Persona: Devil Summoner

Jiang Tianwei hesitated for a moment and looked at Fang Zexia. Unexpectedly, he thought Fang Zexia would be jealous or unhappy, but surprisingly, she was not. She just gave Jiang Tianwei an affirmative look, nodded, and even pushed him from behind with her little hand.

Although she was jealous, she was able to distinguish priorities. She knew Jiang Tianwei's character too well.

After getting her approval, Jiang Tianwei of course rushed out first, broke into the middle of the two police officers, and said with a playful smile on his face: "What's the matter, you two, what happened?"

The two police officers were already confused by the orange-haired girl's refusal to cooperate, and when they saw this unknown person appearing here, they

Her face looked bad at that time, and someone asked: "Who are you to her?"

Jiang Tianwei has been following Bai Zhongzhi for such a long time, and he can’t say that he is proficient in telepathy, but at least he can understand some basic logic.

So he stood next to the girl and looked up at the policeman and said, "What do you think our relationship is?"

When I was a child, I always thought that being a police officer was a very noble profession and that I could turn to the police for help with any problem. But when I grew up, I realized that the police were also human beings and that they went to work every day just to earn a living. Everyone wanted to have fewer troubles and it was best to be able to get off work without any trouble.

The policeman already felt that the man was in trouble, and now he was naturally even more unhappy to hear him playing dumb with him. However, his professional ethics forced him to suppress his temper. He looked at the two men's faces. Although they did not look very similar, judging from the fact that he dared to stand up directly, they should be acquaintances, right?

"Are you her brother?"

he speculated.

Jiang Tianwei laughed, pretending to be a carefree social expert: "Bingo! You guessed it right, but there is no reward. I am a troublemaker to you. It's my first time in Akihabara, and I was scared to see so many people."

The two policemen thought it was troublesome to take care of the child, so they were too lazy to do anything. But when they saw a man who claimed to be her brother coming over, they were happy to take advantage of the situation. They squatted down and asked the orange-haired girl, "Is he your brother?"

The girl didn't even look up, she just kept sniffing, and the two policemen were even more troubled. They thought to themselves, if they took her back to the police station, it would be fine if the man was a stranger, but if he was really her brother, wouldn't it be a waste of effort? They would have to make a lot of records, and they would have to be scolded by their superiors, and it might even delay their get off work.

And if this person is really not the other person's brother, then he is probably a criminal. But whether it is tracking down human trafficking, cracking down on criminal dens, or finding missing children, that is not what I should do in this position. As long as I insist that they look like siblings, then I will not be responsible.

After weighing the pros and cons, the two police officers said to Jiang Tianwei in a serious tone: "Next time, keep an eye on your sister!" Then they left.

This is one of Bai Zhongliu's rhetoric: focusing on the other person's character weaknesses. Jiang Tianwei also used it for the first time, and he unexpectedly succeeded. After all, most people go to work just to make a living, and there are few super-good people who work to achieve the great rejuvenation of all mankind.

"So, stop crying, the scary person is gone, what happened?"

Jiang Tianwei also squatted down and looked at the sobbing girl in front of him. He seemed to have read a similar statement somewhere, saying that if you want to make the other party give up hostility, the first step is to keep your eyes level with the other party. I vaguely remember that this seems to be a skill for communicating with pets or animals? I didn't expect that Jiang Tianwei would use it here.

However, it is obvious that even a righteous person like the people's police did not let her speak, so Jiang Tianwei, a stranger, was naturally powerless. Jiang Tianwei sighed, what else could he do? If it were an animation, this crying girl might be a secret weapon of the military, or an alien with amnesia, or a person who traveled from the past or the future, but in reality there would be no such super development.

Just when Jiang Tianwei was at a loss as to how to continue and wanted to ask Yi Er San or Fang Ze Xia to come over and talk, suddenly, another person came out of the crowd and said to Jiang Tianwei: "I'm his brother, let me do it."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 464 The real brother appears!

