After the Phantom Thieves are no more Futaba Sakura starts to retreat into her old habits until one day a mystery's presence pushes her outside her comfort zone.
She woke up hours later more confused than she had ever been in her life. What is going on here? Did I pass out? she wonders. Although she is beyond excited to claim her prize she does not see how this can be a clue to her stalker and harasser's identity. Futaba searches forums and databases to try and figure out a connection to the action figure but it brings no results. About a week later the stalker contactes her again.
Round Two for another clue?
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No!!! first off you didn't obey the rules. You didn't tell me who you were and even if Phoenix Ranger is a clue it's a really shitty one.
I never said that was the clue. It's a prize. Noble victory should lead to a grand treasure!
However, I guess I over estimated your skill if you could not figure that much out. I sent the clue. It is not my fault if you didn't find it. But I suppose I'll have to give you a hint for that too.
Check mate.
Futaba quickly pulls up their game of chess. She had a weird suspicion at the time but it now makes sense. Her stalker had lost on purpose. He must have hacked the site and added something. 'He is pretty good if he did all that while playing against me' she thinks to herself. She clicks on her pawn and her printer starts up. She runs to the bin where a paper has just come out and finds...
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"A word search? That's really strange. I'm not sure what any of that means".
Regardless Futaba continued to work on the puzzle till she found all the words. Maybe there was a pattern or a clue when she found them all? But in the end there was nothing.
"That's so weird. Every time I interact with this freak I get even more confused" Futaba thinks. Her phone goes off and her heart starts to race. Was that the Stalker?! She grabs her phone to see a text from Inari and in the moment her heart slightly sink.
Futaba notices the change and wonders why she felt sad over it. She decided its the fact that the only person she hate more than this stalker is Inari.
His text read "I am sorry to bother you Futaba but I have a request. I was wondering if you would be willing to help me set up a website for my art".
Although she really didn't want to, Yuske convinced her and she thought this would be a good distraction. The next day she meets Yuske at LeBlanc. They went to the back booth and discussed what Yuske wanted. Futaba gets to work but quickly get distracted with this and that. Mostly she has no motivation to help Yuske or finish what she started. When Yuske moves to retrieve a pencil from his satchel, Futaba's eyes fall on a white bag.
"What's in the bag?" Futaba ask out loud as she leans toward Yuske.
