Persona: Devil Summoner

That was the widest, flattest place in the entire theater, and the place where Ooyamada Shoichi could best display his fighting power - that was the stage.

Since he calls himself a star, he must be on stage. It's a pity that he is not a girl and there are no giraffes in the audience, otherwise someone would definitely understand. "

What's more, what Jiang Tianwei and the others didn't know was that all the zombies in the entire palace were now gathering here, just like a fan meeting, with countless fans flocking to their idol star.

"I will never...never let anyone take away my glory..."

Doctor Ooyamada was now trembling all over, his face was pale, and cold sweat was pouring down his face, but his eyes were flashing with paranoia and resentment...

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At the same time, in a dark little room on the first floor of this exaggerated theater, Goro Akechi was tied to a chair with a bundle of ropes. Judging from the marks on his wrists, he had been tied here for at least half an hour.

He lowered his head, his soft and fluffy hair hanging down, and on his exquisite face, which was called a prince, there were now some bruises, making him look like a prisoner tied up here.

I believe that people who often play games, watch animations, and watch TV dramas should have seen this situation more or less, right? That is, in a hidden prison, you find a trapped person. After rescuing him, in line with the principle of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend", he can either join us to take revenge, or use this cheat on the spot.

Unexpectedly, Goro Akechi was also locked in a small room... I don't know what happened.

According to normal logic, when Jiang Tianwei and his companions came to this palace for the first time, they should at least look around, commonly known as "opening the map". But today, President Niijima had a map in his hand, and everyone had a clear goal, so of course they skipped the process of opening the map, and naturally there was no chance to rescue the famous detective.

A sad story indeed.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 257 Display Cabinet Girl

With the guidance of the map, the three members of the Phantom Thieves quickly found the hospice ward on the fourth floor.

Like all palace hospitals, the scenery here has been alienated into the strange appearance unique to the palace.

This is an exhibition hall, which contains a lot of miscellaneous items.

Generally speaking, places like exhibition halls would definitely have all kinds of sparkling and beautiful things for people to appreciate, but in this exhibition hall, there were only dull colors.

In the glass cabinets one after another, you can see many ornaments that should be very luxurious, such as swords engraved with gorgeous patterns, exquisite full-body armor, and various exquisite jewelry. It can be seen that these should be props used on the stage.

However, now every exhibit is broken, covered with black cracks, and the color is dark and depressing. Under the influence of the dark color, these glass display cabinets look like standing coffins.

Knowing that this is a hospice ward, it is not difficult to understand the lifeless atmosphere.

I'm afraid that in Oyamada's impression, these patients were originally ornaments that he used to decorate his reputation. If they were cured, they would become the gorgeous decorations on his "Merciful Hands and Kind Heart" signboard. If they couldn't be cured, they would be directly discarded and thrown into the display cabinet, quietly waiting for time to weather and disappear naturally...

Jiang Tianwei's heart tightened violently and his brows were frowning. This kind of practice of abandoning the dog after the rabbit is dead made him feel full of resentment that could not be relieved.

In this dilapidated and depressed exhibition hall, Jiang Tianwei quickly found his target.

According to the relative position, in roughly the location of Meihe's room in reality, a little blonde girl floats quietly in the exhibition hall.

Her skin was too white, the kind of paleness that only the dead would have. She had blonde hair, but it was not as shiny as described in various literary works. It was a dull color between white and gold. She was wearing a blue-purple dress and a pair of black leather shoes. She looked like a doll.

As if she sensed someone approaching, the girl in the display case raised her head...

Shinjima was startled by the sudden look up and trembled all over. The scene was really like the atmosphere of a horror movie. It was no wonder she was scared. Anyone would be scared!

The blonde girl looked around and finally fixed her sight on Jiang Tianwei. Her originally lifeless eyes suddenly flashed with color.

There is a theory called the Uncanny Valley Theory, which talks about the relationship between the degree of similarity between dolls and humans and the degree of love humans have for them. In summary, when dolls are particularly different from humans, people tend to hate them. When dolls gradually become similar to humans, humans will like them more and more.

However! Once this similarity exceeds a certain threshold, human's love for it will plummet and drop off a cliff.

This theory is used in various horror genres, and the most common one is the puppets in movies. Especially the puppets in Japanese horror movies... they really make you feel horrified just by looking at them.

Now, Jiang Tianwei looked at the little blonde girl in front of him and had this feeling... as if she was not a living being, but a puppet that looked like a human... When you instinctively think that this is a puppet in front of you, and you see this little puppet open its eyes and look at you, that creepy feeling...

"Yes, what's the matter?"

Jiang Tianwei asked bravely.

Originally, this kind of work of negotiating with the other party, asking questions, and finding loopholes or opportunities should be done by Shinjima Makoto. But come to think of it, even an atheist like Jiang Tianwei, the successor of communism in the new century, a team leader with three bars, and who was almost selected for the preliminary list of March 8th Red Flag Bearers, felt uneasy when he was looked at by this little girl, not to mention Shinjima Makoto who was afraid of ghosts from the beginning.

