Author's Notes: And now it's time for my second favorite sidequest set. Or it could be my favorite... I don't really know... It's probably tied for first with the set containing the first food tour... That might be it... Three cases today though because I included the third DLC case here. This is actually the first time I did this DLC one because you really have to go out of your way to unlock it. For those who have trouble with it, starting the game's Chapter 16, just go to Cron's first level, a little bit past Galacta Park and you'll see the unlock scene for it.

~NAKANO'S~LEGENDARY~BUSTERS~

"So is it about time for us to strike yet?" Takumi asked as he came into the agency for another day at work.

Kyoko shook her head at him. "It's not going to affect Examon for a while. Go be productive. Take on some cases," she nodded towards the whiteboard.

"You know, these cases are getting to be a bit too easy for me now," Takumi frowned as he skimmed the whiteboard for a case worth taking. "Don't you have anything else for me to look into? Something more interesting?"

"Ego-searching isn't really my thing, but apparently now there's a Nakano bulletin board," Kyoko remembered. "Go take a look, if that's what you're into."

"Well, it beats having to do another lost item case," Takumi nodded. "I'm off!"

"Have a safe trip," the detective smirked as he left.

Takumi blinked at the information board. "This bulletin board is packed with people's grievances," he noticed. He knit his eyebrows together at the strange posts.

"I hear strange groans during the night."

"I saw a monster's shadow inside Nakano Broadway."

"Bizarre things are happening more and more! What's going to happen to us!?"

"That detective agency's gotta be behind this!"

"What?" Takumi frowned at the last one. "I'll just pretend I didn't read that last part…" he sighed. He paused though as he sensed an incoming call.

"Hey, we've got another case to tackle," Kyoko told him with a smile. "Hope you're ready for another day of hard—"

"Kyoko-san, take a look at what I found posted on the information board," Takumi quickly stated, tearing the note down from the board to show her.

"Hold on, what's this about that bulletin board?" she asked, a bit intrigued by what he found. "Hmm… So people are saying this place is taking a place for the even weirder, all right," she nodded. "Sounds like the residents have a lot of pent-up frustration that they're letting out now."

"Even so, why are they blaming it on us?"

"We definitely aren't lacking in people who've got it out for us," Kyoko chuckled. "Once you're a bad apple in their eyes, you're always one, even if you're innocent."

"Okay, but we've done a lot to help out around here," Takumi frowned.

"Let's see what we can do to clear our good name then," she nodded. "What do you say?"

"Well, we don't really have a choice, do we?" her assistant smirked as he started down the hall leading to the agency.

Client: Kuremi Kyoko

Place: Broadway

Details: This is a case from the Broadway management. There are strange rumors in Broadway. Solve them with these guys.

"These guys…?" Takumi blinked. "Kyoko-san…?" He turned to ask her about who she meant but looked up at the door when a group of familiar high school students came in.

"Hi!" Mei smiled.

"Hey there, Mei-kun," Kyoko crossed her arms and smiled at the Occult Club President. "You're early today."

"Of course! When we heard you had something intriguing to share with the club, how could we not rush on over!?"

"Mei, calm down," Manaka frowned at her. "You sound a little overeager."

"Sorry, detective," Kenji apologetically bowed. "She's just a little worked up."

"That's Mei for you!" Lily smiled. "And I wouldn't have it any other way!"

"And I see it's all the same gang from our Shibuya Hirasaka experiment earlier as well," Kyoko noticed as the entire club was here. She chuckled. "Color me surprised to see you all still part of the occult club. It takes guts to stay around after what happened in Shibuya."

Kenji nervously laughed at that. "That's all on Mei. After that experiment, she really started devoting herself to running he club. She's practically on fire!"

"Yep!" the brunette nodded. "I owe it to you all now that I know there really are strange mysteries like that lurking around in the world!"

"Just don't say I didn't warn you if you get caught up in something serious one of these days!" Lily told her.

"Oh, I'm doing this research precisely to prevent that from ever happening!" Mei stated. "You have to know what you're up against to survive! Everyone knows that!"

"Um…" Takumi frowned. "Sure, but… you're not supposed to actually seek out the danger yourself…"

"Anyway…" Kyoko smirked as they were getting off topic. "I'm sorry to call you all out here when you're so busy as it is."

"No, it's perfectly fine, I promise!" Mei nodded. "When we hear the occult is afoot somewhere, we can't help but come running as fast as we can! That's our job as the Inoden Occult Research Club!"

"Heh, well I appreciate your vigor," the detective nodded. "Still, that being said… Tokyo has more than its fair share of occult phenomena going on these days. So why bother coming over to our neck of the woods?"

"Uh, well," Lily paused, "when you put it like that…"

"Isn't it obvious?" Kenji asked. "Nakano is leagues apart from anything else you could call an occult mecca around here!"

"Exactly!" Mei agreed. "I couldn't have put it better myself, Kenji! That's just what I'd hope for out of the vice president!" she smiled at him.

Kenji sheepishly chuckled as his face went red. "Aww, Mei…"

"Yeesh, Kenji," Manaka frowned at him. "You're not exactly doing us any favors getting her all hyped up even more, y'know."

"Well, what I said is still true!" the tall boy exclaimed. "All sorts of weird, unusual things go down here in Nakano! I mean, there's the Bleeding Mural that's said to have blood gushing out of mouths and eyes in the lobby on the first floor, for starters. Then there's the Skeleton Pool, home to a pile of abandoned corpses that turned to bones overnight. Rumor also has it that late at night there are people clad in white flying over the roof while holding a Hidden Sabbath. And then you've also got the mysterious Fish Rains that have poured down over Nakano for ages, foretelling imminent misfortune…" The boy crossed his arms and nodded. "All of those things remain unsolved, so naturally—"

"Funny you should mention those specifically," Kyoko chuckled, "because I actually solved them all already," she nodded.

The entire club stared at her in surprise and it took Kenji a moment to speak. "What!?" he asked. "You did!?"

"You already solved them!?" Mei gasped.

"What's this 'already' talk?" Kyoko asked, crossing her arms at them. "This is my home base and as a detective, if you tell me something weird is up, of course I'm going to look around. That's all long in the past."

"Aww…" Mei frowned in disappointment.

The detective chuckled at them. "Why the long face? I didn't say this case wouldn't be up your alley," she smirked. "As for your reward this time around… How about I give you guys my file with all the so-called 'supernatural' cases I've worked on?"

"Oh, then, of course we'll do it!" Mei brightened up at that. "Tell us more!"

"That's the spirit!" Kyoko nodded in approval. "I fully intend to make use of your club's unique expertise for today's case. As we've already discussed, Tokyo has become a real hotbed for the supernatural and it goes without saying that Nakano is no exception. The reports and complaints I've been getting from other tenants don't look to be letting up anytime soon and so they've asked me to solve some. But even with my assistant on board," she nodded towards the redhead who was staring off into space, "there are just too many for us to handle by ourselves." She raised an eyebrow when Takumi didn't really respond with his usual look of surprise, but she continued with the case brief. "There are essentially four different odd phenomena going around here that I want you guys to solve with your passion and young sensibility," she told the club.

"Four oddities…" Kenji considered this for a moment. "Okay, go on."

"First, I want to figure out what's behind Three-Legged Matthew, who wanders around these parts in search of something…" Kyoko began. "Then, I want you to look into the Kata Kata, who roams the floors of Nakano Broadway… After that, go look into the Reaper Elevator, which ascends from the basement to the fourth floor at 2 AM… And last, but certainly not least, see what you can find out about Master Tip Tap, a spirit."

"Ooooh, these all sound great!" Mei eagerly nodded. "This is going to be lots of fun to work on!"

Kyoko crossed her arms and smirked. "I've given these legends their names based on eyewitness accounts I've heard… Now it's on you guys to solve Nakano's urban legends, all right? What do you say? Will you go for it?"

"Okay!" Mei turned to her friends. "This is so exciting! I can't wait to get started! Everybody, we're heading to K-Café to formulate our plan on the double!"

"Mei, wait up!" Kenji called out to her as she left.

"Those two sure can't contain themselves…" Lily noted

"Well, we better indulge them and head on over," Manaka sighed. "Not like we have much of a choice…"

Kyoko watched the group of high school students leave before turning to Takumi who was still blankly staring at the empty client couch. "Don't think you get to take it easy now," she told him as he tensed up.

"H-huh!?" Takumi blinked at her as his blue eyes finally refocused on her. "What? What's going on…?"

"You're joining up with them, too," she nodded.

"Um…" he frowned as he tried to remember his task. "R-right. I'll head over to… um… K-Café?" He nodded to himself. "Right, K-Café. I'm off!" He flashed the woman a smile before leaving the agency too.

Pete frowned at how strange Takumi had been acting. "Uh, this might be a bit awkward to ask, but… I've noticed Takumi kind of just zones out sometimes. Is everything all right?"

"It's nothing too severe right now," Kyoko seriously stated, bringing a hand up to her mouth to hide her concerned frown, "but I can tell things are starting to get unstable with Takumi's body. His control over his own data is slipping, hence his emotional outbursts and loss of focus. Really, he no longer seems to be aware of these changes anymore, leading to gaps in his short-term memory." Kyoko knit her eyebrows together as it all seemed to be affected by his mood, resulting in her assistant's mentality to decline even further.

Takumi brought a hand up to his forehead and closed his eyes. "Why am I coming to work so early again?" He shook his head and opened his eyes when he remembered. "Right, I'm working a case… It's for the Occult Research Club…" he paused and frowned to himself. "No… my client is… Kyoko-san." He nodded as he tried his best to focus. "Kyoko-san wants me to look into the strange things happening in Nakano with the Occult Research Club," he reminded himself. "Right," he nodded. He continued into the empty building and noticed the club members were already gathered.

