Persona: Devil Summoner

Kitagawa Yusuke was also moved by Jiang Tianwei's words, and suddenly paid attention to this problem!

Japan today is really too yin! Comparing the number of paintings depicting men and women, you can find that the number of men is overwhelmingly less than that of women! Moreover, once artists try to use rhetoric to describe some beautiful scenery, they are often willing to use women to replace them. For example, when talking about forests, they say they are like the hair of a girl, when talking about stars, they say they are like the eyes of a girl, when talking about springs, rivers, lakes and seas, they say they are just like the tenderness of a girl. No one has ever said that they are like the hair of a boy, the eyes of a boy, and the tenderness of a boy...

"So, Japan today is sick! Deformed! It's wrong! We have an obligation to make Japan remember - Japan! Remember! Ah, that's what men are!"

Kitagawa Yusuke opened his arms wide and enthusiastically explained his artistic aesthetics to Jiang Tianwei.

Of course it was the second day.

Jiang Tianwei originally wanted to explore the way to Madarame's secret treasure as soon as possible. He rushed to send out a notice letter today, and then immediately dealt with Madarame and quickly got rid of the moral crisis. Unexpectedly, he was blocked by Madarame's broken door.

After discussing with the Phantom Thieves, they only came up with a weird plan: let Jiang Tianwei be a model for Kitagawa Yusuke. This way, they can enter Madarame's house. Morgana gets into Jiang Tianwei's backpack and follows him. Jiang Tianwei attracts Yusuke's attention, and Morgana goes to unlock the door. Then when Madarame comes, open the door in front of him.

Amamiya Ren, Ryuji and Takamaki An will stay in the palace and wait for orders. As soon as the door opens, they will go in immediately. If they can go to the security room to stop the mechanism, that would be the best. If they can't stop it, then the three of them will stay in the palace and won't come out. After Jiang Tianwei left, he sent a warning letter directly, and then the three of them dealt with Madarame.

Jiang Tianwei is now regretting more and more. Why did he speak up for Gao Juanxing at that time? It is said that people who are willing to help others will often be hurt by reality in the end, and finally give up selfless help. But what he didn't expect was that Jiang Tianwei himself would realize this kind of thing in such a strange scene...

"So! Mr. Jiang - take it off. This is for Japan!"

"Even if you tell me so many truths, I still won't be convinced! I say, Kitagawa-san, paintings of macho men wearing clothes do exist!"

Jiang Tianwei tried to put up a final resistance, but he had been forced by Kitagawa Yusuke to take off his coat, revealing a tight sportswear underneath, the kind of clothes yoga practitioners wear, through which you could see the outline of their muscles.

I had hoped that Yusuke would be satisfied like this, but it still didn't work...

"So, can you give me some examples? Drawings of macho men wearing clothes."

"..."

Jiang Tianwei couldn't name any. He wasn't an art student, and his understanding of art was limited to art textbooks. Moreover, as a man, his focus would definitely be on beautiful girls. Who would want to focus on men? I guess the editors of art textbooks also thought so, and the paintings they chose were either landscapes or beautiful women...

"Give up?"

Seeing Jiang Tianwei speechless, Kitagawa Yusuke took another step forward: "It's okay, we'll be done soon by counting the stains on the ceiling!"

To be honest, although Jiang Tianwei's physique is healthy, it is not a particularly good-looking body. The setting of a fresh and handsome man in clothes and full of muscles when he takes off his clothes only exists in comics and novels. He has been practicing boxing all the time, so he does not have much fat on his body, but his muscles are not very obvious. He is not comparable to those muscular men who practice bodybuilding.

But Kitagawa Yusuke doesn't care.

This kind of physique is more realistic.

He pressed forward eagerly, forcing Jiang Tianwei to retreat step by step.

The two of them were pulling at their limit. At first they were still in the room, then they were at the door, and after a while, they were in the corridor.

"We can't go over there now. Senior Mona hasn't unlocked the door yet."

Just as Jiang Tianwei was about to retreat, Fang Zexia's voice rang in his ears.

