Persona 5 Royal: tmdrago Special Edition

By Tayla Drago

Episode #160 – Rumi and Shibusawa

Talk about being a coward for Cait Sith to not hear the truth of Cthulhu was only using the sneaky Shadow like him as saved for his kind wanted to hide from the danger, to choose the wrong side of it, out numbered by the Phantom Thieves to keep on trying to keep the false reality to be made for all world to combined as one. For Maruki to be killed over it? Trying to think of another way back outside of the Palace to have another idea in mind...or tries to.

Sith: No...No! Master's not using me, he loves me and I love him back. He took me in from my other kind to not follow, because they're all cowards. Fine! I'll show those thieves who's boss to except our faith or not! I got a better idea-!

Jose: Hi, talking cat.

To this Shadow's surprise, Jose appears to run into Sith to not see this Shadow as a threat.

Sith: Ah! Hey, you're the doll who aided the thieves!

Jose: I'm Jose. Hello.

Getting his sword out to defend himself.

Sith: Shut it, brat. I may not want to kill you under my Master's orders, but I can fence you to not touch my cat hair. So watch it, my sword's sharp.

Jose: Your master told you not to hurt me...? You know, you can do what you want and yet you fight for your own reasons to show feelings to your master? Am I correct?

Sith: What about it?

Jose: It might not be too late. I'm only saying you'll regret it later on since there's no use talking to you. I don't know who I am, but I accepted it to aid Mommy, Daddy, and their friends. We're not related to still trust in humans like them.

Putting his weapon away to hear Jose's words to almost rethink something.

Sith: Wait...What was that? Are you saying I'll die for nothing?! Is that it?

Jose: It will happen for this Master to do something bad...If you don't run away, it might happen. Look I need to go find the others so to back them up. So, good luck.

Going on ahead in a different path of the Palace, this has Sith to still be his sneaky self to think of something else up next.

Sith: Hey! (Dammit...What does he know? He knows nothing about my life. I chose to do this and that's it. I don't care if Master doesn't love me back, but as long as he's happy...) Fine! I got a few aces up these paws to pull around it against the Phantom Thieves. Yeah...This next plan will do nicely. Sorry, Kid, but I want to this life to not die for it!

What does he store this time...Back in Maruki's Palace – Keiko/Joker, Akechi/Black Crow, Morgana/Mona, Ryuji/Skull, Ann/Panther, Yusuke/Fox, Makoto/Queen, Futaba/Oracle, Haru/Noir, Sumire/Violet, Junko/Witch with Black Frost, Aika/Templar, Hitomi/Jester, and Jose behind them continue on from labs to exam rooms to pass through; with Kiwa, Daisuke, and Tohru backing them up back in the real world. Getting more items, gear, weapons, treasure chests, lock up ones, money, and fighting other Shadows in other rooms with one more Will Seed to get to have two so far. Being the next Safe Room to keep on going.

Kiwa: Hey, you guys were wondering how Ryuji was right on his answers...? We all do it, it's your job. It just with reasons for it. Maruki must've wanted to test you guys out.

Daisuke: Way too easy.

Tohru: I saw it coming already.

So that's how he knew.

Ann: We know, Kiwa. It's okay.

She hugs and kisses Ryuji to having a lucky guess.

Ryuji: I know, I'm awesome. I'm so happy we're out of there.

Morgana: Let just be on our guard still. Sith might come back with more powerful Shadows. Let's heal up before leaving this Safe Room.

They'll be ready if they all have to.

Junko: I'll skin the cat alive the next time I see him...!

She means it and so did her Persona.

Keiko: Witch, please don't...?

Junko: Not a good way to ruin my fun.

Hitomi: I know what he's being play for it wrong...but we will teach the Shadow a lesson to get to Cthulhu to be stopped.

Aika: It's bad enough for some Shadow to be upset with a human with power of love. Can a Shadow fall for a human?

It was really hard to say about it, Morgana doesn't know about it either.

Morgana: Hey, don't look at me! I don't know that. Let' just continue on.

Well, they did see a no there to just be the way it is for Sith. Leaving the room to a brand new one...having some people sitting down with strange looking on their heads to see things on there to keep them happy. Like their own VR type?

Ryuji: Whoa whoa whoa! What's with these guys?!

Futaba: Whooooa, look at those freaky machines they're wearing!

Someone was liking it way too much.

Akechi: They called this place the Treatment Room on this map, so...

Keiko: If this is it, then this is not what I picture it to be.

Ryuji: THAT'S what "treatment" is?! It sure as hell don't look like it to me!

Yeah, it was far different the way Maruki sees it.

Futaba: There's a weird gate-type-thing over there, too-let's check that out next.

Moving a bit further from the people to be out of it from the helmets, even making loud noises from Aika didn't work.

Hitomi: Excuse me, Templar?

Aika: What? I'm just playing around.

Moving up further and seeing another screen door to unlock with the right answer for the third time now.

Ann: What the-

They see other cognitive people going through it to be part of the treatment.

Keiko: These people seem to be going in too easily.

Ann: They're just passing through that weird all of...what even IS that?!

Soon the announcement thing was heard all over the room.

[Speaker: Attention post-treatment patients - please pass through the glowing gate. Your paradise awaits you on the other side.]

So the big questions remains - what was inside this next room.

Akechi: So, they identify "abnormalities" in the Exam Room, then treat" them here...Once someone is certified as "happy." they get funneled into that gate.

Keiko: Let's head on it and give it a try.

It was worth a try.

Futaba: Careful! You might get burned to a crisp the second you touch it or something.

Ann: How about we DON'T jinx this?

With Keiko trying it out, the door goes red to be blocked with anything or anyone to no go inside.

[Speaker: Patients may not pass without receiving treatment. Please follow the instructions provided elsewhere to seek treatment.]

Keiko: No good...! Almost had my hair burned off...!

Makoto: It looks like we really aren't getting through this gate. I suppose we'll just have to find another path.

Guess they're going to have to now. To another room of the VHS, tape, TV, and other paper and book works to be in there, the thieves find the third video and answer they needed to get to get the door to unlock.

Ryuji: Hup, another TV-looks like we're in for another movie.

Kiwa: And more for us to gather too.

The three get to work for them. But time, there was a one little problem...

Sumire: Oh, but not right now, at least-there's no tape in the player.

Akechi: No doubt we'll need to find one in order to proceed. Let's start looking.

From looking on the lower floors and somewhere up stairs a very big room of working, they trying looking from there...with tons of stronger Shadows to be wondering around.

Ryuji: Hey, those are some scary-lookin' Shadows-make sure we don't get caught.

Keiko: We won't, we'll take one Shadow down at a time.

Futaba: And it looks like we've got Shadows patrolling the area...Mae sure no one sneaks up on us while we hunt down the videotape. Hold on, Kiwa, we'll find our key to open up a new path next.

