Tokyo Psychic

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"Persona!"

Then, behind him, the Persona called "Satanyal" appeared.

There is only one way to save the celery seed.

That is......

From within this palace, shatter all the entities called "Judas" that cover the outside, thus freeing the girl imprisoned in the deepest part of the palace.

This is an impossible task.

Because the very existence of "Judas" represents the concept of "retrospection".

In other words, "Judas" cannot decide his own death; only the birth of a new "Judas" can determine the disappearance of a segment of consciousness.

But there was one “enemy” who could decide Judah’s “death”.

That is......

Behind the lunar seal that exists deep within the Sea of ​​the Heart—"Nyx, the Mother Planet of Death".

If we could guide the out-of-control and independent mental palace of Izanagi to before the moon's seal, replacing the savior who was originally hanging on the door...

Not only can it gain an exceptional fighting force, but it can also permanently isolate Nyx from reality with a new, indestructible seal.

But is it really possible?

The phantom thief, who had broken into the Palace of the Mind, held Serina Iza in his arms and watched as the entire palace, in order to maintain the basic logic of "rewinding events," launched an "expulsion" against him...

As Akira Kurusu pondered whether the [Great Sin Armor-Piercing Bullet] could pierce a path to the lunar seal...

He subconsciously tightened his grip on Jing Qinrencai's hand.

Akira Kurusu didn't understand why she was doing this.

All I saw was the blue butterfly that remained perched on Jingqin Rencai's shoulder.

He finally found a way to break the deadlock...

【Armor-Piercing Sin Bullet】is a skill that uses human original sin and desire as ammunition.

If we directly use the regret that Jingqinrencai suffered as ammunition...

Perhaps we really can break through here and create a path directly to the lunar seal.

280. Jingqin Rencai understood "love".

"Judas," born of remorse, did not wish to exist.

The remorse that created His existence brings Him an endless cycle, while also driving Him to run wildly down the path of self-destruction at all times.

That's why...

After sensing Akira Kurusu's strong desire.

Although the entire mental palace was rejecting his presence...

However, the twisted remorse that constitutes all of this spontaneously moves into the wings of "Satanyal".

It seems that the entire mental palace hoped that Akira Kurusu could rescue the girl who was imprisoned in the endless time cage, and thus spontaneously transmitted this will to the two people in the very center of the palace.

Satanyar slowly lowered the long gun in his hand.

As Akira Kurusu raised his right hand, the girl he was holding also struggled to raise her hand as well...

Akira Kurusu didn't know whether it was Serina Ii or Judas who made that gesture.

But he did feel it; the girl's soft warmth blossomed in his palm...

A warm current travels along the intertwined fingertips to the whole body, becoming a source of abundant energy.

The next moment, their clasped hands slammed into the trigger—

With a deafening roar, rainbow-colored light poured out.

Immediately following was a crystal-clear armor-piercing bullet, the size of a vehicle, which crashed down into the world where time was intertwined and distorted.

Wherever this absolute, all-powerful force goes, all rules are shattered.

An invisible hole has thus been revealed.

The mental palace, which had been detached from reality, immediately began to sink, drawn towards the sea of ​​the mind, which represented the cognitive realm...

As Akira Kurusu held Serina Izakura, the tide of her inner consciousness surged into the palace from the depths of her heart...

He drew the grappling hook gun hanging at his waist and fired the hook at an empty space in front of him.

Behind him, "Satanyal" flapped its wings vigorously, drawing upon original sin to remake bullets, and another [Great Sin Armor-Piercing Bullet] was fired at the "wall" of the palace.

The grappling hook reached into the void, and soon a taut feeling came from the other side of the rope.

It is clear that they have grasped the building floating on the sea of ​​the heart.

However, Akira Kurusu suddenly looked down at Serina Iza in her arms and realized that she could no longer move an inch while holding her.

Think about it carefully... This is the spiritual palace of Jingqinrencai.

She can't leave here...

After a long silence, Akira Kurusu finally let go of Serina Izakura.

In any case, he must leave the mental palace and find a way to break free from this cage and rescue Jing Qinrencai from the outside.

......

My feet returned to the sensation of "gravity".

It is no longer a realm composed of illusory, distorted time.

But when Lai Qixiao saw the pale white lunar soil before him and the colossal gate that blocked out the sky, he paused in retracting the grappling hook.

Because there's nowhere here for him to land a hit with his grappling hook.

Although he did indeed intend to bring the Palace of the Mind here to complete the purge of Judah's will...

However, excessive coincidences only confuse people and make them wary.

Soon, Akira Kurusu understood what the grappling hook had hit...

Those are steel tube chairs commonly found in school classrooms.

Yet it gives one a sense of unshakeable solidity...

A beautiful young woman sat on a chair, looking down at the grappling hooks wrapped around the chair legs, then smiled sweetly at the mind thief in front of her.

