Persona: Devil Summoner

The angry Master Liu wanted to pick up two kitchen knives and fight with old man Madarame. Looking at his appearance, although Yusuke didn't understand Chinese, his concern was clearly conveyed to his heart. He nodded to the old man with gratitude.

(Language barriers cannot be used as an excuse for not being able to communicate. Passionate emotions can indeed be felt by others...)

When Kitagawa Yusuke thought of this, he suddenly looked up, his eyes shining, and he grabbed Jiang Tianwei's hand with a snap: "So that's it! It's emotion!".

"ha?".

Jiang Tianwei was stunned.

Just imagine how you would react if the classmate from another class who was eating opposite you suddenly stood up and grabbed your hand, and you can clearly understand how confused Jiang Tianwei is now.

"What's this about emotions? What do you want to do?! I warn you, I have no such interest! I'm a straight man!"

Jiang Tianwei tried to pull his hand away, but was held tightly by the other party.

"It's just like I don't understand what the old man is saying, but I can still understand what he means! The same goes for paintings! Just like those masterpieces handed down from generation to generation, not only can be appreciated by the people of the country! What makes paintings so contagious is emotion!"

Kitagawa Yusuke became more and more excited as he spoke, and the look in his eyes was as if he was about to grow a pair of wings and fly!

"Um, I, I understand. Just calm down first, calm down..."

Jiang Tianwei was afraid that this boy had gone crazy and would start talking about men, masculinity and other things like taking off clothes. Although Jiang Tianwei didn't mind watching girls take off their clothes, he would not take off his clothes if he had to switch positions with the other party.

"Hehehe, so in other words, if you want to reach the pinnacle of art, you need to understand all kinds of emotions and feelings... Speaking of a place that brings together countless emotions and feelings... that is of course... ahem... Shibuya Station."

Yusuke still managed to stay somewhat sober, and even as he was yelling, he remembered that he shouldn't casually mention the term "knowledge space", so he quickly changed his words and said "station".

Master Liu was completely confused. To him, it was just a bunch of bird noises in the room, which he didn't understand at all. Even if he followed his body movements, he still didn't understand. He just thought that the other party was energetic because he had eaten something good.

No matter what, it’s a good thing that young people are so lively! It’s absolutely a good thing!

The old man was smiling and waving a palm-leaf fan, watching the two young people quarreling. He felt that this small shabby house had become more lively and more like a home.

If there is no warm emotion between people, and only a simple blood relationship, can it be considered a home?

"【Eat quickly, it will get cold soon.】".

The old man continued to greet the two of them warmly, with a smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 118 Let's Embarrass Ourselves Together

After solving the Madarame incident, the reputation of the Phantom Thieves has been rising rapidly.

The Phantom Thieves channel created by Mishima Yuki also saw a surge in visits! However, the support rate for the Phantom Thieves group pinned to the top of the channel was not very high, currently only maintaining at around 20.

Most people are still skeptical about the Phantom Thief.

However, businessmen have already started to take action.

Early this morning, Jiang Tianwei received a group chat message from Long Si. It only had a few big words "Look" and a photo attached.

Obviously, the photo was taken in an arcade. Ryuji raised his arm to take a selfie. Behind him was a claw machine, and the thing inside was...

"Phantom Thief Doll?!".

Jiang Tianwei was shocked. It looked like an ordinary doll, except that a white mask with the Phantom Thieves logo was sewn on its face. And then it was dressed in black clothes... Even through the screen, one could still see the rough stitching, and it was obvious that no effort was put into it. It was probably some leftover doll that was processed and sold as Phantom Thieves peripherals.

"If we sue him for defamation or copyright infringement, we'll make a fortune!"

Jiang Tianwei sighed that all businessmen are dishonest and can make money everywhere, and then he slowly took out his key to open the door.

It wasn't until Ryuji sent a message that he noticed that today was a day off. The school was closed.

For him, he had to deliver newspapers every morning, rain or shine. Therefore, he would not rest even if he had to go to school, and naturally he was not very sensitive to holidays. Many times, after delivering newspapers, he would rush to prepare for school, only to find that it was time for rest.

Although he is not short of money now, he cannot change the habits he has developed over the years.

Now that I have Yusuke, it is much more convenient. As long as you open the door and see Yusuke drawing in the room, it means that he is resting today. If you see Yusuke packing his schoolbag to prepare for class, or he has already left, then he is going to school.

