Persona: Devil Summoner

Ryuji was about to step forward and say something, but Takamaki An pulled his arm and shook her head. She turned to Shinjima and said, "Let's go find the secret treasure first."

"I'll go support Actor."

Togo Ichiraku also said this and ran upstairs quickly.

This is when girls' attentiveness comes into play. They understand very well that in this situation, the two sisters should talk alone, and it is not convenient for outsiders like them to be present.

Shinjima nodded gratefully to his companions.

Niijima Sae grabbed her sister's shoulders and supported her body: "Only the winner is righteous. If you lose, it will be meaningless!"

"Sister, you are so wrong..."

Shinjima looked at his sister for a long while, and could only utter these words.

Yes, what else could she say?

From the sister's perspective, the murderer who forced her to this point was everyone in this family.

It is the parents who died early and the younger sister.

Everyone put pressure on Sae Niijima, forcing her to become extremely outstanding and to support a family.

One of the murderers who forced Niijima Sae into this situation was Niijima Makoto himself.

"Wrong? How could I be wrong! In this world, strength is justice! Isn't it the same for you Phantom Thieves? You rely on your mysterious powers to do whatever you want! If only I had this kind of power!"

Shinjima was stunned by what Sae Niijima said. His sister bit her lip and retorted, "No, we the Phantom Thieves are for justice and for those who are suffering... There are too many cases that cannot be touched by the judicial process."

"Yes! I know, of course I know! So, to get rid of all those criminals, you need strong power! Status, power! Just talking won't protect them!"

Facing her sister's heart-wrenching declaration, the younger sister just shook her head and said, "No. Sister, I understand your feelings very well. You want to ban all the dark sides that the law cannot touch, and the Phantom Thieves are also working in this direction. But... the purpose is important, but the means are equally important. If you use false evidence for this purpose, or even forcibly identify innocent people as the scapegoat, it is not acceptable."

"Really, you don't understand anything..."

“I understand…”

Shinjima hugged his sister's shoulders.

In the past, I just thought that my sister, as the pillar of the family, was my role model, but I didn’t notice that this arm that supports the family is so slender.

"Sister... Think back, the first sister. The sister who admired our father, wanted to be a prosecutor, and punished evildoers... That's your true heart, right? It's not too late now."

"My...justice?"

Shin Niijima hugged his dazed sister even tighter.

The two sisters just hugged each other without saying anything.

"This is a secret treasure, right?"

Kitagawa Yusuke suddenly came over and started talking.

Should I say that he is indeed a steel artist who cannot read the atmosphere? He completely ignored the kindness of Gao Juan and Yi Er San...

He was holding a metal box in his hand, and he opened the box in front of the two sisters.

Inside the box that looked to be of considerable value was a [Police Manual].

However, it was different from the national lacquered booklet, which was made of cardboard. It was painted dark green with a lot of green crayons. When it was opened, there were two cute girls' faces drawn on it. Although the drawing was very simple and it could be seen that the painter's level was not high, it was still possible to recognize from some features that they were the two sisters Niijima Sae.

Beneath the smiling faces of the two sisters, the police badge painted in gold and blue is simple yet full of charm.

Kitagawa Yusuke does not intend to ask too many questions about the story in this manual. Just by looking at it, you can roughly guess the story of the two sisters.

Back then, before the Niijima family collapsed, there was a pair of sisters who promised to become honest and excellent police officers like their father.

"real……"

Niijima Sae looked silently at the crude police manual in his hand, wanting to cry but unable to.

Shinjima Shinya responded to her with the same silence.

Hiding aside and secretly observing, Gao Juan Xing couldn't help but sniff: "It's so touching..."

"Hey, is there anything worth being moved by?"

Ryuji looked at Gao Juan Xing incomprehension, but was met with a ruthless elbow from Xing-sama: "You just don't understand!"

"……I see."

Niijima Sae's voice was low and she sounded very tired... She handed the "Secret Treasure Police Manual" that she treasured to Niijima Makoto.

This is probably the only one among all the Phantom Thieves who changed their targets and voluntarily handed over his treasure.

"Thank you...sister. - I...I'll wait for you at home. When you come back, we sisters can have a good chat."

The Phantom Thieves left, leaving Niijima Sae alone in the palace that was shaking and collapsing. The shattered ceiling revealed a bright starry night.

In the past, she had never imagined that in such a dark night sky, there would be such beautiful and bright stars twinkling.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 658 Celebration Banquet!

The Niijima family is very lively today, more lively than ever before.

Contrary to the "there must be a party before the war" in the Super Robot Wars series, today is the celebration party of the Phantom Thieves. According to the sentence structure above, it means "there must be a party after the war."

After a long time, the Phantom Thieves can finally get together again.

Jiang Tianwei was a person who loved to be busy. He waved his hand and said: All the expenses today will be on me. This sentence is like the result of going to a gigolo or a sex shop, that is, these best friends who will not be polite to you will not care about the life or death of your wallet.

Ryuji yelled, "I'm going to eat fried chicken until I puke today!" and ran out to make a fried chicken order. Takamaki An's eyes lit up, "Really?! You can eat anything? I have so many snacks I want to eat!"

Amamiya Lian thought about it. This opportunity is rare. This kind of free meal is not available all the time. Since the budget is not limited, then of course...

“Shall we order Lou Blanc’s curry?”

"Absolutely not. Boss! It's a rare treat and you're going to eat this?! Let's eat something you can't eat on weekdays!"

When Ryuji heard Amamiya Ren say this, he hurried over to interrupt. Amamiya Ren nodded thoughtfully: "That makes sense - then let's order Lubron's hidden special curry."

"No, bro, you've been eating it for months and you're not tired of it yet?!"

Long Si showed a shocked expression, shook his head and went to continue ordering. It was rare for Jiang Tianwei to treat him, so he wanted to order all the food that he usually couldn't bear to eat, just like a crosstalk actor: "Cook this for me, anyway, the big boss is paying the bill, why are you saving him money?!"

"In that case, can we order deluxe sushi or something?"

Fang Zejin clasped her hands together and asked Jiang Tianwei, who nodded in agreement. Who would refuse the request of such a cute school girl?

"Well, I, I still want to eat Aijia's beef rice bowl..."

"point."

"Also... I want to try some ramen..."

"point."

“There are also Chinese dumpling sets…”

"Order—didn't I tell you that you can really finish it?"

Jiang Tianwei only knew that this school girl ate a lot, but he didn't expect her to eat so much.

Shinjima sat obediently next to his sister and secretly looked at his sister who had a sad face.

Although she confessed to her sister that she was a Phantom Thief, to be honest, she was still very nervous.

You have to know that having one's heart changed only takes away the other person's twisted desires and turns them into an ordinary person, but it does not mean that the person will obey everything. The palace master confessed his crimes because ordinary people cannot bear such great psychological pressure.

However, there are many things that are "common sense" that cannot be solved. For example, who would want their children to give up a good job and become a thief? Is the salary guaranteed? What about the five social insurances and one housing fund? What about the pension? Is there room for promotion?

In particular, Shinjima's original ambition was to become a policeman.

However, it is basically impossible now.

This kind of agency has very strict review of people's resumes. Even if there are criminals among the relatives, it will not be accepted, not to mention that she herself is a thief, an illegal profession.

"Um... what do you want to eat, sister? I, I can help you order?"

"No... Really, I'm not in a position to accept your invitation. Besides, it's still hard for me to accept it..."

Niijima Sae sighed.

Although she had guessed that the thieves were from Shujin Academy, she did not expect that they were actually a group of students. She originally thought that there might be some teachers involved.

Moreover, I am a prosecutor after all, and I cannot accept other people's kindness casually, otherwise it will easily affect my neutral position.

"Hey - what a rigid woman! Come on, come on, someone's treating us, Lala-chan, bring out the best wine! Champagne tower, champagne tower...ah, isn't this Lala-chan's store? Hey~"

The person who said this was Da Zhai Yizi, the reporter who had previously performed crosstalk with Jiang Tianwei.

Of course, she is a collaborator of the Phantom Thieves, and she is on Amamiya Ren's side. As a journalist, she has a fairly extensive (at least for a high school student) network of relationships, and can easily find a lot of inside information.

It was also because of her special identity that she was asked by Amamiya Ren to organize a phantom thief interview, mainly to stimulate Niijima Sae.

Niijima Sae is different from ordinary palace masters. In real life, she is a very talented person with very tight mental defenses. Sending an ordinary notice letter may not have the expected effect, so Jiang Tianwei has been doing his best to provoke her nerves these days, making her collapse and drive her crazy.

Oya Ichiko's words made Niijima Sae frown: "Don't drink in broad daylight! It has a bad influence on children!"

"Hey, there are no children here, they are all adults! They are all mature thieves~"

"Stop making excuses. This is my home. If I say no, it means no."

"Stingy... Then I can only order soda."

Seeing Prosecutor Niijima Sae collapse like this, Okumura Haru stood up embarrassedly and bowed deeply to her: "Well, I'm really sorry that we have caused you trouble."

"It's okay. Well, I'm worried about my side..."

Niijima Sae said this and sighed again.

Yes, for her, there was one thing that was even more unacceptable than having a thief in her family and having her sister be a thief.

That is, although nothing was obtained from the previous conversation with Goro Akechi that could be used as evidence "at the judicial level", it can be concluded that Shido Masayoshi is the enemy and that he was the one who secretly directed the cripplementation.

Logically speaking, now that we know who the ultimate enemy is, we can start preparing to arrest him.

But the problem is that now Shido Seiji has basically controlled the entire Japanese government through his dirty tricks. Now politicians are enemies, police are enemies, prosecutors are enemies, and even public opinion may be the enemy.

The House of Representatives election will be held at the end of this year, on December 12.

It is nominally an election, but it is now basically certain that Masayoshi Shido will be elected Prime Minister of Japan.

From Niijima Sae's point of view, whether as a prosecutor or as an adult, she does not want the Phantom Thieves to continue interfering in Shido Justice's affairs.

As a prosecutor, she found it difficult to accept the need to rely on things outside the judiciary.

As an adult, she felt ashamed to have to rely on a group of high school students who were still in school.

But the saddest thing was that she really had no choice. Shi Tong was too righteous. If she tried to resist him, he would immediately find a reason to remove her from her position.

This is the dark side of justice. Although the law is merciless, those who are responsible for interpreting and applying the law are "reasonable."

Thinking of this, Niijima Sae sighed again.

"Hey, everyone!"

Suddenly, Ryuji Sakamoto's cheerful and heartless voice was heard from the door.

"Our meal is here!"

He opened his arms wide, and each arm was hung with paper and plastic bags of various sizes.

"Come on, come on! Everyone must be tired, it's time to eat and drink!"

Before Long Si finished speaking, Jiang Tianwei stood up with a smile and scolded, "What a joke, Long Si, I'll be the host if anyone wants to host it, don't forget that I'm the one who pays, you bastard! Ahem, everyone - in short, eat and drink well! Throw all the unpleasant questions after the banquet!"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 659: Today's Meal at the Niijima Family

The banquet went smoothly. After all, it was just a meal, how could there be any problems?

I can only say that everyone in the Phantom Thieves was really rude.

How exaggerated is it? The dining table of the Niijima family simply couldn't hold so much food, so even the coffee table next to the sofa and the folding dining table that had hardly been used were moved up, a total of three tables were put down.

There were all kinds of delicious food on the table, and they wanted to order all the food that everyone had heard of. After all, someone was treating us! It would be a waste if we didn't eat the free food. With this simple idea, the meal at the Niijima family today was really sumptuous.

It is worth mentioning that Okumura Haru, as the daughter of Okumura Food, was originally planning the banquet. However, Okumura Food is now under investigation, and Okumura Kuniwa is directly "protected" at the police station, so basically all stores are closed for rectification.

Originally, Kunikazu Okumura was planning to rent out Daysney World to organize a trip for his employees - it seemed that before the change of heart, too many employees had been criticizing the leadership, so the leadership had to step in and calm everyone down.