The World meets the hidden world

21/3/20XX, Tuesday

[Kuoh Town, Akira's House]

"I'm home!" Akira shouted as he entered the house.

"Ah, you're back! Welcome home!" Morgana meowed as he slipped into the hallway. Removing his shoes and slipping on his slippers, Akira entered the kitchen with his groceries and a hungry cat in tow. "Is that food? Did you buy me something good? Maybe its sushi!" Morgana sang with sparkles in his eyes.

Laughing, Akira shook his head as he pulled out a pot. "I'm sorry Morgana but looks like you have to stick with cat food for now. I only bought ingredients to make curry. How about I treat you to some milk instead?" he asked.

"Fine. Oh, what I have to put up with just to live with you!" Morgana moaned. Shaking his head with laughter, Akira put on an apron as he began to get to work on some curry. Before long, the delicious smell of curry wafted through the air. Nodding at a job well done, Akira scooped out half of the small pot he had made for himself. He then placed the remaining curry in a container before putting it in the fridge, along with a note that read, "Dear Mother, this is some homemade curry for you. Please remember to heat it before eating it. Akira."

Akira then proceeded to have his dinner as he told Morgana about his day. Upon hearing about Akira's encounter with the three idiot perverts, the cat burst out into laughter. Chortling, Morgana managed to say, "Sorry, haha, but I can't believe the leader of the Phantom Thieves, the almighty Joker, has degraded himself to scaring away perverts haha!"

Smiling at Morgana, Akira cleaned up before retreating to his room for today. "Are you going to wait for your mother to come home before going to bed?"

"No," Akira sighed, "she's normally home rather late. It is of no use to wait for her Morgana."


22/3/20XX, Wednesday

[Kuoh Town, Kuoh Academy, Cafeteria]

As Akira ate his food in the cafeteria, he could not help but feel the atmosphere was different from yesterday. Instead of the glaring eyes of the male students, most of them averted his gaze and would often be seen moving out of the way. As for the female students, most of them were looking at him in awe or some even fear. He was used to this at Shujin. After his criminal record got leaked, many had chosen to simply avoid him, believing him to be some kind of crazy mass murderer thanks to the rumour mill there.

Just as he was about to finish his meal, a certain crimson haired girl sat down in the seat in front of him. Looking up, Akira found himself face to face with his desk mate, Rias Gremory. "Kurusu-kun, I heard about what had happened yesterday. Supposedly, you somehow managed to scare off the perverted trio with your glare alone?"

Shrugging, Akira returned his focus back to his meal. "Come on, it's rude to ignore someone when they are talking to you you know? Anyway, I wanted to let you know about something. There is no need to be show harsh on the perverted trio. Honestly, they are a nice group of people if you can ignore their pervertedness. So please ignore them on my behalf, kay?"

Frowning, Akira looked at her and shrugged again. This girl was the complete polar opposite of Ann Takamaki. If Ann was being looked at with those eyes, she would have surely flipped instead of being like Gremory and choosing to ignore them. "You know," Akira said, "doing this would only make those three idiots more bold. Who knows what kind of stuff they might do if it gets out of hand?"

"Now, now. There is no need to worry about that. I am sure that they will not do any bad things, after all, is it so wrong for teenage boys to feel a little perverted from time to time? Oh yes, before I go Kurusu-kun, this is a flyer for you. I happened to find it on your desk after you left for lunch. See you in class!" Upon saying that, Gremory turned on her heels and left the cafeteria with all eyes on her leaving figure.

Looking at the flyer, Akira found it to have a ritual like symbol on the top. "Get your wish granted!" The caption screamed in purple lettering. Akira simply crushed the paper after taking one look at it. He was not one to believe in these sorts of things. The only kind of power or strength he believed in was that achieved by his own two hands. Standing up, Akira moved to return his tray before heading back to class.


22/3/20XX, Wednesday

[Kuoh Town, Kuoh Academy]

Once again, the final bell of the school day rang out, signalling an end to lessons. Picking up his bag, Akira headed to the boy's toilet to change into his P.E. attire before heading to the school grounds. He found the president of the track team, Yui Ryotaro, talking to Kaichou. As he approached, Kaichou turned towards him and said, "So, it appears you have joined the Track club Kurusu. I shall leave him in your capable hands Ryotaro." Without another word, Kaichou turned and returned to the school building.

