Persona: Devil Summoner

Elizabeth smiled and said, "Of course it's to punish the bad kids."

As she spoke, she stretched out her arm like lightning, so fast that it could hardly leave an afterimage on the retina! Even Jiang Tianwei's current demon-level body could only barely see a shadow. Elizabeth grabbed the back of the girl's collar like lightning and lifted her up like a kitten!

Of course the little girl who was caught refused to give in. She danced around and looked like she was going to bite someone, but Elizabeth kicked her on the butt. The prison-style door opened at the right time, and she kicked the little girl back.

After doing all this, she patted the dirt off her butt as if nothing had happened, and nodded slightly to Jiang Tianwei: "Good morning."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 293 Looking for the master, waiting online, very urgent (urgent)

In some industries, there are always some customary internal practices that outsiders cannot understand.

For example, in the Japanese idol circle... or in the entertainment circle, these public figures always say "good morning" when greeting each other. Even if you arrive at work at 1:30 in the morning, you will still say this.

There seems to be a saying that saying good morning is to remind oneself that work has begun and one should work with the energy of the morning. I don't know if it is true. Anyway, Jiang Tianwei is neither Japanese nor in the entertainment industry. He has only occasionally seen this strange greeting in idol animations and variety shows.

When he heard Elizabeth say good morning to him, he silently looked at his phone and complained: "It's already afternoon!"

"Oh, sorry, I thought you would like this way of saying it."

"Why do I like this statement?"

"Because you have a very otaku face, I guess you would be crazy about idol culture, right? You must want to call a beautiful elevator idol like me, right?"

"..."

Jiang Tianwei was silenced by her words.

To be fair, Elizabeth's looks, figure and voice are all first-rate. If she were to become an idol, she would definitely be popular. But it's this mouth that ruins everything. But considering the masochistic rate of Japanese people, and referring to a famous tsundere voice actor who was begged and scolded by fans at her own concert, maybe she will unexpectedly become popular?

But no matter which one it was, Jiang Tianwei was too lazy to waste words with her. He looked at Fang Zexia beside him and was very surprised. He thought she would mind seeing him joking with Elizabeth like this - after all, there was the precedent of Wu Jianmiao. He always felt that Fang Zexia really loved her sister and was very keen on bringing him and her sister together. Once she met her sister's hidden rival, she would show her hostility without reservation.

But in front of Elizabeth, Fang Zexia seemed to have lost her innocence and liveliness. She just kept her mouth shut, frowned, and stared at Elizabeth's face seriously without saying a word.

"So, what are you doing?"

Jiang Tianwei thought about it and decided to skip Elizabeth's weird joke. He didn't get the joke at all and didn't know how to respond. As the saying goes, a gentleman does not stand on a dangerous wall. He took the initiative to avoid dangerous topics, which made him a gentleman.

Elizabeth saw his confusion and shook the wooden sign in her hand again. Jiang Tianwei then noticed that at the top was a strange old man with a long nose, a Mediterranean face, a circle of loose white hair around his shiny forehead, a nose as long as that of the lying Pinocchio, and two round eyes, as if they had no eyelids, staring to a degree that humans could not open their eyes, and bloodshot could be clearly seen at the edges of his eyeballs.

But to match this exaggerated stare was an equally exaggerated smile. His mouth was wide open, and his long mouth seemed to really reach his ears.

Next to this person's head, there was a big "Missing Person" sign, and next to it were a few Q-version crying heads. One of them was obviously Elizabeth, but in the Q-version, she was smiling except for the tears in the corners of her eyes. There was also a white-haired man wearing a blue hat, also dressed in elevator clothes. Above the two of them was a girl with big wavy hair, who looked much more mature than Elizabeth and the others.

"Isn't it obvious? I'm looking for someone."

Elizabeth smiled and handed the sign in her hand to Jiang Tianwei. I don't know what the sign is made of. When I approached it, I could smell a pungent odor. Jiang Tianwei pinched his nose and reluctantly pushed the sign away: "Who are you looking for?"

"Would you like to help? You are so kind-hearted."

"No, I'm just asking..."

As soon as he heard that there was trouble, Jiang Tianwei hurriedly tried to refuse. It was like suddenly receiving a task from an NPC in an open world RPG. Although everyone would definitely do it in the end for the reward, trophy, completion, etc., before that, they should still save the game first.

