"Puhuhu..."
Looking at Fang Zheng before him, Monokuma let out an eerie laugh as well.
"The crime of defying the headmaster is a very serious one, you know?"
As Monokuma spoke, several more Monokumas sprang out from behind the podium. Unlike the doll-sized Monokuma from before, these were roughly human-sized, even taller than humans. They raised their arms, each paw fitted with three sharp blades.
The next moment, the Monokumas chuckled and pounced straight at Fang Zheng.
"A thing like you still wants to be headmaster? Come back in five hundred years!"
Facing the Monokumas rushing toward him, Fang Zheng sneered. The greatsword in his hand suddenly swept up, flashing with sword light as he charged at them!
By now, the other students had already retreated to the rear, trembling as they watched the battlefield. The previously spacious gymnasium had become a complete mess. The Knight in silver armor, wielding a Pitch Black Greatsword, swung his blade as he fought the Monokumas that had emerged from nowhere. The Monokumas brandished their sharp claws and fangs. Their round, pudgy bodies looked like starving wolves as they fearlessly swarmed forward, trying to tear the Knight before them into pieces.
Yet they were the ones being torn apart.
The pitch-black greatsword sliced through the air, effortlessly cutting the Monokumas apart as though cutting cake. Before long, severed limbs and split heads flew everywhere, clattering across the floor. Seeing this, the students behind them were so frightened they nearly shrank into the corners.
"W-What are those things?!"
"They don't seem to be living creatures."
Kyoko Kirigiri reached down, picked up a fragment near her feet, and examined it carefully.
"They're machines."
"So they really are robots. I knew it... but how could there be technology this advanced?"
The others had seen the fragment in