Chapter 72

                                    

                                          


                          
        
                          
(Y/B/F/N) POV
                          
Waking up I noticed that I was alone. Normally (Y/N) would wait but not this time. I went over to the night stand and found a note. 
                          
"Gonna get a head start on today, see you soon! ~(Y/N)" 
                          
I shrugged and got ready for the day. I quickly ran over to the dining hall. Sonia, Hajime, Kazuichi, Akane, Fuyuhiko and Chiaki were present. Nagito then entered the room and everyone stiffened. He stated he was going to explode the bombs today if no one found them and then promptly left. Dread filling us we all gathered together. I assumed (Y/N) was probably at the store or something. We all split up and investigated the island. I went to the fourth one and told the others to keep an eye out for (Y/N). Eventually we all went to the fifth island and investigated. We all went to the Monokuma factory to discover a truck of bombs and a laptop. 
                          
"We have to find (Y/N) and get her to help!" I shouted over the atrocious roaring of the truck. To my displeasure no one listened and instead tried to get the truck to stop roaring and deactivate the bombs. We all started to panic as we realized there was no way we could possibly get it to deactivate in time. Then we noticed a laptop. Hajime tapped the space key and a video started playing. It was of Nagito. He was talking about the bombs. We listened together intently. 
                          
"It will only disarm if you scan an E-Handbook on the card reader above the bomb," the video said. 
                          
"Leave it to me!" Akane shouted. 
                          
"However," the video continued, "only a traitor's Handbook will work." Everyone in the room groaned. He continued on about how he knew who the traitor was. He ended with a question on what the traitor will do. Everyone began complaining about how this was about the traitor all over again. 
                          
"Why don't I try to swipe my E-Handbook?" Chiaki suggested, "We could all go one by one."
                          
"But what if it triggers the bombs if it's wrong?!" Kazuichi accused, "We only have one chance!"
                          
"But what if nothing happens?" Chiaki replied. Annoyed, Chiaki swiped her E-Handbook over the card reader. BZZT. 
                          
"See nothing happened, so who wants to go next?" Chiaki continued. 
                          
"But what if it was a fluke?!" Kazuichi replied. Fuyuhiko and Akane mused to themselves that Chiaki was probably not the traitor while I stood next to Hajime uncomfortably. Then a chortling sound resonated in the room.
                          
"That sounded like the truck... THE TRUCK!" Kazuichi exclaimed. He ran over to the automobile and peered into the glass. "THE TRUCK IS OUT OF GAS!" He screeched. We all knew we couldn't escape a blast so we all got in a defensive stance facing the truck. 
                          
A loud booming voice erupted from the entrance of the factory making us turn our gazes towards the sound. "It is not a bomb!" The room was then filled with a bright...colorful light? We all untensed our muscles and turned towards the owner of the voice. 
                          
"Sonia?" Hajime asked. 
                          
"Yes, it was just as I thought," Sonia replied. 
                          
"The laptop!" I called out. We all rushed over to the device and another video began. It was Nagito again, mocking our "stupidity" to believe him. He then slipped in a deprecating comment about himself before the video ended. 
                          
"So it was all a bluff?" Fuyuhiko questioned outraged. 
                          
"Yeah, the one he used in the dining hall must've been from the Octagon," I chipped in. 
                          
"Then it was definitely not strong enough to blow up an island," Hajime mumbled. 
                          
"Then is he still watching from somewhere?" Akane asked outraged, "is that how he got it to play perfectly?"