Persona: Devil Summoner

For example, a simple child like Togo Ichiraku.

People like this should never go to places like ○音, otherwise they will definitely buy so much merchandise from various anchors that they can’t even afford to eat…

"So, what should I do?"

"Oh, it looks like I have to teach you my secret technique of catching rich men. This is my livelihood, and we have such a close relationship - remember to introduce me to it later!"

"Fishing, what does fishing for a rich man mean?"

"Should I start explaining from here?! I kind of regret it..."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 539: The Ultimate Cross-Server Chat

Friends who play chess frequently must know that there is a method to quickly improve chess skills, which is called "memorizing chess records".

After all, the chess records that have been passed down are the works that have gone through the changes of the times and have been deduced by countless chess players. As the saying goes, only the strong will survive the storm, and chess records of average or even problematic levels will not be passed down at all, so what is presented is the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancients.

Unless modern people are truly gifted, if they want to learn how to play chess, it is always a good idea to look at chess records. There is even a tactic that deliberately induces the opponent to move closer to the endgame in the chess record, and finally defeats the opponent by relying on the chess record routines.

When Togo Ichiraku was learning chess, he of course memorized quite a few endgame records, and naturally developed the habit of absorbing the wisdom of his predecessors.

"So, can this be used in love?"

When she said this to her roommate, her roommate nodded repeatedly with shining eyes.

This is just like when many men and women are at a loss in love, they will go online to find "routines". Some people even ask their good friends to "help" in order to create the state of the routine.

Now let’s go back to the present. Why is Togo Ichiraku playing chess?

This is because she can only be highly focused when she is playing chess, which is similar to the fact that Yusuke only stops listening when he is painting.

So why is she playing Gobang instead of Shogi? Of course it's because she's a professional Shogi player, and if she plays Shogi she'll be too absorbed in it and unable to think about anything else.

So, now One Two Three is actually using Gobang to enter a state of high mental unity, but she is not thinking about the chess moves, but thinking about... the strategy of love! Coincidentally, Jiang Tianwei hasn't come yet, so she can use this time to figure out what routine she will use.

(The first step is, of course, to determine the goal. In shogi, the goal is of course to capture the opponent's general, but in gobang, the goal is to achieve a five-piece draw. So, analogously to love, what effect do you want to pursue?)

Dongxiang Yiersan holds a chess piece in her hand. The white chess piece matches her delicate red lips very well. The pure color with full saturation gives people a clean and bright feeling.

Duo.

She obviously didn't look at the chessboard again, but she still followed her instinct and placed the chess piece on the board.

(After all, the purpose of love is to get married, right?)

Dongxiang Yiersan thought so. Her family was not harmonious. Her father was seriously ill and her mother was so strong. No matter how she thought about it, this family environment was not particularly comfortable. Dongxiang Yiersan, who grew up in such a family, had a compensatory mentality: she wanted to give her next generation the life she wanted but could not get.

If you think about it carefully, the fact that Yi Er San's mother pushed her daughter to become a big star is actually a kind of alternative compensatory psychology.

(If we want to get married... shouldn't we get to know each other better? I have almost no personal information about this leader... It's like playing chess without knowing how many pieces the opponent has... It's more difficult than blindfolded chess... It's like a fusion of military chess and shogi.)

When playing chess, chess players have a habit of integrating their opponent's routines into their thinking. They can't just think about "how I play chess", but also think about "how the opponent will respond" to build tactics. But now, Dongxiang Yiersan has too little knowledge and has no way to understand Jiang Tianwei. To use it as an analogy on the chessboard, you don't know how many chess pieces this person has on the board.

(In other words, the first step is to collect intelligence... Well, let's skip the first step and anticipate the rest.)

As Togo Ichiraku was thinking this, he heard a voice in his ears.

Duo.

A black piece was placed on the chessboard.

"That's it!"

The man opposite said so.

"Now it's Baizi's turn to go."

