Tokyo Psychic

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In the last monthly test, Akira Kurusu swept through the entire grade and even the Shibuya Ward high school alliance with an invincible performance, achieving an astonishing "deviation value of 91" in the monthly test.

The reason why she didn't score "100" is that the number of difficult points on the test paper is too limited. Even if Akira Kurusu had practiced to an impeccable level in each subject, she still couldn't create a significant gap between herself and other students.

After all, the test creators can't possibly make the entire test paper full of questions that ordinary students can't answer; doing so would definitely result in a barrage of protests from parents.

In short, under the impact of Akira Kurusu's surging academic power, Kasumi Yoshizawa and Sumire Yoshizawa, who had just entered high school and were only 15 years old, were able to move out of the house.

......

"JOKER, over here, over here..."

The girl at the table waved to Akira Kurusu, who was sitting one seat away.

It is Yoshizawa Sumire.

Compared to her older sister, who is as passionate, bright, and energetic as a rose, the younger twin, Violet, appears more reserved and demure.

She was probably shy because of Akira Kurusu's approach. Her rose-red eyes darted from side to side, and then she pointed to the math problem in the workbook in front of her. "I don't know how to do this problem."

Akira Kurusu reached out and wrapped his arms around Sumire Yoshizawa's slender, soft waist, admiring the girl's sudden blush. With a little more force, she cooperated by shifting her weight and sitting on Akira Kurusu's lap.

"Are you really still able to concentrate on the lecture?"

The phantom thief asked the girl in his arms in an almost mocking tone.

Yoshizawa Sumire's fair and slightly chubby face had turned bright red with shyness.

She was probably feeling ashamed and embarrassed, but she still forced herself to remain calm and nodded in order to maintain her image as a model student.

Akira Kurishi wrapped his arms around Sumire Yoshizawa's waist and naturally began to fondle her slender thighs. She was a girl who perfectly displayed her slender beauty, and every inch of her graceful curves exuded an allure that blended innocence and charm.

Seemingly feeling a little itchy, Yoshizawa Sumire shivered unnaturally, completely losing her focus on studying. She slowly kicked off her dance shoes, lifted her small feet, wrapped in cotton socks, and placed them on Kurusu Akira's knee, rubbing against his knee in a coquettish manner.

Although all the gymnastics competitions for this academic year have ended, gymnastics is a sport that cannot be separated from years of practice, and neither physical management nor regular exercise can be easily relaxed.

Before Akira Kurusu visited, Kasumi Yoshizawa and Sumire Yoshizawa were practicing gymnastics.

There was no time to change clothes properly, so I just quickly put on a sports jacket over my yoga clothes.

She didn't know when her coat had been taken off. Yoshizawa Sumire nestled in Kurusu Akira's arms, feeling her thoughts become sluggish. She even forgot that her sister was sitting next to her. She just awkwardly hugged Kurusu Akira's shoulders, clumsily and unfamiliarly responding to his movements.

All the beauty outlined by the yoga clothes is monopolized by the phantom thief.

“Violet!…”

A soft call came from beside her.

Like a child who has done something wrong, Yoshizawa Sumire timidly regained some rationality from the romance.

She looked timidly at Fang Zexia, but only sensed a hidden expectation in the other's eyes.

There is a mysterious connection between twin sisters, a spiritual connection that allows them to vaguely understand each other's thoughts without words.

Fang Zexia's already rosy cheeks turned bright red in an instant. She pursed her lips, unsure how to respond to this absurd turn of events.

But after experiencing a memory outside of time, the regret and anguish that permeated her understanding made her subconsciously yearn for this absurd yet indispensable romance.

It was only after Yoshizawa Kasumi and Yoshizawa Sumire awakened those memories that they realized the reason for their almost "love at first sight" feelings for Kurusu Akira.

......

Not every time time is rewound, everything is laid out as smoothly as it is now, requiring only a gradual approach to reach the ending.

Sometimes, in order to hinder the formation of the Phantom Thieves or interfere with Akira Kurusu's efforts to save magical girls, the evil gods will kill future members of the Phantom Thieves or destroy the opportunity for them to awaken their Personas before the corresponding developmental milestones are reached.

Aldabit indirectly manipulated Yoshizawa Kasumi and Yoshizawa Sumire into a traffic accident caused by Shido Masayoshi's "dehumanization" plan on that timeline.

