Persona: Devil Summoner

Kitagawa Minghai is truly a master at playing with emotions. This time, he completed his final "emotional outburst" with precision and accuracy.

Moreover, as it was a perfect crime, no one could bring him to justice - because dead people really could not serve their sentences.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 636: Torture? At this moment? Are you kidding?

Somewhere, specifically in the corridor in front of the torture chamber.

The women's high heels made a tapping sound as they stepped on the hard floor.

A lady with long gray hair was walking here with a stern expression.

She is Senior Prosecutor Sae Niijima and also the commander of the Phantom Thief Special Investigation Headquarters. She should have absolute control over matters concerning Phantom Thieves.

That's why she looks so bad now.

She was very annoyed that the police - or rather, the National Security Bureau - had bypassed her and captured the suspect of the Phantom Thieves first.

As I said before, the Phantom Thieves are now a big fish, and everyone wants to catch them quickly and reap the big prize. This is especially true for Niijima Sae.

She was first robbed of her by the Phantom Thieves and changed her mind about Jincheng. That person was supposed to be the target of Niijima Sae's promotion, but he turned himself in. If he turned himself in, the credit would definitely not go to anyone.

Now, the National Security Bureau has taken the lead in the matter of the Phantom Thief...

At the door of the interrogation room, two members of the National Security Bureau were whistling with wandering eyes, and they did not respond to the sounds of brutal beating coming from the interrogation room.

Niijima Sae frowned. She knew this special torture room, which was specially designed to be soundproof. On the other hand, if such an effect could be achieved in a soundproof room, one could imagine what kind of torture was carried out inside...

"How could you torture him without permission?"

Niijima Sae frowned, not out of humanitarianism, but because he was afraid that these people would play too much and actually kill each other.

The two National Security Bureau members looked at each other, and finally spread their hands helplessly: "Senior Prosecutor Niijima, we know it's hard to believe this, but it's better for you to see it with your own eyes."

As they were talking, they opened the door. Niijima Sae curiously went over to take a look, and saw in the center of the room a boy who was tied up, his hands and feet were tied to a chair with iron rings, and next to him were four National Security Bureau members holding all kinds of torture props, including whips and batons, and were whipping the boy's young body fiercely.

The boy who was beaten couldn't even cry out in pain. He was yawning and counting prime numbers: "1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17... So is 1 a prime number?"

Yes, even though he was surrounded and beaten by four strong men, he still didn't look painful at all. When he saw Niijima Sae coming in, he stood up and heard a snapping sound, and the rope tied to his body was directly broken by him.

The metal rings on his arms and legs also made creaking sounds and were twisted and deformed. Fortunately, iron is much stronger than rope, so the rings did not fall off - but on the contrary, the chair under the boy's butt was broken in half by this action. The boy politely extended his hand to Niijima Sae: "Nice to meet you, Prosecutor Niijima. I am Jiang Tianwei, and I am a thief. Please give me your advice."

Niijima Sae glanced around and saw several needles filled with medicine lying on the ground. Judging from how she treated those NSA guys, this should be something like a confession drug, but she didn't understand why they just threw it on the ground instead of injecting it...ah, Niijima Sae took a closer look and understood: because each needle was crooked, as if they were forced into steel.

Yes, the premise of subcutaneous injection is that you have to be able to penetrate the other person's skin. This is why Jiang Tianwei is not afraid of mosquitoes.

They were clearly the ones beating people up, and the National Security Bureau was already out of breath, but Jiang Tianwei looked like nothing had happened, except that his clothes were torn, revealing his fair skin under the tattered school uniform. Surprisingly, there was a "Not for viewing by people under 18 years of age", but everything else was fine.

"You...you know what crime you have committed, right?"

"Phantom Thief Crime?"

Jiang Tianwei responded casually.

Niijima Sae's face was gloomy. She opened the folder in her arms and counted the items one by one: "Business obstruction, intimidation, slander, preparation of murder weapon, suspicion of murder, you are really a problem."

"So how long will my sentence be? I'm a little embarrassed to say this, but I still want to go back to watch the M-1 competition tonight. I love Sandwich Man's performance the most."

(Note: [M-1 Competition], a famous Japanese manzai competition, can be roughly understood as a Chinese crosstalk competition. SandwichMan is translated as [Sandwich Man], a Japanese manzai group, which is very interesting. B station has a translation. PS: One more thing, M-1 competitions are mostly held around the New Year, not in the summer.)

"It's a relief for you not to be sentenced to death."

Niijima Sae said this almost through gritted teeth.

