Persona: Devil Summoner

The Phantom Thieves are a group, so of course they have to act together - of course, Goro Akechi was not called this time.

After all, who would be willing to tell their enemies all their actions... wouldn't that be revealing all their secrets?

If Mingzhi asks in the future why he didn't look for him, Jiang Tianwei will also have something to say: It was all done by those people in the group. I don't know, I don't understand, I don't know, it has nothing to do with me, you go ask Amamiya Lian!

Everyone agreed with Jiang Tianwei, so naturally everyone came. Jiang Tianwei originally thought that since Niijima was about to take the exam, would he give priority to reviewing? In the end, the president said domineeringly: "It doesn't matter whether I review or not."

Look, this is called professionalism.

By the way, this statement does not insinuate any hint at a certain yellow-haired former track and field athlete who will fail whether he reviews or not.

The location of the first, second and third houses in Togo had been explored by Yatagarasu before. Everyone had the navigation system for the other world, so there was no need to act collectively to attract attention. Everyone could just go in groups of three or four, disguised as students taking a walk around here, then walk to an inconspicuous alley, directly start the app, and finally meet up in the other world.

This was Bai Zhongzhidou's suggestion. After all, there were so many people in the Phantom Thieves. If they acted together, it would be bad if someone saw them. This was not a crowded place like Shibuya Street. If a group of strangers suddenly appeared in a residential area, it would easily leave a deep impression on the residents.

Once you change your mind and are noticed by the police, the first thing they will do is to ask nearby residents if there are any strangers here.

However, for some reason, Bai Zhong Zhidou did not get the different world navigation APP, but based on the rules of navigation, as long as he followed one person, he could naturally follow him in. So Jiang Tianwei had the most people on his side, Zhidou, Xia and himself were in the same group.

Although Naoto couldn't see, Jiang Tianwei saw it clearly. Fang Zexia's angry eyes clearly showed that she had already regarded Naoto as an imaginary enemy. She constantly used her ghost advantage to throw professional jabs at Naoto's head. Her small fists passed through the opponent's head lightly every time. It was meaningless except for giving the puncher a good feeling.

Why is Naoto here? Of course, it's out of curiosity.

Her strong curiosity makes her always curious about this [cognitive world] where the Phantom Thieves exist.

In particular, how is it different from the "world on TV"? And who sent this other world navigation app? What are the screening criteria? Why are everyone a persona messenger, but Jiang Tianwei and his friends have one, but I don't?

These puzzles may not have any answers after they are solved. If it were Naoto in high school, he would definitely not bother with such "worthless" puzzles. But for her now, "exploring the truth" itself is the greatest value.

As Jiang Tianwei activated the APP, the red and black lights intertwined shone brightly. Bai Zhongzhidou felt dazed and his consciousness was disconnected for a moment. When he came to his senses again, he was already in a different world.

This is the world of human mind. What kind of technology can be used to achieve this?

While thinking about this question, Bai Zhongzhidou took out a pair of glasses from his pocket. This pair of glasses was originally used to clear the fog in the world on TV. Without this pair of glasses, the world on TV would always feel hazy and unclear.

She had used this pair of glasses in real life before, and with it, she could observe the ghost of Yoshizawa Kasumi in real life. Does this mean that Yoshizawa Kasumi has something to do with the world on TV? Moreover, Yoshizawa Kasumi in real life is just a ghost, but in the maze of the mind, she has a physical body...

But in the palace of the mind, these glasses cannot play their due effect, because here, Bai Zhongzhidou can see clearly even with the naked eye. Wearing these glasses is just a habit.

Unlike Bai Zhongzhidou who was full of curiosity, Jiang Tianwei was also shocked this time.

From the previous keywords, Jiang Tianwei had anticipated what kind of world this would be. After all, it was a fairy tale, so it must be a light and pink world with hearts everywhere, and a particularly cute world where animals could talk...

However, what appeared in front of Jiang Tianwei at this time was...

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 376 Fairy tales and adult fairy tales are two different things

When it comes to fairy tales, most people probably think of light and airy stories full of innocence, childishness and fantasy. Especially when many young mothers don't know how to coax their children to sleep, they are willing to buy a fairy tale book and read stories to their children to help them fall asleep.

However, what many people don’t know is that the fairy tales people read nowadays are basically “beautified”. The original versions of many well-known fairy tales are a bit “dark”.

Now Jiang Tianwei truly understands what a "dark fairy tale" is.

The pitch-black sky was even more depressing than the one in the Golden City Palace before. The dark clouds seemed to have weight, rolling and moving. In the sky that obscured the sun, dazzling flashes of lightning burst out from time to time. It was a textbook-level thunderstorm.

