Persona: Devil Summoner

“Eh?!?! Waist! My old man’s waist ahhhhh!”

It seemed as if a crisp click could be heard in the air.

Maybe it’s because this brother was just a supporting role in the original work, and Jiang Tianwei defeated him without even any effort... How to put it, it just lacks the thrilling feeling of a boss battle.

I thought he would take out a second form or something, but the old man just lay on the ground holding his waist. Finally, Jiang Tianwei couldn't bear it anymore and gave him a quick death, watching him turn into a ball of black mud and disappear.

"So, are we done with this scene?"

Fang Zexia came closer with a subtle look on her face.

Jiang Tianwei could understand why she was being so subtle. This was a typical anticlimactic ending! It was like, there was an animation that used 11 episodes to depict how the hero grew from a village boy to an invincible swordsman. Then in episode 12, he had just set out on the road to defeat the devil, and the next second he was shot dead by a hunter who came out of the forest next door. It felt like a waste of emotion like using an anti-aircraft gun to kill a mosquito.

"I think that's about it. If it's this fairy tale... let's go to the city and see Kitagawa-san now."

Bai Zhongzhidou said this, and now everyone had no better ideas, so they followed her.

This is what people often call blind obedience. When a person has no ideas, or in other words, it doesn't matter what he chooses, he will tend to choose the side with the most people agreeing or the side with the most confident tone of the spokesperson.

This is also why many Internet celebrities’ words are actually untenable, but there are still so many people who like them crazily and regard their words as the truth. In fact, it is only because they dare to speak more and can say nonsense without hesitation, not because what they say is correct.

Under the guidance of Naoto, everyone returned to the town. As expected, they saw Ali Yusuke carrying a huge bag and leading a camel in his hand. Several huge backpacks were hung on the camel. It was obvious that he was preparing to go on a long journey.

Yes, in the original work, Alibaba lived a happy life relying on the money he earned.

Well, since there is no money involved in Yusuke's story, what will it be like?

It was Yusuke who once again confirmed the place of art in his heart, and re-understood his fanatical pursuit of art, and realized that he should not be confined to this small place. There are so many beautiful works of art in the outside world that he has never seen. The world is so big, and he wants to go and see it.

He seemed to still be in the story, not recognizing the members of the Phantom Thieves and passing them by. At this moment, all he had in his eyes was a bright and glorious future.

Suddenly, Yusuke felt as if he remembered something... He felt that the people he just passed by looked familiar...

He couldn't help but turn around and asked a little abruptly: "Excuse me, have we met somewhere before?"

"Ah, of course I have. My great artist, do you still remember Sayuri?"

When Jiang Tianwei mentioned Sayuri, it was like a bolt of thunder from a clear sky, hitting Yusuke's head. His eyes were distracted at first, and then his clear will regained the upper hand.

"Everyone...you...this is..."

Yusuke looked around and seemed to have lost his memory of the previous period of time, or rather, his memory was disordered?

"It's okay. You've been caught up in the enemy's mental attack. I'll explain it to you slowly."

As someone who shared the same suffering as him, Shinjima naturally knew best how confused Yusuke was now. She quickly stepped forward and whispered to Yusuke about the current situation.

Shirakari Naoto was staring at the camel that Yusuke was leading, as if it was some important clue.

After a while, the camel's originally yellow fur gradually turned into a deep color like the dark universe. Just like the window before, it seemed that this camel was the thing that connected to the next fairy tale world.

As soon as they found the entrance, Fang Zexia didn't bother to say anything else and urged everyone to hurry up.

According to the process of elimination, the next world must be the fairy tale where Sumire Yoshizawa lives!

(Sumi, please don’t get into any trouble…)

As the elder sister, I couldn’t help but think so.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 397 What if Cinderella was a musical?!

If you had to choose a fairy tale for Sumire Yoshizawa to be the heroine, then Cinderella would definitely be the most suitable one.

Jiang Tianwei can guarantee this with confidence and he will not be wrong.

Moreover, it is fitting and obvious that Sumire Yoshizawa's story is also Cinderella's story.

If you want to say why...

Because first everyone rode camels to a small border town.

But in this town, apart from a house and a castle in the distance, the other buildings look like they came out of a crudely made game. They are just a texture and don't even have a sense of three-dimensionality.

Just… has anyone seen the fairy tale play rehearsed by fifth and sixth grade elementary school students? It was full of trees and castles cut out of cardboard. The scenery Jiang Tianwei saw now was like blowing such a rough thing in his face.

Perhaps this is what is called “highlighting the key points”.

After all, in the Cinderella story, there are only two scenes that are really important: Cinderella's home and the castle where the ball takes place. Everything else is not that important.

Of course, the above evidence cannot prove that this story is about Cinderella. After all, it is a fairy tale, so there must be a castle and a big house. This is not surprising.

