Part 96: December 3 Part 3: Vengeance

No...!
*sob*
*sob*
Dammit...DAMMIT!!



-I'll Face Myself-








*sob*
Nanako-chan...


Huh? What's wrong, everyone...? Huh...? Wait...I-Is Nanako-chan...?
B-But then...where did Dojima-san go? His room isn't that way--Wait a sec, that's the way to...!




Adachi-san said he was admitted to this hospital!


Wh-What are you getting mad at me for? This is the biggest hospital, and he's in no condition to be moved...
Why didn't you say anything?
In case something like this happened! The details of a suspect's hospitalization are confidential information...
Just tell us where he is already! Dojima-san's on his way, ain't he? You don't know what he's gonna do there if we don't stop him!
Kanji-kun, you don't mean...
H-Hold on...Just what are you guys talking about...?


Urgh...T-Top floor in the second surgical ward, furthest room back...B-But...there's a police guard...

> Meanwhile: Nanako's hospital room...


I was always watching over Nana-chan...And I still couldn't save her...It happened in my world...Even though I was the only Teddie in that place...I...I still couldn't do anything...I...


Policeman on guard: Like we said, without permission...
Permission...? Who gave him permission to kill Nanako? Tell me that, huh?
The hell with you all...! Why is he still alive when Nanako's dead!? Give me back Nanako...Give her back! She's...She's all I have...!
She's...the only one...in the world...
Policeman's partner: C-Call a doctor!
Let go of me...I need to...


Quick, get him to his room! I'll go alert the doctors!


......
His only daughter's dead...Nothing woulda surprised me.
Dojima-san probably knew...that there's little to no chance Namatame would be convicted...Dammit...He killed Senpai, and now Nanako-chan...And the bastard's gonna walk away without paying for what he did...
That's not right...!
......
Why...? Why is he the one that gets to go on living?
Something inside the room: *THUMP*



> The window in the room is wide open...

What are you doing?
I-I was scared...So I...I...
You have your life...and now you want your freedom, too!?
It's your fault that Nanako-chan's...!
I-I, I didn't, I...



-Who's There?-

12 o'clock...Is it the Midnight Channel? Hey, isn't this...!?


Another Namatame...!? How!? The real one's right here, and we already beat his Shadow...
No...Come to think of it, Namatame never faced his other self. And we didn't witness his Shadow returning to his body as a Persona, either...Perhaps that's why we're seeing this now...
What...the...
I failed. But it wasn't my fault. And the law can't touch me anyway...
Wh-What...!?
Is that what Namatame's really thinking!? Then...he wasn't deranged or anything...He knew what he was doing...!
To hell with the law...I won't ever forgive what you did...!
Th-This...Please...Stop...
Huh? Stop what? We ain't even done anything yet...Or do you want us to do something...? Something fitting for a bastard like you!
K-Kanji...
......
Do whatever you want. You hate me because the child died, don't you? I don't care either way. Living or dying makes no difference to me. But you...You're different. *chuckle* You can't do such a thing. You wouldn't dare, right? *chuckle* I'll continue "saving" people...It's my mission...!


Mission...!?
My god...
P-Please stop...
He wants us to stop. What should we do?
Wh-What do you mean...?
We can't let this bastard do whatever he pleases.
Still...What are you going to do?
No way I'm gonna walk out of here doing nothing...
I-I understand, but...
This must be a luxury suite. Most hospital wards don't have such large televisions...Why, with something like this in the room, this man could escape at any time...Although once he enters...he may find there's no way out.
Wait a second! Y-You don't mean...Are you...serious...?
You just gonna turn your back and walk away?
That's...But...!
Wh-What's gotten into you guys!? This is crazy! How can we do something like that!?
Chie! Everyone...Listen to me. If we're gonna do this...now is our only shot. We won't get a second chance. At this rate, the guy's gonna get off the hook...And he'll go around "saving" people again! You just heard what this bastard's really thinking! If that happens, it'll be just like Nanako-chan and Senpai...Who knows how many innocent people will die this time? I can't let something like that go. Someone close to me died...Her killer can't be convicted...And now I'm gonna let the same thing happen again? There's no way I can do that! It's just wrong, isn't it!?
B-But...Yosuke...
All we have to do is push him inside the TV...That's it. We do that one thing, and this is all over.
J-Just...push him inside...?
If any of you want no part in this, just leave the room. I'm not gonna force you to stay. As for me, nothing could make me forgive this bastard...But before we do this, I want to hear what you think.