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

If one person had this idea, why didn't the others stop or report it?

Since staying at the scene wouldn't do any good, Miao Mu decided to go back to the Metropolitan Police Department to talk to the victim, hoping to find out the real reason from another perspective.

......

"How did it go? Did you get anything out of them?" Miao Mu approached the old detective who had taken the statement earlier.

"Commander Miao Mu." The veteran detective saluted first.

"According to the statements, the victims knew the attackers' identities; they were... colleagues from the department, SWAT's Echo team."

"I know that...you're saying the victim knew the attacker's identity?"

"Yes, this is the transcript. I'm not sure if the others have done it yet, but I don't think so."

Miao Mu took the thin stack of papers, glanced at the beginning, and was immediately stunned.

"Dr. Maruki?"

Recalling the footage from the surveillance camera, I realized there was indeed another male victim next to the high school student victim...

"Officer Miao, do you know the victim?" the veteran detective asked, puzzled.

"Well, Maruki is someone I... know well, and Dr. Maruki was also involved in the psychological issues that Echo Team had after returning from the zoo."

"No wonder the victim said he knew the attacker; it turns out it was because of a medical relationship," the veteran detective remarked casually, while Miao Mu fell into an unusual silence.

Did he say anything else?

While casually asking questions to change the subject, Miao Mu flipped through the notes in his hand.

"...? Related to the zoo? Wait a minute..."

A sudden chill ran down Miao Mu's spine as she carefully read the information on it.

"The possibility of pain inhibition, identity abnormalities..."

Suddenly a phone call came in.

"Hey?"

Miao Mu took out his phone and answered the call.

"Commander Naegi, we found parts of the attacker's body that do not belong to the attacker's body in the remains at the scene."

"We found an unknown gray substance inside the attacker's skull."

P.S.: I went out with friends today and got back a little late, so the update is late.

Revisiting Izu: Chapter 256 Notes

Chapter 256

"call......"

Naegi now plans to personally arrange a meeting with Dr. Maruki to ask him about the contents of the transcript, as Dr. Maruki definitely knows more than Naegi does.

And the high school student who was next to him when the incident happened...

"Commander Miaomu, what should we do next?" one of his subordinates asked.

"Have the officers remaining at the scene maintain order, collect evidence as quickly as possible, and then restore the hospital to normal operations."

Miao Mu gave the order without even thinking.

"What should we do with the suspect?" the subordinate asked.

"What suspect?" Miao Mu was taken aback for a moment.

"You're planning to convict those people inside? Where's your professional ethics as a police officer?" Miao Mu's mind worked quickly. He looked at his subordinate and immediately realized that he had ulterior motives.

Organizational reputation, government credibility, or even personal connections with those attackers from Kujo... the reasons are obvious.

"After all, they used firearms during the fight, but normally, shouldn't they hand over their weapons before entering the hospital? I suspect there might be something wrong with their identities..."

"That high school student is a businessman from Tokyo University, you know? He sells arms. If you try to do something that's not in line with his profession, I can't protect you."

"I'm so sorry!" The subordinate realized what was happening and turned pale with fright.

"Forensic investigators have found a gray substance in the wreckage at the scene, which may involve a dummy. The remaining two attackers are also dead; we can only wait for the autopsy results..."

"and many more......"

A gray substance, gray...

"The evidence room!" Naegi thought of something and immediately ran towards the Metropolitan Police Department's basement.

......

"Eh? Hiratsuka-sensei? Welcome!"

Yotsuya Miko's mother, Yotsuya Touko, opened the door and saw Yuihama and the others standing there. She paused for a moment, then smiled and welcomed them.

"Are you here for a home visit?" Touko Yotsuya asked Miko Yotsuya with her eyes.

Yotsuya Miko gently shook her head.

I forgot to tell my mother when I came back...

Yotsuya Miko thought to herself, feeling a slight pang of regret.

"Here's what happened..."

"......video tape?"

Oh, I see... I didn't understand anything at all.

However, Touko Yotsuya still understood the dangers of the fake people.

"So you came back because you were worried about us? Actually, there's no need to worry too much. I can protect my little brother."

“Many hands make light work,” Hiratsuka Shizuka chimed in.

