Persona: Devil Summoner

If in other situations, "giggle" is used to describe women's laughter, it is definitely to reflect the crispness and cuteness of women's laughter.

But, in the current situation, this giggle only makes people feel sick.

Behind Bai Zhongzhidou's chair is a beautiful woman in red.

Even though Bai Zhong Zhidou himself is a woman and has seen many beautiful and lovely girls, he still has to admit that this woman in red has a stunning beauty.

Her body is like a collection of beauty.

However, on her beautiful body, the face that should attract the most attention is a gloomy and terrifying skull!

A skull making a creaking sound, no matter how you look at it, sounds like the sound of bones rubbing and colliding against each other, which makes people feel uncomfortable all over.

Bai Zhongzhidou pointed a gun at her: "Okay, let's talk. Who are you? Why did you contact me? What did you do to me!"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 445: The last meeting in the auditorium before the holiday

The next morning, Jiang Tianwei regained the feeling of youth.

This doesn't mean that Jiang Tianwei suddenly became young again, nor is it like in the crosstalk, where he applied flesh-tenderizing powder and wet the bed the next day. Instead, he suddenly regained his youthful mentality - just like elementary school students before a spring outing, or junior high school students before the holiday, they are very excited and can't sleep at all.

Jiang Tianwei now experienced the rare feeling of being unable to sleep again.

However, most people will feel a little sleepy after staying up all night, and some people even go to the Internet cafe together to spend the night, but they can't stand it at three or four in the morning. It is rare for someone like Jiang Tianwei to be energetic after not sleeping all night.

Of course, this kind of sleeplessness is not only because he has grown up, there is another reason...

Tomorrow is the official day of summer vacation!

Yes! The thing that all the students in Japan... No, all the students in Asia... No, no, the students all over the world love the most is coming! Vacation! It's coming!

If Jiang Tianwei's life were a cartoon, he would definitely have to imitate EVA and come up with a title interface of "Vacation is coming!"

He glanced at the bed, where Wu Jian Miao and Fang Ze Xia were still sleeping. Although Fang Ze Xia's soul had left her body and turned back into a spirit due to the spell time, she still lay in bed in a sleeping position, looking really exhausted.

Of course Jiang Tianwei didn't want to disturb their sleep, so he quietly went out and turned the door lock with the key, not even letting the click sound of the door closing be heard, for fear of disturbing their sweet dreams.

It was not until he left that Wu Jianmiao secretly opened one eye from the bed, revealing a regretful but warm smile. I don't know whether to praise him as a gentleman, gentle and considerate? Or should I say that he is unromantic and stupid?

But no matter what, Wu Jianmiao decided to catch up on some sleep first. Although she was used to staying up late, today was special after all. She felt exhausted and was in no mood to get up and coordinate the data.

On the other hand, after Jiang Tianwei went out, he went straight to his neighbor Master Liu's house to have breakfast.

Perhaps it was because he was in high spirits when he was happy. Although the injury on his waist had not healed yet, Master Liu was still busy in the kitchen with a cheerful face. Seeing his look, Jiang Tianwei knew that it was the right decision to let him and his son watch the movie together yesterday.

The two people had been estranged for a long time, and it was difficult for them to communicate calmly. However, after Jiang Tianwei calmed down their violent emotions in the cognitive space, they both felt that the barrier was broken.

Many times, many things can be solved by just sitting down and talking calmly, but the premise of remaining calm is very difficult.

As soon as he saw Jiang Tianwei coming, Master Liu immediately called him in. Four dishes were already on the table, and Master Liu was cooking soup in a clay pot. The dishes on the table could be summarized as follows: leeks... kidneys... various internal organs... a plate of cut fruit...

These are all things used to replenish men's energy.

When Jiang Tianwei saw the table, his face turned red.

If you think about it carefully, when Jiang Tianwei first moved in, he could hear the Peking Opera singing of his neighbor's uncle in his own home. On the other hand, if he made any loud noise at home, his neighbor would certainly be able to hear it! This is a wall! It's not a magic mirror. How can it achieve such a magical operation as unilateral sound insulation?

Seeing that he had eaten breakfast, Master Liu considerately prepared a lunch box for him, but Jiang Tianwei waved his hand: "No need for today, we will only work until noon today, and we will have a holiday in the afternoon."

