[The door to the Rooftop]

Leading both Shiho and Keigo, Akira reached the door toward the rooftop. However, the sight of Ren and his group on the other side caused them to hid behind the door, sitting down at the ground.

"Not again..." Akira sighed, looking down at the ground. "Um... Kamisaki-San, sorry about that."

"It's fine." Keigo shrugged, smiling reassuringly to him. "They are the other group of the Phantom thieves, right?"

"Yep. They're the actual people who changed Kamoshida's heart." Shiho nodded, crossing her arms in front of her. "So Kamisaki, you said you're from the 'Shadow Operatives'... Can you explain what the hell is that?"

"About the Shadow Operatives..." The mixed-blooded boy rubbed his head, pondering for the proper explanation to them. "They're an unofficial and secret department of the Japan Police, backed by the Kirijo Group."

"Secret department..." Akira murmured, rubbing his chin. "Mitsuru-San is the leader, right?"

"Yes, she founded this department after the Apathy Syndrome incident." He nodded in response. "Our purpose is to hunt down shadow and deal with anything Persona related incident."

Sighing, Keigo continued to explain. "But recently, with the intervene of someone with a high position in society forced us to stay away. We couldn't do anything to deal with the mental breakdown incident."

"OK then... Let's get to the real business." The brown-haired boy nodded at his words, taking out his phone. "Mishima, or the admin of Phan-Site gave me some info about a small target for us."

"You already have a Persona, right?" He asked, turning to Keiko. "I'm interested to see yours."

"I don't need an evoker, right?" Keigo asked, raising an eyebrow. "I brought it here, just in case."

"Evoker? We had never heard about it." Shiho replied, tilting her head in confusion. "Akira, do you what is that?"

"Nah, I don't know about it either," Akira said, opening his Meta-nav. "Daisuke Takanashi, Memento."

"Destination found, beginning navigation."


[Memento, enterance]

"Wow..." Swan murmured to herself, widening her eyes at the sight of the distorted subway station. "This is huge!"

"Yes, and this is just the first of god know how many area." Jester turned to Keiko, observing his Metaverse outfit. "Hmm... Your outfit reminds me of someone from France..."

Keiko's Shuijin's outfit was changed into a dark-blue single-breasted woolen coat with a white collar with a pair of black leather gloves, a black triangular hat with silver lining along the edges. Not only that, he was wearing a plain blue Colombina mask on his face.

"Huh?" He raised an eyebrow at Jester's reaction before finally realizing his outfit had changed. "Wha- Wow! This looks cool!"

"Fit you." Swan laughed, covering her mouth. "By the way, what is your Persona?"

"Just touch the mask on your face to summon it," Jester added, summoning Moriarty to show him an example.

Nodding, the mixed blooded boy touched his mask and summon his Persona. It's a man with a mask similar to Keiko's covering his face, resembling a General back in 17th century France with its coat-like torso. Also, it was wearing a black felt bicorne. But what's the most interesting is that it was infused with the black horse it was riding. It was also holding the lead around the horse's mouth with its left hand while holding a longsword with its other hand.

"This is my Persona... Napoleon." He introduced with a calm expression. "I have this for a few months now."

On the other hand, Jester nodded in interest at the sight of his Persona. "Hmm... That's cool."

"I can't wait to see what it's power is." Swan nodded and turned to their leader. "Jester, about his codename... do you have any suggestions?"

"Codename..." He pondered for a moment, crossing his arms in front of himself. "Ugh... how about King? Napoleon was a king after all."

"King... that's a good suggestion." She nodded, turning her attention to Keiko. "What do you think, Kamisaki-Kun?"

"I think 'Roi' can be a better codename." He replied instantly, "It's just 'King' in Franch."

"That does fit you." Jester nodded. "I have no objection about it."

"'Roi', that's good!" Swan exclaimed with a grin on her face. "So that's settled!"

"With that said, let's not wait for any longer." Keiko, now Roi said while stretching his arms. "Shall we?"

