Persona: Devil Summoner

Especially when she started investigating the Kamoshida incident, she discovered that this guy was also involved...

Although it is not obvious, he is undoubtedly a problem student.

I had intended to get to the bottom of this matter in one fell swoop today, but unexpectedly a detective showed up halfway and disrupted Shinjima's plans.

(Now, I can only retreat in order to advance, and use study as an excuse to get this detective out of the way...)

Before Shinjima could say anything, Jiang Tianwei's cell phone rang crisply, and Jiang Tianwei picked up the phone...

"Hey? I understand. I'll go right away."

Jiang Tianwei hung up the phone and said to Shinjima Makoto awkwardly: "I'm sorry, senior, something happened at work and I need to go there quickly. Let's review together next time we have a chance."

After saying this, Jiang Tianwei ran away, leaving Shinjima alone to face Bai Zhongzhidou. Bai Zhong smiled and said, "Now that the outsider who is in the way has left - can you talk to me about Kamoshida?"

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"Escaped... I never thought that Senior Niijima was an ambush..."

Jiang Tianwei escaped from the family restaurant, sighed, and his heart in his chest was beating fast.

(I really owe Bai Zhong a big favor...)

Jiang Tianwei looked at his phone and saw the last call record, which clearly showed Bai Zhongzhidou.

Yes, the call Jiang Tianwei just received was from Bai Zhongzhidou. Jiang Tianwei immediately understood that this was a cover for him by the detective. He took advantage of the situation and lied that there was something wrong at work and ran away quickly.

(I have to be more careful with Niijima-senpai from now on.)

Jiang Tianwei thought about this and hurried back home. At the same time, he sent a message to everyone in the Phantom Thieves, telling them to be careful of the student council president's questioning. Don't be caught off guard like me...

I took the subway back to the familiar Sixuan Tea House and found the house I had walked to countless times. Suddenly, a loud voice came from the second floor...

"【Dad! Why are you so stubborn!】".

The familiar Chinese words, accompanied by strong emotions, immediately drew Jiang Tianwei's attention to the room next to his own on the second floor, where he saw the short and fat Master Liu, limping on one leg with a cane. Next to him was a man in a suit and leather shoes, speaking in unfamiliar Chinese, obviously trying to persuade Master Liu.

"[You are in this condition now, why don't you listen to the doctor! You should rest now!]"

"[I can't take care of it! The hospital is full of Japanese people, I can't get used to it! It's not as comfortable as my own house! I don't need you to take care of me! I'm fine on my own.]"

"【I understand. You can rest by yourself.】".

After saying this, the man in a suit walked away in a hurry, passing Jiang Tianwei.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 79: Being too polite is hypocrisy, so what about being completely impolite?

In the eyes of foreigners, Chinese people are often labeled as hypocritical, mainly because of the long history of polite words in China. Many times, before they express their true feelings, they will definitely say something "insincere".

For example, when someone praises a child for being smart, the parents’ first words are often: “Hey, what’s so smart about that!” But if you agree with them and say: “Indeed, your child is stupid,” they will still be unhappy.

This situation often becomes more obvious when it comes to family relationships.

For example, if an old father is suffering from a terminal illness, he advises his children, "I can't live anymore. Don't send me to the hospital. It's a waste of money. Just find a place to bury me alive." The children will definitely say, "Don't say that. You will definitely survive!" instead of saying, "Okay! I'll borrow a shovel from the crematorium right now!"

This kind of insincere compliments can be said to be the character of the Chinese people for thousands of years. It has nothing to do with good or evil, superior or inferior, or good or bad. It is simply a temperament.

Therefore, it was difficult for Jiang Tianwei to understand the conversation he had just heard.

Indeed, Master Liu was very stubborn, and people of his generation had no good feelings towards the neighbor who had invaded their country. From his point of view, it was normal for him to want to return to his own small piece of land from a hospital full of Japanese.

But as a son, can you just let the old man who still uses a cane live alone just because your dad says, "Leave me alone"?

Isn’t this family affection too indifferent?