“【Oh. Oh! Summer vacation is about to start. It’s already this time.】”

Master Liu sighed and looked at Jiang Tianwei who ran to the cooking table to wash his hands. The more he looked at him, the more curious he became. He smiled and patted his lower back: "【Well, you've grown into a big boy now. That's great, great!".

What has the old man not seen? What doesn't he know? What happened yesterday, how can he not guess it? Please, if he doesn't understand anything, how can he have a son! They are all experienced people, and now he is just like looking at his promising grandson, looking up and down, left and right, and seeing where to look good.

Jiang Tianwei felt embarrassed by his overly enthusiastic gaze, so he quickly washed the dishes, said he was going out, and rushed to school.

He was very excited today, with both the joy of being on the road to adulthood and the comfort of having a holiday soon. When a person has a happy event multiplied by two, then of course there will be spiritual happiness - these two happy things combined will give birth to even greater happiness...

Arriving at school, it was obvious that the whole school was filled with this kind of impetuous atmosphere. Jiang Tianwei had never understood why the school had such an operation of "half-day classes and then holidays". Either you have a full day of classes or you just have a holiday. If you only have half-day classes, how can students concentrate on the classes? Then everyone is looking forward to going home quickly!

In fact, not only students think so, teachers also think so. Except for a few particularly serious teachers, most teachers teaching today are like "You can listen or not, I have taught it anyway". After all, teachers are also human beings, and they have their own desires and needs. Who can refuse something like a holiday?

Probably guessing that the students were not in the mood for class, the last class in the morning was changed to a meeting in the auditorium. The bald principal, who looked like a spirit of an egg, also had a brilliant smile on his face today, and spoke all kinds of encouraging words to everyone.

Anyway, Jiang Tianwei didn't hear a word he said.

However, after Principal Egghead spoke, it was Takuto Maruki who took the stage to speak. After all, many students in this school now... No, it should be said that in this era of involution, quite a number of students have mental illnesses such as depression. In some schools, more than half of the students have mental illnesses.

As soon as Jiang Tianwei saw Maruki Takuto, his heart skipped a beat and he instantly thought of something!

(The reason why Teacher Kawakami behaved so strangely and the other teachers turned a blind eye to our intimate contact must be the work of Maruki! - Well, from my point of view, this is definitely a good thing...).

Although Jiang Tianwei had no evidence, the only person he knew who could tamper with people's memories besides Kaixin was Maruki Takuto. Previously, he successfully modified Yoshizawa Sumire's cognition, making her think she was Yoshizawa Kasumi. This level of transformation, or memory tampering, was not something that ordinary psychologists could do.

By the way, although psychologists often use "hypnosis therapy", the hypnosis here is different from the hypnosis that everyone understands. It is not as magical as in comics. Hypnosis in reality is just a means of auxiliary treatment. He has only seen Maruki Takuto, who can do this kind of thing that is no different from the comics.

(I have nothing to do after the meeting anyway, so I might as well go ask him.)

Just like that, Jiang Tianwei was looking forward to the holiday life after the meeting...

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 446 How to spend the first day of holiday?

"So—isn't this a good thing?".

At the beginning of summer vacation, Jiang Tianwei did not rush home, nor did he start making appointments with friends immediately. Instead, he rushed straight to the infirmary where Maruki Takuto was.

As mentioned before, the holiday is coming this afternoon, and most students and teachers are going home for dinner. Even the shops are closed. Teacher Maruki did not rush home, but returned to his infirmary first.

You asked him why he came back to the infirmary? Of course he came to eat.

He skillfully boiled a pot of water for himself using the electric kettle, then took out a bowl of instant noodles that was a little deformed from the cupboard and prepared to eat.

You're going to eat instant noodles anyway, so why eat at work? On the one hand, there's no one at home, so you'll be alone no matter where you eat, and you won't be able to enjoy the family atmosphere. On the other hand... you're doing hot water at work, and the water and electricity bills are all paid by the company. Although each one is not a big deal, if you eat every meal at work, you can save a lot of food expenses.

This is the sadness of people in society. They have to calculate everything carefully and save as much as possible.

