“Woah, woah, are you freakin' crazy?! You want us to fight and destroy that death machine!?"
“I know, it’s like asking for a death wish! But please, heat me out.”
“Looking back at the other attempts, I've noticed a reoccurring pattern with the Monoreaper’s attacks. The Monoreaper only attacks when we try to prevent the Tragedy as a whole and the killing games from starting. Remember what you guys told me about the school trip killing game? How you guys were able to manipulate things and save your fellow classmates Maizono, Kuwata?”
"Calling us by our first names is fine, and I remember now. Leon and I hid secret notes for ourselves in our dorm rooms before Junko wiped our memories. We hid them in a place only we could find through some trial and error and thanks to that, Mukuro joined our side and we escaped after defeating Junko."
"Oh, I remember that now! God, that was a while ago..."
"So that's the Monoreaper's 'status quo' it is protecting and why it only attacks during those times."
"Then that means... The last timeline when I indirectly revealed Chisa to be a Remnant of Despair before the final killing game... Did the Monoreaper attack me because Chisa was meant to die as the first victim..?"
"Shit!… That’s messed up man…”
"My apologies for derailing the conversation... Please, continue."
"As I've said earlier, preventing the Tragedy from happening and the killing games from starting seemed to be what makes the Monoreaper strike but after the killing games start, it won't interfere at the very least."
"That's why I propose that we use this as an opportunity to train ourselves to fight back so that we can destroy the Monoreaper. That way, we can stop it from interfering with our attempts to stop the Tragedy."
"That could work... We always retain our memories and skills after each loop."
"Though, I can't help but feel a bit dumb for not thinking of that earlier."
"Please do not blame yourselves for that, you three have gone through these time loops longer than I have."
"I've only died 14 times so far and already I'm exhausted physically and mentally... Any outbursts or fatigue you all express is completely valid in terms of having to live through this over and over."
"Thanks I guess but what now? Do we just train and do nothing as we let the Tragedy unfold?"
"More importantly, what will happen once we supposedly defeated the Monoreaper? Taking it out of the picture doesn't solve the mystery of what causes these time loops."
"To be honest, I'm not sure but for now, this is what we can do... You three won't be doing nothing, you can use the same tactics as you have done before to rescue your classmates and friends but ultimately, it's best to take on one problem at a time."
"For now, let's take things slow to regain our strength and focus on destroying the Monoreaper first. That way, we have more time to investigate the time loops and figure out how to break out of them so that we won't be forced back."
"That sounds like a good plan for now..."
"*Sighs* God, this is gonna fucking suck."
"I can't help but agree with you Leon."
"It is unfortunate, but that is what we must do."
"No offence but at the very least, you three have a higher chance of survival in the future than I do..."
"I mean I get it so it's all good."
"None taken Mr Kirigiri."