Persona: Devil Summoner

"Movie viewing... My house isn't very convenient."

Jiang Tianwei thought about the staffing of his family, which was definitely not something he could show to outsiders. Fang Zexia glared at him fiercely, and Jiang Tianwei scratched his head in embarrassment and smiled awkwardly.

"Although we have a projector at home, it would be hard to explain if my parents saw me..."

Fang Zexia said, spreading her hands with a helpless expression. It was scary to think about it. Her eldest daughter, who had been dead for a long time, suddenly came back to life. She was clearly buried with her own eyes, and now she is back in her own home? The cost of explanation is too high.

"Oh, why don't you come to my house? Come to my house! My house is quite big!"

Gao Juan An said calmly what made the boys worried. From the fact that she didn't realize that there were actually two genders among the four people present, I'm afraid this girl really didn't think about the difference between men and women, and she was just inviting her friends.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 489: People who live alone all have a pretty casual environment!

Gao Juanxing didn't lie, her house is really big.

How big is it? To sum it up in one sentence, it is as big as a small villa.

If you think about it carefully, Takamaki An is a returned woman, so the premise is that she must have been taken out of Japan by her parents and lived abroad. Considering the economic conditions of Japan at that time, those who could work abroad must be elites in society, or at least rich people.

In fact, although Takamaki An has never mentioned it to anyone, in fact, her parents are both famous fashion designers. Every year, clothes designed by these two can be seen on various models at major fashion shows, active in the spotlight of the media and praised by fashion industry professionals.

However, such excellent results are definitely not obtained in vain. The two of them love their work too much, so they have little time to spend with their daughter. At that time, their daughter was still young, so naturally she had to go abroad with them. Now that their daughter is older and can be independent, considering that as a Japanese, it would be too sad if she had never lived in Japan, so they sent their daughter back to Japan to study.

Although the living expenses were sufficient, the two were too busy and rarely had time to spend with Gao Juan Xing. Therefore, in this overly large house, Gao Juan Xing was the only one who actually lived there.

Maybe it was influenced by the animation, but Gao Juanxun set up her bedroom on the second floor. As soon as she returned home, she opened her arms generously: "You're welcome, don't treat yourself as an outsider, just sit anywhere..."

As she spoke, she turned around, and suddenly, her beautiful eyes sharply locked onto a hoodie casually thrown on the big sofa facing the TV, and a bag of potato chips that had not been thrown away on the table...

"I... I'll go upstairs to get the disc, you guys just sit on the sofa!"

Pretending to be nonchalant, she quietly reached out and grabbed the clothes on the sofa, rolled them up into a ball with one hand and hid them behind her back. She also took the opportunity to pinch the bag of snacks in her hand, making a sound of crushing plastic.

She maintained this strange posture of facing the two men as she walked backwards up the stairs. Then she turned around, hid the things in front of her chest, and jogged all the way upstairs.

"This is really... this is what happens when you live alone."

Jiang Tianwei looked at Gao Juanxing who escaped upstairs and nodded approvingly.

When a person lives alone and thinks that no one else will come to his room, he will definitely place all kinds of things within easy reach for convenience.

It was the same when he lived alone. Think back to the scene when Kawakami Sadayo first came to Jiang Tianwei's room... Hell.

"Well, it's our fault for disturbing them suddenly. If they had formally invited people over, they would have definitely cleaned up in advance."

Fang Zexia was also speaking for Gao Juan Xing. Fang Zexia herself was actually the kind of person who had very high requirements for the cleanliness of her room. You can look at her room before she left. Before she left, she never thought that she would never come back. Even so, the room was really very tidy except for the dust, and all kinds of things were placed in their proper places.

It's just that she is strict with herself, but not so strict with others.

Yoshizawa Sumire's room was almost modeled after Yoshizawa Kasumi's, so she naturally developed a love for cleaning. She saw some potato chip residue on the table, so she wanted to help clean it up. She looked around but couldn't find a rag. She found a piece of cloth in the gap between the sofa cushions, wondering if it was accidentally dropped in there during the last cleaning.

She reached out curiously and pulled it out...

That's not a rag, that's a cotton sock.

