Vill-V, you bastard... So you were plotting against me from the very beginning!!
In the dark and silent prison of the deepest depths, Mobius glared at Vill-V, who was standing before her with an innocent expression, her teeth gnashing.
Using the Will Seed of Gluttony as a pretext to force me to sign a contract with Ren Amamiya and become his Persona was one thing...
But after Vill-V returned to her workshop in the deepest depths and took out a small, green-haired girl doll, Mobius deeply realized just how long this magician had been plotting.
Even the ELF for her consciousness to inhabit was already prepared. How could this not be a deliberate scheme?!!
"How can you call this a scheme? It's just a little bit of foresight—See, doesn't this doll have a role to play now?"
Vill-V shrugged nonchalantly and then handed the small, green-haired ELF, which was a perfect replica of Mobius, to Mobius herself.
"...Vill-V, you remember this. I won't just swallow this insult!"
Mobius took the ELF from Vill-V with a resentful and unwilling expression. After a final, tough-sounding threat to Vill-V, her slender and light figure slowly disappeared. She had completely transferred her consciousness into the ELF, which had a real, physical body and could move in the real world.
"So this is how Mobius can move in the real world? It's really convenient."
Ren reached out and caught the green-haired ELF that had fallen from the air after Mobius's body disappeared. He held the Mobius doll in his arms and carefully observed every detail of it.
"Could it be the kind of setting where, after living in the real world for a long time in a doll's skin, a human-like body will naturally grow from within?"
Ren pinched the Mobius doll's small hand. As if playing with a figure, he gently moved the soft, gradually warming hand a few times, feeling the doll's human-like touch. He couldn't help but marvel at Vill-V's technical skills.
By putting on a doll costume and pretending to be a doll, one could move normally in the real world. This method of Vill-V's undoubtedly reminded Ren of Teddie from P4.
Considering that Morgana was a shadow created by Igor, who had drawn inspiration from Teddie, it was only reasonable that Vill-V, as a fellow resident of the Velvet Room, could also do something like this.
"Growing a human body from within a doll... Whether she can do it or not, it all depends on Mobius's own abilities."
Vill-V nodded noncommittally. She reached out to Ren, and on her dark brown industrial glove lay two emerald green Ouroboros crystals. It was the Will Seed of Gluttony that Vill-V had extracted while Mobius was transferring her consciousness into the ELF.
With Mobius's talent that transcended her era, even if she didn't choose to take over someone else's existing body, it was not entirely impossible for her to find a way to move in the real world with a physical body.
"In that case, all three pieces of the Will Seed of Gluttony have been collected... The Will Seeds symbolizing the seven different deadly sins have also been collected at this moment."
Ren took out the previously obtained Will Seed of Gluttony. The three emerald green Ouroboros crystals were spontaneously drawn together and re-formed into a larger, golden Ouroboros crystal.
Ren did not put away the newly acquired Will Seed of Gluttony crystal, but instead pushed it to Vill-V, intending to entrust her with crafting it into an equipment accessory as well.
The Will Seed of Wrath from Yae Sakura's Palace, the Will Seed of Sloth from Raiden Mei's Palace, the Will Seed of Envy from Seele's Palace, the Will Seed of Melancholy from the Herrscher of the Void's Palace, the Will Seed of Pride from his own Palace, and the Will Seed of Greed from Wendy's Palace.
And now, the Will Seed of Gluttony from Mobius's distorted heart in the Elysian Realm Palace.
At this moment, Ren had finally collected seven different Will Seeds of Sin, fulfilling the basic conditions for learning the Sinful Shell.
"Don't look at me with such an eager and expectant expression. Although I, Vill-V, am an all-around genius, I'm not so all-around that I can solve a problem I just came up with in two hours... At least, you'll have to wait until your next visit to the Velvet Room."
Noticing Ren's expectant gaze, Vill-V spread her hands and shook her head helplessly.
She had only been separated from Ren for a little over two hours, and this time had been used for high-intensity monitoring of his actions in the Elysian Realm Palace and appeasing Elysia, Aponia, and the other Flame-Chasers. Where would she have had the free time to research the Sinful Shell problem that Ren had proposed?
"There's one more thing. Although I can complete the Sinful Shell problem by referring to the real-time data changes of those Will Seed equipment, the research period will undoubtedly be much longer. If you're willing to temporarily store those Will Seed equipment in the Velvet Room, my research speed should be greatly increased."
Vill-V raised a finger and gave Ren a choice.
"Store all the Will Seed equipment in the Velvet Room..."
To gather the power of the seven deadly sins, it was a very reasonable request to store the Will Seed weapons, which contained the power of the seven original sins, in the Velvet Room for Vill-V to study.
"I understand. Then please, Vill-V, speed up your research as much as possible."
After a moment of hesitation, Ren finally nodded and chose to entrust all the Will Seed weapons he was carrying to Vill-V.
The Jizo Mitama tachi, the Thunder Spiral Ring, the Key of the Void pistol, and the World Serpent arcana card were placed on the tray that Vill-V had taken out.
Although Vill-V was confident that she could create the technique to cast the Sinful Shell even without storing the Will Seed weapons in the Velvet Room, Ren believed that for a technique related to his own ultimate move, the faster the progress, the better.
The Jizo Mitama tachi was crucial to Ren as a Persona user. It was the key to him being able to summon Personas in the real world.
