Tokyo Psychic

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The Velvet Room has also lost a contractor forever from the records.

after that......

That world, which he considered full of regrets and mistakes, was destroyed on the day Nyarlathotep escaped the seal.

Upon realizing the truth, Narukami Yuu also understood that he had made an even bigger and more unforgivable mistake, and felt remorse for it.

Even this regret was further exploited.

Thus, he became "Izanagi".

He stood before his former juniors and seniors.

Look at these two old friends who are steadfastly on the right path.

A faint sadness flowed into the heart burning with flames, giving Izanagi a suffocating feeling.

But He no longer had the chance to turn back.

Just like those evil gods who fell to the Phantom Thieves.

He had no other choice.

Faced with that terrifying, all-powerful attack that seemed poised to crush the entire Impression Space.

"Izanagi-no-Okami" brandishes a sword and spear.

The immense power that had been continuously compressed throughout his body was also released—

"[Tens of Thousands of Proverbs]!!"

As if unleashing all its fury, fueled by emotions beyond human comprehension, the iridescent light rapidly expanded, colliding with Shiomi Kotone's [Armageddon]...

Such a scene, resembling the end of the world, unfolded.

The hot spring water evaporated, the ground was lifted up, and all the houses and trees along the way were instantly turned into dust and scattered.

Akira Kurusu seized the opening created by the clash between Kotone Shiomi and the evil god's attack, and without hesitation, fired a [Great Sin Armor-Piercing Bullet].

The bullet, imbued with original sin, arrived in an instant, heading straight for the face of "Izanagi Okami"!

263. Toyokawa Shoko's Second Awakening!

The struggle between all forces is the purest and most monotonous addition and subtraction.

It is not affected by any external factors, but depends solely on the total amount of universal power that can be mobilized within the technique.

The persona, in turn, depends on the user's mood and mental state.

To reiterate, human beings have their limits.

The human mind is unable to process information beyond its comprehension.

At the same time, the hardware... that is to say, the blood supply to the brain and the human body dictates that the Persona cannot receive messages as recklessly as an evil god or shadow.

Akira Kurusu realized this back in her previous life when she was working as a phantom thief.

Without experiencing great suffering and hardship, and without relying on the additional cognitive power provided by the bonds of others, the omnipotent power that humans can master is at most able to unleash a [Megidoraon] before it withers away.

If it weren't for the Phantom Thieves' soaring popularity and widespread recognition, which gave Akira Kurusu the power of public support, he might still be in that state of exhaustion immediately after firing three consecutive "Great Sin Armor-Piercing Bullets".

Even with such rigorous training and the support of public opinion, Akira Kurusu is still limited by the cognitive limitations imposed by his human identity.

In short, when it comes to the addition and subtraction of omnipotent power, he is always slightly inferior to the evil god.

Perhaps it was precisely because of this judgment that the so-called "Ren Amamiya" hiding behind the scenes arranged for "Izanagi Ookami," who possessed the greatest omnipotent power, to be placed in the Impression Space of Hoori Town before the Psychic Phantom Thieves' support rate reached 100%.

Unfortunately, He overlooked a crucial point... to be precise, the thousands upon thousands of seemingly plausible experiences had led Him to develop a path dependency.

But it's different from any previous cycle.

This time, the witches who destroyed Tokyo or Kawasaki have joined the Phantom Thieves as partners.

And now...

They've arrived.

With Nyarlathotep's help, Izanagi-no-Okami gained the ability to ascend to the level of "A Creation-like Act," thereby mastering the omnipotent power that reaches the upper limit of this universe... In other words, even if Felemon were to descend to earth again, as a god representing the collective subconsciousness of all humanity, the omnipotent power He possesses would at most be equal to, and could not surpass, that of Izanagi-no-Okami.

Both the [Great Sin Armor-Piercing Bullet] and [Armageddon] were annihilated within the domain formed by the compressed universal energy surrounding them.

Izanagi seized this opportunity without hesitation, unleashing a torrent of magnificent rainbow light in his uncontrolled rage!

Just as Akira Kurusu reached out to stop Kotone Shiomi from forcibly sealing Izanagi Okami along with the entire surrounding space using the Great Seal, and prepared himself for his first direct defeat, intending to challenge her again in the next cycle...

A crack appeared above the Impression Space.

The king who built the Tower of Babel fell, and he reached out and plucked the keys on either side of the piano, playing a melody that reversed the course of events.

As a force involved in the rules governing the universe, "omnipotence" is not affected by any factors other than "omnipotence" in terms of its own mass, but it still possesses the concept of "direction".

It seems that Toyokawa Shoko's Persona ability was created from the very beginning to counter the Omnipotent Power.

They abandoned almost all direct attack methods, solely to utilize the concept of "direction" of universal power.

If Narukami Yu himself were here, he would definitely be able to seize the moment when Toyokawa Shoji was playing the melody, and with the characteristic of the [Tens of Thousands of Proverbs] attacking three times in a row, adjust the speed of each release of the universal power, so that the first attack that was reversed in direction was canceled out by the attack that followed, and then use the last attack to deal effective damage to the enemy.

But the current "Izanagi-no-Okami" is now an evil god completely dominated by rage.

He had long since lost his reason and was blindly unleashing his anger.

They recklessly squandered their surging, all-powerful energy.

The earth cracked, the sky shattered, and countless houses were reduced to ashes in that terrifying flame.

Toyokawa Shoko tried her best to reverse the opponent's attack.

Although this unrestrained and uncontrolled power could be easily captured by the abilities of her Persona "Nin'roh," the sheer volume of the enemy's offensive was far beyond the scope of human thought.

