Empty...

Just like he thought.

Opening the door with his special set of keys, he took a cautious step inside of the restaurant.

"Heh… looks like you were right, Makki."

His underling laid his hand on his shoulder, startling him.

"There ain't no one here... not even a camera. Just like you said." his underling praised. "Now where do you think they keep the money?"

"Gota, Makki, over there!" another underling muttered, pointing towards a safe.

He gulped.

"Well, what are ya waitin' for, Makki?" the underling names Gota grinned. "Open it up."

With trembling fingers, he pulled out his lockpicking kit, getting to work on cracking the safe.

"This place looks pretty fancy! I bet there's a bunch of cash in there." Gota greedily said.

"Would have had a lot more if we had gone through with our original plan." the other underling scoffed. "If only that damn geezer of a painter hadn't laid us off."

"Shut it, Raizo! The only only reason he laid off the two of us is cause you kept makin' him suspicious!" Gota argued.

"Me?! You're the one who wouldn't stop drooling as soon as you saw how much his art was worth!" Raizo countered. "...Maybe we should get back at that old bastard."

"D-Don't be reckless." he stammered, still working on the safe.

Raizo scowled, but said nothing.

"Idiots." he muttered under his breath.

"Though, I gotta wonder…" Gota trailed off. "If that geezer had enough money to hire his own security, then why's he livin' in some old shack?"

"Hell if I know." Raizo shrugged. "Artists are weird."

"D-Done." he stuttered, opening the safe and pulling out large stacks of money.

"Hell yeah, jackpot!" Gota grinned, quickly grabbing his share.

"Not bad, Makki." Raizo said, grabbing the money. "You know any other places this light on security? We'll have to plan another heist soon."

"Soon?" he repeated.

"Of course! This went so well that we outha strike again before people start to notice!" Gota said.

"That's not gonna be a problem, right?" Raizo asked, cocking a brow.

"N-No no, it's fine.!" he assured them. "I mean… money has been a little tight."

Raizo sighed. "Fine, then take the biggest share of the cash."

"Guess you did do most of the work." Gota shrugged.

"T-Thanks." he nodded. "N-Now we need to go!"

The three boys locked the store back before running away under the cover of night.

When he was sure that he was far enough away, he pulled out the large share of cash that he had, grinning to himself.

Another successful heist.


4/30 Saturday

As soon as she arrived at school, she saw a large crowd of students gathering around the bulletin board.

"What's going on here?" Makoto thought to herself.

She carefully maneuvered her way through the crowd, letting out a gasp at what was hanging from the bulletin board.

Attention all Shujin students,

Please refrain from speaking to the media about anything involving Kamoshida or the students involved with him. These are turbulent times, and as such, not being careful with your words could have an adverse effect on our school, and, by extension, your education and future.

"Is the principal serious about this…?"

"All they care about is the school's reputation, not us."

She was inclined to agree with the students around her, feeling her rage grow the more she looked at the sign.

"Niijima-san?"

She turned to find Kayo approaching her.

"Kubu-san." she greeted. "Did you need anything for the council?"

"Actually, the principal wanted me to find you." Kayo informed her. "He said that he wanted to speak with you."

"Thank you for telling me." she told her. "I will be there right away."

She made her way to the principal's office…

Not noticing a certain blonde, pigtailed girl staring at her as she walked away.

"I wonder..." Ann muttered.

"Looks like the principal wants us to keep quiet about this." a student observed.

"I heard that he knew all about the sexual harassment and just turned a blind eye to it." another student replied. "I bet he wants to snuff out all the rumors and bad press."

"Ugh… he's the worst." the first student responded. "Is that why he keeps speaking to Niijima lately? I just saw her head in the direction of his office…"

"I heard that Niijima knew too!" the second student exclaimed. "Isn't she the worst?! She acts all noble, but…"

Ann clenched her fists, overcome by anger.

"Niijima knew, did she?" Ann spat, before walking off.


"You wished to see me, Principal Kobayakawa?"

She walked into the principal's office, hoping she hadn't raised any suspicion.

"You saw the state that Kamoshida was in, didn't you?" the principal asked. "It's as if his entire personality changed. Something is very wrong here."

