Chapter 20 is here! I hope everyone is doing okay. As usual I will address the reviews for the previous chapters.

Sanitel thank you for your review. Regarding Fuhito, I am aware of how he is and have kept that in mind while writing, and have done my research. I appreciate hearing your thoughts regarding the character though. Thank you.

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Komaru and Mukuro were on the rooftop of a nearby building. Mukuro was using binoculars as she was viewing a large location from across from them, while Komaru was sitting on the rooftop, just resting. Binoculars she managed to get from the Resistance as the resource gathering Yuta and Yukimura have been doing, managed to find one. The location she was surveying was the Science Memorial Hall which served as Towa City's science museum. The supposed location of the next hostage was supposed to be there, from the latest Hit List card the two found recently. Mukuro was currently surveying the outside of the building with binoculars, wanting to see if there were any Monokumas outside. It was a very large structure, that was easily bigger than the library the two girls explored at the previous day.

"A science museum… I miss going to places like that with my brother," Komaru remarked out loud, while Mukuro turned to look at her. "I mean… we got to see some neat stuff and be together,"

"Like what?" Mukuro asked. Komaru pondered as she had a thinking like expression before answering her.

"Like… they had an exhibit on space! They had models for every planet!" Komaru exclaimed. "Wait… do you think Pluto is a planet Mukuro?"

"What?" Mukuro said with a confused look, as she didn't expect that kind of question at all. "You're asking me if I think Pluto is a planet?"

"Yeah. My brother and I were arguing about that, since at the space exhibit, they didn't have Pluto as a planet. He said it used to be considered a planet back then but now it's considered a dwarf planet. We argued whether it should still be a planet or a dwarf planet," Komaru explained.

"And where do you fall on this debate?" Mukuro asked, while Komaru had a cheeky grin form on her place.

"Not telling!" Komaru proudly proclaimed while Mukuro rolled her eyes. "Till… you tell me what side of the debate you're on. Team planet, or team dwarf planet for Pluto?

"I'm on team, I don't care," Mukuro replied, as she went back to using her binoculars on the area, while Komaru sighed. "What about the other exhibits? Besides the space one,"

"Well… they had an exhibit on robotics. It was pretty cool seeing the different kinds of robots they had," Komaru said. "One day the robots will do most of the jobs for us! That's going to be so neat!"

"I mean… that's already happening arguably," Mukuro replied back. "Robotics… too bad all the Monokumas are killer robots, in our case,"

"I mean… they didn't have to be made that way," Komaru questioned. "If everyone in the world had a cute little bear robot that helped them out, that be a better use of them, don't you think?"

"I suppose," Mukuro replied, as she continued to survey the area around the Science Memorial Hall. She then saw a concerning sight, as she scowled. "Well speak of the devils,"

"What's wrong Mukuro?" Komaru asked, as she stood up and walked towards the soldier girl.

"See for yourself," Mukuro said as she handed the binoculars to Komaru. The younger girl took the item she was handed, and looked through them. She saw what appeared to be a new kind of Monokuma, that she and the older girl with her, had yet to encounter. The Monokumas were wearing white jetpacks, and wielded what appeared to be flamethrowers as their weapon of choice. They also wore white gas masks over their faces, and said faces now lacked right eyes, and had glowing left eyes. These were the Destroyer Monokumas, and were flying over the Science Memorial Hall, now patrolling it. "Because of these pests now showing up, this complicates things,"

"Whoa. These ones look way more deadly," Komaru said with an added gulp. "How are we going to get past them?"

"Maybe we need to go inside, once there's less Monokumas around," Mukuro suggested, as she let out a frustrated sigh. "But then that brings up the question of when that opportunity will present itself,"

The two teenager girls on the roof suddenly heard giggling, as they both look confused. They turned to the sound of the giggling and saw a female Monokuma Kid.

"How did you find us?" Komaru said out loud, while Mukuro looked apprehensive.

"Let me guess, a certain servant sent you?" Mukuro asked with contention, not liking that he had ways to keep track of them. The child before them, merely giggled more, and then held out her right palm. The Monokuma Kid was holding something that caught their attention. Looking closer, both teenagers realized what it was. It was a SD card that had the Japanese characters for the word Link, marked in colors of the rainbow on it.

"Mukuro! She's got the last SD card for the hacking gun!" Komaru exclaimed. Hearing her say that, the Monokuma Kid took off, heading for the exit on the roof of the building.

"Here we go again," Mukuro mumbled out, as the two began to run after her, as they chased her down the building. Komaru was eager to get her Megaphone Hacking Gun, back to being fully capable, while Mukuro considered that last SD card, a possibility to get into the Science Memorial Hall.

