Persona: Devil Summoner

"Yes, I heard that they looted a lot of beautiful works of art from foreign countries and put them in a treasury outside the city!"

"artwork?"

"Yes, yes. I heard that this thief has elegant taste, is handsome, and has a gentlemanly demeanor. He is rare to see..."

"Ahem... we didn't have this line in the backstage rehearsal..."

"Ah, anyway, this gang of robbers came from the far east, and their treasure house was filled with all kinds of fresh painting tools and pigments that no one had ever seen before. It is said that these are new colors that no one has ever seen before..."

Before the two men finished speaking, Ali Yusuke rushed over to them in two steps, not caring about the taboos between men and women, and shook the shoulders of the woman in the white robe vigorously - mainly because the other woman's shoulders were covered with spikes, and no matter who it was, no one would choose to press another person, right?

"You guys, are you telling the truth?!"

"Oh, yes, of course it is true. If you don't believe me you can go and see for yourself. It's not far outside the city, so it's not hard to find."

"Thank you so much, both sisters!"

Ali Yusuke couldn't suppress the joy on his face, because he was too excited, his expression was as exaggerated as the facial expressions of the villains in the comics!

Ali Yusuke ran out of the city excitedly. The two women looked at each other. The woman wearing a mask and leather jacket said in an unbelievable tone: "I didn't expect that he actually believed it..."

Yes, no matter who it is, as long as they are in their right mind, they would think this is too weird, right? !

Apart from anything else, how could outsiders know what was in the treasure house of such a great thief?

This is also a fatal logic bug in some games. In order to give the protagonist motivation, there will always be an information provider who tells you about the villain or the next step. But if you think about it carefully, you will find: something is wrong, how did you know that? !

However, thanks to the fact that Yusuke is a person who can give up everything for art, he can't suppress his enthusiasm when art is mentioned.

Ali Yusuke ran all the way, he never thought that his physical fitness would be so good. This is probably the so-called stimulant effect.

As mentioned before, probably because Mitsuyo Togo had a poor imagination and remembered many details incorrectly, this small town is located in the desert. The terrain of the desert stands out for its particularly vastness and unobstructed view. Basically, you can see the horizon as soon as you raise your eyes.

If there really is a treasure trove here, it will definitely not be missed...

Ali Yusuke looked around and suddenly noticed something unnatural.

In this vast expanse of yellow sand, a tornado suddenly rose up at a distance of about 1,000 meters. The tornado neither moved nor stopped, but just kept rolling the sand into the sky, and then turned into a sandstorm and sprinkled it down.

Ali Yusuke felt that he definitely didn't see it wrong, and he definitely didn't remember it wrong.

How could there be a tornado in this desert?

It is said that there must be something wrong when something is abnormal. Ali Yusuke walked forward curiously. This tornado was like a wall guarding a treasure.

Ari Yusuke curiously tore off a small piece of cloth from his clothes and stuffed it into the tornado... Swish! Without even feeling the attraction, the cloth was cut off by the high-speed swirling wind carrying gravel!

It was strange. If you were this close to a normal tornado, you would definitely feel the strong wind. However, Yusuke was so close that he could touch it with cloth, but he still couldn't feel the wind. This strange phenomenon made him realize that there must be something wrong here!

He walked around the tornado, ready to check out its boundaries, when suddenly he heard a voice in the wind: "Open sesame!"

As if this sentence was a command, the next second, the tornado that rose into the sky disappeared instantly, leaving only Ali Yusuke.

The sand that had just been rolled up fell down and pressed on Ali Yusuke, forcing him to fall to the ground. Thanks to this, he was half buried in the sand, forming a natural cover. He raised his head from the sand and saw a huge pyramid suddenly appearing in front of him!

In front of the pyramid, two people dressed strangely and looked suspicious were walking and chatting. It sounded like a man and a woman. Yusuke didn't hear anything else clearly, but he heard them walk a few steps and then shouted in this direction: "Close Sesame!"