"What do you mean?" she wondered.

"I heard that there have been a few students that were meddling in his business." Kobayakawa noted. "They might have bore some sort of grudge against him."

"To be fair, sir, I believe half the school had a grudge against him, with everything he's done." she told him.

"... Be that as it may, some of them might have taken action against them." the principal reasoned.

"Are you saying that students caused him to change?" Makoto replied.

"That is what I want to know." he said. "That is why I would like you to look into this."

He wants me to investigate them?!

"...Sir, you said you heard about students meddling with Kamoshida." she brought up. "You aren't… referring to all this talk about thos Phantom Thieves, are you?"

"I would like to be able to get a grasp of the situation." Kobayakawa answered. "That way, I will be able to deal with the media and the police appropriately."

"Oh… of course…" she muttered.

"Is something the matter?" the principal said, narrowing his eyebrows. "It wouldn't be good for any of us if we let Shujin be defined by scandals like this, don't you agree? If something were to happen here, it surely wouldn't reflect well on me or you."

"I… suppose." she whispered.

"Your sister… despite her youth, she holds a very respectable position at the Public Prosecutor's office, does she not?" the principal noted, giving a wide smile.

She bit her lip as she started brushing her hair to the side. She didn't know why he was bringing up her sister, but she didn't like it.

"If something disappointing were to happen here, that wouldn't reflect very well on your sister, would it?" the principal pointed out, still smiling. "I'm sure that, were she still attending here, she would have solved this in record time."

And there it was. He was going to guilt her into doing it by bringing her sister into this.

"I know how much your education matters to the both of you, so if you help me with this, then I shall write you a letter of recommendation for any college of your choice." the principal added.

And this, too. The old her might have found this to be a great deal, but the new her saw it as blackmail.

Do everything I say or I'll never help you.

As much as she wanted to tell him off, however, she didn't want to arouse suspicion, so she would simply need to act as the naive tool he thought she was.

"T-That's such a generous deal, sir!" she gasped. "Thank you so much. I-I'll do my best, I promise!"

"Wonderful." the principal grinned. "I have no doubt you'll succeed."

She exited his office, closing the door behind her, hoping that she had bought them enough time until things died down.

As soon as she left, the principal frowned.

"I think she's trustworthy, and yet…" the principal trailed off. "She has been spending time with those two… perhaps a second investigator is in order."


The rest of her classes passed by without any more interruptions.

"At least that giant egg seemed to believe us." Morgana said as the final bell rang.

"Giant… egg?" she repeated.

"You know, that principal guy!" Morgana clarified. "He's round, bald, and has that ugly beige suit. Looks like an egg."

Makoto covered her mouth as she let out a snort. "M-Morgana, that's… hehehe."

"Niijima-san?"

She saw Tayako giving her an odd look.

"O-Oh, sorry!" Makoto stammered. "Did you need anything."

"I did… but I was hoping that we could speak in private." Takayo hinted.

Immediately, they headed to the student council room, locking the door behind them.

"What did you wish to talk about, Tachibana-san?" she asked.

"I was hoping that… that you could explain this for me." Takayo said as she placed something on the table.

The calling card.

Immediately, her body tensed up, hoping Takayo didn't notice.

"This is… the card that was on the bulletin board." she noted. "The one that was addressed to Kamoshida."

"It was on the bulletin board as soon as we all came into school." Takayo recalled. "Someone must have come in pretty early to post this… someone who wouldn't raise suspicion by coming early."

"Do you… have an idea who that person could be?" she asked.

"I was thinking… that it would be someone who was either directly affected by Kamoshida's abuses… or a person connected to someone who was." Takayo explained. "I've noticed that you've been speaking to Kamoshida's athletes quite a lot… and have been spending plenty of time around Sakamoto and Amamiya."

"This really isn't good!" Morgana panicked. "Is this girl onto us?!"

"Have you been following me around?" she asked.

"I just have my ear to the ground at all times. Never underestimate my information gathering skills!" Takayo bragged.

"Let's stop beating around the bush then." she insisted. "What are you trying to say?"

