Persona: Devil Summoner

In response to Jiang Tianwei's speech, Mishima Yuki expressed his opposition quite excitedly.

This is the type of person who doesn't listen to the advice of elders.

Jiang Tianwei was too lazy to persuade him. This kid had obviously watched too many maid-themed movies and had fantasies about maids. As a result, he made a lot of unrealistic assumptions. His brain filter was too thick. People like this often need a beating from reality...

Jiang Tianwei silently took a step back. Looking at his retreat, Mishima Yuki sighed: "I thought I could reach a consensus with Jiang!"

"Well, that boy probably has different tastes!"

It is obvious that Sakamoto Ryuji has drawn a clear line between himself and Jiang Tianwei, who doesn't like maids. Amamiya Ren pushed her glasses and suddenly said, "Maybe he likes black stockings."

This sudden remark made the already awkward situation even more awkward. The three of them looked at each other, and finally Long Si coughed dryly: "Anyway, anyway! Aren't you curious! Maid!"

"Yes! Look, it says here, 'Any service is available'... So what services are they?! For, for justice! We, we have to find out!"

Yuki Mishima is talking nonsense, and I guess he himself doesn't believe it. He just wants to find a reason to justify himself.

Jiang Tianwei shook his head and walked away silently, thinking in his heart:

(How foolish you are, you innocent little chicks. When you call Kawakami-sensei, you will be punished...)

For some reason, Jiang Tianwei couldn't calm down for the whole afternoon. He was torn between his conscience and his desires.

There is no doubt that Mishima's behavior of wanting to summon a maid to do research is disgusting... But, this is also the inherent restlessness of adolescence! Why did I call Teacher Kawakami? Isn't it also because of curiosity?

And... although I didn't go along with them, as their friend, is it really okay to do this? A true friend, shouldn't he try his best to help them even though he knows he's done something wrong? That's what a brother should be!

Jiang Tianwei thought so in his heart, and secretly made up his mind...

(What's wrong with these three people having fantasies about maids!!! What's wrong with having a longing for cute girls!!! Reality is already so cruel! What's wrong with having a little fantasy to comfort a tired body!)

Jiang Tianwei secretly made up his mind: Today, let me, your brother, escort you!

Thinking of this, it was time to go home from school. Jiang Tianwei silently took out his cell phone and prepared to contact Teacher Kawakami to come over... However, at this moment, a text message suddenly popped up at the right time.

"You've finished school, right? I've already made some progress on the matter I asked you to investigate yesterday. Is it convenient for us to talk about it?"

Just by looking at the content, one can guess that it is Baek Jong Naoto.

Look, this is called professionalism!

Just one day had passed and the matter was already clarified.

Jiang Tianwei quickly replied: "Convenient. Where shall we meet?"

The other party quickly replied: "I am still investigating other cases. If you have time, please call me."

One could see his capable temperament between the lines, and Jiang Tianwei admired him even more.

Although Fang Zexia's question was not a private topic, he still felt a little embarrassed to talk about a cute female classmate behind her back, so he looked around for a private place.

Originally, the school rooftop was a great place, undisturbed on weekdays. Unfortunately, now the rooftop is blocked and no one can go up there.

I wanted to find a secret corner, but Jiang Tianwei rarely came to school on weekdays. Now "I regret not having enough time at school", I didn't know where to hide, so I could only hide in the corners of the wall and dial Bai Zhongzhidou's cell phone number...

About 500 meters away, on the rooftop opposite to Xiujin College, Bai Zhongzhidou's cell phone rang. The famous detective in blue was holding a large telescope and pointing it at the location of Xiujin College. He had seen all of Jiang Tianwei's actions just now.

You said you want to investigate the case? That's not wrong. Isn't investigating your case also investigating the case?

Before, he had given Jiang Tianwei the right to choose without leaving any trace. From his choice, we can see his attitude towards Fang Zexia. If it didn't matter, he would have called casually. If it was a topic that had to be kept secret, he would have found a place where no one was around. But now, he couldn't find a secret place, so he gave up and called from a random place.

(Just as I guessed before, he asked me to investigate this girl, either to test me, or this issue was not that important to him and he did not want to suffer any loss.).

Bai Zhongzhidou thought so and picked up the phone.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 60: Will Chuunibyou also occur in high school?

Baek Jong Naoto's voice, once transmitted through the phone, sounded calm and logical.

However, the truth about Fang Ze Xia makes people feel "So this is who she is?!".

This can't help but remind people of the online game-themed anime that was very popular a few years ago. In the sequel, a gun appeared that could directly shoot players outside the game. It turned out that the crime was committed by accomplices. One shot the target in the game, and the other assassinated the player in reality. It really didn't feel sophisticated at all.

The truth about Fang Zexia is the same...

Why are there two Fang Zexia?

That’s of course because the other one is not Fang Ze Xia at all!