"Of course." The leader nodded, leading the other two inside the dark tunnel.

The trio of Le Fool ran and dodged a lot of shadows, only battles with those spotted them or have to fight. Thanks to the now move from Roi, their speed, and damages were better than before. They reached the supposed portal to the shadow of Takanashi.

"I think this is the portal to Takanashi's shadow," Jester said, pulling out his phone to check the Meta-nav. "At least according to the nav."

"I hope this won't be like that fight with Kamoshida before..." Swan sighed, resting both of her hands to her hips. "Right?"

"With the three of us, this would be a piece of cake," Roi smirked slightly, resting his hand to the handle of his longsword. "Let's finish this, shall we."

With a nod, Jester jumped to the portal with the other two following him. On the other side of the portal, there's only a figure standing in the center of the room. He was wearing a normal Shijun outfit, facing away from the trio. Even though a tiny bit unsettled by him, they approached the shadow, weapons ready.

"You must be Daisuke Takanashi," Jester announced with a serious tone, gripping his scythe. "You know, many people had suffered because of you."

The shadow snickered, turning around to face them. "It's not my fault! It's theirs for not standing up for themselves!"

"Still making excuse for your action..." Swan glared at the shadow, readying her saber. "How it's their fault when you don't even give them a choice!"

"Bully those who are weaker than you... Pathetic." Roi murmured to himself, pulling out his longsword. "You're the lowest of the low."

Takanashi was furious at the sight of the three thieves' words and exclaimed, "The hell! You're all ganging up on me! Are you Phantom Thieves some kind of gang!"

"Protectors of justice, my ass! Don't act high and mighty with me when you don't know anything!" He shouted and merged with the black goo around him, changing to a Jack Frost. "I already told you, I didn't do anything wrong... Listen to me, dammit!"

"Seems like negotiation were unsuccessful." Jester plainly said, playing with his scythe. "Let's finish this."

"Persona!" With no other word, he rushed in front of the snowman and sliced it with his scythe before summoning Moriarty, casting a Garula on it.

"Napoleon! Frei!" Roi followed, sending a burst of nuclear attack to the snowman.

Stumbled back for a few steps, Jack Frost Punched Jester with a lucky punch, knocking him down. Taking this as its opportunity, it cast an Evil Touch on Roi, causing him to in fear.

"Dammit!" Roi cursed as he watched his hands shaking, only to be knocked back by the Stomach Blow from the shadow.

"Jeanne!" Seeing the situation worsen, Swan ripped her mask off and sliced the shadow with Giant Slice, then healed her two teammates. "Requiem of Rebellion!"

"Thanks..." Jester murmured as he felt the injuries of him slowly started to disappear, getting back up from the ground and pulled out his revolver. "Moriarty! Fire!"

Moriarty shot a bullet from his revolver in unison with his revolver, the two bullets hit the shadow straight on the head, knocking it down. Seeing this as their opportunity, the trio rushed in and pointed their guns to it with Roi using his evoker as an actual gun.

"I didn't do anything wrong!" The shadow shouted, glaring at Jester specifically. "It's not my fault!"

"I hate talking senses into someone, especially someone stubborn like you" Jester looked at his companions and nodded, taking a step back before jumping high in the air.

"Everyone! Let's do this!" With the command from him, the trio attacked the shadow from every angle possible with great speed. Beating the shadow in the process.

The shadow dissolved into another pile of black goo before appearing as Takanashi again, looking down in defeat. "B-But if I don't fo it, they're gonna hurt me. I don't want people taking my money from me anymore!" He stammered.

"Huh?" Swan looked at him with a confused look, tilting her head. "What do you mean?"

"If I don't go after him, I'm the one who's gonna get bullied!" Takanashi shouted, tears started to form in his eyes. "I can't take it, I just can't!"

"So you're a victim as well." Roi sighed, crossing his arms. "There's someone behind all of this."

