Persona: Devil Summoner

Chapter 178: Highlight the word "Rough"

Going back a little bit to the past, while Jiang Tianwei was chatting with his father, hoping that he could introduce him to Kaneshiro Junya, everyone in the Phantom Thieves was also holding a meeting in the secret base.

Although they were a group, Jiang Tianwei's personal actions did cause dissatisfaction among the Phantom Thieves.

Because they didn't have the key, they couldn't get into the secret base, so they held the meeting in the alley next to the store. This alley was originally deserted, and a group of students gathered here, giving people the feeling of a bad gang, so naturally no one wanted to get close.

Everyone was discussing how to invade Jincheng's palace, but as mentioned before, there was no way to discuss it because they had no means of flying.

Morgana can turn into a car, but not into a plane. After all, the Japanese collective consciousness does not have the impression that cats can turn into planes. We can only blame Hayao Miyazaki for not drawing a cat transformation animation...

Just at this time, Niijima Zhen arrived.

As the student council president and the person who was involved in Jin Cheng's change of heart incident, she was naturally the person who was most concerned about the direction of the incident.

"From the looks of you all, it seems like things aren't going well."

Seeing that everyone had a heavy look on their faces, Shinjima asked everyone tentatively.

But sometimes it's like this, you don't mean it when you say it, but the listener doesn't think so. Especially now, everyone in the Phantom Thieves is angry. Many times it's like this, don't provoke the other party when they are angry, they may take it out on you.

Right now, everyone in the Phantom Thieves is upset because they can't solve the dictatorial behavior of Jin Cheng and Jiang Tianwei. At this time, what Shinjima said sounds like a mockery.

Gao Juan Xing couldn't help but sneer, "We have our own rhythm, so you don't need to worry about it."

Ryuji Sakamoto usually disliked Shinjima, so naturally his tone was even more displeased: "This kind of thing, a good girl and student like you would never understand! Don't come and make trouble!"

Ryuji's words were originally spoken in anger, and were quite harsh. The hostility in his words was naturally transmitted to Shinjima Makoto. Shinjima Makoto frowned. During this period of time, she had heard too many similar complaints from people. As her name suggests, she is a very picky person. In other words, she tends to get stuck in a rut.

At this time, she had been holding back a lot of resentment in her heart, and now she was being scolded by the Phantom Thieves for no reason, so she was naturally in a bad mood. Now, Shin Shin felt that something was broken in her head, her brain was buzzing, and it was a mess. There was a sharp buzzing sound in her ears, and her vision became blurry.

In ancient China, there were many words to describe this state, such as "being possessed by a demon", "being angry", and "having a congestion in the brain". Sometimes, it is the last straw that breaks the camel's back, and Long Si's words acted as that straw.

Shinjima lowered his head, but his tone became louder: "What do you still need now..."

"I've already told you that you are of no use..."

Before Long Si finished speaking, Shinjima glared at him angrily. The prestige accumulated by the student council president over the years immediately shocked Long Si, who had always been a loser...

Kitagawa Yusuke calmly pointed out: "It's the address. We need to contact Jincheng in reality."

"Okay, I got it!".

Shinjima Makoto still kept his head down and left silently.

Her appearance was really worrying. Although everyone in the Phantom Thieves didn't like her threatening request, no one was cold-blooded enough to watch her, who had obviously lost her mind, act recklessly. God knew what she would do...

Everyone chased after him, but Niijima ran too fast, and the streets of Shibuya were crowded with people, so Niijima was soon lost in the crowd. Everyone could only look for him in the general direction...

Suddenly, Amamiya Ren's phone rang.

"Hello? Student Council President?"

"Don't say anything, just listen."

On the other end of the phone, Shinjima simply said this calmly. Then, the sound of a conversation could be heard from the phone.

"I say, you are the gang that extorts students! I want to see your boss."

"Huh!? Who are you?"