Elizabeth would not give him this chance. She grabbed his wrist, hooked the strange cell door with her foot and kicked it open. She dragged Jiang Tianwei into the room. With a dizziness in front of his eyes, Jiang Tianwei was pulled into the strange room again, the velvet room that seemed like a huge elevator.

However, the layout here is very different from the one Jiang Tianwei saw last time. Last time, this place looked like a huge birdcage. The decorations inside were extremely simple. There was only a table and a chair, and at most a large circle of railings around it.

However, after entering this time, the whole velvet room gave me a feeling that it was no longer a difference in decoration style, but basically a completely different place! .

The space that looked like a birdcage before has now completely turned into a square room, and it has the quaint flavor of the steam age of the 19th century. The walls are surrounded by dark blue wallpaper that reminds people of the sea, and a blue velvet carpet is spread on the dark wooden floor. A square table is still in the original position, but this time there are many more books and newspapers, and there is also an exquisite candlelight on the table.

The walls on both sides are filled with bookcases, and the exquisite book covers are connected to each other, forming a colorful decoration. The atmosphere of the whole room has suddenly changed from "bird cage, elevator" to "office".

Elizabeth sat casually on the table. There was a nice chair there but she didn't sit on it. I can only say that this is some kind of hobby of hers, right? She was very generous. She waved her hands and said with a smile, "Don't treat yourself as an outsider. Sit wherever you want."

Jiang Tianwei looked around. Excluding unconventional places like the table and the floor, there was only one place to sit, which was the chair behind the table.

I just took a quick look at it before and didn't notice anything wrong. But when I took a closer look today, I realized it was an intricately carved armchair. The wooden back was delicately carved with dragon patterns, and the armrests on both sides were also carved with lion heads. It was truly domineering.

Jiang Tianwei was, after all, still a young boy in his prime, with a bit of a middle school mentality in his heart. He had no resistance to things like dragon patterns, lion heads, thrones, etc. - anyway, he didn't have a son who had obtained Frostmourne, so he could just sit on the throne.

However, this kind of chair is far from being as comfortable to sit on as it looks. Jiang Tianwei felt that the chair was hard and uncomfortable everywhere.

"So, why did you pull me here... You wouldn't look for someone in a place like this, right?"

Jiang Tianwei sighed, and Elizabeth still maintained that mysterious smile, and said, "People work so hard for you, and this is your attitude?"

"No, what the hell, working hard for me? What happened? What did you do?"

"This room, of course. I thought you didn't like elevators, so you took the trouble to turn it into a detective office."

"So why is it a detective agency?!"

"Huh? Isn't this your XP? I see you're very happy being the assistant of that tomboy detective. I was wondering if you particularly like this kind of tomboy detective with short blue hair, so I changed it to this."

"Let's not talk about my preferences first, why do you want to change it like this?"

Jiang Tianwei keenly sensed the core of the problem. Moreover, he had a sixth sense that if he tried to discuss XP with Elizabeth, he would probably be stuck here for dozens of hours in the future. So it would be better to change the topic.

With someone like Elizabeth, ordinary conversations won't work. You must always take the lead in the conversation, otherwise you will definitely be fooled by her jokes. This is the most important conclusion Jiang Tianwei has reached after so many conversations with her.

Elizabeth smiled mysteriously: "You will know what the 'guest in the Velvet Room' is in the future. But before that, you have to find my master Igor first."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 294: Recognize Your "Enemy"

Igor, this is a very unfamiliar name.

This name is so unfamiliar that you can't even find it when you search it on the Internet.

But judging from Elizabeth's previous performance, I'm afraid this man named Igor is missing now. This is very telling. Elizabeth showed such an exaggerated fighting ability, but her master actually disappeared? !

Jiang Tianwei vaguely felt that the scenery of Tokyo, which he was used to seeing, was shrouded in a thick shadow. I wonder if Sherlock Holmes felt the same way when he realized that half of the crimes in London were related to a criminal genius.

The first priority of a detective is to collect intelligence.

In order to understand Igor, of course, Jiang Tianwei only has one channel...

"So, Elizabeth, what kind of person is Igor?".

"He is a man with a very long nose. Why? Haven't I sung it to you before? 'The Song of My Master's Long Nose'."

"We're one family, keep quiet."

Jiang Tianwei was so angry that he stopped Elizabeth from singing on the spot. Then he began to reflect on himself, wondering why he had to ask Elizabeth about this... This behavior was just like a hedgehog-headed lawyer who had no other options and actually asked for a public trial of a parrot in court. They were all forced into a desperate situation.

