After a simple test, the answer obtained was somewhat disappointing.
Matsushita Ayami's Persona did have a certain self-awareness, but it only knew its own identity. More than 80% of its inner self was still the manifestation of Matsushita Ayami's own personality.
"And it's so weak, probably barely reaching the strength of Grade 2," Miyauchi Hikage commented on Tomoe Gozen in front of him.
Of course, this was naturally not Tomoe Gozen's full strength. Judging by the standards of the Type-Moon universe, a normal Servant with a Noble Phantasm would steadily have combat power above special-grade.
It was just that the strength of a Persona was determined by the mental will of the holder.
Although it wouldn't be like just being summoned at Level 1 in the game, judging by Matsushita Ayami's will, this was at most Level 20 or 30, and should be far from the max level.
He wondered if Matsushita Ayami could fully exert the strength of a Heroic Spirit after raising the Persona to Level 99 and maxing out all attributes like in the game.
"Check your phone. I've already installed this APP on your phone. If you want to come in later, just click in from your phone," Miyauchi Hikage reminded Matsushita Ayami, asking her to confirm.
"If someone asks later, just say that you obtained this reward from the beginning. Don't casually talk about the Death Note."
Miyauchi Hikage thought for a moment and opened a teammate permission for Matsushita Ayami, allowing her to pull in at most three people to team up for dungeon runs, and then limited their current activity area to the first five floors.
"When you come to farm the Metaverse in the future, there will definitely be loot drops. Money is one thing, but getting too many supernatural items will easily make people jealous. So I'll give you a squad permission first. Pulling a few more people over to divert attention is enough. If the effect is good, I'll give you a few more slots later."
Unlike the game, where the Metaverse was divided into seven or eight large areas, and each large area contained multiple small areas.
In this world, each floor of the Metaverse was about the size of two or three wards of Tokyo. Basically, one floor was equivalent to a large area in the game, and it refreshed randomly every day. Only a few subway stations serving as save points wouldn't change much.
After returning to Tokyo, Miyauchi Hikage dragged Tohru and spent a few days running to the seventh floor of the Metaverse, which was currently the deepest part of the Metaverse.
Although both Miyauchi Hikage and Tohru felt that there must be more core areas unlocked further down, such as the deepest part where the main story BOSS was hidden in the game, it probably required some opportunity to open.
The strongest Shadow Miyauchi Hikage encountered on the first five floors was only Grade 1 strength, which was enough for those girls to practice.
The remaining two floors had special-grade Shadows. If those girls encountered them, they probably couldn't even run away, so they were temporarily not open to them. Just right, Miyauchi Hikage could also use the last two floors as his practice ground, without worrying about encountering them in the future.
"Facing those blocking Shadows, solving them directly is actually quite a loss. Let me demonstrate for you." Since Matsushita Ayami successfully awakened a Persona, she would probably become a regular visitor to the Metaverse in the future, so Miyauchi Hikage didn't stingy with his experience.
He casually found a wandering Shadow on the roadside and insta-killed it with a "108 Shiki: Yami Barai" (Darkness Sweep) from ten meters away.
This move was a relatively rare ranged attack move in the Kusanagi Style, striking flames on the ground, allowing the ball of flame to spread forward along the ground for tens of meters.
After solving that unlucky Shadow, Miyauchi Hikage took Matsushita Ayami over, picking up a few coins of different denominations and a dirty old piece of clothing dropped on the ground.
"650 yen plus a useless piece of white equipment. Sometimes it comes with some broken stones containing weak magic power. Shadows on the first floor are worth about this much. Anyway, the harvest rarely exceeds 1,000 yen at a time."
Miyauchi Hikage casually put these coins into his pocket, and then threw the dirty clothes into Unlimited Blade Works.
"But with a little technique, you can squeeze out all the surplus value of these Shadows."
Saying this, Miyauchi Hikage found another Shadow.
This time he used Yellow Temperance to slowly devour the other party.
While devouring, he tortured this passing Shadow like a villain: "Do you want to live? If you want to live, take out everything on you."
This action made Matsushita Ayami's eyelids twitch. Could bullying and extortion be played in this place too?
And as the Shadow really took out a 1,000-yen bill in the next moment and handed it respectfully to Miyauchi Hikage, Matsushita Ayami only felt that such a development was a bit too trendy.
But what was even more outrageous was that after taking the bill, Miyauchi Hikage actually controlled Yellow Temperance to pat the poor Shadow's shoulder: "Is that all? You must have hidden things on you, right?"
With just such a process, Miyauchi Hikage actually tossed it back and forth three times, extracting more than 3,000 yen and a pile of broken stones from the other party. It seemed that the Shadow was about to be tortured crazy by Miyauchi Hikage.
Seeing that this guy really couldn't drop any more money, Miyauchi Hikage scoffed disdainfully: "Alright, then go call all the Shadows you know over. As long as you can call one over, you can leave."
Then Matsushita Ayami watched Miyauchi Hikage relay like this one by one, continuously extorting three or four unlucky Shadows. In the end, when no more profit could be squeezed out and no other Shadows could be called, he let them go.
