Phantom Thief of Heart!but conan

Chapter 242 The afterglow of the past

Faced with Tang Ze's question, Leon just pushed the wine poured out of his hand forward, and the transparent liquid swayed in the goblet to emit fine fragments of light, as clear as a glass of clear water.

In the current Velvet bar, there are not many colorless liquors, and Kumail is one of them.

This is what it means to ask him to sit down and speak slowly.

From time travel to today, Tang Ze would wake up in the velvet bar on time almost every night, even on days when he was short of sleep, he hadn't had a dream for a long time.

As Leon said, his guests are not qualified for sweet dreams.

In this world, Leon is the only person who can understand all Tang Ze's weird words and can pick up the jokes. The two of them quickly became familiar with each other.

Tang Ze, who drank and drank water in his dream every day, and talked with Leon many times, quickly understood his body language, restrained his impatience, and sat down on the opposite chair.

"What exactly is the 'Holy Grail'... As a trickster, you know it very well, right?"

Rarely, Leon used a name for the protagonist in the original P5.

"The false god Yalda Beth, the evil god formed by human laziness, or in other words, the evil god representing the negative aggregation in the collective subconscious of mankind." Tang Ze talked about the setting of the original work, thought for a while, and added Dao, "But you said from the very beginning that this is a world where the cognitive world and the real world have merged. Will Yaldabet still exist?"

Leon also poured himself a glass of wine, propped himself up on the bar, and cast his eyes on a dim dance floor in the distance - that was Tang Ze's Persona operation venue.

Different from Gemini's guillotine, in Tang Ze's bar, his mask summoning and composition are all done on the dance floor. When the lights are turned on, it shows a high platform illuminated by spotlights and dim crowds of people around.

Tang Ze also doubted at first whether Leon really lived in velvet.

After all, as we all know, under normal circumstances, velvet assistants should be of the opposite sex...

But when he started his first persona operation and watched Leon pick up the persona book and summon and synthesize it freely, he dispelled this doubt.

The fake Igor does not have the power to live in velvet at all. In the original work, in order to conceal his identity, he handed over the operation of the book of personality to Gemini throughout the whole process.

To be able to complete these operations independently, at least Leon did not lie to him about his identity. He is indeed Tang Ze's velvet assistant.

"If, in the world of P5, the evil god formed by the collective subconsciousness of human beings is Yalda Bait, what about in the world of Conan?" Leon only opened his head, which made Tang Ze feel a little shivering Feeling, "The reason why the man-made false god is Yalda Bait is that its essence is because of human laziness and biological instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, which makes the public tend to escape, tend to give up thinking, and instead desire to have a The will of the universe can decide everything instead of oneself. Then what kind of collective subconsciousness do you think will be formed given the nature of this world?"

Tang Ze shook his back, feeling a little shuddering.

Yalda Beth, as the ruling god, was born like this in response to human nature, not to say that he chose to be like this.

But what if the background of the story is replaced by Ke Xue’s world...

I always feel that what was born should not be Yalda Bait, but something like Cthulhu.

Guessing his thoughts from Tang Ze's expression, Leon bent his eyes and brought the topic back to the Holy Grail: "The 'Holy Grail' is actually the 'secret treasure' of the collective subconscious, and the 'root of twisted desire' of human beings. He is a man-made god, not a real god, and will be destroyed and usurped. Even if someone really picks out a piece of the Holy Grail, isn't it surprising?"

"That's still weird!" Tang Ze protested, "Who can climb to the bottom of the subway to pick up the holy grail! How can a good holy grail be broken? Doesn't that mean that the holy grail has..."

Tang Ze's voice paused.

Leon's smile got bigger: "What are you afraid of, let's go on, you have always been very brave."

"...has been broken." Tang Ze uttered the logical second half of the sentence, raised the wine glass in his hand and drank down the herbaceous spirit in one gulp.

Take two sips to suppress the shock, it's still kind of scary.

"As for what I know." Leon shook his glass of wine, his golden eyes shining brightly on the liquid, "I do know something, maybe I know everything. But I'm just the shadow of a dream , I just look into your moving eyes, I just wait for the balance of your decision... All I know is the past, and all I can do is judge. It is you who really makes the choice and walks out of the way. Don't be afraid, I am yours The assistant is your mirror, your companion and accomplice, I will not harm you."

Speaking of this, the arc of the corner of his mouth converged, and he whispered: "To be precise... I really didn't do anything."

Seeing Leon's drooping eyebrows, Tang Ze couldn't help but complain, "Why, you are also Elizabeth, you want to leave the room and start your own journey, and you want to save the boy who sacrificed himself to save the world?"

"Pfft..." Leon, who was pouring wine into his mouth, was choked up by his words, coughed, and wiped the corner of his mouth with a smile, "You know how to catch up..."

"I can't help it. You make the atmosphere so serious, I'm not too used to it." Tang Ze avoided the wine he spouted, sighed, "Don't make a tone like I might be gawking, and talk riddles here. Tell me, what's the matter with you?"

"It's nothing, I'm just feeling a little bit emotional." Leon rolled his eyelids, and he also sighed, "Don't ask me, I've told you everything I can say, if there is anything I know But what I didn’t say is that I don’t have the right to say it.”

"Okay, let's just think so." Tang Ze shook his head, feeling that Leon's hint was indeed in place, and maybe it was the truth that he didn't have the right to say it, so he let go of this topic and asked curiously, "Are you 'Judgment', you said again, you are waiting for my decision, so it seems that you are my examiner? This main plot, no matter which side it is, I have been seriously advancing, how is my result so far?"

"Judgment" Tarot is a very important arcana, the kind that will fundamentally reverse the plot.

This standard was also one of the reasons why Tang Ze guessed that Lyon would be a "judgment".

Tang Ze himself has a higher perspective than everyone else. Except for Leon, who has the information like him, it is hard to imagine anyone else who can make judgments and reverse the story.

Leon put down the half glass of wine he had wasted, and gave Tang Ze a smile: "Didn't I already write my score for you to read?"

"Oh? So, those coop comments are not your evaluation of them, but you are evaluating me?" Tang Ze raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise.

This is a bit interesting... I have to go back and read those words carefully.

"That's true. You don't have to underestimate yourself...you are a competent trickster and a competent guest." Leon raised his white-gloved hand and snapped his fingers crisply, "So..."

[rank up! Rank 2】

[Acquired Ability: Afterglow of the Past]

[Now your assistant can freely enter and exit the velvet room. 】

[Thank you for your hard work these days, お客様. 】

　I feel like I'm resting, but I'm not completely resting

　　For the time being, if there is no Chapter 2, I will touch it again in the daytime tomorrow

　　sleepy like a sharpie
　　
　
(End of this chapter)