Persona: Devil Summoner

As soon as Pixie finished speaking, she frowned and pinched her nose: "The ceiling stinks! Why do you have to live in this garbage dump!"

"I don't live here! I'm trapped here! I say, do you have any way to open this cell door or something?"

Jiang Tianwei was desperate and tried every possible means to save her. When he saw that Pixie's body was small, he realized that the railing, which Jiang Tianwei couldn't even stick her head out of, was more than enough space for her.

Pixie looked at the two of them, then at the cell, and said reluctantly, "You really don't live here? Your house won't be so shabby after you get out, right?"

"How can it be!"

"OK then."

As Pixie said this, her figure flashed. Before Jiang Tianwei could even see its flight trajectory clearly, it had already flown outside the railing.

The little figure tried to punch and kick the padlock... After a series of clanging sounds, Pixie blew on her fists and said with a sad face: "This thing is impossible to break!"

"Um, then, then can you see if there's a key or something somewhere?"

Jiang Tianwei didn't have any expectations for its strength. After all, the strength of a creature is linked to its physique. An adult is definitely stronger than an infant, and a lion or tiger is definitely stronger than a mouse. Even a human of his size couldn't open the lock, so there was no way this little guy could break it.

Then, the only way out is to find the key.

Fortunately, according to logic, when a prison has a padlock, then this padlock should correspond to at least one key.

Pixie responded and flew out reluctantly.

To be honest, it didn't really want to help this human. After all, Pixie was a species that did what it wanted. It didn't like to listen to other people's orders and just did whatever it wanted. So the best way to use Pixie was not to give it orders, but to establish a good relationship with it and then ask it for help.

According to its previous temper, it would have made a face and ran away. But the problem was that since it was a summoned creature, this man had a certain degree of coercive power over it, and from its own aesthetic point of view, it was unwilling to stay in such a smelly and disgusting place.

All I can say is that they share the same interests. Pixie drives her tiny body and flies outside to explore the situation...

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 10 Escape

Japanese culture was born out of Chinese culture, so naturally there are quite a few similarities between the two cultures. The most typical example is language, especially some proverbs and idioms.

There is a Chinese idiom called "being in a state of panic". In Japan, to express this meaning, people often say: "So busy that they even want to borrow a cat's hand."

"Based on this principle, I want to develop a new Japanese saying, 'I want to borrow even Pixie's wings.'"

With nothing to do, Jiang Tianwei tried to tell a joke. He forgot who told him that "people should never forget their sense of humor." - maybe he saw it on the Internet, which shows that the Internet can do a lot of harm to people.

It's a pity that he still hasn't figured it out. If the other party doesn't get the joke, then it's not a sense of humor. This is really embarrassing.

Yoshizawa Kasumi obviously didn't understand what his sudden words had to do with "cat's hand". Without this hint of insight, there was naturally no point in laughing. She just raised her eyebrows in confusion and showed a helpless expression.

Just when the atmosphere was awkward, there was a clanging sound, and Pixie was seen dragging a long bunch of keys hard, moving them this way. The bunch of keys was almost as tall as her, and she had to move them little by little. As soon as it entered Jiang Tianwei's arm range, he quickly grabbed it!

The key! With this thing, of course you can escape from prison!

Key! Pixie is dehydrated because of this thing!

"Next time...I hope...you'll call me something else!"

The little goblin was breathing heavily. If it wasn't for its good self-control, it would have started to curse. With a bang, it turned into a ball of blue-gray flame and disappeared in front of Jiang Tianwei.

Just when Jiang Tianwei was curious about why it suddenly disappeared, he suddenly felt weak and his eyes went dark, as if he had a heat stroke! He waved his hands around, and suddenly, his hands grabbed the cold railing.

(Don’t you usually press on the girl’s chest at this time?!)

Jiang Tianwei complained about the impracticality of Japanese animations in his heart, took a deep breath, and tried to regain his spirit. He had seen this kind of development too many times in various game animations. It was probably because summoning this little guy required consuming his own energy, right?

It looks like I'll have to do some testing when I get back.

But, before that...

"Okay, now that we have the key, let's get out!"

Jiang Tianwei grabbed the railing and supported himself to stand up.

This feeling is hard to describe. My body is still strong, but my brain is so tired that I can't think straight. Fang Zexia saw him like this and came over with concern: "Are you okay? I'll help you."

The girl took the initiative to get close to his side, lifted up one of his arms, and supported him to stand up.

