Headcanon: Akihiko is a high-ranking detective for the Prefectural Police, Chie's his hot-headed, rookie partner, and Naoto's still working her Consulting Detective gig while also pushing for her license as a

Forensic Pathologist. And none of them were involved in the '

Phantom Thieves' incidents due to a combination of bureaucratic obfuscation and something EVEN MORE INSANE coming up. (Seriously, Persona 5 Arena or whatever had better explain where in the Hell everyone was during that damn fiasco. The Kirijo Group should have been all over that case.)