[ 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝-𝚝𝟸 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚊 #𝟶𝟸] 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕
THE SECOND TRIAL IS OFFICIALLY OVER. YIPPEEEEEEEEE 🎉🎉🎉 i was about to type "are we ready to see them suffer even more" but ykw. ykw. some characters actually are going to get better :) and some relationship dynamics are going to become a bit more wholesome. some other ones though...
Hinode: So, Miki-san, are you ready to start?
Miki: ...
Hinode: If you want, I can do the talking instead.
Miki: .. N-no, I'm fine. I don't want you to waste your energy on this, so..
Hinode: Haha, you're too kind.
Miki: I just.. I don't get it. Why did they choose you as a guard? It's too hard for you to even walk and they're making you go through all of this..
Miki: A-ah, it's not like I'm saying you're weak or a burden or anything like that-
Hinode: Well, Eiji-san's arms and legs are covered in bandages and he's in a constant pain, but he still was forced to become a guard, so..
Hinode: It looks like they don't really care about things like that.
Hinode: I'm fine, Miki-san, trust me. Please don't worry about me, okay?
Miki: .. O-okay.
Miki: S-so, the second trial has ended and all prisoners know what verdicts they got this time.
Hinode: I imagine not all of them were satisfied with the result.
Miki: .. Yeah. Definitely.
Miki: So, um, let's start with the first prisoner, I guess.
Miki: Prisoner 001, Miyagawa Akio.
Miki: If we voted him guilty, even though Eiji-san is not able to do the punishing himself right now, we'd still have to do something to him and..
Miki: Considering his condition, that would simply kill him.
Hinode: Also, from what I've heard, his accomplice really was responsible for most of the work.
Hinode: I agree, it does sound like him just trying to shift the blame, but also..
Hinode: For some reason, I believe him.
Miki: *nods* S-so, he was voted innocent this time.
Miki: Um, Hinode-san, if it's okay.. Remember those questions you made everyone answer?
Hinode: Right. You want to know everyone's answers?
Miki: Y-yes, please. If you don't mind, of course.
Hinode: I have all of the papers with me. Let's see..
Hinode: I can tell by Akio-san's handwriting just how hard it was for him to write. He really was in pain.
Hinode: He talks a lot about his accomplice here. He really misses him a lot, haha..
Hinode: Sorry, that was a bad joke.
Miki: No, no, I.. think he really does miss him.
Hinode: According to Akio-san's answers, his accomplice was responsible for most of the "dirty work" related to their murder. He was the one who did the "physical" aspect of it, but Akio-san was the one who came up with everything.
Miki: H-he admitted it himself?..
Hinode: Yes. I guess this is what happens when someone's in so much pain: they start telling the truth without even noticing it.
Miki: So.. For some reason, Milgram saw Miyagawa-san as the actual murderer?
Hinode: I think it's because, again, he was the one who planned everything. Also, it was his wish to see Chise-san dead that motivated him to murder the boy. If it wasn't for that, it's possible that Chise-san would still be alive.
Hinode: .. I have my doubts though.
Miki: Hm? About what exactly?
Hinode: About Chise-san still being alive. I think it's possible that someone else would've still killed him even if it wasn't for Akio-san.
Miki: .. You're talking about Miyagawa-san's accomplice, aren't you?
Hinode: Yes. I think he would've still tried to kill him even if Akio-san refused to do it himself or join him.
Miki: May I ask why you think so?
Hinode: You can read Akio-san's answers later, if you want.
Hinode: I wonder how he reacted to hearing about his verdict.
Miki: He looked shocked at first, but then he sighed loudly and actually looked relieved for a moment. Before I told him that he was forgiven, he was.. shaking. It's like..
Miki: It's like he thought that we're going to punish him again.
Hinode: Haha, well, it's good to hear that he's happy about his verdict.
Hinode: I hope his condition gets better too. I hate seeing people in pain.
Miki: "Hinode-san sounds like a very nice person.. Maybe he will go easy on the guilty prisoners?"
