Tokyo Heart Thief's Daily Life

Although summoning a personality mask in the real world is very difficult and consumes an enormous amount of energy, it is not impossible for Tamako Akechi to do it.

She couldn't summon Loki's true form.

But in past tests, she was at least able to give others mental suggestions to a certain extent.

Or she could summon a tiny flaming knife, swinging it at her will...

“Wuwu~?!”

But this time, Akechi Tamako failed.

Before she felt the power of the personality mask emerge, she was first attacked by a strong feeling of dizziness, and her head was so sore that she almost vomited.

In front of her with such a pale face, the door was finally opened:

"Don't try to summon it. You have a limiter on your neck, which will prevent your brain waves from focusing. The more you try, the more dizzy you'll get. I tried it for you, and it wasn't pleasant."

Luo Zhen brought a plate of food, placed it on the table next to him, and turned on the light.

The only night light left was lit.

After a brief dazzle, Akechi Tamako was able to see the man in front of her clearly.

Similarly, Luo Zhen also saw her clearly.

Beautiful face and slim figure.

A pair of healthy long legs are wrapped in black stockings. Like those other fashionable JKs, a piece of white thigh flesh is revealed under the pleated skirt that is deliberately shortened. The pressure of the stockings is slightly squeezed, as if showing off the charm of this absolute territory.

She was wearing a navy blue suit-style school uniform, which was more fashionable than the uniform of Shujin Academy.

A JK wearing black stockings that reveals her absolute body... Luo Zhen's gaze goes up and down like a scanner, and it feels like he won't get tired of looking at her even if he looks at her for a whole year.

But it would be too rude to keep staring at her, so Luo Zhen decided to appreciate her slowly later.

He said to Miss JK who was struggling:

"It's better to save your energy. The soundproofing here is very good, and no one will come to rescue you even if you scream at the top of your lungs. I promise I won't do anything illegal to you...but if you make too much noise and call those two witches, one big and one small, that might change things."

"It took me a lot of effort to convince them not to strip you naked and put you in turtle bondage. You don't really want to endure three hours of torture with a fully automatic tickling machine, do you?"

“…Huh?!”

In response to Luo Zhen's words, Akechi Tamako became even more furious, confused as to why:

"You, harem man! What are you talking about?! Imprisonment, collars, tickling, and so on... You're not going to do something ●● and ■■, or even ●■●■ to me, are you?! You're breaking the law, you know that! (〃＞目＜)"

Ah yes, yes, I haven’t seen such a normal reaction in a long time.

Luo Zhen even felt like he was bathed in spring breeze when he heard Akechi Tamako's overly reasonable scolding. It was so refreshing!

It seems that this girl's values ​​are still very normal.

And he even knows how to play ●■. He must have read a lot of nighttime reading materials on this subject.

Akechi Tamako, sensing the crisis of her chastity, became even more panicked:

"What on earth is your purpose, you bastard? You tied me to a chair and locked me in this soundproof room... Are you even going to film it? You pervert! Scumbag! Pervert! You shouldn't do this kind of thing until at least three months after you've been together! (〃＞目＜)"

Luo Zhen: "You agreed to film after only three months of dating? Miss Mingzhi, you're quite good at having fun."

Luo Zhen deliberately made fun of her self-explosive lines and was very calm.

He pulled a small stool and sat in front of Akechi Tamako, bringing the plate over.

This is a midnight snack made by Luo Zhen himself. It is a mixed curry made with the leftovers from the Isshiki family.

Akechi Tamako smelled the fragrance entering her nose and swallowed her saliva reluctantly.

But it seemed that hunger awakened her memory, causing her to let out a dumb "Ah":

"I remember now... Madarame's palace, a bunch of weirdos in strange costumes... Especially your flashy silver cape! So conspicuous, do you think you're a stormtrooper?"

Luo Zhen: "I'll return that sentence to you exactly as it was. Your Sith Lord's immaturity is even greater than mine... No, that makes you my superior, doesn't it? You're taking advantage of me."

Luo Zhen and Akechi Tamako were at loggerheads and stared at each other for a long time.

…and then gradually, gradually.

The hostility, vigilance... and the panic and fear deep in Akechi Tamako's eyes gradually subsided.

Her idol-level delicate face became a little confused:

"You... who are you?"

"Are you all really like me, capable of using Personas? Especially you, who summoned a different Persona at the end... Someone who can use two Personas? Are you a pervert?"

Luo Zhen: "Miss, you are very rude. They are just masks anyway. It's no big deal if I have a few more to rotate."

The bad man brushed the topic aside with just one sentence.

Then, he answered what Akechi Tamako cared about more:

"We are the Heart Thieves. We are a secret organization that steals the evil desires of criminals and villains who have evaded justice and brings them to repentance. You've probably heard of the Phantom Thief Request Channel, but have you ever considered that those conversions are related to Persona users?"

Wow, it’s so embarrassing to say the name [Heart-Stealing Phantom Thieves] myself... Luo Zhen complained inwardly.

He had never introduced himself to anyone in his life, and the Phantom Thieves had only been established for over a month.

For the past three years, the image of "Phantom Thief" was just an idol created by Futaba, who established the commission channel.

Luo Zhen never really considered himself a Phantom Thief, but he never thought that there would be a day when he would actually take the initiative to reveal this name... What a twist of fate.

"Kaito thief...Kaito thief...Kaito thief???"

When Akechi Tamako heard Luo Zhen say this name, her pupils trembled at that moment.

Luo Zhen met her shocked gaze and continued to nod:

"In the past three years, since you have been acknowledged as an illegitimate daughter by Shido Zhengyi, and you also know about the existence of the palace, you must have come into contact with it quite a lot."

