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

He then smelled the strong odor that caused both physical and psychological discomfort.

“…No, no need…” Hiratsuka Shizuka’s face was a little pale.

"Alright then." Chen Yi withdrew his outstretched hand and put his mask back on.

"Won't inhaling this smell too much cause non-combat casualties?" Chen Yi thought to himself.

......

Before the hotel closed, the tenth floor was designated as the center for security and surveillance, as it was located in the middle of the building, making it very convenient to handle emergencies whether going up or down.

Chen Yi looked at the bloodstains all over the ground and began to think.

Could the security guards really be no match for the Man in the Fog? That doesn't make sense; there must be other, even stronger imposters.

The laser pointer circled the lounge, and Chen Yi found the fire safety floor plan.

Chen Yi walked over and found that the rooms above all had names on sticky notes.

"Weapons room..."

Next to the lounge was a small weapons room.

"Hiratsuka-sensei, let's go take a look at the weapons room." Chen Yi spotted the door at a glance and called out to Hiratsuka Shizuka.

"This thing needs to read an access card...?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka glanced at the door.

However, this is understandable, as weapons are something that needs to be carefully protected.

"Krooice, can you hack it?" Chen Yi poked the terminal on the door twice and found that the door could move after being powered on, so he asked Krooice.

"Okay... all done."

Kroos paused for a moment before replying.

Chen Yi grabbed the doorknob and pulled, and the door opened easily.

"alert."

Chen Yi pointed his gun at the crack in the door and peered inside.

"boom!"

Chen Yi shot the black head off with a single shot, only to find it was the head of the man in the mist.

In addition, the floor of the weapons room was covered in blood, and there wasn't a single gun in the weapons cabinet.

“The guns should have all been recovered by the ATSS,” Hiratsuka Shizuka explained.

"Hmm, that's normal."

The two entered the armory, and the heavy steel door behind them slowly closed. Chen Yi did not turn around, but instead looked around at the layout of the armory.

"The bullets were recovered too... I thought we'd get a replacement." Chen Yi said with some regret.

"Come on, do you think this is a game where you can get supplies..." After carefully checking and confirming that there was no danger, Hiratsuka Shizuka deliberately picked up on Chen Yi's words to divert his attention.

But at that moment, the loudspeaker suddenly came on.

"Dear guests, welcome to the Moon Forest Hotel..."

"?!" The two reacted differently, but both expressed disbelief.

"Kroos, what's going on?"

"Tracing the source, Commander. I think it's the radio dummy we failed to kill last time."

"The Moon Forest Hotel will provide you with the highest quality service..."

The broadcast continued, and after listening for a while, Chen Yi suddenly patted Hiratsuka Shizuka on the shoulder.

"Hiratsuka-sensei."

"What's wrong?" Hiratsuka Shizuka looked over in confusion.

What is 1000 - 7?

"...993, why are you asking this?"

"Then how many is this?" Chen Yi didn't answer, but instead held up a fist.

"...Where did this finger come from...? Wait, is this a test to see if I've been mentally corrupted?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka realized what was happening and felt a chill run down her spine.

"It's hard to guarantee there's no mental pollution."

Chen Yi rang the alarm, turned on his tablet, and accessed the monitoring port provided by Kluke.

In the scene, a few "travelers" walk by in twos and threes in the corridor.

—If we disregard their disjointed limbs and the numerous facial features that resemble abstract paintings.

"...Hiratsuka-sensei, we're in big trouble."

Chen Yi said seriously.

"Dear guests, please do not appear in places where you are not allowed. Otherwise, hotel security will remove you and, if necessary, take measures to assist in maintaining order..."

"What are our chances of breaking through?" Hiratsuka Shizuka asked directly, without hesitation.

"Hard to say, the corridor is too cramped for my motorcycle to fit..."

If the quantity doesn't exceed a certain level, you could try using grenades to clear a path. However, the problem is that grenades can only be used a maximum of ten times, and that's without being able to use other functions. If you force it, you might just faint on the spot, which would be no different from being dead.

"By the way, what kind of security does the hotel have?"

"It might be the Fog People, they were the ones last time... Wait, why are you asking this?"

Chen Yi answered subconsciously, then asked in return with a puzzled look.

“I suspect there’s something fishy about this so-called hotel rule,” Hiratsuka Shizuka explained.

"This isn't 100%... No, Hiratsuka-sensei, you mean, you think this rule can be exploited?"

Chen Yi found it absurd.

"I don't know. If it can't be done, why would it make such a special broadcast?"

“It’s not mental pollution either…” Chen Yi thought for a moment and felt that what Hiratsuka Shizuka said seemed to make sense, so he began to switch cameras to check the characteristics of the fake people in each area.

