Anime Crossover: Post-Apocalyptic Survival, My Stand is the World

Su Chen, who had been on high alert, suddenly stopped in his tracks.

He raised his head.

My gaze slowly swept over my head, taking in the intricate array of air conditioning and ventilation ducts hanging on the exterior of the buildings.

"What's wrong, Su Chenjun?"

Yukino noticed his unusual behavior and asked in a low voice.

Su Chen did not answer.

His brow furrowed slightly.

'strangeness…'

His intuition had, in that brief moment, caught a whiff of something unnatural and unsettling.

It feels like someone who has drunk a transparent potion is standing in front of you. Your eyes, your ears, all your physical senses tell you "there's nothing there," but your subconscious keeps telling you that there is someone ahead.

'This feeling…'

In Su Chen's mind, a classic science fiction animation series he had seen in his previous life flashed by, one that featured themes of "cyborgs," "electronic brains," and "Police Section 9."

In that series, there was a very special type of cyborg who possessed "optical camouflage" technology, enabling them to blend into the ambient light.

"Could it be..."

He looked up at the unassuming exhaust vent of the ventilation duct above his head.

"Are you the legendary invisible man, possessing one of the most coveted superpowers among men?"

Without further hesitation, he spoke loudly towards the empty exhaust vent.

"Hey."

"I've been looking at it from up there for so long."

"Why don't we come down and talk?"

"..."

"?"

His sudden, seemingly nonchalant gesture, as if he were talking to thin air, stunned the three girls behind him.

Yukino and Utaha immediately looked in that direction with heightened vigilance.

Is anyone there?

How come we didn't see anything?

The air was completely silent.

It was as if Su Chen's words just now were really just talking to himself.

however.

Just when everyone thought Su Chen had misjudged the situation.

That air vent baffle that looks perfectly sealed.

Suddenly, a very faint "click" sound was heard.

Then it was slowly pushed inwards, creating a gap.

A girl wearing an ordinary beret and with a brown bob haircut.

From that gap, her face peeked out—a face so ordinary that one would almost forget what she looked like in the next second.

She looked down at the man who was smiling at her.

A hint of surprise appeared in those otherwise emotionless brown eyes.

He spoke in a flat, emotionless tone.

"what."

"It's been discovered."

"Hello."

"I'm just an ordinary high school student passing by, Kato Megumi."

Chapter Sixty-Two: The Birth of the Strongest "Stalker"

"Hello, I'm Kato Megumi, just passing by."

The girl's voice was so flat, it was as if she were reciting a meaningless instruction manual.

But the impact of those words on everyone present was no less than that of a magnitude 10 earthquake.

Yukino, Utaha, and Yui all stared blankly.

Looking at that ordinary-looking girl peeking her head out of the ventilation duct.

My mind goes blank.

When...when did she appear there?

Why didn't we notice anything?!

Meanwhile, on the top floor of the SEGA building.

Looking at the empty and white space in the real-time monitoring footage through a miniature drone is like seeing a ghost.

"elder brother."

The lollipop fell to the ground with a "thud" from Bai's mouth.

"My thermal imaging scan is not working..."

"My life signal detector is the same!"

The calm and collected expression that had always graced Kong's face vanished completely!

Instead, there was a shock as if they had seen a ghost!

This girl…

How did she manage to evade the surveillance system that the siblings had described as an "inescapable net"?

Does it possess some kind of invisibility ability?

'interesting…'

An unprecedented level of interest flashed in Su Chen's eyes.

'This guy…'

'Just who is he?'

……

At Su Chen's "friendly" invitation.

Kato Megumi nimbly jumped down from the ventilation duct.

Then, under Su Chen's guidance, the group had a brief exchange with the mysterious "ghost" girl.

Or

One-sided inquiry.

Su Chen adopted a posture reminiscent of interrogating a criminal in a classic Japanese drama, leaning against the wall and asking questions from a superior position.

"Name?"

"Kato Megumi."

"age?"

"Seventeen."

"School?"

"Toyonosaki Academy, Class 2-B".

"what?"

This answer, however, was like a depth charge, leaving Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was standing to the side, stunned for a moment.

"Toyosaki? Second-year Class B?"

Those beautiful, wine-red eyes were filled with confusion.

She scrutinized the ordinary-looking girl in front of her, whom she should have no recollection of at all, several times over.

Only after confirming that he didn't think he had ever seen this person before did he speak uncertainly.

"How come I... have never seen you before?"

"Ah, hello, Kasumigaoka-senpai."

Kato Megumi looked at her with a somewhat troubled expression.

"Actually... we're not only from the same school, but also in the same class."

"And last semester, I sat in front of you for three whole months."

"..."

Kasumigaoka Utaha's body suddenly stiffened.

My brain completely shut down.

The person in front of me?

Three months?

How can it be?

How could I possibly have no memory of the student sitting in front of me?

After listening to this conversation, Su Chen's last remaining doubts were finally resolved.

He finally understood why the girl was able to evade the monsters' and everyone else's senses.

He said the girl looked familiar, and then he realized it was Kato Megumi!

No wonder!

Su Chen even remembered the heated discussions among those silly netizens back when he was still on Earth.

If Megumi were thrown into the Type-Moon universe, she would definitely be a strong contender for the Grand Assassin rank, an ultimate being who could rival the first Hassan, the "Old Man of the Mountain"!

Kong and Bai said that their instruments couldn't detect her, which was a bit strange.

In the original work, Megumi Kaname only had a weak presence, not to the point of "physically disappearing." Did she awaken her superpowers after the apocalypse?

"Well, Kato-kun, I have a question I'd like to ask you. May I ask you?"

Su Chen cleared his throat, staring intently at Kato Megumi, his gaze extremely focused, as if afraid that if he blinked, the girl before him would vanish as if she had melted into thin air.

Kato Megumi looked at the people surrounding her, her face filled with helplessness.

"Sure, but do I have the right to refuse?"

"No," Su Chen replied with the most amiable expression, but with the most devilish answer.

Su Chen paused, looked at the harmless-looking girl, and asked his question.

"Kato-kun, to be honest, my two companions scanned the area where you were using some equipment, but they couldn't find anything. Have you awakened some special ability?"

"Well, I'm not quite sure either. I only know that after the apocalypse came, my already weak sense of existence became even weaker."

"Even these monsters can't see me."

Kato Megumi tilted her head, her brown eyes, usually devoid of emotion, filled with genuine confusion.

Okay, that's confirmed, she really didn't know.

……

SEGA Building, top floor.

Sora and Shiro, after listening to the conversation between Kato Megumi and Su Chen.