Persona: Devil Summoner

It was a terrifying face that seemed to have walked out of a hard-core emoticon comic book. His eyes were wide open with excitement and resentment, and bloodshot. His raised eyebrows pushed the facial muscles into abrupt wrinkles, and the corners of his mouth were raised as high as possible. The whole face could only be described in one word: hideous.

"Jiang Jiang?".

Long Si shuddered involuntarily and called him tentatively... Jiang Tianwei seemed to notice that there was something wrong with his expression management. He took a deep breath and regained his composure: "It's okay, it's just that I suddenly found a clue to the cripple... I'm a little overjoyed."

Jiang Tianwei tried hard to force a smile, but his right hand grabbed Jincheng's collar, and a red armor emerged and wrapped around his body. Under the demonization, Jiang Tianwei's arm strength increased dramatically. Jincheng was obviously fat and bloated, but he was lifted up by him like a chicken!

"Come on, tell me everything you know!"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 197 Settlement of Remuneration!

Although Jincheng is the leader of a gang, he is not a big shot.

Although he is cunning, he lacks magnanimity. He was bullied since he was a child because he was ugly and stupid, which led him to go astray.

He has a typical mentality of revenge against society: because I suffered a lot in the past, no matter how many people I make miserable now, I must avenge myself for my past days of poverty.

Therefore, he made money at all costs, spent money without hesitation, and trampled on human lives without guilt. He was able to have the status he has today because he was rich, and used money to buy the respect of his subordinates... However, once it came to the moment when money could not solve the problem, Jincheng was naturally in a state of panic.

"Don't, don't kill me. I, I've always said that I've only seen that guy once... That guy casually broke into the vault of our bank. After all, I've been in the underworld for so many years, and I can tell at a glance that the guy has a lot of murder cases on his hands... I, I don't know why he let me go. He just came over to take a look and left! I, I, I, I, I know this much..."

Jiang Tianwei snorted coldly, pointed the spear in his hand at Jincheng's neck, and said with an effort to look indifferent: "You know more, right? Tell me!"

Morgana was watching nervously and couldn't help shouting, "Actor! You, you have to stay calm. You can't just kill him!"

"Well, of course I know! It was just a joke, just a joke~Mmm~"

Just like watching Jiang Tianwei's Sichuan Opera face-changing, the angry and ferocious expression before seemed to have never appeared, and was just casually hidden by him. He put on a cheerful smile and threw Jincheng to the ground with a smile.

With a thud, Jincheng's fat hit the floor. Although his tailbone was in severe pain, he couldn't help but feel happy because he had escaped death.

"Go back to your original form and reform yourself. Do you understand?"

Jiang Tianwei put away his spear and clenched his fists at him. Jin Cheng nodded quickly, like a chicken pecking at rice, and kept agreeing: "I know, I know!"

Seeing the Phantom Thieves preparing to leave, Jin Cheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't know if it was self-mockery, irony, or a dying man's words were kind. He said to the Phantom Thieves meaningfully: "I say you... you really don't know your own value. You have this ability, and it would be no problem for you to rule the world. You abide by the rules, but someone uses this ability to do evil. Why should you stick to your principles?... Alas... you are really too naive..."

As Jincheng spoke, his figure gradually faded. Everyone knew that this was because Jincheng was about to return to his original form.

"Where's the secret treasure?"

Shinjima looked around. It was the first time for him to steal the secret treasure, and he was really curious about what the secret treasure was.

Previously, Kamoshida's secret treasure was a medal, and Madarame's was a painting. It can be said that the secret treasure is the source of distortion. So...what is the source of Jincheng's distortion? Money.

So, what is the secret treasure?

"Could it be that the secret treasure is these gold bars?!"

Jiang Tianwei then noticed that this vault, which was empty when he came yesterday, was now filled with tacky gold bars... After a rough count, there were at least hundreds of them...

Everyone looked at each other, and Jiang Tianwei quickly said, "What are you standing there for! Move!"

Morgana transformed into a car, and everyone kept stuffing gold bars into his trunk.

But, think about it carefully, this car is a Morgana, the front of the car is a cat's head, so the trunk is...

No, I can't think carefully! Jiang Tianwei thought as he directed his demons to move the gold bars.

The lesson we learned from a game series that started with viruses and raccoons is that in this situation there will definitely be a big explosion or a big collapse in the end.

The bank in Jincheng lost the source of distortion and continued to fall. It was still shaking as it fell... After loading the gold bars, everyone drove away quickly.

Since there were no monsters blocking the way, escaping was smooth sailing...

Finally, everyone couldn't wait for the bank to fall to the ground, so they jumped from the edge of the bank into the air, activated the APP, and returned to reality.

As I said before, your actions when returning to reality and when going to another world will affect the state you arrive in. This time everyone was originally in a falling state, and returning to reality is naturally...

Thump thump thump thump…

On the busy streets of Shibuya, one suddenly heard the sound of several teenage students falling to the ground.

Although this kind of collective fall is not common, it is not rare enough to warrant everyone's attention, so the crowd in Shibuya glanced at them and turned back to their phones, their walks, or their girlfriends. In short, no one took it seriously.

