So, Akechi’s body was never found. We only assume he’s dead because Oracle lost track of his vitals. Now; after 4 months, someone woulda found him. I suspect he didn’t die. If you’ll recall, the day after Shidos palace crumbles there’s a news broadcast about someone being pulled into an alley and being sliced up. There was also a news broadcast the day after you get out of jail detailing another accident, much like the original train derailment back in April. Now, onto the big points. When a palaces cognitive ruler is killed, the body in real life shuts down, as if it has lost its inner self and become hollow. This hollow person has nothing left to guide them anymore, and as such, shuts down. We in a sense stole their persona? But what happens when a persona user is rendered hollow? Akechi afflicted himself with Loki’s power to induce psychotic rage, ONLY Loki can do. Now if you’re unfamiliar with Norse lore or any incarnation of Loki over the years, he’s literally the trickster god. His entire being is focused on bringing about Chaos and using people to further that chaos themselves. As such, there’s the chance this Loki is the same. He could be self aware of, much like Arsene was at Sae’s palace. Now, onto the theory... Akechi is not dead. His cognitive self was simply erased. His body became hollow, and due to Lokis power being used on him, he became psychotic. But what happens when a persona user becomes hollow? What if the persona fills the void? That would mean Loki would have taken over Akechi’s body entirely. It’s not beyond the Trickster God to lend his power to someone with the sole intent of using them the entire time. With his body never being found, and atleast two reports of “psychotic breakdowns” within 2 months, would it not be feasible for this all to be true? Neither of those reports was talked about, especially not the alley way slashing (Sojiro mentions the accident but only on reminiscence of the first car ride) Therefore, I believe Akechi’s body is still alive, yet possessed by his own Persona, and carrying out mental shutdowns. His cognition would still view the world the same in a psychotic rage. Though we “changed” his heart, he was STILL hit by the psychotic blast. Which is a total unknown to us with how it truly works. Especially on a persona user. Now the DLC idea. 9 months later, we visit Leblanc for Christmas. Sojiro lets us stay in our old room, while we eventually try to find our own place in our one true home. Our first nights sleep, we wake in a ruined Velvet room. Igor’s desk is cracked, the drapes are torn, and a blue note is left in your cell detailing that “something even more powerful than Master has been unleashed upon this world” signed L. Upon reading the note, you wake up and check your phone to once again see the meta-nav before getting a flurry of texts from the group chat about how all the PT’s suddenly noticed it as well. I’m not good with THAT level of