"Well, now that we're well into the night," Mei began with a smile, "our time has finally come to spring into action!"

Manaka looked around the empty mall. "Since we're here, might as well start on the first floor."

Lily tilted her head to the side. "We're going through every floor and checking whether these strange things are actually taking place, right?"

"Right," Kenji nodded as he crossed his arms. "Since the reports of Three-Legged Matthew seem to center around this floor, we'll start with that for now and go from there."

Mei giggled with anticipation. "All right, then let's get to work!" she cried before chuckling some more.

Everybody began to split up to take post at various points on the first floor. Takumi looked around as he realized he had been tasked with patrolling the area to make sure everything was fine between each member of the club. He took a deep breath before beginning his work.

"Hey, Kenji-san," he nodded at the vice president standing by the escalator. "Remind me again what it is we're looking out for?"

"Three-Legged Matthew," the boy told him. "Have you heard of him?"

"No," Takumi shook his head.

"I figured out a little of Three-Legged Matthew's backstory," Kenji smiled. "So get this… Thirty years ago, there was this popular 'Anita' doll whose clothes you could swap out. Matthew was another doll who was her ex-boyfriend. Originally, he was described as being her fiancé but another male doll that showed up later, Lance, a diplomat, became popular. At some point, Lance and Anita got hitched and Matthew was relegated to the ex-boyfriend position."

The Cyber Sleuth blinked at him. "Is that it?"

Kenji frowned at him. "To be honest, that's all I got. You'll have to talk to Mei for the rest of it."

"Alright," Takumi nodded as he started for the back entrance.

"I wouldn't go that way if I were you," Kenji warned him. "It's just a bad direction to head in at this hour…"

"Hm?" the redhead raised an eyebrow at the Occult Club's Vice President. "Okay then…" He decided to take his advice and started down the other hallway leading to the agency. "Thank… I guess…" He spotted Mei studying Mirei's consultation booth. "Mei-san," he approached her. "Kenji-san just told me about Matthew's back story, but what's this about Lance?"

She brightened as she recalled the story. "It turns out there's an epilogue of sorts to Matthew's story… After he lost Anita to Lance, Matthew went insane and attacked Lance, chopping his body up and sending the pieces to Anita. But things didn't go entirely according to plan when he tried to send the final piece to her, a single leg. Because as it turned out, Anita was putting Lance's body back together using forbidden dark magic!" she exclaimed. "What Matthew did in response was attach that final leg to his own body… ostensibly in an effort to ensure Lance could never be revived. Ever since, he's apparently been walking around with much difficult on his three legs, roaming here and there… Forever searching for memories of the good old days he and Anita once had…"

"Hmm…" Takumi blinked at her before nodding to the girl in thanks. "I see. That's how the story goes… I'd better check up on Lily and Manaka then." He started towards the elevators and noticed the high school girl wearing a maid uniform.

Lily giggled to herself as she looked towards Manaka by the back entrance. "You know, I think Manaka and Kenji make a cute pair, don't you?" she asked Takumi. "Oh, but don't tell them I said that, okay?"

"Shouldn't you be keeping lookout?" Takumi asked her. There didn't seem to be anything for her to report so he decided to move on. "Manaka-san," he called out to the other girl. "Did you notice anything?"

"Nakano Broadway at night feels really creepy…" she frowned in response. "I mean during the day, there are some floors I don't like visiting, but this is something else."

"Hm," the redhead shook his head. "It doesn't look like we'll be seeing Matthew then." He looked up when he saw Mei and Kenji coming towards them.

"Nothing really out of the ordinary here…" Mei frowned.

"Nope," Takumi nodded in agreement.

"All right, then onto the second floor!" Lily stated.

The teenagers went up the stairs and Kenji crossed his arms. "Now to turn our attention to Kata Kata…"

"Well, time's a wasting…" Mei smiled. "Off we go!" she chuckled.

Lily and Manaka dispersed but Takumi kept Kenji and Mei for a little while. "Um… What's Kata Kata?" Takumi asked with a frown.

"From what I can tell," Mei told him, "Kata Kata is derived from the famous Teke Teke legend. Teke Teke is an apparition who lost her feet in a train accident. She can travel up to 150 kilometers per hour with just her arms, laughing as she pursues people."

"The name Teke Teke supposedly comes from the sound she makes when she moves with her arms," Kenji added. He paused for a moment before wearing a confused frown. "So where does Kata Kata come from?"

"Kata Kata is probably an altered form that Teke Teke came to adopt after many years…" Mei shrugged.

"I can see that," Takumi nodded as he started for the elevator. "Teke Teke…" he muttered. "A spirit who can travel at high speeds with just her arms…"

Manaka blinked at him at the mention of that story. "I don't think anybody up against a spirit that could go 150 kilos per hour would have any hope of escaping. If you bump into it, it's game over," she shivered.

"Well, it is scary…" Takumi mused.

Lily giggled at that. "Manaka's such a fraidy cat, but she still loves it when Kenji talks about occult stories all passionately and stuff!"

"Seriously, shouldn't you be a bit more serious about this?" Takumi asked the maid. He paused as Mei sighed behind him.

"Nothing to report here either…" the club president shook her head.

"Yep," Manaka nodded. "Let's make out way up to the third floor.

"What'll we run into up here, I wonder!?" Mei asked as they arrived on the next floor. She brightly smirked as she sent her friends to investigate. "Only one way to find out… Let's split up and get to work, everyone!" she chuckled.

"Right…" Takumi nervously frowned. He sighed when he spotted Lily pulling Manaka away with her. "What are you doing now?"

"Hey, Manaaakaaa," Lily smirked as she continued teasing her friend. "How are things going with you and Kenji? How far have you two progressed!? Tell me! Tell me!"

"Ugh, you seem totally bored, Lily…" Manaka frowned. "You're just spouting weird stuff now."

"What better time is there to talk about love than the middle of the night!?" Lily asked.

Takumi shook his head as he decided to go check on Mei or Kenji instead. Turning around the corner leading to the bookstore, he jumped when Kenji called out to him. "Oh, hey! I think I figured out why she's called Kata Kata!" Kenji exclaimed. "Kata Kata originally lost her legs after falling onto train tracks in Hokkaido… So maybe her name comes from the sound teeth make when chattering…"

"Huh…" Takumi blinked at how oddly random that was. "That's weird…" He shrugged it off though as he started for the food vendors. He longingly stared at the closed ice cream parlor before he noticed Mei staring at him strangely. "Sorry!" he tensed up. "I'm just a bit hungry…" He shook his head. "Anyway, did you remember something else about Kata Kata?"

Mei crossed her arms and thought about it. "If you happen to meet Kata Kata, she'll ask, 'Need your legs'? And if you don't give her the right response, she'll run off with yours."

"How are you supposed to answer her?" Takumi asked.

"What's the right response? It's 'I'm using them right now'," Mei answered with a nod. "She's surprisingly cooperative, it turns out…"

"That's… also random…" the Cyber Sleuth knit his eye brows together. He noticed Mei was looking pretty disheartened. "Is something wrong?"

"Wh-why isn't there anything special happening tonight!?" she asked. "We've got one more floor to go… Surely there's something to find up on the fourth floor! Come on, let's head for the elevator!" She grabbed the boy's arm and dragged him to the elevator as the rest of the club members regrouped. "All right, come to us, o' Reaper Elevator!" Mei exclaimed. "Make thyself known before us!"

Takumi stared at the elevator for a while before checking the time on his Digivice. "It's past 2 AM now…" he said with a yawn.

"Why!?" Mei shook her head. "Why isn't anything showing up!? I called out to it and everything, but there's no sign of it appearing at all!" Takumi jumped as the girl began jumping up and down in a tantrum. "This suuuucks! I hate it! I just wanna see the Grim Reaper at least one in my lifetime! Is that too much to ask!?"

"You do know what type of wish that is, right…?" Takumi frowned at her.

"Mei, it's okay!" Kenji tried to calm her down. "There's still hope! Just keep it together! Just keep it together!"

"Wow," Lily blinked at Mei, "I never took her to be the type to throw a tantrum when things go poorly…"

"Mei, we're getting worried about you," Manaka frowned. "Why don't we take a little break at K-Café?" she suggested. "When we met up earlier yesterday afternoon, the owner said it was fine to use it as a break room. It shouldn't be locked."

"She's not going to listen to reason…" Kenji sighed.

"I'm in favor it of it," Lily raised her hand. "I'm beat! I could use a rest after all that investigating!"

"We caaaan't!" Mei whined. "There's still Master Tip Tap to check! We have to check everything again, top to bottom! There has to be something here! I just know it!"

"All right, we get it!" Lily cried out in exasperation. "Let's just go inside K-Café for a bit so we can reassess the situation. Sound good to you?"

"There's nothing heeeere!" Mei complained as she took a seat. "No ghosts, no spirits, nothing! Nothiiiiiing!"

"Oh, cheer up!" Lily told her. "Since when does the good stuff ever happen on the first day you do this sort of work?"

"Waaa…" the president cried. "I just wanna see Matthew… Kata Kata… the Reaper Elevator… and Master Tip Taaaapppp!"

"It's okay, Mei, really!" Kenji tried consoling her again. "I'm sure something will come along soon!"

"Really…?" she asked him. "You sure?"

Manaka suddenly let out a scream.

"Hmm?" Lily turned towards her. "What's wrong?"

"Don't you guys… hear it?" Manaka asked.

They all paused before hearing a loud clank from next door. "You're right…" Kenji nodded. "Is that the elevator?"

