Persona: Devil Summoner

Therefore, after Okumura Haru became a Phantom Thief himself, his most important philosophy was not to give up on anyone.

She and Morgana came to the cognitive space, on the one hand to exercise their abilities, and on the other hand, to truly solve people's problems.

What's more, it's a coincidence that Jiang Tianwei had gone to talk to Okumura Kuniwa today, and Mr. Okumura thought: Isn't it that his daughter happens to go to the same school as him? It's like asking his daughter to get along well with him at school, because in the future, when she enters politics, she will need a "trash can" to deal with dirty things.

When he returned home, he found that his daughter was not at home, so he called her and gave her instructions.

As we all know, people of this age, especially those in high positions, tend to talk a lot. Think about it, at your company's annual meeting or some other gathering, did the leader say "let me say a few words", but it usually took dozens of minutes to finish speaking?

Answering the phone and searching for the target wasted some time, so although Okumura Haru and Morgana set out earlier than Jiang Tianwei, they arrived later.

Moreover, what a coincidence, they didn't hear a word of Long Si's apology, but they heard the latter part of his wanton and reckless behavior clearly...

"So that's how you think of us! Humph, but we have to give you some advice! You are so timid like a Phantom Thief! Let's go! ... Uh... Beautiful Girl Phantom Thief!"

Morgana said, and ran two steps, jumped down the stairs, and turned into a van. Okumura Haru obviously liked the nickname of the beautiful girl thief, nodded vigorously, and jumped into Morgana's car with two big jumps. She obviously practiced ballet, and this big jump was just like professional gymnasts like the Fangze sisters, beautiful and efficient. The man and the cat disappeared in the cognitive space with a snort, leaving only a pile of dust and Ryuji's big mouth: "No way?!"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 608: It's all over if your mentality collapses

There is a very simple but very important principle in life that is popular in China: keep saying good things about people behind their backs, and don't worry that these good words won't reach the other person's ears.

Now Long Si has become a perfect negative example of this sentence.

Morgana was so angry that he was upset because of Long Si.

In terms of personality, Morgana and Ryuji actually have some similarities, for example, they both tend to be overly concerned about their reputation.

From Morgana's inner truth, it didn't absolutely have to separate from everyone, it was just that the conversation was going on and the atmosphere was there. It was impossible for it to take the initiative to admit its mistakes, so it needed someone to give it a way out, coax it, say a few nice words, and it would be over.

This is the famous saying that water can be drained but cannot be blocked.

As a result, as luck would have it, because of Jiang Tianwei's misunderstanding - this can't be blamed on Jiang Tianwei, who would have thought that the girl would talk on the phone for such a long time after saying goodbye... Jiang Tianwei even took a shower!

Kaomaki An sighed loudly, "Ryuji, you!"

When Sakura Futaba saw Morgana running away, her tone was a little sour, with a hint of tears in her voice: "Will Morgana never come back in the future?"

She is the daughter of boss Sakura. Amamiya Ren is staying in boss Sakura's shop. The two have a deep relationship like siblings. Morgana is Ren Amamiya's favorite cat, and of course, Futaba's favorite cat as well.

When she thought that she would never see Morgana hanging out in the store again, tears welled up in Futaba's eyes, and she threw herself into Amamiya Ren's arms. Although Takamaki An's eyes flashed with surprise, she didn't ask too much further considering the relationship between the two.

She turned to look at Ryuji, "We'll catch up with Morgana later. I beg you to stop talking, Ryuji!"

"I know! This, this can't be blamed on me, it's all Jiang Jiang's fault!"

Jiang Tianwei looked at Long Si, realizing that he had been blamed for no reason. As the saying goes, trouble comes from the mouth, and he now understood this more and more clearly, so he shut his mouth, summoned his increasingly cool golden motorcycle, and rode it directly to find Manager Liu's shadow.

