Unfortunately Mitsuru is forced to spend the entire night inside the mall.

And so, following S.E.E.S failed attempt at capturing the shadow possesing Mitsuru's, they decided to regroup and rest to rethink their strategy in how they were going to deal with this situation.

"Ok, since directly chasing after it is practically out of the question, anyone has any new ideas ?", asked Minato to their group.

"Couldn't we just use our personas on it ?", commented Yukari, "No if we want Misturu to remain in one piece", Minato replied.

"'sigh', how about we set up trap somewhere here ?", Junpei said. "But then how are we going to make sure the shadow falls for it", Yukari questioned.

"'gasp', guys, i think i have an idea...", Fuuka commented, "Since shadows like these only tend to operate in the night, how about we trap it inside the mall by blockading all exits ?", she explained. "Of course, Mitsusu would have to spent the entire night trapped inside here, but once the shadow's effect wears off, we can take her out to a safe place", she pointed out.

"Looks like we have no options...", Minato responded as he greenlighted the plan, for this was honestly their best shot at retreiving the body of their friends.

With the plan set, S.E.E.S spent the next half an hour blockading the various exits and entrances of the mall, until there were no more places for the shadow to escape left, upon which, they set up camp inside the mall to await for tomorrow morning, sleeping inside a mattress shop.

"Uhg, why are they taking so long to find me ?...", thought the shadow restless as it continued to wait inside it's hiding place, until at last, it was forced to cede control back to an sleeping Mitsuru as the sun emerged and the dark hour finished.