Part 50: July 29 Part 2: VII. The Chariot
-Studio Backlot-
Alright! We can finally finish this!
Tell me, Sanzo-kun...Why did he do that? Why did he have to go after us...?
He's here, isn't he...? Alright, time to end this! We'll catch that killer! Let's go, Sanzo-kun!
There's nowhere for him to go, is there? Well then, let's do this right...Yeah. Let's solve this thing together.
Hmmph! I'll show you what I can do!
You can count on Teddie!...But not too much.
This time it's my turn to save everyone...Don't worry, just leave it to me!This will be the most crucial battle the team has ever faced. Fortunately, Sanzo has enough experience with their enemy to form a solid profile of his weaknesses:
Jocks...
Confident women...
And anyone better-equipped for poopsocking.
-Void Quest-
You know the difference between you and Sanzo? He makes this look good.
Oh, Senpai, you changed. Wow, that looks so good! Maybe 'cause you're so mature, it matches well with you. There's a lot of girls who like guys who look good in a suit.
Oh yeah. Lookin' sharp. You look like one of those guys who work the halls at clubs. So you're saying I look sleazy...
I'm wearing some kind of government agent suit.
These guys always pop up in action flicks, but I'm not really fond of them. Huh? Why? I thought you liked action movies, Chie-senpai. These guys are always weaksauce and use guns, though. The truly strong don't need to resort to bullets! Oh yeah, you changed too, Sanzo-kun. You look pretty good in a suit. Must be because you're so mature. Hehehe...My very own suit.
This is great! I'm lookin' sooooo gooood! It's a little restrictive, though. What on earth!? This is ridiculous! Never in my life have I seen a suit shaped like that! How the heck did you fit inside it!? With hard work and persistence. If you want to get ahead in life, you must learn to be similarly disciplined, Yosuke.
Please enter your name:
Huh!? What is this?Please enter your name:
Mitsuo__
Does this mean the game's starting!? Urgh, this kinda pisses me off! Let's go, Senpai!
Wow...it's exactly like a game, huh?
C'mon, Sanzo, let's hurry. We'll set a speedrun record through this place! My Persona's all powered up! I can't wait to catch this guy! Once this is over, it'll finally get peaceful here! I'm gonna do my best! We've finally got the killer cornered...Only we can catch him... Mmmm, I'm all fired up! Let's do our best, Sanzo-kun! We're gonna catch him no matter what! This is my first time on the job...But I'll do my best! Leave the support to me!
Rise's Radar skills show treasure chests on the whole floor, and Shadows within a fair distance. Nothing world-shattering, but it can help you predict the floor's layout. Treasure chests are always placed in dead-end hallways, or the corners of rooms.
The Void Quest gives you a few other little clues, too. Doors opposite a candle like this one will always open onto other hallways.
These shields mark doors to rooms with treasure and/or
Swords mark the stairs upward.
Places everyone...aaand action!
You guys better keep up! Yeah! Go go go!
It's mauve because it's deadly. Just like in nature.
* How dare you stand against me for being a rotten orange! I'll make a worthless human like you taste endless pain! Take this!
Critical hit! Punishing hit! Mitsuo has been knocked down...
Huh!? No way...What's this all about? A-Anyways...We need to hurry on!
These Blue Sigils are weak to Physical, but drain everything else. They use Tetrakarn to make themselves invulnerable, then blow everyone up with Megido. Never, ever let enemies get Advantage in this dungeon. Well, anywhere really, but especially here.
* You seemed to have slept well last night. You slept so well that not even the noisy siren from the police cars woke you. I think something real bad happened...Can you go buy some coffee from the cafe at the arcade? Thanks. Did you hear a girl was killed? It's becoming a dangerous world out there...I don't even feel safe walking around town...Don't let your guard down, and make sure you're not out late, okay?
...Hmm? Weird...There's a dead end ahead...I thought this was the right way...
This floor is a series of these cross-shaped rooms. Each arm of the cross teleports you to the base of the one right next to it.
