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

"cheers."

The four cups clinked together gently, a small celebration of yet another victory.

"Speaking of which, Lorelei, how did you provide us with support?"

Chen Yi had a guess, but he wasn't very sure.

“You’re awake. Open your tackle bag, put down the tripod, load the magazine, and then aim,” Lorelei replied briefly.

As I guessed, it seems Lorelei has far more freedom of movement than Kroos...

The straight-line distance from their hotel to the Moon Forest Hotel is at least several hundred meters.

Is it due to range limitations? But that doesn't make sense, as Kruka's range isn't that short...

Chen Yi could only attribute it to the opponent's abilities.

"Commander, snap out of it? Ah—" A spoon was shoved near his mouth; it was Lorelei, her eyes gleaming.

"..."

Chen Yi subconsciously turned his face away, but the next second Luo Leilai materialized, took him in her mouth, and kissed him, transferring the contents directly into Chen Yi's mouth.

"!"

Wow, that's amazing.

Hiratsuka Shizuka, sitting across the table, was so shocked that she dropped her fork on the floor without even noticing.

Kroos, sitting on Chen Yi's other side, had a gloomy expression and didn't say a word.

......

Late at night.

Chen Yi still couldn't sleep. Only after seeing that Kroos was asleep did he carefully leave the covers.

Kelukai didn't pursue Lorelei's actions, but that's the biggest problem.

This means that Krueger is also planning to attack.

I went out onto the balcony and found Lorelei enjoying the breeze there.

"Speaking of which, you must have lied to me last time, right?" Chen Yi leaned against the railing, looking at the Moon Forest Hotel building that was faintly visible in the darkness.

Counting from the bottom up, on the seventh floor... Chen Yi saw bullet holes.

That's the room beneath the snow, the spot where Lorelei's second shot hit.

There were two spent shell casings on the balcony, which Lorelei must have forgotten to clean up.

That was a close call...

"Commander, what do you think I lied to you about?" Lorelei replied. Chen Yi noticed that the corners of her mouth seemed to be slightly raised, and he couldn't tell if she was smiling.

"Hmm... Let's talk about the left eye. You said you saw the Boiling Ones through your left eye, but actually the Boiling phenomenon acts directly on the brain and doesn't show up on the retina, so you shouldn't be able to see it."

"...Commander, although there was a need to keep it a secret at the time, there is no reason to keep it a secret now."

Lorelei moved a little closer.

"I heard your inner voice at the time, and then I saw those bizarre scenes in my dream...that's how I got the information about the Boiling Ones."

“I remember my question at the time was how you were able to enter dreams.”

"Yeah, but I was afraid of letting you know that I could hear your thoughts... because no normal person would want others to hear their thoughts, right?"

"So that's what you're worried about after all this talk? I don't care. In fact, being able to communicate mentally actually improves efficiency, doesn't it?"

"..."

"You haven't answered my question yet. Is your ability to enter dreams something you've always had?"

"...Yes, that's right."

"Why don't you just leave me alone in your dreams? I want to get some sleep."

“In dreams, you can touch whatever you want… right?” Lorelei’s hand passed through Chen Yi’s body and touched the wall on the other side.

That's bad, if Kelukai finds out, she'll give her a good scolding for being a philanderer.

"As long as we don't get caught, isn't that enough?" Lorelei leaned closer and blew air into Chen Yi's neck and ears.

Then Chen Yi subconsciously shrank back.

Commander is so cute!

"Stop messing around, I haven't even settled the score with you for your surprise attack at dinner."

Chen Yi silently took a step to the left, intending to get away from this woman who was eating women.

"The Commander is clearly enjoying it, isn't he?"

Lorelei stepped closer, placing her finger on her lips.

"Well, I'm going to sleep now, remember to go to sleep early too."

Chen Yi fled in panic.

“I’ll keep watch, Commander~” Lorelei stared at his back, her eyes glowing with a faint red light.

You're being kind enough by not messing with me. All those pranks I played before, Kelukai will definitely find a way to get double the pay later...

Chen Yi thought to himself, feeling a headache coming on.

Well, what's done is done, let's go to sleep.

......

"It was all taken care of in less than three days. We were pretty lucky." Hiratsuka sat in the driver's seat and casually tossed his empty cigarette out the window.

Chen Yi opened the window, letting the wind in to disperse some of the smoke, and his expression improved somewhat.

The SUV sped along the highway; it would be back in Chiba in two and a half hours.