The voice on the phone was obviously much lower, as if it was from a distance. We have all watched crime dramas, so we immediately understood what she was doing! "

"She, why is she so impulsive!"

Takamaki An suddenly became anxious. Although she didn't like Shinjima Makoto, as a woman, she couldn't watch her do such a thing. Yes, she could be brought to Jincheng in this way, and everyone could know Jincheng's location through the phone... But how could Shinjima Makoto leave?

"Find it quickly!".

Ryuji was also getting anxious. This had been shown in various TV dramas, and those who played the role of Shinjima Makoto never had a good ending...

"Found it, over there!".

Amamiya Ren had the best eyesight. It was a waste of a character with glasses. He spotted a car on the street where Shinjima was being taken into a car by two people who looked like thugs. Several people ran over... but they were still a step too late. The car had already started, leaving only a puff of exhaust gas.

"I've memorized the license plate number. Don't underestimate my eyesight, which has been honed through years of sketching!"

Kitagawa Yusuke said confidently, and he had already written down the license plate number of the car in the sketchbook he carried with him. Ryuji gave him a thumbs up, quickly hailed a taxi, and chased after him...

What happened next... was what Jiang Tianwei saw.

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Jiang Tianwei widened his eyes and looked at Shinjima Makoto in front of him in astonishment: "President, you are too... too reckless, aren't you?"

Shinjima lowered her head. She had literally acted on impulse. Her words seemed like an excuse, but they sounded more like she was talking to herself, trying to make herself accept it: "Actually, I just wanted to help... Recently, I've been feeling more and more powerless. I can't do anything about the school, my sister, and the students being blackmailed... So, I think I have to do something even if I risk everything. Takamaki-san..."

Gao Juanxing didn't expect that she suddenly mentioned herself, and exclaimed in surprise: "What?"

"I have to apologize to you... Although I noticed what happened to Rei-san and Kamoshida's atrocities, I chose to turn a blind eye... The so-called scum refers to people like me..."

"A real scumbag will never say that he is a scumbag."

Takamaki An said confidently, reaching out to hold Shinjima's hand. She knew Shinjima's current state very well. It was the same as Takamaki An herself. Because, she was the same. She was the person closest to Reijing Shiho, but she didn't notice her struggle, didn't notice that the pressure was so great that she wanted to take her own life to escape.

"Well, the real bad guy must be someone like Kamoshida. I think you don't need to blame yourself too much, President..."

Jiang Tianwei also felt that the atmosphere was a bit depressing, so he quickly spoke to comfort her...

Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and he said, "I say, President, maybe you can really help."

"Huh? Really?"

Shinjima's tone suddenly rose and he asked with a little excitement.

"Well. Speaking of which, everyone - I want to take the president to 'the world over there' to have a look, okay? You see, we couldn't enter Jincheng's bank before because we were strangers, but now, the president is a debtor, and a guest of Jincheng, right?"

Jiang Tianwei caused everyone to look at each other, and finally, everyone in the Phantom Thieves nodded together.

Unanimous principle, passed!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 179 Distinguished Guest

Shin Niijima had seen many strange people during his short teenage years, but the Phantom Thieves were undoubtedly the strangest of them all. Minds were something that couldn't be sold and made a profit, so why steal them?

And, there is also… these people have too many strange behaviors. A bank in Jincheng? It’s basically a bar? And, what world over there is… is it a Chuunibyou?

With this doubt in mind, Shinjima followed the Phantom Thieves out of the secret base. Jiang Tianwei opened the other world navigation APP and entered Jin Cheng's information. He saw a black and red light enveloping everyone. In Shinjima's vision, it was everyone from the Phantom Thieves. They were clearly on the streets of Shibuya one second ago, and the next second, they were in a strange scenery.

"ah?!".

Jiang Tianwei likes a sentence from people who enter a different world for the first time: Huh? !

Especially for someone like Shinjima Makoto, who had a feud with him in real life and had an overly serious personality, the way he stared with his eyes wide open was simply too funny.

