Persona: Devil Summoner

Such outrageous words naturally made Kamo Shida so angry that his eyes almost popped out.

"Okay, you really dare to say that. I will definitely make you pay at the next faculty meeting..."

Before Kamoshida could finish his harsh words, he heard the door to the rooftop being slammed open!

"Shiho! Shiho, are you okay?"

The girl with golden twin ponytails ran over and hugged Reijing Shiho who was sitting on the ground.

She is Takamaki An, a well-known overseas returnee in this school. Of course, she is famous mainly because of her beauty and because she is Kamoshida's woman.

As if she had finally calmed down, Reijiro Shiho burst into tears while lying in Takamaki An's arms.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 34 The King of Shujin Academy

The scene of two girls hugging each other made Kamoshida unhappy. He looked at this side viciously and was about to say something when he heard footsteps downstairs: Amamiya Ren and Sakamoto Ryuji also ran over.

Kamo Shida saw that there were six people on the rooftop, five of whom were students. He became even more unhappy and spat, "What are those good-for-nothings doing? Didn't we ask them to keep all the students in the class?"

"Hey! Kamoshida you bastard! What did you do!?"

Sakamoto Ryuji had a grudge against Kamoshida, so naturally he didn't speak in a good tone. Kamoshida glanced at him and sneered, "So that's it, it's you, you instigated Ling Jing to jump off the building? Just to discredit me!"

Hearing this, Long Si became even more furious: "Fuck..."

He was about to rush forward when he said this, but Amamiya Ren quickly hugged him from behind. He knew very well that if he swung his fist at this guy, then no matter how many reasons he had, they would be meaningless. He must not take the initiative to attack.

"What's wrong? You're not going to call me? Humph, you coward."

Kamo Shida mocked coldly. It wasn't that he liked being beaten, but he had absolute confidence in himself.

He has the physical fitness of an Olympic champion, so it is easy for him to beat up a few students. He once deliberately lured Ryuji to attack him, and ended up breaking Ryuji's leg in the name of self-defense. For a runner, a broken leg can be said to have directly ended his future. Although he has regained the ability to walk now, he wants to go back to running? That is impossible.

Now, if Amamiya Ren hadn't stopped her, I'm afraid this scene would have happened again.

"Shiho...you can say anything...it's okay, I'm here..."

On the other side, Takamaki An tried to comfort her best friend Ling Jing Shifan, who just kept crying and saying some key words intermittently.

"Yesterday afternoon... Kamoshida... called me over... He treated me... I, I had no other choice..."

"Damushida!"

When Gao Juan Xing heard this, she was able to piece together the whole picture of the matter in her mind.

In fact, it was a complete misunderstanding that Anne Takamaki was called Kamoshida's woman by the students at school.

This is the stereotype mentioned before. Everyone dislikes Mr. Kamoshida. At the same time, there are quite a few girls who don't like Takamaki An. After all, she is beautiful, has a good figure, is a returnee, and a model. She is always protected by boys, so naturally they don't like her.

So, did Takamaki An and Kamoshida date? That's not important. People think you are dating, that's it. That's probably what public opinion is. Public opinion can execute a great philosopher like Socrates, so what does it have to fear from a little high school student like you?

In fact, Kamoshida did have a crush on Takamaki An, but Takamaki An refused. So he threatened Takamaki An with whether Reijing Shiho could stay in the starting lineup of the volleyball team. For Reijing Shiho, volleyball is her only strength to be proud of and her spiritual support. Her family also attaches great importance to volleyball... No, it is better to say that most of the parents who sent their children to Shujin Academy came for the name of the volleyball team.

As a result, yesterday Kamoshida enthusiastically invited Takamaki An to his home for a tryst. That's why Takamaki An cried and ran away from Shibuya Station yesterday afternoon. Amamiya Ren chased her and comforted her, so Takamaki An didn't go to the appointment...

This behavior naturally irritated Kamoshida, so in revenge, he called Reijing Shiho to the [Guidance Room]. This is nominally a guidance room, but in fact it is more like a prison cell and a place of execution. There is no surveillance here, and the sound insulation is good. When he is unhappy, he will call the students of the volleyball club over and beat and scold them. As for the reason for calling the female students over? Haha, everyone knows that kind of thing.

