Tokyo Trickster

"How long will it take to reach the top? I~~~I am almost dying of exhaustion!" The black cat wailed in pain.

Sakamoto Ryuji covered its mouth pessimistically, "Mona, I've been thinking that maybe the next level is the doghouse of that damn old man Kosuke Ogawara, and we can just run away after stealing the secret treasure. But when you say that, I feel that there are still many levels to go before we can reach him."

Shiomi Kotone took out a box of Pocky cookies from her backpack and distributed them to them.

(Hot knowledge: Pocky is a Japanese snack produced by Japan's Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd., usually spread with chocolate sauce, almond sauce and other sauces on biscuits.)

"Wait," she suddenly stopped Morgana and looked at Amamiya Ren, "Can cats eat chocolate?"

"I am not a cat!!!" Morgana yelled angrily.

Sakamoto Ryuji stuffed Pocky into its mouth and asked, "Do you want to eat it?"

Morgana chewed subconsciously.

Amamiya Ren smiled, and a Pocky was pressed against his upper jaw.

Shiomi Kotone smiled as she pinched the middle of the biscuit and then bit off half of it.

The Phantom Thief sighed, "Can't you just get another one yourself?"

"This is no longer interesting."

"You're right," Amamiya Ren felt that a certain secretary in the Velvet Room was probably angry.

In fact, on the contrary, Lavenda was observing the situation in the hall with great interest. She was very happy that the girls were gradually gaining more and more importance in the Trickster's heart.

Although this guy named Shiomi is an absolute freak, it is better than Amamiya Ren being kidnapped by boys.

Ryuji Sakamoto grabbed Morgana and ran up the stairs, not wanting to see the young couple flirting with each other by the window.

The ambiguous feeding play is too stimulating for Ryuji Sakamoto, who has been single for 17 years, and Morgana, who yearns for human life.

After a short break, it’s time for a new round of tower climbing.

Damn Kosuke Ogawara, don't let me catch you, old man. Sakamoto Ryuji, who was exhausted from climbing the stairs, kicked the steps but didn't dare to use force, after all, he would be the one who would feel the pain if he bumped into them.

......

The forty-sixth floor.

The Phantom Thieves encountered an enemy wearing heavy armor. It was a burly man with the skin and organs of wild animals sewn together with wire all over his body.

His eyes were empty, and the moment the thieves stepped into the floor, his lips began to move rapidly, and a magical halo quickly took shape.

Amamiya Ren used Chronos for the first time in this palace, pausing time. In an instant, he used the swift Iai to cut off his throat and terminated the release of the witchcraft.

The 50th floor.

Amamiya Ren took the "Energy Capsule Test Version 3.0" developed by Takemi Tadashi for the first time.

The fifty-first floor.

Ryuji Sakamoto took an energy capsule.

The 52nd floor.

Morgana and Kotone Shiomi took energy capsules.

......

The fifty-ninth floor.

Amamiya Ren used the three-second time stop to wipe out the enemy's heavy armor that was like an iron barrel with [Chris], and cut off his head with a casual sword.

Time resumed its flow, and the voodoo hidden in the corpse spurted out from the broken neck in an instant. Amamiya Ren did not have time to pause time for the second time, and her right hand holding the sword was contaminated by it and she immediately lost consciousness.

The sixtieth floor.

Going up the long spiral staircase, we soon arrived at a wide platform.

A door covered with rust.

Push the door open, there are no enemies here.

Men and women in plain clothes were sprinkling some strange powder by the sink.

"Another guest? Welcome to Dochi Town," an energetic old man smiled amiably and greeted the three members of the Phantom Thieves and the cat, "It's been a long time since we've had young people like you come to our town."

Ryuji Sakamoto thought that this guy looked familiar, very much like Kosuke Ogawara, but at the same time, he felt that they were not quite similar.

The other party looked at Amamiya Ren and immediately showed a concerned expression, "Oh, you are... you are from the underground world. Judging from the appearance of this guy, I'm afraid he has been poisoned by ￥＃*＆% (unintelligible language)!"

The old man turned around and yelled, "Ayaka!!"

Those who were working in the tank all looked on.

A little girl with pigtails ran over quickly and said, "What's the matter, Grandpa Mayor?"

She was wearing a washed-out kimono and looked back and forth at Amamiya Ren. She felt that this older brother was so handsome that she couldn't take her eyes off him.

