Si vis pacem, para bellum

**Si vis pacem, para bellum** is the name of Giuseppe Perfetto's execution, as featured in New Hope University: Major in Murder.

## Sequence

*Excerpt taken from Chapter 30 of New Hope University: Major in Murder*

"Do it!" He wasn't looking at Monokuma; he was staring right at me. "Do it, bear!" And the floor opened up beneath him and he fell.

**SI VIS PACEM, PARA BELLUM**
The execution of CADET #2

The TV screens came up on Bepi, standing on a soundstage that looked like it was done up like a desert. He was in a combat stance, standing across from four Monokumas, all wearing headbands and bandoliers. One had a machine gun, two more had enormous knives, one had a shotgun.

Bepi glimpsed to the side like he was confused by the odds... but he soon grimaced. More guerilla Monokumas emerged from hiding places all around, running in from far away, even dropping from the sky. They all stood across him: an army.

A small timer popped up in the middle, showing 05. It counted down, slowly.

As it hit 02, a huge sign lit up on the wall across from Bepi. It said: REMINDER: DAMAGING SCHOOL FACULTY IS A CAPITAL OFFENSE

Bepi laughed, dark and cruel. The counter hit zero. A buzzer went off, and they went into action.

He was a blur, jumping all around, dodging and flinging himself from spot to spot. He grabbed Monokumas and tossed them gently away, and he even seemed to be having some success using them to block attacks from others. Before long, a third of the Monokumas were broken on the floor, and Bepi hadn't himself damaged a single one.

One of them caught him in the side with a knife; he jumped away, but the spray of blood was still noticeable.

I noticed, above him, there was something slowly descending, lowered by some sort of machinery. It was big and ugly and metal. I realized it was an enormous bomb.

The Monokumas were throwing grenades, by this point. They were mostly taking out one another, but Bepi misjudged a dodge and was caught in an explosion. He rolled away and staggered to his feet, singed and bleeding.

He glanced up at the bomb. More Monokumas were crawling out of the floor and the scenery. I was watching his face, and I saw him make a decision. He suddenly lunged forward, smashing his kneecap into one of his enemies, launching the grinning bear's head into the air. A siren went off, a red light flashed, and a puff of steam came out from the bomb above him. He grabbed a nearby Monokuma's rail gun and pulled it away, spraying bullets into the surrounding robots. There was a moment of just him mowing them down, mechanical carnage all around, his wild laughter somehow louder than the gunshots... and then the bomb above him made a mighty thunk sound.

There was a flash of blinding, white light. When it was gone, everything had just been vaporized. There was nothing at all left. Nothing.

## Aftermath

During the final exam's trial, it was revealed that the execution was not actually fatal, but instead used to fake Bepi's death, allowing him to more easily run the killing game without having to keep up a cover as one of its participants.

## Trivia

* *Si vis pacem, para bellum* is a Latin adage used by various military organizations. The phrase translates to "If you want peace, prepare for war".

* In addition to its obvious meaning in reference to Bepi's "title" as Ultimate Cadet, the title may also have been a sly reference to Ashley's plan to reform society, which would lead to peace, but would require massive, disruptive changes.