Through the lightning that occasionally illuminates the sky, you can clearly see the monster flying in the sky. It looks like a flying dragon, but also like something else.

What you step on feels like mud, and you can clearly feel the disgusting feeling of the sticky mud sticking to your shoes. Your nose is full of the smell of decay, the overly strong sweet fragrance of rotting fruit mixed with the pungent smell similar to alcohol, and the fishy smell of rotting biological remains mixed together, it is dull and intense, making you want to cut off your nose.

In everyone's field of vision, there were dry but extremely sharp thorn bushes everywhere. Those thorns seemed to be made of metal, suddenly showing a terrifying presence. Corresponding to this terrifying feeling, there were various shadows moving in the swamp, acting as jackals, beasts and monsters, a dark mass...

"This, this is not a fairy tale world..."

Fang Zexia looked at this dirty world with disgust. Maybe it was because the demon she merged with was the fairy Pixie. For the fairy Pixie, who was born in a fairy tale fantasy world, it was unbelievable to call this place comparable to the devil world a fairy tale.

"No, in fact, this is more like a fairy tale world."

Bai Zhongzhidou refuted calmly and peacefully. Although she said it calmly, Fang Zexia always felt that she was deliberately arguing with her.

As if sensing the sour taste coming from this little jealous person, Bai Zhong Zhidou continued to explain: "It's because it's a fairy tale. In order to highlight the difficulty of the adventure, or the difficulty of rescuing the princess, there will often be this kind of description, right? - Just like "Sleeping Beauty"."

As soon as she said this, Fang Zexia couldn't help but nodded, and couldn't help but recall the various fairy tales she had heard when she was a child. Even in these beautified fairy tales, there would be characters such as evil witches, dragons that imprisoned princesses, thieves who hid treasures, and then a "savior" character would appear to deal with these bad guys.

It can be said that it is because of these exaggerated evils that the beauty of a happy ending is highlighted.

"In other words, inside that scary-looking castle, there lives a very lovely princess?"

Fang Zexia pointed to a standard Western-style castle not far away and asked.

That castle has a fairytale feel to it - because it is so huge. Anyone who has read fairy tale books with pictures will probably have this feeling. After all, they are for children, and the drawings in them are not strictly based on scale. So there are often huge palaces and castles.

Back then, the first target of the Phantom Thieves, Taku Kamoshida, had a palace that was a European-style castle. However, although Kamoshida's castle had some fantasy elements, it was generally built according to the markings of human habitation.

However, the fairytale castle of Togo Ichiraku's mother is too big. It also has a very fantasy-style pointed roof and a strange external structure that makes people doubt Newton's mechanics. It looks like a castle in a fantasy world occupied by a dragon.

Jiang Tianwei looked around. He didn't know if it was because everyone entered in batches, but he couldn't find anyone else. It was because the three of them stayed for too long, and the shadows around them had already discovered this place...

"Tsk, there are too many. It's not appropriate to consume them here. In any case, let's go to the castle first."

Bai Zhongzhidou swiftly pulled out the handsome revolver from his waist and held it in front of him to protect himself, then he ran ahead. Fang Zexia was stunned at first, muttering "So deceitful!" But her eyes rolled around, and the clever girl immediately came up with an idea, and a cute and sweet smile appeared on her face again.

She just spread the wings behind her and flew up easily.

It is of course very troublesome to run on this soft and muddy ground, but Fang Zexia can naturally avoid this problem perfectly by flying.

Bai Zhongzhidou saw her flying over his head with a smug look on her face and running to the gate first, and he couldn't help but reveal a helpless look, just like an elder facing a naughty child.

Jiang Tianwei looked at the subtle atmosphere between the two of them and didn't know what to say. He casually summoned a one-eyed demon elephant to cover their retreat, and then rushed in with the two of them.

The gate of this castle looks much larger than that of Kamoshida Castle.

The gate alone, which was huge enough to accommodate a giant dragon, was shocking enough. I had only watched it from a distance before, and had no feelings about it, but now that I had come closer, I saw that even the door nails on the dark castle gate were as big as Jiang Tianwei's head. When I looked up, I couldn't even see the top of the castle. It felt like Gulliver had entered the land of giants.

Naturally, no one would open the door to invite you in to a castle in the enemy camp. Jiang Tianwei tried to push the door with his hand, but felt it was extremely heavy. Even though he now had extraordinary arm strength, the castle door did not move at all when he pushed with all his strength.

"It looks like this is the type that can't be opened by brute force."

Bai Zhongzhidou held his chin with one hand and analyzed calmly. In order to prevent anyone from misunderstanding, Bai Zhongzhidou explained to himself: "Just like in fairy tales, before the prince can save the princess, there are often a series of conditions, right? Just like the prince in Sleeping Beauty needs to overcome all obstacles before he can enter the castle and see the princess."