Fangze Jin's face turned red, and the three of them looked at each other. Jiang Tianwei quickly snatched the sock and stuffed it back into the gap of the sofa, pretending that nothing had happened.

So embarrassing!

If Gao Juanxing saw what happened just now, she would probably never be able to raise her head in front of so many people again!

"I, I brought the disc! What would you like to drink? I have orange juice and barley tea. Oh, there's also watermelon! ~ I'll go cut some ~".

It was really a coincidence that just as everyone had "destroyed the body", Gao Juan An came downstairs with several large boxes of Blu-ray DVDs in her hands. While talking, she went to check the inventory in the refrigerator in the corner of the first floor. It was obvious that she did not notice the scene that had just caused her social death... or at least social near-death.

Jiang Tianwei breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that she hadn't noticed, and said with peace of mind: "I want the watermelon without salt."

As a Chinese, he couldn't understand why Japanese people put salt on watermelon. The Internet said that this is to make the watermelon sweeter, but... Jiang Tianwei couldn't understand it anyway. From his logic, if you want to make the watermelon sweeter, shouldn't you sprinkle sugar on it? ! What is the purpose of sprinkling salt?

Gao Juanxing agreed readily while picking up the kitchen knife and chopped the watermelon on the chopping board.

She must have a deep hatred for this watermelon. You can tell from the way she holds the knife.

Well, has anyone watched Japanese period dramas? A Japanese samurai holds a katana with both hands, raises it high above his head, and then yells "Aaaaaaaah" while striking his enemy head-on with all his might... Just replace this Japanese samurai with Takamaki Anne.

This method of cutting does have an advantage, because both hands are holding the knife, so you won't cut your hands...

"Wait, wait, wait, wait, you better stop it."

Jiang Tianwei couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so he took a quick step, almost flying at low altitude, from the sofa to the kitchen, and reached out to grab the kitchen knife that she was about to use to commit the crime.

Fortunately, if the knife had really gone down, the juice would have 100% splashed out and Gaojuan Xing would have turned into Gaojuan Hong.

"Hey? But how can I let the guests..."

"Okay, okay, leave it to me, you go play the disc."

Jiang Tianwei pushed her out of the kitchen. It can be seen that watching more animations is beneficial. He has tasted enough of the terrible dark cuisine through the screen and doesn't want to try it again in person... He really didn't expect that the masters of the dark cuisine world could even cut a watermelon into dark cuisine. It was really too powerful.

Facing a round green-skinned watermelon, Jiang Tianwei looked at the knife in his hand and suddenly felt playful. He put the kitchen knife aside, raised his right hand, and used his palm as a knife. He brushed the watermelon with the knife a few times, and the round watermelon was split into even triangles.

You see, the knife in the hand, called hand knife, is fine!

Jiang Tianwei was contentedly recalling the joke that was hard to explain to outsiders, picked up the cut watermelon, and walked towards the sofa. At this time, the theme song of the new Xiangyuxia was playing on the big screen, and Miss Yue Yujiali's resolute and cute face, as well as her model figure that could not be concealed by the leather suit, appeared on the screen.

"Come on, come on, sit down, this theme song is simply a masterpiece!"

Gao Juanxing stretched out her hand to call Jiang Tianwei, asking him to sit down quickly and watch the performance of his favorite film and television character.

However, none of the four people present knew that Yue Yu Yukari was now in Tokyo, and... unexpectedly quite close.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 490: Off-screen Heroine

Do!

That was the distinctive sound of an arrow hitting a target. One could clearly feel the collision between the wooden arrow shaft and the wooden target wrapped in a thick rope.

This arrow hit the center of the bull's eye, showing the user's superb skills.

On the extension of the red heart, there stood a girl with a standard figure and a proper appearance. She was wearing a distinctive Japanese archery uniform and holding a super long Japanese bow in her hand. Who else could it be but Yue Yukari? Unlike the leather suit look she had on TV before, today she had an antique charm.

There are many different opinions about why the Japanese bow is so long. The Japanese generally believe that such a large bow is to obtain stronger power, and some even think that a Japanese bow can penetrate armor by blowing directly. Foreigners are relatively more in favor of "materials science", believing that Japan lacks materials for making excellent bows and arrows, so it has to adopt such a shape.