Then, the tornado that had just stopped suddenly started up again, and the wall of wind that soared into the sky instantly swept up the sand and dust that had just landed, shielding the figures of the two people. Ali Yusuke took this opportunity to run two steps and got out of the sand!

It was obvious that the sandstorm was protecting the pyramid. The tornado that rose into the sky perfectly enveloped the pyramid.

Ali Yusuke had no resistance to this kind of aesthetically pleasing architecture! Thinking of the conversation between the two women in the city, he couldn't wait to see the treasure house.

However, when he entered the pyramid, he felt a little regretful.

Because, there is no painting materials here as the two women said. There are just gold coins on the ground.

"Tsk, it turns out it's not a painting material..."

Ali Yusuke clicked his tongue, frowned, and made a dissatisfied sound.

This kid is just stubborn. He didn't realize that although there are no painting materials here, you can use gold coins to go out and buy painting materials, right?

Just when he thought that he had failed this time, he suddenly noticed a gorgeous woman standing among the pile of gold coins.

It was a beautiful woman who could rival Venus... No, it should be said that it was a beautiful statue. Yusuke noticed that although the statue was lifelike, its skin and clothes were all golden, so it must be a statue made of gold.

"It's so beautiful... Damn it, if I had some painting materials, I could paint it... I have no choice but to go back and borrow some painting materials from my brother..."

Ali Yusuke muttered this and walked out dejectedly, imitating the two men and shouting "Open Sesame". Sure enough, when the strong wind heard the command, it disappeared, leaving a path.

Of course, Ali Yusuke did not forget to raise the wind wall and go find his brother.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 395 Don’t Talk Logic with Fairy Tales

In fairy tales, logic cannot often be forced upon you.

Take the original work of Alibaba for example. It says that Alibaba accidentally discovered the treasure hiding place of the Forty Thieves, but because he didn't have a container, he had to borrow a container from his brother and sister-in-law who had married the daughter of a wealthy man. That's how it was discovered.

But in fact, according to normal people's logic, if you don't have a container, you can just grab a handful and go. Even if it's not a handful, you can take a gold coin and go. How many earthenware pots can you buy with one gold coin? Then you can bring your donkey and a bunch of earthenware pots to get the money, right?

If you say Alibaba is a man of high moral integrity who never picks up lost items, then why did he come back to get the money after borrowing his sister-in-law's earthenware basin? If you say he was greedy, seeing so many treasures and no container, wouldn't you use clothes to wrap them up? If that doesn't work, you can put them in your pockets! If that doesn't work, why don't you take off your shoes, put the money in your shoes, and then ride your donkey home?

Worst case scenario, you can just grab a handful of money with both hands and go away? Can't you just use the money to buy a jar?

If you must find a reason, it is that he must follow the previous practice in order to reasonably introduce the role of his brother.

In short, don't talk about logic with fairy tales.

The same is true for Yusuke now. He is in a fairy tale and as the protagonist of the fairy tale, he will naturally act according to the logic of the fairy tale.

By the way, the statue he saw in the pyramid before was of course Cleopatra herself. Jiang Tianwei now regretted very much why he had sold all the good things in the Sleeping Beauty's castle for money. As a result, it was difficult to find a work of art now.

You find those customers you sold the goods to before, and guess what? They ask for a price difference of more than 20 times. Jiang Tianwei knew that there were unscrupulous merchants in this world, but he didn't expect them to be so unscrupulous... He had thought about whether to come back in the dark and windy night to steal the paintings, or just rob them, anyway, now everyone is the Forty Thieves.

But in the end Jiang Tianwei gave up this approach - it was not because he had high moral standards, but because he suddenly remembered that he had just been possessed by his own "shadow of the original heart" not long ago, and he didn't know what the conditions for his awakening were. Jiang Tianwei didn't dare to rashly follow his own heart and do such a thing. He was afraid that he would become the person who could sing "Laozi said" again.

However, the lack of art did not pose a problem for him.

