"Huh, where are you going dad?" Nanako asked.
"Oh, they needed my help at the station." Dojima said. "I can't play today, but I'll bring my phone so if anything happens just call and I promise I'll answer ok?"
"You always say that but you never call." Nanako said sadly.
"I don't think that's going to be a problem this time Nanako-chan, after all you'll be calling him." Adachi said. "I'm sure if you call he'll definitely talk to you."
"Ok." Nanako said. "You promise dad?"
"Of course, if you call I'll make sure to answer." Dojima said with a smile before walking out of the house.
"Ok, Nanako-chan, where were we?" Adachi asked.
"The game version of you said the bad guy got away, so we need to look at the TV to make sure nobody is in danger." Nanako said.
"Alright, well you're the boss Nanako-chan." Adachi said handing her the controller.
"Ok." Nanako said with a smile.
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"Oh, Dojima-san I'm glad you're here." said an officer.
"I had to come, are you absolutely sure it's that?" Dojima asked.
"Well no, but we did find something you might want to see." the officer said handing Dojima a folder. "Turns out there were quite a few incidents that year, which means one of them might be the one you've been looking for."
"It has to be, and thanks for getting this for me." Dojima said. "I need to know what happened that day."
"You'll figure it out, you're the best detective in Inaba." the officer said calmly.
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"Well Nanako-chan, who do you think's going to show up?" Adachi asked while Junes Dojima checked to make sure it was raining and walked to watch his TV.
"I don't know, who would be a bad guy?" Nanako asked.
The moment Nanako said that, Junes Dojima's TV started to glow before depicting an arena with a boy in an orange shirt standing in the center of it.
"Those idiots thought they could catch me, well here I am. Come and get me if you can. I'm right here." the boy said before the screen faded again.
"Well that's convenient, the culprit just told us who he is and now we know where he is." Adachi said. "The only question is who was that? Do you know Nanako-chan?"
"Um… Yeah, I need to tell dad." Nanako said before picking up the phone. "Hello, dad?"
"Nanako, is everything alright?" Dojima asked.
"We figured out who the bad guy is." Nanako said. "It was the creepy guy from the beginning of the game." (1)
"Creepy guy, what are you talking about Nanako?" Dojima asked.
"When we started playing, and Junes Dojima met Chie and Yukiko remember?" Nanako asked. "That weird man who ran away."
"Now that you mention that does sounds familiar, but why would he want to do that?" Dojima asked before pausing. "Actually, someone needs my help for a bit, I'll be home as soon as possible ok?"
"But dad, we need to catch the bad guy together." Nanako said.
"I'll do my best to get home, and like I said if anything happens just call me ok?" Dojima asked.
"Ok." Nanako said before hanging up.
"Don't worry Nanako-chan, I might not be as good as your dad when it comes to detective's intuition, but if this is a game that's supposed to last the entire year there's still time for some kind of surprise ending." Adachi said. "I have a feeling that the guy we just saw is only working for the bad guy and there's someone else behind the scenes."
"Will we be able to catch the bad guy?" Nanako asked nervously.
"I'm sure we will, after all you've got me and Dojima-san helping out." Adachi said.
"Yeah, thanks." Nanako said with a smile.
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"Is everything alright at home Dojima-san?" asked an officer.
"Everything's fine." Dojima said looking at another report. "I need to find out what happened to her."
"I'm sure you'll find something Dojima-san." the officer said.
"Hopefully, wait why aren't these three complete reports?" Dojima asked.
"Well we didn't get all the information on those incidents, that's everything we have." the officer said.
Great, for all I know one of these could be the incident I'm looking for, Dojima thought in annoyance.
"We can try and find more information and if anything else comes to light we'll let you know Dojima-san." the officer said.
"Right, thanks." Dojima said before pulling another report out of the pile.
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"Hey did you guys see it last night?" Chie asked. "Who was that?"
"I don't know, what do you think?" Yosuke asked turning to Junes Dojima.
"He has to be the bad guy, but you said he wasn't." Nanako said. "I'm confused."
"Well I don't think he's a victim, he acted like the culprit and right now we don't have any other ideas." Adachi said.
"Hmm… Ok." Nanako said thoughtfully while selecting the option.
"Yeah, I think so too. I mean he was talking about people not being able to catch him right?" Yosuke asked. "He has to be the culprit."
"If that's true, then what are we waiting for?" Kanji asked. "Let's go find that creep and take him down."
"We can't yet, unless you know who that was." Rise said. "I'm going to need someway to get a feel for him when we're in there."
"Right, in that case let's go and see if anybody knows anything about him." Chie said. "We're going to find this creep and take him down."
"Right." Kanji said before the screen faded to black.
"What do you think Nanako-chan?" Adachi asked. "Where should we start looking for information?"
"Can we look near the river?" Nanako asked.
"Sure thing, maybe someone there knows who he is." Adachi said. "Plus even if they don't we might get an idea of where else to look."
"Ok." Nanako said.
(Nanako and Adachi have seen the culprit on the midnight channel, but now need to gather information on who he is. Next chapter they will arrive at the next dungeon. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)
(1) (If Nanako could remember the gas station attendant from the beginning of the game then it's reasonable to assume she would remember Mitsuo as well.)