Jiang Tianwei thought so and walked up the stairs quickly. As expected, he saw Master Liu hunched over, trying to put his weight on his crutches, and awkwardly reaching for the key in his pocket with his left hand. He had replaced his security door with a new one, which was different from the original simple iron door. It was probably replaced by his children. There was still some plastic paper on the door frame that was not completely torn off, emitting a pungent smell.

Thinking about it now, Jiang Tianwei felt a little embarrassed that he had gone too far by asking the two-horned beast to break down the door in a panic.

"【Xiaotian? Are you done with get out of class? You came back early today!】"

As soon as he saw Jiang Tianwei, Master Liu's gloomy face suddenly showed joy. Jiang Tianwei hurried over to support him and asked, "Master Liu, are you okay? How come you were discharged so soon?"

"[It's all the Japanese, I can't stand it! We are not strong enough to get hurt.]"

As Master Liu spoke, he patted his big belly hard. Even through his wrinkled shirt, he could see the fat trembling. He took out the key and opened the door. Everything inside was unchanged.

After all, this was just a case of an old man falling off the bed, and there was nothing to investigate. The only thing worth investigating was the details of the "breaking and entering". However, since there was no theft, and the old man whose house was broken into was not prepared to investigate further, and there was no profit to be made, the police just said that they would do their best to investigate and be responsible to the end, and there was no further news.

As for the gatebreaker? Not important. No one was hurt, so there was no need to catch him. Besides, the old man himself didn't care, so why should I bother?

"[Stay here, I'll cook for you - I'll make you some steamed dumplings today, they'll sizzle when you bite them! How do you think?]"

"[Please stop working, let me do it!]".

How could Jiang Tianwei have the nerve to let an old man who broke his hip work for him in the kitchen? Jiang Tianwei said as he rushed to the kitchen and helped Master Liu sit down.

Generally speaking, when it comes to cooking in the second dimension, there are only a few situations: either making a lot of dark purple and blue dishes, or making god-level dishes that glow when the lid is opened. Or, they can't cook at all. Or there is a system or cheat that allows you to directly spend money to buy delicious dishes.

Jiang Tianwei's cooking skills do not fall into any of the above four categories. In a nutshell, this person's cooking skills are mediocre: he can cook some simple dishes without starving himself. He can spend an hour or two following the recipe to make a finished product that is far from the color and taste of the picture. It is not inedible, but it is not delicious either. This moderate style is Jiang Tianwei's cooking skills.

Opening the refrigerator door, it is indeed a great chef's refrigerator. The things inside are so numerous that one can say they are lined up one after another. There are light green cabbages, dark green beans, purple eggplants, two rows of eggs, an opened one-liter square box of milk, and a few porcelain bowls filled with homemade fried sauce... All kinds of colors are presented like a platter, accompanied by the light white mist in the refrigerator, it is almost like a fairy!

(It’s my first time cooking in front of Master Liu… I might as well choose something simple. I don’t ask for it to be very delicious, but at least I won’t make it bad…)

Jiang Tianwei thought about this and took out a box of rice from the refrigerator, which was probably left over from last time. He also took two eggs and a sausage.

"【Boy, are you going to make egg fried rice?】"

Master Liu saw through his intention at a glance. Jiang Tianwei nodded. Among the dishes he mastered, this one was undoubtedly the one he mastered the most.

"【Boy, change it. This egg fried rice is not as simple as you think.】"

Jiang Tianwei asked curiously: "[Isn't this the most basic fried rice? Even I can't make it badly.]".

“『Yeah, it’s difficult because it’s the basics… Never mind, you do it first.』”

Master Liu stopped trying to stop him, and Jiang Tianwei became curious. With curiosity, he continued to prepare, beating eggs, dicing sausages, adding oil and heating the pan, and then there was the sizzling sound of scrambled eggs and rice. Finally, he sprinkled the sausages in, added salt, and stir-fried them well... A pot of sausage and egg fried rice was ready. It can be said that this dish is the most common home-cooked fried rice in areas where rice is eaten in China.

It is not easy to mess up this kind of home-cooked fried rice. Jiang Tianwei made a good fried rice this time. He was quite unconvinced in his heart: Although my egg fried rice does not glow, it is at least a proper fried rice!

Master Liu took a bite and smiled: "Come here, boy, let me show you my skills."

