A few minutes later, in front of Shujin Academy…
"Is this truly for real…?" said Ryuji with a shock look on his face as he, Keiko and Aika stared with shock and disbelief looks on their faces at the building of Shujin Academy after they reached and stopped in front of the front gates of the school.
"Looks like it, Sakamoto-kun." said Aika.
"I'd like to know how we entered and got out from that weird and dangerous place into the real world." thought Keiko in her mind.
"I'm sure that we came the same way… What's goin' on here…?" added Ryuji in confusion to both Keiko and Aika (who shrugged their shoulders in silent confusion back at him).
"That's exactly what I wanted to ask you three." said the slightly deep and disapproving voice of the counsellor as he approach and stopped in his tracks at the top of the steps and glance sternly down at Keiko, Aika and Ryuji. "We received a call from the police." the counsellor added to them, which make both Keiko and Aika gasped in unison as their faces turned pale with worry while Ryuji scowled in anger.
"Those damn cops snitched on us after all!" snapped Ryuji angrily.
"Keep it down and cool your anger down, Sakamoto-kun!" Aika whisper in annoyance at Ryuji.
"Hm, It's rare not to see you alone. Where were you roaming around with these two girls until now?" asked the counsellor to Ryuji as he glance coldly at both Keiko and Aika.
"Uhh… a ca- a castle?" replied Ryuji before either Keiko or Aika could stop him again.
"Goddammit, Sakamoto-kun! You did it again!" thought Aika as she mentally face-palm herself hard in her mind while Keiko sighed and shake her head at Ryuji.
"So, none of you have any intentions of giving honest answers?" said the counsellor in an even more disapproving tone of voice to them.
"What's this I heard about a "castle"?" said the familiar voice of Kamoshida as he approach and stopped next to the counsellor and glance down at them at the top of the steps, which make Keiko, Aika and Ryuji gasped in shock unison when they recognized and saw him in his normal appearance instead of his alternate appearance.
"Kamoshida!?" said Ryuji with a shock look on his face.
"Ugh, it's the man that Keiko and I saw ask and gave a lift to the female student this morning but he looks different from the one we see in that place a few minutes ago." thought Aika in disgust in her mind at Kamoshida.
"You seem so carefree, Sakamoto. Quite a difference from when you did morning practice for the track team." said Kamoshida as he gave a small smile at Ryuji, which instantly make Ryuji glared in silence at him.
"Shuddup! It's your fault that we-" said Ryuji angrily at Kamoshida before he got cut off by the counsellor.
"How dare you speak that way to Kamoshida-Sensei!" the counsellor snapped angrily at Ryuji for talking back to Kamoshida. "… There's not much leeway left for you, you know?"
"He's the one that provoked me first!" Ryuji snapped back at the counsellor, which angered him even more.
"Do you really want to be expelled, Ryuji Sakamoto!? In any case, you have some explaining to do! Follow me!" said the counsellor threateningly at Ryuji before he told Ryuji to come with him.
"What!? This is bullshit!" said Ryuji angrily at the counsellor.
"Please, enough already, Sakamoto-kun! Your quick anger attitude and argument against the counsellor isn't helping you at all!" thought Aika in silent frustration and pity at Ryuji.
"Come now, I should have been more considerate, too. Let's just say that we were both to blame." said Kamoshida calmly to the counsellor as he smiled at him.
"Well, if you say so, Kamoshida-Sensei…" said the counsellor as he glance at Kamoshida and calm down a little before he glance back at Ryuji, Keiko and Aika. "Still, you're coming with me. It's undeniable that you are extremely late." the counsellor added firmly to Ryuji.
"Fine…" said Ryuji with a sulking look on his face.
"By the way… the 2 of you are the new transfer students named Keiko Amamiya and Aika Saito, correct?" Kamoshida asked them both.
"That's right, we are." replied Aika with a nod of her head to him.
"Pleased to meet you, sir." said Keiko as she nodded to Kamoshida. "I've no choice but to be nice and say nothing about what we seen and heard of him in that other place or Aika and I'll be in serious trouble." added Keiko concernly in her mind.
As Ryuji walked up the steps away from both Keiko and and following the counsellor, Ryuji stopped and glared hatefully at Kamoshida before he resumed walking and following behind the counsellor.
Kamoshida watched Ryuji head into the school behind the counsellor with a bored look on his face for the next few seconds before he glance back at both Keiko and Aika. "… Have I seen you two somewhere before?" Kamoshida asked both Keiko and Aika with a slightly confused look on his face.
"Yeah, you did and we did too." replied Aika as she nodded to Kamoshida.
"Yeah, she's right. This morning you offered to give me and Aika a ride to school with that girl." said Keiko.
"Oh, that's right… I remember now." said Kamoshida as he finally recalled on where he seen both Keiko and Aika while raising his hand to scratch his head a little. "… Well, I'll overlook both of your lateness just for today. I'm sure you two have heard from the principal, but cause any trouble and you two will be expelled. Understand?" added Kamoshida sternly to both Keiko and Aika.
"Of course, Kamoshida-sensei. We'll keep that in mind." said Keiko politely to Kamoshida, which make him smiled quite brightly at her.
"At least you've good manners, unlike the troublemaker Sakamoto that came with you two to school and also it makes me kinda hard to believe that girls like you two have criminal records." said Kamoshida in a pleased tone of voice at Keiko before he not so subtly say bad things about her and Aika (which mentally annoyed them). "Still, I'm sure that if you two can keep this up and keep yourselves in line, then you two don't have to worry about getting expelled." Kamoshida added to them.
"The nerve of him saying that to us with a straight face and pleased tone! How I wish that I could just yell and land a hit on him but I mustn't and it'll make Keiko sad and disappointed at me. Because that would only make mine and Keiko's probation situation even worse." thought Aika even more in annoyance at Kamoshida before she smiled politely and nodded to him.
"At any rate, you should hurry up and go to the faculty office. I'm sure Kawakami-Sensei is tired of waiting." said Kamoshida as he turned away from both Keiko and Aika before he stopped and glance back at them. "Oh, I almost forgot. Good luck trying to enjoy your new school life, girls." Kamoshida added to them before he walked back into the school building.
"What a bad teacher. Now I can sort of see and understand part of the reason on why Ryuji-kun hated him so much." thought Keiko to herself as she and Aika walked up the steps toward the school building's entrance, went through the school's entrance into the building.
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Back in the interrogation room…
"The school turned into an old castle…? Plus a talking cat…?" said Sae with a frown look on her face and a disbelief tone of voice at Keiko. "… Are you hallucinating from an overdose? I won't put up with you if you're simply joking around." said Sae condescendingly at Keiko as she glance away from her to check the time of her watch on her wrist before she glance back at her.
"I'm going to have you continue the story. The one who received a "calling card" from the Phantom Thieves was an Olympic medalist… An alumnus from Shujin Academy- the former PE teacher, Suguru Kamoshida." said Sae before she trailed off to pushed aside some red and black-coloured cards on the table to reveal the picture of Kamoshida under the cards.
"Lust-obsessed bastard." thought Keiko as she glared in disgust at the picture of Kamoshida.
"It's true that what he did were deplorable crimes from… indulging his base desire. He confessed to it all. But there should have been no connection between the 3 of you since you had just transferred. Why did you target him, Amamiya-san?" asked Sae.
"I'm sorry but I can't remember on why I targeted him, Sae-san…" replied Keiko weakly to Sae.
"That's unacceptable! Try and recall it once again…!" snapped Sae as she stood up, slammed her hands on the table and glared at Keiko (who jumped a little from her sudden outburst before she slowly nodded to her and try to remember back).