Persona: Devil Summoner

There is always a feeling... that the fragments of my missing youth are vividly reappearing like a mirage at this moment.

So, at first, she just acted as an ordinary netizen and discussed the topic of her sister with Jiang Tianwei. But as the conversation got deeper and deeper, she started to discuss more and more of her own affairs. When the topic of her sister was almost finished, she started to talk about other things, such as Chinese.

In the world of the Internet, she can temporarily forget that she is a mature member of society, a person who entered the workplace without enjoying her youth. She can vent the feeling of the missing part of her youth without any psychological burden by using the "strangeness" of the Internet - no one knows that the person opposite her is herself anyway.

This kind of refreshing feeling of catharsis has a special magic. Once you start it, it is difficult to quit.

Jiang Tianwei was also happy to chat with others about this meaningless topic. After all, apart from this lady, most people who sent him private messages talked about topics like "Phantom Thieves", "Change of Heart", and "Commercialization".

This kind of topic gave me a sense of accomplishment at first, but after talking about it for too long, it became boring and I just stopped talking about it.

Niijima Sae's question gave Jiang Tianwei a sense of freshness. That's why he always checked whether this fan had any new private messages before or after his live broadcast every day.

The Internet is such a magical place... No wonder so many people are addicted to it.

Niijima Sae looked at the names on the screen that had temporarily gone black, and felt a little empty in his heart.

I actually rely on this man who is younger than my sister... If this gets out... Sigh...

(I, I actually became like this... The Internet is such a magical place...)

Niijima Sae coughed lightly, took a few deep breaths, turned off the chat tool, opened the work document, and the expression on his face became serious.

It looked like she was putting on that work persona again.

Maybe everyone has a persona...but their persona is not used for combat.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 712 Do you really understand what emergency contact is?

Sometimes, Jiang Tianwei felt that these Japanese students should study harder.

There are some key words, but these poor students don’t seem to understand their meanings…

Although this situation exists in every country, even in China's own Chinese language class, there is a question that will never go out of style, called "Judge the misuse of idioms", which gives you some idioms that are easily misused to test whether you understand their meaning. For example, the very common "明日黄花", "差强人意", "首当其冲"... These are the words that were repeatedly emphasized not to be used incorrectly during the college entrance examination.

But these Japanese are really going too far.

For example, the word "emergency contact". According to normal people's logic, it should be "when there is an emergency".

Today, Jiang Tianwei sat in the empty hall of Leblanc, thinking this in a self-deprecating way.

He came here because he received an emergency call from the Phantom Thieves.

The person who sent the emergency call was Yusuke Kitagawa - this was quite consistent with his personality. After all, usually people's prejudice against art students is that they don't do well in academic subjects. It's not unacceptable if he can't understand what "emergency" means.

So, why did Yusuke call everyone over?

"The extra large portion of curry you ordered. 1000 yen."

The boss, Sakura Sojiro, still spoke in a lazy tone, casually placing a tall plate full of rice and curry sauce in front of Yusuke. Jiang Tianwei sighed and took out a banknote from his pocket: "Put it on my account. - Yusuke, if you just asked me to pay, I would really hit you. Have you ever seen a fist as big as a casserole?"

However, Jiang Tianwei was just joking.

Because the people who were called in for emergency contact today were all members of the Phantom Thieves.

Not to mention the two AB group leaders Jiang Tianwei and Amamiya Lian, all the members of the two groups came. After all, normal people know what an emergency means.

No matter how much Yusuke cheated on his father, he would not invite so many people to come and pay his bill.

Moreover, Boss Sakura, an outsider, is also here, so he probably isn't discussing the affairs of the Phantom Thieves.

Boss Sakura made the curry, wiped his hands and walked to the door of the store nonchalantly, and turned the sign "Open" over to "Closed". He turned around and smiled helplessly and dotingly, "You Phantom Thieves are gathering here to discuss some secret topic, right? Let's close the store for a while today."

Jiang Tianwei frowned and looked at Yu Gong Lian when he heard it. "You actually told our identities to the boss?!" Before he could even ask, he immediately remembered that he had leaked it countless times, and he swallowed the words silently.

Futaba sat on the chair and gave a thumbs up to Boss Sakura: "Good job! Sojiro! You are so smart!"

"Oh, thank you so much..."

Sakura Sojiro shrugged his shoulders, probably to hide his feelings. He deliberately pouted his lips and showed a look of disgust: "I really hope you can be smarter - at least contribute some sales to me."

Amamiya Lian silently raised her hand, looking like a good kid: "Excuse me, can I put it on Jiang Tianwei's account?"

