World Domination Proclamation

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## Details

### Number of Participants

* Togami Family
* Team Byakuya
* Hope's Peak Academy
* Despair High School
* Myst'ry Research Society
* Ketōin Conglomerate
* Hasegawa Research Institute
* World Health Organization
* Clan of Assassins
* Citizens of the World (mostly in the Czech Republic)

**The World Domination Proclamation** (世界征服宣言) was an event that was hosted by Despair High School in Prague of the Czech Republic. After having the Ultimate Imposter impersonate Byakuya Togami, they announced that Byakuya would be taking over the world in twenty-four hours. The only way to prevent such a thing being if someone managed to kill Byakuya or find the 'pitiful cattle' hidden somewhere in the world.

## Overview

The World Domination Proclamation is a 24-hour event in Prague that involves pitting the entire world against Byakuya as a result of the Ultimate Imposter's impersonation of him.

The imposter 'Byakuya' announced their bid for world domination which they would do without delay unless someone either managed to accomplish one of two things:

1. Kill Byakuya Togami.

2. Find the 'pitiful cattle' that was hidden somewhere in the world.

With a 24-hour time limit, and the added bonus of acquiring all of Byakuya's assets if they managed to get him, it sparked an international manhunt for the affluent progeny with many people having varying reasons for going after him.

For the side of Despair High School, they sought the accomplishment of their own organizations goals in their bid to drive the world into despair. For Hope's Peak Academy, they desired seeing Byakuya apprehended, as well as trying to solve the incident without tarnishing anymore of the school's image. The World Health Organization, under belief Byakuya was spreading the Despair Novel wanted to arrest Byakuya and put him on trial. Organizations like the Hasegawa Research Institute, who desired knowledge, went after Byakuya in order to obtain knowledge concerning the Kudan - the secret to the Togami Family's prosperity.

There were also various other minor third parties, ranging from assassins and bounty hunters hired to kill Byakuya to the citizens of Prague who, under belief that Byakuya was their enemy, tried to kill him to save themselves (or just trying to survive the chaos). There was also those who wanted to use the Proclamation to go about their own machinations, such as the Myst'ry Research Society who went about their 'Operation: Global Locked Room Transformation' whilst the Proclamation went about its course.

Likewise, despite the Proclamation, there was those who still supported Byakuya, be it from belief in him or for their own gain. These range from some of Byakuya's own classmates that came to Prague, to the underground Ketōin Conglomerate, to even his own secretary, Blue Ink. For those aligned under 'Team Byakuya', their goal is to ensure that that the affluent progeny survives against the hunters after him and work to stop those who instigated the Proclamation.

In this manhunt, aside from the two win conditions, it usually meant anything goes in regards to how someone went about trying to kill/apprehend Byakuya. From using mechanical creations to experimental drugs to organizing a military force to go after him, everything was on the table in terms of their approach to killing the affluent progeny.

## History

With the remaining Class 77-B students joining Junko Enoshima's as Ultimate Despair, the organization had three objectives to be completed prior to the start of the Tragedy.

1. To be the only underground organization in power, they must eliminate every other organization - thus necessitating the destruction of the Council of Global Controllers.

2. To get rid of Kudan. They view having the power of prophecy as cheating and would only break their operations if they allowed to run amok, thus they needed to eliminate the Togami Family's prosperity.

3. To eliminate Byakuya Togami. While Junko did not want him to die, they knew that Byakuya's prowess would only cause trouble for them in to the future, so the plan was able made to 'handicap' him for later on.

With these goals in mind, they set about a plan in order to put the World Domination Proclamation into motion. The first part of their plan was their forces stealing the information concerning Hope's Peak Bible Plan and the Despair Novel produced from it. Taking the novel, they began to spread it throughout the world internationally and with it the notion of catching the Despair Disease from the novel. As a result, incidents of infected people rampaging throughout the world began to arise.