"Even though you're our original target, we'll help you too," Jester said, putting his scythe on the back. "We're not some heartless monster like the one behind all of this,"

"Thank you! Oh, thank you, you wonderful phantom thieves!" The shadow exclaimed in joy at Jester's word, causing the trio to sweatdrop.

"That escalated quickly," Swan commented, wiping the sweat on her face.

"I'm counting on you..." He said with a faint smile, being slowly absorbed by a white light. "You guys promised."

"We know, just apologize those people you bullied," Roi replied.

The shadow nodded before fully absorbed by the white light, leaving a protein left. Jester picked it up and observed it.

"Job done." He smiled, taking out his notebook and wrote something before ripping a page off. "I'll leave a message to Joker, let them know there's a bigger bully behind all of this."

"They'll be disappointed, for sure." Swan joked, but shifted to a serious tone quickly afterward. "Maybe we should leave the treasure to them."

"At least they'll have something in return." Roi agreed with a nod.

"Well, it's not like that we're short on medicine." the leader of Le Fool shrugged, putting the Protein with the page beside it. "So, continue or leave?"

"I think we should leave." The white thief suggested with a nod from her teammate. "We still got Madarame to investigate."

"You're right." After a moment of pondering, the trio left the portal and the Memento afterward.

A short while later...

"We're here," Joker said, hopping out from the bat van. "...Wait, where's the shadow?"

"Mona," Panther asked, tilting her head in confusion. "Are you sure that the target is here?"

"Yes! I'm sure about that!" Mona, now turned back into his 'cat' from exclaimed, still in disbelief of what is going on. "Either there's something wrong about my senses, or someone else defeated it already-"

"Wait, there's somethin' there!" Skull interrupted him, pointing at the protein and a piece of note on the ground.

The leader raised an eyebrow at the paper and the protein on the ground and picked it up. "Dear Phantom Thief of Heart..." He read out loud.

"We apologize for your wasted trip to here, we've just defeated the shadow a short while before. The protein is the Treasure of that shadow. Also, Takanashi told us that there's a bigger bully behind him. We'll leave that case for you..." Joker raised an eyebrow at the words on the note. "From the other Phantom Thief of Heart- Le Fool."

"Le Fool? Who the hell is that?" Skull questioned, rubbing his head.

"Maybe it's Jester's group!" Panther suggested, crossing her arms. "Skull told us that he has a partner, right?"

"Yeah! I remember that she's called Swan." He nodded, turning to their leader. "Joker, what do you think 'bout that?"

"They said there's a bigger bully behind Takanashi. Maybe we can look into it." The leader said calmly, putting the note and the protein in his pocket. "With that said, let's do some shadow killing before going back."

"Whatever." The other three said unison, getting back out from the sperate room to the maze, killing some more shadow before returning to the real world.


[A hour later, Big Bang burger.]

After the fight with Takanashi's shadow, the trio decided to crash into Big Bang Burger to have a meal together. Ordering three Big Bang Challenge since they're curious about it.

"Hey, Kamisaki, Shiho," Akira said while waiting for the burger to come. "I noticed something during our visit to Memento... You two are so calm with the whole 'I'm in another world' thingy."

"Ugh..." Keigo pondered for a moment before answering. "As a member of the Shadow Operative, it's almost normal for these situations."

"I can see that." The brown-haired boy nodded, turning his head toward the girl. "But Shiho, about you..."

"You're here with me, why would I be scared?" She answered in a heartbeat, not realizing what she'd just said. "Nothing would scare me as long as you're here with me!"

"Huh?" It took Akira a few long seconds before noticing the underlining of her word, blushing hard. "S-So... It's because of me?"

"Yeah, what's wrong-" Shiho interrupted herself, also blushing hard as she finally realized the undertone of her words. "T-That's not what I mean! I mean it on a friend's standpoint!"

"That's still too much from a friend's standpoint." Keigo sighed at the sight of those two, pinching his nosebridge. "Just drop it, OK? It's going on a direction that we don't want to go."

