAT I DON'T DESERVE TO BE SAVED BY YOU?!

Yurika: I JUST WANTED TO LIVE! I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK TO MY NORMAL, PEACEFUL LIFE! I JUST WANTED TO SURVIVE!

Yurika: IF YOU WERE IN THE SAME SITUATION, YOU WOULD ALSO-

Yurika: ...

Rana: Okay, you're a bit too loud. I think we should turn your voice off again.

Eiji: How can they just.. take their ability to speak?..

Eiji: This is not a normal prison, I know, but just..

Eiji: How can a place like this even exist?..

Miki: .. You're smiling, Eiji-san.

Eiji: Huh? W-well, of course I'm smiling, that means this is a place where all criminals get what they-

Miki: I don't think Maruyama-san deserved to die. 

Miki: Whoever did that to her.. is very cruel.

Asahi: M-Miki-nee..

Rana: Since Yurika is going to be executed, of course, Kei will be the one to take care of it. 

Rana: You still have some time to get ready, Kei.

Kei: Haha, sure..

Yurika: !

Kei: Yurika, I know what you're trying to say.

Kei: Both of us helped Reina with her plan. We were basically a team for some time.

Kei: I know I should feel sorry for you, and I do, but..

Kei: If you were in the same situation, you would also-

Rana: Arisu, do you want to talk about the next pair?

Arisu: .. If that means both the prisoners and the victims will get the respect they deserve, then sure.

Rana: Hmm? What was that? You're saying our prisoners deserve to be respected?

Rana: You're so silly.. Even innocent prisoners don't deserve any respect-

Arisu: Prisoner 009, Kuroki Riku. 17 years old, a high school student.

Hinode: ...

Riku: ...

Arisu: His victim was Shiozaki Yue, his childhood friend.

Arisu: Riku-san and Yue-san's relationship wasn't healthy for them from the very start. Riku-san never actually wanted to be friends with him and instead was forced to by his and Yue-san's parents who wanted Yue-san to have at least one friend since unfortunately, nobody was interested in even simply talking to him.

Arisu: Riku-san agreed, having no idea that there was a good reason why Yue-san had not the best reputation among other children.

Arisu: As the years went by, their friendship started to become more and more destructive for both of them. Riku-san was able to become popular at his school, make more friends, create a music group, he even dated someone at some point.

Arisu: But Yue-san was always alone. 

Arisu: Riku-san's mental health started to get worse because of family-related problems, because no matter how popular he was, it was never enough for him, and.. because of Yue-san.

Arisu: Yue-san was very dependent on Riku-san and hoped that Riku-san will "fix" him in some way. According to Riku-san himself, it felt like Yue-san saw him as a "therapist" and not a friend.

Arisu: Yue-san also encouraged Riku-san's unhealthy coping mechanisms and was actually the one who inspired him to cope with his issues in those ways.

Arisu: Yue-san wanted to die, just like Riku-san did, but he said that he will die only with Riku-san by his side. 

Arisu: .. Riku-san had a different idea in mind.

Arisu: Riku-san always knew that he was the popular one while Yue-san was always forgotten and ignored. So he decided to use his reputation to make people hate Yue-san and bully him to the point of driving him to suicide.

Arisu: Everything was according to plan, and then, Riku-san left a note for Yue-san, saying that he wants to end his life as well, and that he will be waiting for him at the school rooftop.

Arisu: Riku-san really was there, but he wasn't alone. His friends and bandmates were there as well.

Arisu: And instead of ending his life with Yue-san by his side, Riku-san and his friends told Yue-san to jump off the rooftop.

Rana: So cruel!.. Is this what kids are like these days??

Rana: Also, wait, wouldn't there be a fence or something to make it harder for Yue to jump off?

Rana: Ah, I shouldn't think too much about it.. As long as it's fun, it doesn't matter how believable the crime is!

Arisu: Yue-san didn't mind the bullying. Maybe he actually knew that it was Riku-san's idea all along. 

Arisu: He even agreed to jump off, however..

Arisu: He still intended to keep his promise. He still was okay with dying, but only with Riku-san by his side. 

Arisu: Yue-san even threatened Riku-san with a boxcutter, saying that he was going to stab Riku-san if he didn't jump with him, which meant that Riku-san would die either way.

Arisu: Yue-san hugged Riku-san and he was about to fall down with him, but Riku-san's friends saved him, making Yue-san fall in the process.

Arisu: Most students knew that Riku-san was somehow related to Yue-san's death, but because of how bad the victim's reputation was, they.. 

Arisu: They decided to turn a blind eye.

Rana: Again, these kids are so cruel.. Well, that's just what highschoolers are like, I guess.

Arisu: Kuroki Riku's verdict combination is..

Arisu: Innocent, Guilty, Guilty.

Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, he should be able to come back home safely, but him being a murderer will become known to everyone and it will be up to the outside world to judge him.

Arisu: .. Riku-san, you may speak now.

Rana: Huh? No "congratulations" this time?

Riku: ...

Riku: Miki..

Miki: !

Riku: You don't.. remember anything, do you?

Miki: W-what do you mean?..

Riku: .. Heh. Just like I thought.

Riku: It was so weird to watch everyone try to speak to you or Eiji, even though Reina's plan was successful.

Riku: I guess they just thought that your memories will come back or something.

Miki: Reina's plan?..

Riku: You don't have to think about it too much. 

Riku: Just.. 

Riku: .. I don't know. I don't know what I'm supposed to say.

Riku: Almost all of my classmates knew about it, but they didn't care.. But now everyone is going to know..

Riku: .. I don't wanna know what my Mom and Dad are going to say, haha. God, Mom is going to be devastated.

Riku: .. Maybe I can just put an end to it before it even starts-

Akio: Don't.

Riku: Huh?

Akio: What, are you thinking about killing yourself the moment you come back home?

Riku: .. What other options do you want to suggest?

Riku: And no, I don't wanna hear anything like "keep on living" from someone like you.

Riku: .. We're more similar than I thought we were.

Akio: I'll find you.

Riku: Wh-

Akio: I don't even know where you live, I wouldn't be surprised if you lived far away from me, but..

Akio: I-I'm sure I will hear about your murder on the news. At least one person will mention it. I'll hear about it somewhere.

Akio: My murder will still be kept a secret, and nobody will even remember my victim..

Akio: S-so when I hear about your murder, I'm sure I will also find out where you live, a-and I'll go there and find you.

Akio: I don't care how long it will take. M-maybe I'll ask my parents to come with me, I don't know, I'll tell them that I want to come and see a friend I met online or something like that.

Riku: .. What are you even saying-

Akio: I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO DIE BECAUSE OF ME EVER AGAIN!

Riku: !

Akio: If I.. If I knew that my plan won't work.. O-or if I knew that Arata wanted Chise to die slowly and painfully from the start..

Akio: ...

Akio: A-also.. The king has to take care of his servants, right?

Riku: ...

Riku: You.. Y-you really are stupid..

Aimi: ...

Miki: "If all of these prisoners know me.. and Eiji-san.."

Miki: "And me and Eiji-san don't have certain memories.."

Miki: "Does that mean-"

Rana: Finally, we're getting closer to the end! Ahh, I can't wait to see all the punishments..

Rana: Though I wish there were more, of course..

Arisu: .. Prisoner 010, Himura Reina. 20 years old, unemployed.

Reina: ...

Arisu: Reina-san had.. a difficult relationship with her family. She didn't want to spend time with them or see them at all, so she preferred to spend most of her time outside, participating in all kinds of activities, and most of them weren't exactly legal.

Arisu: However, Reina-san did always try her best not to injure anyone seriously or actually kill them. She also rarely did anything herself and most of the time she was giving orders.

Arisu: Her younger brother, and also her victim, Himura Neiro-san, who was only 15 years old, found out about his sister's actions and he refused to believe that she either enjoyed it or came up with everything herself. He believed that it was Reina-san's friends' fault and he didn't want to accept that Reina-san could be guilty as well.

Arisu: Neiro-san wanted to talk to Reina-san's friends about it and ask them to "leave his sister alone". He went to them when it was very late and it was very dark outside as well, which was.. not a good decision.

Rana: Haha, I guess being so rebellious runs in the family. 

Miki: ".. I can guess what happened next."

Arisu: Neiro-san was very naive and he really thought that his sister's friends will listen to him, but first of all, they didn't even recognize him as Reina-san's brother since they've never seen him before. They didn't take him seriously at all and they all just laughed at him and told him to leave.

Arisu: Neiro-san didn't give up and he tried to attack them himself, which was a bad idea, since considering his age and his build, he was too weak to actually hurt them, and.. he was too weak to defend himself as well.

Arisu: Reina-san's friends only wanted to scare him away at first, but when he attacked them, they decided they had enough and.. 

Eiji: .. Did they really just beat the kid up?

Eiji: This.. this is insane.

