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

"We can discuss this later when we have a chance." Taiyi tightened the collar of his bathrobe and urged, "Aix, let's check where we are now."

"It's winter, and I'm walking around outside wearing so little. I'm afraid I'll catch a cold tomorrow."

"...You have a divine body and divine power. It would be difficult for you to catch a cold." Aix reminded helplessly.

"Unless the weather is also controlled by divine power."

"Isn't it?" Taiyi reminded, "X, don't forget the chaotic timeline of this world. Even you can't find the source and reason. Who can guarantee that the cold weather won't cause me to catch a cold under such circumstances?"

"Kyoto... Ooka family?" Aix replied in surprise. "Good fellow, they have come all the way to Kyoto."

"The Ooka family...is it the Ooka family I know?" Taiyi raised his eyebrows, looked at the two two-meter-high low walls on the left and right, as well as the branches sticking out from the low walls and asked.

"The Ooka family whose grandfather served as prime minister." Aix replied, "Fujiwara in the east, Ooka in the west."

"Hiss..." Taichi took a long breath, "Could it be that Shadow Mage is controlling monsters to wreak havoc on the halls of those high-ranking political and economic figures... Is he really teaming up with Shido Masayoshi?"

Although the Shinomiya family generally favors Shido Masayoshi, Shinomiya Kaguya once made public remarks that were unfavorable to Shido Masayoshi.

Politicians from the Ooka faction have been attacking each other with politicians from the Shido Masayoshi faction for some time.

Therefore, it is not difficult to understand why the hall of residence of Kaguya Shinomiya and the main family of the Ooka family was attacked by people hired by Shido Masayoshi.

In fact, if Goro Akechi was still by his side, he might have been the one who did this.

"I will put some of my computing power into monitoring Shi Tong Zheng Yi." Aix's tone became serious. "If we have time, maybe we should go to Shi Tong Zheng Yi's Hall to check out the situation. Maybe Shadow Mage is hiding in Shi Tong Zheng Yi's Hall."

Aix's suggestions are all very useful. Anyway, Taichi is so eager to go into Shido's Hall of Justice to find out what's going on.

"Aix, please log into the Ooka family's surveillance system and check which unlucky guy was the one whose hall was attacked by the monster." Taichi looked around and was not sure which side was the Ooka family, so he made a suggestion.

"Okay... Taiyi, there's something I don't know whether I should say or not." In less than three seconds, Axel came back to report the situation with a complicated tone.

"Is there anything that is hard to talk about between you and me?" Taiyi asked, "Just say it."

"You're exposed."

"..." Taiyi blinked, "Huh?"

"I just hacked into the surveillance system inside the Ooka family and found that one of the cameras was pointed at you... You came out of the hall and stood there to communicate with me... Of course, to the other party, it was just talking to yourself... All the scenes were monitored."

"...The world's malice?" Taiyi curled the corners of his mouth, then turned his head to look at the hidden spots of the cameras marked by X.

It's really hidden enough.

Anyway, Taiyi looked straight over there and still didn't find where the camera was hidden.

"As for the people whose temples were destroyed by the monsters... they haven't been found yet. Maybe it's because it was too short a time ago and no one has noticed them yet. Anyway, everyone in the surveillance video looks normal."

Taiyi didn't want to talk, he just wanted to squat down and draw circles on the ground.

So, we can’t really blame Amamiya Ren and others for having their true identities revealed in the original game; it was all the fault of the game’s mechanics and planning.

There is absolutely no identity protection mechanism!

This is a broken game!

"Someone is coming this way with a set of thick clothes." Aix reminded again, "Based on the identity dialectic, it should be the former Japanese Public Security Bureau, the current butler of the Ooka family, Iori Muga."

Taiyi touched his chin and nodded.

"Okay, just wait here."

There are only benefits and no harm in establishing good relations with the Ooka family.

At the very least, from Taiyi's point of view, it will only benefit him and not harm him.

After all, the power held by the Ooka family is not harmful to Taichi at all. If they can cooperate well in the future, Taichi's new country may be able to accelerate the progress of knowledge, enlighten the people, and allow the new country to enter the era of industrialization, electrification, and networking earlier.

Unlike Kaguya who has no real power in the Shinomiya family, the eldest daughter of the Ooka family, Ooka Momiji can almost use all the privileges at her disposal at will.

She is the real Princess of Kyoto.

After all, there is the Fujiwara family in Tokyo.

