"Look, he's right there dad." Nanako said.
"Yeah, and so are you." Dojima said thoughtfully. "The good thing is it doesn't look like either shadow has shown up yet so if we're lucky we'll be able to capture Namatame and get you out quickly."
"Dad, why do you think he kidnapped everybody?" Nanako asked before a menu appeared on the screen.
"I don't know, but there's one way to find out." Dojima said. "Just what does he want?"
"Want, I want to save this girl just like I saved the four of you." Namatame said while holding the game Nanako tightly.
"Save them, he's the one who put them in danger in the first place." Dojima said in annoyance. "I have a bad feeling Namatame might be insane."
"Maybe we can ask him some of the other questions, do you think that would help dad?" Nanako asked.
"It's worth a try, but I wouldn't…" Dojima said before the doorbell rang. "What now?"
As he said that, Dojima walked over to the door and opened it to reveal Adachi.
"Oh, Dojima-san." Adachi said. "Is it alright if I come in?"
"Sure, but what are you doing here Adachi?" Dojima asked.
"Well to be honest, I guess I liked spending time with you and Nanako." Adachi said rubbing the back of his head. "I'm not intruding am I?" (1)
"No, in fact we're about to capture the game's culprit. Maybe when we learn his motive you can learn a thing or two." Dojima said calmly.
"Yes sir." Adachi said before sitting down. "Huh, is that thing the culprit?"
"Nanako, what exactly did you do?" Dojima asked looking at the figure wearing a white robe with gears floating above its head in place of Namatame.
"I just asked the questions like you said dad, and then the shadow things flew into him and he turned into that scary thing." Nanako said.
"Well, I guess we should have expected it wouldn't be easy." Dojima said. "Ok, so the first thing to do is to find out if this boss has any weaknesses so let's see what Rise can tell us."
"That's a good idea Dojima-san." Adachi said only for the boss to have no weaknesses. "Oh, so now what should we try?"
"Well this Kunino-Sagiri might not have a weakness, but it can still be hit, and I know exactly which persona to use." Dojima said. "Sraosha."
"Sraosha, isn't he that one dad?" Nanako asked while Dojima had Sraosha hit the boss with Maziodyne.
"Yeah, I think it fits don't you?" Dojima asked calmly.
"No, we need to use the other one dad." Nanako said.
"The other one, alright Nanako we'll use that one starting next round." Dojima said.
"Wait what are you guys talking about?" Adachi asked.
"Sraosha is the strongest persona that Junes Dojima got from his connection with the Nanako in the game, but yeah I agree with her." Dojima said thoughtfully. "The one we should be using is Kohryu."
"Kohryu?" Adachi asked. "Have I seen that one yet?"
"You'll know soon, right now though we need to do as much damage as possible which means Teddie and Yukiko use their magic attacks and Kanji use a physical one." Dojima said. "No matter what we need to beat this boss."
"Well it won't be easy, that didn't do much to its health." Adachi said thoughtfully.
The moment Adachi said that, Kunino-Sagiri attacked the four persona users with it's own Maziodyne spell hitting Teddie's weakness before attacking Kanji physically.
"Ok, change of plan. Yukiko does more damage than Teddie so we'll have him focus on keeping everyone healthy." Dojima said.
"Yeah, we need to make sure everybody stays safe." Nanako said in agreement.
"You heard her Dojima-san." Adachi said with a grin.
"I know, and she's right." Dojima said. "If anyone loses all their strength it'll make defeating this Kunino-Sagiri guy that much tougher."
"Well if it gets too late Nanako should probably go to sleep shouldn't she?" Adachi asked.
"Not this time, if we were rescuing anyone else I might agree with you but for this one I'll let it slide." Dojima said. "That doesn't mean you can stay up this late all the time Nanako."
"I know dad." Nanako said while Dojima switched to Kohryu and had it use Mind Charge.
"A giant golden dragon, and that's the one Nanako-chan wanted you to use?" Adachi asked in surprise.
"Yeah, and I agree with her it's the best one to use." Dojima said. "Now then, Teddie needs to heal everyone and then Kanji can charge up and Yukiko can use another Agidyne."
"Alright Dojima-san, if you really think that will work." Adachi said.
"It will, worst case scenario Junes Dojima starts healing everyone too." Dojima said just as Kunino-Sagiri floated into the air and used a technique called Quad Converge.
"What did that do dad?" Nanako asked curiously.
"I don't know, it didn't do any damage or weaken us in any way so for now we should stick to our original strategy." Dojima said while having Kohryu use Maziodyne only for it to deal fourty-one damage. "Ok, that changes things."
"Ok, so does Mind Charge make your attacks weaker?" Adachi asked nervously.
"No, it's supposed to make them stronger." Dojima said before having Teddie, Yukiko, and Kanji guard before Kunino-Sagiri hit the party with a Maragidyne for over two hundred points of damage to Junes Dojima, Kanji, and Teddie and healed Yukiko for one hundred.
"Huh, that's not exactly fair." Adachi said before Rise appeared and mentioned that fire was more effective.
"Oh, is that what he did dad?" Nanako asked.
"It must be, which means if fire is more effective Yukiko can focus on dealing damage while everyone else protects themselves." Dojima said. "With any luck we'll be able to defeat this boss soon."
"I hope you're right Dojima-san, because for all we know this boss has some other powerful attack we haven't seen yet." Adachi said.
"Yeah, I know." Dojima said quietly.
(The battle with Kunino-Sagiri is underway and he has revealed his first unique skill. Next chapter the battle will continue. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)
(1) (Adachi doesn't consider Dojima and Nanako to be his close friends, but he does enjoy spending time with them and could potentially form Social Links if he put forth more effort. The Golden Anime and Ultimax show that he does truly value their friendship.)