Persona: Devil Summoner

Jiang Tianwei vaguely remembered that this so-called disciple was named... Chihaya Mifune? Probably a name like that? At this moment, this gentle and elegant girl was walking towards him with a happy smile and waving her hand.

However, if you look closely, she is not "waving" but "beckoning", which often means that she hopes the other person will come to her side.

Jiang Tianwei came closer curiously, and Mifune Chihaya leaned over and whispered softly: "Master, you, you know that the girl next to you is not actually human?"

Jiang Tianwei thought about it and guessed that she was talking about Fang Zexia.

At the same time, he also firmly believes in Chihaya Mifune's abilities. Although most of the modern super-powered people have been proven to be liars, Chihaya Mifune's abilities are real.

Come to think of it, when she first said that she was surrounded by ghosts, she was probably talking about Fang Zexia.

But it was too much trouble to explain, so Jiang Tianwei decided to tell another lie. It seems that there was a famous line in a popular TV series: When you tell the first lie, you have to tell more lies to cover up the first lie.

Jiang Tianwei has this idea now.

"Just think of her as my shikigami."

“No, you are worthy of being Master! I have long heard that there is something called [Maoshan Taoism] in China that can make corpses move. I didn’t expect to see it with my own eyes. And there is no feeling of a corpse at all. It is obvious that the spirit is forcibly sewn into the body, but it can be so harmonious... It’s amazing..."

Jiang Tianwei didn't know what Yoshizawa Kasumi looked like in Mifune Chihaya's eyes, but there was no doubt that she must have seen something very powerful. However, now this "very powerful thing" in her eyes was staring at this side with an even more powerful look, looking at the master and disciple who were whispering.

"Then, Master, this scarlet ghost energy that is still lingering around your body, is it also the result of your own practice?"

Chihaya Mifune completely ignored Kasumi Yoshizawa's gaze. It was reasonable to say that in the traditional view, whether it was a shikigami, a familiar, or a controlled zombie, they were all appendages of the caster. Who would care about their feelings?

So after Mifune Chihaya confirmed the "identity" of Yoshizawa Kasumi, she decisively turned her attention back to Jiang Tianwei. She could really observe the luck of humans! In her eyes, Jiang Tianwei was now surrounded by a strange luck that was a combination of red and pink, and it was hard to tell whether it was good or bad.

But now she has completely become a fan girl of Jiang Tianwei and has no doubt that her master is a fake Taoist priest who is deceiving people.

Jiang Tianwei thought about it and guessed that she was talking about the next demon he was about to face, the Great Woman of Babylon.

"Oh, it's okay. It's just a little demon that helps me practice. Don't be afraid."

It wasn't that Jiang Tianwei was too blindly confident in his own abilities, he really didn't think he would lose. The only way for that woman to win was to use her mind control ability to interfere with him. But Jiang Tianwei already had a countermeasure.

That was Cleopatra.

Cleopatra had told him very confidently that a person has only one brain, and naturally, only one spirit. Therefore, as long as Cleopatra seduced Jiang Tianwei first, then the older women would not be able to seduce him.

Even if she could really surpass Cleopatra's charm and take away control of Jiang Tianwei's body, then... that would be the beginning of terror.

Cleopatra will never forget that when her master's main personality lost consciousness, the shadow personality deep in his heart actually usurped control of the main body. This unheard-of thing happened to him. That shadow personality who always talks about others is not a pushover.

Now, Jiang Tianwei just can't find the location of the big woman's battlefield. In the past, wasn't he summoned to a place first, and then fought the demon alone? Now he can't find the location of this battlefield. Otherwise, Jiang Tianwei would have blown up the demon long ago.

After hearing the confidence in Jiang Tianwei's words, Chihaya Mifune's eyes became more and more full of admiration!

However, soon, Jiang Tianwei's master status will face the most severe challenge!

Fang Zexia came over with a sullen face and pouty lips, like a villain in a comic book, and stretched out her hand to pinch Jiang Tianwei's waist and ribs, pinching a small piece of meat and twisting it fiercely...

Although this action was not painful for Jiang Tianwei, it did make him understand Fang Zexia's current mood. He coughed dryly: "Ahem, let's stop talking about serious topics for now. The secret of heaven cannot be revealed, not to mention there are so many ordinary people here!"

Chihaya Mifune also quickly covered her mouth and nodded repeatedly to show her understanding.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 467 I’m doing this all for art!

