Hamuko and Minato leaped and stabbed their weapons to Izumi and Shadow Eater. Izumi crossed his arms in front of his chest, completely blocked the attacks. While he regaining his position, SEES and Strega managed to reunion with their members.

"Junpei-kun, are you alright?" Fuuka rushed to Junpei's side, checking his condition.

"Y-You're back!"

Yukari shot him a dead glare, but quickly turned to Izumi.

"That's because someone stupid here didn't show up in the mission!" She snapped. "What the hell are you doing here!?"

"D-Don't blame me! That's not my fault!" Junpei helplessly turned to Chidori, but the girl didn't spare him a sight. She concentrated on Jin and Takaya who were coming to her way.

"Yamagishi, is he the Shadow Eater?" Mitsuru eyed on Izumi, narrowing her eyes.

"…Yes, I'm sure of it. In fact, we all saw it too…"

Izumi swung the knife evoker, blood dripping on the floor.

"Hello…little couple. It's been quite some times. Why are you having those scary faces?" Izumi asked with his usual smile. That look was so annoying that Hamuko twitched her brows.

"…You know it." The insanity in his eyes were real. She couldn't imagine what made the guy turned into this.

"…And hello, Jin and Takaya, what brought you here?" This time, he turned to Jin and Takaya. If wasn't the scars on his body, Jin might mistake him as the usual Izumi he knew.

Jin gritted his teeth. He knew he had to control his inner emotion. He knew right from the start he wasn't coming here to say hello to him. But still…seeing Izumi and Shadow Eater, he felt heart wrenching.

Why he didn't notice it earlier?

"…Jin, there's nothing you can't do even you notice it." Takaya said calmly beside him. His deep voice reached to the deepest part of his mind, echoing. "You know what we are coming for, right?"

Jin raised a smile. He looked at Chidori, finding question inside her eyes. He too, wanted to ask what was she doing here as well. But now wasn't the best timing to do so.

"…Izumi, tell me. You allow your persona eats shadows, is that it?" He inhaled deeply before continuing. "You hunt shadow from human…even you know they will turn into Apathy Syndrome."

Izumi didn't response to him. He just watched Jin with calmed face.

"One of your senpai in Hagakure…you ate his shadow, right?"

"So, what? It's none of your business."

Jin sighed. He didn't deny, huh?

"You're wrong. It is our business now. Your senpai's girlfriend requested us to revenge. Her boyfriend becomes the victim of Apathy Syndrome after meeting you. In any case, you're most suspicious. To others, they will simply treat her as some kind of paranoia, but to us…we know exactly she is right."

"So…you come to kill me, huh?"

Exactly.

"H-He ate his senpai's shadow!?" Hamuko frowned. She doubted Jin's words, but then she recalled once a time they encountered Shadow Eater. Indeed, it was eating shadow.

"He doesn't seem too well…" Minato mumbled.

Jin turned his head to Mitsuru, watching her with murderous glare.

"See, Mitsuru Kirijo! This is what your family did to us!"

Strega looked at Mitsuru at the same time. Their glances were vicious that even Mitsuru felt it. She lowered her head, unable to say anything.

It was her family's fault, she couldn't deny it. On the other side, she could see Yukari was biting her bottom lip. She felt sorry for her, as her father was one of the researchers back then. She must've felt it too.

"…It was her grandfather who did it. She has nothing to do with this."

"Yeah, what she's doing now is cleaning up her grandfather's mess. Stop blaming her!"

However, Hamuko and Minato both stood in front of her, blocking the glares from Strega. The other members did the same, covering Mitsuru and Yukari's back.

"We already know this, and we decided to help Mitsuru." Akihiko balled his fists.

They're tired from the previous fight with Giant Shadows, but they couldn't let Shadow Eater did what it wanted here.

"Tch…" Jin cursed. He's again letting his emotion got the best of him. Takaya and Chidori didn't say anything. That's just because they thought it's better to shut up. It made him more frustrated.

