Persona: Devil Summoner

Of course, you can choose to put in the standard ones... But! You can also prepare some weird ingredients like Jiang Tianwei.

While imagining what kind of weird materials everyone would bring, Jiang Tianwei returned home with a smile on his face.

Kitagawa Yusuke was still painting, and Jiang Tianwei ignored him and took out the big pot that had been covered in dust for a long time, rinsed it thoroughly, and then washed the vegetables. The sound of running water accompanied by the gradually rising temperature at the turn of spring and summer was quite a bit of the fireworks of life.

Fang Zexia smiled and said, "You are becoming more and more virtuous!"

"It's none of your business. Instead of making sarcastic remarks, why don't you come and help me?"

Jiang Tianwei said casually as he tore the cabbage into small pieces.

"Aho, let me help."

Gao Juan Xing was the first one to arrive from the Phantom Thieves. Coincidentally, she was filming on location nearby and came right after it was finished. Jiang Tianwei left the door ajar to make it easier for everyone to come in, and Gao Juan Xing opened it with a light push.

Seeing Jiang Tianwei washing vegetables, she volunteered to run over to help. The girl held a tomato in her left hand and a kitchen knife in her right hand, pressing the tomato on the chopping board...

Do!

There was a dull sound, and the kitchen knife chopped into the chopping board. Gao Juanxing tried hard to pull the kitchen knife out...

"It's so tight! Why can't I pull it out..."

"Ah, leave the cooking to me. Ms. Takamaki, why don't you go... yes, go help Yusuke create a new immortal masterpiece!"

Jiang Tianwei ignored Gao Juanxing's mood and drove her directly to the living room. Looking at the chopping board that was deeply cut by a knife, he couldn't help but feel distressed: Do you think this thing is free?

The second person to come was Amamiya Ren.

He originally lived near Sixuan Tea House, and their homes were very close. Basically, Jiang Tianwei's house was just a few turns away from Lublan.

“I brought curry.”

The boy seemed to be seeking credit, holding a plastic bag filled with a sticky brown liquid. It was obvious that he was late just to help Lublan cook curry.

Jiang Tianwei was speechless: "I say, you know we are making hot pot today, right?"

"Ok, I know."

Amamiya Lian nodded seriously, her glasses reflecting a proud light. Jiang Tianwei couldn't help but exclaimed, "Go to the living room and help me clean up the table! And plug in my induction cooker."

“What about curry?”

"Put it here for me!"

Before Jiang Tianwei got angry, Yu Gong Lian was finally successfully driven into the living room.

"Ah, Jiang Jiang, here I come. Am I the first one to arrive?"

Sakamoto Ryuji was the last one to arrive, but he had an inexplicable confidence. He was holding two boxes of beef and said, "Speaking of hot pot, it must be meat. Meat! I bought a lot. Let's eat to our heart's content today, okay?"

"..."

Jiang Tianwei put down the kitchen knife in his hand, walked to the door silently, and put his hand on Long Si's shoulder.

"What, what?"

"Ryuji, I didn't expect you to be the one with the most common sense in the Phantom Thieves."

"Huh?! What are you talking about?!"

"Anyway, don't worry about it. Go... um... go and help me prepare the plates and bowls. And also help me get some sesame paste."

"Oh! Leave this little thing to me!"

Everyone had a clear division of labor. Amamiya Ren was responsible for cleaning the table and preparing the stove, Ryuji was responsible for taking out the bowls, chopsticks and plates as well as sesame paste, Yusuke was responsible for eating, Xing was responsible for beauty, Jiang Tianwei was responsible for washing the vegetables, peeling them, cutting them into pieces, and thawing the frozen meat... It was a very reasonable and efficient division of labor.

Since the theme was dark hot pot, when the pot was heating up and the atmosphere was getting hot, Morgana turned off the lights at Jiang Tianwei's instruction.

Suddenly, the room was completely dark. All I could hear was the rubbing of fabrics and then the sound of various objects falling into the water. Because it was completely dark, it was inevitable that everyone's hands would bump into each other, but these were minor problems...

Finally, after the last person was put away, Morgana turned on the light...

"........."

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. The originally clear hot pot had now turned into a demonic world...

The strong smell of curry rushed straight into the nose like violence, mixed with the sweet smell of chocolate... These two things were brought by Amamiya Lian and Jiang Tianwei... which directly caused the whole pot of clear soup to turn into a chaotic color.

What turned this chaos into a magic mirror was the Japanese confectionery thrown into it by An Takamaki...

Seemingly a little embarrassed by being stared at, Takamaki An defended herself by saying, "No, no one would refuse delicious Japanese confectionery, right?"

Jiang Tianwei was silent. As the initiator of today's topic, he felt from the bottom of his heart that he had done something wrong...extremely wrong.