It was time to get to work then. From fighting off some Shadows to also get free items in some rooms in the shelves to be hiding; hook shooting up top and stopping stronger ones as well as rooms for people relaxing with the helmets on their heads to see things to make them happy. And the next room had a third note written by Maruki to read about.

Hitomi: Tsuba, we have another one for you.

Aika: Very important notes we're getting lately.

This one here says...

Tayla: June 3

My thesis is progressing, bit by bit.

The more research I perform,

the more I recognize the dangers

of cognitive psience.

It's definitely contributed to my suspicions

over my research being shut down.

No matter what, I must complete

my thesis as soon as possible.

From the talking cat like a Puss 'n Boots,

it's a sign they want to help me out.

My biggest problem is

my lack of research subjects.

If only I could find some hint

about the cognitive world,

about this power I've received...

I'm not giving up, funding or

no funding.

I WILL complete my thesis.

I WILL save everyone.

Lucky to see Sith and Cthulhu to come this far? It was still not right. Far to the next room on the top floor...two other strong Shadows got out of one room to be talking to each other on something. Could either one of them have the video tape?

Researcher 1: Let's join the patrol-apparently, some intruders rejected treatment and are currently roaming the facility.

Researcher 2: If our Healer tells us to teach them a lesson the hard way, then so be it. Let us hurry.

Researcher 1: Don't forget to lock this door.

They have to hurry and stop them before the two Shadows take off.

Futaba: Looks like we've got even more Shadows now. That room they exited looks kinda suspicious, though-maybe we should take a peek?

They do to fight them off and going through the vents to the next room for the tape. In the basket...

Morgana: Is it in here?

It was to take it back and watch it.

Keiko: Found it.

Ryuji: Ah! Got it! Now to go watch the thing.

Morgana: Back to the TV room then.

Around in a big circle to going back downstairs and into the room with tape to play it with Kiwa helping them out again. But first, a muscle type of Shadow was blocking another path way they needed to go to.

Futaba: Whoa! A huge Shadow with muscle's in the way!

Yusuke: I guess we need to fight it?

Haru: We must in order to get Maruki-san's Treasure.

Time for Keiko to lead the team for it.

Keiko: Let's go.

Morgana: Yeah! Now we're talking Joker!

Time to give it their all to stop the Shadow, then watch the tape, and then come back for the password to put.

Sentry: Are you...the Phantom Thieves?!

Junko: We're here to destroy the phony utopia your boss is trying to make-would you mind getting out of the way?

Sentry: Foolish rebels! You won't take one step past here!

Turning into a Surt for Sith comes back to have a back up on this one's Shadow was being controlled that Sumire knows of.

Kiwa: Look out! Sith did someone to someone's Shadow to take control of...! Violet! It's your dad!

Seeing his face to be trapped from the Shadow's body...this looks really bad. It just like what happened to Sugimura.

Sumire: Dad!

Trying to talk to him, but Junko pulls her away from the danger.

Junko: Stop! You almost got yourself killed!

Black Frost uses its ice powers to stop Surt of the Shadow controlling Shinichi Yoshizawa's body to turn to ice, but his fiery sword burn the attack to melt into water.

Surt: ...

Sith: Hahaha! It's pay back time, Phantom Thieves. I know one girl's father to be perfect to fool your minds in battle in order to destroy you all. No attacks!

How will they save this man without hurting him a lot?

Sumire: Dad! Please stop this!

Akechi: Don't worry, we'll save his heart.

Using a shield for Futaba puts up and Junko aids her too.

Junko: Harden Armor! Sorry, we'll...see what we can do. So think of something.

Sith: Better do now or you'll all end up dead-!

Morgana: Shut up! Whirlwind Tackle!

Almost cutting down his tail to move away in a panic.

Sith: Hey! Watch it cat!

Morgana: Look who's talking!

With Morgana keeping Sith away, this has Keiko to use some water skills to slow Surt down. Then Yusuke and Hitomi step in next.

Keiko: Fox! Jester! Dose this Shadow!

Time to use their team work.

Yusuke: Tsunami Blast!

Hitomi: Brighten Splash!

This is one way to soak down the Shadow for his sword was dead.

Surt: ...!

Trying to burn it back up, this has Sumire to step in next. Shielding the sword to then breaking it with her foot to saving her father's life.

Sumire: Metronome of Defense! No, Dad, stop this! I know you and Mom were sad when Kasumi died, and I was too. I was a fool to become like her to live in a lie, but now I see the whole truth. And I'm not alone. I have love, friends, a dream, and you guys of my family to love forever to keep on going. As me, Sumire Yoshizawa. Also as Violet, part of Team Drago of the Phantom Thief of Hearts and by Metropolis 12's side. So let it go to live a regular reality, not a lie. Please?

Hugging next for Sumire to save her father, Shinichi thinks he was caught in a dream and still felt something real.

Surt: ...I'm sorry...Sumire...

Sumire: It's okay. Let's heal you up and you can go back to sleep. I'll be home soon. Joker!

It was time to save him next.

Keiko: Right! (This is one person to be save carefully and I'm glad we did.) Surt - Blazing Giant, I've commit thee to join!

Healing up Shinichi's heart and this Persona's powers to be useful in battle with weapon making.

Surt: Thank you. I am thou, thou art I. No long et to feel sad to take anger out of nothing...Use my weapon well in battle...it is strong as I am of building it even more...

Of it goes for Keiko's mask to have another power up, and Shinichi to smile as his heart was saved.

Sith: What!? I missed?!

Sumire: Okay, Dad. See you later.

With Shinichi wakes up to find out it was more than a dream, it was real.

Shinichi: Sumire...?

He will be fine. However, Sith escape through a vent to make his get away...and lands down painfully.

Sith: Ouch...! I'm not done yet...

Leaving the Phantom Thieves to keep on going.

Akechi: Are you okay now, Violet?

Sumire: I am. As long as Dad is okay, then I can keep on fighting.

Leave it to Daisuke and Tohru to keep an eye on him for a bit.

Kiwa: We got him cover on look out for now.

Sumire: Thank you, Kiwa. You're the best.

Junko: Hem...And I thought we would have to get a little violent.

Keiko: But I'm glad we solved it together without fighting him. What Sith did was terrible.

Not good for Morgana wanted pay back at the Shadow now.

Morgana: Dammit! SITH! This time he has gone too far!

Sumire: We'll get him. I would've felt sorry, if Sith wouldn't be doing this to using my father to do his dirty work. It's wrong...But still, whew! ...We did it.

Aika: Not as much to see the results of other people as veggies to be in the chair and those freaky helmets on their heads.

Not a good thing to be seeing from the room they've entered in.

Yusuke: Changing people's cognitions and rewriting their realities as happy ones...Maruki may consider this a form of treatment, but I would assuredly decline such a procedure for myself.