Facing Akira, Yui said, "Alright Kurusu, let's see what you can do. As for the other members of this club, well, there's only another 3 members who do not often come for training so I apologise if this might seem a little awkward. Now, do you have a stopwatch with you?"

Nodding his head, Akira produced the stopwatch Ryuji had handed to him during his final days in Tokyo. "Alright, let's see how fast you can go at the moment…"


22/3/20XX, Wednesday

[Kuoh Town, Kuoh Academy]

It was rather late when Track practice had ended. As Akira said his goodbyes to Yui, he began to walk back towards the school building to use the toilets to freshen up before something caught his eye. There was another building behind the main school building and if anything, it looked more like a school than any other parts of the campus. As the sun began to fall, the red light dyed that building in an ominous shade of red. His curiosity piqued, Akira began to move towards that building only to find a hand rest on his shoulder. Whirling around, he once again found himself face to face with Rias Gremory.

"Oh, are you interested in the old school building Kurusu-kun? In case you are wondering, that building has long since been abandoned and is said to be haunted by ghosts. I strongly suggest you do not go there Kurusu-kun." Gremory said with a smile.

Nodding his head in acknowledgement, Akira turned and returned to the new school building. In his mind, he wondered what on earth that could be about. The way Gremory had told him that made Akira suspicious of something. That old school building was definitely more than meets the eye. Perhaps he should investigate that building on another day.


22/3/20XX, Wednesday

[Kuoh Town, Akira's House]

As Akira lay on his bed, he began to ponder about the past two days that he had spent in his hometown. Morgana had long since fallen asleep at his side, leaving Akira alone with his thoughts. The oddest thing that had happened today was still watching that brown haired pervert skipping and singing at the top of his lungs on how he had gotten a girlfriend. What kind of girl would want an idiot like that? Furthermore, there was that issue with Gremory and the old school building, that girl had definitely been hiding something, his gut feel told him so.

Rolling onto his side, he also wondered how his friends were doing back in Tokyo. He had attempted to message Makoto earlier but she did not reply him yet. Perhaps she had gone to sleep, he concluded as he himself drifted off into the land of dreams.


22/3/20XX, Wednesday

[Kuoh Town, Kuoh Academy, Old School Building]

"Ara, ara, Buchou has a very interesting look on her face, did something happen?"

"Nothing happened Akeno. I have merely met a very interesting person. Do you know about the new transfer student from my class?"

"Ah! Do you mean that scary scary boy who drove off the perverted trio? He's definitely something else. I can see why you will have your eye on him Buchou."

"No, there's something different about him Akeno. There's something that sets him apart from the other humans in the school. He crushed the flyer that I passed to him almost immediately despite me detecting a large amount of sin within him. I thought that it was human nature to want to have wishes fulfilled easily?"


XX/XX/XXXX, Xxxday

[?]

"This place exists between dream and reality, mind and matter. Welcome back to our Velvet Room, Akira Kurusu."

The voice reverberated around the room he was in. Groggily, Akira lifted his head, only to find himself in a sitting position. He appeared to have returned to the Velvet Room, although it did look rather different from before. Gone were the prison cells, the warden's table and his prisoner outfit. Instead, Akira found himself clad in his pyjamas and sitting in an ornate armchair at a circular table, surrounded by only a blue fog. Just then, the sharp sound of footsteps rang out from in front of him. Out of the fog stepped a figure and to Akira's shock, that figure was him. That other version of Akira wore a black suit and red gloves. He did not have any glasses on and his eyes were a luminous yellow. Apart from that, he looked completely identical to Akira.

The other Akira took a seat at another armchair that had seemingly appeared out of nowhere. The other him then said, "How was that for an introduction to the Velvet Room. I think I was pretty good, no? Oh yes, how rude of me, I have not yet introduced myself in this form. I believe that you may call me Satanael my other self."

Akira sat up sharply in his chair. He asked, "Why have you brought me here Satanael? No, how can you even appear in that form in the first place and in this place? My time as a Phantom Thief has ended and Igor even said that our contract has been completed."

"Going straight to the point I see. Well to answer why we are in the Velvet Room, I simply wish to make a contract with you. Trust me, it is in both of our best interests to have a contract established as soon as possible. As for how I can appear in this form, well, I am thou and thou art I. Lastly, this place still exists within you. In fact, the Velvet Room exists within all human beings! It is the link to the sea of human souls that allows your kind to have the infinite potential that butterfly fool speaks off." Satanael stated matter of factly.