Miki: .. I didn't think someone's age would matter to you that much, Eiji-san.

Eiji: Huh? What does that mean?

Eiji: W-well.. Why would they just.. do that?

Eiji: .. A-all criminals are sick. It would be nice if I could just kill them all somehow, haha..

Miki: Wouldn't that make you a criminal though?

Eiji: People like that don't deserve to live. I would be doing this world a favor if I got rid of them.

Eiji: .. Why is he the one who's allowed to do that and not me?..

Arisu: .. W-when Reina-san came back, she saw her brother's corpse on the ground. One of her friends pushed him too hard, making him accidentally hit his head against the wall.

Arisu: .. They claimed that he died instantly, but it wasn't true. They just failed to get help in time. I'm sorry, Reina-san.

Reina: !..

Eiji: W-what the hell..

Eiji: Did they.. Did they even try to call for help?

Hinode: I doubt it. They'd have to confess that they were the ones responsible or they would be suspected anyway.

Eiji: True.. 

Miki: .. Does that mean you see that prisoner as innocent, Eiji-san?

Eiji: Huh?

Miki: If.. If you were one of the guards and you could either vote that prisoner innocent or guilty..

Miki: .. Would you forgive her?

Eiji: .. No, of course not.

Eiji: E-even if she wasn't the one who killed her brother directly, if she wasn't a criminal from the start, this would've never happened.

Eiji: She should've been a better older sister. Even if it was indirect, she's still a murderer to me.

Miki: .. I see.

Arisu: Himura Reina's verdict combination is..

Arisu: Innocent, Innocent, Guilty.

Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, she will be punished either physically or psychologically and she will be sent back home after that. She will not get any help or treatment.

Eiji: *breathes out* Good. She's not the prisoner who deserves three innocent verdicts. I'm glad that the guards realized that..

Arisu: Reina-san, you may speak now.

Reina: ...

Reina: Haha..

Reina: They did it.. They really did vote me guilty..

Reina: Ahaha..

Eiji: Is she.. okay?

Reina: Hey.. About my murder..

Reina: .. Does this mean the outside world will know I'm the one who did it? Or will they forget about my victim ever existing? 

Reina: Will I.. still remember my victim?

Rana: Hey, aren't you asking too much-

Arisu: Your victim will still be remembered by everyone, Reina-san. They will know that your brother has been murdered. 

Arisu: They just won't know that it was you.

Reina: ...

Arisu: You will still have all your memories, so you will also have the option to confess to your murder and receive the punishment that you think you deserve.

Arisu: Ah.. Same goes for Aimi-san as well.

Reina: .. Thank you for answering my question.

Arisu: And by the way..

Arisu: .. The guard- I mean, the guards wanted you to still remember your brother even after you leave. 

Arisu: This is.. one of the reasons why the decision to vote you guilty was made.

Arisu: I hope you're satisfied with your verdict.

Reina: .. Heh. Don't worry, I am.

Rana: Ugh, this is getting boring.. 

Rana: Okayyyyy, everyone! And now that we're done with revealing the prisoners' verdicts, before certain prisoners get punished, could all prisoners look down at the audience, please?

Rana: Oh, uh, you can speak now, Yurika.

Akio: .. They're still there..

Aimi: Miki..

Shun: .. She's still looking at him..

Naomi: ...

Kei: Eiji, hiiiii!

Eiko: Hehe, Eiji-kun..

Asahi: MIKI-NEE, GET ME OUT OF HERE!

Yurika: All of you.. I will kill.. all of you..

Riku: ...

Reina: ...

Rana: Great! Now that you can take a nice, long look at all of the guards who worked so hard on judging you and choosing the best verdicts for you all..

Rana: It's time for you all to judge them!

Eiji and Miki: !

All prisoners: !

Hinode: ...

Eiji: We.. w-we were the guards all this time?..

Eiji: I.. I was the one who made all of these decisions?..

Miki: I had a feeling that we were the ones responsble for it, but..

Miki: Wait, does that mean that Hinode-san is also-

Hinode: Kind of. I'm kind of a guard.. But also kind of not. You'll see.

Akio: We.. We will have to judge them?

Rana: Correct! Before some of you get punished, you all get to participate in the guards' trial! 

Rana: So come on, if you are still mad at them, if you want them to feel the same pain, or if you love them so much and want them to survive no matter what, go ahead and tell them about your feelings through voting!

Rana: Just say the verdicts you think they deserve out loud, and we'll make sure to remember them and count all of them when you're done.

Reina: .. This.. is interesting.

Asahi: .. G-guys?.. Y-you all are going to vote Miki-nee innocent, right?..

Asahi: .. Guys?...

Yurika: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Yurika: GUILTY! ALL OF THEM! ALL OF THEM DESERVE TO DIE IN THE MOST CRUEL, BRUTAL, PAINFUL WAY POSSIBLE-

Shun: That means.. I can vote Eiji-san guilty?.. Haha..

Aimi: Miki.. I want you to feel what I felt when you said we're not friends..

Kei: I have to judge my own brother? How the tables have turned..

Riku: .. Hinode..

Asahi: .. Insane..

Asahi:YOU ALL ARE FUCKING INSANE!

Asahi: A-AND I EVEN TEAMED UP WITH SOME OF YOU! 

Asahi: MIKI-NEE! I'M GOING TO SAVE YOU! I WON'T LET THEM VOTE YOU GUILTY!

Miki: Marito-

Asahi:LET'S GO BACK HOME TOGETHER!

Eiji: .. Kei.. 

Eiji: KEI, DON'T YOU DARE TO VOTE ME GUILTY!

Kei: Haha, I'll think about it.

Hinode: .. Riku, I will be okay with any decision you make.

Riku: .. Glad to hear it.

Rana: Ehehe, finally, I was starting to get so bored here..

Rana: LET THE GUARDS' TRIAL BEGIN, WITH THE PRISONERS AS THEIR JUDGES!

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[ 𝙿𝚘𝚜𝚝-𝚃𝟹 𝚅𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚊 #𝟶𝟸 ] 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚁𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚂𝚒𝚗𝚜 (𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝟷)

guys i was serious when i said that those vds are going to be long. so uh. get ready

Warning: detailed descriptions of everyone's murders.

???: ...

???: Huh..

???: "W-where.. am I?.."

???: "This place looks.. scary.."

???: Ah-

???: Oh, you're awake. Good, good..

???: How are you feeling? Does anything hurt?

???: "T-that's one pretty guy, haha.."

???: A-ah, no, no, I'm fine. Don't worry about me.

???: W-wait, actually, w-where are we?

???: A-and, um.. Who are.. you?

???:��.. Ah, right, I forgot to introduce myself.

???: Kuroki Hinode. Nice to meet you. 

???: N-nice to meet you too..

???: A-ah, my name is-

Hinode: Don't worry. I already know.

???: Huh?..

???: H-hey, where the hell am I?

???: What is this place? God, it looks like-

Hinode: A prison? That's because it is one.

Hinode: Welcome to the Milgram prison. You two have been invited to watch the third trial end. 

Hinode: You two should be honored, it's a pretty big deal, haha.

???: .. Milgram.. prison?..

Hinode: Come on, we should hurry up. It's better if we don't keep the guys in charge waiting.

???: I-I'm not going anywhere with you-

Hinode: Eiji-san. Please, for your own safety, follow me.

Eiji: How do you know my name-

Hinode: I know you both very well.

(the door opens)

(sounds of footsteps)

???: W-whoa..

???: This is.. even scarier than I imagined..

Eiji: You mentioned the third trial, right?

Eiji: That means someone is going to get.. judged?

Hinode: Haha, yes. Of course, someone like you, Eiji-san, would understand how the trials work very well.

Eiji: ...

Hinode: These are your seats. Please sit down.

???: O-okay!..

(sounds of someone sitting down)

???: U-um, Kuroki-san-

Hinode: Just Hinode is fine.

???: O-okay, um..

???: Hinode-san.. who exactly are you?

???: Do you.. work here?

???: Ah, maybe you're going to be the judge?

Eiji: He certainly doesn't look the part.

Hinode: Haha, no, no, I'm not like that at all.

Hinode: .. I'm.. quite the opposite, actually.

???: Wh-

Hinode: Anyway, Miki-san, Eiji-san, are you prepared to see the ones who are going to be judged tonight?

Miki: "He really does know my name.."

Eiji: Huh? So that means it's a trial for multiple people?..

Hinode: Yeah, kind of.

Hinode: Except.. their verdicts are already known. 

Hinode: But they don't know what is going to happen to them. 

Hinode: I'm sure they're excited to find out, haha.

Hinode: Please, prepare yourselves. You might see some.. familiar faces.

(sounds of multiple doors opening and people's footsteps)

Hinode: All ten prisoners are ready to be judged. Please, have fun watching them.

Eiji: !..

Eiji: *stands up* I-is that-

Miki: .. T-this boy-

Hinode: I told you their faces might look familiar.

