Tokyo Psychic

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The familiar weight, the familiar texture, and the exact same design as I remember.

As I held it tightly, I felt so clearly the higher realm of "ultimate".

That was a skill that awakened after Akira Kurusu first defeated Aldabait and commanded "Satanyel" to consume the Holy Grail that Aldabait had left behind.

Its title is "The Gun of Pseudo-Subversive Phenomena".

The [Spear of Reversal of the World], which allows Arsène Lupin to undergo self-transformation and ultimately become Satan, is a similar type of skill...

But since awakening, Akira Kurusu has never used it... not because she doesn't want to, but because she can't. Just like the [Great Seal] of Osamu Yuuki and Kotone Shiomi, it is a skill that can only be used in a completely desperate situation, at the moment of facing the end of destiny.

Akira Kurusu looked at the Persona summoner in her hand.

However, with it, there is no need to use the [Pseudo-Subversive Phenomenon Gun].

If he can release the Persona of "Adam Beammons of the Great Sin" as quickly as possible to reduce the burden and consumption, he can use this to step into the realm beyond the ultimate.

Whether it's Satan Yael, Shiva, or even a complete return of Yuuki Ryou, unless Akira Kurusu uses the [Great Seal] first, he's confident he can kill his opponent in one blow...

This is the combined power of two generations of saviors.

Akira Kurusu walked up the stairs.

He is prepared for whatever formidable enemy he may face next.

......

at the same time.

In reality.

Misaki Miku is blindly dialing phone after phone in her bedroom, trying to convey the relationship between Akira Kurusu and the Phantom Thieves to the outside world.

Suddenly, a call request popped up on her phone, the contact name was "Toyokawa Sadaharu," a name she knew all too well...

This is her biological father.

He was also Toyokawa Shoko's maternal grandfather.

Miku didn't even have the courage to make a phone call; she hung up almost without hesitation.

She covered her face with her hands, thinking with immense fear.

He had been targeted by the Toyokawa family.

Clearly... clearly, the plan to destroy Toyokawa Shoko was only a few steps away from completion.

It was still too slow. Miku Miku was beginning to feel despair.

She didn't care at all what kind of punishment she would face next.

All she knew was that she would never have the chance to meet Toyokawa Shoko again in her life.

That immense despair instantly engulfed his soul, allowing the seeds of suicidal thoughts buried deep within to take root and sprout at an extremely rapid pace.

Suddenly, I dropped my phone.

Miku Miku stood up without warning, walked barefoot to the entrance, and then stormed out the door.

Another member of "Sumimi", Junda Mana, happened to be passing by in the corridor and saw Misaki Miku. She waved to her enthusiastically, with her usual innocent and cute smile on her face.

"Xiao Chu! The final rehearsal for today is about to begin! Many TV station executives will be there to watch, and the manager just said we have to take it seriously!"

"Xiao Chu?"

"Xiao Chu! ...Huh? Where are you going?!"

But Miku Miku seemed oblivious, mechanically moving her legs towards the stairwell.

She walked up the steps one by one to the top floor, towards the rooftop.

His unfocused pupils were filled with an impulse to die.

Sumita Mana hurried to catch up with Miku Hatsune.

The overlapping footsteps echoed in the narrow stairwell.

Pat-pat, pat-pat, pat-pat-pat.

......

An and Subaru leaned against the wet wall and sat down wearily on the steps.

The strong smell of blood, the terrifying scene, and the physical exhaustion almost made her faint.

Shoko Toyokawa and Matilda weren't much better off. Even though they still had the physical strength to keep going, the ever-increasing mental pressure was making them feel tired.

Morgana is alright, after all, it's not human, so it doesn't have as many fragile worries and psychological pressures.

It was merely following the aura of the treasure, and upon discovering that the treasure was still rising steadily into the sky, it grew even more anxious.

"Is it strapped to a rocket?!" Morgana couldn't help but complain. "At this rate, this staircase will only get higher and higher..."

“The stairs haven’t gotten any higher,” Akira Kurusu breathed, the pungent smell of blood making him uncomfortable. “We’re almost at the exit.”

"How did you know?" Morgana asked Akira Kurusu.

The phantom thief pointed to the scene in the stairwell, "I remember every step we've taken and the scenery around the staircase... They have undergone eight repeated changes, each corresponding to one of the eight ambiguous theaters in this space."

"Is this a power of Persona?"

"Yes."

"Controllable super memory, how enviable!" An and Subaru exclaimed breathlessly.

Akira Kurusu said, "We are now on the eighth staircase, and there are about 105 more steps to the exit."

After a short rest, Akira Kurusu went over and carried An and Subaru on her back, while Shoko Toyokawa and Matilda supported each other as they continued on their way.

The higher you go, the less architectural structure there is in the stairwell.

At first, the bricks and paint on the walls disappeared, leaving behind a stark white skeleton covered in various bodily fluids.

Later, the steps were replaced by flesh and blood, and every step felt like stepping on clay mixed with water.

Finally, even the occasional light strips used for illumination were replaced by bloodshot eyes.

The Mind Thieves finally reached the exit, ending their ordeal of both physical and psychological torment.

"So next... let's see who delivered the treasure to such a dilapidated location." Lai Xixiao let out a heavy sigh, then kicked open the rooftop door that was sealed by chains.

"Oh!"

......

It's hard to imagine that Miku Miku, a seemingly petite girl, could actually pick up an axe from the fire cabinet and forcefully break the chains sealing the rooftop door.

