Makoto decided his time would be better spent spending time with someone who hadn't revealed their identity yet. If he spoke to them for a bit, he might be able to figure out who they really were, like he had with Byakuya, which would be useful moving forward if they decided not to reveal it themselves.
Five out of the twelve students had revealed who they were already, namely himself, Taka, Hiro, Kyoko, and Hina. Along with that, he'd managed to figure out that Byakuya was in Chihiro's body, even if he didn't want to reveal himself to the group. That left six students still unaccounted for; Toko, Sakura, Mondo, Hifumi, Chihiro, and Celeste. The six of them were in the bodies of Taka, Hiro, Kyoko, Hina, Sakura, and himself, although he didn't yet know who was who. He'd initially considered that it might have just been one-to-one swaps, like Monokuma had done to Byakuya and Hina in his demonstration, but considering Byakuya was in Chihiro's body instead of Hiro's, that theory proved to be false.
Makoto wondered whether he was really cut out for this task or not. Sure, he'd managed to figure out who Byakuya was, but he didn't seem to be putting in too much of an effort to hide his usual attitude. Although, considering his reasons for not revealing himself, perhaps he was simply lowering his guard around Makoto, and would hide it better in front of the others. For the others, though, he had no idea why they'd choose not to reveal themselves. Were they also afraid of becoming a target? Did they like their current body better than their old one? Or did they simply want the upper hand in this messed up game Monokuma had forced them into? He simply couldn't tell. If they had a stronger reason to hide their identity, or didn't trust him like Byakuya seemed to, then they'd probably do a better job of hiding who they really were, making it more difficult for him.
As he continued to walk around the school, trying to decide which of the remaining bodies he should try to talk to, Celeste's body proved to be an ever-present distraction. He wasn't exactly sure what Byakuya had meant when he said that being in Chihiro's body had been "enlightening", but as far as he was concerned, every little difference between his own body and Celeste's simply served to make him feel even more uncomfortable. He knew he'd need to get used to it, though; like Kyoko had said, they were stuck like this for the foreseeable future. The others must be feeling this too, right? Perhaps he could use that to help him figure out who was who. Then again, aside from Hina, the others he'd spoken to already seemed to mask any discomfort they were feeling fairly well. Maybe the others had adapted faster than he had.
Regardless of his discomfort, Makoto was determined to not simply waste this time before night fell, and thus, went off in search of one of the students who had yet to reveal who they were, eventually locating the body of...
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