Tokyo Psychic

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Akira Kurusu, however, took out the Persona Summoner, aimed it at his forehead, and pulled the trigger.

This was a technique he learned from Mutsumi Wakaba to summon multiple personas simultaneously—even though Mutsumi himself never realized or used this talent.

Accompanied by a long-awaited shout of "Persona".

Countless geometric patterns twisted, overlapped, and pieced together behind him, forming the Persona "Adam Beammons of the Great Sin".

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"Adam Cadmon, the Great Sinner"

—“The omnipotent man, the lord of all spirits, the beginning and end of humanity”, “the source of human desires”, “the beginning of original sin”.

Arcana: World/Universe

Magic: 99MAX

Strength: 99MAX

Endurance: 99MAX

Speed: 99MAX

Luck: 99MAX

【Primal Heartbeat】: With each heartbeat, all attributes ignore the upper limit and increase exponentially with the number of heartbeats.

【All-Powerful Protection】: Reflects all elemental damage except for "Omnipotent".

[God's Wedge]: All damage dealt to enemies is increased to universal damage multiplied by all attribute values.

"In the instant the Messiah saves the world and ascends to the [Universe], he leaves the power of the [Universe] for his successors."

"Now, the universe is watching you."

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This is the first time that "Adam Beammons of Great Sin" has appeared in this world in a normal way of being summoned.

After a series of amplification effects, plus normal summoning.

Akira Kurusu has used "Adam Beammons of the Great Sin" for far longer than he did in his previous life.

But this time he doesn't intend to use "Adam Beammons of the Great Sin" directly against the enemy.

Because Akira Kurusu clearly judged that this monster, which had become "infinitely large," was no longer something that the "limited" omnipotent damage of "Adam Behemoth of the Great Sin" could deal with.

Still falling, the "Adam Beammons of Great Sin" behind him instantly disappeared from the spot, sending Toyokawa Shoko, Metis, Morgana, An and Subaru back to the mental palace of Miku Miku that was about to collapse.

Akira Kurusu herself continued to fall into the deepest part of the Impression Space through the huge hole.

By this time, the "Dioscuri" had already been retrieved.

Using the Persona Summoner again, "Arsène" appears behind Akira Kurusu.

"【The Gun That Reverses the World】!" the phantom thief shouted.

In the seemingly endless, heart-pounding descent, "Arsène" swung his smoothbore musket, aimed it at his jaw, and pulled the trigger.

With the collapse of the Crimson Demon, the enormous Persona... "Satanyel" revealed its true form for the first time.

Even though He was as large as a building, He still appeared as insignificant as an ant before Leviathan, which had already possessed the concept of "infinity" and symbolized the Christian original sin of jealousy.

The entire Impression Space began to expand without limit because of "Leviathan".

"Adam Beammons the Great Sin" almost wasted a lot of time that could have been spent moving around just by sending the Phantom Thieves back to the Mind Palace, due to the sudden expansion of the space.

Finally, just before Akira Kurusu could no longer maintain the existence of "Adam Beammons of Great Sin", He arrived near "Satan Yar".

Behind the enormous fallen angel, numerous chains wreathed in azure flames shot forth, piercing through "Adam Beammons, the Great Sinner".

The flames instantly turned from ancient to pitch black.

All the original sins that Akira Kurusu had accumulated throughout his life became the fuel for "Satanyal" in that instant.

The fallen angel's already enormous size doubled again, and equally black flames erupted from its pair of jet-black wings.

His serpent eyes formed an inverted cross pattern, then his arms were outstretched and his feet were together, forming an upright cross.

The venomous snake coiled around itself, eventually biting its own tail, thus becoming the Möbius strip, a symbol of infinity.

Akira Kurusu hovered above Satanyel's head.

The same black flame burned in his pupils, and even his phantom thief outfit had many more religious patterns and decorations.

A reversed cross pendant hangs on the left earlobe, and a right-side-up cross pendant hangs on the right earlobe.

It was clearly an infinitely expanding space of impressions, yet Akira Kurusu's cry was so clearly transmitted to the distant palace of the soul.

"Satanye, activate [Infinite Sin Armor-Piercing Bullet]!"

The Shadow Patrol members, who were fighting "Yuki Risa" and "Erebus" who had torn off his disguise, all heard Akira Kurusu's voice.

Shiomi Kotone turned her head to dodge the mist blade that "Erebus" threw, which carried the concept of instant death. She clearly saw that the Persona behind her immediately disappeared due to weakness, but her face was full of a relieved and proud smile.

The "Adam Beammonis of Great Sin," which was condensed from her Persona Encyclopedia, returned to its original master in that instant, exhausting all of her power.

......

At the moment Akira Kurusu gave that command.

All the feathers on Satan's wings stood up at the same time, and one marble musket after another thrust out from them.

His outstretched arms clasped together in an instant—

The instant their fingers touched.

All the muskets fired simultaneously. The moment they ran out of bullets, the muskets disintegrated, and new muskets emerged from under the feathers to continue firing.

In that instant, the endless [Sin Armor-Piercing Bullets] became an all-powerful force that also reached the concept of "infinity".

It was as if God's army was marching from heaven into hell.

That sudden, overwhelming, rainbow-colored light engulfed the entire impression space—

This is the [Infinite Sin Armor-Piercing Bullet].

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December 24, 2022.

[22:30.]

【Japan. 】

In the night sky over Japan, where the aurora borealis is geographically impossible, rainbow-like light mist spread out.

