Persona: Devil Summoner

As for the buyer, it is not difficult to find one.

In the story of Alibaba, didn't Alibaba's brother marry the daughter of a wealthy businessman? This shows that there must be someone very rich in this city, so just sell it to them.

I'm afraid that even Scheherazade, the narrator of One Thousand and One Nights, would not have thought that the Forty Thieves made their fortune by selling Sleeping Beauty's castle. Who could have imagined that?

Moving is not a difficult task, as there are many demons who look very strong in Jiang Tianwei's mobile app. Selling is not a difficult task either, as we all know, nouveau riche always want others to know that they are rich, so you can go no wrong by asking those places whose houses are obviously bigger and more luxurious than others.

Baek Jong Naoto used the name of a distant caravan and easily bought the artworks in Sleeping Beauty Castle for a good price.

If you think about it carefully, whether it is the Sleeping Beauty's castle or the town where Alibaba is now located, they are essentially the cognitive products of Togo Mitsuyo. This wave is simply "self-production and self-sales"...

Then, there is only one last question left...

Where should you hide your treasure?

In fact, the story of Alibaba is not set in a desert at all. This can be seen from the original work, where Alibaba met the Forty Thieves when he was out letting his donkey eat grass. Where did the green grass for the donkey to eat come from in the desert?

So why did this place become a vast expanse of yellow sand? This is difficult to explain, because a considerable number of people believe that the place where Alibaba lived was a desert. There is a theory that this is because many people read fairy tales when they were young and their memories were vague when they grew up, which caused the story of Aladdin and the story of Alibaba to be mixed together in their minds.

Since the palace is based on the cognition of the palace owner, this wrong cognition will naturally lead to a wrong presentation. Just like dreaming, many people's dreams, if analyzed carefully, are actually not in line with reality. But who cares?

Another possibility... of course... is that maybe this yellow sand itself is a clue.

Like, hiding treasure in the sand dunes or something?

Of course... considering that this is a palace, not a pure puzzle... maybe this desert, just like the dark forest in the previous fairy tale dream, is inhabited by some special monsters?

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 385

In the vast yellow sand, the hot and dry wind made people unable to open their eyes. Although there is a Chinese poem praising it: "The warm wind makes the tourists drunk", but if the warm wind is replaced by hot wind, it is another matter.

Jiang Tianwei now deeply and intuitively feels the mood of bacon, smoked meat, and oven-roasted duck.

Now there is only one crucial issue facing Jiang Tianwei and others, and that is how to make the story develop according to the original plot.

Since everyone is playing the role of the Forty Thieves, there are definitely two things that are unavoidable, one is a large amount of treasure, and the other is the cave where the treasure is hidden.

The treasure has been taken from Sleeping Beauty's castle (the Grimm brothers are furious), but now there is another crucial question: where can we find a treasure trove that can appear by chanting a spell?

From this we can see that being a great thief is not that easy. Nowadays, all walks of life are so competitive, it's killing people! If you don't have something special now, you can't even be a great thief!

"When it comes to strange stories and myths in the desert, what can you think of?"

Bai Zhong Zhidou was obviously lost in thought, holding his chin with one hand, thinking seriously about various possibilities.

Just like the previous topic of Chinese culture, if you give you a monster and ask it whether it lives in the desert, it is easy to judge. But if you ask people to summarize the gods, demons and monsters in the desert, the difficulty will suddenly increase...

"My first reaction was a series of Egyptian gods..."

The first thing that popped into Jiang Tianwei's mind was the pyramid. Egyptian mythology is also a well-known mythology system now - although a considerable number of people know about Egyptian mythology from animations and games.

"I, I'm almost the same..."

Shinjima lowered her head in embarrassment. Although she was a good student and her mind worked quickly, it was because she was too good a student that she worked hard on her studies. She had no spare time to read comics, play games, or read various leisure books. Therefore, she really didn't know much about things that would not be tested in the college entrance examination.

“Egyptian mythology is indeed one of them, and the pyramids can indeed be said to be an element that goes well with the desert.”

Fang Zexia first nodded to show her affirmation, and then... she spread out her hands, opened her arms, and turned around.

