"Nanako, what did I tell you about playing without me?" Dojima said walking into the house.
"I just turned it on dad, we need to catch the bad guy and beat the game before he gets here right?" Nanako asked.
"Yeah, sorry I guess I just don't know what to expect anymore." Dojima said. "Where were we?"
"The game version of you was going to be home tonight and we got the scary letter." Nanako said.
"Oh yeah, that's right don't rescue anymore. I have a feeling we should just head home for today." Dojima said thoughtfully.
"Ok." Nanako said before the game transitioned to a cutscene of Junes Dojima and the game Nanako sitting at the table before the game Dojima arrived.
"What are you holding dad?" Nanako asked.
"I have a feeling it's another threat, which means I'm probably going to end up taking Junes Dojima in for questioning to try and figure out why he got a letter like that." Dojima said.
"No, he's a good guy. He's been saving everybody." Nanako said.
"We know that, but in the game I don't know anything that's going on." Dojima said before his game counterpart took the letter from Junes Dojima. "Under normal circumstances I would say telling the truth is the best option, but in this case I doubt it will be. Still we should probably at least try to explain things to me."
"Are you going to arrest him?" Nanako asked.
"I don't think so, but I'll probably want to find out what the letter means and that means I'll need to question him at the station." Dojima said. "Honestly if I knew in the game what I do in real life I probably wouldn't have to do anything like that but right now we just have to wait and see what happens."
"Ok, wait what about the TV?" Nanako said thoughtfully before the game Dojima took Junes Dojima to the police station and the screen faded to black.
"I don't know, but hopefully the others will be able to find out who the victim is." Dojima said as the screen reappeared. "Then again that TV might be useful."
"I thought as much, at this point I'm not sure if that version of me will believe the truth even if we do tell him but it's worth a shot. What do you think Nanako?" Dojima asked.
"We should tell the truth, you're really smart dad I know you'll be able to figure it out." Nanako said confidently.
"We'll see." Dojima said selecting the option to explain the truth.
"Persona?" the game Dojima asked. "People going inside a TV? I thought you were able to trust me this year but I guess I was wrong."
Suddenly Junes Dojima's phone started to ring only for the game version of Dojima to take it before leaving the room with the game version of Adachi.
"Why did you take his phone dad?" Nanako asked.
"I probably don't want him calling anyone while we're trying to figure out what's going on." Dojima said. "Still, at the very least there's a TV in the interrogation room so we can see who showed up on the midnight channel last night."
"Yeah, We need to protect people from the bad guy." Nanako said before the game transitioned to Junes and showed Yosuke and Teddie.
"Hey what are you doing now you dumb bear?" Yosuke asked in annoyance.
"I was just getting some snacks for Nana-chan. She and sensei must be lonely." Teddie said.
"Yeah, I guess you have a point." Yosuke said. "I'll give him a call and see if he minds us stopping by."
"Dad, he doesn't have his phone though." Nanako said.
"Yeah, which means either nobody will answer and he'll just go to our house." Dojima said thoughtfully. "Or he'll try calling and you'll answer the phone."
The moment Dojima said that, Yosuke called the Dojima residence.
"Hello, Dojima residence." the game Nanako said calmly.
"Oh, hey Nanako-chan is your big brother home?" Yosuke asked.
"No, he got a scary letter and dad took him to the police station." the game Nanako said.
"Huh, he's at the police station?" Yosuke asked in surprise.
"Yeah, I think dad's talking with him about the scary letter." Nanako said.
"Alright, thanks Nanako-chan. Bye." Yosuke said.
"Bye." Nanako said before Yosuke hung up the phone.
"Did you hear that?" Yosuke asked.
"Yeah, but what about the midnight channel?" Teddie asked. "Sensei won't be able to see who shows up on the screen."
"I know, we'll just have to see what happens and then let him know." Yosuke said. "Then again, I have a bad feeling about this."
The moment Yosuke said, the real phone started to ring.
"Who would be calling at this hour?" Dojima asked before picking up the phone. "Hello?"
"Hello, Dojima-san?" Adachi asked.
"Adachi, what's going on?" Dojima asked.
"Well, it's just something occurred to me about those thieves we've been looking into and wanted to make sure I told you." Adachi said quickly.
"I see, well what is it?" Dojima asked.
"Well, they've only been stealing from Junes, so maybe they're connected to one of the shops in the shopping district." Adachi said. "We might be able to find them quickly."
"Adachi, don't you think we would have figured that out already?" Dojima asked in annoyance. "None of the thieves have jobs, we already went over this."
"Oh well, I guess you have a point." Adachi said. "Sorry for calling so late Dojima-san. Goodnight."
"Goodnight Adachi." Dojima said before hanging up
"Dad." Nanako said nervously.
"What's wrong Nana…" Dojima started to say before turning towards the screen. "No, that can't be possible."
"Does that mean I'm in trouble?" Nanako asked nervously.
"No, I'm sure we'll be able to rescue you. I promise nothing bad will happen." Dojima said. No matter what I won't let anything happen to you Nanako, I promise.
On the screen, Junes Dojima was staring at the TV in the interrogation room and the person on the midnight channel was the game's version of Nanako.
(Dojima and Nanako are approaching the end of the game but now the game's version of Nanako has appeared on the midnight channel. Next chapter they will reach the boss. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)