Playing Secrets in Persona

Time came to the afternoon school dismissal time.

Amamiya Ren in the classroom was slowly packing her things, and was not in a hurry to leave the school so quickly. Instead, she watched until one-third of the students in the class had left before she left with her schoolbag.

This time, the place agreed with Fangze was not at the school gate.

After all, the school gate was too conspicuous, especially today when the rumors about Fangze had just spread in the school. If Fangze were to contact any opposite sex openly now, it would bring Fangze some unnecessary trouble.

Therefore, the meeting place this time was chosen to be at the platform of [Shikenjaya].

As Amamiya Ren got off the bus, a lively figure jumped over from the platform.

“Senior Amamiya.”

He must have taken the previous train and arrived earlier than him.

“Let’s go.”

Yu Gong Lian nodded slightly and looked around. This platform was not suitable for talking.

“”Yeah.”

Yoshizawa Sumire understood what Senior Amemiya meant and followed him.

Amemiya Ren led Yoshizawa Sumire out of the platform, crossed a small alley and entered a slightly more open small community.

Then after passing through an alley, they came to a simple two-story apartment.

An outer wall isolated the alley from the outside.

There is still some space to walk inside. I don’t know if it’s because the light on the first floor is not very good. The three rooms on the first floor are empty, as if no one has rented them.

There are also three rooms on the second floor. Amemiya Ren’s room is the one closest to the alley outside, and it is also the room with the best light.

No one has rented the middle room, but someone has rented the innermost room, who seems to be a otaku.

Amemiya Ren, who just moved in, doesn’t know the surrounding situation very well.

But he has lived quite comfortably these two days.

There is not so much noise around, the light is not bad, and there is also a balcony for washing machines and drying clothes.

Maybe the space inside is not very large, but it is more than enough for one person to live in.

“”Click!”

The door of the small apartment opened.

“Come in.”

Yu Gong Lian walked into the room first, took off her shoes, and took out another pair of spare cotton shoes she had bought from the shoe cabinet.

“Excuse me.”

Yoshizawa Sumire said, and then she walked into the room in her slippers.

This was the first time for Yoshizawa Sumire to come to a boy’s room, and she was a little curious about the layout inside. The space in the room was not very large, but it had everything it should have.

The kitchen and the living room were not directly separated, but a simple semi-connection.

However, the space between the kitchen and the living room was not very large, and there was an independent room deliberately cut out. That should be Senior Amemiya’s bedroom.

There was another door next to the kitchen, which should be the toilet and bathroom. There were not many things in the living room, a dining table, two chairs, and a TV, but there seemed to be no air conditioning outside.

“The space in the house is not very big, Fangze, please be patient”

“No way, not at all.

Although Yoshizawa Sumire admitted that the apartment was not big, it still had everything it needed. It was just right for one person, but it would be too much for two people. He put his schoolbag against the wall and sat on the only chair in the room.

Amamiya Ren didn’t have that many politeness. Even if he wanted to be polite, he would wait until he got down to business.

He sat directly on the chair opposite Yoshizawa, with his hands on the table, holding two tarot cards.

“Are you ready? Fangze.

Fangze Sumire took a deep breath and then looked at Senior Amamiya seriously.

“I am ready”

“So, let’s go”

「The Fool card emitted a real white light, and the next moment, all the sounds from the outside world disappeared.

The feeling of the inexplicable power blessing him made Amamiya Lian feel it particularly clearly. He may not have felt it before, but this time he felt it clearly.

At the same time, Amamiya Lian also summoned Yasen.

The hand controlling Yasen waved in front of Fangze, and Amamiya Lian noticed that there was no shadow in Fangze’s eyes.

「It seems that even if they enter another world, outsiders cannot see Yasen」

「What happens after awakening?”

Thinking, Amamiya Ren stretched out her index finger and tapped Fangze’s forehead.

Once again using the power of”The Fool”, a burst of blue-white flames ignited on Fangze’s face in an instant, until the blue flames turned into a white mask covering her face.

「It seems that the power of Tarot cards can influence others.」

“Senior Amamiya?”

Yoshizawa Sumire looked at Senior Amamiya in front of her in confusion.

She didn’t understand why Senior Amamiya suddenly stopped talking and suddenly tapped her forehead.

Then, she heard Senior Amamiya say:

“Fangze, we are already in another world”

“”Huh?”

Yoshizawa Sumire’s eyes widened. She had no feeling at all. How did she arrive in another world?

“Then, touch your face with your hands”

“My face?”

Yoshizawa Sumire subconsciously followed Senior Amamiya’s instructions, and then what she touched was a mask.

“”Eh? When did I put on the mask?”

She really didn’t feel how the mask got on her face.

Then Yoshizawa Sumire thought of the moment when Senior Amemiya tapped her forehead.

「Is this the way that Senior Amemiya mentioned to help me awaken my power?」

“The so-called”personality mask” is another side of oneself, not the real self, but a face that one shows to the external environment and people. Therefore, its existence is……”

“Mask.”

A glimmer of enlightenment flashed in Fangze Jin’s eyes.

“That’s right.”

Amamiya Ren was very happy that Fangze could understand his meaning.

“Then, harness the power of the”persona”, that is, tear it off your face.”

“This process will cause extraordinary pain.”

“This pain is your resistance to tearing off your own face, and that is how you gain strength. The awareness of not fearing pain and facing it bravely is your qualification to control the”personality mask”.”

“I’ll say it again. Fangze, are you ready?”

Fangze Jin was silent for a moment, then placed both hands on the edge of the mask, and the pupils of the eyes under the mask turned golden.

“I have already had the awakening!”

PS: I need data for my new book