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

"I'll give you support." Chen Yi didn't hesitate, put down his guitar case, and began assembling the drone.

......

After watching them leave near the exit, Lorelei followed her memory back to the place where the most suspicious points were.

aquarium.

She had already visited the site earlier and concluded that it was an unfinished construction site.

However, the veracity of this conclusion may now be in doubt.

nimbly flipping over the wall, Lorelei entered the enclosed aquarium area.

"The interior doesn't really look like a construction site," Lorelei said, turning around to look at the surroundings.

There are no buildings above ground, but there is an underground level... a fish tank without water.

Lorelei looked around and it didn't look like it was unfinished... In fact, there were no building materials piled up, no construction equipment or personnel, and it felt like this was how it was supposed to be.

Footsteps sounded behind her, and Lorelei immediately blurred into nothingness, a sniper rifle appearing in her hand. She then turned around to investigate.

It was a tour group. They had somehow bypassed the wall to enter the construction area, and were now marching in with neat but stiff steps, seemingly heading towards the unfinished underground level.

“…” Lorelei watched the tour group in silence, and only after they passed by did she slowly follow at the very end of the group.

“Cognitive modification, memory deletion, it should be more than that…” The aquarium’s underground level is not completely enclosed, but the lighting conditions are quite poor. It would be difficult not to expose fake people in such an environment.

As they walked, the tour group stopped.

There is a huge water tank here, filled with murky liquid.

Judging from the surrounding environment, this tank is probably completely enclosed and not exposed to external light.

There was a hole in the thick glass wall, from which a dry, somewhat cracked tentacle slowly emerged.

A dazed tourist approached, crouched down without noticing, and then tentacles began to pry open the skull along the cranial ridge.

Lorelei reacted instantly, materialized, and then threw out the flying needles to sever the tentacles.

Black blood splattered on the victim's face. He blinked, and his survival instinct made him realize what was happening and step back.

"Fake man! Run!"

The cognitive interference failed at this moment, and the victim tourists who had been brought here ran around in panic.

“…” Lorelei frowned slightly, the DSR-50 appeared in her hand, she pulled the bolt and fired a shot at close range at the glass wall.

The vat cracked, and murky water gushed out, mixed with an indescribable fishy stench.

If that guy isn't in the water, then where is this water...?

A buzzing sound came from behind her, but Lorelei didn't turn around. The two reconnaissance fairies flew straight past her and headed towards other passages.

"Lorelei, Kluka can't provide support due to the distance, so we can only use drones."

"It's alright, Commander, I can handle it myself."

At the same time, Chen Yi dialed the police number and then used the authorized interface of the military company that Kelukai had registered long ago but had never used to access the police system, and simultaneously transferred the drone's footage to the ATSS command room.

"This is a huge problem."

The officers in the command center stared at the suddenly connected video feed for a while before their expressions turned serious.

......

The pungent liquid had reached above my ankles, but thanks to the drainage system, the water level was gradually dropping.

The scout fairy's searchlight shone inside the water tank, allowing Lorelei to see the contents at the bottom.

A large number of brains, initially estimated to be several hundred.

Where did these brains come from? It's already obvious.

The problem is...

Where did that fake human go?

The scout fairy flew into the tank and looked around, but couldn't find the true form of the tentacles that Lorelei had mentioned.

Revisiting Izu: Chapter 226 Exploration

Chapter 226

The ATSS has arrived and is evacuating the crowd.

Judging from the number of ordinary people involved in the zoo visit, it's estimated that it wasn't just ATSS who came.

"What are you still doing here? This zoo is closed now, leave quickly." Several police officers saw the Service Department members gathered near the entrance and came over to drive them away.

"Officer, I'm the one who reported the incident." Chen Yi handed the drone controller to Mai Sakurajima and stood up to say this.

"...Wait, let me report to my superiors."

The lead officer glanced at the others behind Chen Yi and, noticing they were assembling a drone equipped with a PDW, his tone became somewhat hesitant.

Although none of the people were dressed in any specific attire, and instead looked like tourists, the logo on the drone resembled the company mentioned in the car's computer, so the police officer abandoned his contemptuous attitude.

"Hello, I am the deputy on-site commander of this project. You can call me Miaomu."

Not long after, a police officer wearing a light bulletproof vest but without any weapons got out of the command vehicle and walked up to Chen Yi.

“Officer Miao Mu, this is Chen Yi, the founder and CEO of 16LAB.” Chen Yi opened his phone and pulled out an electronic business card from his files.

"Brother Chen is young and promising... So, besides the information previously shared with the command center, is there any other intelligence?"

Officer Naegi didn't mince words; he casually uttered some social niceties before getting straight to the point.

"That's all for now, because we're not here for technical testing, just a regular tourist trip... The people in the back are my friends."