Jiang Tianwei shrugged and said with a smile: "Then I am not afraid. Because you really can't kill me."

Niijima Sae looked at this strange scene and had a preliminary understanding of Jiang Tianwei's "careless" attitude.

"Is this one of your magic tricks that can change people's hearts?"

"Demon magic? This is what you're talking about?"

Jiang Tianwei smiled and put his hands on the table in front of him. He took off one of the iron rings on his leg and hit his hand hard with it.

There was a loud snap, and the table in his hand broke into two pieces, but there was no scar on the back of his hand that was hit by the iron pipe.

"This is not some special ability. As everyone knows, I am Chinese, so it is normal for me to know some Chinese martial arts. This thing is our country's traditional Qigong, ah, this Golden Bell Cover Iron Cloth Shirt, ah, the Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training Golden Bell Cover and so on. Do you want to learn? I can teach you."

Jiang Tianwei's tone was very frivolous.

Many people are afraid of the state's violent organs, mainly because they cannot defeat them. If you are like Jiang Tianwei, knowing that the other party can't do anything to you, then it doesn't matter.

This feeling is like when you are playing Resident Evil and then you activate Feng Ling Yue Ying, it directly turns from Resident Evil to Dynasty Warriors. Who would be afraid then?

"...I ask you, how many accomplices do you have?"

"Accomplices? There are many. All the oppressed people in the world are my accomplices. There has never been a savior of the world, and we don't need gods or emperors. My blood is boiling! I want to fight for the truth!"

Later on, the kid even started singing the Internationale. Niijima Sae was so angry that his teeth were itching. He just hated why he didn't have this kind of superpower. He really wanted to change his mind and make him tell it all!

"Let me ask you again, was it you who spread that confidential video?!"

Niijima Sae's face turned pale, which was the second reason why she was in a bad mood today.

Do you remember that after arresting Jiang Tianwei, the National Security Bureau showed him a confidential interrogation video? It was the one where Beichuan Minghai confessed and then committed suicide?

Originally, this should have been top secret information, and only the person in charge of the interrogation and Kawahara Masaaki who was asked to watch it should have known this clip.

However, just four hours after Jiang Tianwei was arrested, this video was posted on the Internet.

It is unknown who sent the first one.

But, think about it, how popular are the Phantom Thieves in Japan? This kind of video will definitely spread like wildfire across the entire Internet in an instant!

Regardless of whether they are fans of the Phantom Thieves, enemies of the Phantom Thieves, or internet celebrities who want to take advantage of the popularity, everyone has transcribed and forwarded this video for different purposes, or added some of their own opinions and understandings: "Go to youtube and watch the Nine Commentaries on Phantom Thief Jiang Tianwei, the truth is there!"

Anyway, no matter what the reason is, this video has become popular on the entire Internet, and almost everyone is paying attention to who this thief named Jiang Tianwei is.

This will directly put the National Security Bureau and the Special Investigation Department on the moral high ground.

Public opinion is very scary. Now the entire network is demanding that the details of the Phantom Thief be made public... So, Niijima Sae has no way to express his grievances.

Perhaps, it is for this reason that the National Security Bureau so readily agreed to transfer the hot potato of Jiang Tianwei to Niijima Sae. Anyway, you can't get anything out of him.

As for Jiang Tianwei himself, he probably had some guesses about this...

Who else could have done it?

Isn't that definitely the work of that hot woman who reminded me to be careful at that time?

I have to say, this trick is really useful.

It’s hard to say anything else, but the blood pressure and cardiovascular system of those people in the National Security Bureau and the Special Investigation Department are definitely about to explode.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 637 Don’t be obsessed with brother, he is just a legend

"Name."

"Jiang Tianwei."

"gender."

"Wait for me to confirm."

Jiang Tianwei said, pulling down his pants and taking a look: "Female."

"……age."

"Four thousand six hundred million years."

"Where to go to school."

"The toilet next to the Berkeley Primary School in London, USA."

"Be more serious!"

Niijima Sae finally got angry after listening to the other party's nonsense. Jiang Tianwei smiled and said, "Don't be angry, your beautiful face is wasted. I'm not saying anything bad about you, Inspector Niijima, how can you interrogate like this? Look, for interrogation, you have to come up with something, such as coercion, inducement, etc. You didn't even use the beauty trap, and you made me confess. You look down on me too much."

I have never heard of a prisoner being interrogated taking the initiative to chat with the other party and give the other party suggestions on how to interrogate him. Niijima Saeki was so angry that veins on his forehead bulged. The National Security Bureau employee who was listening instinctively asked: "Will you confess if I use the honey trap?"