"Butterfly fool?" Akira questioned.

"I think I shall leave that story for another day. Instead, you need to know more about this contract I wish to forge with you. The other day, when you dreamt about the lady in white, I assure you, she was telling the truth. There are more things in this world than either of us can imagine and she has granted you a fighting chance. A storm is coming Akira Kurusu. I would not be too surprised if you are approached in the following days by some unexpected fellows. As such, forming a contract as soon as possible is necessary."

"What kind of contract do you wish to form with me, Satanael?"

"That is rather simple. The reawakening of yourself to the sea of human souls. To put in simpler terms, I wish for you to regain the ability of the Wild Card. However, in exchange, you will not be able to summon me until you have discarded that ability. I will remain here to act as a means of regulating the flow of the sea. Furthermore, this variation of the Wild Card only allows you to summon certain arcanas of Personas, the other arcanas would not answer to your call. So, will you sign this contract?"

"This is a lot to take in. What if I told you that I do not want to return to being a Phantom Thief, that I am content with my current way of life?"

"Then, you would be lying to yourself Akira Kurusu. As I vowed to you once before, I am thou and thou art I. Place your faith in this Akira Kurusu, even if you do not wish to fight, the fight would come to you."

"Fine. I shall sign this contract of yours. Just to check, there are no other special terms in your contract right?"

"Indeed there are none. Our contract has now been sealed. We shall meet again, when you have seen the truth of this world. Time marches on in your world, it is about time for you to return there, Trickster." Satanael said with a smirk on his face as Akira blacked out.


23/3/20XX, Thursday

[Kuoh Town, Kuoh Academy, Class 3-A]

"Is there something wrong Kurusu-kun? You seem to be lost in thought." Rias Gremory's voice interrupted his train of thought.

"I am fine Gremory-san." Akira answered.

"Well, then can you explain why you are still sitting at your desk when class has been over for the past twenty minutes?" Gremory asked.

That seemed to truly snap Akira out of his thoughts. Looking around the class, he found what Gremory said to be true. There was no one left in it except for the both of them. Shaking his head to clear his mind, Akira stood and packed his stuff. "Thank you for telling me Gremory-san, if not for you, I probably would have stayed here longer."

With that, Akira slung his bag over his shoulder and left the class. Frowning, Rias wondered what this could mean. Slipping out her smartphone, she muttered, "There's definitely something different about him. Should probably let the rest of my peerage know."


25/3/20XX, Saturday

[Kuoh Town, Main Street]

As Akira left the school building, he began to become lost in his thoughts again. The past two days had been pretty uneventful. The only real exciting thing that had happened was how Yui had discovered that he could probably take part in any Track and Field event. It was probably thanks to all that training in the Metaverse. Yet, he was still on edge from Satanael's warning from the other night. That guy had made it seem like he was going to be attacked at any time but nothing has happened yet. Ah well, it need not matter so much. After all, to Akira, the lesser hiccups in his stay in Kuoh the better.

Walking through the park on his way home, Akira saw a group of kids playing around the fountain. Smiling at the sight, he continued on his way home. He could still remember how he used to play there when he was a kid. As he drew closer to his home, he found a black limousine parked outside his house. "Funny," he muttered under his breath, "Mother did not say anything about having guests today."

Akira quickened his pace, more eager to find out what was happening in his own home.


25/3/20XX, Saturday

[Kuoh Town, Akira's Home]

"I'm home!" Akira shouted upon entering.

Instead of the usual greetings from Morgana, Akira heard his mother's voice ring out from the living room, "Finally, you're back! Come to the kitchen now, Akira. You have some guests waiting for you."

Eyes narrowing in caution, Akira made his way into the living room, only to find his mother sitting at the table with Morgana and two other females. One of them had long dark red hair while the other had short blond hair and looked like a foreigner with her blue eyes. Both of them were clad in black business suits. The red haired lady stood up upon seeing him enter the room. "Nice to meet you Kurusu-kun, my name is Mitsuru Kirijo and I am the president of Kirijo corporations. This is my associate, Aigis Palladion, apologies for the intrusion." the now named Mitsuru Kirijo said.

Glancing at the both of them, Akira said warily, "Nice to meet you Kirijo-san, Palladion-san. May I know what business you have with me?"

"Ah yes," Mitsuru said, "Aigis do you mind."

