Tokyo Trickster

The school was empty except for Judas, who was standing on the edge of the rooftop of the teaching building, looking back at him quietly.

The wounds on the thief's body healed quickly, and the [Strength] card given by Lavenda appeared in his hand. (See Chapters 169 and 187 for details)

He crushed the [Power], and the light and shadow entangled with each other in an instant and poured into his body. Then, the personality mask named [Orion] returned.

17-year-old Ace: 189. So Deadly (Two in One)

If the speculation about parallel universes becomes a reality, there may be a world where the Phantom Thieves become a superpower group open to the public and in the spotlight.

Rather than calling them the "Phantom Thieves", it would be more appropriate to describe them as "Amamiya Ren and his fan club".

On the surface of a 100-meter-high business building in Shibuya, Tokyo, there is an English word "Altus" made up of LED lights.

An agency that has become one of the world's top 100 companies solely through its idol business, but it currently has only one artist working under its name...

The sun fell on Shibuya Central Street, reflecting off the surface of the building like a prism, and behind it was a tilted, slender and wide shadow. The residents shrouded in this darkness were filled with cheerful and expectant smiles, without any trace of depression from work or study.

Because Altus' only artist was about to meet them.

Click, click. The sound of crisp footsteps.

Click, click. Steady footsteps.

Click, click. The sound of powerful footsteps.

The burly man walked out of the building, stepping on the mirror-smooth polished marble of the ground floor lobby. His soles rolled over the red carpet. He walked out of the "Arc de Triomphe" and stood on the steps in front of the building, overlooking the crowded Central Street.

The thunderous applause and cheers merged into a noisy cacophony.

But if you listen carefully, you can hear them hysterically shouting the same name. "Kurisu Akatsuki."

The man in a black and red tights and a white bird half-face mask waved to the people. He grinned, revealing two rows of neat white teeth. "It's nice to see you, Tokyo residents. It's another beautiful day."

"Kurisu Akatsuki! The savior of Tokyo!" "Kurisu Akatsuki!" "Savior!"... They were still cheering.

He tilted his head and put his palms on his ears. "Louder, let me hear the call of this city."

This scene was broadcast to the whole of Tokyo through the cameras of reporters on both sides of the stairs. The city was boiling, and everyone was shouting his name enthusiastically, "Kurisu Akatsuki!"

Kurusu Akatsuki's smile grew more delighted, "I'm glad to get everyone's response."

His eyes accurately caught a little girl holding a killer whale doll in the gap of the crowd with an anxious look on her face, and he accurately read the pain in her heart. With just a stretch of his hand, she appeared in front of Kurusu Akatsuki, "You look like you have something to say to me."

"Yes, yes!" The little girl's face immediately flushed, her eyes were a little moist with excitement, and the blood rushed to her brain and she almost fainted.

"Calm down, calm down," Kurusu Akatsuki squatted helplessly, looked her in the eyes, and said seriously, "You are hiding the sins of others in your heart, and the anger is overflowing again. Tell me who you want to make repent."

"I..." The little girl clenched her hands nervously, "My hometown is being..."

"Nuclear waste water?"

"Oh...nuclear waste water. Yes, many people are secretly dumping nuclear waste water into the sea...many fish have died." Tears welled up in her eyes.

Kurusu Akatsuki patted her head and said, "I understand."

He put his hands behind his back and took a step forward. "Did you hear that? The sea in this country is being polluted. Nuclear wastewater and nuclear power plants have always been a painful stain in Japanese history. Perhaps there are too many people who are not enterprising. Those who manage the country have forgotten the morality and conscience of being a human being... I want to find out the truth of all this and let the criminals who have eroded the country and thought that they can develop society by bowing down get the ending they deserve."

He has made similar statements many times in the past few years, and has indeed implemented them. For example, he destroyed the US military plot stationed in Japan, which attempted to use Japan as a springboard to invade neighboring countries; he killed the congressmen who received "special instructions" at the strategic meeting on "Oyu Island"... More often, Kurusu Akira went to other countries and crushed countless conspiracies that could seriously undermine world peace.

Many people call him the real-life "Superman".