"The thief doll, huh, what a tasteless thing."

As soon as I opened the door, I saw Yusuke making a mean comment about the photo Ryuji posted.

Jiang Tianwei shrugged. It seemed that he would stay at home today and not go out.

(So, how am I going to get through my day?).

Jiang Tianwei was thinking about this, wondering what to do to kill time on his day off, when he suddenly heard his cell phone ring and Long Si's name was clearly written on the caller ID...

(What happened? Weren’t you playing games in the game hall?).

Jiang Tianwei suddenly had a bad feeling and quickly answered the phone.

"Hey, Long Si, is there something going on?"

"Ah? Situation? Ah! Yes! Something big is happening! Hey, Jiang Jiang, come here quickly! Come to the game room! You must avenge me!"

"Revenge? What happened?"

Just as Jiang Tianwei asked this, he heard a faint voice coming from the phone: "Too weak, too weak!! Can you still be considered a high school student? It's really embarrassing! Where have you eaten all these years!"

"What did you say?! I don't believe it!"

Jiang Tianwei didn't have time to check with him about the situation before he heard Long Si being provoked by the other party. Jiang Tianwei said "hello" several times, but the other party didn't respond. He probably put the phone in his pocket...

"You, you didn't get into a fight with someone, did you?!"

Jiang Tianwei reacted immediately...

There are so many people in the Phantom Thieves. Amamiya Ren has the best relationship with Ryuji. Takamaki An and Ryuji were classmates. So why didn't Ryuji contact them but me? It must be because I have something that surpasses them!

Of course it’s my beauty... ahem, that’s my kung fu skills.

Maybe he had a conflict with someone in the game hall and ended up being besieged...

Although Ryuji and Jiang Tianwei were not that close, they were all fellow thieves, so how could he stand by and watch them die? Jiang Tianwei said, "I have something to do." He left in a hurry, and Yusuke's voice came from behind the door: "Goodbye, remember to bring me some food."

"You're so welcome!"

After complaining about him through the door, Jiang Tianwei ran to the station in a hurry...

The arcade that Long Si often goes to is located in Shibuya. When he ran in, he didn't see Long Si at all. He asked the clerk and described Long Si's features, but how could the clerk remember that he had dyed blond hair and looked like a gangster? In the end, Jiang Tianwei could only call Long Si again...

It turned out that this kid had gone on an "expedition" for some reason.

If you want to explain clearly what an expedition is, you must first start with the cultural heritage of the game hall.

Generally speaking, most people who go to the game hall are from the local area. Over time, a small circle of locals will naturally form. Naturally, some special rules for locals will gradually appear, as well as rankings for locals.

The so-called expedition is that these local experts who think they are awesome and powerful will form groups and go to game rooms in other regions to challenge the local experts.

Actually, since Ryuji became a Phantom Thief, he no longer had much time to hang out with them, but since they were all friends, it was hard to refuse, so he had no choice but to go on the expedition with them...

(Could it be that you left too many records and ended up getting beaten?).

Jiang Tianwei rushed to Akihabara, a holy place that every foreigner would visit when visiting Japan, with a worried look on his face.

The real Akihabara is different from the one in the game. There are no monsters that suck blood, nor agents that strip people of their clothes when they see them, so Jiang Tianwei quickly ran to the game hall where Long Si was...

"Jiang Jiang! You are here! You must avenge me!"

As soon as he saw Jiang Tianwei appear at the door of the computer room, Long Si, who was squatting on the ground with a lost look on his face, immediately came over.

Judging from his appearance, he doesn't look like he was beaten at all.

Come to think of it, it took Jiang Tianwei at least two hours from the time he received the call to the time he rushed over. If there was a real fight, "Long Si" would have been beaten into "Da Diao" by now. How could they be so neat?

Long Si pointed to the machine next to him, and saw a red-hatted boy, obviously an elementary school student, holding a light gun and shooting zombies on the screen. This was a two-player cooperative machine, and another person was standing on the other pedestal. From what Long Si said, this person should also be a member of their expedition team.

……

Jiang Tianwei glanced at the scores on the screen... The gap between the two people's scores had already widened to over a million points. It could be said that there was no way to save the situation...

Soon, a game was over. The elementary school student in the red hat turned his gun handsomely and said coldly to the person next to him: "Too weak! Your reflexes are too weak! You don't memorize the map well, and your reaction is not fast enough. Are the two holes under your eyebrows for venting?"