"Confirmed." Aigis said before she placed her hand on Akira's mother's neck, causing Akira's mother to collapse to the floor. Leaping to his feet, Akira rushed towards Aigis and grabbed her hand, only to find her previously gloved hand now had a small tear in it around the fingertips, revealing a metallic shine. "I assure you Kurusu-kun, your mother will be fine. Aigis only injected her with a small knock out drug, she will be awake by tomorrow morning. Now, I suggest you sit down Kurusu-kun, or should I say, Mr Leader of the Phantom Thieves."

Upon hearing those words, Akira stiffened. "I think we should listen to what she has to say Akira, I mean it does not seem we have much of a choice. We have no idea what on earth that Aigis thing is." Morgana meowed.

"So, that cat can talk. I hate to break up what might be an interesting conversation, but I want you to sit down now. I only wish to have a simple chat with you." Mitsuru said.

Realising his grip on Aigis' hand, Akira returned to his former seat as he watched Aigis pick his mother up and returned her to a seating position. Morgana also hopped onto his lap to get a better view of what was happening. "Good. Now that we have all come down, let me ask you a very important question. Do you know what a Persona is." Mitsuru questioned.

"What? How did she know that?" Morgana blurted out. Despite Morgana's outburst, Akira maintained a poker face and shot back another question at Mitsuru, "Why would you like to know Ms President?"

"I shall take that as a yes. In that case, it would appear that your group of Phantom Thieves are another group of Persona users. So far, there have been three known groups of them, your group would be the fourth. Now tell me, are you aware of the existence of shadows?"

Cocking his head to the side, Akira replied, "How about you tell us how you know so much Kirijo-san?"

"Hmmph. If you must know, I too am a Persona user. Those in my group in particular were the ones who put a stop to the phenomenon known as the Dark Hour. Apart from that, I believe that the objective of my trip here has been completed. Aigis, let us depart." With that, Mitsuru Kirijo stood and began to make her way out of the house.

Not rising from his position, Akira asked, "What do you intend to do in this town Kirijo-san? And why did you need to check on my presence in order to carry out your business?"

"So, it appears that you are sharper than I expected. Very well. Let me give you a word of warning Akira Kurusu. This town has more to it than meets the eye. As long as you stay out of our investigation, I should see no problems Phantom Thief."


26/3/20XX, Sunday

[Kuoh Town, Main Street]

Akira was walking through the park again. He had been stocking up on groceries once again. To think that the amount he had purchased on Tuesday would run out so quickly. At least his mother had been willing to provide the cash this time, even though he was sent to purchase it rather late in the evening. Then again, Morgana had only allowed him to leave the house earlier if he had brought along the knife he had used in his days as Joker. "At least the knives you created in the Velvet Room were real." Morgana had remarked.

Just then, a sudden scream cut through the air. It sounded like that of a teenager. Dropping his grocery bags and whipping out his knife, Akira rushed towards the sound of the scream. There, he found that brown haired pervert running away from a young girl. Wait, why did this girl had black wings coming out from her back? Just as he was about to intervene, there was an audible buzz and a light spear flared to life in the girl's hand. "Goodbye Hyoudou Issei." she said in a cold voice.

The light spear was flung directly at Issei's heart, burning a hole in his chest. He feebly clutched his chest as he murmured, "No, I... I don't want to... die..."

Akira was angry. Despite that boy being a pervert, nobody deserved to die. Why was it always the innocents who lost their lives and not those that had caused the problems. Turning to Akira, the girl said, "Looks like I have a witness, guess I have to kill you too." she said.

Another light spear blazed to life and without a moment's notice, she flung it at Akira. Flinging himself to the side, Akira barely managed to dodge the light spear. Gritting his teeth, he watched as more light spears blazed to life around the girl. Just then, an all to familiar voice rang out, "What are you waiting for? Call on us. I am thou and thou art I, let your rebellious spirit come forth in a blaze of glory!"

The familiar blue flames roared to life around his face and he felt the familiar weight of the white domino mask on his face. Smirking, he raised his hand and tore off the mask, causing blue flames to completely engulf his person. As the blue flames scatter, Akira's clothes have changed. Replacing his ordinary t-shirt was a black trench coat and a grey dress shirt. His shorts was replaced by dress pants and his shoes changed into dress shoes. Behind him, a winged being circled by chains manifested out of the flames. The being had a top hat, clawed hands, a monstrous face and was in a red suit. As he tightened the red gloves on his hand, he glanced at the stunned girl in front of him. "Ravage her Arsene, Eigaon!" he declared.