"..." They coughed in unison, agreed to drop this topic without a word said. "Um... I think we should worry about Madarame first, even though the mid-term exam is more immediate for us."

"I researched a bit more after confirming that there's a palace for him," Shiho said, recovered from the awkwardness. "He lived in a shack to 'stay away from money or materialistic lifestyle'."

"Shack... maybe it's the location of his palace." Akira nodded, taking out his phone and opened Meta-Nav. "Ichiryusai Madarame, shack."

The app 'beeped in confirmation, earning a raised eyebrow from everyone.

"Even though I don't know how to go to 'a palace', but it means it's a hit, right?" Keigo asked, eyes darting between the two.

"Yeah, I think so." The other boy nodded.

"Now we just need his view on the shack and the sin." The pony-tailed girl added. "For Kamoshida was 'Prevert' and 'Castle', but it's a completely different story for Madarame now."

"Hmm... Interesting." Keigo murmured, nodding. "Kirijo-San would be happy to hear this."

"You're going to report to Mitsuru-San?" Akira asked, tilting his head.

"Of course, I have to report to her once every week."

"Good luck with you, Kamisaki."

"Please, just call me Keiko." He requested.

Before the two can answer, a waiter approached them. "Thank you for taking the Big Bang Challenge." She said, interrupting the trio.

"Oh, it's here," Akira commented, stretching his arms.

"This is your first time, yes?" Seeing the nod from them, the waiter continued. "You're starting ranking will be Third Mate."

"Thus, your aim will be... the Comet Burger!"

"The Comet Burger?" They asked in unison, confused and not prepared for what's coming for them.

Three trays were served to them afterward, each has a huge burger which was about three-fourths of the size of the tray itself with a thickness of a normal burger. The trio sweatdropped at the sight of this humongous burger in front of them, even the customers next to them were surprised at the sight of it, watching them and cheering in the process.

"This is... not what I expected." Akira coughed, starting to regret the decision of attending this challenge. "This is huge..."

"This burger is as voluminous as a soaring comet burning in the sky. It will not be overcome easily." The waiter said. "But should you conquer this challenge, you will be rewarded with an extravagant prize."

"I can see that..." Shiho murmured, observing the burger in every angle possible.

"At least we got something good for only 500 yen, am I right?" Keigo questioned while looking at the other two, seeking a response from them.

"Let's hope that the prize is good enough for this." The browned-haired boy swallowed, mentally readying for the challenge.

The waiter nodded, "Well then, it's time to get the thirty-minute Big Bang Challenge started! Ready..."

"Wait, thirty-minutes?!" The trio shouted in unison, turning to each other in fear.

"...Que Dieu nous aide('May God help us' in French)." Keigo murmured, gripping the side of the burger.

"Go!" With that said, they immediately got themselves to eat. thanks for the battle a short while ago, they're hungry enough for the whole burger. But the thirty-minutes limit is the big obstacle to step over. They fought and fought, not caring to taste the burger. Drinking the cola to prevent them from choking in the process.

'There's a whole head of lettuce in here!' Akira thought, eating as fast as he can.

'It's already cold!' Shiho thought, not even bother to chew before swallowing.

After a long battle which lasted for thirty minutes, both Akira and Keigo weren't able to finish the challenge, leaving about one-fourth of the burger. Meanwhile, Shiho somehow ate the whole thing!

"I-I did it!" She exclaimed in joy, exhausted from the battle. "Somehow!"

"...Didn't expect that." Akira murmured, collapsing on the table.

"Wow." Keigo plainly commented, also slumping on the table.

"Congratulations on completing this challenge!" The waiter came back and congregated Shiho. "Since you managed to extinguish the Comet Burger... I present to you the 2nd Mate Badge!"

She took the badge from the waiter's hand and observed it. "It looks cool!"

"New challenge will await you now that you've become a Second Mate!" The waiter continued. "I look forward to your next attempt at our challenge!"

"..." The trio looked at each other awkwardly, not sure about whether attempting the challenge after this or not.