If Kitagawa Yusuke saw a cat playing with the door lock, he would be doomed. How could he just leave it alone? Think about it, if you saw a cat using its paws to poke the door lock of your house, would you just leave it alone? You would definitely take out your phone to take a short video and post it on TikTok!!!

(This Morgana, he failed at the critical moment and caused all kinds of trouble! Why not just summon a demon to break the door lock!).

As Jiang Tianwei was thinking this, he suddenly heard the sound of the door opening from the entrance: "Yusuke, I'm back."

Madarame is back!

This is the only variable in this plan: when will Madarame Ikryusai return home?

Through art exhibitions and the media, it is easy to confirm Madarame's general course of action. For example, there was an interview with Madarame this afternoon.

However, you can’t be sure when the interview will end. It may be early or late. Even if there is a schedule, it is difficult to be so precise. So the error in the middle depends entirely on Jiang Tianwei’s flexibility.

"——Just right, Madarame-sensei is back! Let's ask him directly!"

Jiang Tianwei was at his wit's end. What else could he do? Morgana hadn't opened the door yet. If Banmu walked by and saw a cat picking the lock in the corridor, what would he do if he took a video with his phone? So... the only way was...

Jiang Tianwei grabbed Yusuke's hand and pulled him to the corridor. The two of them blocked the door behind them. Although Madarame was old, he was not blind or deaf, so he could hear what the two were arguing about. When he saw Jiang Tianwei coming, he immediately put on a charitable look and said, "What's wrong, this... model?"

When Madarame saw Jiang Tianwei wearing a tights, he was stunned and thought: What's wrong with Yusuke? Didn't he find a pretty girl before? If he put his name directly on that kind of painting, it would definitely attract a lot of traffic. Why did he suddenly change the gender? !

"Madarame-sensei! I have a question about art!"

As soon as Kitagawa Yusuke saw his teacher coming back, he quickly told him about his ideas on men, women, whether to wear clothes, the dominance of yin and the decline of yang, and how to guide the whole of Japan to return to normal. Madarame was stunned. Even though Madarame was a senior in the art world, he had never seen such a scene before...

Just as Jiang Tianwei and Yusuke were entangled with Madarame, they heard a crisp sound from behind them...

Madarame was the most alert. He immediately looked at the door behind the two men. The huge padlock on the door had been opened without him noticing! A black cat was walking in the corridor. Apart from that, there was no one else!

"! That door! How did that door open?!"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 103 The dusty truth

Madarame's anger is understandable. Behind that door is a deep darkness that he absolutely cannot let outsiders know!

The angry and anxious tone was like a sharp blade, easily tearing his hypocritical mask into pieces. Madarame, who had always pretended to be a kind old man in front of others, finally couldn't sit still this time.

It's funny to say that in Japan, this kind of behavior of disguising one's true nature and pretending to be a good person is often referred to as "covering the cat (猫かぶる)". As a result, the one who tore off his mask today happened to be a cat. What an interesting coincidence.

Seeing this, Jiang Tianwei quickly ran over and said, "Ah, little kitty, so cute~".

"Ah! Don't go over there! You are not allowed to go there! You must not enter that room!"

When Banmu saw Jiang Tianwei going out, he didn't care about his image anymore. He immediately screamed, fearing that Jiang Tianwei would run in. Jiang Tianwei also had an idea. He turned back while running and said, "Oh, I didn't mean to go in. I just wanted to see the cat...ah~"

He let out a hypocritical cry, deliberately tripped his right foot with his left foot, pretended to fall down, and with a shoulder collision, he directly knocked open the peacock-patterned door!

Although Madarame wanted to stop him, one was an old artist who probably had not exercised much, while the other was a teenager in adolescence who still insisted on boxing to exercise. Madarame could not catch up with him no matter what.

The door was pushed open, Jiang Tianwei pretended to get up and slipped in.

The room was dark. Jiang Tianwei had already asked Fang Zexia to confirm the location of the light switch, and he immediately turned it on.

"Hey, classmate Jiang! This place is off-limits, all disciples..."