Miki: "Actually.. I'm still not sure who exactly should punish the guilty prisoners this time."
Miki: "It used to be Eiji-san's job, but.."
Miki: "Never mind."
Miki: N-now.. Prisoner 002, Hanasaki Aimi.
Miki: Even though Eiji-san and some prisoners found her relationship with Miyagawa-san suspicious..
Miki: And her second video was darker and scarier than the first one..
Miki: We still voted her innocent.
Hinode: She had to go through so much, I can't imagine how she would react to getting voted guilty right after she found people that she thought she can trust.
Hinode: I can't help but feel sorry for her. Her problems just feel so..
Hinode: .. I just know a person who had to go through a similar thing, haha.
Miki: ".. Is he talking about his brother?"
Miki: Also, even though we still don't know some details of her murder, now we can say for certain that the murder took place at the amusement park that Hanasaki-san's family owned and Hanasaki-san had an accomplice.
Hinode: And her accomplice was..
Miki: .. I think it was her older brother.
Miki: It wouldn't make sense for a classmate or someone else to help her. It also took place at her family's amusement park and of course, a family member would know at least something about how it works. I doubt it would be a parent or a grandparent, so..
Hinode: Also remember what she said during that one interrogation?
Hinode: "Oh well, he's dead anyway".
Hinode: So, her accomplice is definitely a man and.. he's also dead.
Hinode: And her video even shows her killing her accomplice in the end.
Miki: .. So, Hanasaki-san is at least partially responsible for killing her classmates and she also killed her accomplice with her own hands..
Miki: And that accomplice was her own older brother..
Miki: S-she has a reason for doing that, right, Hinode-san? I mean, she has to!..
Miki: If she doesn't-
Hinode: That means you won't be able to forgive her?
Miki: .. I don't know. I-I don't want to think about it.
Miki: It's just.. I can understand why she would want to kill her classmates. I really do feel sorry for her. But her own brother?..
Hinode: Actually, judging from what she wrote here, her relationship with her brother was.. a bit strange.
Miki: Really? But I thought they were close..
Hinode: Oh, Miki-san, being close with someone doesn't always mean you have a perfect and healthy relationship with that person.
Hinode: A-anyway, how did she react to her verdict?
Miki: .. She smiled and ran to give me a hug and said that she knew I will forgive her this time as well.
Miki: "Because we're friends, after all"..
Miki: .. Prisoner 003, Ishizu Shun.
Miki: He looked like he really wanted to attack Eiji-san and even enjoyed seeing him terrified. And his video showed him killing his victim..
Miki: W-well, victims.
Hinode: Even someone like you couldn't forgive him this time, huh?
Miki: .. I don't want him to try to attack Eiji-san when he comes back.
Miki: And.. I just thought that my forgiveness won't save him this time.
Hinode: So, let's see..
Hinode: He claimed that he only killed his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend, correct?
Hinode: But his video clearly showed him killing both his ex and her boyfriend.
Hinode: Do you think he knows she's dead as well and he's just in denial or lying or he genuinely doesn't remember killing her?
Miki: .. I feel like he doesn't remember killing her and whenever he does remember it, he just tries to deny it.
Miki: When Eiji-san asked him if she's still alive, he refused to answer and just stared blankly at us and asked which girlfriend he's talking about.
Hinode: Speaking of Shun-san having multiple girlfriends.. What can you say about that?
Miki: Um, I don't know much about that topic..
Miki: But I guess they weren't real?
Miki: Judging from his video, it looked like Ishizu-san used video games and other things as something that could help him escape from his real life problems.
Miki: And because of his mental health issues, he wasn't able to tell which one is fiction and which one is reality and started to believe the connections and relationships he formed in those games were real.
Hinode: .. *laughs*
Hinode: Oh, sorry, sorry. It's just..
Hinode: You know, there could've been some kind of twist, like, imagine him actually having so many girlfriends and not remembering him killing them..
Hinode: But no, he was just being delusional.
Hinode: I guess we expected too much from him.
