Persona: Devil Summoner

I thought that this city giant was at least as powerful as Yasukami Tsuno-no-Mikoto, but...

"Ah, I see! Because this is the cognitive space!"

Shinichi Niijima clapped his hands and suddenly realized.

In the cognitive space, the palace owner's cognition will play a significant role. Just like Madarame would understand his small shabby house as a huge art gallery, you should not think about the problem with the logic in reality, the key point is [what the palace owner thinks].

So who is the owner of this palace?

All members of the Sakurano Group.

Then naturally, the cognition of everyone will greatly affect the configuration of this palace.

Is this Sakurano family mansion so important in their hearts?

the answer is negative.

Although these people respect each other on the surface, they actually have their own little thoughts behind the scenes. As for whether the family name is Sakurano or Sato, who cares? As long as there is money to be made, wine to drink, meat to eat, and women to play with, it is completely OK!

Therefore, in their minds, the Sakurano Group's mansion is: glamorous on the surface, but actually fragile. It looks impressive, but in fact it is just a pile of loose sand.

Everyone in the Sakurano group thinks they are very strong, powerful and awesome, but they don't think the whole family is that good. It's really sad. They are a bunch of traitors.

"How, how is it possible?! My, my Sakurano group!!! Why!!! Why are they so weak?! Impossible!!!"

This was the first time that Ryouta Sakurano made a sound of panic.

"Oh my, it seems like you are such a pathetic person. You didn't even notice that your family is weak inside and no one thinks highly of you. You are so... pathetic."

Jiang Tianwei raised his spear.

"Impossible!!! Our Sakurano Group is a family that has been thriving since the Taisho period!!! How could they be so vulnerable!!! Kawahara!!! How dare you, a latecomer upstart, be compared with our Sakurano family!"

Because Sakurano Ryouta's head was under his body, Jiang Tianwei couldn't see his face. He didn't want to see his ugly face that was distorted by panic and hatred.

"I'm sorry, the dead spirits of the past, please just return to dust in peace and don't disturb the world anymore!"

As Jiang Tianwei said this, he thrust the spear in his hand fiercely downwards!

Unlike Yasukami Tsuno-no-Mikoto, this time, Jiang Tianwei's spear penetrated the top of the castle easily. The huge force directly penetrated the entire city, just like a fortress built by a child with toy building blocks. Although it looks very grand and luxurious, it will collapse with a poke from an adult...

Sakurano Ryouta, a pathetic man, has always lived in the fantasy that "Sakurano Group is invincible"... Really...

“How sad…”

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 583 Searching for this little thing

The collapsed palace quickly returned to reality.

Everything seemed like a mirage and had never happened.

Jiang Tianwei and his friends were still at the gate of the Sakurano Group's mansion.

The secret treasure...Jiang Tianwei has already obtained it.

To be precise, what he got were the remains of the secret treasure.

It was a very simple-looking plaque, made of wood, without any fancy decorations, with three large characters "Sakurano Group" written on it in ink. There was nothing special about it at all.

This plaque was kicked in half, just like what Bruce Lee did in "Fist of Fury".

So, what is the secret treasure in the palace of cognition?

The whole city.

It was not the Twelve-Single Princess Sakurano who was protected by Jiang Tianwei. That princess disappeared after defeating Sakurano Ryota.

Only the dilapidated city finally turned into a ray of light and fell into Jiang Tianwei's hands. It was the plaque in his hand now.

Oh, how ironic... The source of all people's distortion is this plaque. Even though people don't respect it very much, they are still distorted because of it...

It’s really... sad.

Jiang Tianwei thought so, and just like in the cognitive space, he kicked open the door of the Sakurano Group.

Just like other places, all members of the Yingye Group fell into a coma. Jiang Tianwei walked quickly throughout the group, searching for possible clues.

Yes, clues.

Don’t forget, what was Sakurano Ei’s last memory?

The members of the Sakurano Group gathered together and decided to hold a martial arts competition. As a result, an outsider came, and Sakurano Ei's memory was interrupted.

Considering the specific situation of the acute expansion palace, Jiang Tianwei had reason to suspect that this guy was the culprit who had been causing the emotional outburst during this period!

So, what we need to do now is to collect intelligence.