With the world in dire need of assistance, the Council of Global Controllers agreed to meet at the Church of Bones in Prague to discuss what should be done. This leads into the second event since Sonia Nevermind, who was a member of the council and Despair High, informed the latter of the council's location, according to plan. Thus, on the day of the meeting, Despair High ambushed the Church of Bones. As they slaughtered the council, they also knocked out Byakuya and stripped him of his clothes, though Blue Ink managed to carry him off to safety. With their first objective complete, they moved onto officially starting the Proclamation by having the Ultimate Imposter give the First Proclamation.

## Accounts

The World Domination Proclamation Domination has two known accounts that tell of the incident: those being from Blue Ink and Moleman. Once the event started, the world was thrust into worldwide chaos trying to find Byakuya and figure out what was happening. Blue Ink, who had to carry off a naked Byakuya (because Despair High stole his clothes except his glasses), had to hide around Prague, eventually managing to get a towel to wrap around Byakuya's waist and some food. For Moleman, his home of Cesky Raj was invaded by the  Myst'ry Research Society who were using their underlings to enact their 'Operation: Global Locked Room Transformation' scheme. Due to his reclusive nature, Moleman avoided the commotion going on outside his home and went to sleep during the chaos.

### Start of the Proclamation

When Byakuya woke up, both he and Blue Ink were confronted by Sonia who tried to capture Byakuya with her personnel, but they were defeated by Taeko Kanai knocking them out. During that period, Hiroyuki Ketōin and his sister, Yuika Ketiōn, got Byakuya and Ink out of there with there in their Mercedes-benz. After an unsuccessful bid by Hiroyuki to learn about the secret to the Togami Corporation, the team is intercepted by Sakura Ogami who stands in their car and wants to apprehend her classmate. Despite her attempts to stop the car with her strength, the group eventually manages to get away thanks to Hiroyuki's car turbo boost function. They regroup with Taeko nearby a crowd of Czech protestors, but are forced to leave her behind because she attracted the crowd to them. Soon after they were pursued by Kazuichi's modified flying baby statues and Sonia in her armored car, but after realizing they had placed a tracker in Byakuya's glasses they ditched it and were able to escape.

In Hiroyuki's Škoda Auto factory hideout, the team is able to wind down a bit and recruit Junko Enoshima and Toko Fukawa via satellite phone to investigate Hope's Peak on their behalf. During this time, Moleman had woken up and went outside his town to investigate. He joins up with another survivor, Satomi Aoba. and both end up being forced to drive off on account of running into the main cause for the other citizens demise: the Myst'ry Research Society. Following that, Byakuya's group headed over to the Church of Bones to investigate and its there that the team learns of the Togami Corporation's hitman, Suzuhiko Ōtsuki, having defected to join the hunt for Byakuya. At the church a battle for Byakuya began between Despair High (Kazuichi and Sonia), Sakura (who heard the news from Junko and decided to help Byakuya), and the Hasegawa Research Institute (an organization Taeko truly belonged to). In the end, Hasegawa ends up the victor after Despair High's mech was wrecked and Sakura was trapped by landmines. Following that, both Byakuya and Yuika were captured by Hasageawa as the church collapsed from a fire from earlier. Both Blue Ink and Hiroyuki escape the rubble and pursue the organization in Hiroyuki's car. During this time, a news report from Hope's Peak concerning the Proclamation and the school heads state their belief in the academy.

As Moleman and Satomi continued their drive to a potential safe haven and airport, a satellite drop fell on their location. The destruction from it severely injured Satomi. During this time, Blue Ink is left to pursue Byakuya on her own following Hiroyuki ejecting her to the island their enemies where on, all while his own car crashed into the ocean. On the island, Dretsky's Island, Blue Ink sees Hasegawa Hokkaido Branch leaders, The Chief and Subordinate Kanai, alongside a seemingly dead Byakuya. They wanted Byakuya for his knowledge of the Kudan - the secret to the Togami Family's prosperity. Ultimately, Ink opts to run away to avoid revealing the secrets that she holds. Cutting to Moleman, the M.R.S arrive on the scene of the accident and try to get Moleman to become someone under the Despair Novel's influence. He rejects the novel and takes society's Jeep in an attempt to find a doctor for Satomi. As he fails again and again, he begins to grow frustrated. When he notices a Hope's Peak student, Blue Ink, running along, he hits her with the car. Getting out, he begins physically assaulting the girl in a rage, but she manages to incapacitate him with a kick to the crotch and begins strangling him by his throat. Ink demands that he say his name, which he utters out as he blacks out: Suzuhiko Ōtsuki - the hitman that had already taken a contract to kill Byakuya. This ends Moleman's account, with the rest being from Blue Ink's view.

