Tokyo Trickster

The fatigue from meeting his mother's expectations, studies, and training, mixed with the suffocating pain, all came rushing over him.

How nice it would be if it ended like this...

He just wants relief.

There was no way to think anymore.

Ryuji Sakamoto vomited a mouthful of blood, and his vision was full of noise.

Snap. The sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

What's this?

His almost numb feet seemed to touch something cold and wet.

"This is your mother's body," Sakata Jinyin was already feeling fed up. He was ready to get rid of this weak slave's son and go to the lower level to surround and kill the group of ignorant thieves.

"Well, that girl kept begging me to spare her only child before she died. How despicable."

He tilted his head and looked at the dying Sakamoto Ryuji, "If you were a pretty girl, maybe you could be my toy in bed. Unfortunately, you are like this, except for using pain to please me, you have no value anymore."

"Waste is waste, and it will remain waste forever."

Sakata Jinyin cursed, "That's right, with your mother..."

Ryuji Sakamoto's fingers suddenly trembled and he opened his eyes. The "water of inspiration" that was used to wake him up from his fainting and let him feel the pain in order to please Sakata Kinnin was still working.

He stared at Sakata Jinyin with a look of complete grief and hatred.

A roar like that of a wild beast burst out from his mouth where no teeth could be found.

His wrists, which were bound with chains and pierced by long spikes, were twitching wildly, and he was roaring at Sakata Kingin almost hysterically.

There is no anger or sadness that can compare to this. His life, his only remaining relatives, and his real home will be completely destroyed by this bastard.

There seemed to be a strange voice calling in my ear.

[You have nothing, man, what do you look like in this pathetic state? A rag that has just been used to clean the toilet and is about to be thrown into the sewer.]

[Listen carefully, if you want to defeat that guy, you must have power, very strong power, and then pay all the price you can. ]

[Hurry up and make your choice, Sakamoto Ryuji. If you don't make the choice, the choice will determine you...]

The hot orange flames burned all over his body, the chains melted, and the long nails piercing his wrists also melted, passing through the flaming Sakamoto Ryuji and dripping to the ground.

“Take it!” Sakamoto Ryuji, who looked as ferocious as a ghost, roared at the invisible voice, “What I still have, just take it! Give me the power!!!”

[You are someone who can sell your soul for revenge... for love. Fear will leave you far away――]

If running is not fast enough, then ride on the chariot, it roars out from hell, just like Ryuji Sakamoto who stepped half a foot into hell and came back.

The raging flames wrapped around the pitch-black motorcycle and knocked Sakata Jinyin away. The melted chains solidified again on the ground.

Sakamoto Ryuji used his burnt-bone fingers to tear off the mask on his face. The mask was a skull that burned like a torch. It fell to the ground and exploded into a rain of fire. He picked up the chain on the ground and swung it wildly under the incredulous gaze of Sakata Jinyin. He called out the name of the personality mask in a hoarse voice, "Jonathan Blaze!!!"

[I'm glad you made the right choice, let's send this scumbag to hell together...] With a low laugh, the "Ghost Rider" from Marvel left the fantasy work and became reality.

Sakamoto Ryuji smiled coldly, looked at the Son of God who was struggling to get up from the ground opposite him, and spoke sharp words of judgment like shattering glass.

"The gates of hell are open for you."

131. Sakamoto Ryuji can also stand on his own

"Even though I'm a pretty good fighter, it would be very exhausting to face so many enemies at once..."

Shiomi Kotone threw her tattered white coat on the ground, surrounded by mirage-like phantoms. Then Orpheus drew out his bow, raised his harp and swung it horizontally, smashing the approaching orc's forehead. Morgana panted and asked Zorro to pull up the bright silver isolation net to delay the attack of the shadows.

After Kitagawa Vsuke drove Ishikawa Goemon to freeze a shadow into an ice sculpture, he felt a strong sense of dizziness. He had no choice but to take out the "Takemi Myobi Pharmaceutical" and stuff two pills into his mouth. The cool current quickly moved along the esophagus in all directions and soon spread throughout his body, making him feel refreshed. "Shiomi,"

"Don't be distracted," Shiomi Kotone wiped the sweat from her forehead that wet her hair, "We have to find a way to take a detour... Keep your head down!"