Hinode: But I wonder just how he met that girl. To be honest, I feel like they weren't in any kind of relationship and he just made that all up and started to think that his fantasies are actually real.
Miki: .. You're saying he started to stalk a random girl and believed that she's actually his ex-girlfriend?
Hinode: It's possible.
Miki: ...
Miki: "W-why do I feel so disgusted whenever I think about Ishizu-san?"
Miki: So, when I told him about his verdict..
Miki: H-he didn't take it well.
Miki: He started panicking and mumbling something about it not making any sense and..
Miki: He tried to attack me, haha..
Miki: But he still wasn't able to touch me, so.. I'm okay.
Miki: "I still don't understand why the prisoners can touch Eiji-san, but they can't touch me.."
Hinode: Hmm..
Hinode: It looks like we've made the right decision, but this guy will definitely cause us a lot of trouble.
Miki: Right..
Miki: Prisoner 004, Chiba Naomi.
Hinode: She was a hard one.
Miki: May I ask why you voted her guilty, Hinode-san? I thought you'd sympathize with her..
Hinode: Well, you see..
Hinode: I hate seeing people in pain, I really do. And I don't want Naomi-san to end up in even more pain. However..
Hinode: First of all, her victim was a child. A ten year old. Who knows how long his life could've been if it wasn't for her.
Hinode: And second of all, her motive. Didn't she reveal that her killing that child was her "fighting for independence"?
Hinode:*laughs* God, this sounds so weird.
Hinode: She just got tired of that kid and got mad at him for calling her out.
Hinode: Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that kids can't be.. "evil", but so far I haven't seen any serious threats in her videos. It was just him laughing at her and "bullying" her in a way.
Hinode: But isn't she 30 years old? She's a teacher. She should be able to handle this. It's almost like she got so used to all of her students being so nice and polite, she completely forgot that kids can be annoying.
Hinode: And.. I think adults like that deserve to be punished.
Miki: .. Maybe you're right.
Hinode: Also, I read her answers and she seems to really dislike Asahi-san. Just what is her deal with kids..
Miki: .. C-can I also read that later?
Hinode: Sure.
Miki: "Why do I feel happy that I agreed to vote her guilty now?"
Hinode: By the way, how did she react to her verdict?
Miki: .. She wasn't happy about it.
Miki: It took her a moment to realize what happened and then she just started laughing uncontrollably. And then she sighed, looked at me and said..
Miki: "Well, you're the guard. Who am I to say that your decisions don't make any sense?"
Hinode: Doesn't sound like something a prisoner who truly wanted to be voted guilty would say.
Hinode: Who knows, maybe she was pretending to be nicer than she really is.
Miki: I feel like it's more complicated than that..
Miki: "It's like Chiba-san really does think she's guilty, but deep inside she wants someone to say that they forgive her.."
Miki: Prisoner 005, Sanada Kei.
Miki: .. Watching his video was.. hard.
Hinode: And painful.
Hinode: Just what did those women do to him?
Miki: .. I think it's related to those scars Eiji-san had mentioned.
Hinode: .. But why would they do that to him?
Miki: There was this moment in the video, when one of the women found some of the photographs made by Kei-san and she looked.. disgusted.
Miki: Maybe you already know about.. uh.. Kei-san's job.
Hinode: I do. You think she found those particular photos?
Miki: .. I think so.
Hinode: I find it interesting that Kei-san got so scared. I thought a person with a job like that would be more careful and would have a plan in case something like that happens.
Hinode: Maybe he believed that he would never get caught?
Miki: I'm just trying to understand..
Miki: Did those women try to..
Miki: Attack him, maybe? Did they think that he was going to do the same to them and that's why he invited them?
Hinode: But hey, why else would he invite them?
Miki: W-well..
Miki: ...
Miki: Actually, you're right. Why did he invite them to his house?
Miki: He had so many photographs of those women and it looked like he had some kind of plan..
Hinode: .. Perhaps he was already thinking of murdering them?
Miki: B-but why would he do that?! What did those women even do to him? I mean, before attacking him and all..