Makoto was quietly laying on the bed, thinking over the documents he had found. Documents that implicated a certain group as being the ones responsible for creating all the Monokumas. He placed the box of documents that had the relevant information regarding the Monokumas, under his bed, in the room he was being held in.

"I have to make it back to headquarters with these documents. I have to," Makoto said to himself quietly. "This… this is big news. Maybe this will help us find where Junko is. Or maybe we can get rid of all her Monokumas, at least the ones here in Towa City. Or maybe-"

Makoto's musing to himself were interrupted as he heard knocking on his door. He became quiet, deciding it was best to not talk about this when his captors were around. A Monokuma wearing a maid outfit entered, once again pushing a cart tray, that once again had a plate with Monokuma shaped pancakes along with a knife and form, along with a cup of tea. The Monokuma then turned around to leave, and Makoto was back to being the only person in the room.

"Time to eat up I guess," Makoto said as he grabbed the utensils that were given to him. However, he heard the door open once more and saw a familiar face enter.

"Why hello!" Nagito said with a big grin on his face, while Makoto felt awkward at the other person's presence. "How are you doing during your time here?"

"Uhhh… I rather not be here," Makoto said, trying to not sound upset. "If anything, I actually really appreciate if you let me go,"

"Nope. That's not happening," Nagito said with a calm smile, while Makoto let out a disappointed sigh.

"Then why are you here right now?" Makoto asked, feeling concerned. Nagito merely smirked while Makoto could only feel more concerned.

"I just wanted to get to know the person who helped caused Junko Enoshima's defeat. That's all," Nagito stated calmly.

"Why? You're clearly working for her," Makoto replied, feeling suspicious. Nagito chuckled at the prospect he just heard.

"Am I? Do you really know that for a fact?" Nagito asked while Makoto couldn't help but wonder what Nagito's deal was. "Well regardless, I wanted to speak to you about certain things,"

"What do you want to speak about with me?" Makoto answered back.

"Anything. Like about your time in Hope's Peak Academy, your life before all of this, anything in general," Nagito said while Makoto looked genuinely confused now. "Let's discuss anything. You can pick the topic,"

"Why?" Makoto said, not expecting this at all. Nagito merely shrugged before answering Makoto back.

"Why not? I'm feeling rather bored at the moment and I want to entertain myself," Nagito stated, while Makoto could only just sigh. Still at least the other boy didn't seem to want to harm him for the time being. Makoto himself was also not in a position to be doing otherwise as he knew Nagito could easily get some Monokumas into this room, so he saw no reason to agitate the other boy. "After all I respect you heavily for derailing Junko Enoshima's plans,"

"Alright alright. Let me just… think about things to talk about," Makoto said, sighing as he felt today was going to be a long day. He picked up the tea cup he had and began to drink from it, and began cutting up pieces of his pancake. "Well a long time ago… I found a lost crane and…"

We see the two teenager girls at the Towa Arcade, as many busted arcade machines were present. Komaru was breathing heavily and drinking from a bottle of water, while Mukuro looked irate as she looked around the desolate arcade. The two chased the Monokuma Kid into the abandoned arcade, wondering now where she went.

"If these arcade machines weren't broken, I love to play some of the games here," Komaru whined. "Maybe there's one left I can find and play,"

"Focus Komaru," Mukuro answered back with rolled eyes. "We need to find that kid. I hope she isn't gone,"

"Should we split up? Cover more ground?" Komaru suggested. Mukuro shook her head in response to that.

"No. Safety in numbers. Let's not split up," Mukuro said as she took out one of her knives, while Komaru held her hacking gun, in a combative stance, as both slowly walked around the arcade. The two were careful as they tried to not make much noise, while seeing broken arcade machines scattered about. Eventually and curiously they found what appeared to be one working arcade machine. On top of the arcade machine was what appeared to be the SD card… taped to a Monokuma head shaped bomb that was wired to the machine. The bomb had a time limit for the time of ten minutes. The arcade machine was for a game called Monoku-Man. On the controls (which simply consisted of a joystick) were a note and some quarters.

"Been a while since we saw this arcade machine," Mukuro said while Komaru looked nervous. They both slowly approached the machine, and Mukuro picked up the note and read it out loud. "Collect all the pellets within the time limit, which will disable the bomb, and then you can get your prize safely!"

"Talk about game over," Komaru said extremely nervously while Mukuro pretended she didn't hear that. "Do you want to be the one, playing the game?"

