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CHAT LOG
[Dove]
Ren! When I was out looking for dojos earlier, I met this woman who offered to teach me! She only has two disciples, apparently, and she was really nice!
[Joker]
Let's meet her first. That sounds suspicious.
[Dove]
Well, she was pretty sensual. But there was a little girl with her that she introduced as her disciple.
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"SENSUAL?!" Morgana blurted out on Ren's shoulder as they approached the station.
"So many new people. I can't keep track of them all." Ren pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Now we have Shadows in reality, Yu has some kind of god as a Persona, and we have guns that help us summon the manifestations of our inner selves," he continued.
Morgana was silent for a moment. Well, if you put it like that.
He didn't notice the brown-haired young man wearing a neat suit and the tall silver-haired woman with a stern face walk by.
"Hm?" the woman said, seeing Morgana jump into Ren's bag. "What a strange cat."
"What?" the young man asked. "I'm sorry, I was lost in thought."
"I don't blame you. The rapid change of that... teacher was strange. My sister said it came out of nowhere," the woman said.
"There was a hack on the school's website with some kind of calling card. But we can't trace it. So you've been added to this case," she added, looking at the young man, who was once again lost in thought.
She sighed.
'Those old men refuse to let me advance in my career and stick me with a kid on a dead-end case,' she thought in severe frustration.
"Come on, Akechi. We have to go to the psych ward to meet this man."
"I thought he was considered mentally sound?"
"We'll find out soon," the woman said with a grunt.
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On the train, Orihime asked Ren why he was always researching Tarot. She understood the psychology section of it, but Ren just answered with a smirk, saying, "I'll repeat what Yu told me when I was younger. The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed."
Suddenly, Orihime felt a shiver down her spine. That line felt extremely important. She just nodded and hummed in thought.
"Tell me a little about it. It seems interesting," Orihime said gently, before—
"Oh, wait! There is a Tarot card reader in Tokyo I read about before my transfer! Apparently, her predictions are always accurate!"
"Really?"
"Yes! But..." Orihime trailed off.
Ren looked at her, waiting for her to continue. She wasn't usually so evasive.
"Uhm. I read that her booth is in the red-light district..." she whispered with a glowing red face.
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BZZT
In class, Ren received a text message.
"Ryuji is really relentless with the texts," Morgana said dumbfoundedly.
"No, actually, it's Fuuka. She said the website is ready."
"Nyahahaha! Awesome!!"
"That damn cat is still around?! And Amamiya! Put your phone away!"
Ren put his phone away quickly and gave a polite apology.
"Since you don't need to pay attention, tell me about the reason the United States got involved in World War I."
Ren stood up and began, "The sinking of the RMS Lusitania was one major factor, though the United States didn't enter until 1917. The more direct causes were Germany resuming unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmermann Telegram—"
"Alright! Sit down!"
"How the hell is that kid a delinquent?" he grumbled.
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"Ren, wasn't that overboard?" Ann giggled.
"He's had it out for me since I dodged that chalk," Ren scoffed as they waited for the next class to begin.
Orihime giggled from the beside them and said, "Good answer, Ren!" with a thumbs-up.
The class was still in awe.
"That was crazy."
"It sounded like it was directly out of a textbook."
"It's not, though. I was reading it as he said it..."
"Hime-chan is so cute!!!!" a girl yelled while making gross gestures.
Kawakami walked in and saw that, causing her to immediately explode.
"GO TO THE FACULTY OFFICE!"
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