Her once pristine white feet were now covered in dust. She shakily dropped the fire axe, pushed open the door, and headed towards the rooftop.

Junta Mana followed behind her, holding her phone to her ear with her right hand, explaining the situation to her manager with tears streaming down her face and her voice trembling with sobs.

Seeing Miku Miku walk aimlessly onto the rooftop, Junda Mana couldn't continue her conversation with her manager. "Matsumi!" she cried out in alarm as she chased after her friend.

She had already mentioned things like rehearsals and performances to Mitsuki Mimi, but the other party hadn't reacted at all. Afterwards, in an attempt to persuade Mitsuki Mimi to be a little more rational, she tried almost every method imaginable, saying everything she thought Mitsuki Mimi might care about, but to no avail.

I tried to grab Miku Miku and forcibly take her back... but she had strength from who knows where, and I couldn't hold her at all. Instead, Junta Mana was almost thrown down the stairs.

Mana Junda never imagined that one day she would personally experience the "mental breakdown incident" that was circulating online.

A mere sixteen-year-old girl was forced to watch helplessly as her close friend slowly walked towards death...

......

The members of the Mind Thieves ascended to the "rooftop".

The so-called rooftop is nothing more than the head of the enormous body of "Leviathan".

Layers of enormous scales, with their uneven shapes, covered the space within sight.

You can see a shiny object being entangled by tentacles extending from the gaps in the scales and continuously being sent to the top of the "Leviathan's" head.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a fruit peeler...

The secret treasure that Miku's twisted jealousy manifested in the triangle form is actually this?

The members of the Phantom Thieves all turned to look at Toyokawa Shoko.

“This is… I think I’ve told you about my experience on that artificial island when I was a child.” Toyokawa Shoko’s expression was complicated. “I was injured and hospitalized while saving her, and she was using this knife to peel fruit next to me at that time.”

Originally, Toyokawa Shoko would never have remembered this series of events so clearly.

However, due to the influence of the persona of the mastermind behind the world, she lost all memories related to the artificial island and the school. When the influence wore off, the memories that had been forced to be forgotten were replayed in detail.

......

That was the first time Miku Miku in the triangle acted in "caring for" and "giving" to someone outside her family.

She felt she would never forget the sweet and lovely, angelic smile on Toyokawa Shoko's face when she received the apple.

Perhaps it was in that moment that she became obsessed with the happiness of receiving something in return for giving.

If only I could take care of this girl for the rest of my life, if only I could see her smile forever, if only...

With the appearance of the Mind Thieves, the tentacles that were transporting the fruit knives stopped moving.

Hundreds of scales flipped open in unison, then disintegrated, turning into black mist that gathered behind the fruit knife, forming the "Triangle Miku".

"Triangle Miku" looked down at the fruit knife within reach, then looked at Toyokawa Shoko in the distance.

I remember... at first, she just hoped that Xiangzi could be happy forever and could always have that beautiful smile.

When exactly did everything change?

The "Triangle Miku" is somewhat wavering.

Was it because Toyokawa Shoko suddenly lost her smile?

Or is it because the deceased Shido Masayoshi did so many cruel things to Toyokawa Shoko's family? ...Why do I know these secrets?

"Triangle Miku" is even more confused.

She looked down at her hands.

The once clean palms were now covered with a black mist that could not be wiped away.

She got it.

I've become a complete monster.

How the original intention changed? It's no longer important.

All she knew was that she had no way out.

With her right hand outstretched, Miku gripped the fruit knife. Suddenly, she raised her head and stared with her dark golden pupils at the rapidly approaching Psychic Thieves.

Then, before those personas could unleash their attacks to stop her, she raised the fruit knife and plunged it into her heart.

The members of the Mind Thieves immediately felt their feet sink into the ground.

The once overwhelming Leviathan seemed to have vanished into thin air.

In that instant, everyone was horrified to discover.

"Leviathan" did not disappear, but rather, under the catalysis of that suicidal evil thought, it instantly burst through the mental palace, and then, in a way that almost filled the entire space of impression, it completely broke through the limits of the concept of "huge".

"What on earth happened?!"

"How could her suicidal impulses suddenly become so many times stronger than before?!"

"It must be that the real-life 'Miss Triangle' is attempting suicide, so..." The process of attempting suicide is the most powerful catalyst for all negative emotions.

It is only when they are about to die that they suddenly realize the truth.

......

As the entire Mind Thieves plummeted from the sky, experiencing intense weightlessness, "Zorro" behind Morgana immediately hurled his rapier towards Toyokawa Shoko, then whipped his whip around, tightly binding the blade—

As the rapier approached Toyokawa Shoko, she summoned her Persona "Ninja" to turn the rapier around, then gripped the hilt and, dragged by "Zorro," quickly closed in on Morgana in mid-air.

On the other side, Akira Kurusu summoned "Dioscuri" and began using the technique of applying spiritual enhancement through melody, which she had learned from Shoko Toyokawa...

He was immediately enveloped in a glow resembling special effects, followed by a torrential downpour of video game-like buffs.

[Added: Time Reversal Resistance], [Added: Time Stop Resistance], [Added: Physical Damage Resistance], [Added: Fire Damage Resistance], [Added: Mental Resistance], [Added: ......]

[Added: Advanced Universal Enhancement], [Added: Advanced Curse Enhancement], [Added: Agility Skill], [Added: Advanced Gunfire Enhancement], [Added: ......]

The Dioscuri is playing a melody.