Watching the anime from Madoka Magica and writing the rules

Although Zhixing had never been to this classroom in reality and this change was not lasting, it made Zhixing realize one thing.

As expected, it wasn't the artifact itself that gave rise to consciousness, but rather a state of forced activation. Wasn't the coverage comprehensive enough? Was it because the accumulated energy wasn't sufficient? Or was it because... it wasn't the real person?

The [Detective], whose insight was no less than that of [Despair], had obviously noticed and realized that the scene had just switched to reality, and he couldn't help but habitually put his hand on his chin and thought.

"According to the interview records in the principal's office and the circumstances described by the [Killer Ghost], this incident occurred about a year ago and was likely concealed by the academy's top management at the time."

"And in the year since the incident, the sixteen of us [Super High School Level] have been locked up in this academy for renovations."

"Then why does this classroom on the fifth floor remain as it is?"

"Before the transformation was completed, we didn't realize that the [Girls] and [Soldiers] were actually the [Desperate] side."

Zhixing opened his mouth but said nothing, because even Zhixing, who had the script, didn't know the answer to this question.

After a brief silence, everyone looked at [Despair] in unison.

"Puff, puff, puff. Of course, that's because the academy didn't send anyone in to clean it up."

"We just sealed off all the internal and external passages."

"After I became the principal, I certainly wouldn't leave it sealed in order to leave you with the necessary clues."

"And I even made a replica of the seal on the window myself, so it looks like everyone agreed to leave it there."

Zhixing blinked, feeling that the premise for this argument was a bit too far-fetched.

After all, the bodies have been marked and moved away, and there is no plan to investigate the case thoroughly. Will the scene not be reconstructed and restored?

Zhixing glanced at the classroom door, but found no traces of cement seal.

"Phew! That scared me! I thought you had someone rehearse it all over again."

The [baseball player] felt apprehensive and apologetic for his thoughts.

A careless word, like a flash of lightning, made Zhi Xing's pupils shrink suddenly.

"Could it be that"

Zhixing squatted down, turned the body over, and saw the other person's face.

Just as Zhixing thought, it was a face he didn't recognize. It was neither the protagonists from the two-dimensional nor the three-dimensional world, nor the protagonists from the second generation.

Although it is impossible to tell, both the touch and the vision tell me that the person in front of me is not an adult, but a real high school student.

"Finally... the moment I've been waiting for is finally here~! There's nothing left to investigate."

[Despair] had obviously been paying attention to Zhixing's movements, so the moment Zhixing's expression changed, he knew the time was ripe.

"Papa~"

Accompanied by the sound of [desperate] clapping.

The secret treasure Monokuma outside the school replaced the broadcast controlled by the [Programmer] and announced to everyone in the academy:

“Everything that has a beginning must have an end.”

"And once it ends, there will be a new beginning."

"There is no night that will not dawn, even though it is a dark morning!"

"There's no such thing as a rainy day that won't clear up, even though it's been a long drought!"

"That's right, since there is an end, there will also be a new beginning."

"So, we will meet again. After all, the end is the beginning. So, let's get started!"

"The final class judgment has begun!"

"Let's meet at the old place! Although there are some newcomers who haven't participated before."

“Huff, Huff, Huff, Huff~!!”

[Despair] After controlling the secret treasure black and white bear outside, he walked out with a smile on his face and rosy cheeks.

"Wait...wait, are we going to have the school judging now?"

[Baseball Player] It was a bit confusing.

"It seems that we can only exchange information after we arrive at the scene. I look forward to your findings."

[Detective] didn't say much, but followed behind [Despair] to prevent the other party from using this name to do something when acting alone.

The [Baseball Player] looked reluctantly towards the paper line.

"Come on, you're the specially assigned force. Although no one except the Fighter can stop Despair in a one-on-one fight."

"Don't think too much, and don't count on me. After all, I'm just a [bystander]."

Zhixing narrowed his eyes, trying to keep his inspiration from being interrupted, and followed.

Although [Baseball Player] felt that [Despair] had ended the search early, it was still too difficult for him to find any clues here by himself.

With no other choice, he followed closely behind and caught up.

Probably because the only people on the 5th floor are from the [Detective] group.

So, when Zhixing and others arrived at the elevator door on the first floor, everyone else had already arrived.

