Hey Futaba, I got some kinda big-ish news. Bad news, really. Not bad enough to panic right now, but I told Yusuke and I've gotta tell you too.
Akechi is claiming that Adachi, that adult with the dog from the cafe, is a murderer from Inaba. I'm inclined to believe him, if only because he has no real reason to lie about such a thing. What do you think?
[Honestly, this should surprise her more considering Adachi was someone Yusuke knew and apparently trusted. At the very least he was among people the artist cared about considering he had received a warning about Akechi.
She wasn't quite sure what to think.]
Are we sure Akechi is telling the truth? Like you said, he doesn't have a real reason to lie...but he could be.
No, we can't be sure he's telling the truth, which is why our plan now is to find out if he is, but Yusuke is going to be leading the operation this time rather than me, so we're going to have to be on standby until further notice.
I imagine it won't take too long. He's understandably fired up.
[It's not like Akira blamed her. Especially with Yusuke. He'd come very far, but he was still socially awkward and tended to be ruled by his emotions.]
Yeah. Honestly, I was surprised too.
[He was still going back and forth on whether he should tell Futaba that he was meeting Akechi. He didn't want to tell Yusuke, because he was very busy, but Futaba? He debated it heavily for a moment. He wasn't as worried about the meeting itself as he was about telling his friends.]
I think it's all going to work out.
[He'll apologize later, but he thinks 'Sorry, Futaba' VERY hard when he leaves his message at that.]
[ This is probably something that needs to be addressed with everyone. Yusuke recognizes that, but he is in a state, and the others know why, but Futaba is the only one of them who has really been in a close enough place to understand. Today's new problem is unrelated to the Constellation, he thinks, he hopes, but he just...can't be crowded. ]
Have you been watching the news, Futaba? Did you see that parking lot that was torn to shreds?
[ Just in case, he sends the link to Brendan's BlueTube footage of the aftermath. ]
[She may be watching that footage on a loop. Kidding. She definitely is.
Most anyone could be convinced it's Yusuke, but there's just enough there for someone that has fought by his side for the better half of a year--someone that tracked every movement of her team--to notice as being significantly off.]
Saw the news. It doesn't really fit with the timeline of your movements...Speaking of, they do a good job imitating you at the start, but they really needed more research. They're all over the place.
[ Well...not anyone. It's not like he pulls it out as a party trick. The ice blocks are kind of a giveaway though, at leaat to Futaba.]
The person who took the video says it was my face under the mask. He says I showed him, explained Goemon, and then tried to kill him. He means to expose me if I cannot prove my innocence.
Unless they have abilities like your cards...But they would have had to see you for that to work, right? I really don't like this...
I can get access to CCTV...probably a few other things too. Outside of convincing this guy this fake isn't the real deal, we could try tracking him down too. Who knows what else he might do in your name otherwise...
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