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

"Chen Jun, are you out yet?" She didn't care about how dirty she was, and looked at Chen Yi, who was struggling to drag one leg out of the car.

"I'm not feeling well..." Chen Yi's legs went weak and he almost fell to the ground.

He looked down and saw blood dripping from his trouser leg.

My legs are getting cold...it might be that a vein has broken.

"We should try to move the other two people out," Chen Yi said, leaning against the car door and glancing at the two who were still unconscious.

"Where is Officer Kobayashi?" Chen Yi looked around as if he had suddenly remembered something.

"...I didn't see it either." Kasumigaoka, who wasn't seriously injured but was a bit disheveled, walked around the ruins but couldn't find Kobayashi patrolling.

"..." A bad feeling welled up in Chen Yi's heart, combined with Xiao Lin's sudden and unexpected turn just now...

"Phew... Calm down." The heavy rain pounded on his head, and Chen Yi shook his head to shake off any unnecessary panic.

"Kobayashi might not be a good person. I'll move Professor Hiratsuka and Senior Aoyama out first. You contact the rescue team." Chen Yi directed, holding onto the roof of the car as he went to the back seat.

"Wake up, wake up... Damn it..." Chen Yi shook Aoyama Nanami and Hirazuka Shizuka to make sure they were still breathing, then gritted his teeth.

"They're still alive..." Chen Yi conveyed to Kasumigaoka Utaha behind him that the two had not suffered any particularly serious or fatal injuries for the time being, but was interrupted by Kasumigaoka Utaha's exclamation.

"Xiao Lin...over there!" Chen Yi leaned out of the car. Xiao Lin was standing under a street lamp not far away.

Under the streetlights, a cold glint appeared on Xiaolin's hand.

It had no expression.

There was no time to relocate, so Chen Yi had to deal with the immediate threat first.

"Gun...gun!" Chen Yi quickly found the Garand Kai next to Hiratsuka Shizuka, released the safety, and aimed at Kobayashi under the light.

The Garand is different from the HK416. It has a solid wood gun body and an all-steel structure, making it much heavier and more difficult for Chen Yi, who had just been seriously injured, to handle.

Naturally, he fired the shot.

"Ding—!" Chen Yi was incredulous as he emptied a magazine. He watched as Patrolman Kobayashi approached rapidly with a dagger. He only had time to react and pull Kasumigaoka back.

Xiao Lin's dagger missed its mark, and he stared at Chen Yi expressionlessly.

"Get away!" Chen Yi raised his gun, but he was not as fast as Kobayashi, who was wielding a dagger. He subconsciously raised his right hand, which was in a cast, and caught the dagger that Kobayashi was throwing.

The dagger pierced right through, and Chen Yi watched as the red blade emerged from the other side of the plaster cast.

A scalding heat pierced through the plaster and into the flesh, followed by intense pain. Blood stained the plaster, making it look particularly shocking in the dim light.

Despite the excruciating pain, Chen Yi kicked Xiao Lin away.

"Bang!" The Garland dagger rang out again, striking Kobayashi's body. He paused for a moment, then released the dagger, leaving it on Chen Yi's arm.

"Bang bang—!" Chen Yi, holding the Garand Modified in one hand, suddenly felt no weight or recoil. Two bullets poured out and hit Kobayashi's torso.

He lost his strength and fell straight to the ground, blood slowly seeping out from beneath him, mingling with the rainwater.

Chen Yi loosened his grip, and Garland fell to the ground. He looked at "Kobayashi," who was almost dead, and at its face, which had not shown any expression since the attack on them.

Suddenly I understood something.

It was never the so-called 'other Kobayashi'; it was a fake person who stole Kobayashi's identity.

But the real Kobayashi...

The sound of sirens rang out in the distance; police reinforcements had finally arrived.

“Kasumigaoka.” Chen Yi took a breath and turned to look at Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was completely terrified.

"We are safe."

Your hand...

"Let's get it done at the hospital." The dagger swayed slightly with each breath, tugging at his nerves.

He looked at his right arm, which was still fractured and had a dagger stuck in it; the intense pain had slowly turned into numbness.

