Tokyo Psychic

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When you are exhausted, seek the strength for new life from the depths of your soul.

Although it is impossible to replicate the physical functions of the Persona user in the sandbox world.

But he witnessed firsthand how a young male sample who regularly exercised and had no diseases became extremely weak after using these skills, unable to even perform the most basic normal speech and walking.

Sigh, I hope that the greedy and heart-stealing phantom thief can finally take responsibility for those girls.

Maruki Takuto watched Akira Kurusu stagger away from the lab with the medicine, feeling a pang of sympathy for her.

Perhaps this is the responsibility that a savior must bear.

......

At this moment, holding the inducer, one can feel the cognitive power emanating from it that can influence the characteristics of the Persona to change.

Akira Kurusu took a deep breath; he had to believe that he could overcome any difficulties and obstacles he faced.

With unwavering determination, he stood atop the vine-covered dwelling, a man of steel forged in iron...

However, this thought only lasted until Qi Xiao pushed open the door to room 302 and saw Toyokawa Shoko, wearing only an apron, blushing and busy in the kitchen, and felt Wakaba Mutsu suddenly rush into her arms. It vanished the moment she did.

(These past few days have been incredibly stressful due to the review process. Readers who occasionally check the table of contents for updates may have noticed that every day a chapter in the table of contents is marked as "Review Failed.")

(I'm planning to reduce some of the daily content to speed up the story and finish the game faster.)

288. The Beginning of the Second Semester

The sun was blazing.

Summer vacation is coming to an end.

For the first time since moving into Fujiki-ju, Akira Kurusu woke up earlier than Shoko Toyokawa.

Facing a living room in complete disarray.

Cleaning seems to have become an awkward and embarrassing experience.

Now I can finally understand how hard it is for Shoko Toyokawa to do housework every day.

The phantom thief stood up after carefully wiping the floor with a rag. Although he felt a slight phantom pain in his waist, it was just that—a phantom pain.

Akira Kurusu, standing in the living room of Fujiki-ju, is still at his peak.

With the power of the [Victory Roar], he stands proudly above the entire Psychic Thieves with an unparalleled and majestic presence...

This is the "growth" that the regimental commander gained through numerous acts of selflessness and sacrifice.

After working alone for an hour, I finally managed to clean the apartment inside and out.

[AM. 6:54]

Akira Kurishi pushed open the bedroom door.

The scent of lavender was released by the air conditioner and fan, enveloping me completely.

On the large bed with newly changed sheets and blankets, Ruo Yemu had no intention of getting up and remained curled up limply in the quilt.

Toyokawa Shoko hugged her childhood sweetheart, half of her face peeking out, casting a look at Kurusu Akira with a mixture of resentment, affection, shyness, and disbelief.

In particular, I recalled that "banquet" that lasted all day.

As the female protagonist who experienced a chaotic, absurd, and even decadent day, all her pride and self-esteem melted away in the endless entanglement.

It may take some time to recover.

Toyokawa Shoko, who was never able to be decisive or tough in front of Kurusu Akira, now had a soft and charming expression on her face when she saw her boyfriend.

She bit her lip and slowly looked away from her wet, hot eyes, unable to meet Kurusu Akira's gaze.

"I've already cleaned up. Aren't you going to school to register this afternoon?" Akira Lai sat on the edge of the bed, opened the schoolbag that Shoko Toyokawa had placed on the bedside table, and took out a summer vacation plan from inside.

"Getting textbooks, reapplying for club activity rooms, submitting summer homework... it all sounds like a lot of trouble."

Akira put the printed paper back into her schoolbag.

Toyokawa Shoko's schoolbag is the kind that looks very expensive.

The canvas surface is free of any dirt, making it look neat, elegant, and exquisite.

Next to it, of course, was Wakaba Mutsu's schoolbag.

This is a classic design style popular among the students of Tsukimori. It is trendy yet dignified, and it suits the tastes of the young ladies of Tsukimori perfectly.