Togo Ichiraku's mind was full of love routines, and he didn't care at all who was sitting in front of him.

There is an old Chinese saying, "You can't live without madness." It seems that this saying can be applied not only to the opera industry, but also to painting and chess? !

"Um... Miss Togo?"

It can be heard that the other party is a little embarrassed, but Togo Ichimi is concentrating all her attention on the love simulation in her mind and has no time to care who the other party is. In this respect, she is very similar to Yusuke.

"Do not talk."

She interrupted him with a word. Her eyes were clearly looking at the chessboard, but the visual information was not transmitted to her brain at all. She continued to play chess according to her instinct while continuing to think:

(In the case of insufficient information, you can also preset a plan in advance. Fortunately, according to my roommate's experience, it would be fine if he had a childhood sweetheart. It seems that childhood sweethearts have always been inferior to girlfriends who fall from the sky... Although I don't know who did the statistics, let me borrow it to summarize the results...)

It seems that from this conclusion we can know that Togo Ichiraku's roommate's research results were made in the cartoon.

(If you want to establish a romantic relationship, the first step is to leave a good impression. And the best way to leave a good impression is to hold a piece of bread in your mouth, shout "I'm going to be late" while bumping into him at the corner... Hmm? So why do you talk with a piece of bread in your mouth? Isn't it because you don't have enough time to run to school with a piece of bread in your mouth? Shouldn't you eat the bread on the way? And why can you leave a good impression by bumping into someone? Love is really profound...)

Unfortunately, this classic scene has a fatal flaw... That is, Dongxiang Yiersan and Jiang Tianwei are not from the same school, and they go to school in different ways... How could they collide? It is true that everyone transfers at Shinjuku Station, but during the morning rush hour, Shinjuku Station does not have the space for you to run up and sprint while biting bread and bumping into others...

"Ah... I, I lost... I say, can we talk about something serious now?"

"I'm thinking, don't interrupt me."

As Togo Ichiraku spoke, her brows slightly furrowed. On the one hand, it was because someone on the opposite side always interrupted her train of thought. On the other hand, it was because she was not stupid and she keenly noticed the huge loophole in her plan.

She was clearly not focusing on the chessboard, but she was still able to sort the chess pieces with ease, putting the black and white chess pieces back into the chess basket. One could only sigh that she is truly a professional.

Jiang Tianwei looked at her like this, thought about Yusuke, and nodded in understanding.

"I, I know."

What else could he say? He just played chess with her until she could sort out her thoughts.

However, this made him feel at ease, because since Togo Ichiraku was playing chess so seriously, he could take a short break - after all, he had just escaped from the fierce attacks of Baekjong Naoto and Niijima Shinjima, and he needed some time to rest. It was much more convenient for Togo Ichiraku to just play chess and not talk.

(Oh, I get it. Just like in the comics, bad boys would communicate with each other using their fists. I'm afraid that for professional chess players, playing chess can be a way of chatting. I get it. I totally get it!)

Jiang Tianwei reached a reconciliation with himself in his mind, so he simply stopped talking and started playing Go with Dongxiang Yiersan.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 540: Love Works and Love Are Two Different Things

Dongxiang Yiersan's mind is now very calm.

There is a term in the acting department called "step out and look at yourself", which means that when an actor's level reaches a certain level, he seems to be able to "see" his own performance. Looking at himself from the perspective of an observer, he can more objectively understand his own shortcomings.

Now Dongxiang Yi Er San has a bit of this meaning.

Many fragments seemed to emerge in her mind - of course, she herself had no experience in love, so the source of these scenes was the teachings of her roommate.

However, as I said before, many people are very confident, but they may not have much more experience than you. A typical example is Togo Ichiraku's roommate. Although she pretends to be a relationship guru, the advice she gives is basically the same stuff you're tired of seeing in romantic comedies.

