Chapter 4 The Velvet Bar is open for business
The attic of Polo Cafe is still in better condition than Lou Brown's.
Tangze, who packed his things, was very happy.
The area is not large and there are no windows, but it does have a decent bed and a separate bathroom. These two points alone satisfy him.
Trivia: The bed the protagonist of P5 sleeps on is made up of several plastic baskets for drinks and a wooden board.
The original belongings were packed into three cartons and sent to the cafe first. In addition to the replacement Didan High School uniforms, there were also three or four sets of clothes for each season, including shoes, home clothes, some stationery, and then nothing else.
…It’s so weird. Is he originally a vacuum person without any personal hobbies or private possessions? Don’t have any personal belongings that reflect your past life?
Think again about his brand new mobile phone.
Don’t think that all the original things were confiscated?
Not to mention, there is a high possibility that Bourbon is here, and all of Tang Zezhao's electronic equipment, books and papers may have been taken away.
Thinking of this, Tangze opened his commuting bag and took out the ledger inside.
As expected, a blank new book.
Tangze sighed and threw it back into the bag. It was very good, perfect. No matter who did it, his professional ability was outstanding and he swept it clean.
Forget it, his long year of life is about to begin, and he is not in a hurry.
So hungry, he didn’t even eat lunch or dinner. There is a kitchen downstairs, but you can’t just use ingredients from the cafe. You have to at least say hello first, right?
He doesn’t have it either...
Oh no, he does have it!
When Tang Ze thought of this, he sat up straight. Yes, do you want to try your own fourth-dimensional pocket?
To prevent Bourbon from being overly cautious and installing surveillance equipment in the attic, Karasawa pretended to reach into the bag and fumble around.
Then he flipped through the long list of props and chose the cheapest rice ball.
The next second, his right hand held the cold plastic packaging.
…It’s really good, there’s something about it.
Tangze raised the cold rice ball to his eyes and pinched it. It was pliable and elastic, and it was indeed a porcelain rice ball.
But is this kind of food with no shelf life really edible? To be honest, he also had Lu Blanco's super spicy curry that had been stored for two years according to the plot of the game. He made it in a week. Let alone eating it in real life, he ate it hesitantly in the game.
After touching his throbbing stomach, Tangze opened the package, closed his eyes, and bit down.
There is no strange taste. The rice grains taste sweet and full, which is quite delicious.
Tangze quickly showed off one. He looked down at the size of the commuter bag and felt that it would be reasonable to hide another rice ball, so he showed off another one.
It's very powerful. Go back and try again to see if you can stuff something into it. If you can go in and out freely, then he is already half invincible. There is nothing to be afraid of!
Fourth dimensional pocket, yyds.
As soon as his nerves relaxed, fatigue overwhelmed him. The mental pressure caused by the explosion of information in a day was really hard to describe.
Taking out his home clothes, Tang Ze slowly moved towards the bathroom.
He was very tired and it was time to sleep.
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Blue, endless blue is spread out in front of you.
The crisp sound of the wind chime hitting and the sound of the door opening and closing came one after another. As soon as Tang Ze opened his eyes, he found himself standing in front of the dimly lit bar.
The dark blue checkerboard floor tiles, the wall paved with a blue diamond pattern, and the bar covered with Klein blue tablecloth reflected by several spotlights all represent the same thing...
"Welcome to the Velvet Room, this guest." The bartender standing behind the bar turned around, took a goblet from the cup holder, and made an invitation gesture to Karasawa.
"Bar, ha..." Tangze raised his eyebrows with a strange expression, but he still picked a high chair and sat down, "Is my velvet room actually a bar? I haven't done that for a long time. Drunk."
"Excellent irony, right?" The blond and golden-eyed bartender raised his arms and leaned casually on the bar.
Tangze looked at the other party, glancing from the blue jazz hat to the blue bow tie and vest.
He was quite handsome, with blond hair combed back into a neat back. Although he had a completely soft Asian face, his thin facial features were highlighted. This makes him look more mature. If you were to guess his age, most people would say he is in his late twenties or late twenties. His temperament matches the retro bar background.
But...
"No matter what, it is not appropriate to let minors into the bar." Tangze looked at the other party with his particularly tender face.
"It doesn't matter what I said, guest. The velvet room is a reflection of the guest's heart. Ordinary minors will not be reflected in the bar." The bartender laughed. He held up the brim of his hat and looked at him formally. Tang Ze leaned slightly and said, "My name is Leon, and I am your assistant."
Here it is, it's time to go through the process of installing it.
Tang Ze blinked quickly: "So, do you want to read those lines?"
"What lines, 'This is the gap between dreams and reality, spirit and matter' or something like that? You all know it." There's no need to waste time." Instead of satisfying Tangze's desire for the script, Leon shook his head slightly and pushed the goblet in front of him.
"Ah, so you do know everything, including 'comics', 'games', 'time travel' and so on." Tangze knocked on the empty wine glass, his tone not too surprised. It can be seen from Leon's answer just now that he understood Tang Ze's voice-over, which also means that he knows Tang Ze's true life experience.
Leon nodded and admitted simply: "That's right. Whatever you can know, I will know."
Tangze breathed a sigh of relief and easily accepted this setting, and even felt lucky.
You must know that the basic setting of the Persona series of games is partly derived from Jungian psychology, and has a strong mystical cult color. Most of the characters who know the truth about the world are in the style of Keepers, which highlights One does not speak human words.