"Forget it. I won't ask anymore. I guess you won't answer me if I ask you what the Velvet Room is..."

"Oh? Are you interested in this place? The Velvet Room is a special area between human consciousness and spirit. Only the chosen ones are qualified to enter."

Unexpectedly, Elizabeth suddenly answered him seriously!

"You suddenly look so serious! I thought you were just playing around with me!"

"Huhuhuhu, it's sexier for a woman to maintain a little mystery, right?"

"You are really too sexy, you could be more rustic."

While Jiang Tianwei was joking with her, he secretly paid attention to Fang Zexia. This little girl used to interrupt him when she saw him talking to the pretty older sister, but today she was very well-behaved. She just frowned and looked like she was thinking.

I seem to have vaguely heard her mention that she had no memories. But it seems that after seeing her sister Sumire Yoshizawa, she remembered some of the things about the Yoshizawa family. Since there is a precedent of memory awakening, who knows, maybe she has also recalled new memories when she came to this velvet room?

Moreover, Elizabeth called this place the gap between human consciousness and spirit, so it is not impossible that a ghost like Fang Zexia would be familiar with this place.

and……

(Since Xia and I can both enter here, does that mean we are both chosen ones? What are the conditions for being chosen?)

Jiang Tianwei thought so. It is said that too much debt is not a worry, but now Jiang Tianwei has too many troubles, and he can't figure out one or two of them. Now he just hates that Zhidou left, otherwise he can ask the great detective Bai Zhong to find out everything... I dare not say that Bai Zhong and Zhidou can find out everything, but at least he can put the matter aside and have no psychological burden.

(And, in that case, is the place that Amamiya Ren always goes to also the Velvet Room? In other words, he is also qualified? Then what do the three of us, Amamiya Ren, Yoshizawa Kasumi, and I, have in common?).

Jiang Tianwei couldn't figure it out, so he asked Elizabeth, but the woman just made up a few nonsense words to get away with it. When he asked her why she pulled him into this room, Elizabeth just laughed and joked.

With the topic out of topic, the atmosphere naturally became tense.

Although Jiang Tianwei usually talks a lot, he can feel the difference in level when facing Elizabeth.

It felt like an experienced aunt and a naughty child. No matter how he asked, Elizabeth would always tell him what she wanted to say.

But this time it was not completely without gain. At least, Jiang Tianwei understood two things from Elizabeth's words.

First, this place called the Velvet Room, you can enter freely. As long as you find this iron railing door, you can enter this space. As for what you can do here, it is still unknown.

Second, I didn't notice it before because I was too focused on Elizabeth. Now I see that Fang Zexia seems to be able to transform into a physical entity here. The last time I came to this elevator-like space, was Fang Zexia a physical entity? Or a ghost? It has been so long that Jiang Tianwei can no longer remember.

Unconsciously, he had become accustomed to the ghost girl beside him switching between the real body and the ghost. There is a saying that once people frequently come into contact with supernatural, non-daily, and unconventional things, they will gradually get used to it and no longer think it is abnormal.

Just when Jiang Tianwei didn't know how to say goodbye, Elizabeth jumped down from the table on her own initiative: "Well, I'll leave this place to you. I'll be leaving first. Bye~".

She said this so casually and waved to him cutely. Without giving Jiang Tianwei time to react, she opened the door and ran away, leaving Jiang Tianwei and Fang Zexia looking at each other in bewilderment.

It seemed that after Elizabeth left, Fang Zexia became a little more normal. Her behavior just now was very much like a person who suddenly got carsick in a car, and now that the carsickness reaction has stopped, her behavior has naturally become normal.

"Have you finished talking?"

Fang Zexia blinked her big eyes, not knowing whether she was pretending to be stupid or if she really didn't pay attention to the conversation for some reason. Jiang Tianwei sighed, "Yeah, we're done. You didn't help me speak during the whole process."

"Oh, I just feel sorry to disturb you because you have a rare opportunity to chat with a beautiful woman!"

Fang Zexia smiled, and just from this expression, Jiang Tianwei knew that the naughty boy he was familiar with was back.

"Then I noticed that you were actively interfering with my communication with Dr. Takemi before?"

"That's different.".

Fang Zexia denied it righteously.

This looks very much like the traditional joke: "If you have 10 million, can you give me 5 million?" "Yes." "If you have two loaves of bread, can you give me one?" "No, because I really have two loaves of bread."