"Go get some red worm eggs for this guy. He's been bitten by a bug."

Unknown pronunciation, insect eggs, venom, bites... these terms stacked together were obviously completely different from what the Phantom Thieves had seen and heard, and instantly made them highly alert.

Ryuji Sakamoto's first reaction was to call out the Personality Mask, stop the little girl, and then hijack the seemingly dominant old man in front of him and begin to interrogate him about the situation.

Shiomi Kotone thought so too.

Amamiya Ren stopped them, reached his left hand inside his coat, calmly pressed on the hilt of Cong Yuwan's knife, and slowly stepped forward, "Mr. Mayor, your name is Kosuke Ogawara, right?"

He looked confident and composed, like a young man visiting a respected senior, polite and generous.

Just losing his right hand did not affect his sword swinging.

His Iai is still very fast.

(There is another chapter to come)

17-Year-Old Ace: 164. Justice of the Phantom Thieves

"Ogawara... Kosuke Ogawara?"

The old man showed a thoughtful expression, "Oh, the Kogahara Kosuke you mentioned should be the previous mayor of Dochi Town."

He smiled gently, "Of course I'm not Mr. Ogawara. He has left this town for a long time."

"Well, let me introduce myself. My name is x Zhongsheng, the new mayor of Daochi Town. The little guy who just went to get you medicine is called..."

"Ayaka!" The little girl ran up to Amamiya Ren holding a pottery jar with the number "05" written on it in oil-based marker. Her eyes sparkled as if she was secretly sizing up Amamiya Ren's face. "What's your name, big brother?"

"Ayaka," xzhongsheng touched her head, "my little daughter, she is naughty on weekdays, I was a little rude just now, I'm sorry."

"Very cute kid," Shiomi Kotone smiled and poked Amamiya Ren's shoulder, leaning close to his ear and whispering, "You are so charming."

"You're welcome," Amamiya Ren replied in a low voice, then smiled at Xzhong Caixia, "My name is Amamiya Ren, nice to meet you."

xZhong Caixia's face flushed red, she lowered her head and stammered, "Well... I'm also very happy... to meet you."

Sakamoto Ryuji suppressed the discomfort in his heart, carefully put away his anger and sadness, and then showed a sunny and bright smile, "Amamiya, you are really popular with girls."

Amamiya Ren punched Sakamoto Ryuji in the chest and moved closer to him, "Ogawara is such a beast."

"Ah."

"Leave it to the judicial authorities. Wright is a very good lawyer. He can't lose this kind of lawsuit."

"it is good."

"We should still take stealing the secret treasure as our course of action."

In the real world, X's entire family had been murdered long ago. His wife, son, and daughter were all brutally killed by the jealous gangsters. The man known as the "Savior of Daochi Town" was still being pressed step by step and finally chose to commit suicide.

It was the day after the Phantom Thieves arrived in Dochi Town.

They can go to the impression space and make those irrational police officers and politicians repent, and can make the crazy evil spirits sober up for a short time, and then choose to commit suicide due to strong guilt and repentance - after all, too many families have been persecuted by them, and they have no way to atone for their sins. The only thing they can do is to die.

But the Phantom Thieves can't undo a tragedy that happened long ago... maybe.

Morgana walked into the lounge holding a newspaper.

This is the 61st floor of the tower.

The residents of "Daochi Town" believe that the area below the 60th floor is an "underground world full of dangers", while the area above the 60th floor is a "paradise on earth with spring all year round."

This "Daochi Tower" has a total of one hundred floors. Except for the top floor which is a power plant that supplies power to the building, the remaining thirty-nine floors are all habitable areas, where people farm and work, and it also has a leisurely feel.

The residents' understanding of the tower is obviously completely different from that of the Phantom Thieves. Amamiya Ren was poisoned by voodoo after killing the shadow. In their eyes, she was accidentally bitten by a poisonous insect in the forest, and the bite was squeezed with fragments of another unknown insect egg. She could heal by carefully applying it and then washing with warm water.

Unlike the floors below, starting from the 60th floor, there is an atmosphere of harmony and peaceful life everywhere.

The Phantom Thieves were led by X Zhongsheng to a wooden house to rest.

Morgana, who was out gathering intelligence, soon returned to the cabin with a yellowed newspaper, "Joker! Skull! Makoto!"