The person who spoke to Jiang Tianwei had black curly hair and wide-brimmed glasses that were so large that they almost took up one-third of his face. He wore a black hoodie and a backpack slung across his body. A black cat's head was faintly visible through the unzipped zipper, and it was looking at Jiang Tianwei with an energetic look.

In Jiang Tianwei's circle of friends, there is only one person who meets so many similar conditions at the same time: Amamiya Ren.

At this moment, he was looking at this side with a half-smile on his face. When the little girl squatting on the ground saw him coming, she got behind him like a cat and grabbed the hem of Amamiya Lian's clothes with both hands. Jiang Tianwei scratched his head and thought: I'm not that scary, am I?

However, in stark contrast to this girl, Yu Gong Lian looked at Jiang Tianwei's face and couldn't help laughing, which made Jiang Tianwei confused: I don't look that funny, right?

Amamiya Ren explained with a smile: "I am her brother, and you are also her brother, so, I am you."

Jiang Tianwei's mind turned over a lot, and logically he figured out what he wanted to say, but, was this funny? He looked at Yu Gonglian, who was trying hard to hold back her smile, with a surprised look on his face, and he looked puzzled.

But since we have met each other, there is no need to pretend that you don't know me and I don't know you. You see, it's just like in the anime, although Lelouch and Suzaku Kururugi pretended that they had no relationship with each other, they didn't mind chatting or catching cats or something.

Jiang Tianwei didn't understand Amamiya Ren's sense of humor, so he could only change the subject and asked, "What are you doing in Akihabara? To buy things?"

"Well, accompany her shopping."

As Amamiya Ren said this, he reached out and stroked the hair of the girl behind him. The girl did not dodge, but obediently let him touch her.

"So, when did you get a sister? Could it be that she followed you here from the countryside?"

While Jiang Tianwei was speaking, he had already imagined the plots of nearly a hundred episodes of cartoons in his mind, from the plot where brothers and sisters fought for something, to the plot where the sister had a crush on her brother and came over specially.

After all, Amamiya Ren is also a boy of this grade and has watched the animation more or less. From the look in Jiang Tianwei's eyes, he knew what he was imagining and quickly explained it to him.

This girl, of course, is Sakura Futaba.

It is a coincidence that the first and second Phantom Thieves went to two completely different places for the common goal (destroying Medjed), but they finally achieved the same result. The most interesting thing is that the two groups did not communicate at all, but they were so tacit!

Sakura Futaba, who has untied her emotional knot, doesn't mind starting to communicate with the outside world, but it is impossible for a girl who has hardly talked to anyone for more than ten years in her life to suddenly become eloquent.

Social phobia is deeply rooted in human nature. Persona only allows you to face your nature, but does not change it. It is just like Ryuji Sakamoto will not become smarter after awakening his persona. Similarly, Futaba Sakura will not become a "social bull" after awakening her persona.

She thought that she had resolved her mental problems and was now a normal person. She had no problem chatting with Amamiya Ren and Boss Sakura before. Wasn't this a victory over social phobia? Then, she could go to places like Akihabara, too, no problem, right?

For otakus, Akihabara is such a holy place! Who wouldn't want to go to Akihabara? The reasons for not going are nothing more than the difficulty in getting a passport or visa, the high cost, or the lack of money, and there are only a few reasons.

Now that Sakura Futaba is no longer troubled by these three aspects, she is of course immediately and enthusiastically preparing for a trip to Akihabara... As for the result...you all will see it.

Now she understood that humans have their limits! Moreover, she had a deeper understanding of why the protagonist in RPG games had to defeat enemies in order, from low level to high level. It really made sense! The end of fighting monsters above your level is to be abused by the monsters! Now Futaba was like being pressed to the ground by a big demon named [Xian Chong]...

Facing the big devil Akihabara, Futaba's current level is not enough. To use the words of the popular game: "Let's explore the area ahead later!".

"This is our situation, what about you?"

After simplifying and re-simplifying the experience of Shuangye, Amamiya Ren told Jiang Tianwei about it and asked him in return. He pointed at Jiang Tianwei and his friends behind him. He always felt that no matter when he met Jiang Tianwei, there were always girls around him.