A pillar of darkness shot out from the ground, completely covering the girl from head to toe. It appeared to be made out of multiple screaming faces, almost as if souls were imprisoned within the pillar. The girl shrieked from the sudden damage received from the dark pillar. A bright light shone from within the pillar and it was shredded apart by the girl. Scowling, the girl began to rise into the air. "Nobody told me that there was a magician in this town, much less a summoner type magician. Die without any further delay!" she roared.

More light spears flared to life and came raining down upon Akira. Casually jumping out of the way, Akira did a little twirl through the air before landing in a forward roll. Raising his hand to his mask once more, Akira's mask once again blazed to life. "Come, Siegfried!"

However, instead of the armour clad Persona bursting into existence, all Akira felt was a sharp pain in his head. Frowning, he remembered what Satanael had said, on how he was unable to summon certain Personas. "What's wrong magician? Shouldn't you have retaliated by now?" the girl howled before flinging more light spears at him.

Unbeknownst to the two of them, a magic circle had came to life behind the barely breathing body of Hyoudou Issei. "Hmph. Come, Bugs!" Akira shouted.

Thankfully for him, Bugs manifested behind him. It was the very definition of a child's nightmare, a killer teddy bear. It had fangs with blood dripping down from them, causing the blood to pool around its collar. Skulls could be seen sticking out of his barely sewed up stomach. "Bugs, Triple Down!"

The Persona baring its fangs flung itself at the girl. Three shots collided with the girl's stomach, causing her to get knocked out of the sky. The girl collapsed into the fountain, causing water to completely soak her being. Gasping for air, she looked at Akira with shocked eyes. Drawing his knife, Akira pointed it directly at her face. Jumping forward, Akira lunged towards her and swung his knife towards her, which she blocked with a light spear. Just then, he could feel a pressure rising up from behind him. Since he was currently caught in a clash with the girl, Akira was not able to turn around but judging from the girl's shocked facial features, he knew something dangerous must have turned up behind him. Backflipping out of the fountain, Akira turned around only to find Rias Gremory pressing 8 objects into Hyoudou Issei. "Stop! What do you think you are doing to him?" Akira shouted at Gremory.

Then, there was the sound of the fluttering of wings from behind him. Whirling around, he saw the girl had spread her wings and begun to fly away. "Like I would let you get away, Arsene, Brave Blade!"

Arsene reappeared behind Akira, taking the position of Bugs. Cackling with laughter, Arsene raised his arm before bringing it down sharply, causing the sound of a blade and a yellow cut to form in front of him. The attack had managed to make a sizeable cut in the girl's back, causing blood to drip out of her wound. Crying out in pain, the girl gritted her teeth and forced herself to continue to fly onwards. Akira attempted to chase after the girl but was stopped by a voice from behind him. "Maybe you should worry more about yourself than that fallen angel, magician. I do not remember hearing anything about you entering my town."

Once again looking towards Gremory, Akira saw that she had leaped into the air, with devil wings spread out behind her. In her palms, she held an orb of purple magic that looked suspiciously like a Megidola and threw it Akira. Acting on pure instinct alone, Akira managed to barely jump to the side, avoiding the attack. Just as he was about to counterattack, Gremory had already formed a magic circle beneath herself and Hyoudou, causing both of them to get swallowed up by it and teleport away, leaving the Joker standing alone in the middle of a deserted park.


26/3/20XX, Sunday

[Kuoh Town, Akira's House]

"Morgana, we need to talk. Is it possible to use Personas outside of the Metaverse?"

Looking up from the television programme he was watching, Morgana said, "What do you mean Akira? You of all people should know that Personas can only be used in that place. Besides, the Metaverse has been destroyed and we are not even in Tokyo anymore?"

"Akira? What's the cat meowing about now? Earlier, he would not stop making a racket until I switched on the television. Do you have any idea what he wants?" Akira's mother said as she moved into the living room.

"Nothing Mother. I'm just going to bring him up to my room for awhile." Akira replied as he scooped up a complaining Morgana into his arms and trudged towards his room. Once they had entered the security of his room and after ensuring the door was locked, Akira continued, "You know what Morgana, I think I will just show you what I mean."