"I think… that you're this mysterious Phantom Thief!" Takayo accused.

And there it was.

"That's absurd." she argued, trying not to look as nervous as she felt. "You only have circumstantial evidence. No proof."

"While it's true that I don't have any direct proof, I think-"

*Ring Ring*

Her phone began to ring in her pocket, startling her.

"Oh, go ahead, you can answer that." Takayo said.

She took her phone out, seeing that Ryuji was calling her.

She answered the call, only to immediately regret it.

"Hey Makoto, do you think we should have a Phantom Thieves meeting?" Ryuji asked in his very, very, loud voice. "I was wondering what our next target would be after Kamoshida!"

"That idiot!" Morgana hissed.

She quickly hung up on him, but it was too late.

"Well, guess I have my proof now." Takayo grinned.

"... So what now?" Makoto asked. "What are you going to do now that you know about this."

"Well, Miss Phantom Thief, I just wanted to say… you guys are so cool!" Takayo beamed.

"W-What?" she stammered. "S-Seriously?"

"Of course!" Takayo exclaimed. "I don't know how you did it, but you must have a strong sense of justice! Sticking up to evil to protect the little guy. I like it!"

"O-Oh, well, I'm glad." she stammered. "Is… that all that you wanted to tell me?"

"Actually, I wanted to talk about this too! The Phansite!" Takayo grinned, showing her the website she had looked at before.

"Right, that website. I've seen it before." Makoto noted.

"I'm a total Phangirl of you guy's work!" Takayo commented. "And I wanted to help out in any way that I can!"

"How would you be able to help?" she wondered.

"You have a section of the website where people can submit requests for people whose hearts they want you to change, right?" Takayo asked. "Well, using my information gathering skills and journalistic instincts, I'm sure that I could sniff some interesting work for you."

"That would be fairly useful…" she thought to herself.

"She's already proven that she's got some good intuition." Morgana whispered.

"That boy you were talking to you did mention needing to find other targets." Takayo pointed out.

"You certainly make a compelling case." she admitted. "All right, I accept.

"Great!" Takayo grinned, pushing up the rim of her glasses. "I'm happy to help out!"

Takayo held out her hand, which she gladly shook.

I am thou, thou art I… thou hast acquired a new vow. It shall become the wings of rebellion that carry you to thy future. With the birth of the Moon Persona, I have obtained the winds of blessing that shall lead to freedom and new power…

MOON CONFIDANT: RANK 1

"Well, I won't keep you any longer." Takayo said, before giving a wink. "I'll see you later… Miss Phantom Thief!"

"Don't tell anyone!" she insisted, before walking out of the room.


As she stepped outside of the school, she ran into Ryuji outside.

"Yo! Miss Prez!" Ryuji grinned. "You get my phone call?"

She resisted the urge to smack him, giving him an exasperated look instead.

"Be a little quieter next time." she told him. "You don't know who could be listening."

"We were nearly caught because of you, numbskull!" Morgana chided.

"W-Well how was I supposed to know?!" Ryuji defended.

"It's fine, just be careful in the future, ok?" she requested.

"All right, all right." Ryuji relented. "Anyway, I wanted to ask you if you were feelin' up for some training."

"Training?" she repeated.

"Yeah. There's this gym called Protein Lovers over by where Ren lives." Ryuji told her. "I thought maybe training there would help us in the other world."

"Hmm… you might be onto something." Morgana admitted.

"Alright, then what are we waiting for?!" Ryuji exclaimed. "Let's start training!"

"Well… if it could help us in the Metaverse, then we should definitely try it." she agreed. "Lead the way."

The two of them headed to Protein Lovers, ready for a workout.

"Getting some additional training in was a good idea." she complimented.

"Thanks." Ryuji grinned. "I feel like I need to build up my muscles so I can run again."

"You're planning to run again?" she asked, surprised.

"Back in the palace, I couldn't move like I used to." Ryuji scowled. "I felt so lame. But once I start getting stronger, I'll be a lot more helpful."

"You seem pretty excited." she noted.

"Hell yeah, I am!" Ryuji exclaimed. "Just wait until our next target, then you'll see!"

