Persona: Devil Summoner

As a result, after such a mess, Kuniwa Okumura himself could not go. The senior management was not in the mood, and the employees had to accept the investigation and evidence collection. Originally, they should have given up directly, but under the strong suggestion of Kuniwa Okumura, at least on the day of the private reservation, the employees could have a break - so they changed it to allow the employees to go to the amusement park on their own on the day, which made the employees say that it was exciting, and their gratitude to the Phantom Thieves became more intense.

This is a rare holiday! What's more, your boss pays for you to go to the amusement park! Whether you go with your girlfriend, family, or alone, or just stay at home and rest, it's great!

It can be seen that Kunikazu Okumura has indeed changed his perception and realized that he was too harsh on his employees before.

Of course, since it was a staff trip, theoretically Okumura Haru could have taken everyone there, but this kind of private tour had a strict time limit, so going early wouldn't work. So Okumura Haru didn't mention it.

(However, the so-called celebration banquet is all about the atmosphere. It has nothing to do with where you go. What is more important is that everyone is together!)

As Okumura Haru thought about this, she tasted the grape soda in the glass. Although she was drinking soda, it gave her a very aristocratic taste. It was as if she was not drinking grape soda, but red wine.

Takamaki An secretly glanced at Miss Okumura's behavior, and sighed in her heart: "She is indeed a lady!" while continuing to put the high-end pastries she bought into her mouth.

Long Si really doesn't have the heart to care about others right now. He is a person who doesn't care about details. Especially when delicious food is in front of him, he has New Orleans chicken wings in his left hand and fried chicken and crayfish taco in his right hand. He stuffs popcorn chicken, octopus balls, and chicken fillets into his mouth as if they were free.

The only one who could tie with him was Kitagawa Yusuke - that's what Jiang Tianwei originally thought, but that's not the case.

Although Yusuke is also a poor man, it is common for him to not be able to afford food. It is said that this person is so poor that he grows radishes in the dormitory. Before the radishes grow up, he uses them as sketches, and after they grow up, he grinds them into radish paste to fill his stomach. Today, I rarely see delicacies, so I should eat as much as I want...

But Kitagawa Yusuke did not do that. He did not even sit down. He was the only one standing among all the people. He folded his hands to form a view frame, and the food on the table and the people who were enjoying the food were all imprinted in his mind as material.

This is what an artist is like. Even when he is about to starve to death he will still think about art first. There is a saying in China that goes "You can't live without being crazy", which probably refers to people like Kitagawa Yusuke.

"Okay, great artist, come and eat first!"

Seeing him like this, Shinjima didn't know what to say, so he cut a roasted chicken leg and stuffed it into Yusuke's mouth. With his mouth full of chicken, Yusuke mumbled something. But if Yusuke didn't eat, maybe he could hold it in. He could just paint first and think about other things later.

Just as he was afraid of this, his mouth tasted the deliciousness first. Under the double violence of heat and taste, Kitagawa Yusuke fell on the spot!

He sat down quietly, and finally turned into a Long Si-like "predator", and began to eat frantically on the table.

After this meal, I don’t know when the next meal will be, so of course I will eat while I can.

"Wow, Futaba! Stop playing with me! Give it to me now!"

On the other side of the table, Sakura Futaba finished eating early.

She is the thinnest among all the members of the Phantom Thieves. Her slender body due to lack of exercise naturally requires less energy, which is what people often call a "bird stomach."

After she finished eating, she of course ran to the side to play Morgana.

Furry little animals are cute, especially a talking black cat.

Futaba picked up the cut lobster meat on the table with a toothpick and tricked Morgana into jumping up to eat it.

Since it couldn't go to the table, Morgana had no choice but to ask Sakura Futaba to give it something delicious.

"Hey, kitty, if you jump a little higher you'll get it! Nonono, jump faster!"

It was obvious that Futaba Sakura preferred teasing Morgana, feeding was not her intention, having fun was the key.

Unable to bear it, Amamiya Lian sighed, "Morgana, come and eat this."

"As expected of you! I knew you were the best - it's so hot!!! What the hell are you feeding me?"

Morgana spat out the hot, spicy, sticky food in his mouth.

Amamiya Ren looked silly and said, "It's curry."

"You really eat curry! You really like curry!"

Regardless of whether Morgana is a cat, it definitely has a "cat tongue" (meaning it is afraid of heat). It sticks out its tongue when it eats a mouthful of hot curry.

"Hey, hey, hey, how can you feed curry to a cat? Seriously, whether it's spices, salt, or onions, you can't feed them to a cat, right? Come on, come on, drink some water."

The person who was speaking was Sakura Sojiro, the owner of Leblanc Curry... oh no, Leblanc Coffee Shop. He was a very mysterious person in the past.

He had also had interactions with Niijima Sae before. Today, Amamiya Ren called the store and asked for curry to be sent over, so the boss had to come in person.

As a result, once he arrived, he couldn't leave and was kindly invited by Amamiya Ren to stay with her.

From this move, it is not difficult to judge that the boss also knows that Amamiya Ren is a Phantom Thief. This is easy to understand, after all, he lives with Futaba... It is too easy to find some clues.

Now he didn't notice at all that he was the culprit who caused Morgana to be fed a mouthful of curry. He took a small plate, put some clean water in it for Morgana, and put a piece of sushi on it. The light-colored tuna meat on the rice looked very appetizing.

"Wow! Boss, we love you so much!"

When Morgana saw there was water to drink, he quickly ran over. The owner looked down at him drinking water and eating sushi with big mouthfuls, and smiled indulgently.

Who would have thought that when Amamiya Ren brought Morgana home, her boss clearly expressed his opposition, but now he has become a cat lover.

"I didn't expect you to have this side."

Niijima Sae looked at Boss Sakura Sojiro and couldn't help but sigh. Boss Sakura was unmoved, glanced at her and said, "I didn't expect you to support the Phantom Thief."

"It can't be helped. I myself am also someone who was saved by them."

As Niijima Sae spoke, he unconsciously touched his chest pocket. It was hard, and stuffed with a "crayon police ID" that he would never show to anyone.

"Aiya——Why is the atmosphere so dull? Come on, everyone! Let's liven it up! I say, everyone in the Phantom Thieves, let's put on a show! Let's do some art or something!"

Although Oya Ichiko was restricted from drinking, as the saying goes, alcohol does not make you drunk, but people make themselves drunk. At this time, Oya Ichiko was happily waving the leftover lamb ribs in his hand, asking the thieves to perform.

"One hair art..."

Thinking of this, Jiang Tianwei suddenly laughed.

This keyword can be said to be one of the keys to exposing someone.

He was just thinking about whether he should put on a show to liven up the atmosphere, when suddenly, the door of the Niijima family was pushed open with a thump. Everyone looked over and saw Fang Zexia standing at the door with an anxious look on her face: "Come...catch up...to hold the celebration party, how can you not bring me along!"

"Ugh?"

Niijima Sae was stunned for a moment. She looked at Yoshizawa Sumire, then at Yoshizawa Kasumi, and was stunned at the two almost identical people.

She had heard that the Yoshizawa family originally consisted of two sisters, but one of them died. Because the rhythmic gymnastics community was very optimistic about the elder sister at the time, this matter was very popular at the time, and the newspapers were all talking about it, so Niijima Sae had naturally heard about it.

(Could it be that the Yoshizawa family has three sisters instead of two?)

But no matter what, Niijima Saeto sighed and said with a smile: "Hurry up and take a seat."

Yes, today is a celebration party, and they are still children, so just let them have fun.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 660 Do you think you won’t get drunk if you don’t drink?

The atmosphere of the banquet gradually reached its climax.

I remember there is an interesting story about the birth of wine in Chinese crosstalk. It says that before the invention of wine, a man received a revelation from heaven that he wanted to brew the best wine in the world, so he had to ask passers-by for three drops of blood at the hour of You. The first one was the blood of a scholar, the second one was the blood of a warrior, and there was no third person, so he could only ask a fool at the intersection for a drop of blood.

Therefore, wine is the character "酉" plus three drops of water, which means three drops of blood. At the beginning of drinking, everyone is polite, which is the effect of the blood of scholars. In the middle of drinking, everyone is happier and happier, which is the effect of the blood of warriors. But if you drink too much, then it is the effect of the blood of fools.

And now, the entire banquet is starting to move from an atmosphere of warriors to an atmosphere of fools - even though these people are not drinking.

"Okay, now I'm going to show you a secret technique of a phantom thief - a hundred martial arts, this is hard qigong!"

As Jiang Tianwei said this, he put one foot on the chair and raised his finger high, with the attitude of a banquet king. He held a knife and fork in his hand and poked himself in the eye.

The eyeball is the most vulnerable part of the human body. You can see how fragile it is from martial arts movies, where basically any attack on the eye can cause blindness. But even so, two knives and forks poked into the retina and couldn't go in any further.

"That's so cool! I must do an interview with you later!"

Dazhai Yizi raised his glass of wine - which actually contained ginger ale - and shouted.

"Oh, is this an interview with the Phantom Thieves? Please go through our Phantom Thieves' agent..."

"No, an interview about Chinese Kung Fu!"

"Why?! Please let me know about the Phantom Thieves!"

"Hey, that kind of thing will be restricted by the government, right?"

It was obvious that Oya Ichiko was still upset about the fact that his article criticizing the Shido faction was suppressed by the higher-ups, and his lips curled up as he spoke.

Niijima Sae looked at her meaningful gaze and ignored her provocation, looking away.

"Hey! That's so cool!"

In this awkward atmosphere, Fang Zexia suddenly shouted "OK".

Because the atmosphere around them was beginning to cool down, her voice naturally attracted everyone's attention, which was exactly what Fang Zexia wanted.

At this time, Yoshizawa Sumire, who was originally eating, stopped eating out of embarrassment, took out a napkin and covered her lips in a ladylike manner.

"Oh my, it's great to have fans here~"

Jiang Tianwei was probably overwhelmed by the atmosphere, and when he heard Fang Zexia's shout, he also felt a little dizzy.

"Yeah! You're so charming~"

Yoshizawa Kasumi was even more elated than him. The two of them were shouting at each other across the table. Originally, there were Amamiya Ren and Togo Ichirakusan between them. At this time, Amamiya Ren clearly felt that she seemed like a light bulb, so she stood up decisively and ran to the side to find Sakamoto Ryuji.

However, Togo Ichi-san turned a deaf ear to her. She didn't have a big appetite and had already eaten her fill. She now spread out a plastic bag and arranged the food on the table like chess pieces. Small things like popcorn were used as pawns, and big ones like fried chicken legs and wings were used as horses and carriages. At this time, she was preparing to play the "Strongest Togo K○C Chess" (neta: Strongest Hanyu Shogi), and she paid no attention to Yoshizawa Kasumi.

When Fang Zexia saw that Amamiya Ren gave up her seat, she immediately walked in that direction.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she left her seat, Dongxiang Yiersan cleverly took advantage of the situation and moved to the side, sitting in Amamiya Lian's seat, next to Jiang Tianwei.

Fang Zexia frowned: "Miss Dongxiang?"

Dongxiang Yiersan turned a deaf ear to her words and thought she was playing shogi. Fang Zexia was furious and said, "I'm telling you, Miss Dongxiang, you heard it, didn't you? Moximoxi! Can you hear it?"

She angrily leaned over to Togo Ichiraku and yelled in his ear, and even tapped him on the head with her fingers, but Togo Ichiraku made full use of the characteristic of her Kousei High School, "turning a deaf ear", which is the same level of ignoring ability as Kitagawa Yusuke, and completely ignored the noise around her.

