Characters - Kurashina Menou

Ah, the first mystery character of Stage 2. Menou appears in the crowd that gathers around Dark's target of the night, and is caught on Takeshi's camera. And, of course, Takeshi wonders who this mysterious (did I mention pretty? XD) girl may be, and decides to investigate...

What Takeshi doesn't know (perhaps fortunately?) is that Menou died 40 years ago. @_@ Yep, people, she's basically a spirit that was trapped in the necklace 'Agate Links.' ('Menou' means 'agate,' incidentally. :P)

When Grandpa was the phantom thief, 40 years ago, he happened to fly by a small, lit window where a small girl stared out into the night. She was weak and sickly but glad to see him as he visited occasionally. Menou was Grandpa's first incentive to steal something that was NOT of the Hikari family, to steal something for a purpose other than just to collect artwork for his family... unfortunately, Menou never survived to receive 'Agate Links' from Grandpa, and was thus sealed away into the necklace until the next Dark appeared.