"I have to work hard myself if I want to keep up." she smiled.

"They got some treadmills in here. I'll race ya to see who can reach a certain distance first." Ryuji challenge.

"You're on!" she accepted.

The two of them got onto adjacent treadmills, both of them trying to finish first.

In the end, she managed to beat Ryuji, but only barely.

"Damn…" Ryuji panted. "I'm really out of practice… and my legs feel all tight.

"Are you ok, Ryuji?" she asked, growing concerned.

"I'm fine… it's just… every time I look at my leg, I think of that bastard." Ryuji scowled.

"Even after his heart's been changed, a lot of people are still suffering…" she trailed off.

"Rumors are still circling around about me because of him." Ryuji muttered. "He started tellin' everyone about my family…"

Noting the dour expression on his face, she attempted to put him at ease.

"You don't have to tell me if it makes you uncomfortable." she assured him.

"Nah, it's alright." Ryuji shrugged. "You told me about your family, after all. And honestly… it's really just my mom and me."

"Just the two of you?"

"Yeah. My father left a few years ago." Ryuji nodded before scowling. "But good riddance to that bastard. I remember him coming home drunk and beating me and my mom."

"That's awful…" she whispered. "And he… told everyone about that?"

"Yeah… people started lookin' at me differently after that… and one day I just lost it and hit Kamoshida." Ryuji admitted.

"I'm so sorry…" she whispered.

"Nah, it's fine. It's all in the past." Ryuji shrugged. "Right now I just gotta focus on the future. We already helped out tons of people when we took down Kamoshida, and we'll help out tons of other people."

She could sense Ryuji determination...

CHARIOT CONFIDANT: RANK 2

"Looks like I wasn't the only one to think to come here."

They both turned to see Ren walking up to them.

"Renren, you came here to work out too?" Ryuji ginned.

"I did… I wanted to get stronger." he confessed. I felt bad for slowly you guys down back at the palace. We nearly died because of me."

So, that was still bothering him.

"Ren, it's not your fault." she insisted.

"I still want to build up my stamina, and get in shape." he told her. "But I'm not really sure where to start."

"Don't worry about that! I could whip up some sort of exercise plan for you." Ryuji offered.

"Thank you. I'd really appreciate that." Ren nodded.

The three began their workout, which ended up being much more intense then she thought.

After half an hour, Ryuji and her were no worse for wear, but Ren was already gasping for air, completely exhausted.

"Looks like you've still got a ways to go." Ryuji grinned.

"Y-You two are insane…" Ren gasped. "There's no way I can keep up."

"Well, I was an athlete." Ryuji told him.

"And I maintain a strict diet and exercise plan." Makoto added. "Would you… like to call it a day?"

"Just… give me… five minutes…" Ren panted. "I don't want… to slow... you guys down."

After a small break, she went to the mat, hoping to practice her aikido.

"Oh, you know martial arts?" Ren asked.

"I do. My father made sure to teach my sister and I." she told him. "Would you like to learn or spar?"

"Ah… I don't want to hurt you." Ren told her.

She raised an eyebrow. "Oh, I assure you, you don't need to worry about that."

They stood at opposite sides of the mat, and as soon as the match began, she saw him begin to hesitate.

She immediately pinned him to the ground.

"Urgh…" Ren muttered. "Guess I was worried for nothing."

"Are you interested in learning martial arts?" she asked.

"A bit, yeah." he nodded. "There are a lot of different kinds though, so I'll do some research."

She helped him to his feet, and after continuing their workout for a little longer, they decided to call it a day.

Before she left the gym, however…

"That was some really impressive aikido!"

A tall, brown haired boy with glasses walked up to her, a smile on his face.

"Oh? Do you practice aikido too?" she asked.

"Oh, no, I practice kendo instead." the boy told her. "My name is Naoya Makigami, by the way. It's nice to meet you."

"Makoto Niijima. It's good to meet you too." she replied. "Are you… a high school student?"

"Oh, yes, I go to Kosei High School." he answered. "What school do you go to?"

"Shujin." she answered.

"Ah…"

It seemed that everyone had heard the news…

"I assume that you know what happened…" she muttered.