Fang Zexia was keenly aware of Elizabeth. Although this woman seemed to be very close to Jiang Tianwei, her attention was not on Jiang Tianwei. This was a unique insight that only women... or rather, only women in love had.

She could understand that although the woman named Elizabeth seemed to be looking at Jiang Tianwei, in fact, her sight was looking through Jiang Tianwei to other people...

It was because Jiang Tianwei looked alike, or because of some other inheritance reason, I don't know. Although her eyes contained some kind of eager emotion, it was not directed at Jiang Tianwei, but at the unknown person. But Wu Jianmiao was different. The guy's eyes were full of desire, and he was staring at Jiang Tianwei.

The difference between these two people is like the lion living on the African savannah and the tiger right at your doorstep. The point is not which one is stronger, the lion or the tiger, but that you don't live on the African savannah at all.

"By the way, Jiang Jiang! Miss Elizabeth said that this place is given to us? Does that mean we can decorate it as we please?"

As Yoshizawa Kasumi spoke, she gave a devilish smile. As if to make up for the gloomy mood she had been in for a while, her face was filled with visible active emotions.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 295 The real beauty is art!

Although many places will put up slogans saying "home decoration is easy", only when you really start to try to decorate your own house from scratch, you will understand that such slogans are simply not credible - you even believe in something like advertisements, but you refuse to believe that I am Qin Shi Huang? !

It's the same now. Fang Zexia didn't know when she figured something out, but she unilaterally believed that this so-called Velvet Room was actually no longer inhabited. What Elizabeth said just now about giving it to you to use, meant that she wanted to give this room to them.

Although Jiang Tianwei was not good at logical thinking, he could tell from the foreword and the afterword that this man named Igor was probably the owner of the Velvet Room. Even if he wanted to give it away, it would not be Elizabeth's turn. Moreover, such free gifts were often the most expensive, and there would definitely be various additional conditions.

It's like when someone bought an authentic German castle on the Internet for only a few dollars per square meter, or even for free. It seems like you got a great deal, but in fact, the maintenance cost of this kind of castle alone is tens of thousands of dollars a year, and according to local laws, you can't not repair it. Therefore, the person who sells the house doesn't expect to make money at all, as long as he can get rid of the debt.

Do you think you made a profit? In fact, after you buy it, at most three to five years, you will start to beg the buyer to take over the castle...

However, seeing Fang Zexia so happy, Jiang Tianwei couldn't refuse.

(At worst, when the owner comes back in the future, I will apologize with her.)

Regarding Fang Zexia, Jiang Tianwei always tried not to think about some details. Because once he started to think, he would sympathize with her involuntarily. I remember reading a saying somewhere that for people with disabilities, they do not want to gain sympathy and pity from others, they just want to be taken care of like ordinary people.

This is one of the reasons why a certain game company in real life designed a set of games specifically for people with disabilities to help children who have lost their legs use electric wheelchairs, but was criticized bitterly.

Because the people being helped feel that the only thing this kind of game can do is to constantly remind them of their physical defects.

Once you try to think deeply, Fang Zexia can neither eat nor play in reality. The only fun she has is to quarrel with herself. Besides herself, only a few people can hear her voice. Moreover, once she falls asleep, Fang Zexia, as a ghost, does not need to sleep. She will face eight hours of no one paying attention to her and must stay awake...

Loneliness can make a person degenerate. Even an ultimate creature will give up thinking if it wanders alone in the universe for too long. What's more, Fang Ze Xia is just one person.

Therefore, Jiang Tianwei could understand very well why there were so many strange things on the shopping list that Fang Zexia wrote for him...

(PSV, 3DS, NS, PS5... LCD TVs, TV cabinets and corresponding game disks, dozens of fashion magazine annuals, indoor basketball hoops and indoor basketballs... instant noodles and convenience foods of various flavors, with special instructions on how to order in small quantities but with rich flavors...)

I take back what I said. Even though Jiang Tianwei knew her situation, he felt that this person was a little too rude, right? !

By the way, the biggest drawback of the Velvet Room is that there is no internet. So you can only play single-player games in it. Fashion magazines are understandable, as no girl doesn't love beauty. Indoor basketball hoops are a bit rude. I'm not being rude to Jiang Tianwei, I'm being rude to the owner of the Velvet Room.

As for instant noodles and instant food, it was probably because she wanted to taste as many flavors as possible since she had a rare chance to be healthy. After all, the last time she ate was in Kamoshida's palace, and it had been several months.