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Chapter 816 Soul Projection

As we all know, there is a common sense for players - that is, all living beings have soul projections in the subspace. The stronger the spiritual power, the larger the projection. Demons are also attracted to the projection, and then come to find the owner of the projection, and then transform them into twisted monsters.

 But the problem is that when asked what the projection of human souls in subspace looks like... very few people can answer this question.

After all, people rarely go to subspace, and by default subspace is the territory of demons. However, in fact, players who go to subspace rarely realize which is the projection of the human soul, or what is the projection of the human soul in subspace. What does it look like.

Although soul fragments can be regarded as a kind of soul projection, they are more like echoes of the lost old world rather than life projections in the real world.

Now, Duanmu Ai said that he has found the answer to this question.

“I didn’t expect that I would actually have the opportunity to practice this.”

Looking at the soul projection of Amagi Yukiko in front of him, Duanmu Ai could not help but whisper to himself. Most people have never seen what human soul projection looks like, and now, Duanmu Ai said that if he were in the empire, he could write a paper on this topic.

  "On how the projection of the human soul is demonized in the subspace"

 That’s right, this is what Duanmu Ai is seeing right now.

The princess Xuezi is obviously the soul projection of the main body, but the main body denies this. Duanmu Ai is not sure if there is some connection. But the fact is that the soul projection that was denied by the ontology has begun to obviously mutate and is moving towards demonization.

So, is this one of the reasons why the Warp is filled with daemons?

 Also, why did it kill Yukiko Amagi?

 Is there any connection between this?

While Duanmu Ai was thinking about it, Satonaka Chie and others had already started a battle with this demonized soul projection. However, this soul projection was obviously very powerful after being transformed into a demon. Logically speaking, ordinary humans would have been affected by it long ago. Torn to pieces. But what surprised Duanmu Ai was that these teenagers actually had special powers. They could summon something like an electronic demon to fight!

Is that a substitute? !

Okay, no kidding, but in Duanmu Ai's opinion, the existences summoned by these people are indeed very similar to stand-ins. They are not electronic demons and have no self-awareness. They are more like the projection of these teenagers' own consciousness and souls. Moreover, when these beings are hurt, they, as summoners, will also be hurt.

 This is the difference from the Demon Summoner. The Demon Summoner can drive the electronic demons to fight, but the life and death of the electronic demons will not directly affect them. Take Duanmu Ai for example, if the Huanglong she summoned is destroyed, then she only needs to summon another electronic demon.

 Like "Stand back, Pikachu" and "Come out, Magikarp". During the entire process, the Demon Summoner himself will not be harmed.

On the other hand, if the beings summoned by these people die, well... Judging from the current situation, they will probably die too?

As for the situation of Amagi Yukiko, Duanmu Ai is not very clear. Judging from the information collected on the road, her future has obviously been decided. But deep down in her heart, she was unwilling to accept this future, so she resisted through soul projection.

And now, Satonaka Chie is resisting the demon's attack while trying her best to convince Amagi Yukiko - well, there is a lot of nonsense in the middle, just jump to the end. In short, in one sentence, the two of them have solved their knot, and Amagi Yukiko also I mustered up the courage to take the first step.

"No---!"

Just when Amagi Yukiko pushed open the cage that imprisoned her, the demonized soul projection suddenly screamed, and at the same time, its power also weakened a lot. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Narukami Yu and Hanamura teamed up to knock him down. Then Satonaka Chie manipulated his stand to give the opponent a fatal blow, knocking him to the ground and disappearing completely.

So that’s the case, is this why the soul projection wants to kill the master?

Looking at the demon gradually disappearing amidst the screams, Duanmu Ai silently made a note in his mind. Now it seems that the soul projection also has a certain degree of self-awareness, and the lower the subject's recognition of it, the more it will It accepts power from the surrounding subspace and twists it into a demon. But once the subject accepts its existence, it is equivalent to once again consolidating the connection between the two parties, and the soul projection has to return to the control of the subject?

Just when Duanmu Ai was thinking, he saw the princess Xuezi reappearing, but now she no longer had the arrogance and domineering liveliness before. Instead, she stood there blankly like a doll, motionless.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t acknowledge you well before.”

At this time, Amagi Yukiko also walked up to her soul projection and held her hand.