"Not really. I'm not good at most video games in general," Mukuro mused. "The only real exceptions are shooters, but I get the feeling this isn't a shooter. I think you should play it,"

Komaru gulped, while Mukuro herself couldn't help but feel nervous as well. Komaru slowly took the quarters and inserted them into the arcade machine. A green and white Ball Monokuma with legs appeared on the arcade screen, who was the so called Monoku-Man. The character appeared to be in a maze filled with pellets, while what appeared to be four agents dressed like Future Foundation members wielding batons. The timer on the bomb started counting down while Komaru began to play the game.

It was another meeting between Class 78 as they were all in their usual meeting room. Most of them looked uneasy, as Makoto's absence grew more noticeable as time passed. Peculiarly, one other member was missing from the meeting today.

"Where's Master Byakuya?" Toko asked, as she was the first one to bring it up, while everyone else just sighed or stayed silent from hearing Toko use the term master for one of their classmates. "He should be here!"

"Maybe he's in the cafeteria or something," Hiro suggested.

"Nah. I was just there, and I didn't see him at all," Hifumi answered, as he was slurping on noodles from instant ramen he was eating from.

"Maybe he's in the bathroom or something. Let's just wait," Leon suggested calmly. After many minutes, Byakuya had still yet to appear in the meeting room.

"Maybe he forgot we were supposed to have a meeting right now?" Sayaka suggested.

"Not likely. Byakuya does not strike me as the type to be forgetful," Celeste calmly stated.

"But… we can't start till all the members are present!" Taka whined, as everyone turned to him. "It's like… having a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, without the peanut butter and jelly! Inconceivable!"

"But by that logic, we shouldn't have any meetings till Makoto is back then, isn't that right?" Chihiro questioned while Taka just looked awkward from hearing that, as that was technically correct.

"Is Byakuya really necessary to be here, for us to have a meeting?" Aoi asked, feeling a bit agitated, as she was not the biggest fan of the Ultimate Affluent Prodigy.

"He is still one of our companions Hina," Sakura calmly reminded, while Aoi just sighed. "Even if we have moments of disagreement, everyone should be allowed to voice their input,"

"Yeah… I guess that's true," Aoi said with a bit of reluctance. "Still wish he can be nicer,"

"So, what now? Cause if we're not having a meeting, I rather go back to my room and just do other shit," Mondo whined, sounding bored. Everyone stayed silent, as nobody seemed to have an answer. Finally, Kyoko decided to speak up.

"Let's just all go to his room, and see if he's there," Kyoko suggested. They all had no objections to her idea, as they all got up. After a bit, they all stood in front of Byakuya's room. Toko decided to knock on it, as they all waited. No response appeared to have happened.

"Master! Are you inside?" Toko shouted out, as she began to bang on the door with greater strength. Still no response, as if no one was inside. Toko decided to increase the pace as she pounded on the door even harder. "MASTER BYAKUYA ARE YOU IN YOUR ROOM!?"

Finally, the door opened and a very irritated looking Byakuya was now present. He held a book that had a bookmarker within it, as he now stood in front of the others.

"What do you all want?" Byakuya asked, feeling annoyed.

"We have a meeting at this time," Sayaka asked. "You… you weren't there,"

"That's right," Byakuya calmly replied. "I wasn't present at the meeting room earlier,"

"So ummm… can you join us dude?" Hiro asked nonchalantly, with a cheesy grin.

"No," Byakuya answered, to the point as ever.

"Why? You were at all the previous meetings, so what made you not want to join the one today?" Leon asked.

"I feel as of late they're not really productive and I rather spend my time doing other things," Byakuya replied.

"Something might result from them, eventually if we continue to have them," Sakura suggested.

"Perhaps… but I don't see reason for why something would result from them," Byakuya replied.

"Byakuya! We can't start this meeting without you! You're a part of our class and group!" Taka stated while Byakuya groaned from annoyance. "Please reconsider, or else we can't have our meeting!"

"It's times like this, I wish Pennyworth was here, to shoo you all away," Byakua grumbled. Everyone else either looked curious or confused from what he just said.

"Pennyworth? You mean the clown from those horror movies?" Hiro asked, sounding confused.

"No, the clown was called Pennywise, not Pennyworth," Hifumi said, correcting Hiro.

"Who's Pennyworth?" Chihiro asked, curious to know who that was.

"My butler who served me and my family," Byakuya answered. "Unfortunately, he was captured by the Warriors of Hope, and he's among those who are being held hostage by those kids,"

"That's terrible," Aoi said, while Bykuya simply sighed. "I hope he's safe,"

"Knowing him, he should be fine. He can handle himself," Byakuya stated with confidence. "Anyway, I believe I wasted enough of my time. I'm going back to reading,"

"But what about the meeting!?" Taka whined, while Byakuya glared at the Ultimate Moral Compass.