Seeing her teammates shielded her and braced her up like this, Mitsuru felt warmth built inside. She looked at Yukari, tapping her back and took a step forward.

"I won't deny any of my grandfather did back then. But I would like to declare that I won't turn my back from this." Mitsuru unsheathed the blade.

"Y-Yeah, I'm not backing down, too!" Yukari followed behind. She didn't want to show her weak side in front of Strega.

"Whatever! Don't get into our ways!" Jin shouted, and then turned to Izumi. "Izumi, just give in. It's better to save your resistance and die."

"I refuse." Immediately, Izumi rejected his offer. There was no confusion and hesitation. "I won't die…I don't want to die."

Then, he pierced the knife into his left chest and summoned his persona.

"Come, Nameless!" Nameless was the true name of Shadow Eater. "Oh yeah…you guys call it Shadow Eater, right?"

His mental was clearly unstable now. Persona that out of control was terrible, yet Izumi didn't seem aware of its danger.

In the same time, Jin summoned Morus and punched Nameless's face. And then he used Agilao on it. Izumi didn't expect Jin would do that. The faceless persona endured the hard punch and fire spells.

However, those attacks did no effect to Nameless. Nameless showed instability in front of them, while no damage received. Izumi shouted, ordering Nameless to do counter attack and gave Morus a punch.

Jin cursed. SEES didn't waste any time, attacking Izumi and Nameless together.

Hamuko and Minato both attacked him from right and left side, following up by Akihiko and Junpei. Yukari and Mitsuru used Wind and Ice spells.

Unexpectedly, Izumi dodged all the attacks, no scratches left on his body. His reflection speed was incredible that no man could catch up. Then, he lowered his body and dashed to Hamuko. Judging from his posture, he was intending to pierce the stomach from down. Hamuko quickly leaped back, but Izumi already saw through her, leaping at the same time to close their gaps.

"What -" Hamuko startled by him.

"Hamuko!"

No way…It's too late…!

It just about Izumi reached his knife to Hamuko, a grenade suddenly threw in between them. Hamuko widened her eyes, quickly reached to her Evoker. The grenade exploded immediately after that.

Izumi managed to summon Nameless just in time and its head disappeared due to the explosion. However, the head recovered in instant and returned to perfect state.

"What the hell are you doing, you damn Jin!? You almost kill me!" Fortunately, Hamuko managed to summon Surt and blocked the explosion. She only received minor physical damage. A second late, she could have died.

"Who cares!? Sounds good to me!" Jin smirked. How the hell he would care about her. "Tch…I can't do any damage to him!"

"He is strong against all the element attacks and physical attacks!" Fuuka announced. At the same time, Chidori confirmed her statement.

"So…it means he inherited all the characteristics from the shadows he ate?"

How annoying.

In the corner of his eyes, Jin could see the sparkling in Ikutsuki's eyes. Izumi's persona was perfect in all the meaning. His persona was the goal those researchers pursued.

"…Are you really no longer human?" He mumbled, gritting his teeth.

"No…I am human. I just refuse to die, that's it."

Upon saying that, Izumi immediately launched another attack. He dashed to Strega, aiming the knife to Takaya. Takaya didn't use to close range attack, and with his speed, there's no way Takaya could dodge.

Takaya summoned his persona Hypnos and used Megido to stop Izumi from getting closer. The All Mighty energy ball dropped between them and exploded. Two of them, including Hypnos were sent flied from their position.

"Takaya!"

"What IS he!?"

All of them could see Izumi's left arm was disappeared. Blood kept dropping down from the lost arm. His long pant was shabby due to the All Mighty skill.

"…He scarified one of his hands to protect himself." Minato sweat dropped. All of them was shocked by his clear-cut mind.

"Izumi…are you going to continue living this way?" Hamuko saw Jin and Chidori went to pick up Takaya, and Takaya seemed fine.

"…If it keeps me from dying, I will do everything." Izumi raised a bitter smile. "You may not understand it, little Hamuko."

