Persona: Devil Summoner

Humans are so contradictory. You know clearly that you shouldn’t think about it, but the more you tell yourself “Don’t think about it!”, the more you can’t help but think about it instinctively…

Shinjima Makoto's originally blushing face now turned pale involuntarily.

Fang Zexia has been paying attention to Shinjima Makoto, and she just feels strange. This student council president doesn't seem to have any love for Jiang Jiang on weekdays? Why is her face suddenly changing? ... She almost asked her: "Why is your face red?" - "Radiant!" - "Why is it white (yellow) again?!" - "It's the anti-cold wax!"

When Fang Zexia thought of this classic scene she had heard from Jiang Tianwei, she laughed at herself and burst out laughing.

There is nothing wrong with this, but there is an idiom called "seeing enemies everywhere"... It means scaring yourself. Shinjima was afraid of ghosts and dared not look at Kasumi Yoshizawa. What happened? She suddenly laughed? It seems that the female ghosts in TV dramas always laugh strangely before scaring people... What is this signal? !

Niijima really felt his hands starting to shake...

Although the two women didn't say a word along the way, they were thinking a lot.

It is said that three women make a play, and these two-thirds of the play are enough to give people a headache. Jiang Tianwei probably rested enough, or maybe Wu Jianmiao's medicine was very effective. He yawned and got up from the back of the motorcycle. Although he still felt a little dizzy, it was not a problem for him to walk normally.

The main thing is, this time they will definitely not fight with Jincheng, because they didn't send a warning letter, and it's impossible to steal the secret treasure. According to past experience, they will definitely retreat after finding the secret treasure. That's why he didn't spare his strength.

Jiang Tianwei had just finished a nap and was about to get out of the car when he suddenly felt a pain in his arm. He looked down and saw that it was Shinjima who had grabbed his wrist with both hands... The force was so great that he felt like his hand bones were about to be crushed...

When he looked up again, he saw Shinjima looking at him with tears in her eyes. Even through the mask, he could tell that her expression looked very subtle.

"You, you're finally awake!"

There was a hint of tears in Shinjima's tone.

This made Jiang Tianwei confused: (I fainted, is the president so worried about me? This, this is too much concern for the juniors? Anyway, try not to use this in front of the president in the future...)

When Fang Zexia saw this scene, her already pouting lips pout even higher. In her opinion, the tearful look of Shinjima Makoto seemed to be saying, "Ah, you're worried about me to death!" He cares so much about Jiang Tianwei, it seems that he has special feelings for him!

Just like that, in a situation where none of the three people talked much, an inexplicable triangle relationship was put together so stably...

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 191 Discovering the Secret Treasure

Putting aside this inexplicable triangle relationship, Jiang Tianwei broke through the door of the vault. During the time he was unconscious, the Phantom Thieves were not idle and had already broken through to the deep end - in front of a huge elevator.

There were many messy obstacles along the way. Everyone destroyed the distribution box, avoided the surveillance, and looked for the key. It was very strenuous. Everyone couldn't help but hope that Jiang Tianwei would get up and take over. In the end, he finally got up, and the maze was almost finished...

At the end of the underground vault road is a huge elevator. Now that we are here, we must take a ride in it.

This type of elevator is the kind that can be seen in various large department stores. It is a transparent glass elevator that can quickly switch between stairs while allowing passengers to directly view the scenery outside.

This elevator was particularly huge. It was probably used by Jincheng to transport illegal income. Everyone standing in it didn't feel crowded at all. The elevator sank quickly, and outside the glass, there was a cool view...

From a distance, the silver walls were towering, with small doors neatly arranged one after another, just like a shoe cabinet. A rough count showed that each of the high metal cabinets had at least hundreds of doors, and there were at least tens of thousands of doors in the entire underground space... This was not something that could be done by opening them one by one.

Gao Juan Xing shook her head in disbelief. "No, that's impossible, right? You want us to open the boxes one by one to find the secret treasure?! It's impossible!"

Shinjima narrowed his eyes, raised his eyebrows, and made a guess in his mind:

If you look down from above, you can vaguely feel that it looks like a pie chart that has been cut into pieces, the kind that your teacher always makes you draw in math class and doesn't let you measure directly with a protractor, but instead requires you to use data to calculate angles or side lengths.

