Persona: Devil Summoner

Parks are indeed popular places with beautiful scenery. For example, on a day off, office workers can enjoy a forest bath, breathe in the fresh air into their empty bodies squeezed by unscrupulous companies, and drink a can of beer while looking at the beautiful scenery. What a pleasant experience that is.

Jiang Tianwei picked up the beer can on the ground while imagining such a scene.

On Yoshizawa Sumire's side, she kept throwing small garbage, such as packaging bags and popsicle sticks, into the garbage bag.

"Including this time, I can't tell you how many times I've been helped by my seniors."

While picking up trash, Yoshizawa Sumire said it again.

"Well, I've always said that you don't need to worry about it. Protecting schoolmates or beautiful girls is our duty."

Jiang Tianwei deliberately imitated the strange accent he had seen in some TV show and spoke. Ghost Fang Zexia urged him, "Quick! Ask her to marry you!"

Jiang Tianwei rolled his eyes at her, thinking to himself, how could there be a sister like you who would instigate me to capture her own sister every day...

"No, Senior, no matter what, I will still care. Besides, I also want to be someone who doesn't need to be protected."

Yoshizawa Sumire said this, straightened her body, and made a boxing move, throwing two punches into the air.

Jiang Tianwei thought she was joking, or just showing off, but when he saw her movements, he couldn't help but be shocked, thinking: This girl is really not lying...

He himself is an aerobic boxing coach. As the saying goes, long illness makes a good doctor, not to mention that he is a doctor.

Jiang Tianwei could tell at a glance that Fang Zejin's boxing was very good. When many people hear the word boxing, they think it is an "attack with the arms", but this is actually wrong. If you only rely on your fists and simply swing your arms, the power of your fists will not be too great.

People who really know how to box know that they need to gather the strength of the whole body together, with the feet pressing on the ground, the legs supporting the body, the waist transmitting the power, the shoulders moving with the momentum, and finally, releasing all the power through the fists. This is boxing.

Sumire Yoshizawa's move is already a very familiar boxing move.

"It's embarrassing."

"This is a really standard boxing move, have you learned it?"

"Huh? Didn't I tell you? Rhythmic gymnastics is not just about this. I've also practiced aerobic boxing."

Fang Zejin's tone was slightly proud, she puffed out her chest a little, raised the corners of her mouth, and looked quite proud. Did she mention it? Jiang Tianwei had no impression. Maybe she did, maybe she didn't. Who remembers? But she looked really cute now.

Yoshizawa Sumire's sudden boxing move naturally attracted the attention of many boys and girls. The emotions implied in the eyes of both genders were quite complicated.

Fang Ze Jin also noticed that her sudden boxing action was a bit too conspicuous. Her face turned red, and she coughed lightly. She pretended nothing happened and continued to pick up trash. Jiang Tianwei also worked hard with him.

(It seems that these two people are really close.).

From a distance, Sensei Maruki Takuto watched the interaction between the two.

He came here today as an accompanying teacher, and his main task was to provide lunch for the students. To be fair, Mr. Maruki's cooking skills were only average, the kind that could be made by following the recipe. It was neither dark nor glowing.

At this time, he was guarding two particularly large iron barrels, boiling the pork soup inside.

Soon, lunch time arrived.

The students didn’t care about the garbage at all and just ran over to eat.

Student Council President Shinori Niijima was standing with a megaphone at lunchtime, across from Maruki-sensei's desk, and while everyone was coming over to get their lunch, he explained the afternoon's schedule to everyone.

She immediately saw Jiang Tianwei chatting and laughing with Fang Zejin in the crowd, and she felt a wave of resentment in her heart. Of course, she noticed that the two of them were late in the morning, and now they showed up again, which made her feel irritated for no reason. She interpreted this emotion as dissatisfaction with seeing Jiang Tianwei's actions that violated school rules.

(One day, I will catch you...)

Shinjima really thought so.

In fact, she had no grudge against Jiang Tianwei, and had no interest in the Phantom Thieves. In fact, just talking about the Kamoshida incident, she wanted to applaud the Phantom Thieves. But unfortunately, people in the underworld have no choice, and her position determines that she cannot directly support the Phantom Thieves.