How people struggling to survive, how to react to know that their life had reached the limit…if they didn't go through it, they wouldn't know how frightening it was. But well, he didn't expect the little couple will understand at all.

However…Strega. Izumi looked to the same failed experiment objects as him. They knew it, yet they decided to get rid of him. Maybe that was the best they could do for him, as they knew his life spam had reached the end. But without knowing the meaning of love, how could they possibly knew the pain and sorrow inside of him?

So…no matter what, he would fight, fight till the end.

The blood stop dropping. The wounds on his body had slowly healed.

"…As I expected, it won't grow back." He looked at his lost arm, mumbling.

"W-What…? Is he a monster?" Junpei said, slightly holding tight on his katana.

"Shut up! Let me eat your persona! If so…sure my life will extend!"

"In order to live, you've tried so hard, huh?" Hamuko could feel the desperation in his tone. Personally, she sympathy him. She wanted to help him. But deep down, she knew the only way to save him was ending his life here.

"How foolish." Takaya loaded bullets in his gun. His face showed tiredness. "Our death is irresistible. Only we know the beauty of this hidden hour, in the exchange of our life. Our power is a blessing to us. Don't you understand?"

"…I have no intention to know it. If I can live and stay with the one important to me…I'm willing to do everything." After a short silence, Izumi answered and shook his head.

"…I don't understand." Chidori lowered her head, sparing Junpei a glance. And then, she frowned.

"I don't think you can understand, Chidori…enough with this…just let me eat your persona!" The craziness in his eyes had turned close to ferocious. He bent over his knee and picked up the knife evoker, dashing to Chidori.

Chidori threw the axe to him while leaping away. Takaya shot to distract Izumi. One shot…two shots…Izumi dodged all the bullets from Takaya.

"Chidori!"

Junpei rushed to Izumi, swinging his katana. Izumi dodged it as well, but quickly bent down when he saw Hamuko, Minato and Akihiko appeared behind Junpei. The three of them coordinated perfectly, throwing everything they could to the opponent.

When Izumi took a step back, Minato quickly summoned Thor and used Gigantic Fist on him. Although it did less damage to the man, it managed to draw him back.

Meanwhile, Jin was preparing something. He opened his case and check inside.

"Go away! You dammit!"

Jin threw his case to Izumi. The case connected to Jin with a wire. When Izumi noticed the wire, Jin smirked and pulled.

"Take this!"

The cover of the case opened. With a pull, all the grenade insurance bolt had been pulled out. It was more than enough to blow a hundred people.

"Everyone, stay back! Junpei, help us!" Minato quickly ordered, nodding to Hamuko.

"Persona!"

Minato and Hamuko summoned Surt and Pyro Jack to absorb and blocked the explosion. Following the instruction, Junpei summoned Hermes to help.

"Yukari, stay behind them!"

"Y-Yes!"

The suit case exploded on top of Izumi. The flash dyed surrounding to white. Flame and impact raged the scene.

"Scary…" Fuuka covered her mouth. Haruka went to her side and patted her back. "…Haruka-chan, can we fight against him…?"

Looking to the battle between Izumi and SEES, Haruka shifted her gaze to the aqua haired girl.

"…You don't believe in them?"

"Of course I believe in them…but still, how could we fight against human? In any case, we must kill him to end all this…" Thinking about this, Fuuka couldn't help but trembling. She hadn't think of killing someone before.

"…He is not human." Haruka lowered her head, said timidly. "He is merely a monster."

Fuuka gasped, clutching her chest tightly.

The rooftop turned to complete mess. Ikutsuki looked at the place and sighed helplessly. He was hiding behind the door to avoid getting drag into the battle.

It was overacted. The explosion could kill countless shadows, yet…

Although he was injured, but his eyes still focused.

He's still alive.

He must have summoned Nameless at that very moment. Strega now was completely had no mean to fight against Izumi.

On the other hand, SEES was shocked by the persistency of the man.

"He is terribly strong…" Akihiko frowned hardly.

"Is there truly a way to win…?" Yukari said with desperation. The bow she's holding dropped.

