Changes in Fuyuki City

They encountered quite a few wandering shadows along the way, but as long as it wasn't a group of dozens of shadows attacking at once, these guys didn't pose much of a threat to the five-person team.

When they reached the save point, everyone received four or five thousand yen and a bunch of broken stones, which was quite a distance from the "small goal" that Shinomiya Kaguya had mentioned.

This is because the allure of the Ai Kisugi Persona is far too effective against these low-level shadows; if they were to do it themselves, their final income would probably be reduced by more than half.

"Looks like I'm earning my money hard here, but I think I went a little overboard," she said, sitting on a bench at the save point, her face looking slightly tired from using her skills repeatedly.

"After all, the Persona is a power of the mind. Of course, you'll feel tired if you use it too much. When I Cognitive Change about my parents yesterday, I was exhausted. I slept for more than ten hours to recover. If you really feel uncomfortable, you can use 1 Reading Points to recover your state, but there's no need to do that today, because it's about time to go back here."

"From now on, if you want to enter the Impression Space, it's best to form a team of two or more people. That way, if you encounter any unexpected situations, you can contact us via mobile phone in time."

Chizuru Ichinose found Sudo Ayami's words rather strange. "Ayashimi, don't you plan to team up with us in the future?"

"No, it's not that. I'm just reminding you. I usually come to explore the Impression Space every night if I have nothing else to do. But if you want to enter the Impression Space during the day, you don't need to call me."

Everyone in the group knows that Shinomiya Kaguya is about to transfer to Jujutsu High, where there are almost no classes and it's mostly self-study and missions. She'll definitely have a lot of time to explore the Impression Space.

Sudo Ayami said this, she reminded the girls again not to try to go deeper into the Impression Space until they were sure they were confident.

"As for Cognitive Change, it is necessary to first inform those who are to be Cognitive Change that you are going to change their inner desires. This is what is known as a notice. I think Miss Laisheng should be very familiar with this process."

Ai Kisugi nodded.

They Cat's Eye send a warning letter to their target before stealing anything.

Although she didn't know why phantom thieves like Kaitou Kid did what they did, they chose to become phantom thieves in order to investigate the reason for their father's disappearance and to retrieve the paintings that their father had lost years ago.

The purpose of using such a conspicuous method as a pre-announcement letter is to draw as many people as possible's attention to their actions. If someone realizes their purpose, they can follow the traces left behind by the other party.

Now, the fact that she needs to send out a notice before she can Cognitive Change the shadow in the Impression Space actually makes her feel at ease.

"However, I don't have anyone I need to Cognitive Change about right now. At most, I just want to find those who have collected my father's paintings and ask them if they have concealed any clues."

In the Ai Kisugi turned to look at the other girls.

Shiina Mashiro did not answer. Although she had thought about changing Shiina Mahiru's mother's mind, one reason was that she felt this matter should be decided by Shiina Mahiru, and the other was that it was not appropriate to expose the power of the Impression Space in advance.

However, the latter problem has now been solved. With the help of Miyauchi Hiyage, she successfully secured the spot and can now make this power public.

All I need to do next is find an opportunity to explain this to Shiina Mahiru, and then just wait for her decision.

Shinomiya Kaguya gently tossed her long hair. "Although the Shinomiya Family does have many business competitors, using such methods for pure business competition is too utilitarian, and it also violates the rules of the Reverse Side World. Unless the other party uses extraordinary means first, I will not use this power on ordinary people."

"We might try it on those superhumans in the future, but according to you, Sudo, the shadows of those superhumans should be deeper in the Impression Space."

To be honest, Shinomiya Kaguya could also use this power against the more ambitious branch Shinomiya Family. After all, judging from the manga that the You Know Who gave them, the Shijo family has accumulated a lot of power. They just need to wait for her father's health to deteriorate, and they will tear at the Shinomiya Family like wild beasts.

However, such a situation might have been somewhat stressful for the original Shinomiya Kaguya, but for her, who has already entered the Reverse Side World and now possesses the strength of a Level 1 Transcendent, the future focus of the Shinomiya Family is destined to shift from the Front World to the Reverse Side World.

As the confirmed head of the Rei- Shinomiya Family, all she needs to do is ensure that her brothers, who inherit the Shinomiya Conglomerate in the Front World, can live peacefully and continue the family line. The insurgents from the branch families will not affect her position in the family.

