"Ok, so it's a Diamond Shield and then that Mataru spell right?" Adachi asked.

"Matarukaja, and yeah." Dojima said while adding sugar to Nanako's coffee. "With any luck the boss won't get the chance to lower our strength again and we can finish up this battle."

"I hope you're right Dojima-san." Adachi said while putting in the commands.

"Now the real question is what the boss is planning." Dojima said thoughtfully before it tried to use Galgalim Eyes on Junes Dojima only to miss.

"That was close, so now we just attack right?" Adachi asked.

"No, we wait one more turn." Dojima said. "It's getting late so we need to make sure to rescue Naoto Shirogane as soon as possible. Which means charging up."

"Charging up, didn't we do that already?" Adachi asked.

"No, you mean Mind Charge right dad?" Nanako asked. "The one that makes everybody glow blue?"

"Yeah, Junes Dojima can do that while Chie and Kanji Power Charge, as for Yosuke he can boost our chances of hitting this boss. Then we just hit the boss as hard as we can." Dojima said calmly.

"Yeah, and then we'll rescue Naoto and catch the bad guy." Nanako said with a smile.

"That's the plan." Dojima said calmly.

"Alright then." Adachi said before picking the attacks and handing the controller back to Dojima.

"Alright, now with any luck this should at the very least bring us to close to beating the boss though I have my suspicions that this turn we'll be able to take it down." Dojima said calmly just before the boss tried to attack only to miss Chie. "Alright, let's see if this is enough."

"It has to, we need to make sure she's ok." Nanako said.

"You heard her Dojima-san." Adachi said with a small grin.

"Yeah, I did." Dojima said before getting a critical hit with Junes Dojima's Ziodyne. "That's definitely going to help."

Just as Dojima said that, Yosuke missed the boss.

"That's not good, are you sure we can beat the boss now Dojima-san?" Adachi asked.

"We have to." Nanako said importantly.

"You heard her Adachi." Dojima said before attacking the boss with Chie and Kanji ultimately defeating it. "Well, it looks like we managed to win."

"Yeah, it does." Adachi said before stretching. "Though I should head home, goodnight you guys."

"Alright, I'll see you tomorrow at the station." Dojima said calmly.

"Bye bye." Nanako said before Adachi walked out of the house. "Dad, if Naoto is a detective does that mean we can find the real bad guy now?"

"It's possible, honestly there's been something bothering me for a while but it's too early to be sure about it." Dojima said. "With any luck there won't be anymore kidnappings and we can focus on finding the one responsible."

"Do you really think so dad?" Nanako asked.

"Well we have the 'Detective Prince' on our side now, and it looks like Naoto's getting her own persona which means we're even stronger than ever." Dojima said calmly.

"Yeah." Nanako said with a smile before yawning. "I'm getting sleepy."

"I'm not surprised, this boss took a while to take down. I'll just save and we can continue tomorrow alright Nanako?" Dojima asked.

"Ok." Nanako said. "We should play together more dad."

"That sounds nice." Dojima said with a smile.

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"Good morning Dojima-san." Adachi said.

"Oh, morning Adachi." Dojima said absently.

"Is something bothering you?" Adachi asked.

"No, it's nothing." Dojima said. "Shouldn't you be getting me a cup of coffee?"

"Right away Dojima-san." Adachi said running out of the room.

I must be overthinking things, Dojima thought, but if that game really is showing Nanako and me the future there's only one person who could possibly have committed the crimes the only question is why would it be him there's absolutely no motive at all.

"Dojima-san, are you ok?" asked a police officer.

"Huh, oh yeah I'm fine." Dojima said calmly. "Adachi, what's keeping you?"

"Sorry sir." Adachi said walking in with a cup of coffee.

"Good you're back, we're heading out to see if there are any leads on that group of thieves." Dojima said.

"Sure thing Dojima-san." Adachi said calmly.

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"So you don't know anything about the robbery that occurred earlier this week?" Adachi asked.

"No, is there anything else?" asked a man with a red moustache.

"No, thank you for your time Daidara." Dojima said calmly before walking out of the store.

"That's every shop Dojima-san, and nobody had any new information for us." Adachi said. "Now what should we try?"

"We should see if anyone at Junes knows anything, we're dealing with juvenile thieves so there's a good chance they'll have been seen there." Dojima said calmly.

"That's true." Adachi said. "Was that your detective's intuition at work again?"

"No, it's called common sense now come on let's get going." Dojima said in annoyance.

"Right away Dojima-san." Adachi said quickly.

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"Oh dad, welcome back." Nanako said. "Oh, is something wrong?"

"Just something at work that's taking longer than it should." Dojima said. "Anyway, don't we have a bad guy to catch?"

"Yeah." Nanako said happily. "Oh, do you think we'll be able to catch the bad guy before he gets here?"

"Well, if I had to give my best guess we'll probably finish up the game the day he gets here." Dojima said thoughtfully. "So let's make sure to catch the bad guy and then you can show your cousin how to play the game right Nanako?"

"Yeah, that'll be fun." Nanako said with a smile.

I only hope I'm wrong about who the killer was, because if it really is him that's going to make things a lot more complicated, Dojima thought before turning on the game. "Well as long as we're waiting for Naoto to recover, what do you think we should do Nanako?"

"We should spend time with Yukiko." Nanako said. "When you love somebody you're supposed to spend time with them."

"That sounds like a plan to me." Dojima said with a grin.

(Shadow Naoto has been defeated, and Dojima is starting to get suspicious as to the identity of the killer. Next chapter the events leading up to the Heaven dungeon will begin. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)