Blue Ink had passed out following that and when she had woken up its revealed Suzuhiko had murdered the M.R.S, the Hasegawa leaders, and had slashed everything in his vicinity in half. He was about to kill Satomi, but Ink had stopped him. He reveals that he had used his split personality to get as close as he could to Byakuya, who had faked his death. Just Suzuhiko and Byakuya were about to face off, the headquarters of Despair High School had revealed itself. Ink is captured via use of a mechanical device and meets some of the Despair High forces: Sonia, Kazuichi, Naomi Kagami, Sana Kagami and, their ringleader, the Ultimate Imposter.

### Middle of the Proclamation

Blue Ink is tied up and placed in the Imposter's office, who awaits Byakuya. The affluent progeny makes his way up to the office after forcing Sonia to reveal its location. There the Imposter And Byakuya get into a heat confrontation concerning the sins of Legacy Crown Championship. It's during this conversation where Blue Ink thinks the Imposter might be her long-lost, murderous, brother Kazuya Togami and a frustrated Byakuya declares he's going to try his part in conquering the world for real. However, before things can escalate Aloysius Pennyworth and a portion of the Needle Force enter and manage to retrieve Byakuya Blue Ink (but the Imposter escapes). The team escape the high school via helicopter and the Despair High headquarters is destroyed by their missiles.

However, before they can get to safety the team is intercepted by the Hasegawa Research Institute: Taeko, The Professor, a brainwashed Yuika and their Tentacles soldiers. In addition, they are also attacked by Kazuichi's flying saint statues and anti-aircraft attacks from other various parties still trying to kill Byakuya. Despite Team Byakuya's best in beating the Tentacles soldiers and the statues being destroyed, their Needle Force grunts are all killed off and their own helicopter controls has been destroyed. Thus, Byakuya and Blue Ink parachute to safety, whilst Aloysius is grabbed by one last Tentacles soldier and sent out of the helicopter.

When they land, they run into A54 - a new recruit to the Needle Force and soon after they are greeted by Celestia Ludenberg and Hifumi Yamada, who came to Prague to assist Byakuya. With no other choice, the team takes refuge at Celeste's convent, disguising Byakuya and herself as nuns. With their safety secured for now, Byakuya working on his plans for world domination. He sets A54 and Hifumi out to track the Despair Novel outbreak, contacts Junko to investigate the Despair Novel and recruit Kyoko Kirigiri to help her, and finally gives his own Proclamation to the world. He claims he is responsible for the Despair Novel and everyone will fall to it, the angle hear being to essentially bluff the world into thinking he has the power to truly pull this off. From there, Blue Ink notes how much Byakuya has been constantly in contacts with his allies to further his goals or to obtain info. During this time, Ink is called away by Celeste for a walk.

It's during this walk when Blue Ink begins to realize something's off with her sense of self and takes notice to how her memories aren't exactly aligning with what had happened in the Legacy Crown Championship. Before she can dwell on it further, 'Celeste' removes her disguise to showcase who she truly was - Sana Kagami. To make matters worse, 'A54'and 'Hifumi' are right behind her, but those are actually Naomi and the Imposter, respectively. The Despair High students take Blue Ink and advance to Byakuya's office only to find that he isn't there. In reality, Byakuya and the true Hifumi & Celeste are behind Despair High. In addition, Sakura had managed to escaped the mines and join their side as well. Via satellite phone, Junko is also watching the proceedings.

