Whose personality mask's power comes from the heroic spirit?

"But I heard a voice in the temple... I don't know whose voice it was. He told me that there is a way to the 'prison' outside the 'temple', and told me how to become the 'prison king' from the 'lord of the temple'."

"No, I should have guessed it." A twisted smile appeared on the face of the shadow Yukinoshita Haruno, "That was the voice of the Holy Grail. I was chosen by the Holy Grail and became 'one of the candidates'."

"As long as I can become the 'Prison King' according to that method, I can compete with other 'candidates'... and have the chance to finally become a god!"

"As long as I can become a 'god', I will definitely be able to gain the power to change reality!"

"For this reason, I will never give up even if it's your request, Yukino."

Chapter 23 What is a win-win situation?

The atmosphere gradually became tense.

The tone of the shadow Yukinoshita Haruno, who would not allow anyone to block her way, successfully provoked opposition from all the Phantom Thieves except Taichi.

As for Taichi...

This thief identity is just a vest, an external vest used to hide his identity as an X driver.

He didn't really care about this 'job'.

After all, it is a volunteer job.

The shadow Yukinoshita Haruno's ambition to become a god has nothing to do with him.

After all, he just wanted to protect his sister, not destroy the world.

Didn’t you see that in the internal meeting, apart from Mordred commenting on the ambitions of the shadow Yukinoshita Haruno, X basically didn’t speak a word.

After all, Shadow Yukinoshita Haruno's ambitions were not within his hunting range.

Unless her paranoia gets out of control and turns from protecting her sister to exterminating all humans except her sister.

"I think we can cooperate." Just when Ryuji Sakamoto was about to say something to start the battle, Taichi spoke first.

"Cooperation?" Shadow Yukinoshita Haruno was stunned for a moment, then looked at Taiyi with a confused look.

"KNIGHT! What are you talking about!" Sakamoto Ryuji stared at Taichi in astonishment, "Are you going to betray us?"

"SKULL, calm down!" Takamaki An held Sakamoto Ryuji's shoulders and glared at him, then looked at Taichi, "KNIGHT, tell me what you think."

"Yeah, I want to listen to it too." Amamiya Ren put her hand on Sakamoto Ryuji's other shoulder.

"It's very simple." Taichi looked around at everyone around him, then began to explain, "Our goal is to make Kamoshida change his mind, find the treasure room and steal his spiritual treasure."

"And the shadow Miss Yukinoshita Haruno wants to devour his palace and take a step towards becoming the 'Lord of the Prison'. There is no conflict of interest. On the contrary, our target is still the shadow Kamoshida. So why can't we cooperate?" Taichi asked back.

"But she is also the master of the hall!" Sakamoto Ryuji retorted.

"So?" Taiyi asked back with a blink of an eye. "The Lord of the Hall wants to gain strength from the increasingly dangerous real world to protect his sister, and to ascend to the throne of God step by step. Is there anything wrong with such an inspiring and loving wish?"

"Oh, if there is anything twisted, it is probably that she never asked her sister whether she needed her protection... But, this is the elder sister. The elder sister thinks it is natural to protect her younger sister. Is there anything wrong with that?"

"I agree!" Yuigahama Yui, a complete outsider, raised her hand with shining eyes and shouted, "I think there is absolutely nothing wrong with what Mr. KNIGHT said!"

"You have no conflict of interest, and on the contrary, you have the same goals. Why can't you cooperate?"

"That makes sense, but what will happen after Shadow Kamoshida loses the hall?" Amamiya Ren lowered his head and looked at Morgana and asked.

"I don't know about that either." Morgana relaxed his shoulders and replied, "After all, this hall of Kamoshida is the first one I'm preparing a strategy for. I have no experience."

"If you succeed in plundering Kamoshida's palace, do you have the authority to expel the shadow Kamoshida from the palace and let him return to the impression space and become an ordinary shadow?" Taiyi looked at the shadow Yukinoshita Haruno and asked.

"…If you hand over Kamoshida's 'secret treasure' to me, all authority will belong to me, and then I will naturally have this authority." Although it was a shadow, Yukinoshita Haruno was Yukinoshita Haruno, and she came to the decision in an instant that "it would be beneficial to herself and would not cause any harm."

She was even reflecting on herself secretly.

Why didn't you come up with this idea from the beginning?

Looking at her own sister, Shadow Yukinoshita Haruno said that she knew why she had become so slow.

The conspiracies and plots of people in society are not as important as my sister.

"Give the stolen treasures to other palace masters..." Morgana frowned, "It seems that we thieves are not doing our job properly."

