The next day…

Keiko, Mallory and Morgana (inside Keiko's bag) went into Shibuya station before Keiko look around the station for her and Mallory's friends, saw Ryuji standing not far to their right and Keiko turned and make her way toward Ryuji with Mallory following behind her.

"Good morning, Ryuji-kun." greeted Keiko politely to Ryuji.

"Good morning, Sakamoto." greeted Mallory to Ryuji as well.

"Yeah, morning, girls. So sleepy…" said Ryuji as he yawned tiredly. "I ended up pullin' an all-nighter once I realised that today's the last day of exams."

"You? Staying up studying?" asked Morgana skeptically to Ryuji after he popped out of Keiko's bag and leaned against her shoulder to glance at him.

"Nah. I don't think so." thought Mallory as she shake her head a little.

"Nah, I gave up on the exam. I was playin' some games, and then before I knew it, it was morning." sighed Ryuji as he slumped his back.

"Yep, I thought so." thought Mallory again in her mind.

"I know what you mean but if you keep doing that, you're going to failed, Ryuji-kun." said Keiko sympathetically then disappointment at Ryuji.

"Eh, I'm sure it'll be fine. Nobody's expectin' anything of me, so I don't gotta worry about grades." said Ryuji as he shrugged his shoulders.

"You should be, Ryuji-kun." sighed Keiko as she and Mallory shake their head in unison at Ryuji.

"Hm, maybe I'll be able to do it if either of you girls could help tutor me…" suggested Ryuji.

"Nope, sorry, Sakamoto." said Mallory.

"Come on, Caelum!" said Ryuji as he scowled at Mallory.

'Of course we will if that happens again. Right, Maly?" said Keiko reassuringly to Ryuji before she gave a "No more arguing" look on her face at Mallory.

"… Fine, Keiko." sighed Mallory in reluctant agreement with Keiko.

"Morning…" yawned Ann as she approach and stopped in front of them.

"Yo, look who else is yawnin'." said Ryuji with a huge grin on his face as he, Keiko, Mallory and Morgana turned to glance at Ann.

"Exams are almost over, so I thought I'd make one last effort across the finish line." said Ann.

"Impressive, Lady Ann. You, Madame Keiko and Miss Mallory are quite different from this stupid blonde monkey we know." said Morgana admiringly to Keiko, Mallory and Ann.

"Huh? Don't gimme that crap. Your brain's tiny compared to mine." snapped Ryuji as he glared at Morgana for insulting him.

"Oh boy, there goes yet another argument between Morgana and Ryuji." thought Keiko in exasperation at both Morgana and Ryuji.

"Size is meaningless if there's nothing inside, you know." said Morgana smugly to Ryuji.

"What was that!?" growled Ryuji as he stepped closer and glared at Morgana.

"Ugh, will you please shut up!? You're gonna make me forget everything I memo-" Ann began reprimanding Ryuji before she stopped when she felt someone watching her, turned and look around for the person to no avail. "Am I imagining things…?" whisper Ann under her breath as she furrowed her brows.

"Hm? What is it, Ann-san?" asked Keiko when she noticed Ann looking around for something or someone.

"I don't know, Keiko. I felt someone watching me…" replied Ann concernly to Keiko.

"Someone's watching you?" said Keiko concernly to Ann before she felt someone watching her too. "Now that you mention it, I also felt someone watching me too." added Keiko concernly to Ann.

"What? You two see a groper or something?" said Ryuji.

"Who's watching you two and where is he or her?" said Mallory concernly to both Keiko and Ann before she look around for the person watching them to no avail as well.

"No, that's not it. It's… nothing." said Ann as she shake her head while Morgana had a frown look on his face.

After a few seconds, the train arrived in Shibuya station and Keiko, Mallory, Ryuji, Ann and Morgana went into the train with the other passengers and they head off to Aoyama-Itchome station. Once they've arrived in Aoyama-Itchome station and got off the train with the other passengers toward the escalators, the person who's been watching both Keiko and Ann got off as well and followed them.

"Oh my god, that guy got off!" gasped Ann after she turned around and finally spotted the person that's been watching her and Keiko (who turned to look and saw the person as well) before she glance worriedly at Keiko. "Isn't this bad…?"

"I know what you mean, Ann-san." said Keiko more reassuringly to Ann while Mallory turned to find the person and Ryuji started yawning and raising his arms in the air (which annoy Ann).

"Hey! At least act like you care!" said Ann in annoyance at Ryuji.

"Fine… Come on." sighed Ryuji before he walked past them up the escalator and they followed after him. After they stepped out of the station, Ryuji then told Keiko and Ann to stand and act oblivious in front of the station's entrance for the person to come to them (which doesn't make Mallory happy at all until Keiko reassured and calm her down) while he and Mallory will watched and waited in front of a store not far to their right.