"M-maybe it's Kyoko-san?" Manaka nervously pointed out.

"But she's not the only resident here…" Lily stated. "Who could it be? Wait, maybe it's a cop!" she tensed up.

"That sound just now…" Kenji thought about it. "Did the elevator just arrive on this floor?"

"It must have!" Mei exclaimed as she rose from her seat. A renewed smile appeared on her face. "It's the Reaper Elevator! It came! I knew it was real all along!" The kids tensed up as they heard an ominous tip-tap sound coming towards them. "Oh my god, that sound… Is that Master Tip Tap!?" the club president asked.

After a while, they heard a chattering kata-kata noise. "But now it's a different sound…" Kenji nervously whispered. "Don't tell me it's—!" He, Lily, and Manaka let out a terrified scream as the door to K-Café opened.

Takumi quickly snapped out of his stupor. "Hm? Is something happening?" He blinked when he saw a mysterious old man screaming at the sight of the teens.

Mei stared at the strange man in stunned silence. "Wait, was that… somebody's voice?"

The old man looked around the café in confusion. "What, what, what's going on!? What are you kids doing in here!?"

"W-we could ask the same question!" Lily told him. "Why are you here so late!?"

"Late?" the old man knit his eyebrows together. "Missy, it's morning already! I always come in here to relax around this time!"

"Huh!?" Lily glanced at the clock. "But it's not even four yet!"

"Well, actually…" Manaka placed her hands on her hips. "It makes sense. My grandpa tends to get up really early, too…"

"Oh, I get it now…" Kenji nodded. "That's why the K-Café owner had this place unlocked. It's so this guy can use it." He looked over towards Takumi and noticed he was blankly staring at the old man. "Hey, Takumi… What's wrong?"

"Hm?" Takumi tilted his head to the side. "His cane…"

"Huh?" Mei looked at what the redhead was referring to. "Wait, am I seeing what I think I am!?" she gasped. "Is that a third leg…?"

"What?" the mysterious old man frowned at her. "What are you blathering about now?" he asked as his teeth clattered.

"Those dentures…" Mei frowned. "Are they making that chattering noise because they're misaligned? You also came from the elevator…" she mused. Her eyes widened as she finally realized something. "Which would make you the Reaper!?"

"Hey, who are you calling a reaper!?" the old man cried.

"Then the tapping sound must have come from…" Mei shook her head and let out a cry. "Nooooooo! You mean to tell me that this old guy is the one behind all of the local urban legends here!?" She began to shake. "You have to be… You have to be kidding… Oh…"

Takumi closed his eyes and sighed. "Mei's mournful cries could be heard all throughout the building that night…" he logged into his the audio report in his Digivice. He blinked as noticed his record was running a bit longer than he realized. "Hmm? I don't remember recording all this. Did this all really happen during the case…?" He shrugged it off. "Well, the evidence doesn't lie."

"So, it looks like you guys came through and solved all of the mysteries," Kyoko gave them a pleased smirk. "I couldn't have asked for a better end result than what you found out!"

"What's so good about it?" Mei grumpily asked. "It was all just because that old guy takes early morning walks…"

"Perhaps," Kyoko chuckled as she rested a hand on her hip, "but as they say, 'Truth is stranger than fiction'. Get real here. Who could have ever seen any of this coming?"

"Uh… um…" Mei blinked as the woman had a point.

"Let me ask you something," the detective continued. "While you were out running around solving mysteries, what were you picturing inside your head? Did you see things in pitch dark? Did you hear things in deafening silence? Personally, in my opinion, I'd say such strong human imaginations are key to engaging in supernatural research."

"Hmm…" Lily frowned. "I feel like I kind of get it, but don't at the same time…"

"Those are just my own thoughts of the matter," Kyoko stated. "Don't read too deeply into them. Hopefully, having reached the conclusion that you guys have, it's given you some things to think about individually." She crossed her arms and nodded to the stack of folders on the coffee table. "Now, as promised, I believe I have my files to hand off as your rewar—"

"Those won't be necessary," Kenji cut her off. "We'll solve those other mysteries ourselves through our own efforts." He looked to his club with a nod. "Our own efforts… and our boundless passion and imagination!"

"Oho," Manaka smiled at him. "That's a fantastic attitude to have."

"Wow, Kenji," Lily smirked, "that's actually kind of cool of you to say that!"

"Perhaps I was out of line, then," Kyoko nodded. "If you insist that much, then I won't worry about—"

"Oh no," Mei quickly placed her hand the folders. "We'll still gladly take them off your hands, detective!"

"Oh?" Kyoko blinked at her.

"What are you saying, Mei!?" Manaka frowned at their president. "Haven't you been paying any attention to what's going on!?"

"So!?" the glasses-wearing brunette turned to her. "Do you mean to tell me you're not even a little interested in what's inside those files!? Really, Manaka!?"

"Uh, well…" Manaka lowered her gaze. "Maybe just a little…" she sheepishly admitted.

"If you aren't, then I'll just go ahead and read them by myself!" Mei declared as she grabbed the top file and left.

"Hey, that's no fair!" Manaka cried out before chasing after her.

"Man," Kenji sighed, "and here I was thinking I was acting cool for once, too…"

"Aww, Kenji, you did great!" Lily tried to console him. "Don't let this get you down! Just try harder next time!" she giggled. "Well, I'm gonna take off now! Catch you two later!" she politely bowed to the detective and her assistant before both high school students left.

"Looks like it's just the two of us again, Takumi," Kyoko chuckled before turning to look at the smiling teenager standing at her side. "I didn't expect them run off with only one of my files! Either way, we can now report back to the other tenants that those issues have been taken care of. Hopefully that'll improve our standing a little. Those occult club kids are something, though… They're growing up so fast." She gave Takumi a fond smile at how much he's grown too. "Maybe one of these days they'll start to be friendly rivals of yours. That'd be fun, right?"

"Rivals?" Takumi laughed. "Now that's a thought!" After a while he blinked at the detective with a confused expression on his face. "Um… Who exactly are we referring to again…?"

Kyoko sighed as she wondered what she was going to do with her assistant.

The mysterious old man frowned as he stood in front of a wall in K-Café. "What makes me drag my old bones out here every morning, I wonder…?" he asked himself. "This place feels real nostalgic to me for some reason, but I can't pinpoint the reason why." He blinked when the image of a blue and white cat appeared to him through the wall. "What the!?" Pete blinked at the old man in alarm before quickly taking off to the detective agency. The old man continued to stare at the small critter in surprise. "Miko…"

"How are you feeling now?" Kyoko asked Takumi after she ran yet another diagnostic on him.

"Better…" he nodded as he opened his eyes. "I'm sorry for all the trouble, Kyoko-san…" he gave her an apologetic smile. "Do you still want me to write up a report for the case?"

The detective shook her head and gently smiled at him. "It's a good thing you've decided to keep recordings of your cases. I'll just write it up myself considering I have a better understanding of what happened than you at this point."

"I'm sorry…" the boy frowned at his body.

"Don't be," she put him at ease. "It's not something you can control." She leaned back in her seat and chuckled to herself. "It's always interesting how mysteries often lead and tie into one another… but I digress. Great work as always. Get ready for another case soon.

~NAKANO~DIGIMON~FESTIVAL~

While making his usual rounds looking for usable avatar data through Cron and training his team, Takumi noticed a pair of Digimon talking to each other a little bit past Galacta park. A pink bird his Digivice identified as a Piyomon ecstatically spoke to a smaller Pukamon. "I heard there's going to be some big festival for us Digimon!"

The Pukamon tilted its head to the side. "Actually… I don't know what a festival is. But it sure sounds fun whatever it is!"

Takumi's Digivice began to ring and he quickly answered it. Kyoko suddenly appeared on his screen and nodded to him in greeting. "Hey, it's me. We've got a new case I think you'll love for sure," she smirked at him.

"Hmm?" Curious, the boy tilted his head to the side. "What's it about?"

"As for details…" the woman chuckled. "Come back and we'll talk."

Client: Tentomon

Place: Ueno Museum

Details: I'm planning an event for the Digimon! Let's make it even more exciting! Help me, Takumi!

Takumi blinked at the note before looking up at the rather sizable red ladybug-like insect hovering over the client's sofa. "Takumi!" the Digimon nodded to him. "Great to see ya here! M'name's Tentomon! I can't tell ya how grateful I am to be having ya help me out, really! I'll spare ya the formalities and just cut right to the chase, yeah? See, I'm putting together a big shindig, ya might say. I'm calling it the 'Digimon Festival'! Or 'DigiFest' for short. And I want the one and only Takumi here as our guest of honor! That's… basically why I filed a case with ya. With yer help, I just know the festival will be a huge success! So what do ya say? Ya in or ya in?"

"Eh…?" Takumi tilted his head to the side. "Why me?"

"Don't tell me ya don't know!" Tentomon stared at the legendary Cyber Sleuth in surprise. "Takumi, buddy, yer a regular celebrity among us Digimon!"

"R-really?" Takumi blushed as he sheepishly scratched his cheek.

The Digimon nodded his head. "Yer nice to us. Ya talk with us. Ya even help us out when we're in a bind! Doesn't hurt that ya hang tight with the Royal Knights, either." Tentomon smiled at the famous teen. "Basically, ya just happen to be a real good detective we can count to solve our problems. Yer reputation ain't nothin' to sneeze at, y'know. So havin' someone like yaself at the festival's bound to help make it feel as big and important as it should! Yer an important piece of the puzzle!"

"That makes sense," the redhead nodded, "sort of…"

"I just figure the festival could be a good way for us Digimon to relax a little while and not worry about Eaters or humans for once," Tentomon stated.