"Your father wasn't dragged into this mess by those corrupt officials because you were handling it through your Persona, right? Otherwise, with the amount of shit Shido Masayoshi did back then, he wouldn't have been able to clear himself no matter what. ...You even prevented him from being overwhelmed by guilt and repenting and turning himself in because you stopped him, right?"

"...?!"

The moment Luo Zhen revealed this guess, Akechi Tamako panicked to the extreme.

The sound of her gasping for air was so clear that the leather belts binding her hands and feet cut even deeper into her flesh.

"No, no! I'm not helping him get away with it... No, I didn't do anything! I don't understand what you're saying! He's not a bad guy, he's... everything..."

Under Luo Zhen's calm gaze, Akechi Tamako, who was hurriedly making excuses, gradually lowered her guilty voice.

She finally couldn't bear Luo Zhen's gaze and lowered her head timidly.

"...So, this is true?"

"My dad...Shido Zhengyi. The reason he suddenly changed his ways and came to my mom to repent...wasn't because he had a change of heart, but because you, the Phantom Thief, changed his heart?"

Luo Zhen: "So you really don't know anything? Then you're really amazing to have managed to do this on your own until today."

Luo Zhen shook his head and sighed, realizing that he had really been battling wits and courage with the air.

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After that, Luo Zhen tried to persuade the depressed Akechi Tamako to eat something and began to feed her.

Akechi Tamako, who was still bound, stopped making a fuss and instead obediently accepted Luo Zhen's feeding.

This young lady in timid and obedient mode is really cute...she can really stimulate others' desire to destroy.

Luo Zhen restrained the sadistic nature that was cultivated by Taoxiang's affection, and tried to talk about work first.

After eating half a bowl of curry.

Akechi Tamako licked the corner of her mouth with her pink tongue and, at Luo Zhen's request, talked about the past.

"My mother was that man's mistress. He abandoned my mother when she was pregnant, leaving her to give birth to me and raise me alone."

"When I was little, my mom never told me who my dad was. She was so busy with work, running around all day trying to support me...that she eventually broke down."

"She was admitted to a nursing home and could hardly recognize me. Her heart was locked in memories, escaping from the suffering of reality and numbing herself with beautiful memories."

......Luo Zhen listened quietly without interrupting.

He brought her his freshly squeezed soy milk at the right time to moisten her throat.

Akechi Tamako cooperated by raising her neck and swallowing a few mouthfuls with gurgling movements.

"...Then, it was from my mother's whispers that I learned the name of Shitong Zhengyi."

"It was that man who abandoned my mother and me, causing Mom to become like this. But in the world of memories, Mom seemed to be very happy with him."

"I'm very angry and sad... I want to find Shi Tong Zhengyi to settle the score and make him repay my mother's debt."

Huh...Akechi Tamako laughed at herself.

She was just a junior high school student at that time, but she wanted to seek revenge on a Tokyo councilor. She was really dreaming.

She shook her head:

"Then...it should have been when I was in my third year of junior high school. I hadn't even gone to Tokyo to look for Shido Masayoshi yet, and he unexpectedly showed up on his own."

"He somehow found the address of my mother's nursing home and came to see her... He knelt before us, confessed all his sins, and said he would definitely take responsibility for us in the future."

This should also be the effect of changing one's heart, Luo Zhenxin thought.

Shi Tong Zhengyi, whose heart was changed by himself, began to atone for the sins of those he felt guilty for due to the strong guilt in his heart.

Considering that Shitong Zhengyi is a very smart man with deep scheming, even if he wants to repent, he has arranged his repentance in an orderly manner.

If he surrendered himself to the legal authorities directly, he would definitely be imprisoned immediately and would not be able to take care of the mother and daughter.

So the first person he came to find was Akechi and her daughter who had been abandoned by him, solved their family's living problems, and accompanied Akechi Tamako's mother on her last journey.

Around the time when Tamako Akechi graduated from junior high school, her mother passed away.

At that time, Tamako Akechi's identity had not been made public, and the repentant Shido Masayoshi probably did not want his daughter to be entangled in his own scandal.

"...Then, after my mother's funeral, the man said he was going to turn himself in."

"He said he had done a lot of bad things and hurt a lot of people. He had to atone for his mistakes and [confess] his sins."

This word hurt Tamako Akechi.

She had originally hoped so, wanting to seek revenge on this man for her mother's tragedy.

But she was just a junior high school student, she had no strength and could do nothing.

Then this wild father suddenly repented and came back to fulfill his duties to the mother and daughter...

This confused her for a long time and she was unable to accept Shi Tong Zhengyi's apology frankly.

But even so...because of this.

When she heard that Shido Zhengyi was going to turn himself in, she panicked.

"That's right. After all, he's the only father you have."

Luo Zhen nodded in understanding.

My mother is no longer with us, and the grief is irreparable.

This man was responsible for my mother's tragedy...but he turned around and made amends at the last moment.

This cannot undo the mistakes he made, and his merits and demerits cannot be offset.

......But, but.

Akechi Tamako, whose hatred had not yet erupted, was eliminated by his inexplicable repentance and was also confused at the time.

At the end of Lost.

Only her desire to [not want to be alone anymore] became extremely strong.

“Then I got the key.”

Akechi Tamako sighed softly.

She knew she had nothing to hide from Luo Zhen, the "culprit" who caused her wild father to repent, so she confessed:

"I entered the Velvet Room and was chosen as a jailer. The long-nosed warden said that as long as I worked hard and arrested those criminals with serious crimes, I could exonerate the Lion Boy. So I started to capture the shadows of the hall masters and let them—"