Eiji: .. How did he end up here?..

Eiji: O-of course he deserved to go to prison, but-

Miki: ...

Miki: (in a lower voice) What is my brother doing here, Hinode-san?

Hinode: I'm afraid my answer will take too long-

Miki: I'm not going anywhere.

Hinode: ...

Hinode: *sighs* Then I think you should hear it from someone else and not from me.

(sounds of screens turning on)

???: Hello, hello, everyone! I hope you're ready for the end of the Third Trial.

???: Don't you feel excited? I sure do.

???: Now, before we proceed. Right now, the prisoners aren't able to speak. They can still hear and understand everything very well. 

???: Just look at everyone's face expressions! I wish I was here to see them in person..

Miki: W-why can't they speak though-

???: We just made a few.. adjustments. Please, don't think about it too much.

???: We wouldn't want the prisoners to start crying and screaming while we discuss their verdicts, would we?

???: Of course, it would be a beautiful sight, but we have to keep this serious.

???: All of them will be able to talk after their verdicts are announced though. I wonder what they will say.. 

Eiji: Hold on. Who even are you?

Eiji: Are you, like.. The one in charge?

???: Me?...

???: Hm.. I guess you can call me..

???: The goddess of this place?..

Miki: ...

???: Does that ring a bell, Miki-chan?

Miki: .. P-please don't act so familiar with me.

???: Haha, sorry, sorry. You're just so cute!

???: Anyway, yeah, I guess you can see me as the one in charge of this place.

???: If you need a name to call me by..

???: My name is Miguro Rana.Please, just call me Rana.

Rana: Ah, take a look at the second screen. This is my assistant, Arisu.

Rana: He's a pretty boy, isn't he? A shy one though. He doesn't talk much.

Eiji: Why can we see his face, but we can't see yours?

Rana: Because I'm shy too! And who knows, what if I show you all my face and you all will instantly fall in love with me? That wouldn't be good at all!

Rana: Arisu, can you say something so that we know you're here with us right now and not in your silly inner world?

Arisu: ...

Arisu: I-it's a pleasure to finally see you all, everyone.

Akio: !..

Rana: Now, here's our plan for tonight. First, we're going to discuss everyone's crimes. I'm sure the guards have figured most of the stuff out, but there could be some details they don't know yet. Gotta make sure we're all on the same page, right?

Eiji: Guards?..

Rana: After we talk about each crime, the prisoner's verdict will be announced. The prisoner will be able to talk after they find out their verdict. We will also talk about what will happen to all prisoners as well.

Rana: As for the final part..

Rana: Hehe, well, you all just have to wait and see.

Rana: Now, Arisu, can you do me a favor and start with the first prisoner's crime? You had a chance to see him personally, so..

Arisu: *nods*

Arisu: Prisoner 001, Miyagawa Akio. 16 years old, a high school student.

Eiji: So it's that guy with brown hair.. Looks kind of boring.

Eiji: So all of them are criminals, huh? Even that one kid?

Miki: ...

Hinode: They're not just criminals. All of them are murderers. So they all committed the worst crime of all.

Eiji: Whoa.. 

Eiji: Heh.. They all deserve the worst punishment of all then-

Miki: Eiji-san, right?

Eiji: What do you want?

Miki: Please take back what you just said.

Eiji: Look, this is just my opinion. Also, don't you think that all murderers and criminals in general should rot-

Miki: My brother is not a murderer.

Eiji: W-what does that have to do with your brother?!

Miki: My brother is not a murderer, my brother is not a murderer, my brother is not-

Hinode: Calm down, Miki-san. I assure you, your brother will be fine.

Hinode: .. You really saved him.

Miki: W-what was that?

Arisu: His victim was Kitami Chise, his classmate. 

Arisu: Akio-san recently started attending an elite high school thanks to his parents' hard work. He immediately tried to impress his classmates and teachers with his intelligence and he was successful. He quickly started to become very popular. 

Arisu: And he also quickly became friends with his another classmate, Saito Arata, who also was the headmaster's son. 

Akio: ...

Arisu: Akio-san was very happy with his reputation until a new student showed up. That student was Chise-san.

Arisu: Chise-san started to become more and more popular which Akio-san did not like. Akio-san didn't understand why someone like Chise-san could be more loved and respected by his classmates, considering that he had not the best grades, wasn't the most intelligent student there and it overall seemed like he "didn't deserve to attend that school".

Arisu: Akio-san had no idea that Chise-san was loved because of his kindness and him wanting his classmates to stop being so hard on themselves and start taking care of themselves.

Arisu: Akio-san started to get tired of Chise-san's popularity and he did have thoughts about possibly killing him, but he wasn't sure about it at first. After a certain event, however, he finally decided that Chise-san deserved to die.

Arisu: Interestingly enough, he still didn't want to kill Chise-san in a brutal and painful way. Even though he was okay with torturing him.

Arisu: Akio-san decided on a murder method, which was supposed to be hanging.

Arisu: One day, Akio-san and Arata-san invited Chise-san to hang out with them after classes. He gladly agreed, thinking that they have finally accepted them as their friend.

Arisu: They all wanted to go to Arata's house and spend the night there since his parents weren't home and they could do whatever they wanted. 

Arisu: It was rather late when they arrived and then, Arata-san knocked Chise-san out and carried him to the basement where Chise-san would later die.

Arisu: When Chise-san finally woke up, he already had a rope tied around his neck. Not enough to strangle him, but just enough to let him know that he's not going to make it out alive.

Arisu: Akio-san started to torture him by asking him all kinds of questions, making fun of Chise-san's "low intelligence" and said that they'll kill him if he keeps getting the questions wrong.

Arisu: When Chise-san failed too many times, Akio-san ordered Arata-san to move the stool Chise-san was standing on.

Arisu: Arata-san did exactly that, but then, something went horribly wrong. 

Arisu: Chise-san's neck was supposed to break. It didn't.

Arisu: Chise-san died of strangulation. He tried to get the rope off his neck, but it didn't work. 

Arisu: He was supposed to die instantly, but.. some time definitely passed before he finally died.

Arisu: Akio-san was in charge of the planning meanwhile Arata-san was in charge of the execution.

Arisu: That means, Arata-san was the one responsible for killing Chise-san in the wrong way.

Arisu: However, Akio-san was the one who came up with the murder in the first place. Arata-san was definitely the one who encouraged it, but Akio-san was brought here because if it wasn't for him acting up on his thoughts, Chise-san would most likely still be alive.

Rana: Though honestly, with a guy like Arata around, I can't imagine Chise's life being that long. 

Arisu: Ahem.

Arisu: Miyagawa Akio-san's verdict combination is..

Arisu: Guilty, Innocent, Innocent. 

Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, he will be able to come back home safely with all his memories intact while other people forget about his crime and his victim's existence.

Arisu: Congratulations, Akio-san. You may speak now.

Akio: ...

(sound of Akio falling on his knees)

Akio: H-how did they..

Akio: How did they.. know.. 

Akio: *crying* How did they know.. all of this..

Akio: .. I-I have a question.

Arisu: What is it, Akio-san?

Akio: .. Will.. my accomplice also.. forget about my crime?

Arisu: Yes. Even though he was involved, he is not the Milgram prisoner. 

Arisu: He will not remember anything about the murder you two committed and he will not remember Chise-san ever existing.

Akio: ...

Akio: Haha..

Akio: .. How will I be able to look him in the eyes after that..

Eiji: .. That guy is literally evil.

Eiji: Doing all that just because his classmate was more popular than him?

Eiji: Those guards are way too nice. They forgave him twice, when I wouldn't be able to forgive him even once.

Hinode: ...

Miki: W-well, at least it looks like he feels guilty about it. Who knows, maybe he will change.

Miki: ".. Why is that pink-haired girl looking at me like that?"

Rana: Now, let's talk about the second prisoner, shall we?

Rana: Arisu, would you like to tell us about her crime as well? I promise, I'll be the one who talks about the next two prisoners.

Arisu: .. Of course.

Arisu: Prisoner 002, Hanasaki Aimi-san. 16 years old, a high school student.

Eiji: Another high school student?! What's wrong with kids these days..

Miki: You don't look that old yourself, Eiji-san.

Eiji: I-I'm still older than them though. I was supposed to go to college this year..

Eiji: .. W-what stopped me from going to college?..

Eiji: Why can't I remember-

Arisu: Her victim was Hanasaki Misao, her older brother, and she was also related to the deaths of her classmates.

Miki: "S-she killed both her brother AND her classmates??"

Arisu: Hanasaki Aimi-san comes from quite a rich family. She was used to getting whatever she wanted, so when she wasn't able to make friends at her new school, she felt.. confused.

Arisu: She continued to try to make her classmates like her. She bought them gifts, she was as kind to them as she could be, but she still couldn't buy their friendship. 

