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

Rio Futaba was still somewhat puzzled.

"To be honest, Kluge and I discussed the matter based on the existing clues and concluded that the boiling phenomenon might also be caused by pseudo-human factors. After questioning, we found that the first boiling phenomenon occurred around the time of our trip to Izu, so I thought I would go back to Izu to see if I could catch that guy."

"..."

"Why now? Your hand isn't healed yet..."

"Because it's a holiday right now," Rio Futaba answered for Chen Yi.

"Mai, I'm fine," Chen Yi reassured her.

"Alright then, be careful." Mai Sakurajima didn't say anything more, just gave a gentle reminder.

After dinner, Chen Yi returned to his room to pack his things for tomorrow and sent a message to Hiratsuka-sensei.

"Hiratsuka-sensei, are you free tomorrow? I need to go to Izu, could you give me a ride?"

As for why he doesn't ride Kroos's motorcycle... it's mainly because it's too flashy. Putting aside the possibility of being stopped by fans, the extent of its modifications and its design alone would be enough for the traffic police to stop him and question him for most of the day.

What are you going to Izu for?

A while later, Hiratsuka Shizuka sent back a message.

"Since I was previously diagnosed with the boiling phenomenon, I think I could revisit the place where I first experienced the hallucinations and see if there are any clues."

Chen Yi answered.

But that seaside hotel is already closed.

After a moment of silence, Hiratsuka Shizuka typed a reply.

"?" Chen Yi was puzzled at first, but then he thought about it again and found it not strange.

After all, the Izu incident seems to be a major one, with so many people dying. It's quite normal for the hotel to go bankrupt and run away because they can't afford to pay compensation.

"I'll figure out how to get in myself, Hiratsuka-sensei. So, could you take me there tomorrow?"

'Okay, what time?'

Hiratsuka Shizuka readily agreed.

'Around eight o'clock.'

......

Maintaining firearms is a daily task that cannot be missed.

Chen Yi held the DSR-50, disassembled all the parts, and began cleaning the carbon deposits.

Come to think of it, Lorelei seemed to have said that kissing the gun barrel would wake her up...

Looking through the rifling, Chen Yi gently stroked the gun.

Although it all sounds like a prank or a joke... Chen Yi didn't forget what he said to HK416 at the beginning.

Maybe it's true?

Chen Yi slowed down his cleaning of the gun and picked up the barrel to examine it carefully.

The rifling wear is very low, as if it were brand new.

This doesn't look like a sniper rifle that has already fired hundreds of bullets, even if it's regularly maintained.

Chen Yi reassembled the maintained parts and then calibrated the sights.

After he finished, he looked up at Kroos.

Kluke shrugged.

Then Chen Yi lowered his head, as if with some kind of realization, and leaned down to lightly kiss the gun barrel.

"..."

There was no response; it seems I've been tricked.

Chen Yi put the gun back in the guitar case with some regret, then took out Kroos's main body and began to maintain the rifle.

......

“Testing.” Kawasaki Saki seemed to be still working hard on the 'hound', focusing on details about its movement and gait.

"What do you need?" Futaba Rio saw Chen Yi standing beside her for a while and guessed his purpose.

"How many witches are left? I also need three scout fairies and three general-purpose fairies."

"So many." Rio Futaba pushed out a suitcase from the side. When she opened it, it was filled with witch parts.

There are probably a dozen or so of them.

"Four or five should be enough," Chen Yi replied after thinking for a moment.

"Okay, I'll help you assemble it." Futaba took out the extra witch, then went into the next room to look for the fairy that had already been assembled.

Since he had nothing better to do, Chen Yi decided to sit down and take a look at the 'humanoid's' log.

"Commander, this generation of androids is already quite perfect."

In terms of hardware, the 'humanoid' may not be as advanced as those of mainstream military enterprises, but when it comes to software, such as the speed of AI iteration... well, you can only say that with cheats, you can do whatever you want.

However, one must take things one step at a time. Iteration does not necessarily require redesign; modifying the original solution is also a viable approach.

"It's all ready for you..." Rio Futaba walked over and saw that Chen Yi was already making a mind map, so she could only sigh slightly.

"Why don't you get some rest today? Don't you have to get up early to leave tomorrow?"

"......Too."

......

"Commander, why aren't you sleeping at this hour?"

Kelukai went to the balcony and glanced at the half-empty can of latte in Chen Yi's hand.

"No, I'm just thinking about plans."

First of all, infiltration is certain; that area should be fenced off, so it's impossible to just walk in openly.