Kitagawa Yusuke came over anxiously, fearing that Jiang Tianwei would offend the teacher. Since Yusuke regained consciousness, no outsider had ever entered this room. It was the place where the teacher secluded himself, and he was the only one who had the key.

Today, in order to pursue Jiang Tianwei, even Yusuke couldn't help but take a few glances at the door...

"This?! These are all Sayuri?!"

Kitagawa Yusuke noticed at a glance the dozens of paintings of Sayuri in the studio.

Madarame also rushed over, and as soon as he saw Yusuke's appearance, he knew: "Yusuke, hey, now that you have discovered it, I won't hide it anymore."

Madarame put his hands in the wide cuffs of his kimono, like a down-and-out samurai in a period drama.

"In fact, I have been trying to get out of my low period. So I decided to re-copy my original work "Sayuri". When I was trying to recover, some people said that it was okay even if it was a copied painting, and they wanted to buy this painting... I'm sorry, Yusuke, please forgive me, a teacher who was blinded by the smell of money. After all, money is necessary to make your talent shine..."

Madarame shed tears as he spoke, and with just a few words he raised the topic to the level of "I have to do this for Yusuke". He is truly a master of moral blackmail.

"Didn't Sayuri's painting get stolen? Why can it still be copied?"

Jiang Tianwei asked directly. Madarame seemed to have prepared the answer long ago. He sniffed and said, "That's because we took high-precision photos for publicity back then..."

"Yeah, that makes sense--".

Jiang Tianwei said this and walked to the center of the room. A painting on the easel was covered with a thick purple cloth. The content of this painting had been confirmed by Fang Zexia in advance.

Although she cannot touch real things as a ghost, she can use her ghost physique to penetrate thick cloth and directly confirm the content of the painting. Although it is too dark for human eyes to confirm, as a ghost, she is not troubled by the darkness.

After all, you’ve never heard of a ghost being afraid of the dark, right?

Jiang Tianwei pulled open the thick purple cloth, and a beautiful painting immediately revealed the hidden true face of Mount Lu - a woman in red, who seemed to be holding something, with her back against the golden moonlight, and cherry blossoms inserted diagonally.

"What is this?! Sayuri?!"

Kitagawa Yusuke's eyes widened and he took a step back in disbelief: "Teacher, didn't you say that Sayuri was stolen?!"

"No, that's not right. That's also an imitation I drew, but it's just that the degree of completion is relatively high!"

"impossible!".

This was the first time that Kitagawa Yusuke opposed Madarame's statement so harshly.

As a painter, as an artist, as a student who once admired Madarame, he had always been gentle towards Madarame. But this time, the astonishment in his heart overcame everything.

"Teacher, please tell me the truth! This Sayuri has always been my spiritual pillar, and I will never admit my mistake!"

“…Tsk, don’t you understand what I’m saying? I’ve already told you! This is a fake! You didn’t listen to me, right? Then I’m going to call security!”

Madarame said, taking out his cell phone. Unlike Yusuke's threatening behavior of pressing his finger on the dial button, Madarame directly dialed the number: "Hello, it's me! There are thieves in my studio! There are two people! Catch them!"

When he heard that there were two people, Jiang Tianwei immediately knew who he was talking about. Jiang Tianwei grabbed Yusuke's arm and dragged him out, who was stunned.

Madarame didn't chase them, he just watched coldly: "How stupid. Security will be here in less than two minutes. Where can you run to?"

Jiang Tianwei knew this, of course. He knew it when he came last night. These security guards were hiding near Madarame's house. So, as soon as he ran to the entrance, before he opened the door, he took out his mobile phone and opened the navigation of the other world. He didn't care about Kitagawa Yusuke, and Jiang Tianwei took him directly to the other world. "

No matter how powerful a security company is, they can only guarantee your safety in this world. The other world is not their responsibility.

It seems that because this was not an orthodox invasion from the door, Jiang Tianwei's teleportation location was not outside the art gallery, but inside.

As soon as they entered the different world, Yoshizawa Kasumi immediately materialized. She grabbed Jiang Tianwei who was falling from the sky. Jiang Tianwei quickly slid his phone in mid-air, summoned an angel, and hugged Yusuke who was also falling.