Arisu: Aimi-san.. wasn't happy about it at all.

Arisu: And one day, Aimi-san snapped. 

Arisu: She started acting more rude, she started breaking down in front of her classmates, she started to blame them for everything, she tried everything to make them feel bad for her and force them to become her friends.

Arisu: Her classmates.. did not like it. 

Arisu: At first they were scared, but then they started to fight back. Some of the things they did were valid and understandable, but some of the things they did were.. a bit too cruel.

Arisu: We're not here to decide if Aimi-san really was a victim of bullying or she was just being too.. dramatic.

Arisu: But Aimi-san's older brother, Misao-san, certainly did see her as a victim of bullying.

Arisu: Misao-san was tired of Aimi-san's classmates treating her this way. He was so tired that he thought it would be better if they all just died.

Arisu: So he decided to take care of them. Just like a good older brother would.

Arisu: Aimi-san's family owned a popular amusement park. Lately some of the rides there started to behave in a strange way and they definitely needed to be fixed.

Arisu: Aimi-san's parents, however, refused to solve this problem. 

Rana: Even though they were so rich, they still didn't want to close the park even for a short period of time..

Rana: Heh, I feel like they treated their kids the same way. Seriously, why couldn't they send both of them to therapy?

Arisu: Misao-san knew about it and he paid the workers so that they continued to act like everything was fine. Then he told Aimi-san about his plan and.. she agreed. 

Arisu: Aimi-san did not like her brother, but she also did not like her classmates. And if she had to choose, she would prefer to get rid of her classmates first.

Arisu: Aimi-san invited her classmates to that park and they agreed, forgetting about how much they hated Aimi-san and how scared they were of her. 

Arisu: Aimi-san also made sure to tell them that the rides that weren't working properly were the most fun ones.

Arisu: .. Aimi-san's classmates died on those rides.

Arisu: Some of them fell off, some of them got crushed, some of them lived longer than the others, but eventually ended up dying due to blood loss.

Arisu: It was.. a tragedy. 

Arisu: After all of them died, Misao-san went to comfort his sister who found her classmates' corpses too scary to look at, and at first she accepted the hug..

Arisu: But then she stabbed him with a knife Misao-san gave her to protect herself or kill some of the classmates herself if she wanted to.

Arisu: After that, Aimi-san left Misao-san to bleed out. She was able to leave the park in the middle of the chaos.

Rana: That girl must've been completely covered in blood after all of this.. How was she able to just walk around like that?

Arisu: Hanasaki Aimi-san's verdict combination is..

Arisu: Innocent, Innocent, Guilty. 

Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, she will be punished either physically or psychologically and she will be sent back home after that. She will not get any help or treatment.

Arisu: Congratulations, Aimi-san. You may speak now.

Miki: "H-her expression was completely emotionless the whole time.. She just kept staring at me.."

Aimi: ...

Aimi: Will I.. get punished after everyone's verdicts get revealed?

Arisu: Correct.

Aimi: .. I-I see. That's good, haha..

Aimi: .. Is it okay if I spend some time with the prisoners before my punishment?

Aimi: I-I know that I will miss them a lot when I go home, so I just-

Arisu: No.

Aimi: ...

Aimi: .. The fuck you mean by that?

Arisu: You are not allowed to spend time with the prisoners after everyone's verdicts get revealed. You will be punished right after we're done with all the prisoners.

Aimi: ...

Aimi: N-no..

Aimi: B-but I thought-

Aimi: .. I HATE YOU!

Aimi: I HATE YOU, I HATE YOU, AND MOST OF ALL, I HATE YOU, MIKI!

Miki: M-me?!

Aimi: DON'T ACT LIKE YOU DON'T REMEMBER ME!

Miki: BUT I LITERALLY DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU!

Aimi: ...

Aimi: .. H-haha..

Akio: .. What were you planning, Hanasaki?

Aimi: Huh?

Akio: Admit it, you didn't just want to hang out with us because we're friends or something like that.

Akio: What did you want from us?

Aimi: .. I thought..

Aimi: .. M-maybe it'd be possible for us to.. 

Aimi: Watch our videos together.. somehow..

Aimi: Like maybe the people in charge would allow us..

Aimi: A-and I hoped that watching our murders happen right in front of our eyes would..

Aimi: Drive us all.. to the point of-

Aimi: Ahaha...

Aimi: Come on, wouldn't it be better if we all just died-

(sound of Aimi getting slapped)

Akio: .. You're insane.

Akio: How would that even work?! Did you even think about the possibility of us not being able to watch our videos?!

Akio: A-and why did you even want us all to die?..

Aimi: ...

Aimi:Because you refused to be friends with me.

Aimi: You all either ignored me or felt sorry for me, but you haven't even tried to actually become friends with me.

Aimi: .. Except you, Akio-kun.

Aimi: Akio-kun.. you still like me, right?

Akio: L-leave me alone.

Akio: Don't even.. look at me.

Akio: You stopped talking to me right after I started to get better.

Akio: You're.. disgusting.

Aimi: ...

Rana: Oh no, what a sad little breakup.

Rana: Anyway, time for me to talk about these prisoners' horrible, horrible sins! Yay!

Eiji: .. How old is this "goddess", by the way?

Miki: "Why did that girl know my name?.."

Miki: ".. Hinode-san is very quiet right now.."

Miki: "I wonder if he knows more than he's letting on-"

Rana: Okayyy, so who's the next one?

Rana: Oh, right, right, that guy. 

Rana: Prisoner 003, Ishizu Shun. 24 years old, a fast food worker.

Rana: Hmm, where do I even start? This guy has been kinda weird since the very beginning.

Rana: So, Shun had only one victim.. Well, that's what the guards thought at first.

Rana: But reality was more complicated than that. Though honestly, I actually think it makes more sense than him just having only one victim.

Rana: Shun's victims were Inaba Hina, his so-called "ex-girlfriend" and Egawa Jouhei, her "new boyfriend".

Rana: Shun always dreamed of having a girlfriend, but he knew that most women would never be interested in him. And honestly, maybe he'd be fine with it at least for some time. At least he has dating sims, right?

Rana: Well, his parents had a different opinion.

Rana: Shun got into a really bad argument with his parents one day and they said that he should "find someone already". They wanted Shun to have a family, they wanted grandchildren already since they knew that their own child is a failure, so maybe at least his children will be good enough for them?

Rana: Shun, who was already so sick and tired of his parents, panicked and.. decided to lie.

Rana: He lied and said that he already has a girlfriend. Well.. more like "had".

Rana: His parents told them to "get her back" so that they could believe him. Shun had to act quick.

Rana: Shun's memory started to get worse and worse with every single day and it was already bad, so him having to lie to his parents and all the stress just completely.. ruined it. Shun was getting closer and closer to becoming a shell of his former self-

Rana: Ah.. well, maybe he never had his own "self" to begin with. Maybe a new "self" started to form instead.

Rana: And then, one night he got another call from his mother and he got so angry that he just threw his phone on the ground and he was about to go home, but then..

Rana: Hina picked up his phone and gave it to him.

Rana: Shun became obsessed with Hina. He needed to know everything about her. He needed to know everything about the only person who treated him like a normal human being, even if it was a basic act of kindness and nothing more.

Rana: To Hina, that act of kindness was something she'd forget tomorrow. To Shun, that act of kindness was basically Hina confessing her love for him.

Rana: Shun found more information about her. He found out her name, age, occupation, even the names of family members. To do that, he had to do what he turned out to be surprisingly good at, which was lying. 

Rana: Shun lied and pretended to be Hina's ex-boyfriend who just returned to this town and wanted to see her again. 

Rana: People liked him a lot when he acted like that. They trusted him enough to tell her everything about Hina, having no idea that they were telling all that to a random person who just happened to be very interested in Hina.

Rana: No wonder Shun eventually started to believe he really was Hina's ex-boyfriend.

Rana: I mean, people trusted him so much and for some reason Hina didn't talk to him anymore even though she helped him that night..

Rana: But aside from all Hina's personal info, he also found out something he did not like at all.

Rana: .. Hina started dating someone new.

Rana: That someone was Egawa Jouhei, a guy who acted cold and rude on the outside, but actually genuinely cared about Hina and even though they argued a lot, they really did love each other.

Rana: Of course, Shun couldn't just let that guy treat Hina like that, even if they weren't dating anymore!

Rana: So eventually, Shun decided that the only way he can protect Hina is by simply.. eliminating his rival.

Rana: Shun stole Hina's phone while he was stalking her and texted Jouhei and lied again and claimed to be Hina herself this time. He said that Hina went to visit a friend and asked him to go to that friend's apartment building to get her.

Rana: That friend's apartment building was the same building where Shun lived.

Rana: Shun was getting ready to meet his rival in person, but he was so focused on Jouhei that he forgot one thing. 

Rana: Hina actually could go to that building because her grandma lived there. And while she had no friends living there, she could go to visit her grandma.

