In a crossover anime, do you believe that a machine spirit can defeat a fake human?

Chen Yi tried to move his fingers, but couldn't feel anything at all.

"...I understand. Are you...able to come to my private clinic? The address is..." Dr. Maru asked after a moment's thought.

"There shouldn't be any major problems."

Chen Yi answered.

"Okay, I'll look for some literature... You come over first, be careful on the way."

The call was disconnected, and Chen Yi returned to his study to put on his exoskeleton.

"Be careful on the road."

Mai Sakurajima walked into the study and casually slipped the tube of burn gel she had just received into Chen Yi's pocket.

"It's better than nothing." She knew the importance of dealing with the boiling phenomenon. Anyway, Yi Jun had no problem going out to solo with Thunder Crocodile during the typhoon, so going out at night just required being careful.

Mai Sakurajima didn't seem too worried; she simply touched Chen Yi's exoskeleton plates gently.

"We will protect ourselves, don't worry, Yi Jun."

As the sound of the engine downstairs faded into the distance, Mai Sakurajima let out a soft sigh.

Saying I'm not worried, how could I really not be worried...?

......

After leaving home, Chen Yi enlarged the motorcycle downstairs, straddled it, and twisted the throttle hard.

As a slight fatigue crept in, Chen Yi quickly got used to the feeling of riding the motorcycle for the second time.

Because of the burns in these two places, Chen Yi didn't wear gloves, for fear that the wounds would tear open and stick to the fabric.

The fingers of the left hand had been wrapped up, while the burn marks on the palm of the right hand were exposed to the air. When gripping the motorcycle handlebars to control the motorcycle, the blisters would occasionally burst and cause throbbing pain.

This car is really awkward to drive.

There weren't many streetlights on, so Chen Yi decided to just go ahead and use his high beams without a care in the world.

No pedestrians, no traffic rules, no neon billboards everywhere...

The city at night is like an abandoned house.

Apart from the skyscrapers that can be seen when you look up, which have huge neon lights symbolically installed on their top floors, the rest of the buildings are hidden in darkness and consciously condense into a mass of gray.

Cracks began to appear on the road surface illuminated by Chen Yi's high beams, as if the earth was about to collapse.

A red figure, about one story tall, stood at the intersection. It had no hands, and its jaw wobbled as if it were dislocated, as if it were chanting something.

“I am watching......”

Chen Yi didn't hear clearly; the distance was a bit far.

With a slight twist of his right wrist, he added a bit of throttle to the motorcycle, and the speed immediately increased.

The locomotive roared excitedly, and Chen Yi could even see the engine tachometer spin more than half a revolution.

My head feels a little heavy...

Chen Yi eased off the accelerator slightly, maintaining the same speed.

As they got closer, Chen Yi could see the face of the red figure clearly, and he felt a sense of familiarity.

Before Chen Yi could even begin to recall, the red figure, like a reed that had been crushed, fell asleep without any resistance. When Chen Yi looked back, he saw its head, half of which was broken, with the remaining half staring intently at him.

Chen Yi ignored him and rode off on his motorcycle.

Grade 11: Chapter 171 A New Stage of Treatment

Chapter 171

Chen Yi could drive over any fake people he encountered on the road as if they were speed bumps; that was the confidence that the motorcycle gave him.

...Although in most cases, the motorcycles didn't even feel the bumps when they ran over those dummies.

It took Chen Yi no more than ten minutes to reach Dr. Maruki's clinic.

Although Dr. Maruki sometimes works at the municipal hospital, he sees patients mostly at his private clinic.

Chen Yi had only visited the doctor a handful of times, and he really didn't know that Dr. Maruki had a private clinic.

Well, judging from his personality, he'll probably use something like saving commuting time to and from get off work.

Chen Yi looked up at the lit window, got off the motorcycle, and put the bag in his pocket.

Pushing open the door on the first floor, Chen Yi walked into the quarantine area and glanced at the security room.

There was no one in the security room, because the entire building belonged to Dr. Maruki, who usually lived alone.

If there's no one watching over him, how does he usually go out and come home?

Chen Yi pondered.

Could there be some kind of secret mechanism in the isolation room that only he knows about...?

"Chen Jun? You've arrived."

The iron door to the security room was pushed open, and Dr. Maruki glanced at Chen Yi through the thick glass.

"This look... so Chen Jun is the guitar knight."

He didn't seem very surprised.

"Oh, actually it's quite normal, because most of my patients are ATSS or public security expert groups... In other words, I'm quite experienced in research on post-traumatic psychosis of fake people. But at the time, I guessed that Mr. Chen was also an employee of some security company, but I didn't expect Mr. Chen's identity to be even more outrageous than I thought."

Dr. Maruki seemed to have noticed Chen Yi's question and answered it.

"Alright, there are no problems with the identity check, please come in."

After handing the business card back, Dr. Maruki looked at the computer screen. After a while, he pulled down the curtain and the heavy steel door opened, revealing a dark corridor inside.