"But there's nothing like the pyramids here! What kind of Egyptian mythology is this? It's definitely not right!"

Fang Zexia took it seriously for once, and everyone thought about it and felt that it made a lot of sense.

"Oh, now it would be great if there was a persona that specializes in detection and investigation. So, Jiang Jiang, use your invincible Xiang Yao to think of a solution!"

Fang Zexia said jokingly, Jiang Tianwei was indeed in a dilemma. Although his stand had many forms, the specific form it would develop was not determined by Jiang Tianwei's will. So he couldn't just create a detection persona as soon as he wanted.

"I do know two persona messengers from the detection department, but one of them is far away abroad, and the other... I guess it's hard to make an appointment with them."

Bai Zhongzhidou frowned, and with an awkward but polite smile, he muttered a little embarrassedly. These two detectives, one is Yamagishi Fuuka, the weak-looking woman everyone had seen in Rome before, and the other one... is Kujigawa Risei. She is... an active idol.

Moreover, he is a popular idol!

Although the idol industry is widely loved by everyone, and in many people's minds, idols can even be equated with angels, but if you understand the internal situation of this industry, you will find that this industry is also full of crazy internal competition like most industries.

It is very easy to become an idol. You don't even need anyone to acknowledge you. You can always claim to be an idol. Therefore, you can see all kinds of self-proclaimed idols with only single-digit fan numbers on the Internet.

However, it is very difficult to become a popular idol. As the saying goes, "One general's success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of people." Ordinary people only see those famous idols who are famous all over the world, but they don't know that behind them, there are ten or a hundred times more unknown idols struggling. Moreover, idols are also a profession that relies on youth. Just like the golden period of athletes, idols also have the so-called golden development period...

As for wanting to become a legendary idol... that is no longer something that can be described by the adjective "difficult".

Normally, even if you put all your effort into it and don't waste any time, you may still end up being forgotten by everyone. However, not only did Xiao Li Ze become a popular idol in the whole country when she was in high school, she also announced that she would quit the idol industry when she was in her first year of high school!

Normally, if an idol does this, within a year or two, the fans will switch to another idol.

But not only did Xiao Li Ya announce that after graduating from idolism, she would return to the tofu shop in her hometown to live a quiet life, she also became a persona ambassador by the way, and then returned to the idol circle, and has been popular until now... With this experience, the popularity of ordinary idols would definitely be greatly reduced, but Xiao Li Ya seemed to be reborn from the ashes like a phoenix in the flames, and she is more popular than before.

I don’t know how many colleagues were angered to death by this legendary experience.

But it is precisely because he is a legendary idol that he is now extremely busy with various announcements. He wishes he could learn the art of shadow clone to create dozens of himself to help handle the announcements. How could he have the time to come and help?

"Then there's nothing we can do. We can only use the Yatagarasu to patrol the sky..."

Jiang Tianwei took out his phone and was about to do another carpet search as he did before... But Bai Zhongzhidou frowned and suddenly said, "I remember you mentioned that you can synthesize demons with this app, right?"

"yes?".

"Are they following some kind of rules?"

"Maybe? Anyway, I can't analyze it."

Jiang Tianwei gave up thinking immediately. All he had to do to become the ultimate creature was to fly out of the earth.

"If that's the case, I think we can try to synthesize a certain demon."

Bai Zhongzhidou smiled mysteriously. After hearing what she said, several people involuntarily gathered around Jiang Tianwei and looked at the strange program on his phone screen that looked like a game interface...

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In the desert that was almost scorching to death, a huge black shadow was hovering in the sky.

The huge shadow flew across the desert and across the town

Crossing the blue sky and white clouds, patrolling over the desert

The huge shadow flew across the desert, across the small town, across the blue sky and white clouds, and circled over the desert.

It was some kind of giant creature that looked like a pterodactyl. It looked very much like the [Fossil Pterosaur] in Pokémon, but with a dark paint job, a square head and a body like a traditional wyvern. Its dark wings flapped violently, bringing out an ominous gust of wind.

This is the evil god called Set in Egyptian mythology.

The violent god who brutally kills other gods and commits many evil deeds is the equivalent of the evil force that appears in every story.