According to Bai Zhongzhidou's investigation, Fang Zexia was indeed dead, and it was not a lie.

Now, the person who enrolled in Shujin Academy was not Kasumi Yoshizawa, but her twin sister, Sumire Yoshizawa!

"If you want evidence, you can look carefully at the corners of their eyes. Sister Fang Zexia has a teardrop mole at the corner of her eye. The younger sister doesn't have one."

Baek Jong Nao-doo made a thorough judgment based on this point that Jiang Tianwei wanted to investigate Fang Zexia not because of his love for her. How could a fan not remember a feature like a teardrop mole?

So, the next question that arises is why he would do this to himself.

Whatever the reason, Bai Zhongzhidou's intuition told him that this man was the key to solving the mystery.

The mystery of Fang Zexia's death has been solved, but Jiang Tianwei still can't understand it... Just a while ago, Fang Ze told him clearly that her name was Fang Zexia.

Kasumi is pronounced as "卡私密" in Japanese, while Sumire is pronounced as "私密列" in Japanese. No matter how you think about it, it can't be a slip of the tongue! If you say that you can't tell the difference between [Liu Yang] and [Liu Yang], it's understandable, but how could Kasumi and Sumire, which are completely different in pronunciation and writing, be mistaken?

Of course, Baekjong Naoto also did some research on this... In other words, as a famous detective, how could he ignore such details?

"What I'm going to say next is my personal reasoning. The time is too short and I haven't investigated it directly. But I estimate it to be pretty close."

Although it was clearly a guess, Bai Zhong Zhidou's tone was full of certainty.

The relationship between Yoshizawa Kasumi and Yoshizawa Sumire is very good, so good that they are almost one person. Moreover, both sisters are rising stars in rhythmic gymnastics. The elder sister is rated as a genius and is expected to challenge the world champion. The younger sister is also quite talented.

Perhaps because of this, when the elder sister died, it had a huge impact on the younger sister's spirit...

According to Bai Zhongzhidou's investigation, Yoshizawa Sumire had countless records of consulting psychologists in the months after Yoshizawa Kasumi's death. Maybe it was hired by her family? Most of the names appeared a few times and then changed.

Only the last time, the psychiatrist in charge was called Takuto Maruki.

He was the last psychiatrist Sumire Yoshizawa had contact with. After that, she never used a psychiatrist again.

Moreover, she returned to school the day after she met with Dr. Maruki Takuto. It can be assumed that after meeting with Dr. Maruki Takuto, Sumire Yoshizawa went from a state of severe psychological trauma to a state where she could go to school. What happened in between? It is unknown.

The main reason why Shiraishi Naoto did not investigate Maruki Takuto was because there was no need.

Because of the special nature of their work, psychiatrists will never betray their patients. If the patient has committed a serious crime, that's another matter. But like now, you want to try to get information about Sumire Yoshizawa from him? That's impossible.

Although there may be written materials or medical records left behind, stealing them is considered illegal intrusion. As a detective, you cannot break the law. Especially when the target of the investigation has no possibility of breaking the law, it is strictly forbidden to break the law. This kind of evidence is meaningless in law.

"My guess is that Maruki Takuto used some psychological hypnosis techniques to make her think that she was Kasumi Yoshizawa."

Although this situation is rare, there are examples. Living is painful, especially when someone may not like himself, it will only make him feel more painful. If his life changes drastically under this premise, the situation just mentioned may occur: thinking that he is another person. Generally speaking, he thinks that he is a relative who has long passed away, or the person he trusts the most.

Because it is too difficult to be yourself. You want to be someone else, you want to transform yourself into someone else, you want to escape from pain... Under various inducements, people may indeed change their memory and cognition in order to escape reality.

"I see……"

After listening to Bai Zhongzhidou's speculation, Jiang Tianwei felt a wave of turbulence in his heart. By the way, although he did not turn on the hands-free function, Fang Zexia's ghost had been staying beside him, listening to his phone calls with her ears tilted, but he did not see any special expression on Fang Zexia's face.

She was neither surprised nor moved, as if she had known it for a long time...

Jiang Tianwei was stunned for a moment, and then he heard Bai Zhongzhidou on the other end of the phone asking: "Is it okay to investigate to this extent?"

"Okay, okay - I have something else to do, I'll contact you next time."

Jiang Tianwei quickly hung up the phone, turned his head suspiciously, and asked Fang Zexia: "You, you don't seem surprised at all?"

"Yeah, I've observed it carefully in the subway before!"

The ghost of Yoshizawa Kasumi pointed at the corner of her eye with a smile: "She doesn't have this, so I guess she is my twin sister or something, not me. And~"

Fang Zexia said, pinching the hem of her evening gown with both hands and turning gorgeously in the air: "If we talk about cuteness, am I cuter?"

"Conceited."

