[h3][b]Sato Hashimoto[/b] // [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpzbr3vCBjw]Crypt of Hopes and Dreams[/url][/h3]	The arms quickly fell apart once they targeted them, and with them gone, they could go full force. Sato blasted it with another Single Shot, and then immediately following it up with a Hamaon, making the blow seem to explode with white light on contact. Soon after everyone started giving it their all, the shadow fell down, and Rui finished it off with one last decisive thrust. With one final scream of agony, the shadow began to morph back into its Alexai shape, leaving it all to the real Alexai to end.

	The conversation went as expected, Sato missing out on a lot of context seeing as he barely knew the guy. Regardless, the broad third-year accepted his shadow and a fiery knight appeared in its place, if only for a second. After that whole shebang was over, Sato was surprised to see that Alexai didn't collapse, and instead turned to the group and informed them that there was still another person to be saved in the dungeon: his sister.

	Ayano told everyone there wasn't much left of the dungeon before they would get to Alexai's sister, so everyone marched on, this time with Alexai with them. As they walked through the remainder of the crypt, Sato wondered the implications of both Alexai and his sister being in the same dungeon upon entering the mirror world. Was it only one of theirs, or did they both share it? Could it be they were just similar enough for it to work? What if people with radically different problems entered at the same place and at the same time?

	Before long they were at the last room, only having to go through some insignificant shadows to get there (in which Alexai surprisingly helped; did he care about his sister that much that he had the strength to keep going even after dealing with his shadow?). The innards of the crypt got more decrepit as they went on, the coloration losing its brightness and taking on a much more serious tone in them. More surprising though, was finding the same cultists who presumably kidnapped Alexai's sister (and Alexai? Sato was still unsure on that part). The final room appeared to be a dead-end, so the cultists were trapped. The cultists shouted confused sentences, ones that confused Sato himself. Before he could process them again, the voice of the cultist changed into something eerily familiar.

	Confirming Sato's suspicion, the man suddenly fell to the ground. A shadow erupted from his body, and in a blind panic it charged the persona users. Alexai cut it down like it was nothing, and charged the remaining cultist, who quickly fell to the ground beside Elena. Whatever just happened, it didn't matter in the moment, as they had basically just recovered Elena without anymore shadow stuff happening. With that done, everyone returned to the real world.

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[b]JUNE 14TH 2015, SUNDAY
Mid-day[/b]
	Sato sat in his room, browsing through the search results for [i]Junsei Sekai Tensei[/i], which was apparently the cult's name. A now lukewarm cup of tea sat in front his face as he rested his chin on his arms. He'd been searching for at least an hour, and he hadn't learned anything particularly new or useful. Maybe there was a reason that Kami was a member dedicated to this part of the investigation. Was there some kind of deep-web he had to go on to get anything relevant?

	Sighing, Sato leaned back in his chair, stretching his arms above his head. Thinking back to the day before, they had carried the cultists out of the mirror world after saving both Alexai and his sister, Elena. They turned the two men into the police, so that's good. What wasn't good was how a shadow had come out of one of them. What did it mean? What [i]was[/i] a shadow? The team discussed the cultists and what they said once everything was dealt with. Based off of what they had said, the consensus was that the majority of the cultists were unaware of the true nature of the mirror world, instead believing it to be some alternate paradise world. There was the mention of some "Lady Asai", a name that had to be essential to the investigation. Kami concurred with this thought, while Megumi and Kazuki decided to keep an even closer watch on the mirror world, which comforted Sato a little. At least nobody would slip through the cracks now, hopefully.

	After that, everyone went home. Sato had fallen asleep as soon as he hit his bed, waking up ten minutes before eleven the next day. With Alexai saved, there wasn't much else to be concerned with. Just a normal sunday to relax on. Or so Sato wanted it to be, but his head was filled with thoughts and questions about the cultists. What exactly were they after? Why would they try to kidnap people to put them in there? Who was this Lady Asai, and what she telling these people?

	Sato took a deep breath, and let it out as he got up. Some fresh air was what he needed, having been mulling over this whole cult thing the whole morning. It was suffocating in its own way. He considered dropping by the hospital to check on Alexai, but he barely knew the guy, and plenty of the others who did were bound to show up there.

	Sighing, Sato got up from his chair and whipped out his phone, dialing Rokurou's number. He flopped onto his bed and waiting for the other boy to pick up. When there was no answer, Sato just let the phone fall from his hand and onto the sheets. Sunlight beamed down on his face, making it all the more unlikely he'd bother opening them any time soon.