Even though Max could have said a hundred things, only one came to mind as everyone spoke.
 
[color=0076a3]“Look I…I’m sorry.”[/color]

Bliss huffed.[color=#F08172]”My story hasn't changed, I got some medicine for Caora's fever. You can ask him if you don't believe me.”[/color]


[color=lightblue]“I wasn't able to focus.”[/color] Emily twiddled her thumbs. [color=lightblue]“I've actually been treating my depression with medication for a few days now, if you must know.”[/color]

Caora, Braden, and Mary all had similar stories to Bliss, Max,  Noel, Calvin, and Ice. They were in their rooms with no other witnesses.

[color=orange]”Hmmm...”[/color] Lucy looked at all of her notes carefully. [color=orange]”So if we look only at the time Mercy was gassed, Bliss, Noel, Max, Calvin, Ice, Caora, Braden, and Mary are the only ones who could have done it.”[/color] She lifted up another piece of paper. [color=orange]” Bliss, Noel, and Mary couldn't have done it though. If Mundinol was the poison, none of them were around mercy. Noel was, but she was with Thomas and Denis. And... I don't think Denis took his eyes off of her for a second.”[/color]

[color=662d91]”Denis watch all pretty lady.”[/color] he scratched the back of his head. [color=662d91]”But Thomas also do so, with less respect!”[/color] 

[color=orange]”But regardless of how I look at the remaining lists, someone didn't have access to Max's badge, the books, or they didn't have access to the pharmacy where the chemical was kept.”[/color] Lucy was cut off by Jezebel's giggling. [color=orange]”Yes?”[/color]

[color=#bd71e8]”Hmmm?”[/color] Jezebel tipped her head.

[color=orange]”Did you have something to say?”[/color]

[color=#bd71e8]”Totally!”[/color] Jezebel folded her arms. [color=#bd71e8]”I went on a little stealth mission this morning. ”[/color]

[color=orange]”Yes yes.”[/color] Lucy waved her hand. [color=orange]”We're on a time limit, so the sooner the better.”[/color] 

[color=#bd71e8]”If you must know, I totally picked the lock to the pharmacy and grabbed a bunch of stuff.”[/color] Jezebel folded her arms. [color=#bd71e8]”And I totally remember picking up Litonix!”[/color]

Lucy gasped. [color=orange]”What!? Why would you do something like that?”[/color]

[color=#bd71e8]”Number uno, I needed some junk for #1 Baldwin's eye.”[/color] She stuck out a second finger. [color=#bd71e8]”Number duo, I totally wanted to see the look on Cyrus's face once he figured it out. Tres, Mercy asked me to.”[/color]

[color=orange]”And you just gave her access to dangerous chemicals like that?”[/color] Lucy growled. [color=orange]”She could be dead because of what you did! Now anyone could have access to that poison.”[/color]

[color=#bd71e8]”Nah, nurse Betty was tre smart about it.”[/color] Jezebel was grinning ear to ear. [color=#bd71e8]”She stashed everything in the quarantine room.”[/color]

Lucy's eyes were squinted shut. [color=orange]”Just... Did you take all the poison?”[/color]

[color=#bd71e8]”Nope! Like, I didn't want anyone to know I was there, so I took very small samples of everything and junk. Betty was quiet about the details too. She was working on something with someone. Dunno who it was.”[/color]

[color=orange]”If we survive this trial, you and I are going to have a talk!”[/color] Lucy turned to everyone else. [color=orange]”Alright, so which of you had access to the carnage sister's room? Don't make me stri-”[/color]

Monokuma pointed at the free runner.[color=magenta]”Felix.”[/color]

[color=orange]”Waaahhh!”[/color] Lucy turned to everyone else. [color=orange]”You just told us like that?”[/color]

Monokuma folded his arms behind his back.[color=magenta]”I don't want a repeat of the first trial. This is a christian killing game and I refuse to let people show their knickers to each other again. So yes! Felix has the handbook.”[/color]

Lucy locked eyes with Felix. [color=orange]”Alright, butler.”[/color] She was breathless. [color=orange]”You can explain how you came in contact with that handbook, but I really need to know if you shared it with anyone. I know Mercy had it, but at this point it seems safe to say she had the books and the Litonix with her too. So it's important that I know everyone who had access to that handbook.”[/color]


[color=fff200]“I...”[/color] Felix anxiously looked at his feet, a clear sense of dread taking hold of his body. He was quiet for half a minute before finally looking towards Max. [color=fff200]“I only ever gave two people access, and one of them is...dead. the other...”[/color] He said as he pointed towards Max.

