Persona 5 Strikers – From Light and Dark
By Tayla Drago
Episode #49 - EMMA's powers and A Futuristic Jail
A lot to be going on in one Jail – Akira Konoe Shadow's Future City Jail, or whatever I did say from the last chapter/episode. Ha! Anyways, the Phantom Thieves arrived at last to do the three things of the cages, get to the tower of the held Desires, slaves of the Gegasites control on Shadows to control others to love Konoe as their hero, learn about his trauma, unlock the cage, fight him, change his heart, set the Desires free, get the last medallion, and clear their names. Yep, you know it. Keiko/Joker, Akechi/Black Crow, Morgana/Mona, Ryuji/Skull, Ann/Panther, Yusuke/Fox, Makoto/Queen, Futaba/Oracle, Haru/Noir, Sophia/Sophie, Zen/Wolf, and Raiho get ready to head out. But they weren't the only ones in this Jail...So were Hans, Ellen, Picaro, and Kaguya had to find more about their past together.
Kaguya: Let's get to work now, everyone. Sorry we're late.
Hans: Anything for you two lovely ladies.
All flittering aside, they were ready to head on out, and taking out four different Sentries for these guys to do with their skills.
Ellen: Brother!
Hans: What? We're all in this together. And the Phantom Thieves, they have their jobs and we do here too. We're all in this together.
Ellen: I get it, we can find other parts of our pasts while they stop Konoe. Then when we see those two losers this time, they'll be force to answer to us.
By "those two" it was Hooded Man 'who might be Dr. Guru' and Mistress 'whoever she really was'.
Picaro: Yeah, and doing so is out only way through. I can also feel Loki's family leftovers could be in this type of Jail too. Already hating the looks.
In other words, Konoe's a show off.
Kaguya: Now, Picaro, please behave. If anything were to happen to us, we should be able to avoid anything to hide somewhere safe. Everyone, please be on high alter.
Picaro: Whatever. I hate showoffs like this guy. Part of the mess, but he's not the main villain other making this EMMA thing into a monster. We should get goin' before I get bored. For the us and the Phantom Thieves then.
Ellen: Right! We're so doing this for our goals, mission, dreams, and our friends. Come on, Brother.
Hans: But of course, Dear Sister. Ladies, let's get going.
Off those four go off then, as Loki does the same to look somewhere else in the entire Jail on his families location, any of them will do fine to get his answers.
Loki: Hey! Anyone here I know of? Anyone at all?! (Where the hell could they gone off to? I know they're here.)
Keep finding them, Loki, you can do it. So anyways, for Lava wishing the others luck who fight for good against something mess up and unreal...for her, lots of Jack Frosts, Black Frosts, and King Frosts hope so too and their friend Raiho.
Lava: Fear not, friends. Raiho is doing well with Keiko and the Phantom Thieves with him. We'll do our best with other Personas to make with Ms. Trickster's powers.
She is good to aid them all like this, huh? And lots of support. Back at the main entrance, the Phantom Thieves and Raiho were ready to head on out right away. For the 12 members will do their best to stop Konoe Shadow, find his treasure to change his heart, save everyone else's Desires, and find out about Loki's family whereabouts.
Ryuji: Well, the infiltration went well, at least.
Akechi: We got here, Skull. Our next task is to find the three cages and go to the building too.
Keiko: Where Konoe's trapped Desires and enslaved Shadows of Gegasites are located at.
All of this, and the other things I haven't said yet but they did.
Morgana: Stay sharp, everybody. This could potentially be the mastermind behind everything that we've faced thus far. Security's bound to be tight.
All the future things in this type of Jail, there's no doubt about it.
Makoto: Right. We should except that Konoe knows how Jails work, too.
Yusuke: I assume that's Konoe's castle? If so, we have our destination.
Zen: Time to get moving, then. Show me how it's done, guys.
Even Raiho was more than ready to head on out too. Down they go to explore around Konoe Shadow's Jail, a big city to have lots of things. Looking around, then Futaba stops them to detect something.
Futaba: Hang on a sec! Stop!
