A few minutes later…

"… And now you and your friends know who we all are, Kanzaki-san." said Isamu after she's done introducing herself, her friends and Miyuki to them and what they did as phantom thieves.

"Isamu Toudou, huh… Nice to meet you and there's no need for you to call me and my friends by our surnames. Plus you seem like you're as experienced as me so I'm sure we'll make a good team." said Akemi as she nodded at Isamu.

"Alright then, Akemi-chan, and I also felt the same feeling after you introduced yourself to us." said Isamu.

"I see." said Akemi with a small nod of her head.

"Yep yep! When you told us that you're phantom thieves except for Miyuki-chan, it didn't make any sense to me at first… but the more you told us about you guys and girls, the more exciting it sounded-it makes me wanna be one too!" said Chie excitedly at Isamu.

"I don't think so, Chie-senpai. Ain't no way that'd work because you'd just solve everything with your fists or your legs." said Kanji.

"Yes, me too! I want to try being a phantom thief!" said Yukiko as she quickly raised her right hand and with an excited look on her face.

"Hmm… Being a phantom thief like them wouldn't work for you too because I imagine that you'd burst out laughing during an infiltration and be found out, caught or defeated right away, Yukiko-senpai." said Naoto.

"It'll be fine, Naoto. In the worse case scenario, I'll set everything ablaze." chuckled Yukiko.

"In that case, we better steer clear of you if you do intent to set everything ablaze." said Miyuki with a concern look on her face at Yukiko.

"Just as I suspected, I don't think you're best-suited to be a phantom thief…" sighed Naoto as she sweat-dropped a little at Yukiko.

The next second, all of them heard the sound of 3 people approaching and when they turned to see who is it, they saw that it's the cheerful girl, Hikari and Nagi.

"Hi, guys!" said the cheerful girl.

"Rise! Are you feeling better!?" asked Akemi concernly at the cheerful girl.

"Mmhm, sorry for worrying you all! Rise is back and better than ever!" replied the cheerful girl reassuringly at Akemi.

"Thank god that you are alright now." said Akemi with a relief look on her face.

"I'm glad she recovered…" said Hikari, relief as well.

"I must say, I'm relieved as well. Still, I hope you don't push yourself too hard just yet." said Nagi concernly to the cheerful girl.

"Yeah and thanks a ton, Nagi-san! Same to you, Hikari-chan!" said the cheerful girl thankfully to both Nagi and Hikari. "I gotta say, I was surprised when I woke up somewhere I didn't recognize with a bunch of blue-clothed peoples until they explain and told me who they are before I introduced myself to them! Plus, Marie-chan being there was a big help too." added the cheerful girl thankfully to them.

"Y-You surprised me too, you know! You just collapsed on us! …Well, it's fine since you are better now." said Marie with an embarrassed look on her face.

"Ooh… A picture-perfect print of a tsundere!" said Futaba with a surprise then awed look on her face at Marie.

"H-Hey… It's the real-life Risette, Akira!" said Ryuji excitedly to Akira about the cheerful girl.

"Yeah, I know. And also she look like a totally different person on TV…" said Akira as he nodded to Ryuji.

"She's way cuter in person and the other girls with us, right!? She's got this totally different vibe from Ann. Oh man…" said Ryuji even more excitedly to Akira (who noticed Isamu, Ann, Makoto, Haru and Futaba glaring in unison at Ryuji).

"Uh, Ryuji, I think it's best that you stop talking about Rise now because it doesn't make the girls in our group happy at all." said Akira warningly to Ryuji.

"Hm? What're you… Oh, I get your point." said Ryuji in confusion then realisation when he see Isamu, Ann, Makoto, Haru and Futaba still glaring in unison at him.

"Oh yeah, I heard a bit about everyone's here and other stuff… but there's a lot I'm curious about-could I get an update on our current situation first?" asked the cheerful girl to Isamu and the others.

"You've a point. We'd like some more info as well. Understanding the current situation may help us in our search for Yosuke." said Akemi.