It was as if she simply sat there, completely sealing off the giant door behind her.

As if she knew everything about Akira Kurusu's background and purpose, the girl sitting in the chair said, "It's been a long time... my 'disciple'~"

"disciple"?

Based on the girl's appearance, Akira Kurusu immediately recalled her identity from his lost memories...

Haruhi Suzumiya, lead singer of the rock band "SOS".

I once served as Ren Amamiya's guitar teacher when I was passionately learning rock music.

She is an eccentric and mysterious girl who lives in the Kyoto and Osaka area.

Now she has taken over as the third savior of the Velvet Room, Yuuki Risa, guarding the door that separates Nyx from reality.

While Akira Kurusu was hesitating about this.

Haruhi Suzumiya's ethereal voice rang out, "Akatsuki, I know what you're worried about..."

She gazed at the Phantom Thief with her bright eyes, "You're very close to that ending, so please rely on everyone who lends you a helping hand along the way."

The Phantom Thief paused for a moment, then earnestly pleaded with Haruhi Suzumiya, "Senpai Suzumiya, I hope you can help me."

Haruhi Suzumiya tilted her head. "Okay... but you'll forget about me soon enough."

Akira Kurusu quickly realized the sacrifice of Haruhi Suzumiya, but noticing her nonchalant expression, it was clear that taking over the gate in place of Osamu Yuuki was not something particularly difficult for her to accept.

I don't know if it's because I've gotten used to it, or because I never really saw it as suffering...

......

【PM. 4:57】

The school, which was under emergency lockdown by the security forces, was being investigated by the "Shadow Watchers" in a classroom when they discovered that the students who were supposed to have died had actually come back to life.

"Captain, how are the students you're giving psychological counseling to doing?"

"They have happily forgotten what happened in the classroom and only think that their classmate was absent from tutoring class today due to illness."

"Have Fuuka come over and help us quickly... The situation here has changed."

"..."

The sirens blared, but onlookers assumed it was just a routine summer campus security check.

Unlike the bustling atmosphere at the school, Jing Qin's family in the distance was gripped by an unprecedented tension.

Igor Muneo stood in the living room, silently scrutinizing the boy in front of him.

Of course... he was actually looking at Iori Renna, who had rushed into Kurusu Akira's arms and was crying her eyes out.

How can one describe Igor Muneo's feelings at this moment...?

A serious educator finds that his once immature daughter has grown into someone he can't quite understand since meeting this boy in Tokyo.

Fortunately, this growth is clearly positive and correct.

So even though he knew the two were dating, Iserino Muneo couldn't do anything to stop it.

He couldn't bring himself to dislike Lai Xixiao.

We should even be grateful to this boy...

Looking at the girl who was crying loudly in Akira Kurusu's arms, Izayoi Muneo thought that Akira Kurusu must have helped or even saved Izayoi Jinna in many ways that he didn't know about.

281. [Love's Taste - Celery and Vegetables] (Part 1)

(The "Romance Episode" has nothing to do with any superpower settings; it's purely about advancing the romantic storyline. Not understanding the previous settings won't affect your reading experience.)

The cool breeze of a late summer night blows away the scorching anxiety, and the orange twilight embraces the lemon-scented melody.

The streets were bathed in the red glow of the setting sun, and that familiar voice spoke clearly through the microphone.

It's a song called "Lemon".

Although the lyricist and composer are both named Akira Kurusu, he only ever answers in interviews that it was just a relic of a deceased person he met in a dream.

Jingqin Rencai also asked Lai Qixiao the same question out of curiosity.

The answer received remained unchanged.

She had never quite understood what the so-called "relics" referred to.

Until Suiori's journey ends...

The lyrics, as sour as lemons, flowed through her heart, causing the girl, who had grown up without realizing it, to subconsciously look at the mind thief beside her.

The boy's black hair was still messy, and his dark gray pupils, just like when the two first met, were hidden behind large, non-prescription glasses, gently reflecting the outline of the setting sun.

......

Wearing headphones, Jing Qinren casually linked arms with the boy beside her.

Even though she had done this hundreds or thousands of times before, she couldn't help but feel shy...

That seemingly clueless kid, the band's lead singer who stood on stage shouting with sharp edges, has now become as shy and reserved as a real young girl in love.

Upon closer reflection, both Shigenjaya and the streetscape of Kumamoto City exude a Showa-era atmosphere.

This time, however, there was no uncle in a pink apron urging us to go home.

There are no longer any tutoring teacher's phone calls popping up and down on the phone screen.

With less of the noise from car horns and crowds, ice cubes floated and sank in the dark brown soda, colliding against the glass and crisply shattering along the bubbles and cracks into two completely different lives.

Tokyo is a signpost on the road ahead for Igarashi Jinna.

We can stride confidently toward it, or look back at its vibrant colors in the more distant future.