Keiko: What is it, Oracle?
Stopping without going anywhere yet to see what she was picking up on.
Yusuke: What is it, Oracle?
Futaba: ...Check it out.
Seeing from a far to have tons of light stands all over the streets to not be normal at all. Why? Because it also has a machine gun too, lots more where that came from too. From Raiho throwing a rock from a far, it shoots to destroy it in seconds into dust.
Zen: The hell is that...? A machine gun?
Futaba: And it's topped with a security camera, too. It'll probably open fire if you get too close. Nice work on testing it far away, Raiho.
He knew it was going to be trouble there.
Morgana: So it's the same setup we saw in Shibuya...
Akechi: One wrong step in the light, we'll be gun shot down in seconds.
Morgana: Then the castle's beyond here. So we're gonna have to do something about this thing first.
Find the areas to shut it all down before moving any further.
Futaba: If had to guess, I'd say there's a core somewhere around here that's powering it. I saw something that looked like a Prison Keep up top. If this business as usual, it's probably there.
Ryuji: Then, I guess that's our first stop. Let's get goin'!
This was something new for Zen to get use to little at a time.
Keiko: It's the three things to keep the Monarch Shadow type of Kings power and such in Jails.
Zen: ...Prison Keep?
Akechi: It's a bit different how it is, Wolf.
Zen: Well, I guess I'll know once I get there.
Before heading out, they hear a weird jingle go off all over town of a announcement to be heard by EMMA. Huh?
[EMMA: Greetings, good citizens. Have you seen any evildoers nearby? If you do see any, please report it immediately. Our hero will then come to change their hearts. Akira is our one true hero. He is the only one who can save the world. Akira will keep everyone safe with the power to change hearts. He will protect our way of life.]
That guys as a hero in this world? Yeah, right!
Ann: Akira...?
Keiko: I think EMMA's talking about Akira Konoe, he's a hero in this world to stop bad guys.
Morgana: Joker's right. It must be referring to Konoe. I guess he's a superhero in this world.
Now this is one Metaverse Jail I would not like this someone to do.
Yusuke: So this is how he views himself. Ironic that the villain is playing the hero.
Akechi: He's not playing fair justice, he's against just to his selfish needs.
Yeah, Akechi's doing the right thing on his end.
Makoto: Keeping everyone safe with the power to change hearts? What does it mean by that?
Haru: And this voice...Is that EMMMA?
It makes sense why the app was talking in Konoe's Jail too.
Keiko: I think it was EMMA's voice we all heard.
Futaba: A phony hero parading himself around in a futuristic city...Getting some major dystopia vibes from this one.
Zen: So does that mean we're the villains? Heh, what a load of crap.
Tell us about it!
Keiko: We'll expose him for what he is. Still...Why a hero?
Akechi: If it did happen ,we would all need a villain name. Only kidding...
And I'm glad they're not real villains at all.
Morgana: Konoe as a hero? Who knows? This isn't your everyday narcissist we're dealing with...
Sophia: We'll show him who the real villain is.
Ann: And we'll do it together too!
It so wrong in so many ways. Getting to the first Prison Keep on the further left side, they need to turn off both the machine guns and lights somewhere to move further.
Futaba: I saw the Prison Keep over that way. Let's head east first. Gonna be kind of a trek. We better brace ourselves.
Good idea, then off they go. Good thing Futaba marks the parts on not to go to for now until they stop the machine guns and lights in the area first. Fighting through Sentries and Shadows happens for the Phantom Thieves to be doing on their way through.
Persona #66 - Naga = powers of sparks
Having their weapons to cut and slash their way through that part.
Akechi: The wire. Come on, we can get across through the other side of the builds to get where they need to be.
And he was was. It does help for the them to slide their way around with getting spotted or gunned down.
Ryuji: Man, there's cameras friggin' everywhere...
Yusuke: Those who refuse to do as they're told will be eliminated without exception. I imagine that's Konoe's goal here.
Not a very good one either.
Sophia: ...Why would he go so far? He's nothing like the Phantom Thieves.
