Absence of Evidence

**Absence of Evidence** is the name of Chihaya Inoue's execution, as featured in Danganronpa: Operation V.K..

This execution was never executed, as Chihaya never killed another player. However, it was discovered behind the BC Particle Lab in Compound vK, and three surviving participants were able to view a demo for how the execution would proceed.

## Sequence

*Excerpt taken from Chapter 91 of Danganronpa: Operation V.K.*

“3-2-1 BLAST ON! Hey, party people! It's Monokuma, ya boy, and may I say congratulations on finding this one! It's real hidden, as befits *Absence of Evidence*, the execution we've prepared for Chizuru Inoue, the Ultimate Hide-and-Seeker!” It was Monokuma, their boy.

It was Nanako, Miria, and Eriko who sent Chihaya to her fate. Something, something, ***The Claw!*** Anyhow, Chihaya was dropped, with several glowing targets strapped to her body on various points, into a corner of this arena. “It's time for her final match! Girl C is alone, defenseless, against the Science Building's *crackest* shots.” A squad of drones appeared about the arena, which switched to a top-down view for a moment. “They're equipped with high-tech laser rifles that lock on to those targets you see on Girl C's body! Of course, they're real lasers, so she better not get hit or it could prove lethal!”

A bell chimed to commence the game, and immediately Girl C sprung into action. Her nimble movements to dodge past the sights of the enclosing drones were nothing short of breathtaking, using every inch of the terrain around her to remain hidden within the fog and almost completely invisible. She even managed to disable a few of the drones, knocking them out, though their weapons were attached and unable to be removed.

More drones kept coming, though, from the seemingly endless supply this facility possessed. Eventually, the lasers themselves were upgraded, as well, with wider scopes, buckshot, and one that looked an awful lot like a gatling gun, which just seemed excessive. Of course, Girl C was still dominating, amidst the ever-rising fog, slowly climbing higher into the room. “Unfortunately for Girl C, there was one fact about this match I didn't mention.”

As the fog rose up too high for Girl C to be seen, it shifted back to a ground-level point of view, almost completely blocked by fog. She could be seen beginning to cough, holding her chest. “This match is actually-”

“-do you think this button does?” Another voice began talking over Monokuma, blocking his cackling explanation on account of being at a higher volume. “I mean, there's a lot of these buttons.” That was... Nanako?

“What?” Shinobu blinked. “Nanako?”

“It didn't seem to have any obvious effect-” And that was Chihaya! “-but we should be careful before poking around any further.”

“Right, right.” Nanako said. “Man, some of these execution rooms look totally wack. What was Mother on when she made that one for Gavin?”

“-and as she's debili-” Monokuma cut in for a brief moment. The screen shook, and the doubled-over Girl C was menaced suddenly by a flashing light through the background, like one great, eerie, red eye-

“You would, honestly, know better than I would.” Chihaya said. “She is your evil stepmother after all.”

“It was a rhetorical question, Chihaya.” Nanako said, and Shinobu could hear the eyeroll. “She was on crazy nutbar juice or whatever she needs to take to want to do all these things. Duh.”

“'Crazy nutbar juice?'” Chihaya asked.

“Look, I don't know, okay?” Nanako said. Girl C was unable to get off the floor, as the choking fog turned dark from the great, crashing figure of Exisal Black blocking the camera from seeing Girl C directly, but not from seeing Black raise its gun arm, and several other drones' laser sights appear going into where Girl C probably was.

“And in the end-” Monokuma said.

“I guess that's all we really ever can say.” Chihaya said, laughing slightly.

Shinobu turned to Claus and Luan and just blinked a bit. Claus chimed in- “What?”