"It's simple and easy to understand, and it really has a fairy tale feel to it."

Jiang Tianwei nodded to show his understanding.

This is the most "fairytale" part of fairy tales. Most of the time, the prince and princess live happily together, but more often, when the heirs of two countries want to get married, they are bound to face quite a lot of problems.

Someone even made a spoof short film that year, which said that a brave knight wanted to kill a dragon to rescue the princess, but was left speechless by the dragon's realistic questions. In the end, the knight finally realized the sad reality: let alone whether the princess would marry him after being rescued, even if he was really asked to be king, he was not cut out for it. In the end, the dragon successfully made the brave knight depressed through conversation. It was a great joke.

Since fairy tales are told to children, they often do not require particularly complex logic. This simple and easy-to-understand condition is just right for Jiang Tianwei.

"Well, no matter what kind of monsters you are from, come over here! You can get in by smashing them..."

Before Jiang Tianwei finished his last sentence, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He felt a gust of wind behind his head and a chill on his spine. He lowered his body and was about to roll forward, but before he could jump up, he suddenly felt a strange force coming from his shoulders. Then, his feet felt light and unreal. Surprisingly, he was grabbed by the shoulders and lifted up!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 377 Speaking of the monster that guards the treasure, it must be a dragon

In Western legends, there are always plots similar to treasure hunting.

Great heroes are either chasing the treasure itself or searching for invincible weapons. In short, treasure hunting is always an integral part of Western heroic legends.

And since there is a treasure hunt plot, it is impossible for the creator to write it in a bland way: the hero finds a tree hole, casually pulls out something and says: “Wow, it’s the legendary holy sword!” This description is too thin.

Therefore, the creators always add a little trouble to the treasure, which is often called the treasure guardian. And this character is usually... a dragon.

Of course, as we all know now, dragons are fantasy creatures, and are usually given the characteristics of giant beasts and extremely powerful settings. Therefore, describing a great hero who can defeat such a powerful enemy can highlight his bravery.

And now, the giant dragon, the existence that stands at the pinnacle of combat power in this fantasy, is grabbing Jiang Tianwei's shoulders with its claws, and like an eagle, it is lifting him high into the sky.

It was a giant silver-white Western dragon. There were great differences in appearance between Eastern and Western dragons. The Western dragon was a monster that looked like a giant lizard with wings. Usually, it was generally believed that the dragon was covered with hard dragon scales and could spit flames from its mouth.

The dragon that captured Jiang Tianwei was even more exaggerated in appearance: first of all, the dragon's body was very smooth, as if it had no scales at all. With the faint lightning bursting in the sky, the metallic luster could be clearly confirmed!

This dragon seemed to be cast from liquid metal, with a smooth metal shell, a strong dragon body, and a slender figure yet it had the sense of power that a monster should have.

The most terrifying thing is that at the end of the snake-like slender neck is a dragon-like face. From the side, anyone would think it is a dragon's head. But if you look directly at it, you will find that the dragon's frontal bone and the clever distribution of metal blocks form a human face!

Fang Zexia was the first to react when the iron dragon swooped down. Without saying a word, she spread her fingers apart, and blue arcs of electricity shot out from the girl's tender fingertips. Lightning rays of light spread out like silk threads, and Fang Zexia crossed her hands, and silver-blue arcs of electricity intertwined into a net in the air, instantly wrapping up the iron dragon's body!

bump!

Almost at the same time as Fang Zexia, Bai Zhong Zhidou aimed the revolver in his hand at the flying dragon and pulled the trigger decisively.

"Huh?!".

Almost at the same time, Bai Zhongzhidou's right hand, which was holding the gun, suddenly lost its strength and went limp. She grabbed her right hand with her left hand. Under her cyan sleeve, dark red liquid was spreading. The burning pain reminded Bai Zhongzhidou - she was shot? !

"I see. Was this the despair that the mafia felt in the hotel earlier?"

Bai Zhong Zhidou rolled up her sleeves and saw that her fair forearm was already stained with blood, and a bullet hole was clearly visible on her arm.

(There was no sign of the sleeve being shot through, and there was no sound of gunfire. It was as if it appeared out of thin air... Is this what is called "reflection"?)

Bai Zhongzhidou immediately connected this strange state with the situation of the mafia in the Rome Hotel. She was a little thankful that she was not a particularly accurate marksman, and the evil dragon flew fast, so she didn't shoot accurately. Otherwise, if the bullet was reflected on her skull, it would be embarrassing.

(Be careful about this next time.)

As Bai Zhongzhi thought about this, a light blue tarot card appeared in front of him, emitting a faint blue light and spinning continuously. Bai Zhongzhi used his finger as a gun and pointed at it. There was a sound like glass breaking, and a young persona appeared behind Bai Zhongzhi!