Makoto: ...Let's move out. We need to stop Dr. Maruki.

Going up to the door of their next question to be answered after watching the tape first, what's this next one?

[Mechanical Voice: Security lock currently engaged. Please answer the following identity authentication question. "How do many adolescents react when they are close to another who is more talented than themselves?"]

Yusuke: ...It look like we stopped here a bit earlier than we should have.

Video to then coming back here to do next.

Akechi: We should get a hint from watching the videotape. Let's come back her after doing that.

And they do for the tape, TV, VHS, Kiwa's skills, and...time to watch it for Maruki's next past to see.

Ann: Well, we got the tape...I wonder what we'll see this time.

Yusuke: I'll wager this much - it won't be pleasant. Regardless, we should watch it sooner rather than later.

Hitomi: Then let's see what's on this tape.

It shows of Maruki trying to treat Sumire to look upset, from months to pass since Kasumi was killed in an accident for his powers to take affect on this girl to become her older sister. A very sad and bad things to do.

Maruki: So, you're Sumire Yoshizawa, huh? I'm Dr. Maruki. I'll be your counselor. First of all, thank you for coming to see me.

Sounding and looking upset during the time she was getting treated.

Sumire: ...Yes. Thank you for seeing me...Um...I'm sorry, I'm not sure what to discuss...I only came here today because my parents wanted me to.

Maruki: That's fine. So, do you wanna just chat until out time's up, then?

He was a nice guy to do his job to try something he wasn't really aware of.

Sumire: Chat, huh...

Maruki: Of course. It's not really possible for us to talk about things you don't want to discuss, anyway. I've also got some sweets and some salty snacks there-feel free to have at them.

Sumire: Oh, yes...Thank you so much.

She was trying to talk to Maruki on Sumire's first day.

Maruki: So let's start with...Ah. How about what'd you eat for lunch yesterday?

Sumire: ...

Food topic to talk about to start things off to be small.

Maruki: I'll go first. The other day, a friend of mine have me a ton of apples. I've grown tired of just eating them by themselves-yesterday I thought, why not try using them as a meal ingredient. Os, I tried making an apple dish for lunch, but that didn't turn out too hot...What do you think I ended up making?

Sumire: I...have no clue.

Maruki: Shrimp in chili sauce-with apples. You know how sweet-and-sour pork can have pineapple in it? I was going for that, but...

Sumire: Sounds like it didn't work for you. Apples do make for good ingredients, though. If you grate them, you can make a surprisingly versatile sauce. I use it in plenty of my food. It's pretty nutritious and good for digestion.

One thing to talk about for Sumire to calmly talk to Maruki on what she can do, make good foods.

Maruki: You cook, Yoshizawa-san? I'm impressed that you care so much about nutrition. You must be really on top of things.

She then turned her head in sadness at a window.

Sumire: ...I'm just active, that's all. I'm a gymnast. My coach has told me more than once to be conscious of everything I eat.

Maruki: I see...How's practice going for you? Has it been rough lately?

Sumire: It has been rough...I mean, it's nothing I can't handle. But, it's...not going well. I don't even know what I want to do anymore.

He has learn a lot on what happen to Sumire to go through so much.

Maruki: Sorry to hear it...Do you enjoy gymnastics?

Sumire: ...I'm not even sure of that. My...older sister and I made a promise. We've both compete and win the biggest gymnastics awards in the world. For this boy I like, but he might like Kasumi more...I don't know. But...She...Passed away. She protected me from a car and this made Tsuba Senpai sad for her to be gone with me as his friend only...I stole Kasumi's dream away from her.

Remember, Kiwa loves Sumire more before she learned about it that Kasumi love her work and friends more than finding true love.

Sumire: I can't do it anymore. I can't just go on like this...If Kasumi were here instead, I know she'd make her dream come true...Only Kasumi could have done it. No matter how long I try to compete...It's not going to change anything...I'm sorry...

This was part of the whole consoling business.

Maruki: There's no need fro you to apologize in here. If there's something you need to get off your chest, please do so.

And she continues to talk to Maruki about the other parts.

Sumire: ...Sometimes, I can't help but think things would've been better if I were Kasumi Yoshizawa. After all...just wishing to make her dream come true and being with Tsuba-san to notice me as my sister does nothing for her in reality.

Maruki: Making dreams come true, huh...Well, I don't think your train of thought is strange at all, Yoshizawa-san. In fact, wanting to become somebody else isn't necessarily an entirely bad thing or getting a boy to fall in love with toy.

Sumire: You...You think so?

He wants to see others to find happiness and true love more than he did to saving Rumi's life.

Maruki: Everyone is capable of changing themselves-your imagination's you only limit. That's why, if you aspire to be more like another person, it's actually possible. Thought exercises like, "Would what person do this?" or realizations like, "That person wouldn't do that..." These sorts of thoughts can lead people to change themselves in ways that more closely mirror the target person.

Sumire: ...

She closes her eyes to think of Kasumi as Maruki tells her to image it, to be, look, and act like her older sister.

Maruki: Can you still imagine what your sister was like?

As Sumire remembers Kasumi, to be like she was.

Sumire: Yes...

Maruki: If you sister were in your shoes, what do you think she'd do?

Sumire: Well...She wouldn't cry. If she had the time to do that, she'd just practice more instead.

Opening her eyes again to make up her mind.

Sumire: Dr. Maruki, I...I want to become Kasumi.

Maruki: ...I know. And, I'm sure you can, too. Just...believe in yourself.

Closing her eyes again, for Maruki to work his magic on Sumire of the flash of light to changing her cognition. Opening her eyes again to act like her dead sister Kasumi now.

Sumire: ...

Maruki: How about it? Are you feeling any better now?

Looking around the room, Sumire has then became Kasumi Yoshizawa...until the whole Phantom Thieves happened to saving her heart.

Sumire: Yes...I feel like a weight's been lifted off of me! You're amazing, Doctor!

Maruki: Haha, it's no big deal...Still, it seems like my counseling approach does some good after all.

From putting on her hair ribbon like Kasumi had it and the glasses off...it's like the spirit of her just entered in Sumire's body. Not anymore though.

Kasumi: All right! I'm not sure how to put it, but...I feel like I've been reborn all over again.

Maruki: Really? I'm very glad to hear it. Feel free to stop by again sometime should anything come up. We can even just have a chat, like today.

This made Maruki happy to save Sumire to be someone she wasn't suppose to be, but it makes sense how it all happened.

Kasumi: Thank you. Then we could pick up where we left off talking about-Hmm...

Maruki: Something the matter?

This made her forget everything else during the time.

Kasumi: Now that I think about it, I'm not any god at cooking. I don't know why I said those things earlier...My younger sister's the one who was really great at it. And Tsuba to hang out with me, he likes me a lot since my sister was a dear friend to him.

Maruki: ...That's right, "Kasumi Yoshizawa."