"You can all have the meeting without me," Byakuya answered, and was about to close the door till he heard something that made him not do so.

"Then instead of a meeting about the current situations, why don't we just have a casual discussion," Kyoko suggested. "Let's just have a friendly discussion between us all, about what's on our minds, that's not related to Towa City,"

Byakuya stayed silence as he thought about it for a couple of moments. He ended up sighing as he decided to place his book back inside his room, and closed the door to it.

"Honestly, at this point I don't care what gets discussed. I'm just going to be there to placate you all I'm just going to get myself some coffee for myself so I can put up with all of your presence," Byakuya answered, as everyone else looked pleased that Byakuya would be joining them. After a bit, they were all back in the meeting room, as Bykuya had a cup of hot French coffee, as he drank it calmly, enjoying the taste.

"Well since we're now having a casual discussion instead, I guess I'll start us off," Taka said with enthusiasm. He went into a thinking position, trying to rack his brain for ideas. Eventually, Taka just shrugged. "I need more time to think,"

"Why don't you ever talk about whoever the hell they kidnapped from you?" Mondo asked. "Most of us brought up who they kidnapped from us,"

"Huh… I guess you're right Mondo," Taka said with realization. "Well… the person who was kidnapped to me was my father,"

"You too huh?" Chihiro said, as he could relate, as his father was taken hostage too. Taka nodded to the other boy as the Ultimate Moral Compass began to speak more.

"Yeah. I hope he's okay," Taka said, feeling a bit more somber now. "I think he'll be alright. He's been through a lot in his life so what's another event,"

"Wow. He must have been through some tough stuff, for you to say something like that," Sayaka said, wondering what happened.

"He has been through a lot. Hopefully after all this is over things will calm down," Taka answered.

"What kind of stuff? I mean… if you want to talk about it," Leon asked.

"Well… there was a thing with my grandfather where he did something that effected my father and… no. Never mind. I don't want to really talk about my family anymore," Taka said, feeling awkward now. "You know what? I'm feeling kind of hungry,"

"Maybe we should all go on a lunch break, and just have lunch together," Kyoko suggested, wanting to bring the mood in the room back up. Everyone agreed, as everyone but Byakuya got up and decided to get food from the cafeteria, while he calmly drank more coffee.

Komaru was gleefully holding the last SD card, jumping up and down happily in glee, while Mukuro had an expression that was a mix of nervousness and frustration as she had sweat on her face, as the timer on the bomb was ten seconds away from blowing up. Normally she was one to keep her cool, but the way Komaru constantly had to start over had kept her feeling tense.

"Can we please get away from this arcade now?" Mukuro asked, snapping Komaru's attention back to reality, as the younger girl nodded to her. Komaru carefully inserted the final SD card into her Megaphone Hacking Gun as the two walked away from Towa Arcade. Mukuro sighed with relief, being glad that they were now out of harms way. "Now that we're away from that bomb-"

Before she could continue, both teenager girls were knocked down, as the arcade just blew up. Both teenagers slowly got off the ground, and just stared at the arcade, which was now on fire in silence and awkwardness.

"Why… why did it blow up?" Komaru asked with an awkward blank stare, as she was pretty sure that by winning the game, the bomb was safely disabled.

"If I had to guess… that kid probably had a remote detonator. Probably didn't want the bomb to go to waste," Mukuro said, also having an awkward blank stare. "Come on. Let's head to the Science Memorial Hall finally,"

"But what about those Monokumas wearing the jet-packs?" Komaru asked back.

"That last SD card you got, should be able to take care of our problem, assuming they're still patrolling around the place," Mukuro answered confidently. "You remember what link bullets do, right?"

"It lets me control a Monokuma," Komaru answered, as she could see where Mukuro was coming from. "If I can control one of the Monokumas guarding the Science Memorial Hall, then I can use it to take out all the other ones,"

"Exactly. So, we should be good to go to head into that building finally," Mukuro said, feeling pleased that the hacking gun was now able to use all the different bullet types. The two eventually made it to around the area of the Science Memorial Hall. Many Destroyer Monokumas were still patrolling the area. The two were nearby around a corner of a nearby building, not too close to where the Destroyer Monokumas were. They peered towards where the deadly robots were, ready to go forward. "Time to for you to put that Hacking Gun to work,"

Komaru took aim, and fired a link bullet at one of the Destroyer Monokumas. The robot she hit, slowly flew over to where the teenagers were.

