Chapter 47
A few days later…
Isamu spend the next few days meeting, establishing and levelling up her social links with Sojiro-san, Takemi-sensei, Iwai-san, Akira (who teach her how to cook more dishes in Leblanc), Ann and Ryuji (who took and introduced her to "Ogikubo" ramen shop), got herself a night job at the beef bowl shop named "Ore No Beko" inside the Central Street of Shibuya (where she met and briefly talk to an elderly politician man), messaging Goro after she came home and before she and Morgana fell asleep until Monday where she met up with her friends on the school's rooftop after their class ends.
"None of these posts are any good. Everyone's just bitchin' about their parents or their boyfriends and girlfriends." said Ryuji as he glance sullenly at the Phantom Aficionado Website on his phone. "There ain't even a hint of a hint about a new Palace…"
"It's only been 2 or 3 days since we change Kamoshida's heart and take down his Palace, Ryuji-kun. Don't be so impatient, okay? I'm sure something will come up eventually." said Isamu in a slightly exasperated tone of voice to Ryuji.
"But still, we can't get everything online… Finding a post with a name and location is asking a lot…" said Ann as she shake her head glumly to them.
"Guess we just gotta find one ourselves then!" suggested Ryuji.
"Are you seriously suggesting we look for a target that even the police have overlooked?" said Morgana as he glance at Ryuji with an unimpressed look on his face.
"Don't you have another better idea other than your previous one, Ryuji?" sighed Akira.
"…Yeah, you two are prolly right. We should prolly just hold off 'till exams are done with, huh?" sighed Ryuji. "We can wait and see for a little longer, then worry about comin' up empty-handed if it happens…" added Ryuji to them before he got cut off by the sound of someone opening the door to the rooftop, which surprises him, Isamu, Akira, Ann and Morgana before Morgana quickly jump off the desk he's sitting on toward another desk then jumped up onto the large air-conditioning unit, out of their sights.
"Oh…" said Ann when she and the others saw both Makoto and Rokuro approaching and stopping in front of her and the others.
"Who are these two?" thought Isamu in her mind as she narrowed her eyes at both Makoto and Rokuro.
"This place is off-limits, you know." said Makoto as she raised her eyebrows questioning at them.
"So what are the 4 of you doing up here?" asked Rokuro as he crossed his arms.
"… We'll get outta here once we're done chattin'." replied Ryuji as he scowled at Rokuro. "Anyways, what's Miss Student Council President and Mister Vice-president want with us?"
"Huh? These two are the student council president and vice-president?" thought Isamu as she slightly widened her eyes in surprise at both Makoto and Rokuro.
"The troublemaker, the girl of rumor, the culinary president and the infamous transfer student… Interesting combination." said Makoto calmly to them as she tucked a lock of her hair behind her ear.
"Great way to start a conversation…" muttered Ann darkly under her breath.
"By the way… It seems as though you got to know Kamoshida-san pretty well." said Makoto as she glance at Isamu.
"No, not really. I'm not a sports kind of girl." said Isamu coolly to Makoto.
"Yeah, y'know she's only been here a month or so." said Ryuji, defending Isamu.
"Is that so, Sakamoto?" said Rokuro as he raised his eyebrow suspiciously at Ryuji.
"We heard that Kamoshida-sensei used a volleyball team member to spread details of your past record. Don't you hate him for doing so? Kamoshida-sensei, I mean." asked Makoto.
"What about you? Why are you still calling him Kamoshida-sensei after he confessed to each of the terrible things he did to the students that day during the morning assembly?" Isamu retorted coldly back to Makoto (which make Rokuro narrowed his eyes at her).
"I…" said Makoto, taken aback by her cold words.
"What's all this about? Our friend here's an upstanding girl." said Ryuji as he leaned forward a little and resting his elbows on his knees.
"I don't mean to offend her or anything. Many students have been shaken up by what happened with Kamoshida-sen… Kamoshida." said Makoto as she composed herself and crossed her arms over her chest.
"Plus, the rumors about those odd, calling card-esque posting on the school's bulletin boards aren't going away either." said Rokuro (which make both Ann and Ryuji briefly glance and exchange looks with each other).
"I didn't expect someone like you and Donovan-senpai would care about that tactless stuff, Niijima-senpai." said Ann with a surprise look on her face.
"I dunno that it was tactless…" muttered Ryuji under his breath before he glance at Makoto. "Anyways, we done here? We can't leave if you two keep talkin' to us."
"At least try to understand our positions. Being forced to deal with this horseplay…" said Makoto as she and Rokuro scowled darkly at them.
"Horseplay…!?" said Ann as she glared incredulously at them both.
"Ah yes, by the way… It's been decided that this place will be closed off due to the incident." said Makoto as she tucked another strand of hair behind her ear and gave them a thin smile.
"We heard some people are coming up here without permission, after all… We're sorry to have interrupted you all." said Rokuro sardonically to them before he and Makoto turned around and walked away from them and the rooftop.
