Under normal circumstances, Shiina Mashiro naturally couldn't encounter any danger on the first floor of the Metaverse. In this area dominated by ordinary people, even if dozens of Shadows gathered together, it was impossible to pose too much of a threat to them.
The only thing Miyauchi Hikage was worried about was that if they stayed in the Metaverse for too long, it might cause the powerful Shadow "The Reaper" to spawn.
In his previous life, Miyauchi Hikage had been wiped out by this guy several times when playing the game, and only managed to counter-kill in the very late game or even in NG+ after optimizing his lineup and Personas.
Although he hadn't encountered The Reaper in the Metaverse in this life yet, and even if he did, he was confident in keeping the other party there, if those girls were unlucky enough to encounter it, accidents could really happen easily.
Miyauchi Hikage was waiting here like an old father for his "daughter" whom he had raised with great difficulty.
In the Metaverse, it was another scene.
Several other girls had no changes upon entering the Metaverse. They just appeared normally at the entrance of the Metaverse, introducing themselves to the arriving girls while waiting for everyone to gather.
Ichinose Chizuru greeted several girls somewhat nervously, stating her identity.
Shinomiya Kaguya was feeling the consumption of using Psychokinesis here in the Metaverse.
Shiina Mashiro was using her paintbrush to draw the environment in the Metaverse.
"Your Pictomancy looks pretty good, but is this outfit also part of your reward?" Shinomiya Kaguya looked at the supernatural aura emanating from Shiina Mashiro's outfit and couldn't help showing a curious look, "Can you show me your offensive abilities?"
Shiina Mashiro nodded: "Hikage also helped me strengthen it. I feel very strong."
She waved her paintbrush and successively displayed the RGB magic, as well as the short-distance displacement magic "Smudge" that she mastered immediately at Miyauchi Hikage's request.
The magic power consumed by this skill was a lot for her current self, but relying on the strengthened equipment and the special Baumkuchen made for her by Miyauchi Hikage and Shiina Mahiru, she could release Smudge several times in a row, ensuring that she could escape from the danger zone immediately when encountering danger.
"This Pictomancy looks too versatile. And just right, you are originally a painter, so the compatibility with you looks very good. If you keep practicing in the future, it shouldn't take long to reach Grade 1."
Shinomiya Kaguya was actually being conservative.
After all, since she obtained two rewards, the barrier between the Mysterious Person and Miyauchi Hikage in her heart had become increasingly blurred.
If she could get two rewards, there was no reason for Shiina Mashiro to get something worse than her.
Moreover, with Miyauchi Hikage's help, the profession of Pictomancer, which required imagination, seemed to have a higher ceiling than hers.
In comparison, although her Psychokinesis gave her good immediate combat power on the spot, giving her the confidence to give an explanation to her father.
But it seemed that this reward had locked the upper limit of Psychokinesis from the beginning. Although she could feel the ability growing, the growth rate was not fast, and maybe she would encounter a bottleneck sometime.
While they were chatting about the future development potential of their respective abilities, Shinomiya Kaguya's gaze suddenly fell on a yellow figure who had just entered the Metaverse, and a look of surprise appeared on her face.
After preparing all night, the fully armed Kisugi Ai was somewhat stunned to find that the things she prepared all night were not brought into the Metaverse when she just entered.
Even the clothes on her body were somehow replaced by that yellow tight suit she would only wear when acting as Cat's Eye.
And for some reason, a mask covering half of her face appeared on her face.
Such a change caught her off guard. Originally, she wanted to observe a little longer before laying her cards on the table with the girls in the group. Who would have thought that the Metaverse actually came with an automatic doxing function?
Looking at her outfit, even Ichinose Chizuru, who had been envying Shinomiya Kaguya and the others beside her, reacted after being stunned for a while.
"I seem to have seen this outfit somewhere..."
Shinomiya Kaguya gave an affirmative answer: "It's Cat's Eye, right? I just didn't expect you to choose to appear in front of us in such an appearance."
She still thought that Kisugi Ai deliberately wore this to enter the Metaverse.
On the contrary, Sudou Ayami looked at Kisugi Ai's somewhat helpless expression and the half-face mask in front of her, and had already guessed the general idea.
"Everyone's state in the Metaverse will also change according to their own mentality. After awakening a Persona, sometimes the clothes on the body will also change."
As she said this, she also summoned that grimace mask on her face.
There was no change in her clothes, but this was originally the clothes she felt most comfortable wearing usually. According to the Mysterious Person, although it seemed that her clothes hadn't changed, in fact, this set of clothes was already the "initial equipment" constructed by her cognition. Even if she obtained equipment with better defensive capabilities later, when wearing it into the Metaverse, its appearance would be replaced by the appearance of this current set of clothes by her cognition.
Unless her mentality changed drastically in the future, this seemingly daily outfit would accompany her to the end.
She briefly explained the issue of clothing, and at the same time explained to Kisugi Ai: "I think you should have faced the desires in your heart directly before entering the Metaverse, and have a firm goal in your heart, so after entering the Metaverse, you naturally possessed the qualification to awaken a Persona."
After knowing Kisugi Ai's identity as Cat's Eye, she didn't find it strange.
She was the same age as her, but in order to explore the truth of her father's disappearance, she and her two sisters decided to act as phantom thieves at night, and could be arrested by the police at any time, leaving a criminal record.
But even taking such a big risk, the other party's mentality didn't have any hesitation, and even didn't do much disguise every time she appeared.
Since the other party had already gone this far, it was naturally not strange to obtain a Persona.
And at this step, looking at the outfit on her body, Kisugi Ai seemed to have understood something in her heart.