Because of that broadcast, the previously quiet areas suddenly became 'lively', with groups of two or three fake people 'living' like humans.

The restaurant area, the kitchen area, the guest room corridor area...

It's enough to send chills down one's spine...

"Commander, I did not see the man in the fog."

Kroos's phantom appeared, and she looked up at the monitor in the weapons room, leaning against the door with her arms crossed as she reported.

"What do you mean by 'I didn't see the person in the fog'?" Chen Yi asked, puzzled.

"It means there's no security." Hiratsuka Shizuka had already begun to follow the broadcast rules and subconsciously replied.

"The problem is, isn't the man in the mist right under our feet?" Chen Yi gradually caught up with Hiratsuka Shizuka's train of thought and glanced down at the head on the ground.

It was the hotel's security guard, but now it's been taken down, and there aren't any other security guards available...

P.S.: I'm having writer's block today, meow. I need to pat any passing readers on the back to give me some energy, meow.

Revisiting Izu: Chapter 214 Rebirth: I Work as a Security Guard at the Fake Hotel

Chapter 214

"Chen Yi, sometimes I even doubt whether your thought process is ridiculously complex..."

"Hiratsuka-sensei, it was you who came up with the idea of ​​exploiting loopholes in the rules."

Hiratsuka Shizuka, Chen Yi, and Krochai sat in the security guard's break room, chatting idly.

After confirmation, it is certain that the hotel's security guard was indeed the "Mist Man," but Chen Yi swiftly eliminated him while he was still slowly "growing" out of the floor. In a game analogy, it would be like a player's internet connection being cut off before the game even started, and their account being stolen.

This made Chen Yi and his companions the "dissonant notes" in this perfect dance.

As for how he confirmed it?

......

"Kroos, answer the broadcast for me."

Upon seeing the half-empty skull of a person in the fog on the ground, Chen Yi had a sudden inspiration.

"That's enough, Commander."

"...So what's going on?" This time it was Hiratsuka Shizuka's turn to be confused.

She saw Chen Yi first switch to the surveillance cameras in the corridor outside the security center, and then turn on the button to take over the broadcast.

"Dear passengers, the floor you are on is the security hub. Under normal circumstances, unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter. Please leave as soon as possible, otherwise security personnel will proceed with the removal process."

Subsequently, groups of two or three fake figures walked toward the elevator and the stairwell. Within three minutes, there were no more fake figures on this floor of the security center.

Chen Yi looked up and saw Hiratsuka Shizuna's wide eyes.

"This... Holy crap..." Hiratsuka Shizuka subconsciously took a step forward, trying to see the scene on the screen clearly, but accidentally stepped on the soft tissue of the person in the fog, stumbled and bumped into Chen Yi.

......

"So you were alright just now, right?" Hiratsuka Shizuka glanced at Chen Yi, who was still fiddling with the tablet.

"The quality is great, it won't break." Chen Yi closed the tablet, opened a can of coffee in the security guard's rest room, and took a small sip.

“Speaking of which, if we’re playing the role of ‘security guards,’ shouldn’t we be on patrol?” Hiratsuka Shizuka pondered.

“Normally speaking, that should be the case,” Chen Yi replied, taking a sip of his drink.

"So, are we still sitting here?"

"You really think you're a security guard?" Chen Yi pointed to the duty roster on the wall behind him.

"There are so many shifts ahead, are we both supposed to finish them all? If that's the case, we might as well just fight our way out."

"..." seems to make sense.

"So what do you plan to do next?" Hiratsuka Shizuka snatched the half-finished coffee from Chen Yi, drank it all in one gulp, and moistened her throat.

Chen Yi remained silent for a moment before looking away.

“We’ve explored this floor quite thoroughly, but we haven’t found any trace of the pseudo-humans related to the boiling phenomenon… So, we should go back to the floor we lived on; the clues might be there.”

"Which floor did we live on again?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka begins to reminisce.

"The seventh floor."

"Didn't we just miss it?"

Chen Yi slapped his forehead.

"There's no other way, let's go down."

Hiratsuka Shizuka shrugged, and the two picked up their guns and pushed open the door to the staff break room.

......

"Excuse me, ma'am, this is a security patrol."

Chen Yi saw the fake mannequin staggering forward and took two steps forward to stand in front of it.

Then the fake man obediently stepped aside.

"hiss......"

Hiratsuka quietly gasped.

Seeing this scene in person was truly shocking and shattered my worldview.

In order to avoid attracting attention, Hiratsuka Shizuka had no choice but to forcefully draw her attention back and keep up with Chen Yi's pace.

"You really can do it... How did you have the guts to stand in front of her just now?" Hiratsuka Shizuka, who was standing right next to her, was still in a daze.

"Because Kroos's axe can hurt me faster than it can when it suddenly attacks."