Boss Sakura curled her lips and said, "Oh, I don't care."

"Then I want a large portion of spicy curry!"

Kaomaki An raised her hand high.

"I, I just want coffee."

Okumura Haru looked embarrassed, probably because he had already eaten and drunk enough before the young lady came.

"Just...you guys, is there a possibility that I am Jiang Tianwei, and these two people are not qualified to agree to everyone on my behalf?"

Jiang Tianwei looked at his companions who were not polite to him at all, and was so angry that he laughed...

"So, Senior, you won't treat us?"

Yoshizawa Sumire looked at this side with an innocent face, and the little girl silently took out her wallet from her pocket.

"I didn't say no, I just said you should show some respect to me - Boss, swipe my card."

"Oh, you are such a generous young man. Girls love you the most. You are a foolish and rich young man who spends money lavishly."

Boss Sakura joked with a smile while looking for the POS machine to swipe the card.

As the guardian of Sakura Futaba, he has an indispensable job, which is to help Futaba clean the room every once in a while. Think about it, Futaba refuses to come out. She was so autistic that she couldn't go out, so she couldn't go out to throw away the garbage, but Boss Sakura couldn't rush in to help her clean up, so the two of them finally formed a weird tacit understanding.

As long as Futaba goes to the bathroom, her door is open, which means that Sojiro is allowed to go in and clean the room. On the other hand, if the door is closed and Futaba is not there, the boss cannot go in.

Later, Futaba changed her mind and became more cheerful, so she was not at home more often. One day, the boss saw that Futaba's door was not closed and she was not in the room, so he went in to help her clean up the room, and found a notice from the Phantom Thieves.

The boss is worthy of being the boss. He must have done something extraordinary in the past (maybe he once teamed up with Lupin III as a phantom thief). He soon noticed that this notice letter was different from the counterfeits on the market. This was a genuine notice letter...

So, that night he naturally went to negotiate with Amamiya Ren and Futaba.

But it is obvious that no matter what the boss does, he will never expose Sakura Futaba, whom he regards as his own daughter. So the result of this incident is that the boss himself is forced to join the gang.

Everyone ordered food and drinks. Yusuke had finished the curry rice in his hand, so he asked for a glass of ice water, drank it all, leaving only a cup of ice cubes waiting to melt.

"Thank you all for coming here... I have something important to discuss with you today."

Yusuke stood up and spoke solemnly. After he finished speaking, he bowed 90 degrees to everyone.

He is seldom so serious - mainly because most of the time, this guy gives people a feeling of being stupid, or in other words, he is a bit stupid. When you communicate with him, you always have the feeling that "one of you must be a fool, but you are definitely not."

Seeing how serious he was, everyone couldn't help but swallow their saliva, expecting what surprising and difficult question he would reveal...

"Everyone, please help me review my entry."

Click...

If this was a comic or animation, there would definitely be a snapping sound, and then the entire screen would shatter like glass, and the atmosphere would be ruined in an instant.

Just for this?! You made an emergency call?! Wouldn't you have just made a normal call for this kind of thing?!

Jiang Tianwei tried hard not to complain...

In fact, he had a vague guess, because there was a rectangular, cloth-wrapped board-like object placed next to Yusuke's feet, so he guessed that it might be like this, but hearing it with his own ears, the impact was indeed different - otherwise why do people say that you have to watch the live version of everything...

"Considering the time for the final adjustment, time is very urgent. I can only ask for your help."

Yusuke once again spoke to everyone solemnly.

Seeing his serious expression, everyone could only sigh. It seemed that for this great artist, this was truly an "emergency"!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 713 I’m dirty

Yusuke wasn't going to change his subject.

However, the content has been significantly revised.

His original theme was to convey the truth, goodness and beauty of human nature through the foreign old man who could not speak the language but could clearly convey his thoughts.

Later, he met Mr. Liu in person again, and finally he re-examined his work and revised it.

The original painting only contained the old man and the wontons in his hand.

Now, the overall composition is close to the famous painting "The Last Supper". He added a dining table, people eating, and an old chef who is serving them delicious food.

Everyone's expression was vivid and genuine, revealing their love and enjoyment for delicious food, as well as a sacred sense of redemption that was vaguely revealed in their satisfied expressions.

I have to say that Yusuke's painting skills are quite good. There are so many people in the Phantom Thieves, but only a few of them really understand art, but I was still attracted by this painting.

"Wow, it's really beautiful - but if you want to comment on it, I can't do it, Lianlian, I'll leave this kind of brainpower work to you..."

