"What are you planning on doing now Dojima-san, I mean that thing still has almost half it's strength." Adachi said nervously.
"I know then again if we're lucky the boss has a third phase." Dojima said thoughtfully. "For now though we should focus on doing as much damage as possible."
As he said that, Dojima had Junes Dojima Mind Charge, Teddie use Bufudyne, Kanji use Primal Force, and Yukiko use Agidyne only for the boss to defeat Kanji with Garudyne before attacking Yukiko with Agidyne.
"Well I guess that's kind of a good thing." Adachi said rubbing the back of his head. "The boss might not do any damage."
"No, we need to heal him dad." Nanako said. "Everybody has to get out safely."
"I know, that's going to be Teddie's job." Dojima said. Still there's something about all this that's bothering me, who would make a game like this that knows so much about everyone in Inaba?
"Oh yeah I wanted to ask something Dojima-san, when I was here before the bosses were called Shadow whoever right?" Adachi asked. "Why isn't this one a shadow?"
"Now that you mention it that's true. That's just another question we'll have to ask once we catch Namatame." Dojima said before having Junes Dojima attack the boss. "Unfortunately the Revival Beads we have only heals Kanji to half strength so Yukiko won't be able to attack the boss."
"That shouldn't be a huge problem, I mean Junes Dojima did a lot of damage on his own." Adachi said.
"Yeah, but we'll have to see what happens next." Dojima said thoughtfully before the boss tried to hit Kanji and Junes Dojima with Ziodyne. "Then again that definitely helps."
"Dad, when do you think Teddie is going to get stronger?" Nanako asked.
"I'm not sure, but right now the important thing is getting you out safely and making sure Namatame is caught." Dojima said.
"He's right Nanako-chan." Adachi said.
"Ok." Nanako said while Dojima had the four persona users attack Kunino-Sagiri.
"It shouldn't be much longer at this rate right Dojima-san?" Adachi asked before Kunino-Sagiri began floating higher and used an attack called Unerring Justice.
"Well considering how much damage that did, and the fact that I doubt he's going to brainwash our team anymore, we should be close to winning." Dojima said hopefully. "Teddie can fully heal us so provided we keep everyone's magic up we should be fine."
"Really?" Nanako asked.
"If your dad says we're going to be fine then we'll be fine." Adachi said reassuringly before Dojima had Junes Dojima, Yukiko, and Kanji attack Kunino-Sagiri and had Teddie heal them. "See, he has everything under control."
Maybe as far as the battle goes, but there's something about this whole situation that doesn't make sense, Dojima thought. Why would Namatame have said he was saving people if he's killing them?
"Dad, are you alright?" Nanako asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Dojima said. "Just thinking about something."
"Oh, ok." Nanako said.
"Let me guess, was it your detective's intuition Dojima-san?" Adachi asked.
"Yeah, something like that." Dojima said while having Junes Dojima attack Kunino-Sagiri again. "I have a feeling things are going to get a lot more complicated."
"What do you mean dad?" Nanako asked while Dojima attacked Kunino-Sagiri with Yukiko and Kanji.
"Junes Dojima won't be leaving until spring, and we haven't even gotten to December which means there's a very good chance there's more to this case than we've seen." Dojima said while Teddie healed everyone back to full strength. "I don't know what else the game could do but I have a sneaking suspicion that we're not done yet."
"What kind of twist could they possibly try Dojima-san, they already had a fake culprit when Nanako-chan and I had to fight that Kubo kid." Adachi said.
"I know but something doesn't add up for all I know I might be wrong but even so there's still too much time for this to be so simple." Dojima said.
"Do you think Namatame isn't the bad guy dad?" Nanako asked.
"No, he admitted to throwing everyone into the TV, and that includes the Nanako in the game." Dojima said. "Which means that he's definitely responsible."
"Then what's there to be unsure of Dojima-san, case closed he's the killer." Adachi said as Kunino-Sagiri used Unerring Justice for a second time.
"No, what it proves is that Namatame threw five people into the TV, we still don't know if he threw in Mayumi Yamano or Saki Konishi. That means even after we capture him we still need to make sure he was the one responsible for the murders." Dojima said. "Plus there's one other thing that I still want to know more about."
"What is it dad?" Nanako asked while Dojima repeated the same attacks he used the previous round.
"If Namatame is the culprit, then what's his connection to the Midnight Channel, the place where this entire case started." Dojima said. "Still, I'm starting to get tired of this Unerring Justice attack I think we get the point."
"Well he's nearly beaten Dojima-san." Adachi said calmly.
"Yeah, I know." Dojima said before Kunino-Sagigi attacked the party again. "Which means we're nearly ready to get the answers to this case."
As he said that, Dojima had Junes Dojima attack the boss and score a critical hit.
"What do you think Nanako-chan, should we have Teddie attack this time so we can catch the bad guy faster?" Adachi asked only for Kanji to kill Kunino-Sagiri. "Oh well maybe not then."
"Teddie needed to keep everybody feeling better." Nanako said. "He helped save everybody and I can't wait to meet him for real."
"For real, isn't this just a game?" Adachi asked. "I mean a really cool game based on all of us but still."
"Yeah, just a game." Dojima said before Namatame collapsed. "Then again it wouldn't be that difficult to make a costume like that one so maybe we will meet a real life Teddie someday."
"I guess so, alright Dojima-san." Adachi said thoughtfully.
(Dojima, Nanako, and Adachi managed to take down Kunino-Sagiri and have captured Namatame. Next chapter Nanako and Dojima will have to make a crucial choice. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)