Fang Ze Xia was so angry that she wanted to raise her voice even more. Fang Ze Jin quickly pulled her sister back and said, "Sister, don't, don't be anxious. Come on, eat first!"

Fang Ze Jin said as she handed the crispy chicken fillet in her hand to Fang Ze Xia, who angrily bit off a handful and chewed vigorously in her mouth, as if it was a threat: "Wuwuweiwulululu! (Don't pretend you can't hear me!)"

(Oh my, this young man...tsk tsk...)

Niijima Sae looked at the silent struggle around Jiang Tianwei and sighed secretly.

Even though Prosecutor Niijima is not in a romantic relationship, it doesn't mean that people don't understand her!

Rather, she had more love experience than anyone else present. Don't forget what a prosecutor's job is! She had seen too many love stories or love accidents. Especially love turning into hate, couples turning against each other, even killing each other, life and death struggles, she had seen too many.

How does that saying go? The more you fall in love, the more you like dogs. Because dogs at least don’t have so many problems.

This is also why in the Age of Exploration in the Middle Ages, in order to meet certain needs of male seafarers, captains did not hire women in special industries to board the ship, but bought ewes to board the ship. The main reason is that women can gossip and may cause discord among the crew, but sheep will not. And sheep will not rebel against sailors.

If you are interested, you can search directly. Anyway, it is something that cannot be discussed openly.

Niijima Sae looked at Jiang Tianwei carefully. A few days ago, his mind was full of how to find out about the Phantom Thieves so that he could make a contribution. Now that he thought about it, he was really blinded by greed, too utilitarian and radical. Now looking back and observing him carefully, it is not difficult to understand why so many women are fond of him.

The first is appearance.

No matter how much people advocate the beauty of the soul, it is difficult to avoid the factor of appearance. This is a bit like the classic debate topic: Is virtue higher than talent or talent higher than virtue? No matter which side wins in the end, the host always says: "Of course, it is better to have both virtue and talent! But what if it doesn't work out..."

If you look closely at Jiang Tianwei's appearance, there is nothing particularly attractive about him. But with his tone of voice, expression, and gestures, he gives people a particularly charming feeling. It's like you accidentally rediscovered an old item that you have used for a long time. Although it won't be amazing, it will be very familiar.

His various behaviors are full of confidence. This confidence comes from his heart. He believes in every aspect of himself, whether it is his fighting ability or his way of dealing with things. His various behaviors may not be called correct, but they are definitely in line with his own logic and aesthetics.

Moreover, he is really capable.

To be honest, the NSA's torture method not only did not drive him crazy, but he actually drove four NSA members crazy. It is said that the four NSA members who tortured Jiang Tianwei applied for long-term sick leave afterwards and began to doubt themselves.

It is normal for a man with so many qualities to attract women.

It's just...

(I hope I won’t run into him in the procuratorate one day in the future… I always feel that this kid will get into trouble with women one day in the future… Never mind, as long as he doesn’t harm my sister.)

Thinking so, Niijima Sae secretly glanced at her sister. Suddenly, she frowned and found something wrong.

It seemed that his sister looked normal, cutting steak to eat, but the blade had already cut the steak, but she was still mechanically rubbing the serrations on the blade against the porcelain plate. Shinjima's eyes were looking straight at Jiang Tianwei...

(No, that's not true... Really... It seems that I really need to find time to have a good talk with her... Really, you should never get involved in this kind of thing...)

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 661 Have you ever wanted to win an Oscar?

Once upon a time, there was a famous (and forced to memorize) ancient Chinese text that taught us: "The joy of a feast is not from silk or bamboo."

So, if the fun isn't in these things, where should it be?

I believe different people will give different answers, but the answer in Jiang Tianwei’s heart at this time is - people.

People attending the banquet.

No matter how good the banquet is, if a group of people with social phobia come, no one will speak and everyone will be trembling with fear.

No matter how lousy the party is, if there are a bunch of good friends who know each other well, the atmosphere will be lively and noisy.