A few minutes later, in the attic room in Leblanc…

After Akira, Sumire, Morgana, Minato, Hanzo, Ryuji and Isamu entered Leblanc after their train ride from Shibuya to Yongen-Jaya, they greeted Sojiro and introduced Isamu Toudou to him before they went up to the attic room, saw Goro (who had happy and relief looks on his face once he saw Minato), Ken, Yusuke, Ann, Makoto, Haru, Futaba, Kanakubo-sensei and Doctor Maruki already sitting and waiting for them in the attic room after they received the messages from Akira before Akira, Sumire, Morgana, Minato, Hanzo, Ryuji and Isamu sat down with them and they proceed to tell the others what they've seen and gone through in the alternate Shibuya world in the Metaverse and then introduced Isamu Toudou to them.

"So this is the Leblanc place where these guys, girls, their teacher and therapist and a cat who are the rumoured "Phantom Thieves of Hearts" that I've heard about and seen on TV last year have their meetings and where their leader Akira Kurusu used to live in, huh? This place looks quite large and cosy and guess they do tell the truth about having a whole gang." thought Isamu as she curiously look around at the attic room before she stop looking and glance at Akira and the others that she haven't met yet until now.

"… And this is where our tale in the Metaverse ends, everyone." said Akira as he's done telling Ken, Yusuke, Ann, Makoto, Haru, Futaba, Kanakubo-sensei and Doctor Maruki about his tale before he fell silent and leaned back on his chair.

"I see. So you and some of our friends somehow entered the Metaverse with Alice Hiiragi's invitation, accidentally bring Isamu Toudou into it because she's close to where you all are and where she awakened to her Persona like we all did and also met a sentient AI named Sophia, who is now in your phone." said Yusuke.

"When you put it that way, you make us sound crazy…" said Ryuji as he scratch his head a little.

"But I'm telling you all-it's the truth." said Morgana.

"Yeah, we're telling you all the truth even though it does sound crazy!" said Sumire.

"You've gotta believe us." said Akira.

"We know and we do believe you all, Kurusu-kun." said Doctor Maruki reassuringly to Akira.

"Yeah, we understand. None of us would make up something like this. However, there's a chance this Sophia may know more than we do about the situation. She's still with you, right? Could we speak with her?" said Makoto.

"Yeah, I'm quite curious and would like to meet and speak with this AI named Sophia in your phone, Kurusu-kun." said Kanakubo-sensei.

"Of course, Makoto, Kanakubo-sensei." said Akira as he nodded at both Makoto and Kanakubo-sensei before taking out and turning on his phone.

"Yeah, let's see if there's anything Sophia can add that could help us figure out what's happening." said Morgana as he and the others watched as Akira take and put some kind of black thing on the table then put his phone on it so it doesn't fall off and turned his phone so that it faced the others.

"Could you come join us, Sophia?" asked Morgana as he and the others glance at Akira's phone on the table.

"Yo, Phantom Thieves." greeted Sophia politely to them after she showed herself on Akira's phone, which make Goro, Ken, Yusuke, Ann, Makoto, Haru, Futaba, Kanakubo-sensei and Doctor Maruki gasped and had surprised looks on their faces once they see Sophia.

"Wha-!?" gasped Makoto.

"W-W-W-What is that!?" stammer Futaba.

"Is that the AI that you, Arisato-kun, Sakamoto-kun, Yoshizawa-san, Okumura-kun, Toudou-san and Morgana told us about earlier?" asked Doctor Maruki as he glance at Akira.

"Yes, Doctor Maruki." replied Akira as he nodded at Doctor Maruki.

"I am Sophia, humanity's companion." said Sophia, introducing herself to the ones that she haven't met yet.

"That's really… Sophia?" asked Makoto as she glance at Akira.

"Yeah, Makoto." replied Akira as he nodded at Makoto.

"Wow, I can't believe this is happening…" said Haru.

"Better believe it now, dear sister." said Hanzo.

"Is this some sort of hideout? There seems to be a number of phantom thieves present." said Sophia curiously to Akira about the place and the ones that she just met.

"She's humming to herself!?" said Ann, more surprised now.

"As expected of an AI like her." said Kanakubo-sensei.

"What in heaven…? Such an adorable design… I can feel the charm, the pain, the tenacity within!" said Yusuke with an excited look on his face.

"Oh great. There's goes Yusuke inner artistic soul again." thought Minato as he, Goro and Ken sighed and shake their heads in unison at Yusuke's excitement at Sophia.

"Wait, what?" said Makoto as she glance in confusion at Yusuke.

"Don't mind him, he's just being his usual self about the beauty of things he wanted to paint on his canvas, Makoto-san." said Ken.

"Oh, right, Ken-san." said Makoto as she nodded at Ken.

"So yeah, this is Sophia." said Ryuji.