In Japan, there is an art that is very strange and very difficult to understand.

That is to paint the beautiful actress with gold or silver paint, and disguise her as a statue. Jiang Tianwei didn't know what the Japanese thought of this kind of art, but for a Chinese like him, it was too early. Don't do this kind of thing! Even if you must appreciate it, at least wait until ten years after Jiang Tianwei's death...

So, regardless of the channel from which Jiang Tianwei saw this advanced art that cannot be appreciated by people under the age of 18, at least this unpopular and niche knowledge can be perfectly applied here.

It was obvious that such a job as painting a layer of gold on Cleopatra's body could not be assigned to a man like me. The person in charge of this business was Bai Zhongzhidou. Jiang Tianwei watched from the side and thought that he would be "lustful and bold", but after seeing it with his own eyes, this scene did not interest him at all. He even thought of the scene where the boss of the barbecue stall painted the lamb skewers with oil in the past, and he felt like laughing. What was going on?

This is the approach proposed by Naoto.

She is a rationalist and if there is a simple solution, she will naturally adopt it.

For example, now, everyone has two options. One is to forcibly try to destroy the structure of the palace and the structure of the fairy tale. The other is to follow the fairy tale and complete the plot. Obviously, the latter is much safer.

Especially since everyone knows how the Alibaba story will develop.

This is just like the popular time-travel novels in China, where you always see the protagonist traveling to a world he knows well, and then deliberately pretending to be a grandson, hiding his abilities, snatching the original protagonist's role, and following the original plot.

Why do they do this? The core reason is the same: it is safest to follow a story that is well known.

As for why Jiang Tianwei was able to create this "Open Sesame" mechanism, it is even simpler.

At the top of the pyramid, a demon from ancient Babylon is floating, with a human appearance, a lion's head, and bird wings. This practice of stitching animal features onto human bodies is numerous from ancient times to the present. Ancient gods always have similar appearances, and today... Looking at the popular ○ Lu, you should know that the classics are indeed good.

This demon is called Pazuzu. Although the name sounds cute, he is a real demon. It is said that this demon will raise evil hot winds in the desert and spread plague.

Jiang Tianwei only needs to summon this demon in advance, shout out the agreed lines, and then let him start or stop the wind. This is also the main reason why Jiang Tianwei and his team had to shout out the secret code just now. On the one hand, it was for Yusuke to hear, and on the other hand, it was for Pazuzu on the top of the pyramid to hear.

Now, everything is developing according to the original story. Ali Yusuke goes back to find his brother, and soon it will be the turn of the Forty Thieves to appear...

Remember, the original version of this story was that Alibaba, who stopped in time, gained wealth, while his greedy brother ran into the Forty Thieves and was killed.

I really don't know how the story will develop...

The Phantom Thieves had completed all the preliminary preparations and were preparing in the dim pyramid.

About an hour had passed before a voice called "Open Sesame" came from the door.

Ari Yusuke is back!

In one hand he held a board with a white cloth stretched over it, and in the other hand he held an early piece of charcoal used for drawing, which he sharpened with a knife and was probably used similarly to a pencil.

He first looked around for a good angle, then propped up the drawing board and began to depict the legendary female pharaoh in front of him.

The most annoying job in the world is probably being a model for a painter.

Because they can't move, talk, or drink water for several hours, and they have to hold it in when they want to go to the bathroom. Although some studios allow models to take breaks, most encourage them to work in one go.

Boredom is probably the biggest obstacle to this job.

Now Cleopatra is depressed, why is she not a Greek god? You ask why she is Greek? Isn't it because Medusa is Greek? Now she really wishes that the five snakes on her left hand were Medusa. She might as well just petrify herself, it's too boring.

The only thing to be thankful for is that Yusuke draws quite quickly because he is sketching.

The whole process lasted only... thirty minutes.

During this time, everyone in the Phantom Thieves waited here for thirty minutes, motionless, silent, hiding in the corner, watching Yusuke being so enthusiastic.