The shadow of the evil god once again covered the earth. In the vast yellow sand, in the light distorted by the heat, nothing could be seen, but there seemed to be a pair of sharp eyes staring at the evil god with hatred.

Some kind of huge creature that was perfectly hidden in the vast sand and wind, at this moment, pulled out its sharp claws and swooped down towards the evil god hovering in the sky!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 386: Is the memory you are talking about disordered?

There is a phrase called "like adding wings to a tiger", which is used to describe a powerful person becoming even more powerful.

By analogy, what if it was not a tiger that grew wings, but a lion? This is the so-called deduction: since a tiger with wings is so strong, then a lion, as a strong creature of the same level, should be just as strong, right?

So, how to prove the correctness of the deduction? There is a saying that goes, "Make bold assumptions and verify them carefully; practice makes perfect." Want to know how strong a lion with wings is? -- Then you can find out by fighting a winged lion yourself!

Suddenly, a storm of gravel exploded from the hot sand! In the exploding gravel, a huge beast with inconspicuous khaki fur had already risen from the ground!

That is the body of a lion, with a physique strong enough to compete with the tiger for the title of king of beasts.

Huge wings extended from the shoulders, and the spread wings were enough to provide buoyancy for such a huge body to fly into the sky.

The handsome mane that the lion is proud of is covered by a handsome jeweled turban. Between the golden headdresses with the style of Egyptian pharaohs, a human face looks like the king in the mural, solemn and lifeless.

This headdress, similar to that of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, is enough to reveal the identity of this sphinx-like monster.

The Sphinx is a mythical beast that is said to protect the pharaoh's tomb.

This is also a coincidence. Although the Phantom Thieves split into two teams, the experiences of the two teams were highly similar and they saw almost exactly the same monsters.

But strictly speaking, the Sphinx that Amamiya Ren and the others saw was a female, a projection of the image of her mother in Futaba's mind. What Jiang Tianwei saw was an authentic ancient Egyptian Sphinx, with a solemn face that looked like a deified pharaoh.

By the way, when it comes to the Sphinx, the first thing that comes to mind for those who don’t know it is the famous riddle: four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, three legs in the evening, and when he has the most, he is at his most vulnerable. The answer is man.

But in fact, although this story describes the Sphinx, it is not the Sphinx in Egyptian mythology. It feels like the details of the beautiful Pan in "Water Margin" and "Jin Moumei" are completely different, even though these two are fictional characters with the same origin.

The Sphinx suddenly rose up from the hot sand, its wings emitting a holy white glow. As it pounced, the white light shot out like a blade!

In the sky, the dark pterosaur Set flipped flexibly and easily avoided the attack.

Yes, this Set is the demon created by Jiang Tianwei.

Summoning Set is not because he is very strong or has any powerful reconnaissance ability, but because of another aspect, his [identity].

In Egyptian mythology, Set is the evil god who murdered the god Osiris, that is, a bad guy.

Since it is an evil god, it certainly doesn't have a particularly good reputation, nor is it particularly popular. I dare not say all, but it is true that most Egyptian gods hate it.

Since everyone's first reaction to the desert is Egypt, I guess Togo Mitsuyo is probably the same. At that time, let the evil god in Egyptian mythology wander around for a while. If there is a kind Egyptian god in the desert, he will definitely not be able to stand it. If there is an evil Egyptian god, he will definitely come to curry favor with him.

Even if no relevant Egyptian gods pop up, you have nothing else to do anyway, so there's no harm in giving it a try.

As a result, the Sphinx was really hung out.

Set was originally an evil god, so naturally he had a bad temper. When he saw the Sphinx taking the initiative to attack him, he immediately let out a fierce roar, and fluttered his huge wings. The little bristles on his slender neck stood up as his muscles contracted!

Immediately afterwards, there was a sharp sound of breaking through the air!

Something tiny flew at high speed, tearing the air apart, and turned orange due to high-speed friction, like a bullet!

The sharp bullets were numerous and fast. At first, the Sphinx tried hard to deal with them, but even with its lion claws and wings, its body was still torn apart by the large number of bullets, leaving a few broken blood marks!

