LogFAQs > #970628055

The palace hits different if you fail it and watch the cutscene. Makoto gets drugged up and used as a prostitute, and in her drugged up stupor she is so broken that she can only think to call Joker's name for help, and that's how the cops get Joker. Although they forgot to give Sae any unique dialogue about it

It was so depressing it just made me wanna give Queen a big hug, even though I think she's the worst of the waifus lol

But yeah, the stakes of the third villain may not seem as high as the first two since he doesn't really have a personal attachment to the party members. But clearly, the stakes are very high