Tokyo Heart Thief's Daily Life

Luo Zhen immediately interrupted: "Wait, what are you talking about?"

The gears are misaligned.

The information asymmetry between Luo Zhen and Akechi Tamako led to a decisive deviation.

Akechi Tamako tilted her head in confusion:

"I said, I was chosen as a jailer by the Velvet Room. You also obtained the power of the Persona through this method, right?"

"We want to make those palace masters confess their crimes and imprison their shadows to repent. In exchange, that long-nosed warden will grant us our wish...isn't that right?"

Akechi Tamako's amber eyes were full of innocence, blinking and sparkling.

181. I Will Never Forget You (4k)

Of course Luo Zhen remembered this special name [Between the Velvets].

He had already been introduced to Lavenda in his dream, who was still disguising herself as Morgana and had sealed away all her memories.

That was originally where she lived, and it was said that it should indeed be used to help herself.

But the Velvet Room has been ruined.

Lavenda also said that she escaped.

In order to avoid being hunted down by the dangerous enemy, she had to seal her intellect and appear as Morgana.

...But this Akechi Tamako, she doesn't seem to be lying.

Although her hands and feet were still tied, her eyes were sincere enough after she knew that Luo Zhen was the Phantom Thief who made Shido Zhengyi repent.

This girl didn't even notice Luo Zhen's silence, and she was still asking timidly:

"That's pretty much my experience, huh?"

"After becoming the jailer of the Velvet Room, I've been working hard. Because in order to capture Shadow and bring him to the Velvet Room, I can't kill him, so I have to make the person confess his crime completely. So I came up with the method of intimidation to break the person's psychological defenses."

This is indeed a very simple and crude approach, and it can also effectively utilize the resources of Lion Boy Justice.

Through the warden between velvets she mentioned, it seems that she succeeded in making Shi Tong Zhengyi give up the idea of ​​surrendering himself and instead start doing good things as a member of parliament.

She then began to use Shi Tong Zhengyi's network of contacts to eliminate those accomplices who had business dealings with him.

Akechi Tamako also has an alternate world navigation app, and her usage is no different from Luo Zhen and the others.

But she really didn't know about the setting of [Secret Treasure] and never thought that it could make the person involved repent.

She usually enters the target's palace, makes a big fuss, beats up the opponent's shadow, and collects evidence of the crime.

Then, they intimidate the real parties involved through anonymous phone calls and other means to break their psychological defenses.

Until the person completely breaks down and the subconscious idea of ​​"confession" prevails, the conditions are met.

A notification will appear on her navigation app, allowing her to sneak directly into the target's palace, capture Shadow, and imprison him in the Velvet Room.

"Including that painter, Madarame Ichiryusai. He used to have money laundering dealings with my father... I mean, Shido Masayoshi. Shido Masayoshi provided him with channels to sell fake paintings in exchange for a share of the profits."

Miss Mingzhi seemed to be almost accepting the bondage play, her toes in her over-the-knee socks rubbing rhythmically.

According to Akechi Tamako, the reason she only targeted Madarame now was simply because he was just a little Karami and his priority was too low.

This is all she has done in the past two years since she awakened her personality mask. It really is that simple.

She has a lot of experience.

Although there are far fewer strategy halls than Luo Zhen, they are almost all concentrated in the upper echelons of politics and business.

Most of them were arrested based on reports from Shido Masayoshi or evidence she provided as an assistant to the Special Investigation Department.

That's why what she did was not counted as the Phantom Thief's repentance, and the Isshiki mother and daughter who were focused on investigating the Phantom Thief incident did not care about her existence.

“......(.í _ ì。)”

After saying these things, the little female ghost inexplicably became quiet and obedient.

She lowered her head, her uneasy gaze lingering at Luo Zhen's feet.

The soft chestnut bangs swayed gently, making her face as a beauty blogger look even more adorable.

Alas... Luo Zhen sighed.

He untied the belt that bound Akechi Tamako and released her from the chair.

This made her overjoyed:

"You believe me? Thank you! (?? ? ??)"

"Oh~ Actually, this is the first time I've met someone with the same ability as you. I was really shocked! And who told you all to come here all at once? I thought I was ambushed! Don't worry, I won't fight with you again. Besides, you're still mine... huh? Hmm?"

Akechi Tamako was halfway through her cheerful voice when she suddenly froze.

She was trying to remove the collar from her neck, but she couldn't pull it off.

That's Isshiki Wakaba's special [Isshiki Family Miaomiao Tool No. 2: Mind Control Collar]!

"You'd better not try to untie it."

Luo Zhen added, "That collar is specially made. It will interfere with your brain waves when you want to summon your Persona. Also, your phone is in my hands. From now on, you can't use the other world navigation."

“——Huh?! Why?!”

Akechi Tamako's voice suddenly became tearful.

This girl used to behave like a feminine kid.

But once she lost the initiative, she immediately panicked and lost her composure, as if she had lost control.

She is still trying to defend herself:

"I told you everything I know! I really didn't lie, it's all true!"

