"Ok, so where do we start?" Chie asked. "I mean… Rise's an idol so there's bound to be a lot of information about her except we need information to help find her not what songs people like listening to."

"Well, we could always start at the tofu shop. She was working there after all." Yukiko said thoughtfully. "It might give us a place to start at the very least."

"That's a good point, then which one of us should head over to talk with her?" Yosuke asked. "It wouldn't be a good idea for all of us to head there especially if she's missing."

"Alright, in that case Kanji and I can head there. In the meantime, maybe someone at Yasogami knows something. Rumors spread pretty quickly after all." Yu said calmly. "There might be something that can help us figure it out."

"Right, we'll see what we can learn." Yosuke said calmly before the Investigation Team split up.

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"Excuse me, miss?" Kanji asked walking up to the counter at Marukyu Tofu.

"Huh, oh you two were speaking with Rise the other day. How are you?" Rise's grandmother asked.

"We're fine, thank you." Yu said with a smile. "Actually, have you seen Rise recently?"

"No, she sometimes leaves without telling me though." Rise's grandmother said thoughtfully. "I hope she's alright, I heard someone with a camera was walking around and after what happened the other day, I'm a bit worried."

"Oh, you mean when the detective caught that criminal right?" Kanji asked. "Yeah, I guess that makes sense. Plus, people probably are bothering her a lot since she's an idol and everything."

Rise's grandmother just nodded sadly at that.

"Do you know who this person is?" Yu asked.

"I think they called him a papa rat or something like that, the people around here keep trying to get him to leave but I think they said he spends a lot of time at the flood plain. Maybe you could try talking to him?" Rise's grandmother asked.

"We'll try, thank you." Yu said with a polite smile before walking off with Kanji. "The paparazzi, I don't know how much help that would be but it's something."

"Yeah, you have a good point sempai." Kanji said. "Hopefully the others can figure out some things on their end."

Yu just nodded in agreement hearing that.

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"Huh, Rise Kujikawa?" asked a male Yasogami student. "Yeah I actually went to see her, but it was really disappointing."

"Disappointing, what do you mean?" Chie asked.

"Well I mean… she's so different on TV. She was so plain in person." The male Yasogami student said.

"Huh, I hadn't thought about it but that would make sense." Chie said thoughtfully before walking off to where Yukiko was talking to another student.

"You want to know about Rise Kujikawa, well you're in look." a female Yasogami student said. "I heard someone talking about being her biggest fan, if you're lucky you might be able to catch him before he leaves."

"That would be great, thank you very much." Yukiko said with a smile before turning to Chie. "A fan of Rise's might be able to help us out."

"I hope so, and hopefully Yosuke found whoever that person is." Chie said in agreement as they walked off before noticing Yosuke talking to someone before he noticed them and walked over. "Well?"

"He's a big fan but all I got out of talking to him was that Rise has something big on her mind… That doesn't really help considering we know her shadow is acting up but maybe if we knew what was bothering her that could be the key." Yosuke said before frowning. "Except she's an idol so who knows what might be bothering her."

"You have a point." Yukiko said thoughtfully.

"Maybe Yu and Kanji figured something out?" Chie said. "We should go meet up with them."

"Yeah, that's our best option." Yosuke said in agreement before the three of them left Yasogami.

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"There's nobody here Yu-sempai." Kanji said looking around. "Maybe that photographer left already."

"Maybe." Yu said thoughtfully. "Then again, he's our best lead and we need to make sure we have enough information for Teddie."

"I know." Kanji said before Yu's phone started to ring.

"Hello, Yosuke?" Yu asked answering.

"Hey partner, where are you two?" Yosuke asked curiously. "We sort of got something but not really enough to be useful."

"Kanji and I are at the flood plain trying to find a photographer." Yu said. "Apparently he's been hanging around the shopping district and if anyone would know about Rise…"

"Yeah, you have a good point." Yosuke said calmly. "We'll be right there."

"Sounds good, see you in a bit partner." Yu said hanging up before turning to Kanji. "The others are on their way."

"That's good." Kanji said before frowning. "Sempai, do you mind if I ask you something?"

"Huh, what's on your mind Kanji?" Yu asked curiously.

"Well… it's just, do you think Ted's nose is getting weaker? We need his help to deal with the shadows, right?" Kanji asked. "What are we going to do if we can't rely on him?"

Yu closed his eyes in thought. "If that happens, we'll figure out something. Still, Teddie's been helpful so far and I have a feeling he'll keep helping us until this is solved."

"Yeah, I'm just worried about him that's all." Kanji said as Yosuke, Chie, and Yukiko arrived.

"Did you guys get any useful information?" Chie asked. "We mostly got stuff we already knew at Yasogami."

"Not much, we haven't seen that photographer but if we can find him that might be a place to start." Yu said. "For now, I guess we just have to call it and try again tomorrow. The weather's good for a few more days, right?"

"Yeah, why don't you check here tomorrow and the rest of us will look around the shopping district partner." Yosuke suggested.

"Yeah." Yu nodded as the group left the flood plain

(The Investigation Team is attempting to gather information about Rise and have a potential lead. Next chapter Yu will meet the photographer and realize the key to finding Rise in the TV World. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)