Tokyo Psychic

The Phantom Thief of the Mind in Tokyo Author: Dongnanxi Wangyue

Introduction

[When night falls, mysterious warning letters unfold among the tall buildings. ]

[The Heart Thief will steal the evil hidden deep in people's hearts. 】

If one day, you suddenly awaken the superpower that can steal the sins in other people's hearts, so that they can wake up and sincerely atone for their sins.

Will you choose to degenerate into an ordinary and narrow life? Or will you choose to use this power to punish the whole world?

PS:

(Fan fiction of the Persona series, stitching together elements of the anime. Contains Gbc, MYGO, Lonely Rock, a small amount of Yuzu Club, a small amount of the Monogatari series, a small amount of Haruhi Suzumiya...)

(If you haven’t read the above, you can try watching the anime Tokyo Seishun Nichijou as the original background.)

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Reading instructions

This book contains: Tokyo daily life, P5 elements, anime elements, band elements, magical girl elements, various youth campus anime elements...

If you have any questions about the above elements, you can just treat it as a Tokyo youth daily life novel with an original background in the style of comprehensive anime.

Not knowing Persona 5 will not affect your reading at all.

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[Special emphasis] The contents of this book are entirely fictional and fabricated. Please do not make any accusations or similarities. If you find any malicious arguments or discussions that allude to real life, they will be deleted and banned immediately.

Also, as a new author, I need encouragement, so I'd like to thank all my readers for their support. I wish you all good health, a lucky lottery win, that the stray cat I rescued on the street becomes a catgirl and repays my gratitude, and that the wish I made to the river god in my past life be fulfilled in this lifetime.

The update time period of this book is: 19:00-23:00.

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The new author "Dongnanxi Wangyue (Bei Wangyue Unit 2)" reports to you.

That’s all.

Extra: Past Events at Moonlight Pavilion (Updated as needed)

Extra ①: Christmas Eve at Moonlight Pavilion (If it says "wasted", please refresh this chapter)

Also known as: Ham's Copper Smelting Diary, In Memory of "Shiomi Kotone" - The White Moonlight That Illuminated Kurusu Akatsuki for Thirteen Years

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【August 2009, 12. 】

【Christmas Eve.】

The cafeteria of the elementary department of the private Gekkoukan Academy was hung with light strips. A Christmas tree stood in the open space in the center, and light strips gathered from the surroundings and hung on the branches.

It was already very late and there were no students in the cafeteria. Only two windows had lights on, and it was quiet and empty.

Twelve-year-old Kurusu Akatsuki sat alone in the corner of the cafeteria, holding a tray of food, fiddling with the egg tarts on the plate with chopsticks out of boredom.

Although it is a bit embarrassing to say it, Kurusu Akatsuki, who is in the sixth grade of elementary school, does not join any clubs or extracurricular studies, and often skips school because of staying out all night or without reason, is indeed a rare problem child in the class who "has no friends" and is "unpopular".

Perhaps it was because he had mastered the Persona, or perhaps it was because he had been exposed to too many extraordinary cognitions far beyond his age, but he gradually began to dislike socializing with his peers...

After finishing today's training at the "Special Extracurricular Practice Club", it was almost ten o'clock in the evening, and Kurusu Akatsuki had to spend Christmas Eve alone.

Thanks to the wealth of the private Gekkoukan Academy, almost all of the school's public facilities operate until late at night during holidays.

It seems I don’t need to go to Tartarus today… My seniors all told me to have a good rest.

He looked up at the empty space, and immediately, countless strands of colorful light rushed in from the lonely space like a waterfall, washing over his whole body. It was obviously a very lively and festive feeling, but there was a bone-chilling coldness, like an avalanche. He was pushed backwards by this invisible and huge loneliness until he fell off an invisible cliff.

The bamboo chopsticks poked into the crispy dough, accompanied by a slight crunching sound.

Kurusu Akatsuki looked at the grape tart on the plate that was torn apart by the bamboo chopsticks, tore the ketchup and squeezed it on. The bright red liquid scattered the light, just like the eyes of the reliable and beautiful girl holding the naginata.

