Persona: Devil Summoner

At least she was convinced that she saw it.

Taken together, it is not difficult to come up with a terrifying process...

"Could it be, Fangze... your body is not actually dead, but someone has used evil magic to expel your soul from your body? Could it be that someone else's soul is now living in your body?"

Jiang Tianwei blurted out.

As supporting evidence, you see, the soul is reluctant to ascend to heaven, often because it still has some attachment to reality, but Fang Zexia doesn't have that! She is carefree, how could she have that kind of concern?

Then why can she still wander around the world as a ghost? I clearly have the ability to see ghosts, so why have I only seen her ghost? The answer is... there is something wrong with Fang Zexia's death!

When Jiang Tianwei thought of this, he broke out in a cold sweat and became more and more scared the more he thought about it.

Fang Zexia, on the other hand, had a normal expression on her face. She smiled and said, "Oh, what kind of sorcery, what kind of soul expelling from the body, this is too unscientific, isn't it?"

"You are a ghost, and you are telling me about science?! I think you are the least scientific one!!!"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 20 You Can’t Refuse Your Leader’s Request for Overtime

Now there are two things in front of Jiang Tianwei that make him curious.

One is the castle of Mr. Kamoshida mentioned by Ryuji Sakamoto and others.

Another issue is Fang Zexia's body. Was she possessed by someone? Who possessed her? Why? Can she be taken back?

Jiang Tianwei carefully weighed the pros and cons in his mind, and finally had to make a painful decision - of course, he chose the side with the cute girl! What's there to hesitate about? ! On one side is a story about three old men, a cat, and a medieval castle. On the other side is a story about a beautiful girl ghost and a beautiful girl's body, what's there to hesitate about? !

Moreover, there are many great predecessors who have set examples for themselves! For example, Ning Caichen, Xu Xian, these are all old predecessors! They all tell us that helping those beautiful monsters and ghosts is likely to be rewarded. Doesn't Japan also have a saying such as the crane repaying a favor?

"Wow... Jiang Jiang, your smile is a bit vulgar, isn't it?"

"Fangze, I'm asking you seriously, do you know the story of the crane repaying its gratitude?"

"I know? What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I just made up my mind. You are indeed my good partner. We should investigate your affairs first."

"I'm so touched! - So why did you suddenly bring up the topic of the crane repaying its gratitude just now? "

Jiang Tianwei was about to take action after saying this, preparing to go find out who the woman pretending to be Fang Zexia was. Suddenly, his cell phone buzzed, and he picked it up and saw that it was from the store where he worked part-time? !

It’s that crappy store with a name so long that I can’t even remember it.

The store manager sent a message in an unquestionable tone: "There are distinguished guests in the store, come quickly!"

"But, I'm on leave today..."

Jiang Tianwei's fingers flew and he quickly sent a message.

"You can't even ask for leave. If you don't come, pack up and get out!"

Jiang Tianwei saw the malice that was about to overflow from the screen and couldn't help but click his tongue, spit, and frowned into a pimple.

"Looks like, Fangze, I have to go over there first."

"Yeah, it's okay, go ahead!"

Fang Zexia was very generous in expressing her understanding, and Jiang Tianwei nodded to her. Although Fang Zexia acted as if nothing had happened, considering why she hadn't come back for so long, I'm afraid she was actually very concerned and curious about why she died? As a result, he had just agreed to an investigation, and then... Oh...

I could only console myself with bullshit like, "Now that I know she's studying at Shujin Academy, I can see her anytime!"

Then, Jiang Tianwei naturally hurried to take the subway to Shibuya.

As luck would have it, Amamiya Ren was also headed for the subway, and the two of them swiped their subway cards at the same time and ran to get on the train. They nodded to each other as a greeting, and were immediately separated by the crowd.

(Although I really want to investigate him, now is not the time.)

Thinking of this, Jiang Tianwei rushed to the store as soon as he arrived in Shibuya...

"Hmm? Why did that boy run away when he saw you?"

The black cat that had been staying in Amamiya Ren's backpack made a strange low moan.

"Maybe he's in a hurry."

"Really? I don't think so... That student, he's actually on leave, right? Why would he take the bus from the school station like you? And why would he leave at such a perfect time?"

It has to be said that sometimes, the intuition of wild animals is more sensitive than that of humans.

"I say, Lian, let's catch up and take a look?"

Yu Gong Lian nodded, took serious steps, and chased in the direction where Jiang Tianwei ran away... However, after running only two steps, she heard a fierce female voice coming from behind the pillar: "Didn't I tell you that I'm not feeling well today!"