Ah, this sharp mocking voice was undoubtedly what Jiang Tianwei had heard on the phone before...

"I say, Long Si..."

"what?".

"You went on an expedition to the Akihabara game hall..."

"kindness……"

"And then was defeated by an elementary school student?"

"Uh... um..."

“And you’re not even convinced and start looking for outside help?”

"a ha ha ha……"

"Don't you think you're a little embarrassed?"

It's more than just embarrassing. If this gets out, I'm afraid Long Si will never be able to work in the arcade room for the rest of his life.

Long Si's face turned red and he said anxiously: "This, this is because the child is too strong! If you don't believe it, try it yourself!"

"I don't want to. It's not glorious even if I win a fight with a kid."

"Jiang Jiang, please! Among all the people I know, you have the fastest reaction! Please, God of the game!"

Jiang Tianwei couldn't help but feel a little flattered by Long Si's earnest plea. He couldn't help but blurt out, as if he were in a Stephen Chow movie, "Of course. Could it be that I have learned the Tathagata Palm... ahem, could it be that I have wanted to join Capcom, and I have to tell you about that?"

After hearing this, the elementary school student next to him sneered, his eyes under the brim of his hat were extremely cold: "You over there, don't talk big. There is no way you can beat me."

"Hey, kid, has no one ever taught you what humility is?"

"You can wait until you beat me before you say that!"

Jiang Tianwei groaned, rolled up his sleeves, and picked up the empty laser gun...

ten minutes later……

"Long Si, how about we contact Amemiya..."

Jiang Tianwei! Ten minutes later! A humiliating defeat!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 119 Meeting an old friend in a foreign land

Jiang Tianwei has always had a dream, which is to work in a game production company and make games that he loves.

And a person who loves games is, of course, someone who is good at games.

Jiang Tianwei boasted that his skills were pretty good, and with the superb reflexes he gained from defeating the bullfighter, he should have been absolutely invincible...but he didn't expect that there would be such a huge gap between him and him.

This is actually normal. After all, when playing games, especially arcade games like this, it is often not enough to just rely on reactions. There are many traps that are difficult to notice when playing for the first time, as well as hidden elements that are difficult to discover when playing for the first time.

These two points will result in first-time players, no matter how high their level is, often finding it difficult to compete with veterans.

Although Jiang Tianwei had excellent reactions, he had never played this game before. At an age when he should have been hanging out in an arcade, he was working part-time. Naturally, he didn't know the hidden rewards of this game, and it was difficult for him to deal with the "first sight kill".

The result is that the score is not as good as the previous brother...

"Tsk, are you kidding me? After all that nonsense, you get a result like this."

Jiang Tianwei blushed after being mocked by the boy in the red hat. He followed Long Si's example and squatted in a corner...

"Don't worry, brother, it's already impressive that you can do this for the first time..."

Long Si comforted Jiang Tianwei. He went to Jiang Tianwei hoping that he could use his monster-level reflexes to overwhelm him, but he still lost to experience. The plot of being able to crush veterans in the first play basically only appears in fantasy works. There is no such fluke in reality.

"You're letting a newbie who's playing for the first time compete with me? I'm being underestimated!"

When Red Hat heard that this was Jiang Tianwei's first time playing, he was shocked and a look of contempt was revealed on his face.

At this point, the fellow expedition members couldn't help it any longer.

It's like this a lot of the time, if you win, you win, don't say anything. You insist on mocking the other party, once, twice, three times, five times... How can I tolerate this... The group of people who brought Long Si here, it was embarrassing to lose face, and losing to an elementary school student was even more embarrassing. As a result, they are now being scolded by the elementary school student. Who can stand it?

Then one of them came out and said angrily: "You little brat, you think you can play games!" Then he raised his backpack and was about to hit him on the head...

This is why we recommend that everyone be civilized and polite. It is because the child was too talkative that he got himself into big trouble.

What's very strange is that these people who came here on the expedition are all cheering for their own people, but no one in Akihabara seems to care about the little boy. They are all just watching the fun, as if to say: You deserve to be beaten.

It is really rare that locals do not share the same hatred with locals.

But no matter which one it was, Jiang Tianwei couldn't just sit there and watch. He quickly stepped forward, stretched out his hand, and hooked his wrist around the backpack strap. With a little force from his arm, the bag followed the strap and rolled up his arm, not swinging it out.