Broki-chan turns off the flashlight and tries several combinations before finally getting it right with Sakura's birthdate, 2-0-0-4. The lock falls off the door almost immediately the moment Broki-chan puts the combination in. Broki-chan opens the door, leading to a dark room with a single light off in the distance, hovering over something Broki-chan could barely see. As he gets closer and closer to the light, the more he must force himself to not vomit because of the smell. It was a rancid smell to the point it was making Broki-chan's eye water, almost as if something was rotting. Broki-chan completely stops in his tracks out of shock upon properly seeing what was under the light.
It was Sakura's head, decapitated, with the axe still lodged into the back of her head.
Broki-chan also notices the sewing equipment right next to the head as he backs away. As he's backing away, he quickly decides to sprint to the door. He tries to unlock the door but can't, resorting to banging on the door until he falls to his knees in tears. After a few minutes of crying and pleading, Broki-chan gets up and very reluctantly turns the flashlight on and slowly walks towards the head as realises that the only thing he can do is move forward. As he gets closer to the head, he sees a message on one of the walls, above a door, which read 'Liberate the damning axe, mend the silent echoes, chase shadows to truth, where the answer bellows... With head, axe, and seamstress' aid, unravel the scheme... Seek justice's thread, weave lies apart, until the darkness is addressed.'
Broki-chan, now knowing what it wants him to do, immediately shakes his head as he says "Nope, nuh uh, no way in hell I'm doing that". He goes to try and open the other door but to no avail. He takes a deep sigh, looking back at the head before pacing as he talks to himself "I have to do it but- no I can't there has to be another way... but I can't see anything else in here- holy shit this is fucked up... I don't think I have a choice- here goes nothing". Broki-chan slowly walks towards the head, quickly removing the axe, throwing it on the ground and stepping back to compose himself. He paces around the room for a few minutes before slowly walking back to head, opening the sewing equipment, and getting the thread in the needle.
He lifts the head up slightly to get a better view whilst trying not to gag from the abhorrent smell. After a few minutes of complete silence, as Broki-chan sews the skin back together, Broki-chan finally finishes it, cutting the thread before he throws the head onto the ground. It lands next to the axe as Broki-chan walks away to compose himself once more. Once he's gotten his composure back, he walks back over to the head, picking it up along with the axe, flashlight and sewing equipment, making the door swing open. Broki-chan walks through the door to find a stone corridor which stood out significantly from the previous rooms. For some reason, Broki-chan had this bad feeling that something about this room was very wrong but he decided to ignore those feelings and continue walking through. He notices that there are 6 arches in the corridor with 5 of them having empty stands and one of them having something placed in the stand.
The rest of Sakura's body.
Broki-chan instinctually turns on the flashlight as he mutters "It better not be wanting me to do what I think it wants me to do". Above the body, there's another message which simply read: 'fix the bishop'. Broki-chan is confused for a second before realising who it was referring to and taking another deep sigh as he places the axe and head down on the pedestal in front of the stand. He places the sewing equipment on the floor and looks behind him with the flashlight, only to find that a few of the stands look like they were ready to have someone stuffed into them. He walks over to the other empty stands, only to find that they all have words above them which read in order: 'knight, knight, bishop, rook, the king & queen'. It didn't make any sense to Broki-chan and only made him even more confused.
He finds nothing else in the corridor and hesitantly walks over to the body, picking up the head and aligning it with the rest of the body. Once he gets the head at the right angle, he picks up the sewing needle with the thread still in it and begins to sew the head and body back together. After much trial and error, he finally manages to properly sew it on without the head falling off. He quickly takes a step back once he notices some strange black liquid beginning to drop from Sakura's neck. The black liquid begins to flow down from Sakura's neck heavily for a few minutes and it begins to move as if it were leading Broki-chan somewhere. Broki-chan decides to follow the mysterious black liquid despite not wanting to touch it.
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It first leads him to a room with several different hallways, but he doesn't let his curiosity get to him as he follows the liquid to the room on the right. The next room was almost a complete replica of the last one, however, Broki-chan didn't notice this as he followed the liquid to the room in front of him. At this point, Broki-chan is noticing that the rooms appear to be repeating as he follows the liquid left. Broki-chan, now slightly panicked, continues to follow the liquid as he goes to the room on his right. Whether it was out of curiosity or stupidity, Broki-chan continued following the liquid through several rooms until he entered a different room. This room had two closed doors, in one of them Broki-chan could just barely see sunlight coming in and the other appeared to lead to another room.