Jiang Tianwei only felt a faint and elegant fragrance that dispelled the rotten smell in the prison.

Fang Zexia noticed his nostrils twitching, her face turned red, and she pouted, "Stop sniffing! Let's go!"

It seemed that they should be thankful for the trio that had just escaped. There were no guarding knights along the road, and they all went after the three. Fang Zexia dragged Jiang Tianwei, and the two of them could barely move their pace and avoid being caught by the knights.

After leaving the prison, she walked up the winding stairs and finally arrived at the hall. As soon as she got here, Fang Zexia recognized the way she came.

"Hey! Have you found the intruder?!"

"We can't let Lord Kamoshida get angry! Send more troops!"

"The damn thief actually escaped from prison..."

Several knights were talking to each other in the hall, their voices loud and impatient, and it was obvious that they had no intention of hiding any information. Perhaps, in their impression, this was an absolutely safe place and there was no way anyone could eavesdrop.

Fang Zexia was grateful in her heart to the three people who escaped from prison. Thanks to them for attracting the attention, the two of them were able to escape so smoothly.

They came to what should be the school gate. They felt a blur in their vision, and a light pink halo enveloped their eyes. The next moment, Fang Zexia felt her shoulders lighten, as if Jiang Tianwei suddenly lost his weight...

thump!

Jiang Tianwei lost his support and fell directly to the ground. The severe pain woke him up. He covered his painful forehead with both hands and curled up and rolled on the ground.

"I'm sorry, are you okay?!"

Fang Zexia hurried to show concern, but as soon as her hands touched him, she naturally passed through again! She, she returned to her normal ghost state!

"It looks like we have escaped..."

Jiang Tianwei managed to squeeze out a few words from his hands covering his face, and then he added: "It would have been better if it hadn't come out this way..."

Yes, everything is back to normal.

If you visit Xiujin College now, you will still see the same building full of modern simplicity and industrial flavor, with banners of student clubs hanging on it, lazy security guards standing at the school gate, and the blue brick pavement and green vegetation vaguely visible through the railings.

The castle, the knights, and everything else seemed like a dream. There is an idiom in China that specifically describes this situation, called a dream of a yellow millet...

(Are they all fake?)

Jiang Tianwei took out his cell phone. Before he knew it, several hours had passed. It was already noon...

In the phone...ah, that weird demon summoning app is still there?!

When I clicked on the list, there were still two people, Kasumi Yoshizawa and Pixie...

This, isn’t this a dream?

Jiang Tianwei shook his head in disbelief. To be honest, he was extremely tired now and just wanted to find a place to fall asleep. He would deal with everything after he woke up.

He didn't even have the energy to take the bus home. He found a small restaurant nearby, ordered a meal, wolfed it down, and fell asleep on the table.

In his dream, he seemed to be in a blue space...

The overall environment is similar to... an elevator?

No, it looks like a luxury car compartment?

A daze, as if in prison...

Ah, enough of prison!

Noticing that this might be a new prison, Jiang Tianwei shuddered all over and woke up suddenly.

When he woke up, he felt someone shaking his shoulder. At first, he thought it was Fang Zexia, but then he changed his mind and thought, didn't Fang Zexia turn back into a ghost? How could it be her? Judging from the recovery of his logical reasoning ability, this sleep was useful.

The person who pushed him was naturally the clerk.

Although there is no sign in the restaurant prohibiting customers from sleeping, this is not a hotel after all. If everyone comes to the restaurant to sleep, why doesn't the restaurant become a hotel? At first, the clerk didn't take it seriously when he saw him sleeping. As mentioned before, sleeping is not prohibited after all.

But then he slept for a long time, and she couldn't help but start to worry. Could something have happened to him?

You know, Japan has been very busy recently. Various strange incidents have occurred frequently, often people who were fine suddenly became mentally abnormal and turned into lunatics. The previous subway derailment incidents, bus crashing through guardrail incidents... all have one common feature, that is, the person was fine, but suddenly his eyes were straight, and then, bang, the person became a disabled person. What if the person was originally operating a car or subway? That would become a major disaster.

With so many real examples, it’s no wonder the clerk was so nervous, fearing that he would also stare blankly and die in his seat.

Seeing him slowly waking up, the clerk breathed a sigh of relief and put on a business smile: "Sir, if you have finished your meal, you can actually go back to sleep."

She reminded him with a little embarrassment, and Jiang Tianwei blushed and nodded repeatedly to apologize.

