Watching the anime from Madoka Magica and writing the rules

Even the most promising [Trickster] who possesses dual talents can only imitate and replace the relationships between people, but cannot reproduce the other party's talents, otherwise he would not be influenced by the work of the [Animator].

The so-called dual talents are nothing more than the achievements in other professions that are achieved by using one talent.

Therefore, Zhixing never felt that Enoshima Junko was truly "desperate".

"I know what the public defines as 'despair,' but what do you think? Is it truly 'despair' that you need? Or is it... the impossibility of breaking through the established trajectory?"

"Huh? You know [Despair]?"

The [Bystander], who originally thought that he had lost his value, suddenly revealed something, which made [Despair] realize that the power of the person in front of him, in addition to being able to create illusions that were so realistic, also had another function that he did not understand.

"Could it be that this power of yours utilizes the energy of human emotions? Is that so? No wonder you suddenly calmed down. If that's the case... are you saying there's a cognition made up of everyone's despair?"

Zhixing looked at [Despair] and guessed that the shadow of [Baseball Player] might have revealed a lot of information about the cognitive world, but this kind of information coming from instinct would not involve the bottom layer of the impression space that had been transformed in the past two years.

After all, the hall of talents took a long time to build through the exchange of other people's desires. Obviously, they had already reached the upper level and were unaware of the changes happening below.

"But even if such a thing exists, what good does it do? Can it make me experience the feeling of despair?"

“It can be changed.”

“Puff puff puff~Ahahahahaha, how hopeless is this!”

[Despair] I understood what Zhi Xing meant, and also knew why the wish I made could not come true due to insufficient information.

Because once you forgive those who faked their death, all you will gain is the despair of those who are still alive. The price you pay is that in the near future, someone will change their mind and disintegrate the entire [despair group].

After all, these people had their behavior changed through brainwashing, so naturally they can be modified back in the same way. If everyone gathers together, they can even solve everyone's problems at once.

Not to mention others, the [Disciplinary Officer] alone has clearly demonstrated his strength, and he himself had met him in the impression space on the 4th floor not long ago.

If you win now but lose everything else, how can you consider it a victory?

After the excitement, [Despair] also understood the reason why he must die physically, and said:

"So, if I want to save everyone from despair, I have to be there. And if I want to go over there, I have to be like those who are being executed?"

"No, I'm afraid it's not that you have to die to go down, but if you go down, you can't come back, right? That's why you are here to replenish everyone's food."

[Despair] It reminds me of the time when the paper line disappeared, and after returning to reality, not only was I not in my original position, I didn't even know where I was.

Although I have never been down there, I have roughly analyzed this information.

In the area that the [Onlookers] can reach, there is a collective that can change everyone's [despair], even... others who have not yet assimilated into despair.

This is why, even though his ability to conceal himself is not as good as that of a [Scout], he can still be called a [Bystander].

"You're actually peeking into everyone's hearts. You're truly worthy of being called a 'spectator'!"

"Then I will modify the terms of the transaction."

"[Despair] is the key point that can lead people to uncertainty. Only at that moment can the human brain think beyond its own framework. Therefore, uncertainty is [Despair]!"

"So, I need you to take me to turn everyone else into part of [Despair], in exchange."

Zhihang interrupted the other party's one-sided analysis and said directly:

"I want you to help me awaken my Persona."

"Huh? It sounds like you want me to help you [analyze] the method of awakening your power? In other words, will you tell me the information about this power? You've been saving people all this time, but you're actually standing on my side?"

Zhi Xing glanced at Kyubey who had appeared at his feet out of nowhere and said with emotion:

"The villain's life is also life. After all, it's just a failed attempt at changing fate."

"Using the power of heart-changing, you can transform those who could have otherwise survived into [Despair]? If you do that, perhaps you can also change the fate of those who survived. That's fine too. Let me witness the power of the [Bystander]."

[Despair] stretched out his hand without any trace of Kyubey, and Zhi Xing paused for a moment, then stretched out his hand and shook it.

"I am you...you are me..."

Chapter 369 The Desperate Girl is Going Deeper

The day after the third class trial.

In the morning, everyone brought the programmer's computer to the hidden room for a short time, and during the confrontation with Monokuma, they lost the laptop left behind by the programmer.

Everyone conducted a carpet search of the four floors of the school, but no one saw the escaping figure.

Since everyone present had a clear alibi, except for the [Detective] who felt that the evidence was insufficient and could not make a judgment, everyone unanimously concluded that the person who took the computer was the mastermind behind Monokuma, the sixteenth Super High School Class.

But even with the advisor of the "Murderer" who obviously had an extra memory, no one could figure out who the sixteenth Super High School Class was.

Because the only absent [hot girl] was replaced by a [soldier]. The reason why they were replaced by [soldier] was because everyone's memory was erased to the moment they first stepped into the campus, so the clothes they wore were exactly the same as that day.

And after learning that [Hot Girl] and [Soldier] are sisters, [You Yong] deeply understood the logic of the mastermind who kidnapped other people's relatives as hostages to threaten the combat-capable ones, so he was very sure that [Hot Girl], who had no combat power, should also be taken as a hostage, so [Soldier] chose to attack [Disciplinary Officer].