"It'll be fine, Ann-san. Maly and Ryuji-kun are not far from us and I'm here with you too." said Keiko reassuringly to Ann.

"I know." said Ann as she stiffly nodded to Keiko. Soon both Keiko and Ann heard the sound of footsteps and keys jingling approaching from behind them and they immediately turned around to glance at the person following them and they saw that the person is a tall and lean, fair-skinned, short dark blue-haired, dark grey-eyed, pretty-looking guy wearing a long sleeve white dress shirt, long black fitted pants (with some keys hanging out of his pants pocket) and black loafers on his feets as he had his hand stretch out to them just as both Mallory and Ryuji quickly intercepted him and prevented him from coming any closer. The guy instantly stopped, lowered his hand and glance monotonously at them while they glance at him with confused looks on their faces.

"Hey, uh… are you two sure it's him? Or are you two just that self-conscious?" asked Ryuji as he glance at both Keiko and Ann.

"We're pretty sure it's him, Ryuji-kun." confirmed Keiko as she nodded to Ryuji.

"So this is the guy who's been watching Keiko and Takamaki? This pretty boy?" thought Mallory as she kept on watching the guy suspiciously.

"Rgh, I'm not that-" sputtered Ann as her face turned red and she scowled at Ryuji.

"Is there something you want?" the guy asked politely to Ann (who scowled at him now before she approach and pointed an accusing finger at the guy).

"That's our line! You were the one stalking us both!" yell Ann indignantly at the guy.

"Stalking you two…? That's outrageous." scoffed the guy as he brushed his blue bangs to the side.

"Then what do you call about someone who's been watching and following me and Ann-san all the way from Shibuya station to Aoyama station, huh? If that's not stalking then what is it?" said Keiko slightly coldly to the guy as she crossed her arms.

"Good one, Keiko." thought Mallory in approval at what Keiko said to the guy.

"That's because…" said the guy hesitantly to Keiko before he got cut off by the sound of a car honking nearby them and they glance and saw a black-coloured luxury car parking next to them on the road before the tinted window of the car rolled down to reveal a long grey-haired (tied up into a ponytail), elderly man wearing a dark blue kimono with a light brown jacket over it.

"My goodness… I had wondered why you left the car. So this is where your passion led. All is well that ends well." said the elderly man as he smiled good-naturedly at them before he started laughing heartily.

"Okay. Mind explaining to us on why you follow Keiko and Takamaki?" asked Mallory as she scowled at the guy.

"I saw you two from the car… and I couldn't help myself from chasing after you two." replied the guy as he closed his eyes and look away from them while raising his clench fist near his chest where his heart is. "I didn't even noticed the calls from Sensei… But thank goodness, I caught up to you two." added the guy in relief to them.

"Ok…" said Ann unsurely as she sweat-dropped a little.

"What?" said Ryuji even more in confusion to the guy.

"Why and wat is your intention with them both?" said Mallory more suspiciously at the guy.

"You two are the women I've been searching for all this time! Please, won't you two-" said the guy as he ignored Mallory's question and glance determinedly back at both Keiko and Ann (who blushed quite furiously at his bold statement).

"W-Wait! Hold on, we-" stammered Keiko.

"-Be the models for my next art piece!?" added the guy as he swept his left arm out dramatically (which make them glance and exchange confused and awkward looks with each other).

"I-beg your pardon? That's what you want from us, to be your models?" said Keiko in a surprise tone of voice to the guy.

"That's what he wants from Keiko and Takamaki? To be his models for his next art piece?" thought Mallory.

"Yes, exactly! All that I've drawn till now has been lacking, but I feel a passion from you unlike anyone else." explained the guy to Ann before he glance at Keiko. "And you, that black hair plus those stormy grey eyes of yours is like a real-life Belladonna that I simply must captured on canvas!"

"P-Passion?" repeated Ann.

"Real-life Belladonna? Me?" said Keiko.

"This man's highly suspicious, Madame Keiko!" hissed Morgana as he popped out of her bag and glared at the guy.

"Ain't this a recruit for some shady business?" asked Ryuji as he glance at Keiko and Ann.

"Most definitely, Sakamoto." replied Mallory in agreement with Ryuji.

"Will you two cooperate with me? What do you two say?" said the guy pleadingly to them.

"Hold your horses! Who are you anyways?" said Ryuji as he and Mallory stepped in front of Keiko and Ann and scowled at the guy.