"It was all over the news." Naoya explained. "So many students from my school were talking about it. Some of them heard something about… Phantom Thieves?"

"Ohhh… looks like we're getting popular." Morgana grinned.

"They also mentioned something about… a Phansite? Something about sending requests to them about criminals for them to stop?" Naoya continued.

"Yes, I've heard about that." she told him.

"To be honest… I was considering putting in a request myself." Naoya told her.

"Really?"

"Yeah… there's been a string of burglaries in my area, including my parent's restaurant." he explained to her. "The police haven't been able to do anything, as they never seem to get caught on camera."

"Do you have any idea who they could be?" she asked.

"I have an idea." He admitted. "My older brother's been hanging out with these two guys who are nothing but trouble. They've been hanging around the restaurant a lot, and I've caught them looking around at the register or the safe a few times."

"Hmm… this might just be what we were looking for." Morgana told her.

"Maybe you should put in a request, just in case." she encouraged. "You don't have anything to lose, after all."

"That's true." Naoya agreed. "Guess I'll do that at home then. It was nice to meet you, Niijima-san."

"Likewise, Makigami-san." she smiled.

They went their separate ways, and as she walked out of the gym, Morgana poked his head out of her bag.

"That sounds like a good lead." Morgana said excitedly. "Let's tell the other's later."

She nodded, taking the subway home before studying and heading to bed.


5/1 Sunday

At Morgana's insistence, the four of them met up near the subway.

"Ugh, these requests suck!" Ryuji groaned. "It's just people complaining about their parents making them do chores and shit. There ain't even any big shots for us to target."

"Someone's was mean to me in an online chatroom." Ren sighed, reading a request. "Yeah, this isn't exactly what I was expecting."

"Here's a good one!" she exclaimed, reading a request. "A gang of thieves have been robbing restaurants in my area. Recently, two men named Raizo Matsui and Gota Ohno were spending lots of time in our family's restaurant, and later, most of the money there was stolen. I believe those two are the culprits."

That must have been Naoya's request.

"All right, there we go!" Ryuji grinned. "If they're part of a criminal gang stealing money from people, then they've gotta have one of those palaces!"

"I agree. Ren nodded. "But what about the keywords?"

"Mementos." Morgana answered. "Try that."

"Why?" Ryuji asked.

"I'll explain later! Just do it!" Morgana ordered.

Ryuji did just that, entering the names and Mementos into the app.

Candidate found.

"Woah, that worked!" Ryuji gasped.

The world began to twist and turn around them, and all the people around them disappeared.

"What happened?!" Ryuji exclaimed.

"Does the palace look the same as reality?" Ren wondered.

"Let me explain." Morgana offered. "We in Mementos right now… the palace that's shared by everyone except for with extremely distorted desires."

"So these two are small fry compared to Kamoshida." Ren noted. "So where are they?"

"The targets… and a bunch of shadows are down the stairs, underground." Morgana answered.

They all ventured down the stairs, immediately changing into their Thief attire as they did so.

"Looks like the shadow's are on high alert." Joker commented.

"This place looks huge, though!" Skull pointed out. "How are we gonna get around."

"... Looks like it's finally time." Morgana ominously said. "Morgana… transform!"

Morgana leaped into the air, dissipating into a cloud of smoke… only to be replaced by a black bus!

"Get in, everyone!" Morgana called.

"W-What the hell?!" Ryuji shouted in disbelief. "Mona, did you just transform into an effin' bus?!"

"Oh yeah, for some reason, cats transforming into buses is a really common cognition amongst the general public." Morgana told them."

Now that he mentioned it, she was pretty sure she saw a movie with something like that when she was little. It was cute.

Not Buchi levels of cute, but still cute.

"Uh… sure, let's go with that." Joker muttered. "I don't suppose that self-driving catbusses is a common cognition too, is it?"

"Afraid not." Morgana answered. "One of you needs to drive me."

"That's fine. I have my license." Queen told them.

"Great!" Mona said. "Just flip the switch in the front then."

Joker and her got in the front, while Ryuji sat in the back as she pressed the switch.