"Mr. Hiratsuka, please take us back to our apartment after we get back to Chiba," Chen Yi said from the passenger seat.

Although the biology lab was indeed eager to study the samples, they had brought too much equipment with them on this trip, and they needed to put it all back home first.

Otherwise, it would be too much trouble to bring all these things from the biology lab back home.

“Okay,” Hiratsuka Shizuka replied.

"Commander, ah~"

Lorelei peeled a segment of orange, intending to feed it to Chen Yi.

"Thank you."

Chen Yi refused and took it with his hand.

'What a pity.'

Lorelei thought to herself.

"Lorelei, please do not occupy the commander's 'bandwidth' when you are not on a mission."

Kroos spoke up, offering a 'kind' reminder.

"Ok."

Lorelei reluctantly withdrew her hand.

Chen Yi glanced at the rearview mirror and sighed almost imperceptibly.

That's why he sits in the passenger seat; if he were in the back, he wouldn't be comfortable at all on the way.

As for why just anyone can sit in the front...

Chen Yi said that although he is not a master of impartiality, he still has this much sense and will not make himself uncomfortable.

P.S.: By the way, why is no one commenting lately...? Are we all going to leave? QAQ

Revisiting Izu: Sick Leave

I had a fever when I got up today. I managed to write a little bit before I passed out and couldn't update anymore.

I'll find some time later to catch up on the chapters I missed today. I'm taking a day off now, meow.

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Revisiting Izu: Chapter 218 Preliminary Conclusions

Chapter 218

"Welcome...back." After arriving home, Chen Yi found that Mai Sakurajima and Futaba were on the sofa, and hadn't gone to eat yet.

Chen Yi glanced at the time; it was almost 11:30.

"It's good that you're alright." Mai Sakurajima came over and helped put down all the bags.

"By the way, don't save my lunch. I have to go out for a bit," Chen Yi explained.

"You're going out again so soon after you get back... Okay, how about I save some dinner for you tonight?"

"I'm not going on a long trip... but I think I'll pass for now. I'm not sure if I can get back before dinner."

"So where are you planning to go?" Rio Futaba pressed.

"Go to your mother's place; there's still some finishing work to do." Chen Yi slung his guitar bag over his shoulder.

"Oh, then I won't go with you. Please say hello for me." Futaba waved her hand.

......

"Unbelievable, you actually found the true nature of the boiling phenomenon."

Dr. Maru greeted Chen Yi as he entered and pushed another cup of coffee toward him.

Where is Sister Xing?

"You mean Dr. Futaba? She's in the lab doing tests. I just came out for some fresh air."

Dr. Maruki found it quite challenging as it was his first time encountering biological knowledge, especially cutting-edge theories. He crammed on related knowledge last night, and when he got up today, he was barely alive.

Doing research is really hard work...

Although boiling is a biological phenomenon, a classic academic conclusion... Dr. Maruki himself has hardly considered this issue.

Psychiatry itself is a discipline filled with a large number of pathological phenomena with unclear specific mechanisms, and it is also plausible from the perspective of psychological factors alone.

"Is that crystal deactivated?" Chen Yi asked, as if remembering something.

“That crystal was originally inactive; it’s an inorganic substance.” Dr. Futaba opened the laboratory door, gesturing for the two to change their clothes before going inside to take a look.

"Is there any conclusion yet?"

As they walked, Chen Yi asked Dr. Maruki a question.

"So far, we've only preliminarily confirmed that the Boiling One is indeed a fake, and there are some other interesting conclusions... By the way, could you tell us what happened when you brought this thing back?"

"Hmm... take a look for yourselves." Chen Yi took out his phone from his pocket and showed the two photos to the two of them.

"This is the hotel I stayed at when I first suffered from the boiling phenomenon. On a lower floor, there was this huge thing."

"Could you tell me what those red things are?"

Dr. Futaba pointed to the lower half of the Boiling Man in the photo.

"The red parts are partly shaped like neural networks, spread out on the ground, with fascia. Most of them are carpet-like, with fine down and fluidity."

What is liquidity?

"So...they automatically compress space and fill gaps, or something like that?"

"It's a pity you didn't collect any samples in this area..."

Dr. Futaba sighed and led Chen Yi and the other man into the laboratory.

"Let me start with the most terrifying conclusion: the one you collected... let's just call it a Boiling One. The DNA of this Boiling One specimen you collected seems to have non-standard base pairs."

Dr. Futaba handed the report on the table to Chen Yi, but Chen Yi did not take it.

"So... what does that mean?"