#also he’s knife crazy i love that. the parallel to ouma punching kaito

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Ratswap AU-Syobai's Story

Alrighty. so the first thing to do is go over the main difference with having Syobai in the V3 world.

Unlike Ouma, Syobai isn't looking to get attention and is pretty passive regarding the events of the killing game. He mainly stays in the shadows tending to his own affairs and only contributing to the investigations or trials as much as he deems fit. He may have a sketchy appearance and fits the bill as a villain, but he isn't interested in getting the spotlight like the resident liar.

So for Chapters 1-3, he doesn't have a prominent presence among his peers. Especially since he frequently badmouths them both by appearance and personality so most people would be glad to avoid him. The cases for Kaede and Toujo carry out the same way with minor differences. However...

I imagine that Syobai would actually learn that Maki was really the SHSL Assassin before everyone else. He learned it either after he recieved her motive video or from deductive reasoning. ("What type of babysitter says 'Do you wanna die?' like an everyday thing?") So after the second trial, he meets with her in secret and says that he knows. Naturally Maki would strangle him, but Syobai's years of experience with assassins/killers keeps him level headed throughout the ordeal. That and he repays her by stabbing her in the thigh. He still has his knife and isn't afraid to use it. Maki threatens that she can kill him but Syobai says that it's pointless since he knows her secret and can just hand the evidence to the others to convict her. He states that he'll keep her talent a secret but he does want a little favor from her in the future. Just in case he needs her for something.

In the third case, he starts to get more involved in the trial after the others are stumped over why and how Tenko and Angie would be killed. Syobai would step in and offer some of his personal insight on why the killer would want them both. It's also at this point that Syobai makes mention of how pathetic Saihara is as a detective, especially with everyone coddling him and saying how he's grown so much. ("Geez Mr. Detective. For someone who grew so much, you still need alot of hand holding"). This earns him some backlash from Kaito who constantly shouts praises about his sidekick and tells him to back off. 

And here's where things get different in the fourth case. Along with the secret motive card, Iruma has everyone go inside the virtual world to find it and look for potential clues. While everyone is logging in, Syobai would have stayed behind to look at the computer and learn of the details regarding the virtual world. And it's here that he learns about how Iruma was planning on targeting him since he's one of the sharper tools in the shed. After checking out the basic guide, he decides to alter the avatars for himself and a person at random before logging on to see what would happen. And once everyone comes back, they are shocked to discover Saihara basically brain dead in his seat.

The trial carries on with no one being able to make sense of who would want to kill Saihara. Most of the teens are confused over what could have happened, Kaito is an emotional mess after failing to protect his friend, and Iruma is trembling over what she did and tries to pass it off as her regular insecurities. So Syobai would step in, taking up the role of POV protagonist, and fill in the gaps over the dynamics of the virtual world and what was really going on in there. He then goes on to claim Iruma as the killer and loosely admits that he tampered with the computer settings before logging on. Everyone makes the connection that Syobai is the reason for Saihara's death and all turn on him, even Kaito is even more furious than usual. But Syobai would decide to have had enough and go off on them.

"My god. You really are this pathetic. Did you really have to depend on Detective Boy for everything? Are you all so helpless that you can't even think with your own brains? I thought it was a joke with how everyone was acting all sappy and crap by praising Detective Boy like he was the freakin' Messiah. You can't survive without having someone to follow. Like mindless sheep who've lost their herder, you're all just waiting to be slaughtered by the big bad wolf." 

This shakes everyone with how they've been acting. But Kaito stays stubborn and continues to resist Syobai's words. I even imagine that the Argument Armarment/Boss Battle would still be Kaito who refuses to listen to Syobai's statement on pro-activeness and morality. Once he wins, the class would execute Iruma after she reveals the dark secrets she learned of the outside world. And once she's gone, Kaito's inner Kamina gets the better of him and he decides to deck Syobai in the face. And to his and everyone's shock, he gets rewarded with a stab to the belly.

"What happened Mr. Hero? Are you sad because your sidekick is gone? Or is it really because now someone else gets to be the big hero who saves the day, while you're still stuck on the sidelines as a cheerleader? With a mouth as loud as yours, it's something you're better suited for. And as for me, I'm no one's hero. You could have all died for all I care. I only helped because my ass was on the line too. But if you still want to play pretend, then you can call me the big bad wolf."

He lets go of Kaito and says that his stab wound hasn't hit any organs so it's not a critical wound. Everyone would go to Kaito to help him which further bruises his ego. But before he goes, Syobai calls out to the babysitter telling her to come by his room in a bit. He decided to cash in his favor.

And that's all I have so far. I do want to think of what could happen in Chapter 5 but I'd love to hear your own thoughts on this. And if you have any ideas or changes for this, you're more than welcome to tell me!