Kurusu Akatsuki always wears a tight red and black battle suit with many "Persona" words engraved on it as patterns, and a big "P" in the middle of the suit. He has the power to subvert the whole world, just like the Kryptonian in DC comics. By perfectly integrating the specialized personality mask with himself, he has obtained super vision, super-fast flight, an indestructible body, a physique that can lift a building with bare hands, and the ability to shoot crimson lasers like arrows from both hands...

The Japanese government has tried many times to brand him as a "Yamato national hero" and even used many unspeakable tricks, but all of them were seriously rejected and punished by Kurusu Akatsuki. He is the world's "superman", and this unrivaled power should not be limited to a certain region or country. At least, the number of Japanese parliamentarians who died at the hands of Amamiya Ren has exceeded the average number of suicides that can be counted in Tokyo throughout the year.

He declared that he would always be the embodiment of justice, and carried out this behavior and will for a full ten years. Then there would be the eleventh year, the twelfth year, and so on forever.

"Superman" has fanatical fans all over the world.

Peacekeeping operations, plane crashes, helping the elderly who have fallen, defeating criminals in the dark corners of the city, and attacking reckless government officials or business tycoons.

In the face of absolute and invincible justice, any conspiracy and malice appear extremely weak.

It is impossible for Kurusu Akatsuki to take care of all the evil, but what he can see and hear will be hit most cruelly.

So "Superman" threw off his cape, "Now, your savior is about to set off."

I don't know when he started to call himself the savior. This was not a false compliment or arrogance for the sake of honor. It was accurate, and he solved many disasters that had occurred around the world and could have caused the destruction of cities and countries.

The falling of giant meteorites, the explosion in Chernobyl, the eruption of a super-large volcano... Putting aside these disasters in reality, in another world that ordinary people cannot access, Amamiya Ren has defeated countless powerful enemies, including the evil god "Yaldabaoth" formed by the twisted desire of mankind for laziness, "Erebus" who guides death, and even personally sealed "Nyx", a star-eating being similar to the "Grandeur" that represents death and the end.

He has never lost, never will lose, and is always getting stronger.

In the evening, Superman returned to the Altus building and took off his battle suit without any damage under the care of two red-haired girls. "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Amamiya."

They did simple makeup for the man behind the mask and the battle suit. The superman who called himself "Kurisu Akatsuki" was temporarily off work, and was replaced by an ordinary office worker named "Amamiya Ren".

He chooses a short period of time every day to wander around cities around the world, dealing with the filth that occurs in the dark side of society to the best of his ability.

Amamiya Ren is very clear that it is impossible for herself and no one else to create an organization or tool that can monitor the good and evil of all mankind at all times. Even if it is as magnificent and fair as the scorching sun, there will always be corners that cannot be illuminated.

"Superman" is not omnipotent, he just does his best.

Half an hour later, Amamiya Ren dropped the corpse in his hand and let the terrified woman out of the apartment. This was a typical premeditated murder.

He walked into the bathroom, his thin figure quickly became burly, his battle suit covered his entire body along the storage device on his wrist, a white bird mask gradually appeared on his face, he leisurely showed a heroic smile to himself in the mirror, this smile was always displayed in the live broadcast camera under the Altus building.

Kurusu Akatsuki is back in business.

Kurusu Akatsuki can only be a superman, but Amamiya Ren can be anything: a taxi driver, a waiter, a typist, a decorator...

He never feels tired and firmly believes that he will always be strong.

Amamiya Ren is a human being, but he strives to become a god walking in modern society.

So the world becomes better day by day, and "Superman" grows older day by day.

Finally, his body began to weaken, and he was losing strength at an exaggerated rate every day.

The invincible physique that was enough to punch Nyx and cause real damage finally began to collapse.

This is the price of becoming a "superman". He was nailed to the concept of "humanity" and overdrawn all the potential and talents of this being named "Amamiya Ren".

If you expand a container to its limit and then fill it with water, time will soon strip it down to a huge empty shell.

This weakness made it impossible for him to maintain his "superman" posture at all times.

Then tragedy began to happen around this forty-year-old middle-aged man, and everywhere.

