Tokyo Heart Thief's Daily Life

Luo Zhen took out the ointment he bought from Wu Jianmiao's clinic and applied it on his hand. The injury healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This is also the power of "cognition".

Just like a fake model gun brought into another world will become a real gun, and its power will be much stronger than the real one.

In reality, items like ordinary hemostatic bandages and burn ointments will have visibly increased healing abilities in the other world, just like a Dragon Quest game.

In short, Luo Zhen's goal has been achieved.

This is indeed all that Niijima Sae's shadow knew, and no one else had ever invaded her palace.

So Luo Zhen took An and Subaru with him and waved goodbye to her as she lay prostrate on the ground.

"Thank you for your cooperation. I will come to play again in the future. See you next time, Prosecutor Sae Niijima."

"[Stop right there... Bastard! Scum! Criminal! You're not allowed to run away just because you won!!!!]"

The jealous yellow dog howled heartbreakingly, its self-esteem even more severely frustrated.

This also caused Niijima Sae to suffer from inexplicable night sweats, anxiety, and emotional outbursts...

This made her sister, who cared about her, very worried, and she bought her a lot of medicine to regulate her menstrual period.

My sister is under so much pressure at work. How can I help her? The kind-hearted Miss Shinjima is very worried.

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Then, the scene returned to Madarame Palace.

After explaining to his teammates the results of his adjustment... no, "educating" Shadow Niijima.

Smart sister Fang Zexia was the first to react:

"So, Luo Zhen-ge, are you worried about that Akechi Tamako? Maybe she's also a Persona user like us?"

Luo Zhen nodded: "This possibility cannot be ruled out."

If this is true, then a large part of Luo Zhen's doubts until now can be solved.

The reason why Shitong Zhengyi did not confess and turn himself in, and was not implicated by his former accomplices, may be that his "good daughter" helped him solve the problem.

Given the viciousness of that criminal network, it might be a bit of an exaggeration to say that all of its members have palaces.

But if we say nine out of ten are successful, there will definitely be some that slip through the net.

If Akechi Tamako wants to protect her father from being implicated, although it is troublesome, she can indeed change the Shadow's cognition by stealing their hearts and force them not to give up her father.

But this requires a strong understanding and control of the shadow, as well as the combat power to quickly capture the hall.

Moreover, Luo Zhen thought of another point:

"Futaba and Aunt Wakaba...sister. You've been investigating my affairs and are very concerned about the repentance incident, right?"

Futaba: "Yeah, that's right. My mother and I definitely have much more information than what the official sources reveal."

Futaba, still huddled in the cockpit of the Tin Woodcutter with Jina, answered Luo Zhen through the microphone.

By the way, Nina's personality mask is really awesome. Except for being a little small, it is almost the embodiment of masculine romance.

This made Luo Zhen very envious, and he also wanted to have a driving-type personality mask like her...

Let’s not talk about this little desire for now.

Luo Zhen nodded:

"I believe in your intelligence-gathering capabilities. Since even you haven't discovered it, I'm sure those corrupt officials that Shi Tong Zhengyi reported and brought down certainly didn't achieve their goals through [repentance]."

"But this isn't enough to clear the suspect. Even if Shadow doesn't repent, the evidence collected through the palace alone is enough to convict the criminal."

That's true, everyone can understand.

This is what Luo Zhen wanted to do to Madarame before.

Although asking the person involved to repent and surrender himself can lead to the fastest conviction and bring justice to the victim, it is too conspicuous.

In the past, Luo Zhen didn't care about his identity being exposed, so he never deliberately controlled his methods and always changed his mind to get things done.

But now that he has a stable identity, he doesn't want it to disrupt his daily life.

So he had originally planned to collect evidence and report it, giving the credit to Prosecutor Sae Niijima.

This would make it much slower to convict Madarame, and there was even a possibility that he would get away with it, but at least it was safe.

And if Tamako Akechi had already started using this method a long time ago, it is no wonder that the criminals she solved were not counted as "Phantom Thieves".

"Uh... I don't quite understand, but isn't that a good thing?"

The silly girl from Luo Zhen's family, Miss Takamaki An, scratched her blonde hair a little unconfidently.

There was no malice in her clear blue eyes, just pure innocence:

"Assuming that Tamako Akechi is indeed a Persona user, we still don't know if she's used this ability for evil, right?"

"Even if, as the captain suspected, she's just punishing the bad guys in another way, then she can still be considered our ally, right? ...Ah, maybe she doesn't know how to steal the secret treasure! After all, in order for the secret treasure to appear, the person involved needs to be notified first, right?"

This is indeed an idea.

Luo Zhen was able to understand how the secret treasure worked, not only because he had this knowledge in his subconscious, but also because he had conducted several experiments.

He had tested the palace master's cognition in different ways to determine what kind of "notification" method would make the person concerned feel a sense of crisis and thus allow the secret treasure to appear.

Assuming that Tamako Akechi is also a naturally awakened personality mask user, it is indeed possible that she is unaware of the existence of the secret treasure mechanism.

But even so, Luo Zhen did not intend to let down his guard:

"Don't assume too much of others. The Phantom Thieves here all know each other well, and I'm willing to vouch for each of you. But that's not necessarily the case for outsiders."

"And on the other hand, if she knew our identities, she might not necessarily consider us her friends. As someone with superpowers, do you think she would consider us a threat and try to eliminate us [competitors]?"