"I don't know. Why don't you try? You should always try various methods. I will encourage you."

Jiang Tianwei was talking nonsense.

He knew very well that with these people, you can only talk nonsense. No matter what you say, they will twist your meaning and take it out of context. Fortunately, Jiang Tianwei is a man of steel and is not afraid of the other party's hard approach.

It is no exaggeration to say that traditional tortures could not hurt him at all. Among modern tortures, perhaps only the electric chair could cause him some trouble - because the hair would stand up due to the current, which was really damaging to his image. It was very difficult to make them lie down.

Niijima Sae took a few deep breaths, trying to calm himself down, and continued to ask: "Admit that you are a Phantom Thief!"

"I admit it. I never denied it, did I?"

"Then what else did you do? Confess everything!"

"Oh, I was also the Emperor of Japan, the President of the United States, and the 99th Emperor of the Holy Bria Empire. I was responsible for 911/, I crashed the Pentagon, I was responsible for the Hokkaido earthquake, and I was responsible for the Indonesian tsunami - is that enough?"

"..."

Niijima Sae now just hated why this person was born with supernatural powers, otherwise he could just force a confession out of him...

The current situation is that all netizens are paying attention to this matter. Invisible pressure is now on the Special Investigation Department. The head of the Special Investigation Department has also issued a death order, and they must quickly dig out something meaningful from Jiang Tianwei's mouth.

Otherwise, there would be no way to continue detaining Jiang Tianwei.

If it was a secret arrest and no one else knew about it, then that would be fine.

Now that the video has been made public, the grounds for the arrest seem very... well, untenable.

After all, you can't just arrest someone based on a piece of testimony. First of all, whether the testimony is credible is a question.

Now, Jiang Tianwei has obviously figured this out. He smiled at the mad Niijima Sae and said, "What are you doing? Oh, that idiot said I was a Phantom Thief and you believed me. I said I was the Emperor of Japan and you didn't believe me. This is discrimination."

"you shut up……"

Niijima Sae is really about to be angry to death. He was originally a very healthy person, but now he is about to develop high blood pressure due to anger.

What made her most angry was what Jiang Tianwei said, and she had no way of saying anything back.

Indeed, arresting someone without further investigation just because someone pointed the finger at them is not logical or legal, especially when the person making the statement is a criminal himself.

If no evidence can be produced, they will probably be forced to release the person soon.

Once this kind of guy is released back into the mountains, it will be very bad. It will be extremely difficult to catch him.

The most terrifying thing is that it is not clear what means he used to change his mind. What if he retaliates against you after you let him go?

Just when Saeki Niijima was extremely angry but had no idea what to do, suddenly, the door of the interrogation room opened again.

The person who came in this time was a man who looked very majestic.

He had no hair, wore brown glasses, had a chin beard, and was wearing a black suit. He looked like a celebrity.

As soon as he came in, the atmosphere in the interrogation room changed. Several members of the National Security Bureau and Niijima Sae all stood up immediately and stood straight. This small detail was enough to tell Jiang Tianwei a lot of things - for example, the man in front of him was definitely a very powerful person.

"Mr. Lion, why are you here?"

Niijima Sae's tone was polite, but the wrinkles on her brow betrayed her mood.

"Well, I heard that you arrested the Phantom Thief, so I came to see what happened. ——You are really young."

The congressman called Lion Boy turned and looked at Jiang Tianwei.

Jiang Tianwei didn't know him, but nodded anyway.

"So, are the procedures for his arrest complete? There is already solid evidence against him as a Phantom Thief, right? Can I see it? I'm curious about what methods they use to make people reform."

After hearing what Councillor Shi Tong said, everyone fell silent. Because... there was no evidence.

"Yes, it's because of the testimony. Because of the testimony of the criminals we arrested before..."

A member of the National Security Bureau answered timidly. Councillor Shi Tong glared at him and said with some displeasure: "Arrest? I heard that the other party surrendered himself."

"This, is, yes..."

"Besides, whether he is arrested or surrenders himself, he is just a criminal, right? Can the criminal's testimony be used directly as evidence for arrest? Could it be that if the criminal points out that I am a Phantom Thief, are you also going to arrest me and interrogate me?"

"No, no..."

The NSA member broke out in a cold sweat.

Councillor Shi Tong looked around slowly, his tone becoming unhappy: "Young people are always the foundation and backbone of a country, but you, without any solid evidence, have damaged the reputation of a good man just because of a joke made by a criminal! I am really heartbroken! If everyone is like this, how can our people trust our country in the future?"