"…Looks like I win…Hmm!?" Half way, Izumi suddenly spitted out some blood.

"W-What happens…?"

Strega looked gloomy seeing those bloods. They knew well the reason. However, to SEES, they assumed that was caused by the explosion.

Takaya raised his gun, aiming to Izumi's forehead. Under this condition, Izumi had no way to defend. He just kept coughing out bloods, more and more.

"…I will let you rest forever. Goodbye, my friend."

"Takaya." Jin stopped him. "Let me finish him."

Takaya stared at him for a while. Later, he shrugged and passed the gun to him.

Holding the gun on hand, feeling the coldness of the metal, Jin trembling. He looked at Hamuko and Minato, but the two of them simply let him decide what to do.

They respected the will of him to end his friend's life.

"Tch…" This felt bad, like owing them a favour. "…Izumi, we will follow you later, so just let's end this."

He was about to pull the trigger. Izumi's life will end soon…

However…

Izumi vigorously raised his head. He seemed to hold his breath to stop the coughing.

"I told you…I can't die!"

Without hesitation, he pierced the knife evoker to his left chest. The whole blade inserted into the flesh. Even it was just a small knife, the length of the blade was enough to pierce through his heart.

"What are you doing, Izumi!?"

SEES and Strega were stunned by his action. He said he couldn't die, but what he did went the opposite way. What was he trying to do!?

Jin intended to rush to Izumi's side. Chidori stopped him by pulling him back, shaking her head.

"…Don't get near him."

"What…?"

"…You'll be killed."

Behind the groaning Izumi, a black figure slowly appeared. Unlike the Nameless he usually summoned, this one looked taller and bigger. It's like a giant black figure.

"…Eat me…Nameless…devour me…make me become one with you…"

I'm giving up…as human…

His voice was so timid, but Jin heard it. He was sure he heard it!

"Stop! Don't do that!"

As if responding to Izumi's call, Nameless opened his mouth, letting out a scary roar.

In instant, all of them covered their ears. The roar was terrible. They felt as if it would hurt them mentally.

While roaring, Nameless bent down and swallowed Izumi. First swallow, it ate half of Izumi. Second swallow, it managed to make the man completely inside it.

Nameless's features collapsed, slowly turned into something else. Its body started to change, from a giant black figure to a human sized figure. Its body was extremely thin and fragile, yet the hand claws were so huge that completely unmatched with its size. Soon, Nameless and Izumi would become one.

"No, we can't let them become one!" Aware of the danger, Mitsuru's voice caught everyone's attention back. She summoned Penthesilea. "Bufula!"

However, ice spell couldn't do any damage to him. Doing the same, everyone threw everything to the black figure, following by Minato and Hamuko's Thanatos Brave Blade.

Thanatos gave him a critical hit. However, just as expected, he recovered his status in instant.

"…It's hurt…"

Izumi stood there like nothing had happened. Although he said he's hurt, but they couldn't see a scratch on his shine black body.

"Damn…"

They failed to do any damage to him.

Izumi completely turned into Shadow Eater. No hair, no eyes or nose, no mouth. The knife evoker also disappeared. His left arm grew back, turned into huge claw.

The one visible on his face was the scar on his left eye. That was caused by Minato. Seeing that, Minato slightly narrowed his eyes.

"Izumi…" Hamuko pursed her lips, knowing she had no right to blame anyone.

They knew nothing about Izumi. They only knew that he went through the same experiment as Strega did. Other than that, they knew nothing.

She could see Jin was balling his fist tightly, guilty and regret showed in his eyes.

"Jin…Takaya…Chidori…we have no way to understand each other. Perhaps…from the time we reunited, it has turned this way out." Izumi said. His voice was empty and distanced. "I don't care anything. All I wanted is to stay with Maya-san and Saya…however, you're still the same. You treat Dark Hour and persona are your glories…I am the one who changed. I won't force you to understand me. The least I can do…is to apologize."