Byakuya notes he knew from the start that there were imposters leading him around, with most chalking it up to Byakuya knowing who his friends are (but the affluent progeny insists its because the Imposter showed their obese form one too many times). The Imposter isn't done yet and has both Sana & Naomi reveal their true selves. In reality, they are Ibuki Mioda and Gundham Tanaka. Both of those two claim that the Hasegawa faction was, in actuality, the Kasamori Drug Manufacturers. The Ketōin Conglomerate is also declared unreality, but no one has a clue to who Hiroyuki or Yuika are. Nevertheless, Byakuya is eager to end this battle once and for all. Hope's Peak Academy vs Despair High School.

However, that doesn't happen as a mob of violent rioters begins attacking the convent. This causes the nine Hope's Peak students to go outside, watching in alarm as the villagers had been infected by the Despair Disease (even though it hasn't been twenty-four hours yet) and were slaughtering anyone indiscriminately. They advance on the students, and the satellite phone is knocked out of Hifumi's hands. Before it shuts down, the voice of Kyoko warns Byakuya of the Despair Novel not being a physical thing. As the students were corned and about to be swarmed, gunfire breaks out.

Helicopters murder every single villager, and soon the area is covered with World Health Organization soldiers. Their leader goes up to Byakuya and claims that he is going to arrest him. Both Byakuya and Blue Ink are in shock as they realize that the captain of this new force was the long-lost Kazuya Togami. Kazuya has all Hope's Peak students arrested with Byakuya, Blue Ink and the Imposter all coming with him in his helicopter.

### Climax of the Proclamation

During the ride, Kazuya reveals the Despair Disease could be spread even without reading the novel, Hope's Peak were the creators of The Sage Plan and Bible Plan (the latter which created the Despair Novel), and demands from Byakuya the location of Kudan. However, Byakuya refuses to do so and the helicopter eventually lands so the group can ride in a train en route to Germany, which they need to pass in order to get to Byakuya's trial in the Netherlands. However, on their way to the border the train is intercepted by the Kasamori Drug Manufactures minions, the Tentacles Sodliers, which are being lead by Taeko. They attack the convoy and wage battle against the United Nations, which Blue Ink finds herself caught in the crossfire trying to reach Byakuya. Blue Ink asks Taeko if she knew hasegawa however Taeko has no idea what she is talking about. Before Ink could get killed, Suzuhiko comes in on a bus full of explosives and crashes into a horde of soldiers on both sides. From there, he ends the fight by cutting through any stragglers, including Taeko, leaving only Kazuya and Blue Ink alive on the battlefield. He claims he wants to join forces and reconcile with Kazuya, but is rejected. Before anything else can come up of it, a Mercedes rushes on the scene, driven by Hiroyuki, and Blue Ink hops in. From there, they drive off.

Taking refuge in the Karlovy Vary, as Hiroyuki and Blue Ink eat, they discuss Ink's Borges, and how it potentially have been lying to her since she's been confusing fiction as being her reality. They discuss the issues of reality between translations and language/cultural difference in stories. He encourages her to find her true self and, when Ink asks who he was, simply says that he was her companion. He slips her a note with 'K' written on it and tells her to be herself, before he is shot in the head from a sniper. The sniper hits Blue Ink's Borges, which destroys it and Ink appears content to accept her death. It's only when another Proclamation comes on from 'Byakuya', encouraging others to find him in a suitable place in Prague, does she gain some measure of resolve. However, she is able to escape, though during that process her work, the Journey Under the Midnight Sun, was shot and destroyed as well.

Blue Ink hides out in the mountain side and winds up meet 'K' in his cottage. K explains that he was a Hope's Peak alumnus that worked on the Bible Plan, and when that project fell through, helped created the Story AI known as the K2K System. This system is what was inside Borges, having been placed inside the device in order to hide it, which caused it to overlay unreality to Blue Ink once her obsession with Byakuya wanted her to see a reality that catered to such a desire. He discusses the difference between the Rhinogradentia and the Dodo, and how while they are both extinct, what is the difference between which one is real and which one isn't without much evidence for neither existence. It's this talk with K that gives Blue Ink the resolve to see reality for itself. However, the cottage is attacked by machine gun fire from a helicopter and Ink flees in K's old car. The helicopter is operated by the brainwashed Yuika, but its knocked out of the sky by a rocket from Mukuro Ikusaba. Mukuro explains she's been camping in the woods since she failed to protect one of the Councilmen of the Global Controllers, and lacked money to head to an airport. Mukuro repairs her car, which had been damaged by the gunfire, and Ink continues on into Prague.