Kasumi: ...Yes? What is it?

So this is why she was being treated so well not just because she was smart like the real Kasumi was for Sumire, but also from her problems during the time. That's why Sith had a Shadow take control of Shinichi's heart.

Maruki: Oh, nothing. I'm so glad I was able to help you. Good luck with your training.

Kasumi: Right-I'll do my best! For Sumire's sake and mine!

And then the video tape ends afterwards for the others to get it.

Daisuke: My god...!

Tohru: Who knew that's how it's done.

Kiwa: Sumire...!

At least she gets it now.

Sumire: Kiwa, it's okay. I get you wanted to help me out. I know now. You were trying to help out the real me.

This made him happy to hear forgiveness.

Kiwa: You're the best...Right, we see how the powers work. And it's still wrong to do. Maruki-san needs to be stopped.

And Maruki will have a change of heart real soon.

Haru: So was that...?

Keiko: I'm afraid it was, Noir. All of it...

Even Sumire admits it all to remember it again to be fine with it, she is cured now.

Sumire: Yes. It was a counseling session I had with Dr. Maruki. It was just after Kasumi...after my sister passed away. From that moment on, I lived my life really believing I was Kasumi.

If Kiwa or her friends didn't save Sumire or her heart, it would've gotten much worse.

Yusuke: It was all due to the rewriting of your cognition-his "actualization," as we've started calling it?

Ann: Okay, but I've been wondering something...So it was only Sumire who believed that she was Kasumi, right? I assumed someone in your family or one of your friends like Kiwa would've noticed you going by the wrong name right away...

Maybe it was changed for her to hear only.

Sumire: Well, I can certainly remember being called "Kasumi" by everyone else, too.

Futaba: It might be more accurate to say you misheard or misunderstood the name you were being called. Like, everyone kept callin' you "Sumire," but your cognition made you hear it as "Kasumi."

See what I mean...?

Akechi: So that's how we felt something different to hearing the name but couldn't sense it.

Keiko: Not until a few of us came to the Palace, it all made sense in the end.

Ryuji: And that's why nobody thought it was weird, including her folks and herself...Damn...

Somehow, the rest it happened around them to be real but wasn't.

Aika: And the Fake Ren Tsuba to be the traitor...Yeah, it happened to us too.

Hitomi: It was right after the Midnight Strike event to get to the two of us...

Kiwa: Same with me, my real cousin to be somewhere else, Officer Daisuke, and Tohru.

Yes, and Cthulhu probably had part of it to train Maruki on his powers to grow more and more.

Junko: This must be part of the whole "salvation" nonsense Maruki's trying to pull over on us.

Yusuke: That memory may have been kept here in video form because he truly does wish for Violet to be happy with life.

Kiwa: It's okay now, even if the past did hurt at first. I get it. We all do.

A lesson learned for Sumire to try to move on again.

Sumire: I admit, I really did feel saved in that moment when I became Kasumi...But at the same time, I ran from my life as Sumire...I'm genuinely grateful for what Dr. Maruki did for me, but I'm done running...Let's et going.

Glad to be part of the team and yourself too.

Keiko: Violet, we're glad you were saved and now part of the Phantom Thieves. Now, let's keep on going.

Yeah, time to get keep on going to enter in the password of the screen door...As Sith kept on doing his job with something in his paw to bring with him.

Sith: No more Mr. Nice Kitty...!

From the Safe Room and then kept on going to the door for Keiko to say the password next, for the third time now.

[Mechanical Voice: Security lock currently engaged. Please answer the following identity authentication question. "How do many adolescents react when they are close to another who is more talented than themselves?"]

Keiko: The answer to that one is...D - Trying to be that person.

Putting it in, the door was unlocked now.

[Mechanical Voice: Authentication complete. Disengaging lock.]

Sumire: ...We did it. I never would've thought I'd be the password to someone's security...

Junko: What a weak answer...No offense.

Sumire: Ah, none taken...?

She did say "no offense" at least. And her Arcana and bonding with Keiko grows to eight now, with two more to go. Oh, boy...Down the elevator they go into the new room...A huge laboratory being the Twilight Corridor. For it had people flying in the air, red, green, and blue colors on the panels, cameras, a tree to be very big to grow all over with other vines blocking the paths, and such with statues all over. This was no heaven at all.

Yusuke: Where...are we?

Akechi: What a change in scenery. We were just in a science lab, and now...

Yusuke: Quite. It's almost as if we're in-

Not even close to be heaven at all.

Hitomi: No, no. Not this place.

Aika: I'll know it if I see the real thing my self.

Soon, Ryuji spotted something.

Ryuji: Whoa! Look over there!

Seeing the people floating in the air.

Sumire: Uhhh, those people are floating away...What on earth is going on?!

Junko: What is this, a dream turning into a nightmare?

Kiwa: I feel like we're in Maruki-san's version of Nightmare on Elm Street.

Only this was really happening than it being in a movie.

Akechi: Whatever it is, it most likely to do with Maruki's cognition in some way.

Junko: I'd say he believes anyone who undergoes his "treatment" winds up feeling downright rapturous. (Brother...)

A lot on Junko's mind to not admit everything from it.

Keiko: Witch?

Junko: It's nothing. I just want this nightmare to end.

Morgana: So he actually thinks he's sending them to paradise? Hmph. Maruki must really be convinced he's doing the right thing. Cthulhu to use someone like him is not right!

They do feel bad for him as his original self from before.

Sumire: Dr. Maruki...

Tohru: He's out of his mind to still be saved.

Daisuke: We got two friggin' enemies who need a good beat down more!

Of course this room will also lead them to the Treasure too.

Sumire: Mona-senpai, the Treasure's above this room, right?

Black Frost points it out to feeling it like Morgana was the same thing.

Morgana: Yeah, I think we're pretty close.

Futaba: The real problem is actually getting up there.

Further on ahead to walk to...if any of them could to have no stairs to go down on since it was half gone.

Ryuji: There's some stairs, but there's a big ol' hole in the middle of 'em...They got thick-looking' vines growin' outta both sides, too...Think we can use those somehow?

Makoto: We don't know if they'll support our weight-I'd rather not take any unnecessary risks. The steps do extend partway upwards, so there should be some method to turn the into safe passageways. At least, that's what prior Palace experience makes me think.

There had to be another way around it...Looking at the spot they were on now, there was a weird looking panel of plants of three colors to controlling them. Yeah, like back in the room.

Aika: Red, green, and blue machines...?

Hitomi: Hmmm...It appears to all be connected to the plants in this room.

Seems like it.

Akechi: I must agree-and it looks like there may a device for doing just that right over there. Think it could help, Joker?

Keiko: I think so...We did see this work back down below the Palace lab parts.

So what if they can use it to control the three plant colors?

Haru: Well, what say we don't waste any time then?