Huh!? What happened? You ended up somewhere else...Be careful, Senpai!
All righty!
Teddie's Follow-Up is a single-target auto-crit, just like Yosuke and Yukiko's.
I'm the MVB! Haa haa haa!
Command?
> Fight
Run
Mitsuo attacks!
Thou hast done well in defeating the female announcer. Mitsuo hath been promoted to the next level. Thy Excitement increases by 4. Thy Emptiness increases by 1.
This can't be...Does he mean murdering people was just a game for him? He's so on my enemies list!Hell hath no fury like a woman scorn.
Command?
> Fight
Run
Mitsuo attacks!
Thou hast done well in defeating the corpse discoverer.
Mitsuo hath been promoted to the next level. Thy Sadness increases by 5. Thy Emptiness increases by 8.
The next level...? No way! Does that mean he's getting stronger!? Senpai, be careful! This guy may be more dangerous than we thought!
These blinged-out beetles repel everything except Physical.
Hollow voice: No...No...N...No...N...o...Noooo...Nnnooo...Nooo...Noo...Noooo...
N...oooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Huh!? N-Now what? Did he...lose it?
* Did you sleep well? I heard that a girl was killed last night. The noise of the arcade was bad, but can you buy some coffee from the cafe in the police cars? Thanks. I can't even safely walk around...I can safely withdraw cash now. Have you heard? Good morning. Don't be out dangerously late, okay? Relax and don't let your guard down.
It sounds like he's losing it...He might be insane...Umm...I'm getting kinda scared...This floor is a series of 4-way intersections. Hitting the center of any intersection turns the camera around. Truly, Mitsuo Kubo's fiendish power knows no limits.
Don't leave without hitting the room at the far north end of the floor.
Unlike its little brothers in the Bathhouse, this Killing Hand has no physical weakness.
It still doesn't do much on its own. The real danger is from the Almighty Hands that it summons into battle.
At least that's what I'm assuming, because Chie did almost 2,000 damage and instantly killed it.
Haha, I guess that does it! Phew, well done! Are you okay, Senpai? Don't push yourself too hard, okay?The Killing Hand was guarding a chest with an Orb of Darkness. You can't open the last door to Mitsuo without it.
* How dare you stand against me for being a rotten orange!
Morooka draws near!
Command!
> Kill
Run
Mitsuo attacks! Thou hast done well in killing Morooka.
Mitsuo hath been promoted to the next level. Thy Attention increases by 16. Thy Fame increases by 17. Thy Coolness increases by 3.
What's with this...!? All this about attention and fame...I can't believe this! What makes him think this is cool!? Let's hurry, Senpai! We gotta catch this sick bastard!
The Steel Machines have only 65 HP, but their defenses and attack power are through the roof. A normal team might manage to scuff their paint before getting one or two-shotted with Navas Nebula.
Grenades' damage isn't affected by resistance or defenses, though.
* You're...Yyyyooouuuuuu'''rrrreeeee...
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Senpai, we're closing in! Be careful!
> The door is sealed with a mysterious power...Pitch-black darkness flows from the Orb of Darkness!
-Border of Insanity-
Wait, Kanji...Something's not right!
Everyone gets on my nerves...That's why I did it! What do you think of that!? Say something, dammit!
...... Nobody even thought of me after the first two people. That's why I went for the third one! I killed them!
Wh-What're you all quiet for...? Because...I feel nothing... What're you talking about!? Make sense, dammit!
I...have nothing...I am nothing...And you...are me... What...? What's that supposed to mean!? I'm...I'm not nothing...
No! If this keeps up...!
Dammit, who the hell are you!? What're you doing here!? Shut the hell up! We came after you! Are you the killer?
Ahahahahaha! Of course I am! I'm the one behind everything! I don't give a damn what this impostor's saying! Hahaha, you hear that!? You have nothing to do with me! Get outta my sight!
I'll kill you! I'll kill all of you! I can do it, you know...I can do anything!