"That makes sense. It'll be best for us to sort through what we know as well. Let's explain our circumstances up to now and share intel." said Goro as he nodded at Akemi.

"Yeah, that's a good idea, Akechi. Well, first we were all…" said Morgana as he nodded at Goro before he began telling them their circumstances and sharing intel with them.

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Another few minutes later…

"That covers everything we know." said Makoto after Morgana's done telling them everything they know.

"I see… I understand the situation now. Let's work together from here on out to solve this case, Isamu." said Akemi as she glance at Isamu while holding out her right hand toward Isamu.

"Yeah, l look forward to working together with you and your friends, Akemi-chan." said Isamu as she nodded and shook hands with Akemi.

"Once again, I hope we'll get along." said Akemi as she nodded at Isamu before she glance at the cheerful girl. "Alright, now it's your turn to introduced yourself to them." added Akemi to the cheerful girl.

"Oh, that's right! I almost forgot." gasped the cheerful girl before she began introducing herself. "I'm Rise Kujikawa. I can't fight, but leave the navigation to me!" added the cheerful girl named Rise Kujikawa to Isamu and the others.

"Y-You're… a navigator!?" said Futaba with a shock look on her face at Rise being a navigator like her.

"Mmhm, sure am! And if I heard correctly, you're too, right, Futaba-chan? Let's do our best together!" said Rise as she smiled happily at Futaba.

"Eek! Oh, um… Uhh… I-I'll try-I mean I-I hope we get along!" said Futaba nervously at Rise. "She's an idol AND she can provide backup? Her specs are off the charts…" added Futaba to herself as she glance down at the floor.

"Still, I'm rather worried about Miyuki-san's companions. Uh, are you doing okay? I can imagine that you feel somewhat lonely being the only one here…" said Naoto as she glance concernly at Miyuki.

"Yeah, sometimes… I was surprised after I woke up but I'm not alone because I noticed that something's different after I woke up. Plus, my companions are all strong. That's what I believe that we'll be safely reunited, eventually." said Miyuki reassuringly to Naoto.

"I…I'm so moved! What a strong girl she is, even though she's been separated from her own friends…" said Teddie as he start crying at how strong Miyuki is until he stopped then he glance at her. "Miss Miyuki, you can leave it to me! I shall find every single one of your friends for you, not only our Yosuke!" added Teddie determinedly and confidently at Miyuki.

"Not just you, Teddie. All of us too." said Akemi as she scowled at Teddie for not including them.

"Oh, sorry, Sensei." said Teddie apologetically at Akemi.

"Thanks and I'm counting on you all." said Miyuki as she smiled at Teddie, Akemi and their friends.

"Ok, are we done trading info? Then, let's confirm our plan from here on out. Overall, we need to change the contents of the movies here in the hopes of leaving this bizarre world! But first, we search for the lost companions!" said Morgana.

"Yeah, we do, Morgana." said Isamu as she nodded at Morgana.

"You don't gotta tell us twice. Heh, I'm startin' to get pumped!" said Ryuji as he started cracking his hands together.

"Well, aren't you quite the excited and hot-blooded guy and allow me to lend our assistances to you all." said Casnar as he showed up.

"Oh, hello, Casnar." said Akemi as she, Isamu and the others turned to glance at Casnar.

"Whoa! He popped out of nowhere again!?" gasped Chie in disbelief and shock at the sudden appearances of Casnar.

"When set upon a stage, every player must take up some sort of role. Our role this time is to support you all on this journey and Marie says that she'll gladly assist in this too." Casnar started saying to them.

"What!? I didn't say that! This is such bullcrap… Ugh, I don't have a choice here, do I? I don't know what's even possible in this place, but I guess I'll do what I can…" complain Marie with an exasperated look on her face

"Well then, everyone. While as little as it may be, I'll aid you all in proceeding through this program so will you all come with us to the Velvet Room?" said Casnar.

"Of course we will." said Isamu as she nodded at him.

"Let us be off to the Velvet Room then. Come." said Casnar before he turned and walked toward the Velvet Room with Isamu, Akemi, their friends and Miyuki following behind Casnar.