"Ah, where are my manners? I'm a second-year at Kosei's High fine-arts division. My name is Yusuke Kitagawa." said the guy as he introduced himself to them before he walked forward and pushed both Mallory and Ryuji out of the way to get close to Keiko and Ann.

"Excuse me, Kitagawa-san. That was quite rude of you to pushed them away without apologizing and you're invading our personal space." said Keiko as she scowled at Yusuke.

"I'm Madarame-sensei's pupil, and I'm being allowed residence at his place. I'm striving to become an artist." explained Yusuke as he ignored Keiko's words.

"Huh? Do you MEAN that Madarame? The one who was on "Good Morning Japan" the other day?" exclaimed Ann as she widened her eyes in surprise.

"The very same." said Yusuke cordially.

"You know who that is?" asked Ryuji as he glance at Ann.

"He was introduced as a super-famous Japanese-style artist who's been recognized all over the world." Ann answer and explained to Ryuji.

"Hey, Maly. Didn't we heard Shadow Nakanohara said Madarame name to us in Mementos that day?" Keiko whisper to Mallory.

"Yeah, he did, Keiko." Mallory whisper back to Keiko.

"Yusuke!" Madarame called out to him from the car.

"I'm sorry, Sensei. I'll be right there!" said Yusuke as he glance apologetically at Madarame.

"That old guy's Madarame…?" said Ryuji as he glance at Madarame while Yusuke glance back at both Keiko and Ann.

"Madarame-sensei's exhibition will begin at the department store near the station tomorrow. I'll be there to helped out on opening day. Please come by, you two. It'll be great if you two could give me your answers in regard to be models then…" said Yusuke as he pull out 4 tickets from his pants pocket before he scowled at both Mallory and Ryuji. "I bet you two have no interest in the fine arts, but I'll give you two tickets too." added Yusuke coldly to them.

"What was that!?" said Ryuji as he scowled at Yusuke (who ignored him) while both Keiko and Ann took the tickets from him and put the tickets into their bags.

"Well then, I hope to see you two there tomorrow!" Yusuke bade farewell to them before he turned, went into the car and the car drove him and Madarame down the road away from them.

"That guy's as easy to read as a book…" said Ryuji as he briefly kicked the ground with his left foot before he stopped and glance at both Keiko and Ann. "You 2 are not plannin' on going, are you two?" asked Ryuji.

"…I think I will." replied Ann hesitantly to Ryuji.

"W-What!? You will?" said Ryuji, shocked at Ann.

"He did give us free tickets to go to the exhibition tomorrow so I think it's better that we don't waste the tickets." said Keiko.

"True, he did and I guess you got a point, Keiko." said Mallory.

"Crap! Look at the time! I'll see you guys later." swored Ann after she pull out her phone and look at the time before she quickly ran down the street in the direction of their school while Keiko, Mallory, Ryuji and Morgana watched her run off.

"How dare he go after you and Lady Ann, Madame Keiko… I've memorized that face of yours, Yusuke!" hissed Morgana as he bristled in anger at Yusuke for asking Keiko and Ann to be his models.

"Calm down, Morgana." said Keiko as she try to calm Morgana down before she, Mallory, Ryuji and Morgana quickly follow Ann.

XXXX

Back in the interrogation room…

"You became acquainted with Madarame's pupil by chance?" asked Sae.

"Yes, that's right." replied Keiko as she slowly nodded to Sae.

"That's a little too convenient. It makes me wonder if you're telling the truth. But so be it. What I want to know most is your method." said Sae. "It's true that Madarame was an unforgivable criminal worthy of the disdain and scorn thrown at him. He was an adult who cultivated his own fame and fortune by sacrificing the livelihood of childrens… But how did you discover such horrible deeds that were hidden all these years in such a short time?" asked Sae.

"How? In the Metaverse, of course, Sae-san." replied Keiko weakly to Sae.

"This "Metaverse" business again…?" said Sae before she let out a sigh. "Fine. Let's suppose that people's hearts can be changed by stealing their treasures. Like you've said. If so, a different suspicion arises. People have gone mad or lose consciousness, never to recover… like the subway accident in April. Depending on how you look at it, that could be taken as a phenomenon for a sudden change of heart too… Were you and your accomplices related to those as well?" demanded Sae after she explained to Keiko.

"No, those horrible accidents caused by mental shutdowns or psychotic breakdowns weren't our doings, Sae-san." said Keiko as she shake her head firmly to Sae (who glance firmly at her to see if she's lying or not, saw none and she slowly nodded to her).

"…Fine. Continue telling me about Madarame's case. Keep it concise and only of the truth." said Sae.

"…Understood, Sae-san." said Keiko as she nodded to Sae before she try to remember back.