Persona: Devil Summoner

To sum up, what is this common? Why is it in every table? There must be something fishy going on!

If Jiang Tianwei were to classify himself, he would definitely classify himself as suffering from social phobia. The main manifestation is that although he does not mind communicating with strangers, he is not very willing to take the initiative to communicate with strangers. If they are not acquaintances, he is unwilling to talk too much.

Some people may think that since Jiang Tianwei loves acting so much, can he be considered socially anxious? This is prejudice. Some people are good at speaking, but they are also socially anxious.

We cannot use stereotypes to look at people. For example, many comedy masters are pessimistic people in life, and many even suffer from depression. There are also quite a few socially anxious actors and comedians. Unless they are on stage, they really dare not speak...

As for Goro Akechi, it is probably because of his job as a detective. He is obviously a social person, the type who is not afraid of socializing at all. Not only is he not afraid, he will also actively approach people to talk to them! After all, as a detective, you always have to meet strangers. If you only meet acquaintances, you will have no friends in a short time (you will be locked up).

"Hey, hello, are you Niijima-san's friend?"

Akechi Goro came over to say hello. He was pretty much the same as he was on TV, a sunny and cheerful boy. Whether he was handsome or not was a matter of opinion. At least Jiang Tianwei thought Amamiya Ren looked better than him without his glasses, and he should not lose to him if he dressed up.

Putting aside this boring confrontation, Jiang Tianwei thought about it for a while, he and Shinjima Makoto, could they be considered friends? So he nodded. He noticed from the corner of his eye that Shinjima Makoto seemed to have unconsciously grabbed his arm because of the arrival of Akechi Goro.

This is a defensive action, which humans make subconsciously, and the meaning is obvious: she is on guard against the man in front of her.

Jiang Tianwei didn't know the man at first, and didn't plan to say anything to him, but as the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person. Akechi Goro came over to talk with a smile, so Jiang Tianwei was too embarrassed to say angrily, "Get lost!"

Look at how many fans Mingzhi has, and how many of them are fanatical fans... You scolded him today, and you feel good. Tomorrow you will be scolded and become a hot topic...

Although he is nominally the successor to the gang, he currently does not have the slightest evil temperament.

"Ah... sorry for coming over to say hello so suddenly. My name is Goro Akechi, and I'm a detective."

Akechi Goro introduced himself with a smile, and at the same time extended his hand to Jiang Tianwei, obviously wanting to shake hands. Jiang Tianwei thought about it and shook the hand: "I have heard of you, I have heard of you. I have heard of you for a long time."

It's just a polite remark anyway.

Mingzhi also saw Jiang Tianwei's perfunctory attitude, but he was not discouraged and continued, "Meeting is fate. If you need help, you can contact me at any time."

Akechi said, stretching out his hand and making a pistol gesture: "Justice detective, Akechi Goro will always be by your side."

This seemed to be a pre-planned move. When Mingzhi made this gesture, several girls in the carriage who had chased Mingzhi onto the train screamed "Ah!"

(Oh my goodness, are they using me as a marketing image?!)

Jiang Tianwei suddenly understood why he wanted to talk to him! He wanted to promote his image in front of his fans...

Jiang Tianwei didn't like people like him who were pretentious in the first place - this was probably the so-called repulsion between likes and likes. A person who was keen on performing would often regard other people who were good at performing as imaginary enemies in his heart. Now that Akechi Goro took the initiative to come over, Jiang Tianwei would not let him take advantage of him for nothing...

"Well, Detective Akechi, I have a question. It's been bothering me for a long time. Can you help me analyze it?"

Upon hearing what Jiang Tianwei said, Akechi Goro smiled and said, "Just ask any questions you have."

He came over to say hello because Shinjima sat next to him. Now that he thought about it carefully, he realized that his conversation with Shinjima in the morning was indeed a bit impolite. Considering that he would have to cooperate with Prosecutor Shinjima in the future, it would definitely not be a good thing to have a bad relationship with her sister.

Generally speaking, if you see Shinjima sitting next to a man so casually, you would think that the two of them have a close relationship, right? Especially since there were so many empty seats in the carriage, she still sat next to him without hesitation...