The [Literary Girl], who is responsible for the fighting force, has a different opinion on this, but when the [Young Master] bluntly says that "the [Murderer] who retains his memory will go crazy when he comes out and doesn't see him", she starts to feel fortunate that the [Murderer]'s personality has saved the [Young Master] from the clutches of Monokuma.

However, after putting aside the option of "hot girl", the only options available to everyone are "onlooker" who can appear with Monokuma and finding a random person from the list of students, or even the mastermind who may not be on the list of students.

The clues were broken, no one was found, and the only hope of breaking the deadlock had disappeared. After communicating for a while, everyone returned to their respective teams and started their daily life at Hope's Peak Academy.

Until...long after dinner time, the [Young Master], [Detective], and [Fighter], whose biological clocks were very punctual, discovered that Monokuma's broadcast was late.

[Fighter] stood in the dormitory corridor and knocked on [Swimming]'s door first.

Immediately afterwards, the [Young Master] put down his book and brought the [Literary Girl] to the dormitory area on the first floor.

[Detective] went the other way and headed straight to the 4th floor.

[Lucky] walked out of the room, wanting to use his talent to bet on the whereabouts of the person who stole the computer.

And finally... at the suggestion of [Lucky], after calling out [Fortune Teller], whose craftsmanship skills were activated because of his many bizarre collections, everyone discovered the black and white bear robot staying motionless in the gymnasium.

At this moment, Zhixing knew nothing about what was happening in the academy, because at this moment, Zhixing was holding the hand of [Despair] and walking slowly towards the deepest part of the impression space at a very slow speed.

"It's so deep! I never thought that the collective subconscious of human beings would have so many layers."

[Despair] looked at the surrounding environment with undiminished energy, and let Zhi Xing hold his hand, watching vigilantly for the shadow monsters that might appear at any time.

"Are you going to lure monsters again? Can't you go down earlier?"

Zhihang looked helplessly at the intersection ahead, not wanting to miss the possible elevator entrance.

Because [Despair] would not choose to make a sound even if he saw the elevator entrance, and it would even distract the paper bank's attention, thus making him go a detour in vain.

Although the Paper Company did not seek help from the [Bosozoku] at this time, with the help of [Despair], the Paper Company's forward speed was not slow.

After signing the transaction contract with Zhixing, although [Despair] did not obtain the personality mask right away like [Disciplinary Officer], after listening to Zhixing's explanation of the personality mask on the way, [Despair] easily took off the mask of a shadow he encountered.

After proving that such a snatch was ineffective, [Despair] tried several more snatches relying on skills to win. Then, he began to talk back at the shadow monster and successfully persuaded a personality mask.

And after using it once, he quickly became proficient in it, and cleared the entire floor of road-blocking monsters as easily as cutting melons and vegetables.

Then, because he got bored, he was too lazy to do it, so he changed the skill to a speed-up effect, and blessed it on the two of them by holding hands.

Only then did they fall down layer by layer without moving downwards from the witch's barrier.

"You already have four personalities. Have you figured out anything?"

"I don't know... I really don't know why you can't awaken your Persona. It's such a simple thing. Ah, could it be that I'm just too talented, so what you couldn't accomplish with so much difficulty, I can easily achieve with just a brief contact? What a hopeless talent gap."

Zhixing didn't care about this. After all, he had used a more convenient different world navigation app but couldn't see any trace of the mask. After unscrupulously pulling passers-by into the impression space, Zhixing also clearly understood that the power of the personality mask is not something that everyone can possess.

On the surface, as long as one has a rebellious emotion, one can awaken the personality mask. Theoretically, after understanding this, anyone can awaken themselves through memories or imagination.

But in fact, people in society who have suffered a lot from life's blows will only feel confused and unable to resist. Only those who do not have a clear understanding of what they can do will choose to resist.

Coincidentally, under the coverage of every large-scale temple, there will always be people who can meet the desperate conditions of the personality mask and are willing to resist and help the Phantom Thieves.

For example, Takamaki An and Ryuji from [Komashida], the painter from [Art Museum], the student council president from [Casino], Okumura Haru from [Okumura], Masayoshi from [Shido], and Futaba from [Futaba].

When Zhixing discovered that no one else could awaken the mask in a short period of time, but Okumura Haru could awaken the mask in just a short while, he already thought of the problem of talent.

But at that time, the paper shop still had its own hall, so there was no intention of giving up.

However, this only support was unable to enter the palace because of the relationship with the butterfly contract.

After staying in Hope's Peak for so long, and even witnessing other people possessing masks, Zhixing has realized that it is impossible for him to suddenly awaken in a flash of inspiration on his own.

As for the external forces that can be relied upon, apart from [Super High School Level Hope] Kamizuru Izuru, who must hurry back as the conditions will be met the next time they meet, the only other external forces that can be relied upon are [Analyst] [Despair] Enoshima Junko.