“I want to escape and want someone to save me. This is indeed my mood..."

　　　…………”

Hearing Amagi Yukiko's words, the soul projection smiled slightly, and then a gleam of light appeared on its body, and then - it turned into a substitute-like existence and appeared behind Amagi Yukiko.

 “I see, that’s how it came about.”

 Seeing this, Duanmu Ai finally understood how these electronic demon-like things appeared on the bodies of these ordinary-looking boys and girls. In this way, their complicated expressions before can be understood - well, in other words, these stand-ins are actually the crystallization of their dark history.

 This is really interesting. I didn’t expect that I could accidentally discover the existence of subspace here...

“By the way, Yukiko, how on earth did you appear here?”

 At this time, Satonaka Chie also raised her inner doubts to her friend.

"We were shocked when we saw you on TV." "Huh? Sorry, I don't know very well. I only remember that I was helping in the hotel, and then a guest seemed to come, and I went to receive it... Then I lost consciousness, and when I woke up, I was already here. Sorry, I don’t really remember what happened at that time..."

 “That’s it…”

Hearing Amagi Yukiko's answer, Satonaka Chie frowned, while Narukami Yuu looked around in confusion.

 “Why is it missing?”

 “Huh? Speaking of which…”

Hearing the words of their companions, the others raised their heads and looked around, only to see that the mysterious pink girl pig had disappeared without a trace. It seemed that just when they focused their attention on Amagi Yukiko, the other party had quietly disappeared without a trace.

"What's wrong?"

Looking at the reactions of others, Amagi Yukiko, who was confused, asked, and Satonaka Chie finally came to her senses and made a decision.

“In short, let’s leave here first. Xuezi has been missing for a while. She is very weak and needs to rest as soon as possible.”

 “That’s right, let’s go.”

Putting their inner doubts behind them, the four of them left this weird palace and returned to the street. Then they got into a TV placed in the window and disappeared from the subspace. .

It was only then that Duanmu Ai, wearing a pink girl pig puppet costume, appeared again.

“So that’s it, that’s what it’s like...well...it’s really interesting, huh? But then..."

Thinking of this, Duanmu Ai suddenly thought of something and frowned.

From the current point of view, the soul projection in the subspace will affect the person. So, will the situation be similar to those who have had their desires stolen and repented by the so-called Phantom Thieves of the Heart? Those Phantom Thieves, like these teenagers, have the ability to enter the subspace, and then they use this ability to do something to the soul projection of the subspace, so those people will change their temperament drastically and then regret it?

 Indeed, electronic demons say it is impossible, but if it is subspace and soul projection...

There is also the intelligence they heard from Hanamura and the others before. According to them, the reason why they are worried that Amagi Yukiko will be the next victim is that Amagi Yukiko is also connected to the victims of the previous two cases - before the death of Mayumi Yamano I once stayed in Amagi Yukiko's hotel for a while.

Of course, the connection between the two parties seems to end there.

But at least, this can be regarded as a clue.

So, who brought Amagi Yukiko to the subspace?

Sonaka Chie asked just now, but Amagi Yukiko didn't have an answer, while Hanamura and Narukami thought it was probably the Phantom Thieves of the Heart.

But no matter what, they are right about one thing - that is, there must be some kind of people who have special abilities and can enter subspace to be able to do this.

As for whether it’s the Phantom Thieves... Duanmu Ai doesn’t think it’s them.

　　Oh, it’s not that they don’t have the ability, it’s that they don’t have the IQ.

Especially for an idiot like Sakamoto Ryuji, it is surprising that he could not leave any evidence after completing the first murder.

It seems that the priority of investigation cases needs to be adjusted.

Thinking of this, Duanmu Ai also made a decision.

 The Phantom Thieves, because of their own rumors, will probably not take any action in the short term. It just so happens that I can devote my energy to this case. After all, the soul projection in subspace is a big topic, and Duanmu Ai also wants to see if the death of the soul projection will have some connection with himself. Anchor Yamano and Konishi Zaoji were killed before, and no useful clues were found at the scene. Does this mean that like Yukiko Amagi, they were taken to subspace and then killed by the projection of their own souls? What about?

 If this is the case, then the situation is much more complicated.

Moreover... maybe we can find that **** who has been living alone for sixty years here!

 (End of this chapter)