Whose personality mask's power comes from the heroic spirit?

"She really has it... too hard." Hayasaka Ai looked in the direction where Fujiwara Chika disappeared, full of sympathy.

Perhaps this is where Fujiwara Chika first saw what a loser Kaguya Shinomiya was.

But as a valet who grew up with her, Hayasaka Ai has long been accustomed to the useless side of Shinomiya Kaguya.

"Ahem, Hayasaka, what you said makes sense." A somewhat embarrassed Kaguya Shinomiya said with a few dry coughs, "However, it is not easy to learn, so I have to review it several times, otherwise it will be easily forgotten."

Shinomiya Kaguya turned her head and looked at Hayasaka Ai.

"You would be happy to assist me, right? Hayasaka."

Hayasaka Ai suddenly felt a chill on her back.

But I could only nod obediently.

As a result, Kaguya Shinomiya had a few more email friends in her newly acquired smartphone.

This naturally includes the email contact information of the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts' that Kaguya Shinomiya wanted to get.

If she waits until tomorrow and learns how to send email messages from Fujiwara Chika... she can bypass the middleman and officially communicate with the Phantom Thieves of Hearts.

Chapter 46: Shinjima Makoto: This Sutra is Really Difficult to Read

“…That’s what she said.”

Scratching his head in embarrassment, Shinjima looked at Taichi who was concentrating on reading the contents of his email and continued speaking.

"Are the internal affairs of those wealthy families so chaotic?"

"The score situation." Taichi pressed his temple, returned the phone to Shinjima and answered, "Some family members love each other and live in harmony, while others are naturally scheming and harming their competitors for money, power and interests."

The content of the email was naturally Shinomiya Kaguya's confession about her situation of being alone in the Shinomiya family and having no one to trust.

He also informed the Phantom Thieves of Hearts that Hayasaka Ai was sent by her brother in the family as an undercover agent.

"I suddenly feel fortunate that I didn't make any noise in front of those wealthy families." Shinjima patted his chest and sighed.

"That's what you said, but why do you have to come to my bedroom to discuss such things?" Sakura Futaba glared at Taichi and Shinjima with dissatisfaction, "It's okay that Shin's sister has a prosecutor sister who is tracking down the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, but Taichi, you live in a villa now, right? There are so many big rooms, why don't you gather at your place, but come all the way to my place!"

Taiyi has moved now.

The new residence is a Western-style house located in the port area with its own small garden and garage.

The property originally belonged to the Yukinoshita family.

But when he heard that Taiyi was looking for a new house, he gave the Western-style house to Taiyi for free.

Of course, on Earth it's ostensibly free.

But how could Taiyi just accept gifts from others?

After all, free things are the most expensive.

He was directly arranged to work in the Yukinoshita family on a "work-for-pay" basis.

"Maybe it's because we always gathered here with you, Futaba, to discuss the affairs of the Phantom Thieves, so we instinctively chose this place this time." Shinjima replied a little embarrassedly.

"...Well, I don't object to you coming here." Sakura Futaba turned her face away shyly.

"How should I respond to the eldest lady of the Shinomiya family?" Gently stroking Sakura Futaba's hair, Shin Niijima looked at Taichi for advice.

"Respond from your heart." Taichi thought for a moment and replied, "Whether it's comforting or expressing that there's nothing we can do about it, the main theme of our Phantom Thieves of Hearts is sincerity."

"Sincerity and whatnot..." Sakura Futaba narrowed her eyes and glanced at Taichi.

She felt that this guy was the least sincere person she knew.

"By the way, how can you guarantee that the content of this email was really sent by the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family? And not by the maid beside her who is trying to trick us to know her well?" Sakura Futaba suddenly reminded.

"Don't tell me that the content format is abnormal or the content style is old-fashioned. Those things can be achieved by just making some changes."

"Besides, that Hayasaka Ai has been with the eldest lady of the Shinomiya family for more than ten years, right? It shouldn't be a problem to imitate the way the eldest lady of the Shinomiya family writes letters."

The expressions on Taichi and Shinjima's faces suddenly froze.

They really didn't consider this possibility.

"How about we test the other side?" Shinjima looked at Taiyi with a slightly drunken face and asked.