"Destroy all the other Monokumas around here," Komaru whispered to the Destroyer Monokuma she managed to use a link bullet on.

The Monokuma nodded to her, and flew back to where all the other Monokumas were. The Destroyer Monokuma fired its flamethrower at the other Monokumas, destroying any in the flame's path and surprising the remaining ones. Seeing this, the other Monokumas turned to face the one that turned traitor on them and prepared their own flamethrowers. Komaru shot out multiple Break bullets, at some of the remaining Destroyer Monokumas, and they all blew up. This caused the remaining robots to become even more confused, allowing both Komaru and the Monokuma she took control of, to easily take care of the rest. At the end, only the Destroyer Monokuma that was shot with a link bullet remained, though it was now severely damaged from the attacks it took from the other Monokumas. It then blew up itself, securing the area from no Monokumas for now.

"Man I am so glad we got that last SD card," Komaru said with a cheesy grin.

"That worked pretty well," Mukuro said, pleased by what just happened. "Now let's head inside finally,"

The two went up to the doors to the building and carefully entered. Inside the two saw many exhibits that now laid in ruin, as the Monokumas had done a number on the place. Both carefully walked around, looking for the hostage they were supposed to find. After some time, the two explored many different kinds of exhibits, such as ones that covered some of the elements in the periodic table, robotics and automation, space development, chemistry, and such. The person they were looking for was still not found. They were heading to the last exhibit they had yet to explore yet. As they headed there, Komaru spoke up about the hostage they were searching for.

"Takaaki Ishimaru… Ishimaru," Komaru said to herself as the two walked around. "This guy's dad was a former prime minister of Japan, right?"

"Yes. That was what the hit list card said," Mukuro answered back. "What about it?"

"I remember when I was way younger, my parents would talk about a huge political scandal involving our prime minister," Komaru replied. "Small world to be rescuing someone, directly connected to the prime minister of all people,"

"I guess. Sometimes the way we end up connecting with people isn't as expected," Mukuro said back as the two continued to walk around. After much time, the two eventually found themselves in an exhibit that covered the human body. In a humongous room for the exhibit, had a ginormous human body, that one could enter, and go to different parts of, to learn about said parts and body.

"Do you think he's inside that giant statue thing?" Komaru asked, while Mukuro could only shrug.

"One way to find out," Mukuro said as both carefully approached the statue. The entrances to the giant statue were the feet on the bottom as the two entered the left feet. There were stairs that led upward into the rest of the human body statue as Komaru and Mukuro saw unreal blood, muscles, tissues, and bones.

"Good thing they didn't go realistic, or this whole thing be something out of a horror movie," Komaru said, a bit uneasily. "Then again, we're arguably in a horror movie with all the bad stuff happening to us,"

"Tch. I've seen worse during my time as a soldier," Mukuro remarked. "I thought you were used to all of the… bloody stuff since your time here?"

"Kind of. But it's not like it's something I want to see, you know?" Komaru answered, as the two got to a section that showed off center of the body, with the various organs of all kinds present. "I am a little bit more used to it, but it still bothers me,"

"Fair enough," Mukuro answered back. The two explored the part of the human body statue that was the center of it, and were now proceeding up the very top section, that was the head of said body stature. The two eventually stopped in front of a door that lead to the head section of the statue. The door was closed, as Mukuro carefully reached towards it. She slowly turned the knob, only to hear a yell from the other side.

"Who's there!? Identify yourself!" yelled a male voice, that sounded to belong to that of an adult male.

"We're friendly! We're not with the kids or the killer Monokumas!" Komaru shouted out in panic, as whoever on the other side, sounded on edge. "We're here to rescue you!"

"Prove it! Prove you're not hostiles!" the voice yelled back, sounding both a bit unsure and full of hostility itself.

"What do you want us to do, to prove we're not hostiles?"Mukuro asked calmly, as she was aware on the hit list card, Takaaki had a handgun on his being, if this was indeed him. She didn't want to get into a fight with the person she was trying to save, or any unnecessary conflicts in general. The voice on the other room went quiet, as it seemed they were thinking of what would prove something like that.

"Perhaps we should just open the door, and see who we're dealing with?" said another voice on the other side of the door. The voice sounded like a significantly older male, compared to the voice from before. Both Komaru and Mukuro looked at each other confused, as they weren't expecting another person to be present.

"No! This could be a trap! There could be multiple hostiles on the other side, and we'll be overwhelmed in numbers!" the other adult voice responded.