In fact, after learning about the talents of Shijo Maki and her twin brother Shijo Mikado, and considering the ongoing palace intrigue among her three older brothers, she really didn't care about having the Shijou family become her representative in the Front World.

Therefore, the power of Cognitive Change is only icing on the cake for her at present. What she values more is the ability to obtain information in the Impression Space. If she could know the secrets and weaknesses of the Sorcerers in the Jujutsu High, that would be truly like adding wings to a tiger.

"Perhaps, I can secretly investigate the shadow of Miyauchi Hiyage?" This was a secret that Shinomiya Kaguya kept to herself, though she knew that even if Miyauchi Hiyage did have a shadow, it was obviously not somewhere she could reach now.

In contrast, Chizuru Ichinose doesn't have anyone she wants to Cognitive Change about, or rather, her current thought is whether she can meet her shadow in the Impression Space.

"According to the instructions in the Diary, once you acquire the Persona, your shadow will no longer appear in the Impression Space. However, since you haven't acquired the Persona yet, your shadow should indeed exist somewhere in this space."

She took out her phone and entered Chizuru Ichinose's identity into the app.

An exploration icon appeared on the app on my phone, and then the answer was given after about ten seconds.

"As expected, your shadow exists, Chizuru Ichinose, and it's right here on this floor, though it's still quite far from where we are now, and we only have a general direction to it."

Seeing Chizuru Ichinose's somewhat tempted expression, Sudo Ayami waved her hand. "But let's talk about it next time. After all, this time we came in a bit of a rush, and now Risei's spirit is almost at its limit. Anyway, your shadow won't suddenly disappear before you awaken your Persona..."

After a pause, Sudo Ayami recalled that when the You Know Who mentioned this point, his tone was somewhat inscrutable, and he gave a vague explanation that "it is indeed possible to awaken the Persona in this way."

"However, meeting your shadow may have unknown effects on your mind. It wouldn't be surprising if your shadow went berserk. In short, before you go to see her, you'd better be mentally prepared to fight another version of yourself."

To defeat others, one needs effort and talent, but to defeat oneself, one needs a battle of wills.

Especially since the "self" in the Impression Space is an enhanced version, Sudo Ayami thought about how her parents' shadow went berserk. If it weren't for the help of the You Know Who, even if she had awakened her Persona in advance, it would probably have been difficult to deal with her, let alone an ordinary person like Chizuru Ichinose who hadn't awakened her Persona yet.

After reminding them, Sudo Ayami glanced at the time and said, "It's almost eleven o'clock. I should go back and rest. You guys should go back and rest early too."

She waved goodbye to the girls, then clicked the logout option on the app and left Impression Space.

She knew that these girls would probably chat about her for a while longer after she left.

But it doesn't matter. As long as the You Know Who doesn't expose herself, who would have thought that her reward came from the You Know Who?

Moreover, she also needs to sort out what she has gained tonight.

"So, is that Shinomiya Kaguya another representative of the You Know Who?" Lying on her bed, Sudo Ayami picked up the glove that the You Know Who had given her, which she had placed on her desk.

After obtaining the Persona, the glove became less useful to her. Considering that it was a consumable item, she did not wear the glove into the Impression Space tonight.

If she remembered correctly, Shinomiya Kaguya seemed to be wearing a black bracelet on her wrist.

The design is very simple; it doesn't look like the kind of decoration that someone from a wealthy family like Shinomiya Kaguya would choose.

However, if it was a talisman given to Shinomiya Kaguya by You Know Who, then it would be easier to understand.

"But that might be a supernatural item that Shinomiya Kaguya obtained by relying on the wealth of the Shinomiya Family. After all, she only has a bracelet, while I have a glove here," Sudo Ayami gently stroked the unremarkable glove with her hand.

Compared to this, Sudo Ayami felt that regardless of whether the bracelet on Shinomiya Kaguya's hand was a gift from the You Know Who, she seemed to have the upper hand.

Chapter 293: Changes in Fuyuki City

"I have a feeling that woman is hiding some kind of secret." Watching Sudo Ayami and Ai Kisugi agree on their "online time" for tomorrow and then say goodbye and leave, Shinomiya Kaguya couldn't help but rest her chin on her hand and start to think.