Keiko: Not even close. He thinks we're villains while he thinks he's a hero. No, he isn't. I sense...very painful things to be true darkness from his heart. That'd all. I don't know the rest of why Konoe become one though.
Akechi: The more we look around here, the better we'll understand his background.
A lot from it for Konoe's no hero at all but a true villain all right. Whatever was on Keiko's mind to feel out from Konoe, it must be really bad to learn about him little at a time. Turning around the corner to go somewhere safe in the area...but they were stop by more Sentries and...one big ugly looking spider type of machine dis-formed to not look so well. Ouch.
Morgana: That big Sentry is...Wow.
Ryuji: Now that's f'ed up.
Futaba: Careful, guys. This one is powerful than its looks.
More fighting to do here for Raiho go his sword out to be ready for battle.
Sentry: Hey! What are you doing?!
Lots of other fighting to be done, time to use their Personas but Raiho to freeze the rest up and the tank one as well.
Futaba Powering them up, Necronomicon!
Doing so, they make their move...
Keiko: Plague in darkness, Arsene!
Akechi: Bring them to light, Loki!
Morgana: Blow them away, Zorro!
Ryuji: Shock them down, Captain Kidd!
Ann: Burn them up, Carmen!
Yusuke: Wash and freeze them up even more, Goemon!
Makoto: Poison them in defeat, Johanna!
Haru: Plant in beauty and doom, Milady!
Sophia: It's ESP time, Pithos!
Zen: Ground them, Valjean!
Done and done, as Raiho cuts down the bigger Sentry in the end into snow dust. Moving on to climbing up top and more wire sliding on one side of the building to another.
Keiko: Raiho, I'm glad you're on our side as a true Phantom Thieves like Jackie was.
The little Persona was happy to hear that part. Don't worry, guys, this one is staying around this time.
Zen: So this is what cities might look like the future, huh? Place is so rigid and orderly it's giving me the creeps.
Sophia: I don't like it either. Not to mention, there's not one sweet old lady in sight.
No one likes this type of Jail at all.
Ann: Ahaha...Gotta say I agree too, I prefer cities with actual people in them.
Yeah, real people not others who are brainwash from all of this crap going on of cognitive ones or not. Here comes more Shadows and Sentries trying to stop the Phantom Thieves who they think they're villains, but they're not even close.
Persona #67 - Valkyrie = powers of alchemist
Trying to strike at them to use their gun shooting skills, leave it to Morgana's car mode to run them over in seconds.
Morgana: Yeah, my moves never gets old.
Akechi: Note to self, never make this special talking cat angry. Not even close.
All joke aside, they needed to head to the zoo area next.
Yusuke: We've arrived at Juoji Zoo. Would the Prison Keep be somewhere in Mt. Chashiro, then?
Makoto: Mt. Chashiro it is, then. Let's go, everyone!
Through the entry point, for another big Sentry bodyguard with weapons type was ready to stop the Phantom Thieves again. Another mini-boss then, here we go.
Keiko: Incoming Sentry. Everyone, be on your guard for this one.
Believer of Justice: Hm, something's not right about you...Wait, I see! You must be villains!
No, this thing is and Konoe too!
Ryuji: Say what? If anyone's a villain here, it's you, pal!
Believer of Justice: Enough talk! In the name of our hero, Akira, I will execute you here and now!
Turning into a giant Ganesha, the others were all ready to fight.
Persona #68 - Ganesha = powers of body strength
This Ganesha was also known as a Auspicious Pachyderm.
Futaba: Here it comes! Take it out!
Strong in battle to punch, kick, run, fighting, use his trunk, one powerful tusk, and a lot of sword to cut through anything. Keiko's sword's skills on one Persona's thing has her on the edge of battle.
Keiko: Whoa! This Shadow needs some saving! Hey, I need some backup here!
While she was holding off the big Auspicious Pachyderm as long a Keiko could do so, leave things off for Ryuji and Makoto to use their combined powers to fight back. From shooting the weapon out of the Shadow's hands from Makoto to Ryuji hitting a lot at the face; and then using their powers for a midair and ground beat down combo.