Kitagawa Vsuke half bent over and narrowly avoided an iron spear that flew over his head.

They tried every means to delay the enemy's attack while looking for a retreat to extend the front line.

This girl who was brought into the Phantom Thieves by Amamiya Ren has extraordinary combat qualities. Even when facing dozens of shadows with exaggerated combat power at the same time, she can barely maintain a balanced situation with Kitagawa Vsuke and Morgana. Sometimes when looking at her, I feel that she is somewhat similar to Amamiya Ren, calm and reliable, with an inexplicable sense of security that makes people subconsciously convinced.

"Where is the emergency tonic medicine that Amamiya Ren mentioned?" Xijian Qinyin swung a fireball to burn the door of a quiet room. They rushed in and used the narrow corridor to slightly block the charge of the orcs, giving them a chance to catch their breath.

Morgana was in charge of carrying the medicine. Since there was no need to go through security check, he took out a few pills wrapped in tin foil from his small bag and handed them to her. "These are all we have left. I heard that if you take too much, you'll have diarrhea."

Xi Jianqinyin was pinching pills, and suddenly stopped, "It seems that I don't need to rely on this thing to fight to the death."

Kitagawa Vsuke used ice to cool his left hand, which was badly scratched in the battle, and said, "They're retreating."

"Oh no, Amamiya Ren..."

"You guys should evacuate first," the young man with weird clown makeup on his face pushed the door open and walked in. "This palace is about to collapse. Sakata Kanegin will show the 'kingdom of God' in his inner cognition. All the entrances and exits will change."

"Who are you?!"

"You can call me 'Amamiya Ren', but it's better to call me 'The Joker'," a guy who should have been crazy and chaotic was actually as elegant and calm as a gentleman at this moment, "The Amamiya Ren you are familiar with will stay here for a while. The building structure of the upper floor is very different from that of the casino. It's easy for him to leave, but if you don't leave now, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave."

"Well, the mission is over, and I should disappear. See you again." He carefully adjusted his collar, like a Western nobleman, performing a formal farewell. He said "see you again" because he probably didn't know what kind of personality he would have the next time he came out.

After saying this, it disintegrated into black mist and floated away in the air.

Returned to Amamiya Ren's [Fool] card.

The thief ran wildly on the stairs. Above it was a magnificent palace, guarded by a group of orcs as huge as mountains, holding iron spears or long-handled swords.

The speed at which they return to defense...

Amemiya Lian frowned, but fortunately, the number and status of the orc shadows were now beyond his ability to cope with.

The burly, hairy monsters were covered in wounds, burns, cuts, and frostbite, and their number had dropped from twenty-seven at the beginning to fifteen now. Some were missing arms and legs.

[Orion] appeared at the moment when Amamiya Ren rushed to the palace gate, and in the extremely close-range fight, he showed an almost invincible posture. Even with his muscular body and heavy armor, he still couldn't resist the punch that was like a meteor mixed in the illusion.

The sound of metal deforming, screams of pain, the sound of bones breaking, roars, the sound of heavy objects hitting the ground, and the explosion of intense metal friction.

The fifteen orc shadows, who were in poor condition, could not tell where Amamiya Ren was before his fists were there, punching through the heavy armor and shattering bones and organs.

In the end, the palace door that was hit with countless fist marks was kicked open by the thief.

He has absorbed new abilities from those personality masks, which are skills that can explosively improve physical qualities in a short period of time.

But the scene happening in the palace surprised Amamiya Ren.

The entire assembly line factory was distorted by Sakata Kingin's cognition. The arrogant man sprayed black liquid from his mouth, nose, ears, and eyes. The liquid condensed into inky black foam in the air. They gathered together, and finally a giant toad several meters high squatted in the palace, opening its mouth to catch the "water of inspiration" rushing down from the dome.

Ugh! Sakata Kinyin had just taken a sip when blood spurted out. A young man with flames all over his body swung a chain around his arm, then rode a heavy motorcycle and smashed down from mid-air. The sound of foam exploding was endless.