The most common reason for people to go to the electronics town is to buy electronics or plan to buy electronics. Although there are some weirdos like Kitagawa Yusuke who come here to cool off, Chihaya Mifune is obviously not such a person.

Sometimes fate is just a coincidence. The fans of the Togo Ichi-san family broke down, and the same happened to Mifune Chihaya. It is a bit ironic that the fans of the two families broke down at the same time in Japan, which is famous for the quality of electrical appliances.

"So you are afraid of heat too. I thought you were used to it since you have to set up a stall after all."

There was a hint of sarcasm in Jiang Tianwei's words. Chihaya Mifune was a fortune teller. Her daily job was to set up a stall on the streets of Shinjuku. Except when it rained, you could see her here every morning and evening.

Even if you set up a stall in the shade, the scorching air will make you feel hot and sweaty, which is very uncomfortable. Chihaya Mifune can actually stay outside day after day. Jiang Tianwei always feels that she should have adapted to the heat in Tokyo.

Chihaya Mifune sighed loudly: "Master, you don't know, it's not that easy at all..."

It's hard to say whether there are top talents in all 360 professions, but it's definitely true that every profession has its own difficulties. Chihaya Mifune doesn't want to set up a street stall, who would? Which young girl likes to be exposed to the wind and sun outside...

To cool down, she always keeps an ice basin under her table. She takes off her shoes and soaks her feet in it, which at least gives her a temporary cool feeling. Some people may think: Why don't you just hide a fan under the table?

Not to mention that fans need to be connected to wires. Even if you really use a small battery-powered fan, wouldn't the tablecloth on your table that looks very atmospheric bend have to float up?

In addition to having strong personal qualities, the sense of atmosphere is also very important for the profession of fortune teller. You have to create the atmosphere of a master of mysticism. If you are wearing civilized weapons, you will look like a liar!

Therefore, Chihaya Mifune at least hoped that she could have some comfort when she returned to the dormitory after closing her stall, but it turned out that the fan in the dormitory was broken... This was something Chihaya absolutely could not tolerate.

"Then let's just buy them together. An electric fan without blades."

Kitagawa Yusuke suggested this, and although he hid it well, Jiang Tianwei still noticed it. He seemed to want to finish shopping quickly... It couldn't be for ice cream, right? Hahahaha no way no way no way? .

Hearing this, Chihaya Mifune glanced at him and thought that since he was so close to the master, he must be an acquaintance of the master, right? She couldn't lose her manners, but she couldn't help laughing: "Oh, where can I find that kind of electric fan? Don't joke too much, right, Master."

As she spoke, she looked at Jiang Tianwei. Jiang Tianwei just smiled awkwardly without saying anything, because... he had just seen it a few minutes ago.

Chihaya was the only one who was confused: "S-so, there isn't any, right? Master, there definitely isn't any, right?"

What happened next, of course, was that she and Dongxiang Yiersan both bought this civilized weapon, an electric fan without blades, which was cool and silent.

"Okay, now that we've bought everything, let's go get some ice cream together."

Kitagawa Yusuke hurriedly suggested as soon as he saw that the work was over. Jiang Tianwei couldn't help but laugh. It seemed that even great artists couldn't stand the hot weather! The power of nature is really endless.

However, he was not so stingy that he could not afford a bowl of ice, so he decisively took Yusuke and Xia Xia and rushed to a dessert shop.

At first, Yi Er San was a little worried that someone might recognize him, but until he sat down, ordered, and had his dessert, no one came to talk to him. Yi Er San suddenly realized a truth: for many things, you are the only one who takes them seriously, and other people don't care much.

Shogi is a niche activity, and unless it is a hobby, it is not very well known. As for fake chess, this level of scandal is not worth mentioning in the entertainment industry.

Everyone on the Internet is outraged, mainly because most people need a reasonable outlet to vent. They don't care about the truth, whether One, Two, Three are really fake chess or have other reasons, or whether the report is true or not. Anyway, someone says something, so they just curse reasonably, and then it's over, and they continue to pay attention to other revelations.

Now, probably only Yi Er San himself still feels guilty.

By the way, usually, everyone thinks that women are more fond of sweets, but unexpectedly, Kitagawa Yusuke ordered the most luxurious parfait ice cream today, just like the ones seen in cartoons, with layers of snow peaks filled with all kinds of desserts, from biscuits and egg rolls to sugar bean cream powder. Just by looking at it, you can tell that it is expensive.

