A Ghost Among the Phantom Thieves

Silas' Confession

We enter the bastard's heart and feel how bad his world is becoming. "Jeez!! Were the last two guys this bad when given their calling cards?"

Mona: "Yep, pretty much! Now, let's get to the treasure as soon as possible!"

We all head to a safe room before heading back to the coffers. There, we find that the treasure did indeed materialize into the form of a large gem.

Skull: "Holy crap! It's almost as big as Kamoshida's crown!!"

Me: "It was that big?!"

Panther: "Well, it was at first when we grabbed it after Mona..."

Mona: "*Has starry eyes* Mrrrrrow!!!! *leaps onto the gem*"

Me: "Uh, is he ok?"

Fox: "He does that when the treasure is brought into its solid form."

I just look concerned as Mona is meowing and nuzzling the Treasure. "Well, we need to carry this out then. I'll hold onto it." I say as I carry the gem over my head.

We head out and get as far as the inner garden when Silas suddenly yoinks the gem out of my hands with a weird claw device (essentially, Link's clawshot). "What the heck?!"

SS: "I was wondering where I left this. Thanks for recovering it for me! Now, allow me to show you villains the door to your death!"

And so, Joker, Panther, Fox, and I start fighting against the "hero of the land" and we were just getting by with damage since he has so many different weapons and tools. For example, bombs with a big blast radius, that claw device to steal one of our weapons, a shield that can reflect any of our Personas magic attacks, a boomerang with wind abilities, bow and arrows with different elements, and the bombs mixed in as well, etc. Not to mention, his sword packs quite a hit. Thankfully, whenever he steals one of our weapons, we can deal enough damage to him to have him drop it. Soon enough, give him a powerful blow, followed by an All-Out Attack

SS: "Gah!! Impossible!! How can you villainous monsters beat me, the hero?!?!"

You're wrong.  <
We're the heroes.
Give it up.

Joker: "You're wrong!"

Panther: "Yeah!! What kind of 'hero' would force their employees to work in such a crappy work environment!!"

Fox: "Indeed. You are nothing but a villain in your own story."

What Fox said seemed to hurt Shadow Silas badly in a mental way. He slumps forward, almost like he's in defeat before he starts laughing maniacally, first quietly, and then it gets louder. He looks up at us with a creepy smile and says, "You know, you guys are right! Besides, who wants to be a hero who's always late to the party when you can be a villain, who came early to start fun?!" He laughs more as he starts to transform. He soon becomes a huge cyborg version of Bowser, but with construction equipment for the cyborg parts. Even the shell is a cement mixer/tank!

SS: "Oh yeah!! Now, this is what I call a power-up!! Time to take you so-called 'heroes' down!! It's Showtime!!!"

We were doing our best to attack and dodge the goliath's attacks. Villain Silas's attacks include the following: