Persona: Devil Summoner

"Live broadcast?"

"live streaming?!"

Niijima was becoming increasingly confused about what he was going to do.

As expected, Jiang Tianwei was a top-notch [Phantom] thief. It was hard to find anyone as strange as him anywhere in the world.

"Yeah, I'm so popular now, it would be a big loss if I don't live stream. This is an era where traffic is king. Do you know how popular the Phantom Thief peripherals are in stores? Those are all pirated. Today I'm here in person! All the traffic is mine! Ah, I'm a little excited when I think that I'll soon be able to ride a bicycle, eat a roujiamo, get a Shamatte haircut, and reach the peak of my life."

Jiang Tianwei became happier and happier as he spoke, as if he was no longer a thief on bail, but a web celebrity who was about to become the world's number one...

Shinjima looked incredulous: "You, you are not mentally ill, are you? Have you been drugged? I saw it on TV like this..."

"...Oh, you're right, it's about taking medicine! This is a good joke, I wonder if YouTube will limit the flow of drug jokes."

Shinjima found that he really couldn't keep up with his train of thought, so he gave up and concentrated on cooking.

Today, her sister came back for a rare occasion, so she certainly wouldn't make do with frozen curry. While she was officially making the curry, she was still thinking about Jiang Tianwei's matter...

If he is not crazy, then he must have his own reasons for doing this...

At first glance, what he is doing now seems to be for the purpose of making money, but considering that he is not short of money and that in the current situation, he does not have many places to spend money, it should not be so superficial.

So, the most likely reason is traffic?

Is raising your profile... a protective measure?

As long as he is well-known on the Internet, everyone is paying close attention to him, so the National Security Bureau and others can't do anything to him? It's unreasonable, isn't it? He is made of steel and is not afraid of torture. What does he have to be afraid of?

Or is there any other meaning if everyone recognizes his identity as a phantom thief?

I can't understand...

Although Shinjima couldn't see through the whole plan, he vaguely felt that Jiang Tianwei was playing a game of chess, a very big game...

(I'll contact Togo-san later. She's the best at playing chess.)

How's Niijima's craftsmanship?

“It’s very ordinary.”

Jiang Tianwei gave such an evaluation.

Niijima Sae frowned and said, "If you don't want to eat, you can order takeout."

"Well, I didn't say I don't eat - it's just that, usually, from the perspective of character building, the student council president either can't cook at all, or is a culinary genius, right? This kind of half-baked person is not acceptable, he will be cut off by Shueisha!"

Niijima Saeya probably realized that he couldn't complain too much to this guy. If he complained about everything, it would be too tiring.

She had already seen that Jiang Tianwei was fearless, and now she felt like she was experiencing the mythological era in person. After all, in the mythological era, there would always be similar guys, right? Invulnerable to swords and guns, water and fire, no matter if it was demons or evil spirits or something else, even during the Taira Masakado Rebellion, Taira Masakado was said to be such a monster.

This kind of monster is more painful to actually see than just to look at. It is not easy to deal with...

Moreover, Jiang Tianwei was obviously stalling for time... Niijima Sae didn't know what he was stalling for. But... from the point of view of stalling for time, he was almost the same.

She was waiting for the people above to discuss and come up with a conclusion.

Once the final conclusion is reached, all that remains is to "find a way" to convict him.

Now because the entire network is paying attention, the people at the top are still thinking about how to calm public opinion without arousing public anger.

Yes, despite the report of Okumura's death, surprisingly, the popularity of the Phantom Thieves remains high... because many people are saying that it is a good thing to kill such a wicked man, and he deserves to die! Some people even posted comments like "My teacher is also a bad guy, you should kill him too".

It’s messy, it’s too messy.

By the way, during dinner, Shinjima brought up the issue of Jiang Tianwei's room again.

"Why not just let him live in Dad's room?"

Niijima Sae said this without any resistance at all.

Normally, such rooms would be treated as precious memories and carefully preserved, such as the case with the Yoshizawa family.

However, Niijima Sae does not have any special respect for his father.

Shinjima carefully mentioned his father's affairs. Saeki sighed and said helplessly, "Then let him sleep on the sofa."

"Wow, can't you let me sleep in the same room with one of you two? - Pretend I didn't say anything..."

As soon as Jiang Tianwei said this, the beautiful sisters glared at him together, and their momentum immediately overwhelmed him.

It seems that living with a beautiful woman will be an interesting life.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 640 You are also a Phantom Thief, I am also a Phantom Thief, we are all Phantom Thieves

"Hey, good evening, everyone. The Phantom Thief-channel is now live! I am the Phantom Thief whose true identity was recently revealed, and I am called Jiang Tianwei. Please forgive me for coming to your place. Yes, we have our own channel! Dear viewers who love Phantom Thieves, I miss you so much."

Jiang Tianwei smiled brightly towards the computer camera.

From the opening that stole a lot of jokes, we can guess that this person is serious about opening a channel to do live broadcasts? !

Logically speaking, there seems to be no problem: after all, traffic = money, which is something everyone in this era knows. As long as there are people paying attention, you can really make money doing anything. It is said that top internet celebrities can make 100 million yuan by promoting products in one night, and the unit is not Japanese yen but RMB.

No wonder Mr. Wang said "set a small goal first". Look at the top Internet celebrities who can make 100 million in a day. It's really a small goal! There are 365 days in a year. Assuming he can live to be 80 years old, excluding the possibility that he may not have the energy to be an Internet celebrity for various reasons in the previous and next 20 years, with such a rough calculation, he can make more than 2 trillion! This does not include the fact that he will continue to gain fans in the future!

However, as Shinjima Shin analyzed before, Jiang Tianwei really didn't care much about the money - if he really wanted money that much, he could just use his mind-changing ability to change a few bankers, make them give all their money to him, and then brainwash them to commit suicide to take the blame. He didn't do this because he had many things in his heart that were more important than money.

His action was actually instructed by Bai Zhongzhidou.

Before, before he was caught, Naoto had warned him not to use force - that is, to use his brain, right?

So Jiang Tianwei started to think about the great man who was good at using strategies in his memory. Then, he suddenly thought of the "Lelouch" he had joked about in the interrogation room before. This once popular character was very popular at that time because of his beauty, wisdom, decisiveness and forbidden love.

Jiang Tianwei adapted the strategy of the Black Knights' million-man escape in the plot. The official said that the masked man ZERO could escape alone, so everyone present put on masks and said they were the masked man zero. As a result, the official didn't know what to do.

This is what Jiang Tianwei is preparing to do.

He is very sure that once his live broadcast starts today, the Phantom Thief craze will definitely reach a new level, and there will definitely be a group of fearless anchors who will start calling themselves Phantom Thieves.

So, muddy the water first!

So, what happens next?

Well...after that...hiss...after that——it all depends on the great Detective Baek Jong’s powerful brain!

Yes, he didn’t have a better next step. In short, he just did it according to his own ideas.

Jiang Tianwei's channel was newly applied for today.

Then, during the live broadcast, the number of followers exceeded 10 in one go. When Jiang Tianwei greeted him, the number of followers had exceeded 20, heading for higher numbers.

Anyone who has watched YouTube knows that this website is famous for its "bullet screen". As soon as Jiang Tianwei started the live broadcast and said hello, a large number of barrage screens immediately flooded his live broadcast room.

To sum it up:

Usually the kid passing by says: "First!" "wwwwww"

Skeptic: "Are you really a Phantom Thief? What evidence do you have? Please prove your identity with up to three pieces of evidence in three sentences (25 words or less)."

Crazy fans: "Mr. Kaito! We will always love you!"

Appearance control (probably female, but male is also possible): "Wow! The thief is so handsome! Come and steal me! My body and heart are waiting for you!"

As for how to prove that I am a Phantom Thief...

Jiang Tianwei smiled and said, "Why should I prove something like this? Isn't it the police who need to prove this?"

Yes, that's right! This is indeed the job of the police, right?

The person who informed on Jiang Tianwei was a criminal, and the news had spread all over Xiujin Academy long ago. A student was actually secretly arrested yesterday afternoon. Although most people did not see the face of the arrested student, their "brain-filling" ability made everyone firmly believe that the person they saw was Jiang Tianwei.

So, Jiang Tianwei = Phantom Thief, this has become a fixed mindset.

What Jiang Tianwei needs to prove is not that he is a Phantom Thief, but that he is Jiang Tianwei. This is not difficult, as long as he takes out his student ID card, it will be evidence.

As soon as it was confirmed that Jiang Tianwei was him, the comments went crazy. Some people asked about the next target, some asked why he killed people, some asked if the cripple was related to the phantom thief, some asked about the details of previous crimes, and some asked about the method of committing crimes. In order to make Jiang Tianwei notice the crazy comments, many people posted eye-catching comments, which can be understood as paying money to prevent their comments from being deleted by the comments.

Of course, Jiang Tianwei just made up a few vague remarks about these things.

"The next target? How can such a thing be made public? Then the next target will escape - although he can't get out of my palm!"

Jiang Tianwei is probably a natural actor. He was a little restrained at the beginning, but now he has begun to let himself go. He handsomely stretched out his hand towards the screen and grabbed a ball of air. The next second, he opened his palm and a ball of fire came out.

"Fuck you, Kyoto!"

"Real-life CG?"