"What was that about?" said Ann as she stood up and glared at the door where both Makoto and Rokuro just went through while Morgana jumped down from his hiding place and landed on the table.
"…They're on to us. We should be cautious of them both, especially the girl, who seems rather sharp." said Morgana grimly to them.
"They really pisses me off!" growled Ryuji.
"Calm down, Ryuji-kun. We need to be careful from now on to prevent them from figuring out our other identities and what we did to Kamoshida." said Isamu calmly to Ryuji.
"…Fine, Toudou. Talk about 2 pain in the ass." grumbled Ryuji.
"That reminds me… Study hard, especially you, Ryuji." said Morgana warningly to Ryuji. "There are bound to be traps that requires out brains to solved them. Keep in mind that everything you all do in your daily lives has an impact on your abilities."
"True, studying won't be so bad if we just think of it as helping us prepare to be phantom thieves." said Ann as she nodded to Morgana.
"Hey, how about we do a group study to helped with each other studies even more?" suggested Akira.
"You know what, that's not a bad idea, Kurusu-kun." said Isamu as she gave a small smile to Akira (who blush a little in embarrassment and look down at his shoes).
"I guess you all got points to yourselves… But man, it's just so lame… I was all fired up about helpin' people, not about studyin'…" sighed Ryuji in frustration to them.
"Well, I do have somewhere interesting to show you all beforehand. You guys did originally promise to help me out with my mission, after all." said Morgana.
"Yeah, we did, Morgana. So where is this interesting place that you wanted to show us?" asked Isamu.
"It's at the station square in Shibuya, Lady Isamu. Come on and follow me!" replied Morgana as he jumped off the table, went through the door and left the rooftop. Isamu, Akira, Ann and Ryuji immediately left the rooftop, grabbed their bags in their classrooms and they left the school and head toward the station to take the train to Shibuya.
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Outside the entrance of the partially crowded subway station of Shibuya…
"What're you bringin' us here for?" asked Ryuji as he glance up at the ledge where Morgana is lying on while he sat on the ground and leaning against a small building next to the station while Isamu stand and leaned against the ledge next to Morgana to his left and both Akira and Ann stand to his right.
"Just do as I told you." replied Morgana as he glance down at Ryuji (who grumbled under his breath as he, Akira, Isamu and Ann pull out their phones and pressed the Phantom Aficionado Website).
"All right, I've got the Phantom Aficionado Website up. Now what?" asked Ryuji.
"Look for a post with a full name in it." Morgana instructed Ryuji.
"I already said there's no info on any big shots. Don't you remember?" sighed Ryuji as he rolled his eyes at Morgana but he listens to him and scroll down the website to search for a post with a full name in it. "But man, people actually go put someone's real name on here. That's some scary shit…"
"Here's something, "He won't listens to what I say"… No wait, there's no name on this one." said Ann absentmindedly to them.
"Someone bumped into me and insist that I apologize to him"… Nope, no name on this one either." said Isamu.
"Someone's bad-mouthin' me in online chat rooms"… This one's got a name." said Ryuji as he raised his phone to show them the post he just read.
"Ignore those. Aren't there any posts about serious trouble?" said Morgana.
"How about this one, guys? "I don't know what to do about my ex who's stalking me. His name is Natsuhiko Nakanohara. It says he's a teller at City Hall." said Akira.
"Wow. His name is quite a mouthful." said Isamu sarcastically about the guy's name, which make Akira smirk at her.
"A government worker stalkin' someone…?" said Ryuji with a disgusted look on his face.
"That should be a suitable target. All right, now get the Meta-Nav ready." said Morgana as he nodded to Ryuji.
"We're just gonna jump right into a Palace? Fine by me!" said Ryuji with an excited grin on his face as he activated the Meta-Nav per Morgana's order.
"Hey, what happened to all that talk of "unanimous decision"? What do you think we should do, Isamu?" asked Ann as she glance at Isamu.
"Let's do it." replied Isamu.
"That's what I'm talkin' about!" said Ryuji as he glance and smiled widely at Isamu.
"OK then. Let's go!" said Ann in agreement to them.
"We need a name and a place, right? So the name is…" said Ryuji before he got cut off by Morgana.
"Actually, we don't need a location this time. Just enter exactly what I say. The keyword is… "Mementos"." said Morgana.
"Mementos?" said Akira in confusion to Morgana.
"Didn't I heard him mention that before in Kamoshida's Palace?" thought Isamu in her mind.
"Huh? What're you tryin' to pull?" said Ryuji suspiciously at Morgana.
"Just listen to me. It should work… I think." said Morgana.
"Geez… that again? Uhhh… "M-e-m-e-n-t-o-s", was it?" sighed Ryuji as he entered the word into the search bar.
"Candidate found." said the robotic female voice from the Meta-Nav.
"We got a hit!?" said Ryuji in surprise as he stood up from the ground.
"For real!?" said Ann in surprise as well.
"Just as I thought!" purred Morgana happily as their surroundings fizzed, warped and turned red, purple and black and Ryuji's phone transported them to the other world.
