Something's wrong with how I'm watching anime.

He sat down on the sofa, with coffee on the coffee table.

At this time, the morning news was still broadcasting: "Yesterday, a serious criminal case occurred in Xingwan District. In order to speed up the investigation and eliminate social risks, the Xinghai Municipal Police Bureau issued an arrest warrant and decided to offer a reward for the capture of the fugitive suspect Yu Bie. We hope that all sectors of society and the general public will actively report and expose him."

The television screen displayed a human figure in contrast to the announcer's gentle, soothing voice.

This is exactly the image Kazama had in disguise yesterday.

"You're on TV!"

"Isn't this normal?"

Kazama opened the drawer of the coffee table and took out a box of sugar cubes. As he spoke, he put the sugar cubes into the coffee and stirred them with a spoon.

Every murder case must be solved, and every major case must be investigated. This is a policy that the Chinese police strictly adhere to.

Two people were killed by the parasite inside the dog farm, one of whom was a target of the police manhunt. The large-scale operation is not surprising.

"And you're wrong..."

Kazama picked up his coffee and took a small sip.

"What does it have to do with me, Kazama, that they want to capture, 'Yubie'?"

Kazama wasn't worried about the police's wanted notice.

Even if Sherlock Holmes were alive, he could never catch someone who doesn't exist in the world.

The Gaia Foundation's disguise extends beyond altering body shape and age. It can even modify subtle details like body odor and fingerprints according to the user's intentions.

It's fair to say that once the disguise took effect, Kazama was practically a completely different person.

Even without leaving a DNA sample at the scene, and using fingerprints as an auxiliary identification standard, it is still impossible to link Kazama with 'Yobetsu'.

Kazama has done his best to handle the aftermath.

The parasite's corpse had been burned to ashes. After leaving the factory area near the casino, Kazama disguised himself three times along the way to be on the safe side before finally sneaking back home.

This method is used to get rid of follow-up tracking, and anyone who comes will roll their eyes.

As for the clues that weren't processed in time, that's not a big deal. Given that the police didn't have information about the parasite, it wasn't really a loophole.

After all, making inferences based on clues at the scene is based on basic common sense and logic.

Did the alien monster kill people?

This speculation will never arise until the superpowers cause even worse consequences.

The only thing that bothered Kazama was that he was now being blamed for the parasites' actions. But there was nothing he could do; he had to take the fall.

Kazama carefully reviewed his memories of the entire incident from the previous day, making sure he hadn't missed anything, before speaking:

"No problem..."

"If we were to deduce the general outline of the incident based on the clues left at the dog farm, it would probably be heading in the direction of a revenge killing and a double-cross."

Kazama was more worried about something else than registering with the police.

"Regarding superpowers..."

Yesterday at the factory, Cerberus said he felt a strange gaze being watched, and it wasn't from a human.

As soon as Kazama returned, he immediately started checking the list of anime series.

Aside from the three anime series that were influenced by Kazama—Cardcaptor Sakura, Dantalian's Shoka, and Akame ga Kill!—Kazama did not touch any of the other works.

By comparing the original plot with the online versions, one can find out if there have been any plot changes in these works, thereby inferring whether the superpowers have gone out of control again and what kind of thing has been manifested in the real world.

"But... it wasn't found."

Kazama took another sip of coffee, the bittersweet taste lingering in his mouth, stimulating his nerve cells.

Yesterday, Kazama even stayed up all night to conduct the examination, but he found nothing.

"Perhaps it really is just my imagination," Cerberus said reassuringly.

"I hope so..."

Kazama sighed.

"Now I'm more concerned about whether things getting out of control is the norm..."

Is the loss of control something that is inherently going to happen, or is it triggered by some other reason?

"For example, because I materialized the Clow Cards into the real world, it caused things to get out of control."

The emergence of superpowers can be said to violate the laws summarized by human understanding at present. For example, the classic first law of thermodynamics and the law of conservation of energy state that the overall mass of the universe remains constant. So, what about the Clow Cards and many other items that appear out of nowhere?

"I don't know the principle behind this manifestation, but if the loss of control over my powers is truly accompanied by my subjective extraction of objects..."