As he was imagining this, the colors of the light reflected on the plate mixed together, making it look messy and a little disgusting.

Suddenly, a large black shadow fell, blocking Kurusu Akatsuki's vision.

The girl in the high school uniform rested her hands on the table and looked down at him. "Why are you here alone?"

Kurusu Akatsuki subconsciously shrank back, holding the plate. "Shiomi-senpai, this is my dinner."

The girl in front of him was named "Shiomi Kotone", a member of the "Special Extracurricular Practice Club" of the senior department. She was a personality mask user with great talent and strong combat ability. She once saved Kurusu Akatsuki from a shadow disaster and taught him the technique to liberate and operate the personality mask.

Shiomi Kotone leaned forward, moving even closer, and stared into Kurusu Akatsuki's eyes with an almost invasive gaze, repeating her previous question, "Alone?"

"......one person."

Xijian Qinyin suddenly smiled, as cunning as a devil, but she was really beautiful, and even though her smile was a little sinister, it was still cute. "Do you want to go to your sister's house on Christmas Eve to celebrate with us?"

Twelve-year-old Kurusu Akatsuki looked at the senior whom he trusted and respected the most, and vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say no.

He just stood up confusedly, watched Xijian Qinyin pick up the plate, and then took his hand and walked out of the cafeteria.

"Senior, where are we going?"

"Of course it's my dormitory~"

"Spending Christmas Eve in the dormitory..."

Every time elementary school students stay out all night, they feel ashamed and uneasy as if they have done something bad.

Xi Jianqinyin coaxed, "Isn't it nice to play games with your sister?"

She looked at Kurusu Akatsuki's delicate face, which made her heart itch. "I just bought a cartridge for Modern Warfare 2. It just so happens that there's a new machine in the room. We can play it together."

In the cold winter in Tokyo, Kurusu Akatsuki felt the warmth from Shiomi Kotone's hands, and suddenly felt that having no friends was not such a difficult thing to accept.

Loneliness is a very strange feeling. When you can't hear a sound around you, you feel lonely. When there is constant noise around you, but it has nothing to do with you, you feel lonely too.

But Kurusu Akatsuki is not afraid of loneliness.

After all, Senior Shiomi always appears when he happens to need company.

It's like telepathy.

No matter where Kurusu Akatsuki is, as long as he feels lonely, this girl who is always full of energy and enthusiasm will quietly approach and gently pat his shoulder.

Then she said in a playful tone, "Do you want to come to my dorm to play games with me?"

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Kurusu Akatsuki was listening to music on the balcony of her single dormitory when she suddenly felt someone pat her shoulder.

He turned around and saw only the dark night scene. The bright white moon generously shone all its gentle light on him.

The date displayed on the phone screen:

【August 2014, 12. 】

It's Christmas Eve again this year.

He reached out and touched his shoulder. Although there was nothing there, he could clearly feel a certain warmth.

When Tokyo is at its coldest, this feeling of warmth becomes even more apparent.

Kurusu Akatsuki was stunned for a long time, unable to figure out what expression he should make. Even when he talked to himself, he seemed aimless and confused.

Even though he knew that no matter how many times he looked back, no matter if she was laughing, angry or disgusted, the girl who would always come close to him and nag him when he felt lonely would never come back.

Her voice and appearance almost only remain in the corner of memory.

Occasionally, when I stand in a huge crowd, I will feel that there are one or two shadows that look extremely familiar, but I will desperately push through the crowd to catch up with them, and call them from behind, but when that person turns around, it is a strange face. At this time, I will feel a huge and suffocating sense of loss.

Kurusu Akatsuki took off his headphones and turned off the music app.

Christmas carols were playing in the student square outside.

Thinking about it carefully, it was the first and last Christmas Eve she spent with Kotone Shiomi many years ago. In the deep of the night, she held Akatsuki Kurusu in her arms and sang a Christmas song that belonged only to him by the bed.

Then, as if sensing something, Shiomi Kotone asked Kurusu Akatsuki, "Do you want to record this song?"