What is really amazing is...

The moment everyone knocked on the door, a red-haired girl with a sunny face opened the door.

"Hello, stranger, how can I help you?"

With such a modest and polite attitude and a face that is exactly the same as Yoshizawa Kasumi, there is no doubt that this person is Yoshizawa Sumire.

"Huh? You took it upon yourself to open the door to a stranger again!"

Before Fang Zexia could express her joy, a sarcastic voice suddenly came from behind Fang Ze Jin!

"That's right! People like you should recognize your own identity!"

As if to form a duet with the previous voice, another voice emerged from behind Yoshizawa Sumire.

Then... Two more Fang Ze Xia suddenly appeared in the corridor behind her! ?

She looks exactly like the real Yoshizawa Kasumi, even the teardrop mole at the corner of her eye is the same. The two of them are like rubbish game producers who took a creature with the same model and changed its color and called it a new creature. It's like they just changed Yoshizawa Kasumi's clothes and said it was a different person.

There is no doubt about it.

There aren’t many fairy tales where three girls are from the same family, so considering their popularity, that one is basically Cinderella.

Jiang Tianwei looked at the three faces in front of him that were almost exactly the same as Fang Zexia, then turned his head to look at the real Fang Zexia.

By the way, Fang Zexia is still wearing the Arabian-style robe that she got from somewhere in the previous fairy tale (Alibaba is obviously a Persian story...) Jiang Tianwei now has to come to the painful conclusion: Fang Zexia won the third place in the Fang Zexia competition.

"You seem to be thinking of something very rude?!"

What does it mean to be in sync with each other? When Fang Zexia saw the look in Jiang Tianwei's eyes when he turned around, she instantly realized that this guy must have been thinking about something very rude!

Jiang Tianwei coughed dryly and said, "No, no."

While they were talking, the two Yoshizawa Kasumi had already come to Yoshizawa Sumire's side. One of them grabbed her wrist and lifted her arm up, then pinched her chin with her free hand. The other one lay behind Yoshizawa Sumire like a cat and leaned over her neck.

I guess everyone knows the story of Cinderella.

Regardless of the original cruel version where the two sisters cut off toes and heels, or the later optimized version where the two sisters couldn't get into the clothes no matter what, there is one detail that is the same: that is, before attending the ball, the two sisters did their best to abuse the protagonist Cinderella.

This is easy to understand. In traditional works, the protagonist always has to experience some misfortune before taking revenge.

But, once this kind of misfortune happens to yourself or a friend, it's a bit...

Jiang Tianwei clenched his fists, ready to kick them with his left and kick them with his right to break their noses if they dared to abuse Jin in front of him.

"You should remember your identity! You are the third daughter of this family. There are thousands of people who want to take advantage of you. How can you open the door to anyone casually?"

Miss Xia, who pinched Fang Zejin's cheek, showed a fierce look on her face, but what she said was unexpectedly heartwarming. Jiang Tianwei raised his clenched fist, but when he heard this, he unconsciously exclaimed "ah" and put his fist down again.

"Yes, big sister is right. If it's the old lady selling apples, remember to chase her away! Got it? You can neither pity her nor eat her apples!"

Her second sister Xia, who was lying on her shoulder, also said so.

Sandwiched between her two sisters, Yoshizawa Sumire smiled brilliantly and said, "I understand, sisters!"

"Ah~~How adorable~~~Cinder~~Rila~~~~~"

Suddenly, the two sisters raised their arms to the air, one on each side, and began to sing. It was like a musical...

The three of them were all wearing dresses with a very European classical style, the most striking thing was that there were a lot of useless laces. The three sisters' clothes were different colors, and as they sang and danced, they looked like a cluster of moving flowers or a butterfly spreading its wings.

Jiang Tianwei didn't understand women. He had to admit that he really didn't understand women. So he turned around and asked his female companions: "So, is this the way you women bully others?"

He didn't understand and was deeply shocked. He even began to doubt himself. Could it be that he had remembered the fairy tale wrongly? Was Cinderella actually an Indian musical? Not the story of a bullied sister and a prince getting married in his mind?

"How could it be bullying... No matter how you look at it, she's an overprotective sister, right?"

Shinjima said as he secretly looked at Yoshizawa Kasumi, who pouted angrily, "What? You're so close to my sister! I'm not happy!"

Jiang Tianwei looked at Naoto again. This famous detective, who was as meticulous as Zhuge Kongming, showed a troubled look today, with sweat on his forehead. It was obvious that this development was not what she had expected.

Based on what happened to Yusuke before, it can be inferred that this fairy tale world was obviously created by someone who doesn't know much about fairy tales, so many details are messed up, and the plot is also very messed up. The whole world will also change based on the situation of the people who are stuffed in.

For example, the story of Alibaba was distorted by Yusuke into a story of seeking enlightenment through art.