When I looked at my phone, I realized that I had spent two hours lying down in just one go!

There was also a reply on my phone. It was from the doctor who was doing the drug trial that I had contacted before. Didn’t I ask her before if she had any drug trial work today? Now she replied: You are welcome anytime.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 11 Testing Medicine

"Little white mouse, you don't look very good today."

Shikenjaya, Takemi Internal Medicine Clinic.

The lazy female doctor described Jiang Tianwei's condition in an emotionless tone.

His mental state was not only bad, it was on the verge of collapse.

No matter who it is, if suddenly thrown into a prison, his mental state will not be very good after he comes out.

"Ah, no matter how many times I see him, I always think that Doctor Takemi is so... curious and wonderful..."

Yoshizawa Kasumi, who had returned to ghost form, complained like this.

"Well, my name is Takemiya after all..."

Jiang Tianwei responded softly.

This Takemi Internal Medicine Clinic is the community hospital in Shigenjaya. What makes it different from most community hospitals is the doctors.

This is a female doctor.

This is not sexism or anything. Female doctors are very common in this day and age.

But... a doctor dressed like a heavy metal lead singer is really a bit... strange.

It's like, if you go to a maid cafe, you expect the maids to be girls, but if a muscular, bearded guy comes, you'll find it weird, and you might even start to curse. Even if there's no law that says maids must be girls, it doesn't stop you from cursing.

The closest thing to a doctor about Dr. Takemi is her white coat. Other than that, there is nothing else that would remind people of a doctor.

She had a dark blue bob, light smoky makeup on the corners of her eyes, a leather collar with a circle of metal rivets around her neck... a short black dress, held up by a red rivet belt. At the end of her two long white thighs were a pair of black lace-up high heels, the dark leather and fair skin formed a sharp contrast.

By the way, during her break, this doctor wore casual clothes... a leather jacket... She really didn't look like a doctor at all. If you saw her anywhere else except in the clinic, you would just think she was a popular female lead singer from a band.

As for how Jiang Tianwei got involved with her, it can only be said that it was a perfect relationship of need.

Jiang Tianwei needed money. And Wu Jianmiao needed someone to test the medicine. So one day Jiang Tianwei came here to see a doctor but he was short of money, so Wu Jianmiao suggested that he try the medicine to pay for the medicine. From then on, the two hit it off.

Usually, it is difficult for drug testers to find the one that satisfies their needs. It is like a girl who buys a wardrobe of clothes, but may not have a single piece that she likes the most. Drug testers can easily find a lot of them, but they must consider the various human bodies that various drugs need to be adapted to.

To give a simple example, if you are testing cold medicine for children, you cannot use adults as the test subjects, because it is meaningless. Similarly, if you are testing medicine for smokers, you must find smokers, and it is meaningless to find non-smokers.

Wu Jianmiao just needed some young drug testers. The younger the better. If it weren't for the relevant laws and regulations, she would even like to have some eight or nine-year-old children. Because the drugs she needed were developed for children.

Wu Jianmiao's lounge doesn't have any doctor's atmosphere. It's more like a crazy researcher's room. A computer is placed in the middle of the table, surrounded by various unnamed glass medicine bottles. There are medicine cabinets and filing cabinets in the corners, and some needed information is piled up in various convenient places.

Wu Jianmiao sat on the swivel chair, crossed his legs, and played with the medical record board in his hand with his slender fingers.

"So, what did you do today?"

Wu Jianmiao pinched his arm casually and easily judged that he was in very good health. However, looking at the bloodshot in his eyes, the bloodless lips and the dying expression, he knew that he was under great mental stress and it had reached a critical point.

This situation is very strange...

"You wouldn't believe me even if I told you."

"How do you know if you don't tell me?"

Wu Jianmiao didn't even raise his head. He responded casually while recording Jiang Tianwei's physical condition today on the medical record.

"I went to the castle today. I was beaten with shields by a bunch of knights inside, and then thrown into prison."

“That’s really not easy.”

Wu Jianmiao responded casually.

You ask her if she believes it? Of course she does. Why lie about such a thing? -- Isn't it just playing video games? All kids of this age play them, the only difference is the degree of their addiction.

Judging from his appearance, he must have stayed up for several nights playing games, right?

"Today's doctor's advice is: play fewer games and don't stay up late. You are my important guinea pig, and I will be very troubled if you can't take care of yourself."