She came to investigate the Phantom Thief out of sheer helplessness. The principal asked her to find out the true identity of the Phantom Thief, and she had to do it. Although the principal didn't say it explicitly, he hinted to her that if Niijima really didn't agree, then she wouldn't be able to get a place in a prestigious university.

If she had a choice, she would not want to conduct such a useless investigation, wasting time... The result was that she was tricked by Jiang Tianwei and owed him a favor for nothing...

Shinjima Makoto now felt as if a breath was stuck in his heart, unable to swallow it or spit it out.

(One day... I will definitely, definitely catch you... Oh, by the way... If I can't get the information from you...)

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 130: Misunderstanding is an essential part of light novels

"Pork soup, delicious."

At lunch time, Sumire Yoshizawa held a disposable lunch box and sighed.

The lunch box was filled with pork soup, with light-colored fat floating on the cooked brown liquid, and small pieces of pork floating up and down with boiled vegetable leaves. Be careful, because of the thick layer of fat, the soup is hotter than it looks. If you are not careful, you will be burned and gasp for air. After drinking a few sips, you will sweat all over.

I don’t know if it’s because I ate too many delicious dishes made by Master Liu, but Jiang Tianwei found his pork soup hard to eat. His mouth was full of the taste of oil and was very greasy.

"Is it not to your liking?"

Yoshizawa Sumire asked.

"Well, maybe I have developed a bad tongue."

"Indeed, the lunch box that Senior brought was super delicious."

Fangze Jin couldn't help but recall the few times Jiang Tianwei brought a lunch box and the two of them ate together in the corridor. She had indeed tasted the lunch that Jiang Tianwei brought, and it was quite delicious.

If you eat that kind of delicious food every day, it is understandable that you look down on Mr. Maruki's pork soup.

The two were chatting when Shinjima suddenly came over with a bowl of pork soup and asked, "Would it be convenient for us to eat together?"

Jiang Tianwei looked at her in surprise. He had thought that if you asked someone like Niijima Makoto to owe him a favor, she would definitely not come over to talk to him when they saw her in the future. Unexpectedly... Jiang Tianwei could only blame himself for not being able to judge people.

"Ah, hello, Niijima-senpai."

Fang Zejin saw that it was a senior from the third year, so she quickly stood up and bowed slightly to her. Jiang Tianwei saw her stand up, and stood up reluctantly as well, nodding slightly to her as a greeting.

"What a polite junior sister! Are you adapting to Shujin Academy?"

At this time, Shin Niijima sat on the bench like an understanding and caring older sister, asking Yoshizawa Sumire about her well-being.

(Not good... Is she trying to get some information out of Fangze?!)

"Wait a minute, Niijima-senpai, I think..."

Before Jiang Tianwei could finish, Shinjima smiled and said, "What's wrong, Junior Jiang? Is there anything you should be nervous about when I talk to Junior Fangze?"

Her secretive smile made Jiang Tianwei feel uneasy. Jiang Tianwei's nervous reaction made Shinjima more certain of his speculation: As expected, Fangze can be used as a breakthrough point...

Jiang Tianwei swallowed his saliva, thinking about what excuse he could come up with to drive her away... or just take Fang Zejin away...

"Um, Jiang, Fangze, are you two having dinner? If you don't mind, I'll join in the fun.

……

It is said that the mantis stalks the cicada while the oriole is behind it. But have you ever thought about what would happen if the mantis stalks the mantis instead of the cicada, and the oriole behind the mantis instead of the mantis? What kind of chaotic scene would this be?

The answer is now.

I don't know what's wrong with Mr. Maruki, he actually came over with a bowl of hot pork soup, and the heat even made the lower half of his glasses fog up...

"Hmm? Maruki-sensei?"

Niijima looked at the man behind him who came to join in the fun strangely, and felt puzzled in his heart, why did Maruki teacher come here?

Shinjima had a bad feeling about this development. Think about it, wasn't it the same last time? He found an opportunity to catch Jiang Tianwei and was about to interrogate him, but he was entangled by a detective who was difficult to distinguish between male and female. Now, he was about to spy on Jiang Tianwei and Fang Zejin, but someone came to disrupt the situation again? !

Humans are unexpectedly paranoid creatures, and they particularly trust "empiricism".

When they encounter similar situations, they often give priority to following their past experience. For example, there is a very interesting story about a Chinese who saw a foreign ice cream for the first time and saw white steam coming out of it. Based on their experience, they thought it was hot and blew on it, but ended up being laughed at.

