Persona: Devil Summoner

Togo Ichi-san's words were firm and unquestionable. It was the first time that Togo Mitsuyo had seen such an expression... No, strictly speaking, it was the first time in so many years that he had looked directly at his daughter's face.

"I always thought... you were still young and didn't know a lot of things. I needed me to help you take care of everything. Before I knew it... you've become a big girl. You no longer need me to pave the way for you."

Togo Mitsuyo seemed to be speaking to One, Two, Three, but also seemed to be speaking to herself.

Her shadow's mood gradually calmed down.

(Generally speaking, the Phantom Thieves would send a warning letter first and then steal the treasure.)

Jiang Tianwei watched the confrontation between the mother and daughter. Now that the battle was over, he finally had time to think about some details.

(However, sending a warning letter itself is not a necessary means to summon the secret treasure. According to Morgana, the purpose of the warning letter is to make the person strongly aware of the existence of the secret treasure. Does that mean that people like Togo Mitsuyo, who pays close attention to their treasures at all times, do not need a warning letter? Just like there is no need to send a warning letter to solve those small goals in the cognitive space on weekdays? Or...)

Jiang Tianwei felt that something was wrong. He felt that Togo Mitsuyo's palace was a little different from other people's palaces. He felt that it was more like Oyamada Shoichi's palace, and there were some differences between it and Jincheng and Kamoshida's palaces. But if you asked Jiang Tianwei what was different, he couldn't tell you.

(Come to think of it, this seems to be the first time that I entered the palace without sending a warning letter and was able to steal the secret treasure. I will tell Advisor Naoto about it later.).

Just as he was thinking about what was different about this palace from other palaces, the conversation between Togo and his daughter had already ended. Togo Mitsuyo had already stood up and bowed to Togo seriously: "I thought that everything I did was for you, but now it seems that it was all for my own satisfaction."

"kindness.".

Togo Ichi-san spoke quietly and cruelly, giving her mother a fatal blow. With tears in her eyes, Togo Mitsuyo said, "I understand. From now on, mom will not interfere with you anymore. Just work hard towards the future you want."

"Yeah. You too, mom. It's not about me, but about you chasing the life you want."

"Well, me, me, is it too late for me now?"

Togo Mitsuyo said this, and this time Togo Ichiraku didn't answer her, but just smiled gently and looked at her mother. Togo Mitsuyo seemed to have received great encouragement and nodded vigorously: "I know. I, I will try my best. Thank you, Ichiraku..."

The extremely strong mother finally became like a child, shedding tears. From the perspective of life, Togo Mitsuyo is an adult and a protector. But from the perspective of dreams, Togo Ichi-san is the dreamer who keeps chasing his dreams, not afraid of getting hurt, and regardless of everything.

Regardless of rumors, focus on pursuing your dreams. This sentence is so simple to say, but it is so difficult to really do it. How many people have constantly accepted reality, either actively or forced, in the process of pursuing their dreams, and finally had to face the reality.

This time, Mitsuyo Togo admitted defeat from the bottom of her heart.

"One, two, three. Mom will no longer restrict you. Go ahead and do whatever you want."

After her shadow said this, its figure turned into beautiful particles and disappeared in front of everyone, as if it had never existed.

As expected, for Togo Mitsuyo, the secret treasure is Togo Ichiraku himself. Although Togo Ichiraku was not "stolen", he rejected Togo Mitsuyo with his own will.

Without the support of the palace owner, the entire palace was in turmoil. Dongxiang Yiersan looked around as if he had just woken up from a dream, not understanding what was happening. Jiang Tianwei quickly called everyone back to reality, and he quickly started the motorcycle and rushed to Yiersan. His empty right hand grabbed Yiersan, who still didn't understand what was happening, and his left hand also let go of the handlebars and opened the mobile phone APP.

"Hey? Mr. Kaito, what are you doing?"

In the midst of the earth-shaking, Dongxiang Yiersan finally lost her original composure and showed the shock and surprise that a girl should have when facing drastic changes. How could Jiang Tianwei have time to explain to him? His left hand quickly clicked to return to reality. There was a burst of red and black light around them. Both of them felt sick. As the strange light changed, the two finally returned to reality.

Dongxiang Yiersan had just returned when her legs went weak and she collapsed to the ground. The warm summer breeze flowed in through the broken glass, warming up her originally cold mood a little.

“Is this...realistic...?”

Togo Ichi-san touched her face, as if to confirm whether the mask was still on her face. Suddenly she thought of something, and she raised her head sharply to look for the thief who should have returned to reality with her.