He walked around the girl, dragging his bleeding legs to open the trunk.

Inspector Kobayashi, whom he had met once before, was now lying quietly in the trunk of the police car.

A faint smell of blood wafted into his nose.

Newborn: Chapter Twenty-Six concludes

Chen Yi was undoubtedly the one who was most seriously injured.

He was closest to the point of impact when he was in the car accident, and then he was caught in the rain and fought with the fake man, and his arm was stabbed through by the fake man's dagger.

This is incredibly unlucky.

"Doctor, when can I be discharged from the hospital?" Sitting on the hospital bed, looking at the long list of injury reports, Chen Yi scratched his head with his uninjured hand.

"I wouldn't recommend that the young student return to school immediately," the doctor advised tactfully. "To be on the safe side, it's best to stay in the hospital for a week."

"Your left leg vein is partially ruptured, so just rest and recover in the hospital."

"Also, your brachial artery in your right arm is somewhat damaged, so you shouldn't do any exercise after you're discharged from the hospital."

"If there's nothing else, I won't bother you. Remember to take your medicine."

He glanced at the three less seriously injured people beside him, and wisely refrained from disturbing them. He casually offered a few reminders and then left.

"..."

"Don't think about it anymore, just stay in the hospital. I'll ask a classmate to get you a copy of my class notes." Hiratsuka Shizuka spoke first. She and Aoyama Nanami were not nearly as badly injured as Chen Yi, and they woke up shortly after being put into the ambulance.

Sitting on Chen Yi's other side was Kasumigaoka, who occasionally stared at him intently, seemingly lost in thought.

"Kasumigaoka?" Chen Yi called out softly.

"Huh? Uh..." She suddenly came to her senses, her cheeks flushed slightly.

Puzzled, Chen Yi thought for a moment and decided to ignore her.

"Do you know what's going on in the apartment right now?" Chen Yi asked. He had just been wheeled into the operating room and didn't know what was happening outside.

"It's said that they're still clearing out the fake people. This time, because there were too many fake people in that building, they even specially dispatched the security contractor from the University of Tokyo..." Hiratsuka Shizuka handed his phone back to him. It was something the rescuers had casually pried out of the wreckage of the car, and luckily it wasn't damaged.

Yay, I don't need to get a new phone.

"Hmm, I'll be moving to another place later..." Aoyama Nanami said, calculating how much living expenses she had left.

"Ah, it looks like we'll have to tighten our belts from now on..."

“I’m moving too. I need to find a place with better security,” Chen Yi chimed in.

"..." Kasumigaoka didn't reply, she just kept staring at him.

"..."

Never mind, let her be.

"By the way, Hiratsuka-sensei, could you bring me your Garand Kai?" Seeing the violin case and the cold rifle in the corner, Chen Yi finally remembered his 'savior'.

He's now absolutely certain that his cheat ability is related to guns, but he doesn't quite understand how it works yet.

He recalled the 'spirit summoning ritual' he had performed at Aoyama Nanami's house and wondered if there might be some connection between them.

No, wasn't HK416 the object of my invocation ritual? Why didn't Ms. HK416 exert her power this time?

Chen Yi wondered if there was something wrong with how he opened it.

"What's wrong? You really like this gun? If you like it, then I'll give it to you." Teacher Hiratsuka walked to the wall, picked it up, and handed it to Chen Yi.

"I'm just grateful that this gun saved my life." Chen Yi placed it on his lap and then clasped his hands together.

—Although his hand was now completely wrapped up, making the 'clasped hands' look rather comical.

"Oh, the great Miss M1A, thank you for helping me kill the enemy in that critical moment..."

"What is this?" Kasumigaoka finally snapped out of her reverie and looked at the strange-looking trio, asking Aoyama Nanami with some confusion.

"This is a local custom from Chen Jun's hometown. It's said that people pray to their weapons and ask them to protect them..." Aoyama Nanami said seriously, his expression feigning solemnity.

"Isn't Chen Jun a student from Tokyo University? Does Tokyo University have such vulgarity?" Kasumigaoka turned her gaze to Hiratsuka Shizuka, who was turning her head away and shrugging her shoulders slightly, as if she was trying to suppress a laugh.