"Well, I have a close female friend...you can think of you as my girlfriend."

When Jiang Tianwei said this, for some reason, Mingzhi and Niijima Shin both looked at him with surprised eyes... Jiang Tianwei was quite unconvinced: Why, what's wrong with me not being able to have a girlfriend?

He glanced at Fang Zexia guiltily and found that the girl was dancing alone more than a dozen seats away. Jiang Tianwei felt a little relieved after confirming that she couldn't hear him.

"Well, today, I suddenly realized that she was in a bad mood. As a famous detective, do you have any clues?"

As soon as these words came out, Shinjima Shin and Akechi Goro couldn't help but look at each other. Sometimes it's like this, the person who speaks doesn't mean it, but the person who listens to it will guess it. It perfectly illustrates "the speaker doesn't mean it, but the listener does." Moreover, this phenomenon often occurs to people who have a guilty conscience or people who have something on their mind, and they always feel that everyone around them is making innuendos about them.

(Could it be that the girlfriend he was talking about is... me, Miss Zhen?).

The two people couldn't help but think of the same possibility.

These two people are not imagining things. Niijima is really very clear about Jiang Tianwei's interpersonal relationships. Although he has been very close to Fang Ze Jin recently, it is obvious that the intimacy between the two does not feel like the level of girlfriends. And even if the girl is really blind and becomes his girlfriend, Fang Ze Jin has been in high spirits every day these days, whether it is because she saw her sister again or because she joined the Phantom Thieves. How can she be depressed? In addition, the depression he showed today... Could it be...

Goro Akechi's thoughts were even more easily misled. He didn't know Jiang Tianwei in the first place. In his mind, as soon as he got on the car, he saw Shinjima run to sit next to this man, and then, right after that, this man asked him like he was arguing: My girlfriend is unhappy today...

Of course, in line with the principle of seeking truth and being pragmatic, Akechi Goro still carefully asked: "Then, does she have any special performance?"

"No, I didn't notice anything wrong with her before, but tonight I suddenly found that she seemed to be in a bad mood."

Akechi almost clapped his hands: (Oh no, this must be the real lady...)

Shinjima was skeptical at first, but when he heard this, he suddenly realized: (Oh no, he is talking about me...)

Moreover, Jiang Tianwei was a person who liked to joke around, and he usually liked the exaggerated performance and the pretentious way of speaking. In addition, based on his previous tracking, forcing the emperor to abdicate, and various events later, based on the stereotype of Jiang Tianwei, Shinjima always felt that this man was the kind of person who would take advantage of such a place.

(You are such a quick talker, are you a child?)

If it were any other day, Shinjima would definitely stand up and argue with him angrily, but now Shinjima was really in a low mood. As the saying goes, people are in high spirits when good things happen, and vice versa, when bad things happen, they will naturally be dejected...

Now she just thought that Jiang Tianwei could say whatever he wanted, and she was too lazy to care. She just felt that everything was very tiring and troublesome...

Goro Akechi is now in a dilemma. If it were a normal chat, he could just laugh and leave. But now he can't. First, he took the initiative to find someone and said he could help him solve his problems. Now he can't solve them. How weird is that? Second, there is his little fangirl in the car. If he just pats his butt and leaves, there will definitely be rumors the next day...

"I really don't know much about the topic of love. After all, it's impossible for me to have a relationship with my personality!"

Mingzhi used the word "personality" without any hesitation, which should not appear in the mouth of a public figure.

"But since you asked me, I will try my best to interpret it for you. Although I don't know if I can do it well."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 170 Don’t Think Too Much When Nothing Happens

No matter who is doing the reasoning, they need one crucial thing, that is the clue.

No matter how good a detective is, if you just tell him, "Hey! Great Detective! A murder has occurred!" the detective cannot tell you who the murderer is based on just one sentence. If he can, then just arrest the detective directly, because he must have killed someone and wants to frame someone else.

So Akechi had to ask him a lot of random questions to find out what happened between the two of them. There was nothing wrong with that...