"Well, let's do it." Taiyi nodded in agreement with some embarrassment.

[Haasaka? ]

After sending this message, there was no reply for a long time.

Ten minutes later, the reply arrived.

[?! It's not Hayasaka, it's Shinomiya Kaguya.]

[As expected, email messages are still inconvenient. We should have met in person to discuss this in detail.]

"The reply is so slow." Niijima Makoto complained.

"It seems that she is not familiar with the functions of the smartphone, so she is slow in sending emails." Taichi touched his chin and looked at Shinjima Makoto with an expression of "everything is under control". "Tell her and set a time for a face-to-face meeting."

Anyway, the other party has given an excuse directly, so why not use it?

A few more minutes passed.

[Okay, this Saturday at 3:30 pm, I have free time. Leave your address and I will send Hayasaka to pick you up.]

"Hey, hey, hey, what's going on?" Shinjima looked at the reply speechlessly, "She clearly told us that Hayasaka Ai was an undercover agent sent by her brother, but now she is asked to pick us up... Does she believe Hayasaka Ai or not?"

"Perhaps Kaguya Shinomiya is also struggling with this issue." Taichi shrugged and replied, "It can be seen that her feelings for Hayasaka Ai are very complicated."

"So are we really going?" Shinjima looked up at Taichi and asked.

"Of course we will go." Taiyi nodded and replied, "Not only do we have to go, we also have to bring evidence."

"Futaba."

"Yes, yes, it's time for me to show up again, right!" Sakura Futaba flexed her fingers and looked at Taichi, "Tell me, what do you want me to do this time?"

"Hack into Hayasaka Ai's computer and copy all the content sent to a specific mailbox within a specific time."

"Is there any evidence that Hayasaka Ai is an undercover agent?" Shinjima tilted his head. "If we really find out and send it to the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family, what expression will she show?"

"Who knows." Taichi's hands slumped, "But she will probably still let Hayasaka Ai stay with her."

"why?"

"Because Hayasaka Ai is the one who is most familiar with her and knows her best." Taichi replied, "She is most comfortable using Hayasaka Ai."

"As for changing someone... that's just changing someone to monitor her. She doesn't have the right to choose at all."

"Once again, I feel fortunate that I was born in an ordinary family." Shinjima Makoto said with emotion as he sent the agreed time and place to Kaguya Shinomiya's email.

"An ordinary family..." Taichi looked at Shinjima with pity, "Have you considered how to face your sister, the prosecutor in charge of investigating the Phantom Thieves, if their identities are exposed?"

Niijima's hands froze instantly.

"Wow, you are really good at ending a topic." While her ten fingers were flying on the keyboard, Sakura Futaba was still in the mood to tease Taichi and Niijima Makoto.

As for the real problem of New Island...

No one thought it would be an easy problem to solve.

It's just that everyone is consciously avoiding this topic.

"As long as... as long as I try harder and don't let my sister find out my identity as a member of the Phantom Thieves, that'll be all." Niijima emphasized his tone as if trying to convince himself, "But, but, when the time comes, I may have to ask you to take care of me a little more in terms of disguising my identity."

Chapter 47: Kaguya Shinomiya's personality switch is seamless

"It's so cold——!" Shinjima hugged his shoulders and rubbed them up and down, trying to generate heat through friction to make his body warmer.

Taiyi tilted his neck and looked up at the sky with a look of despair.

Ke Xue's time started moving again.

It was still late summer when I contacted Kaguya Shinomiya yesterday, but when I woke up early this morning, I found that the world outside was already covered in ice and snow.

"The recent weather changes are too extreme. I could go out wearing short sleeves and a short skirt yesterday, but today I have to change into a coat and thick tights." As a user of a personality mask, although Shinjima Shin can feel the abnormality of the weather, the laws of the world prevent her from becoming a bystander in that chaotic timeline.

"Why do we have to arrange the meeting here?" Shinjima looked at the traffic sign behind him and asked Taichi, "Wouldn't it be better to just arrange it in a coffee shop?"

Taiyi pulled the corners of his mouth, but he really couldn't force a smile.

No one expected that the next day would be winter, and it was a winter with a heavy snowfall all night.