Long Si sighed. Although he wanted to help his partner, his life experience and artistic aesthetics were not enough to support his evaluation. To use the Chinese saying: I am uneducated, and I can travel the world with just one word.

"Really, this is a really amazing painting..."

As a lady from a wealthy family, Okumura Haru has seen many famous paintings by famous people. The first-glance impact of Yusuke's paintings is not inferior to those famous paintings.

"Yes, I don't know much about art, but isn't this amazing?"

Gao Juanxing carefully appraised the painting.

"I think so too. So, Yusuke, do you think this painting is not perfect?"

Shin Niijima asked a question that hit the nail on the head.

Usually, after an artist completes their work, they will enter a period of excitement, thinking, "How can I be so awesome!" At this time, they are often very happy to show their work to others, a bit like showing off. But Yusuke does not have this kind of enthusiasm.

Instead, it seems more like being lost.

When asked directly, Yusuke sighed: "In terms of completion, I think it's the limit of what I can do. But, I just feel like something is missing. When I talked to Jiang Tianwei before, he told me that true beauty is love, and I agree with him..."

When he said this, Sakura Futaba widened her eyes and looked at Jiang Tianwei, who turned away embarrassedly. This famous line is certainly not something that a otaku like Jiang Tianwei could think of. It must be a famous quote from another game!

It’s okay to fool these people who don’t play games, but I can’t fool Futaba.

However, Yusuke, who was describing himself, did not notice the eye contact between the two people, and continued: "It's just that I tried my best to depict the most beautiful and sincere love, but the final product always made me feel that something was wrong... Why can't I draw the ultimate beauty?"

As Yusuke said this, he suddenly leaned over the table and grabbed his hair with both hands.

What is beauty? Probably many people can give some answers.

However, once the prefix "ultimate" is involved, people can't help but start thinking. You can get a glimpse of this from the discussions of the best XXX on the Internet throughout the ages. For example, the best idol, the best animation, the best game in the world, etc.

"The ultimate beauty... that can only be Xing, right?"

When Amamiya Ren said this abruptly, Gao Juan Xing blushed and pinched his waist: "We are talking about serious matters!"

"Xing...I did want to paint her back then, but I didn't know her well enough. Now that I know her well enough, I feel like I can no longer depict her beauty."

Yusuke said seriously, and Takamaki An spread her hands: "See, Yusuke said the same thing - were you insulting me just now?!"

Takamaki An finally reacted. Yusuke ignored her and continued to say, "The ultimate beauty, why can't I express it? What have I been learning all these years..."

A strong, heavy breath of despair gradually emanated from Yusuke. Jiang Tianwei had felt this kind of despair before, from Akechi Goro. At that time, he deliberately mocked him and deliberately destroyed his hopes. When he realized that he could no longer complete the revenge on his biological father, the breath on his body was like this.

I have to say something. I can't let him be so desperate. Yusuke regarded painting as the only thing in his life. Now that he has lost this only belief, it is understandable that he would be so devastated.

As his friend, shouldn't I lend him a hand at times like this?

"I'm sorry, I've heard you say so much, do we have to pursue the ultimate beauty?"

When Jiang Tianwei was choosing words and thinking about how to start, suddenly, Boss Sakura spoke. The vicissitudes of his tone gave people the feeling that "he is a man with a story", making people want to listen.

Yusuke also raised his head slightly from despair: "Shouldn't we pursue the ultimate beauty? As a painter, as an artist, shouldn't we strive to reach the top?"

"That's what I said, but does it have to be the [ultimate] beauty?"

The boss repeated it again and Yusuke frowned.

"Ah, I kind of understand what the boss means."

Togo Ichi-san listened thoughtfully and took the initiative to explain: "It's just like shogi. It's right to pursue excellence and want to go further. But there is no ultimate tactic or ultimate chess piece. Shogi pieces have different uses, and tactics have their own advantages and disadvantages."

As soon as Togo Ichimi-san finished speaking, unexpectedly, the person who spoke next was Okumura Haru, who had always behaved well and gave people the impression that he would not express his opinions actively.

"It's just like vegetables, right? Radishes have the flavor of radishes, cabbages have the flavor of cabbages, and eggplants have the flavor of eggplants. If you want to choose the ultimate vegetable, you can't choose one. No one vegetable can summarize the entire concept of vegetables?"

Her interest is in crop cultivation, so her first reaction is to use examples from things she is familiar with.

Yusuke seemed to understand what was going on with these two people's examples.

"Also, although saying this may make you feel a little uncomfortable... I, I actually feel that, just like the "Sayuri" that you admire, I actually feel that it is not the ultimate beauty..."

"Why?! Of course... Sorry, go on."