So, when Jiang Tianwei broke in, he saw this genius who had the ability to hypnotize all the teachers and students in the school to change their common sense, humming a song while pouring the seasoning powder packets into a bucket. When he saw Jiang Tianwei coming, he was a little surprised: "Good afternoon, classmate Jiang, you won't go back during the holiday... Go back... Go back... A-choo!".

He saw someone coming in, his hands trembled, and the salt powder in the seasoning packet flew uncontrollably. Maruki Takuto couldn't help but sneeze several times, looking extremely embarrassed...

Seeing him like this, Jiang Tianwei began to doubt himself: Is this man who chokes when eating instant noodles really the man who changed the perception of the entire school? !

Jiang Tianwei didn't want to beat around the bush and just asked his questions directly. Maruki Takuto wasn't surprised and just said "oh" and then said the same sentence at the beginning.

"So—isn't this a good thing?".

This question left Jiang Tianwei confused.

If you think about it carefully, this is indeed a good thing, right?

On Mr. Kawakami's side, lovers finally get married and don't have to worry about worldly opinions.

On Jiang Tianwei's side, lovers finally get married and he doesn't have to worry about the worldly view - but he has to worry about the views of other women.

As for other teachers in the school, what business is it for them if someone else is dating someone else? They are a perfect match, so what business is it for them?

This time, although Maruki performed some "hypnosis" on everyone, no one was hurt.

This is what Maruki Takuto is saying this time: Since no one is hurt, why are you coming here to demand an explanation?

Jiang Tianwei also guessed that he would say that, and he immediately said: "But no matter what the reason is, it is wrong to manipulate other people's minds casually, right?"

"Well, let's change to a similar example. For example, during surgery. In order to save the patient, the doctor ends up removing the diseased part. What do you think of this?"

"..."

Jiang Tianwei chose to remain silent and did not dare to respond easily. His intuition told him that if he answered casually, he would definitely fall into Maruki's language trap.

"Look, the resection surgery performed by the doctor is essentially a form of harm to the human body, right? But it is done with good intentions and to save the patient's life. How is it different from what I do?"

Perhaps noticing Jiang Tianwei's caution, Maruki Takuto took the initiative to continue the topic. Jiang Tianwei was speechless, and he had to admit that he even agreed with Maruki's idea a little.

As a psychological counselor, this person naturally has a lot of experience in discourse, and he will definitely not be at a disadvantage in a debate with a high school student.

"I……"

Jiang Tianwei wanted to refute him and tried to change the topic to himself, but Maruki Takuto would not let the topic change like this. He said something that was enough to deal a decisive blow to Jiang Tianwei: "-So, isn't this the same as the Phantom Thieves' change of heart?"

As a member of the Phantom Thieves, Jiang Tianwei was speechless. What annoyed him the most was that with his current life experience, experience and debating ability, he was not enough to refute Maruki Takuto.

"Oh, the noodles are about to clumping together. I was just saying it casually. You don't have to take it seriously~".

Maruki Takuto smiled as he opened the lid of his instant noodles. The rising mist immediately covered his glasses with a layer of white frost. Jiang Tianwei suddenly asked, "Actually, teacher, you are a persona messenger, right?"

"Huh? What is that?".

Because of the fog covering his glasses, Jiang Tianwei couldn't tell whether he was joking or really didn't know.

Being a psychologist is also a profession that requires maintaining a "business smile" all year round. If he doesn't look at his eyes, Jiang Tianwei has no way of guessing what's in his heart from the upturned corners of his mouth - of course, even if he sees his eyes, Jiang Tianwei can't guess what Maru Xi is thinking.

"I was wondering about this before when I was in Fangze. Normal people don't have the means to modify other people's cognition to that extent."

“...That’s true. If every psychiatrist had that level of ability, the world would have eradicated mental illness long ago.”

Maruki Takuto readily admitted that he was different from ordinary people. Just like when Jiang Tianwei came to question him, he didn't care whether he would be exposed as a thief.

It is difficult to deceive a psychologist like Maruki who is well versed in human nature. Even if he has no evidence, he will figure it out quickly.

Jiang Tianwei had no doubt that he must be half-sure of his identity if he would so casually reveal his special abilities.

"So, that ability is called persona? What a friendly name."