"Nice meeting you all." greeted Sophia politely again to them.

"Okaaay… An AI with a genuine will is just waaay too advanced…" said Futaba with an impressed look on her face now.

"Right? We couldn't believe it either." said Ryuji in agreement with Futaba.

"Now that you all have seen Sophia and she introduced herself to you all, how about you all do the same too?" suggested Akira.

"That's true since we're meeting her for the first time. Very well then, Kurusu-kun. Hello, Sophia. I'm Kyosuke Kanakubo, a teacher from Shujin Academy." said Kanakubo-sensei.

"Nice to meet you, Sophia-san. I'm Takuto Maruki, a therapist." said Doctor Maruki.

"Yeah, nice to meet you, Sophia. I'm Makoto Niijima." said Makoto.

"I'm Ken Amada. And this guy sitting next to Minato-san is…" said Ken before he glance at Goro.

"I'm Goro Akechi. Nice to meet you, Sophia." said Goro with a smirk on his face before Ken could introduced him to Sophia.

"My name's Haru Okumura. We're college students, but I also sometimes help Hanzo out with our family's company." said Haru.

"I'm Ann Takamaki! I'm a third year in high school and I do some modelling, too." said Ann as she smiled at Sophia.

"My name is Yusuke Kitagawa, younger brother of Minato and Minako Arisato and cousin of Naoto Shirogane. I continuously strive to master the arts as we know them." said Yusuke.

"Hm? The name Naoto Shirogane sounds familiar somehow… I remember now! Naoto Shirogane is the famous "Detective Prince" before another person named Goro Akechi became Shirogane-san successor. So this pretty boy named Yusuke Kitagawa is her cousin, huh?" thought Isamu as she glance in surprise at Yusuke.

"Hm? Who's Minato Arisato?" asked Sophia in confusion to Yusuke about who Minato is.

"Oh, right. Guess we forgot to introduced ourselves to you, huh, Sophia? Our apologies. I'm Minato Arisato, former leader of the "Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad", SEES for short, the vessel of Thanatos, God of Death and also a rising idol working in Takura Production and my stage name is "Sakuya Shiomi"." said Minato as he introduced himself, what he did and what he is to Sophia.

"Wait! You're really the "Sakuya Shiomi"? The idol that's starring as the main character in the upcoming "Devil Survivor" anime?" gasped Isamu as she glance in surprise at Minato.

"That's right, I am indeed "Sakuya Shiomi", Toudou-san. Plus let me add that I'm also dating this cute and famous Detective here… Ow!" said Minato as he glance and smiled at Isamu before he winced and yelp in pain due to Goro pinching his thigh quite hard.

"Excuse me but I don't remember giving you permission to tell this girl that we just met our relationship, Minato-san." said Goro as he glance and smiled coldly at Minato (who scowled at Goro for pinching him).

"Is that true? Is Arisato-san really dating Goro Akechi, who's the successor of Naoto Shirogane, the previous "Detective Prince", Kurusu-kun?" asked Isamu as she glance at Akira.

"Yeah, they do even though they're both guys. Not just them, so does Kanakubo-sensei and Doctor Maruki, new girl." replied Akira as he nodded at Isamu before he, Sumire, Ryuji, Morgana and Hanzo introduced themselves to Sophia.

"Yeah. And I resented the fact that a Demon Lord like Goro Akechi beat me to the punch by confessing, stealing and keeping Minato-san for himself and that Minato-san accept and reciprocate his feelings back to Akechi too, which sadden and hurt me a lot." thought Hanzo in anger and jealousy in his mind at both Goro and Minato.

"Judging by the look on Hanzo's face and what I'm sure he's thinking in his mind, I'm sure that he's once again feeling angry and jealous at seeing me and Gocchan together. Forgive me, Hanzo-kun." thought Minato sadly in his mind after he noticed Hanzo glaring at him and Goro.

"Heh. Glared at me and Minato-san all you want because it's already pointless and useless since Minato choose me over you and that he's belongs to me and is mine now, Okumura." thought Goro in smug triumph in his mind as he also noticed Hanzo glaring at him and Minato before he decided to pissed Hanzo even more by putting his arm around Minato's shoulders, pull him closer and pressed a kiss on Minato's cheek.

"Why that…!" thought Hanzo as he saw with more anger and jealousy looks (while some of the girls faces turned red a little) on his face at what Goro just did on purpose to pissed him off some more before he swiftly look away from them.

"O-Oh, I see." said Isamu as she glance down at her hands on her knees. "To think that I'd get to meet and talk to such famous people like Arisato-san, Akechi-san, Takamaki-san and others right now in this attic room… my classmates will surely be quite envious and jealous if they knew but something tells me that it's better that I don't tell them and so I won't." added Isamu to herself in her mind.