There, she discovered Suzuhiko and Kazuya had joined forced to find her. Realizing that she needed allies to save Byakuya, she secretly approached Suzuhiko and asked him to join with her. He took her towards a UN occupied house, slaughtered the soldiers there and takes her towards the bedroom. There, under the guise of wanting to be intimate with Ink, Suzuhiko crushes the prosthetic arm she got from Kazuya, which had a tracker in it. Kazuya and his minions enter the room after nearly getting blown up by Suzuhiko's C4 bomb, and Kazuya demands his sister. However, upon realizing the scene he walked into, Kazuya freaks out and brandishes his lightsaber to get Ink away from Suzuhiko. To this, Suzuhiko throws down a smoke bomb and takes Ink away, both of them escaping in the car Ink got.

As they drive off, both of them eventually run into Genocide Jack and both killing-type Ultimate's face off. Jack, who was looking for Byakuya, ends up getting the upper hand is about to defeat Suzuhiko when he is saved by Kazuya. Together, both of them back Jack in a corner and are about to kill her when a shot hits Suzuhiko, fatally wounding him. In a rage and grief, Kazuya rushed to the car where the sniper was hiding and murders Yuika. Blue Ink's unreality fades to reveal who her brother's true identity was: Minoru Ōe.

### End of the Proclamation

Together with Kazuya, Ink moves on past her brother's demise and heads towards Prague Castle - the only place where a high-class man like Byakuya could ever be. When both arrive, Byakuya reveals that he was freed thanks to Sonia mistaking himself for the Imposter and thus attacking the train with her forces to free the affluent progeny. However, this had the side effect of allowing the Imposter to go free as well and both have been hiding in the castle ever since. It's then that the Imposter has Mukuro attack and she is able to slash Kazuya's arm and remove one of his eyes. It turns out his light saber was being generated from his modified prosthetic arm, which he claims he had ever since the Kuchinashi Village Fire (which doesn't match Ink's version of her brother or events).

The Imposter reveals that, despite what Kazuya thought, he was just under the effects of the K2K System from his own Borges. In truth, while the Kuchinashi incident and the Legacy Crown Championship did happen, the versions of events that Kazuya and Ink remember didn't happen. In addition, Kazuya is the real Kazuya (if he exists at all) and is just some person unrelated to the Togami's. After the Imposter destroys Kazuya Borges, he has a mental breakdown and faints. In contrast, Ink is more than ready from her prior experience and initially has no troubles coping with the truth that the reality she knew was false. However, what does shake the secretary is learning on why Byakuya bothered to seal the K2K System in Borges in first place.

Blue Ink is not Shinobu Togami (who was said to have 'died' in the Legacy Crown Championship), but rather she is the Kudan - the secret to the Togami Family Prosperity. Byakuya had Borges installed in her since he felt having access to prophecies is cheating and, with help from Byakuya to have faith in him, she gains her bearings and refuses to break. With the chance to shake Ink now gone, the Imposter explains Despair High's motives - with the final one, eliminating Byakuya, resulting in Mukuro holdings Ink at knife point.

The Imposter gives Byakuya two options: One, he can choose to take over the world, but that results in Ink's death. Two, he chooses not to rule the world, but the penalty is having the memories of the World Domination Proclamation erased and tampered with by Despair High School's memory alteration drugs. In addition, memories relating to Blue Ink will be gone, Blue Ink's entire memory will be gone & herself forced to live under a new identity, and Byakuya will have to take a medicine that would hinder his talent. Despite, Ink's protests, Byakuya chooses not to rule the world - not wanting to take an option the enemy crafted for him. Prior to taking the drugs, the Imposter gives Byakuya the satellite phone to 'wake up' the general public. With the last Proclamation, Byakuya tells the entire world to wake up and go back to their daily lives, as they know full well the Despair Disease is nothing but a fake, an excuse for them to run rampant and do as they please. Afterword, the Imposter reveals the Despair Novel had no effect and that the infected public were just under a placebo effect.