Ryuji: Batter's up, Queen. Raging Storm Clash!
Then a times ten beat up by the smartest member in the group, well more smart one of all.
Makoto: Got it, Skull! Venom Blast!
Ha! In a zoo besides seeing lots of holograms out, the real animal type of Shadows were out to get a beat down right now. This then has Keiko to heal this Shadow in a good Persona now to not be mess up and big anymore.
Keiko: Thanks, I got this one. Ganesha - Auspicious Pachyderm, I've commit thee to join!
And it works...
Auspicious Pachyderm: Sorry for what I thought about you thieves, you're good ones. Heroes too. Please make sure Mr. Konoe's doing the same thing or at least save him.
There he goes, and what this one said...Save Konoe as a hero? Why would he said that? Well, looking around the zoo on anything what they can.
Akechi: Good job, Joker. Let's keep going.
More Shadows to sneak around, items to get, treasure chests to open up, climbing up to line through to the other side, and away from the lights and machine guns until they're all turned off to get around easily. Seeing lots of gorilla and giraffe holograms all over the place so far. Soon to turn around another corner, they see some other three holograms in the cages for none of them couldn't believe who they were...Alice Hiiragi, Ango Natsume, and Mariko Hyodo. The three main Shadows of Kings/Monarchs with their own Jails in the Metaverse that he made for them on the EMMA app of their phones. And on display like this? No way...!
Keiko: My God...!
Staying close to her lover to be seeing this scene.
Akechi: What is this?
Ann: Are these...Are these the people who were made into Monarchs? This was all just some big show to him?!
Yep, Konoe's a monster than a super hero he thinks he is.
Akechi: They think of these people are nothing more than toys...! He doesn't deserve to be a hero!
Morgana: In reality, he likely saw them as a means to an end...They weren't much more than that. I know how you feel, Black Crow. Believe me.
Ryuji: Rrgh...So this dickhead uses these people for all their worth, and this is how he treats 'em? What an asshole.
And the biggest one of all for Raiho uses his sword to cut down a sign of Konoe's name in seconds in anger, he felt the same for these guys.
Keiko: He'll pay for this.
Akechi: He will...For the true criminal he really is.
Moving on forward with more hologram animals to see in this future zoo type of area, one of them even had elephants. Next had lots of Nagas in the way for one bigger was the leader to control the smaller ones, known as Cavern Snakeman.
Cavern Snakeman: Get these villains in the name of our Hero Akira Konoe!
And another Dire Shadow in their way too, Eligor - War-Hungry Horseman.
War-Hungry Horseman: Our job is to stop villains like all of you!
Yeah, they got the whole thing backwards, you know? Leave it to Sophia and Zen to have a go at it next.
Sophia and Zen: We got these guys!
They wait for Keiko to heal them both once they take care of the two and an army of Sentries and Shadows.
Akechi: (Show us everything, Master. You too, Sophia.)
From yo-yo throwing for Sophia to take some of them out and Zen to shoot to cut down on the rest, they use from shooting and weapons on one big one and the other Dire Shadow to then using their special moves to finish them off, and one upgraded one for Zen to use a brand new attack.
Sophia: SP Piercer! All yours, Wolf!
From his second new attack...
Zen: Thanks, Sophia. Let's give 'em a go...Boulder Crusher!
More rocks to appear and then crush the other leftovers, then the All-Out Attack from him...
Zen: And that's that!
And finally his powerful Showtime of him and Valjean shaking the floors and shooting the other strong Shadows to a beat down...
Zen: Earth Quake Boom!
Nice moves! It did the trick to defeat both the bigger Shadow and the Dire Shadow in seconds, leaving Keiko to heal these guys next.
Keiko: (Now that's what I call team work. Sophia's learning a lot. And Zenny's gotten a lot better since his powers awaken.) Now then...Naga – Cavern Snakeman and Eligor – War-Hungry Horseman, I've commit thee to join!
All set to keep on moving.
Cavern Snakeman: You have set me free. Thank you.
War-Hungry Horseman: I should retire from fighting, there's more in life for me to discover.