News about the "unscientific aurora" instantly exploded on social media, spreading like a chain reaction to every corner of the internet in the blink of an eye.

[22:31.]

【Saitama.】

Miku Miku is walking step by step toward the edge of the rooftop, her face expressionless as she begins the countdown to her death.

Even the manager and the girls from the other bands could only stand by in this critical moment, neither daring to offer any advice nor step forward, for fear of provoking Miku Mitsuko—

Because Miku Miku was just one step away from jumping.

Junta Mana was right beside her, clinging tightly to her waist.

But the result of doing so was that Junda Mana was led little by little closer to the edge of the rooftop by Miku Miku, and was about to follow her to her death at any moment.

[22:32.]

[Impression Space.]

The concept of infinite "greatness" is ultimately evaporated under the influence of infinite "omnipotence".

The abnormal impression space quickly returns to its original state through spontaneous regulation.

The infinitely falling "Triangle Miku" and Akira Kurusu were instantly thrown back into the palace of the mind.

The girl, shrouded in black mist, knelt on the stage for the final curtain call.

The fruit knife that had been stuck in her chest had fallen off during the throwing process.

Clearly, a deformed, pitch-black heart was embedded in the tip of the knife, constantly pulsating—the heart of Erebus, a manifestation of his mortal desires.

They crashed together behind "Triangle Miku," exuding an evil aura.

No wonder the "Erebus" in the palace theater couldn't move on its own; it turns out that its heart, symbolizing "activity," was sent into the body of "Triangle Miku."

That was close. If Shiomi-senpai hadn't happened to exist in this world, I probably wouldn't have been able to use that technique.

He almost succeeded in his scheme...

In the infinitely expanding space of impressions, even the concept of "time" is completely blurred, only the omnipotent attribute can maintain its original state.

It's likely that they wanted to use this method to completely eliminate all members of the Mind Thieves group except themselves.

Thinking this, the phantom thief raised his pistol and aimed at the "Mitsubou-Michika" who was so close at hand.

Under her tearful gaze, the phantom thief pulled the trigger without hesitation.

The bullet, accompanied by a gust of hot air, lifted the strands of "Triangle Miku's" hair, kissed her earlobe, and finally passed over her shoulder, accurately striking the heart that was trying to escape the fruit knife and return to its original form.

[22:33.]

【Saitama.】

Miku stood at the edge of the rooftop and stopped moving forward. All the murky, wooden emotions in her pupils were swept away.

Then, hot tears welled up in her eyes and dripped onto the long hair of Mana Junda beside her.

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(Another five-in-one chapter! The major plot of stealing hearts is basically over now.)

(There was supposed to be another "three-in-one" chapter released at the same time, but it was blocked by the reviewers. It's being revised, and I don't know when it will be released. At the latest, it should be tomorrow afternoon.)

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209. Celery and Soybean Paste, and Melancholy (Three-in-One)

[22:35.]

[The mental palace on the verge of collapse.]

The concept of a heart was actively created and placed in the shadow of Miku Miku's triangle, giving her superhuman abilities. As a result, "Erebus" itself lost all "subjective agency".

That twisted indolence found a real vessel. Gradually, He no longer even passively reacted to the attacks around Him, but allowed the Shadow Patrolmen to surround Him, and then reshaped His body time and time again.

At the same time, He discovered that His body was slowly merging into this broken mental palace, and was about to take over this mental palace that had lost its original owner and then collapsed back into the Impression Space.

At this moment, Shiomi Kotone had her spiritual power drained by Kurusu Akira through the medium of "Adam Beammons of the Great Sin". She was barely able to stand up, so she could no longer use her Persona to fight.

But the Shadow Watchers had already nervously protected her behind them, and whenever "Erebus" launched a passive counterattack, it was immediately and perfectly parried by these battle-hardened Personas.

The clearly defined roles of the elements control and restrict Erebus's every move, and some people repeatedly attack Erebus to test the full picture of His behavior patterns.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck her, and Shiomi Kotone looked up at the ceiling above her.

The black mist had quietly replaced the entire structure of the space.

"As you may have noticed, this palace is about to collapse."

The figure of "Erebus" suddenly disappeared, and His voice echoed in the space where all the buildings were instantly replaced by black mist.

“It’s not too late to escape now. If you insist on guarding the door for those thieves…” He suddenly fell silent.

Akira Kurusu kicked open the fog door in front of him.

This means that "Leviathan," which was created by "Erebus" sacrificing all his "subjective initiative" and catalyzed by the distorted jealousy of Miku Miku, has been completely defeated.

He looked at the suddenly weakened Shiomi Kotone, then at the Psychic Thief standing at the door, and fell silent, thinking of the dramatic changes that had just occurred in the Memory Space.

While "Erebus" was pondering just how ridiculously overpowered this guy was, Akira Kurusu had already ignored "Erebus" and led the Phantom Thieves back the way they came.

He also urged the shadow patroller, who was standing still and lost in thought, to hurry up.

Seeing Shiomi Kotone standing motionless by the door, looking listless, and recalling the memory of letting "Satan Yell" devour "Adam Beammons of the Great Sin," and remembering the immense power that was transmitted from afar in that instant, she immediately felt a little guilty.

"The palace is about to collapse!" Akira Kurusu loudly warned the Personas around him, completely ignoring the "Erebus" hanging above his head.

"Erebus" stared blankly at the crowd below with his dark golden eyes.