Although Shinjima didn't faint from shock, she still held onto Jiang Tianwei's arm tightly with both hands. From an outsider's perspective, they looked like a sweet couple. But Jiang Tianwei thought about it and realized that she and Shinjima didn't have any deadly hatred. So, the strange force coming from her arm that almost broke her arm could only be explained as the result of her panic.

When asked about her purpose, the little blonde girl giggled but said nothing. She just tilted her head and stared at Jiang Tianwei with her purple eyes. Her floating body was pressed against the inner wall of the glass, and her cute face was blurred with a thick color because of being pressed against the glass.

"You...are you thinking of coming out?"

Jiang Tianwei continued to ask.

The little blonde girl seemed to understand and nodded.

"Senior, do you really want to let her out?"

Sumire Yoshizawa, who always acted very innocent and seemed fearless, also murmured a little, which was unusual for her.

"it should be no problem?"

Jiang Tianwei said so. After all, judging from the position, this little girl should be Meihe in the cognitive palace. But what Jiang Tianwei couldn't understand was why Meihe was originally a very standard Japanese girl, but in the eyes of this guy Oyamada, she was recognized as a blonde Western girl.

(If this is his hobby, that's too bad!).

Jiang Tianwei thought so, picked up his black spear, aimed at the glassware and swung it up!

There was a crisp sound of breaking, and the glass shattered. The irregular broken fragments refracted the faint light in the room, emitting a star-like hazy halo, decorating the little girl, just like a fairy in a fairy tale.

The little girl floated out from between the broken pieces of glassware and circled around Jiang Tianwei twice. Shinjima quickly let go of Jiang Tianwei's arm, as if dodging something dirty, and ran to Fangze Jin's side without caring about his dignity as a senior, hiding behind her...

"I say, actor, do you have any special physique that attracts ghosts?"

"Don't talk like mosquitoes only like to bite certain blood types!"

While the two were talking, the blonde girl had already flown to Jiang Tianwei's face and held his face in her hands. Her beautiful purple eyes seemed to sense something and she smiled at him faintly: "Dr. Wu Jian's younger brother?"

"Well, although you recognized the person correctly, I am not Dr. Takemi's brother."

"Dr. Takemi's lover?"

"I think so, but it has to be something that the other person is happy about."

"Dr. Takemi's stalker?".

"Are all kids nowadays so precocious? I'm an assistant."

Jiang Tianwei was completely confused by the child's remarks. It is said that children speak without restraint, but I didn't expect them to be so reckless. You don't know where the children nowadays have learned such messy knowledge from!

"So, now I'm going to help Dr. Takemi and punish the evil adults. Do you want to come with us?".

Jiang Tianwei tried to act friendly, even though from an outsider's perspective, it looked like a human trafficker was trying to lure a little girl...

The blonde girl nodded vigorously and pointed a finger in a direction.

"You mean, you want us to go over there?"

After Jiang Tianwei asked the question, the blonde girl nodded again.

If Jiang Tianwei and Niijima's previous analysis is true, then the blonde girl should be Oyamada's perception of Miwa. Although I don't know why it is like this, considering Oyamada's excitement, I'm afraid she is the one who can steal Oyamada's reputation.

Now that others have pointed out the direction for me, then... why not just follow them?

This is what the saying goes, try your best to save a dying horse. Jiang Tianwei has no way to steal his reputation now, so he might as well give it a try. There is no harm in giving it a try.

As the saying goes, don’t employ people you doubt, and don’t doubt people you employ!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 258 Can You Die for Me?

The changing of times is always accompanied by a certain degree of "sacrifice", which is a bit like the survival of the fittest.

For example, "rickshaw" or "yellow rickshaw". After the appearance of bicycles and cars, the profession of rickshaw puller declined rapidly and finally disappeared. Now rickshaw pullers can no longer be found anywhere.

The scenery in Oyamada's heart, this huge theater also has a bit of this flavor. Although it has not completely withdrawn from the stage of history, it has been replaced by new types of entertainment and its status is no longer what it used to be.

From this point of view, it is very fitting that Oyamada's heart is a theater. Because he himself is similar. Although he is the director of the Medical Bureau, his medical level is surpassed by the newcomer Takemi Tae. From a macro-historical perspective, it can be said that Oyamada's era is about to decline, and the next is the era of newcomers.

It can be said that all science-related industries are so cruel. No matter how outstanding your achievements are, they will inevitably be surpassed by future generations.

However, as an existing vested interest, how could he accept such a thing?

At this time, Oyamada Shoichi had changed into a set of clothes that couldn't be more luxurious, with tassels on the shoulders, perfume, useless belts and useless chains everywhere. If this set was worn by a handsome young man in his early twenties, it would be pleasing to the eye. But unfortunately, Oyamada Shoichi is a middle-aged doctor who has gained weight and has never managed his body...

He didn't care at all whether the clothes suited him or not. He was just posing in a greasy manner, holding a microphone and singing an old-fashioned enka song.

The endless zombies around, like a group of fans, surrounded Dr. Oyamada, filling up the space, and swayed their bodies to Oyamada's singing like plants swaying in the wind.

"Is this also considered a zombie fan?"

Jiang Tianwei complained lightly.