However, Vill-V had also prepared a replica tachi as a substitute, which could completely function as the real Jizo Mitama, allowing Ren to maintain his combat ability in the real world.
The World Serpent arcana card, being a product of the fusion of Ren's own Will Seed and a Treasure, was no different from being stored in his own heart when it was stored in the Velvet Room.
As long as Ren willed it, he could use his own god's power to summon this World Serpent arcana card back to him at any time.
Therefore, even if he temporarily stored these Will Seed weapons in the Velvet Room, Ren's overall strength would not decrease too much. Moreover, he had not yet performed this visit's Persona fusion. Perhaps after completing this Persona fusion, his overall strength would even increase instead of decrease.
"You really trust Vill-V, don't you? Aren't you afraid that she'll secretly tamper with your weapons?"
The green-haired girl doll in his arms gradually warmed up to a slightly cool temperature. Her snake-like, pink-and-green vertical pupils quietly changed from empty and void to lively and natural.
Mobius, who had completely transferred her consciousness into this ELF, did not struggle at all. She obediently let Ren hold her in his arms, and with a cold smile, she warned him.
Vill-V's character and professional ability were naturally trustworthy, but the only thing that was not trustworthy and deeply detestable about her was her unique aesthetic sense and her ability to create chaos.
Mobius had no doubt that Vill-V could complete the project called "Sinful Shell" that Ren had given her. But at the same time, she was also very convinced that Vill-V would definitely add her own strange little ideas to the project. Who knew, she might add a useless function like setting off fireworks to the Sinful Shell to scare people.
"Let's begin the Persona fusion. I'm preparing to leave the Velvet Room."
Ren ignored the provocations of the Mobius doll in his arms and made a request to Vill-V, who had already put away all the Will Seed weapons.
"Understood~~ Based on the last balance and the harvest from this exploration, you can perform three more Persona fusions. Plus the reward for completing the commission and defeating Mobius to make her a Persona, that's a total of six Persona fusion chances. Please use them to your heart's content!!"
Vill-V clapped her hands crisply, and the guillotine and electric chair, glowing with a faint cerulean light, silently emerged from the darkness and appeared before Ren and the others.
Seeing Ren and Vill-V ignore her in perfect sync and move on to the next topic, Mobius was originally very annoyed.
However, looking at the guillotine and electric chair that Vill-V had brought out, which looked absolutely terrifying, Mobius suddenly felt a chill run down her spine and couldn't say a word.
If I remember correctly, I'm one of Ren's Personas now...
What is this so-called Persona fusion? Don't tell me it requires the use of torture devices?!
Although she really wanted to convince herself that these torture devices were to be used on Ren, the Persona user himself... looking at the huge, gleaming guillotine blade, Mobius couldn't deceive herself no matter how hard she tried. She could only swallow hard in defeat.
"This time, let's use three Personas for the fusion."
Ren looked at the cold, blue guillotine and suddenly remembered that he had only ever used two Personas for fusion, and had never tried a three-Persona fusion.
"Three Personas for fusion... Then I'll give you a friendly price and charge you the same as before. After all, even if you increase the number of fusion materials, the strength of the final product may not necessarily be higher than a fusion of only two Personas."
Vill-V stroked her chin and thought for a moment. She quickly made up her mind and nodded, deciding to perform the Persona fusion for Ren at the original price.
"Then the Personas I want to fuse are these—Scathach! Cait Sith! Asterius!"
Among the Personas he currently possessed, the number of Personas Ren was willing to use for execution fusion had become smaller and smaller. The ones left were all Personas he was reluctant to use.
Fortunately, besides helping with Persona fusion, Vill-V could also re-summon Personas that had already been executed. So Ren asked her to re-summon the already executed Cait Sith and Asterius, and once again sent them to the guillotine.
Under Mobius's suddenly dead-looking gaze, the cold, huge blade of the guillotine came crashing down, simultaneously beheading the three Personas who were wrapped in a blue cloth. The bodies of the Personas, who had completely lost the strength to struggle, turned into specks of fluorescent light and rose into the sky in a spiral, converging into a new Persona figure.
Asterius
ARCANA: Fortune
Description
A Persona mentioned in another story.
The son of Queen Pasiphae of Crete in Greek mythology.
Due to a curse on the queen, he was born a bull-headed monster and was imprisoned in a labyrinth. He is also known as the Minotaur.
He possesses great strength and wields a huge double-bladed axe.
"Is that... a Minotaur?"
Looking up at the incredibly magnificent Persona figure with a strong, dark body, a bright, silver, metal bull's head that looked as if it had been cast from steel, and heavy chains wrapped around its pair of black bull horns, Raiden Mei, who had been standing quietly behind Ren, couldn't help but widen her eyes.
This was the first time she had witnessed the execution of a Persona, and the first time she had seen the birth of a Persona.
"Persona Asterius. I've drawn another good card."
Ren, who had recognized the identity of this steel Minotaur, nodded slightly, feeling satisfied.
The Persona Asterius was the Persona of Shadow Labrys from P4U, so its strength was guaranteed... Although in terms of Persona level, compared to the Persona Scathach, which was used as a fusion material, fusing into Asterius was a reverse fusion.
But as a Persona of a story character, Asterius's model and presence were far superior to Scathach's.
"Let's continue the fusion, Vill-V..."