"What if we treat it as a commission?" Amamiya Ren suggested, "Wouldn't it be fine if we just treat 'stealing Kamoshida's secret treasure' as a mission entrusted to us by Her Majesty the Queen of Shadows?"

"Hmm - I feel like I don't have the motivation I had when I decided to conquer Kamoshida Hall." Ryuji Sakamoto murmured unhappily.

"No, it's not a mission commission, but mutual help." Taichi suddenly interrupted Sakamoto Ryuji's self-psychological adjustment, "We need the forces of Shadow Yukinoshita to explore the location of the secret treasure room. After all, she has more shadows than us, and they can search all day long. Otherwise, with just a few of us, we can only take out a little free time every day to explore the hall. I don't know how many days it will take to find Kamoshida's secret treasure room."

"And we just need to steal the secret treasures from the secret treasure room and hand them over to Shadow Xuexia."

"It can not only make up for the work she put in helping us find the secret treasure, but also achieve our original goal. This is a win-win situation!"

Yukinoshita Yukino and Yuigahama Yui looked at Taichi with a dazed look in their eyes.

Takamaki An was not at all touched, but was excited about being able to change Kamoshida's mind as soon as possible and give her a chance for revenge in advance.

Ryuji Sakamoto frowned and thought about what Taichi had just said.

"Oh no, why do I feel that what KNIGHT said makes sense the more I think about it? And I inexplicably have the urge to thank Shadow Sister Yukinoshita?" Ryuji Sakamoto, who felt like he was about to grow a brain, immediately stopped thinking and sighed, covering his head.

"No, that does make sense." Mona looked up at the shadow Yukinoshita Haruno, then nodded and replied, "It can completely make up for our shortcomings of insufficient manpower and combat power."

"And the secret treasure... Speaking of which, stealing the secret treasure is just a means to change one's heart. The secret treasure has no additional effect on us."

But you can sell it for money if you take it out.

Taiyi resisted the urge to say these worldly words and just nodded vigorously.

"However, there is no basis of trust between us." Amamiya Ren remained calm and looked at the shadow Yukinoshita Haruno with a calm look, "The Shadow Queen should have the same idea as me."

"Ah, that's right." Shadow Yukinoshita Haruno nodded and replied, "If it was just Yukino-chan and the boy who came up with this idea, then there would be no need to worry about this, but with your presence... especially that boy over there who likes to act impulsively and doesn't like to use his brain, and who may be afraid of me because of something and ruin the good situation, I don't have high expectations for your trustworthiness."

Ryuji Sakamoto, who was DISSed, blinked in confusion.

He seems to be disliked?

Chapter 24: Sack-wearing, they are serious

Taichi is fully responsible for the work of handing over to the shadow Yukinoshita Haruno, and she has to meet with Yukinoshita Yukino every week, and Taichi must be there to protect Yukinoshita Yukino.

This is the key point for both parties to reach a cooperation agreement.

Originally Taichi thought that Yukinoshita Yukino would resist this situation where she was completely controlled by the shadow Yukinoshita Haruno, but the result was beyond his expectations.

Yukinoshita Yukino she agreed.

On the other hand, Amamiya Ren actually originally wanted to bring Yukinoshita Yukino into the Phantom Thieves.

After all, judging from the attitude of the shadow Yukinoshita Haruno, as long as Yukinoshita Yukino also joins in, her work efficiency will at least increase from 50% to 100%.

But Yukino Yukinoshita has not awakened her personality mask, so it is too dangerous for her to join the Phantom Thieves.

Moreover, such an action might even cause resistance from the shadow Yukinoshita Haruno, leading to a gap in the cooperative relationship between the two parties.

So this idea just flashed through his mind and was dismissed.

Ryuji Sakamoto kicked his feet dejectedly without saying a word.

Being rejected by the shadow was a big blow to him.

The only person who was not in the right situation at the scene was Yuigahama Yui.

Although she could understand that this so-called Phantom Thieves had reached a cooperative relationship with Yukinoshita Yukino's sister, Shadow Version, the content of the conversation between the two parties was really beyond her comprehension.

So after coming to the conclusion that she could not understand the current situation at all, she began to discuss with Takamaki An about the information related to the 'different world navigation app' that was suddenly and forcibly downloaded on her mobile phone.

Well, among the people present, except Morgana who didn't have a mobile phone, Taichi was the only one who didn't have the 'Different World Navigation APP' on his phone.

When that thing tried to invade Taiyi's phone, it was directly expelled by X.

The mobile phone’s memory is already insufficient, and now there are external programs trying to squeeze its living space?