Since everyone recognized it, she naturally had nothing to hide.
So she nodded to the four girls in front of her: "Yes, I am a member of Cat's Eye. My real name is Kisugi Ai, and Alexia is my German name."
"I didn't explain my identity to you before because I was worried that my identity would give you bad ideas, and I didn't want my sisters' actions to change because of me, so I haven't revealed my identity in the group for this month."
"But I have no malice. Our three sisters just want to investigate the truth of our father's disappearance back then. I think you can also know from the Mysterious Person's diary that we have no other intentions."
"I came here also to use the ability of the Metaverse, wondering if I can investigate the truth of that year through those Shadows here." She touched the mask on her face, and then looked at Sudou Ayami, "So, can I summon a Persona now?"
Sudou Ayami nodded. Like the Mysterious Person yesterday, she guided Kisugi Ai to complete the final awakening step.
"I think you should have felt it in your heart too. When I awakened, her voice already appeared in my ear telling me what to do next. Or do you think awakening like this is boring and need an enemy to practice on?"
Kisugi Ai had indeed heard a voice full of charm in her ear, and vaguely knew the type of her power in her heart.
She nodded slightly: "I can feel some of it. She doesn't seem to be a Persona for frontal combat, but if it's just a single enemy, there shouldn't be too many problems."
"Then let's head in that direction. I feel there are enemies not far in that direction." Shinomiya Kaguya explored outward with her Psychokinesis and gave an answer after a while.
While saying this, she didn't forget to remind the last ordinary person on the scene, Ichinose Chizuru, to walk in the middle of them to avoid encountering any danger.
Although strictly speaking, Ichinose Chizuru couldn't be considered an ordinary person anymore.
Having practiced Hamon breathing for a month, Hamon swordsmanship for half a month, and Kusanagi Style Ancient Martial Arts for a few days, if she were to fight in a women's fighting competition of the same level now, although she might not necessarily win the championship, reaching the top four with hard power should be no problem—this was an objective evaluation referencing the strength of high-school level martial arts champions like Mouri Ran and Kyogoku Makoto.
But in front of these girls who genuinely possessed supernatural powers, being called an ordinary person didn't seem to be a big problem.
What she could do now was to get familiar with this Metaverse with a somewhat depressing environment, and awaken her own Persona as soon as possible.
Otherwise, even if she was reluctant to give up this APP on her phone, she couldn't occupy this slot with peace of mind without being able to do anything.
"Is this a Shadow?" Looking at that human-shaped monster shrouded in darkness, Shinomiya Kaguya turned to look at Sudou Ayami.
"These are passerby Shadows formed by the collection of wandering negative emotions of humans. They don't belong to anyone. Similarly, even if we destroy them, it won't affect humans in reality. At most, it just reduces the probability of a few people having nightmares," Sudou Ayami recalled the Mysterious Person's explanation.
"If there are enough of us and we eliminate these guys fast enough, maybe we have a chance to turn the entire Tokyo into a quasi-utopian ideal city in the future. But that shouldn't be our job. And the deeper we go, the easier it is to encounter the Shadows of those supernatural beings. They might be able to exert stronger power in the Metaverse than in reality. Before being confident, I think everyone should do what they can."
Saying this, Sudou Ayami, who didn't have the idea of changing the world, reached out to cover the grimace mask on her face. With a flash of light, the mask turned into the silver-haired, horned girl in armor behind her whose face couldn't be seen clearly.
"Alright, awaken your mask. I will assist you from the side."
Without much turbulence, Kisugi Ai, who had no hesitation in her heart, didn't need to go through any human struggle and consideration. She just needed to follow her heart, tear off the mask on her face, and successfully awakened her own Persona.
It was a bewitching dancer. Although a veil on her face made it impossible to see her appearance clearly, when her eyes full of charm looked at everyone, even the girls present couldn't help feeling their hearts beat faster.
"Mata Hari... is this my Persona?" Kisugi Ai looked at the sexy dancer, and at the same time realized the other party's ability through the information instilled in her mind.
This was indeed not a Persona focused on frontal combat. She had heard the other party's name.
The historical Mata Hari was a female spy herself, and the kind of bad woman who used her body to play men in the palm of her hand, even calling one of the most famous spies in history.
And after becoming a Persona, what she was best at was also using the power of charm to make these Shadows obey their own desires and become the power she controlled.
Those eyes full of charm were called "Sunny Eyes" (or Solar Eyes/Yang Eyes). Not only could they charm those enemies, but even if the charm failed, they could also reduce the enemy's attack and defense, and even seal the enemy's skills.
In addition, the mask itself came with some attack skills and some rather ambiguous healing skills. It could be considered a quite comprehensive support-type mask.
"It seems to fit our Cat's Eye image quite well, but this mask should be more normal for Big Sister or Second Sister to awaken," Kisugi Ai complained in a low voice while manipulating her Persona to charm that passing Shadow.
After all, she was only 16 years old now. Although her appearance was not inferior to her sisters, she was still a bit immature after all.
Compared to Big Sister who was already a mature lady, and Second Sister who was gentle and intellectual, she was still slightly lacking in flavor.
However, she could also feel that after awakening Mata Hari's Persona, this power also caused a subtle change in her temperament, and this change was mainly concentrated in her eyes.
Perhaps one day in the future, she could also bring the power of those "Sunny Eyes" to reality.
Under Mata Hari's charm, that low-level Shadow naturally couldn't escape the fate of being charmed.
So Sudou Ayami directly taught Kisugi Ai the set of Shadow extortion rhetoric taught to her by the Mysterious Person, and successfully used Tomoe Gozen's force and Mata Hari's charm to complete the first Shadow extortion process of their squad.