Yusuke put his hands together to form a viewfinder, observing this beautiful Buffy from far and near.

For him, it doesn’t matter whether he eats it or not, he is not a greedy person. But as an artist, he really can’t resist this charming plating technique!

As an aside, photography is now generally regarded as an art. There is a special kind of photographer in this world, who specializes in taking pictures of delicious food. Their job is to make food look more delicious, which is common in the advertising industry. For example, in KFC's advertisements, there is always a picture of a hamburger falling from above, followed by fried chicken nuggets, and then vegetables... layered together, right?

This is the job of these photographers. Of course, they didn’t use real fried chicken and bread, but plastic products and special shooting techniques. This is why the burgers in the advertisements look so delicious, but they are different when you hold them in your hands.

As an artist, Yusuke was also very curious whether the beautifully designed parfait on the cover would look just as good when served. The peak lines spiraling downward from the tip of the snow-capped peak, the mouth-watering fresh-cut strawberries, the chocolate and egg rolls that looked like they were bursting with sugar...

It’s a really beautiful work.

There's no need to explain why Jiang Tianwei should treat you. Yujie's pockets are cleaner than his face. It's easier to ask him to pay than to kill him.

Who would have thought that when a man and a woman were eating ice cream together, the one who ordered the most luxurious ice cream was a man...

Jiang Tianwei sighed deeply. What else could he say? It's just a Buffy! Invite her! It's not like he can't afford it.

Even he, who was paying, didn't mind, so the atmosphere at the table certainly didn't become deadlocked. Everyone was talking and laughing, and it was very lively.

However... no one noticed that in the distance, a pair of eager eyes were observing this side through the glass...

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 468 Professional Evaluation by Professionals

Sometimes, people always go around in circles when speaking or doing things, and the best example of this is workplace rhetoric.

By the same token, this time when Jiang Tianwei, Togo Ichimi and Kitagawa Yusuke were eating ice cream together, their main purpose was not to eat ice cream.

Yusuke came to appreciate the art gallery in the shape of this super luxurious parfait, Jiang Tianwei had to come as a wallet, and Fang Zexia came to prevent someone from having more and more cheating on her. So what is the purpose of Yi Er San? .

The answer is that I want to figure out what the so-called persona, cognitive space, and so on really mean, and there are a series of questions that I want to figure out, such as the Phantom Thief of the Mind.

The easiest way is of course to ask the legendary thief himself.

If her mother hadn't admitted her mistake so quickly, and there hadn't been reporters everywhere around her house, she would have felt like she was under house arrest, unable to go out. If it hadn't been for this, she would have gone to Jiang Tianwei to find out everything.

However, it’s not too late to ask now.

If you want to talk about this topic, you definitely can't do it in this kind of occasion, and many things are indeed more convenient to explain than to just look at them, especially things like cognitive space that are hard to explain. It's like an episode in Doraemon where Nobita brought his ancestors back from hundreds of years ago, but when his ancestors went back to ancient times and told their friends about modern civilization, they were just bragging.

So, after eating ice cream, the four of them went to the cognitive space together.

"It's amazing. I didn't know there was such a world in the underground passage of Shinjuku Station."

Dongxiang Yiersan sighed and looked around with a pair of beautiful eyes. The red and black style of the scenery was indeed the same as what he had seen before...

"persona!"

Togo Ichi-san shouted loudly, and at the same time, he made a handsome pose, with his right hand raised above his head and his left hand open to cover his face. His slender body made several curves, and he looked like the legendary JOJO stand.

It can be seen that she must have compared her posture in front of the mirror, otherwise it wouldn't be so standard.

As she moved, a black figure emerged from behind her, wearing a vampire-style high-collared black cloak and a British-style black top hat. Under the hat was a head similar to the ones in stores that had a smiling silver-iron mask on the outside.

Dongxiang Yiersan asked a lot of questions about persona and cognitive space, and he asked them in great detail. After all, he is a chess player, and one of the prerequisites for this profession is that you must be familiar with the rules. No matter how many tactical skills you have, if you don't understand the rules, you can't play chess. Otherwise, wouldn't it become a classic joke?

"Why did your horse walk twice in a row?"

"A good horse!".

"How can your soldiers jump to the back all of a sudden?"

"Paratroopers!".

"Why did the general leave the Nine Palaces?"

"The veteran is here, one is worth two! Just kill your veteran!"