"Phantom Thief, you're also a magician!"

"It's magic, it's magic! I saw it at Hogwarts!"

Jiang Tianwei was very satisfied with the show and blew out the flame in his hand. Continue to answer the following questions.

"Murder? Disable? No, no, that's not what we did. Let me tell you, we are also investigating this. After all, Phantom Thief is the recipe for justice~ Huh? This joke is too old? It's been more than ten years old, right? No way?!"

"Ah, you ask why we have to attack those people? Because they are all scum. So, all good citizens, you must be good children, otherwise, the Kaito brother will come to your house and steal your heart!"

"How do we change their hearts? That's easy. We first sneak into their hearts and then catch the evil resentment. Then the resentment will turn into a big devil, and we will use the Flame Fist on him."

Jiang Tianwei's speech was full of humor, and mixed with some truth. This kind of statement that mixed truth with lies would make people feel that the truth was also false.

Jiang Tianwei was happy during the live broadcast, but on the other side, everyone in front of the screen had different feelings.

When Niijima Sae noticed this, veins on her forehead bulged and her teeth were almost broken. If she wasn't afraid of being caught on video and causing a bad reaction, she would have wanted to go down and stop him.

The members of the Phantom Thieves were all very surprised. How could this person tell everything? Especially Sakamoto Ryuji, who hugged the screen with a look of sorrow on his face: "Jiang Jiang... How could you do such a thing - I also want to be popular!"

Some people who were saved by the Phantom Thieves finally knew their savior until this moment...

Ling Jing Zhihan looked at the familiar face on the screen in disbelief. She had never expected that the person who saved her from suffering was so close to her.

At the gate where the Sakurano Group was sealed off, Sakurano Ei was sitting with her knees hugged, with Jiang Tianwei's video playing on her mobile phone. The girl had a melancholy expression on her face, and did not react to the people in the video, as if she had nothing to do with the Phantom Thief.

Finally, there was a girl wearing clothes that looked like she came out of Alice in Wonderland. She looked at the screen in disbelief: "President, is it a thief? This..."

Her eyes were confused at first, but then they became firm: "If it's this president... he will definitely understand me... I will definitely be able to start my life anew..."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 641: I can’t go to school, so I can only stay at home and play games

As expected, Jiang Tianwei was severely scolded by Niijima Sae while having breakfast.

It's no wonder, who would so brazenly call himself a criminal!

What makes Niijima Sae even more angry is that this group of criminals are not ashamed of themselves but proud of it. How can the people be so superficial? Why do they have to worship such thieves when there are so many people to worship?

What's wrong with Japanese netizens nowadays! Why are they so crazy about this guy! They simply can't tell right from wrong! If this continues, how terrible will the social environment in Japan become!

Just like the star effect, Jiang Tianwei's popularity immediately touched the sensitive nerves of some people. Smelling a new outlet, the already commercialized thief craze has become even more intense.

First of all, just as Jiang Tianwei predicted, with him as the starting point, just one day had passed, and there were almost ten channels on the Internet claiming to be thieves with more than 100,000 fans, and the trend is getting more and more intense.

What about "Three sentences, changed eighteen hearts, I am a thief who is well versed in human nature", "Don't let us thieves see you in the future, you will definitely suffer the consequences if we see you!", "Thief, the thief is the thief, the thief is the thief. Today I stole a batch of fine goods from XX, and I'm giving benefits to the family members in the live broadcast room!"...

Then, as soon as Jiang Tianwei came off the air, a bunch of companies immediately bombarded his private messages. Some were asking for authorization, some were researching new products, some wanted some information, some wanted a personal interview... Wow, it really is...

Jiang Tianwei became a famous celebrity overnight.

Shinjima had mixed feelings.

The worrying part, of course, is Jiang Tianwei's case. His act of exposing his identity as a thief does carry risks, and they are not small.

Rather, it can be said that only Jiang Tianwei could play like this. If it were anyone else, they would have been arrested.

The happy part... Of course it's because I haven't had dinner with my sister Niijima Sae for a long time.

In order to raise her younger sister, the elder sister suffered a lot and now has become a complete workaholic, completely focusing on work. Getting promoted and getting rich have become the goals of her life rather than the means.

Especially after the Phantom Thieves became more and more powerful, Niijima Sae wished she could live in the office every day. Today, she finally met her sisters again.

After eating, Shinjima looked at the time, said "I'm leaving," and went to school with his schoolbag.

"Thank you for your hospitality."

Jiang Tianwei said this and was about to follow Shinjima Makoto to walk out.

"Wait a minute, where are you going?"

Niijima Sae reacted quickly and grabbed Jiang Tianwei's wrist.

"Going to school? I'm a high school student after all."