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

A southerner who already rarely eats spicy food now hates chili peppers even more.

"So what's the point of bringing me to your club activity today?" Shuangye cleverly changed the subject, lest Chen Yi discover her sleep-deprived and disheveled appearance as they chatted.

"We're going to the shooting range today, and I figured it would be a good way to relax, so I invited you along."

Chen Yi explained.

"Is the request you received for sparring?"

"That's one way to understand it."

"Then why not just pay for a shooting instructor?" Rio Futaba quipped.

No wonder Chen Yi told them to bring their guns when he went out today...

Futaba glanced at the two people next to her out of the corner of her eye. Including herself, the three of them each carried a guitar bag, looking like an ordinary high school band.

"How would I know? Maybe they don't have enough pocket money and can't afford to treat me," Chen Yi said, shrugging.

He had run into Yotsuya a few times at the shooting range before. She also trained alone without a coach. In her own words, she wanted to save as much money as possible.

......

The most punctual person was still Yukinoshita. She seemed to have an almost obsessive obsession with being punctual. Chen Yi and his group had arrived half an hour early, but Yukinoshita was still sitting there, waiting for who knows how long.

"Good morning, Minister Yukinoshita," Chen Yi greeted.

"This is Futaba from the club next door. I heard she was going out to practice shooting today, so I brought her along."

"It's alright. I'm Yukino Yukinoshita, Futaba-san, nice to meet you."

"Rio Futaba, nice to meet you." She awkwardly adjusted her guitar bag.

"Why have you taken so many days off? What happened?"

Yukinoshita was somewhat curious.

"Hey."

Chen Yi reached out his hand, and Xue Shizhi saw the bandages wrapped around both of Chen Yi's hands.

"This is?"

"scald."

"...Be careful." Yukinoshita was silent for a moment before casually reminding him.

Haha, I've been careful enough.

Chen Yi had no intention of explaining, since explaining such things was quite troublesome, and no one would believe it unless they saw it with their own eyes.

......

"Good morning."

The blue-haired high school girl arrived on time and immediately spotted the male high school student in the line.

I didn't see this yesterday.

"This is also a member, Chen Yi," Yukinoshita introduced.

"Chen, I'm Saki Kawasaki. Nice to meet you."

Saki Kawasaki flipped her side hair.

"Please guide me, Chen Yi." Chen Yi opened his eyes, nodded at her, and suppressed the urge to yawn.

After the physical discomfort subsided, drowsiness returned.

"It seems this stuff can't really replace the effects of caffeine..." Chen Yi poured out another pill from the bottle.

Dr. Maruki said to eat it if you want, as it doesn't contain any chemical ingredients with high side effects; it's all chili peppers and bittering agents. At most, you should be careful not to eat too much and get diarrhea.

Essentially, it's about torturing the senses to regulate neural responses; there's no other purpose.

Chen Yi thought to himself that he would just buy a can of coffee when he got to the shooting range, as he was still a bit sleepy.

"Futaba Rio."

Futaba simply gave her name as a greeting; she wasn't the outgoing type.

......

"This is a socket wrench, and this position is the safety pin..."

Kawasaki Saki is holding a P320 in both hands and learning under Yukinoshita's guidance.

Meanwhile, Chen Yi took advantage of the Service Club's team building activity to tutor Kasumigaoka and Yuihama, who were not good with guns, in rifle shooting skills.

As the saying goes, it's better to be safe than sorry. Although the probability of using a rifle in daily life is less than 1%, you still have to learn how to use it when you really need to.

"It's so heavy..." Kasumigaoka stood for five minutes, aiming at the bullseye with the G28, and his hands were completely exhausted.

"Bang—!" Futaba and Sakurajima Mai were taking turns using the DSR-50 to practice shooting at targets in the next spot, and Chen Yi would go over and take a look whenever he had a spare moment.

"that......"

As I passed by Saki Kawasaki, I overheard her asking Yukino a question.

"How can you tell the difference between a normal person and a fake one? When you're out alone at night."

Chen Yi paused, his curiosity piqued.

"If that's the case, you should be asking how to distinguish between a disguised humanoid and a humanoid fake..."

Thinking beneath the snow.

"Actually, if you put it this way..."

Chen Yi joined the conversation.

"If you encounter someone outside at night who you don't know if they are human, you'd better not assume they are human."

He gave me a heartfelt warning.

"What if...it's a situation where differentiation is absolutely necessary?"

Kawasaki hesitated for a moment, then pressed for more information.

Looking up from under the snow, Chen Yi sensed a solemnity in her gaze.

"If it is necessary to confirm whether the other party is a fake."

Chen Yi turned to face the other person, composed himself, and spoke earnestly.

"First, quickly confirm whether the other party is carrying firearms. It is common sense that spoofs cannot possess firearms. There are hundreds of thousands of spoof cases around the world every day, and so far there have been no cases of spoofs possessing firearms."