If it were a normal maze, this kind of terrain would make people feel creepy. Because as you walk, you will feel that everything looks the same. Where am I? Where am I going? If you add the question of who I am, you can become a great philosopher right away. "

Unfortunately, that was the general case. This kind of maze also had three weaknesses.

First, if you encounter someone who is particularly reckless and strong, be careful that he will directly break through the wall and rush to the target location, and his outstanding move is to drive straight into the target. As the saying goes, there is no road in the world, but with such people, there is a road. It's a pity that Jiang Tianwei's Hou Yi bow cannot fire continuously, otherwise it would be a direct biubiubiu.

Secondly, if you meet someone with a particularly good brain, you can memorize the map and piece together the way to go in your mind. As long as you make sure you don’t take a roundabout way back, you will definitely be able to get out. As long as you walk all the roads, there will always be one that is right.

The third one is people who can fly. This is why, when this kind of maze appears in the game, you are often given a map with a bird's-eye view. This is to prevent players who have no sense of direction from walking into darkness. For example, although Jiang Tianwei has never mentioned it to anyone, he had a painful experience when he first played Chinese Paladin and got lost in the zombie maze for a month because he had no map.

Although the first one is unreliable, the second and third ones are still satisfactory to the Phantom Thieves. Shinjima is quite good at this kind of graphic memory. After all, all those math papers were not done in vain. Moreover, although he can't fly, he is now in a high position, which is no different from being able to fly.

Shinjima constructed a map in his mind, and the entire vault was not difficult. The student council president was not only knowledgeable, but also clear-headed, and could easily analyze the direction of the entire map.

Then comes the unremarkable part of finding clues.

I have to say that everyone's guess about this maze was really wrong. Gao Juanxing thought that you had to open the doors one by one to find the secret treasure, which was wrong. Jiang Tianwei thought that you had to find the final path like walking through a maze, which was also wrong.

Shinjima compared the aerial view of the maze and immediately discovered the secret: no matter which path you take, it will not work. Therefore, it is not difficult to conclude that some mechanism must be used to make the wall move and open the way forward.

This kind of classic puzzle is not seen in the three-dimensional world - after all, most people don't have the opportunity to experience this kind of mechanism in reality. Even if you play a room escape game, this kind of dynamic puzzle that moves the walls of the room is very rare. Mainly considering the difficulty and cost of production, why bother to make such a thing?

Perhaps it is because it is rare that there is a mysterious romantic feeling about it.

When seeing this kind of puzzle, Shin Niijima had a feeling of "Ah, so we are actually thieves."

There's nothing particularly complicated about the collection puzzles either.

Among the scattered banknotes on the ground, there were some pieces of paper with strange contents written on them, such as P=C=0, I=1, H=2. Although it sounded complicated, Shinichi Niijima knew the password was 0102 when he saw the word "rich" printed on the terminal.

The main thing is, the Phantom Thieves used to be reckless, but now they have a brain trust like Shinjima, wouldn't it be a big disadvantage if you don't make good use of it? You know, if you add up Ryuji and An's grades, they are still not as good as Shinjima's, and why is he a top student arguing with you?!

So everyone tacitly threw all the puzzles to her to solve.

This is a simple puzzle. To put it simply, it is a correspondence: a certain letter corresponds to a certain number, and there is a word hint on the code device. Just find the corresponding piece of paper with the corresponding number. This puzzle can be said to be not difficult at all, but it consumes patience.

To make an analogy, there is a brain teaser that says: 1=5, 2=10, 3=15, 4=20, so what is 5 equal to? That's right, 5=1, didn't I tell you that at the beginning? The puzzle set by Jincheng is even less difficult than this brain teaser.

This shows that although Jin Cheng is a thoughtful person, his brain is not very good. He can't think of any high-level puzzles.

If the password to open the door was set to "Please prove the Goldbach conjecture directly", the Phantom Thieves would probably be on their knees.

After the mechanism was cracked, there was a loud bang from the wall, and the silver-white curved wall rolled over the floor at high speed, making a roar like a millstone.