"Then what do you propose they do, to prove they aren't hostiles?" the older voice asked. Silence fell on the other side, as both teenager girls awaited a response. Seeing how long it was taking, Mukuro decided to make a suggestion, as she noticed the bottom of the door, had enough room to push something under,"

"I'll show proof that we're not hostiles. I'm going to place something under the door,," Mukuro calmly said, as she took her smartphone out, and had the photo that shown Class 78 shown on it. "It's going to be a phone. On it, is going to be a picture that will show proof that we're not hostiles,"

Mukuro carefully placed her smartphone under the door. She and Komaru waited while no one from the other side of the door seemed to be picking up the smartphone.

"How do we know this isn't a bomb or anything like that?" the adult male voice.

"If we wanted to hurt you people, wouldn't we have just opened the door and done so, by now?" Mukuro asked. "Please just look at the phone. It'll show proof that we're not hostiles,"

Shortly after she said that, she saw a hand slowly reaching for the phone. Mukuro and Komaru stayed silent, hoping they were looking at said photo in the phone. After a bit, they heard a voice call out.

"Back away from the door now," the other voice said. Both the teenager girls slowly walked back.

"OK. We backed up," Komaru said, feeling a bit tense for some reason. The door slowly opened up, as one man slowly entered through it. In one hand he held Mukuro's smartphone, and in the other he held a handgun. The man has black thick eyebrows above his eyes. His black hair on his head was also graying and he had a faint goatee on his face. He wore what appeared to be a black trench coat over a white buttoned shirt that also includes a black tie. The man was also wearing black pants and brown shoes. His face was somewhat pale and he looked exhausted in general.

"You two aren't with the children?" the man questioned. He looked at them further, and noticed that Mukuro was on the photo on the smartphone. "Who are you two then?"

"I'm with an organization called the Future Foundation. I've here to rescue certain people," Mukuro answered. "She's one of the people I rescued and has been assisting me since,"

"It's true! She's not lying," Komaru said, now having sweat on her face, as the adult still had his handgun pointed at them. "So please lower your gun!"

"Then for the girl who's in this picture, explain why you're in it!" the adult asked, as attention was drawn to Mukuro.

"I was in the same class with your son in Hope's Peak Academy," Mukuro explained, while the adult stared at her, upon hearing that. "Your son Kiyotaka was one of my classmates,"

The adult stayed silent, as he looked at the soldier girl, wondering if what he was hearing was the truth. Footsteps emerged as another person stepped out of the room, as the people present, turned to look. An elderly looking man with pale blue eyes and a noticeable stern expression was present now. He had white hair on his head, a white beard running down from his temples all the way across his chin, and a thin white mustache that was somehow all kept neat, despite being stuck in a city that was being attacked by killer robots. He wore a black butler's suit, black shoes, and white gloves. Mukuro's eyes went wide with realization as this person was the last hostage she also needed to say.

"Young women, from what you have just said, then that must mean you are familiar with one of the others in this photo then," the older man said, as he pointed at the smartphone. "Let me ask you this. What is the name of the blonde haired boy wearing glasses in this photo?"

"Byakuya Togami," Mukuro answered simply, as the older gentlemen looked towards her with interest now. "You're someone connected to Byakuya, aren't you? Aloysius… Pennyworth,"

"That is correct," the older man, now known as Pennyworth answered back calmly, while the other adult still looked skeptical and now concerned as this girl knew his name. Pennyworth turned to the other adult male. "It seems she is someone who knows the people who are connected to us,"

"What's my name then?" the other adult asked, wanting to see if the soldier looking girl knew who it was.

"Takaaki Ishimaru," Mukuro answered calmly. "That's your name, isn't it?"

The middle aged adult just sighed, as if to confirm what he just heard was correct. He then nodded to Mukuro, as to answer her.

"That's correct," Takaaki answered back. He still had his handgun trained on them, and held Mukuro's smartphone. "I still feel hesitant to trust you girls,"

"Fine. But know that we're honestly here to help rescue you two," Mukuro answered back.

"She's not lying! We know a place that's safe that the children and the Monokumas don't know about! Honest to god!" Komaru added.

"Show me proof then that this place exists then," Takaaki asked. Mukuro sighed with annoyance, as she now got the feeling this day was going to be longer then expected. "I can't help but feel unconvinced considering my current situation.