"Heh," Kyoko crossed her arms and smiled at her assistant's growing fame. "It's amazing the sheer variety of clients we attract these days. Taking on this case can only mean more exposure… and more clients!" her eyes glowed. "So I say we'd better take Tentomon up on this little proposition and see where it takes us," she nodded.

Takumi blinked at her in surprise. "You think so?" He noticed her mischievous smirk and mentally sighed to himself. "Alright, I understand, Kyoko-san." He turned towards Tentomon and nodded. "I suppose I'll accept the case then."

"Awesome, then it's decided!" Tentomon exclaimed. "I can't thank ya enough fer doin' this! I'll meet ya over at Ueno Museum once yer ready to get started."

Takumi placed his hands on his hips as his client left. "So I'm a famous Cyber Sleuth, huh?" he raised an eyebrow at the turn of events.

"You seem surprisingly unenthusiastic," the detective noticed with a frown.

"Hm?" Takumi blinked at her in surprise. After a while, he quickly averted his gaze. "W-well… A festival sounds nice and all, but I'd really rather be doing something more productive, like training my team or completing a more urgent case."

"But this is urgent," Kyoko reminded him. "We need to expand our clientele base," she smirked. "What better opportunity for that than a publicity stunt from the famed Cyber Sleuth himself?"

"It looks like I don't have a choice in the matter," the red-haired teen sighed. "I guess a quick appearance wouldn't hurt. Well, Kyoko-san, I'm off to meet my fans then."

"Have a safe trip," the detective smirked as he left.

All of the Baby II Digimon stared at the red-haired human as he suddenly appeared before them. "Whoa!" Tanemon brightly looked up at Takumi, surprised she was able to witness his Stealth Hide firsthand. "It's Detective Goggles! I've heard so much about you!"

Her friend Mochimon jumped up and down. "I'm so excited! You're gonna fight with us today, right? Right!?" he eagerly asked the Cyber Sleuth.

"Fight?" Takumi asked as he brought a hand up to his chin.

"Hey, Takumi!" Tentomon called out to his guest of honor. "Glad to see ya made it in one piece!"

"Tentomon!" the boy blinked at him.

"Now that yer here, the DigiFest has officially begun!" the happy Digimon exclaimed. "Our first event with be the 'Digimon Battle Royale'!"

"Yaaaaaay!" an Elecmon excitedly jumped. "Wahoo!"

The Otamamon standing beside him nodded in anticipation. "You better be ready, 'cause I'm not gonna lose!"

"W-wait!" Takumi cried out in surprise. "I'm going to be fighting…!?"

"Oh yeah, I should, uh, explain what's going on to ya here, huh?" Tentomon chuckled.

"Well, yeah," the boy nodded, placing his hands on his hips.

"We heard about how ya took Hackmon under yer wing and helped him evolve and even become a dyed-in-the-wool Royal Knight!" Tentomon's eyes shone in admiration. "All of us really admire and look up to the Royal Knights! Once we heard the rumors about Hackmon, everyone wanted to battle you!"

A nearby Syakomon nodded in agreement. "We wanna train with Detective Goggles so we can be Royal Knights one day, too!"

"Knowing that," Tentomon nodded, "I thought it'd be fun to set up an attraction where you go around challenging a bunch of Digimon! Ya'll play along, yeah?"

"Alright, sure," Takumi shrugged. "It doesn't sound too bad." I could probably use the extra training.

"Ya will!?" the insect Digimon exclaimed in surprise. "I knew ya would! That makes me so happy to hear that! It'll definitely make everyone's day for sure!" He turned towards the Digimon gathered for the festival. "Then without further ado, let's get the Digimon Battle Royal rollin'! Head on ahead to meet yer fearsome challengers!" he told Takumi.

"Let's do this, everyone!" Takumi exclaimed before wandering around and checking out the Digimon Festival.

A Gazimon quickly came up to him asking for his autograph. "I've heard a lot of rumors about how strong you are," he told the boy, "so you'd better not disappoint me!"

"Come on, come on!" Elecmon shook in anticipation. "Hurry up so we can go fight already!" he told his friend Lalamon.

"Lalalala~" the pink plant-like Digimon sang. "Battling is fun and all, sure, but what do you say we have a singing contest instead?"

Takumi chuckled at that before kneeling at a Wormmon running up to him. "When we fight, I'm gonna win and evolve!" the small green insect declared. "I just know it! 'Impossible' isn't a word that's in my dictionary… except for now! But otherwise no!"

"I wish you luck then!" Takumi nodded to him.

An Otamamon nearby frowned to herself. "Maybe if I grow up to be super strong like the Royal Knights, I can go back home to the Digital World sometime…"

Tanemon nodded in agreement. "I wonder what Digimon I'll become once I evolve?"

A Mochimon sneezed and rubbed his nose. "Bleh, I think I've caught a cold," he frowned. "Maybe I shouldn't fight today…"

"Hey," Syakomon frowned at him, "hurry up and get over your cold already."

Takumi continued deeper into the museum and spotted a Punimon jumping towards him. "Woooow, it's Detective Goggles! I can't believe you're really here!"

The Cyber Sleuth was stopped a few more times by the fascinated Digimon, but he eventually made it to the upper landing of the museum. He was about to head deeper within the Digital Shift but paused when Tentomon began narrating a story behind him. "Dark times have fallen upon the Digital World…" the Digimon ominously stated. "Our hero, Takumi, sets foot in U'Eno, a land in ruin, ruled by the terrible Dark Lord…"

"Huh…?" Takumi blinked and turned towards the insect Digimon in confusion.

"Oh, don't mind the narration!" Tentomon motioned for the boy to keep going. "Everyone just loves a good story to set up fights! This one's meant to be like a fantasy story or some such. Anyway!" The red insect cleared his throat and continued. "Consumed by evil powers, a band of dark evolved Digimon ambushed the unlucky Takumi!"

"Ambushed?" Takumi placed his hands on his hips before turning to face the Kuwagamon and Bakemon standing in front of him.

"We challenge you to a fiiiiight!" Kuwagamon stated.

"Yes!" Bakemon nodded. "A fight with the Terrifying Trio of U'Eno!"

"Trio?" Takumi tilted his head to the side.

"Hey, wait!" a squeaky voice called out. "Hold on!" Takumi blinked at the adorable Patamon running to join his two friends. "Huff… Huff…" he panted before smiling at Takumi. "Whew, I made it!" He jumped up and flapped his ear-wings. "That makes three! We're the Terrifying Trio of U'Eno!" Patamon declared.

"I'm Devil Kuwagamon!"

"I'm Evil Bakemon!"

"And I'm Dark Patamon!"

Takumi stared at the trio before a silly smirk appeared on his face. "So… cute…" He fought against his urge to snicker at the adorable winged hamster challenging him to a fight.

"Y-you just laughed, didn't you!?" Patamon asked. "I might still just be a Child Digimon who can't seem to evolve, but…" he stared at Takumi with determined blue eyes, "But that changes here! I'll beat you here and finally evolve! You'll see!"

The Cyber Sleuth tried to become serious. "Alright! Show me what you've got!"

"Air Shot!" Patamon's small body inflated before he spat out the compressed air at the redhead.

"Brave Shield!" BlackWarGreymon quickly defended Takumi as Darkdramon rushed forward from behind him.

"Dark Roar!" Darkdramon was careful to avoid a direct shot, but the powerful ball of dark energy exploded above Patamon's head, causing the small Child Digimon to fall.

"Hell's Hand!" Bakemon unleashed a decaying hand from underneath his cloak to grab the blue Cyborg Digimon to sent up an attack by Kuwagamon.

"Body Blow!" the large red beetle tried to ram the Ultimate.

"Mega Twister!" SaintGalgomon cried as he picked up both Adults. The super-gigantic Cyborg rose into the air and spun rapidly before lightly dropping his opponents to the ground.

Patamon frowned as they had been quickly defeated. "Ow…" he struggled to rise. "I still can't evolve. Why…? Why is it so hard for me? Nobody else has this problem!"

"Oh, worry not about your loss today, fair Digimon," a familiar voice spoke up.

Takumi blinked and looked around. "Nokia…!?"

"Why, look!" Tentomon exclaimed as another human approached them. "Princess Digimoon has graciously come to comfort the forlorn Dark Patamon."

Takumi knit his eyebrows together as Princess Digimoon, or rather Nokia, knelt before the small Child Digimon. "Even in your darkest hour," the girl smiled at him, "you mustn't ever give up hope, for an unwavering heart is the most noble thing there is."

"Yes, your majesty…" Patamon bowed his head to the girl. "You're completely right. I was wrong. One day…" he raised his head high. "One day I vow I'll become a brave, strong Angemon who can make you proud!" With that, the Digimon ran off.

Nokia smiled as she got back up and clasped her hands over her heart. "Takumi, I thank thee," she slightly bowed to him. "Were it not for your bravery today, I fear that Digimon may well have lost his way forever…"

"U-um… S-sure…" Takumi wore a confused frown.

His friend suddenly began giggling. "How am I doing?" she asked. "I make a pretty great princess, wouldn't you say!?" She crossed her arms and brightly grinned at the very confused Cyber Sleuth. "If I were in charge, no matter how bad things would get, I'd make it all right and beautiful again in a flash! Flowers would bloom all over!"