"What a hassle." As expected, the boy refused and pushed her arm with some disgust, "Don't hug me, it's a bit uncomfortable..."

If it were in the past, Shiomi Kotone would have been very angry and scolded him, yelling things like "You can't say such rude things to girls!", "Nonsense, I'm obviously big!", "Little brat, do you even know what a 'perfect' body is!"... But that time, she just hugged Kurusu Akatsuki tightly with a firm tenderness that was irresistible and unresistable.

"Then remember this moment, Xiao." The girl's eyes flickered with the faint moonlight in the darkness, a bit like ketchup, and you could feel a wonderful sweet and sour taste just by looking at it.

Tomorrow is Christmas, the day when the "Messiah" is born, which makes Shiomi Kotone have many expectations.

It was as if the pointer of fate had reached the last square on the dial.

Every minute and every second has become more precious and valuable than ever before.

She hugged Kurusu Xiao reluctantly, imagining that this boy would grow up many years later and become a person who would make her feel comforted and happy from the bottom of her heart, and even admire him enough to praise him as "amazing".

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At that time, Kurusu Akatsuki didn't know that just three months later, this girl who had been with him for only a year but would influence his entire life would bid farewell to the world completely.

Wait until the moment of true separation.

He said goodbye to his predecessors from "SEES" in a daze, and ordered a dessert in the student cafeteria as usual. He used chopsticks to break open the egg tart and squeezed ketchup on it.

It's obviously a very ordinary taste, but it's so sour that it makes my heart feel bitter, and so sweet that it makes me cry.

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It would have been nice if I could have recorded Shiomi-senpai’s voice on Christmas Eve.

I regret it so much.

But compared to this incident, Kurusu Akatsuki regretted more - he didn't say thank you to her before leaving.

He hung the very old headphones in his hand around his neck, pushed open the glass door covered with a layer of white mist, and walked into the dormitory.

The dormitory was very spacious, and many necessary clothes and electronic items were carefully packed into the suitcases.

As the second semester of his first year of high school was coming to an end, Kurusu Akatsuki, who was preparing to transfer to a university in the city center to study hard and prepare for the college entrance examination, looked around the dormitory where he had lived for almost five years.

I have packed up all my things, but I still feel like I can't take anything with me.

The hands of the wall clock turned little by little, just like the wheel of fortune.

As he grew older, Kurusu Akatsuki could already understand what kind of "taboo" emotion Shiomi Kotone had towards her younger self at that time.

It turns out that the girl who saved the whole world also has some little dirty things in her heart that make people angry and funny.

No one is born to be the Messiah.

But when disaster strikes, in order to protect the people and things she cherishes and loves, she must stand up and become the "Messiah" of destiny.

Kurusu Akatsuki lay on the bed, closed her eyes and began to recall everything that had happened in the past year from the time she met Kotone Shiomi to the time they parted.

It's a very wonderful feeling.

Even though five years have passed, I still remember every moment of it.

Without the photo, the girl's smiling face gradually becomes blurred in his memory, but he can never forget her warmth. It is like a flame that burns from the empty field of his heart when he feels lonely. It is a hot and scorching pain.

Loneliness is not scary. What is scary is that when you face it after experiencing liveliness and warmth, the loneliness will be magnified twice.

Kurusu Akatsuki does not resist the feeling of being wrapped in loneliness, nor does she care about other people's pity or worry.

He always fell into a special calm when he was alone, and then he could feel the warmth of Shiomi Kotone's hands on his shoulders, pushing him forward with every step...

Kurusu Akatsuki must firmly believe that when he is most lonely, he will be strong enough to be omnipotent and invincible.

Because the moon is always staring at his back.

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When I left the private Gekkoukan Academy, standing at the school gate was the former student union president who had graduated many years ago.

"Are you leaving?"

"Yes." Kurusu Akatsuki, who was dragging a suitcase, stopped.

Mitsuru Kirijo made a request to the boy whom she had watched grow up since he was a child for the first time.

"Go find some like-minded companions. A lone hero is most likely to perish young."

"I don't need a 'partner'. I'm enough on my own."