After Akira and his friends return to the real world, they bade farewell to each other before they split up and walked away and Minato decide to head toward Shibuya to have burgers in Big Bang Burger for dinner.

"Your poor brother, having to live in that old shack with that Madarame geezer who abused the students that he taken under his care, steal and plagiarized their ideas and artworks for himself for years and kicked them out when they refused to give their ideas and do the artworks including himself. Are you going tell Minako, Naoto and the rest of SEES and Investigation Team to save and take your brother away from that corrupt old geezer, Minato?" asked Pharos sadly to Minato.

"Of course I do, Pharos. I don't want Yusuke to stay in that shack with that old geezer and let him steal his artworks any longer and I'm sure Minako and Naoto agrees with me once I tell them about Yusuke's situation. And I'll knock some sense into him if he still refused to believe me about that old geezer's crimes." replied Minato coldly to Pharos.

"Yeah, you're right, Minato… Hm, heads up because I sensed the presence of Akechi close to us." said Pharos before he fell silent while Minato look around and soon spotted Goro in the crowd at the same time Goro spotted him and approach him.

"Hello, Minato-san. What're you doing here in Shibuya?" asked Goro as he smiled at Minato.

"Hello, Gocchan. And I'm here to buy and ate some dinner before I head back to the Niijima apartment. And what about you, what're you doing here?" replied Minato before he asked Goro a question.

"I'm here to see an acquaintance of mine of course, Minato-san." replied Goro.

"I see, an acquaintance of yours, huh? Who is it?" asked Minato curiously to Goro.

"Just an acquaintance, that's all." replied Goro before he glance at his watch. "Well, I should be going now, goodbye, enjoy your dinner but try not to eat too much like the last few times and I'll see you next time, Minato-san." added Goro as he gave another smile at Minato before he turned and walked away.

"Suspicious, isn't it? That he didn't or refused to tell you who his acquaintance is, Minato." said Pharos suspiciously to Minato about Goro.

"Yeah, I know, Pharos. But it's also possible that his acquaintance could be someone dangerous." said Minato.

"Could be that too, Minato." said Pharos in agreement with Minato before he fell silent and Minato turned, head toward and entered Big Bang Burger to buy, pay and ate his dinner until he's done then he left, went to the subway to take the train back to the apartment, greeted Makoto before he went to take a bath, dry himself up then went into his room to put on his pajamas before he picked up his vibrating phone from his bag to see the unread messages on it.

AT: Would you really forgive someone unconditionally if you owed your life to them? I'm not so sure anymore.

MA: Depends on whether the person is good or bad to you or to others, Ann.

KA: He's right about that, at least.

RS: What're you bringing this up for?

AT: According to Kitagawa-kun, Madarame isn't a problem.

AK: What do you mean, Ann?

RS: Something wrong?

MA: But he is a problem to me because of what he did to my brother Yusuke, Ann.

AT: I mean, I know Madarame is a bad person and you've every right to be mad at him because of your brother, but still… Maybe I'm so hesitant because I haven't actually met any of his other victims.

AK: But we did met one of his victims, Ann. Remember, that Natsuhiko Nakanohara guy?

MA: Yeah, we did.

RS: Yeah, I guess that part's totally different from what happened with Kamoshida.

AT: Yeah, we did met him, or rather his shadow in Mementos. So, this might be an extreme line of thinking… But if an evil person isn't causing any trouble now… Is there really a point in us stepping in?

RS: Well… you got a point. So we're gonna let Yusuke decide Madarame's worth going after or not? I dunno… if it were me or Minato, neither one of us would never forgive that old bastard!

AK: We'll see how Yusuke feel about it.

AT: Yeah… I guess we could talk some more after that. Okay, let's meet in Shibuya after school tomorrow.

MA: Yeah, see you guys tomorrow.

KA: See you.

AK: See you.

RS: See you.

After Minato's done in messaging to his friends, he then call his sister and cousin, talk to them first before telling them about Yusuke and his situation, which pissed them off once Minato tell them about it before he say goodbye to them, turned off and put his phone on the table before he got onto his bed and fell asleep.

XXXX

Meanwhile, in the attic in Leblanc…

After Akira's done in messaging with his friends, his phone started ringing and he answer it when he saw Ryuji's name appearing on his phone screen. "Hello?" said Akira.

"Hey, it's me, Akira." said Ryuji.

"Yes, what is it?" asked Akira.

"I just can't forgive Madarame. But what Ann said made me think… To Yusuke, are we just a bunch of thugs including his brother, Minato?" replied Ryuji.

"Probably, Ryuji. But does it really matter when we're going to help him out?" sighed Akira.