He always regretted that his youth was gone.

This thought grew stronger and stronger, forming a strong paradox with the unparalleled state of his first half of life. It was a kind of helplessness that almost drove people crazy and made them collapse.

Therefore, a being who calls himself "Judas" has set his sights on him and invites him to a different world to participate in a death match, saying that if he wins, he can regain the power that was taken away by time.

Amamiya Ren agreed to K's invitation.

The first enemy he faced was a clown who called himself "Gluttony".

Although he has an appearance similar to Amamiya Ren, he cannot hide his hysterical desire for "gluttony".

The "Gluttonous" Joker possesses a personality mask that can absolutely absorb and reflect kinetic energy, which happens to target "Superman" who uses physical attacks as his main means.

The increasingly weakened "Superman" was dragged into the vortex of the fight, and was finally caught in a gap when he was free from the "Personality Mask Fusion" state.

The "arrogant" Joker dealt him a fatal blow by pausing time.

Before the other party chopped off Superman's head with a knife, he seemed to say:

"That leaves you with only the 'last possibility'."

The chaotic and crazy gaze seemed to cross time and space and fell into Amamiya Ren's eyes.

This is the [Strength] card, everything that the legacy of the other world contains.

He clenched his fists and looked at Judas, who had a panicked expression.

"A five-minute Superman experience card should be enough to kill you." Amamiya Ren grinned, "Have you seen that kind of future? About your own tragic death?"

"Haha," the pale figure laughed awkwardly, "You can't become that guy, he has already..."

"Why should I become him?" Behind Amamiya Ren, the figure of [Orion] slowly emerged. He was still muscular, but the animal skin skirt was replaced by a red and black tight combat suit. Two bracelets appeared on his thick wrists, engraved with patterns of "bow" and "arrow".

Perhaps it would be more appropriate to describe it as [Superman Orion].

The Phantom Thief does not intend to replicate the "body fusion personality mask" technology in his memory.

With Judas' actions and Philemon's manipulation, the possibilities of "Amamiya Ren" are becoming more and more unified.

"I really want to perform a fancy stealth attack." He sighed.

Just as Judas was about to manipulate time and space to escape, he was caught by Superman Orion.

"I heard that you like to call yourself a god?" Amamiya Lian patted K's shoulder.

Orion suddenly twisted his body and swung Judas in his hand, smashing K to the ground. It was a magnificent scene like a missile explosion, and sand mixed with floor tile powder flew into the sky.

"What a weak god," Orion commented, before throwing Judas to the ground dozens of times in an instant.

"I know you can reset time," Amamiya Ren stepped on K's face, "In the timeline that I can't perceive, have you ever won even once?"

Judas made no sound.

Orion raised K. His movements could not be seen clearly, but only a meteor could be seen streaking across the night sky, piercing through the entire Naoetsu Private Middle School.

He followed Judas closely, rushed into the sky, grabbed K's only remaining left arm, and threw K to the ground.

The Phantom Thief paused time the moment Judas approached.

He used [Chris] to create "gold" to bind Judah's body.

In the sky, Superman Orion has stretched out his left arm with a "bow" pattern on it, and bent his right arm with an "arrow" pattern on it, which means he is drawing the bow and putting an arrow on it.

He retracted his left fist and thrust out with his right fist. The crimson beam formed an arrowhead and pierced K's heart in Judas's angry eyes.

"He died just like that?" Amamiya Lian frowned, "He's not dead yet. Tsk, resetting time is such a troublesome ability."

Orion suddenly punched out, turning the "resurrected" Judas into a pile of dark mist.

"There are still four minutes left in the invincibility experience card...so how did this guy's right hand get broken?" The thief thought about the solution.

Judas could not think. He could only passively take the beating and hope for the possibility of escape.

(My work and rest schedule is slowly recovering, and I will soon become a healthy coder again.)

17-year-old Ace: 190. Don't Lick My Jailer (4.3K)

The invincible Orion and his time-stop pendant, Ren Amamiya, are beating up Judas.