Jiang Tianwei smiled and punched her, but unfortunately, because the other party was a ghost, the punch missed.

"Well, tell me honestly, if you were asked to choose between me and Sumire, who would you choose as your wife?"

"Unfortunately, I have no conscience. Can I touch your conscience?"

"If you don't have it, how can I have it? Conscience is such a rare thing, how can everyone have it?"

The two of them were laughing and joking, luckily no one else saw it, otherwise it would have been a crazy scene.

Wait?! No one saw this?!

Bai Zhongzhidou was hung up on for no apparent reason, and then he saw Jiang Tianwei start dancing alone for no apparent reason...

If he wasn't suffering from Chuunibyou, then this scene would be too scary, right?!

(In other words, is there something around him that others can’t see?!…Others can’t see…?).

Thinking of this, Bai Zhongzhidou thought of something, and quickly took out a pair of glasses from his pocket and put them on. Everything in front of him became blurry... He used a high-powered telescope to spy on Jiang Tianwei...

Sure enough! Beside that person, a translucent figure could be vaguely seen. Although it seemed as if there was frosted glass, one could still roughly tell from the other person's hairstyle and face shape that it was Fang Zexia's figure...

(No wonder he asked me to investigate Yoshizawa Kasumi... Could it be that this series of cases is related to persona... Haha... I didn't expect that after such a long time, I would still miss it... Inaba City's "Self-proclaimed Special Investigation Team"... I also had this kind of youth...)

Bai Zhongzhidou thought so, and without even noticing it, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 61 Brothers can only help you so far

After Jiang Tianwei hung up the phone, it was already long after school.

After joking with Fang Zexia, Jiang Tianwei suddenly noticed a problem...

(I fucking started looking at my phone to support my brothers!).

I remembered……

Jiang Tianwei quickly dialed Victoria's number that was saved in his phone...

"Hello, welcome to Victoria..."

"I want to name a maid! Betty! It's urgent! Very urgent!"

"Okay master, I'll confirm it right away, please wait a moment~".

Jiang Tianwei had never thought that waiting could be such an anxious thing... one second, two seconds... five seconds... ten seconds... Now Jiang Tianwei truly experienced what it meant to feel like a day was a year.

Finally, the sweet voice on the other end of the phone sounded again: "I'm very sorry, master, Betty already has an appointment now. Do you want to postpone the appointment? Or change someone?"

"Um...well, please postpone it for me..."

Jiang Tianwei calculated the time he had answered the phone call... It shouldn't have been too long. Sakamoto Ryuji and the others shouldn't have dialed the number yet, right? Probably... I hope so.

(Brother, I can only help you here!)

Thinking this, Jiang Tianwei went home.

There is a Chinese saying: Do your best and leave the rest to fate.

I have done my best, now it depends on the luck of Long Si and the others.

In order to kill time, Jiang Tianwei was bored and flipping through his phone, looking for an app that could help him kill time.

If there is a choice, of course the best one is an app that can train the skills of deploying troops. After all, his demon summoning program is quite special and can coordinate with many secondary demons to fight, which naturally requires some tactics.

But there is no such special program!

Jiang Tianwei thought about it and suddenly came across a shogi software.

Shogi is a Japanese board game. Its rules are similar to those of Chinese chess and international chess, but the details are slightly different.

It is said that chess games can develop human intelligence and are also called puzzle games, especially chess and shogi, which are based on war themes and are said to train people's tactical strategies.

Although Jiang Tianwei didn't know much about shogi, he still played one. This was to exercise his brain, and definitely not because the APP icon was a beautiful girl!

This app is called "The Strongest 123 Shogi". At first, Jiang Tianwei thought that the meant the first step, the second step, and the third step. It was an app for beginners. But when he opened it, a beautiful girl in a blue school uniform popped up. At about the knee position, it was written in an exaggerated pop font "Beautiful Girl Shogi Player: Dongxiang ", and the subtitles at the bottom read "Come and challenge the beautiful girl chess player!"

It seems that this one, two, three refers to a person's name...

Although I don’t know why this person named Togo Ichiraku came up with such a funny name, her face and temperament do look like a beautiful girl.

The biggest advantage of electronic chess and cards over traditional chess and cards is that your actions are all written in the electronic program. I think in a game with complex rules like chess, the most common problem for novices is that they don't understand which rules the chess piece should follow.

For example, the knight moves day, but how does it move day? Not to mention the rules of blocking the knight's eye, which are easily confusing for beginners. However, electronic chess perfectly avoids this problem. As long as you select the chess piece, it will show where it can go, and you can't move to places where it can't go, so you don't have to worry about it.

While waiting for the head teacher to arrive, Jiang Tianwei played three games with this so-called beautiful girl shogi player, and lost all three. It seemed that the opponent was indeed very skilled - of course, the greater possibility was that Jiang Tianwei was not very skilled, but he would not admit that.