Not bad for double there, huh?
Akechi: Good work, Wolf.
Zen: I learn a lot form the best.
Sophia: We both did good in battle.
Seeing other hologram of animals, plants, other scenes, and such was all wrong from every part they all sneaked around and come across from one building to another. This was no zoo of a Metaverse Jail, it was a real mess from a mess up person.
Makoto: I have to say, this city seems almost devoid of life. Is this really the society Konoe's hoping to create?
Haru: It's unsettling, but in a different way from the research lab in Okinawa.
Way different to have a man who made a mistake but died for a good coast in the end, Konoe's was worse.
Sophia: If we get captured, there's a good chance we'll end up in one of these cages. Be careful, Meowgana.
Ha! She keeps calling Morgana that, huh? This has everyone else laughing to still care for their dear friends.
Morgana: I'm not gonna get caught! And stop calling me that!
Zen: But you are-!
Akechi: Keep to yourself please, Master. Mona hates to be called a cat.
Another thing to get use to as well, oh brother.
Zen: Never mind.
Moving on further to the next place they needed to go to right away until they reach to their first spot of the lights and guns to be all shut down. Turning around in the next room, has another hacking thing for Futaba to get down and stopping the Shadows and Sentries for her to go through it all, she can do this with some backup by her side.
Sophia: We can't get through. It looks like it's Oracle's turn.
Futaba: Roger! It's hacking time! Everyone ready?
All of them are all set to go.
Keiko: Definitely, Oracle.
Akechi: We'll keep the Shadows and Sentries busy.
Futaba: All right, hacking in! Make sure you back me up!
Lots to be coming in, it was Ann and Yusuke's turn to step in for their skills of whipping and swordsman to do the job.
Yusuke: Let's go, Panther. Aqua Typhoon!
Ann: On it, Fox. Burning Claw!
Fire and water with ice too 'with some boost up on Raiho's end' took care of it long enough for Futaba to finish up.
Futaba: Aaaaand voila! Thanks for the backup, everyone! And that about does it! On to Mt. Chashiro!
Not yet, they can't get over there yet with the lights and machine guns still out. They need to go up top of the other side of the east gates to turn off the security thing, so they were almost there. The further they go, the weirder this Jail was looking for them to see lots of mess up things for what Konoe sees in the real world.
Yusuke: There is an undeniable beauty in the aesthetic of this place, but I sense little passion from its creator.
Akechi: It only shows how deep and wicked it can become from those who are twisted from the mind.
Ann: I know what you two mean. I feel like there's nothing to make it feel alive, so it all feels sorta "meh."
In other words...it wasn't good looking at all.
Futaba: I get a little something from these, though...See these slits with the light coming out of 'em?
Ryuji: Oh, yeah...Your computer setup's kinda like this, ain't it?
Keiko: I guess when you up it that way...
Entering into a different area. A building to have the first Prison Keep there, but it had lots of lights an machine guns all set up and running. Don't go there, so they needed to go another way around maybe.
Haru: There it is, the Prison Keep.
Futaba: I see a radio tower, too. That's probably how they're controlling all the surveillance cams. If we can just steal the core, those things'll be totally bricked.
Seeing it from up top and such was the only way.
Yusuke: Then, let's slip inside and steal it.
Zen: Not so fast. There're cameras here too. What are we supposed to do about those?
Akechi: We see them, Wolf. I'm thinking of the same thing too.
How can they without getting caught and/or killed?
Keiko: I say we go around to find another way to get in.
Ann: Good idea. It doesn't look like the front door's that much of an option anyway.
Makoto: The straight path isn't always the quickest, right? Let's see if these are any other ways in.
They might as well go do so.
Akechi: It's best to be safe than sorry.
Futaba: This doesn't look good...We can't afford to get spotted again!
And off they go, somewhere in the area they were in now was another way to get inside of the first Prison Keep of Konoe Shadow's. Getting around the place to fight some enemies, sneaking around, getting items, opening up treasure chests, and then jumping from one electrical poles to another; to finally get through the other side. This was their destination to be in and go to.