Just look at the back of a man wearing a black trench coat, black hair, and black temperament by the window. I don't know who stipulated that people with a bit of evil spirit must always wear black. But since everyone has this collective subconscious, there is no need to go against the trend. This is Jiang Tianwei's aesthetics - deliberately going against tradition for the sake of "newness" is actually inferior.

Although Dongxiang Yiersan is not familiar with this figure, but based on the existing information, his identity is obvious.

"Mr. Thief?"

"That's right. I'm the leader of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts. You can just call me ACTOR."

"Actually, you are Jiang Tianwei, right?"

"..."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 414 No more pretending, I’m showing off my cards

Why did Jiang Tianwei let the Phantom Thieves enter the residential area separately? Why did he have to be handsome and bring Yi Er San back to reality alone? Was it because he wanted to improve the girl's favorability and set a flag to enter the love route of Togo Yi Er San, and finally enter the bloody end with the song "Sadness"?

No, this is to keep the identity confidential.

This is also the reason why he did not allow Naoto and Yoshizawa Kasumi to enter the palace to meet Yi Er San before, because these two people did not have masks and could not hide their identities.

However, since we are talking about masks, we have to mention that Jiang Tianwei always feels that masks cannot be used as props to conceal one's identity. Because in TV dramas or movies, once the characters see another person wearing a mask, even if it is only a half-covering mask that covers the bridge of the nose, they will not recognize the person at all, but Jiang Tianwei, as a viewer, can recognize it clearly!

A mask like mine that hides the entire face is another matter. How can an ordinary ball mask hide one's identity? !

This is also the reason why the Phantom Thieves left the maze in batches afterwards.

Jiang Tianwei didn't want to expose his companions' true identities because he didn't know the answers to one, two, and three yet.

If we casually expose our friends' true identities, what if this beautiful chess player sells us out to the police station? Wouldn't that be a big loss?

As for why Jiang Tianwei didn't mind exposing himself, it was because, even if he was really invited to have tea by the police, Jiang Tianwei was confident that he could perform "Jiang Shenke's Redemption" with his bare hands: Isn't it just an iron cage? Look at me pushing it out with the power of a demon!

Why can the law restrain people? The core reason is that there is a violent enforcement team that can threaten the person being enforced. When force cannot do anything to a person, whether or not to obey the rules depends entirely on the person's mood. I believe that everyone has experienced this when playing open-ended games, right? (Especially when console cheats or mods or editors are turned on).

Therefore, it is the best choice for Jiang Tianwei to come to One Two Three on his own, and it is definitely not for the purpose of becoming familiar to the beautiful Shogi idol.

However, although Jiang Tianwei was prepared to be exposed, he never expected that this beautiful female chess player would see through his identity as soon as she opened her mouth, making his carefully prepared disguise come to nothing.

For today's occasion, he had done a lot of research, from ancient times to modern times, from the "Tuxedo Mask" in Sailor Moon to the modern "Shadow-sama", he had carefully studied how to make a handsome appearance, how to show the charm of the cloak and mask handsomely, how to reasonably pretend to be a master, and finally handsomely deceived the girl: "How about signing a contract with me right now and becoming a Phantom Thief Girl!"

As a result, this girl destroyed all his skills with just one sentence.

"So, it's you?"

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Dongxiang Yiersan asked again.

Jiang Tianwei was silent and thought for a while. He had to take off the mask with a wry smile, turned around pretending to be handsome, and flicked his cloak - the action he had painstakingly studied for so long could not be wasted!

"It's me."

"So you are a Phantom Thief."

Dongxiang Yiersan said this without being in a hurry to continue the topic.

“······So what? Will you report me?”.

"Why, do you expect me to report you?"

This can be considered as her bad habit as a chess player. If you want to be a chess player, the most taboo thing is not to think about anything and take one step at a time. You must predict the direction of the chess path in advance, set traps for the enemy, then see through the enemy's traps, and finally lure the enemy to act according to your own logic, and finally usher in their destruction.

This idea extends to her speech skills, that is, she knows very well what the other party wants to ask and what he wants to say, but she deliberately refuses to cooperate, and instead keeps the other party on suspense, trying to make the other party speak in accordance with her own rhythm.

There is a famous quote in a famous Chinese martial arts novel that has been remade countless times: "The more beautiful a woman is, the more likely she is to lie." Teacher Jin is honest. She has so many little tricks up her sleeve. She is indeed a great beauty.