"U-uh…" the boy nervously scratched his cheek. "R-right…"

"Anyway," Nokia continued, "Tentomon invited me out here today, too, as I bet you've noticed. He told me he was putting on an event that the other Digimon could have fun with and wanted me to help out. And how could I not?" she asked with a grin. "It's the Rebellions way to bust our butts to make everyone smile, so that's what I'm gonna keep on doing here, too! But enough talk!" she seriously flipped through a manual of some sort. "Time to get back on script! Um… where was I…? Oh yeah, here!" She cleared her throat and brightly grinned at Takumi. "Dearest hero, I implore you, continue onward," she pointed at the hall leading further into the museum. "Go forth and bring peace back to the land of U'Eno…" she chuckled before walking off ahead of him.

So it's that type of case… Takumi sighed to himself. "I'd better do what she says and keep going…" he stated in exasperation. He blinked at the Digimon he defeated. "Um… you'll be okay, right?"

Bakemon nodded. "You were really strong back there, Detective Goggles… Ow…"

"I lost…" Kuwagamon frowned at himself. "I LOST! I'm such a loser!" he sobbed.

"Hmm…" Patamon studied Takumi's Digimon before looking down at his own body. "How can I make myself finally evolve? I feel like I've tried everything…"

"Right… Okay…" Takumi frowned before deciding to move on. He blinked as Tentomon was chuckling at him.

"The DigiFest is a huge success thanks to you, Takumi!" the insect Child nodded. "Keep it up! There's still a lot of the show to go through yet!"

"Well, it sure does look like everyone's having fun," the blue-eyed teen noticed. "I might as well keep going…"

A Wanyamon laughed as he travelled with the boy. "You're going to be fighting even stronger Digimon next round! I'm curious to see who'll win!"

Mochimon laughed in agreement. "I haven't had this much fun in foreveeeeer!"

The Patamon Takumi defeated earlier flew past him, eager to find a good place to sit. "I'm going to be watching your fights closely, Detective. It's important research for me to learn how to evolve!"

Takumi smiled at that but tensed up when he heard Nokia—or was it Princess Digimoon?—scream. "Nokia!?" he quickly took off in a sprint, thinking his best friend was really in danger. "Noki…ah!?"

The girl wore a crooked smile as she tried to pretend as though she were scared. "Oh nooo, please, someone save meeeee!" she cried. "This foul beast is going to eat meeee!" she pointed at the Leomon standing in front of her.

"Ah…" Takumi frowned as the Digimon turned to face him. You know what? I regret taking this case… he thought in annoyance as he had other more important things to work on back at the agency.

"So you've come, Takumi," Leomon stated. "I am Leomon, one of the Four Heavenly Kings. I'm here to take my revenge for BanchoLeomon, who you and Hackmon slew!"

"So it's just you who's going to face me?" Takumi asked.

"Hmm? Where are the other Kings? Feh," Leomon shook his head. "I have no time for such idiotic questions!"

"Oh, hero," Nokia continued with the charade, "Leomon, too, has had his heart tainted by the powers of darkness! Please, you must save me before it's too late!"

"I hereby challenge you to a duel," Leomon got into his battle stance and raised his blade. "If you wish for the princess to stay alive, I would suggest you hurry up and agree."

Takumi placed his hands at his hips and frowned. "Seriously, go right on ahead," he stated with a shrug. "See if I care."

"Hey, what's the big idea?" Nokia glared at her best friend's attitude. "This might be some boring job to you, but at least you're getting paid! I had to volunteer to be here! For free!"

"And that's my problem… how?" Takumi blinked at her.

"Aaaaaaaugh, now I'm really mad!" Nokia fired up. "Leomon, go teach Takumi over there a lesson! Someone didn't get the memo on how to be a good friend!"

"Eh!?" the boy tensed up.

Leomon also turned to face her in surprise. "H-hostages aren't supposed to—"

"Shut up, I don't care about that!" Nokia frowned. "If you don't want to hear from Omegamon, then you better go kick some serious ass right now!"

The lion warrior tensed up at her threat. "Wow, where did the nice princess who wanted to protect all of her Digimon go…? Can the power of darkness even corrupt human hearts?"

"Nokia…" Takumi brought a hand up to his face and groaned.

"It's settled!" Leomon roared as he faced Takumi again. "We must fight so this malevolence might be purged from our hearts once and for all!"

The Cyber Sleuth let out a heavy sigh. "And here I thought this case would be simple…"

"Beast King Fist!" Leomon punched his fist towards Takumi, firing energy in the shape of a lion's head at the boy.

"Saint Tackle!" SaintGalgomon crashed into the attack head-on before ramming into the lion warrior.

The Noble Hero was knocked back and Takumi was glad the battle ended as quickly as it did. He looked around as he was beginning to get hungry. "I wonder if I can go now…"

Leomon groaned as he got back up. "What… happened to me…?"

"Your mind was under a truly wicked spell," Princess Digimoon—Nokia, Takumi mentally corrected himself—told the Digimon with a serious expression on her face, "Though you have now been set free of it."

The Digimon's eyes widened. "Princess… Hero…" he looked between the two humans. "I must still be here now thanks to your help. I thank you…" he bowed before them.

"Well, if I'm done here," Takumi turned to leave but sighed when another familiar voice began to chuckle malevolently. "Oh, come on!"

"Leomon," the familiar voice sneered, "you wretched creature, I grow tired of your incompetence. It appears I must intervene myself now…" Nokia gasped as she feigned fear. "And I shall start with this impudent girl!"

"Princess, look out!" Leomon jumped into the fiery light coming towards Nokia.

"Leomon!" Princess Digimoon—Nokia—gasped. "You saved me…"

"This…" the Digimon gave her a sad smile, "is merely fate, princess…" With a dramatic cry, he fell limp.

"Noooo, Leomon!" Princess Digimoon—Nokia—tearfully cried out. "Leomon! Who would dare do something so terrible!?"

The familiar voice let out a flat evil laugh. "It is but merely a fitting end for such a worthless minion!"

The red-haired girl gasped as she turned to face the evildoer. "It can't be… It's Gluttonous Beelzebumon!"

Yuuko wore an uncomfortable frown as she stepped forth to face Takumi. She looked away from the blue-eyed boy as he just blankly stared at her with a deadpan expression on his face. She sighed as she continued playing her part. "Yes, it is I, Gluttonous Beelzebumon," she flatly stated.

Takumi placed his hands on his hips and frowned at her. "Jeez, contain your excitement there, Yuuko…"

The raven-haired girl lowered her gaze as her face became red. "I… I don't think I'm really cut out for this role, to be honest," she admitted to him.

"I'm real sorry about that," Tentomon cut in. "If I had a bigger budget, I woulda hired the real thing to do this, but you were our best bet, so…" he shrugged as he flew back to the audience.

"Oh, you're fine!" Nokia reassured her. "Don't sweat it so much, Yuuko-chi! If you squint hard enough, you could totally pass for Beelzebumon!"

"In what world?" Takumi asked.

"Shut up, Takumi!" Nokia glared at him before smiling at Yuuko. "I mean, just look at you, Yuuko-chi!" she continued. "You're totally a bad girl! Yep!" she nodded. "And then, uh… Um… Oh! Your hair and your clothes practically match his!"

"Again," Takumi crossed his arms, "In what world?" Yuuko frowned as she had to agree with Takumi on this.

"C'mon, don't quit now!" Nokia pleaded to her in a whisper. "If you stay, I promise we'll go out for ramen at a nice, quiet place! Please! Just a little more!"

"Can I come too!?" Takumi asked, suddenly excited.

"No!" Nokia snapped at him. "You can't, Mister I'm-Too-Good-For-This!"

"That's not fair!" the boy cried. "I seriously don't want to do this anymore and I'm starving over here!"

"And that's my problem… how?" Nokia asked him.

"Urk!" Takumi tensed up at that.

Satisfied she managed to shut him up, Nokia turned towards Yuuko. "Come on, Yuuko-chi! Let's get ramen together after this!"

Yuuko took a moment to consider Nokia's offer before sighing. "Takumi, you have done well in coming all this way," she flatly said as Gluttonous Beelzebumon. "Allow me to take Princess Digimoon off of your hands now."

"Nooo!" Princess Digimon—Nokia—shook her head in protest despite the ridiculous smile plastered on her face. "Stay away from meeee!"

"Okay, you're enjoying being Yuuko's hostage way too much!" Takumi scolded Nokia.

"You're just jealous!" the turquoise-eyed girl glared at him.

"Obviously!" he rolled his eyes.

"H-huh?" Yuuko blinked at the arguing redheads. "Just what exactly are you jealous about, Takumi?"

"Oh, forget it…" Takumi shook his head and sighed to himself. "Never mind going for ramen with you two… I just want to get back to the agency… I don't even care if Kyoko-san has some coffee already prepared for my return… That's more preferable to… whatever this is…"

"Please just bear with this for a while longer," Yuuko sympathetically frowned at him. "If you leave now and cost me ramen, I won't forgive you," she glared at him.

"You didn't have to add the threat," Takumi shook his head and crossed his arms. "But fine… Let's just hurry up and get this over with…" he knit his eyebrows together, "Gluttonous Beelzebumon…" Yeah, no… I can't take her seriously if I call her that…

Gluttonous Beelzebumon—Yuuko, Takumi stubbornly thought—cleared her throat before starting up their performance again. "The monsters left before you are unlike any you've met until now. I present to you the Five Digimon Shoguns of Hell, each of them a living nightmare!"

"Ooooh, the Five Digimon Shoguns of Hell!" Princess Digimoon's—Nokia's—eyes widened. "I wonder what ferocious Digimon are going to appear!?"

Takumi turned towards the five Digimon rushing towards him and brought his hand up to his face. "Numemon derivatives, huh? Why am I not even surprised at this point…?"