However, this very opening led to their defeat by the pursuing Psychic Thieves.

Akira also took the opportunity to save Kasumi Yoshizawa and Sumire Yoshizawa, thus preventing the girls from suffering their original tragic fate.

......

The living room of room 102 in "Fujiki-ju".

Twin sisters in gymnastics uniforms nestled in the arms of the same boy.

As usual, they tied their bright rose-colored long hair into a thin, long ponytail, making them look well-behaved and quiet.

Yet, in front of Akira Kurusu, he boldly and shyly displayed every inch of his body's softness and charm, which were mixed with his youthful and innocent feelings. It was like hiding a bowl of poison called love in a fine red wine. He knew that if he lowered his head to kiss her, he would fall into the poisonous swamp called "love," but the boy who witnessed the poisoned wine still drank it without hesitation.

This is the continuation of a love affair that transcends time and space.

To fill the void of unfulfilled desire.

......

2022 11 Month 1 Day.

The "Mitakihara City Youth Arithmetic League" was held as scheduled.

The Mind Thieves' last moment of leisure quietly came to an end.

Under the watchful eyes of the faculty and staff, the legendary phantom thief, the only hope of the private Shujin Academy, embarks on the final leg of his second semester journey, determined to end this endless cycle.

303. [Madoka Kaname] (See Takihara Showdown Arc 1/5)

2022 11 Month 1 Day.

See Takihara City.

PM.2:04

The first rain of autumn is often accompanied by a strong chill and dampness.

Madoka Kaname leaned against the wall. In the usual leisurely and peaceful midday, she felt the coolness seeping from the wall and looked out the window at the trees shrouded in mist with a somewhat dazed gaze.

Homura Akemi picked up her lunchbox and sat down in the seat next to her. "Madoka, did you follow that account I recommended to you last night?"

The girl, who had tied her pink, shoulder-length hair into pigtails, looked surprised as she recalled browsing through the posts on the account "Kurasu Akira@Official" last night.

"I've been following him, he really is a very talented boy. But, Yan... I didn't expect you to be a fan of celebrities."

After finishing her story, Madoka Kaname remembered that Homura had actually transferred from Tokyo to meet Takihara, so it wasn't surprising that a girl who had lived in Tokyo would have a hobby of following celebrities.

Homura Akemi replied in a flat, even somewhat indifferent tone, "I really like this account, so I hope Madoka will like it too."

Although Homura Akemi's words didn't convey any "liking," Madoka Kaname, as a friend she had spent a semester with, did sense some special emotions in them.

"Flame, you seem to have a strong liking for this boy..."

Madoka Kaname swallowed back the words that were on the tip of her tongue. She remembered Homura Akemi's usual distant and wary attitude towards others, and always felt that words like "love" or "liking" were somewhat distant to Homura Akemi.

But then she thought, even a girl as perfect and flawless as Homura Akemi is essentially just a middle school student the same age as her.

Homura Akemi seemed to have guessed what Madoka Kaname was thinking, and slowly closed her textbook. "Class is about to start. The first class this afternoon is math. Madoka should have finished her homework yesterday, right?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Kaname Madoka's body stiffened for a moment.

In fact, she was doing "witch extermination" under Kyubey's guidance last night and didn't have time to do her homework at all.

Homura Akemi sighed almost imperceptibly, took her notebook from the drawer, and handed it to Madoka Kaname.

"You should take math seriously, or you'll become a dunce after graduation. This is the only time I'll let you copy my homework."

Kaname Manzo took the workbook with a embarrassed look on his face, and then belatedly remembered that he had accompanied Akemi Homura to the "Youth Arithmetic League" last semester.

"Homura, isn't the high school division finals of that competition going to be held in Mitakihara in the next few days?"

"Yes."

"Homura's the champion of the beginner group, will she be invited to join the advanced group team to observe and learn?" Kaname Madoka asked her friend while uncapping her pen to copy homework. "Have you decided which team to join?"

Her expectation was that Homura Akemi would answer with something like "not interested," since the last time they went to the league together was only to stop the witches mingling in the arena.

To everyone's surprise, Homura Akemi said, "I have already accepted an invitation from a high school team in Tokyo."

She raised her index finger and poked the phone screen on Kaname Madoka's desk.