Because of the rapid depletion of her mental energy, she had begun to feel dizzy.

Toyokawa Shoko was well aware that Anwa Subaru possessed the ability to rewind time.

She also understood that if she couldn't hold on any longer, she could simply remove her persona and then, in another cycle, accept Akira Kurusu's command to fight the enemy again...

But Toyokawa Shoko also had her own pride.

She couldn't accept letting her lover face difficulties alone again.

I recalled my encounter in the Miku Miku's mental palace.

She recalled Akira Kurusu and Misaki Misaki falling to the bottom of the Memory Dimension, while she could only remain on the top of the palace, witnessing it all with a heart-wrenching and terrified expression...

Including all the moments she shared with Akira Kurusu in the past, and the experiences of being saved by him several times.

The resentment and anger of that moment surged back into my heart, and similar experiences seemed to overlap with the vast rainbow sea of ​​light before my eyes.

Blood seeped from Toyokawa Shoko's face, only to be torn off by the gust of wind in an instant.

Having gained Ferremon's approval and entered the Sea of ​​Hearts to acquire the power of the Persona, it should absolutely not be used merely to cleanse the zombie-like shadows within the Space of Impressions—

Toyokawa Shoko stared intently ahead, as if trying to discern the enemy's figure from the vast expanse of light.

There must be something she can do.

There must be something she absolutely had to do...

In Tokyo at the tail end of spring, her fate was decided from the moment she uttered her first "Persona".

It's about to arrive!

Shoko Toyokawa could no longer control this enormous omnipotent power. Rainbow-colored streams of light passed through the reversed melody, leaving countless wounds on "Ninru" above her head.

She stood firmly in front of the Mind Thieves without backing down... Looking at the endless, all-powerful energy before her, which seemed to have reached the end of the universe, she finally seemed to realize her mission.

The despair of being transformed into a "witch" in countless reincarnations is like a staircase, paving a path to escape from the dead end of fate, step by step.

In a moment of blurred consciousness, even more omnipotent power leaked in, shattering the black and white harp beside her—

"Ninroku" seems to be unable to withstand the onslaught of "Izanagi-no-Okami" any longer.

It was as if those endless, all-powerful forces were about to engulf Toyokawa Shoko.

Akira Kurusu, who had been gathering strength behind her, finally made a move.

He exchanged a glance with Shiomi Kotone, and was about to use the "Infinite Spear," a move that transcended the concept of scale.

But at that very moment, the riddled-with-holes "Ninroku" behind Toyokawa Shoko suddenly exploded—

The omnipotent power that was originally crashing down like a tsunami suddenly stopped in mid-air!

Noah's descendant, King of Shinar, the legendary ruler of the world, hailed as the foremost hero of all. By God's will, he built the Tower of Babel, spreading chaos and rebellious free will throughout the world. The King of Kings—whose name was Nimrod.

His deeds are mainly recorded in the Book of Genesis in the Bible and in Sumerian epic literature.

However, another leader in the even older "Origins of Elidu" also overlapped with this hero-king in the process of historical research.

He was worshipped as the god of the city-state of Lagash in Sumerian and Mesopotamian mythology, and was also mistakenly worshipped by believers as an evil god who stole fate.

Legend has it that He killed the thief who stole the Tablet of Destiny, while another legend says that He stole the Tablet of Destiny and attempted to use it for His own purposes.

He is the representative of the magnificent Jupiter, symbolizing the cyclical nature of time.

He is the embodiment of the military might of Mesopotamia, capable of crushing countless armies, and a god of war with an ancient and resolute faith.

His divine power as an omnipotent God once encompassed agriculture, irrigation, hunting, law, copying, and war...

His name is—

“Ninurta!!!”

Toyokawa Shoko's voice slammed into the earth along with the divine hammer named "Sharul"!

The entire impression space on the floor was shattered!

Everyone fell towards the lower level.

The cycle of time seemed to have returned to that initial catastrophe—

A desperate witch, wielding magic called "Ninurta" and weapons called "Sharu," once annihilated half of Tokyo's population.

Disasters occur countless times, with subtle changes each time, until everything is unrecognizable.

But the cycle of time caught up with the initial despair at this moment.

Toyokawa Shoko's mind was almost completely overwhelmed by that vague and ethereal despair.

However, at this critical moment...

An overly gentle and childish voice rang in her ears.

That was a pure white, pink goddess.

The goddess looked down upon us with a loving and holy smile.

He drew back a longbow.

The silver arrowhead seemed to transcend time and space, cross the boundaries of the universe, and pierce Toyokawa Shoko's heart.

His previously nearly collapsed mental state quickly recovered.

"Ninurta" has come to life again.

Sumer's god of time once again raised his warhammer and smashed it down into the void before him.

"【The Cycle of All Things】!"

It was as if time had been sped up countless times, and the previously fragmented space of impressions was instantly stretched out in front of my eyes, divided into countless time silhouettes that changed frame by frame, much like a slideshow.

It's like an endless loop, stretching out until it catches up with the "future" where "Izanagi-no-Okami" just made his move.

However, on the circular timeline, that immense omnipotent power pierced through the "present" where the Phantom Thieves were, reaching the end of the "present" before catching up with the "future," and then colliding with it—

"Izanagi-sama" subconsciously turned around and saw his [tens of thousands of proverbs] surging towards him with unstoppable force.

He was in the midst of the fall of the Impression Space, with no way to avoid it and no way to retreat.

For the first time, a look of incomprehension flashed in those eyes that were brimming with anger.

A tsunami-like, all-powerful force swept down from the sky, completely engulfing Him.

Coop [Devil] ③ Toyokawa Shoko

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