Zhi Xing glanced at the fifteen [Super High School Level] who almost filled the elevator entrance in front of him, as well as the two shadows, and quickly found the person he was looking for.

The [Idol] is actually being held by the [Fighter]. Looks like... he's awake? But the [Gambler] is still only able to move in the shadows.

"Chubby!"

Seeing the paper company arrive, a male voice waved and spoke.

When Zhixing looked over, he saw [Lucky] squeezing out from the crowd.

Zhixing couldn't help but look sideways, because on the shoulder of [Lucky], Zhixing saw the only surviving cognitive being - Kyubey or Incubator is more appropriate.

"How's the situation?"

"Although it looks like he's been starving for a long time,... it seems like something is providing him with energy, so he's not in a serious condition requiring hospitalization. He's still unconscious, though."

"Not awake yet?"

"Well, the [fanfiction writer] said that in this situation, it should be the same as in 'Rebellion', where the witch's magic power replaces consumption."

"Huh? But they only have Witch's Kiss for less than a month?"

Zhixing closed his eyes. Although he didn't know why, he always felt that ideas were coming up easily today.

"I see. Let's not talk about her for now. Are you sure about the judgment of this school case?"

"Although there are some gains, the evidence is somewhat insufficient."

"The person who can finally achieve the impossible is you, so if we want to win, it's up to you."

Zhi Xing looked at Makoto Naegi, who nodded in front of him but was clearly lacking in confidence.

After a brief thought, he looked towards the other end of the corridor, where a lottery room was used to enrich campus life, and said to [Lucky]:

"Since you don't have enough luck logically, let's go out there and use our talents."

"That's enough time for a lottery."

"Huh? This..."

"Go, go and come back quickly."

"Oh, um!"

Zhixing looked at the running back of [Luck], then looked at [Despair] standing in the front row in the elevator waiting room, then lowered his head to look at [Hope] under the floor, whom he had yet to see again.

"The foundation of the world?"

Chapter 382 Special Rules

"Welcome to... the class referee."

"Because this is the last class referee match, special rules are required..."

[Despair], who skipped the transformation process, stood directly in the original position of [Hot Girl], while [Soldier] came to the unnamed sixteenth empty seat opposite the referee's seat.

"Why add temporary rules? Didn't the prisoners already know this? It was you who did it, so let's vote now!" The [Disciplinary Officer] standing by protested.

"Really? Okay, then let's start voting now..." [Despair] was ready to agree casually.

"Wait!" Zhi Xing, who was standing in the position of the programmer who was not present, raised his hand and interrupted. "Can you first tell me what special rules you want to announce?"

"There's no need to listen to so much. As long as you choose [Hot Girl] in the end, then [Hot Girl] will carry out the execution. After the execution, no matter what the result is, it's fine!" [Baseball Player] said with ease, as if he didn't need to analyze the problem and directly chose the benefit.

"Yes, in the current situation, as long as the [Despair] who can control the black and white bear outside is gone, then the remaining [soldiers] will not be a match for so many of us!" [Literary Girl] immediately added. After all, the ones fighting are [Murderer] and [Literary Girl], so what pressure is there in that.

"The most important thing now is not the confession of the murderer himself, but to let others confirm that the murderer is [Despair], just like the court procedures need to be followed after the criminal is arrested. That's why you want to collect evidence, [Bystander]." After saying this, [Young Master] turned his gaze to Zhixing who was standing beside him, and his words seemed to confirm Zhixing's purpose.

"Rather than convincing others of the other party's crime, it's more about making everyone on the live broadcast acknowledge that [Despair] was executed for murder. Of course, the more crucial thing is, knowing that this was likely a death sentence for the school referee, why did they add ante and drag me into it? They clearly had no idea about the script content that I might know." Zhixing explained suspiciously.

"Perhaps [Despair] calculated your reaction and knew that you might raise questions, so it chose you to join before it could be activated. After all, if you didn't appear in this school-level refereeing, regardless of whether we had your information or not, we would choose to vote [Despair] out as the murderer." [Gambler] looked at his own body placed on the ground and recounted his own experience.

"But if the [bystanders] hadn't told us, we wouldn't have known that the [soldier] was also a suspect, right?" [Swimming] looked at the very capable [soldier] next to him, and did not feel safe because of his physical fitness from years of training.

