Tokyo Heart Thief's Daily Life

Luo Zhen flipped a switch in his head, controlling his hostility.

At the moment when his fighting spirit was revealed, the white fire of desire wrapped around his body as he wished, summoning the Phantom Thief Suit.

"So handsome~! (??＞?＜?)"

Akechi Tamako next to him reacted even more than him, whistling like a fan girl.

Madarame Shadow then recognized Luo Zhen.

He immediately burst into anger and cursed:

"[You're the bastard thief! You're the annoying brat who came to destroy my art gallery!!]"

"It's all your fault! My well-behaved Yusuke was led astray! I painstakingly raised him for fifteen years, and you tricked him into rebelling against me, your loving foster father, with just a few words! You're not even human—huh~?!"

Luo Zhen was too lazy to talk to the shadow, so he just stepped on the railing.

The huge impact caused a loud bang, causing the tough-looking but weak Shadow to immediately make another embarrassing sound and shrink back into a defensive position with his head in his hands.

It seems that this shadow is indeed powerless in the cage.

Luo Zhen turned to Akechi Tamako and asked, "Is there no way you can open this cage? No key?"

"Ah."

The former female ghost nodded obediently:

"I've never tried to free them, and I don't know how to do it. The warden's not here now, so why don't we come back another time?"

Luo Zhen shook his head: "No, the longer the night, the more dreams there are."

He didn't trust this [The Velvet Room].

From the moment he stepped into this strange prison, his intuition had been sounding the alarm, telling him not to stay for long.

So at this moment, Luo Zhen directly summoned the personality mask:

"Thanatos, the God of Death."

Luo Zhen summoned the personality mask that beat Akechi Tamako to her knees last time, the violent god of death.

Thanatos is Rozen's most aggressive personality mask, a personality that truly exists only to kill enemies.

This was when he was exploring and wandering in another world, and then fought with the "Reaper" who came to hunt him for three days and three nights, and was inspired by the monster to awaken.

And now, Luo Zhen controlled his killing intent:

"Thanatos, the Blade of Hades."

“【■■■!!!】”

The god of death roared loudly, and the serrated long sword in his hand was wrapped in cold black air, and he swung it towards the iron railing!

——Chime! !

The seemingly solid railing was broken with a sound and dissolved into nothingness.

The dark shadow inside was terrified.

Outside, Akechi Tamako also screamed:

"You're just going to break into the prison?! That's too brutal! I'm still working here, what if we get caught—"

Ding-ling-ling-ling~~~!

Before Akechi Tamako could finish her complaints, alarm bells immediately rang in the Velvet Room, and dazzling red lights flashed everywhere.

This prison actually has alarm facilities, which surprised Luo Zhen.

Akechi Tamako immediately crouched down with her head in her hands:

“Aa ...

"..."

Luo Zhen ignored the female ghost's quick reaction and turned around to deal with the enemy.

Just as Luo Zhen's spider sense indicated.

At the end of the prison corridor, a condescending snort of laughter rang out:

"How audacious of the thief to enter the Velvet Room. Jailbreaking is a serious crime and he should be punished."

"...Who are you?"

Luo Zhen asked the invisible shadow.

At the end of the corridor, a figure with grotesque proportions like a clown doll took shape in the air, a strange smile on its face.

"My name is Igor, and I'm the master of the Velvet Room. You can also call me Warden."

This is the long-nosed old man that Akechi Tamako mentioned... calling himself Igor?

Luo Zhen chewed on this strangely familiar name, but he felt something was wrong.

He had no good feelings towards the grotesque doll in front of him, and every hair on his body stood on end.

He decided not to follow the puppet's lead and took the initiative to say:

"I'm going to take this shadow away."

"can."

Unexpectedly, the puppet agreed directly.

However, he immediately added, "But there are conditions. You have to work for me, just like the girl next to you."

"There are too many people in this world who have committed great sins and indulged themselves. If this continues, foolish humanity will soon destroy itself. The end is near, and you need salvation."

......This long-nosed old man spoke in a very literary way, and always had a condescending tone, which made Luo Zhen very unhappy.

From what he said, he seemed like a kind-hearted man who cared about the country and the people, and wanted those who indulged in lust (the palace master?) to repent.

Luo Zhen looked at Akechi Tamako beside him.

