Tokyo Trickster

Imprisoning, exploiting, intentionally harming numerous employees, illegally selling the company's intellectual property, colluding with violent organizations... How could the culprit of all this be found not guilty by the court?! The victims in the witness stand began to whisper to each other.

"I have an objection!" A clear voice broke the noise in the courtroom.

He was a man with neat short hair and a muscular body. He slammed the table hard, his eyes wide open, and his imposing manner rushed towards the presiding judge on the high seat, "What happened in the KECT building..."

Naruhodō Ryuichi's voice suddenly stopped, and even the aggressive aura disappeared.

He looked at the clerk, who was his "insider" who had cooperated with him many times and obtained evidence to bring down the evildoers who were at large.

The clerk who had sold out the secrets of the powerful many times to uphold justice now shook his head firmly at Naruhodō Ryuichi.

Obviously, this case is beyond their ability to handle.

Justice without thought is crime.

The famous lawyer? After a moment of silence, he bowed deeply to the judge and apologized for his recklessness.

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That night, a huge shadow loomed over the Shiken Tea House.

It's 3:20 in the morning.

Kitagawa Vsuke stood on the empty basketball court. He looked at Ryuji Sakamoto who was quickly swiping the basketball and jumping to shoot, and shook his head helplessly.

"You finally finished your mission in the Impression Space, and you came here specifically to pick up a kid's basketball to play with?"

"Stop making noise, now is the key moment." Ryuji Sakamoto grabbed the basketball and dunked it back into the basket while it was still in the air.

"It's time to go back to the base and sleep," Kitagawa Vsuke yawned sleepily.

"Hey," Sakamoto Ryuji stretched, "Let the boss finish the rest."

The "boss" they were talking about was currently sitting in the suburbs of Kita-ku, Tokyo.

There is a hill of moderate size, below which is a safety net to prevent landslides, below that are lush trees, and then a quiet park.

A lonely person was sitting on the lonely bench in the park.

Amamiya Ren was playing with a pistol-shaped object. This was a Persona summoner.

He was alone in enjoying such a lonely and cold night.

The moonlight surged coldly.

Until the cell phone rang.

Only then did Amamiya Ren realize that there was a tired crow standing on the treetop, staring at her.

Further up, there is the night sky that is so dark and deep that it seems to swallow up all prying eyes.

A layer of white mist was reflected in the sky. It was the tip of the iceberg projected by the bustling night scene of Tokyo. Together, they formed a picture, which was the "4 o'clock morning sky in Setagaya District".

"Nice to meet you, Adachi-senpai." He looked at the visitor standing at the entrance of the park.

He was a man wearing prison uniform, with hunched shoulders and a tired look on his face.

"I've been hearing about the deeds of your Phantom Thieves," Adachi Toru took the initiative to shake hands with Amamiya Ren, "You did a great job destroying the Jincheng gang. They were in collusion with Yokohama and helped or forced many people to commit crimes..."

"Are you a criminal police officer now?" Amamiya Ren felt that this guy spoke like an old cadre sitting in an office in the Metropolitan Police Department.

"It will be soon." Adachi Toru's expression looked gloomy.

"It's because of Shi Tong Zhengyi after all."

"Yes," Adachi Toru handed a USB flash drive to Amamiya Ren, "Recently, there have been too many [incidents of mental disorder] that have been identified as [disabled people] arranged by Shido Zhengyi using cognitive learning. He is feared by more and more powerful people, and at the same time, he has been lifted to an overly high position... but he does not have the ability and team to sit firmly in this position yet."

Adachi Toru's eyes revealed a cold anger. "Shido Masayoshi will soon launch his plan to 'make up for lost time'. Recently, he has been 'clearing' the suspects in the [mental disorder incident], with the goal of framing the crime of [disability] on those who were forced to 'escape' one day in the future."

"Including you?"

"Their plan is to make me 'the' mastermind." Adachi Toru looked at the USB flash drive in Amamiya Ren's phone. "I have to get back to the prison before dawn. All the clues I can find are here. Please help me."

The Phantom Thief threw the Persona Summoning Device to Adachi Toru and said, "I'll leave this to you."