So, what did Yusuke put in there?

Jiang Tianwei didn't even want to see...

Because...what he put in it was...rice.

This simple ingredient really fits Yusuke's character!

Looking at Yusuke again, he looked very proud: "This way, even if it's hot pot, I can still eat a lot."

"You don't even have room to put the meat!"

Jiang Tianwei couldn't help but complain.

"Oh, what does it matter? Just be happy~"

Gao Juanxing smiled and tried to smooth things over. Jiang Tianwei silently picked up the spoon, scooped a spoonful of the strange semi-solid substance, and handed it to Gao Juanxing: "Well, do you want to try it?"

"Eh?! Me? Hahaha, this hot pot is very precious. The captain should eat it first, right?"

When Amamiya Ren heard this, sweat started to fall from her forehead. This thing, except for its brown color, is basically the dark cuisine commonly seen in animations! Who would want to eat this kind of weird thing? Amamiya Ren thought that her courage was not enough to eat this thing...

"I think that as the leader of the assault team, Long Si works the hardest on weekdays, so the great hero Long Si should eat first."

"Huh?! Lianlian?! Are you trying to frame me?!"

Yusuke was very confused by the way everyone was trying to shirk responsibility. Although the Japanese were known for their politeness, he had never expected that everyone would be so humble. He took the initiative and said, "Since no one wants to eat first, then I'll do it..."

"Great, poison testing... ahem, the food tasting job is left to you!"

Jiang Tianwei hurriedly handed the mysterious liquid X that he had been holding for a long time to Yusuke. Yusuke took it and drank a sip without hesitation...

Everyone held their breath, waiting for Yusuke's reply...

However, ten seconds passed... thirty seconds passed... a minute passed... and Yusuke remained silent.

After a long while... Yusuke slowly picked up the spoon and took the second bite...

“This thing is edible.”

Even the usually poor Yusuke could only give a "edible" evaluation, bypassing the taste and directly evaluating the basic properties of this dish. Everyone has already guessed what kind of weird food this is...

"Well, then...eat, eat..."

Jiang Tianwei swore from the bottom of his heart that he would never be in a playful mood again and would never cook dark hot pot again! He would suffer the consequences if he did evil!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 126 Off-campus Visit

The short break ended indescribably with the help of a dark hot pot. Jiang Tianwei came to the gate of Xiujin College and looked at the large gold-plated characters on the door, feeling filled with emotion.

Although only a month had passed, his rich life experience made him feel like more than a year had passed. He and the Phantom Thieves always had a strange tacit understanding. I forgot which book it was mentioned, but it said that the basis for the rapid development of relationships between people is sharing common secrets.

Each member of the Phantom Thieves has different personalities and experiences, but because of their common identity as phantom thieves, they have a very high sense of identity with each other.

When Jiang Tianwei was in school, he paid special attention to his surroundings. Sure enough, after losing to him, President Niijima's lame stalking did not appear again. Afterwards, Jiang Tianwei asked Fang Zexia if she found that Niijima was really following him, and got a positive answer.

"Then why didn't you tell me?".

Jiang Tianwei asked.

"I thought it was because of your explosive personal charm that you directly attracted a little fan girl. Oh, it's a big fan girl~".

Fang Zexia complained like this.

"She's obviously so suspicious! Why do you think she's obsessed with me?"

"She behaved just like the yandere characters in the comics. And, you didn't notice such a suspicious person!"

I have to say that Fang Zexia’s eloquence is really good. I don’t know if it’s just because she has always been like this or if people are influenced by bad people, but in any case, her words left Jiang Tianwei speechless.

If it is a daily life comic, there will definitely be friends who will come over and pat you on the shoulder and say: Wow, a couple crosstalk!

But unfortunately, other people couldn't see Fang Zexia, the ghost girl, so in the eyes of outsiders, Jiang Tianwei was practicing stand-up comedy alone in front of the school gate. I just regret that the Yunshe crosstalk club didn't open a branch next to Xiujin College.

Today's campus life is the same as always. No matter which country the students are from, they generally don't like to go to class. This can be considered a kind of convergence. But...

"We have two things to announce at the class meeting today."

The first-grade teacher spoke in a tone that didn't have much rhythm or change, and said something meaningless. Although he made it sound important, the students all knew that it was not important at all.

"First...we are going to the park to pick up trash soon...this is the best way to show our dedication and social responsibility as young people of the new era. Second...we have also decided on the location for our social internship. We are going to the branch of Okumura Foods...Okay, now open your textbooks to page 47, and we will continue our talk today..."

The teacher said a lot of words in a drowsy tone that made it meaningless whether you listened to them or not.

(picking up trash...)