Years of pressure, coupled with being called over by Kamoshida for special instruction, and being removed from the volleyball team's main lineup and kicked directly to the bench, all the pressure burst out like a dam bursting, and she began to be madly afraid, afraid of letting her parents down, afraid of a life without volleyball, afraid of the future, afraid of Kamoshida, and even began to be afraid of her good friend Kaomaki An, not knowing how to face it...

Sometimes it is like this, one small thing presses on another, a little bit of sad memories will evoke greater sorrow, and finally lead to the whole person's mental collapse and suicide.

Upon hearing this accusation, the anger on Kamoshida's face disappeared...

This is even more terrifying.

There is a term in China called "extremely angry but laughing", which refers to this situation.

When his anger reached its peak, Kamoshida began to show a calm expression.

"Oh, I see—this is a trap set by you people."

Kamoshida said angrily, pointing his finger at Sakamoto Ryuji: "Because of your personal grudge against me, you decided to team up with this transfer student with a criminal record to retaliate against me - so you colluded with Lingjing, who was removed from the regular selection status by me, to slander me and cause trouble for me."

"Huh?! What are you talking about!"

Sakamoto Ryuji roared angrily, but Kamoshida didn't care at all. He just glanced around coldly and said coldly: "Everyone here will drop out of school. I will announce this news at the next faculty meeting. Just enjoy your last few days of student life."

"Huh?! Do you think you can do something like this? Do you think everyone will approve of it?!"

"Of course I will approve it. I will also inform your parents. The undisciplined students have united to retaliate against the teachers in the school, humph."

Takamaki An was also angry when she heard his attitude. She just retorted, "Don't think it will be so smooth!", but was rejected by Kamoshida, "Of course it will be so smooth. Do you think those parents can't see that their children are injured? Even so, they hope that I can lead their children to the national level and become top sports students. Your words are insignificant at all - oh, by the way, Takamaki, this is all your fault. If you had come here obediently yesterday, none of this would have happened."

Kamoshida threw down the last sentence, sneered at everyone, and went downstairs nonchalantly, leaving behind a few people who were full of anger.

In his own world, he thought he was the king of Shujin Academy. Today, he really had the capital to think so... He could indeed bully the whole school. If it were any other teacher, if a student attempted suicide, the teacher would definitely be punished. I didn't expect that this would happen with Kamoshida.

Teachers, parents, other students, everyone stood on Kamoshida's side. No, considering that there were neutral people who were intimidated by him, it should be said that no one dared to stand against Kamoshida.

Ling Jing Zhifan's eyes widened: "No... quit, quit... You can't quit... ah, ah ah..."

She covered her head with her hands in fear, her eyes rolled up, her head drooped, and she fainted.

"Shiho?! Shiho?!"

Gao Juan Xing shook her best friend in her arms vigorously, only to feel that her weight was so light and her presence was so thin.

"...We must never forgive Kamoshida!"

Sakamoto Ryuji growled angrily.

Jiang Tianwei stood up silently. It was only then that his right hand began to ache slightly, probably because of a muscle stretch. So, he patted Long Si's shoulder with his left hand.

"Count me in too."

"Ah? You, whatever you say, you are the one? Ahahaha..."

"The palace, of course."

Jiang Tianwei lowered his voice and whispered into Long Si's ear.

"Let's take action today after school."

"Eh?! How did you know... Lian, why aren't you surprised at all?!"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 35: The Fermentation of Events

Takamaki An didn't know when she returned to class.

After Mr. Kamoshida left with a fierce remark, the school doctor came soon and took Shiho to the infirmary. Takamaki An originally wanted to go with her, but was stopped by the school doctor, who refused to let her contact him on the grounds that "the other party is not mentally stable yet."

Having lost her goal, she returned to the classroom in a daze.

Just as expected, the classroom was in chaos. Although Mr. Kawakami knocked on the blackboard several times, asking everyone to be quiet, he could not suppress the students' whispers.

