"Nanako, we're back." Dojima said. "Is it ready?"
"Really Dojima-san, are you sure I'm not intruding?" Adachi asked. "I mean this is something you two should be doing on your own."
"No, you're dad's friend and you're my friend too." Nanako said. "You can stay with us."
"Oh well if you say so Nanako-chan." Adachi said before reluctantly sitting down next to her as Dojima picked up the controller. "So if you don't mind me asking, what's left of this game, we already caught the culprit right?"
"No, it turns out Namatame wasn't responsible for the first two murders so we're gathering information from everyone in town." Dojima said. "So where should we look first?"
"Well I guess the shopping district, I don't think you or Nanako-chan would know anything and isn't the school closed?" Adachi asked.
"Yeah, you have a point." Dojima said before handing Adachi the controller.
"Huh, is something wrong Dojima-san?" Adachi asked. "Wait is this more work?"
"Something like that, I'll make us some coffee so you're in charge of gathering information." Dojima said calmly. "Nanako make sure he doesn't miss anybody alright?"
"Ok." Nanako said with a smile.
It just doesn't make sense; if Namatame wasn't the culprit it would have to be someone who knew everything that was going on, Dojima thought while making the coffee. Those warning letters had to be sent by someone who knew about the Investigation Team but when you think about it all of them could spend time together; Yukiko Amagi, Yosuke Hanamura, and Chie Satonaka are all classmates and Junes Dojima transferred into their class, then add in Kanji Tatsumi because of Yukiko and as for Naoto Shirogane and Rise Kujikawa…
"Are you kidding, another thing to go back and ask all of them?" Adachi said suddenly. "There were enough people to ask already."
"Is something wrong Adachi?" Dojima asked.
"No, we were just starting over again." Adachi said quickly. "Someone gave us a new question to ask people so we need to go back and ask everybody if they saw anyone suspicious."
"It makes sense, if someone saw a person they didn't recognize or was acting suspiciously it should stick in their mind." Dojima said before walking up with two cups of coffee.
"Thanks dad." Nanako said with a smile.
"No problem." Dojima said. "So you've made it to Samagawa now?"
"Yeah, and at least nobody else has added another question to ask." Adachi admitted before asking an old man if he remembered the murders or saw anyone suspicious. "That's been what everyone's been saying Dojima-san, they think the murder case is over and nobody saw anyone unusual."
"Well, I guess that only leaves one more place to check." Dojima said thoughtfully while taking the controller from Adachi. "Maybe someone at Junes saw something."
"I guess it's worth a try." Adachi said. "Well at least there's only one person to ask here."
"Unless they bring up a third question." Dojima said calmly while asking a high school girl if she remembered anything about the murders only for the game to note that they likely wouldn't get any more information about that. "It looks like the investigation is almost over."
"Huh?" Nanako asked. "But dad, we still don't know who the bad guy is."
"Well there's still one more question to ask." Dojima said before the high school mentioned a friend of hers had seen something.
"Finally a lead, I was starting to wonder if this investigation would get us anywhere." Adachi said.
"We'll see." Dojima said before going back to the high school girl in front of the bookstore and asking her if she saw anyone suspicious only for her to explain that she saw Namatame talking to Saki Konishi. "Well it's more than we had before, but hopefully someone found out something."
"They had to, we need to catch the bad guy." Nanako said as the screen transitioned to the inside of Aiya where the Investigation team decided to compare what they learned only to realize they hadn't learned anything at all.
"That's great, all that work and we didn't get any closer to finding out who we're supposed to be looking for." Adachi said in annoyance as Naoto walked out of Aiya followed by Junes Dojima and Yosuke.
"Maybe, but there has to be something we're missing." Dojima said calmly. "What do you think Nanako?"
The moment Dojima asked that a list of names showed up on the screen.
"Huh, I get to pick?" Nanako asked as Dojima handed her the controller.
"Well you heard Adachi, we didn't learn anything so if we want to figure out who the bad guy is we'll have to guess." Dojima said.
"Hold on Dojima-san, aren't those all the characters you saved?" Adachi asked. "I don't think it's any of them."
"Adachi, there's an option to see more choices." Dojima said in annoyance.
"Oh yeah, I guess I missed that." Adachi said while Nanako looked through the list of names. "So does anyone stand out Nanako-chan?"
"Not really." Nanako said. "Huh, wait dad wasn't your friend the one who helped us a lot?"
"Yeah, the Adachi in the game seemed to show up kind of frequently." Dojima said.
"Hold on, you aren't seriously thinking its me are you?" Adachi asked nervously. "I mean I'd never hurt anyone."
"It's just a game Adachi, the person who made it might not like you that's all." Dojima said. "Plus for all we know we're wrong."
"Should I guess him dad?" Nanako asked.
"Sure, let's see if we're right." Dojima said before the game informed them that while it seemed unlikely for Adachi to be responsible when they looked only at what they knew about the killer everything did fit into place.
"Hey come on, shouldn't I get the chance to defend myself?" Adachi asked. "This isn't fair at all."
"You're right, which means the next step should be for the Investigation Team to go and confirm if you really were the one responsible." Dojima said calmly. Though to be honest, as much as I hate to think it is you right now there's nobody else I can think of that could be the culprit.
(Nanako, Adachi, and Dojima have come to the conclusion that the Adachi in the game is the one who killed Mayumi Yamano and Saki Konishi. Next chapter they'll learn the truth. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)