Chapter 116: The ups and downs of life are like jumping off a mountain without a parachute

"Hey." Looking at Iori Muga, who was dressed in a black suit and dressed like an elite butler, Taichi raised his hand to greet him, then pointed at the coat in his hand, "Is that the coat your eldest daughter asked you to lend me?"

Iori Muga paused, then nodded and handed the coat to Taichi.

"Thank her for me." Taichi took the coat and put it on, then looked at Iori Muga, "By the way, please remind her to check if anyone in the Ooka family has become a 'disabled person'. It's a pity that I arrived a step too late and the other party succeeded."

"Waste man!" Iori Muga was stunned for a moment and looked at Taichi in astonishment.

"Well, I don't know the difference between that kind of cripple and the 'Cripple Incident' that happened some time ago." Taichi touched his chin and replied, "But I think the situation should be more serious than those."

"After all, the cripple attack a while ago only killed the hall master, but today, the hall master and the hall were destroyed together. The situation can only be more serious... Unless it's schizophrenia?"

"Please wait a moment, who are you?" Iori Muga was a little uneasy.

If someone else brought up this topic, Iori Muga would not even give him a sneer.

But Taiyi's appearance was a little too shocking.

When he saw it, his brain was so shocked that it paused for a few seconds.

"The Phantom Thieves of Hearts, you can call me Knight." Taichi shrugged and replied, "I'm on the opposite side of the Enforcer of the Destruction of Humanity."

"By the way, my contact information has been sent to your phone. If you need anything, you can contact me at any time."

"That's it, bye."

Taiyi said this and walked towards the direction of the checkpoint.

Three seconds later, the person disappeared from the spot.

It was simple. It took Xin Tiao Qian two and a half seconds to connect the phone, and another half a second to digitize her body.

Iori Muga, who had just taken out his cell phone from his pocket to check the situation, happened to see Taichi disappear.

After all, watching through the screen is not as shocking as seeing it with your own eyes.

If he hadn't had so much experience and been able to keep himself calm, the phone in Iori Muga's hand would have been scrapped today.

"This is the situation, young lady." Iori Muga called Ooka Momiji, who was watching the surveillance video in the bedroom of the mansion, and spoke.

A dark light flashed across the opening of his suit.

This is the eavesdropping device that Iori Muga used to allow the eldest lady in the mansion to hear the conversation between the two.

"The Phantom Thieves of Hearts... I didn't expect that I would be so lucky to meet a member of that mysterious group of heart-changers today." Ooka Momiji's slightly delighted voice came into Iori Muga's ears from the loudspeaker, "Iori, give me a copy of Mr. Knight's contact information."

"Yes." Iori Mugu did as he was told without any hesitation.

"Iori, what do you think about what he said, 'We are in opposition to those who make us disabled'?" Ooka Momiji continued to ask.

"I can't see any signs of lying. But I don't rule out the possibility that the other party's acting skills are so superb that he can even hide it from me." Although Iori Muga is quite confident in his abilities, he dare not guarantee that his accuracy rate will be 100% when it comes to abilities and people beyond his cognitive scope.

If possible, it would be better to minimize misleading the young lady.

"I believe in Iori." Ooka Momiji responded naturally.

"However, since Mr. Knight knew at first sight that you were there to deliver clothes to him... that means our surveillance system has been accessed by the other party." Ooka Hongye skipped the previous topic and said, "Iori, tell your men to investigate the places in the mansion that are not monitored and find out who may have been disabled... Father!"

Ooka Hongye paused for a moment, then suddenly stood up and screamed.

Then there was the sound of a chair being pushed away and someone hurried away.

And Iori Muga also sorted out his thoughts in an instant.

In the Ooka mansion, the only person who is most qualified to be disabled is the head of the Ooka family.

One of the candidates for the next Prime Minister.

……

On the evening news that very evening, the news that Mr. Ooka, the head of the Ooka family, one of the popular candidates for prime minister and the chief vote banker in Kyoto, had suddenly fallen ill and become a vegetable made headlines.

Several other candidates for prime minister gave speeches.

A feeling of regret, plus an advertisement for one's own ideas.

He tried to take advantage of the fact that the Ooka family had no successor and take over the Kyoto voting base.

……

Taichi, who had already returned to the hot spring inn and informed Akane Shinjo and the members of the Phantom Thieves of Heart of the situation, was ready to pack his luggage and return to Tokyo the next day when he received a call from Ooka Momiji.