Up until just now, Jiang Tianwei just felt that this maze looked very familiar. It was not until it started to turn that Jiang Tianwei finally remembered what it looked like!

Isn't this the round combination dial in the safe? !

You need to go around a few times to the left and right, and finally open the safe...

Who would have thought that the entire underground vault is a huge safe combination lock? !

As Shin Shin solves the puzzle and the wall rotates, Jin Cheng can be heard mumbling in the sky: "Money, I need more money... Only with money can I have dignity..." "You didn't complete your performance this month! I tell you, people who can't make money are worthless!" "If I don't become strong, I will lose to strong people... I don't want to be a loser..."

Jiang Tianwei refused to listen to such meaningless remarks.

Comparing misery? Sorry, we are all miserable enough to participate in a singing competition and win at least the third prize. Can your own misery be used as an excuse to bully others? No way.

Jiang Tianwei could not forgive, nor would he try to forgive someone like Jin Cheng. Therefore, he did not listen to Jin Cheng's inner monologue at all. No matter what your difficulties are, I am not here to listen to your complaints, I am here to change my heart.

After solving several puzzles, the arc wall of the entire underground vault was turned to the correct position, leaving a passage leading to the final core area - an elevator. In the center is where people sit, and around it is money... It can be seen that Jincheng has a nouveau riche mentality.

Everyone entered the elevator and entered the final underground space...

In a square metal space, there was a floating ball of uncertain white light... The secret treasure of Jincheng was right here.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 192 Beat her to her knees and force her to be an X slave!

Now that the location of the secret treasure has been confirmed, the next step is the routine "that".

"That is to say, in his consciousness, his most important secret treasure is still in an ambiguous state for the time being. Sending a warning letter is to let him know that he is being targeted. A strong personal will will prompt the secret treasure to materialize?"

It was already late at night in the real world. In the secret base of the Phantom Thieves, Shin Niijima talked to himself in a clear and logical manner, explaining things to himself.

"Hey, I think she is so amazing. She can analyze it without any explanation - even better than you!"

Faced with Shinjima's almost fabricated reasoning, Ryuji's eyes almost popped out of his head in admiration. The second half of his words were directed to Morgana. After all, before Shinjima came, it had always been the guide of the Phantom Thieves, and could also be interpreted as a think tank.

Now compared with Shinichi Niijima, the difference is obvious.

However, Long Si also perfectly illustrates what it means to not speak if you can't speak. Often times, people who can't speak can make others angry even if they compliment them.

Obviously, Ryuji wanted to say that Niijima was so cool, but because of that extra exclamation, Morgana frowned.

This happens in many situations in life: "You cook delicious food - better than my mom's." "You are so pretty - prettier than my ex-girlfriend!" If you only say the first half of the sentence, everyone will feel happy, but if you add the second half, the subject of the second half will feel unhappy.

That's why it is said that speaking is an art.

Seeing Morgana's dissatisfaction, Jiang Tianwei quickly came over to interrupt the topic: "So, how should we distribute the notice this time?"

Now, the content of the preview letter is guaranteed by the great artist Kitagawa Yusuke, so it must be extremely cool. Yusuke even made a brand new cool logo for the preview letter of the Phantom Thieves, which is much better than the stick figure drawn by Ryuji.

Since the content is fine, the only thing left is the means.

Kamoshida is a teacher at the school, so he posted it on the bulletin board.

Madarame was a great painter, so it was posted in the art exhibition.

So what should people like Jincheng do who consider the entire Shibuya as their home?

"This is easy. Just let him see it, right?"

Shinjima smiled confidently and proposed a bold plan: "Let's post the notice all over Shibuya Street!"

Niijima's suggestion is really useful, but there are also big problems in its implementation...

The first is the number of notices...

If you want to spread them all over Shibuya, do you know how many tickets it will cost?

The second person is the sender of the notice letter.

Kamoshida is because there are very few surveillance cameras in the school, Shujin Academy, especially in the corridors, which may not even have any surveillance cameras.

Although Madarame's art exhibition is monitored, Morgana is a cat, so he can sneak in without attracting attention, and there are many blind spots, so he can post the Kaito Preview Letter in peace.

