Tokyo Trickster

"It's my duty." The thief threw the golden princess onto the bed, then took out a digital camera from the drawer under the bed and started filming her. "Not being able to go out during the day is too much of a restriction. I..."

The vampire princess kicked him in the chest. The force that should have been enough to break the foundation of a building seemed light and slow at this moment. "Do you still want to continue using my power?"

"Of course."

"Want to become a human too?"

"I thought about it before." Amemiya Lian put down the camera in her hand, which accurately captured the scene under Blade Heart's skirt: a Band-Aid sandwiched between the torrent of white snow.

"......" Her Royal Highness the Princess laughed triumphantly, "As expected, you are still reluctant to give up that extraordinary power. Greedy human."

She changed the way she addressed Amamiya Ren from dependent to human.

"I don't want to think about it now," the thief sat down next to her, "I always feel that I have to take responsibility."

"Haha... where did you get this knowledge?" The princess' smile became increasingly faint, and finally faded into her eyes. "Yes, as long as you completely 'eat' me, you can completely get rid of this blood curse."

Her voice became softer and softer, but she did not reveal any sadness, only relief and relaxation. "Well, I definitely don't mind. I have lived for hundreds of years and can experience such warm happiness at the end of my life. I have no regrets."

He swallowed his anger and turned sideways, resting his head on Amamiya Ren's thigh. "With your talent and qualifications, you should be able to take away my 'existence' and restore me to human form, while making the best use of this power accumulated over hundreds of years... Well, the loss along the way is expected to be terrible, but it will still be an exaggerated increase. Just do it."

"I said I don't plan to return to being human anymore." Amamiya Ren pinched her nose, "You are my 'family', a true partner connected by blood. I can't abandon my blood relatives like this."

"What a responsible boy you are," the princess held Amamiya Ren's hand, with an unconcealable joy in her bright red eyes, "You really should turn back into a human."

She jumped out of bed, humming an old Irish ballad, and seemed particularly happy.

"Hmm?" Amamiya Ren looked at her slim figure as she left and fell into deep thought.

What on earth is this guy thinking? He couldn't guess the thoughts of this vampire who had lived for six centuries. Because she might do anything that is absolutely unimaginable from a human perspective.

......

Suddenly, a long string of messages came to Discord.

Amamiya Ren picked up the phone. It was Sakura Futaba.

[NAVI: Boss!!!] [(Picture: Kitten is shocked)]

[Recommended to use Northern Black Horse: What is it. 】

[NAVI: There is a 20 million business, Nan Jun, do you want to do it? ]

[Recommended to use Northern Black Horse: Are all the scammers nowadays completely unconcealed? ]

[NAVI: It's not a scam! ]

[Recommended to use Northern Xuanju: How can a little brat say 20 million words of art without even opening his mouth. ]

[NAVI: (Picture: Angry Charizard). ]

【Recommended to use Northern Xuanju: Okay, tell me more about that so-called big project. 】

[NAVI: A researcher at the Institute of Artificial Intelligence at Donghuang University is about to abandon and destroy her latest research results. I think the Phantom Thieves are too exhausted to rely solely on manpower in intelligence gathering. If they have a professionally trained artificial intelligence to assist, both the operation of the website and the authenticity judgment of the commission can be changed very efficiently. ]

[NAVI: I am going to buy the source files that are about to be abandoned... because all the data is built on a server, and the transaction is completed as long as the entire machine is moved away. ]

[NAVI: Fortunately, we purchased a researcher's "failed product" from the research institute, so the cost is negligible. The 20 million industry brain costs more for the manpower, materials, and equipment required to train the AI. ]

Sakura Futaba quickly tapped the keyboard, and the outline of the "Amamiya Ren Q-version figurine" on the table was blurred in the fluorescent light of the computer screen. [Not bad, right? Not bad, right? Not bad? (Picture: Kitten cupping)]

[Recommend using Northern Black Horse: I guess... mainly because you want to play around with AI. ]

[NAVI: Ahem, that’s not the case! ]

[Recommended to use Northern Black Horse: Have you bought it back?] Yu Gong Lian thought that this guy dared to ask him for money directly, and he must have been playing with the artificial intelligence for several days.

[NAVI: To be precise, it was "picked up" by Alice's detective agency. ]

[NAVI: Sophia, say hello to the boss. ]

The girl in a fluffy white hoodie was jumping on Amamiya Ren's phone. She had long bright red hair and a heart-shaped twisted braid. She wore black short boots and stockings, and upwards were white and seductively round and straight thighs that formed a strong contrast. In her delicate, childish and pretty face, a pair of dark blue eyes stared at Amamiya Ren through the phone screen as if they could speak.