A blue flame burst to life around Akira and when the flames died down, the one who stood in his place was the leader of the Phantom Thieves, Joker. "What?" Morgana shrieked, "This should not be possible! How are you able to change while in the real world? Wait. Joker, do you think this has something to do with the phenomena Kirijo-san was talking about yesterday?"

Nodding his head, Akira began to explain to Morgana the entire incident that had occurred earlier with the girl with wings, a dead pervert and a girl who could shoot Megidola.


26/3/20XX, Sunday

[Kuoh Town, Old School Building]

"Buchou, what happened? Why do you look so drained?"

"It's nothing to worry about. It appears that there was a little more trouble before I could get hold of the latest member of our peerage, our pawn."

"Ara, ara. Did a little fallen angel give our Buchou so much trouble? Maybe we should have come after all."

"Unfortunately for us, it is not the fallen angel. It would seem that there is a rogue magician on the loose in my town. What's more, it appears that he has made a contract with a fallen angel himself. I would never mistake those black wings for anything else. It looks like we need to do some research on a being known as Arsene."


XX/X/XXXX, Xxxday

[Velvet Room]

"Welcome back to our Velvet Room my dear other self."

Looking around the Velvet Room, Akira found himself to be in a very familiar location. He and Satanael were both seated at a table in Leblanc, an exact carbon copy of it, right down to the last coffee bean. "I see you've been redecorating, I like what you've done with the place." Akira remarked.

"Thank you Akira Kurusu. Unfortunately, the reason why I called you here was not to admire this scene but to inform you of the situation you are currently in. Both of us have somehow been dragged into another game. However, the rules this time are nothing like the last one. There are bigger forces at play here than that trinket of a Holy Grail. It is a good thing that you have returned to your hometown, a place that you shall begin to understand a little on the truth of this world."

Satanael stood and moved towards the bar. Pouring himself a cup of coffee, he took a sip, before continuing, "I am sad to tell you this but your time as a Phantom Thief is not over. It is time for you to pick up your mask once again Joker and discover what this world truly has install. Now then, our time here is up. I would like to answer more questions but I too am quite in the dark about this situation. I am only able to see the signs of danger that is about to come…"


27/3/20XX, Monday

[Kuoh Town, Akira's House]

"Morning Akira! Don't forget to text the Phantom Thief chat about what we discussed yesterday!" Morgana said in greeting as Akira opened his eyes.

Nodding his head at Morgana's statement, Akira walked towards his study desk with his phone on it. Yesterday, he and Morgana that the best course of action was to inform the remainder of the Phantom Thieves on what had happened. Morgana had even taken a photo of him as Joker yesterday before he had gone to bed. Somehow, his phone had managed to capture it as visual evidence. Opening the Phantom Thief chat, Akira began to send a message.


[Phantom Thieves Chat Group]

Akira: Good morning guys, hope all of you are doing well.

Makoto: Looks like someone is up early, didn't expect to receive a message from you at 5 am i the morning.

Yusuke: I did not expect this either, Akira. I always expected you to be like Ryuji, a late riser.

Akira: I'm going to ignore what you just said Inari. Now then, I have something that all of you need to see.

Akira: [Image cannot be sent]

Makoto: ?

Yusuke: What did you intend to show us Akira?

Akira: [Image cannot be sent]

Akira: [Image cannot be sent]

Akira: I don't know what is going on? Why can't I seem to send this photo?

Yusuke: Maybe there is something wrong with your phone. I suggest you get it looked at. Is it something important you wish to tell us.

Akira: No, it's fine. I'll try to send the photo again another time. Sorry to bother you all so early in the morning.


27/3/20XX, Monday

[Kuoh Town, Akira's House]

"So, did you manage to send them the photo?" Morgana asked.

"No, something is wrong. For some reason, my phone refuses to send them the photo. Hmmm? What kind of error message is this?" Akira gasped.

On his phone, a red textbox with a magic circle spinning in its centre had popped up out of nowhere. Even though he was no cyber expert like Futaba, Akira knew that that should not be able to happen. Just then, a message popped up from inside the textbox. Akira read the text out to Morgana, " 'To whom this may concern, this is a friendly reminder that the existence of magic should not be randomly spread through phones due to the risk it has of being traced and uploaded onto the Internet. If you wish to send images that have acts of magic in them, please make use of the Devi-message app instead. Sincerely, Maou Ajuka Beelzebub.' Seems like we won't be able to receive aid from our friends in Tokyo. This is going to make things problematic."