Going up there to change the colors to change of one of the three, on which one will work to be a puzzle to do.

Sumire: What is this?

Akechi: It's a light control switchboard. It's for adjusting the brightness of the colored lights. See the light on that gate in front of the stairs?

Pointing to the other side to show the green stairs on how it's worked.

Junko: And what about it...?

Akechi: Right now, the color of the dimmer switch panel matches that of the light. Now that I take the closer look, the vines appear to form stairs where the light is shinning. I believe we'll be able to change the available paths if we after the lighting.

So this is like making a puzzle from the light color plants to change.

Morgana: All right, Joker-try out the dimmer switch and change the color scheme of the lights!

Keiko: I'm on it. And Black Crow, you're cute as always to solve things so well.

Akechi: It's my job. And just to see you smile more, Joker.

And so by messing the green to stay and the blue light to be activated, the stairs was form. No colors would make them disappear and the real ones make them appear again.

Sumire: We fixed the stairs!

Makoto: It appears the vines grow whenever the color of light matches the color of flowers. The switch make them appear or not to be working. I wonder if there are any more of them in here...

Ryuji: Then let's go see while keep on going. Let's get to work, Joker!

And off they go to do it all, even Yusuke like the image of the place a little and messing with the color lights sometimes.

Junko: Fox, don't even think about it.

Yusuke: I couldn't help it, it's art.

Going around in circles to get things, fight, and solving the puzzle to make more stairs and others to turn off to pass on the next area. Along with Sith following them...

Sith: Once they get close...yeah, then I'll stop them...

Whatever he had it was bad news...Some they could go back and forth with whole other ones were blocked by other colorful vines to take down.

Morgana: Joker, please find a panel to remove these things.

She does it to work and such.

Akechi: We can pull this whole thing off.

With more items to get, gear, weapons, treasure chests, locked up ones, items, money, fighting more Shadows, and to make stairs all around them to get through. Around the other parts, the last and fourth note to be found to read on next.

Kiwa: Got it...Go ahead and read away.

This one says this...

Tayla: Mar. 25

A very interesting person

came for consultation today.

She lost her older sister in an

accident and is now grief-stricken.

I couldn't just sit there and

watch her suffer through her life.

The whole point of my research

is to save people like her.

My experiments have taught me I can

change any cognition in my presence.

And these new beings can help me

change the world to work together,

and given another chance for a new change.

If she can't escape the guilt

and pain in her life, all I have to do

is make her believe she is her sister.

That would be the most direct

and effective treatment option.

That being said, I did

have to alter her cognition

quite a bit for the effect to succeed.

This was my first time altering a

cognition so greatly, I should keep an

eye on her to see how things develop.

And that's it to be about Sumire's case to become Kasumi, with Cthulhu had Maruki doing all of it on his first test subject.

Keiko: Why are doing this Cthulhu...?

Moving on now...Closer to the destination so far, to make it a few more stairs as many as they could.

Ryuji: We're almost there-! Hm?

But this one didn't have the stairs made yet.

Akechi: It isn't created at all.

Ryuji: We gotta match the color of the lights with the flowers, right? Soooo...anyone remember seein' a purple switch yet?

This was just a guess...

Makoto: This is just a guess, but I think we can just create that color with the switch.

Keiko: From way over there?

They have to find their way around it to make it happen somehow.

Makoto: I think so. If we turn on the multiple colors at once, the light should blend to create a new color. The red and green lights are on the right now, so if we adjust those properly, we should end up with the requite purple.

Yusuke: Ah, so secondary colors are involved. Blending colors together to reveal our path...What a captivating puzzle. Queen, it's a true beauty of a plan.

Makoto: The switches even have notes attached to help us with the color blending. Care to give it a try, Joker?

Easier said than done.

Keiko: I'll see what I can do.

Messing around with the panels to make purple color stairs to walk up on. It worked! Looking up further, they were close to Maruki's treasure.

Ann: Hey, look! A huge staircase!

Sumire: It appears to stretch all the way to the top of the buildings. That's probably where the Treasure is...

Makoto: We're almost there. Let's keep moving, Joker.

They were getting really close...

Keiko: I also sense a Will Seed to be close by. We'll get that and then make our way to the top next.

Morgana: Oh yes, good idea to get it first.

They make a path to get through and fight a very tough Shadow to take team work to do. Power up time and backup!

Futaba: Techno Claws!

Leave the rest for the others to take it down.

Makoto: All together now...Poison Fangs!

Ryuji: Mega Volt!

Ann: Spinning Inferno!

Haru: Daisy Vines!

Aika: Laser Explosion!

Nice, they did it! And that makes all three Will Seeds and last ones in this Palace to make it count.

Junko: Not bad...Now to the next location, the Treasure.

Making their way around the to the last part of vine stairs to have all the three colors lining up, they can go up now.

Ryuji: Yes! The finish line!

Sumire: We're so close to the Treasure...I'm getting kind of nervous.

Keiko: Don't be. We've seen worse. Now let's make out way to the top, come on. (We're almost there.)

Up they all go and Sith to be close by on what looks like part of the Shallow Shard's energy to be flowing through his entire body...Approaching to the electric door to open up for them, once in a Safe Room to recover up net, and seeing another door to watch one more tape in the room to be there this time. What's the last and fourth memory of Maruki to show this time?

Kiwa: Look! One more of Maruki-san's memory tape. I'll get it set up.

What will be on there next, they'll soon find out?

Morgana: You're right, Kiwa. There's a TV over there-and it looks like there's a tape in the player this time.

Junko: This AGAIN? I really hope it's the last one.

I think it is for Black Frost gets the same feeling too.

Makoto: The tapes seem to be growing more and more recent, though. What do we have in store this time...?

Playing it and Kiwa helping them out...It shows a building Maruki was in to take place during the Holy Grail battle for him to see it but not the man he was showing his research on. Oh yeah, this is also important for his powers to fully awaken by then and had Sith get the hard for Maruki to work with both the sneaky Shadow and Cthulhu. All of it...

Professor: ...So? What brings you back here, after all these years?

All to be a set up and use Maruki's work for their own for a certain someone.

Maruki: That's a comprehensive study on the research you tried to shut down "all these year" ago.

Professor: I know how to read! What I mean was, why are you bringing this to me now?

Maruki: Oh, this is just a quick visit our of spite. I wanted to show you in person that I found the "concrete evidence" you had discontinued my research over.

Professor: ...So it appears. I'll admit you've impressed me on that point, at least...But such praise does nothing now-all this discussion in the past. Why can't you just let it stay there and move on?

If only this professor guy didn't copy the work behind Maruki's back and just let him go like he was nothing. It meant the world to him!

Maruki: Ah, no can do, Professor. Cognitive psience has made too great an impact on this world to be abandoned like that.

This was making him go to panic mode.

Professor: What...What are you saying?