So……

"I'm afraid... in Sister Fangze's world, the world is like this..."

Bai Zhongzhidou made this speculation uncertainly.

In a sense, fairy tales can be described as an art of "mixed sadness and joy". Fairy tales are rarely all comedy or tragedy, but are often a mixture of sadness and joy. Cinderella is a typical story of sadness at first and joy at last.

All the tragic elements in the story are concentrated in the front, where Cinderella is bullied by her sisters and abused by her stepmother. But... the real Sumire Yoshizawa is too out of tune with this story.

Because her family was quite harmonious, and before her sister died, it could be said to be a perfect family - although having a talented sister on the road to art always puts a lot of pressure, it must be admitted that there is no problem with the family atmosphere. Therefore, Jin does not understand what domestic violence is.

It's just like if you asked the great inventor Edison to spend his entire life inventing a space cruiser, he still couldn't do it. He had no knowledge in the area and naturally couldn't think of it.

Sumire Yoshizawa does not have an unhappy family. The image of her sister in her mind is that of a woman who loves her younger sister madly.

Jiang Tianwei found the scene of three girls hugging each other very pleasing to the eye, but he suddenly thought of a very serious problem...

So, since the two sisters didn't abuse Cinderella, how would the story develop?

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 398 A brand new version never seen before

Based on empiricism, this time Cinderella's story will probably need to "complete" the entire story before it ends.

So the question is, how does Cinderella end?

Yes, of course the prince finds his true love and hands him a pair of crystal shoes!

However, this involves a very serious question: where did the crystal slipper come from? Some versions say that the fairy godmother used magic to create it, while others say that it fell from the branch where Cinderella got it.

Why are there fairy godmothers and strange branches? They are because of the stepmother and two sisters who abused Cinderella.

This is a bit like the classic detour: I bought a pair of scissors, but the casing is so sturdy that I need another pair of scissors to break it open and get the scissors inside - but, didn't I buy the scissors because I didn't have any scissors at home?

So, since Cinderella's two sisters didn't abuse her, she naturally had no chance of getting the crystal shoes.

Moreover, why did the prince pick up the crystal shoes? Essentially, it was because of the magic that would expire at 12 o'clock. Cinderella relied on magic because her family didn't give her clothes or take her to the ball. Since there was no magic, she naturally didn't have to follow the rule of going home at 12 o'clock, didn't have to rush, and naturally wouldn't lose her shoes...

Unexpectedly, we were stuck in a dead end from the very beginning!

What Jiang Tianwei didn't expect was that the one who brought the situation to a dead end was not someone else, but Fang Ze Jin herself!

So, Jiang Tianwei took a closer look at Fang Zejin. Cinderella was certainly not called Cinderella, her real name was Cinderella (some versions translated it as "Xandora"). She was called Cinderella because she slept in the kitchen every day and her body was covered in dust and dirt.

Judging from the character setting of Cinderella, Sumire Yoshizawa is really too clean.

"Um, Sumire..."

As soon as Jiang Tianwei opened his mouth, before he even uttered the fourth word, he saw his elder sister Xia raise her eyebrows coldly, with a look of disdain on her face: "Where did you come from? Don't talk to our precious sister casually!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she winked at her second sister Xia next to her, and the second sister who was lying on Jin's neck suddenly dodged like a snake, went around Jin's back, went to her ribs, and came out. In order to ensure that this waist-bending movement could be performed smoothly, she raised her right foot high, and the whole person stood there with exaggerated flexibility and amazing balance.

Professionals such as rhythmic gymnastics and dance, which require body flexibility, often have super flexible bodies that are far beyond the understanding of ordinary people. For example, they can do a pillar-like posture by simply lifting their legs, and then turn the leg behind them while lifting their feet. Their flexibility is terrifying.

The look in the eldest sister's eyes clearly showed that she was not trying to show off her figure to the second sister. The second sister opened her mouth and sang: "Yes~~~ Where did this lecher come from~ to flirt with my good sister~"

My second sister's voice is soft and long, a standard mezzo-soprano.

"She is a famous good girl in the whole area!"

The eldest sister sang along. She had a high and loud voice and was an excellent soprano.

"She is kind-hearted."

"She! Hardworking and conscientious!"

"She is gentle and generous."

"She! Beautiful and intelligent!"

The two sisters sang one after another, just like singing a folk song. The two sisters held hands while singing and danced around Fang Ze Jin. Suddenly, they stood together, both standing in a bow stance, with Fang Ze Jin as the axis, one in front and one behind, one on the left and one on the right, forming a diamond-shaped structure. The two sisters bent backwards together, opened their arms wide, and shook their sleeves vigorously. The lace on the clothes, which had no other meaning except for looking good, played its most authentic value: looking good.

The lace on the two arms looked like countless butterflies dancing as the arms shook.