"I have an idea to show proof. But you have to give me back my smartphone," Mukuro asked. Takaaki found the request reasonable as he carefully placed it on the floor and backed away, while Mukuro slowly approached her smartphone and picked it up. "I'll be back later with proof. Let's go Komaru,"

Mukuro began to walk away, while Komaru just shrugged her shoulders and decided to go follow after the soldier girl. Both Takaaki and Pennyworth, went back to the room they were hiding themselves in. There laid large red bean bags which served as seats and something to sit on for visitors, as they looked like red blood cells. One corner had supplies of nonperishable food supplies, another corner had some medical supplies, and a remaining corner had some magazines gathered for entertainment. Both each sat at different large bean bag chairs, just resting as they waited for the girls to come back.

"You want to be sure they are trustworthy, don't you?" Pennyworth asked.

"My own father essentially ruined my family's reputation. My own flesh and blood," Takaaki answered back with frustration. "Adding the fact that I'm now stuck in a hellhole, how can I not be at least a little skeptical of most people in general?"

"Fair point I suppose," Pennyworth answered back. "Still… that young women knowing our loved ones is worth noting,"

"Yeah. I guess if she knows my son, she can be alright possibly," Takaaki said back, as he took some deep breaths. Both men just sat and rested on the bean bag chairs, as they went back into feeling apathetic. The teenager girls were now out of the Science Memorial Hall, as they were back onto the streets.

"What are you going to do exactly?" Komaru asked as the two were walking. "Actually… where are we even going?"

"We're going back to the Resistance Base," Mukuro answered. "He wants proof that it exists? Then we'll bring proof it exists. I'm just going to take multiple photos with my smartphone and then we'll head back to him and show him those photos,"

"That should work! Hopefully," Komaru said, as it was possible Takaaki would still demand more proof.

"It better. He's just like his son. Really stubborn," Mukuro replied back, as the two kept walking.

"I want to meet the other classmates, you and Makoto were with," Komaru brought up, while Mukuro raised her eyebrows from hearing that. "I bet they're an interesting bunch,"

"You can say that again," Mukuro replied back, as the made the trek back to the Resistance Base. "Though I can say the same for all the new people we've run into here, in this city,"

We see a dark bedroom that currently only had one person in it. It was Monaca sitting in her wheelchair, having a pleasant smile on her face. The room was still dark enough, so that you couldn't see anyone but Monaca, and a marble desk in front of her, that had a laptop. Monaca was having a video chat with a certain someone on the other line.

"Big Sis Junko! I got big news I want to report!" Monaca said excitedly.

"Oh? And what might that be?" Junko asked back. "Good thing you caught me at a good time. I was just about to do other stuff,"

"Mr. Makoto Naegi is a prisoner here! We got him locked up here!" Monaca answered back. Junko smirked, from hearing that.

"Is that so? Maybe I should come by and pay Towa City a visit," Junko answered back, sounding pleased. She then 'switched' personalities, as it was something she did sometimes, as Junko grew bored easily and it was one of her ways of trying to keep herself entertained. Now she looked bored, depressed and apathetic, and sounded like it too. "Well maybe. I don't know. I'm feeling kind of indecisive at the moment. Maybe I need a milkshake or something, to pep me up,"

"Mr. Servant is still here. We can get him to make you an ice cream shake," Monaca suggested. The bored Junko just blinked her eyes, slowly processing what she heard. Junko's personality then switched to that of being vulgar, energetic, and crass as she made a wild expression, throwing up hand signs.

"Hell yeah! I'm fucking down with that! Tell him he better be giving me constant milkshakes!" Junko yelled with excitement.

"So when will you be visiting Towa City then?" Monaca asked. Junko hearing this, calmed down as she took some deep breaths. She then tied her hair into a ponytail, and put on some glasses, and somehow got a clipboard present, as she now looked studious, serious, and analytical. Another one of Junko's personalities that she would switch to sometimes.

"Well… to be honest I'm still not sure. I might show up at some point. I might not," Junko calmly explained. "I may even show up unannounced as it were. I can't say for sure,"

"Okay. Well whatever works for you Big Sis," Monaca said. Junko then adjusted her hair, as her hair went back to the same hairstyle she had before, took off her glasses, and tossed the clipboard away, going back to her default self.

"Anything else I should know? Besides Ultimate Luck being in Towa City and all," Junko asked. Monaca thought if there was anything else she should say, as the green haired child went into a thinking position. Junko seeing this, decided to speak. "Let me guess... I bet my stinky sister has shown up, hasn't she?"

Monaca upon hearing this, flinched in response, as she didn't like hearing about Junko's actual sister. Junko just sighed and rolled her eyes.