Therefore, the situation will likely spiral out of control at least three more times.

If that's the reason, Kazama will have to be extremely cautious about extracting props from anime series from now on.

"But if it's not because of the extracted substances, but rather that losing control is simply a normal part of superpowers..."

Kazama then needs to find a way to curb this trend, and he's willing to continue extracting props from the anime series to achieve this.

This is a multiple-choice question, but the current conditions do not allow Kazama to directly choose the correct answer. He can only use the most rudimentary method of elimination and slowly explore the answer.

"A related question arises... If things continue to spiral out of control, are there any patterns in the frequency of these occurrences?"

"For example, when extracting substances, loss of control may occur after a fixed period of one week. Or, under normal circumstances, loss of control may occur once every week."

Kazama stared at the black, murky liquid in the glass and spoke slowly.

Based on the clues revealed by the appearance of the Parasyte, it should have materialized about a week after Kazama obtained the Clow Cards.

"It's not just about the frequency, but also the location where the loss of control occurs."

Is it fixed within the area of ​​Xinghai City, or is it farther away, even globally, or... the entire Milky Way galaxy?

"If a second instance of loss of control were to occur, it would be helpful in reorganizing the rules governing superpowers."

Kazama looked up at the ceiling, his gaze shifting from the coffee.

"What I just mentioned were external factors contributing to the loss of control; there are also numerous internal factors..."

"For example, are there limitations to the things that manifest out of control?"

Chapter 41 From Today On, I Will Become a Charlatan

The limits of human imagination far exceed the limits of the material foundation that humans have built.

This is also the main reason why Kazama was terrified when he learned that the parasites had materialized in reality and that his powers had gone out of control.

It's not because the parasites came out.

To be honest, Parasyte is actually not that bad.

Its weaknesses are obvious, and its destructive power is limited.

Kazama could handle it alone, and even without Kazama, if the parasites slipped into the authorities' sights, a simple gunfight or armed squad could easily take them down.

Kazama fears the possibilities that come with the fact that the parasites have materialized.

If Parasyte can be brought to life, then why can't other creatures from other anime be materialized?

For example... the Apostles in Eva.

In the original story, the Third Angel easily wiped out the UN forces, which comprised the best military forces in the world, upon its first appearance. Weapons created by humanity using its own capabilities are generally ineffective against the Angels.

It has to be said that the level of technology depicted by humans in the animation is beyond reality.

If the Angels were to materialize in the real world, how should one deal with it and pull Eva and the pilot out of the anime?

Kazama can't do that.

He had previously conducted experiments showing that his materialization methods could not produce living beings.

Moreover, those anime series don't just feature one apostle; they contain beings with the power to threaten the survival of an entire civilization.

The Salvation Witch or the Law of Circles in Madoka Magica.

The God's Hand in the Sword Wind.

Several witches in Re:Zero.

There are quite a few beings who possess the status of 'god'.

Kazama should be most grateful that works with a cosmic-level battle background like "Dragon Ball" are not on the list of anime series.

After all, the characters in Dragon Ball no longer possess the power to destroy civilizations; in the later stages, destroying planets became commonplace.

"Restrictions...it would be good if the materialized things had fixed limitations..."

Kazama murmured.

For example, restricting power levels and types.

"Besides the limitations of uncontrolled manifestation, we also need to focus on the scope of the manifestation objects now."

At this point, Kazama's expression suddenly became extremely serious.

"This is also the question that most urgently needs an answer to right now."

"Wh...what do you mean?" Seeing Kazama's serious expression, Kerberos asked weakly.

"It means...whether what manifests out of control is limited to the field of our observation."

Kazama spoke up:

"Because it can be materialized, we believe that the world in animation is real."

"Based on this, there is an entire dimension separating the real world from these anime worlds."

The two should not interfere with each other.

However, due to their special abilities, situations arose where they were able to interfere and observe.

"However, our observations and interventions are all based on the progression of the animated story."

The storyline that extends from the main character, and the information observed through the storyline.

"But compared to a complete world, the information we can observe is far too little."

If the protagonist does something, and the story describes it in detail, the audience will naturally know. But what if there's a sudden jump in time?