As the Imposter and Mukuro leave to prepare the drugs, Byakuya encourages Ink to continue on and to have the strength to overcome this issue as well. As a memento to remember her by, Ink gives him her blue fountain pen. The Imposter returns with vials of knockout drugs for the two of them and, at the same time, both ingest it. As Blue Ink blacks out, she hopes the next time she meets Byakuya will be in a conquered world. Internally, she wishes anyone that was reading a good night and for good dreams to happen.

The last line of the account is the end of the story written and created by the K2K System Version 2.3, implying the end of the obfuscations.

## Results and Aftermath

* Despair High School, despite the loss of the Myst'ry Research Society, succeeds in all three of their objectives with the capture of both Byakuya and Kudan, alongside the annihilation of the Council of Global Controllers.
* The blame of the incident was placed on Kazuya Togami, who was arrested and said to have went insane in prison while he awaits for his trial. Thus, both Byakuya and the Imposter are able to freely go back to their current lives.
* The memories of Byakuya and the students of the 78th class that assisted him in Prague were tampered with via the use of memory suppressant drugs. Anytime they tried to recall the incident they get a migraine and they can't properly remember what happened.
* In addition to his memories of his incident being wiped, Byakuya's memories of Blue Ink were also removed.
* The Hope's Peak students return to their school life as the Parade of the Reserve Course continues on. The 78th class also have a party to celebrate Byakuya saving the world.
* The fate of Blue Ink, formerly known as Kudan, following her capture remains unknown.

## List of Proclamations

*Danganronpa: Togami* (Japanese)

* *"Dobrý večer. For those of you with no money, no talent, and no time, there's something I'd like to ask you. What do you find enjoyable in your lives? I am Byakuya Togami. That's right: the Super High School Level Heir. As the heir to the Togami family, I am the one and only reason why you should look forward to its future. I am so overwhelmingly above you that we are as far apart as monkeys and the moon. There's something I'd like to ask you frustrated monkeys. What do you find enjoyable in your lives? Personally, I can't understand what it must be like to live while knowing that your life has no value, but I imagine it's unbearable. That would be why you bully your classmates. You envy your neighbor's new car. You crush excellent subordinates underfoot. You kill children who have a future. You resent the unfairness of talent. And then you destroy the world. Have you ever thrown a fit because you couldn't play the piano well? Have you ever cried into Mommy's bosom because you didn't make the soccer team? You'll never advance that way. You're just little babies. Those long limbs of yours are just for show. You have to grow up. Let me ask you. What do you need in order to grow? The answer is an enemy. A powerful enemy to take down and capture. I will become the Enemy of the World. I'm saying that I, Byakuya Togami, will become your enemy. You should be sobbing with delight. Now, to get to the point. This is a World Domination Proclamation. Either kill me within the next 24 hours, or else find the "pitiful cattle" hidden somewhere in this world. If you can fulfill either of these conditions, I will relinquish to you the right to be Byakuya Togami. You may use it to live hard and fast. You may use it to purchase nuclear weapons. You may use it to create a utopia. You may use up my authority and assets however you please. However, if neither condition is fulfilled within 24 hours, I will consider you as having no value after all, and I will take over the world. I will control, and I will assault, and I will crush. I'll prove to you how serious I am about this. I stake the Togami name on it. Well then. Na shledanou."* **Ultimate Imposter, First Proclamation.**

