"Oh, maybe Kanji figured something out." Nanako said before walking over to talk to him.
"I have my doubts about that, but I guess it's as good a place as any to start." Adachi said.
"Huh, a clue to the criminal investigation?" Kanji asked. "Well why don't you just ask your uncle, he's a cop right?"
"Asking Dojima-san, he's definitely not going to tell us anything." Adachi said.
"Dad has to tell us, we need to catch the bad guy." Nanako said.
"I just don't think he'll say anything about it." Adachi said. "Besides, where would he even be right now, the game doesn't let you explore Junes."
"Oh yeah, what do you think?" Nanako asked.
"Huh, well I guess we could check the shopping district. If he isn't there he's probably at home. Well the game version of him anyway." Adachi said rubbing the back of his head.
"Ok." Nanako said before leaving the riverbank and going to the shopping district. "Wow, you're really smart."
"Well I wouldn't say that, I just know Dojima-san." Adachi said. "Well I guess we can ask him something. Though I don't think he'll tell us anything."
"He has to, we can't catch the bad guy if he doesn't." Nanako said.
"A clue to the criminal investigation?" the game Dojima asked. "Of course not now just drop it. Where did Adachi run off to now?"
"Oh, he didn't tell us anything." Nanako said sadly.
"Actually he did, if we're supposed to be able to win then you need to find me next. Which probably means I'm at Junes, oh don't tell your dad about that ok?" Adachi asked.
"Ok." Nanako said in confusion before going back to Junes. "Huh, you aren't there."
"That's weird, I don't know what to say." Adachi said.
"Oh yeah, maybe you'll be there tomorrow." Nanako said. "It took two days to find Rise-chan."
"I guess it's worth a try." Adachi said.
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"What am I missing, there has to be an answer somewhere in here." Dojima said in frustration.
"Detective Dojima, maybe you should take a break. You've been staring at those reports for hours, you should probably rest your eyes for a while." said a police officer.
"You might be right, alright I'll take a break but keep those on my desk. I want to take another look at them." Dojima said.
"No problem." the officer said while Dojima walked out of his office.
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"Huh, looks like you were right Nanako-chan." Adachi said. "So now we ask my game counterpart if he knows anything is that the plan?"
"Yeah, won't dad be surprised when we catch the bad guy." Nanako said excitedly.
"Oh it's you guys, what are you doing here?" the game version of Adachi asked.
"Um, we should tell dad that you were there right?" Nanako asked.
"I would say no, but that's probably the only way to progress in the game." Adachi said. "So yeah go ahead."
"Ok." Nanako said.
"Huh, tell Dojima-san?" the game version of Adachi asked. "There's no need to do that. What, a clue to the criminal investigation? If you promise to keep the fact you saw me a secret ok? Apparently the killer was working at one of the shops in the shopping district."
"One of the shops, well I guess all we can do is go and check each one." Adachi said.
"Ok." Nanako said while going to the shopping district. "Do you think we can catch the bad guy before dad gets home?"
"Well I don't know it depends on the dungeon." Adachi said. "If it isn't too long then we might be able to catch the bad guy."
"Yeah, we'll catch the bad guy and tell dad all about it." Nanako said while having Junes Dojima go to the different shops.
"Huh, oh yeah he worked here, but only for a little while." said the woman at Souzai Daigaku. "I think one of his schoolmates worked here too, I remember he had gold hair if that helps at all."
"Gold hair, so now we're looking for a high school student. So does that mean we need to take another day before he'll show up?" Adachi asked.
"I think so." Nanako said. "Why is it so hard to find the bad guy?"
"I don't know, but I think we might be able to find him next tomorrow right?" Adachi asked.
"Yeah, let's go." Nanako said with a smile.
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"This doesn't make any sense, there has to be something." Dojima said. "Wait a second, that might be the key."
"What did you see?" asked a police officer.
"With one exception, all of the reports that weren't finished had one thing in common. The type of car involved in the incident." Dojima said. "That gives me a place to look."
"I hope so, you've been looking into this for quite some time." the officer said. "With any luck you'll find out what happened."
"I have to find out what happened." Dojima said calmly.
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"Is that him?" Nanako asked.
"I think so, he's the only person we've seen so far with hair that looks even slightly gold." Adachi said.
"Ok, then lets talk to him." Nanako said.
"Is there something I can do to help you?" the boy asked. "Oh let me guess you're asking about him aren't you? Well you're in luck take a look at this."
The moment the boy said that he handed Junes Dojima a yearbook photograph with the name Mitsuo Kubo written under it.
"That's it, that has to be the guy we're after." Adachi said. "All that's left is to catch him."
"Yeah, dad will be so surprised." Nanako said excitedly.
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"This is an interesting dungeon." Adachi said. "I don't think I've ever seen anything like this."
"Maybe it looks like that because the bad guy is inside." Nanako said thoughtfully.
"You're probably right Nanako-chan, well let's beat the bad guy and show your dad that we did it." Adachi said.
"Yeah." Nanako said excitedly before going into the dungeon.
(Nanako and Adachi have arrived at Mitsuo's dungeon, and meanwhile Dojima is trying to figure out what happened to his wife. Next chapter the battle with Shadow Mitsuo will begin. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)