When Jiang Tianwei heard this, he couldn't help but look disgusted.

He knew that the principal of Shujin Academy was a man who was very concerned about his reputation, loved honor, and was quite ambitious. The previous Kamoshida incident had brought such a big stigma to the school, so naturally he had to do everything he could to make up for it.

The public welfare act of picking up trash in the park has made Xiujin College famous, but the volunteers are students. The principal is making a profit and the abacus beads are about to jump into other people's faces.

Another one... Jiang Tianwei had heard of it. It seemed to be Mr. Kawakami, or Amamiya, or Ryuji. I forgot who mentioned it to me. Their second-year students went to a TV station for social practice. And I went to Okumura Foods...

Speaking of Okumura Foods, perhaps half of the young people don't know who it is. But if you talk about the "Cosmos Burger", it's something that everyone among the young people knows. Some may not have eaten it, but everyone has heard of it.

This so-called Big Universe Burger, with its immensity reminiscent of the universe and the slogan "eat it and it's free", packs a one-two punch - to put it bluntly, it's a challenge for big eaters!

There are many young people who try to eat the big burger, but more people come here to check in and post to their friends. Occasionally, if you see a few people who can finish this thing in the store, they will definitely be greeted with respectful looks and flashes of their phones by all the members of the store.

Jiang Tianwei often eats this big universe burger.

Because there is a special event for the Big Cosmic Burger Big Eater Challenge, if you go at night, you can eat it once for only 500 yen, and the Big Cosmic Burger is at least eight or nine times bigger than the ordinary burger. You can eat the most with the least money, and the cost performance is extremely high. "

In the past, Jiang Tianwei often skipped meals for a whole day to save money, worked until night, and ate all he could for 500 yen. Although this was a huge blow to the stomach, it was very friendly to the wallet. For this reason, the staff at the Cosmos Burger in Shibuya had a headache whenever they saw Jiang Tianwei.

(I want to visit Okumura Foods…).

Jiang Tianwei couldn't help but turn his gaze to Fang Ze Jin, who was looking at the blackboard seriously and listening to the class attentively.

(If it was Fangze's exaggerated appetite, he would probably be able to finish it...the Big Universe Burger.).

If Jiang Tianwei had to choose, he would definitely be more interested in visiting the Big Universe Burger, which was far more interesting than volunteering for free, but the world does not revolve according to Jiang Tianwei's wishes. Before the get out of class ended, the head teacher said, "Don't forget to wear sportswear tomorrow and gather at Inokashira Park at 8 o'clock. Don't make the mistake of coming to school."

“I really don’t have the motivation to be a volunteer…”

As soon as the get out of class was over, Jiang Tianwei turned into a pile of mud, lying on the table, taking out his phone to complain about this to everyone in the Phantom Thieves. The fact is, once people start complaining, they will always provoke other people to complain. As soon as Jiang Tianwei complained about this lousy volunteer, Ryuji and Xing followed closely and complained continuously.

It seems that no one likes this kind of activity. Being outside the school all day, hot and sunny, and sweating... the most important thing is that there is no salary.

People's moods really affect their actions. When Jiang Tianwei thought about volunteering tomorrow, he felt that he had no interest in doing anything and went home lazily. Kitagawa Yusuke came back early and had already spread out a new piece of drawing paper. This kind of artist loves painting from the bottom of his heart.

"Hey...your school is fine..."

Jiang Tianwei was lying on the bed, talking lazily to Yusuke. Yusuke was in the ideation stage, so he could still listen to what people said. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong?"

"We are going to do volunteer work tomorrow."

"Oh, I see."

……

There was no follow-up, and the conversation fell silent. Jiang Tianwei thought that this boy really didn't know how to chat, but there was nothing he could do, so he could only continue to throw topics at him: "Yusuke, does your Kousei School not have such activities?"

"Indeed, there are no volunteers. We are basically doing sketching activities."

“That’s great…”

"If you're asking me if there are any special activities... I seem to have heard that there's a female chess player in our school? I heard that she often goes to church to think about chess alone. It can also be considered a special activity."

"This can only be considered a club activity at best. No, it can't even be considered a club activity, right?"

"I guess so.".

Kitagawa Yusuke said this absentmindedly, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind: "Yes, this feeling of wanting to deal with it casually is also a kind of human nature! Yes, it's so right... The feelings between people... Hehehe."

Kitagawa Yusuke made no effort to hide the fact that he was just trying to fool Jiang Tianwei. He chuckled and started picking up the paintbrush again... leaving Jiang Tianwei alone on the bed, bored: "Female chess players... It seems that the one I met last time, One Two Three, is from Koxing..."

But this time, Yusuke had already picked up the paintbrush, and the entire server was concentrating on the painting, and there was no response.