"Let's continue our investigation after the mid-term." Akira suddenly said, taking out his phone. "Let's exchange our number, I'll make a group chat tonight."

"Yeah." Keigo nodded and took out his phone, exchanging their number.


[11th May, Morning]

The day was here, the mid-term exam of Shujin began. Akira, Ren, and Ann were sat on their spot, staring at the paper in front of them.

Akira was confident enough that he'll get a pass, internally hoping that Ann and Ryuji would also pass. Taking a deep breath, he waited for the announcement.

Inui-Sensei glanced at the clock behind him and turned back toward the students. "Now then, let the first day of exams begin!" He announced.

They all immediately opened the exam paper in front of them, answering question after question. twisting the pen in his hand, Akira fluently chose the answer for each question, knowing that most of them would be correct.

Ren looked at the question in front of him, memories for some lessons before surfaces in his head. 'Although the line connects A to C, it looks like it leads to B instead. What is this phenomenon called?' He read, pondering for a moment. 'An Optical Illusion.'

"That sounds about right." Morgana whispered encouragingly.

On the other hand, Ann was struggling with the questions for her. 'If how they're seeing things is different, it probably has to do with this kind of information...' She thought, scanning through the options given.

'Auditory information... Personal information... Visual information...' She pondered, the memories of the study session with Akira slowly started to surface in her mind.

"Ann, if you're seeing things is different, which information is related to this?"

"Ugh... Personal information?"

"Are you serious? How would that be related to PERSONAL INFORMATION!"

"I just guessed it!"

"You're SEEING things differently! It's obvious that it's with Visual information!"

"Wha- Shiho! Am I really this stupid?"

"I guessed it within a heartbeat."

"Even I can get this right! You're so bad Ann!"

"Shuddup Ryuji!"

"Oh yeah, visual information..." The blonde murmured, cringing at the memories of that. "Let's move on."


[two days later...]

"All right, all pencils down!" Chouno-sensei voiced out, collecting the exam paper from everyone and left the room.

"Finally... one more day to go!" Akira exclaimed, stretching his arms in relief. "Ann, how's yours?"

"I think I can get more subjects to pass this time!" She happily replied, slapping her hand. "Thanks, Akira, you're a lifesaver!"

"Well, if you don't revision those note I gave you, you'll fail anyway." The brown-haired boy joking said, shrugging in the process. "It's your effort after all."

"Owww, you're such a big softie."The blond girl smiled, turning to Ren. "Hey Ren, how is yours?"

"Me?" He questioned, pointing at himself before smirking faintly. "Sorry, but that's a secret."

"Secret...huh." Akira shrugged, crossing his arms. "Confident for your result, typical you."

"Always." Ren said before standing up from his seat, picking up his bag. "Akira, coming with us?"

"No thanks." He politely refused, smiling faintly. "I have something else to do with Shiho."

"Something else with Shiho?" Ann repeated with a teasing smirk, placing her hand around his shoulder. "Are you two going for a date?"

"NO! Come on!" The brown-haired boy's calm exterior instantly vanished, blushing hard from her word. "I just wants to walk her home!"

"Walk her home~~?" Ren joined the teasing, smirking further. "That sounds like something a couple would do.."

"C-Come on!" Seeing that he's not going to win against the two, Akira sighed and turned around. "Fine! I'm going now!"

With that said, he walked away and left the classroom, leaving the two behind. Walking down the hallway of the second floor, he reached the class 2-B.

"I just want to walk me home, nothing too personal." He internally said to himself, coughing to calm himself down. "Just calm down, Akira Ichijou."

He pushed open the door and asked loudly. "Ugh... Is Shiho here?"

The whole class stopped as he talks, an awkward silence covered everyone. Until someone turned toward Shiho, who was sitting at the corner's seat.

"Suzui, your boyfriend come for you." She plainly said, causing Shiho to blush hard.

"We're just friends for a long time, nothing more." The pony-tailed girl murmured, picking up her bag and rushed to Akira. "J-Just go!" She exclaimed.