"Ohhhhh…. That feels gooood!" Mona meowed.

"Hahaha… listen to that engine purr." Joker quipped.

Everyone groaned. This was going to be a long ride.


A few minutes and half a dozen puns later, they found a strange red portal.

"What's that, Mona?" Joker asked.

"Looks like our destination." Mona told them. "You guys ready?"

"Let's go." she nodded.

She drove into the portal, arriving in a small chamber with two men inside.

Morgana transformed back into a cat, and the four thieves approached the two men.

"That must be those two's shadow's." Mona glared. "Gota and Raizo."

"Who the hell are you brats." Raizo muttered.

"Are you the guys who've been stealin' from restaurants?!" Ryuji yelled.

"Shit, they're onto us, Raizo!" Gota cursed. "I thought we made sure not to get caught!"

"What makes you think you can steal from innocent people?!" Ren scowled.

"Shut up, brats! You've probably never paid for a damn thing in your lives!" Raizo snapped.

"You're about to learn how it feels to be stolen from!" Makoto declared. "We'll take your distorted desires and make you confess to your crimes!"

"Come on, there are a lot of worse people than us!" Gota countered. "What about that Madarame guy, and all the people he's ruined!"

"Madarame?" Ryuji repeated. "The hell are you talking about?"

Instead of answering, they transformed, Gota becoming a giant red demon wielding a large blade, while Raizo became a roasted chicken with a human head.

"An Oni and a Onmoraki." Morgana explained. "Be careful."

Ryuji immediately charged Gota, slamming his club into his side, but it did minimal damage, and the Oni quickly slammed the flat of his blade against Ryuji.

Meanwhile, Ren dodged fireballs coming out of Raizo's mouth, trying to counter with an Eiha spell.

Much to his surprise, however, the curse magic did nothing, Raizo quickly countering with fire, singeing Ren.

As she went to heal Ryuji, Gota began rampaging, narrowly missing her as he slammed his blade into the ground.

She tried to counter with a punch, only for it to do pitiful damage and nearly get her bisected as Gota swung his blade.

Seeing that Mona was having similar trouble getting around the fire, she thought of a new plan.

"Joker! Skull! Switch!" she ordered, Joker coming to his side.

"Come at me, clown shoes!" Gota taunted.

Joker frowned. "Ok. That's it! You go down first. Dream Needle!"

Gota laughed as the gunshot approached, knowing it would do minimal damage.

What Gota wasn't expecting, however, was it to lull him to sleep, allowing her to prepare a power Frei spell to blast him off of his feet.

Meanwhile, Ryuji's height and endurance allowed him to cover Mona from the fire as the not cat fired from his slingshot, hitting Raizo in the head and knocking him to the ground beside Gota.

"Now finish them!" she shouted, all four of them unleashing a powerful attack to take them out.

Defeated, they reverted back to their human forms.

"Damn it…" Gota muttered. "If it weren't for that geezer of a painted, we wouldn't have been laid off."

"Geezer?" she questioned.

"Madarame!" Raizo answered. "We used to work for him as security guards. But he treated us like shit! He starts treating everyone like shit eventually, even his own apprentices!"

"Rich guys like him steal all the time." Gota muttered. "But people only ever go after the little guys like us that are just tryin' to make a livin'."

"So, this Madarame person… it sounds like he's caused you quite a bit of suffering." Queen noted. "But that doesn't mean you should drag innocent people into this by stealing from them."

"Yeah… guess you're right…" Raizo sighed.

"We're sorry…" Gota apologize. "But if you're taking down thieves…"

"Then take down that bastard Madrame too!" Raizo finished.

The two of them disappeared, leaving behind two shining orbs.

"That must be their treasure!" Morgana said. "Take it, Queen."

She nodded, doing just that.

"Hopefully the person who posted that request can comment again if those guy's hearts changed." Skull said.

"Yeah, it'll be good if we could help more people here." Ren nodded. "Not to mention, the shadows here are good training."

"And we can find lots of treasure here too!" Morgana beamed, his eyes gleaming.

"The painter Madarame…" she trailed off.

