A few minutes later…
After a while of Joker, her boyfriend and teammates splitting up to ask around and gather useful information for the qualification thing (and Joker found and obtain the map to Shido's cruise ship palace) they regroup in front of the Representatives Chamber doors.
"How did it go for all of you?" asked Queen as she glance at each of them.
"Not great, but not bad either." replied Panther.
"Silver and I was able to get a bit of intel as well. We should sort through what all of us gained for now." said Fox while Silver nodded her head.
"Well, I took a look at the map that Madame Keiko found and obtained earlier and I found what appears to be a safe room. Right here." said Mona as he pointed at the safe room spot on the map in Joker hands.
"Oooh, it's close by." said Skull with a happy smile on his face.
"Perfect. Let's go over our intel in the safe room." said Queen.
"Shall we, everyone?" said Joker as she glance at her boyfriend and teammates (who nodded in unison to her) before they turned and make their way toward the safe room and went into the safe room to begin going over the intel that they got from the masked guests.
"Still, this is a surprise… All the cognitive guests in this Palace seem like real humans. The casino earlier looked pretty real too, but talking with these guests was a whole 'other story." said Mona.
"Yeah, I agree with you, Mona." said Silver as she nodded at Mona.
"You have that right…" said Fox.
"This ruler's observational skills and insight are off the charts. Shido's a formidable foe…" said Mona with a concern look on his face.
"C'mon, no need to freak out!" said Skull reassuringly to them.
"I'm not freaking out! I was just thinking it'll be easier to make a plan since they can talk normally. All right, let's put together the information we gathered." said Mona.
"… So, we gotta get a "letter of introduction" from the five VIPs?" said Skull.
"And those 5 letters become the keycards?" said Panther.
"Yes, exactly. Now let's go over what all of us have learned." said Queen as she nodded at both Skull and Panther. "First, according to my intel… One of the VIPs is an influential politician by the name of Ooe. He's supposedly seen at the restaurant at night and sits at a table near the windows." added Queen to them.
"Ooe, the influential politician, huh?" thought Templar in his mind.
"Um, I'll go next. I heard about a prominent VIP who used to be… nobility? They said he's usually by the pool." said Panther.
"Next is my intelligence. It seems the president of a television station is also a VIP. He always plays slots at night. It would seem he spends his money quite lavishly." said Fox.
"Humph. Sounds like a great waster of money." scoffed Silver.
"Crap. I'm startin' to forget people already…" said Skull with a worry look on his face.
"Don't worry. We'll tell you again later, Skull." said Blanc reassuringly to Skull.
"Next is my turn!" said Oracle.
"For real!? Even you got info?" said Skull in surprise at Oracle.
"Of course. I eavesdropped. Supposedly one of the VIPs is the president of an IT company. He's always in his room and reportedly enters from an exclusive hallway." said Oracle.
"Well done, Oracle." said Joker proudly at Oracle.
"Thanks, big sis." said Oracle as she smiled and nodded at Joker.
"Well then, I'll close us out!" said Mona.
"How the hell'd you get info with your looks?" said Skull in disbelief at Mona (who ignore his words).
"It seems like some guy they call the "cleaner" is another VIP. I've heard that he's cautious, so it's probably best if we check the other VIPs first." said Mona.
"Cleaner? I wonder what they mean by that." said Noir with a confuse look on her face.
"Could mean anything, Noir." said Blanc.
"Wait a minute. After all the VIPs we listed, this one's a cleaner? Is he really a VIP?" said Panther.
"…Supposedly." said Mona.
"I'm sorry… I couldn't get any information." said Noir apologetically to them.
"It's fine and you did try, isn't it, Noir?" said Blanc reassuringly to Noir (who smiled at him).
"Neither do I." thought both Silver and Templar sadly in their minds.
"Me neither! So don't worry about it like Blanc said, alright? Let's just work harder during the battle." said Skull.
"Yeah, you heard him, Noir." said Blanc.
"You are both right… I'll do my best!" said Noir as she nodded at both Blanc and Skull.