She seemed a little afraid of this strange doll. She had been half hiding behind Luo Zhen and looking at him timidly.

She blinked her eyelashes, as if she really hoped that Luo Zhen would agree.

"...Just now, this girl told me that the shadows she captured were still able to talk at first, but they would gradually decay and wither, eventually turning into a pool of black mud."

Luo Zhen's eyes flashed like lightning, and he asked directly:

"Where will those shadows that turned into black mud eventually go? What does it have to do with the monster called Erebus that I've seen twice already?"

...Erebus? (???)

Akechi Tamako had never heard of this name and looked confused.

This is all Luo Zhen's intuition, there is no evidence.

If the shadow destruction state that Akechi Tamako mentioned really just disappeared naturally, then it would be fine.

But Luo Zhen seriously doubted that was the case, as his temple had been stinging since a while ago.

“…Hehehe.”

The terrifying doll floating in the air chuckled.

The deep voice that didn't match his appearance continued arrogantly:

“All men are foolish, and they must be led by a shepherd.”

"Those who indulge in lust have broken free from their chains and escaped from the cage. But this is unfortunate for them. Their infinitely expanding desires will never be satisfied, and they will only continue to be hungry and thirsty."

"So, they must be redeemed. Excessive desires must be eliminated, allowing them to return to the bliss of desirelessness. They don't have to worry about anything, just enjoy peace and laziness."

"..."

The old man didn't answer anything, and all his answers were irrelevant to the questions and were riddles.

But for Luo Zhen, this answer was enough.

He had already arrived at the answer: "You crippled all those withering shadows?"

"......Huh?"

Akechi Tamako was the most shocked, and her whole body trembled as if she had been electrocuted.

She didn't know what "wasteful" meant.

But even from the literal meaning, she knew that this was not good.

...The old man who called himself Igor did not answer.

He just smiled, and the strange arc in his eyes became even bigger:

"It seems the negotiations have broken down, you deviant Phantom Thief."

"You have made the same choice again, committing the sin of disobedience. Your inflated desires must be removed, especially the arrogance that dares to resist."

Snapped!

The long-nosed old man snapped his fingers.

next moment.

As Luo Zhen felt his hair stand on end, two little girls wearing royal blue prison guard uniforms appeared in front of him?

They look very young, probably around the age of a junior high school student.

But their golden eyes without any emotion proved that they were not human, but were closer to shadows.

Luo Zhen was very familiar with them.

Although there is a slight age gap, their appearance is 80% similar to Lavenda.

Especially since they each covered one eye with an eye patch, it looked like [Lavenda was split in two]!

“…fake.”

Luo Zhen was filled with nameless rage, and he took the initiative to control "Thanatos" and rushed forward!

The two jailer girls synchronized perfectly, unfolding their personas like string-controlled puppets.

"[Persona: Siegfried.]"

The twin holding the baton kicked the ground with superhuman strength and collided head-on with Luo Zhen!

The persona she summoned, Siegfried, the dragon-slayer warrior from Norse mythology, also faced off against Rozen's Taranos.

The two men and the two personas were equally matched, and for a moment the aftermath of the confrontation was so strong that people couldn't open their eyes.

But the balance was immediately broken:

"[Persona: Odin.]"

Another jailer girl holding the prison list casually summoned a god-level personality mask.

The one-eyed Norse god stood tall and struck the ground with the spear in his hand.

The next moment, overwhelming thunder immediately attacked Luo Zhen!

Feeling the crisis, Luo Zhen had to withdraw temporarily and hide from the two jailer girls in the complex prison maze.

...At the same time, the long-nosed old man spoke again:

"A sinner who is partial to others."

"...Ah, you mean me?"

Akechi Tamako, who had just reacted, pointed at herself blankly.

Before she understood what was happening, she felt that everything was messed up.

The long-nosed clown chuckled:

"Yes, it's you. You abandoned your duties and brought harm to my Velvet Room. Logically, I should also put you in prison to repent."

"But considering your hard work, I can give you a chance to repent. Arrest that traitor and throw him into my prison."

......well?

Akechi Tamako swallowed and looked at Luo Zhen who was fighting with the two ruthless and heartless jailers.

He was indeed strong... but those incredible twins were even stronger.