Togo Ichiraku has a strong desire for knowledge, but Jiang Tianwei, Kitagawa Yusuke and Yoshizawa Kasumi are not good teachers. If you ask them about these professional knowledge, none of them understand.

After all, for most people, it is enough to just know how to watch TV, and professional knowledge such as how the specific picture tube works and how to wire it is irrelevant.

When asked what the Impression Space is, Yusuke confidently said, "It's the chaos of all human desires and wants! It's the source of endless human desires!" Kasumi Yoshizawa smiled and said, "It's a place where people go for a spin on motorcycles, bump into shadows, yell 'persona——!!!', and then kill monsters and level up while catching all kinds of demons into their phones!"

After hearing the answers from these two people, Jiang Tianwei and Dongxiang Yiersan were both equally confused. They looked at each other and saw the deep misunderstanding in each other's clear eyes, especially Dongxiang Yiersan. If she hadn't encountered too many exaggerated things recently, she would have thought that these two people were high on drugs...

"Forget it, I'll just take a look myself..."

I don’t know about other things, but Dongxiang Yiersan knows this very well: these people are not trustworthy at all.”

However, this unknown has further stimulated her passion as a chess player and a middle school student. She is now very curious about the various rules of this space and the abilities of her own persona Moriarty.

Now, it is only known that it can release silk threads from its fingers, and its specific uses have yet to be explored. When playing chess, Togo Ichi-san often imagines himself as the king of the world. Now, the queen has become a thief. This is really unpredictable.

However, in contrast to Dongxiang Yiersan's calmness, Jiang Tianwei was excited. Silk thread was definitely not a conventional means of attack, but it was precisely because of this that once the creator tried to create such a character, he must have thought it through.

For example, the sixth volume of a popular Japanese adventure manga uses string as a weapon to great effect.

However, come to think of it, Togo Ichimi's persona is called Moriarty, which doesn't sound like a persona that is good at head-on confrontations.

Speaking of which, the names of personas all came to my mind naturally when I was awakening, just like even a newborn baby knows that it is better to suck food to eat than to blow it to eat. It is similar to this instinctive reaction.

Some people may not be familiar with the name Moriarty, but fans of the Sherlock Holmes series will certainly be familiar with him. He was Holmes' archenemy and even forced Holmes to death at one point - according to Conan Doyle himself, if he was not so popular, no one would agree that Holmes was dead, and there wouldn't even be the scene where the great hero miraculously survived.

The legendary criminal, the evil leader who secretly controls half of London, is Moriarty. Conan Doyle described him as the Napoleon of the criminal world, and his intelligence, leadership ability and final outcome are very fitting.

Following the name as a clue, Togo Ichiro also preliminarily determined the usage of his abilities.

The first is the simplest and most basic test, which is to test the length of the line extended by Moriarty. The conclusion is that it is abnormally long. Jiang Tianwei even had to drive a motorcycle to catch up to the end of the line. According to his personal feeling, it should be more than a kilometer.

However, it is easy to understand that the longer the line extends, the weaker the control at the end.

Moriarty can use the line to sense the surrounding situation to a certain extent. This is a bit like an external monitor. By spreading the line, it can effectively detect the terrain and enemy deployment.

Of course, the most primitive function of a string is to tie things up. Naturally, it can also be used to set traps and tie up enemies who step on the string trap.

These are all Moriarty's original abilities.

It sounds like a non-combat persona that is more supportive. Although it is not mentioned, it is indeed very similar to Sakura Futaba's persona.

On this basis, Moriarty also integrated Togo Ichirō's shogi talent, which she herself called the "Togo System."

If you imagine your teammates as chess pieces, these lines are the vertical and horizontal lines of the chessboard. By connecting teammates through lines, you can do things like swap positions of two teammates, or make a teammate who was originally in one place appear in another location, or use the lines as a moving path to achieve complex movements in three-dimensional space, etc.

Moreover, there is also that wonderful chess piece upgrading system... Although it has no effect on the members of the Phantom Thieves and these living people, Togo Ichiraku can indeed make adjustments to the demon in Jiang Tianwei's mobile phone, such as upgrading it or replacing people. As long as she connects a wire to Jiang Tianwei's mobile phone, she can operate these things to a certain extent.

A little more careful study shows that the scalability is indeed very large.

With Togo One, Two, and Three, a wide variety of tactical considerations can be made.

Having her join the Phantom Thieves is like finding a treasure!

(End of this chapter)