After a successful attack, Seth would certainly not give up. He saw the black pterosaur rushing down from the sky and wrestling with the injured Sphinx. The two giant beasts, one black and one yellow, collided violently in the sky, and Jiang Tianwei could feel the bursting strong wind even when he was standing on the ground!

"I didn't expect it to be real. Does this count as fishing?"

Jiang Tianwei muttered to himself.

He thought at first that this approach might not succeed, but unexpectedly, he actually fished out the Sphinx... This monster in the hot sand turned out to be the guardian beast of the pyramid. Isn't this too... weird?

"Why do I remember that there is no legend about the Sphinx protecting treasures?"

As soon as Jiang Tianwei's muttering came out, Bai Zhongzhidou seemed to have guessed that he would ask this question, and took the initiative to say: "The Sphinx is an absolute treasure guardian. Don't forget, it is the guardian beast of the pyramid. The pyramid is the tomb of the ancient pharaoh. Whether from the perspective of power or from the perspective of burial objects, the pyramid is an absolute treasure house."

It is easy to imagine that when the head of a feudal country dies, he will often place a large number of treasures in his bedroom. This is why in various tomb-robbing novels, they always have to find an imperial tomb to explore. If there are no treasures inside, wouldn't it be enough to just go to the mass grave at the east end of the village?

"So, are we going to the pyramid? I can't see it..."

Jiang Tianwei looked around, but still didn't see anything that looked like a pyramid. But suddenly, he thought of something and revealed a look of sudden enlightenment: "I didn't see the Sphinx just now, which means that there is something blocking my view in the direction where it jumped out?"

"Bingo, that's what I guessed too."

Bai Zhongzhidou snapped his fingers and pointed in the direction where the Sphinx had just jumped out: "Assistant, you are the fastest, go and see what's in that direction!"

Jiang Tianwei said nothing and immediately summoned the flame motorcycle, speeding all the way to the direction where the Sphinx flew out. In the sky, the battle between Set and the Sphinx had reached a white-hot stage, but it was obvious that one was the guardian beast of the Pharaoh, who was the incarnation of the sun god [Ra]. The other was a serious god, and Set and Ra were both one of the nine pillars of Egypt, with equal status. No matter how you think about it, Set will not lose to the Sphinx, so there is no need to worry.

As Jiang Tianwei sped along on his flame motorcycle, a dark trail was dragged out in the desert beneath his feet, extending all the way. Suddenly, the originally empty horizon seemed to be soaked in a layer of mist. Jiang Tianwei blinked and saw a pyramid standing not far away!

With a certain range as the boundary, if you cross this line you can see the pyramid, otherwise you can't see anything...it's like a mirage in reverse!

It seems that Mitsuyo Togo's memory of the story of Alibaba and the Forty Thieves is already very vague, and she has mixed a lot of things into it, making it seem out of place.

But, so what? Jiang Tianwei came to solve the problem of Yi Er San's imprisonment, not to explore how chaotic the human spiritual realm can be. He just needs to know how to deal with the other party.

(In other words, all we need to do is hide the money we find here, right? Then, even if the premise of this story is established, then the story should develop normally, right?)

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 387: The Difficult Face of a Woman

Like the previous fairy tale, the pyramids are probably one of the things in this world that is most prone to cognitive bias for people other than the Egyptians.

After all, it is a world-class wonder that is very recognizable, and most people have only seen the pyramids on TV, in pictures, or even in game animations. In order to show the full picture of the pyramids, we all know the visual effect that things are bigger when they are closer and smaller when they are farther away. They will try to stay away from the pyramids and take pictures of the pyramids as much as possible. This gives people who look at the photos an illusion: the pyramids are not as big as imagined, maybe they are about the same size as the building where I live.

But in fact, if anyone has been to the pyramids, or has seen close-up photos, they will know that each of the square bricks used in the pyramids is as big as half a person or even a whole person. How magnificent would it be if such bricks were stacked up hundreds or thousands of times?

This is why many tourist attractions are advocating for tourists to "experience it for themselves". In addition to making money from ticket sales, they also have the idea that "you can only truly feel it if you see it with your own eyes."

But, this is not reality.