"Oh yeah, that's the guy those two kept talking about." Ryuji recalled. "Maybe we could look into him."

"For now though, let's get out of here." Mona ordered.

As they got back to the entrance of Mementos, however, they saw a car parked there, as well as what looked like a small child.

"What? A persona in Mementos?!" Morgana gasped.

The boy turned around, a puzzled expression on his face.

"Huh? How strange… What are you guys doing here?" the boy asked.

"W-What… we should be asked the same thing." Morgana countered.

"Oh, good point. Sorry." the boy apologized. "It's customary for a human to introduce himself before asking another human their name. Thank you for the reminder, Mr. Cat."

"Oh no…" Joker whispered. "He said the C word."

"I'm not a cat!" Morgana yelled.

"Yeah, he's actually a van."

"Shut it, frizzy hair!"

"I'm Jose!" The child said, introducing himself. "I've been studying humans. That's why I'm looking for flowers to turn them into drinks."

"Um… I'm just gonna pretend that made sense." Ryuji sighed.

"Surely there are more effective means of studying, right?" Queen asked.

"Maybe you could help me gather flowers?" Jose asked. "What are your names… wait, nevermind. I heard that humans like giving her nicknames."

"Heh… we already have a nickname for Bonehead over here." Mona smirked.

"Who're you callin' Bonehead, cat!"

"Bonehead and Kitty, got it!" Jose nodded.

"Don't call me that!" Mona snapped.

"What's wrong Kitty? Are you grumpy?" Jose asked.

"L-Let's move on, shall we?" she quickly said before Mona got any angerier.

"That's a good idea, scary lady!" Jose smiled.

"S-Scary lady?!" she stammered

She placed her hands on her hips, giving a fierce glare in Skull and Mona's direction. "I'm not scary, am I?!"

"N-No Ma'am!" Skull quickly stammered.

"N-No Queen!" Mona followed.

Joker let out a soft chuckle. "Guess there's your answer."

"Do you not like that nickname?" Jose asked. "Is there something you'd prefer. Something other people call you?"

She immediately looked towards Ren. "Joker, st-"

"Call her Beep Boop!" Joker exclaimed.

She glared at him as Jose nodded in approval.

"I like it!" the little boy smiled. "As for you… you can be Clown Shoes!"

"W-Why does everyone here call me that?" Joker frowned.

"Well you are a Joker." she smirked. "Guess the clown shoe's on the other foot now!"

"Ugh… is that how my jokes sound?" Ren muttered.

"Here, Miss Beep Boop, take this!" Jose said, offering a star shaped object. "It grants wishes, like stars in the sky. It's a symbol of our friendship."

"Oh… thank you." she said, taking the star.

Could this really grant wishes? Maybe she'd test it out later.

"I'll be here the next time you come." Jose promised, before honking his horn. "Good job!"

After Jose left, they exited Mementos, returning to the real world.

"Hell yeah, another success!" Ryuji grinned. "And I bet we'll get a lot more in from the Phansite."

"I wonder who made this site…" she asked aloud.

"Mishima made it." Ren told her. "He told me at school. He also said he'd keep on the lookout for more targets."

"Oh. That'll be very helpful." she nodded.

"Speakin' of school, do you think we'll be able to keep meeting on the school roof?" Ryuji asked.

"We'll need a new meeting place." she told them. "The principal was getting suspicious, and wanted me to investigate."

"We can figure all that out later. Good work today, team." Morgana complimented.

They all said their goodbyes before heading home.


Makoto's Confidant Progress:

THE FOOL - Ren Amamiya: Rank 2

THE HUNGER - Igor: Rank 3

THE CHARIOT - Ryuji Sakamoto: Rank 2

THE MAGICIAN - Morgana: Rank 2

THE FAITH - Eiko Takao: Rank 1

THE TOWER - Chiaki Yasui: Rank 1

THE SUN - Shiho Suzui: Rank 1

THE MOON - Takayo Tachibana: Rank 1

THE FORTUNE - Phantom Thieves of Heart: Rank 1

THE JUDGEMENT - Sae Niijima: Rank 1

Do you believe in the Phantom Thieves? Yes 6.6%