But, Shibuya is so big, do you really let Morgana, a cat, run around and post so many messages? Do you know how many cameras there are in Shibuya?!

As soon as the police saw the warning letter, they would definitely check the surveillance to see who posted it. If they saw that it was a cat, wouldn’t that expose the person? By comparing all the people who keep black cats, the search scope can be greatly narrowed down.

When Jiang Tianwei said these two things, Xindao tilted his head in confusion: "I saw previous reports and on the school bulletin board that you have posted a lot of notices. Don't you have a special printer or copier or something?"

"How could that be possible? I cut them all out from newspapers one by one with great effort."

This is what Ryuji Sakamoto, the creator of the first preview letter, complained about. It makes me shed tears whenever I think about it.

"Not at all. I was afraid of being caught, so the second notice letter was also handmade..."

Jiang Tianwei, the creator of the second preview letter, sighed and lowered his head when he recalled the past. He also had a headache when he recalled the night when he and Yujie were holding a stack of old newspapers and looking for words.

"...I, I suggest you buy a copier..."

Niijima really didn't know whether to praise them for their strong willpower or to complain about these guys being too stubborn. Did you make so many preview letters by hand?!

"Well, I'll definitely buy it when I get back - but now I have a good idea."

Jiang Tianwei laughed evilly and took everyone to a place...

Yes, recognize the space.

It is the palace in Jincheng that everyone has just left.

In the palace of Jincheng, there are not only red demons, but also the legendary blonde fairy [Irina], the legendary two-tailed cat demon [Nekomata] who has lived for a long time, and the tiny [High-level Pixie].

What Jiang Tianwei is looking for are these three humanoid demons. At first glance, their appearance is not much different from that of humans.

"Ouch! You are so rude. You hurt me~".

The cat uttered a sweet and coquettish sound again, and its soft and boneless body lay on the ground in a charming posture.

This cat demon has the appearance of a beautiful woman with fair skin, but it is black from the bridge of the nose down, as if it is wearing a black tights and a mask. It wears a white fluffy vest on the upper body and two tails on the lower body.

The reason why she fell was that after finding the target, Jiang Tianwei and Yu Gong Lian skillfully switched advantageous attributes and used magic to knock these little cuties to the ground.

A Hong Kong comic book that is particularly famous in the meme circle wrote: "He beat XX to his knees, he must be trying to force him to go back and be X's slave!"

Jiang Tianwei is going to do something similar today.

Nekomata is well aware of the principle that a wise man does not suffer a loss in front of him, so when he saw the members of the Phantom Thieves pointing guns at him, he quickly used his skilled skills in acting cute and said, "Don't point such boring things at others. Come on, can we do something interesting together?"

"Well, I just want to do something fun."

Jiang Tianwei sneered, took out a large stack of newspapers from the backpack behind him, and threw it in front of Nekomata with a bang. Kitagawa Yusuke raised his hand and threw a written letter of the Phantom Thief's Preview to her.

"What, what are you doing?"

Nekomata was a cat who had lived for a long time. She thought that she had lived for so long and had seen all kinds of big scenes. But now she had to admit that she had never seen such a scene before!

"Go, make me a hundred copies of this! If you can't, I'll kill you!"

Yes, this is the so-called quantitative tactics. Since the Phantom Thieves don't have enough manpower, they must mobilize the masses. Since you can't mobilize the masses in reality, can't you only mobilize the demons that don't exist in reality?

There is a saying in Japanese that goes "so busy that one has to borrow the cat's hand". Unexpectedly, Jiang Tianwei really borrowed the cat's hand today...

This operation is simply perfect. You see, the people arrested are not human beings, but demons, who are not protected by the law. The law only says that you cannot use child labor, but it does not say that you cannot use demons! It is safe at the legal level.

Then, what is the purpose of this notice? Send it to Jincheng! Then what's wrong with me grabbing some labor from Jincheng's palace! It's like if you want to eat, you either cook it yourself or pay for someone else's meal, isn't that the same thing!

Is there any problem in using the warning letter on Jincheng by asking the demons in Jincheng's own palace to help? No!