Rana: And Shun just turned out to be particularly unlucky that day because Hina actually did go to that building and his lie turned out to be partially true. Who knows, maybe if he remembered that Hina was supposed to come there, he would've ended up only with one victim. So much stalking and trying to get to know her better and for what?

Rana: Shun.. well, he had a breakdown.

Rana: He started to beg Hina to come back to him and he promised that he will treat her better than Jouhei.

Rana: And Hina reacted like a normal person. She didn't recognize him and got scared.

Rana: And again, Shun had to act quick. He knocked Jouhei out, and while Hina was too terrified to speak, he forced her to walk into his apartment. 

Rana: He knew he shouldn't waste any of his time, so he went to the kitchen, grabbed a knife and stabbed Jouhei while he was unconscious. He also still tried to convince Hina that they really used to be a couple, but when Shun realized that Hina really does not know him..

Rana: He stabbed her with the same knife in a state of pure rage and despair.

Rana: That apartment building wasn't.. the best place. Most of the people who lived there either came back there only closer to nighttime or were just as weird as Shun.

Rana: Or, they were as old as Hina's grandma and their hearing wasn't that good.

Rana: So even if Hina did scream, nobody either heard it or cared enough to check what was going on.

Rana: And after Shun was done.. 

Rana: He did not get rid of the bodies. He was not in a mental state to care about it. If he got rid of them, he'd probably lose his mind completely, if he hasn't already.

Rana: And he also knew that most of the people there wouldn't care about it as well. If they did notice anything, like the smell, he could just come up with a lie.

Rana: Since again, it turned out that he's actually very good at telling those.

Rana: Wow, that was a long one! I wonder if the guards were able to figure all of this stuff out. I have a feeling his videos made his crime look a bit different.

Rana: Ishizu Shun's verdict combination is..

Rana: Innocent, Guilty, Guilty.

Rana: According to this Milgram's verdict system, he will be able to come back to the outside world safely, but him being a murderer will become known to everyone and it will be up to the outside world to judge him.

Rana: Yay, yay, congrats, Shun, you're going home! You can speak now, by the way!

Shun: ...

Shun: .. Ehehe..

Shun: I have.. the same verdict combination.. as Eiko-san..

Shun: Ehehe.. It's like we're matching..

Eiji: "Eiko-san"? Who the hell is that? His new girlfriend or something?

Eiji: Oh, that blonde girl just gave me a weird look. 

Miki: "Do we.. no, it can't be.."

Miki: "D-do these prisoners know who we are?.."

Miki: "I-if that's the case.. How do they know us?"

Miki: "If that woman looked at Eiji-san after he mentioned "Eiko-san", then.."

Miki: "Maybe that woman is Eiko-san?.."

Shun: Hey, Eiko-san, does that mean we'll be going home together? I'm so happy!..

Shun: We'll get married right after that, right? I-I don't care if people will find out about our crimes, I just want to be with you! I want to spend the rest of my life with you! 

Shun: A-and then we'll have kids and my parents will finally leave me alone, haha..

Shun: Eiko-san?.. Why are you so quiet?..

Shun: Haha, come on, you don't have to act so shy with me-

Arisu: Shun-san, Eiko-san is currently not able to speak. Her verdict hasn't been announced yet.

Shun: W-who cares about what will happen to us when we leave this place! Everyone here already knows their verdicts, that guard told us everything!

Shun: I want to hear Eiko-san's voice again. Please, can I hear her voice again?..

Arisu: Your verdicts have consequences and you have the right to know about those consequences-

Shun: I DON'T CARE ABOUT THOSE CONSEQUENCES, JUST GIVE EIKO-SAN BACK TO ME!

Shun: .. Eiko-san..

Shun: .. Why are you still looking at that guy?..

Shun: Come on, I'm right here. I'm so much better than him, right?

Eiko: ...

Shun: ...

Shun: .. Why is it always the mean guys?..

Shun: I-I actually try to be nice to women, u-unlike Jouhei a-and..

Shun: W-what was that guard's name?..

Shun: E-Eiji-

Eiji: !

Eiji: Did he just-

Miki: .. Hinode-san, do these prisoners know us?

Hinode: ...

Miki: Hinode-san, please answer me-

Rana: Okayyyy, time for the fourth prisoner's crime! Man, this lady is a cruel one.

Rana: Prisoner 004, Chiba Naomi. 30 years old, an elementary school teacher.

Rana: *gasps* Even elementary school teachers can kill?! Don't tell me she killed her own student-

Rana: Oh, right, that's exactly what happened. 

Rana: Her victim was Akasaki Tao, her own student. He was only 10 years old.

Rana: Naomi is a weird woman. She's 30 years old, but she still feels like a kid who needs to do everything she can to make her parents happy.

Rana: Her mother in particular.

Rana: Her murder is a simple one, so talking about it won't take much time. 

Rana: Tao was a very mean kid. He treated everyone horribly, both his classmates and his teachers. He especially hated Naomi..

Rana: Well, at least he acted like it.

Rana: And Naomi just couldn't take it, because Tao liked to say things that she hated to hear because she knew that Tao was right. Tao never hesitated to call her out. He knew just how much Naomi doesn't want to be hated and that Naomi's intentions weren't always the best and sometimes she was kind to her students just because it felt nice to be admired by someone.

Rana: Sure, it probably doesn't sound that serious, but this kept happening almost every single day. No wonder it ended up driving Naomi insane.

Rana: One evening, Naomi was about to leave school and her mother decided to pay her a visit. She did that quite often, to check up on Naomi's mental state. She actually didn't trust Naomi that much and she was sure she will end up hurting at least one of her students one day. And.. she turned out to be right all along.

Rana: They had another argument and that one was particularly bad and Naomi couldn't even reply to her mother anymore and she just walked to her car and tried to leave as soon as she could. It also started raining.

Rana: It kept raining and it was starting to get harder for Naomi to drive and she couldn't see the road that well.

Rana: And then, she saw a silhouette. That silhouette was Tao, who was on the way home, but he actually wasn't in that much of a hurry because he wanted to make his parents worry about him more.

Rana: And even though Naomi did see a silhouette right in front of her and it seemed kind of familiar.. She just kept going.

Rana: It's hard to say if she did it on purpose or it was an accident. Her brain was not working properly at all when it happened.

Rana: When it did happen, Naomi walked out of the car for a moment, saw that it was Tao, noticed that there wasn't anyone else around and then.. simply went right back into the car and left.

Rana: She just couldn't do anything at that moment. She couldn't force herself to care about him.

Rana: Which is a shame. Who knows, maybe he didn't actually die instantly and he still could be saved-

Arisu: I want to ask you not to lie when discussing the prisoners' murders.

Arisu: Tao-san did, in fact, die instantly when Naomi-san ran him over. She could not do anything about it. 

Arisu: Please, don't say such things just to make prisoners feel even more guilty.

Arisu: Or.. make their situations sound more ambiguous.

Rana: Haha, sorry, sorry, Arisu, I won't do it anymore.

Rana: I just.. wanted to make this more fun, that's all.

Rana: Anyway, after that, not many people felt sorry for Tao, especially his classmates who were bullied by him and hated the way he treated Naomi.

Rana: His parents also turned out to be abusive and they tried to frame everything as if it was Tao's fault and that he was just not careful enough. 

Rana: And to make Naomi's situation worse, his parents themselves talked to her because she was his teacher and because he actually liked her a lot, and they let her read his diary to learn more about him.

Rana: And this is how Naomi found out that the child she hated so much actually admired her and they also had so much in common.

Rana: Chiba Naomi's verdict combination is...

Rana: Innocent, Guilty, Guilty.

Rana: According to this Milgram's verdict system, she will be able to come back to the outside world safely, but her being a murderer will become known to everyone and it will be up to the outside world to judge her.

Rana: Congrats, Naomi! You can speak now.

Naomi: ...

Eiji: This woman.. killed a child? And she's a teacher too?

Eiji: Just how bad are their murders going to get?..

Eiji: Though considering that the next prisoner is.. him..

Eiji: I have a feeling it's just going to get worse.

Miki: ".. I hope this woman stayed away from Marito this whole time."

Rana: Come on, Naomi, don't you have anything to say? Aren't you excited to go back home?

Naomi: ...

Naomi: .. Everyone knows I'm the one who killed him anyway.

Naomi: I won't get punished for it because my parents won't allow it.

Naomi: .. Haha..

Naomi: .. Don't worry. I'll make sure I'll still get punished in the end.

Naomi: I accept the guards' judgement. They were just doing their job.

Miki: Hold on, what is she going to do-

Rana: Anyway, Arisu, wanna talk about the next pair of prisoners? These two are sure interesting.

Arisu: As you wish.

Arisu: Prisoner 005, Sanada Kei. 25 years old, a photographer.

Eiji: ...