This room also had in between the doors a deteriorated statue of a person pretending to be an angel. Broki-chan couldn't recognise the person as it had most of its face covered in the same black liquid. The black liquid suddenly stops moving and begins to form a puddle. Words began to form inside this puddle which read: 'One guess to unveil my killer; a correct answer opens the path to my death's secrets, an incorrect one swiftly ejects you from this room.'
Broki-chan thinks about it, wondering who could have possibly been the killer before he remembers what Sakura said earlier, concluding that it could only be one of three people. Broki-chan sighs before looking up at the statue as he says "Nahoko Kamiyama". The liquid begins to make a loud hissing sound as the words change to form the word 'INCORRECT'.
The door on the left swings open, revealing the bright sunlight. Without thinking, Broki-chan immediately sprints out of the door, somehow leaving from the entrance to the boiler room. Broki-chan doesn't pay any attention to that as he sprints out of the school. While he's running, Monika floats over to him, asking him "Broki-chan, what's wrong? What's happened?". Broki-chan doesn't respond as he continues running, leaving Monika there, confused.
His eyes began to swell up with tears as he kept running. As he's running out of the school, he briefly notices Nahoko and Miyoko staring at him, slightly surprised at his arrival. He hides behind the costume shed before proceeding to burst into tears as he collapses to the ground. After a few minutes of sobbing, he hears someone's footsteps nearby before they stop almost right in front of him. Broki-chan looks up to see Nahoko standing in front of him as she asks "Broki-chan are you okay? What happened?".
Broki-chan doesn't respond as he looks back at the ground, shaking his head and tears continue to drip down his face and onto the snow. He takes a deep breath to try and stop crying as Miyoko approaches them and asks "Broki? What's wrong? Is everything ok-". Miyoko pauses as she looks at Nahoko in confusion which is reciprocated. After a second or so, they both immediately glaring daggers at each other."The boiler room-" said Broki-chan looking up at the girls. Miyoko immediately stops and turns to him in confusion as Nahoko looks at Broki-chan as if she's upset that he went in there without her. Broki-chan almost chokes on his words as he continues "I- There was- She was- I found- I found Sakura's head in the boiler room and I- I had to- it forced me to find the- rest of the body and- and- stitch it back together, I- we should probably tell the police about this". Miyoko looks a bit surprised as she makes a 'huh' sound. Nahoko gives Miyoko a look as she whispers, "did you?". Miyoko shakes her head and moves closer to Nahoko before they both begin whispering to each other.
Broki-chan stares at them, wondering what they're talking about before they both turn to him. Nahoko looks at Miyoko then back at Broki-chan, Miyoko does a slight nod in response and says "look Broki, me and Nahoko both think that it's not a good idea to call the police just yet". Broki-chan wipes the remaining tears from his eyes with a shocked look as he says "w-what? why?".
Miyoko looks almost too excited, considering the circumstances, as she says "Oh, Broki, you know how much I- we adore you! We just think that involving the police right now might not be the best idea. They might get the wrong guy or look in the wrong places, I mean more than 50% of murder cases go unsolved but don't worry, we've got a plan!" Nahoko nods in agreement as she adds "Yes that's right, Broki-chan. As your most devoted friends, we want only the best for you and to help you. Trust us, we'll make everything right and we'll take down the killer, no matter what." Broki-chan looks at the two, bewildered for a moment before snapping out of it and saying "But, Miyoko, Nahoko, I found her corpse for god's sake! This is a bit bigger than some murder, someone tampering with the evidence to lead people away from the real killer." Miyoko walks closer to him, giving him a head pat as she says "Broki, you're so smart! But that's the exact reason as to why we shouldn't call the cops. you're right someone is tampering with the evidence, but don't worry. We've got a plan to keep you safe and track down this guy."
Nahoko also moves closer, grinning as she moves her head in front of Monika to look at Broki-chan and says, "We'll do whatever it takes to ensure your happiness, Broki-chan. Trust us, we won't let anything happen to you". Broki-chan reluctantly nods as he says "Okay... okay, I trust you both". He pauses for a second to look directly at Miyoko before continuing by saying "But what's your plan, Miyoko?"