"We all have personality mask abilities, so we're colleagues! I know it was wrong of me to attack you in Madarame's palace, and I can apologize! ... I'm very grateful that you made Shido Zhengyi repent... So, so..."

Luo Zhen: "It's not that I don't trust you, I just need you to agree to one condition."

It’s really uncomfortable to bully a girl like this...it’s even hard to tolerate the pure love god Luo Zhen.

To be honest, Akechi Tamako's confession far exceeded his expectations and was much better than the hostile attitude he had expected.

He had originally thought that if Akechi Tamako continued to resist, he would keep her imprisoned in the basement for a long time.

This is Luo Zhen's awareness that protecting the Phantom Thieves is the top priority.

He could not tolerate any risk that might harm the members of the Phantom Thieves on a social level.

Especially Tamako Akechi, an "opponent" who has both status and ability, can really use various channels to deal with these high school students of the Phantom Thieves.

But Akechi Tamako was too frank, which made the pure love god of war very soft-hearted.

So, Luo Zhen chose to temporarily switch to Plan B.

Facing Akechi Tamako's pitiful gaze, Luo Zhen said:

"I need Madarame's Shadow. You said you sent him into the Velvet Room, right? Then take me there too and free him."

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In reality, freeing Madarame's shadow was just Luo Zhen's excuse, or at best, a secondary goal.

It is true that Luo Zhen promised Kitagawa Yusuke that he would let him deal with Madarame's shadow.

According to Akechi Tamako's plan, after "arresting" Madarame's shadow.

The next step is to follow the formal procedures, report, sue, arrest the real Madarame, and put him in jail.

If we follow Akechi Tamako's plan, there's actually nothing wrong with it.

The only problem is that Kitagawa Yusuke was unable to complete his revenge, and there will always be a knot in his heart.

So Luo Zhen would do what he said and use it as an excuse to give him this opportunity...

He wanted to go to the "Velvet Room" that Akechi Tamako mentioned and see for himself what was going on.

Luo Zhen temporarily took off Akechi Tamako's collar and returned the phone to her.

The little female ghost touched her neck shyly and glanced at Luo Zhen with complicated eyes:

"Well, we're going, okay?"

After Luo Zhen nodded, the girl started the navigation to the other world.

...It feels similar to navigating to the palace, but there are subtle differences.

Luo Zhen only felt a cold blue light flashing before his eyes, as if he had passed through a door.

Then he came to this legendary place.

As Akechi Tamako said, this is a [prison].

Under the overall indigo color, a gorgeous desk is placed in the center of the prototype room.

Surrounding the room are prison cells separated by iron bars.

The overall layout is like a prison where the warden is directly in charge of the prisoners, which gives people an indescribable pressure.

"...Huh? Where's that old man?"

Akechi Tamako was a little confused.

Behind the ornate desk in the middle of the room, the blue velvet sofa chair was empty.

Akechi Tamako's confused explanation:

"Usually, that scary-looking old man with the long nose sits here. This is the first time I've seen him not here. It's really strange."

"...Do you know what the long-nosed old man's name is?" Luo Zhen asked.

Akechi Tamako just shook her head:

"I don't know. He only asked me to call him Warden, and he was mysterious and wouldn't say anything else. I never asked."

After all, this kind of power is really strange...Akechi Tamako is quite self-aware.

This girl is not stupid, and she is not arrogant.

She was well aware of how powerful this force was that could directly invade people's hearts, and she also knew that this power was obtained in exchange for a deal with the "long-nosed warden."

Her only goal was to exonerate her father, and catching other shadows was just a job.

She saw this point very clearly, so she never thought of overstepping her bounds to explore any secrets, so as to avoid unnecessary trouble.

Even now.

Mingzhi Yuzi stretched out her hand and pointed further into the room:

"Madarame's cell should be further inside. I've never released a captured prisoner before, so it's up to you what you do."

Luo Zhen nodded and walked boldly into the darkness.

......All along the way, Akechi Tamako followed him closely, half a step behind.

Luo Zhen could see the shadow prisoners imprisoned in the cells along the way.

They were all wearing prison uniforms, handcuffs and shackles, and looked very depressed.

Even when Luo Zhen and Akechi Tamako passed by them, these shadows did not react at all, just lying there like broken dolls.

Because of this strange atmosphere, Luo Zhen frowned slightly:

"Are these shadows broken? Can they communicate?"

“It was possible when I first caught him.”

Akechi Tamako pouted:

"When these shadows were first captured, they were still the same as they were in the palace. Then the warden would help me erase the shadows' memories so that they couldn't betray Shi Tong Zhengyi."

Luo Zhen finally understood: "So that's how it works."

Through the efforts of Akechi Tamako, people involved in Shido Masayoshi's crimes were arrested one after another in the past two years, and Shadow was also caught in this "Velvet Room".

Then, the warden who sounded so great was able to control the memory of the person involved through the shadow, erasing the existence of Shitong Zhengyi and achieving a de facto silence.