It's the same now, Shinjima's heart skipped a beat: (Teacher Maruki is the teacher invited by the school to deal with the Phantom Thieves Incident. Could it be that the Phantom Thieves Incident has something to do with him?! He had to enter the school for some purpose, and the Phantom Thieves Incident was just a way for him to enter the school? Or, Teacher Maruki is actually a member of the Phantom Thieves?).

So, imagination is the most harmful, especially for smart people, who will regard many irrelevant details as foreshadowings with ulterior motives...

Maruki Takuto himself didn't expect that he just came over with pork soup to say hello, but someone unilaterally regarded him as a Phantom Thief... Who can he reason with? Is it so easy to join the Phantom Thieves? Just bring some soup? !

"Ah? Is that the voice of Niijima-san? Hello, I'm so sorry. My glasses fogged up and I didn't see you. Are you guys having dinner?"

Maruki Takuto originally came over to say hello.

Although Maruki's dressing style is extremely decadent, he is good-looking and has a nice voice. Most importantly, he can easily arouse the maternal emotions of women: "This man is too useless, how can he live without me?", which makes Maruki unexpectedly popular among female students. Many girls would ask him if he wanted to eat with them.

Although it is a pleasant thing to be the center of attention of girls, Maruki Takuto is definitely not called a teacher because his sexual fetish is a teacher-student relationship. He is also very entangled in this situation. Girls of this age are particularly sensitive, and even if you want to reject their advances, you need some skills. So Maruki teacher decided to slip away.

Yes, this is Takuto Maruki’s philosophy of life: this world is full of tragedy and pain, and if you encounter something that makes you suffer, just run away.

As for why he came to Fangze, there was another small purpose, or rather, a small curiosity. Jiang Tianwei had said so much before... ah, no, it should be said that, with such bold words, Maruki Takuto also wanted to see if Fangze Sumire would be influenced by Jiang Tianwei.

(If Jiang's actions caused Fang Zejin to feel pain, then I will help her heal this trauma again.)

Maruki Takuto was determined in his heart. He came here with the intention of conducting a post-mortem investigation on his former patient. However, it was really puzzling why Shinjima Shin was here.

(Why is the student council president here? I don’t usually see her showing special care to Yoshizawa or Jiang…ah…could it be…)

Just now, Shinjima had a flash of inspiration, and Maruki Takuto became a Phantom Thief. Now Maruki Takuto also had a flash of inspiration in his mind...

(Could it be that Jiang's idea is to let Shin Shinjima set a role model in her heart! A role model, or idol, is a very powerful act of worship. It's like many fans can't do something on a normal day, but once they do it for their "brother", they can burst out with great potential. Since Yoshizawa Sumire chose to become Yoshizawa Kasumi because of her self-loathing as an escape behavior, then, if we conversely establish a powerful spiritual idol for her, can [idol worship] replace [self-loathing] and become the dominant factor in her heart... then we can expose her disguise and reduce her resistance and rebound behavior? You have a trick, Jiang.).

Similarly, Jiang Tianwei suddenly transformed himself into a master of psychology without knowing it.

Four people, four pairs of eyes, four ways of thinking, and now they are in a strange state of confusion.

The four of us looked at each other, all smiling awkwardly, not knowing what to say...

"Ah...balloons?!"

Suddenly, a big red balloon floated up into the sky, and a little child screamed in a baby voice!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 131 Let's trade? !

For children, everything in childhood is beautiful. Many things have different meanings to children.

A typical example is when children fight over toys. Adults often think: It's just a toy. How much is it worth? Why not just give it to the other party? But for children, the value of the toy in their hands cannot be measured by a few pieces of paper with human heads and numbers printed on them.

Similarly, although a balloon is not worth much, in the eyes of a child, it is his most precious treasure. Now this treasure is out of his hand, and it has literally disappeared. He was so anxious that he almost cried.

When Fang Ze Jin saw the balloon rise into the sky and heard the sobbing in the child's voice, her eyes suddenly became cold. She didn't even bother to put down the pork soup in her hand, but just threw it to her side. She pressed her feet down like springs to accumulate strength, and then she jumped up, like a white swan rising from the water...

No, considering the color of the clothes, it was a red swan! It was a red swan that took off from the water and flew towards the balloons floating in the sky.