After his casino was taken away, Sakata Kanegin lost a vital part of his authority, which led to his continuous defeat under the attacks of the personality mask user dressed like "Ghost Rider".

The guy dressed like a biker gang let the flames climb along the chains, and soon burned Sakata Kanegin's entire body.

Amamiya Ren recognized him as Sakamoto Ryuji. This was unbelievable.

The normally heartless guy, who was actually quite sensitive, was like a mad beast at this moment, biting his prey hysterically, tearing off pieces of flesh and blood from its body in the most cruel and violent way amid Sakata Kinyin's screams. The bubbles burst and spurted out highly corrosive venom, which made a sizzling sound when it hit the ground, but it could not corrode Sakamoto Ryuji who was wrapped in flames.

He seemed to be burning his despair and grief into rage, wanting to burn the entire world.

Shadows surged like a tide, becoming an army, growing out of the venom and rushing towards Sakamoto Ryuji one after another.

This is the grandeur of standing alone against a huge enemy, and even in the bizarre background, it presents an epic feeling. The boy on the motorcycle rushed towards the huge army with flames.

People always grow after being hurt.

So, what did you go through to become what you are now? Amamiya Ren realized that he had arrived too late.

A boy has grown up quietly. He seemed to be pushed into hell with a heavy responsibility on his back. Then he struggled to climb out of hell and returned to the world with rage and hatred.

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Ryuji Sakamoto is going to win.

This is a victory for the Avengers.

He wrapped a chain around a machete that he had snatched from the shadow and swung it among the crowd. Broken limbs flew everywhere. Sakata Kingin, who was constantly spewing corrosive liquid, was defeated step by step. Its poison had almost no effect on Sakamoto Ryuji.

The chain hit the ground with a crisp explosion, and flames burst out like fireworks shooting into the sky. He mounted the pitch-black heavy motorcycle and roared with the high temperature that could melt metal, rushing towards Sakata Kinnin who was surrounded by shadows again.

The owner of the palace showed a fearful expression. The last bit of authority was ineffective. He could not control the group of orcs at all. It was as if they had quietly died in a corner. Finally, he made up his mind to fight to the death. He suddenly jumped up, crashed through the dome, and fell into the waterfall-like "water of inspiration". The water splashed high in the air and condensed into silk threads, wrapping it up. This is the cocoon. The silk threads were like a torrential rain that sprinkled on the whole world, piercing those shadows that could still walk, and slowly lifted them up to the sky.

How to describe this sudden and pervasive atmosphere?

It was probably when you were playing an MMOPPG game and the World Boss entered the third stage, and your guild had only two people left after fighting for hours.

Amamiya Ren felt a little creepy. Orion brought him a beast-like sensitivity to crisis. He could clearly feel this strange sense of oppression, far more than Kamoshida and Madarame. This was after cutting off the casino and erasing a large number of shadows.

If you ask him whether he can win, Amamiya Ren is really unsure this time. He thinks he is a good fighter, and both Lavenda and Shiomi Kotone admit that his talent is unprecedented.

But now, Amamiya Ren has only been in contact with the Velvet Room for three months, and even the heterogeneous and unruly power needs time to grow.

Those who bear the symbol of the Fool must always complete their destined Fool's Path.

He watched as one shadow after another was pulled up into the sky by pale silk threads, and finally took a step towards Ryuji Sakamoto.

The young man, whose rationality was devoured by anger and hatred, was frantically throwing away the chains to intercept the shadows that were about to become Sakata's gold and silver nourishment.

"Sakamoto," Amamiya Ren walked towards him in the empty hall, "it's time to wake up."

The Phantom Thief responded with a chain of flames slapping at him.

Bang. The attack that had been going smoothly all along failed.

By the time Ryuji Sakamoto realized something was wrong, Amamiya Ren's fist was already approaching.

The real punches and kicks fell on him like a torrential rain.

[Jonathan Blazer] brings extraordinary resistance to attacks and self-healing abilities, as well as powerful fighting capabilities to Ryuji Sakamoto.