Compared to Haneoka Girls' Academy, where Toyokawa Shoko currently attends.

Tsuki no Mori, a private school that is "aristocratic" in every sense, did not plan to let its students have fun during the summer vacation.

They actually set up this wicked "summer extracurricular practice" program, requiring students to enroll in tutoring classes or take two interest courses to improve their personal qualities during the summer vacation, and then record their learning process in detail in a form and print it out...

No wonder that even though Wakaba Mutsu had been going to bed late these past few days because of Kurishi Akira, she still insisted on going to dance class the next day despite her exhaustion.

This kind of evil school must find a way to make all its leaders repent...

Looking at Wakaba Mutsu's tired sleeping face, the phantom thief couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

Even though I'm the one who tormented her to this state, doesn't Tsuki no Mori also bear some responsibility?

With such a far-fetched idea in mind, Akira Kurusu got up, opened the wardrobe, and found the school uniforms of Shoko Toyokawa and Mutsu Wakaba.

“Akira,” Toyokawa Shoko said in a slightly hoarse voice, her noble, gilded eyes brimming with burning love, “Happy new semester.”

"Happy new semester," Akira Lai said, opening a drawer. "What socks does Shoko want to wear today?"

"Let Akatsuki choose whatever style she likes." Toyokawa Shoko gradually stopped being shy about this kind of topic, and just looked at Akatsuki's back with expectant and adoring eyes.

After some deliberation, Akira finally chose a pair of white lace socks and gave them to Shoko Toyokawa.

"Should we let Mutsu sleep a little longer?" He looked at Mutsu, who was fast asleep in Toyokawa Shoko's arms.

Toyokawa Shoko reached out and stroked Wakaba Mutsu's long hair. Just as she was about to get up, the soreness in her lower back and abdomen made her give Kurusu Akira a reproachful look. "It's still early."

Seeing that neither of the two girls she was living with seemed to be able to get up normally, Akira carefully folded their clothes and placed them on the bedside table before going for a walk in the two adjacent rooms.

......

Very unusually, room 303 was completely empty.

Half an hour ago, Yamada Ryo was bombarded with phone calls by her parents. As soon as she went downstairs, she was dragged to school to report for duty.

Kawara Momoka had a burst of inspiration late at night and ran to the rooftop at 3 a.m. to work on sheet music. She should be anxiously waiting at the STARRY entrance for Iji Tomoka to open the door so she can borrow the equipment to record a song.

After thinking it over, Lai Qixiao had no choice but to go to room 301 next door to check on the situation.

As expected—An and Subaru were fast asleep.

There was no response when I called.

Fortunately, the door wasn't closed at all, so he brazenly took off his shoes and went inside.

Rupa was the first person to get up in the entire apartment.

The beautiful mixed-race girl greeted Akira Kurusu warmly with a smile that held a cryptic meaning. "Good morning, Akira Kurusu-sensei~ Yesterday's queue was quite intense!"

"Ah, I'm sorry to have disturbed you."

"Hehe, just so you know, my Ah Zhi is secretly sitting here listening to what you guys are doing over there." Rupa patted the sofa next to him.

One can imagine Ebizuka Satoshi, his face flushed, lying on the sofa cushions, staring wide-eyed at the apartment across the wall with a look of shock, embarrassment, and annoyance.

Akira Kurusu arrived way too early.

Rupa appeared to have just finished washing up and hadn't had time to change her clothes yet; she was sitting on the sofa in only her underwear.

However, she didn't care about any of that. Instead, she generously allowed Akira to admire her model-like, slender figure, which she had achieved after a period of training.

The profits from the "Red Ginger" band truly changed her and Ebizuka Satoshi's lifestyle completely.

No more working long hours and struggling to make ends meet to raise money for the band's venue rental and CD release.

As an adult who is older than Ebizuka Tomo, Rupa understands the role that Kurusu Akira plays in this.

In addition, there's Fujiki's current situation...

She could actually accept the highly probable future of being entangled with this boy.