For psychologists, terms like persona and shadow are not unfamiliar. After all, the famous Jungian psychology (analytical psychology) is based on these keywords. As a psychologist, Maruki Takuto certainly feels familiar with them.

"How about we have a frank talk?"

Jiang Tianwei asked, and Maruki Takuto shrugged: "I know."

He stood up, his white coat falling down along his body line, the mist on his glasses gradually faded, revealing a pair of serious eyes. Jiang Tianwei also took a deep breath, expecting Maruxi to reveal some earth-shattering secrets... Of course, at the same time, he also prepared for battle.

He is now very confident that he will never lose to any persona messenger, no matter how strong the opponent's persona is.

"So——I am really sorry!!!"

Maruki Takuto suddenly raised his voice and bowed to him vigorously. Should we say that Maruki is indeed Japanese? The "bowing spirit" is perfectly embodied in him. This bow has exceeded 90 degrees and even went towards 120 degrees!

His abrupt apology startled Jiang Tianwei, who had no idea what he was apologizing for. He originally thought that this person would either call him or start a verbal battle... Why, why did he suddenly start apologizing? !

"Teacher, I have to apologize to you! Just, just when the incident with Mr. Kamoshida, you, Amamiya-san, Takamaki-san, and Sakamoto-san appeared out of thin air from the alley across the school, I was actually at the entrance of Shujin Academy at that time, I saw it all."

Jiang Tianwei was stunned...

He thought of how Maruki Takuto had guessed his identity through clues, but he never expected that he discovered it in this way!

(What’s going on! My old self! Was I so defenseless? What the hell, I’ve been discovered! Is he messing with me?!)

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 447 Don’t come over here!

As a teacher or as a person, no matter what his difficulties were, Takuto Maruki did know the secrets that others were unwilling to tell, and that was why he apologized.

However, after knowing about the phantom thief, his first reaction was not to inform on him, not to take credit, and certainly not to blackmail him. The first reaction in his mind was that this special ability to modify other people's cognition was very similar to the cognitive science he was studying. It was like a practical example of cognitive science!

For some reason, Takuto Maruki has an almost fanatical persistence in cognitive psychology. He rarely encounters such cases, so of course he wants to learn more about them.

Therefore, he signed a short-term contract with Xiujin College regardless of all conditions and came to Xiujin College to work as a psychological counselor. It was also because of this "unequal treaty" that his salary was pitifully meager. From the fact that he had to use the company's water and electricity to eat instant noodles, you can imagine how difficult his life was.

Although he himself has done something similar - modifying Sumire Yoshizawa's cognition, he does not understand the principle of doing so, he can only use it. This feeling is like "I can't make a TV, but I can watch TV."

And now, suddenly a person who "can both make television and watch television" appears, so of course he wants to go over and find out more.

Now, thanks to the activeness of the Phantom Thieves, Takuto Maruki has witnessed the practical examples of cognitive science with his own eyes, and has become more determined to continue his research. Although he is not ready to betray the Phantom Thieves, the fact that he is the only one who benefits and has unilaterally learned the secrets hidden by others makes Maruki feel a little sorry for the Phantom Thieves.

Jiang Tianwei could only smile bitterly after hearing his summary. What else could he do? It was all his fault for being immature when he was young!

After all, he was just an ordinary high school student at that time. Although he is still a high school student now, he is no longer ordinary.

"So, you can understand my confession as my hope to establish a trusting relationship with you."

As Maruki Takuto spoke, he extended his hand to Jiang Tianwei as a friendly handshake.

"I know that your Phantom Thieves are preparing to become the scalpel to 'remove the cancer of society'. I will help you keep the secret. If necessary, all my knowledge of psychology can help you. But in return, I will also collect materials from your activities and continue my research on cognitive psychology. I think this is a win-win situation."

Judging from Maruki's statement, he really didn't lose anything, and if you think about it carefully, it seems that he didn't suffer any loss either. Maruki knew the identity of the Phantom Thieves from the beginning, and if he wanted to do something bad, he would have done it long ago. Moreover, he didn't take any particularly active measures against the Phantom Thieves, unlike someone who would send a message every few days, suggesting whether he should find a way to hit Okumura Enterprise.

"I see.".