Amamiya Ren screamed, and Ryuji looked at him: "What's wrong? His leaving is none of my business, right?"

"Ah, no, I mean...if he didn't leave, couldn't we borrow a motorcycle from him and chase Mona?"

"what!"

Long Si finally realized what letting Jiang Tianwei go meant... a two-legged battle against four wheels was about to begin!

Looking back to the past, whether it was China or Japan, when they were in the feudal era and their doors were opened by the powerful ships and guns of Europe for the first time, they had tried to compete with machines with human power. The textbook also said that when the earliest train was invented, it was very slow, and when people saw the train running for the first time, they ran to chase it.

Long Si never thought that one day he would practice something written in a textbook...

"I was wrong!!! Please don't leave!!! At least lend me your motorcycle for a while!!! Come back soon!!!"

Unfortunately, after Jiang Tianwei's motorcycle was integrated with Lord Moro, it not only became much cooler in appearance, but also its power was greatly improved. Most importantly, its performance was extremely high.

Jiang Tianwei actually tested it by asking Fang Zexia to stopwatch and see how many seconds it took him to run from point A to point B. Then the distance divided by the time was the speed. Applying this formula, we can know that Jiang Tianwei's maximum speed can reach 1,000 kilometers per hour under extreme conditions.

What does this mean? If you look at ordinary cars, their speedometers usually only go up to 240 kilometers per hour. Converted to about 150 miles per hour, it is equivalent to 2.14 songs of "Running (Huang Zheng Version)".

That is a real weapon of civilization.

Driving at this speed, even Jiang Tianwei would feel that it was too fast. The wind pressure made him uncomfortable and he didn't have enough time to react. Although Jiang Tianwei would not be in trouble because of the car accident, the people who were hit by him or bumped into him were not sure...

So he just kept the normal speed. Fang Zexia sat in the back seat of his car, acting out a scene very much like the youth idol dramas of the last century, with the girl's long hair fluttering in the wind and the boy full of vigor and happiness.

Under the influence of the wind, Jiang Tianwei didn't hear Long Si calling him at all, and drove towards the depths of the Palace of Cognition.

Fortunately, Jiang Tianwei still roughly remembered the place where Manager Liu and Master Liu had had a fierce argument. Based on the memory fragments, he quickly found Manager Liu's shadow again.

However, the image of Manager Liu in a suit and tie has now turned into that of a ragged beggar.

In the cognitive space, the posture of the shadow will change with people's different perceptions of themselves. However, most people's perception of their own appearance is still normal. Usually, people who cannot correctly recognize their appearance are either sick or have a distorted heart.

Manager Liu obviously belongs to the latter.

After all, he had finally climbed to the elite class, but ended up falling to the bottom overnight. If he didn't have an extremely strong heart, he really wouldn't be able to accept this.

To make an analogy, it's like your account that you've spent 100 million on is suddenly hacked, or you've worked hard to complete the game and are about to complete it, but the save file is damaged and you don't have any other save files, so you have to start over from the beginning. It's a very desperate feeling.

Perhaps it was the influence of this mentality that changed his perception of himself from an elite in a suit and tie to a penniless beggar.

As soon as he saw Jiang Tianwei coming, he quickly covered his face with his dirty cotton coat, trying hard not to let Jiang Tianwei recognize him.

"Manager Liu?"

The change was so great that Jiang Tianwei couldn't even recognize him, and his tone was filled with confirmation.

"Wow, I, I'm not, I don't know you! You, you don't come over here..."

When Jiang Tianwei heard his choked tone, he knew that he had not found the wrong person.

"Manager Liu, why are you so obsessed with this? I know that your news is fake. Someone is plotting against you, and you just fell into the trap..."

"Wow, wow, I'm done. Once a label is put on someone, it can't be torn off so easily! I'm done... My father sacrificed so much for me... But I can't repay him... My wife, too, she believed in me so much, but I, as the pillar of the family, collapsed... I'm sorry to my family and my company... Junis had to suspend business for rectification because of me. It's all my fault..."