Rupa had longed for simple love and marriage for a long, long time, but reality was too harsh, and tragedy came too suddenly. By the time she came to her senses, she was all alone.

The pressures of life and the sense of responsibility to take care of Ebizuka Tomoya deprived her of not only dating, but also normal leisure and entertainment.

If Akira Kurusu hadn't appeared, she might still be living a difficult life with Tomokazu Ebizuka, working four or five jobs every day.

Thinking of this, Rupa smiled at Akira Kurusu again, "It would have been great if you had brought Ash with you yesterday."

"Do we have to jump through so many levels at once?"

"Hmph, that's true, after all, Ash doesn't even know how to do that kind of thing." As he said this, Rupa slyly ran his finger down his flat, smooth abdomen, making a knowing hint.

Akira Kurusu didn't have the intention of staring intently at the girl's almost defenseless body. After the moment when he was fully awakened by the [Victory Roar], looking back, he only had a sage-like calm and tranquil state of mind.

“But I’m still very curious…” Rupa looked at Akira Kurusu with a somewhat awe-inspiring gaze. “You, are you really a robot? You’d better be kind to Satoshi, she might cry herself to death.”

"Rupa~!!!" A girl's childish scream suddenly echoed down the corridor.

It was clear that Ebizuka Tomo, who had just woken up, had been eavesdropping on their conversation in the living room ever since he noticed Akira entering the room.

Now, finally unable to bear it any longer, she rushed out in shame and indignation.

certainly--

She was also only wearing underwear.

The keyboardist and bassist of the Red Ginger band started wrestling on the sofa. Occasionally, Ebizuka Tomo would subconsciously turn around to secretly observe Kurusu Akira's expression, and then suddenly blush and purse his lips, revealing a complicated expression of inexplicable fear and inexplicable anticipation.

"Xiao Zhi, you're making a fool of yourself! Get up!"

Ebizuka remained motionless, probably realizing that Akira Kurusu had seen her and Rupa in their disheveled state the whole time. Even though her underwear had been rubbed down a bit, exposing a small area below her abdomen, she didn't care.

She was so shy that she lay limp on the sofa, refusing to move.

Akira Kurusu very considerately left quickly and went into An and Subaru's bedroom.

As the door closed, the girls who had been playing around in the living room looked at each other in bewilderment.

Even Rupa's face was flushed.

She nudged Ebizuka Satoshi's arm quietly, "Satoshi, do you think you can still fall for another boy?"

Ebizuka Tomo hesitated, then slowly shook his head with a bitter and shy expression.

"Rupa... It's all your fault. It was just a band. It inexplicably turned into this weird situation."

"Anyway, you can't go back to that home, right?"

"......Um."

"I hope Xiao Zhi can become family with him."

"Rupa will become family too!"

Rupa paused for a moment, then responded to the delicate and fragile girl, who loved to act spoiled, with his usual doll-like smile.

(The subtly written awakening scene of [Victory Roar] was ganked yesterday, so I'll have to try to add it later.)

289. Progress on the strategy guide for Ebisuka Tomo

To be honest, waking An and Subaru up at seven o'clock in the morning is a very difficult thing.

Although this girl doesn't have a bad temper when she wakes up, no matter how much you fuss over her, she's fine...

But at least wake up!

Looking at An and Subaru, who were lying on the bed with their eyes closed and no sign of sleep, and then at the Switch that was still warm on her chest, Akira couldn't help but feel helpless.

"Internet-addicted girl, it's time to go to school."

The phantom thief nudged An and Subaru's shoulders, but she simply turned her head away and let out a weary whimper.

It seems they really can't be woken up.

Now that things have come to this, am I really going to school alone?

Akira Kurusu picked up the Switch that An and Subaru had run out of power, placed it on the bedside table, connected it to the charger, and prepared to call and ask about Serina Iori.

As soon as I stepped outside, I saw Ebizuka Tomo sitting cross-legged on the sofa watching TV.