"Of course not. Not only do I not want you to join me, I even want to get you to join me."

Seeing her confident look, Jiang Tianwei knew that she must have prepared a lot of lines in advance. He also knew that a guy like him with a poor tongue would not be able to deal with the other party at all, so it would be better for him to speak frankly.

Everyone has their own specialties and everyone has their own order of learning. For people like me, all I have to do is to charge into battle and leave the brain-intensive stuff to Naoto.

He once thought he was Lu Zhishen, but now he found that he was definitely Lu Bu: It’s not that he was greedy for beauty or recognized a foster father, but that he didn’t care about anything except martial arts. When he encountered something that required thinking, he would think of relying on Chen Gong (Zhi Dou). When he encountered something, he would ask: "What is the plan?"

Seeing how frank he was, Dongxiang Ichirsan smiled frankly and said, "You are really frank. Aren't you afraid that I will tell on you?"

Jiang Tianwei thought: If you really go and tell on me, I can just get revenge on you after I escape from prison. But his emotional intelligence told him that he couldn't say that, so he changed his words and said, "Don't employ people if you doubt them, and don't doubt people if you employ them. I'm not worried that you will tell on me."

Although the original meaning of this sentence is that it is useless for you to inform on others, the way it is worded is just changed so that it has a different meaning in the ears of others.

Togo Ichi-san shrugged and said, "You really trust me - then, I have to respond to your trust. Anyway, I really thank you, the Phantom Thieves, for giving me the courage and opportunity to say those words to my mother. If I can also contribute to your invitation, and bring hope and courage to others like you, so that more people can gain the courage to resist reality, then of course I will do my best to help you."

Dongxiang Ichirsan's answer made Jiang Tianwei breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time he loosened his clenched fists.

"But I have a question...that is, what was that thing before? Why did my mother suddenly turn into a monster?"

Dongxiang Yiersan then asked the question she was most curious about. Based on her knowledge and common sense, the dream-like scene that unfolded before was just like the fantasy adventure in those storybooks, as if she had gone to another world.

“Let me start the explanation from here…”

Jiang Tianwei sighed and scratched his head. This kind of work was a bit complicated to explain, and he didn't know if he could explain it clearly... At this moment, his cell phone suddenly rang. He picked it up and saw that it was a text message from Bai Zhongzhidou, asking him if the problem here had been resolved and that the police were coming.

Naoto did not go to the other world, but stayed in reality, just to be able to support everyone at any time. After all, if the neighbors saw something like breaking glass, they would inevitably call the police. Now, everyone else has returned from the other world, except Jiang Tianwei.

Naoto knew that he was trying to convince Togo Ichi-san, so he was so nervous. If the police really saw him and Ichi-san together, it would be hard to explain.

"One, two, three, the police are coming. I'm leaving first. We will give you a detailed explanation next time we meet."

"Yeah, I understand."

Togo nodded. Just as she had said before in the palace, she had already realized something about the future.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 415 Our demons are so strong!

"The Unknown Past of the Beautiful Girl Chess Player! She is the One Behind Everything?!"

"She looks like a fairy, but she is as vicious as a snake. In order to stand out, the beautiful chess player would do this?!"

"Quick look! The story behind the beautiful chess player that you don't know, everything you want to know is in it!"

Jiang Tianwei looked at the various headlines popping up on his phone and had already guessed Dongxiang Yiersan's current situation.

As the saying goes, when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter; when the wall falls, everyone pushes it down. Everyone likes idols, but they like to see the altar collapse even more. No one really cares how many bowls of fans Liuzi has in his stomach.

Togo Ichiraku's mother truly repented.

It was because she repented that she, under the influence of guilt and remorse, revealed her entire "star-making plan".

As you can imagine, this kind of thing naturally caused an uproar.

In fact, as a shogi idol, Togo Kazumi is not particularly popular. In the idol circle, he is at most a mid-level idol. Not to mention being able to copy top idols, there is still a big gap between him and popular idols.

As a result, now that the rumors of fake moves and manipulation have been exposed, she has immediately become the focus of criticism from the entire network. Those who followed her before, those who didn't, those who knew her, those who didn't, have now all united in their fight.

Some people criticized her for playing fake chess, but she did not argue and accepted the criticism completely.

Some people speculated whether she deliberately exposed the scandal to gain some fame. She didn't refute it, but turned a deaf ear to it.

Some people think that no matter what her character is, she is really good-looking, and if she "goes into the adult industry", they will definitely support her. Facing rumors, she responded with a cold eye and disdain.