Manager Liu was choking with sobs and couldn't hear what Jiang Tianwei said at all.

It seems that his situation is not as simple as Jiang Tianwei thought... If he wants to cheer him up again, Okumura Kunikazu may need to admit many problems himself.

People like him can grit their teeth and persist in living a decent life just because they have self-esteem. It is also because of such high self-esteem that they cannot accept the social status they have accumulated with great effort to fall into ruin overnight...

Jiang Tianwei didn't know what to say. His life experience and social experience were too shallow. He couldn't empathize with Manager Liu, and he had nothing to comfort him...

Is there anything that can cheer him up?

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 609: It is not okay to be a wise man after the event!

In conclusion, Jiang Tianwei had no means to appease him.

After all, Jiang Tianwei and Manager Liu are only casual acquaintances, and their understanding of each other is only based on the relationship with Mr. Liu.

If there was anything that could impress him, it was definitely not from Jiang Tianwei, but from their old man.

Jiang Tianwei still thought the matter was too simple.

He had seen many people who were good at "chatting", such as Maruki Takuto and Narukami Yuu, and after seeing so many of them, he always had the illusion that he could do the same. But he found that the shadow of Manager Liu was very difficult to deal with.

After all, it is completely different to calm down an excited person and cheer up a depressed person. The difference is like the difference between [eating teppanyaki] and [eating teppanyaki]...

The point is, Jiang Tianwei may not have noticed that he is a bit like Long Si, that is, he will have conflicts of will in some strange places. For example, the debate with Maruki Takuto about changing his mind.

In fact, the same approach can be applied to Manager Liu's situation: beat him up and then force him to have perseverance - there were many such tough guy practices in Japan's Showa era. People who are keen on Showa-era movies should have more or less seen it, a tough protagonist or supporting actor who punches someone hard, and then the person being beaten bursts into tears on the spot and is full of fighting spirit, right?

But he always felt that by doing so, he was like endorsing Maruki Takuto's theory of changing one's mind.

But fortunately, I am not completely out of ideas.

After all, Jiang Tianwei has read so many literary works. According to general circumstances, at this time, all he needs to do is find Master Liu to cook him a sumptuous meal that will remind him of his childhood or his happiest moments. Wouldn't that be fine?

Jiang Tianwei tried to persuade Manager Liu from various directions again and again, but it was useless. Now he has closed his heart, not listening, not thinking, not feeling, just constantly blaming himself and putting pressure on himself. Faced with this situation, Jiang Tianwei is not a psychologist after all, so there is really no good way.

"It seems I still want to keep it simple."

Jiang Tianwei could only spread his hands towards Fang Zexia and make a helpless expression. It could be heard that he was making fun of himself.

"That's not right."

Fang Zexia also spread her hands, sneering at her lover's behavior of running out without thinking, thus wasting a wonderful evening. However, it was not too late now. If she rushed back now, she should still have time to do something.

"So, let's go back now!"

"So, let's go to Joker's side and see what's going on!"

In perfect tacit understanding, the two men shouted out in unison.

The timing of the shout was very, very precise, but the content of the shout was...

The two looked at each other, and this time they said in unison: "Isn't that right?!"

Jiang Tianwei: "What's so fun about going home? It's all eavesdropping..."

Fang Ze Xia: "What's so fun about Joker? It's all gossip..."

As a result, the two people came to completely opposite conclusions.

It seems that the two people's conclusions contradict each other, and a fierce quarrel is inevitable, but Fang Zexia and Jiang Tianwei have a first-class understanding, and she is not a particularly stubborn girl, which is really thankful. In the process of love, no matter whether it is a man or a woman, as long as one party is not particularly stubborn, it will be fine. Many times, I am afraid that both of them are stubborn and can break up for trivial things such as whether to take the left foot or the right foot first when taking a walk.

