"Ok, that's definitely not what I was expecting when we found out that Naoto Shirogane was the latest victim." Dojima said. "This looks like something out of a science fiction movie or a kids TV show."
"What do you mean dad?" Nanako asked.
"The small shed that leads to an entire underground secret base." Dojima said. "It's a cliché I've seen in more than one movie. I never would have guessed it would be inside the mind of a detective."
"Oh, ok." Nanako said.
"Still, if he was thrown in even though Mitsuo Kubo was already captured it means the real culprit is still somewhere in the game's version of Inaba." Dojima said. "The only question now is how we plan to get him out and then we just need to wait for him to tell us if he saw anything."
"Oh, do you think Kanji should come with us?" Nanako asked. "He was the one who called remember?"
"Yeah I do, and I agree." Dojima said. "So Junes Dojima, Kanji, Chie and Yosuke?"
"What about Teddie, shouldn't he come with us dad?" Nanako asked.
"Not this time, we had him go fight the shadow in Mitsuo's dungeon and something tells me we'll need everyone to be as strong as possible in order to capture the real culprit." Dojima said before entering the dungeon.
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"What's a research card dad?" Nanako asked in confusion.
"Well for this game it's a way to get through that door, the only question is, what kind of shadow is going to be guarding it." Dojima said thoughtfully. "For now we just need to keep looking."
"Ok." Nanako said. "Oh, do you think we missed it dad?"
"Missed it, what do you mean?" Dojima asked.
"Well, in the last place we got all the way to the top and then had to go backwards." Nanako said. "So maybe the research card was on a lower floor."
"Maybe, then again if the other dungeons are any hint the research card floor should be fairly obvious." Dojima said. "I have a feeling it's not going to be on this floor."
"That makes sense, you're really smart dad." Nanako said with a smile.
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"Detective Adachi, what are you doing here so late?" asked a police officer. "Even Dojima-san went home early."
"I know, I just wanted to look into something." Adachi said. "I should be done soon."
"Do you need any help?" the officer asked.
"No, I'm alright." Adachi said calmly. "It's just a book I thought I saw before and wanted to check something in it."
"Alright, well if you say so." the officer said before walking out of the room.
Ok, now then where is it, Adachi thought. I know I recognized some of the things in that game but where? Wait that's it.
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"Dad, let's use the one we got before." Nanako said.
"Yeah, that's a good idea." Dojima said. "Mada, I wonder how strong this one will be."
As he said that, Dojima had Mada use Maragidyne only to instantly destroy four shadows.
"Wow, he's really strong." Nanako said. "We'll be able to save anybody now."
"I hope you're right Nanako, still something about this is bothering me. We're already on the sixth floor and haven't seen this research card." Dojima said. "I'm starting to wonder if…"
As Dojima was saying that he walked up to a door that asked him to present his Leader card.
"Dad, now what do we do?" Nanako asked. "Are we stuck?"
"No, in fact I might know what's going on." Dojima said thoughtfully. "Somewhere on this floor we'll find the research card, and then we need to go back and use that to get the Leader card. Then we'll be able to rescue Naoto Shirogane."
"Ok." Nanako said thoughtfully. "Oh yeah dad do you think we'll catch the bad guy before he gets here?"
"I'm not sure, but if we keep getting as lucky as we have been we might be finishing up the day before he arrives." Dojima said calmly.
"I hope so, then we can tell him about it." Nanako said.
"Yeah, we can." Dojima said thoughtfully. "With any luck this chest should be the research card."
The moment Dojima said that, he had Junes Dojima open the chest to reveal the research card.
"Now we can go through that door right dad?" Nanako asked.
"Yeah, so we should head back to it." Dojima said calmly.
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"Alright, time to see what's behind this door." Dojima said calmly before opening the door to reveal a hallway. "I should have guessed as much, still somewhere the Leader card should be somewhere past here."
"Dad, do you think the bad guy is going to be protecting it?" Nanako asked.
"Yeah, I have a feeling something will be guarding the Leader card." Dojima said. "The only question is what."
The moment Dojima said that, he opened a second door to reveal a massive red robot.
"Dad, are we going to be able to beat that thing and rescue him?" Nanako asked nervously.
"Of course we are, though we might need to leave after getting past this one. As long as we defeat Naoto's shadow before the fog shows up he'll be safe." Dojima said.
"Ok." Nanako said. "We're going to save him though right?"
"Yeah, we haven't failed yet and we won't fail this time either." Dojima said calmly. "Besides, we've dragged him into it so far its only fair Adachi joins us for the rest of it right?"
"Yeah." Nanako said as the battle with the shadow started and it charged up.
"That's not a good sign." Dojima said. "Still if that's what the boss is starting with it's definitely in our interest to raise our defenses as much as possible."
"That's a good idea, we don't want to get hurt before we save everybody and catch the bad guy." Nanako said. "This time when we find the bad guy we'll catch them for real right dad?"
"Yeah, the next bad guy is going to be the right one." Dojima said calmly.
(Nanako and Dojima have started the Secret Laboratory dungeon and are fighting the Dominating Machine. Next chapter they'll acquire the Leader key, Adachi will join them, and the three of them will arrive at Shadow Naoto. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)