"But there's a bigger problem, y'know… My memory's, uh… not so great. Anyways, who was who…? Uhhhh…" said Skull as he scratch his head and try to remember the five VIPs identities.
"Seriously, Skull?" thought Crow as he shake his head at Skull.
"Ugh, it's no use! I can't keep the profiles of five people straight into my head…" groaned Skull with an exasperated look on his face.
"I can only remember about two of them… What about you, Joker?" asked Panther.
"I can remember because I've a really good memory, Panther." replied Joker.
"Really? Wow!" said Panther with a surprise look on her face at Joker.
"Wow indeed, Panther." said Crow with a smile on his face.
"We're up against five people. The politician Ooe, a former noble, a TV station president, an IT president and the cleaner. We get certification from them and obtain letters of introduction that'll served as keycards. But only go for the cleaner after the other four have been dealt with. Right?" said Oracle.
"Don't worry, we know, Oracle." said Spade as he nodded at Oracle.
"Whoa! Now that's impressive! You go, genius!" said Panther.
"Yeah, this will help us a lot." Said Joker in agreement with
"If we can." said Oracle as she nodded at Panther.
"If any of us can't remember the details on the VIPs, let's reconvene inside a safe room." said Queen.
"All right, let's get this done quickly!" said Mona slightly impatiently to them.
"Hold on a minute, Mona. We know how to get into the main assembly hall now… How about we head home now?" said Queen.
"Huh? You wanna go home already?" said Skull in confusion to Queen.
"You got a problem with that, Skull?" said Templar as he narrowed his eyes at Skull.
"… N-No, I don't." said Skull as he shake his head.
"Hm." said Templar.
"There are people in here with special letters. That means Shido trust them to a certain extent." said Mona.
"It would be best to consider them as powerful individuals and if not, Shido's "allies" might showed up and help them out, possibly including Jester. We do not want to get too hasty. Let us take our time here." said Fox.
"You've a point, Fox." said Silver in agreement with Fox.
"I guess we do have a little time to spare. Well then, let's head back for today. Madame Keiko?" said Mona as he glance at Joker (who nodded before she take out her phone, press the Meta-Nav app on it to transport herself, her boyfriend and teammates out of Shido's palace and back into the real world before she bade farewell to her boyfriend and teammates and they split up and went home).
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A few minutes later, in Leblanc…
"Oh, you're back and your cat too…" said Sojiro as he glance at both Keiko and Morgana (who's inside Keiko's bag) after they came back into Leblanc.
"Yeah, we're back, boss." said Keiko as she nodded at Sojiro.
"…So, this is it, huh?" said Sojiro.
"Yes, it is and for Futaba-chan's sake and getting Maly back too." said Keiko.
"Thanks, Keiko. Do what you need to. I'll try to help you all any way I can. Just don't be reckless, got it?" said Sojiro concernly to Keiko.
"Right, I know and got it, boss." said Keiko as she nodded again at Sojiro before she heard and felt her phone vibrating with incoming messages, take out her phone and see them.
YK: That Palace is an accurate portrayal of Shido's depraved nature.
RS: Whaddya mean?
HO: I have to agree. I'm sure he's quite used to traveling, especially on extravagant ships.
JS: And probably others too.
FS: And it should be obvious he's not using his own money for it. There are all sorts of rumors online.
RS: Ohhhhh! I get it! He's using tax money? Not cool, Shido.
KD: I agree with you, Ryuji. How dare he!
MN: I think he believes that which belongs to others in turn belongs to him.
AT: Even people's lives.
AS: What a cruel bastard…
YK: That is correct. This country will be a miserable place if Shido becomes prime minister.
AK: That won't happen, not on our watch.
KA: I agree with Akira-kun. We have to stop him by changing his heart.
RS: Right. We gotta pay him back for what he did to Keiko too.
AK: Not just for Keiko-san, but also getting Maly back.
RS: Right, her too.
After Keiko's done in seeing and messaging with her friends, she turned off her phone before going up and went into her attic room, put her school bag and Morgana down on the table, change her uniform into her pajamas before Keiko pick Morgana up, lie down on the futon and fell asleep.