Maruki: The psychotic-breakdown incidents, the sudden changes of heart in adults that the Phantom Thieves claim to make...I'm nearly willing to call these events concrete evidence" of cognitive psience in action-how about you?

So he was learning more as the Phantom Thieves did the work and the murder events to be going on too, clever man through April until the new year.

Professor: ...!

Maruki: And the one person pulling the strings in the background of this...Congressman Masayoshi Shido.

The name of Shido caught the old dude's attention.

Maruki: He seems to be confessing to all sorts of crimes now that the Phantom Thieves have changed his heart. Years ago, Shido took notice of my research, stole it away from me, and made others develop it for his own gain. Not only that, he used cognitive psience somehow to induce the politically motivated psychotic breakdowns. Now, they're heavily involved in that series of events-aren't you?

Professor: What are...What are you planning on doing with me?

Maruki: Oh, nothing at all. As I said before, I only came here out of spite. That paper-my work-is going to change the world.

Professor: Change the world"? And where's the money for that? Where's the power to do it? You're no Shido! What can someone like you actually do?

When his powers was slowly growing.

Maruki: That paper there's just the first step. I've learned how to change the cognition of not just an individual, but all of humanity! And I WILL do it, no matter how long it takes!

Professor: Gah, enough of this drivel-get out of my office! And, don't show your face here again! Hear me?

And that's when it happened for Maruki to notice to awaken to his powers from seeing Keiko a lot from his bonding, he sees outside of Mementos, Metaverse, and the real world were fusing to change everything that time.

Maruki: ...! What...What is this?

But the old man doesn't notice a thing to be a normal human being.

Professor: Hmmm? What's your problem now?

Maruki: Huh? You...You don't see this? The sky just...

And then hearing the strange voice again.

Mysterious Voice: ...The time has come.

Maruki: This voice...Wha-?!

For him to see and hear only, his Persona spirit appears in front of him. None other than Azathoth himself.

Azathoth: The time is finally at hand...I am the other you, dwelling in the realm of mankind's hearts.

It looks like some power from Cthulhu and this Person joined forces.

Maruki: The other...me? Wait-the realm of mankind's hearts...Are you telling me, this realm is...

Azathoth: You may have no knowledge of it, but I have been at your side for much longer than our current meeting...Finally, your reality and the sea of hearts from which I came have truly become one in this moment. Now-the time for your unjustly persecuted ideology is at hand. I am thou, thou art I...

Disappearing in front of Maruki's eyes to see this was very real.

Maruki: ...!

Then Cthulhu's voice was heard only.

Cthulhu: Do you wish to have this power? He seeks for you to save everyone to a new reality of theirs to be your power. With the shard we got and the pearl, we can make it happen with your help. My friend and me need a change. Please be our savior.

Maruki: A savior...? Me? The one with the cat and the other strange voice was you two...That's it...I...finally get it. To think it'd be so...Heheh...Yes, I'll do it. Guide me to help you both and let me use those items to fix everything.

And the deal was set.

Sith: Well...You heard the nice human, Master.

Cthulhu: I did, Sith, I did...Very well, I place your Persona Azathoth in your hands thanks to a certain bonding to awaken from within you. Now you know where to find me...At the location of an unfinished building, you'll know where...

Once those two Shadows hallow images fade out, the old man was lost on Maruki to be talking to himself, but he wasn't.

Professor: Hey! What are you mumbling about?! I told you to get out!

He listens to the professor for the real danger to soon arrive.

Maruki: ...Yes. I'll be on my way. Finally...Now, I can finally...

Now we see how this whole thing turn out up to this point, huh? Oh, yeah. Big time. The others heard for Cthulhu and Sith set Maruki up when Atsuko was aiding her lover Yaldabaoth during the time. So that's where they went to.

Daisuke: Son of a bitch...!

Tohru: Who knew those two would be the main villains in this game.

Kiwa: And made this mess on all of us.

Brings back upsetting memories for the Metropolis 12 members.

Hitomi: To be tricked and see a lie in front of you to cause so much trouble.

Aika: We almost died but Kiwa because of this bastard!

Even Maruki's Persona looked powerful too. To also be Shido's doing to ruin Maruki's work, that really sucks.

Ann: ...Shido!

Akechi: Damn him! Even after defeat, he had to go and ruined Maruki-san's work in the very beginning!

Hating his father still, don't blame Akechi there at all.

Yusuke: To think he was the one who stymied Dr. Maruki's research...

Futaba: Y'know, I've been wondering ever since we saw the earlier video...Do you think there was some kinda connection between my mom's cognitive psience research and Dr. Maruki's?

Junko: It could be the case, then yes. From the few years ago mass murderer, the World War 2, other studying to hide it from the others but us, and so on.

And it was all Shido's doing to make it all happened.

Akechi: After he crushed Maruki's chance at researching the field, he has his own pawns to it for him instead...Although, I doubt Shido's researchers knew anything about the subject in the way Maruki did...That sounds exactly like the kind of plan that man would scheme up.

Keiko: Even before his change of heart, Shido went so far to take people's work and killing them.

It does make the others angry about their old enemy again.

Ryuji: That bastard! ...Wait, now's not the time to get pissed about that.

Yeah, take work very serious.

Morgana: There's another thing about that video nobody's mentioned yet...From Cthulhu and Sith's doing...That being that appeared near the end was most likely Maruki's Persona.

Keiko: I feel like Cthulhu and this Persona of Maruki's are the same...I don't know why though...

A big part there to think about later? Maybe...

Makoto: If the sky did turn red like that...I wonder if that was the day we fought against the God of Control?

Morgana: Lady Lavenza did tell us that reality and Mementos were merged together during that time...As you've all seen for yourselves, a full awakening to a Persona can't happen unless you're within the Metaverse. That would mean Maruki really did awaken to his Persona in that video.

And from Keiko gave him some power during their time hanging out.

Keiko: Ah...! Why didn't I sense this from Maruki to begin with...? I don't get it!

Makoto: And at the same time, be attained the ability to meddle with Mementos...the cognition of the masses and the gems to make all of this in full control. So it is just as Lavenza told us...

In other words, it wasn't good news at all.

Haru: The sheer number of coincidences necessary for this to happen is just...

Keiko: Things to get from bad to worse.

Akechi: At any rate, now we have a better grasp of past events.

Junko: And I'm fairly certain that was a memory Maruki wouldn't want us to have seen, either.

But you know what? They all did to learn the truth. Part of Maruki sees this mess to be a bad thing maybe?

Keiko: All we can do now is advance. Let's keep going.

Futaba: Yeah!

It was best to keep on going after getting this far.

Haru: We don't have the time for these questions anyhow. Let's go!

Sumire: To the last locked door!

And leave the room to do the final question to answer.

[Mechanical Voice: Security lock currently engaged. Please answer the following identity authentication question. What happened to Maruki the day the sky turned red?]