Kei: ...

Miki: Eiji-san, does that man look familiar to you?

Eiji: .. Why do you care?

Miki: Well, one of those prisoners is my little brother, so I thought that maybe you and me have the same.. problem.

Miki: I'm sure you must be very worried about your-

Eiji: Again, why do you care? 

Eiji: This is none of your business. Leave me alone. And stop assuming things, it's not like I'm your friend or something.

Miki: ...

Miki: I-I understand. Sorry.

Arisu: Sanada Kei is one of the most unique cases here. He was already involved in some definitely not legal activities before his actual murder happened, but we want to remind everyone here that Kei-san was brought to Milgram because of his murder and not what he did before. 

Arisu: His victims were Takagi Rinka, Inagaki Norika, Hatano Mioka, Nagayama Sayaka and Mizuno Kae, all women in their twenties.

Arisu: However, those "not legal activities" Kei-san was involved in are very important if you want to understand his crime better, so I think I should mention them. 

Arisu: Kei-san worked for his father's friend, who made Kei-san take photos of people who went through all kinds of torture. The photos were later sold to people who might have interest in them for one reason or another.

Arisu: Some of those people were criminals as well, meanwhile some of those people simply.. took pleasure in seeing the results of those acts.

Arisu: Kei-san did not accept this job because of financial problems, but rather because he was genuinely interested in it and he enjoyed it more than his own employer.

Arisu: But that wasn't the only secret Kei-san had to keep.

Arisu: His other secret was his relationship with Mikazuki Ruka, a 21 year old unemployed man he.. kind of kidnapped.

Arisu: The "kidnapping" was consensual, and Ruka-san actually wanted Kei-san to keep him locked up, and even when Kei-san tortured him in various ways, he went along with it.

Arisu: The nature of their relationship was ambiguous, but Kei-san believed that he was truly in love with Ruka-san, and..

Arisu: Even though Kei-san had a feeling that his friends won't approve their relationship, he still wanted to introduce Ruka-san to them.

Arisu: That.. did not go well.

Arisu: Kei-san's friends were shocked, disgusted, angry.. The only reason why police wasn't involved was because Kei-san threatened them not to tell anyone else about it. 

Arisu: After that, Kei-san completely stopped talking to his friend group and tried to focus on Ruka-san and his work. He still had a strong fear that something could happen to Ruka-san while he was away though.

Arisu: Kei-san tried to convince himself that his friends reacted like that because they had something against him dating a man, but even Ruka-san himself knew and tried to explain to Kei-san that his sexuality wasn't the problem, but rather the fact that Kei-san didn't bother to cover up any signs of torture that Ruka-san went through.

Arisu: Kei-san didn't want to admit it, and he wanted to believe that his way of showing love was "perfect" and that he wasn't "weird" or "scary".

Arisu: Shortly after that, Kei-san came up with a "revenge plan" and decided to invite his friends' girlfriends to his house. He knew that those women were always more interested in him rather than his friends, and he knew that they will gladly come to pay him a visit.

Arisu: Obviously, he wasn't planning to let them get out of this alive.

Arisu: Everything went fine at first, but eventually, one of the five women found out about one of Kei-san's secrets, which was his other job. Kei-san rarely had guests, so he never tried that hard to hide the photos he had saved from his job. 

Arisu: Naturally, one of the women was able to find the photos and.. her reaction was easy to predict.

Arisu: All women panicked when they saw the photos, and they thought that Kei-san will do something similar to them, and.. They weren't exactly wrong.

Arisu: They knew that they had to protect themselves, so they suddenly attacked Kei-san, who still didn't know that they found the photos, and tried to do something, anything, to make sure he couldn't hurt them or even touch them in any way.

Arisu: .. It escalated very quickly, and soon enough, their attempts at self-defense turned into something Kei-san initially planned to do to them: torture.

Arisu: Some of the women wanted Kei-san to "feel the pain his victims had to go through", some of them believed that he deserved it and that it was true justice, meanwhile some of them just enjoyed seeing Kei-san in this state.

Arisu: One of the women, Kae-san, didn't approve it though, but she didn't do anything to stop them and simply watched. It's hard to say if she was simply afraid or she secretly enjoyed it as well.

Arisu: At some point, Kei-san couldn't take it anymore, but he didn't know what he could do to stop them. He wasn't that physically strong, and they definitely outnumbered him.

Arisu: .. And that's when Ruka-san finally came out of the room he was hiding in and went to check up on Kei-san. And the women saw him.

Arisu: They were too shocked to do anything, so Kei-san immediately took advantage of their reaction. 

Arisu: His first victim was Norika-san, who he stabbed repeatedly with a knife she tortured him with. 

Arisu: After that, the women started to run away, and he noticed how slow Sayaka-san was compared to all the others and she wasn't able to leave the room as fast as them, so he smothered her with a pillow that was lying on the floor.

Arisu: Kei-san was bleeding, and he was in a terrible condition, but he still decided to chase after the others and Ruka-san helped him out. 

Arisu: Ruka-san was the one who gave him the rope Kei-san was able to choke Rinka-san with, and he also was the one who broke a mirror in one of the rooms, so that Kei-san could use the shards to leave many cuts on Mioka-san's body and leave her to bleed out.

Arisu: Finally, together they locked Kae-san up in a bathroom and she got drowned in a bathtub that was already full when they got there, most likely because Ruka-san was the one who prepared it. She didn't resist.

Arisu: All of Kei-san's friends' girlfriends were killed in one single night. They didn't tell their boyfriends where they were going for obvious reasons, so even if they suspected Kei-san, they needed real evidence to prove that he was behind the disappearances.

Arisu: Sanada Kei's verdict combination is..

Arisu: Guilty, Innocent, Guilty.

Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, he will be able to come back to the outside world safely, but-

Arisu: .. Ah. My apologies. I forgot that Kei-san is a special case in more ways than one.

Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, he should..

Arisu: Become the executioner.

Eiji: Wh-

Arisu: Congratulations, Kei-san. You may speak now.

Kei: .. Hey, what was that just now?

Kei: B-become the executioner?.. What does that mean?

Arisu: The.. ahem, the Goddess of this Milgram thinks you are the most fitting prisoner for this job.

Rana: Yup, that's right! I don't wanna let Kei leave, he's way too fun! 

Rana: Like, you don't care about the others at all. You killed so many women in just one night. Your only "true love" was a guy you tortured every single day. 

Rana: All prisoners here suck, but I feel like you just weren't made for the outside world. 

Rana: You were made for Milgram.

Rana: You will be the one in charge of punishing the prisoners who got certain verdict combinations and.. 

Rana: Who knows, maybe you'll punish a guard or two as well.

Miki: "A guard or two?.."

Miki: Wait, but what did the guards do-

Eiji: NO!

Eiji: You know you can't do that, right? This-

Eiji: He's literally a murderer! Why are you letting him be the one in charge of punishing others?!

Eiji: If you need anyone, you can just ask me-

Rana: We already kinda did that, Eiji. It didn't work as planned.

Eiji: .. Huh?

Kei: .. Haha..

Eiji: .. Kei..

Eiji: You're not going to accept this job, right? Like, you're going to go back to the outside world and you're going to accept your punishment, right?

Eiji: KEI, LOOK AT ME!

Kei: .. I don't know, Eiji.

Kei: I love Ruka, I really do. I would do anything to see him again.

Kei: And I really do like my job.. Both of them, of course, haha.

Kei: And I don't want to hurt the other prisoners in any way, since honestly, some of them have become.. really important to me, no matter what that girl said about me "not caring about the others" or whatever.

Kei: .. But also, I don't wanna get punished again.

Kei: You know what being tortured by those girls felt like? It sucked. 

Eiji: Of course I know, do you think I forgot everything you did to me-

Kei: I really thought I was going to die that night, haha. Ruka really saved me back there.

Kei: So, Eiji..

Kei: This is an offer a disgusting criminal and a dirty coward like me could never refuse. 

Kei: And if you're one of the guards I have to punish..

Kei: Haha, don't worry, I'll take very good care of you.

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I haven't known about linagram for long so I wasn't there for the progression but I think its really cool how much your art has evolved and improved, it looks really good and I wish I could draw like you

Anyway yeah, seeing the progress is super cool

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the no say gex vd.....

these two are so funny. guess kei really was serious when he said that he wants to see hinode later in his vd...

i. feel like kei's character should be a warning itself ashsjsjsk but anyway don't worry there are some mentions of violence but it doesn't end up being anything serious. also happy halloween everyone :)

(sounds of footsteps)

(the door opens)

Hinode: I'm here.

Hinode: Hm?.. 

Hinode: Why are you just.. standing there?

Kei: A-ah, sorry, sorry, I was just..

Kei: Lost in thought, you know!

Hinode: Oh, I see. That's good, I thought you were going to attack me. I wouldn't like that at all, haha.