"came back……"

There was a hint of loss in Yoshizawa Sumire's tone. After all, in the other world she could see her sister with her own eyes, but when she returned here, she could only hear her voice, and she always felt a little lonely.

Amamiya Ren counted the number of people, and found that everyone was there. Then he opened his backpack and saw...ah, the cat was gone.

What about Morgana?

Everyone looked around and saw a black cat lying on the ground with a look of despair under a golden box not far away...

There is no doubt that this golden box is the secret treasure of Jincheng. Because it is in Morgana's car, now back to reality, Morgana is no longer a car, and the secret treasure has also changed its shape, and it was pressed to the ground with a snap.

The box pressing down on the cat obviously did not attract the interest of people on the streets of Shibuya. This shows that the Japanese sociologists' point that Japan has entered a low-desire society is not groundless.

Now that Jin Cheng was solved, the first thing everyone did was to run to the secret base to see what was in Jin Cheng's box... Although no one said it out loud, everyone guessed it right. In the secret base, everyone opened the golden box... As expected, it was filled with money. Bundles of banknotes were full.

"How much does this cost?!"

Long Si was completely shocked. He had never seen so much money in his entire life!

Jiang Tianwei had seen the box of money that Jin Cheng gave him as a "present" last time... If you compare the sizes of the two suitcases, it is not difficult to guess that there should be about 100 million in this box.

What is this concept?

Even if the Phantom Thieves were to divide it equally, each person would still get more than 10 million... That's enough to spend for a while.

People have a problem, that is, they are not easily satisfied. People's desires change with the changes in material and location. For example, some people always think, "If I win 5 million, I will definitely not spend it like those people. I will save it and live on the interest for a lifetime!"

But if such a person really wins five million, he may be able to save for ten days or half a month, but he will soon start to think, "I am so rich, what's wrong with spending a little? I have suffered all my life, why can't I enjoy myself?! Keep playing music and dancing!"

Everyone in the Phantom Thieves is also a layman, and now everyone is immersed in the distress of how to spend the 10 million...

"Excuse me, everyone. Do you really think this is real money?"

Kitagawa Yusuke interrupted everyone's fantasy with a calm and cold tone. He pulled out a banknote. The watermark was the same, the embossing was the same, and the denomination was also 10,000 yuan...but something seemed wrong?

Huh?! Take a closer look, why is Jincheng printed on the banknote? Take a closer look, the bank name on it is also Children's Happy Bank...

As we all know, most of the people printed on banknotes are national leaders. Japan is a little special, as it prints great people who have made outstanding contributions in various fields. But no matter which standard is used, Jincheng will never be selected.

In other words, this money is undoubtedly... counterfeit! .

According to the current financial law, if you have more than three counterfeit bills, you must call the police. This box of counterfeit money is enough to make all the police stations in Japan call...

"What? I thought my luck had finally turned... I could order an extra bowl of beef rice..."

Long Si made a useless sound, but Jiang Tianwei did not laugh at him because he was just thinking about how many eggs to add to the pancake. It was too useless to laugh at someone who had done the same thing.

"Well, relax. At least we have a sense of security that everything has been resolved!"

Surprisingly, Takamaki An gave up very quickly, probably because she was the highest paid member of the Phantom Thieves—she worked part-time as a model for a fashion magazine! It was understandable that she had high standards.

“A sense of security?

Shinichi Niijima tilted his head and repeated it.

Gao Juanxing nodded: "Yes, a sense of security."

"Pfft... Hahahaha, the Phantom Thieves who shocked the world and solved the troublesome mafia, the reward they received was a sense of peace of mind? Hahaha, isn't this too funny?"

It was as if some strange switch had been hit on Shinjima, and he literally burst into laughter.

Yoshizawa Sumire also laughed. This was the first time she came to the palace to steal the twisted secret treasure. Naturally, she had never thought that the reward would be just a sense of peace of mind...

Before she could enjoy this sense of security, she heard her cell phone beeping. She bowed her head apologetically to everyone and quickly ran to the side to check the contents of her phone...

Jiang Tianwei was curious and raised his chin. Fang Zexia immediately understood and floated behind her sister to peek at her cell phone screen openly.

There are several unread messages above, and the sender is the same person, named Coach Pingkou.

The content was similar. After a quick read, Fang Zexia knew that her sister had training this afternoon, but she skipped it to participate in the phantom thief activity.

She sighed and shook her head meaningfully.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 198 Epilogue

"Damn it... Damn the Phantom Thieves..."

On the same day, in the evening, at the Niijima family's house, sisters Shin and Ya sat opposite each other. A plastic bag was spread out on the table, filled with various takeouts, all of which were meat dishes.

As mentioned before, because of the early death of the father of the Niijima family, the elder sister basically played the role of both mother and father, and she went through countless hardships to raise Niijima to this age. Naturally, take-out food, which is neither clean nor cheap, is rarely eaten.

It is said that when you are in a bad mood, you should overeat. Although it is harmful to your body, it really makes you feel relieved.