"Wow," Princess Digimoon—Nokia—crookedly smiled at the five Digimon. "You were being really literal when you said they were nightmarish, huh? I'm impressed."

"Takumi," Numemon called out to him, "your exalted journey as a hero ends here!"

"Wouldn't that be great?" Takumi sighed but everybody ignored him.

"Farewell, o' noble hero! 'Tis time you learned your place at long last!" Gluttonous Beelzebumon—Yuuko—tried to mockingly declare. She extended her arm to signal Numemon, KaratukiNumemon, and BlackKingNumemon to attack.

"Continuous Poop Throw!" Numemon began chucking feces at Takumi.

"Unchi Rain!" the shelled version of Numemon called for a meteor shower of excrement.

"Dark Pupil!" the mustachioed, black-crowned Numemon lifted a large piece of poisonous waste above his head before throwing it.

Not wanting to deal with any of this, Takumi simply jerked his head to the side to signal BlackWarGreymon to handle the matter as hygienically as possible. "Black Storm Tornado!" the Jet-black Dragon Warrior cried as he spun around at high speeds to produce multiple massive tornadoes around him. He then launched them forward to collect the projectiles and return it to the attacking Digimon.

Numemon groaned as the world spun around him. "You're… no ordinary hero if you can slay us…" he told Takumi. "But know this. You haven't met the strongest of the Digimon Shoguns. You'll fall to their might yet! Take this!"

Takumi sighed at the GoldNumemon and PlatinumNumemon coming towards him. "Let's just get this over with…"

"Goldurian Rush!" the golden Numemon began pelting gold poop at the boy.

"Platinum Excrement!" the gleaming Numemon made of white metal did the same but with excrement made of platinum.

BlackWarGreymon frowned as he attacked them using the same method as before. "Black Storm Tornado!"

Seeing as how these variants of Numemon were much sturdier than the previous three, Darkdramon charged his Gigastick Lance. "Dark Roar!" He fired the condensed ball of dark matter into BlackWarGreymon's tornadoes, transferring the power into the swirling vortexes.

Both metallic slugs groaned as they collapsed in defeat. "Unthinkable…" GoldNumemon lifted his head to look at the frowning Cyber Sleuth. "How could all five Digimon Shoguns fall to a mere human!? Even so…" he laughed, "Don't think the worst is over! Your nightmare has only just begun!"

"There's more?" Takumi's frown deepened as he placed his hands on his hips.

"Indeed," GoldNumemon nodded. "Above us Five are the Seven Heroes. And above them are the Ten Fighters. Further still are the Twelve Devas of Olympus. Beyond them are…"

Takumi stared at the Digimon in disbelief before closing his eyes and bringing a hand up to his mouth. When he opened them again, he wore a crooked smirk on his face. "Yeah…" he wryly chuckled as he had enough of this nonsense. "I'm out!" The redhead quickly turned around and took off before anyone could stop him.

"Hey, where are you going!?" Nokia called out after him as she chased him down. "You still have to rescue me, you know!"

"Takumi, wait!" Tentomon flew after the boy too. "We're not done here, ya know! Hold on!"

Mochimon laughed as he bounced after them. "Let's play tag now!"

"No, let's play hide and seek!" a Gomamon cried.

Patamon flapped his ear wings as he tried to keep up. "Hey, maybe if I can tag Takumi, I'll finally evolve! It's worth a shot!"

Yuuko watched as everyone soon left. She frowned to herself as her stomach audibly rumbled. "You know what? I'm hungry." She sighed as she went to search for Nokia so they could get ramen like the tamer had promised.

"Oh?" Kyoko chuckled at her assistant's ordeal. "So once they finally caught you, they made you keep fighting until you beat the so-called 'Dark Lord', huh?"

"Yeah…" Takumi frowned as he placed his hands on his hips. "The only good thing that came from all that was the food and games at the end."

"And the festival also had other things like trivia and eating contests?" Kyoko brought a hand to her hip and smirked at him. "Wow, that sounds like a good time. It must have been really lively there!"

"I guess…"

"I bet you made the Digimon there really happy," she nodded. "And I bet it's done wonders for your mood as well, no?"

"Hmm?" Takumi blinked at her before bringing his hand up to his chin to think about it. "Yeah, I guess it did…" he cheerfully chuckled. Kyoko smiled as it's been a while since he was in such a good mood. The Cyber Sleuth stopped laughing though before scrunching his face up in confusion. "But, uh… Nokia was there so why wasn't she…?"

"Huh? Why were you picked to be the hero rather than Nokia?" Kyoko chuckled at his question. "Beats me. Even I can't know everything." She crossed her arms as she stared at the Digivice he adorned on his head. "You know, there's an old quote I heard once that sums it up well. Something like 'Every hero needs a pair of goggles'. It's a universal truth…"

"Goggles…?" Takumi crookedly smiled at that as he began fidgeting with his Digivice. "That's seriously all it takes to make me a hero?"

"So how does it feel being a big hero, then?" the detective asked him. Takumi wore an uncomfortable frown on his face as he didn't know how to answer that. "Well, just don't let it go to your head because there's still plenty of work left for you to do," she chuckled.

"Yeah, I know," he nodded as he decided to begin typing out his report.

"Great job with the case," Kyoko praised him. "I know it definitely skewed more on the weird side of things, but… sometimes it's good to go off the beaten track."

Takumi blinked at her for a while before his expression softened into a smile. "Yeah…"

The detective smiled too, glad he was back to his usual self.

~GHOST~CAT~BUILDING~

Takumi looked up at the clock and smiled at it was time for his lunch break. "Pete! Let's eat!" he stated as he put his laptop to sleep. "I brought you the new cat food like I promised!" He looked around the office in confusion when he noticed Pete wasn't on the sofa with him. The Cyber Sleuth frowned before turning towards Kyoko. "Where did Pete go?"

"I haven't seen him in a while," the detective frowned back. "I doubt he's left Nakano Broadway, but something's been troubling him…" she mused.

"Eh?" the sensitive teen knit his eyebrows together in worry.

"Go find him," Kyoko suggested to her assistant.

"Of course," Takumi nodded as he began to search for his small friend.

"Pete!" Takumi called out to the Wanyamon when he spotted him by the bathrooms of the third floor.

Pete turned around and smiled up at Takumi as the boy knelt down to pet him. "Oh… It's you, huh?"

"Were you expecting someone else?" the Cyber Sleuth asked.

"Do you…?" Pete frowned as he lowered his gaze to the floor. "Do you know what I am?"

"Pete?" Takumi worriedly tilted his head to the side.

"Because I don't…" the Digimon sadly stated. "I don't feel anything at all… Not a… thing…"

"Pete!?" The boy's blue eyes widened when the catlike Digimon suddenly vanished. He quickly searched around for the Wanyamon before quickly calling the office. "Kyoko-san!"

"What happened?" the detective asked him with a frown.

"Pete just vanished!"

"What…? Pete disappeared in front of you?"

"Yeah! I can't sense him at all!" the boy cried in a panic. "What should I do?"

"Hmm…" Kyoko brought her hand up to her mouth. "Just come back here for now. A new case just came in that's cause for concern. It could be related to what you just witnessed."

Client: Old Man Mizushima

Place: Broadway

Details: I have been looking for so long. My Miko… My poor cat. Please find Miko.

"This case comes in from Old Man Mizushima," Kyoko told her assistant as he pulled out an empty folder. "You might remember him as the one behind those four urban legends you recently investigated with the occult club members," she smiled.

Takumi placed his hands on his hips as he tried to recall. "Right," he nodded. "I vaguely remember him showing up at K-Café…"

"It well and truly is a small world out there," Kyoko told him, "even when it feels bigger than ever in some ways… Anyway, he's tasked us with tracking down his cat. Frankly, during times like this, there's something to be said for a down-to-earth gig like this one."

"I suppose," the boy put on a gentle smile.

"Mizushima said he'd be waiting for you at K-Café, although he didn't actually state when…" Kyoko said, bringing up a hand to her chin. "It wouldn't hurt to go on ahead and check things out at the café, so go do that."

"Alright," Takumi nodded. "I'm off!" he told her before leaving the agency.

"Have a safe trip," she called out after him.

Takumi felt the world around him rumble and shake as he reached K-Café. "Whoa!" He quickly caught himself and looked around in concern. "It feels like it's stopped. I wonder if it was an earthquake…" He shook his head as he let himself into the cozy establishment.

Sacchan greeted the boy as usual. "Welcome!" she smiled at the regular. "Grab a drink, have a seat, and stay as long as you like!"

"Thanks," Takumi laughed as he walked up to the counter. "So what about that earthquake just now?"

"An earthquake?" the owner blinked at the teen. "No, I didn't feel anything of the sort."

"Huh?" Takumi frowned. "That's strange… I swear I felt one earlier." He shrugged it off though and ordered a cup of coffee before taking a seat. As he waited for his client to arrive, he quickly phoned the office. "Kyoko-san, I'm at the café right now. It doesn't look like he's here yet."

"So Old Man Mizushima's not in right now," the detective brought a hand to her mouth. "All right." She looked up towards her assistant. "You originally met him there early in the morning, right? You might as well come back around the same time and see if he shows up."

"Sure, I'll be returning to the agency then," Takumi nodded to her.

"The next day, early morning…" Takumi quickly logged into his audio journal as he left the agency. "Let's head for K-Café. Old Man Mizushima should hopefully be there at this hour…" he checked the time before taking the elevator to the fourth floor. As he entered the café, he stared at the old man he met earlier. "Mizushima-san?" Takumi blinked.

The man looked away from the wall and towards the Cyber Sleuth. "Oh, it's you again. I've been waiting, you know."