"I knew it… But you're right. It ain't like he thinks at all! Pisses me off just thinkin' about it! Good people have to put up with so much crap while shitty adults do whatever they want. Makes me sick of it! I'm not wrong… am I, Akira?" asked Ryuji hesitantly to Akira.

"No, you're not wrong, Ryuji. We'll take them down." replied Akira.

"Aww, yeah! Don't tell Ann I called you, by the way. Seriously. Well, see you and the others tomorrow." said Ryuji firmly to Akira before he bade farewell to him.

"Yeah, see you all tomorrow, Ryuji." Akira bade farewell to him before he turned off and put his phone on his desk, picked Morgana up and they fell asleep on the bed.

XXXX

The next day, in the classroom…

As Akira listens attentively to Usami-sensei's lecture, he (and both Minato and Ann) felt his phone vibrating in his blazer pocket and he discreetly pull it out to see and read his friends messages.

AT: All right, I contacted Kitagawa-kun about me accepting his modelling offer.

AK: And what is his response, Ann?

AT: I'm still waiting for his response.

RS: Thanks!

AT: But, I really have no idea what I'm supposed to do as an art model though…

AK: Just be yourself and don't do anything, Ann.

MA: Yeah, he's right, Ann.

AT: Is that all?

AK: Yeah, that's all.

RS: Look, you don't gotta go all out for this. You're only doing it so you can get dirt on Madarame, remember?

AT: That is true. It sounded like Kitagawa-kun wants this to be a private picture of his though…

MA: Don't worry, I'll make sure that he won't do or draw anything creepy on his art, Ann.

AT: Thanks, Minato. Well, I guess I'll let you guys know when he contacts me again.

After Akira, Minato, Ann (and Ryuji in another class) are done with their messaging, they quickly put their phones back into their blazer or pants pockets and resumed listening to Usami-sensei's lecture.

XXXX

A few hours later, in the small vending machines area…

"I've got a response from Kitagawa-kun. He said he wants me and his brother to come over after school today." said Ann as she glance at them.

"Perfect. He prolly changed his plans immediately just so he could get you two over there." said Ryuji as he grinned widely at both Ann and Minato.

"So have you or Minato think about what kind of questions to ask him, Ann?" asked Akira.

"Well, we need to find out from Kitagawa-kun if what we saw in the Palace was true…" said Ann before she got cut off by Morgana.

"Hey, quiet down. It's her, the student council president." hissed Morgana as he turned to glance at Makoto standing and interrogating Mishima in the courtyard walkway, which make Akira, Ann, Minato and Ryuji briefly turned to glance and saw her as well before they glance back at each other.

"You're still doing what the principal told you to do, Makoto?" thought Minato sadly in his mind at Makoto.

"Yikes… She got hold of Mishima today?" said Ryuji as he winced a little. "It'd suck if she noticed us. C'mon, let's split up."

"Ok. See you all later." said Ann as she, Akira, Minato, Ken, Ryuji and Morgana nodded to each other before they split up and quickly walked away from the small vending machine area and out of Shujin Academy before Makoto could noticed any of them.

XXXX

A few minutes later, in Shibuya's station walkway…

"We finally landed a big target. C'mon, let's get some dirt on Madarame." said Ryuji as he crossed his arms and grinned quite widely at Akira, Morgana and Minato before he glance around the walkway for Ann. "But man… Ann's late."

"Be patient, Ryuji. Something must have held her up." said Akira.

"Sorry!" said Ann apologetically to them as she approach and stopped near them. "I was thinking about some things and didn't noticed how much time has passed."

"That's okay, Ann. You're here now." said Minato reassuringly to Ann.

"Thinkin' about what…?" asked Ryuji with a frown look on his face.

"About Kitagawa-kun. Don't you all think that he has to be protecting Madarame?" replied Ann slightly sadly to them. "I mean they live together, so he'd have to be aware of Madarame's true nature. The only reason I can think for him doing that is that Madarame has something on him…"

"Yeah, that's weird." said Ryuji. "But that's why we're goin' to check it out, right? So are you ready to be his model for art?" added Ryuji concernly to Ann.

"Yeah. I'm prepared." said Ann resolutely to Ryuji.

"Whaddya mean prepared? Prepared for what?" said Ryuji oddly to them before he glance at Akira. "Something seem different about her to you, Akira?" Ryuji asked Akira.

"Hm… I don't know, Ryuji." replied Akira as he shake his head a little.

"You don't know, huh? What about you, Arisato-senpai? Does Ann seem different to you?" asked Ryuji to Minato now.

"No, she still look the same as ever, Ryuji." replied Minato as he shake his head as well.

"I-I see… Well, let's get goin'. We gotta talk to Yusuke." stuttered Ryuji a little to them.

"Let's go then, everyone." said Akira before they turned and make their way out of the walkway and heading toward Shibuya and to the shack.