Get ready, everyone! Once we beat him, this case is as good as closed!-Revelations: Mitsuo-
This Shadow kicks things off with Character Setup, which turns it into Mitsuo the Hero:
It's all jaggy and blocky! Is that thing supposed to be a game character...? Geez, how insulting can he get!?
You'll have to destroy the outer shell first!Shadow Mitsuo is the first serious challenge the game throws at you. Do whatever it takes to hit level 38 and fuse Black Frost before you fight him.
He gets two turns for every one the team gets. As Mitsuo the Hero, he has Command > Attack, a single-target double hit, and Command > Item, a single-target bomb that inflicts random ailments.
The Shadow takes no actual damage while his hero shell is still up. Cracking it will Down him and change his routine.
After he gets back up, Shadow Mitsuo will use Dekaja if the kids have any active stat boosts, and then a random Color Wall skill. After that, he alternates between Ma-la attacks for whichever element he walled off, and basic attacks. If he gets any 1 Mores he'll use them on Megidola, and then you're probably screwed. Bring lots of Wall Paprika to cover your team's weaknesses. Or just Guard them, I guess, but anyone on the Void Quest pro circuit will tell you that Guarding is for babby scrublets.
This was pretty stupidly lucky. I was certain he'd use Blue with Yosuke and Teddie out on the field.
Another reason to love your stat mods: turns the enemy uses for Dekaja/Dekunda are turns they're not using to mess you up.
Shadow Mitsuo will use Whisper to start reconstructing Mitsuo the Hero. Hit him hard enough and he'll also use Chant and Prayer to rebuild it immediately.
He's still vulnerable until the shell is complete, so pour it on.
After the first reconstruction, Mitsuo the Hero's attacks become stronger.
He also gains Command > Spell, which will hit the whole team with Almighty damage.
He did it again! Seriously, what is the deal? L2PNUB
Shouldn't have made that "corpse discoverer" crack.
What the...? You guys... Wh-Who the hell are you guys!?
We came to talk to you.
Talk...to me...? The police are after you. They think you're the one who killed King Moron and the other two. So...? Are you the killer?
All on me... Aha...hahaha! That's right, I did it! You piece of shit! And not just that bastard Morooka...That stupid announcer and the Konishi bitch, too! I killed all of them! It was me!
Wh-Where did it go!?
What's going on...? Ha...Hahaha...It's gone...That frickin' monster disappeared...Take that, son of a bitch...Oh thank god.
H-Hey!
He's exhausted...We need to hurry and get him out of here!-Junes Theme-
Can't you tell? Why...am I here...? What the hell are you guys...? S-Stop it...Why did the TV...Nngh...
H-Hey... You seem confused from everything that happened. But we have a bunch of questions for you. First off, why did you do all this!? Answer in ten words or less! Haha...What the hell? Is that a costume...? Haha, what a loser...Get outta my face, you freak... F-Freak!? Grrrrr!
Hold it, Teddie. You're not helping. Did you really do it? Get off my back...I already told you...I did it...
Why...? How could you do such a thing?
Three people are dead because of you...-Who's There?-
Hahahahahaha! Everyone's talking about it, right? It's a huge deal...and I did it! All of it! All by myself...! You just wanted the attention...?
*gasp* *gasp* Whoa...Look who it is...Haha, hey Yuki...After all this time...now you wanna talk to me? Haha...What bullshit.
Answer me! If you held a grudge against me, that's fine...But why the others!? Ha...Haha, what a joke...You're so desperate it hurts...I didn't care who I attacked...Everyone pisses me off...
You what...? Gotta be...kidding me...! You killed Senpai over nothing!?...You son of a bitch!!
*chuckle* What, you gonna kill me?
Kanji-kun!?
No, you're gonna own up to your crimes and pay for what you did. You ain't gonna be allowed to kick the bucket until you understand exactly what it is you've done! ......
......
Dude...The cops.
Huh? What're you waiting for!? Call the damn police! Y-Yeah...You're right... Yosuke...