Ooyamada Shoichi was at the core of the theater, the stage. He was standing in the middle of the stage, with the many lights of different colors on the top all focused on him.

As for the Phantom Thieves, they are on the ceiling beams of this floor.

After all, the stage needs lighting effects. In order to hang so many lights and adjust their positions, it is necessary to lay a layer of metal grid on the roof. Now, this layer of grid has become the infiltration channel for Jiang Tianwei and his group.

From a high vantage point, this zombie tide appears extremely spectacular.

Jiang Tianwei thought so and quickly operated the synthesis function on his phone. It was obvious that the best way to deal with so many enemies was to find a large-scale, high-powered magic with restraining attributes and hit them with one shot. But unfortunately, Jiang Tianwei didn't have such a mid-demon in his hand. He synthesized all the mid-demon he could synthesize, but the one he wanted didn't appear.

The enemies in this palace are all zombies, and there is no way to convince them. Naturally, there is no possibility of recruiting them as secondary demons. Jiang Tianwei is also a skilled cook who cannot do anything without the necessary resources.

(So, now we have to fight this battle...)

Jiang Tianwei was thinking about this, undecided as to whether to launch a direct attack.

It was obvious that Niijima was scared. She had always been particularly afraid of ghosts and monsters, and zombies were naturally one of her fears... Yoshizawa Jin looked normal, but the current situation was that, apart from Nuwa, who Jiang Tianwei could not control for the time being, the only ones who could be considered as fighting forces were Jiang Tianwei, Yoshizawa Jin, Setant, and a little blonde girl whose background was unknown.

Compared with the vast number of zombies, the gap in numbers is too obvious.

Jiang Tianwei was thinking of tactics in his mind: since the numerical gap was so huge, the only tactics that were truly feasible was the decapitation tactic... But the main premise of the decapitation tactic was that you had to be able to kill the enemy general and escape unscathed, otherwise wouldn't that mean both sides would perish?

At this moment, the little blonde girl who had been following Jiang Tianwei obediently seemed to see that he was in distress. She jumped lightly and floated down from the sky, flying towards Oyamada who was performing in the theater.

Jiang Tianwei was startled and instinctively reached out to grab it. With the help of the Demon Bullfighter, Jiang Tianwei reached out his hand almost immediately. However, he did not expect that the blonde girl seemed to move lightly but was incredibly fast. Jiang Tianwei's reflexes did not allow him to touch her hand!

At this time, Ooyamada Shoichi was holding an electric guitar in his hands, playing it vigorously with both hands. It was really hard to say how good it sounded. What's more, his singing style was enka, which really didn't match the electric guitar... If we compare it to China, it would be like an old Peking opera artist who played the drums and sang the role of a great warrior.

He has a very clear understanding of himself: Did he become a big star because he can sing? No, he became a big star because he has a lot of fans! Is he good at singing? It doesn't matter. As long as he has enough fans, it's good even if he's not good.

Just as he was playing with all his might, he attracted all the zombies in the palace to his side. Since he got to the top due to his fame and the support of his fans, he naturally had to make use of his fans.

An individual's combat power is limited, so he gathered such a zombie army here.

The outermost ones are ordinary zombies, nothing special.

A little further inside, there were zombies that looked much more intact, and even further inside, there were zombie police officers holding pistols. Protecting Oyamada closely were zombie soldiers. The two rows of zombies inside were armed with guns, forming a dense firepower network. Although it was unknown whether these zombies' rotten brains could closely cooperate with each other to form a firepower network, Jiang Tianwei didn't want to try this thing.

Now, the blonde girl flew down from the ceiling, and the zombies naturally reacted. All the guns in their hands were pointed at the air, waiting for Oyamada's order, and these black muzzles would spray out deadly flames...

However, as an idol of millions of "fans", Ooyamada Shoichi's face turned pale at this moment, looking more like a zombie than the zombies in the audience: "You, how could you! You, you, you, don't come over here!!!"

Ooyamada Shoichi's gaffe turned his already clown costume into a real clown...

His hysterical cries were so heartbreaking that they made anyone who heard them cry.

But unfortunately, this little blonde girl is obviously not a human...

She smiled in mid-air and said, "Excuse me, can you die for me?"

When these words came out, they clearly sounded like the nonsense of a child, but unexpectedly gave people a creepy feeling...

The whole space seemed to have transformed into a scene from Alice in Wonderland, with playing cards with bright patterns, teddy bears, and all kinds of glittering and childlike decorations flying around, all tilting down from midair along with the blonde girl's laughter...

It's hard to understand how this thing can be so lethal...

However, the power of this thing is far more exaggerated than Jiang Tianwei imagined.

As a senior game enthusiast, he often encounters these inexplicable attack effects in the game that make people unable to understand how they work.

These things poured out and attacked Ooyamada in the middle of the stage, and Ooyamada screamed and ran away...

(This, this doesn’t have the aura of a boss, does it?!)

Jiang Tianwei looked at Oyamada Shoichi's disappointing appearance, and this was the only thought in his mind!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 259 I Won’t Forgive You

Mental anxiety is perhaps the most common mental illness among young people today.

Almost everyone has it, the only difference is the degree.