Kitagawa Yusuke, Togo Ichi-san, Shinjima Makoto, and Jiang Tianwei all asked them to go back. After all, it was still school time, and you couldn't let everyone skip classes with you. Moreover, you didn't know when the police would come. If they were caught by the police, their position would be in danger.

Who would be in the gangster's mansion as an ordinary student? And the gangsters were all unconscious. You can't explain this clearly!

However, since Goro Akechi is a detective and has cooperated with the police, he doesn't have to worry about this problem.

The Sakurano family's mansion, like all Japanese mansions, has beautiful gardens and vegetation and antique buildings. However, now there are unconscious people everywhere, making the mansion look very strange.

Although I don't know when the Sakurano Group held the meeting, based on past experience, the time from emotional outburst to the formation of a palace is very short. Even Oyamada was fine in the morning, but had a palace in the evening.

Considering all this, it probably isn’t too late.

But... the trouble is, clues are not easy to find.

Here is something very anti-intellectual. In fact, the method that is most likely to produce results is the carpet search, which is considered to be inefficient. It is really inefficient, but it is also very useful, which is why the carpet search method has not been abandoned so far.

Especially in a gang gathering place like the Sakurano Group, everyone's quality is not very high, and coupled with the outburst of emotions, the whole house is a mess, it is difficult to determine at a glance which clues are the murderer.

Although there are footprints and hair everywhere, these things need special comparison to be confirmed.

Now, what Jiang Tianwei lacked most was time and manpower. He had to find clues about the murderer before the police arrived, which made Jiang Tianwei anxious.

In fact, if the Sakurano Group had installed surveillance cameras, there might be a way, but unfortunately, they didn't. The mafia is a shady business. Did you install surveillance cameras at home because you were afraid that the police would have nowhere to find evidence?

After searching for a while, the only thing Jiang Tianwei found was a secret room in the basement of the main house. It seemed like a cage where wild beasts were imprisoned. It was surrounded by iron bars and there was an old man lying inside. It looked like Ryouta Sakurano himself.

Sakurano Ei was unconscious in her room. She was wearing a cheongsam in the style of Japanese Yamato Nadeshiko. Her short hair was filled with various hairpins and accessories, making her head look gorgeous.

"Almost. Captain, I'm afraid the police are coming."

Goro Akechi glanced at his phone. Perhaps someone from the police contacted him? Jiang Tianwei frowned, feeling helpless and irritated.

"Don't worry, Captain. I'll contact you when I find the information. You understand, right? On-site investigations are impossible for non-professionals. You have neither the equipment nor the ability..."

"I see."

Jiang Tianwei sighed and left the Sakurano Group’s mansion, leaving only Akechi Goro alone to continue the investigation.

There was another thing that made him extremely upset.

That's the text message in the mobile phone.

Because I was in the cognitive palace before and there was no signal, I naturally didn't receive the call.

As soon as I returned to reality, the text message came.

It says that the Sakurano Group has stopped the attack, but the group leader was injured and sent to the hospital. If you want to visit him, you can go to the hospital.

The person who sent the message was called Kitagawa Minghai, the same person that he had seen once before, shivering in the corner of the office with his head in his hands.

Since there is no danger now, Jiang Tianwei must of course hurry to see his stepfather.

No matter what, he is quite good to me. He treats me well with all his heart, and I am not a heartless person, so of course I will be grateful.

It was not difficult to rush to the hospital. There was no police blockade or gang attack along the way. This was obviously a daily routine, but Jiang Tianwei felt as if he was in another world.

This hospital can be considered as one of the companies under the Kawahara Group. All team members who are injured or sick will receive treatment here, and the team leader himself is no exception.

After all, gangsters are very hated, especially by rival gangs. If you go to a random place for medical treatment, you have to be wary of whether the doctors and nurses are from the other side, and even if they are not, whether they will leak secrets.

The team leader should naturally have his own exclusive doctor and exclusive ward, but because the Kawahara team has been gradually whitewashing itself in recent years, the number of times the team leader has been injured has dropped dramatically, and this exclusive doctor has been idle for quite a while.

This was an old man who looked to be in his seventies or eighties. He was holding a medical record and was sitting in front of the team leader's bed with two nurses, discussing something.

Jiang Tianwei pushed the door open and asked, "Doctor, my dad... I mean, is the team leader okay?"

"Hmm... it's hard to say. Some of the shots were in bad places, and he was too slow to get medical treatment, so he lost too much blood. But his life shouldn't be in danger. He just needs some time to rest."

