Author's note: I'm sure you're aware my story was deleted so suddenly. That's because in my editing to fix some stuff, I accidentally replaced one chapter with the same one. Everything I worked on I didn't save on the last one. So, I sincerely apologize for the mistake. Like I said before, while I do want to keep on writing and working on other stories, things have not been going well for me these last few days.

My family and I were forced to have our old cat put down because she had a tumor growing in her head, confusing her of her surroundings, eating less, walking into walls and more tired than ever. It was bad day for all of us. At least she's not suffering anymore.

Anyway, as a reminder, doing a Persona 5 x Miraculous Ladybug crossover story is what I wanted to do ever since Raise Your Voice Against Liars inspired me. Story takes place after Futaba's Palace and after ML Season 3. I'm only using bits of events from Seasons 4-5. Felix won't be able to betray Ladybug's miraculous to Gabriel, Alya will not know Ladybug's identity, etc. The Quantic Kids from an old concept for Miraculous Ladybug will be used in my story. There may or may not be salt or bashing, depending on where this story is going.

I don't own the characters of Persona 5 Miraculous Ladybug. OCs are mine.

Enjoy!

After recalling the events of changing Futaba's heart and defeating Medjed for good, Ren shook his head and took a break to take a deep breath and exhaled softly, mostly because he had been talking for quite a while. The drugs were slowly wearing off, but not fast enough. Although his mind was becoming more clearer than ever, remembering every single situation or event which occurred that lead up to his situation right now.

Sae Niijima, his interrogator and the elder sister of Makoto, his teammate, was beginning to grow more lenient too. He knew that he was telling the truth and judging by the look she currently had, she knew that was also the case. And yet, he understood it confused her. She determined to get a grip on the whole story, but with such an incredible tale about the Metaverse and Persona-users... along with the upcoming details about Parisian superheroes... he had to think twice about some of the things he said because they do sound like nonsense.

"So the Phantom Thieves only stole the heart of Futaba Sakura? And Medjed was in turn defeated by her real-world hacker abilities?" Sae surmised everything from what the leader of the Phantom Thieves had told her. "This does correlate to the facts as we know them..." She muttered aloud to herself. "If he's telling the truth, then Wakaba Isshiki didn't commit suicide. Did a third party target her life with the goal of destroying her research?"

"Yes, they did." Ren slowly nodded in response.

"Wakaba's death was two years ago... That also coincides with when the incidents started occurring..." Why didn't Sae see it sooner? Dr. Isshiki was the first mental shutdown victim, and yet people said it was suicide as a result of raising an ungrateful child who was nothing but a nuisance to her... but that was all a lie. "Does this other Metaverse user that Madarame and Kaneshiro mentioned really exist?"

"He does."

The prosecutor turned her attention back to him. "Earlier, I briefly mentioned about those psychotic breakdown incidents that have alarmed the public. All of a sudden, people will lose consciousness or become violent. A situation as incomprehensible as that can't be explained away as 'troubled social conditions.' I suspect that these cases are all connected to a larger, man-made plot. The method involved always muddled the explication, but your story has virtually confirmed its viability. Although, I wouldn't have expected a new criminal to come to light from your testimony. What did your group think of this other Metaverse user?"

"We suspected that he was the true culprit."

"How self-centered of you," Sae didn't hold back a scoff. "The Phantom Thieves tamper with people's hearts without asking consent. How is that different?"

"Even though those people caused more harm than good?"

She said nothing. This kid is aware of what he's been doing wasn't the pure justice he envisioned. Except the people he and his group had targeted in the past really did do horrible crimes that are truly unforgiveable, but she didn't say this out loud. Well, it doesn't matter. Sae determined to get to the truth of it. "Are those incidents because of you or someone else? Either way, I will get to the bottom of this. Now, let's move on to your next crime."

Sae turned the page of the large leather case file to reveal the picture of girl born of Italian heritage. Green eyes shone with sadistic cruelty, long brown hair with two shorter strands of hair tied. An orange jacket with over a sleeveless, dark grey, short pant-legged jumpsuit. No sooner did Ren laid eyes on the girl's photo, his expression grew stormy and dark like thunder clouds. What this girl had done was unforgivable.

"Lila Rossi, daughter of a former diplomat. I'm sure you remember who she is and why your testimony regarding this incident will be taken seriously because you targeted a child."

Even though he was impressively calm, Ren's anger was visibly clear. "Most of Paris refused to believe what a monster Lila was! No one cared to do anything to stop her because the whole city was run by either cowardly or ignorant authority figures who'd be dumb enough to believe a fake disease that makes people lie or everything she does was just harmless teenage drama. My team and I were aware of her being an underage teenage and we had doubts about changing their heart, until after we did a little detective work of our own and discovered her crimes."

Sae had jumped in her seat, mildly taken aback by the boy's eerily calm fury. Studying his expression, he hated this 'child' with a passion and with an understandable loathing. She flipped a page to examine Lila's files, detailing a list of crimes she had committed in the past with the assistance of Chloe Bourgeois and the infamous terrorist, Hawk Moth, alias Gabriel Agreste. No competent investigator or adult figured them out as a result of sheer stupidity... or perhaps, someone willingly covered it up to shield them.

"I understand your anger..." Sae replied. "Still, as I said before, you understand why your testimony will be taken seriously." She watched him nod before she continued. "Although, I do agree with you about some things. First, the way the administration of College Francois Dupont enabled the behavior of Miss Rossi and Miss Bourgeois was not only unprofessional and incompetent, but also corrupt and criminal. Second, the parents of the current victims whom those brats had bullied or assaulted were no better, disregarding their children by for circumstantial evidence over crimes they never committed was disgusting..." she gripped her nails on the edge of the table, amazingly holding back her own rage.

"It seems we do agree on something," Ren let out a weak chuckle.

Sae couldn't help but show a small smile in return. "So how did you come to find out about Miss Rossi? From what I had learned, you befriended one of her victims who suffered badly because of Rossi's actions. Tell me everything."