But the problem is that Jiang Tianwei himself is not a detective. In daily life, who would have nothing to do to remember everything so clearly?

"When did you have the conflict?"

"I don't know."

"So, do you have any idea why she's angry?"

"do not know."

"Was there anything particularly different about her during the day today?"

"Did not notice."

"Then why do you think she's angry?".

"Wouldn't anyone with a discerning eye know that?"

"So have you been together all day?"

"Uh, doesn't it really count?"

This ambiguous answer made Akechi Goro sweat more and more. Fortunately, he is the "Detective Prince". If he didn't have this personality, he would have cursed on the spot: People like you should break up quickly!

"So, when did you guys talk today?"

"So far today, I haven't said a word."

Goro Akechi glanced at Shinjima Makoto, who lowered his head silently.

This action was originally an attempt by Shinjima to escape, but in the eyes of Goro Akechi, it was like a tacit consent.

This coincidence is really too coincidental.

Jiang Tianwei certainly didn’t talk to Fang Zexia today, but he certainly didn’t talk to Niijima Shin either, right?

Why is it that anyone with eyes can tell that he is angry? It's like Niijima has the word "melancholy" written on his face. Who can't see it?

(It seems... I thought that Miss Zhen would complain to Miss Ya about her conversation with her this morning, but it seems that she complained to her boyfriend... Oh my...)

"Ms. Zhen, look, as a woman, can you give some opinions or suggestions? For example, why are you unhappy or something like that?"

Shinjima Makoto originally didn't intend to get involved in this matter. She has been under a lot of mental stress recently. The pressure from the school, the expectations of the students, her sister's indifference, and her sense of responsibility as the student council president, coupled with Mingzhi's words this morning, have all brought Shinjima Makoto's stress to the brink of critical point.

Unexpectedly, she wanted to keep things quiet, but the other party took the initiative to come to her. Akechi's question made Shinjima frown and said casually: "Who knows, maybe it's because men are too slow."

When she said this, she looked up at Akechi with a dissatisfied look on her face. It was obvious that she didn't want to chat with Akechi Goro, but the other party still kept coming up to her. Coincidentally, after Jiang Tianwei's words, Shinjima Shinya complained.

Goro Akechi heard the thorn in her words and knew that she was secretly mocking him. He laughed awkwardly, shrugged his shoulders, and asked Jiang Tianwei, "Are you satisfied with this answer?"

"Insensitive? I don't think so."

Jiang Tianwei certainly didn't know that the two of them had made up so many things in their minds. He thought they were beating around the bush and saying that he was too slow. As a man, could he accept this? Even if he was a duck today, he had to be tough.

Goro Akechi thought that if he could get Miss Shin to call him slow, his boyfriend would let him go, but he didn't expect that the other party would refuse to admit it.

(Do you think I’m being too superficial? Oh my, anyway, we’re still talking about [this little boyfriend]’s personal affairs, so even if fans hear it, it won’t damage my reputation… Is that why you’re using this method to get into the topic? How clever… Is this Miss Zhen’s plan? How clever. Well, then I’ll just make fun of myself.)

"Of course he is slow. Or rather, this lack of awareness is the slowest, right? Most importantly, he lacks consideration for ladies and doesn't know how to put himself in their shoes. He is really too low-class. In particular, he likes to boast to ladies, doesn't know how to read the atmosphere, and takes advantage of the acquaintance relationship to get close to them. He is really ignorant of the world..."

Akechi Goro wanted to continue making fun of himself, but when he saw Jiang Tianwei's heavy face, he stretched out his hand to stop him from saying, "Enough, enough... I know, I know, stop cursing, stop cursing..."

Akechi Goro heaved a sigh of relief, and felt relieved when he saw him give in. Jiang Tianwei, on the other hand, felt very sad. He had originally wanted to set a trap for the famous detective, but he didn't expect that the other party would take advantage of the situation and scold him.

(This is what they call "you reap what you sow", right?).

Jiang Tianwei thought so in his mind, and secretly remembered: not every detective is as easy to talk to as Naoto.