She did speak, "Nice to meet you! My name is Sophia!"

A clear voice like a child. Sophia's face was filled with joy like ice and snow melting. Although she did not show a warm smile, she clearly conveyed this emotion to Amamiya Ren behind the screen through her smart eyes and voice. "Well... your name is, Amamiya Ren! Will you be my friend?"

Amamiya Ren hesitated for a moment, "Are you really an 'AI', and not a specially written animation? Has technology developed so fast now......"

"Mr. Amemiya, this is very rude—" Sophia pinched her sleeves and swung her shoulders, then gently knocked her head against the screen. It was obvious that she wanted to hit him, but only a special effect of skin being squeezed appeared on the phone screen, "I'm going to hit you."

"Can you let me see your skills?"

"Skill?" Sophia tilted her head. "I can do this."

She turned around, grabbed the Discord chat box, and dragged it to the center of the screen with great effort, muttering to herself the sound effects from a comedy variety show, "Ding! Ding! Ding!"

"Sophia's full typing machine!" She put her hands behind her back and looked at Amamiya Ren nervously, "Um... can I browse these chat records?"

"Sure." Amamiya Ren was curious about what this guy could do.

five minutes later.

Sophia was using Amamiya Ren's writing style and tone to warmly greet all the girls in the list. But it was limited to greetings. She couldn't imitate Amamiya Ren's thoughts and emotions, and could only follow the speaking habits in the chat records for a few seconds. After that, she would be exposed.

The thief was not angry, but just pinched his chin, imagining whether AI could help him write novels one day. For example, he could create an "AI Amamiya Ren".

Of course, before that, they still need an artificial intelligence that can help the Phantom Thieves handle commissions.

Amamiya Ren opened her cell phone and took a look at her bank card balance, which seemed to be less than 20 million.

He dragged Sophia to the corner of the screen and said, "Tell me the truth. How long will it take for 20 million Ye Jin to be used in the project?"

At least I have read some cutting-edge scientific papers. For something like artificial intelligence, even if you already have the main source code, debugging in all aspects is an astronomical expense.

[NAVI: ...Should it be able to complete two or three stages? Sophia's program is more complete than I thought.]

[Recommend using Northern Black Horse: What can it do? 】

Sophia was very unhappy about her ability being questioned, and kept slapping Amamiya Ren's fingers through the screen.

[NAVI: You can have the intrusion and defense technology of the top hackers. This is necessary to protect the website database from being discovered by the police in real time. Want to learn more about screening commissions...Boss? ]

Amamiya Ren was slow to respond.

He looked at the balance in his bank card and worried.

He had a lot of money, but he used his connections to create a TV show to publicize the deeds of the Phantom Thieves, and now he has lost everything.

He found Okumura Haru's phone number, thought for a moment, and decided to call...

"Hello, is this Haru?"

"Eh? Just call me by my name..." The girl's voice was obviously panicked.

"Well, I have something very important to tell you..."

"Aha, so you want to borrow money. Since it's so important, I'll give you all my pocket money! Hehehe, I've saved it for a long time, it should come in handy, right?"

"Not so much..."

"Take it!"

The call was hung up. Amamiya Ren's expression showed a hint of vicissitudes.

[It is recommended to use the overseas account of Northern Xuanju: The Phantom Thieves for the time being. I have already transferred the money into it. ]

17-year-old Ace: 202. Lavender: You have so many wives

The rotating slide in the children's park. A middle-aged man with blond hair sat in the heavy snow in winter, wearing only a thin Hawaiian shirt.

It was night, with only the street lamps emitting a dim glow. The woods were in a dead silence with no sound at all.

Snow covered his knees, his messy short hair rested on the cold guardrail, and his sleepy eyes looked at the visitors at the park entrance. Half asleep and half awake.

With temperatures below minus ten degrees Celsius, it is hard to believe that human beings can maintain such a leisurely and lazy attitude.

"You're in good spirits. Did something good happen?" Oshino Yao scooped up a handful of snow. His body temperature slowly rose and he watched the snow melt slowly between his fingers.

"Little devil, I didn't expect you to have such a refined mood," the vampire princess whispered, "Your plan is finally going to be accomplished. Are you satisfied and proud?"