“Because it’s impossible to do it under normal circumstances, when you can do it, it means you have achieved the ultimate goal of this game—becoming the impossible.”

"I see. It seems you're very confident in this power. Even if you're no longer of use to me after I obtain it, do you still think I'll stick to it?"

Faced with [Despair]'s undisguised intention to breach the contract, Zhixing remained calm.

After all, the most dangerous outcome is death.

But now that we have already descended to the impression space, and [despair] has not yet become impossible, if we want to leave here, we must either return to the top level or leave from the bottom level.

Zhihang doesn't believe that the talent of the [Analyst] is so strong that he can exit the lower level of this impression space in a short time without any intelligence source.

As long as you can't retreat, you will have to face the witch's barrier that will not follow your death after the paper element dies.

Although he was reluctant to admit it, Zhi Xing was currently relying on the rule that fate could not be changed to ensure that [Despair] would not die at the hands of the witch's barrier and be trapped in the memory space.

Based on this premise, the paper industry will not die out.

Regardless of whether it was a resurrection from [Restoration] or a resurrection from the cognitive world after the attack by [Soldiers].

In short, as long as the Paper Walker is not dead, the [Witch's Barrier] will not be released to change fate.

Although the fate of [Despair] is also death, there is a [Fighter] above her who is also destined to die. As long as she still exists, the oppression of [Despair] cannot put the [Fighter] to death.

This... is the confidence that Zhixing came up with as he was moving forward. It is with this confidence that he dared to speak.

"In theory, if you've made a deal, you're bound to abide by it. But if it becomes impossible, there's still a possibility that it might become invalid."

"So... although I also hope to maximize my requirements, just like everyone else, you must first meet my requirements before I will proceed to the next step."

According to Kamizuru Izuru, this fratricidal game was to allow [Despair] to prove that this method could fulfill the conditions for the third wish, thereby regaining the omnipotent power.

Although it is a pity that we cannot see the perfectly enhanced version of the [Analyst] talent, it is already equivalent to the level of a small omniscient. An [Analyst] who can infer the result at a glance is at least three times more capable than Zhixing, who is a wise man after the event.

"Isn't that kind of thing simple? Here~"

[Despair] casually handed over a personality mask obtained from the shadow therapy.

Zhi Xing didn't even look at it, not because the mask given by the shadow monster would be weak.

After all, in theory each mask can grow to a value of 999.

But... Although Zhixing desires the power of the personality mask, he also fantasizes about his own talents.

Theoretically, everyone has only one personality mask, except for the protagonists Ren Amamiya and Goro Akechi, even the mona created by Igel.

So let’s not talk about whether wearing this mask is useful or not. Even if it is useful, will it replace the only qualification that can gamble?

More importantly, Zhixing is not sure whether the power of the personality mask can withstand the effect of [Reset].

After all, right after awakening the mask, one's own physical strength will be consumed to a great extent, and this kind of physical exhaustion will lead to a great increase in the effect of [Reset]. Zhixing has encountered this situation several times in Liangshanpo.

What if the mask is only useful when you are holding it, and once you reach another world, it disappears because you have lost the basis for your cognition?

Only by understanding how to awaken your own personality mask can you be able to be restored together with [Reset], and with the awakening, it will only take a short time to gain the strength to fight in an elite battle.

Zhixing can use the Infinite Awakening Mask to fight a battle with full magic and full blood.

After a battle, the physical strength is exhausted, trigger [Reset], restore physical strength, remove the mask, awaken again, burst out with power, fight again, physical strength is exhausted, trigger [Reset]

Of course, ideals are full, but reality is very skinny. Not to mention that [Reset] is not triggered instantly, so the demonization cannot be lifted.

Even the method of awakening the mask is still unclear, and whether it can be awakened after disappearing is still unknown.

After all, the human spirit is resistant.

Things that would normally lead to despair will make you despair again if you think about them once. If you think about them again, the time required for despair will increase, until in the end, it will feel like nothing more than that, and time will make everything dull.

"You're not wearing a proper awakening mask like this. I can't do what you do, using an ordinary person's body to forcefully beat the shadow to this degree."

Zhihang refused the possibility of letting [Despair] easily fulfill his request, and then took [Despair] to the elevator on this floor embedded in the wall.

"Oh~ A new button~ I'll press it."

Before Zhixing could come to his senses, he saw [Despair] pressing the elevator button for the first floor. He couldn't help but feel a little strange. After all, this elevator only had two buttons, up and down.

Looking up along the line of paper, you can see the highest button is 6F.

Although he felt confused, Zhixing had never encountered the seal in the original game that required popularity points to unlock the next level, and he had also reached the lowest level of the impression space, so he attributed it to his lack of understanding of the cognitive world.

It wasn't until the elevator descended to the first floor and the doors on both sides opened that Zhixing realized he had arrived.

Seeing the classrooms ahead, and the corridor layout very similar to the first floor of Hope's Peak Academy, Zhi Xing looked behind him and saw another elevator with its doors open, waiting for him to enter. He couldn't help but say to [Despair]:

"Looks like we've arrived. Below is the school refereeing scene, and below that is the final stop."