Amamiya Ren felt that the voice sounded familiar, and when she looked closely, she saw a blonde girl wearing the school uniform of Shujin Academy running away... Wasn't this her classmate, Takamaki An, who she had met once?

On one side was a foreign student who was on leave, and on the other side was a classmate who looked troubled...Amamiya Ren was torn between the inner thoughts and the inner thoughts, and then - she took a step forward to chase after Takamaki An.

Ah, this, this is not because she is pretty! This is because, I don’t know what Jiang’s situation is, but when Gao Juanxing just passed by, she was obviously aggrieved, and she obviously needed help!

It’s definitely not because she’s beautiful!

Thinking so, Amamiya Ren quickly chased after Takamaki An.

Back to Jiang Tianwei, he had run through Shibuya many times, but today, he was very annoyed. No matter who it is, if they are suddenly called to work overtime on their day off, they will not have a good face. If they do, it must be fake.

"Really? How busy are you? Why do you want me to come over right away..."

Jiang Tianwei muttered as he ran into the alley along the familiar path... Logically speaking, if he turned around, he should be at his workplace...

but……

"Door? Why did it become a hexagon?"

This was the first thing Jiang Tianwei reacted to as something was wrong.

Whether it is China, Japan, Asia, Africa or Europe, there are differences in skin color, but the racial differences are not big. The doors of every country are similar, square rectangles, there are no such precise regular hexagons.

And... the moment Jiang Tianwei reached out and touched the door handle, he felt something was wrong. The door handle was extremely smooth and delicate. It was not the touch of metal at all. It was more like the feeling of a candle?

This kind of real scenery suddenly presents a scene of [unrealistic] nature. Jiang Tianwei had just encountered it once recently... It was Kamoshida's castle!

What? Why did it appear here?!

After noticing this, Jiang Tianwei squinted his eyes and saw that the square building in front of him seemed to be shrouded in a layer of purple-red fog! In the fog, he could clearly feel that the real scenery was fading away quickly with the door handle he touched as the center! Like an ellipse cut with a knife, the whole building presented a structure that was narrow at the bottom and narrow at the top, like a huge yurt rising into the sky. It was definitely not the square kitchen structure he was used to seeing before! ?

"[Hey——what are you doing!]"

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At the same time, at the front door of the store, the store manager, his son and another worker bowed deeply to the air. It is because of this deep bow culture that Japan is jokingly called the representative of the spirit of craftsmanship.

Judging from the appearance of the three people, it is not difficult to guess that a high-ranking personage had just come. Now he is leaving, so the three of them need to leave the table together and bow to say goodbye.

Under the tall chef's hat, the store manager's old face was filled with vicious anger: "That Chinese worker happened to be away today, making me lose face... I absolutely cannot let that guy go..."

The furious anger in his words had already gone beyond hostility and turned into murderous intent!!!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 21: Supplies Must Be Provided Before a War

Most ordinary people are better at or more accustomed to [passive thinking] than [active thinking]. When something happens, they will think about some things related to it. Before this thing happens, it is often difficult to connect other things.

A typical example is Jiang Tianwei now. He only knew that Kamo Shida had a palace, and that this palace might be roughly related to his desires, but he did not expect that besides Kamo Shida, other people might also have one.

For example, my boss who is obviously racist and his family.

The huge oval building looked like a mud football that had fallen on the ground. The only thing at the entrance was a regular hexagonal door. It was sticky and slippery, and you could faintly smell a sweet and nauseating odor.

Jiang Tianwei looked around and found nothing unusual elsewhere. Just like the previous time at Kamoshida Castle, only the area in front of him had turned into a different world.

Thinking of this, Jiang Tianwei stretched out his index and middle fingers like lightning and pinched Fang Zexia's nose.

Although comics always like to draw girls' noses very small, it is a pity that it is not the case in reality. In fact, many women consider a straight nose to be beautiful. Yoshizawa Kasumi's nose is naturally one of the good-looking ones.

Fang Zexia was suddenly attacked by Jiang Tianwei. She was puzzled. Because her nose was pinched, her voice became muffled: "What are you doing..."

"It's okay, just a little experiment."

Just as Jiang Tianwei thought, it seemed that as long as Fang Zexia came to this spiritual space that seemed like a different world, she would transform from a ghost into a real person.

(If this is a cognitive space... that means Kasumi Yoshizawa is still considered alive?)

Jiang Tianwei is not a psychologist after all, and he has never read Jungian psychology, so he can only make a rough guess. It's like when doing a math test, you can only write the word "solution" but don't know how to solve it. You can only leave it blank and pray that the teacher will give you a point or two.