Aix said he would never agree to it.

I guess the guy with the fake hooked nose must have been quite confused at that time.

……

After returning to the real world, Taichi exchanged contact information with Yukinoshita Yukino and Yuigahama Yui, and watched them leave before returning to his lounge.

He has no data on his phone and no SNS.

If you want instant communication, you can only make a phone call.

"Ah, Naruto-san, I have a favor to ask of you." Sakamoto Ryuji said, "Can I borrow your lounge to serve as our Phantom Thieves' secret base?"

"...This place is not a secret at all." Taichi pulled the corner of his mouth and reminded, "Besides, there are walls all around, and the sound insulation is not good. Plus, you have a loud voice. I'm worried that the name of the Phantom Thieves will spread throughout the school tomorrow."

"Tomorrow is impossible." Amamiya Lian shook her head and said, "Tomorrow is Sunday, and the school is closed. It will be the day after tomorrow."

Ryuji Sakamoto looked at Amamiya Ren in confusion.

He thought his best friend was speaking up to defend him, but it turned out he was actually trying to help him.

"Besides, I may not be able to stay here for long." Taichi continued, "After all, because of Kamoshida's incident, I have fallen out with the principal. He may settle accounts with me at any time and find a reason to expel me."

"...Are all adults so despicable?" Ryuji Sakamoto lamented helplessly, covering his head.

"Not all adults." Taiyi, who was about to return to the ranks of 'adults', quickly came out to save face, "It can only be said that most adults."

"Just like there are bullies and bullied among minors in school, the social relationships between adults... are even more complicated." Taiyi shook his head helplessly.

Fortunately, he now has a treasure in his hands. As long as he finds a good buyer to sell it later, he won’t have to worry about money for food, drink, and entertainment in the future.

Even if he goes to the bottom of the sea a few more times, even as a worker he will say goodbye to him.

Oh, no, with that stack of documents, he might even have a chance to become a local rich man in this small life.

By then, I will build a luxurious manor in the countryside, surround myself with girls on both sides, and hire five or six young, beautiful and well-shaped girls. Wouldn't this be an uncomfortable life?

But, before that...

Taiyi glanced at his phone.

You still have to fight monsters.

If he doesn't get rid of the monster, the little life he has always dreamed of may be crushed by sudden big feet at any time.

Compared to the endless stream of monsters that may appear in the future, the pseudo-holy grail Yaldabaoth is nothing.

After all, although that thing's abilities are quite exaggerated, its body cannot be compared with Ultraman.

I feel like a more powerful light skill would be enough to destroy it in one wave.

But the monster...

I hope that space monsters won’t appear, let alone have anything to do with Yaldabaoth.

After all, most cosmic monsters always have a unique way to deal with light skills.

If it has anything to do with the idealistic Yaldabaoth... the monster plus the negative emotions of all mankind... if a monster of Hyperzeton's level appears, he won't be able to deal with it with just his basic skills, and he will have to resort to escapism.

After all, he was a social animal that could be found everywhere before he traveled through time.

Without extensive knowledge and strong will.

He had always lived a life of just getting by.

"It's getting late. I have to go to the hospital to visit Shiho." Takamaki An, who had no interest in the following topic, glanced at the time on her phone and prepared to get up and leave.

Kasumaki An, who has not awakened her personality mask, is not very interested in the hall.

She doesn't like being a person who always holds others back.

"Taichi-kun, do you want to come along?" Takamaki An asked Taichi, shaking her phone. "Shiho wants to thank you in person, and so do uncle and auntie."

"Oh? Is Suzui awake?" Taichi asked with some relief.

"She woke up yesterday, but she wasn't in a good condition. She would fall asleep from time to time." Takamaki An, who had the contact information of the Suzui couple, recounted what she had heard about her best friend's current situation. "However, she had almost recovered by noon today."

"Really? Suzui is fine now. That's great." Ryuji Sakamoto on the side also breathed a sigh of relief.

He and Amamiya Ren took the initiative to go to Kamoshida's office to provoke him because of Suzui's suicide by jumping off the building.

When he heard that the things he was concerned about had been resolved, his depressed mood, which had been caused by various setbacks, was relieved a lot.

"By the way..." Sakamoto Ryuji suddenly lowered his voice and leaned forward unconsciously and said, "When are we going to put the sack on Kamoshida? I have the sack and the bat ready."

Sakamoto Ryuji is serious about putting Kamo Shida in the sack.

"We need to make a complete plan first." Taichi felt that this matter should indeed be put on the agenda. "Morgana, could you spare some free time to follow Kamoshida and confirm his daily schedule?"