An Ally, An Enemy

"You need to be more careful."

"Huh? You're not mad at me?"

Kyoko pressed her face into her glove. "I was in the dining hall with a rather large group. They've all begun to pick up on the... recent strangeness. Hifumi was looking at the clock, and he swore he watched it jump five minutes. Chihiro mentioned the same. I was confiscating a pair of Celeste's panties and she pointed out that certain individuals have been acting strange."

"I wonder what prompted that." He shrugged.

"The key issue is they've begun to associate this with you. Leon felt you were acting strange, I even noticed him following you at one point."

"F-Following me? Why?"

She deadpanned. "I can already think of a dozen slight contradictions that point to your involvement. If I weren't your ally, I'd have put an end to this long ago."

"Kyoko, I appreciate your concern, but there's only so much I can do. The faster I get this all done, the sooner-"

"Stop. Don't tell me any more. You don't want to risk crossing Monokuma's line." She crossed her arms. "Though if I were to provide advice, get the boys on a leash."

"Uh, I... I can't really do much about the guys..."

"It's a metaphor."

"Oh." He scratched his head.

"You need them to remain unaware, moreso than me." She stated. "Try to set up a barrier between... Makoto."

"Uh, yeah?"

"You have contraband."

"Dang it." He frowned.

"It's right..." She leaned in close and gently placed a kiss on his lips, pressing her tongue through. "Here."

"Mmh!" He moaned.

She pulled away and made for the door. "I'll take this stolen kiss where it belongs."

Makoto was left standing there, his head spinning. She had an instruction left unfinished. Barrier between... the guys and girls, maybe? That would be almost impossible, and ten times more suspicious. Barrier between the mastermind and them? How would he even go about it? Then it clicked. The traitor. She was tasked with investigating them after all. But how was he supposed to isolate an individual he couldn't even identify?

Maybe that was her warning. He was too focused on finishing the triggers that he hadn't been growing truly close to anyone. Now that he thought about it, each challenge may have just been completed by growing close to them individually. "That's Monokuma's trap!"

"That's Monokuma's what-now?"

"H-Hiro? What's up, man?"

"Just checking for power zones on the second floor. Have you spotted any?"

This was it. His opportunity. Makoto spent some time wandering around with Hiro, spending his free time, for once, not humiliating a girl. Something in his head continued to cry about wasting time but... for all that was going on, it was good to finally relax for once. His hard-on even disappeared finally. Holy crap, maybe it was cured by spending time with people he had zero attraction to!

"Makoto! This is it! I feel it!"

"Huh?"

"This doorframe, it's a rift to the spirit plane!"

"What, like ghosts, or?"

"Gh-ghost?! You see one?"

"No, I just... this doorframe is good?"

"For serious! I can channel so well here, my rate mate go up to 22%!" He clapped his hands together. "For helping me find this, I'll give you a discount on your first reading. Only 600 dollars!"

"What? No way!"

"400? I already read it and you can't just leave me hanging!"

"If you already read my future, just tell me!"

"Fine!" He whipped out an orb from somewhere Makoto didn't want to know. "It's true. My kids and your kids will share the same mom!"

"N-No way. Not happening!"

"Too late. There's a 25% chance it's true now!"

"Why's that number keep going up?" He frowned.

"Hell, I'll do you one better. Byakuya's kids will also have that mom!"

"How'd he get involved!?"

"Bahaha! We're like one big happy family! I'm the cool uncle, Byakuya's the rich... uncle. You're the boring uncle, and Aoi's the sporty aunt!"

"Aoi? Wait, how'd she get involved?"

"She's the mom. For serious. Hey, props to us for scoring such a hotty!"

"Hold on, so are you saying this is really going to happen?!" Makoto looking intently into his eyes.

Hiro laughed again. "Woah, hey man. Don't treat me like an enemy or nothing. We can share. I don't mind."

"A 25% chance, huh?"

"Maybe even 50%. You want another reading to seeing if it's true?"

"Yeah!"

By the end of it, Makoto ended up with a mountain of debt and an answer. Hiro affirmed the truth more than enough... and hell, if nothing else, why couldn't he trust the Ultimate Clairvoyant?

(Bonus!) Learn who will father her children for a reward!

There were three boxes for names.

With a deep breath, Makoto entered them in.

Byakuya, Makoto, Yasuhiro.

There wasn't a freeze or anything, which checked out with what happened with Celeste. Aoi probably just said something out loud, then immediately went back to whatever she was up to right now. Instead, he surfed to check the Bonuses page. Two were now lit up.

(Bonus 5 of 7 Unlocked) Girlie: Women will be far less observant of their surroundings.

Well, that sounded borderline misogynistic, but it would probably prove useful with triggers going forward. That reminded him, he never checked Aoi and Sakura's new tasks... and he soon wished he hadn't.

(2/5) Sakura Ogami - Receive a full-body massage. (Red)

Even the thought of that made his back cry in despair. But it wasn't even the worst one.

(2/5) Aoi Asahina - Have sex. (Blue)

"Oh fuck."