"Izumi…"

"And little couple…" This time, he turned to Minato and Hamuko. "I'm sorry for dragging you all into this…I hated Kirijo before, but without them, I won't be able to meet Maya-san…I'm sorry for hurting you all before…"

A brief of silence covered the place, until Izumi broke it again.

"Please you all…don't get into my way. If you really do so…I'll have no way to kill you."

Then, he just stood there.

But the atmosphere turned heavier than before.

SEES all exchanged a glance, feeling the murderous from Izumi. Hamuko raised a bitter smile, walking near to Minato.

"…This is bad. I don't think I can beat him."

"…Neither am I." Sweat rolling down from Minato's cheek.

Chidori took a glance at Junpei. She felt that part of her responded to Izumi's words, yet she couldn't understand at all.

"…Damn Izumi, I think he is warning us to run. He can kill us anytime." Jin gritted his teeth.

"Unfortunately, I don't plan to turn my back." Takaya rubbed his hair. "I feel shame to my persona, if I run away from this."

"Same here." Mitsuru stepped out. "Ending your life is my responsibility. I won't escape."

"Senpai…"

"You may go back to the dorm if you want. I won't force you to stay and fight with me."

"What are you talking, Mitsuru?" Akihiko shrugged. "Of course I'm staying here."

"Y-Yes, me too!" Yukari followed suit.

"M-Me, too!" Junpei looked at Chidori, but quickly gazed back to the red haired girl.

"Yeah, count us in, senpai!" Hamuko answered behalf of Minato. The guy just sighed and gave Mitsuru a nod.

"I'll be provided support from here. Everyone, please be extra careful." Staying behind, Fuuka held her hands together.

"…Be careful." Haruka stood beside Fuuka. She might not help, but she wanted to see the end of Izumi.

"Tch…!" Jin cursed, feeling pissed. He took a deep breath, decided not to let them bother him. He checked the equipment on hands, only found two grenades in each of his pocket, and the evoker.

This was too bad.

"Jin." Suddenly, Minato called him. With surprise, Jin raised his brow to the guy not far from him. "Let's work together."

"Huh!?" Jin grimaced. Did he hear things?

"Don't take the wrong way! You're still our enemy! But this time, it's different." Hamuko shifted her gaze from Jin to Izumi. "You know, we can't beat him if we just keep pulling each other's leg."

Mitsuru looked at Strega.

"…I hate to say this, but I know we couldn't do it if we fight each other now."

"…Jin." Takaya murmured.

"…I know." Sighing, Jin pulled out his evoker. "Just don't get into our ways!"

He summoned Morus, released Fatal end skill.

Morus waved his hand. Morus was huge, while Izumi was human size. The difference in size should gave more advantages on Morus. However…

"…I have given you chance to run…why bother to fight?"

Izumi stopped Morus's punch with its giant claw.

"What the…"

"Follow up!"

Hamuko quickly summoned Thor. Akihiko and Yukari followed suit. Minato, Junpei and Mitsuru rushed to Izumi, swinging their weapons. Izumi simply swung Morus to them, blocking them. The three of them leaped. When they came to sense, Izumi had disappeared from his position.

Minato felt wind brushed against his face, yet he failed to grasp anything. Then, he heard a scream.

"Nooooooooo!"

Izumi grabbed Hamuko on neck, and used his claw to grasp something in the air.

For first, the team had no idea what was he doing. But soon, Minato realized he had seen the same scene before.

"Hamuko!"

Hamuko recalled the battle before. Izumi had done the same thing to her. Fear started to build inside her as she tried to kick him away. Unfortunately, Izumi completely ignored her kicks, focused on grabbing her persona.

Hamuko groaned in pain, but she refused to give in. At the same time, and axe appeared in front of Izumi.

"!"

"Garudyne!"

"Garula!"

Takaya and Yukari summoned their personas, using the wind skill in unison. Th whirlwind blew Hamuko and Izumi up to the air. In deep shock, Izumi released Hamuko in instant. Akihiko quickly rushed and caught her in his arms.