But all this still seemed a little unbearable in front of Amamiya Ren who was pushing Orion with all her strength.

As the strongest hunter from Greek legend, apart from his hunting instincts and skills and the occasional favor of the Moon Goddess, Orion only provided Amamiya Ren with the purest leap in physical performance.

After merging with the "Joker", Amemiya Ren instinctively pushed this power to the limit of what he could drive. Even though Jonathan Blaze had eyes that could see through illusions and extraordinary insight, he could clearly see the trajectory of Amemiya Ren's attack, but he could not keep up with the speed.

Chains were flying in the air, and shoulders and elbows were broken; the flames of hell had no time to spew out, and the strong wind from the fist blew them away; even the downgraded version of the "Eye of Judgment" was terminated by the fist that forcefully hit the forehead.

It was an attack like a falling meteor, which had already broken the sound barrier. After a heavy shoulder throw, Ryuji Sakamoto created a dent half a palm deep on the ground.

"Ghost Rider" finally woke up.

He looked at Amamiya Lian blankly, "So strong..."

After Ryuji Sakamoto awakened his personality mask, almost no enemy could match his every move.

The "invincibility" brought by the brutal and primitive violence and killing was shattered by Amamiya Lian in just a few minutes. The huge palace was empty, and the army of the dead was rising into the air, as if going to the real heaven. The "water of inspiration" was swirling above the dome, and unprecedented terror was brewing in it.

The palace was in ruins. In an empty space near the ruins, Sakamoto Ryuji lay down, looking up at the rainbow-like mist that was falling from the silver network. He muttered to himself, "Yeah, that's how it is..."

He had been beaten so badly that he didn't even have the strength to get up. He could only look at Amamiya Ren, "Are you going to stop me from killing people?"

"Why would I stop you from killing Sakata Kin-Gin?" The Phantom Thief said nonchalantly, but also inexplicably impatiently, "This is an image space. Your dead 'mother' is just a fake created based on Sakata Kin-Gin's cognition."

“Let’s put aside the chance of winning. Even if we succeed in defeating it here—” Amamiya Ren reached out her hand to Sakamoto Ryuji, “Sakata Kin-Gin has become a vegetable in reality, or even worse. But so what? The tragedy that your mother encountered is still going on. If we want her to regain her freedom, all we can do is make Sakata Kin-Gin sincerely repent.”

"I see," Sakamoto Ryuji murmured, his eyes clearing a little.

"But repent..." He immediately thought of the "Eye of Judgment".

"You are not Jonathan Blazer, Sakamoto, so be aware of the boundary between yourself and anime," Amamiya Ren reminded.

"Repentance is impossible no matter how you think about it... Wait, the Phantom Thieves of the Mind?!" Ryuji Sakamoto finally reacted.

Amamiya Ren forced a smile, "I'm going to invite you to join the Phantom Thieves of the Heart."

Sakamoto Ryuji exhaled, then held his wrist, "Maybe that guy will really repent."

"And we can put those gangsters in jail for life." Amamiya Ren pulled him up, "I know a very good lawyer. As long as Sakata repents, all the criminals involved will be punished accordingly."

"Ha," Sakamoto Ryuji laughed at himself, "A fellow as despicable as me can actually be acknowledged by you."

"Ah?" Amamiya Ren put her fingers together and stabbed his forehead like a knife, "What are you thinking about, Sakamoto."

"......" Sakamoto Ryuji seemed to have become a different person, just looking at the shadows in the sky, "Maybe my understanding of this world has become deeper."

"Don't think about those endless things," Amamiya Lian beckoned him to leave quickly, "This hall will soon be occupied by a monster that even I can't defeat. If you don't escape now, it will be too late."

"I don't understand the meaning of you inviting me to join the Phantom Thieves, Amamiya," Sakamoto Ryuji still subconsciously followed his back, "I'm not good at thinking..."

"I told you, Sakamoto," Amamiya Ren trotted down the stairs and suddenly turned back to look at him, "We are friends."

"Do you need any more reasons to help your friends?"

Dry weather: 133. Dry weather, part 4 (K)