As for the pork soup she threw aside in a panic, it was obvious that it could not be placed steadily. She almost threw the pork soup away. When Jiang Tianwei saw her move, he instinctively stretched out his right hand like lightning, spread his five fingers, and cleverly dragged the lunch box from the bottom. Using the flexion and extension of his palm and five fingers, he kept the lunch box in a horizontal state. The pork soup inside turned twice, but not a drop was spilled.

At the same time, even though Jiang Tianwei separated one of his right hands, the pork soup in his left hand did not move at all, without even a ripple. This showed that with this action, his body balance was in a perfect state.

(So ​​cool…)

Niijima had really learned Aikido, so he had some knowledge of martial arts. He naturally understood how miraculous Jiang Tianwei's move was. It was not easy to react so quickly, and at the same time, he was able to keep the lunch boxes in both hands stable at the same time...

Shinichi couldn't help but think of the time in the convenience store when she was about to capture the other person, but was held in his arms and showed off her body. She couldn't help but blush. Of course, although she blushed like Yoshizawa, the meaning was completely different. Shinichi felt ashamed when he thought about doing that in front of others, and then he felt angry.

"?"

Takuto Maruki is a psychological counselor. With his avoidant personality, he naturally wouldn't fight with others on a normal day, so he certainly couldn't see how powerful Jiang Tianwei's move was.

But he keenly noticed that Shinjima Makoto's originally calm expression suddenly turned red after Yoshizawa Sumire jumped up to grab the balloon and Jiang Tianwei reached out to take the lunch box.

As a psychological mentor, he immediately had some guesses...

(No wonder the student council president was willing to help him build up an image for Fangze. It turns out that she and he have that kind of relationship... No, no, no, it's not certain yet whether they have established a relationship. Maybe it's just one-sided on the president's side... Ah, I see. It's really youthful.)

Maruki Takuto was the only one who nodded. The more he thought about it, the more logical he felt. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he might be a genius in psychological analysis.

Look at Yoshizawa Sumire again, she leaps up, her movements are done in one go, and while showing her beautiful aerial form, she easily grabs the string of the balloon with her right hand raised high. She spins in the air, lands on the ground, leans forward and does a forward roll, offsetting the impact of the jump.

Jiang Tianwei was stunned by Fang Ze Jin's actions.

Logically speaking, Fang Zexia has done a lot of rhythmic gymnastics moves, and Jiang Tianwei should be used to it. However, Fang Zexia merged with the demon Pixie a long time ago and grew a pair of fairy wings. With wings, your aerial moves are not very amazing.

Sumire Yoshizawa is different. Her movements are so amazing that you can't help but sigh, "Ah, it turns out that humans can also perform such graceful movements in the air!" Because of her elegance, there are a few moments when you even feel that Sumire Yoshizawa is floating in the air, breaking free from the constraints of the earth's gravity.

Sumire Yoshizawa's actions naturally won unanimous praise from the people around her. Everyone gave their applause to this girl without reservation. Sumire Yoshizawa nodded slightly to the people around her, walked to the child, bent down, and gave him the balloon.

The child was naturally overjoyed to have his precious treasure recovered. The joy that almost burst out of his body made Fang Ze Jin feel happy as well.

It is said that emotions can infect people, and Yoshizawa Sumire felt this from the bottom of her heart.

Maruki Takuto was very good at observing people's subtle expressions, and naturally would not miss the subtle changes in expression on Yoshizawa Sumire's face. He could not help but nodded, revealing a warm look.

(You are so lucky, Yoshizawa. There are so many people willing to help you.)

Maruki Takuto silently took a sip of the pork soup in his hand and smiled sincerely.

Because there was a person whose background was unknown, Takuto Maruki, here, Shinya Niijima couldn't ask about the Phantom Thieves openly. He could only ask about some unimportant things, ask about their well-being, and say some normal greetings as a senior, and then let it go.

As the student council president, her job was equivalent to about one-third of a teacher's. She also had to coordinate the students' work, so she couldn't just stay with Jiang Tianwei. Maruki Takuto had come to see what was going on, and had no intention of staying long. When he saw that Niijima had really left, he didn't stay any longer either. Suddenly, only Yoshizawa Sumire and Jiang Tianwei were left on the bench.