This kind of situation where there are different perceptions at home and abroad happens from time to time. However, there is one thing about Kyudo that is recognized both at home and abroad, that is, practicing this thing will really improve your temperament. If someone wants to raise an objection, they can first watch those selected Kyudo beautiful girls videos on the Internet, and they will definitely agree after watching them.

In Japanese Kyudo, the focus is not on the hit rate (of course, the hit rate is also important), but on the series of actions before shooting, which is the essence of Japanese Kyudo.

It's just...

Yue Yu was hit by Jiali's arrow, and she immediately squatted down, holding the longbow horizontally, with her fingers on the quiver behind her waist, and had already pulled out a new arrow and put it on the bow!

The target in front of her fell backwards immediately after being hit. A mechanical sound was heard in the air, and a straw target slid out from the iron chain connecting the walls!

Do!

Yue Yu Yu Jiali released the tail of the arrow, and the flying arrow hit the bull's eye of the moving target again.

After that, she immediately adjusted her posture again, drew her bow and arrow, and leaped to the side. While flying, she aimed the bow and arrow at another target that appeared.

Yue Yuyu Jiali shot seven or eight arrows in a row, and every arrow hit the target. However, not every arrow hit the bull's eye.

There is no way around it. After all, moving shooting and shooting at moving targets are very difficult in themselves. Even Olympic champions make mistakes occasionally, let alone her, a model?

What she pursued was not the good-looking scores, but the more intuitive [practical effect]. She did not need to hit the bull's eye with every arrow, but to ensure that she could hit the enemy in any posture and in any state.

"As expected of you, Yukari."

A female voice suddenly sounded behind her.

This elegant and cold voice was exactly the same as the person in her memory. She could imagine the person's posture as soon as she heard it.

"Senior Kirijo, long time no see."

She greeted the person behind her. The person was wearing a tight leather jacket, with wine-red curly hair draped over a furry white collar. It was Kirijo Mitsuru, whom Jiang Tianwei had met several times before.

By the way, although the tight leather jacket she was wearing sounded a bit subtle, it was actually a combat suit specially designed for combat, which could tighten every muscle at all times and disperse the impact received to the whole body. To put it in an analogy, it was like a swimmer wearing a shark skin swimsuit.

This is the secret base of the Kirijo Group.

Those bigwigs who tried their best to restrict the Kirijo Group probably could never have imagined that right under their feet in Tokyo, in the basement of an office building, there was an underground base with an area of ​​more than 600 square meters, and it had three consecutive floors. Its functions included conducting various experiments, combat training grounds, dispatching materials, coordinating information and intelligence, and many other tasks.

The main task of the Shadow Walker is to fight the shadows, so naturally they need a place to practice their fighting skills. In order to prevent their skills from deteriorating, other members of the Shadow Walker occasionally come here to hone themselves when they have time.

Just like Yue Yu Yukari today.

Both of them were partners in fighting against the Shadow back then, classmates in the same school, and roommates in the same dormitory building. In addition, they were both women, so naturally they had a close relationship.

"Senior Kirijo, are there any shadow-related incidents happening again now? Like a phantom thief or something?"

Yue Yu Youjiali keenly sensed the possibilities behind this abnormal phenomenon.

"Indeed. But the Phantom Thieves are not the problem. It is better to say that we are now cooperating with the Phantom Thieves..."

Before Kirijo Mitsuru finished her words, she heard hurried footsteps and a researcher in a white coat ran out of the secret elevator. He ran towards Kirijo Mitsuru with a shocked look on his face...

"Commander-in-Chief! The woman that Detective Bai Zhong mentioned before is here!"

"oh.".

Kirijo Mitsuru responded with a hint of displeasure, both because she was interrupted while chatting with her old friend, and because she was disgusted by the researcher's unprofessionalism. She added, venting her dissatisfaction: "Didn't I say that the laboratory on the first floor of the basement is under her command?"

"No, no, that's not why we're surprised. She, she's holding something scary! You, you'll know if you come and take a look!"

The researchers of the Kirijo Group cannot be said to be elites selected from thousands, but at least they are professionals who have received training and are mentally prepared to deal with all kinds of strange events at any time. It is hard to imagine why they would be surprised to this extent.