* *"Desire. That aspiration is far stronger than hope or despair. That is because desire is the prototype, the starting point, the original sin of hope and despair. Desire steps in before each and every action that is taken. Tell me your desire. Don't hold back. Tell me. I understand. You're bored, aren't you? You want adventure, don't you? I will fulfill that desire. Take part in my game. Go along with the World Domination Proclamation. After all, this is the grand event that will dispel your boredom. So, here and now, allow me to do a favor for you cow-brained blockheads. I am currently in the Church of Bones. I am in the Church of Bones, without any proper weapons, and without any proper servants. Right now, it would be easy... to kill me. So come now, and kill me if you can. Today's the day to get serious. Try and kill that hope that you detest so much. Kill me, and you shall own me. Or perhaps, even now that the table has been set for you, you will persist in being indecisive maggots and refuse to take a seat? Even though I'm going so easy on you, you still want to hide away in your shells and think of more excuses? Well, it's your life. You can do as you please. It's fine with me if you die a waste of space. It's fine with me if you die being the only one believing you were not a waste of space. And it's fine with me if you become someone whose name is immortalized in history. You can do as you please. People's efforts can betray them, and there is no guarantee that hardships will pay off. And yet, without the desire to leave your mark, you won't leave even a scratch in the annals of history. That's the one thing you can be sure of. Well then. Na shledanou."* **Ultimate Imposter, Second Proclamation.**

* *"This may be sudden, but I will now announce the next bonus stage. I am somewhere in the Czech Republic. Whoever finds me shall be rewarded. However, there is something I wish to tell you beforehand. To tell you the truth, I'm fed up with the snail's pace you simpletons are moving at. My irritation has hit its boiling point. When you are slow, you are damaging. Regardless of whether or not you have motivation or talent, I wish death to all dawdlers. By which I mean, die. By which I mean, speed it up. By which I mean, come to me. I will not impose a set time limit on this bonus stage, but in the event that I am not found, you will be penalized. You understand my meaning, don't you? I am being serious about this. Allow me to demonstrate that once again. That is all."* **Ultimate Imposter, Third Proclamation.**

* *"Some people would liken life to a game. It is true that a life aiming for the best ending may perhaps resemble a game. School, work, relationships, life plans—I myself approve of the attitude that these can be played like games to progress. Everything is a game to be won or lost. The winners will be drunk on the finest sake while the losers are left with the bitter taste of misery. A game—that's all there is to it. Undoubtedly, some winners will later have their lives fall into ruin, and some people have lives that they alone are convinced are winning. There are losers who turn their lives around at the last minute, although there are also those whose efforts cannot net them a single victory over the course of their lives. There are no surefire ways to win or foolproof techniques. The starting conditions and starting equipment are different as well. The amount of time and money available to invest differs for each person. It is an unkind and unfair game. That's why it's so much fun, but that's also why there are so many defeatists mumbling excuses about not having the drive to play, and, well, it's not that I don't understand where they're coming from... There must be some of you people who feel like this current incident is some special event, too. Whose own lives made games no more entertaining than fecal matter, but who now rejoice at the arrival of a worthwhile event, at last. You are correct. This is a grand event that I, Byakuya Togami, have chosen to sponsor. A festival. An adventure. An extraordinary day. A dramatic twist. And I am telling you now that on top of all that, I am awarding you with a bonus stage. Watch closely. Let this declaration raise the curtain on the bonus stage. Whoever can bring me out of the burning Church of Bones the fastest, before that lot from Hope's Peak manages it, may collect this gold bullion."* **Byakuya Togami, Bonus Proclamation.**