They've watched the video to know the answer already.

Haru: "The day the sky turned red?" It must be referring to Mementos merging with the real world. We'll leave the answer to you, Joker.

Keiko: The final question here is this...! D - His Persona fully awakened.

Final door and it was now unlocked for Sith to make it there by going through a different path.

[Mechanical Voice: Authentication complete. Disengaging lock.]

Junko: Finally, it's open.

Akechi: Then shall we proceed to the treasure then?

Keiko: Yes, we're almost there.

Moving further was Sith to try stopping the Phantom Thieves again with a part of the Shallow Shard of half its powers and another muscular Shadow aiding him.

Futaba: Sith again? Oh lookie, he brought a friend with him.

Sith: Yeah, I have a friend...But I didn't come here alone without this.

Holding the item to be seen, from the loo in Black Frost and Junko's eyes to already know what it was.

Junko: (It can't be...!) No! Don't let Sith use the shard piece. It's half the powers from the Shallow Shard! If he uses it on himself and a random Shadow, it'll turn into unstoppable beast!

Keiko: You mean-? Unlike the Eternal Pearl...!

Yusuke: The Shallow Shard does the opposite!

Already placing it on his body and the Shadow's to both fuse into one.

Sith: All of this is for you, my Master...! My true love!

It was starting...

Futaba: Hey! Stop! Do you realize what you just done?!

Sith: I did, I soul my own soul for this...! We will change the world, we will make everything perfect, and we will have everything or a world order. And once we have everything, we'll end the human's life for good-!

Turning into the Shadow Siegfried 'as Sith sees himself as to win over his boss's heart', he was tall, powerful, and had energy waves from moving and swinging his sword around to using his powers too. It was all in berserk mode he was in right now. Incoming energy wave beam.

Akechi: Get down!

Moving away to destroy other Shadows and some of the cognitive people to be running away in fear. Sith meant business here.

Morgana: He's too powerful...!

Junko: We need to remove the shard right away and destroy it. Black Frost, cover me!

Moving in fast on ninja type of ice skating to fire knife type ice to try piercing the Shadow, but with no luck. Futaba uses her powers to boost their attacks up to be holding him for a bit longer...With Keiko to use her sword skills from Surt to sword fight the Shadow the best she could do in battle.

Keiko: I need to build up some energy for my weapon...Everyone, use your Personas to boost your powers up!

They all aided Keiko on this one as a team, the more power, the stronger her weapon will become.

Akechi: Let's go. Hereward!

Hereward: Well it's about friggin' time!

From the power of light happens for the others join in – wind, lighting, fire, ice, poison, cyber, plants, gravity, water, fairy, and mental mix in with dark ice powers do this to work.

Morgana: Join ours powers together then. Diego!

Ryuji: William!

Ann: Celestine!

Yusuke: Gorochiki!

Makoto: Agnes!

Futaba: Al Azif!

Haru: Lucy!

Junko: Black Frost!

Aika: Kaguya Piccaro!

Hitomi: Piccaro!

And one more to add in...Jose with his hammer skills to give Keiko one more boost of power to absorb to still be sword fighting against Sith.

Jose: Hey, Mommy! Don't forget about me! Hammer of Strength!

With a little boosting and paralyzing Sith's body for a few seconds, this was Keiko's chance to mix her darkness powers and Raoul with the weapon Persona to finish the job.

Keiko: Jose...Thank you. Now then. Raoul, let's finish this!

Raoul: Of course, my dear.

Breaking the sword of Sith's, then hitting him a lot, to finally destroying both the shard and Shadow, Sith was changed back and beaten down for good.

Sith: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

The Phantom Thieves has taken down one of the deadly enemies so far.

Jose: Sorry, kitty.

Seeing them standing around to win this fight was something else, for Morgana did warn Sith the last time this would happen.

Ann: Yes! We did it!

Morgana: Nice! Thanks for the save, Jose. We're almost to the Treasure! Let's move! Sith, you should've fled when you had the chance.

Junko: And in the end, you've loss.

Hating all of this and what Jose said to Sith from earlier and failing on the other parts, he gets up to try to fight on as he is.

Sith: Me...Lose...Never! Master needs to win. I will win this, just you all wait and—GAH!

Ad out of nowhere...Cthulhu's powers take affect from far away and stabs Sith from the grounds with his many tentacles of weapons to reach to his compare and impaling him a lot to see the shadow of it, for it was very graphic to look at but his face. One was finally gone, with a painful death.

Morgana: Sith!

Shocking to everyone else, Junko and Black Frost sense this would happen in the end. Keiko stood by Akechi's side to covering Jose's eyes to not see.

Akechi: No! Don't look, Jose! Please...!

Keiko: Cthulhu...he did this to Sith!

Junko: Even after what this little pussy did for his boss, this is what he gets in the end?! How low can you get?! Huh?! Answer me!

She meant business there...Kiwa, Tohru, and Daisuke hate to see someone or something to die this way. With Sith to be crying and remembers the good times he had with Cthulhu for a long time now, to see the truth a bit too late, from the blood and tears to give out one last speech.

Sith: Ah...So...this is my end, isn't it...? Master, why? You don't care anyone but those girls instead from long ago, huh? And never with me...? I was being used like the human is too...Phantom Thieves...my last request to make up for me evil deeds...save the doctor, there's still time. The only way to kill Cthulhu is to stab him with the same blood he shares with his last related of the human host...He didn't love me back, but...I did see what love really means throughout your journeys at least...Master...

The last breath and Cait Sith was gone now. Unable to save his heart for this Shadow...Something does happen...The body becomes the light to fade, for one to have a card for Jose to hold on to, and the other Cait Sith leftovers becomes a soul to float away above the skies to go somewhere safe with other Personas or Shadows who've died to show Sith a new home. With his spirit to be smiling, he was now beloved by all even after death to find real love in the end. Bummer...huh? As sad as it really was, Sith didn't deserve to die this way in defeat by his own boss. Cthulhu's going to pay for everything he has done!

Jose: A kitty card for me?

Morgana: Sith's powers are in your hands now, Jose.

Aika: Still, Cait Sith...!

Hitomi: Sadly, Cthulhu had no use on him and his failures anymore. He's really gone.

Kiwa: And he...Why did he do such a thing?!

This made Tohru cry for Daisuke to hugging his wife.

Morgana: Dammit...! He didn't have to go out this way! We would've change his heart!

Sumire: Cthulhu only care about himself to no care for Cait Sith or Maruki! We still have time to save him!

Ryuji: Right! We can't be crying about this!

Yusuke: Sadly, we must move on.

Futaba: Crying isn't going to fix our problems unless we do it ourselves.

Makoto: I agree.

Haru: Me too.

Ann: It does hurt now, but we'll pull through.