The doctor spoke slowly and in a pretentious tone, but that was actually because he was old.

Jiang Tianwei breathed a sigh of relief, and a nurse asked, "Aren't you coming to see him?"

Jiang Tianwei nodded, moved closer, and looked at his stepfather's rock-like face, which now showed a rare look of calm.

"We just gave him a little bit of anesthetic gas. He needs to rest. Let our subordinates handle the group's affairs first."

"Yes, I understand. Thank you, doctor."

Jiang Tianwei said this and held the doctor's hand.

"You're welcome!"

The doctor's tone suddenly became intense! Jiang Tianwei noticed that in his cloudy eyes, a fiery fighting spirit suddenly burst out! However, it was too late when he noticed it! Jiang Tianwei noticed that on the ceiling, the sprinkler head that he originally thought was a fire prevention device was rapidly spraying out some kind of colorless and transparent gas! The sound of the sisi was extremely intense!

The doctor didn't know where he got so much strength from, he held Jiang Tianwei's hands tightly with both hands. The two nurses did the same, regardless of everything, and tried their best to hold Jiang Tianwei down!

This gas is a powerful anesthetic.

The effect is just what it sounds like. It can quickly make a person lose their ability to respond and fall into a state of anesthesia with muscle weakness all over the body.

Under the influence of this gas, the doctors, nurses, Jiang Tianwei, everyone became limp like noodles and collapsed to the ground.

(This is...the enemy's...trap...)

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 584 The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole follows behind

Anesthetic gas is probably the most interesting discovery in the world.

It is said that ether was discovered by a Boston doctor named Morton. Since the discoverer was a doctor, this anesthetic gas was naturally first used in medical treatment.

It is said that the first doctor to introduce ether to the UK was a very skilled doctor: Liston. This person is treated in the same way as all celebrities in marketing accounts. In a nutshell, all gossip is taken seriously, all exaggerations are taken seriously, and all real achievements are not mentioned.

For example, the most widely circulated legend of Liston is that he killed three people with one sword.

According to scientific research, the only record of this incident is a book called "The Great Medical Disaster", and some of the materials mentioned in this book contradict the records at the time.

However, this is just like the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the Records of the Three Kingdoms. The marketing account will definitely choose the one with the most comments and views, and people tend to prefer the more popular one.

Speaking of anesthetic gas, the most interesting thing about this gas is that all doctors at the time believed that this magic drug that could make patients feel no pain could greatly increase the success rate of surgery - because patients would not suffer from severe pain due to having their bodies cut open to the point of being unable to control themselves.

But in fact, when this thing was first promoted and used, the surgical mortality rate increased significantly. Because doctors thought: Since the patient has no pain, can't I just do the surgery slowly? Because the operation time is prolonged, a series of problems such as blood loss and infection are magnified. There were no sterile rooms in that era, and even many doctors insisted that "doctors' hands are gentlemen's hands and do not need to be washed"...

How interesting that something that was originally used to cure diseases and save lives actually increased the mortality rate?

And now, there is someone who has taken this path to the extreme...

The door opened and a man wearing a gas mask slowly walked in.

He was wearing a black suit and black gloves. He walked to the table skillfully and opened the drawer.

After all, this is the gang boss's sanatorium. What if a rival gang finds out? They will definitely raid it. So this is nominally a ward, but weapons can be found everywhere.

For example, the Glock pistol in the drawer now.

He loaded the bullet skillfully and walked over to Jiang Tianwei who was lying on the ground.

Generally speaking, at this time, the villain always has to say a lot of things, and will not be ready to take action until he has made all his goals clear and the protagonist's companions have arrived.

But he is different. He is far from being a villain boss, so...

bang bang bang...

He pulled the trigger without mercy, and all the bullets hit Jiang Tianwei. As if he was afraid of not dying, he emptied two magazines in succession... The brass shells were scattered all over the floor. After doing all this, he was satisfied and stuffed the pistol into the doctor's hand.

This is the case where someone is preparing to disguise himself as a doctor and is a traitor to the hostile organization.

"I have nothing against you. But you are an eyesore."

As he said this, he waved at the corpse, and walked out with brisk steps as if a heavy burden had been lifted off his shoulders...

"Do you know how much a bullet costs?"

Suddenly, a man's voice was heard in the room that should have been silent.