* *"Dobré ráno. Twelve hours have passed since the Declaration of World Domination was issued. I will explain it for you talentless fools, but that means that only twelve hours remain before I completely conquer the world. Nevertheless, your chances of success are zero. So far several would-be assassins have come to kill me, and I have rebuffed them all. Those of you clinging to your baseless hope should know that the SHSL Heir cannot be defeated. Now then, at the twelve-hour mark, I’ll tell you how I plan to construct the world. You know of the Despair Novel, yes? I am the one who created it. The most terrifying thing in this world are words. Humans can live by words, but they can die by them as well. The Despair Novel embodies that. After the next twelve hours pass, the Despair Novel will have been disseminated to every corner of the globe. While there may be some of you who make light of it, believing that if you don’t read it you won’t die, that is incorrect. Even if you do not read it, someone else will. People dissatisfied with reality will definitely read it. People who refuse to accept their situation will definitely read it. That’s what reading is, no? When things are difficult, when you are suffering, when you cannot go on, that is when people read books. As a means of escape, as a supplement to restore their mood, as a method to support their decisions, people read books. Of course there are many in this world who can live satisfied lives without reading, but there are an equal amount of people who cannot. There are a great number of people for whom reading books is like eating food or drinking water. Hope. Despair. Fear. Sublimity. Curiosity. So long as these remain within humans, books will never vanish. I have put that into the Despair Novel. I included hope and despair and fear and sublimity and curiosity. So read. Become excited. Be satisfied. You who are idle, frustrated, gloomy, and absentmindedly dreaming of release, when the Despair Novel has been disseminated in the next twelve hours, you will read it one way or another. You will read it. Don’t be ashamed. That was the world’s choice. You have no free will. That is all. Put your final reason to full use, and find peace in your anxiety and ecstasy over the thought of defeating me. However, it is fortunate to be ruled by me, no? I promise you. I’d stake the Togami name on it."* **Byakuya Togami, Fourth Proclamation.**

* *"Are you awake? It's me, 'Super High School Level Heir', Byakuya Togami. Are you sleeping well? Well, let me explain to you dullards. The deadline for the 'World Domination Proclamation’ ends today at 6 pm. There are five hours left. The world will soon be owned by me. You will be affiliated with me. Of course, this is equivalent to supreme happiness, but presumably you will still resist to the last second, trying to kill me and trying to uncover the secret of the 'pitiful cattle'. However, that is useless. Everything is useless. You also know that you are weak and pathetic. Just like you can't beat a chariot with a paper cutter, you can't beat me. This is a principle. A truth. No one can let Togami yield, no one can make me fail. You are like the gum sticking to the soles of my new shoes, seconds after I put them on... At most, it affects my mood. Five hours from now, the world will be reborn. The unprecedented new world will be kicked off in my rule. This kind of happiness, this kind of luck, you will feel it in your bones. You can't stop it. However, this is too unfair. Yes, this war is unfair from the beginning. In the face of an opponent like me, you have no chance at all. This overwhelming battle gap even makes someone like I have some sympathy for you. This once again proves that miracles like the Winter War, the Battle of Kollaa, and the Siege of Oshi will not happen easily. I am almost saddened by this. Therefore, I have decided to be extra gracious to you. I am in one place now. A place that is commensurate with me. If someone were to visit that place before the deadline of the ‘World Domination Proclamation’, you will be glad to know I might be willing to talk and listen to you.You should be able to understand. Okay? See you later.”* **Byakuya Togami, Fifth Proclamation.**

* *"It's me. You looked at the boring 'Despair Novel' and enjoyed the taste of 'Despair Disease'. I want to tell you one thing now so let's make a long story short. I gave up conquering the world. So you give up, give up destroying the world, and then face the reality. To be moving forward in this world, the most effective thing is not destruction, but construction. Even you should know about that. You've probably seen the 'Despair Novel', or maybe you were going to, but it doesn't actually trigger a 'Despair Disease'. It's just an ordinary book. It's just an ordinary story. It's just an ordinary fictional work. It doesn't have any effects whatsoever. The ‘Despair Novel’ doesn't have the ability to make people crazy, and you know this very well. Although you know it in your heart, you just deceive yourself and think that you really are crazy. You want to destroy this unsatisfactory world and fall into a 'Despair Disease'. In the midst of your enthusiasm, you believe that this is an opportunity to escape the world and join this big riot. Don't do stupid things again, return to your real self. Go study, go to work, let people move forward, don't find about some boring excuses to escape, don't get bored with boring thoughts, don't talk about boring complaints, don't worry about it, don't find some boring companions in the status quo, don't yell ‘This is a boring world’ to give up. The world will continue. The world will not end. As long as you can use your heart, your body, your own memory in the right way, live in the right place, the world is driven by you, and don't forget this fact. Tomorrow is Monday, the beginning of a week. The opportunity to cheer you up is close at hand. Why would you want to escape this opportunity? Do you really want to do that? Goodnight."* **Byakuya Togami, Final Proclamation.**