"Yes, yes! They are all in the same group, right? Maybe the killing was done by [Soldier] alone. If the boss has to do this kind of thing himself, then what are the subordinates for?" [Fortune Teller] feels even more insecure, and even suspects that if he votes [Despair] out, he, who is standing next to [Soldier], will become a victim of fate change when he is about to deal with [Soldier].

"What nonsense are you talking about? As a team leader, you should do it yourself and protect your subordinates. Otherwise, who will follow you?" [Bosozoku] was very dissatisfied with this, and had been paying attention to [Despair]'s movements, ready to take action at any time.

"I agree with the [Onlooker]'s opinion. Everyone knows that the criminal is [Desperate], so there's no harm in listening to the special rules the other party wants to add." The [Detective] looked in the direction of [Desperate], obviously wanting to enter the discussion stage, and seemed to have some questions to ask him.

"Since everyone wants to hear it, I will announce the special rules for this school refereeing match."

[Despair] adjusted his glasses, glanced meaningfully at the paper, and then spoke without waiting for anyone else to interrupt:

"Because the class judges in this game are not freshly excavated corpses, but have existed before the game began."

"So, in order not to take advantage of you, I'm going to make it easy this time. The unfortunate [Soldier] sister will be the referee, and everyone can ask a question."

"Apart from directly asking about the murderer's identity, my sister will answer all other questions with yes or no."

"Your victory will only be counted when all the evidence regarding this incident can be answered with a yes."

"On the contrary, if the answers include a negative response until the end, it will be counted as my victory."

[Soldier] nodded silently, and Zhixing didn't know when they had agreed on this.

"Haha, I see through your cheating!" The [Fan Fiction Writer], who was also wearing glasses, pointed out with certainty, "You two are twins, right? Then you must have telepathy and can change the results at any time!"

"Don't worry, I also have the talent of [mind reading]." Zhi Xing's calm words shocked everyone present.

"Could it be that you have also combined multiple talents?" The [Fighter] naturally thought of the way to win by giving up talents, and couldn't help but think that the final result of this school refereeing might have been acquired and promoted in the future, so the [Onlooker] would use a talent that far exceeded everyone's worldview.

"Could this be Kyubey's ability? When it came out and wanted to make a contract with the [Idol], the [Fan Writer] told us about its situation." [Lucky] looked at the Incubator who was standing in front of his position and observing the field curiously.

"Although my ability comes from Kyubey, to be more precise, it comes from Kyubey's wish-granting technology."

"It's not a social or professional talent, but a genuine superpower..."

"...It's called [Translation], right~" [Despair] answered softly.

Upon hearing this, Zhi Xing glanced at Despair, but just like before, he didn't understand what the other person was trying to say from his eyes or actions. He couldn't help but sigh:

"Yes, this is simply the ability to translate that I gained with the help of this girl, as a foreign visitor, unable to communicate."

"This Kyubey is just a fake. It doesn't possess the corresponding abilities. It just acts according to the memories it has."

Zhi Xing looked at the Incubator, then at the [Idol] who was also unable to translate and had not yet awakened, then turned his head to look at [Despair] across from him and said:

"Although I can't read Despair's mind, because as the Analyst, she already guessed it and has countermeasures, even if I didn't actively use it before, it can still be used to confirm the Soldier's judgment."

Although the paper bank has the ability to provide guarantees, some people still disagree with it.

"Why not just vote according to the original rules and vote out the mastermind? Why bother with all this unnecessary work?" [Baseball Player] was obviously still dissatisfied with Zhixing's behavior of betraying him in the first place, but at this moment he really wanted to end this school refereeing in a result-oriented way. After all, [Baseball Player] didn't find any useful clues.

Zhi Xing scanned the room and found that more than one person was confused about this, so he had to explain again:

"To be honest, I don't want to make things so troublesome."

"It's just... the current situation is rather special, and I need to make sure everything is foolproof."

"Special?" [Lucky] met Zhi Xing's gaze without fear, confirming the conditions that needed to be met.

“First, I’m not sure that execution can lead to death in this environment;”

"Secondly, I'm not sure whether the despair standing opposite me is actually me or a shadow.

“Third, if we follow our rules, I’m not sure whether the other party will pay for it;”

Fourth, I need to confirm the birth of the impossible person.