When Fang Zexia heard what Jiang Tianwei said, she immediately thought: That’s right, the whole house is bugged…

Yes, although Jiang Tianwei was not smart enough, he was definitely not a fool. Just think about it and you will understand. There is always someone at home on weekdays. Now he has gone to Hawaii and no one has been at home for several days. Isn't this the best time to place a bug?

Although Jiang Tianwei did not search carefully, he was 100% sure that there must be a bug here.

After figuring this out, Fang Zexia easily accepted Jiang Tianwei's suggestion: "Let's go check out Joker - but I said, you absolutely cannot look at that girl too much!"

"Who do you think I am? Am I that kind of person?"

Jiang Tianwei finally understood why Fang Zexia didn't let him get close to her. Oh, so you're worried that I'll do something to Okumura Haru? Are you kidding me? Am I that kind of person? Okumura Haru has a fiancé! How could I do such an immoral thing!!!

The most important thing is - there are already enough girls who are closely connected with Jiang Tianwei, and it's troublesome enough! And you want to increase the number!? I've suffered a lot in Hawaii, okay! ! !

Seeing Jiang Tianwei's innocent face, Fang Zexia nodded reluctantly and said, "Then let's go and take a look. I'm also concerned about the split over there with Joker."

Jiang Tianwei thought: (I don’t believe you… You were just suggesting going home… Oh, you are a ghost, so it’s okay.)

Back to Amamiya Ren...well...there's nothing much to say.

It's easy to imagine that if you rely on your two legs to race against a car, the result is self-evident.

The result is the start of the Phantom Thieves’ first Cognitive Space Marathon.

The first person to be eliminated was, of course, Sakura Futaba.

As a super homebody who never leaves the house and the longest distance she has ever walked is to the entrance to pick up a package, how can you expect her to have the physical strength?

And the second person to be eliminated... a bit surprisingly, it was Ryuji!

Although Ryuji actually practices track and field, and running should be his strong point, don't forget that his legs were once broken by Kamoshida, which left him with huge and indelible pain both physically and mentally.

He still had the physical strength to hold on, but his old leg injury relapsed and the pain forced him to slow down.

If it were in reality, his leg injury could actually allow him to run farther. However, this is a cognitive space, and people's cognition of themselves will also be reflected in their physical abilities. This is one of the main reasons why Amamiya Ren is just an ordinary high school student in reality, without any outstanding physical strength, but can perform so many gorgeous moves like the legendary great thief in the cognitive space.

The same goes for Long Si, because his leg injury has left a deep imprint in his cognition. Once he does something that makes him realize, "Could it be possible that my leg injury will relapse?", this cognition will really be reflected in him.

Anne Takamaki and Ryuji Sakamoto gave up at about the same time.

As a model, she is physically fit, but unfortunately, she wears a pair of high-heeled leather boots with her thief costume. This is why countless girls make fun of her: "A game character can actually run in high heels?!"

Even a girl like An Takamaki, who usually wears high-heeled boots, finally succumbed to the power of high heels. Ladies always have to pay a small price for their love of beauty.

The result was that it became a race between Amamiya Ren and the car...

However, it is obvious that Amamiya Ren can never outrun a car in terms of speed, so he had to change his approach and summon his persona, Garuda.

Although Garuda is a bird and its main function is to fly, he can't care about that now. He sits on the back of the giant bird and orders it to catch up with Morgana.

Until now, Amamiya Ren suddenly noticed a problem...

"So, why don't I just summon the persona from the beginning and then we can all chase together?"

In a trance, Amamiya Lian seemed to hear the heart-wrenching wails of his teammates: "Boss, you just remembered?!"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 610: Irregular driving, relatives shed tears

Morgana moved very quickly, and Amamiya Ren was not slow either. The man and the cat rushed one after the other in the cognitive space, performing a strange show of speed and passion.

"Mona-chan, they seem to be catching up?"