Although they were worried about Master Liu's legs, the old man had a stubborn temper and wouldn't listen at all. As a compromise, Jiang Tianwei helped him get the ingredients, which at least saved him a few steps to run.

Master Liu's egg fried rice doesn't even use sausages. He leans on his crutches with one hand, picks up the oil bottle with one hand, and shakes his hand casually. A yellowish arrow of oil flies out of the bottle mouth and falls steadily into the iron pan that has not yet completely cooled down. Then Master Liu lifts the oil pan with one hand, and shakes his wrist again. The oil bottom follows the tilt of the pan, spreading a round dark mark at the bottom.

"【Chinese cuisine is all about color, aroma and taste. And the most important thing is the basics. The simpler the dish, the more it shows the quality of a chef. If you take abalone, lobster, big fish and meat, anyone can make it delicious. This home-cooked dish is where the real skills are. When I started out as an apprentice, I made a pot of stewed tofu.】"

Master Liu was talking, but his hands were busy. He beat the eggs into the pot and scrambled them with a spatula. He also picked up several seasoning bottles on the shelf and sprinkled a little bit of each in. The rice was thrown in before the eggs were cooked... He did all this with one hand, but he was more flexible than Jiang Tianwei with both hands!

It's just like watching a cartoon about chefs at a very close distance!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 80 The Chinese old boss?!

It was the first time that Jiang Tianwei saw fried rice made in real life. It seemed to glow with a shiny oily luster.

In Master Liu's fried rice, every grain of rice is clearly separated. Each grain of rice is dipped in egg flowers, and each one is shiny and oily. When placed on the table and shone in the sun, it actually seems to glow.

The aroma of the eggs could be described as a taste violence, sweeping across everything around. The strong aroma made Jiang Tianwei's stomach growl.

The last time Jiang Tianwei saw fried rice of this quality was in a cartoon... It glowed when you lifted the lid...

At the urging of Master Liu, Jiang Tianwei tried to take a bite... The soft and smooth egg spread a wonderful flavor in his mouth, umami, saltiness, light sweetness, onion fragrance, soy sauce, and a very layered sense. The many flavors complement each other. Although there are so many flavors, the taste of the egg itself can still be tasted, without overshadowing the others.

If Jiang Tianwei's fried rice is LV5, then Master Liu's is LV255's premium fried rice. The taste is almost incomparable.

“[I never thought that the taste would be so different even though they are both egg fried rice.]”

"Of course. China is a great country with thousands of years of Chinese cuisine. There are many things you can learn."

When Master Liu was talking, his eyes were shining, his face was ruddy, and he was full of energy and passionate. After having dinner with Master Liu for so long, it was the first time that Jiang Tianwei heard Master Liu comment on the history of Chinese cuisine, and it was also the first time he saw Master Liu so excited. In his impression, this old man was always a qualified listener and rarely expressed his feelings.

I thought Master Liu would be very excited to mention his children, but unfortunately, he didn't mention it. It was as if he didn't have any children.

Sometimes, humans are so strange that when facing a stranger who has nothing to do with them, they will care about him and treat him as their own relatives, but when facing their real blood relatives, they will treat them as strangers.

(If I have a chance, I'll ask him again about his children...)

Seeing how excited Master Liu was, Jiang Tianwei couldn't bear to pour cold water on him and ruin his mood.

After finishing the meal with Master Liu, Jiang Tianwei did not go home, but went to Wu Jianmiao's internal medicine hospital downstairs. He still had to consult a professional about the disease. Even if their specialty was not surgery, they knew more than a high school student like him.

"He can actually act so quickly. That old man is really strong."

After hearing Jiang Tianwei's doubts, Wu Jianmiao couldn't help but sigh.

At Master Liu's age, his bones have become very brittle due to aging, and even careful calcium supplementation is of no use. There are many cases where a person falls out of bed and breaks his bones, which directly leads to him being bedridden for the rest of his life.

"However, whether you believe in Japanese medicine or not, please at least believe in the courage of those cowards. They dared to let the old man go back, which means there is really nothing wrong with his health. Otherwise, those cowards must be afraid of taking responsibility and would stop them even if they can."