Although the members of the volleyball club and the teachers remained silent about Mr. Kamoshida's brutality, the students are not fools. Who can't see that the members of the volleyball club are all injured?

The most important thing is that Mr. Kamoshida is Japanese and doesn't understand the Chinese proverb "Water can be drained but not blocked". Once you try to stop people from knowing the truth, it will not only fail to silence them, but will make them more curious. Curiosity will often lead to rumors...

Therefore, the volleyball club has always been the most talked about topic in Shujin Academy. Originally, students did not mind being a spectator and watching the fun happily - after all, it was not me who was bullied or beaten? Why couldn't I watch? The core of watching the fire from the other side of the river lies in the two words "from the other side of the river". And now, such a big melon has emerged in this melon field, how can it be stopped from discussing it?

Takamaki An didn't even need to prick up her ears to hear all kinds of speculations. Some people said that Shiho had been beaten by Kamoshida and became ill. Some people said that Shiho jumped off the building to force Kamoshida not to take him down. Some people said that this was a pre-arranged show. Otherwise, you would have jumped off the building. How could someone just happen to be lying in wait here? Some people said that this was a fight between a Chinese student and Kamoshida teacher for the beautiful girl Shiho. As a result, Shiho rushed in to break up the fight and was thrown off the building by the two of them...

These rumors made Gao Juanxing grit her teeth and she wanted to stand up and curse non-stop, but there was one message in the message that really caught her attention...

(Yeah... that Chinese student... he's been on leave for over a year and hasn't been to school once, so why is he on the rooftop today? I heard he took a leave of absence to work part-time, so even if he came to school to handle paperwork, there's no reason for him to stay on the rooftop, right? Does Shiho's matter... have anything to do with him?)

Because of her appearance, Takamaki An has had difficulty integrating into the group since junior high school. People always find it difficult to accept things that are different from themselves, which is what they often say. Shiho is her best friend for three years in junior high school. Now that she is involved, Takamaki An can't suppress her thoughts and has wild thoughts.

By the way, where is Jiang Tianwei, who is at the center of her thoughts?

He is now in the office, sitting in front of Mr. Kawakami's desk and writing a self-criticism.

Oh, strictly speaking, this thing is not a self-criticism in name, but a [Statement of Situation]. However, the teacher standing behind Jiang Tianwei is a close confidant of Kamo Shida. His silent pressure made Jiang Tianwei understand that the other party just wanted him to write a confession and apologize to Kamo Shida.

If it was him back then, he would have given in. Now, he just wrote down what he knew without caring.

Of course, after all, there were other teachers in the office, and they couldn’t really say anything too harsh. They just asked him to write it five times with reasons such as “The handwriting is not good-looking!”, “The idiom is wrong!”, “The sentence order is not correct!”, “Not enough words!”, etc.

Regardless of whether the suicide attempt was successful or not, it is a major scandal for a student to attempt suicide in school.

It was not yet time to go home from school, but I could feel a group of reporters rushing towards the door through the window. I don't know which student was so bored that he posted this incident online. As a result, the reporters smelled gossip, and for traffic and click-through rates, the swarm of reporters had already blocked the school gate.

"Tsk..."

The teacher who was responsible for staring at Jiang Tianwei was shocked and put his hands on his hips impatiently.

After Jiang Tianwei handed in his fifth self-review, the other party didn't even look at it and said, "Go back to class!"

Before he could finish his words, he heard a clear bell ringing, and school was over.

"Hey! Those reporters outside, please stop talking nonsense!"

Jiang Tianwei listened to his guilty advice and smiled coldly in his heart, saying, "I'm not interested in gossiping."

Yes, the media is unreliable. Today they can report Kamoshida's scandal, and tomorrow they can turn it into a group of undisciplined bad students framing their teacher.

For this group of people, traffic is everything. Even if they know the truth, they will deliberately say the opposite. They must make the incident full of twists and turns, and make several turns. They will then leave with satisfaction after deceiving enough traffic. As for the truth? No one cares. Reporters don't care, and ordinary people don't care. When every incident happens, ordinary people have already determined the truth based on their own "experience" and "experience". If it is the same as the truth you expected, then it is the truth, so listen to it. If someone says something different from the truth you expected, it must be false and cannot be believed.