"What else can you do in Akihabara? Buy home appliances, of course. Refrigerator."

"Indeed, it's very uncomfortable without air conditioning in this weather... (sneak peek)".

Amamiya Ren sighed deeply and looked at Jiang Tianwei. By the way, his last "peek" was not an action, but he actually said "peek in brackets", which was obviously hinting at Jiang Tianwei. Jiang Tianwei looked disgusted: "I won't buy you an air conditioner, and you can't use air conditioning in the attic you live in! How about just opening the window?"

As soon as Jiang Tianwei finished speaking, Amamiya Lian's eyes behind her glasses revealed a deep and profound sadness: "Open the window, there will be mosquitoes..."

Judging from his appearance, he must have had a fierce battle with mosquitoes... It's really sad. From a biological point of view, humans have exterminated countless species of animals. Even today when technology is so advanced, humans are still unable to eradicate mosquitoes and a certain type of insect called G. It's really regrettable.

Moreover, although everyone can correct social morals and solve the legendary Phantom Thief who is a twisted adult, they cannot kill mosquitoes.

Jiang Tianwei patted his shoulder with a sympathetic look. Although his shabby apartment was small, shabby and not soundproof, at least it had air conditioning.

Alas, we are all friends of the Phantom Thieves, how could I just sit there and watch him get into trouble? So Jiang Tianwei told him seriously: "No problem, I will help you solve it."

"Have you decided to buy me an air conditioner or a fan?"

"No, I decided to give you a bottle of floral water, a famous Chinese brand. I'll teach you a secret recipe. First, use your fingernails to break the mosquito bites, then spray the floral water. It will be a little painful at first, but you will feel better soon."

"······I always feel that you are not talking about toilet water."

The two people knew each other so well that they joked with each other.

In the past, because the two of them worked together so often, they basically talked about the Phantom Thieves, and it felt like "We'll see each other during meetings anyway, so there's no need to see him specially on weekdays." But now that the two of them have separated into two teams, she misses him a little when she doesn't see him occasionally.

Sakura Futaba looked at Jiang Tianwei in astonishment, and she only felt that she admired Amamiya Ren more and more. This kind of friend who can joke with each other is what Sakura Futaba dreams of! Although she has many netizens to chat with on the Internet, she always feels that the temperature is a little short, and it can't reach the heat of Jiang Yu and the others - after all, Futaba never buys roses online!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 465: When on a date, I am most afraid of someone coming over to say hello

Although under normal circumstances, if you bump into friends by chance, you should have made an appointment to go shopping together, but the problem is that, as you can imagine, refrigerators and computer accessories are definitely not in the same area, right? No matter how you think about it, the two groups can't go shopping together.

For otakus, they are more or less efficiency-oriented, good at time management, and invest their limited time into the infinite two-dimensional world.

As he walked towards the home appliance area, Dongxiang Yiersan was silent, and no one knew what he was thinking. When he arrived at the home appliance area, the first thing he felt was: "There are so many types..."

In the eyes of Miss Dongxiang, these types of refrigerators are like various chess pieces. People who have played chess should know, right? Although soldiers and chariots are both chess pieces, their values ​​on the chessboard are completely different. These advertising slogans are exaggerated one by one, and the actual effects of the refrigerators are unknown. In the eyes of Miss Dongxiang, it is like playing a game of chess without understanding the rules at all...

This is probably what they call "you can't live without being crazy"...

From a long-term and comfort perspective, air conditioning is definitely the most suitable. Not only is it quiet, but it can also blow hot and cold air, and can be used in both winter and summer, making it a civilized tool. You can even use it to dehumidify or blow air in spring and autumn, which is extremely convenient.

However, if you rely too much on air conditioning, you will have to be careful when you look back at your electricity bill after the holiday.

From the perspective of economy and practicality, it must be an electric fan. Although the cool wind blown out cannot cool the air very well, it can cool the occupants who are impatient, especially in summer, when people sweat a lot. Once they sweat, they will feel very cool when the wind blows.

