Junes Dojima walked up to one of the tables and looked around.
"Huh, you'd think somebody would be here." Adachi said thoughtfully. "Maybe this is just an extra scene we get during the ending?"
"Maybe, but something tells me there's more to this than we know." Dojima said as the rest of the members of the Investigation Team arrived before they all started reminiscing about the past year and the case before mentioning how it almost felt like everything fit together too well.
"Huh, that's true it is convenient that everything worked out but shouldn't that just be the game wrapping up and answering all the questions we have left?" Adachi asked just before the game mentioned that Junes Dojima had received a letter that was revealed to be from the in game version of Adachi that mentioned how he was willing to agree to abide by the rules of the real world but that something still was bothering him and that it was that he couldn't remember who it was that first told him about the Midnight Channel but that someone also told Namatame the same thing.
"Does that mean whoever told you about the TV is the real bad guy?" Nanako asked.
"It sounds that way." Dojima said. "The only question is, who could that have been."
"Well, I don't remember." Adachi said defensively. "I mean it's just a rumor at the station, but now that the game mentions it I think someone told me about it before that."
"Dad, wasn't there that one weird person?" Nanako asked. "The one from the beginning?"
"From the beginning, you mean the start of the game?" Dojima asked as the game suggested they go talk to Dojima and Nanako. "Well, we're going to find out soon enough."
"Yeah, you're right dad." Nanako said with a smile before Junes Dojima went back to the river and talked to the in game Dojima and mentioned that he wanted to ask him something important before the in game Nanako mentioned how on the first day Junes Dojima arrived they stopped at the gas station and they talked to the weird attendant.
"The weird attendant?" Adachi asked.
"Yeah, now that they mention it before we even met Yosuke, Chie, and Yukiko we stopped to fill the gas tank and Nanako used the bathroom. Which means the person behind all of this has to be that attendant, the problem is they don't show up unless it's raining." Dojima said. "Still, if we are about to face the final boss of the game we should make sure we're as prepared as possible, which means another trip to the Velvet Room."
"You're right Dojima-san, we want the most powerful personas so we can beat that attendant, whoever they are." Adachi said in agreement before Junes Dojima entered the Velvet Room only for Igor to inquire how he could help now that the mystery was solved and the catastrophe averted.
"One last thing, stopping that attendant." Adachi said.
"That's right, then Teddie's home will be happy again." Nanako said happily.
"Exactly." Dojima said before having Junes Dojima mention the one last thing was bothering him only for Igor to express interest in seeing what that was as several small objects appeared that surprised him and Margaret before he identified them as shards of power that he formed into a crystal. "A crystal of power, and it dispels lies. Sounds like exactly what we need to get to the final answers of this case and beat the game."
"You're right Dojima-san." Adachi said in agreement as Junes Dojima left the Velvet Room. "Huh, it's raining now?"
"It makes sense, the shadows are strongest when it's raining so the final boss likely wouldn't show up unless it was raining too." Dojima said before walking to the gas station. "There's the attendant, just like we expected."
"Does that mean he's the bad guy and can go in the TV dad?" Nanako asked.
"I doubt it, something tells me there's more to this than meets the eye." Dojima said before asking the gas station attendant about Adachi and Namatame, and the power before finally asking directly if they were to one to give Junes Dojima the power of persona causing the attendant to laugh.
"Well, I think that's a yes." Adachi said. "Whoever this attendant is they're definitely the one behind everything."
"Amazing, you've reached me at last. Let's drop this charade; to be honest I was waiting for you to come…" the attendant said calmly. "Adachi, Namatame, and you. It is I who awakened that power within you three, the ones who had potential. Though having said that, I am rather surprised…"
"Surprised, I guess this attendant never expected we'd figure out how they fit into everything." Adachi said thoughtfully.
"Yeah, but that's because dad is so cool and figured it out." Nanako said happily.
"Well we solved it together Nanako." Dojima said with a smile.
"So the last battle wasn't enough for you?" the attendant asked. "You certainly have the powers I was expecting."
"Ok, yeah why did they choose Junes Dojima out of everyone in Inaba?" Adachi asked.
"For your special power of course." the attendant answered.
"The power to use more than one Persona, somehow this attendant knew we could use that power." Dojima said thoughtfully.
"The others were drawn to that spark I placed in you, just like this." the attendant said before extending their hand.
"It was then, when they shook hands." Adachi asked. "That's when he got the power?"
"It looks like it." Dojima said as the attendant mentioned how everything that happened was because the game Adachi, Namatame, and Junes Dojima influenced Inaba causing the fog to appear and later fade before asking what more Junes Dojima wanted.
"We have to know who the bad guy is so we can help Teddie." Nanako said.
"Yeah, time to learn the truth." Dojima said in agreement.
"What good will learning the truth do for you now?" the attendant asked as the fog started to glow before the attendant started floating while wearing a white kimono. "I… am Izanami."
(Dojima, Nanako, and Adachi have encountered Izanami at the end of Persona 4. Next chapter they will begin the true final boss of the game. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)