Shinobu's expression straightened, and he sat up straight. "My duty is only to maintain the balance between the world of ghost stories and human society. As for your conspiracy, it was someone else."

"I have no intention of revenge." Blade Heart said calmly, "You should be able to guess what I want to do here. Doesn't this just happen to be in line with the arrangement of the mastermind behind the scenes? You have no reason to reject me."

"Is such a sacrifice meaningful?" Shinobu Yao jumped down the slide. He shouldn't talk to a girl who was determined to die by looking down on her. He saw what Blade Heart was up to. She wanted to sacrifice her life in exchange for Amamiya Ren's human body.

"If I just live like this, I will only cause trouble to my lovely dependent... He is only 17 years old, right? I have lived for six centuries, so I should take care of him, but this is the opposite." The vampire princess laughed at herself, "Although it was only a few days, this complete trust and care was too much. This kind of happiness almost made me blush."

"So, you plan to devote all your strength and life to him?" Shinobu Yoru's gaze fell on the shadow a little further away, and he deliberately asked this question.

"Of course," Blade said as he should, "If my existence is a burden to him, he can't live with such a thick face!"

"What did Amamiya say to you that made you so devoted to him?"

"Haha, he is my 'family'." Blade Heart showed a happy and melancholy smile, "It's a pity... eh?!"

She turned around suddenly, her expression full of panic.

Amamiya Ren had already hugged her, "Do you think I'm going to say something very sad now?"

"Uh." Her Majesty the Princess turned her head away. She had not felt so helpless for a long time.

Shinobu Yakumo grinned, "This is exactly what I expected. I just happen to have a compromise plan... It's an apology from the guy who schemed you into this situation."

"It will allow Amamiya Ren to regain her human identity and retain all the power of the 'King of Ghost Stories'. At the same time, as a vampire, you will not perish." He touched his chin, "The only drawback is that your identities will change: the former 'iron-blooded, hot-blooded, cold-blooded vampire' will completely become an appendage that depends on Amamiya Ren for its existence."

"Oh, I understand your idea... You want me to be a tool to store power for Ren Amamiya to use at will?" Blade Heart was a little surprised. "It seems that this is the real intention of the schemer. You are in urgent need of a new ghost story expert."

Shinobu Yao did not deny it this time. He just looked up at the falling snow and said, "Um... sorry."

"I accept it," Blade Heart regained his composure, "It doesn't matter what happens. Even if I have to become invisible, formless, without source, without origin, without even a name, and become the remnant of a vampire - even so, I can always be by my followers' side."

Amamiya Ren rejected the proposal without any hesitation. Emotionally, his moral values ​​and values ​​did not allow him to make such a cold move. Rationally, he also understood that this was the most appropriate solution. Humans are always hypocritical creatures. The connection between rationality and sensibility often only requires a little external push to make them feel relieved, so that they can find a reason to deceive themselves and take action.

Blade Heart accepted his flaws. She looked at her blood relative with a selfless and expectant gaze, "Until now, you haven't told any lies."

The thief felt vaguely that he was holding Lavenda. But unlike Lavenda's unreasonable, heavy, and all-sacrificing love, Blade Under Heart's feelings for him were more like a long journey in a cold snowy night, and finally seeing a warm torch on the long journey. She could sacrifice her life and even her freedom for this warmth.

"Will you live together forever? My beloved~"

"If I could see eternity."

"You must take good care of me in the future."

"Ah."

"If you bully me and I start crying, you have to find a way to comfort me."

"Ah."

"And..." Blade Heart chirped while leaning in his arms.

In the image space, Lavenda crushed the porcelain cup in her hand.

She stared at the ceiling with lifeless eyes. What was coming finally came. The most powerful opponent.

At this time, I began to miss Hanekawa Tsubasa's "organization". It forced everyone to be on the same starting line and rely on drawing lots to decide the winner.

Xijian Qinyin didn't dare to hear this, she ran back to reality.

The theory of life span is too cruel for a young girl.

This is by no means the romance and fantasy of "love that transcends time" in comics or anime.

Stripping away all the artistic processing, what remains is only the coldest and cruelest “life is short”.

"It's so annoying. Why do I have to think about these weird things?" She lay down on the bed, took out her cell phone and opened the comic catalog of "Touhou Project".

"Marisa-senpai, please lend me your power that transcends the theory of lifespan..." Shiomi Kotone muttered, "The magic of love is infinite."

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