"Morning Yu." Dojima said when Yu walked downstairs.

"Good morning uncle." Yu said. "You have the day off?"

"No, but I'm going in later today, the case is going nowhere fast, and I felt like having someone else deal with the prank calls." Dojima said.

"Oh, dad we can prove it to you now." Nanako said. "Look."

"Sorry Nanako, I promised someone I'd hang out with them today, I can't stay." Yu said sadly.

"Oh, alright." Nanako said. "Nevermind dad, I'll show you later."

"Nanako, you should just leave this to the police, trust me we'll solve it." Dojima said.

"I'll see you guys tonight, and Nanako we need to both watch ok?" Yu asked.

"Ok, I will." Nanako said. "See you later."

Yu nodded and walked outside, "Ok I wonder what I should show her first." he said.

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"Oh, you came." Marie said. "So, where are we going?"

"Well, I thought we'd start with something to eat." Yu said.

"Ok, so where do we go?" Marie asked. "You know this place right?"

"Yeah, I know somewhere we can try." Yu said before the two of them walked down the shopping district.

"Souzai Daigaku? What's this place?" Marie asked. "Is it good?"

"Yeah, let me grab us some food." Yu said before purchasing two steak skewers. "Do you want to talk about anything?"

"Actually yeah, what do you do around here?" Marie asked just before Yosuke walked up.

"Hey, what's up?" Yosuke asked. "Whoa, who are you miss?"

"This is Marie, I'm showing her around town." Yu said. "I thought I'd start with the local delicacy and then the view from the hill."

"Cool, sounds good." Yosuke said with a grin. "Mind if I join you guys?"

"Well, what do you think Marie?" Yu asked.

"Huh? Oh, well I guess it's ok." Marie said.

"Ok, sounds…" Yosuke started to say when his phone suddenly started to ring. "Hello, wait you're kidding, I'm on my way."

"Everything alright Yosuke?" Yu asked.

"Yeah, but I'll have to reschedule hanging out with you guys, I need to go to Junes to deal with something." Yosuke said.

"Alright, well good luck Yosuke, I hope it all works out for you." Yu said.

"Thanks, I'll need it. See you guys later." Yosuke said before running off.

"That was weird." Marie said. "Does he normally act like that?"

"Yeah, but he's a good guy, trust me on that one Marie." Yu said.

"Well, I guess that makes sense." Marie said. "So can we go to this hill?"

"No problem, I'll show you where it is." Yu said politely.

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"Oh, Dojima-san." Adachi said. "Good to see you today sir."

"Yeah, well that's not the point, have we found out anything about the murders yet?" Dojima asked.

"No, we're as close to solving this as we were when we found miss Konishi's body." Adachi said. "I don't know what to do."

"Well, if sitting around here isn't doing us any good, why don't you stop acting like a rookie, and go into town and talk with people." Dojima said in annoyance. "Look, we're heading out."

"Right Dojima-san, I'm right behind you." Adachi said just before the two of them walked out of the office.

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"Wow, that's beautiful." Marie said. "Is the town really like that?"

"Yeah, it's a cool place, there are problems anywhere, but the good things are worth it." Yu explained.

"Yu, what are you doing here?" someone asked suddenly.

"Uncle, I'm showing my friend Marie around town." Yu said. "Marie this is my uncle."

"It's nice to meet you Marie." Dojima said.

"Dojima-san, I think I found something." Adachi said suddenly. "What do you think this is?" he asked while holding a black substance.

"I have no idea, send it to the lab." Dojima said. "Well we need to get to work, I'll see you tonight."

"Alright uncle." Yu said calmly.

"Let's go Adachi, if the same stuff is there that might be the link between them." Dojima said before the two of them walked off.

"That couldn't have been what I think could it?" Yu asked.

"Yeah, I think so." Marie nodded. "That was from a shadow."

"How could it be here, it doesn't make any sense." Yu said. "Well we can figure that out later, do you see anything else you want me to show you today?"

"Not right now, but thanks anyway." Marie said. "I should get back for now."

"Alright, just let me know if you want to go somewhere." Yu said.

Thou have begun to establish a connection with another. The connection shall focus and harness your inner strength. We bestow upon you a blessing when creating persona's of the aeon arcana.

"Well, are we going or not?" Marie asked.

"Yeah, I'm right behind you Marie." Yu said.

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"I thought so." Dojima said. "Adachi, that same sludge you found is here too."

"Really, that proves it, the culprit poisoned them somehow." Adachi said.

"Adachi, just get that stuff to the lab, if it is a new poison we have a much larger problem on our hands." Dojima said.

"Alright, I'll take care of it right away." Adachi said.

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"Welcome home." Nanako said happily.

"Hi Nanako, how was your day?" Yu asked.

"It was good, but I wish dad would listen to us." Nanako said.

"He will, we just need to talk to him when we have the chance." Yu said. "Anyway, we should make sure we watch the Midnight Channel tonight."

"I know hopefully nobody is in trouble." Nanako said. "It would really be bad."

"I agree, but if we do see someone, we have a way to rescue them." Yu said.

"Yeah, but I've never used mine." Nanako said. "What if I get us into trouble?"

"Don't worry, I'll make sure everything works out." Yu said.

"Ok, well dad called and he won't be home until tomorrow." Nanako said.

"Well, in that case do you want to talk for a while?" Yu asked.

"Sure, that sounds great." Nanako said with a smile.

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