At first glance, the other party's statement seems to make no problem.

I received a reward, entered the Impression Space to awaken my Persona, spent one night changing my parents' hearts, and after discovering that the app could be spread, I uploaded it to the group and told them how to awaken and use the Persona.

But now that I think about it carefully, something does seem a bit off.

The other side's efficiency seems a bit too high.

After all, according to the other party, the Impression Space alone is several tens of square kilometers in size on the first floor, which is considered to be of medium to large size in the 23 wards of Tokyo.

More importantly, this space is not an open space, but a railway network composed of countless railway tracks, making the environment of Impression Space more complex.

They spent nearly two hours in the Impression Space that night. Although they spent more than half of that time testing their abilities, they also walked around in the Impression Space for almost an hour, taking the wrong turn several times before finally reaching the first station, the so-called save point.

Under such circumstances, how did the other party manage to find the shadow of their parents in such an environment last night and successfully send a pre-announcement letter to Cognitive Change?

Even though the other party said that she had consumed a lot of precious Reading Points in the process, Shinomiya Kaguya still felt that there was something inexplicably off about it.

However, she hadn't quite grasped the connection between her thoughts and the You Know Who yet.

After Sudo Ayami revealed in the group chat and quickly uploaded four download slots, everything happened so suddenly that her first thought was how to reasonably get the other girls who had obtained slots to transfer them to her, so as to gain more influence in the group.

So much so that she didn't realize why the You Know Who had casually mentioned Persona while explaining the Stand that night.

They were completely unaware that while everyone in the group was still discussing how to name their Stands, it was Shiina Mashiro who steered the conversation toward the Persona.

Therefore, all Shinomiya Kaguya can think of right now is that the other party might be hiding something in this app and Persona, and she decides that she should hurry up and collect Sudo Ayami's information after she gets back.

"Chizuru and Mashiro, what are your thoughts?" she asked the two girls who hadn't left yet.

Chizuru Ichinose quickly waved her hand.

Although she was the only college student in the group, she knew her own level. All night, she had been thinking about her shadow and how to awaken her Persona. If Shinomiya Kaguya hadn't brought it up, she wouldn't have thought about these things at all.

"I think Ayashimi is just a mature person. She's the kind of person who does everything quietly behind the scenes without ever asking for help," Chizuru Ichinose guessed, thinking about Sudo Ayami's family situation.

Shinomiya Kaguya nodded slightly, then turned to look at Shiina Mashiro.

Shiina Mashiro then tugged at her collar, inadvertently revealing the Black Rope lining she wore under the Rune Spiritist Robe.

"I'm a bit tired, and it's so stuffy here... I'll let Hikage come in next time."

Although she knew that Shiina Mashiro spent all her time with Miyauchi Hiyage, the fact that she received a bracelet while Shiina Mashiro was given a complete outfit made Shinomiya Kaguya feel a bit suffocated by the difference in treatment.

Although, she doesn't have any breasts.

When Shiina Mashiro heard that she found the Impression Space uninteresting and wanted to give the spot to Miyauchi Hiyage, Chizuru Ichinose was standing next to her, couldn't help but gasp, wondering if this was a bit inappropriate.

Of course she knew Miyauchi Hiyage. After all, the first batch of Diary holders had witnessed Miyauchi Hiyage grow from an ordinary person to where she was now, and she also knew that Shiina Mashiro and Miyauchi Hiyage were practically inseparable.

It can be said that, apart from the Diary being blocked, Miyauchi Hiyage already knew everything about them from Shiina Mashiro.

Would it make both sides feel uncomfortable to have a boy join their team?

Shinomiya Kaguya, however, didn't seem to care much about it.

Having gained telekinesis, she is now much more confident than before, and she just wants to have a full-fledged battle with Miyauchi Hiyage Himekage in the Impression Space to test the difference in their strength.

Furthermore, if Miyauchi Hiyage is indeed You Know Who, there will always be times when his identity is revealed during the exploration of the Impression Space.

She might be able to use that to get more good things from the other party.

After chatting for a while, Shinomiya Kaguya patted her chest and said that if Shiina Mashiro didn't like the Impression Space, but Miyauchi Hiyage had ideas about it, she would help persuade the other two members.