Then, how do we find the fake mannequin hiding in the building? Wait for it to launch an attack? That's impossible; the risk is too high.

Chen Yi's solution was to conduct a thorough search, checking each room from downstairs to upstairs.

Of course, this is not the preferred option because it consumes too much time and effort.

However, Chen Yi didn't have many other options.

There is another strange clue.

Kluge had already checked and found that among the survivors of the Seaside Holiday Hotel incident, he was the only one diagnosed with the boiling phenomenon.

This is very interesting.

Assuming the other party is a fake, there is no reason to attack only oneself while letting others go unpunished.

Or perhaps the other survivors were too carefree and didn't check their mental state at all.

Either the fake person who caused the boiling phenomenon only had eyes for him, or he had something special about him.

Either way, the consequences would likely be quite severe.

“Speaking of which, Kroos.” Chen Yi pushed the coffee over, and Kroos picked it up and took a sip without any hesitation.

"Can you actively initiate your physicalization process?"

Kroos remained silent for a moment.

"Yes, Commander."

"How long can it last?"

"If it's the duration it's always on..." Kruka pondered.

"About... five to ten minutes."

P.S.: I almost forgot to update, meow...

Revisiting Izu: Chapter 210 The Journey Begins

Chapter 210

Thursday is normally a time for classes, but unfortunately, the school hadn't completely cleaned up the remnants of the fake human remains from last time, so they had to implement another emergency school closure.

Around seven o'clock in the morning, Hiratsuka Shizuka's car was already waiting downstairs.

Good morning, Hiratsuka-sensei.

"Bringing so much stuff? What are you going to do?" Hiratsuka Shizuka raised an eyebrow as she watched Chen Yi push several suitcases over, and silently opened the trunk of the SUV.

"Let's talk about it after we get in the car."

Chen Yi put the fishing tackle bag containing the DSR-50 in the trunk, and then lifted the other two suitcases and put them in.

"Didn't you call anyone else?" Hiratsuka Shizuka, who had sat back in the driver's seat, pulled on her seatbelt and fastened it, then glanced at Chen Yi.

"No, it's a bit dangerous, there's no need for that." Chen Yi closed the car door and put the guitar bag on the back seat.

"Speaking of which, what's the situation at school now?" Chen Yi casually scrolled through his phone and found that apart from Mai and the others' concern, there was no other information, so he simply ignored it.

"Well, putting aside the school leaders' issues, they will all be dismissed after this incident, regardless of how well they handled things. As for the police... if they don't manage public opinion well, they will probably lose a lot of credibility as well."

"Uh, that's not what I was asking." Chen Yi scratched his head.

"Oh, you're asking about those missing students, right..." Hiratsuka Shizuka suddenly realized, and then fell silent.

"..."

Are there... people you know in there?

"No," Chen Yi shook his head in denial.

"Then you don't need to ask."

"..."

Well, I should have guessed that.

"Speaking of which, why don't you ask me how I found out?" Chen Yi took the initiative to change the subject.

"Okay, so how did you find out?"

"Kluka was going through the surveillance footage when she saw that one of the teams was out of contact between two cameras. Based on the map, she deduced that it was the road leading to the basement, so she made a reasonable deduction, went over to take a look, and that was all."

Chen Yi explained.

"I see. Your Miss Krokae is truly amazing."

"However, how can you be so sure that the other party has met with misfortune, and not that they were hiding somewhere and lying in ambush for passersby?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka countered with a question.

"I'm not sure if they died in the accident, but I was just going to Wargame to play around. I didn't really intend to compete for first place. I was just going to take a look. On the contrary, the school has already learned a lesson about hiding traitors, and this kind of information is like a thorn in my side."

"Well, that makes sense."

They didn't talk about anything interesting after that. Because Chen Yi had stayed up late the night before departure, he gradually fell asleep in the car.

Hiratsuka-sensei's car was very stable, and there were no bumps along the way.

In his hazy state, it seemed someone tapped him on the shoulder. Chen Yi opened his eyes and looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka, who was focused on driving.

illusion?

still......

Chen Yi's hand instinctively touched the medicine bottle.

"What's wrong?" Hiratsuka Shizuka noticed Chen Yi's movements.

"...It's nothing, maybe it's just my imagination."

After waiting for a while and seeing no further reaction from the boiling phenomenon, Chen Yi took out a medicine bottle, swallowed a pill, and then waved his hand nonchalantly.

Your performance doesn't seem like an illusion.

Hiratsuka Shizuka, who wanted to ask more questions, saw Chen Yi close his eyes again and had no choice but to swallow her words.

......