Watching Eriko slowly lose her wit was only making Faqir's own wooziness even worse. He begged himself not to do something stupid.
"Finally!" Monokuma exclaimed. "Alright, kiddos, press the button at your stand to choose the killer! Not like it was obvious or anything."
The buttons--that's right, they had to vote. They had to choose someone to sentence to death.
Maybe it would just be a gunshot--that wouldn't be too bad, right?
Besides, she deserved it.
Faqir tried to remind himself of that as he pressed the button.
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"Votes are in! And the killer by nigh-unanimous vote...Xhevona Abera!"
Clair looked shocked. "Nigh-unanimous?! Who the actual h*ll would NOT vote for her?!"
Silently, Madoka raised his hand. He offered no other explanation. Faqir stared at him, his grip on the stand tightening so much he swore he felt the wood bend.
Madoka. What the h*ll?
"Congratulations, you figured it out!" Monokuma cheered. "Now, let's give it everything we've got! IT'S PUNISHMENT TIME~!"
"Now, wait just a moment," Xhevona protested. "What on earth do you mean by 'punish--'"
The metal collar snapping around her neck cut her off, and Xhevona was dragged away down the hallways.
Faqir pressed his forehead to the stand, digging his nails into the wood of the stand to keep from screaming. He had seen enough.
Before Xhevona could even comprehend where she was, a strange headset was slapped over her eyes. Clamps slammed over her torso and legs, gluing her onto--what, exactly?
Two perfectly normal nurses appeared in her vision--they smiled politely at her, lifting an ordinary syringe.
A buzzsaw sliced off her leg at the knee.
Xhevona thrashed, digging her nails into the mattress she lay on. The nurses lifted a roll of bandages, chattering kindly.
A knife stabbed into her stomach.
This time, a choked scream exited Xhevona's mouth. As the nurses hustled around, pulling out harmless medical objects, more and more bone saws carved into her body, more scalpels slit her wrists, more poisons were pumped into her veins. Stuck with no knowledge of what on earth was happening to her, the Ultimate Surgeon fell prey to her own medical malpractice.
She who had deceived many was deceived by all.
As blood dripped onto the floor and the tools of torture were drawn away, the Monokuma nurses tottered off down the hall, leaving Xhevona's butchered corpse laying on the surgeon's gurney.