Unfortunately, in Togo Ichi-san's world, there is only shogi, and in the world of shogi, coincidentally, there is no love element. Even in an animation that depicts chess sports, the love scenes are definitely for the chess players rather than the chess pieces. No matter how strong Togo Ichi-san's imagination is, he will never imagine that a sacred love will be born between Keima and the chariot...

(Speaking of childhood sweethearts, if they have a very good relationship, then I can just go to his house, right? After all, a major element of childhood sweethearts is that the two people live very close to each other, or often play together, and grow up together. For example, will you go to wake him up in the morning? - No, no, no, if you calm down and think about it carefully... Isn't he an international student? Even if he really has a childhood sweetheart, he can't bring it to Japan... So can all strategies related to childhood sweethearts be eliminated?)

"Ah...I lost again..."

Jiang Tianwei wailed unconsciously...

Obviously, Dongxiang Yiersan had all these things in his mind, but his hands showed no mercy when playing chess. Or, was it because his attention was focused on this that he showed no mercy? Jiang Tianwei had never felt that Gobang would be so difficult. At the beginning, he could still control the situation, but when two-thirds of the chessboard was covered with chess pieces, he would always lose sight of one thing while focusing on another.

"As expected of you..."

He tried to compliment her, but she still had a cold face, her slender eyes narrowed slightly, and with her waterfall-like black hair, she looked like a Japanese doll in a window. It was the kind of person who looked beautiful at first glance, but the more you looked at her, the more you felt creepy.

(What’s wrong with her? Why is she in such a bad mood… Ah… Could it be that she is going to settle the score for what happened yesterday?)

Jiang Tianwei was just wondering when he suddenly understood why the other person was angry.

Sometimes, it’s okay for a girlfriend to get angry, swear, or even hit people. The most terrible thing is this: do nothing, say nothing, just sit there, with an atmosphere of "think about it yourself. Tell me when you have thought it through."

Generally speaking, at this time, the man will bring up a lot of dark history that is not actually what his girlfriend is angry about, which will result in his girlfriend becoming even more furious.

Jiang Tianwei, who knew this rule well, decided to pursue the silent tactic: You don't want to talk, right? Okay, I won't talk either. I won't move unless the enemy moves!

So the two of them quietly cleared the chessboard and played another game...

(Since the school and the "chess manual" that fell from the sky cannot be reproduced... then, we have to consider some other straightforward "chess manuals"... What plan should we use...)

Dongxiang Yiersan was silent, Jiang Tianwei was also silent, only the creaking sound of the chessboard could be heard.

These two people are both calm people, but they made someone very anxious...

This someone is, of course, Dongxiang Yiersan’s roommate!

At first, she thought that living in the same dormitory with someone like Togo Ichiraku, who was being smeared by the media, was a bad omen. When she was caught by him and asked him to give her some relationship advice, she felt that it was a great misfortune. But now, this little girl is also very cute! Looking at her innocent reaction, she is so cute~

(And the boy opposite is quite handsome! Although he is not stunning at first glance, the more you look at him, the more attractive he becomes! Many handsome guys look handsome at first glance, but the more you look at them, the greasy they become. He is just the opposite! Hehehe, he is a bit to my taste!)

As she thought about this, the expression on her face suddenly melted, but she quickly regained her spirits and continued to watch the two people playing chess... Then she thought to herself with a look of disappointment: (But, you two, what on earth are you doing! Why are you playing chess without saying a word! I told you so many tricks, but you just do it! Why don’t you understand that love is war! And he has several girlfriends who will go to his room, right?! If you don’t hurry up, he will get you! It really makes me anxious...)

How did you say that? The emperor is not in a hurry.

Dongxiang Yiersan certainly didn't have superpowers, and couldn't read minds. He didn't know that his roommate was about to vomit blood just 50 meters away, and he was still playing chess with Jiang Tianwei, thinking about the plots that frequently appeared in galgames... and then denied them one by one...