I noticed this thanks to the fact that Fang Zexia's body was able to touch the iron railings. And just now, I also confirmed that I could indeed touch her body. Moreover, for a ghost that doesn't need to breathe, it is impossible for the voice to change just because the nose is pinched. Most importantly, when I reached out just now, although it was only for a moment, I did feel Fang Zexia's breathing change due to the shock.

In this spiritual space, she is truly alive.

This is probably what the textbooks often say, "Live forever in people's hearts"...

But that doesn't matter.

It was for this moment that Jiang Tianwei prepared that!

Jiang Tianwei opened his backpack, and there was a clanging sound inside. Jiang Tianwei pulled out a section of rusty iron water pipe. He weighed it and it was about five or six pounds.

This is the [weapon] prepared by Jiang Tianwei.

Considering the situation last time, Jiang Tianwei had to make preparations in advance.

Although I really want to put some high-powered weapons in my backpack, such as a kitchen knife, or, like a popular cartoon, fill my backpack with crowbars...but I am afraid of being questioned by the police about these weapons. Once they check, how will you explain why you carry kitchen knives and crowbars with you?

But, the water pipe can be explained. You can just say that the water pipe at home is broken and you bought a new one and are ready to replace it.

Then, it was——

"Bento?! You're actually going to eat a bento in this kind of situation?!"

Fang Zexia looked at Jiang Tianwei in shock, wondering if he had lost his mind.

Jiang Tianwei certainly had his reasons for doing this. He asked Master Liu to prepare a lunch box for him yesterday because of this.

This was knowledge he learned accidentally when he was addicted to World of Warcraft and went looking for the official novel. There was a description in the official novel about Jaina eating meat. When a magician releases magic, he is often accompanied by mental fatigue, so he needs to recover through food frequently.

The intense fatigue that Jiang Tianwei felt after summoning Pixie last time was probably the result of the mental exhaustion of summoning and his own mental fatigue accumulated during the day. So he made sure he got enough rest today, and before going to a dangerous place, he took in a lot of food.

Besides these reasons...

"I say, Fangze, sit down and eat with us. There's a portion for you."

"Me? I can't eat it... ah!"

It seems that Fangze Xia has also noticed the problem.

Yes, she was a ghost on weekdays, a real ghost, so naturally she couldn't eat food from the living world. But now she had a physical body!

Fang Zexia didn't hesitate to take the lunch box handed to her by Jiang Tianwei and started to eat it in big mouthfuls.

Master Liu’s cooking skills are impeccable, and the old man is experienced. Knowing that the children would probably eat lunch, he specially prepared many delicious meals even when cold.

Fang Zexia just took a bite and couldn't stop tears from flowing out of her eyes: "Wow! It's so delicious! How long has it been since I last had something to eat! It's so good, it's really so good..."

Seeing her eating so happily, Jiang Tianwei couldn't help but feel happy.

Speaking of which, Master Liu has said several times before that he likes to watch Jiang Tianwei eat because he "eats with a fragrant smell." Until now, Jiang Tianwei still doesn't understand what it means to eat with a fragrant smell, and what it looks like. But today, when he saw Fang Zexia, he felt a little bit of the same feeling.

After eating and drinking, Jiang Tianwei did not forget to throw the garbage into the nearby trash can. Although he didn't know whether throwing garbage into other people's spiritual space would cause any impact, he still didn't want to be an uncultured person.

After having a good meal and a few drinks, Jiang Tianwei opened the suspicious program on his mobile phone again.

"Devil Summoning System", who on earth developed this? It's really confusing...

With this doubt, Jiang Tianwei still activated the summons. After all, a drowning person would grab a piece of driftwood regardless of the material and where it came from. As long as it is useful, it's fine.

"Mmm, it tastes so sweet..."

Pixie expressed this thought as soon as she was summoned to rescue. She flew up and down, carefully looking at the palace in front of her, and suddenly an excited expression appeared on her face: "Is this a huge beehive? My good master, you are not going to tell me that I can eat as much honey as I want, right?"

honeycomb?

Jiang Tianwei was reminded by it, and then he suddenly realized, yes! It's a beehive!

A beehive is probably the most familiar and yet most unfamiliar thing to people.

Familiarity is because most people know about bees and have seen them in textbooks, on TV, in animations, etc. They also know that bees live in hives.

The reason why they are unfamiliar is that everyone is afraid of being stung by bees, so once a beehive appears in the residential area or at the door, they will immediately find someone to come and remove it.

This is why Jiang Tianwei didn't recognize at first glance that this thing was actually a huge upside-down beehive...

"No wonder it's a hexagonal door. Ah, it doesn't matter. As long as you don't get sick, you can eat whatever you want."