Akira awkwardly coughed again and followed her. "...I'm sorry 'bout that."

"..." She sighed, turning back to face him. "Just don't do that again, OK?"

"Of course..."


[The next day, Shibuya station.]

After messaging both Keigo and Shiho to meet at Shibuya station after school today, Akira continued his walk toward the school. But then, someone suddenly poked his shoulder and caused him to jump.

"AAA!" He shouted, only to be stopped by a familiar voice from behind.

"Dude! Calm down!" It was Ryuji's voice.

The brown-haired boy turned around and saw that the trio of The Phantom was here. "Uh... hey guys."

"Hey, Akira." Ren greeted. "Let's walk together to school?"

"Of course." He nodded, following the trio to the school.

However, Ann was weirdly quiet throughout the whole trip, it seems like that she's scared for something with her. Akira noticed that almost immediately.

"Ann, something's wrong?" He asked with a worrying glance, frowning.

After a few seconds of hesitation, Ann nodded. "I felt like... someone's following me."

"A stalker, huh?" Ren looked at Ryuji, who was yawning in exhaustion. "Come on Ryuji, at least act like you care."

"Fine..." The ex-runner sighed, rubbing his head. "Come on."

"Huh?" Ann and Akira looked at each other in confusion, but seeing that Ren was following him, they decided to follow them as well.

After a short walk, they reached the escalator toward the exit to the school. Ryuji turned around and explained. "Kay, so just stand there until the pervert gets close." He said, pointing at the exit. "Then we'll stop him."

"We should confront him." Ren agreed, pushing his glasses.

"I don't know is this the best way, but it's the only solution for now." Akira sighed and gave the blonde girl an apologetic look.

"...Fine." Ann nodded jerkily, pursing her lips.

They then walked to the side, waiting for the stalker to approach Ann with her standing stiffly in the meantime.

Hearing a pair of footsteps coming, she clenched her bag hard and felt her heart rate increase. Hearing that the stalker was close enough to touch her, she turned around.

Seeing this as the signal, the three boys came up and stopped him. Ren and Ryuji were glaring at him while Akira was giving him a softer look.

It was a boy with a uniform they don't recognize, A silver ring, that holds multiple keys, is attached to his belt loop. He also has dark blue hair with parted bangs slightly covering his left eye and gray eyes.

The four blinked, looking at him with confusion.

"Hey, uh...are you sure it's him? Or are you just that self-conscious." Ryuji questioned quietly, turning toward Ann.

"...Uh, hello." Akira awkwardly greeted the boy, waving his hand slightly. "No offense but... why are you following our friend?"

Before Ann can answer Ryuji's question, the boy suddenly talked. "Is there something you want?" He asked politely, ignoring Akira's question.

"That's my line!" Ann shouted indignantly, pointing directly at his face with fury. "You were the one stalking me!"

"Stalking you..? That's outrageous." He blinked for a few times before, giving her an unimpressed look, brushing his bang to the side.

With her anger growing even larger, the model took a step closer, still pointing at him. "I know you've been following me! Ever since the train!"

"Ugh... Please calm down, Ann." Akira whispered to her, sweatdropping as he saw both Ren and Ryuji wer glaring at him. "It's Ok as long as we talk this out."

"NO!" Ann's response was only a furious shout, causing him to take a step back. "It was you, wasn't it?! Even before today!"

"That's because…" The boy trailed off, looking away from her.

A car horn suddenly interrupted them, a dark luxurious car approached them, stopping at the side of the road. The front seat window rolled down, revealing an elderly man with a low ponytail. He was also wearing a homely looking kimono.

"My goodness...I had wondered why you left the car. So this is where your passion lead." The man said, giving them a natural smile. "All is well that ends well."

"No way..." Akira blinked, recognizing him. 'It's Madarame!' He thought, covering his mouth.