(If we're going to an amusement park... that's not a good idea. We should become a couple first before we go there, right? If we're going to a cognitive space... no, that's too boring. Going home together after school... no, I've already said we're not from the same school. Otherwise, why not just invite him to my house?... No, what if Mom comes back? Even if Mom doesn't come back, I don't have anything to entertain people with at home. Would it be fun to look at chess records with him? Or, invite him to dinner? But what to eat? Ordering is also a problem. If I order too much, will he think I'm wasting money? If I order too little, will he think I'm being fake? Oh, I've been thinking about this question for so long. Ah, if I think too much, will he think I'm being too "dramatic"...)

After a long paragraph of imaginary content, Togo Ichiraku has lived through several different lives in her mind. Just as she said before, she jumped out to look at herself. She watched herself appear in one scene after another and play different characters in them...

The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't make up his mind. The atmosphere became colder and colder. Jiang Tianwei played Go with her silently for almost an hour, but he couldn't stand the two of them not talking anymore, so he said, "Well, I'm going to eat first. If you have anything, contact me later..."

After saying this, he almost ran away.

Dongxiang Yiersan then hummed and continued to deduce the possible situation in his mind, not noticing that he was playing chess with someone just now...

This really made the roommate who was watching the show anxious. She had come here to watch the romantic comedy, but now she couldn't watch it. Wasn't that an hour of her time wasted?

(No... I have to go check for One, Two, Three!)

When the roommate thought of this, he found a really good excuse for himself and disguised his gossiping nature as concern for his roommate. He really is... good at deceiving himself!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 541 Post-War Coordination

"Ugh……"

A heavy male sigh.

The atmosphere in the entire cafeteria seemed to become dull with this sigh.

There is a saying that people's emotions can be contagious to others. For example, although yawning is not an emotion, it can be spread from person to person.

Similarly, when a place or a person is giving off a super depressing atmosphere, people around them will also feel uncomfortable.

And now, there was such a person, or rather, such a group of people in the cafeteria. Their dejected and sighing appearance seemed to turn the Hawaiian seaside air with the fragrance of flowers and coconuts into a swamp that made it difficult to breathe.

"Ugh!!"

The air here became heavier with the second sigh.

The one who sighed was naturally Sakamoto Ryuji.

There are many tragedies in this world, whether it is Shakespeare's four great tragedies, or the black humor realistic literature written by those French writers who are good at sarcasm, compared with Long Si's writings at this moment, they are not tragedies at all.

From the look on his face, it was clear that his so-called grand plan of picking up girls on the Hawaiian beach had been a huge failure.

He finally understood a truth, that is, even though there are many single people, not all of them are so hungry that they will eat anything.

Originally, Long Si's plan was to use the body he had trained in the track and field club to attract girls. After all, he still had some muscles.

But he didn't expect that girls nowadays prefer slim boys to muscular men, and he didn't expect that Hawaii is the place with the most muscular men. Especially those white guys, who are born with genes to be tall and strong, and often go to the gym. Don't worry about whether their hard training in the gym every day is useful, but they are really good-looking.

Another person who was as depressed as him was naturally Mishima Yuki.

Mishima was originally found by Ryuji to be a "green leaf", but now the red flower has not bloomed, so naturally no one is interested in the green leaf. It's really sad.

"Ugh……"

Somewhat surprisingly, Kitagawa Yusuke, who was sitting next to him, also sighed and made a sad sound.

Didn’t he not go to chat up?

That's indeed no attempt to strike up a conversation.

However, in a place like Hawaii, it is impossible to set up an easel to paint. So he wanted to settle for the next best thing and find something worth painting as a material. In the end, whether it was the tropical indigenous masks in the souvenir shop, the colorful lobsters raised in the water tank, or the Hawaiian-style clothes and leis, he couldn't afford them.

These days, it’s really hard to be without money…

Kitagawa Yusuke unexpectedly experienced the feelings of the legendary great painter Van Gogh in Hawaii (it is said that Van Gogh was poor during his lifetime).