"You also joined [SEES]?"

"I picked it up on the road." Amamiya Ren watched Adachi Toru leave the park.

The only person who has survived [becoming useless] and has a certain social status is Sakata Kanegin.

Should we catch him and torture him?

Amamiya Ren was thinking.

He realized a crucial point he had overlooked.

Small, medium, large?!

The thief thought of the public opinion attacks that girls such as Togo Ichimi and Yagi Yui were facing.

That guy's goal is probably not just fame and fortune.

Amamiya Ren frowned.

He stood up, "Cong Yu, are you still there? It looks like we're going to stay up all night."

A ghostly girl appears behind him.

"Should we inform Miss Lavenda?"

"No need," the Phantom Thief pulled out the Cong Yu Wan, "We should go to the Mind Palace of Xiaozhongda to gather information."

Last time, thanks to the help of a mysterious helper, he had already explored the spiritual palace clearly, so he no longer worried about being trapped in it.

Cong Yu was a little confused. Lavender said she would arrange a date for her and Amamiya Ren.

Could it be that... they were going to date in the palace of the soul? This was too unromantic.

The ghost wearing revealing shrine maiden costume floated over Amamiya Ren's head angrily and simply rode on his shoulders.

The thief grabbed Cong Yu's smooth and slender ankles and tickled her slippery soles. The girl was shy and ticklish and kicked her feet repeatedly. Amamiya Lian took this opportunity to throw Cong Yu off his shoulders.

He waved Cong Yu Wan and chopped out a passage to the impression space in mid-air.

The recent frequent "reversals" are really overwhelming. If we can find the corresponding changes in the small, medium and large impression spaces...

Amamiya Ren was prepared to make him repent within seven days.

17-year-old ace: 242. New Island

Bang. A sudden loud noise.

The gap between the impression space and the spiritual palace was broken.

Amamiya Ren crashed through two walls and fell straight into the tram station.

The shadows in the waiting room immediately surrounded Amamiya Ren.

"You don't want to go to work anymore? You don't want to have full attendance anymore? Do you think your salary is too high?" The thief scolded them, "If you keep surrounding me, I will fire you right away."

After he said that, he really started to have some of the demeanor of a big business owner.

Instead of being afraid, the shadows showed a slight anger. They pounced towards Amamiya Ren, but almost in an instant they exploded into a ball of black mist.

[Orion] retracted his fist and stood in front of Amamiya Ren like a majestic mountain.

The thief straightened his collar, fastened the bright red collar on the lining of his white suit, and brushed off the loose dirt on his trouser legs. After a long pause, he managed to utter, "Xiao Zhong Da is really consistent in appearance and reality."

He never thought that someone's shadow could be so afraid of death.

So others have twisted desires, and you have a twisted desire to survive?

Amamiya Ren had just entered the hall and broke into the inner layer. Before the fight really started, the small, medium and large shadows had already escaped.

The small, medium and large halls were full of traps and extremely dangerous. Amamiya Ren was knocked away just by a slight touch during the chase, and then a series of traps were triggered, and she was simply smashed out of the hall by a huge iron cone. After a period of free fall and deceleration, she crashed into the tram in the impression space, smashed two walls, and finally fell into the waiting hall.

The density of the traps was so high that even if he used [Chronos] to pause time, they would still take advantage of the gaps to breathe and attack him in overwhelming numbers.

After weighing the cost of forcibly breaking through these traps, Amamiya Lian obediently left the hall.

Rumble. The wheels collided with the axle at high speed, making a roar like a beast. Another tram came from the end of the tunnel, carrying a car full of shadows, roaring and about to hit Amamiya Ren.

"Go away," the Phantom Thief waved his hand, and time stopped. Orion punched the front of the tram, kicked under the car, then grabbed the entire cockpit and pulled the body of the car, like waving a python made of steel, fluttering to the ground and shattering the shadows gathered in and around the waiting hall.

Dive in with nothing to gain.

After leaving the Impression Space, Amamiya Ren strolled under the shade of the trees in Inokashira Park. It was now eight o'clock in the morning.