Taking advantage of this gap, Izumi got back to his position, dashing to Chidori. Chidori waved her axe, hoping to stop him. But the man flicked the axe away, went straight to the Lolita girl.

"Take this!"

"Chidori!"

Takaya used Ziodyne, while Junpei used Agilao to Izumi. The electricity and fire skill burnt Izumi in the same time. They smelled charred smell in the air, and Izumi did stop his pace.

He shook his head, seemed a bit dizzy.

"Takaya!" Minato tossed a metal gun to Takaya. That's the gun he passed to Jin before.

"Hmph…" Takaya grabbed the gun and aimed at Izumi with hesitation. He shot continuously. Everytime he shot, Izumi let out a groan. Two shots to his head, while three shots to his body.

This should end his life.

Everyone thought so. However, the fact was-

"…Did you do anything?"

Izumi asked. Takaya narrowed his eyes, cursed.

The bullets all dropped to the ground.

They didn't even hit his body. The outer shelf had blocked the bullets from reaching Izumi. But…

A drop of red liquid dropped down from Izumi's face.

It came out from his left eyes. His outer shelf blocked the bullet, but it didn't seem to block the impact.

"So…that's his weak point." Haruka said under her breath. "Fuuka…"

Just about the same time, Fuuka suddenly let out a gasp. She looked to the other side, murmuring.

"Haruka-chan…I sense someone nearby…W-What should I do?"

"…Do you know who it might be?" Something rang a bell in Haruka's mind. There's no one could stay in human form during Dark Hour. If anyone, that person was probably…

"Wait a minute…it's a little girl. A little girl I don't know at all…" Fuuka's face turned pale. "Why is she here?"

A little girl…Haruka looked at SEES and Strega. They're tired, especially SEES. Although they didn't say it out loud, but judging from their appearance, they're panting hardly. The battle drained them a lot. She had to do something.

"…Fuuka, I'll be right back."

"H-Haruka-chan!?"

Haruka ran down the stair, bumping into Ikutsuki who holding a cup of water on his hand.

"Are you going somewhere?"

"…I have to look for a way to help them."

"Do you want to kill that guy? Well, he is prefect in my opinion…"

"He is a failed object. Without the will to live, he is nothing." Haruka broke his sentence. "Soon, he will die. Even if he wins this battle, he can no longer live as a normal human."

"…It sounds unpleasant, but indeed you're right." Sighing, Ikutsuki ascended the stair. "He is perfect. Still, it won't change the fact that he is failed object. Do whatever you want."

His tone made Haruka slightly frowned. As a human, he truly was cold-hearted. However, she couldn't waste more time dealing with him. She quickly ran out of the dorm, following Fuuka's instruction to find the little girl.

It was a dirty trick, but the only way they could win.

… …

Minato panted for air. He struggled to brace himself up. He looked to the girl laid beside him, groaning.

"Hamuko…"

"I'm beat…he is way too strong."

Hamuko endured the pain on her right arm. The claw left its mark on her arm, making it bleed non-stop. The others were same, all covered with scratches and injuries. Strega still tried to fight back, but their efforts were vain.

"…Now, I should eat your persona." Izumi walked near to them. this left eye still bleeding. "Starting from you…Jin…"

Fuuka knelt, covering her mouth.

"No…Haruka-chan…!" Where did she go? Did she find the little girl? Did the little girl truly would help to change anything?

"Tch…" Jin cursed when Izumi came to his front. "Izumi…"

"Farewell…my friend."

"Stop there."

Haruka pushed open the door, revealing a little girl on her hand. The girl was scared. She sobbed, face covered with tear and snivel. She was…

"Saya…why…?"

Just as expected. Izumi turned away from Jin to her.

"P-Princess!"

Once Haruka put her down, Saya immediately ran to Chidori, the one she knew and close to. Chidori knelt, patting her back.

"…What are you doing here?"

"I-I'm looking for father…he's not there…I don't know where he goes…mother won't come back tonight…I'm scared…!"