Keiko: Black Crow.
Akechi: let's jump across, Joker. Everyone, let's follow our leader.
Not bad to be very skillful on these things.
Yusuke: Hm? It looks like we can use these to get to the other side.
Even Raiho from his great swordsman kills of a Persona was good moving a lot faster. Finally making it there to the door of the Prison Keep to enter in, but before that...Another hacking thing to be done for Futaba to be doing.
Ryuji: Really? Another one?
Futaba: It's fine. This should get us back into the Prison Keep. I'm gonna back in. Watch my back!
Doing so, for more Shadows and Sentries appeared, allowing for skills and brains of Haru and Morgana give it a go.
Morgana: Come on, Noir. Furious Fangs!
Haru: Okay, Mona-Chan. Lily Whip!
From plant and wind/air powers all did the trick. And in time for Futaba to finish hacking to the Prison Keep.
Futaba: Nice work, partner duos.
Keiko: We can go inside now, but be careful. I sense more Sentries and Shadows inside so we can't let our guard down.
Doing so for Keiko to be right as they appear in front of them all.
Akechi: Heh, well would you look at that. Right on schedule.
Sentry: This area is off limits! Villains who violate the rules will be purged!
Zen: Heh, what are you, some kinda watchdog? Let's wrap this up quick and shut down these cameras!
This one machine of a Sentry spider thing becomes a giant Sarasvati thing with other two Shadows on her side – Ganesha and a Valkyrie. This giant Sarasvati was known as Strumming Veena Player.
Persona #69 - Sarasvati = powers of music
Lots of Sentries and Shadows to be stopped for the other Phantom Thieves use their skills to stop them for ambushing them in a huge group, with their own attacks.
Keiko: Do it!
Futaba: Boosting up time...Web Cage!
The rest do their stuff.
Ryuji: Lighting Flash Attack!
Ann: Flame Shooter!
Yusuke: Frozen Waves!
Makoto: Viper Sting!
Haru: Petals of Doom!
Morgana: Blaze of Rage!
Sophia: Echo Psychic!
Zen: Boulder Crusher!
The final hit from Keiko's weapon slash and Akechi's shooting his gun, Raiho uses more ice skills and sword combined to get the job done in the end. All but one.
Akechi: All done there. Joker, you're up.
Keiko: Got it. So many to heal in this Jail, huh? But I guess this is how it's done. Sarasvati – Strumming Veena Player, I've commit thee to join!
Another bad Shadow to become a good Persona once again, being about three of them done so far, huh?
Strumming Veena Player: Forgive me, friends. Now I shall play a tune of luck while you all prove if you're all truly heroes to save one man for all of our sakes. Thank you.
Again with Konoe needs help from heroes than himself. What was going on...? And now they can run up top to get to the first Prison Keep of Konoe's core to get to also shut down the lights and guns for good in the area.
Morgana: There's nothing standing in our way now! Time to climb that tower!
Running up there to get a hold of Konoe's first core in the Prison Keep, a Dirty Figurine type of Zephyrman toy which looks like it came out around the early 1980's. Seems like it since Konoe must've been a big fan of the super hero show since he was a kid. Well, doing so also shuts down the lights and gun machine to stop working now.
Futaba: Nice, the radio signal's kaput. That takes care of the cameras.
Keiko: So we can go through to the other parts in the Jail now.
Morgana: That should allow us to check out those places that were blocked off earlier. Let's head back to the entrance.
Futaba: Yeah, let's. The way to the castle should be wide open now.
But before they could take off...
Ann: What did the core end up being, by the way?
Looking at the toy very carefully.
Makoto: Is this...an action figure?
Akechi: Hmmm...Let's see here. A figurine toy from 1982 when Zephyrman show was made to have lots of toy sell out in Japan, very rare to find them today for some to make tons of money.
Must be a rare collections to have if a fan is lucky to get started right away. In fact, Futaba notice on what it was right away herself besides Akechi.
Futaba: Oh, no waaaay! Black Crow's right! It's him...It's Zephyrman!
Ryuji: You mean like the keyword?