“The East is vast, and perhaps Mr. Chen’s hometown has such vulgar customs.” Aoyama Nanami firmly believed this.

"Pfft... Sorry, I need to use the restroom." Hiratsuka Shizuka failed to suppress her laughter and could only make up an excuse to run away first, leaving Chen Yi muttering to himself, Aoyama Nanami looking devout, and Kasumigaoka Utaha looking completely bewildered.

"Hmm, junior is really cute." After looking at Aoyama Nanami and then at Chen Yi, Kasumigaoka finally accepted the situation and quietly stayed by Chen Yi's side with a smile.

I couldn't understand it, and I was deeply shocked.

......

"Chen, the cops are here." A few minutes later, Hiratsuka Shizuka returned, bringing with her a middle-aged man in casual clothes.

No, sister, the way you address me makes you sound like some kind of yakuza member.

Chen Yi mentally complained.

"Hiss, there's a good chance that Hiratsuka-sensei is a yakuza." He thought for a moment, and then it all clicked.

"Nice to meet you, Chen. I'm Inspector Suzuki." He found a spot at the foot of the bed and sat down, pulling a small notebook and a pen from his inside pocket.

“Although you don’t know me, I know you. You were also attacked last time. Among those who survived multiple attacks in a short period of time, only you and Aoyama survived. I remember that file,” he said casually.

Actually, I was blocked at the door by the 'Man in the Rain' earlier, Chen Yi thought to himself.

"I'm here to ask you for more details about the fake apartment man and the fake Kobayashi incident."

"Speak freely about anything you know."

"Okay. May I ask the total number of security personnel at Hemu Apartment?"

“Three security guards, on a rotating shift system,” Kasumigaoka replied. She and Aoyama Nanami were both residents of the apartment building, and she remembered it clearly.

The three security guards, in the most extreme case, are all in cahoots. If not, then... what was the point of the old man planning the attack on the apartment but then dying? Did he avoid the other two without incurring any costs?

Chen Yi pondered.

"Okay." Inspector Suzuki nodded, writing quickly with his pen.

"The second question is, why did you risk running out of your house to seek rescue?"

"My home was attacked by 'birdmen.' They invaded the balcony, and there were also fake birds at the door. At the same time, I heard police sirens downstairs, so I decided to risk running downstairs to find help," Chen Yi replied.

"So it's true that your rescue was intercepted by the 'Man in the Rain'?" Aoyama Nanami interjected.

"...We didn't see any 'man in the rain'." Inspector Suzuki paused for a moment.

“That’s because the fake Kobayashi is lying to us,” Hiratsuka Shizuka concluded. “When I came to pick up Chen, I shot a ‘Man in the Rain’ downstairs. At the time, I didn’t think I had killed it.”

“Theoretically speaking, it’s not impossible for one person to kill a pseudo-human like ‘Man in the Rain’ who has the ability to cause mental pollution, but the possibility of one person killing such a pseudo-human is not very high.” Inspector Suzuki looked up at her and suddenly blurted out a string of logically convoluted statements.

Where did this Tokyo Arnold come from?

"Unless it wasn't targeting me with its mind control at the time, right?"

“Yes.” Inspector Suzuki nodded. “The pseudo-humans are not beings with all-around perception; they can also be killed by surprise attacks.”

Oh, I see. That explains it.

"One last question."

After a pause, Inspector Suzuki continued.

Where is your gun license?

"...This joke isn't funny."

"Well, I guess I really don't have a good sense of humor," Inspector Suzuki said, sounding a little deflated.

The remaining questions were mostly unimportant, mainly concerning information about the apartment and the incongruity of the fake Kobayashi's behavior.

"Get some rest, I'm leaving now." He stood up and put the notebook back in his pocket.

PS: Two chapters delivered. Also, I might have something to do tomorrow, so I'm asking for leave in advance. There will only be one chapter tomorrow.

Can we chat? The author is very lonely, monitoring your comments in the background every day.

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By the way, I'd like to complain that the Kanami Sniper Zone is finished, meow.

PS: It's not that I don't understand, but why is M1A sometimes a censored word and sometimes not?