"I see…" Chidori gave Izumi and glance, taking out a handkerchief to wipe the girl's face.

"Why the little girl…" Akihiko looked at Mitsuru with shock. In fact, all of them were shocked.

"Kamijou, why are you bringing her here?" Mitsuru bit her bottom lips. She could only think of one possibility that would made the purple haired girl did so…

"…She is Saya…someone really close to Izumi."

"How did you know that…" Yukari frowned, staring Haruka with doubt.

"I see…this is really interesting." Takaya smirked. "She is adapted to Dark Hour…probably affected by Izumi, since they lived together. They said persona user will attract each other. I did not expect the adaptability will transfer to others."

Hearing that, Mitsuru immediately understood it. It may sound unbelievable, but it may happen.

"Give her back to me!"

Izumi shouted, shaking the place. His eyes showed anger. His claws ready to tear them.

"Yekkkkkk!" Saya clutched Chidori's skirt, letting out a scary cry. "M-Monster…!"

Izumi trembled. He looked to his hands. Normal human didn't have giant claws. His hands could never touch the girl like he usually did.

He lost the right to hug the girl.

"Eh…?" Fuuka lifted her head. "He..."

"What's wrong, Fuuka?" Hamuko asked.

At the same time, Chidori felt the same as Fuuka. They both felt off.

"…I don't sense him anymore."

"The persona take over its master! Be careful!"

"What!?"

When all of them sank in deep shock, Nameless started to move. He bent down like a beast, charging once he ready. He opened his claws, attempted at the people at the front line - Junpei and Akihiko.

Akihiko quickly ben down to dodge the claw. Junpei let out a funny yelp, but still managed to dodge. Both retreated to the back. However, Nameless was faster than them, opening his mouth, preparing to devour them.

"Junpei! Akihiko!"

"Dammit!"

Junpei cursed inwardly, holding his evoker on hand tightly.

But the pain didn't hit him as expected.

"…Hmm?"

Nameless groaned and struggled. Like being chained, he started to twist his body.

"W-What is it…"

"…Izumi is fighting." Chidori murmured.

Red liquid once again dropped down from its left eyes. Narrowing his eyes, Minato had an idea.

"Aim at his left eye! That's his weak point!"

"Minato-kun!"

Hamuko and Minato summoned Thanatos. The others followed suit, using their best skills, aiming at the only point. Strega did the same, not wanting to fall behind, summoning their personas as well. Different element attacks combined as one, like a spear, pierced into Nameless left eye.

The black figure twisted its body, flame burst out from the left eye and slowly dissolved into the air.

Out of the blue, Saya knelt and fell to the floor. Before Chidori could figure out, she turned into a coffin like most of the people.

"…The one affected has gone. She turns back to a normal person." Fuuka wiped off the tears in her eyes, said timidly.

"It's over…"

Everyone sighed, glad that they're still alive.

Hamuko rested her head on Minato's shoulder, sighing.

"…Next time, we won't be seeing him at Hagakure."

"Yeah."

"…Kind of…lonely."

Jin carried the small coffin on his shoulder, ready to go.

"…Next time we meet, we're enemy."

"…We know that."

Chidori followed behind the other two members, taking a glance to Junpei one last time. She pursed her lips, saying nothing.

"C-Chidori!" Junpei called her, but she went without looking at him.

He wanted to know the reason she cheated him. Today was a mess, complete mess. He wondered would he meet her again at the same place.

"Mitsuru, you alright?" Akihiko sat beside the red haired girl. Yukari was treating her wound.

"…I'm fine." Mitsuru lowered her head. "What happened today just make me realize how serious my sin is."

"Don't say that, senpai. I'm…no different than you." Yukari looked away. Her eyes were red.

Haruka remained silent, returned to her room. She didn't want to be caught by Mitsuru later. They won't forgive her using such a dirty trick. It's best to leave now. She went passed Ken when she descended the stair. He was probably staying at the Command Room before.

By the time she closed the door, Dark Hour ended.