Yep, the one of the very same.
Akechi: The first toy collection for Konoe to be one of the first cores.
Zen: So what does that mean? Sorry, I'm lost here.
Keiko: Keep it up, Wolf, and you'll get use to this in no time.
A newbie and all, but Zen will catch up real soon.
Morgana: Jails house power sources that act as a symbol of the Monarch's power. We call them "Cores." This is one of them.
Zen: This thing? You're telling me this little action figure is a core? Why would this be a symbol of power?
Ann: Maybe he just really likes Zephyrman?
Yusuke: Indeed. And to such an extent that he would call himself a hero.
He was no real life hero at all but a true villain in real life.
Akechi: Like he'll ever be the hero of justice.
Sophia: Even though he's clearly a bad guy.
Morgana: Whatever the reason, we have to focus on scouring a route to the castle.
Ryuji: Right. Let's get on back and see if we can't find the next Prison Keep.
And down they go from the pole again to their next destination to pass through it now, everything was completely turned off. From getting back to Osaka Jail area of Shinsekai, their next destination was inside some big building they needed to look into. The Shipping Railway.
Keiko: I guess we're taking the elevator.
Doing so to see a machine type of factor of delivering things all over. Looking around for Raiho was amazed on what the Jail looks like from the real world, but a bit different.
Yusuke: This is certainly a change of scenery. It looks like some sort of storage warehouse...
Zen: Guess the castle's still pretty far off. This is gonna take some serious patience.
Even so, a noise was getting louder in the area.
Ann: ...Uhh, does anyone else hear that? It sounds like a plane or something.
Akechi: Not just a plane, but also train. It's a transportation company.
Futaba: Oh, that's right, there was a train station nearby. Maybe it'll have something to help us get around.
There has to be somewhere for the second Prison Keep to find throughout this building. So off the Phantom Thieves go.
Keiko: Then let's keep on going. (I wonder how Kaguya and Picaro are doing on their end while aiding Hans and Ellen's behavior, and to find what they're all looking for.)
With any luck probably...While on the other side of the Jail – Kaguya, Picaro, Hans, Ellen sneak into some odd building 'for it's big in the area where the Phantom Thieves were in right now' the four knew of something to find from within this area for more clues. Nothing big yet, but a little something.
Hans: Careful.
Seeing some lights and machine guns all over the room for Hans and Ellen to take out the first ones, there were more set up on a different system.
Ellen: Another trap, great.
Hans: Well, I was a dear gentleman who saved you, Dear Sister. And the ladies too.
Hitting her brother on the head a little for Hans to laugh to make Ellen jealous for nothing, they kept on moving.
Kaguya: Flattery won't get you anywhere, Mr. Guyver. Come, we should hurry along.
Picaro: Like we would fall for his words...
From what they're been through so far, what other answers can they get besides dying, coming back to life to something new, the people involved, their true goals, and what will happen next. All of this to still solve a mystery like this one.
Ellen: For what's been going on so far...I hope we can find anything in this area to still wonder...
Hans: Wonder? I want to know if we'll find anything really.
Ellen: Brother, we can't just give up-! (What's this feeling...?) Get back!
Soon to feel something else ….Only to have the Guyver twins to be teleported somewhere else in the building. Lucky for Hans and Ellen are unharmed and safe to another area, but who did that with a machine in this Jail? As for the twin sisters, why were the only ones left on this floor?
Picaro: Hey! (This is bad!) They're gone!
Kaguya: But they're alive...The enemy wants us for some reason. Picaro, please be on your guard!
Picaro: Dammit...! Well you don't have to tell me twice, Kaguya. So whatever. We fight and then find the twins again.
Being on guard to soon see the lights pointed directly at the girls and the guns targeting them as well. And someone to talk from the speakers at the main control room to be known other than the strange Hooded Man himself again.
[Hooded Man's Voice: Ha! Welcome, ladies. I wish of the Guyvers could stay put, but I needed more time until I needed to be fully prepare for my event. That's why I needed the twin sister first who went from humans into Personas of the dead. I got a little fun game for you to play with my toys. How fast can you dodge and destroy them?]