"Speaking of which, why hasn't Xiao Chen replied yet?" Yui asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Let me ask," Yotsuya Miko sent a message.

It's been almost five or six hours since Chen Yi planned to watch the videotape this morning...

Yotsuya Miko sensed something subtly amiss.

"I'm going to make a phone call."

Hiratsuka Shizuka took out her phone.

"...No one answered."

I hope nothing bad has happened...

......

"Okay, that concludes the statement taking. Thank you for your cooperation." The officer tidied up the documents and shook hands with Chen Yi.

Chen Yi was the last to leave the interrogation room, while Luca and Lorelei, due to their professional counter-interrogation skills, were unable to obtain any information from the other party and had to end the questioning hastily.

"Commander, someone just called."

Kelukai was holding Chen Yi's phone and handed it to him when she saw him come out.

"Mai and the others?" Chen Yi took the phone, unlocked it, and glanced at the notification bar.

It's Hiratsuka-sensei.

"About the cursed videotape?"

Chen Yi thought for a moment before remembering why he had gone out today.

Why didn't you answer the phone earlier?

Chen Yi dialed back, and this was the first thing Hiratsuka Shizuka said after answering.

“I was giving a statement earlier.”

"What's wrong with you now? Weren't you supposed to be investigating the cursed videotapes?"

"Well, it's a long story..."

Chen Yi recounted what had happened that day to Hiratsuka Shizuka, who simply sighed after listening.

"..."

"Chen Yi, you really are the unluckiest guy ever."

"Commander, we have a lead."

Chen Yi stopped himself from joking with Hiratsuka-sensei and looked at Kroos.

“The previous attackers had gray ‘seeds’ in their brains.”

......

It's related to that tentacle-like fake human who escaped from the sewers.

The '16LAB' drone, which had been in the evidence room for several days, hadn't lost any battery power. However, Miao Mu was obviously too lazy to pay attention to such small details. He couldn't wait to take the drone out and borrowed a laptop from another colleague nearby.

"really......"

In the middle of the video, he recalled seeing something that was almost identical to what the forensic doctor had described.

That is the 'surgery' of the tentacle dummy.

Looking at the gray object implanted in the skull of an ordinary tourist in the video clip, Miao Mu opened his phone to view the on-site photos sent by the forensic doctor.

The mangled corpse made it impossible to identify who it was, but a foreign object was conspicuously visible inside the half-opened head.

A gray foreign object about half the size of a fist.

same.

"But it doesn't match..."

After leaving the scene, the Echo team underwent a full medical examination at the hospital, and no abnormalities were found at the time.

This indicates that the gray implant was placed after the patient was admitted to the hospital, meaning that the tentacle pseudo-human had appeared at least near the municipal hospital.

"I need to have a talk with Inspector Shiratori..."

There's new progress in the zoo case.

......

Videotapes, zoos...

Why are there so many things going on? I'm starting to miss the wonderful campus life.

After returning home, Chen Yi placed the videotape on the table, sat down, and pulled out a piece of draft paper to organize the information.

It is known that the attacker was a direct participant in the zoo incident and was removed from the scene after coming into direct contact with the source of cognitive interference.

Chen Yi quickly jotted down the key points and copied down the information that Kelukai was sharing simultaneously.

SWAT team codenamed 'Echo'...

"But the timing doesn't quite match up. They were removed after experiencing cognitive disturbances in an open area during the day, while the tentacle pseudo-humans have been proven in our previous contact to be unable to move in sunlight."

When was this gray implant placed?

"Commander, the reports from the police station indicate that at least not before the patient was admitted to the hospital, the full examination did not find any foreign objects in the brain."

Obviously, that's after entering the hospital.

"Could you access the surveillance footage from the municipal hospital and the surrounding area?"

No abnormalities were found.

Obviously, the dummy wouldn't necessarily take the usual route; it might infiltrate through places like ventilation ducts, but surveillance cameras can't be installed inside ventilation duct openings...

Well, maybe it's just because they're lazy and mean. At least they could deploy some pipe patrol units like mechanical rats, right?

Oh, there aren't any companies selling mechanical mice in Japan.

There are no clues...

Chen Yi's gaze inadvertently fell on the videotape.

Could there be some connection between these two things?