"Sorry, the lights aren't on yet... Let me look for them."

pat.

The incandescent lights came on, revealing a reception area on the first floor, complete with a few chairs, a large LED screen, and a window with glass panels.

It is indeed a small clinic, but it doesn't feel like a home-based clinic.

Does Dr. Maruki usually employ anyone?

Chen Yi looked at Dr. Maruki coming out of the security room and chatted casually.

"Yes, but they usually don't stay here overnight, since they don't go for medical treatment at night anyway."

Dr. Maruki said.

Oh, I see. No wonder.

Chen Yi's gaze swept over the display on the first floor; it was very simple and had little decoration.

The water dispenser by the wall seemed to be out of power; the indicator light was not on.

Dr. Maruki went into the pharmacy, took out two bottles of medicine, and handed them to Chen Yi.

"What is this?" Chen Yi turned the medicine bottle around and saw the Russian label on it.

“Commander, this is the Lakashko extended-release tablet,” Kluge explained.

Chen Yi unscrewed the bottle and poured out two pills, which were the same shape and color as the ones he had eaten before.

...No way.

Chen Yi swallowed it, the taste lingering on the back of his tongue...

—The same food as before.

"Dr. Maruki, this isn't working." Chen Yi looked at the doctor.

"This is what I called 'calcium tablets' before."

"Has your sense of taste been altered?" Dr. Maruki asked, pausing for a moment.

"I don't know, that's possible." Chen Yi shook his head.

However, this almost certainly confirms that conventional drug treatments are largely ineffective.

"Let's go up to the third-floor examination room for a detailed examination."

Dr. Maruki pointed to the stairs and went up first.

......

"It is indeed a burn mark."

After unwrapping Mai Sakurajima's bandaged fingers, Dr. Maruki examined them closely, his brow furrowed.

"To be honest, I have never seen a patient with this boiling phenomenon while still alive or even showing signs of improvement... Even some inaccurate old audio-visual materials and texts in history do not show this." Dr. Maruki casually opened the medical kit on the table in the clinic and performed a more standard wound cleaning on Chen Yi's finger.

"It looks like a third-degree burn... Would you mind if I performed surgery on you?"

Dr. Maruki turned his palm over to the back of his hand and smacked his lips.

"Dr. Maruki, aren't you a psychologist...?"

Chen Yi asked timidly.

“I didn’t say that I only know psychotherapy and trauma therapy. Didn’t I say that most of my patients are ATSS and anti-fraud experts from the public security department?”

No, psychological intervention and trauma treatment are two different things!

Chen Yi hesitated, suppressing his urge to complain.

"Doesn't Dr. Maruki live here alone? Where else can I find a doctor to perform surgery?"

“I can manage on my own,” Dr. Maruki replied. “Some simple surgical procedures are no problem.”

No, surgeries usually require a team of 4-6 people! One person? Really?

"We'll talk about surgery later. Let's first find out what exactly happened to you."

Dr. Maruki stood up, pushed open the back door of the examination room, and walked into the treatment room.

Chen Yi hesitated for a moment, then quickly followed.

......

By the time Chen Yi regained consciousness, the treatment was over.

"Dr. Maruki?" Chen Yi sat up from the treatment chair and rubbed his stiff shoulders.

"Well, good morning."

Dr. Maruki held a hot coffee in his hand, yawned, and looked visibly tired.

"Is it morning?" Chen Yi looked around; there was no clock in the treatment room.

"Commander, it's only a little past two in the morning."

Klukka replied.

"It seems you have some other secrets?" Dr. Maruki took a sip of coffee, watching Chen Yi's changing expression.

The treatment room has no windows and the lighting is soft; it can be quite confusing if you don't pay attention to the time.

However, Chen Yi saw through his lie in less than five seconds... This seems interesting.

"...Okay, to make a long story short, I roughly understand why your boiling phenomenon has worsened." Dr. Maruki placed the cup on the table beside him, took out a bottle of unknown pills from his pocket, and handed it to Chen Yi.

"Mr. Chen, do you know the mechanism of your boiling phenomenon?"

"Dr. Maruki asked."

"I don't know," Chen Yi shook his head.

"Actually, just like ordinary people, it was after experiencing major trauma. In other words, it was the PTSD that I first encountered when I took over your medical plan."

“But your symptoms are different from those of ordinary people. They can control their symptoms with psychiatric medications, but you can’t quite manage them.”

As he spoke, Dr. Maruki pushed up his glasses, revealing a confident smile.

"You're relying on your own nervous system to suppress the boiling phenomenon... If it weren't for the specialized equipment in the treatment room, I wouldn't even know such symptoms existed..."

"Then what is this bottle of medicine?" Chen Yi looked at the medicine bottle in his hand; there were no labels on it.

"Capsicum bitterness lozenges are specifically designed to stimulate nerve responses. Since other diseases also require this medication as an adjunct treatment, I'm trying to prescribe this for you to see how it goes."