The only downside is that you have to endure the noise of the fan blades, and it's not comfortable enough.

As for the refrigerator, Jiang Tianwei had never used it, so he didn't know how it worked. He just knew that there was such a device in the world that could lower the temperature of a room by adding ice cubes or ice water. How did it work? He didn't know, didn't understand, didn't know.

This is one of his principles in dealing with people: do not make comments on things you do not understand. It is not shameful not to understand something, but it is shameful to pretend to understand something when you do not understand it, and then be exposed. That is even more shameful.

As for Fang Zexia's opinion... Has anyone heard of a female ghost buying an air conditioner, fan, or refrigerator? ! Whose female ghost is so miserable? !

The result was that Dongxiang Yiersan was staring at the dazzling shelves of goods in a daze. Sometimes, having too few choices is unpleasant, but like now, having too many choices makes it difficult to make a decision.

Just as Jiang Tianwei was thinking about whether he should go to the salesgirl to ask, but was afraid of being cheated by the salesgirl into buying some electrical appliances that could not be sold or had a very high commission... Just as he was struggling, he suddenly heard a familiar voice behind him.

“What a rare combination.”

A tall man with a model-like figure walked through the crowd. He was wearing a simple blue T-shirt and brown trousers. It is said that good-looking people look good in anything, and this man is a perfect example of this.

However, the only reason why the man in front of me, Yusuke Kitagawa, chose to dress like this was because he was poor. It wasn't that he didn't want to dress fancy, but he simply didn't have any expensive clothes.

When Togo Ichi-San saw this man, his heart tightened. Kitagawa Yusuke was still very famous in Kousei High School - after all, he was the disciple of Madarame. Although this could not be considered as one person's success bringing prosperity to the whole family, it was true that because of the Madarame incident, Kitagawa Yusuke was a hot topic among the students.

Moreover, he is also someone that Togo Ichi-san admires recently: because this person really has a big heart! When Madarame got into trouble, so many reporters flocked to interview him, and so many students gossiped about him day and night, but this person just pretended not to hear anything and devoted himself to painting. Gradually, the people who discussed him found it boring and started talking about other things. Although Yusuke's reputation did not recover, no one was discussing him anymore.

His situation is very similar to that of Dongxiang Yiersan now, but Yiersan can't be as indifferent as him. Otherwise, she wouldn't have come to buy a new fan, isn't it because she can't get rid of the disturbing sound of the fan blades?

However, she looked at Yusuke through a filter and couldn't see his true nature, but Jiang Tianwei understood that Yusuke 100% came here to use the air conditioning because there was no air conditioning in the school dormitory.

The biggest difference between him and Togo Ichiraku is that Togo at least has a home, but Yusuke doesn't. Madarame's house has been sealed off, so he can't go back and live there. Renting a house is impossible. He can't afford it as he is so poor, especially now where can you pay monthly rent? At least you have to pay one deposit and three payments, and landlords are basically unwilling to hire short-term tenants, they all want to hire long-term tenants...

Therefore, even during the holidays, he could only choose to live in the school dormitory. As for Jiang Tianwei's home, it was a pity that if he hadn't moved out at the beginning, Jiang Tianwei wouldn't have kicked him out with his thin skin. However, the current situation was in line with the saying "If you leave, don't come back". Now Jiang Tianwei's home could definitely not accommodate a fourth person. Don't even think about it.

"As I recall, you are... the chess player Togo-san."

Yusuke narrowed his eyes and looked at Togo Ichiraku. It must be said that he had a good eye as an artist. He immediately noticed the true identity of the girl wearing a hat and a mask. Togo Ichiraku did not hide his identity when he revealed it.

This open-minded attitude is very similar to her attitude towards shogi. She doesn't like opponents who are clearly defeated but still want to survive and have to keep fighting until they are completely defeated. So when she faced the exposure of her identity, she also readily admitted it.

"It's me. You're Kitagawa from the art class, right? Why are you here?"

In Togo Ichiro's opinion, Yusuke should be a pure artist, and it is hard to imagine him appearing anywhere other than in the studio and art supply store.