"Where, where is this?!"

Niijima looked at the suddenly changing scenery in disbelief. She was very realistic, so she was the first to understand the reality of this world. Because she knew very well that she was not the kind of person who would suddenly have hallucinations or daydream. Since there was nothing wrong with her eyes, there was only one possibility: this was reality.

Since this is reality, then doesn't it mean that I can only... accept this world?

Looking at the strange and depressing scenery, and looking at the Phantom Thieves who suddenly changed their clothes in front of them, a helpless and calm smile appeared in Shinjima's ruby-like eyes.

"So this is where your Phantom Thieves operate... No wonder the police couldn't find it."

Jiang Tianwei patted Niijima Shin's shoulder and said, "Now that you have seen such a big secret, I hope you can keep it a secret. Otherwise..."

Jiang Tianwei said as he shook his phone at her, and on the screen was Shinjima riding on a minion...

"How come you have this photo?!"

“This is what they call ‘God has his way, and no one can escape it.’”

Jiang Tianwei smiled wickedly: Before, it was Shin Niijima who used the voice recording to threaten the Phantom Thieves, and now it is Jiang Tianwei's turn to threaten her with the photos.

However, although they were both threats, their meanings were different. Shinjima Shinya understood that this was not a real threat to him - otherwise, wouldn't he have just not brought him here?

This so-called threat is nothing more than a joke.

Shinjima smiled and said, "Now that things have gotten to this point, I have to accept my fate."

As she spoke, she took out her phone and deleted the recording in front of Jiang Tianwei. Jiang Tianwei also deleted the photo in a gentlemanly manner.

This photo was just sent to him by Jin Cheng, who said that he could use this photo to force Shinjima to surrender. It was obvious that Jin Cheng was trying to curry favor with him.

"Um, so, what do you want the president to come in for?"

Long Si didn't understand why. Jiang Tianwei said she was useful before, but he brought her into this world. But what was the use? She was useless in battle, so what else could she do?

Jiang Tianwei didn't explain, but smiled and pointed to the sky.

Because the overall environment was too dim, no one noticed that the UFO that was floating in the air before was now above them and slowly descending. When it was about the height of two floors, a telescopic ladder extended from it, inviting everyone to go up.

When everyone could see the whole picture, they noticed what it was. It was just like the floating islands in many fantasy works. On top of the irregular hemisphere, there was an exquisite bank. This kind of floating island definitely did not conform to the knowledge of physics. Why could it fly? We can only say that it was thanks to human imagination.

"What, what's going on?"

Long Si didn't understand, but Amamiya Ren understood and nodded, saying, "I understand, because now, she is a [guest], right?"

"Bingo! As expected of the team leader, he is better than some people."

While Jiang Tianwei was praising the team leader, he did not forget to insult Long Si. Long Si was now familiar with him and laughed and scolded: "What did you say?!"

Long Si was about to punch him, but Jiang Tianwei dodged with a smile, explaining, "We couldn't get in before because we were complete strangers to Jin Cheng. Since we were strangers, Jin Cheng would of course be on high alert. If you tried to break through by force, he would fight back with violence. This is Jin Cheng's inner understanding. Now, the president is already a very qualified ATM, so of course Jin Cheng would not refuse."

Long Si said "oh", but from the blank look in his eyes under the skull mask, it was clear that he didn't understand at all.

In fact, with Jiang Tianwei there, Jincheng would definitely welcome everyone, and there was no need to let Xindao Zhen go, but Jiang Tianwei still wanted to make her stop being so stubborn.

Jiang Tianwei understood her situation very well. His father died suddenly, his mother remarried, and he had to drop out of school to work and save money. During that period, he was just being obsessed with something in another sense.

Seeing that Niijima can actually do something like breaking into the gang’s lair alone, you can tell that if you don’t enlighten her, she will definitely do a lot of irrational things.