Every attack was fatal. No matter how Judas tried to evade or block it was in vain. Everything K knew about the battle was shattered by Orion with the purest power. Even if he tried to reset time, Amamiya Ren would always press the pause button through Chronos to find K's position. Then Orion, who was charging at him at high speed, would hold his head down. All he could hear were the roar of "Ora Ora Ola" mixed with the sound of his bones being crushed into powder.

From Amamiya Ren's perspective, Judas had been killed repeatedly by him for nearly three minutes.

From Judas' perspective, because he can experience more "timelines", the number of times K has been killed is incalculable. It is a long despair that is counted in weeks. What makes him even more devastated is that each reset of time is accompanied by the recovery of his physical and mental state. K will never be numb to the pain, and only a kind of despair spreads in his heart.

Before Amamiya Ren came up with a real way to kill K, Judah almost gave up his plan... It's over? Judah looked at Amamiya Ren in surprise, who suddenly fainted from exhaustion. [Superman Orion] took off his tights, and his unrivaled aura suddenly disappeared.

Judah launched a counterattack without hesitation. K's figure quickly grew several times larger. The white mist covered the entire playground. Space was distorted, and the perception of time was collapsing. The teaching building, the stands, the runway, the football field...all the visible things turned into flying sand in an instant. The sand and gravel gathered into hills and valleys, and the hills and valleys gathered, stretching and undulating. This is the desert.

White mist was rising above the desert, and some traces of wild animals began to become clear. The first thing I saw was the glittering eyeballs and interlocking jaws all over their bodies.

"Five monsters were moving in the drifting yellow sand, and their speed seemed to be exaggerated. In appearance, they were a bit like wolves, with blazing eyes and protruding jaws, but their outlines kept changing, as if all the evil in the universe was reshaping them all the time, making their destructive power more and more terrifying." - Frank Becknap Long, "At Eternity's Gate"

Rapidly approaching the falling Amamiya Ren are creatures called "Hounds of Tindalos". Their concept is derived from the "Cthulhu Mythos" and they have the ability to travel through time and space at will.

In this way, this "hound" achieves an immortal quality. Once creatures from other spaces or times encounter them, they will track them closely at all costs, crossing one time or space boundary after another until they kill their prey.

These are the followers that Judah created by dividing his own authority in imitation of literary works. They are also tools of hunting. They ignore the past and the future and wantonly plunder treasures or eliminate threats on behalf of their masters...eliminating those threats that have no way to contend with "immortality".

At the moment when the "hounds" and Judas approached Amamiya Ren, he suddenly woke up from his coma, and his heart, which was tightly bound by Chris's "golden shackles" in his chest, began to beat again, "The World."

He called out to his only personality mask that symbolized the "world".

[Chronos] stood behind Amamiya Ren, and showed great interest in these time stowaways.

Orion put on Superman's battle suit again, clenched his fists, and launched the most ferocious attack on all enemies during the full thirty seconds of time stop.

Judas looked at Amamiya Ren blankly. You looked exhausted just now, how come you are full of energy in the blink of an eye? Doesn't it consume any energy to maintain this state?

Really not. Amamiya Ren calculated the time. Relying on the gift of the [Strength] card, he could push [Orion] to the "Superman" state without any consumption, and maintain it for about five minutes.

It must be that Philemon had cheated on him. Judas could only guess that K was going to take this opportunity to destroy the resources controlled by Philemon and prevent the other party from saving him.

There were still two minutes left. Amamiya Ren went back and forth between the states of "exhaustion" and "explosion".

For Judas, these two long minutes would not be an exaggeration if converted into two months. K and his "hounds" died countless times, and there was no timeline in which they could defeat Amamiya Ren... Even if they went back to the past... Judas was born after the "Clown Town" incident, and K could not go back to a time and space where he did not exist. As for the future... He could not escape the future of "a miserable defeat" in Naoetsu, so he naturally could not experience a more distant timeline, unless K took the initiative to give up this gradually fixed ending and escape to the timeline of "Judas did not choose to fight Amamiya Ren".

It was as if everything had been arranged long ago. During the period when Amamiya Ren was the weakest and most mediocre, there was always a person who was closely related to him and was capable of defeating K.