Watching the anime from Madoka Magica and writing the rules

"Who's next?"

There was silence in response to the paper line. Even the [Evil King's True Eye] couldn't help but raise his open umbrella to cover his head and body, not daring to speak as usual.

"What should I do...Yuta...TAT"

"Hey, with this figure, you are the [Phantom Thief Joker] right? Now what does this mean?"

Yuta looked at Rika who was trembling behind the umbrella and asking for help, but he still mustered up the courage to stand up and ask.

"That's what I wanted to ask. Why did you turn back? You guys still have the ability to fight, right?"

Zhixing pointed his gun at Qigong, as if replacing his own sight.

"It seems your goal isn't just to recruit members of the Phantom Thieves. As expected, you're the mastermind behind this world-destroying crisis. You saw that the power of the Hero, the Magical Demon Girl, and Mori-sama would threaten your plans, so you deliberately lured us down here, hoping to exhaust our strength and then eliminate us?"

Nanamiya also noticed Yuta standing aside, and couldn't help but take two steps forward. Then, he summoned the mask shadow of [Magic Demon Girl] very uneasily and seriously, and appeared behind him, giving Nanamiya some confidence.

"If I really wanted to destroy you, I wouldn't have brought all of you here, let alone let you have your own personality mask."

Zhixing denied this conclusion, and at the same time estimated in his mind that the bullets in the pistol might not be enough to clear Shadow's health bar, so he reached into the inner pocket of his hooded jacket.

"If you're not an enemy, then why did you shoot the Master's sister? You must be the Monster Master here, using the sheer number of monsters to prevent us from escaping!"

[Thunder Hammer] no longer held her twintails with her hands, but hid behind [Lord Mori]. It was not until Zhixing denied the possibility of what Nanamiya said that she popped her head out and asked.

"I didn't mean to resort to such a desperate measure. My original intention was to allow you to experience the crisis of life and death under the protection of the [Magic Demon Girl], so that your personas could awaken."

"However, you guys haven't made any progress at all. I really can't stand it. I can only use a more realistic life-and-death crisis to promote progress."

Although it was an act of the cognitive existence of [Phantom Thief Joker] performed alone before his death, Zhixing still decided to step forward and take responsibility for the finishing work of his own actions after being stunned for a while.

"If that's the case, then the power of the [Saint Conditioner] wasn't part of your plan! Sister Shihua doesn't need to go through this life-or-death crisis, right?"

[Lady Mori] looked at the [Evil King's True Eyes] behind her, which were trembling along with the umbrella. She had already failed in two attempts to awaken it, but she still chose to stand up and speak up for Sister Touka, whom she had just met today.

After all, when the second monster appeared behind him and blocked the road just now, [Mr. Mori] saw up close how close Tohka was to danger.

Zhixing subconsciously wanted to turn his head to look at Shihua, but forced himself to stop. Instead, he used the [camera] to look at the situation on Shihua's side. He saw no holes or blood, and even Shihua's previous screams of pain had disappeared. All that was left was Shihua lying on the ground, covering her legs and looking at him, breathing heavily.

"Indeed, no matter what the [Saint Coordinator] has experienced in the past, it is too late for her to pick up her weapon again now, so she is not included in my backup plan."

"In that case, you should quickly apologize to Rikka's sister. Hmm~ That's too harsh, isn't it [Yasen]?"

Fennel seemed to know more about the world than others, so she was not so afraid of the pistol in Zhixing's hand. Instead, she was influenced by the concerns of the people around her and felt that Zhixing's behavior might be excessive.

Zhi Xing raised his gun-holding hand to the sky, and at the same time, he stopped rummaging in his pocket. After pondering for a moment, he took his hand out and said obediently:

"I'm sorry I hurt you, Touka."

Then he extended the hand holding the object towards the vigilant Nanamiya and said:

"Take this and help Touka heal her wounds."

