希望鶴 ~ hope's crane.

❝ I doubt you would be familiar with the Kamukura Project at the time. Thanks to its unethical nature, the academy went to great lengths to hide its existence and even among the involved it was on a need-to-know basis. When the video making my existence public was leaked, the most logical course of action among the involved would have been to dispose of any incriminating evidence, and among the law enforcement, it would also be of their best interest to keep the investigation under wraps in order to avoid tipping the involved. Even now you may see similar behavior within the Future Foundation.  ❞ Naegi Makoto was now in a position that he couldn’t allow himself to be naïve, and Kamukura exposed how things work to the young adult. The general public would never know the true extent of the project, the same way that they weren’t aware to all the details and the true scope of the Tragedy itself or what transpired in that school shelter. Even so, why Naegi would make a point to stop and find information about the Kamukura Project at that time? It wasn’t something that a teenage boy would want to focus at the time.

❝ The society had been inexorably reaching apoptosis.  Slowly at first, but every passing year with increasing speed. Even without Enoshima’s interference, it was likely that your generation would witness the fall. But it wasn’t enough for her, she wanted complete and utter destruction as abrasive and violent as possible so despair would take deep roots and endure throughout centuries. It would become seeds to reshape the entire structure of mankind.❞a world which despair becomes the norm sounded trite. An existence of pain and self-destruction wasn’t something sustainable and would eventually lead mankind to possible extinction. ❝ For you, it doesn’t seem to have any everlasting effects, but for someone with analytical prowess can predict all the ramification of even the smallest actions: the ripple effect of her influence would be unparalleled. Even interrupted, her name will down the History and the world will never be the same.  ❞

Kamukura was sitting across the Future Foundation agent, his hands resting on his lap. The vessel for talent could tell that the security agents were just outside the room, even after being told to leave. It was a standard procedure measure – regardless of the true level of the threat, Naegi Makoto was too valuable to be left alone with the man so closely associated with Enoshima Junko. That young man defeated the true mastermind, the real face behind the Despair, and brought hope to the entire nation. That scrawny boy became one of the most influential personalities in the entire world overnight and was an important asset to the organization. Leaving the two of them unattended was already high risk and a possible breach of protocol. The Despair had surrendered himself over to Naegi, and during the past weeks he had not posed a threat or showed any sign of confrontation except for providing some replies that displeased the boy and the others around them, but was never outright threatening or adversary. Merely unsettling and highly upsetting with his uncaring responses.

❝ If you wish to understand, all you needed to do is to ask. ❞Izuru calmly stated. Despite being completely relaxed, he was collected. No unnecessary moves or stances, never slouching or sprawling like an ordinary person would do in that position. ❝There were a number of reasons why Enoshima Junko chose to place the blame on me, instead of showing the truth. On a lesser scale, it would conceal her real plans as it was the testing grounds for what would become the Mutual Killing. It would open precedent, and she wished to avoid that so electing me as the culprit would be convenient for her. ❞ Like he said, it was the least influential factor. ❝ Next up she needed to divert people’s focus on her. It was undesirable for her to draw attention at that point, and she wished to stay out of anyone’s suspicions until taking over the shelter. It was important to get a figurehead to get all the blame and make people believe to be the one behind the Tragedy until the time came. For that, too, I was her best candidate. It wouldn’t disrupt the hierarchy between her Ultimate Despairs, which was also highly desirable. ❞

❝ There were also smaller factors, but lastly among the main reasons is what I represent. I am the result of unethical and illegal experimentation, funded by the money diverted from the Reserve department. Instead of wasted in ordinary students, it was applied in developing artificial talent. It showed a lack of transparency and the corruption of the school’s manifesto of providing quality education and fostering hope. The one created to become the embodiment of the school’s ambitions, dubbed the Ultimate Hope, was the one who inflicted the despair. That would be enough to destroy the institution’s reputation and shatter the hope they so carefully constructed throughout all these years. It would throw both the school and the society in disarray, paving the way for her next move.❞