After Shiina Mashiro and the others left the Impression Space, the first thing they encountered was Miyauchi Hiyage's unreasonable head pat.

"Why did you have to drag me into this? If you don't like going to Impression Space with them, you can give up your spot."

In response, Shiina Mashiro reached out and grabbed Miyauchi Hiyage's hand, preventing him from leaving her head.

Then she slightly raised her head and asked Miyauchi Hiyage with a curious look.

"Doesn't the Japanese Shadow want to team up with them? Isn't it you who wants them to get stronger faster?"

"Wanting them to become stronger doesn't mean I have to be their babysitter," Miyauchi Hiyage sighed helplessly. "Do you really want to push me out there?"

Shiina Mashiro then obediently rubbed against Miyauchi Hiyage's palm.

"Because the Kage is very skilled, there won't be any problem."

Miyauchi Hiyage gently tapped the other person on the head, and then listened carefully to Shiina Mashiro's account of their exploration of the Impression Space that evening.

"Taking the initiative to meet her own shadow, it seems that Chizuru Ichinose of this world is braver than I thought," Miyauchi Hiyage remarked.

Although he had only played Persona 5r before his transmigration, he had a basic understanding of the settings and anime of the first two games and knew that the way to awaken Persona was different in each game.

P3 is someone qualified to enter the Shadow Time. He uses a pistol-shaped summoner to shoot himself to summon his Persona. It seems that the summoner contains some special material that makes people truly feel the threat of death when the gun is pointed at them. Only by overcoming this fear can one summon his Persona.

P4 enters the television space and battles his own shadow. Only those who acknowledge their inner desires can awaken their Persona; otherwise, they will be killed by their own shadow.

Theoretically, the awakening method of P4 should also be achievable in the Impression Space of P5. However, ordinary people are of course no match for their own shadows. In the original work, apart from the protagonists who were granted power, the awakening of the main characters involved risking danger to defeat their shadows before reconciling with their desires.

Since Chizuru Ichinose has this idea, it's certainly worth letting her give it a try. With the power of two Persona, plus Shinomiya Kaguya's telekinesis, it wouldn't be bad as a beginner's challenge for them.

Miyauchi Hiyage shrugged at Shiina Mashiro: "But I'll pass on the idea of teaming up with them. At most, I'll give them some life-saving buffs from behind, but I can't do it myself."

"Moreover, after the midterm exams and the second designated lottery draw, my real body will also have to go out, so I won't have time to play house with them in the lower-level Impression Space."

The Otherworld Navigator App was given to Miyauchi Hiyage Ayami by Sudo Ayami. In the future, when these girls refresh and complete the requests related to the Impression Space, they will increase his progress bar to some extent. It is precisely for this reason that Miyauchi Hiyage has no idea of going to the Impression Space to work as a babysitter.

The progress bar is almost full now.

For the second designated lottery, Miyauchi Hiyage currently has two ideas.

One is the previous "transformation" ability, but upon closer inspection, the upper and lower limits of this thing are a bit too big.

The tall ones look like Super Saiyan and Ultraman transformation devices; getting them is practically a sure thing.

If you get a team or Kamen Rider transformation, that's acceptable, but even the lower-tier ones have a bunch of mediocre transformation abilities just to make up the numbers.

Transformation techniques from Hokage, mass-produced Kamen Riders, Transformers, a bunch of useless Zoan Devil Fruits from One Piece, and a bunch of magical girl transformation devices that he would never consider...

After careful consideration, Miyauchi Hiyage decided to play it safe.

He previously extracted domain-related capabilities in order to obtain mechanisms for dealing with domains.

The purpose of extracting transformation abilities is to increase strength after transformation, thereby further enhancing one's stats.

Let's change our approach and directly address the key factors currently hindering his numerical improvement.

So what's limiting him the most right now?

It is the upper limit of extraordinary energy, or rather, the endurance of energy.

Just like the spirit affinity that Hoshino Ai gained, it provided Hoshino Ai with a considerable amount of Mana.

In terms of Mana alone, Hoshino Ai could be considered a Special Grade, and even within the Special Grade, she would be considered exceptionally powerful.

In the Hokage, it could be considered a Tailed Beast to some extent.

Miyauchi Hiyage observed that the extraordinary power within him was still derived from the life force of his Pure Yang Body.