Nanamiya looked at the hidden Fennel, then looked at Zhixing who had put away his pistol, walked forward carefully, and looked at the corpse with its head blasted.

"Bang~"

Zhixing still kept his sideways posture, but the muzzle of his gun was pointed at the body of the [Phantom Thief Joker] who had just passed by and fired another shot.

Suddenly, the corpse, whose face was already blurred and only the human shape could be seen, and the blood flowing from the head, along with the splattered blood, turned black and quickly became transparent and disappeared.

"Just walk past me. It's okay. You're already a Phantom Thief. You don't need to go through life-or-death crises anymore."

Zhixing ignored Qigong, who had already started charging his magic wand because of the sudden shooting, and also had no intention of turning around, reaching his hand behind him.

"Why are you going from the back? Could it be that your front is your weak point?"

"Yes, I don't have a mask now. As the [Phantom Thieves Leader], I will only reveal my identity when I feel it's appropriate to tell you. Before then, I can't let you see it."

"Will I be cursed if I know my true identity? Could it be that he's a famous [Phantom Thief] even abroad? As expected of a [Leader]."

Nanami hesitated for a moment, but decided that Touka's injuries were more important than rushing over to take a look, so he held out his hand to take the items.

But Zhixing's hand raised a little before making contact, then positioned itself above Qigong's open hand, and then loosened his clenched fist, letting the thing fall into Qigong's hand.

"You now possess the power of a Persona, so be careful and don't touch my body, or I can't guarantee your power will still be there."

Although Jixing had once put other people into the [Witch's Barrier] in "Dangan", the [Disciplinary Officer] at that time was lucky enough not to be taken in, and Jixing didn't know what would happen after the mask shadow came into contact with the [Witch's Barrier].

"I...I understand. Is this...medicine?"

Nanamiya believed in his role as the "Phantom Thief Leader" and caught the falling item before taking a look.

"Yes, this is real medicine that can restore the body. It can also be used in this world. Just give it to her and she will recover immediately."

This book was prepared by Zhixing in advance to provide medicine for the protagonists when they are injured and unable to awaken when facing attacks from shadow monsters, so they don't have to go to the [Witch's Barrier] again.

At Zhixing's urging, Nanamiya still ran from behind Zhixing towards Shihua without making any sneak attack.

"If it's your true face, haven't you seen it before? When you came to see me a few days ago."

[Mr. Mori] was relieved to see Nanamiya walking towards Touka with the medicine, but then he remembered what he had seen the other person before.

Although he was wearing a blindfold, when he entered the different space, Nibutani was still able to see most of the face thanks to the light coming from nowhere.

"As for you, it's okay. Because, as you are now, you have already proven that you can't regain your former strength. So... after I take your secret treasure away, you will naturally no longer remember me."

After saying that, he aimed the pistol that was originally pointed at the ceiling towards the protagonists again.

"I've already mentioned it in my previous letter. I'm planning to steal your secret treasure. Unless you can awaken your personality mask and become a member of the Phantom Thief, you can serve as a failed Plan B. This may be your only chance to access supernatural powers. Why are you backing out after just a short while?"

"Just now...someone suddenly attracted monsters from other passages here, so...that's why they thought it was unsafe here...so... [Mr. Mori], save me!"

Because of Zhixing's act of destroying the body, Thunder Hammer, who was able to distinguish between reality and the second-year syndrome, realized the very serious crisis. This was no longer a level where he could be brave, especially when he had someone to rely on.

"Even if you ask me for help..."

[Lord Mori] looked at Zhixing with a complicated look, and feeling that Toumori was frightened behind him, he couldn't provide much help.

After all, Lady Mori had also seen the act of destroying the body, but she had not been able to awaken her power again and again, so she could only be thankful that her secret treasure could be stolen by the other party, thus avoiding the fate of also having the body destroyed.

"I'm sorry for scaring you. It's because someone took the initiative to attack us, so we were attacked from both sides."