"Tch. I'm not surprised. Mukuro has always been so predictable," Junko said in a bored tone. "I bet she's doing all she can, just so she can score some points for her lucky boy toy,"

"Well… yeah she's shown up," Monaca said nervously back, not sure what to make of the current conversation. "But know that we have taken her presence into account for everything, Big Sis Junko,"

Junko just smirked from hearing that and said nothing while Monaca had an awkward smile on her face. Monaca could only wonder what her big sister was actually thinking. The two stayed silent for a bit, then Junko began to laugh wildly.

"Well let's see what happens then!" Junko said, as she was now calming herself down. "Anyway, I have to go now. Till next time,"

Junko ended the video chat, while Monaca just sighed. New thoughts involving Mukuro entered the little girl's mind, and she merely gnashed her teeth at such thoughts. Monaca shook her head and took a couple of deep breaths, calming herself down.

"Big Sis Junko…," Monaca said to herself quietly and with happiness. Then the name she uttered next was full of contempt. "Mukuro... Iku...saba,"

We see Takaaki and Pennyworth in the same room from before. Both had their eyes closed, just resting as it was quiet at the moment. The silence soon ended as a knock on the door, to the room they were in was heard. Both slowly opened their eyes and stood up, looking towards the door and was hoping it was the same two girls from before, or at least not hostiles.

"Identify yourselves!" Takaaki shouted, as the adult made sure his handgun was gripped.

"It's us! We're back with proof!" shouted Komaru back. Both adults in the room looked towards each other, and carefully approached the door. Pennyworth opened it slowly, and soon the two adults saw the two teenager girls from earlier that they met.

"What proof do you have exactly for us?" Takaaki asked, curious of what they could possibly show.

"I took photos of the Resistance Base with my smartphone," Mukuro calmly explained as she took out her smartphone and went to the photos section onto it. She carefully held it in front of her, as she showed multiple photos, one by one to both Takaaki and Pennyworth. After she was done showing all the photos she had taken, that had shown adults staying at the Resistance Base, the Resistance Base, and so on, she calmly placed her phone into her backpack. "Will this suffice in gaining your trust?"

Both Pennyworth and Takaaki looked towards each other and then back at the teenager girls. Takaaki sighed, and had a small smile form on his face.

"Yeah. I guess after everything you've shown me, you two have provided a lot of evidence for this Resistance Base for existing," Takaaki answered calmly. "Fine…. I guess it's time Pennyworth and I get out of this place, and move to somewhere safer,"

"Give us some time to take some of the supplies we have on us, before we go," Pennyworth answered back. Both adults went back into the heart themed room, as both Mukuro and Komaru felt relaxed.

"This means that… once we get these two back to the Resistance Base, you have saved every hostage you intended to save!" Komaru said excitedly.

"Yes. But we still have to save Makoto, find a way to deactivate the bracelet on Taichi's arm, and find a way out of the city," Mukuro reminded. "Plus, we have to deal with that annoying pest, who said he would appear to us again, after all the hostages were saved,"

"He said he would tell us information that could help us find him," Komaru said, wondering about it. "I hope it works out,"

"I guess we should be prepared for him, once he inevitable shows up again to us," Mukuro said with annoyed, as she already didn't like that it had to happen. "It's all for Makoto's sake, so we'll just have to put up with him,"

Mukuro sighed loudly herself, as she really wished that dealing with Nagito was something that could be avoided. Komaru seeing this, decided to change the topic.

"Say Mukuro… now that you saved all the hostages… tonight before we head to sleep… would you mind if we talked about a lot of things," the younger girl asked, as the soldier girl turned to look at her. "You said after we saved all the hostages, we could,"

"It's fine. After all I promised that to you," Mukuro said back calmly to her. "Honestly… I have things I want to ask you too, so I don't mind at all,"

Komaru smiled at her, and Mukuro had a mild smirk on her face. The two it seemed would finally have their heart to heart, discussing many things, as the two were now once again closer to the endgame of their journey.

To Be Continued…

So what did you guys think? Notes as always.

1. Hiro and Hifumi referenced a certain killer clown, known from the "It," franchise which has multiple movies, and was originally from a Stephen King novel.

2. Komaru's talk of Pluto is something discussed in real life. Pluto was considered to be a dwarf planet during the late 2000s, whereas it used to be considered one of the main planets. It is still debated what it should be classified as.

3. Monoku-Man is the Pac-Man parodying mascot, seen on all the Arcade Machines in the original Another Episode.

4. One thing that Byakuya does like is coffee, so to see him come along, just so he can get some coffee is something.

That should be it for now. I hope you all enjoyed reading this chapter and the story so far. If you have any comments, criticisms, etc you would like to bring up, don't be afraid to do so. Otherwise, till next time!