Shinjima Ya is extremely depressed now. If he doesn't eat something to relieve the stress, he might collapse.

But even so, with Niijima Ya's personality, it is impossible for her to buy so much meat. Even if she must order takeout, it will definitely be a combination of meat and vegetables. She doesn't want herself or her sister to become meat eaters - in every sense.

"Hey, Niijima-senpai, there's no need to be so anxious, right? Look, at least the criminal surrendered himself in the end, and public security has improved. That's always a good thing, right? Come on, eat some meat~"

Sitting next to Shinjima Ya is a police officer who was recently transferred to Tokyo, Chie Rikawa. She is one of the few people who, knowing that the Tokyo Police Department is busy like a grandson every day because of the cripple incident, resolutely applied to jump into this big fire pit from the countryside.

You know, although the profession of police is sacred, the practitioners of this profession are also human beings. They all want to avoid as much trouble as possible and make as much money as possible. The core of thinking is to find a balance between income and expenditure. In this regard, office workers all over the world are similar. The difference is whether they can say it openly.

Today too, this sunny, cheerful and energetic young man, seeing that his senior was so unhappy, offered to treat her to a big meal.

So we had this dinner party today.

"Good thing?".

Niijima raised his eyebrows, and a hint of anxiety appeared in the light smoky makeup at the corners of his eyes.

The focus of everyone's discussion was naturally Junya Kaneshiro. On the second day after the Phantom Thieves changed their minds, he turned himself in to the police. In order to prevent him from being silenced, the police immediately protected him. Although it is not rigorous, it can be said that this violent extortion gang entrenched in Shibuya has officially died.

This is undoubtedly a good thing, a very good thing. Thanks to this incident, the public opinion in the whole society is now advocating for the Phantom Thieves.

"Ah, yes, capturing Jin Cheng is indeed a good thing. After all, we have been following him for so long and have not been able to catch him. We were just one step away from arresting him, but the Phantom Thieves got away with it halfway... Now the credit doesn't belong to anyone!"

Shinjima Ya became more and more angry as he spoke. He raised the beer can, drank it all in one gulp, and let out a long sigh.

Although it was not appropriate to talk about such snobbish topics in front of the juniors, she could not help but complain under the influence of alcohol: "I was thinking of using this achievement to get promoted... but now it's gone."

Shinjima listened silently, feeling disheartened.

When did my sister become like this? There are many examples of brothers and sisters drifting apart, but Shinjima still finds it very sad.

This is understandable. It's like playing a game. You've been playing for an hour and a half, and the boss's health bar is only 1% left! At this time, someone suddenly appears next to you and kills the boss in one second. The loot belongs to him. Are you angry? The most hateful thing is that someone takes the rare dropped equipment that you've been dreaming about, but he sees that he doesn't need it and disassembles it casually...Are you angry? !

Rizhong Chizhi laughed and said, "I think that Senior Niijima is already very capable! Do you want to continue to climb higher? Justice has obviously been served! Isn't that good too?"

"Ah……"

Xindao Ya sneered and did not comment.

In her eyes, the young girl in front of her wearing green sportswear was too young.

They are already adults and have entered society, but they are still talking about illusory things like justice. They must have a happy family and spent their teenage years without any setbacks... Only flowers in a greenhouse can be so idealistic.

Reality is very cruel. The cruelest thing about it is that unless these idealists are really cut to pieces by reality, they will never believe the opinions and suggestions given to them by realists.

"The Phantom Thieves, one day, I will capture them and bring them to justice... no matter what the cost..."

Niijima Ya gritted his teeth and whispered, while Shinjima Shin said nothing, but silently said to his sister in his heart: (Sister, thank you for your care over the years... But, I have found what I want to do. So... I will no longer follow the life you planned for me. Sorry... Sister...)

The atmosphere was a little awkward for a moment. To ease the awkwardness, Richu Chie suddenly said, "Come to think of it, Senior Niijima, I remember the police files saying that before Jin Cheng was contacted by the Phantom Thieves, someone else had contacted him?"

It was clearly a very ordinary case discussion, but Shinjima felt his heart skip a beat... Could it be that the so-called outsider was referring to himself?

Although Jin Cheng had sent a message to tell her that the photo had been deleted before he turned himself in, she always shuddered when she thought of the future life plans that Jin Cheng had made for the beautiful sisters...

Niijima Ya frowned, "Yes. I heard that it was Kawahara's people. They couldn't get any specific information. The intelligence was tightly blocked. Their backers were too powerful. That's why I said that in this era, justice is nothing. Only a strong force can enable you to practice justice."

(That’s great, Jiang’s affair has not been exposed…)

Niijima couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

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At the same time, in stark contrast to the peaceful scene in the Niijima family, a fierce battle was breaking out in a certain palace.

"Hey, is that all you can do?"

In the vast space, someone made an arrogant voice.

He has black hair and bright yellow eyes, and wears a suit that looks like a Peking Opera costume. The black color is dotted with white cloud patterns and waves, and it is embroidered with pythons turning over, dragons extending their claws, sea water and river cliffs. It is extremely gorgeous.