From a distance, the Shinomiya family's car had already begun to slow down.

By the time we arrived at the bus stop, our speed was not much faster than a snail.

After the rear door opened automatically, the front passenger window was rolled down, and Hayasaka Ai, who was sitting in the passenger seat, pointed to the back.

"Please get in the car, two distinguished guests."

Shinjima and Taichi boarded the bus in an orderly manner.

"There is hot canned red bean porridge in the incubator. If you don't mind, please have it."

After the two got in the car and closed the rear door, Hayasaka Ai patted the alloy box between the driver's seat and the passenger seat as a reminder.

Hayasaka Ai was very sensible. Apart from this sentence, she didn't speak again on the entire journey.

It's that living room again.

After placing the snacks and tea on the table, Hayasaka Ai consciously left.

Not long after, Kaguya Shinomiya walked in from another door.

"It's been a while since I last met you, two members of the Phantom Thieves."

Kaguya Shinomiya sat on the single sofa opposite the two of them, picked up a cup of tea and greeted them.

"So, the person who communicated with us in the email before was really you?" Taiyi raised his eyebrows and looked at Shinomiya Kaguya and asked.

"It's me." Shinomiya Kaguya nodded and replied, "Although it may be a bit rude to say this, but... you two should have known it in advance. The real purpose of Ai serving me."

"If you mean that her other identity is the spy that Shinomiya Huangguang sent to monitor you, then we know that." Taiyi pursed his lips, put the surveillance report of Hayasaka Ai stolen by Sakura Futaba on the table, and replied, "But her real purpose, to be honest, no one except herself should know it."

Hayasaka Ai is a rather contradictory person.

Although she is loyal to Kaguya Shinomiya, her safety is her top priority.

But at the same time, she ensured that Sigong Huangguang did not tamper with the contents of the surveillance report.

At most, he would use the Spring and Autumn style of writing to skip over some matters that might endanger Kaguya Shinomiya's safety.

For example, the fact that Kaguya Shinomiya is secretly connected with the Phantom Thieves of Hearts.

In order to make the report appear more natural and not attract the attention of Shinomiya Huang Guang, she also carefully selected her words to ensure that she would not push Shinomiya Kaguya to the forefront.

Although her eldest daughter always gave her some difficult problems, she just complained verbally and then continued to do what she was supposed to do.

"You two, have anyone from the Phantom Thieves ever entered the Hall of Love?" Kaguya Shinomiya glanced at the contents of the surveillance report, playing with the handle of the teacup with her fingers, then looked up at Taichi and asked.

"Not yet." Taiyi replied, shaking his head.

There's no other reason. The keywords are hard to guess. So far, Amamiya Ren and the others have tried countless combinations of keywords, but so far they still haven't matched Hayasaka Ai's keywords.

"Is that so." Shinomiya Kaguya thought that it was because the two parties were currently in a cooperative relationship, and she and Hayasaka Ai had become non-staff members of the Phantom Thieves, so the members of the Phantom Thieves had never invaded Hayasaka Ai's hall.

"I don't know if I should continue to trust Ai." There was a hint of sadness in Shinomiya Kaguya's tone. "I once had absolute trust in her, but I didn't expect that she was actually a spy sent by my brother to monitor me."

The cracks in trust can never be filled up.

In this regard, Taiyi could only remain silent.

But Shin Niijima thinks Hayasaka Ai is still trustworthy.

Because she has not revealed any information about the members of the Phantom Thieves so far.

And Shinomiya Huangguang has never interfered with the relationship between Shinomiya Kaguya and the Phantom Thieves.

This shows what?

This means that Hayasaka Ai has indeed never revealed their existence.

"Have a frank conversation with Hayasaka-san!" Shinjima looked at Shinomiya Kaguya seriously, "Perhaps by opening your hearts, we can avoid many misunderstandings and resolve the knot between the two of you."

"Ah, I don't recommend that." Taichi looked at Shinjima Makoto in surprise, then softly retorted, "If Hayasaka Ai is really loyal to you, Miss Kaguya, then what she does every day is tantamount to betraying you, Miss Kaguya."

"The guilt is growing in her heart day by day, and this mental and spiritual burden cannot be relieved at the moment."