One plot path I can see is Kaito being the Blackened in the first trial.
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Obviously the Mastermind would not kill Korekiyo them self, but a traitor amongst the crowd would certainly help provoke tension and anger towards Korekiyo. This would easily make him a target by the Mastermind as whoever is in control of the Gifted Inmates Academy killing game would not want Korekiyo to leak those previous killing games to the other students, so would demand for their death. While V3 has been disputed to not be based on a fight between Hope vs Despair and instead Truth vs Lie, Korekiyo would definitely make the connection that the killing he and his inmates are participating in is similar to these early other ones. Despite having such an impressive talent for possessing historical knowledge about mythology and other kinds of folklore, it's very likely that he possesses recollection and accounts of the previous killing games as well as The Tragedy.
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The next and more crucial argument is his talent. So it's definitely reasonable that even the kinder and more relaxed characters can be murdered in any killing games. Though he may have been really keen to keep everyone safe on the island and was keeping in his role as an ignorant but chill leader, he was still murdered. An example of a lax character who was murdered in a killing game is someone like The Imposter or Twogami. This means he will probably not be a killer (though I'm sure there's some BS that Spike Chunsoft can pull to prove me wrong xC ). Now his dark and outlandish appearance may seem a little unnerving at first glance, but watching a playthrough of the demo combined his sprites has made me believe that he is a pretty calm and docile character. The reason for this down to two factors: his personality and more importantly his talent.
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The first victim of this killing game will be Korekiyo Shinguji. Apologies to Scottå, who I know he really likes this character xd.