After that, Fang Zheng smashed all the cameras and gave some of his opinions to the other students who were still confused.
"You can think of this place as a large program library, and everything is running according to the established procedures. Have you ever thought that if Monokuma really wanted to make you despair, why would he use such a troublesome method? If it were up to me, I would just bring dozens of Monokuma bears, tie you up, and perform the ten great tortures on you one by one. The effect would be absolutely amazing if it was broadcast live."
"Well……"
Although they didn't know what the "Ten Cruel Punishments of the Qing Dynasty" Fang Zheng was talking about, everyone couldn't help but tremble in their hearts when they heard this. Indeed, according to Fang Zheng's explanation, Monokuma had plenty of ways to make them even more desperate, so why did he have to use this time-consuming and laborious method that seemed to be prone to failure?
“The reason is simple.”
Fang Zheng smashed another camera while explaining to the group of people following him.
"It can't do that. I think you all know that when Monokuma appeared in front of you, he introduced himself as the principal. In short, since he has obtained the position of principal, he has the rights of the principal and must also bear the obligations of the principal. This is a mandatory fixed right and obligation. If he wants to control the entire school and control you, he must do this. Otherwise, everything he does will have no effect on you."
Having said this, Fang Zheng paused for a moment, then pointed at everyone.
"You are the students of this school. Your obligation is to abide by the school rules. At the same time, if you break the rules, you will be punished."
"I see."
Kirikiri Kyoko seemed to understand something and nodded silently.
"I'm just wondering why Monokuma would make such a weird request. Killing people is against the rules, but it still insisted on making such a rule. Generally speaking, if we are to kill each other, the existence of such a rule would only get in the way."
"That's right, because only those who break the rules will be punished. If it sets killing as a rule, then you won't break the rules, and it won't be able to start. And... this also involves the principle of equivalent exchange."
"Equivalent exchange?"
"Yes, the school is a small society, and the systems and rules in a society are all relative rules. You see, generally speaking, if you kill someone, you must pay with your life, so if you commit petty theft or sabotage public affairs, it is difficult to be executed. But murder is different. No matter how many reasons you have, killing someone and paying with your life has been a matter of course since ancient times. That's why Monokuma specifically said it was 'murder' instead of something else. Because only in this way can it execute you on this ground. But if you have committed other crimes, then it is difficult to determine the limit of execution."
Having said this, Fang Zheng spread out his hands.
"Look, if I stole a fat fish, you can't just use that as an excuse to execute me."
"Well……"
After hearing this inexplicable metaphor, the people behind showed complicated expressions on their faces.
Although this will not result in direct execution, if discovered, it will definitely be social death.
"But... didn't the black and white bear want to kill you before? Maybe it will send those... robots to attack us now?"
Curious baby Makoto Naegi was obviously a little uneasy. As he spoke, he subconsciously looked around, fearing that a large black and white bear with waving claws like the one before would come out from some corner and grab him to pieces.
"That's because my attributes are different from yours."
"property?"
"Yes, you are students, but what about me? Simply put, I am a bad boy from another school who came to the school to cause trouble. You see, if you are in school and see bad boys from other schools coming in to cause trouble, then the principal of this school naturally has the obligation and right to expel them. But you are students of this school. If I want you to 'drop out', there must be a reasonable reason."
Having said this, Fang Zheng turned his head and around the corner, and saw another camera right in front of him.
"So Monokuma can attack me, but he can't attack you. If he attacks you directly, you will be disqualified as the principal, and the control over this building will be instantly revoked. As for me... hehe, he wants to kill me, but..."
Before he finished speaking, Fang Zheng raised his sword and chopped it forward with all his strength. With a "bang", the camera in front of him was immediately smashed into pieces.
"It can't beat me. Look, a school principal is watching bad boys from other schools smashing, looting and burning in his own school, but he is completely powerless and can only bite his handkerchief and cry in secret. Isn't it miserable?"
“…”
It sounds really tragic.
"Also, I have one last thing to say."
Fang Zheng lowered his voice when he reached this point and looked at everyone.
"Like I said, the closed world we are in right now is a manifestation of rules. As an outsider, I don't care. But if you break the rules and get punished, I can't help you. Especially if someone wants to kill someone, if you kill someone and get caught, I won't come to save you. After all, just like I can't force my way through the iron gate here, if I forcibly interfere with the operation of the internal rules, it will also lead to destruction."
"Do you think we would believe this nonsense?"
At this time, Jushin Baiye, who had been silent all the time, spoke again, and Fang Zheng glanced at him indifferently and shrugged his shoulders.
"Believe it or not, that's all I have to say. If you want to die, you are free to do so. But remember, you have made a choice and you must bear the consequences."
"Although you say you are an outsider, aren't you trapped here just like us?"
Jushin Bai Ye was obviously not frightened by Fang Zheng. On the contrary, he reached out his hand to push up his glasses, took a step forward and looked at Fang Zheng.
"What if it wasn't someone else but you who killed the person? You are a magician and can use those strange spells. If it was you, then if we were killed inexplicably, we wouldn't be able to identify you."
"So you're stupid."
Fang Zheng chuckled.
"Do you know what the highest level of assassination is? It is that as long as all the witnesses are killed, there will be no more witnesses."
Having said this, Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes and glanced at the people in front of him.
