The room was dark and as silent as death. With the final trial finished, and the survivors flown off to safety, there was no longer any lurking threats to worry about. It seemed that hope had finally triu-

"Puhuhuhuhu."

With a single click, a spotlight illuminated the darkness. Standing in the center of the beam was a boy who seemed to be in his late teens, wearing an oddly colored suit. Half white, and half black. Covering his face, was a Monokuma mask bearing a sickening grin.

"Hope isn't as strong as you think y'know. It doesn't matter what you do, despair is inevitable."

The boy walked over to a throne, the spotlight seemingly following him as he moved. He sat down, leaning back with a relaxed sigh before crossing his legs.

"I see you've been reading up on the Monocity Incident. It truly was a tragedy, huh? Well, tragic because Junko was actually killed this time. Losing that brain and the USB caused quite a bit of trouble for the rest of us. Oh! I guess I should have said spoiler alert, huh? Though, what kind of person skips to the last chapter without expecting one or two spoilers? I'd say someone that does that deserves to get things spoiled, don't you agree?"

He stretched, his black and white vest almost unbuttoning as it was pulled tight from the movement. Once he lowered his arms again, the boy sighed.

"Well, you're probably wondering what I'm doing here, right? You thought that the story was over? Well, it is true that everything has to end; that's inevitable. But, there's another chapter to this particular story. Or, more than just one I suppose. Actually, I might as well just be blunt about it and say that there's enough for an entire sequel. Now that I have to help clean up that doctor's mess, things are gonna get interesting again. New victims, new killers, new locations, and a few familiar faces as well to help appeal to the fans, and… Oh! I guess I didn't introduce myself yet, did I?"

The boy tilted his head as the light began to dim, leaving only the red glow of his mask's sickening grin, and despairing eye.

"You can call me the Mastermind."

DANGANRONPA: INEVITABLE END – COMING SOON

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