The position of the two people was exactly where Jiang Tianwei was stuck yesterday.

At this time, the electromagnetic barrier also stopped, and the tightly closed door opened. His companions were gathered together, watching the two people falling from the sky.

Only Kitagawa Yusuke could not understand the current situation: "Where is this place?! Am I dreaming? The angel hugging me? Am I really dreaming?"

"I'm sorry, perverted artist, this is reality -- strictly speaking, this is the true face of Madarame."

Ryuji had always been at odds with Yusuke, and he had been humiliated by him several times before, so how could he miss this opportunity to confront Yusuke?

"Skull?".

Kitagawa looked at Sakamoto Ryuji in confusion.

"Even though I'm a skeleton, don't remember me this way!"

Long Si also complained back without any hesitation.

"Where exactly is this place..."

Kitagawa Yusuke had just said a few words when he felt a sharp pain in his brain.

It seemed that he had received a strong mental shock before coming here. Since this was a space within his cognition, this kind of mental damage would naturally manifest itself in his body.

Jiang Tianwei sighed and said, "Let's send him back first..."

Kitagawa Yusuke looked at Jiang Tianwei and was immediately attracted by this classical art costume inherited in China: "It's so beautiful! So exotic... Please, be my model!"

"Let's not talk about models anymore at this time!"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 104 The true meaning of art?

"You guys haven't woken up yet?"

This was Kitagawa Yusuke's first reaction after hearing about this so-called spiritual world. However, whether it was the gorgeous clothes of the crowd, or the fact that he was clearly at his teacher's house but was suddenly transported to this other world, or the angels that Jiang Tianwei summoned, or the one-click change of clothes in mid-air...everything was filled with incomprehensible details, and he couldn't help but believe it.

"Perhaps you cannot accept it... But this is reality. This is the world in the eyes of your respected teacher."

Xing lowered her eyes and tried to comfort her in a calm tone.

"Is this the kind of world that would make people puke if they looked at it for one more second... Who are you guys? Why did you get into a place like this?!"

Kitagawa Yusuke asked, the harsh tone he put on was just to cover up the confusion in his heart.

"Since you're asking this sincerely, we are the Phantom Thieves who specialize in changing the minds of evil people!"

Sakamoto Ryuji said in a childish tone, and Yusuke remained silent. After all, no matter what, Madarame had raised him for more than ten years. Even if he understood everything mentally, it would be difficult for him to accept it emotionally.

While everyone was chatting, the originally magnificent art gallery was shrouded in a thick layer of red, just like an alarm in a movie or game. Although everyone opened the peacock door to the other world, at a glance, there were countless enemies on the other side, blocking the way layer by layer.

It seemed that the security guards that Madarame had called had arrived. The entire space was now filled with shadows of security guards. Red lights were flashing everywhere on the walls, giving the impression of an emergency.

Originally, Jiang Tianwei had thought about splitting into two teams, with one team escorting Yusuke back and the other team continuing to explore and investigate, but unfortunately, given the current situation, it is a bit difficult to force an investigation.

Fortunately, this door has been opened once. This is how human subconsciousness works. There is only a small difference between 100% safety and 99% safety, but as long as there is this little difference, it is no longer "absolute". The door will not be closed when you explore next time, so why bother doing it now?

Madarame is now very nervous and shocked. It is too difficult to explore at this time. Jiang Tianwei simply gave up and waited for Madarame to calm down.

It has been proven that the locations in the other world are related to the locations in reality. If you come in from the door, you will enter the entrance of the art museum. If you come in from Madarame's house, you will go directly into the art museum.

Similarly, there must be a lot of security personnel in Madarame's house now. If he wants to escape, the most reasonable way is to escape from the cognitive space to a place far away from Madarame's house, and then return to reality.

We have walked this road several times, so it is quite familiar. We walked all the way and arrived at the exhibition hall.

Maybe it was because Madarame was now focusing all his attention on the peacock-patterned gate, so the defenses in other places were very weak. Even with Yusuke, who had no fighting ability, he could still walk out smoothly...