Using one to kill off a Sentry in second, Hooded Man means business.
Kaguya: You monster...!
[Hooded Man's Voice: Now you see how serious I am...Come, show me what you girls...got!]
Starting it up to fire lots of bullets at Kaguya and Picaro to begin flying away from all of them coming from the air really fast. They were good to look pretty and strong at the same time.
Picaro: Stop!
Kaguya: He has gone mad!
[Hooded Man's Voice: See?! Isn't this fun?! Keep dancing for me! Dance DANCE!]
Using their attacks to take out the machine guns and lights right away.
Picaro: Laser Explosion!
Kaguya: Brighten Splash!
From gravity and ocean powers take care of it, but one gets to Picaro to lose her grip to get hit next.
Picaro: ….!
Kaguya: Aika, look out!
Jumping in instead, she gets hit to then get retained into another wall turning thing into another room. No, Kaguya! Leaving Picaro worried about her sister now. Not good at all.
Picaro: Hitomi! (No! Where is she? Where did Hooded Man take her? Hans! Ellen!)
Another door opens up for Picaro with the light floors glowing for her to see the right path to take.
[Hooded Man's Voice: If you want to see her again, then follow the light into the next room. We can have a nice talk together. You don't want anything to happen to your dear sister, don't you?]
Giving Picaro to have no choice, she flies through to rescue Kaguya first and then go find the Guyver twins afterwards. It could be a trap on what's to come next for the other two feel it out from afar to be force to see the rest on the computer screens.
Ellen: He's got us again! Brother!
Making a path through a vent to crawl around in to make the room bigger with their magic, they had to hurry.
Hans: Hooded Man...! Dr. Guru...! Whoever you really are, you're gong down. Dear Sister, let's follow the path for the other girls right away.
Ellen: Right, Brother. Flattering aside, we can't leave those we knew from long ago, they need us. And we need them.
Hans: Nothing is going to stop us!
Hurry, you two! With the twins hurrying to save the sisters from Hooded Man's doing...on whatever whoever he really is as Dr. Guru maybe! Loki feels it out to be near the same building, he has to be on guard at all times now.
Loki: Grr...Already?
With Akechi to sense it out as well to stop real quick for the other Phantom Thieves to worry about the other four.
Zen: Black Crow?
Haru: What's wrong?
Akechi: I...I feel them. The Guyver twins, the sister, and Loki...they're all here in the building. But each of them.
Keiko: Black Crow...
Worried about her lover, Akechi has to stay strong.
Akechi: Sorry, I'm just worried.
Morgana: I don't blame you, none of us do. There's no telling what Konoe has from within this Jail of his.
Ryuji: It's mess up just thinking about it!
Ann: But still, we have to keep going.
Yusuke: She's right.
Makoto: Then we should hurry for their sakes.
Not to mention their names to be cleared on not hacking into EMMA at all and not murdering Shuzo either.
Futaba: I know of a way around, Joker. Here's a map. Let's get going.
With Raiho all ready, so was the Phantom Thieves.
Sophia: Here we go. I'm also ready, Raiho.
Akechi: Right...I have to stay strong, I want to solve the case too. Master, them, me, and for my Mother.
Along with Aoi to avenge her for Akane's sake too.
Keiko: We will win this.
Kissing Akechi on the cheek for Keiko to do, off they go.
Zen: There we go. C'mon, I'm ready to do this.
Keiko: Team, keep your guard up and let's go. As well as aid the other four too. (Please...Hans. Ellen. Kaguya, Picaro. Loki. All of you please be okay.)
From someone like Loki was for Akechi and him are still the same being, it was more with the Guyver twins to rescue Kaguya and before Picaro could be caught into Hooded Man's trap. So what will await for all of them and the Phantom Thieves from within Konoe Shadow's Jail of the Metaverse of his and making Madicce to control EMMA his way, he too needs to be stopped. Same with Owada next after this mess is over and done with. More to come of getting two more cores of the Prison Keeps by making it through in a mess up city, it's like opposite day here.