Chen Yi said somewhat embarrassedly.

"It's alright, Brother Chen. You've fulfilled your civic duty. The rest can be left to the professionals." Officer Miao patted him on the shoulder in a friendly manner.

"Okay, then let's do it this way. I'll connect the drone to your system and won't retrieve it."

As Chen Yi spoke, he mentally signaled Lorelei to retreat and shook hands with Officer Miao Mu.

"I've seen your drones. Are you interested in ordering ATSS?" Officer Naegi joked slightly.

"Officer, we're just a small workshop."

"Most small workshops seem to just get licenses from big companies for drone brands and then do DIY. It's rare to find a small workshop that dares to design its own products."

"I won't disturb your work any longer. Let's discuss the details when we take your statements later." Chen Yi glanced behind him and saw that they had almost finished packing up their things before waving goodbye to Officer Miao Mu.

......

Let's go back to when Lorelei was still in the deepest part of the aquarium.

Under the searchlight, the flying needle that Lorelei had previously severed the tentacle had fallen to the bottom of the water and was slowly sinking.

"...This needle is no longer usable."

Lorelei glanced at the tentacles on the ground, then squatted down and examined them.

"Lorelei, can you access the drone's field of view?"

Kroos's voice rang out.

"I'll give it a try, but it's a bit difficult."

Compared to Kroos, who specializes in electronic warfare, it would be somewhat challenging for Lorelei, who lacks electronic warfare capabilities, to take over the drones in an instant.

"......alright."

The views of the two drones appeared in her mind at the same time, and Lorelei quickly got used to it.

let me see......

The searchlight slowly shone from bottom to top, illuminating the veins attached to the wall.

It's another fake person "grown" together with the building.

Chen Yi thought of the Boiling One, which he had just defeated not long ago.

"Can we find the main body by following the pathways?"

Chen Yi asked.

"I'll give it a try."

Kluke piloted the drone around the enclosed tank, but couldn't find a door or path leading to other independent tanks.

Lorelei moved to the other side, her high heels creating ripples and splashes on the slippery, flooded floor.

"Commander, the map outside the venue has been completed. This unfinished aquarium has approximately three main entrances and exits, as well as two entrances and exits that appear to be staff passages."

The scout fairies who had been circling outside had also completed their mission, and Kruka gave a brief report after analyzing the intelligence.

"I understand. Let's put it inside the aquarium and scan the interior space."

Chen Yi gave the order.

Meanwhile, Lorelei's search inside the aquarium was not without its rewards.

"boom--!"

A loud gunshot rang out once again in the confined space, causing the thinner materials to tremble.

The bullet tore off a large chunk of the dummy's body tissue, but it didn't seem to damage the original body.

Lorelei walked quickly to the victim's side and gave him a brief look.

"The brain has been removed, but the stitching work isn't finished yet?"

Why do we need to sew it up?

Lorelei glanced at the fresh brain slowly sinking to the bottom of the water under the drone's searchlight, then squatted down and used a flying needle to pry open the skull.

The cranial cavity was now filled with a small gray object, only about half the size of a fist.

"So, these people were later infiltrated into human society and gradually transformed into pseudo-humans, right?"

Chen Yi guessed that he didn't seem to have any impression of this kind of fake person.

"Take a look at the body structure that was just knocked off." Suppressing his nausea, Chen Yi carefully looked at the screen.

Lorelei immediately reached out and dragged the entire piece of body tissue out from the corner.

"It is about 3-4 meters long, and the upper layer of the skin has a structure similar to the stratum corneum... while the lower layer is cracked like before."

"It seems this part is quite crucial," Chen Yi reasoned, thinking of the gray "organ" that replaced the brain.

“Okay, then I’ll make a mark.” Lorelei took a glow stick out of her leg bag and threw it on the ground.

"Um...who are you?"

At this moment, the previous victim slowly got up from the ground, his eyes revealing confusion.

"Miss, where is this place? How do I get out?" He looked around, behaving just like a normal person.

The flying needle struck and severed the victim's neck, causing him to fall stiffly to the ground.

"The blood is still red."

But that guy is beyond saving.

Lorelei pulled the flying needles off the concrete pillar and washed the blood off them in water.

“Ruhe in Frieden.” After glancing at the victim on the ground, Lorelei continued to venture deeper into the unexplored area.

......

"The drones made by this studio called 16LAB seem to be pretty good."

The officer giving the briefing looked at the information channel projected from the information center and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Not only is it fast-flying, but its emergency stop, hovering, and scanning capabilities far surpass those of common civilian drones on the market, making it perfectly capable of being used for police purposes.

What's the background of this studio?

Normally, a studio with this level of technical skill shouldn't be unknown; there should be discussions about its work.

My thoughts wandered for a moment, and then the emergency call bell rang.