Kei: Yeah, that would be bad, wouldn't it? 

Kei: Especially considering that you're.. more of a weak type, aren't you?

Hinode: ...

Hinode: *laughs* Guess I am.

(sounds of Hinode sitting down)

Hinode: So, Kei-san, how about we make this quick? You did say that you want me to come to you after all of this is over, and here I am.

Hinode: My apologies if you meant that you wanted me to come to you right after we were done with the last prisoner, everyone's verdicts are very important, after all.

Kei: *sitting down* No, no, I'm not mad at you at all, haha.

Kei: .. Now that I think about it, I haven't seen other guards anywhere lately. 

Kei: Did something happen?

Hinode: A-ah, no, no, everything is fine. They just need some rest. 

Hinode: The third trial is going to end so soon, they must be prepared.

Kei: ...

Kei: You're kind of a bad liar.

Hinode: ...

Hinode: .. So you know.

Kei: *laughs* Of course I know. I'm the one who helped her with all of this.

Hinode: All of this was Reina-san's idea, correct?

Kei: Yep. She's the one who came up with it. I just helped with executing the plan.

Hinode: You broke the memory machine because she told you to?

Kei: And the cameras aren't working right because of me as well.

Hinode: .. You really should be punished for all of this. *laughs*

Kei: Then go on, show me what you've got.

Kei: I got voted guilty anyway, so I kinda deserved it.

Hinode: .. I'm not going to do anything to you. At least not until the trial officially ends.

Kei: Oh, right, what's up with that? Our verdicts got announced, but the trial is still technically going..

Hinode: Well, it's the last trial, so.. 

Hinode: We just need a little bit more preparation, that's all.

Kei: Who's "we"?

Hinode: ...

Kei: I know that Reina used the machine on Eiji and Miki. And I have a feeling that even though you could give them all their memories back, you didn't. 

Hinode: ...

Kei: *laughs* Wow, even you got addicted to having so much power in your hands, huh? I shouldn't be surprised though, again, you're a weakling, no wonder you got excited at the thought of being the only one who can vote now.

Kei: And you still voted me guilty! Is this how you confess your love for me?

Kei: Oh, oh, did you want to see me suffer that bad? Seriously, we got so many guilty verdicts this time, not even my brother-

Kei: No, actually, hold on, this is so funny. *laughs* My brother claimed that everyone here will "get what they deserve" and that everyone will get voted guilty, but in the end, when he was active, only three prisoners got a verdict like that.

Kei: And you are the one who isn't as passionate about morals as the other guards, but you voted literally everyone guilty except Akio and Asahi. 

Kei: Hm? Care to explain that?

Kei: Considering the punishment you came up with after the second trial, I'm sure that no matter how many times you say that you hate seeing people in pain, on the inside, you actually want them to suffer.

Kei: You want them to feel the same things that you went through. Isn't that right, Hinode?

Kei: Not judging, by the way. Who am I to judge a guard? 

Kei: .. Something is bothering me though.

Hinode: .. Please, get straight to the point.

Hinode: Why did you want to see me?

Kei: Oh, right, right. Sorry, got distracted. You're just so fascinating to me.

Kei: I'm actually kinda surprised that you even.. came here. 

Kei: I thought you'd just interpret this as a joke or something. Like come on, a prisoner like me asks you to come see him in the middle of the night? Nothing good can come out of it, that's for sure!

Hinode: Yeah, but to be honest.. I think even if you asked another guard to come, they would. 

Hinode: If they.. still had their memories, of course.

Kei: Hm? Why?

Hinode: Well, Miki-san would be curious about it or she would think that you want her to help you with something.. Also, she just thinks you're pretty. *laughs*

Hinode: As for Eiji-san.. Well, he's Eiji-san. 

Hinode: I think that no matter what he says, he really does care about you. But of course, I don't know that much about your relationship, that's just.. a feeling that I have. 

Kei: ...

Kei: .. So.. do you remember why I asked you to come here back then?

Hinode: Because I basically solved your murder and you wanted to give me some kind of "prize"?

Kei: Correct~ Hehe, you're so smart, you deserve another prize just for this.

Kei: .. But seriously, you really are smart, Hinode. I've heard some prisoners say they found you.. a bit scary, haha.

Hinode: Scary? I was just guessing most of the time. I didn't do anything special, really.

Kei: See? That only makes you even more special! 

Kei: (sounds of Kei leaning closer to Hinode) I just find people like you very.. interesting, that's all.

Hinode: .. Are you expecting something from me here?

Kei: Maybe I am, maybe I'm not. 

Hinode: *sighs* Sorry to disappoint you, Kei-san, but I don't have much energy left. Just moving is too painful for me right now.

Kei: You're no fun..

Kei: Fine, fine, I'll go easy on you. I'll ask you one simple question, okay? I'm sure a smart guy like you will be able to answer it!

Kei: So.. 

Kei: .. What will happen to me?

Hinode: Huh?

Kei: You heard me. Guilty, innocent, guilty. These are my verdicts. 

Kei: I don't really get it.. I guess if all I got was nothing but a guilty verdict, I'd probably be dead at this point, but do I get a more light punishment just because I got voted innocent once?

Kei: Can you solve this one for me, smart boy?

Hinode: ...

Hinode: Well, I don't think there's any point in hiding it anymore.

Hinode: You.. will be able to leave Milgram. But since you got voted guilty twice, the outside world will know everything about your crimes and it will be up to them to decide what to do with you.

Hinode: Don't ask how they will know about it. Milgram is just that powerful, I guess.

Kei: ...

Kei: Haha.. I-I see.. So I'll be able to go home..

Kei: W-well, it's okay. If I get to see Ruka again, maybe going to prison won't be that bad-

Kei: .. Who am I kidding, I'll probably just get killed for this.

Kei: Though I'm not sure.. I-I mean.. Does my job also count as my crime? W-will they know about that too?

Hinode: I'm not sure. I'm assuming they won't, since you were judged only for your murder.

Kei: I see.. 

Kei: I-I.. did kill, like.. five women, haha..

Kei: That's probably, like, really bad..

Kei: I-It's okay, I'm sure Mom and Dad will help me out.

Hinode: .. You depend on your parents that much?

Kei: It's fine, it's fine, they've been doing some not really legal stuff for such a huge part of their lives, they can handle it!

Kei: I-I'm gonna be fine. I'm gonna be fine.

Hinode: ...

Hinode: If you don't have any other questions for me, I think I should leave-

Kei: *grabs Hinode's arm* W-wait!

Kei: ...

Kei: .. H-hey, Hinode..

Kei: A-aren't you.. a guard of this prison too?

Kei:T-then why can I.. touch you right now?

Hinode: .. It's none of your business.

Kei: .. Haha..

Kei: S-so, you're not really protected by this prison, are you? Just like Eiji?

Kei: Ahaha.. Then this will just make things easier for me.

(sounds of Kei making Hinode fall on the floor)

Hinode: Y-you're really just.. taking advantage of me like this, haha.. 

Kei: Why wouldn't I? All prisoners here are murderers, including me. Why wouldn't I do "bad stuff" like this? 

Kei: You're one of the guards, you should have known that.

(sounds of Kei getting on top of Hinode)

Kei: Unless.. you're not really a guard?

Hinode: I..

Hinode: Ah-

(sounds of Hinode getting choked)

Kei: This is what I meant when I said something was bothering me. 

Kei: Unless my memory is lying to me, I broke Miki's memory machine, right?

Kei: But the thing is.. I know that she still used one on the other prisoner later.

Kei: Yurika turned on the voice recorder Reina got as a present earlier before her interrogation started, because she was afraid the guards will try to do something with her memories.

Kei: And guess what, she turned out to be right! You guys really love to abuse your power.

Kei: So when it was all over, Yurika listened to the recording and she remembered what happened. That was actually a very smart move on her part, I was a bit surprised, considering how.. "impulsive" she is most of the time.

Kei: She told the other prisoners about it and that's how we found out that the other machine was still used before Reina used it herself on Eiji and Miki.

Kei: But something doesn't add up. Can you guess what it is?

Hinode: ..T-to steal the machine..

Hinode: S-she'd have to.. touch..

Kei: Exactly! We can't touch you guys at all. It's almost like there's some kind of invisible wall protecting you or something.

Kei: So unless Reina was really careful and managed to take that thing out of Miki's pocket without even touching her body, she'd never be able to do that.

Kei: And listen, I know about her past. I know that she stole things often, I think she'd be capable of doing that without even touching Miki.

Kei: But she wouldn't even think about stealing Miki's machine.

Kei: Because I was told to break it. 

Kei: For some reason, Reina wanted me to get rid of only Miki's machine. Probably because she thought Miki would use it more often, so she wanted to stop Miki first.

Kei: That means that she'd have to take your machine and use it on Eiji and Miki.

Kei: But again, something just doesn't add up! You two are so complicated!