"I saw you from the car...and I couldn't help myself from chasing after you." The boy suddenly confessed, holding a loosely clenched hand in front of his chest. "I didn't even notice the calls from Sensei...But thank goodness, I caught up to you."

"OK..." Ann sweatdropped, looking unsure for what to do.

"What?" Ryuji looked at Ren, totally confused.

Ren just shrugged unsurely in response.

"You're the woman I've been searching for all this time!" The boy's tone suddenly changed to be filled with pride, causing Ann to blush furiously. "Please, won't you-"

"W-Wait a minute, I-" She stammered, taking a step back.

"H-Hey! I know Ann was very beautiful and stuff, but we just met you-" Akira frantically yelled, stepping close to the stranger.

The boy swept his arm out dramatically. "-Be the model for my next art piece?!"

"...Model?" The brown-haired boy and Ren said in unison, looking at him with pure confusion.

"All that I've drawn till now has been lacking, but I feel a passion from you unlike anything else." He explained, looking at her pleadingly.

"This man's highly suspicious!" Morgana suddenly hissed, staring at the boy with an intense glare.

"Ain't this a recruit for some shady business?" Ryuji took a step closer, glancing at him with suspicion.

The stranger ignored their words, holding a hand out theatrically. "Will you cooperate with me? What do you say?"

Ryuji wanted to step in and interrogate him, but Akira stopped him with the question in his mind. "Ugh... We don't know you, you know."

"Oh, where are my manners?" The boy blinked for a moment before straightened his posture. "I'm a second-year at Kosei High's fine-arts division. My name is Yusuke Kitagawa."

"Kay..." The brown-haired boy trailed off.

"I'm Madarame-sensei's pupil, and I am being allowed residence at his place." He continued to explain. "'m striving to become an artist."

the trio's eyes widened at his word.

"Huh?! Do you mean THAT Madarame?" Ann questioned fervently. "The one who was on 'Good Morning Japan' the other day?"

Ren raised an eyebrow at the mention of Madarame. 'Is he the one...?'

"The very same." Yusuke nodded.

"Yusuke!" Madarame suddenly called out as the car was waiting for him.

"!" He gasped and turned toward the older painter. "I'm sorry, Sensei. I'll be right there!"

Turning back toward the four, Yusuke took out four tickets and handed to them "Madarame-sensei's exhibition will begin at the department store near the station tomorrow. I'll be there to help out on opening day. Please come by. It'd be great if you could give me your answer in regard to being a model then."

"Please, accept these tickets!"

The four took the ticket with hesitation with Akira remembered that both Shiho and Keiko, he turned to Yusuke and politely asked. "Um... Kitagawa-San, can you give me two more tickets? I have some friends that would be interested in fine art."

The painter perked up. "Ugh..." With a hesitant nod, he gave two more tickets to the brown-haired boy. "I hope that your friends will truly appreciate fine art"

"I think they will." He took the extra tickets with a smile, bowing politely.

"Well then, I hope to see you there tomorrow!" Yusuke nowed, turning and entered the car.

Seeing that car drove away down the road, Akira sighed. "That escalated quickly."

"That guy's as easy to read as a book…"Ryuji remarked, kicking the ground while turning toward the model. "You're not plannin' on goin', are you?"

"I mean, he's been stalkin' you for how long? Weeks?"

After a few moments of hesitation, she looked down and answered. "...I think I will."

The three boys just stared at her in shock.

Before Ann could explain further, Akira took out his phone and noticed the time. "Great, we're gonna be late!" He ran off in the direction of Shujin, with others following him after.


And with that, chapter 12 of P5: Another Thief concludes! thank you for reading!

First, there's going to be some changes to the update rate to this fic. Since school is right around the corner, this fic will turn from 2-4 days for a chapter to a weekly update, hoping for an update every weekend.

However, with the arc of Madarame's palace is the next chapter's focus! Since the palace is larger and with the three events(going to the shack) during the infiltration. It'll not be finished in one chapter like Kamoshida's palace.

Hope you would enjoy this story so far, reviews are welcome!