It looks like an elementary school boy wearing a Japanese special effects hero mask, with wings similar to cicada wings on the back.

"Chase him! Don't talk too much!".

Bai Zhong Zhidou didn't bother to treat himself, and his first order was to let the persona chase after it. Although this persona was only the size of an elementary school student, he was incredibly fast. With a rapid flap of his insect-like wings, his figure turned into a sharp lightning and flew towards the evil dragon in the sky.

At the same time, Jiang Tianwei did not struggle...

Because, at this moment, he suddenly remembered a statement he had seen, which said that drowning people are actually the most dangerous. When their lives are in danger, people will fall into confusion and cannot make calm judgments. They will grab things at hand at all costs. If someone goes to rescue them at this time, there is a high possibility that they will be caught and the rescuer will drown.

The educational significance of this to Jiang Tianwei is that even when facing danger, don't be anxious. What's more...

This kind of thing is not dangerous to him.

This was what he had learned from the animal world. Eagles would catch their prey and throw them down to kill them, but this height would not kill him. Even if he was really thrown from a high altitude, Jiang Tianwei only needed to summon a flying demon to avoid the fate of falling to death.

Compared to this, what made him even more uncomfortable was the giant metal dragon crashing into the electric net that was flashing with lightning.

The strong electric current was transmitted to Jiang Tianwei's body along the metal shell. It was obviously a strong current that was enough to paralyze a person's whole body or even put his life in danger. But for Jiang Tianwei now, his body was just a little numb, and his muscles kept twitching due to the transmission of the electric current.

"Is this what is called 'incoming attraction' in a relationship between a man and a woman?"

Jiang Tianwei muttered something in a self-proclaimed sense of humor. I forgot where I read it from, but it seemed to say that as long as a person can still maintain a sense of humor, it means he still has room for improvement.

After just a few breaths, Jiang Tianwei saw a handsome silver light approaching him rapidly. It was a persona in the form of a child who looked like a special effects film enthusiast, approaching him at an extremely high speed.

He saw the lightsaber in his hand slashing fiercely at the metal dragon claw above Jiang Tianwei, and then he heard a crisp sound exploding in Jiang Tianwei's ears, almost piercing his eardrum.

The power of the impact depends not only on the strength itself, but also on the speed. This is why cavalry charges could dominate the battlefield in the era of cold weapons. Shao Yanming is known for his speed, and with such a high speed, the power of his weapon should be extremely strong...

The deafening explosion just now also confirmed this...but Jiang Tianwei did not feel any vibration at all.

(In other words, does it have the ability to invalidate physical attacks? I just heard gunshots, which means that gunshots are also invalid? Also, lightning attacks can be transmitted to me, which at least means that they are useful, but judging from the opponent's appearance, it should be completely not afraid of lightning strikes.)

Jiang Tianwei's mind was full of calm analysis.

Why calm down? Of course, it’s because…

A cold light suddenly rose from the darkness! It was like a sharp blade cutting through the night!

At some point, Jiang Tianwei had a spear in his hand. The dark-colored gun body was embossed with dark patterns, and the cold gun blade was reflecting silver light!

He didn't need to aim or lock on to the target. Since the other party was holding his shoulders, there was no doubt that his spear only needed to sweep over his head.

That strong body that could reflect gunshots and physical attacks, faced with Jiang Tianwei's casual attack, was in a difficult position to exert force, and his body was suspended in mid-air without a point of support... This attack, which should have had no power, easily cut through the hard metal shell! The hot dragon blood gushed out, giving Jiang Tianwei a "dragon blood bath".

Because he lost his support, Jiang Tianwei fell down with a whoosh. The pair of dragon claws still grasped his shoulders. At this moment, he had only two thoughts in his mind...

First, it seems that the great Nordic hero Siegfried was invulnerable to swords and spears because he bathed in dragon blood. If I also bathed in dragon blood, can I also have a low-profile?

Second, no matter how much resistance you have, I will ignore it all! Physical ineffectiveness? Physical reflection? They are all just fancy moves! Physical penetration is the real skill of the king!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 378 The Evil Dragon Roars

Perhaps, this metal evil dragon itself did not expect that the metal body that it was so proud of would be chopped off. The giant beast that was originally galloping across the sky let out a majestic roar that matched its size.

This evil dragon is named Fafner.

If you are familiar with Western legends or often watch animations, you will definitely be familiar with this name. According to the legend, the great hero Siegfried defeated this evil dragon and finally bathed in dragon blood, becoming an invincible hero who was invulnerable to swords and guns. However, because a leaf fell on his back, this place was not bathed in dragon blood, which became his only weakness.