Wu Jianmiao's tone was full of mockery of the hospital. This kind of teasing made Jiang Tianwei wonder if she had had something with the hospital before? It was true. Although they had not been together for a long time, Wu Jianmiao was definitely a good doctor, with strong skills and good at allocation. Such a talent was actually constrained to be a community doctor in the community. There must be a story behind it.

"Rejoice, little white mouse. At least you don't have to pay that bill.".

Jiang Tianwei didn't remember it at first, but later he realized: Wu Jianmiao had half-jokingly said before that he would have to ask him for the money for calling an ambulance and the hospitalization fee for Master Liu.

"The old man's son has already paid me the money."

"Son... Doctor, what do you think? The relationship between the father and son?"

"I'm an internist, not a family adjustment expert. You can try to find a psychologist for that kind of thing."

Wu Jianmiao was not in the mood and just made a joke to avoid the topic: "Compared to that old man, I care more about you, my little guinea pig - why did you suddenly faint before?"

"Yeah, probably because of the exam pressure."

Jiang Tianwei looked at Wu Jianmiao's eyes that suddenly flickered and felt that something was not good. He quickly changed the subject and wanted to leave.

"Hey - so the stress from the exam can cause one to enter a state of suspended animation? The breathing and heartbeat have stopped, but the blood circulation is normal. It won't react to artificial stimulation, but the hair on your body will stand up because of the temperature of the air conditioner. The stress from the exam is really terrifying."

Wu Jianmiao's tone was full of suspicion, and his originally cold expression now looked like a large carnivorous beast foraging for food.

"You, what did you do to me when I was unconscious!"

"It's rare to get such a rare case, so of course I did everything I could - so, what's going on?"

If possible, Jiang Tianwei really wanted to tell everything, but it was obvious that if he told everything, Wu Jianmiao would not recommend him to see an internal medicine doctor, but would go directly to a psychiatric department.

"Well, doctor, what do you think if I tell you that I actually traveled to another world during that time?"

"Is that so? Then the doctor's order today is to play less games, read less novels and watch less animation. Can you do that?"

"It can't be done."

Wu Jianmiao sighed and was about to say something to tease him when he suddenly heard the phone on the table ringing. Wu Jianmiao reached out and picked up the receiver: "Hello... Hey? Send it to me?"

After just a few words, Wu Jianmiao's expression suddenly turned gloomy, and under his drooping hair, his originally bright eyes quickly dimmed.

"You must be mistaken. Even if the beds in those hospitals are full, you shouldn't call the community hospital. There is no way they can accept emergency patients. - Besides, haven't you heard of the name "Wu Jian Miao"? "

Just after Wu Jianmiao finished saying this, he heard the person on the other end of the phone quickly hang up. Jiang Tianwei could hear the busy tone clearly even from a distance.

"Are you interested? Haha, I asked you, but you didn't want to tell the truth..."

Wu Jianmiao sighed and laughed: "It's okay to tell you. It's an ambulance. They can't find a bed, so they asked where they can accept the patient. Really, how can they call the community hospital..."

"Is this probably what they call 'trying anything possible when desperate'?"

"A Chinese proverb? It seems to make sense."

After being disturbed by the phone call, Wu Jianmiao lost interest in asking Jiang Tianwei any more questions, and the two of them dispersed silently.

(Based on Wu Jianmiao's jokes about the medical profession in his previous words and deeds, as well as the rather self-deprecating introduction of his name just now, and Wu Jianmiao's last look...what exactly happened...)

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 81 A new stalker appears?!

Silent all night.

Sometimes it is so ironic. Jiang Tianwei thought he would have a sleepless night because of his worries, but in fact, it was just as the saying in the sketch said: heartless people have good sleep quality. Jiang Tianwei slept very comfortably that night.

After delivering the newspapers, Jiang Tianwei boarded the subway and went to Shibuya Station to transfer. He thought today would be a normal day, but unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the subway, he saw the leader of the Phantom Thieves, Amamiya Ren, holding a thief novel that he got from somewhere, standing and reading with relish while waiting for the subway.

Jiang Tianwei moved closer and looked at the text over his shoulder, but the whole page was filled with words and not a single illustration. It looked really boring.

After we greeted each other, before the subway entered the station, we heard hurried footsteps behind us.