Hinode: From what I remember, those women also appeared in his first video and if I'm not wrong, they were dating his friends.
Hinode: Maybe.. something happened between him and his friends?
Miki: .. I feel like I might have an idea.
Hinode: Really? Please share.
Miki: I-I'm not so sure right now and I need more time to figure this out, but..
Miki: Kei-san's.. "partner" played a big part in his second video. And he also appeared in the first one too.
Miki: I have a feeling that it's not just because he's important to Kei-san, but it's also because he played an important role in Kei-san's crime as well.
Miki: Some lyrics of his song were also.. strange..
Miki: "Do I wanna be seen as strong? Do I wanna be seen as weak? I don't know, but just hug me already".
Miki: Or "Maybe I should accept that this world won't accept me".
Miki: Just what could those lyrics possibly mean?..
Miki: Oh, and when I told him about his verdict, he got really surprised and when I confirmed that it's true and he was forgiven, he laughed and asked..
Miki: "Just how does the guards' thought process work?"
Miki: H-he probably asked that because of us voting him guilty that last time. He looked happy, though he asked me about Eiji-san's condition..
Miki: And I couldn't give him an answer.
Miki: Prisoner 006, Yoshioka Eiko.
Miki: .. Both of us agreed that she should be voted guilty.
Miki: She's a bad influence for both Ishizu-san and Kei-san and she also doesn't feel any remorse for what she did.
Miki: I feel a bit.. sorry for her though.
Miki: I mean.. What if her victim really wasn't a good boyfriend-
Hinode: Does that mean he deserved to die?
Miki: N-no! No, of course not!
Miki: But.. I don't know. I can't say that Yoshioka-san is a bad person, but she clearly treats some of her fellow prisoners horribly.
Miki: And she doesn't feel any regret and thinks it's completely okay to do those things.
Miki: And also.. Her reaction to Kei-san hurting Eiji-san worries me.
Miki: She said that if anything happens, Eiji-san should tell her.
Hinode: .. Hey, wasn't it Yurika-san who broke Eiji-san's arm?
Miki: *nods*
Miki: .. Oh no.
Hinode: I think we should keep an eye on both of them, just in case.
Miki: When I told her about her verdict, she just rolled her eyes and said:
Miki: "Don't know what you saw in that video, but I guess it's understandable".
Hinode: .. At least she's chill when it comes to that.
Miki: She did ask me about Eiji-san and her eyes looked a little bit darker than usual, so..
Miki: M-maybe restraining her a bit wouldn't hurt.
Miki: Prisoner 007, Yano Asahi.
Miki: We decided to vote him innocent.
Miki: He.. he didn't look so well when me and Eiji-san interrogated him last time.
Miki: I don't know if he would be able to calm down if it wasn't for me.
Miki: Ah, it's not like I'm bragging or anything-
Hinode: No, no, you should be proud of yourself. You've calmed him down and comforted him when he needed it. You did a good job.
Miki: .. Ehehe~
Miki: His video was.. one of the hardest ones to watch.
Hinode: It clearly showed him as not the best person and he was more than okay with taking advantage of his adoptive mother's money.
Hinode: However, we should also remember that these videos are not only showing us the prisoners' extracted memories, but also their thoughts and we can see everything in the way the prisoners themselves saw their crimes.
Hinode: Do you think it's possible that Asahi-san feels guilty for his murder and the way he treated his adoptive mother?
Miki: .. I think it is. I doubt he would have reacted in the same way if he didn't feel anything. He was panicking, he refused to talk about it and he clearly looked traumatized. If he didn't feel bad about his murder, he wouldn't show any of those emotions.
Hinode: It's almost like you're speaking from experience, Miki-san.
Miki: .. W-what do you mean by-
Hinode: Or maybe you just understand children really well, haha.
Miki: .. Ahem.
Miki: And also.. he tries really hard to forget about what happened.
Miki: He never calls her his mother, only "that woman", not only because he doesn't see her as his mother, but also because it's almost like he's trying to push those memories away.