The screen clearly displays the social media account "@来栖晓Official".

......

PM.2:07

Lai Qixiao squatted by the roadside, gazing at the wispy raindrops drifting across the gray sky.

At the end of the road, a luxurious high-end car drove through the puddles.

It slowly came to a stop in front of Akira Kurusu.

The automatic doors opened, like a black swan spreading its wings after a rain shower.

The elegantly dressed blue-haired girl seemed completely unconcerned that the hem of her long dress might get stained with dirty water. She practically jumped out of the carriage, her umbrella opening like a flower and then slowly drifting down until it enveloped the boy in the rain.

"Xiao, why didn't you call when you arrived at the station early?"

Toyokawa Shoko hugged Kurusu Akira, and said with a tender and reproachful tone.

Akira Kurusu followed Shoko Toyokawa into the car and put her dead phone into the car's storage compartment. "I played games with Subaru the whole way, and my phone died."

"Huh? Where's Subaru?"

Shoko Toyokawa remembers that Akira Kurusu, Subaru Anwa, and Nina Izai traveled together to Mitakihara.

"I'm buying souvenirs with Nina and investigating Kyubey's whereabouts."

Akira Kurusu embraced his girlfriend's soft, slender waist, feeling the proud young lady of the Toyokawa Group nestled softly in his arms.

Her amber eyes shimmered with an intoxicating tenderness.

Toyokawa Shoko realized that this was not the time for sweet nothings, and she was also aware that she had become completely addicted to the life of being inseparable all the time.

But she couldn't do anything to change it.

Occasionally, I would secretly feel humiliated and ashamed, but in the end, I was intoxicated by that warmth that seemed to melt everything.

Shoko Toyokawa bit her lip, suppressing the restlessness brewing from the burning love in her heart. Soon, she returned to the calm and all-around "heiress of the conglomerate" image that outsiders saw.

"Akatsuki, Kotone-senpai should be in Takihara Town investigating the magical girl group that's active there, with the Shadow Patrol."

"Narukami-senpai and his Special Investigation Team went to the Impression Space in the central town to investigate the traces left by the witch's activities."

The girl spoke crisply, opened her tablet, browsed the information reported by her friends in the Mind Thieves, and then reported it to Akira Kurusu one by one.

"Panther and Queen are visiting the Impression Space in Takihara-cho..."

"Fox and Mona..."

"..."

As Akira listened to Shoko Toyokawa's report, he turned his head to look at the rain-soaked streets outside the car window.

Beneath the deep gray sky, a pale shadow, accompanied by flickering red light, could be vaguely glimpsed as it swept across the dark sea of ​​clouds.

It's like breaking free from an invisible cage.

He looked away, recalling the manga "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" that he had read in his previous life.

After a while, the brief autumn will end, and the super-powerful witches, symbolizing powerlessness and fools... the world-ending catastrophe "Witch's Night," composed of multiple witches, will descend upon this city.

As a witch, "Witch's Night" is "powerless" and can cause physical destruction beyond reason simply by materializing.

In the timeline that Akira Kurusu knows, "Witch's Night" has annihilated entire surface civilizations more than once.

Despite being a witch who represents destruction and disaster, it also embodies the symbol of "fool".

"【The Fool】......"

Akira Kurusu silently recalled the Tarot Destiny that Aldabait, disguised as Igor, had proposed to him long ago in the Velvet Room.

If the disaster that instantly evaporated the city is to be called a "new beginning"... he envisioned the aftermath of "Witch's Night" from a theological and metaphysical perspective.

Of course, the only answer he could think of on this topic was the evil god "Nya," who had been hiding behind the scenes and controlling all the disasters so far.

Mitakihara City is the stage that Nyarlathotep meticulously prepared for the final battle of these Personas chosen by Ferremon.

There are many installations on the stage.

"Witch's Night" is just one of them.

Looking at her own eyes reflected blurrily in the windowpane, a pale blue flame had somehow ignited within her deep gray pupils.

He understood that this was the result of the overlap and rejection of the concepts of "Kurasu Akatsuki" and "Amamiya Ren" in the sea of ​​his heart.

But the "Ren Amamiya" of this world has perished, and the only one vying for existence with him in the Sea of ​​the Heart is an evil god named "Dioscuri".