Who He Is

*Kei Machida's POV*

//July 22, 2040//Sunday//

As expected, everyone other than Kiyoko is surprised by what I just said.

"Haaaaah?! What do you mean, Machida? Isn't Ichi just… You know… Ichi? I mean he just said that he is a God, you know?" Raku asked.

"I'm not talking about that kind of thing. What I meant is I now know what Ichi really is, and how we can use this to our advantage."

"So what have you learned, Machida?" Megumin curiously asked as well.

"O-Oi! Wouldn't Ichi hear this? We'll be in trouble if he finds out!"

"Don't worry, Raku. There are no hidden cameras in our rooms."

"Huh? What do you mean by hidden cameras, Asahi?"

"Great timing. I want to start this out with what Asahi and I talked about earlier."

This is the first clue that we need to discuss who Ichi really is.

"When I was investigating the Arts Room before Hyakuzawa attacked me a few days ago, I saw a hidden camera inside one of the mannequins' eyes. I have thought about it, Why would a camera be there? And that is where I asked Asahi for his help."

"And my help too!"

"But you just tagged along, Ichika."

"SHUT UP, RAKU!"

*SMACK*

Ichika punched Raku on the head right after he stated the facts.

Never mind that. Let's just continue.

"Aside from the cafeteria, and the kitchen that we haven't looked up yet. When we finished looking for cameras hidden around the place, we have come to conclude that every room has a camera where it couldn't be seen easily. We can also assume that there are cameras around the cafeteria, and the kitchen that we haven't investigated yet."

"So we are getting watched all the time?" Megumin asked.

"Not all the time, and that is why we are discussing this here right now."

"Just like what Machida said, Ichi couldn't watch us every minute."

"What do you mean by that, Asahi?" Raku asked who was confused about what we are talking about.

"What they meant is that there are no hidden cameras in our personal rooms, am I right?"

As expected of Kiyoko. She knew already what is going on here.

"Not only that, but the hallways don't have cameras as well. But there is still one thing that I am uncertain about. If his goal is to watch our every move, then how come he didn't install any cameras in our rooms?"

"It's because Ichi is terrified that someone might be able to notice the cameras that were hidden. If I were in my room alone, I would be wary about my surroundings, and a person who is aware of where they are can easily notice everything."

I haven't thought about that, but Kiyoko easily answered my question about why there are no cameras in our rooms, and in the hallways.

Damn, Kiyoko really is smart.

"So just like what Kiyoko and Asahi said we don't need to worry about Ichi watching us while we are all discussing this right now."

"That is a relief." Hyakuzawa said.

"Yeah it is a relief, but don't you guys find it odd?"

"What do you mean by that, Machida?" Raku asked.

"We all know that Ichi has some unexplainable powers that he has shown to us. From teleportation, the recreation of things, even to the point of disintegrating, and regenerating in just a blink of an eye, with what he is capable of, Ichi should be able to do anything."

Now for the second clue.

*CLANG*

"W-Wait, isn't that?" Kanade asked.

I pulled the bullet that I got from the dissection that Kanade, and I did earlier from my pocket, and showed it to everyone.

"This is a bullet that Kanade, and I found in Shinsuke's heart earlier."

"That's a bullet? Isn't that too thin, and little to be one?" Ichika asked.

"Believe it or not, this could be possibly the thing that killed Shinsuke."

"Now I get it."

"Do you know what I am talking about, Kiyoko?"

"Yes, I remembered when Ichi pointed his finger at Shinsuke back then. What if that was not something supernatural? What if that finger gun of his is really a gun that humans use?"

"Huh? That couldn't be true! Why would he use a gun that humans use if he has supernatural powers?" Raku asked.

"Exactly."

I looked at Hyakuzawa who felt the same experience that I did a few months ago.

"Hyakuzawa, how does it feel when Ichi disintegrated your hand back then."

"It was agonizing. It felt like ants are devouring my arm slowly."

"That is the same way how I felt when Ichi disintegrated my arm back then."

"So what is your point?" Ichika asked.

"If Ichi wants to kill us in the worst way possible, wouldn't disintegrating us into nothingness be the perfect way to kill us since it gives the person a slow death and more suffering to the victim??"

"You have a point… But why wouldn't he do that?" Raku asked.

"It's because he can't. If I will base my assumption on how Ichi kills people, he can only kill us by using objects that are man-made."

"Haaah?! Then what about all of the students who died on our first day here?" Ichika asked.

"It's true that what Ichi did back then was horrifying, and impossible to do in just a few seconds. But what if he used a man-made object to kill those people as well?"

"Then what object in this world could make that happen?" Megumin asked.

"If you planted a bomb inside all of the students who entered here, then doing that is possible."

Everyone was surprised by what Kiyoko just said. It was exactly what I have in mind about the mass murder of those students. But because of what Kiyoko just said, everyone started to get anxious.

"B-But then that means… We have a bomb inside of us right now?"

"Don't worry, Megumin. If the bomb inside us is still working, there is no point for Ichi to use that finger gun of his to kill us. Ichi might haven't even planted a bomb inside us in the first place. Do you remember the schedules that were given to you on your first day of class?"

"We were a bit late than the majority of the students who came early."

"Exactly, Kiyoko. Ichi might be waiting for all of your arrivals on that day, and he also expected that all of you people would be getting the first place on that Diagnostic Test."

"T-Then that means…" Kanade said anxiously.

"Except us, Ichi probably has planned to kill every student here in the first place."

"That couldn't be…"

"One more thing, why would Ichi use drugs to overdose Hyakuzawa just to make him insane? It doesn't make sense."

Everyone started to think about all the things that I have just said, and it looks like they thought that all of it makes sense.

If they all understood that Ichi is probably using man-made objects to kill us, then the answer to who Ichi is should be already obvious.

"Ichi is also human just like us."

******** TO BE CONTINUED ********