Miki: She's not his victim or anything, she's just.. "that woman".
Miki: "And also.."
Miki: ".. I can't believe I had to see him again while I was watching Marito's video."
Miki: "I almost broke the screen when I saw him, haha.."
Hinode: Miki-san, is everything alright? You look.. pale.
Miki: I-I'm fine, I'm fine.
Miki: .. Hm, come to think of it..
Miki: I'm not sure if you know about it, Hinode-san, but Asahi-san used to have..
Miki: Um.. An "imaginary friend" based on his mother. Or maybe his "idea" of a perfect mother.
Miki: And I've just realized that he kinda.. stopped talking to her or about her.
Miki: Maybe something happened-
Hinode: Maybe it's because he has you now?
Miki: .. Huh?
Hinode: O-oh, don't get me wrong! I don't mean it in a "he sees you as a mother figure" way.
Hinode: I mean it in more of a "he's not alone anymore" way.
Miki: .. Oh.
Miki: .. When I told him about his verdict, he looked really happy.
Miki: He even ran to hug me and thanked me, haha.
Miki: ".. I wonder if he will remember who I am one day. But I don't want to tell him yet, I'm afraid I will make him remember we had to go through.."
Miki: Prisoner 008, Maruyama Yurika.
Miki: .. Guilty. She's guilty.
Hinode: She broke Eiji-san's arm, threatened to start hurting the other prisoners, is definitely capable of doing that, considering that she had attacked Asahi-san in the past and almost attacked Kei-san and her video was..
Hinode: Even worse than Kei-san and Asahi-san's videos combined.
Miki: But I still don't understand anything. I still don't know how her crime went and we're supposed to judge them based on their crimes!..
Hinode: Not necessarily. We can judge them based on anything.
Hinode: And her being dangerous for us and other prisoners is most certainly a valid reason to vote her guilty.
Hinode: As for her video..
Hinode: I wonder just what kind of job she did while working at a maid cafe.
Hinode: It definitely doesn't seem legal.
Miki: If she has experience with torturing people and kidnapping them..
Miki: .. Huh.
Miki: T-there's this scene in her video where Maruyama-san and her.. manager, I assume, are filling everyone's buckets with some kind of liquid. And she says that "Everyone has their own needs and it's our job to satisfy them".
Miki: I think we should think about that scene more to understand what kind of job she had.
Miki: And I feel like her crime is related to her job too..
Miki: Ah, but that's just my opinion though-
Hinode: You know you sound like a real detective right now? *laughs*
Hinode: Seriously, Miki-san, you're really smart. Sorry for just sitting and listening to you like this, but I really am impressed.
Miki: .. Haha..
Hinode: W-why is your face becoming so red-
Miki: A-anyway, just as I've expected, she got mad at me when I told her about her verdict.
Hinode: Did she try to-
Miki: Yes, she tried to attack me just like Ishizu-san, but I just knocked her out. It's fine.
Hinode: .. Knocked her out?..
Hinode: Miki-san, you're stronger than I thought..
Hinode: .. We will definitely have to restrain her, huh..
Miki: Prisoner 009, Kuroki Riku.
Miki: .. Hinode-san-
Hinode: Yes, this is my brother. Yes.
Miki: .. I'm sorry.
Hinode: It's fine. I voted him guilty myself.
Miki: B-but why?! Why would you vote your own brother guilty? Do you want to see him in pain?!
Hinode: It's because I know everything about his crime, Miki-san.
Miki: !
Hinode: When everyone started talking about Yue-kun's death, I knew that Riku had something to do with it.
Hinode: Riku told everyone just how much he loved Yue-kun, but he was honest with me and even when he didn't say anything, I could see in his eyes just how much he hated that guy.
Hinode: He wanted him dead, Miki-san. And he would do anything to achieve his goal.
Miki: .. But why didn't you stop him?
Hinode: .. When even waking up is too physically painful for you, you don't have enough time and energy to talk your brother out of murdering his best friend.