Finally, he looked at the painting in his hand with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Although the materials on hand are limited, as long as you see this painting, you will understand that I am not lying, right? Haha, as long as I can depict such a beautiful woman, it will definitely shock the world!"

Well, it seems that Ali Yusuke went back to find his brother, but was turned away.

This was not enough to make him give up, so he came back to draw a sketch and then take it back to convince his brother again.

Isn't it the same in the original novel? It was the sister-in-law who found a gold coin in the clay pot, and then she believed that her brother had really made a fortune.

If the plot develops correctly... the next scene will be that the "brother" has evil intentions towards the treasure, and then the Phantom Thieves will send him to hell.

Thinking about this, Jiang Tianwei suddenly realized: (Speaking of which, I really don’t have the heart to do it… If the other party is an acquaintance, how can I have the nerve to do it…)

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 396 What does it mean to have easier things done with acquaintances?

Not long after Yusuke ran away, the pyramid soon welcomed Yusuke's brother in this story setting.

Jiang Tianwei was so bored that he was about to fall asleep.

There is nothing more boring than waiting, which is why so many male compatriots hate to accompany their girlfriends shopping. It's not that they can't afford it, but it's really too boring to wait, especially more than a decade ago when power banks were not popular and mobile phone battery capacity was also limited, accompanying girlfriends shopping was simply a torture.

It is obvious that since Yusuke is the protagonist of the story, this brother must be someone related to him. This is not difficult to guess.

But, who is this brother in his heart?

Now, Jiang Tianwei knew.

He was a man covered in jewels and precious stones, looking like a typical nouveau riche from a fairy tale. He wanted to exchange all his belongings for treasures to hang on his body, and the main thing he showed off was his desire to show off.

Jiang Tianwei also knew this person...

"What the hell, Madarame?!"

Don’t blame Jiang Tianwei. Everyone in the Phantom Thieves who knew this story was stunned.

Madarame Ichiryusai, let alone being Yusuke's brother, just based on his age, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he's his grandfather!

What kind of strange and chaotic ethics can give rise to an older brother with white hair and a younger brother who is in high school! Aren’t these parents too strong and healthy? !

However, apart from this age bug, this setting is reasonable.

You see, first of all, Yusuke’s circle of friends is very narrow.

Secondly, there is a Chinese saying that the eldest brother is like a father. Judging from the fact that Madarame adopted Yusuke, he is at least an adoptive father. You can say that Madarame is a big bastard, but you can't ignore the good things he did.

Finally… Just like the stroke of genius between Yusuke and Alibaba – “poverty”. Madarame and the brother in the story also have a similar stroke of genius – they are both very rich, and this money is not earned by their own ability. And after having money, they will never think of helping their brother who needs help.

Oh, and of course, there is also the greedy nature.

Considering that there are still actresses in their sixties and seventies playing young girls in the entertainment industry, it seems that the casting of Mitsuyo Togo's Fairy Tale World is surprisingly accurate!

"Haha, Yusuke, that guy, really didn't lie to me! Ahahaha, a golden art statue! As long as I advertise that it was carved by me, I will definitely gain both fame and fortune! - Yes, otherwise, why not just chop off the arms of this statue. It's too bad that one of the arms is a snake. It's just right. When the time comes, without the arms, it can give people unlimited room for reverie... Hehehe, I want to dominate the art world with this!"

Madarame probably thought that there was no one around, so he smiled exaggeratedly, like a cartoon character.

"Huh?! You're actually going to chop off my hand?! Are all you artists perverts?!"

Cleopatra was originally drowsy from being a model, but when she was half asleep she heard Madarame talking to himself loudly. She was startled and couldn't help but speak.

Madarame was also shocked: "What the hell?! The statue showed its power?!"

"Show off your saintliness! You greedy and greedy master of counterfeiting!!"

Jiang Tianwei couldn't bear it any longer, so he kicked from the top of the pyramid and hit Madarame hard in the waist.