"Who is the perpetrator, murderer, and mastermind of the cripple incident?" Ooka Momiji's voice was filled with suppressed hatred.

"The perpetrator of those previous incidents was Akechi Goro, and the mastermind was Shido Masayoshi." Tai paused, then continued, "But in your family... not just your family, in the several cases of crippling that occurred that day, the perpetrators were not humans."

"If I use the name 'Shadow Mage' to explain it, you'll probably be confused, but if I use another name to explain it, you should be able to understand... an invader from space."

"The other party rode a monster and destroyed the personal palace and the palace master. The result was that he ended up like your father."

"But I can't guarantee whether the murderer is still Shi Tong Zhengyi."

"After all, we have been tracking Shadow Mage's whereabouts during this period of time, and we have also been paying attention to Shi Tong Zhengyi, but we have not noticed the connection between the two."

"...Does the Phantom Thieves of Hearts even care about matters concerning monsters and aliens?" Ooka Momiji's voice sounded a little weaker.

After all, whether it is the aliens, monsters, or Shido Justice, they are not something she can deal with now.

If Mr. Ooka were still fine, he might be able to compete with Shido Masayoshi.

But now, Mr. Ooka has become a vegetable, and his grandfather has long retired from politics and is recuperating in a nursing home in the countryside. The Ooka faction can be said to be on the verge of collapse.

That is to say, the incident happened not long ago. If there is no improvement in another ten days or half a month, there may not be such a thing as the Ooka faction.

Unless Ooka Hongye's grandfather came forward despite his illness.

In fact, Mrs. Ooka had already informed the former prime minister of the news as soon as possible, but it was not the time to take action yet.

Chapter 117 Ooka's Teaching

"…They are all one-sided stories." After Ooka Hongye gave the recording to his grandfather, his grandfather pondered for a moment and shook his head, "And they are one-sided stories that cannot be confirmed by the other side."

"Grandpa, what you mean is that it can't be trusted?" Ooka Hongye looked at her grandfather cautiously and asked.

Now that Mr. Ooka has become a vegetable, the fate of the Ooka family is now entirely dependent on this sixty-year-old man in front of him.

Although the Ooka family also has branches, Japanese politicians...

It can only be said that even relatives at the level of uncles and aunts are no longer so reliable at this time.

After all, the Ooka family's cake is only so big. The person who got the biggest piece in the past has now laid down. If the others don't fight for the extra biggest piece, how can they possibly help the person who has laid down to maintain ownership of that piece of cake?

This is also the reason why Ooka’s mother went to find the old man first.

Only an old man would see that the person who fell was his own son and would preserve a legacy for his granddaughter who had lost the protection of her father.

"I can't believe everything, but I can't disbelieve it either." Thinking back to the video he saw, Mr. Ooka smacked his lips and shook his head. "Eight out of ten sentences that boy said might be false, but the two most important ones were true."

"Think more and don't jump to conclusions."

"After all, he's the only one talking."

"But we can't tell whether he is the one who perpetrated the 'disablement' or whether he is really a member of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts... Tsk, no matter which side he is on, for my Ooka family, he is an existence that we should never get close to."

Mr. Ooka, who knows very well what politicians are like, is somewhat reluctant to talk about the existence of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts.

"However, the reason why your father fell down should be due to the person who carried out the 'disability'."

Old man Ooka tilted his head.

"I studied the actions of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts for a bit... They were somewhat naive and idealistic. It was probably just a group of inexperienced students who gained similar special powers and couldn't stand the darkness and ugliness in the world, so they wanted to play the role of the messenger of justice."

"Change of heart is something that can only last for a while at most."

"The human heart will gradually change depending on the environment it is in, as well as the time and events it has experienced."

“It’s time-sensitive.”

"...Grandpa, if the Phantom Thieves of Hearts are really as you said, then wouldn't they be the best weapon to use? Why did you say that it would be best for our family not to get close to them?" Ooka Momiji asked in confusion.

"It's quite easy to use." Old man Ooka curled his lips, "But it's a double-edged sword. If you hurt others, you will hurt yourself."

"Moreover, once those idealistic and naive people discover that they are being used, their hatred for the person who took advantage of them will instantly reach its peak."

"If we go too far, the world might become a place where two groups of people who practice 'disablement' compete with each other for performance." Grandpa Ooka tried to use a joke to build a closer relationship with his granddaughter.

But the effect is not very good.