He chose a more relaxed position, rested his head on the palm of his hand and exhaled a long breath: "Huh - that's good. It's too torture to listen to the Riddler tell riddles while dreaming. . Since you understand completely, let’s be honest. Is there no Igor here? Is it because the world is so weird?”
Igor appears in the Velvet Room in several games. The master is an old man with white hair and a long nose. From a setting perspective, he is a puppet created by the incarnation of the rational side of human beings. He plays the role of a "sage who guides the protagonist" and tells riddles between scenes.
In P5, his image also has certain plot key factors. Without this role, it can be concluded that the world Karaze lives in now is completely different from the plot of P5.
Leon spread his hands and made an innocent expression: "I'm not sure, maybe this is the reason? But it doesn't matter, anyway, we are all destined to be 'non-staff' now."
"Non-staff" As soon as these four words came out, Tang Ze's face suddenly darkened.
“There’s no need to mock me like this.”
“Sorry, it’s not intentional.” There was no hint of “unintentional” in Leon’s smile. He just shrugged again, With a nonchalant look, he said, "Don't worry, it all happened in the 'last life'."
"Don't make it sound like I've been wearing it for a long time. Yesterday I was doing Happy Death at home. Okay, just close your eyes. As soon as I opened it, it was like a 'last life'." Speaking of this, Tangze thought of the games he had not finished and the comic novels he had not finished. He couldn't help but cover his chest and felt sad, "I haven't played Seda 2 yet. Arrived! ”
He originally had no worries about food and clothing, and could live a life of salted fish until retirement, but he could fast forward to graduation overnight. Who would have thought?
"But you are actually quite happy, aren't you?" Instead of cooperating with Karasawa's pretentious wailing, Leon chose to expose his true thoughts directly.
Tang Ze's face froze, he coughed twice in embarrassment, put down his hands and resumed his lazy sitting posture: "...Can you actually know so thoroughly?"
Indeed. A sudden time travel is a natural disaster for many people who live a stable life and don't want excitement, but for Tangze...
In an unchanging pool of stagnant water, one can see the future of the tomb at a glance. His letting nature take its course is just acceptance of fate, not that he likes to be ordinary.
While thinking this, Tang Ze subconsciously stroked his knees, which were now intact and had smooth curves.
"I am your assistant, your mirror, and your companion and accomplice." Leon raised his hat to greet him, and then gestured to the empty glass in front of Tangze, "Now is the bar It’s business hours. Do you want a drink?”
“So, I said I won’t drink anymore...”
“I understand, so do you want it?”
“Ahem, yes.”
Unsurprisingly due to Karasawa's fragrant behavior, Leon took out a bottle of wine.
The reddish amber liquid was poured into Karasawa's wine glass. He leaned closer to smell the wine that exuded the mellow grain aroma, and raised his eyebrows again: "Is this bourbon? Are you hinting at something?"
"It's not a hint." Leon turned sideways and gave up the wine cabinet on the back wall of the bar. It was now very empty, except for the first row of several different brands of bourbon, high and low." This is all we have now."
"Because I met 'Bourbon'? Such a simple and crude reason?" Tang Ze was speechless, but he still picked up the glass and took a sip.
The sweet smell of lubrication and the long-lost alcohol made him narrow the corners of his eyes and couldn't control the raised corners of his mouth.
"It's too bad. It's not easy to quit drinking. Now if I'm addicted to alcohol, I can't even buy beer. I'm still underage." Tangze took another sip with joy and grumbled at the same time.囔.
"Don't worry, it won't affect the real state. Just treat it as a reward Easter egg, right?"
"Reward? Encourage me to contact people from the black organization in order to drink More wine?" Tang Ze clicked his tongue in disapproval, "Are you looking down on people?"
"It's just an easter egg, just a collection of achievements." Leon naturally knew how to give it to Tang Zeshun. Damn it, just one word calmed him down.
Tangze, a platinum player with all trophies and achievements, immediately felt respected, and no longer cared about this weird room function, and began to ask the core question: "Okay, so what is my mission? Also Want to fight in the cognitive world and prevent the integration of the cognitive world and the material world? ”
P5 Tangze understands, Conan Tangze also understands that if one piece of sewing is done, he won't be able to fix it.
P5's worldview is supernatural. Although it is supernatural at the psychological level, it is equivalent to embodying human cognition into the other world. People who have the ability to influence the cognitive world can naturally influence reality in turn. The world has strong symbolic meaning, but it is also supernatural.
The logic of the main plot of P5 at the level of world view is actually to explore the relationship between cognition and reality, and then make a choice at the end, and save the world by facing the truth fearlessly.
As for Conan, although Newton's coffin board is completely lifted here, kicking satellites, and punching Superman, the comic will still stubbornly pretend to be materialistic, and will not be weird and forceful. It is a true style. Mystery comics.
The main plot is a spy war drama and a police drama. The main scenes are the battle of wits between red and black. I predict, I predict your prediction, etc., plus the winery decryption three Choose a contest and push the protagonist step by step to understand the Black Organization and defeat it.
What will come out of the combination of the two?
It’s very strange.
Leon shook his head to deny Tangze's idea, and gave the first answer that shocked him tonight.
"That's not necessary. In this world, they have long been integrated together."
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