Hinode: C-can you let me go-

Kei: Nope, not done with you yet.

Kei: If you were the only one with a memory machine that was still working, then why did Miki use one on Yurika?

Hinode: ...

Kei: Did she borrow it from you, Hinode?

Kei: Or maybe you gave it to her yourself?

Hinode: ...

Hinode: .. T-the latter..

Kei: Ohh, I see, I see! Haha, you're so kind to her. Careful, she might fall in love with you, if she hasn't already.

Kei: But once again, something doesn't add up! Because if you were so generous to offer your machine to her..

Kei:Why did Reina tell us that she used your machine on Eiji and Miki?

Hinode: ...

Kei: You know, we got some time after the trial, so me and some other prisoners gathered and just talked about stuff. Like friends do, I guess.

Kei: And when Reina's plan was mentioned, I clearly remember her saying that she went for your machine.

Kei: And you know what made it very confusing to her, but she didn't think much about it when she did it? 

Kei: She tried her best to be careful, but she still ended up touching you.

Kei: But how could she touch you? Come on, you're literally a guard, aren't you?

(sounds of Hinode struggling to breathe)

Kei: Just tell me who you are already.

Kei: You know way too much about everyone and everything. It's kinda scary.

Hinode: I-I'm just.. 

Hinode: I-I was only meant t-to.. replace E-Eiji-san.. Nothing else.

Kei: Replace?.. Ah, so you were forced to work as a guard only because my brother wasn't.. able to do his job?

Kei: Haha.. Yurika, you really shouldn't have done that to him..

Hinode: W-well, they also needed the third guard.. s-so that the verdicts..

Kei: Oh, oh, wait, what? What about the verdicts?

Hinode: C-can you.. let me..

Kei: Fine, fine. Forgot that you need to breathe for a sec.

(sounds of Kei letting go and Hinode breathing heavily)

Hinode: I-if.. If Eiji-san and Miki-san.. had different opinions.. and wouldn't be able t-to.. agree on a verdict..

Hinode: I-I was supposed to help them with that.

Kei: Oh? So this prison really wants the verdicts to be clear and straightforward, huh? 

Kei: Interesting.. Hey, does that mean that I can touch you because this prison doesn't actually see you as a guard?

Hinode: .. Yes.

Kei: Whoa.. Man, if only I knew that I can touch you before..

Kei: Okay, another question!

Hinode: Can I just leave-

Kei: Nuh-uh, getting to spend time like this with me is your reward, so make sure to appreciate it, okay?

Kei: So, if a prisoner was supposed to get executed..

Kei: .. Who would execute them?

Kei: Is it one of the guards? Maybe somebody else?

Hinode: .. Why are you asking me out of all people?

Kei: I have a feeling that you know about it. Just like you, I'm just guessing. 

Hinode: .. All I know is that it's most likely not going to be one of the guards. Now let me go.

Kei: Can you be just a little bit more specific for me? Pleeeease?

Kei: Like who is it going to be? Is it someone who works in this prison other than the guards? Is it someone we haven't met yet?

Hinode: ...

Hinode: .. F-fine.

Hinode: The trial is going to end soon, so there's no point in keeping it secret, I guess.

Hinode: You should get prepared for it too-

(the door opens)

Jackalope: "Guard 003", Kuroki Hinode. 

Jackalope: The third trial is about to end. Please, come with me.

Hinode: .. Just let me take my medicine first.

Hinode: Or.. Never mind, I'll just take it with me.

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just wondering, do you have a reference for eiji?

im going to be honest the best references i have for the guards are just sketches sjsnsmxlx (not counting the profile art) so i took one of eiji and finally turned it into a proper reference 🫡 put it to good use

(edit: I FORGOT HIS AHOGE HOW COULD I but honestly i don't really see it being that noticeable?

like sometimes i draw him with it and sometimes i draw him without it. it depends on my mood honestly so all eijis are good eijis. i always draw him with one when i draw his younger version though!)

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no halloween art this year sorry! hopefully sanada brothers vell song redraws and a new vd later will be enough...

+ an alternate version with the honey bc. b-bad honey hunt. don't worry about the silhouettes

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I REMBERED ABOUT THE POLL!!! 🎉🎉🎉

eiji won huh... inchresting.... i won't say which option is the correct one obviously but i still want to say that.

remember how i was like "mozaik role is so sanada brothers-coded". yeah i wasn't kidding. i guess you could say this is fate as well it will disappear disappear their world of love

the guards' trial can be described as. some prisoners really wanting all guards (or just eiji.) to die or at least be punished in some way for their actions vs one guy REALLY hating ONE guard in particular.

juuuuuuust a little bit curious about something. don't mind me making more polls instead of posting actual content i'm analyzing you all and studying you all in a lab so that i know how to hurt all of you more /j

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a fresh batch of linagram (+ some linagram 2) memes before everything goes downhill again. but at least now it's the last time (also most of these are just some combination of 030506 but they're so funny pls forgive me)

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post-t3 stuff announcement post! (i guess)

HIIIIII so we're done with the main part of trial 3. yay yay. all verdicts are here and now we can move on to post-t3 voice dramas.

i just wanted to explain how exactly the trial will end and what post-t3 things to expect.

there's gonna be a lot of stuff so i hope it's not too confusing...

(no exact dates bc i'd rather not make promises that i can't keep ^^'' im finally done with all the vds tho!!)

so here's the post-t3 vds list! honestly there's so much i think this can be counted as linagram season 4 😭😭

[ Post-T3 Voice Drama #01 ] Came For The Reward, Stayed For The Punishment

a first voice drama about a conversation between a certain guard and a certain prisoner. pretty short compared to. the rest of the vds, but still kinda important.

2. [ Post-T3 Voice Drama #02 ] The Recollection of Everyone's Sins (Part 1)

discussing the first five prisoners' crimes (akio, aimi, shun, naomi, kei) and what is going to happen to them.

3. [ Post-T3 Voice Drama #02 ] The Recollection of Everyone's Sins (Part 2)

discussing the other five prisoners' crimes (eiko, asahi, yurika, riku, reina) and what is going to happen to them.

4. [ Post-T3 Voice Drama #03 ] The Judge Becomes The Judged (Part 1)

the guards' trial. yikes.

5. [ Post-T3 Voice Drama #03 ] The Judge Becomes The Judged (Part 2)

discussing the guards' crimes before coming to milgram. YIKES.

6. [ Post-T3 Voice Drama #04 ] No Justice In This Place

punishments. we're really doing this.

7. [ Post-T3 Voice Drama #05 ] Accept This Punishment Called Life

the very last vd. kind of a short one but it's. very emotional. at least to me.

andddd that's it! i really meant it when i've said there's going to be. a lot of stuff

tysm for your support guys and hopefully the ending will not be disappointing (or too dark haha) shjdjsksk!!

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the wildest thing to say as a prisoner who literally has hunger as her theme

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juuuuuuust a little bit curious about something. don't mind me making more polls instead of posting actual content i'm analyzing you all and studying you all in a lab so that i know how to hurt all of you more /j

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posts this with no context and goes to sleep

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anyway do you ever think about how eiko only has important relationship dynamics with male characters and she doesn't care about fem characters at all. she does interact with them, but whenever she does, she STILL ends up mentioning guys in some way.

she gets a rare chance to interact with a prisoner she doesn't really have a notable dynamic with in aimi's bday tl and what does she do? she IMMEDIATELY mentions eiji and then right after that she asks about akio.

i really don't see eiko as misogynistic or anything like that and she wasn't supposed to come off as that and she is nice to miki, however, she still ends up saying things like this when she's around her.

miki is also not the only character who kinda suffers from eiko not being able to believe that a man and a woman can have a relationship that doesn't involve romance in any way.

another female character that she KINDA has a dynamic with though it's rather one-sided is yurika, but it's just eiko hating her because yurika injured eiji. eiko would probably not even remember that she exists if yurika did not do that.

outside the prison, eiko also has an important relationship dynamic with her mother. and she definitely loves her father more and even says that he's a nice man and really means it.

where am i going with this. nowhere i just think it's silly. eiko yoshioka you 23 year old boy-crazy teenage girl

also speaking of her being a girl you ever think how when she was asked if she's satisfied with her gender she says that she likes being a woman only bc "her life would be harder if she was a man". H M

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"love conquers all, isn't that so?"

deco i am here once again begging you to stop making songs that fit my ocs so well they're done with their covers THEY'RE DONE THEY CAN'T SING ANYMORE DECO

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about the time limit for the punishments (or more like the lack of it) does that mean that one (or more) of the prisoners is going to stay in milgram forever or for much longer than they expected

:)

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while im working on the final final vd just a reminder that since aimi and reina got voted guilty both of them will be punished in some way before being allowed to go back to the outside world :) what do we think their punishments are going to be

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im almost done with the final final linagram vd. promise. but for now. the bells (and toxic yuri)