"You didn't tell Kyoko-san a time so I came during the afternoon," Takumi told him. "You never showed up…"

"Hmm? You stopped by yesterday afternoon, but couldn't find me?" the man blinked at him. "You must have just had bad timing, kid! I've been waiting here forever for you!"

"Really?" Takumi tilted his head to the side.

"What's done is done," Mizushima shook his head. "Let's just let bygones be bygones and start searching now." He looked towards the wall and frowned. "My Miko, you see… He's inside this wall here."

"The wall…?" Takumi studied the wall for a while with a frown. "There's nothing there except—" he let out a surprised yelp as the ground began to shake again. "Another earthquake!?" Takumi looked towards the elderly man but frowned as the older gentleman didn't seem to notice anything out of the ordinary. The Cyber Sleuth's Digivice began to ring and Takumi immediately answered. "K-kyoko-san?"

"Are you at K-Café right now?" she asked.

"Yeah," Takumi nodded as he tried to keep his balance.

"I'm picking up readings of really strong Digital Wave vibrations from the fourth floor," she told him. "It's a really huge current coursing through there. My money's on that old 'time capsule' being the cause of them."

"A Digital Wave…?" Takumi rested a hand on a nearby table to keep himself upright. "Hey, Kyoko-san… Is there an earthquake happening right now?"

"What's that? An earthquake?" Kyoko brought a hand up to her mouth. "No, I can confirm it's definitely not. There's no movement here on the first floor. You're just sensing the intense Digital Wa—"

"Kyoko-san!" Takumi frowned as the line suddenly went dead. He tried to call her back but paused when he spotted an image of Pete materializing out of the wall. "Pete!"

Mizushima stared at the Wanyamon with wide eyes. "It's…"

"I don't wanna know…" Pete frowned. "It's better not knowing…" He closed his eyes as a painful expression washed over his face. "Things are fine just as they are now… It's better if they don't change… Please, stop… Don't wake me up from this…"

"Pete!" Takumi sympathetically stared at his friend as the urge to want to help him filled his shaking half-cyber body.

"It's Miko!" Mizushima managed to smile.

"No, I'm Pete!" the Digimon stated.

The elderly man shook his head. "Whatever you are, Miko, just… come back to me!"

Takumi noticed everything beginning to stabilize around him. "Pete…?"

The Digimon frowned and shook his head at the old man. "No, I can't… That's… too much to ask of me… I'm not…" Pete closed his eyes as they filled with tears. "Takumi, please… Leave me alone. Let things stay… just the way they are…"

"Pete!" Takumi called out to the Wanyamon as he returned to the tube computer beyond the wall.

"I'm sorry, Miko…" Mizushima sadly frowned at the ground. "I'm sorry…"

Takumi knit his eyebrows together but quickly answered his Digivice as it began ringing again. "Ah, did I finally get through to you again?" Kyoko asked. "The vibrations have stopped for now, but the Digital Waves are still as intense as ever. There's something big brewing in there. As I suspected earlier, they're coming from that old vacuum tube computer inside the wall. The Digital Waves are just gushing out of there from the old intranet lines that computer is hooked up to. So much so, in fact, that they're forming a cybernetic ley line… a 'Digital Line' of sorts." She gravely frowned at her assistant. "If this thing persists, it's only a matter of time before its effects are felt in the real world."

"You mean a labyrinth," Takumi guessed.

Kyoko nodded to him. "Takumi, I need you to go inside that vacuum tube computer and do what you can to stop it."

"Alright," her assistant told her. "I was about to go anyways to chase after Pete. Just leave this to me, Kyoko-san!"

"I'm counting on you," she told him with a nod.

Takumi hung up and looked towards Mizushima. The old man was frowning at the wall, apologizing over and over again. "I'm sorry… I'm so sorry…"

"Mizushima-san," Takumi stared directly into the man's eyes. "I'll bring Pete… er, Miko… back to you. He seems to be in trouble, but I'll do all I can to help you both. I promise," he gave the man a determined nod before Connect Jumping into the wall. As he reoriented himself in the new network, Takumi paused as he could distinctly sense Pete's digital signature somewhere ahead of him. "Don't worry, Pete! I'm coming to help you!"

The Digimon whimpered at the boy's insistence to come after him. "Please, let me be…" Pete's voice echoed around Takumi. "Don't wake me from this dream…"

"What's going on with Pete?" Takumi asked himself with a concerned frown. He shook his head as he stared at the road ahead of him. "Only one way to find out…"

When the Cyber Sleuth made it into the Digital Space, Pete sighed. "Why…? Why do you have to know who I really am…?" he asked.

"I just want to help you, Pete!" Takumi called out. He waited for Pete to reply but frowned when he was met with silence. "No response," he muttered. He clenched his right fist and nodded to himself in determination. "Let's find Pete!"

As he explored the Digital Space, Takumi noticed some stray bits of data here and there. Curious, he approached a piece to see what sort of information it contained.

Nakano Broadway Construction: Part 1

Construction plans for Nakano Broadway (hereby abbreviated as 'NB') were announced in 1959, ultimately taking 7 years to complete. The reason for the lengthy duration was due to a major issue that routinely manifested throughout the process. During land leveling, underground water leaked, resulting in an immediate halt to any and all work within the area. A large lake formed and the site was left alone for a long time. Mysteriously, large fish appeared en masse, attracting fishermen. Records also indicate people bathed there in large numbers and that a child at one point drowned in the lake.

Takumi closed his eyes as he heard a familiar voice speaking in his mind. "Today something terrible happened. A strange Digimon appeared in the middle of my bed. It was so cold in there… Even when I tried calling out for help, nobody came for me… But these two detectives eventually showed up. Kyoko-san and Takumi… Takumi asked me who I was, but I said I didn't know. So Kyoko-san gave me a name. She decided to call me 'Pete' because I'm some sort of 'time capsule'. Yep, Pete. That's my name. It made me so happy to have one. Names really are special things to have."

"Is this… Pete's memory?" Takumi asked himself with a frown. He decided to keep going until he found another data file.

Nakano Broadway Construction: Part 2

No blueprints exist for NB. The year 1961 saw the Japanese government commence its 'Income Doubling Plan' in order to reenergize the post-war economy. In tandem with unemployment policies, public works projects flooded the country, with major construction companies allotted huge budgets. Around 1962, one such project, the main route for the Shuto Expressway, was completed ahead of schedule. It was at that point that attention turned back towards NB. Idle laborers and resources were funneled into the area from central Tokyo, at which point work on the building commenced in earnest. It's likely that there wasn't a time to even think of preparing proper blueprints for NB at that stage.

Takumi paused as Pete's voice echoed in his mind again. "Yoshito really likes this girl named 'Yuki Fuyume'. He always sits me on his lap and tells me all about her. Everything is perfect about her, he says. Her singing, her dancing, her looks, everything. He says she's one in a million among idols. I can't do any of those things. I can't sing and I can't dance. But what I can do is curl up and fall asleep on Yoshito's lap. I love doing that. I also just love hearing Yoshito talk to me so happily."

Takumi remembered how often Pete would curl himself up on the boy's chest as he slept at the agency during the time Kyoko had been away. He smiled to himself as sometimes, they would just lounge on the sofa and just talk. Of course, it was usually just Takumi doing most of the talking. Pete was a patient listener and loved the strange non sequiturs of Takumi's abnormal mind. "Pete… no matter who you are, you're still you. Nothing can change that." Takumi continued forward as he began piecing together the clues being handed to him.

Nakano Broadway Construction: Part 3

With no blueprints to draw upon, concrete was poured and rebar was erected, tailored to the land around the site. When construction was concluded four years later, the final building had three underground floors, as well as ten floors aboveground. East Asia's greatest commercial building was therefore constructed on little more than sheer willpower. However, this came at the cost to some aspects of NB's integrity. The escalator, for instance, only connects the first three floors. Most of the underground floors have also gone unused in the ensuing years. Such quirks are direct results of the circumstances surrounding the building's inception.

Pete's voice happily recalled another memory. "Yoshito told me that he and his son have been to a 'world's fair' once. He said that the line to see the 'moon rocks' was really long, so long that it made them tired. But he said his son still had a good time. People also call Yoshito 'Chief Mizushima'. His full name is 'Mizushima Yoshito'. Yoshito is a big, important man in the 'computer room', so he doesn't get to go out with his son much. He's glad they got to see the world's fair. I wish I could have seen the world's fair with Yoshito, too. But he and I are always together in the computer room. So that's okay. I'm content."

"Mizushima Yoshito… my client?" Takumi frowned.

Nakano Broadway Construction: Part 4

In most cases, large commercial buildings are run by their owners, who control everything from PR to tenants and internal bylaws. NB was an exception to that rule. From the very start, shop and residential spaces alike were sole piecemeal. People who bought their real estate inside the building were then free to utilize it however they pleased. Because of this, soon after NB opened, shop owners and residents started remodeling work on their respective stores and apartments. In the end, this meant that formal blueprints for NB weren't drafted until eight years after the building was originally completed. Even in those early days, the building's layout had already become too unwieldy for anyone to fully grasp at that stage.

"Yoshito always has me sitting on his lap," Pete's voice wistfully sighed, "petting my head all nice and gently. I love Yoshito. Yoshito always calls me… Miko. Miko is a girl's name. But Yoshito gave it to me, so I love it."

"Miko…" the Cyber Sleuth repeated that name. "Is there a reason you don't want to be Miko, Pete?"