"See? Although these wandering Shadows are aggregates of public negative emotions, they also have their own personalities. There are also many guys who are greedy for life and afraid of death. As long as you encounter this type of Shadow, you can easily get a lot of things from them."
"Of course, the premise is that you must have the strength to make them feel despair, like me."
As long as Miyauchi Hikage turned on his Pure Yang Body, these low-level Shadows could feel the aura from him. Without him saying anything, these Shadows, knowing they couldn't run away, would even actively come over to please him.
"Anyway, whether you want to help more people in the future, plan to improve your strength here, or prepare to make money with the Metaverse, it's up to you. As long as you don't cause a big commotion, I won't interfere with you. Even if I write the Metaverse into the diary in the future, I won't write that this is what I gave you. Do you have any other questions?"
After resolving a girl's knot in her heart and taking her quickly through the novice tutorial, Miyauchi Hikage planned to quit.
And Matsushita Ayami only had one last question left at this time: "No matter how I think about it, that torn page of the Death Note can't compare to this program you gave me, right? Do you really not need me to do anything for you?"
Miyauchi Hikage waved his hand: "Just out of interest. I was originally thinking of finding a time and opportunity to give this thing away, but I just happened to bump into you, an unlucky person."
"If you really want to thank me, hurry up and get stronger. I'm really looking forward to the future potential of your Persona."
Currently Public Information
Members of the diary chat group and their chat tendencies within the group:
Fun-seekers who like to join in the bustle: Doma Umaru, Hinami Aoi, Takanashi Rikka, Kisugi Ai (Cat's Eye), Yanami Anna (Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!), Miyanaga Teru (Saki)
Key focus objects in the group: Shinomiya Kaguya, Kasumigaoka Utaha, Honma Meiko, Shiina Mashiro, Gotoh Hitori, Yotsuya Miko
Career-oriented, only want to improve: Gokou Ruri, Hoshino Ai, Katsura Kotonoha, Tsukimi Eiko, Ichinose Chizuru (Rent-a-Girlfriend), Busujima Saeko (Highschool of the Dead), Horikita Suzune (Classroom of the Elite), Tadokoro Megumi (Food Wars!)
Onlookers, basically don't participate: Chitanda Eru, Yukinoshita Yukino (originally a key focus object of the group, but doesn't participate because she is in Chiba), Miyano Shiho, Yamauchi Sakura (I Want to Eat Your Pancreas), Nishimiya Shouko (A Silent Voice)
Almost never speak: Matsushita Ayami, Ayase Saki (Days with My Stepsister), Shimazaki Setsuna (Re:CREATORS)
Note: Nearly half of them are atmospheric characters who won't be written in detail, so don't worry too much.
Supernatural rewards currently obtained by everyone:
Shiina Mashiro: Legendary Kitchen Utensil Garuda Knife, Pictomancer Class Template — Final Fantasy XIV
Shinomiya Kaguya: A Magic Gem, Psychokinesis — One Punch Man (Hellish Blizzard)
Kasumigaoka Utaha: Water Affinity (with Divinity) — KonoSuba (Aqua)
Gokou Ruri: Elemental Conversion Magic — Fate (Tohsaka Rin)
Hoshino Ai: Elf Affinity (with huge magic power) — Re:Zero (Emilia)
Doma Umaru: Celestial Jade Art (with slight divination ability, but limited to mahjong/card tables) — Honkai: Star Rail (Qingque)
Ayase Saki: Hogwarts First Year Essentials List (books, a suitable wand, clothes, cauldron, etc., excluding books involving Harry Potter history like History of Magic) — Harry Potter
Kisugi Ai: Spider-Suit — Spider-Man: Homecoming version
Yukinoshita Yukino: Byakugan (can be turned off) — Naruto (Uzumaki Himawari)
Honma Meiko: Spell Card [Fantasy Seal] — Touhou Project (Hakurei Reimu)
Miwa Kasumi: Stand Anubis (completely loyal) — JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Miyauchi Hikage (might have omissions, but shouldn't be too important): Pure Yang Body, Hamon Breathing, Kusanagi Style Ancient Martial Arts, Unlimited Blade Works, Card Master Template, Yellow Temperance, Wonder of U, Name Magic, Undetectable Extension Charm, Otherworld Navigation APP, Relic Chip (with hacking skills), Jerry (one), Golden Rule, Camera Obscura, plus several manga/light novels/games/anime discs, and several supernatural ingredients from other worlds.
Second Batch Diary Holders:
Currently appeared: Kanoe Yuuko, Suzumiya Haruhi, Miwa Kasumi
May appear in the future (not guaranteed): Kuriyama Mirai, Misaki Mei, Ayase Momo, Tachibana Kanade, Tomori Nao, Tohsaka Rin, Sento Isuzu, Yusa Emi, Kirishima Touka, Tsukuyomi Tsukasa, Momo Belia Deviluke, Makise Kurisu, etc.