[color=orange]”Alright, thank you.”[/color] Lucy wrote a few more names on her papers. [color=orange]”Max, you had access to the poison used to make Mundinol, as well as a book that explains how to make it. You were seen with mercy around the time she would have needed to be poisoned, and the badge definitely spent some time in your possession. You also have no alibi for the time the mask was put on her face.”[/color] Lucy put her fists on her hips. [color=orange]”Fwahwahwahwa! I'm blowing this case wide open! Regardless of how you look at it, the only person who could have possibly murdered Mercy evergreen is you! The evidence just doesn't work for anyone else!”[/color]

[color=0076a3]“Is that what you think?”[/color] Max placed a hand on his forehead and sighed cumbersomely deep. [color=0076a3]“I really screwed up this time, didn’t I...Even I, as a the ultimate cop came to the same conclusion as you. No matter how much I ponder and think, Nobody but me could have done it...”[/color]

It became eerily quiet in the court as Max did not offer a rebuttal or a defense of any sort, which felt like it went on for an eternity.

[color=fff200][b]”No!”[/b][/color] But then a single voice broke the silence.

[color=fff200][b]”I refuse to accept that, be-because Max couldn’t have done it, a-and I have proof!”[/b][/color]

[color=0076a3]“Is that right? Then tell me.”[/color]

[color=fff200]“Well...It’s cuz uhh.”[/color] Felix slowly lowered his head. Maybe it was because of the adrenaline shooting through his veins, but his feet became blurrier by the second. But could adrenaline cause you to lose your balance? The freerunner looked up again, only to see Max with a terrified look aimed at...him? Why did he look like he’d seen a ghost just now. Why was his face becoming blurrier and blurrier, turning a shade of red. And w.y w.s ..ery...ng rot.t..n.

Before anybody could react, Felix fell to the ground, hemorrhaging and vomiting blood until his body stopped moving.

[color=0076a3][i][b]”FELIX”[/B][/i][/color]

The room was eerily silent. In the following seconds, many of the infinites reacted by recoiling in horror or shouting. But not the bear. He sighed, seemingly relieved by the turn out.

[color=magenta]” Oh, phew!”[/color] Monokuma wiped some sweat off of his forehead. [color=magenta]”I was worried we might actually get through the third case without a second killing. That would have broken tradition!”[/color] Killgood looked at his watch. [color=magenta]”Alright, time for monokuma file 3.5!”[/color]

[h2]Monokuma file 3.5:[/h2]

Victim: Felix Garfield

Time of death: 8:30

cause of death: Unclear. Victim was throwing up blood before they expired. Thier lower back also appears to have been pricked by something. 

[color=magenta]”And for anyone wondering, yes, Felix's stab wound is consistent with the one on Mercy's hand.”[/color]

[color=orange]”But Felix wasn't near mercy when she was giving everyone a checkup. Does that mean Max poisoned Mercy and then came back to finish off Felix?”[/color] Lucy scratched her chin. [color=orange]”Did Max do anything weird when he came back?”[/color] 

[color=#F08172]”He didn't come back!”[/color] Bliss practically shouted. [color=#F08172]”Around three he left and we all started to set up. If mundinol was used to kill both of them, it couldn't have been Max!”[/color]

[color=0076a3]“No…”[/color]

Max’s eyes were locked onto Felix’s corpse, a glassy almost mindless expression on his face. His entire body was stale and motionless, and he didn’t respond to any of the comments made by monokuma or anyone else; the infinite cop was in complete shock.

Jezebel turned to look at Faith. [color=#bd71e8]”Still think Mercy poisoned herself with the badge?”[/color] She grinned.

[color=orange]”The badge is starting to not look like the murder weapon.”[/color] Lucy placed her hands on her podium and looked at everyone. [color=orange]”Felix was stabbed in the back with something. I want everyone to think back to the party, was there any time Felix's back could have landed on something sharp?”[/color]