As the saying goes, there must be something wrong when something is unusual. I'm afraid that the doctor named Wu Jianmiao really brought something that surprised the researchers?

"I'm fine, Senior, you go ahead and do your work. I just happened to be doing something here, so I came over to practice."

"I've heard of it. It's about the model show planning of the new student Xiang Yu Xia. I've heard of it."

Kirijo Mitsuru originally wanted to say something, but when she saw the impatient look of the researcher next to her, she knew that if she didn't go, his blood pressure would probably rise, so she hurriedly followed him.

Yue Yujiali practiced alone for a while and got familiar with the bow again. Fortunately, although she hadn't drawn the bow officially for a while, her hand feeling recovered quickly. After all, as the actor of the new Xiangyuxia, she happened to play a role using a bow and arrow in the play.

In other words, it was because she was a member of the Kyudo Club in high school and had considerable experience with bows and arrows that she was chosen to be the "middle man" of this role. Although there are no strict archery performances in the play, there are still opportunities to pull the bow more or less, so as not to lose all the feeling.

Her main purpose of returning to Tokyo this time was for the upcoming talent show. As one of the leading actors and also an active model, there were many issues to discuss and discuss about how to adapt the special effects drama into a model show. It certainly couldn't be as simple as just letting the models wear cosplay costumes and walk the runway...

Seeing that Kirijo Mitsuru was so busy, she certainly didn't want to disturb her any longer. She knew very well that although this senior looked cold and seemed like she would sacrifice her companions at any time to achieve justice, she was actually a good senior who valued friendship. If she lingered here, she would definitely always want to come over to see her and would not be able to concentrate on her work.

She left in the secret elevator. The bright sunlight in the blue sky made it difficult for her to open her eyes. She had just come out of the air-conditioned room and instantly felt the scorching heat of summer.

It was still early before the agreed time for negotiating the script, and Yue Yu Youjia was walking on the street bored, feeling the leisure that she had not enjoyed for a long time, and her eyes casually scanned the surrounding scenery.

Branches, domes, brilliance, buildings, and... the nameplate of the building.

One of the Japanese habits is to write the family name on the nameplate at the door. Suddenly, a familiar name came into Yue Yujia's eyes...

"Takamaki... Ah, indeed, I heard that Mr. Takamaki is Japanese. Could it be that this is the place?"

Yue Yujiali suddenly noticed the sign at the door of a two-story villa. Mentioning the surname Gao Juan, people in the modeling and fashion industries will definitely feel familiar with it.

"Well, what a coincidence. The name Takamaki isn't uncommon, is it?"

Yue Yujia talked to herself, secretly laughing at her own immaturity: How could there be so many coincidences in this world? Thinking of this, she continued to walk towards the center of the metropolis, the heart of the steel and concrete forest, until her whole figure was submerged in it.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 491 A Woman's Awakening

There are countless choices in life, but unfortunately, life does not provide a save file reading function, and no one sells strategy books. In fact, everyone's life trajectory is different every time, so it is impossible to copy other people's strategies.

From this perspective, even if life is not a garbage game, it is at least an extremely difficult game.

This is probably the main reason why many people suffer from anxiety nowadays? Because they can neither know whether the choice they made is right nor which one is the right choice... If everything goes smoothly, it's fine, otherwise, they always ask themselves: "Would it be better if I made other decisions at that time?"

Wu Jianmiao is struggling now.

The choice that Bai Zhongzhidou offered her before was really tempting.

As a medical researcher, she knew very well how much a laboratory of her own could do. Especially, she was studying Jiang Tianwei's body recently, and she even wanted to borrow the cat's hand to use.

Moreover, the Tong Tiao Group seems to have started studying the supernatural phenomenon called Shadow a long time ago. I wonder if this thing has any connection with the demon summoning program in Jiang Tianwei's hands...

Now Takemiya's blood as a researcher is boiling. He has to admit that Baekjong Naoto is particularly good at inciting other people's emotions. Perhaps it is because he has been a detective for a long time and has naturally accumulated various experiences in rhetoric.

Then, why is she still hesitating when there are so many benefits to accepting Bai Zhong's invitation?