Miki: .. May I ask what was your first thought after you found out about Shiozaki-san's death?
Hinode: I just turned to Riku, who was watching TV with me and quietly asked him if it was him.
Miki: And what did he do?
Hinode: He smiled and left the room.
Hinode: Listen, I don't want to see him in pain. I don't want to hurt him. But I want Riku to understand that even though he really was a victim in a way..
Hinode: Murder isn't an answer.At least it definitely wasn't the right answer for him.
Hinode: He really could've just talked to Yue-kun. Maybe Yue-kun wouldn't like it, but at least Riku could say that he tried.
Hinode: But instead he decided to abuse his popularity and turn all of his classmates into loyal dogs that followed his every move and listened to his every command.
Miki: So what you're saying is..
Hinode: Yes, Miki-san. Riku made his entire class and possibly other students bully Yue-kun into committing suicide.
Miki: .. B-but do you think his death really was-
Hinode: I doubt it. Especially considering the way Riku's first video ends.
Miki: .. When I told him about his verdict..
Miki: .. He just asked me to bring him some hair dye later.
Miki: He said he wants to dye his hair black before he gets punished, haha..
Hinode: Are you planning on doing that?
Miki: O-of course! Even if we voted him guilty, I still want to fulfill his request before..
Miki: Well.. you know.
Miki: And finally..
Miki: Prisoner 010, Himura Reina.
Miki: .. We voted her innocent. Again.
Hinode: She didn't like that, did she?
Miki: She has to accept that it's the only way she can be saved. I don't think Himura-san deserves to be punished.
Miki: If Himura-san can accept that she deserves to be forgiven.. I think everything will get better for her after that.
Hinode: We never see her killing someone directly. It's always her witnessing a murder or hiding the body..
Hinode: No matter how much she tries to portray herself as guilty, her videos can't lie.
Miki: And.. Now we know that her "victim" was her little brother.
Miki: But I still don't understand what happened to him. If Himura-san is somehow responsible for his death, but she's not the murderer, then..
Miki: Who is?
Hinode: Maybe his death was an accident, but it could've been prevented if Himura-san was there?
Miki: If that's the case..
Miki: ...
Miki: "I wanted to say that she doesn't deserve to be here, but also.."
Miki: "Marito running away was an accident too. I didn't mean for that to happen."
Miki: "So if we're guilty of doing almost the same thing.."
Hinode: Hey, Miki-san.
Hinode: When you say that she doesn't deserve to be punished, does that mean you think that somebody else in this prison deserves to be punished?
Miki:...
Miki: I-it's okay.
Miki: When Eiji-san was punishing them, he was.. I have to say that he was really cruel for no reason.
Miki: I really do respect Eiji-san, but he punished them not to save them, but to torture them.
Miki: But when I punish them.. I do it because I love everyone here.
Miki: Uh, even Maruyama-san.
Miki: I really do want to save them. I want them to get better.
Miki: So if punishing them will help them understand that they've done something wrong and they will try to change for the better..
Miki: I don't see any problem with it.
Hinode: .. Heh. I see.
Hinode: It's actually a good thing though because I was worried that you might not like the new punishment method.
Miki: .. The new punishment method?
Hinode: Well, since it used to be Eiji-san's job, now we're the ones who have to punish the guilty prisoners, right?
Miki: B-but what about you not wanting to-
Hinode: I hate seeing people in pain, Miki-san.
Hinode: I hate seeing them in physical pain.
Hinode: I feel like punishing everyone physically is just so.. tasteless. Everyone can cry and suffer if you hurt them too badly, what's so special about it?
Hinode: I've spent my whole life in pain like that. I know what it's like and I hate it when it's used as a punishment.
Hinode: But this method isn't about the physical pain. It's more about..
Hinode: Here. Do you see this little thing?
Miki: It looks like some kind of.. remote, maybe? It's pretty small though..
Hinode: Yes, you're supposed to keep it in your pocket actually. Make sure to always have it on you.
Miki: But what does it do?