The two of them had their own thoughts. When they saw that the topic was about to end, they quickly and wisely decided to stop talking about it. Akechi Goro waved his hand and quickly returned to the fan group to continue his business. Jiang Tianwei also breathed a sigh of relief and sat back on the edge of his chair.

He raised his eyes and looked at Fang Zexia floating in the air. She was looking at him with a faint smile. Jiang Tianwei lowered his voice and muttered, "Are you relieved?"

Fang Zexia shrugged, her floating body turned half a circle, and she hugged Jiang Tianwei from behind like an idol drama, her cherry lips pressed against Jiang Tianwei's ear, and finally muttered the first words of the day to him: "Hehe, I feel relieved~"

Shinjima, who was standing next to him, couldn't hear Fang Zexia's ghostly words, and just thought that Jiang Tianwei was talking to him. His heart tightened involuntarily: (I originally thought I was being overly sentimental... but he asked me if I felt relieved? Was he really saying this for me?).

Although this logic is very convoluted and strange, Shinjima, who is in a low mood, doesn't care about it. Why is there a saying called "take advantage of the opportunity"? It is because when people are in a low mood, they are easily affected by their emotions. At this time, caring for the other person can greatly move the other person.

Without even knowing it, Jiang Tianwei had left a mark on Shinjima's heart...

The subway soon arrived at the station. Shinjima slowly stood up, whispered "thank you", lowered his head and walked away quickly.

After that, as Akechi Goro left, the carriage became quiet again. Jiang Tianwei lowered his voice and asked Fang Zexia: "So, why are you angry..."

"Ah, you haven't figured it out yet?"

"I can't figure it out. I'm just a low-class man who is slow, doesn't understand the air, is inconsiderate, and doesn't understand women's hearts..."

"Ah, your evaluation of yourself is so accurate~"

"Thanks to the famous detective."

"Well, since you've admitted it, I will..."

"Will you be so kind as to tell me?"

"Guess it yourself, hehe~".

Fang Zexia chuckled but still didn't give an answer.

Jiang Tianwei was completely unaware of this. When Fang Zexia invited him and Jin to have dinner together, they both refused. But what has Jiang Tianwei done since then? Is it because he has too close relationships with many women?

(Really? I would get jealous over such a small thing. Doesn’t this make me seem... like I’m the kind of woman with a very strong possessiveness? I’m really, far from that. I need to reflect on this and learn from it next time.)

Fang Zexia thought so and returned to her usual cheerful self, as if nothing had happened and she buried it all deep in her heart.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 171 The popular guessing game

Coincidentally, the next day was a Sunday.

In order to ensure the students' deviation value and strive to ensure that students can realize their life value and social mission, Xiujin College has a fixed rest every Sunday. Only Sunday is a fixed rest day in the weekend. All this is for students to better learn scientific and cultural knowledge, build the country, and become a useful talent for the world. It really makes me cry.

It was a rare day off, but no one from the Phantom Thieves went out for leisure and entertainment, and to enjoy their youth. Instead, all of them gathered in Shibuya.

Now that the name of the next target has been determined, the next step is the routine exhaustive enumeration process.

The exhaustive method is an ancient but very practical brute force cracking method.

If you watch TV series from ten years ago, there will always be a plot like this: an important person dies, and there is key evidence in his computer or mobile phone, but there is no password. Then the protagonist will continue to look for evidence to force the criminal to surrender, but there will always be a shot where there must be a few extras in the police station trying the password.

Moreover, it has nothing to do with the length of time. To figure out the password, it must be at the climax of the confrontation between the protagonist and the criminal. The criminal says: “These are all your speculations! Do you have any evidence?” and then suddenly a phone call comes in, or suddenly an extra runs in: “We figured it out! We figured it out!”.

If I were to ask, is there anything special about today...

When the Phantom Thieves were gathering in Shibuya, they discovered a stranger sitting obediently at the agreed gathering place.

This outsider is not Shinjima, but...

"Ah, seniors, you are here!".

Fang Ze Jin saw Jiang Tianwei coming from a distance, and quickly stood up and bowed slightly to her. This gesture was very similar to the way the younger generation greeted the older generation in various Japanese idol groups or in the entertainment industry.