Although her mother Mitsuyo Togo tried her best to help her daughter with public relations, it is conceivable that her taking the initiative to expose such a huge scandal would be fatal for her as a program producer.

Although strictly speaking Togo Kazumi is not an artist under their company and Togo Mitsuyo cannot be fired for this reason, she has now been removed from the program she was in charge of and is basically semi-unemployed, and is already powerless.

By the way, Jiang Tianwei told Naoto about his change of heart even though he didn't send a notice letter. As a result, the great detective Naoto asked back with an unfathomable smile on his face: "When did you have the illusion that I didn't send a notice letter?"

Moreover, Naoto was wearing glasses while talking, which made him look like a popular boss in a popular manga.

Yes, when Naoto made the decision to ask Jiang Tianwei to bring Togo Ichi-ni-san into the palace, she also sent a notice letter to Togo Mitsuyo. It must be said that technology is really advanced now. What is the best-selling product in the craze of phantom thieves? Is it the surrounding products of phantom thieves' masks? Is it the dolls of phantom thieves? Or the various derivative works with the theme of phantom thieves? Wrong! None of them! The hottest product is - the phantom thief letter generation APP!

Just enter the text you want to enter, and the AI ​​algorithm will help you compose that cool preview letter! Not 1998, only 998. With less than yen, you can also become a popular heart thief! What are you waiting for? ! ——If you recommend it to ten friends, you can get a free chance to use it! This kind of bargain will never be available again!

So, while Detective Bai Zhong was waiting for Jiang Tianwei to negotiate with Yi Er San with the detective badge, he used AI to generate a letter and delivered it directly to Togo Mitsuyo's mailbox.

As a result, Jiang Tianwei made a lot of blind analysis, but it turned out to be useless! This made Jiang Tianwei blush and feel very embarrassed. What was more embarrassing than not knowing anything was that he made a lot of confident analysis, but found out that it was all wrong.

Originally, Jiang Tianwei was planning to find an opportunity to welcome Dongxiang Yiersan and explain to her the so-called palace of the mind and cognitive level and so on.

Now that Togo Ichi-san is caught up in a scandal, there are probably too many paparazzi around her to count. It is impossible for her to report to the Phantom Thieves so soon. She can only give up.

Jiang Tianwei returned home with a feeling of regret.

Normally, after leaving the palace, he would feel exhausted and lack energy. He didn’t know if it was because Jiang Tianwei had been there more often and had developed resistance, or because he had merged with the demon in the palace and was full of energy. In any case, he didn’t feel tired at all today.

On the way home, he tried his new body. He didn't know if it was because he had bathed in Fafner dragon blood, but he merged with Siegfried this time, and the fusion was extremely thorough. He almost perfectly inherited Siegfried's resistance and fighting skills. He tried to poke his skin with the key, but he didn't feel any pain at all.

"Your body is amazing."

Fang Zexia, as a ghost, also floated beside Jiang Tianwei today. It seemed that because she was not brought along during the second half of the exploration of the Togo family's palace, the little girl was unusually active on the way back.

She now spoke to Jiang Tianwei in this tone of praise with a hint of sarcasm. Jiang Tianwei immediately realized that this little girl had come with bad intentions, but after thinking for several times he still couldn't guess what she was going to say. He could only sigh in his heart: It turns out that I am not cut out to be a chess player and I can't guess the other party's thoughts at all.

"What's so great about it? Tell me about it."

Jiang Tianwei could only follow her words and jump into it even if it was a trap.

"Hehe, of course I don't have to worry about cutting my hands when I cook in the future!"

Fang Zexia smiled and used her right hand as a knife to cut Jiang Tianwei's hand. Jiang Tianwei couldn't help laughing: "Even if it was me, I wouldn't cut my hand with a kitchen knife."

As the ultimate weapon used in quarrels between couples, the kitchen knife naturally has considerable power. It can be said to be the most powerful and threatening weapon that one can come into contact with in daily life.

I even heard that a super chef defeated a martial arts villain with a kitchen knife, even slicing his entire arm to the bone! You can see how powerful it is.

In order to prevent themselves from being hurt by this cooking weapon, chefs from all over the world have come up with the idea of ​​curling up their fingers and using their knuckles to hold the knife surface. In Japan, it is also called "cat's claw", which sounds very cute.

Although Jiang Tianwei's cooking and knife skills are not as good as those of the Chinese Chef Boy, at least he won't cut his hands. Fang Zexia's words really underestimated herself."

"Oh? Really?".