"Second, blood. The blood of fake humans is different from that of humans. Human arterial blood is bright red and venous blood is dark red, while the blood of fake humans is black with a slight reddish tinge. Of course, this method of identification is only highly successful under sufficient light conditions."

Several members of the Service Department quietly gathered around, looking at Chen Yi's serious expression.

"Third, pay attention to whether there are any flaws in the logic of the behavior, and whether some common sense is correct." After thinking for a moment, Chen Yi changed his mind.

"However, there are almost no evaluation criteria. It mainly depends on insight and sociological knowledge. Unless the conditions are extremely adverse, it is not recommended to give priority to this evaluation criterion."

"Fourth, social identity. Even a completely fake person can rarely be completely disguised in the vast social network of an ordinary person. You can confirm whether he is a fake person by checking his social relationships."

"To summarize, the above four points need to be cross-verified. Meeting only one of them is not enough to support the conclusion that the other party is human."

Beneath the baseball cap, her burgundy eyes flickered slightly as she subtly gazed at Saki Kawasaki.

What is your purpose in asking such a question? And why specifically add the qualifier "evening"?

P.S.: I'll just update today... I feel like being lazy, meow...

High school sophomore: Chapter 174 Bullet Money

"Speaking of which, Kawasaki-kun, why did you choose to come to the Service Club to ask us for shooting lessons?"

Chen Yi changed the subject, but his tone remained unchanged throughout, as if he were just talking about something very ordinary.

“I asked this question yesterday, so I’ll answer it,” Yukinoshita said.

"'The pressure from the seniors in the shooting club is immense, and their gaze is somewhat... I don't like it.'... That's roughly it."

After listening, Chen Yi fell into thought.

Theoretically speaking, it's understandable to consider finding someone else because the shooting club is having problems. However, having somehow learned about the service club, and thinking of giving it a shot, they came to ask for help.

This kind of thinking is perfectly normal.

As for why they didn't hire a shooting instructor from a proper shooting range...

Chen Yi looked up at the promotional poster hanging behind the shooting range: Gold Medal Coach, 9000 yen per lesson.

Hmm... If we put ourselves in their shoes, it really wouldn't be enough for a student from an average family.

Chen Yi glanced at Yotsuya Miko, who was firing her RSH-12 in the distance, still holding it up, firing one shot and then pausing.

Speaking of which, Yotsuya once said that the bill for target practice was so expensive that it almost depleted her savings.

If we follow this line of thinking, it makes sense that Kawasaki Saki stumbled upon the Service Club by sheer luck.

"Let me do it. I'll also teach you how to use and maintain the rifle," Chen Yi said.

"Um, I only want to learn how to use handguns..." Kawasaki wanted to refuse.

"I'll pay for the bullets. You never know when you might need to learn more," Chen Yi said casually.

He had some questions he wanted to ask Kawasaki-kun.

......

"What did Yukinoshita teach you just now? She didn't teach you troubleshooting or maintenance, did she? Wait a minute..."

Chen Yi shrugged at Kawasaki Saki, who hesitated for a moment before placing her pistol on his hand.

"P320, give me a hand."

Chen Yi skillfully loaded the gun, checked the safety, and then muttered something in a voice that Kawasaki Saki couldn't hear.

"Well, first of all, it's a very common failure mode..."

Without even looking, Chen Yi raised the P320 and fired at the target, startling Kawasaki Saki.

"Click".

A spent cartridge case was lodged in the ejection port, perfectly positioned.

You're really giving me face, Brother Machine Soul.

Chen Yi felt secretly pleased.

"Look, this kind of malfunction is..."

Yukinoshita stood by, watching in disbelief.

"When did Chen Jun tamper with the gun?" she muttered to herself.

"No, it's just that Sig Sauer's quality control is really bad." The short-haired bob-cut girl suddenly spoke up, startling Yukino.

"Kato... classmate, didn't you go practice your shooting?"

Yukinoshita coughed twice, seemingly feeling a little guilty for having been spying.

“I shot at target number three,” Kato Megumi said calmly.

Following the numbers, Yukina saw the situation of target number three.

A 13-meter target, a pistol, 50 rounds, 96% accuracy, and a dispersion diameter of about 10cm.

This result has already surpassed hers, and Yukinoshita remained silent for a few seconds.

"I'm going to buy some drinks. Yukinoshita, what would you like to drink?" Kato Megumi glanced at Chen Yi's back and asked Yukinoshita.

"...Tea will do."

After Kato Megumi left, Yukinoshita stood there for a while and then went to find an empty spot to practice by herself.

......

"Alright, these are some of the more common handgun malfunctions. Of course, these are the ones that can be fixed and restored to use. As for malfunctions that cannot be fixed, like a barrel explosion, there's no point in showing them. Oh, but you should be careful about what might cause a barrel explosion..." Chen Yi explained for almost twenty minutes, and his mouth was a little dry.

"Chen, water."

Kato Megumi's voice rang out.