Nakano Broadway Construction: Part 5

The basement of Broadway once housed a vacuum tube computer within its walls. It had been brought into the building after the end of WWII by war criminals who evaded arrest, shielded from the prying eyes of MacArthur's GHQ. The vacuum tube computer's purpose in those days' remains a mystery. It's possible it could have been utilized for things such as mathematical computations or code-breaking, but such speculation is unconfirmed. As time went on, there was eventually nobody left to carry on the original purpose set forth for the terminal. At that point, the computer was apparently buried inside a wall somewhere.

"It's dark in here," Pete's voice meekly whimpered. "All dark. I can't see a thing. I'm okay being in the dark. I'm not scared of it or anything. But it's never been this dark before. Yoshito's not here. I don't even smell him. I can't go back outside. Yoshito, where are you? Yoshito. Yoshito. Please, sit me on your lap. And pet my head again. Yoshito. Yoshi…to…"

"So the day the computer was sealed…" Takumi frowned, "you were separated from Mizushima-san…" The Cyber Sleuth sadly lowered his gaze at the thought of being left behind in darkness for so long. "You must have suffered a long time…"

"Now you know…" the Digimon's voice echoed around the teen. "Now you know who I really am… I'm…" the voice hesitated. "I'm…!"

Kyoko frowned as the entire building began to shake. "So it's begun…!" she crossed her arms. "Though I have to say this is a bit more than what I bargained for! If this keeps up, the building's going to collapse for sure!"

The amnesiac Wanyamon finally materialized before Takumi. "Who… am… I?" he asked the boy with a sad frown. Takumi placed his hands on his hips as he tried to figure out how to answer the suffering Digimon. "Somebody… anybody… tell me…"

Takumi knelt down in front of his friend and carefully reached his hand forward. "You're…"

"Please…" the catlike creature cautiously looked up at Takumi. "Who… am I…?" He shut his eyes as the boy's hand was on his head. He was tense for a moment but soon, he relaxed into the kind teen's palm as Takumi began gently petting his head in the way he knew the Digimon liked it.

"Miko," Takumi gently stated as he continued to scratch the Wanyamon's ears. "You're Miko."

Miko opened his eyes and smiled up at the blue-eyed boy. "Yeah, that's right… My name is Miko…" Takumi gave him a kind nod as he let the Digimon speak. "Yoshito is… my friend. Pete is… your friend… Yoshito's calling out for me…" Miko frowned. "He's been looking for me this whole time… He found me… Yoshito."

"Let's go home, Miko," Takumi told the cat. "Mizushima-san is waiting for you."

Kyoko noticed the rumbling was beginning to subside. "Whew, it looks like the tremors have stopped. Just in the nick of time, too." She nodded to herself as she thought of Takumi. "That's my assistant for you. You've done well. Now I don't have to worry about any broken coffee cups," she chuckled.

"Miko…" Mizushima watched as Miko and Takumi returned to the café. His eyes widened as the Digimon happily rushed towards him. "Miko, it's really you!"

"Yoshito… I'm so sorry," Miko apologetically frowned. "You've been waiting for me for so long…"

"I'm the one who should be apologizing here, Miko," the old man shook his head as he began petting the cat's head. "I'm the one who left you alone this whole time… I'm so sorry, my friend…"

"No, it's okay, really," Miko reassured him. "You don't have to be sorry. I know you've been waiting for me since the day you had to go."

"Oh, Miko…" the man smiled at his dear friend. He looked up to Takumi and gave him a grateful bow. "Thank you… If it wasn't for you, I'd have never lived to see Miko with my own eyes again…"

"Hmm…?" Takumi tilted his head to the side. "Can I ask what happened?"

"I should probably explain," Mizushima nodded. "You see, back when the vacuum tube computer room was still around, I lived here in this building, away from my family. That computer room was where I used to work. The only family I ever had with me that whole time was Miko here," he smiled at the Digimon. "I talked with Miko about everything there… My memories of my family, Yuki Fuyume… Anything to help keep my loneliness at bay in there," he frowned. "He would join me in the computer room and we spent many, many hours together over the years… Eventually, they closed down the room and sealed the whole thing off with a thick wall, like it was never there to begin with. It was around that time that I lost Miko, too," the man sadly stated. "I couldn't find him wherever I looked…"

"I see…" Takumi lowered his gaze to the ground as he guessed what had happened.

Mizushima nodded. "I had a bad feeling about where he might have ended up and came back here who knows how many times to rescue him… But in the end, I couldn't do anything for him. I gave up and over time nearly forgot about him… Before I knew it, it had been decades since we'd last been together." He looked into Takumi's gentle blue eyes. "I can't thank you enough for making this happen," he smiled. "We couldn't have been reunited without you, kid…"

Takumi smiled at that. "It was nothing," he shook his head. "I'm glad you both got to see each other again."

"Thank you… Thank you so much…" Mizushima continued rubbing the cat's head. "Now we can go back to living together again… Thank you. I'll never, ever forget this day!"

Miko flipped into the air as the man began to walk off. "Thanks for everything, Takumi!" he nodded before following his old friend out of the café.

"Goodbye, Miko!" Takumi called out after him with a bright smirk on his face. When he was finally alone in the café, the redhead gently smiled as he looked down at his gloved hand. "Goodbye…"

"I see…" Kyoko smiled at her assistant and crossed her arms. "Nice work. I can only imagine how hard it was, but you really did a good job."

"It really was nothing," Takumi continued to smile. "I'm really happy we helped Miko find out who he really is."

"So our Pete was actually a cat named Miko," the detective nodded, "sealed deep inside a wall along with that old vacuum tube computer from the American occupation days… And somehow, using the building's intranet… or rather the power of its ley line, he merged with the computer and became a Digimon. That old cat's had a hell of a life, wouldn't you agree, Takumi?"

"Yeah," Takumi nodded.

"We can't say for sure what the actual assimilation process entailed, but at this point, we know better than to doubt it happened," Kyoko noted. "It's amazing just how much and yet how little the digital and real worlds are siphoned off from one another… I imagine the reason Pete showed up again after all those years is because of the Digital Wave abnormalities we've seen. But you know…" she pensively brought her hand up to her mouth to hide her frown. "There's still one thing about the whole story that bugs me a little."

"What is it?" her assistant curiously asked.

"You mentioned that towards the end, Old Man Mizushima said 'Now we can go back to living together again', right?"

"That's right," Takumi nodded. "I have it recorded word for word in my Digivice."

"What do you think he meant by that?"

"Hmm?" Takumi tilted his head to the side.

"Not only that, but in the case you solved earlier where he was the one behind the urban legends…" Kyoko pointed out. "How did he keep breaking into the building?"

"Eh?" the boy's eyes widened.

"Let's assume for the sake of argument that he somehow had access to an entrance that let him come and go at the timing he did," she continued. "If he'd physically been getting into the building so much that way that he was being reported, you'd think something would have gone differently."

"But he wasn't reported," Takumi nodded as he followed her logic. He blinked at her in surprise. "Wait…! You don't mean…!?"

"Got any theories you'd like to propose?" Kyoko asked him with a smirk. The boy knit his eyebrows together and wryly smiled at her in response. "Mizushima Yoshito…" she pondered. "If we looked into his back story, we might be able to find our answers pretty easily… What do you think? Should we dig a little more?" the curious woman asked her assistant.

Takumi closed his eyes to think about it but he paused when he heard Pete's voice speaking to him again. "Please, leave us be… Don't go looking for us."

"Miko…" the teen smiled as he wanted to honor his friend's wish. When the boy opened his eyes, he shook his head. "I'd rather not spoil his dream. Miko is where he belongs now," Takumi knit his eyebrows together. "It wouldn't be right to look into it after all he's been through."

"Ah, that's understandable…" Kyoko smiled at her assistant. "Then it's probably best we do indeed let sleeping dogs lie. Alternatively, we could let the occult club kids know about this," she stated, bringing her hand up to her mouth. "I bet they'd have a real field day going after it. I mean, they came face-to-face with a real—"

"Kyoko-san…" Takumi sternly frowned at her.

"You know what? Nah," she shook her head as she agreed with Takumi, "Let's keep it to ourselves."

"Yeah…" the boy happily smiled and nodded to her.

Kyoko chuckled as she studied her assistant. "Not all mysteries in this world need to be solved," she stated. "Nakano Broadway brings many things together… The spirit world and the world of the living… The normal and the surreal… And now, the physical and the digital… Truly, nothing is impossible in this crazy hole in the wall we call home."

"A home in a world—or even multiple worlds—of infinite possibilities…" Takumi stated with a nod. "One filled with simple joys and happiness… Even if there is pain, it's the accumulation of those precious enjoyable moments that makes life wonderful."

The detective smiled at the boy's flowery words. "Well, it looks like it's just you and me again here," she told him as it was about time for them to return to work. "The couches look so empty without Pete around… We better get more clients to keep them warm."

Takumi turned to look at the sofas and smiled at his fond memories of napping on them with Pete. "Yeah…" he nodded before taking a seat.

Final Notes: Goodbye, Pete... It was fun having you around while it lasted. Seriously, I think the only reason Pete exists is so somebody could help Takumi run the agency while Kyoko was away, but still, he was pretty cool and adorable... This will be the last time we see the occult club too... But anyway, back to that case way back when about the Shibuya Scramble Crossing. I think that girl that tried to kill Takumi is a digital entity ghost of some sort, the same way Miko turned into a Digimon. It makes some sense considering Shibuya is apparently filled with a lot of energy... Or I could throw in some World Ends With You in there, but uh... that'd be going too far, maybe... Oh, and the DLC case... that is the most random case in this whole game, but it's hilarious... Poor Takumi though... I'm sure he would have enjoyed it under normal circumstances, but he really is being stressed to the limited... Still, he's the hero so he has to remain strong! Go, goggle boy, go!