"Morning Chie, Yukiko." Yosuke said as he walked up to them.
"Hey Yosuke." Chie said with a smile.
"Good morning." Yukiko said. "I'm glad everything worked out."
"You can say that again, hey where's Yu?" Yosuke asked.
"I don't know, but someone's heading this way." Chie said.
"Good morning, could I ask one of you where the faculty office is?" Naoto asked calmly.
"Wait, you're the detective who wanted to question me before, why are you asking about the faculty office?" Yukiko asked.
"Oh yes I suppose is should explain, I'm actually a high school student, you all are a year older than I am." Naoto said. "I may be working with the police, but I still have to keep up my education."
"Oh, well I can show you to the faculty office." Yosuke said.
"Thank you." Naoto said walking in with Yosuke.
"What was that all about?" Yu asked while walking up to the girls.
"Oh, it turns out that detective kid was a year younger than us." Chie said.
"So we're his sempai, interesting." Yu said.
"Oh wait, what if he finds out what we're doing?" Yukiko asked.
"He won't, trust me if we didn't show my uncle he wouldn't have ever believed us." Yu said. "Anyway, we need to get to class."
"Oh yeah, I'm not in the mood for a lecture from King Moron." Chie said before the three of them walked into the building.
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"I must admit that went rather smoothly." Naoto said. "They accepted me without much fuss."
"Well you are a detective, to be honest I'm not surprised." Yosuke said with a grin.
"I suppose so, well thank you sempai maybe I'll see you later." Naoto said.
"Right, I should head to my class." Yosuke said. "Good luck Naoto."
"Thank you very much." Naoto said before walking away.
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"Wow, yet another idiotic lecture from King Moron." Chie said. "Oh yeah Yosuke what's up with Naoto?"
"He's actually pretty calm, he doesn't brag and all he asked was to be treated like a normal student." Yosuke said.
"That makes sense, if everyone spent all day asking him about his work he wouldn't get anything done." Yukiko said.
"Yeah that makes sense, oh by the way I have a club meeting today, I'll catch you guys after class." Yu said.
"No problem, see you later." Chie said.
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"Oh you're back." Ayane said. "I should let you know that we're practicing for an upcoming concert."
"Really, well I'll do my best." Yu said calmly.
"Oh yeah, that's the thing, not everyone gets to participate in the concert, only the best band members get to go."Ayane said. "We should still practice though, maybe we can go next time."
"Oh have they already picked?" Yu asked.
"Well no, but I'm sure I won't be picked, the other trombone player is a lot better than I am." Ayane said.
"Don't count yourself out yet, I'll stay and practice with you for a while if you want." Yu said with a small smile.
"Oh, thank you sempai." Ayane said. "Oh we should get started, the rest of the club is here."
Thou hast strengthened your bond, the power of your connections has strengthened, your power to create personas of the Sun arcana has increased.
"Yeah, let's get started." Yu said.
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"Dojima-san, are you alright?" Adachi asked. "You've been kind of spacey today."
"Oh it's nothing, I'm just a little tired." Dojima said. "Where's Shirogane?"
"My apologies Dojima-san, I'm still in school and since I've been here for a few days my grandfather suggested I enroll at the local high school for the time being." Naoto said before walking into the police station. "I hate to say I have a strong feeling that the culprit is trying to cover their tracks."
"What do you mean cover their tracks?" Adachi asked.
"It's simple, the last two victims, Yukiko Amagi and Kanji Tatsumi both managed to escape, but what if they were involved in the first two murders?" Naoto asked. "It would be simple for two of them to appear to be kidnapped but it's the fact that they both escaped and claimed complete amnesia that I don't trust."
"You mean to tell me that a group of high school kids committed multiple murders?" Dojima asked. "I doubt that."
"Maybe, but we should be keeping a closer eye on that group." Naoto said.
"Well I guess if you think it's necessary, but I still don't see the point." Dojima said. "Adachi, tell the others I'm going home for today."
"Yeah, you should get some rest Dojima-san, Shirogane and I can handle this for a few days." Adachi said.
"Alright, I'll see you later." Dojima said before leaving the office.
"Adachi, is Dojima-san alright, he didn't seem the type to get tired." Naoto said.
"Yeah, but he's been working really hard on this case, I don't think he's been home that often, and he isn't sleeping." Adachi said.
"Interesting, is he normally well rested?" Naoto asked. Something isn't adding up, he thought.
"Well, normally the cases don't take so long, so he's able to get home later. Of course Nanako-chan, his daughter, is already asleep but he's usually rested up every day." Adachi said. "Dojima-san is a really great detective."
"I see, well I think we should keep an eye out for anything else suspicious." Naoto said calmly.
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"Oh Yu." Aika said as he walked out of the school.
"Aika, is everything alright?" Yu asked. "Do you need some help with deliveries today?"
"Not today, but I have to help out some of my friends with studying so I was wondering if you could lend a hand tomorrow." Aika said.
"No problem, I'll just let my uncle know that I'll be doing that after school." Yu said.
"Thanks, you're a life saver Yu." Aika said.
Thou hast strengthened your bond, the power of your connections has strengthened, your power to create personas of the Empress arcana has increased.
I should probably stop by the Velvet Room and get some more personas before heading home, Yu thought.
(Naoto is enrolled at Yasogami high, but has suspicions of the Investigation team. Next chapter Yu will help out at Aiya and Naoto will meet Nanako. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)