Hinode: Well, you need everyone's memories to see their videos, right? Otherwise their videos simply can't be created.
Hinode: And this thing..
Hinode: This thing extracts everyone's memories, but doesn't turn them into videos or whatever. It simply keeps them inside.
Hinode: You can also give those memories back if you so desire.
Miki: ...
Hinode: I know, this might sound strange, Miki-san, but considering that we have a whole music video machine, this shouldn't be surprising.
Miki: .. And.. Why exactly do we need this machine? What are we going to use it for?
Hinode: I have one with me as well. There's two of them.
Hinode: So, uh.. You see, Miki-san.. *laughs*
Hinode: I was planning to kind of.. play with the guilty prisoners' memories a little bit.
Miki: !
Hinode: For example, maybe we can take the memories of their childhood and see what kind of people they would become without them. Maybe we can take the memories of their murder and see how they would act.
Hinode: We can't actually watch the memories we've taken from them though, which is a shame.
Miki: .. And.. How will they-
Hinode: Ah, the physical side effects may be..
Hinode: *takes a breath* Dissociation, dizziness, headache, anxiety, depression, nausea, mood swings, even bigger memory loss in the process..
Hinode: But at least it's not cutting their fingers off or beating them up, right?
Miki: .. Can't we come up with a better punishment?
Hinode: But I thought you wanted to save everyone, Miki-san.
Hinode: It's not going to hurt. They're not going to feel any pain. They're just gonna forget some things, actually, it might make them happier.
Hinode: And if anything goes wrong, we can just give those memories back to them.
Miki: .. A weird question, but where did you get this machine?
Hinode: Oh, uh..
Hinode: The rabbit thing from earlier gave it to me.
Miki: ...
Miki: I have a bad feeling about this.
Hinode: Come on, Miki-san, you know we have to do something to the guilty prisoners.
Miki: Can't we just restrain them?! Can't we just lock them up or something?!
Hinode: You will be in control, Miki-san.
Hinode: You can always adjust the settings. You can even choose how many memories you wish to extract.
Hinode: You can go for a small memory loss or a big one.
Hinode: It's your choice. They don't have to lose all of their memories and they don't have to lose them forever.
Hinode: It's not like they're going to turn into mindless zombies and their brains are going to melt.
Miki: ...
Hinode: .. Are you ready to give it a try?
Miki: .. I-I'll go pay a visit to Ishizu-san.
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???: It seems like the third trial is going to start soon. Are you excited?
???: Hm?.. I don't know, should I?
???: It's like.. I want to know how all of this ends, but at the same time..
???: These guards are way too slow. They're not even trying to uncover this place's secrets.
???: But.. Isn't that actually good for us? I mean, that would be a pain to deal with.
???: True, but it also would be more entertaining.
???: These guys just feel like lab rats to me. They're so obsessed with their morals, they don't feel like real people to me, haha.
???: "Everyone is guilty!" "No, everyone is innocent!" A bunch of clowns, that's who they are.
???: *sighs* Well, at least the future guards should be more fun.
???: Ah, have you already made your choice?
???: Yeah. Here, take a look.
???: ...
???: .. O-oh. U-understood.
???: Sorry about this. I know it sounds like I don't care, but..
???: No, no, I.. I understand.
???: I will-
???: Woah, this tea tastes really good!
???: Oh, sorry for interrupting you. Anyway, can you tell Jackalope to bring this to, uh.. you know, that girl?
???: S-sure, but.. Sorry if this sounds rude, but why can't you do it yourself?
???: He's taking a nap right now. Getting enough sleep is very important.
???: S-so you're just telling me to sit there and wait until he wakes up?
???: Yep.
???: ...
???: Y-you really love him, huh..
???: Okay. Well, if you'll excuse me.
(sounds of footsteps that become more and more quiet)
???: He's a good guy.
???: But sadly, good guys like him either don't live long here or just get taken advantage of.
???: I'll prefer it to be the second option-
???: Huh?
???: What's that noise..
???: .. The third prisoner.
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The second trial is over. Thank you for participating!
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