"That is to say, if I kill you all now, no one will know how you died, and you won't be able to leave any information. Maybe in a few decades someone will come and find your remains and guess what was found here... Of course, the premise is that the civilization on this planet has not been extinct by then."
“…”
Hearing this, everyone instinctively tensed up and stared at Fang Zheng anxiously. Just as Fang Zheng said, as long as they were all killed, then it wouldn't matter whether there were witnesses or not, because as long as Fang Zheng was the only one left, then the existence of the witness itself - would no longer exist.
"But don't worry, I won't do it. Like I said before, I'm an outsider here. The rules here don't apply to me. Conversely, I can't take advantage of the rules here. Since Monokuma clearly specified the rules that only if one of the students kills someone without being discovered can they leave successfully, then a bad guy like me who comes from outside will definitely not be qualified to take the exam. So now I can only follow you and see if you can leave, and take a seat by the way."
"What if I can't get out?"
Naegi Makoto asked again, and Fang Zheng shrugged.
"Then you can't leave. Anyway, there are mountains and water, flowers and grass, food and shelter, and beautiful women to accompany you. It's much better than the harsh environment outside in the nuclear apocalypse. What else is there to be dissatisfied about?"
Faced with Fang Zheng's nonchalant answer, everyone was completely speechless.
After destroying all the cameras on the first floor, Fang Zheng said hello and went to stay in the classroom. He was the only one here without a student ID, so he naturally couldn't enter the personal rooms that required keys to open. There were only fifteen rooms in total, and there were no more, unless some idiot went crazy and killed someone and then was executed - but Fang Zheng probably wouldn't be happy to stay in a room where someone had died.
"call……"
Lying in the dim classroom, Fang Zheng was at ease. He simply put the tables together to make a bed, and then laid out a mattress, and fell asleep comfortably.
But...this world, what are you trying to prove about me?
Although it was an examination room, the system did not give any questions. Everything Fang Zheng had done so far was just based on his own memory and judgment.
By the way, Fang Zheng knew that Danganronpa had an IF line, where one could draw an escape device from the gashapon machine in the store, but Fang Zheng had just checked the store and found that there was no gashapon machine. This shows that IF is just an IF, and the world obviously cannot give you such a good thing.
But for Fang Zheng, this is nothing to worry about.
The original protagonists of the first generation wanted to leave because they knew nothing about the outside world. But now Fang Zheng has told them the situation clearly, and as for whether they believe it, Fang Zheng is not worried about it. Although I don't know what Monokuma used to erase their memories, the effect of this drug is also time-limited. Otherwise, Monokuma would not be so anxious to arrange motives for killing one by one. It would not be too late to wait for them to collapse when they can't stand the torture of time.
In fact, in the later stages of the game, as the effect of the drug wore off, some people have more or less recalled some of their memories - this shows that the memory manipulation in this world is really unreliable. If it were Shokuhou Misaki, she could make you forget everything completely with a snap of her fingers, and at the same time transplant a new memory into it.
As for whether someone would commit suicide, Fang Zheng himself didn't care. He also didn't think that everyone would believe him. This world itself was weird. In addition, there were many people in this group who were weak-willed and crazy, like the biker gang member Yamatoda. His motive for killing Fujisaki in the game was simply speechless.
Fujisaki is not afraid of exposing her identity as a cross-dressing girl, but you, a grown man, are still hesitant and afraid of exposing the dark history of your elder brother who sacrificed himself to save you? So what if it is exposed? Isn't this a beautiful story?
You killed someone for this? You must be crazy.
At the beginning of the game, the motives of Sayaka Maizono and Reio Kuwata to kill were understandable. Sayaka Maizono was the first... After all, there has to be someone who takes advantage of you first. At that time, her desire to leave here surpassed everything, and it was not unimaginable for her to want to kill people.
As for Kuwata Reio, after being attacked by Maizono, he suddenly thought that if the other party could come to kill him, he could also kill her. This was considered self-defense, and killing people was not against his conscience, right? So he killed a group of people in a counterattack and also tried to escape from this place. It was just a pity that he eventually overturned and was sent to the execution platform by a baseball kill.
But the motives of Yamatoda and Celestia for murder that followed were ridiculous. Yamatoda might have had a seizure in his brain, as Fang Zheng had complained. As for Celestia's claim that she had fallen for Monokuma's 10 billion yen and wanted to go out and live a luxurious life, that was probably all a cover-up - maybe only the idea of wanting to go out was genuine.
In fact, judging from what Celestia said to Kirikiri Kyoko before her execution in the game, she may have more or less guessed that the situation outside was not satisfactory, so she said the line "Is that really hope? I don't think so." Perhaps Celestia knew that the world outside was not that good, and continuing to stay here and endure the torment of death was not what she wanted, so as a "super high school level gambler", she took a gamble.
If you win, you can go out by yourself. If you lose, you don’t have to stay here and wait for death. Either way, it’s a relief and it’s a win-win.
But Celestia, why don’t you think about this: although there are winners and losers at the gambling table, the dealer always takes all.
"Boom boom boom."
However, at this moment, there was a knock on the door. Fang Zheng looked up and saw a girl wearing a Gothic dress, with black diamonds and bright red eyes walking in with a smile on her face.
"Excuse me, can I bother you for a moment?"
...This is really the case. Speak of Cao Cao and he will appear.
"Of course."
Looking at Celestia in front of him, Fang Zheng nodded.