Media workers are so smart that they won’t go against public opinion.

Although journalism textbooks say that the most important of the three elements of news is "authenticity", judging from the current social expression, the one that is placed at the top is undoubtedly "timeliness", and authenticity is not even ranked second.

Jiang Tianwei didn't need Kamo Shida's lackeys to tell him anything. It was useless to say anything. They didn't care about the truth. They only cared about the explosiveness. If he really said it, it would definitely be misinterpreted by the reporters as all kinds of messed up news - besides, wasn't there a more appropriate method?

Walking out of the office, Ryuji Sakamoto was carrying a bag, crossing his legs, leaning against the corner of the stairs playing with his mobile phone. When he saw him coming out, he waved to him.

Jiang Tianwei hurried over in two steps. Amamiya Lian also came out of the classroom at this time, and the three of them met at the stairs.

The three of them were talking and laughing, with expressions of confidence, resentment, and sneer on their faces, but the only thing they didn't show was worry about the future or panic about dropping out of school.

All of this was seen by Gao Juanxing who was secretly observing from the classroom door.

(The bad student Ryuji, the transfer student Amamiya Ren, and the student on leave…what’s his name? Why are the three of them hanging out together? And, Kamoshida has said that he’s going to expel everyone, so why don’t they seem to be in a hurry at all?)

With this in mind, Gao Juanxing followed the three people on tiptoe... walking down the stairs, the three of them formed a human ladder in the corner, climbed out, and avoided the door that was bustling with activity.

Gao Juanxing stood in the corner, stamping her feet in anger.

The three men had to form a human ladder to climb over the wall, which was too high for a girl like Gao Juanxing who was not in a sports club. How could he catch up?

Just as she was thinking this, she suddenly felt her vision blurry, and the red and black halo pierced her eyes so hard that she couldn't open them...

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 36 Exploring Kamoshida Castle Again

There is no doubt that the three people who escaped over the wall started the navigation app for the other world. Although this is the alley behind the school, as the saying goes, the woods are hidden in the forest. At this time, everyone nearby is watching the excitement at the school gate. Reporters want to get first-hand information, and ordinary people want to see what kind of gossip is going on. No one pays attention to this place.

The three of them entered Kamoshida's castle smoothly.

It seemed that because of the different positions when they started, the three people were not at the entrance of the castle this time, but outside the side wall of the castle.

"Oh, you have a really cool outfit."

Sakamoto Ryuji looked at Jiang Tianwei and couldn't help but sigh.

It seemed that because they entered the spiritual space, the clothes of the three people changed.

Jiang Tianwei's costume is very similar to Peking Opera costumes. With the plain white mask and the square flag on the back, it has a very Chinese flavor.

Ryuji also put on a black leather jacket with a stand-up collar, a red scarf tied around his neck, and a black skull mask covering half of his face, which matched his yellow hair. The clothes were reinforced with metal plates at the spine, elbows, knees, etc., which looked both practical and good-looking.

Amamiya Ren changed into a long black trench coat with a gray snake-print shirt underneath, red gloves on her hands, and a white ball mask on her face, which together made her look like a traditional "Phantom Thief".

Long Si hooked his arm around Jiang Tianwei's neck in a familiar manner: "Really? It turns out you've known Lian for a long time, but you kept it a secret from me."

"No, actually we just met. It can be said that there is no friendship without fighting."

Jiang Tianwei scratched his head a little embarrassedly. Yu Gonglian smiled and punched him on the shoulder with his fist: "This way we are tied."

"We already know your situation in reality! Therefore, you have no way out! The only way is to steal the secret treasure!"

Then, for some reason, Morgana would turn into a cat demon in the cognitive space, but would only be a cat in reality. I couldn't understand what the principle was.

Anyway, let's rule out the possibility of supernatural powers first, because...

Jiang Tianwei looked at Fang Zexia who was floating beside him after merging with Pixie. This ghost girl could not be seen by everyone even if she left the cognitive space. Although it seemed that Amamiya Ren and the others could hear her voice, they could not see her.