Junko: And this demon will be stopped. The shard will be destroyed, Maruki having a change of heart, and the pearl will be out of the magic of doom. All of it.

The Phantom Thieves were sad, to try to keep on going.

Tohru: Yes.

Daisuke: Now we're talking!

For Akechi to see Jose didn't see the horrifying scene and cheering up Keiko, knowing the Treasure was on the elevator to the top and final floor.

Akechi: Joker, listen...we have to go on. With Jose holding on to what's left of Sith's memories of power for him to have his own Persona now, it'll be different. And we still need to do this. Okay?

Holding hands to dance as they moved, Keiko gets it to keep on going.

Keiko: Right, Black Crow. Jose, thanks again for aiding us.

Jose: Anything for my Mommy and Daddy.

Ryuji: And don't forget about us, kid!

He laughs to be more than happy aiding the Phantom Thieves.

Jose: Any friends to them, is a friend of mine too.

Keiko: Right, we're all in this together. Now then, to Maruki's treasure to see. Up we go.

Knowing it sad to not mourn forever from a sneaky and annoying enemy like Cait Sith was, he couldn't been saved if he only listened. Now dead and heart broken the Phantom Thieves will stop Cthulhu for good! He was a mess, with a good heart to love his boss to the very end. Good bye, Cait Sith of the other bad side Shadow. Now then - up they go to the top, they've finally made it. With Jose joining with Keiko, Akechi, Morgana, Ryuji, Ann, Yusuke, Makoto, Futaba, Haru, Junko, Black Frost, Aika, and Hitomi have done it. With Kiwa, Tohru, and Daisuke see a long stairs in some type of garden fields of paradise, they've finally reach to Maruki's Treasure.

Ryuji: What the...?!

Sumire: This is...

Seeing around them were other cognitive people in masks on their faces and running around the flower fields naked. Well, in many plants to covering them up. Looking around some more to be like a regular garden with butterflies all over. Walking around to see some weird looking stairs as well.

Keiko: It feels like we're in the story of Adam and Eve.

Akechi: This really appears to be quite the paradise.

Junko: Not to me. I assume Maruki's trying to convey that the world will turn into something like this if we allow him to abuse his research.

To his paradise to be Maruki's point of view, but to others to be in one.

Haru: A paradise...

Going near the stairs next to not be anywhere else...Maybe the Treasure's location? It has to be.

Ann: Wait, but this is a dead end, right? And we still haven' found the Treasure...

Morgana: Look again.

With Black Frost pointing up, they see it for the stairs isn't formed yet. From way above them...was the last part of the Palace to be somewhere inside of it. They've made it.

Kiwa: There's no doubt about it, it's the treasure's location.

Aika and Hitomi: We found it.

From it to be shining such like the main part of the apple tree with the snakes hides in.

Futaba: The shimmery thing?

Morgana: No doubt about it-that's our Treasure!

Makoto: That also means we've secured our route.

Ryuji: All right! All we got left is sendin' the calling card-Oh, wait. How are we suppose'ta do that this time?

True, it's not like mailing to Maruki was unknown to do it within eight more days left? They needed to figure this whole thing out.

Daisuke: He'll be quite different.

Tohru: Far different target in this last one.

Haru: That's right, Dr. Maruki's been here in the Palace this entire time, hasn't he?

Akechi: I'm sure Maruki's well aware that the Phantom Thieves send out their calling cards the day before their heists. Considering his actions up until now, I highly suspect he'll attempt to directly intervene in some way that day...My money's on him trying it with my Joker.

In other words...

Keiko: You mean...I have to get Maruki to see me in person? Is that it?

I might not be so easy to do if Maruki doesn't want to see Keiko in person again.

Yusuke: Good point. In that case, I'll leave the calling card in your hands, Joker.

Keiko: Well, I can try.

Junko: Or we could just set up an ambush and destroy him once he steps in our trap, too.

No one's killing anyone to be human at all.

Ryuji: No way are we don't that!

Akechi: We don't kill humans, Junko.

Makoto: Black Crow and Skull are both right! Our goal in coming here is to return reality to its original state, not to beat up Dr. Maruki.

Junko: It was merely a joke. After all, you're all well-aware that Maruki's influence on reality goes well beyond this Palaces...

Plus Atsuko kind of did all of it as Junko watched to be a bit more serious of the real one.

Akechi: She is right about one thing...If we make the wrong move in here, we could get eliminated outside the Palace, since we lack our Personas there. And yet, we came this far to get stronger with our third Persona forms.

Junko: It'd be a safer strategy to change Maruki's heart, just as you all wish.

Finally, after going through a lot in this Palace to make it to the final battle.

Ann: We're finally changing his heart...If we steal Dr. Maruki's Treasure, everything'll go back to the way it was, right?

Morgana: I don't know for sure, but most likely.

Keiko: Are you okay with that, everyone? Can we do this?

The final one this time will be something big.

Ann: Yeah! Of course.

Haru: We've all come so far...We can' just give up now.

Ryuji: We gotta stick to our own reality.

They have to set everything off by the 3rd of February.

Makoto: About the time limit-Dr. Maruki told you it was February 3rd, correct?

Morgana: Yeah. He isn't like anything we've faced before...We should get as strong as we can before that fight.

With a few more things to do in Mementos to make it happen. For everyone else will do it, and will be ready for it.

Keiko: In any case, let's head back home. Kiwa, we'll se you Templar, Jester, Daisuke, and Tohru later.

And they'll be ready for anything.

Aika and Hitomi: We'll be ready, until we meet again.

Daisuke and Tohru: Bye now.

Kiwa: We can win this for sure.

With the two leaving and the other three to be signing off, Jose drives off next to getting outside of Palace next.

Jose: It'll work out, everyone. See you in Mementos and then back here. Bye.

Off he goes and the rest return back to the real world now.

Akechi: We better go back now.

Keiko: Got it, we'll see each other for Mementos later on.

Off they go now.

Morgana: Treasure located to giving Dr. Maruki the Calling Card somehow.

Sumire: We'll all be ready to fight back for sure.

Leaving now...Cthulhu did his part to watch everything since he did murder Sith to no longer be useful to him anymore, as he watches the two worlds to fuse slowly with the two gems of light and darkness to make it all happen. For he had eyes on two people the most.

Cthulhu: So much power...Junko seems to have a lot for me to deal with her very carefully, and the boy. Jose, wasn't it? His powers might be useful...

From setting Cait Sith's spirit free from being killed to own the reborn Persona of Jose's own, Cthulhu might want his powers like he did to Metropolis 12 members powers, his was much stronger to be a doll...This was bad – Maruki saw the whole thing to know who Jose was as Rumi's lost little brother to be different now and seeing Sith being murdered. Was he having second thoughts? It was hard to say for sure yet, but hopefully he will besides having a change of heart real soon.

Maruki: (Jose...And why did Cait Sith had to die...?)

More to come next time.