"Originally, I only had it following behind to protect you from danger... But now everything's fine. There won't be anyone else here. You can safely experience a low-impact crisis to try and awaken your own personality mask. Or, if you back out now, I'll give you a high-impact life-or-death crisis, giving you one last chance."

"It's okay. You see, even if you were hit, you can still be saved. It's just a way to experience what it's like to be on the verge of death so that you can stimulate your instinct for survival."

The paper bank's [camera] moved away from the frightened [Thunder Hammer], and scanned the somewhat hopeless [Black Flame] and [Lord Mori], as well as the unknown Fennel.

It finally fell on [Evil King's True Eyes] who had lowered his umbrella and was observing the treatment of Touka. The pistol in his hand was also aimed at Rikka.

"What do you say? Should we come head-on or try again from behind? [Evil King's True Eye]."

[Evil King's True Eye] watched Shika stand up with Nanamiya's support after taking the medicine, and then lean against the wall. Although he was still trembling, he responded confusedly when being named:

"Why, why did you hurt my sister?"

"I've already apologized, and nothing's wrong..." Zhi Xing muttered softly before responding loudly, "Because you are the [Evil King's True Eyes]. As long as you possess this power, you will always bring harm to your family, either now or in the future."

Although it was just disappointment and there was no physical harm, the power of cognition is only considered mental damage.

Who knew that just as Zhi Xing finished speaking, the [Evil King's True Eyes] had tears filling his eyes, and he said in a sobbing voice:

"If that's the case, then why don't you steal this power?"

"The [Invisible Boundary] actually exists!!"

Zhixing suddenly shouted, interrupting Liuhua's somewhat self-deprecating speech. Then, when Liuhua's umbrella fell and she looked at him in astonishment, he continued to encourage her:

"When the time and place are right, and the power of two or more people is gathered, we can find the [Invisible Boundary]."

"If I remember correctly, this should be your original desire, to see your father again from the [Invisible Boundary]."

"If you can truly awaken successfully, I can help you before resolving the world-destroying crisis. How about that?"

Chapter 420 True Eye of the Evil King

"Is what happened to Dad true?!"

Liuhua's expression changed. She rubbed her eyes quickly to wipe away the tears, her eyes full of expectation.

"If you can do it, it's not difficult to see the dead again."

Zhixing replied very affirmatively, not to mention the dead, even if the dead were allowed to live in the temple as cognitive beings, it would be fine.

However, the paper industry has not yet seen the main goal of "Chuunibyou" [The Invisible Boundary Line].

Because in order to achieve this goal, we at least need to know where Rikka's hometown is, so that we can find that beach at night. The flowing lights produced by the passing vehicles in the distance become an indeterminate light band against the backdrop of the horizontal plane, which can be called the "invisible boundary line."

This was also one of the reasons why Rikka became a chuunibyou on the beach because she lost her father and was unwilling to accept this reality.

It was just that he first saw the [Invisible Boundary Line] and imagined the figure of his father, and then he came out of his hometown and saw the [Black Flame] Yuta who was in the middle school syndrome period, and that's when he got the title of [Evil King's True Eye].

"Well, let's make a promise. You must lead me to the [Invisible Boundary]! I swear by the [Evil King's True Eyes] that if I break this promise, I will swallow a thousand needles!"

The Evil King's True Eye stretched out a hand, as if wanting to swear an oath with Zhi Xing, but Zhi Xing had no intention of moving forward. Instead, he stood where he was and repeated:

"In the name of [Phantom Thief Joker], I make a contract with [Evil King's True Eyes]."

"As long as [Evil King's True Eyes] can obtain a personality mask and become a member of the [Phantom Thieves], then before dealing with the world-destroying crisis, I will lead all members of the [Phantom Thieves] to the location of the [Invisible Line] and facilitate a meeting between Rikka Takanashi and her father!"

"If you agree, then let me see your awareness."