(Well, as for the possibility of her betraying us, for someone as serious as her, it shouldn't be dangerous if we make good use of this personality... probably.).

Jiang Tianwei deduced that Shinjima would not betray the Phantom Thieves. Otherwise, she could have handed the recording over to the police. Now she is so close to the Phantom Thieves, and judging from her appearance, she must want to show her justice. There should be no danger.

Everyone changed into their Phantom Thief uniforms. Seeing that President Shin Niijima was still in his school uniform, Takamaki An asked with some concern, "Well, the road ahead is so dangerous, is it appropriate to take the president with you?"

Facing Takamaki An's safety concerns, Shinjima shook his head and said, "I have learned Aikido, so I can use it to protect myself."

Seeing her serious answer, Gao Juan Xing didn't know what to say. After all, everyone's cognition is different. Gao Juan Xing knew that when entering the palace of cognition, the enemy would become legendary ghosts to fight, and the combat power of ordinary humans could not match them at all.

But, you can't explain it clearly, so you might as well not explain it. It's faster to let her see it. Sometimes it's like this, under the limitation of your understanding, it's better to let the other party see it with their own eyes than to talk to her.

Anyway, it's not like the Phantom Thieves haven't done the job of protecting others before. It's better to say that they have been doing it all along? At first, it was Amamiya Ren who protected Ryuji when he escaped from Kamoshida Castle, and later it was the Phantom Thieves who protected Yusuke when he left Madarame Palace. Now they are protecting the student council president. What's the problem?

At this moment, Niijima was really full of energy because she could finally help. She stepped onto the strange stairs without hesitation and climbed upstairs. The Phantom Thieves hurriedly followed, fearing that she would continue to act impulsively and do something else...

On the stairs, Jincheng Bank appeared in everyone's sight.

It doesn't look very different from a normal bank, but if you think about it, everyone else does what they see. Kamoshida sees the school as a castle, which at least has a basis in reality. But Jincheng sees his bar as a floating bank hovering above Shibuya... I have to say, this is too unbelievable. Although the appearance of the bank itself is not distorted, the overall setting highlights the evil tone of Jincheng.

As soon as everyone stepped into the bank, security guards and clerks came out from both sides. Apart from the masks on their faces, they looked no different from ordinary bank employees.

"Welcome Lord Jiang Tianwei and his friends to Jincheng Bank!"

When they saw a few people coming up, the people in the left and right rows shouted together.

Shinjima was shocked. She was a very smart person. From the situation, she didn't know where this place was, but she could roughly guess it...

(I'm afraid Jiang Tianwei was just trying to comfort me by saying that I could be of use... He should be able to land this floating bank himself...)

When he thought of this, Shinjima's mind, which had just been resolved from the dilemma, was immediately overwhelmed by the feeling of helplessness and irritability.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 180 Please enter the urn

Normally, the appearance of a palace owner will reflect his or her own perception of himself or herself to a certain extent.

For example, Kamoshida thinks he is a king and loves to tremble, so his appearance is a perverted appearance of a man wearing a king's cloak and a golden crown, but other than that, he only wears a pair of pink shorts. Madarame loves money very much and thinks he has a huge influence in the art world, just like a big name in the art world.

So, what is the image of Jincheng?

He was originally a short man, and to play Wu Dalang he only needed to change his look and learn some Chinese. But now, he is wearing a tailored suit, with a big belly, purple skin, and shiny hair. You can tell without touching it that he has too much wax on his hair, and you can’t even put your fingers through it.”

Jincheng's cognition is now standing at the gate of the welcoming team, rubbing his hands like a fly and showing a flattering smile.

Seeing this, everyone knew that they would definitely not be able to steal the treasure today. Let's not talk about whether there was a preview or not... Let's be reasonable. When a thief steals something, the owner of the house follows him? You are not stealing, you are robbing! The Phantom Thieves of Hearts instantly changed to the Robbers of Hearts. Although there is only one word difference, the meaning has completely changed.

"drink!"