Yusuke sighed deeply, his beautiful eyes drooping: "Because, the dormitory is as hot as hell. So I ran out to see if I can find some inspiration."

Everyone has seen Kitagawa Yusuke's concentration. Even he couldn't hold on and had to run to the electronics street to get some cool air, which shows that the dormitory was really too hot to live in.

"Although it is unlikely that I can give you an electric fan, I can treat you to some ice cream later."

Jiang Tianwei was really sad to see Yusuke's poor life. Although he didn't want to waste money, he finally made a costly agreement with him.

"Thanks, my friend. I felt like I had some insight into something last time. I should be able to finish the painting soon."

When he heard that there was ice cream to eat, Yusuke couldn't help but smile. He thought that his Chinese friend really inherited the hospitality of the Chinese old man. If everyone was as kind and generous as them, there wouldn't be so many poor people in the world.

"But I'm a little confused. Why are you hesitating? What kind of refrigerator do you want to buy?"

Yusuke changed the subject and threw the question to the two of them. He didn't quite understand why they were struggling: wouldn't it be better to just buy one that they could afford?

Dongxiang Yiersan told him what he wanted. Yusuke frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "Isn't there a kind of electric fan without blades recently? Wouldn't it be better to buy that?"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 466: When I'm on a date, I'm most afraid of two people coming to disturb me

Yusuke doesn't care much about the quality of his life. For him, painting is enough in life. Everything else is external, including the quality of his life.

So he naturally wouldn't pay much attention to the development history of household appliances, since he couldn't afford them anyway.

It was just that he had come to this electronics store several times before to cool off, observing the bustling crowd, trying to understand the true feelings behind everyone's expressions, and recording various human postures. When strolling in an electronics store, it is inevitable to see a variety of electronics. Yusuke just recalled the clues recorded in his mind as the background in the various sketches he had drawn.

Air conditioners are difficult to install, expensive, and have the disadvantage of high power consumption. The fan blades make noise when they rotate. In this case, isn't it better to just solve the fan blade problem?

It was obvious that Jiang Tianwei, Dongxiang and Fangze Xia had never heard of this new type of electric fan and were very curious. Yusuke followed his memory and found one from the shelf. The fan itself was not big and even Yi Er San could easily pick it up.

Judging from the picture on the packaging, it does not have fan blades. It looks a bit like a large hair dryer, and a bit like the electric fan nicknamed Little Sun. When I heard that this good thing is cheap, cools and is quiet, I immediately felt that it was exactly what I wanted. I already had an 80% desire to buy it.

Jiang Tianwei also thought it was good and was hesitating whether to buy one for his home. Although he had an air conditioner, it not only had a poor cooling effect, but also had problems with the structure of the house, so some corners could not feel the cooling effect, such as the sofa that Wu Jianmiao used as his own bed. It would be good to buy one for Dr. Wu Jian.

He thought so.

"Ah, isn't this Master? What a coincidence."

Just as Jiang Tianwei was immersed in his daydream of giving gifts to the young doctor, improving her favorability, triggering CG and intimacy plots, and finally improving her attribute values ​​to obtain magical equipment, and then naturally entering into the hey hey hey plot, he suddenly heard a woman's voice behind him.

On the one hand, he was curious about who was calling him, and on the other hand, he noticed that there seemed to be an overwhelming number of women in his circle of friends. On another hand, he also noticed that Ms. Fang Zexia's expression suddenly drooped.

In front of so many people, Jiang Tianwei couldn't explain anything. He could only take one step at a time. Looking back, he thought that the only person who would call him master was Sakurano Ying, his nominal disciple - of course, he had never really taught her anything.

But, it wasn't. Behind him was another "disciple".

Does anyone remember that Jiang Tianwei cheated a fortune teller girl on the streets of Shinjuku? He pretended to be a super Taoist priest from China, but in fact, all his Taoist knowledge was learned from games. He thought the girl was a liar and went over to joke with her, but the girl took it seriously...

Today, I happened to meet you here.