As if he was somewhat overwhelmed by such a formal situation, [Evil King True Eye] moved his head slightly and glanced at his companions around him, but still did not ask for help. Instead, he clasped his hands to his chest, stepped forward excitedly, and shouted:

"I...I agree! Shoot...right?"

Rikka had already thrown her umbrella aside and took a step forward. Instead of waiting for Zhixing's bullet to hit her, she seemed to hear other voices, which changed her original tone a lot.

Zhixing also frowned and retracted the pistol that was pointing towards Liuhua.

Even at this moment, Zhixing still didn't hear the familiar words "I am you", but the change in the other party's tone was still too obvious.

Immediately afterwards, Rikka's right hand touched her face first, and then the other hand stretched out, trembling all over and grabbing the right eye patch that was still on her face, as if it was sewn to her face, making Rikka's movements look very painful.

"Rikka!"

"Don't touch her. This is what happens before the mask is awakened."

Zhixing called out to Yuta who wanted to go over to help, but the look he gave Rika became a little strange.

There was no way, although Rika seemed to be in great pain, and she covered her eye patch with both hands, as if she was pulling it off.

But there was no mask on her face!

This made Zhixing unable to tell for a moment whether Rikka was real or pretending. After all, Nanamiya had just demonstrated the awakening process in front of everyone not long ago.

Soon, Rika, who was struggling hard and almost bent over, chose to squat down, still covering her right eye with her hand facing the ground, so that no one could see her condition.

"Master, come on! We're just one step away!"

As if believing what Zhixing said, [Thunder Hammer] looked at the hard-working figure of [Evil King's True Eye] and encouraged him.

But the paper operator who had persuaded Yuta at the beginning no longer had the original determination, because this time seemed a little too long compared to others.

It's only been a month and a half, but Rikka and Yuta's relationship has already progressed to this point? Sure enough, they were secretly in love during their chuunibyou days.

But before Shixing could point his gun back at the crouching Rikka, he heard a shout from Mori-sama, who had also crouched down to observe Rikka's situation.

"Blood! Liuhua is bleeding, stop it quickly. If you can't do it, it's okay to give up now. We still have 3...2 people here. As long as there is one more person, we can still meet the conditions."

Upon hearing this, Zhixing instinctively shifted his head slightly towards the protagonists, and then in order to observe everyone's reactions, he quickly zoomed in the field of view with the [camera] which was much higher than the normal human eye height, so that the ground was blocked by Rika's head, and then adjusted the angle.

As expected, several drops of bright red liquid were seen dripping on the ground. The source of this liquid was from the end of the water channel that spread out from the hands that were pressing down on the blindfold.

But when Zhixing wanted to get closer to check, he could only see that the area where the eye mask was was completely dark, just like the scene that could not be seen when using a [camera] to penetrate the model.

This time, Zhihang realized that something was wrong, because during normal testing, although it was impossible to see the specific situation inside or under the clothes, no one else had any knowledge of the corresponding parts.

But the camera inside the eye mask can still see the yellow eyeballs with cosmetic contact lenses.

It seems that the understanding from Yuta and others is more important than that of the many female classmates who are also taking physical education classes and changing clothes as women.

But now, not only can I not see the eyes when I wear the mask, but even the outer part of the eye mask has many parts that are blocked by the arms and cannot be seen clearly.

This is... an Arrancar? ?

Zhixing's expression turned a little ugly. After all, before this, Zhixing had never heard that personality masks could be divided into large and small.

Although personality masks will certainly vary in size due to different styles and images, the largest is only the beast-shaped area above the nose and extending out of the forehead, and the smallest is the Phantom Thief mask that covers the eyebrows.

But judging from the current situation, not only did Rika not have a new mask, but she also directly became the same single-sided eye mask, and it seemed to be very sturdy, and it was not easy to remove it by tearing the skin.

Could it be that... you are afraid of pain?

Zhixing moved the camera further away and saw bloodstains on the ground.

I noticed that there was indeed more blood, but the amount of bleeding was far less than that of the [Phantom Thieves] whose faces were covered in blood.