Wow... Everyone in the Phantom Thieves felt a chill in their hearts and shuddered.

In the end, only Taoxiang, the only adult, muttered to herself in a somewhat complicated manner:

"This fool... pushes himself too hard."

Taoxiang knew exactly what Luo Zhen meant by this.

Given his strength and experience, Taoxiang had no doubt that he would be afraid of his opponent... She even felt that he was vaguely expecting such a person to appear.

What he was worried about was the other members of the Phantom Thieves.

He didn't want any of the members to get hurt, or for their daily lives to be disrupted because of their identity as a Phantom Thief.

He regards his work as a Phantom Thief as a means of "playing with friends" and is very satisfied with the current feeling of working with the Phantom Thieves.

That's why he is very sensitive to people who may destroy this environment and is extremely vigilant.

Taoxiang is self-aware and knows that she is also the one who is "loved" by him.

But she still didn't want Luo Zhen to be so tense, it would be very tiring.

"...If I want to be on equal terms with him in this regard, I must first become stronger myself."

Taoxiang touched her own half body, the "cowardly lion" of her subconscious.

You have to muster up the courage.

Work harder for the right to walk with him.

175. Exciting Peach Fragrance and Ugly Desire (6k5)

A large number of bandits... No, the Phantom Thieves attacked the Hall for a while.

Relying on their numerical advantage, the group swept through the Twisted Art Museum with great force, tearing every shadow they saw into pieces!

If there were a third party watching, they probably wouldn't be able to tell who the bad guy was.

Then, during this process, Morgana's cute cat ears stood up, and an exclamation point appeared on his head:

"Everyone wait a minute, I smell that lust stone again!"

It jumped onto Luo Zhen's head, raised its head and moved its nose like a cat-bug.

An, Subaru and the others, who were officially attacking the palace for the first time, didn't know what the Desire Stone was.

Gao Juanxing explained to them:

"That's something like a fragment of the temple master's memory. Luo Zhen said it's the anchor point that holds the temple in place. It's probably something like that."

"Obtaining that item seems to weaken the influence of the temple. It also reveals a memory of the person involved, which seems to be the starting point of the temple master's twisted desires."

Yasuwa Subaru/Isshiki Futaba: "Ah, I know, I know. It's the kind you see in games~"

The two most homely girls in the team said in unison, and it seemed that they were very familiar with this setting.

During this conversation, Luo Zhen and Morgana had already determined the location of the Desire Stone.

The group found a button behind a large portrait, opened a hidden passage, and broke in.

At the end of the road, the shadow guarding the gate transformed into a pot-bellied, white-haired old man:

"How dare you, you thieves, destroy the art museum of Master Madarame! I will punish you—Ah, ah!!"

The bandit group didn't listen to it at all, and directly used more than ten skill damage shots on it, evaporating the shadow that was emitting the wailing of small fish on the spot.

It was not until the human-shaped shadow disappeared that Kitagawa Yusuke, who was present, let out a belated "Ah" and realized:

"I recognize the human form that the shadow transformed into just now."

"He was the deceased president of an art association and Madarame's teacher. I've seen his picture in the archives."

The art world is also an industry that attaches great importance to the inheritance of master-apprenticeship, especially the Japanese painting industry where Kitagawa and others are located.

This is a traditional industry similar to "national studies", and there are many conservative rules that may seem strange at first glance. The same is true for students like Kitagawa who live away from their parents and live in Madarame's house.

It is very interesting that the shadow guarding the Desire Stone appears in the image of Madarame's teacher.

Luo Zhen skillfully cut open the seal inside the hall master's heart and invaded the secret space that the person did not want outsiders to know.

He picked up the skull in the room that was gleaming with desire:

"Get ready. Everyone will see Madarame's memories next, so don't let them affect you."

Everyone nodded mentally prepared.

......The next moment, everyone dived into a memory that faded like a yellowed page of a book.

This is also an art gallery, with many paintings hanging on the surrounding walls.

However, judging from the architectural style and the decorations inside the space, they all have a sense of history and should have been built decades ago.

From a third-person perspective, the group saw a thin young man standing respectfully beside the pot-bellied old man.

The old man spoke first:

"[This art exhibition was able to successfully close thanks to you, Ichitaro, for running around and taking care of it.]"

The young man immediately replied, "Nothing, this is what a disciple should do."

"...Ichitaro."

Kitagawa Yusuke snorted coldly and explained unhappily:

"Madarame Ichitaro, that's his real name. That's Madarame when he was young."

“‘‘Eh~!?’’”

Everyone was shocked.

Sakamoto Ryuji was stunned: "So the old man's current name, that cool-sounding [Madame Ichiryusai], is actually his stage name?"

"I thought he had to be some great person to give his child such a domineering name... but it turns out he gave it to himself? Isn't he ashamed?"

Ryuji's complaints were so accurate that even the other members of the Phantom Thieves felt the same shame.

This young man in front of him, who was completely incompatible with [Yiliuzhai], continued to nod and bow to the master:

"[Teacher, can we fulfill the promise we made last time? I can enter my own paintings in an art exhibition...]"

"Ahh. I've discussed this with my friends at the TV station, and I think there's a better option for you."

The fat old man interrupted his disciple and said to himself:

"[Madarame, you're not young anymore. It's hard to become famous just by painting these days. As you know, the next era is the media era, and everyone prefers to watch programs on TV.]"