After working all night, he chose to resist the accumulated fatigue. Thinking that there was nothing to do today, he was too lazy to write a book or start a live broadcast.

I simply rented a table and placed it at the entrance of the park, put out some playing cards and water cups, and ordered two bags of flowers.

Amamiya Ren snapped her fingers. The Inokashira Park Morning Magic Show Limited Edition opened.

I have to sigh at this damn charm, which can penetrate even through big sunglasses and masks, attracting the attention of many women.

He flipped the playing cards with one hand and made a stunning flower cut. When the cards were folded, they disappeared in an instant, and a bright rose bloomed between his fingers. The girls around the table immediately exclaimed excitedly. The woman with the child also turned on the camera app on her phone.

Although Amamiya Ren did not show his face, his powerful yet not rugged figure, fair complexion, and thin, powerful yet deft hands that could spin the cards like flowers fully demonstrated the boy's frivolous yet calm temperament that is between adulthood. This unique boyish feeling is hard to look away from.

Seeing that it was already time for dinner, Amamiya Ren slammed the cards in her hand on the table and quickly fled Inokashira Park, not forgetting to give a bouquet of roses to each of the ladies who were watching before leaving.

The urban beauty with long silver-gray hair, carrying a briefcase, looked at the rose in her hand with a dazed expression.

"What is this rose?" the female police officer in the same class joked to her.

Niijima Kei was the only one who was aware of the "magician's" actions. So she shook her head and said, "It's nothing. It's probably a gift from a kid who passed by."

In front of them was a large group of people holding roses, making phone calls or posting blog updates, and they had already surrounded the fountain entrance of the park.

"What should we do with it~" her partner asked her with a malicious look, "Should we give it to a handsome boy? Or to a talented agent in the headquarters?"

Shinjima Zeju covered her partner's eyes with her bag, then casually stuck the roses into the trash can in the park, "I don't have time to talk about love."

"Yes, yes, you are an ambitious person." Her partner sighed and followed her.

The two female police officers got into the police car and left Inokashira Park amid the noise of the engine.

......

Amamiya Ren was watching all this for an unknown period of time, and suddenly with a flick of her wrist, a poker card with the Ace of Diamonds flew into the depths of the woods.

"Aren't you coming out yet?"

"A passerby who does good things without leaving a name."

17-year-old Ace: 243. Pancakes need to go through a thousand hammerings (3K words)

(I took the physics exam today and wrote some extra chapters. Suddenly I found that the main article can be published again)

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There was a crisp sound. A poker card of Ace of Diamonds was firmly nailed to the tree trunk.

Hiding in the shade of a tree, Chihaya Mifune felt her knees go a little weak.

After recognizing the identity of the person following her, Amamiya Ren immediately turned around with a lack of interest.

Chihaya Mifune was about to go forward and give chase.

When he saw it was Amamiya Ren, he suddenly snapped his fingers.

There was a faint sound of electric current running through my ears.

The fortune teller stopped where she was.

It was late spring, and the sun was shining through the lush woods. There was no hazy fog or water-like halos, and the clear blue sky connected the lush sea of ​​trees. Sparse clouds were floating in the gap between the sea of ​​trees and the sky, allowing one to clearly see the entire forest.

Chihaya Mifune naturally took out her mobile phone and started taking pictures of the spring scenery of Inokashira Park.

She firmly believed that she was here for an outing.

Far away in the distance, the young man closed the notebook full of math formulas in his hand, which scared the math teacher who was writing on the blackboard at the podium.

The middle-aged man with a rising hairline turned around tremblingly, "Um... Hanekawa-san?" Based on his two months of teaching experience this semester, he felt that Hanekawa Tsubasa made such a noise probably because he had said something wrong.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Yumoto," Hanekawa Tsubasa said with a gentle smile, "Please continue."

Yu Ben breathed a sigh of relief, picked up a half-used piece of chalk from the blackboard slot, and continued his lecture.

Click... In the corner of the classroom, Nao Tomori quickly turned a pen between her slender fingers, and the crackling sound reflected her irritable mood.

Recently, TV programs have received more and more complaints. All of them are nonsense reasons, such as: the staff dresses strangely and has a tendency to insult women;

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