"What's wrong, Mona cat?" Amamiya Ren was taking a nap on the sofa and opened her eyes lazily.

"Everyone come and see this!" Morgana spread out the newspaper on the coffee table.

Several members of the Phantom Thieves stood up, stood beside the coffee table and began to watch.

"Hey, this is..." Ryuji Sakamoto widened his eyes in disbelief.

"So that old man still has a trace of conscience?" Amamiya Ren murmured to herself.

"That's great," Shiomi Kotone showed her joy from the bottom of her heart.

This issue of the Daochi Daily recorded that the youngest son and daughter of the well-known banker X Zhongsheng accidentally fell into a ravine while playing in the mountains and were rescued by Mayor Ogawara who was passing by.

They were not sure whether the event represented by this news was due to Kosuke Ogawara's guilt for hurting innocent children, or whether he really changed his mind at the last minute and rescued the children of the X-naka family and raised them secretly.

But since there is a chance of turning things around, it means that they still have a chance to save the good people.

The main purpose of the Phantom Thieves is "justice", even if this kind of justice is outside the judicial process, is a kind of justice that will not be openly recognized by the government, and is a forced choice that cannot be achieved through the law. But no one can deny that the starting point of this justice is pure and unmixed with interests.

Just like Batman in DC comics, he will help residents who use the law as a shield to commit all kinds of evil. While this behavior is praised and praised by the public, it is also trampling on the credibility and authority of the law.

It was as if he was stepping on the conference table of politicians and judges, slapping them in the face again and again, and then pointing his finger at their noses and spitting: "Good people are oppressed, while evil people go unpunished. This is your justice."

Then they took the evidence that had long been made public and piled up like a mountain and threw it into the frenzy of public opinion, and pushed the tied-up villains under the camera and forced them to agree.

What the Phantom Thieves are doing is not much different from this.

Amamiya Lian clapped her hands, "It's time to go look for the secret treasure."

"If nothing unexpected happens, our target is at the top floor of this tall tower."

"There is actually a power plant in the wizard tower..." Morgana looked strange.

"It's almost as if the words 'I have a problem' are written all over his face," Sakamoto Ryuji covered his forehead with his hand.

"The owner of the hall is currently missing," Xijian Qinyin frowned, "Based on the tone of this tower so far, I'm afraid we won't be able to escape with the secret treasure easily."

Amamiya Lian snapped her fingers and said, "Do you want to try paragliding?"

"Hey, could it be that..." Ryuji Sakamoto retreated tactically.

"Will this opportunistic method really work?" Morgana asked with doubt on his face.

"Isn't the key point to determine the location of the hall's owner first?!" Xijian Qinyin sighed.

"What's there to confirm?" Amamiya Lian stood up and stretched. "He sent us here to rest. Isn't he digging the soil in the field across the street?"

"Ha, so it really is him."

The mayor "X Zhongsheng" is the shadow of Kosuke Ogawara.

(Second update. Please give me some free recommendation votes.)

(py a friend's book, "People in Tokyo, Awakening in the World", the writing is very good and very realistic, I recommend it.)

17-year-old Ace: 165. Countdown to Daochi (two in one)

On a strangely quiet night, residents were still working in the fields, and the crackling sound of textile machines could be heard faintly from the house next door. A pot of hot coarse tea was placed on the table, but no one dared to touch it. The sour smell seemed to be telling them deliberately, "This is highly poisonous."

After finishing the impromptu strategy meeting, the Phantom Thieves wandered around in "Dochi Town".

There are fields, shops, houses... but no entertainment venues. The streets are old, but often come to an abrupt end as they extend, giving people a sense of confusion as if they had accidentally entered a filming site for a Showa TV series.

Residents all have their own life trajectories. A world without the Internet and smart devices seems very slow. One thing can take a long time to do, and there are always endless family topics to talk about.

In this pastoral life with unlimited leisure, there are contradictions and doubts everywhere.

"Mr. Amemiya!" X Zhong Caixia staggered over with a bucket of water and greeted the members of the Phantom Thieves enthusiastically, "And Mr. Sakamoto, Ms. Shiomi... and Mr. Morgana? Hey, hello everyone!"

The energetic voice made everyone's heavy mood better.

No one knows how this tower reaching into the sky gets its electricity. From the 60th floor down, candlesticks and torches are used for lighting, while from the 60th floor up, it is all electric lights.