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

Seeing Hiratsuka-sensei give an 'OK' sign, Chen Yi felt relieved and went to tidy up the guest room.

"...By the way, Chen, you don't have any curry cubes at home." This was the first thing Chen Yi heard when he returned to the kitchen after cleaning out a place where he could spend the night.

"..."

it is as expected.

"I rarely eat curry, so I didn't buy any."

"Oh, I see. That's a shame."

So he really is making curry? What's the difference between that and not knowing how to cook at all? Chen Yi thought to himself.

......

Unable to use his right hand, Chen Yi had no intention of showing off his skills, so he simply made two dishes and a soup to get by.

At the dinner table, the two chatted idly.

"By the way, Chen Yi, what are your plans for dealing with Yotsuya's situation?"

"I have a plan... it's not dangerous." Chen Yi hesitated, but finally decided to reveal part of the information.

"tell me the story."

"It's like this, Professor Hiratsuka..." Chen Yi told the other party in detail about the 'miracles' about firearms that happened after he transmigrated, while concealing his identity as a transmigrator.

"...That sounds a bit far-fetched." Hiratsuka Shizuka was skeptical; this was just too unscientific.

"I really can't prove it to you right now, but—"

"At the scene of the car accident, I fired three bullets with an M1A that had already been emptied of bullets, and I was holding the gun with one hand."

"..."

Hiratsuka Shizuka considered the veracity of his words. If they were true, then he did indeed have some reason to be arrogant.

"Why are you telling me this?" she continued to ask.

"That's because this involves Yotsuya Miko's request, the part about evil spirits."

"...What do you mean?" Hiratsuka Shizuka didn't understand. Was there any connection between them?

"Wait, you mean...?" She suddenly remembered.

The reason he suddenly went without weapons last night.

"Yes, I may have some kind of aura that evil spirits abhor, that's one piece of information; but when I carry firearms, it seems that I can shield those around me from the ability to see evil spirits, that's another piece of information."

P.S.: Two chapters delivered. Leave a comment, meow. Don't write this book in isolation, meow.

Why is "hand-poached coffee" a sensitive term?

Service Department: Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Mysterious Motorcycle Girl

"How do you plan to proceed?" Hiratsuka Shizuka shifted her posture.

"Let's see if it's because I'm carrying a weapon... or because of the weapon itself."

"Speak the key."

"If it's because of the weapon, if I give Yotsuya Miko a 'blessed' gun, will she be unable to see it? Or conversely, is there any way to see those things?" Chen Yi voiced his speculation.

"Can it really work?" Hiratsuka Shizuka still thought it was a bit far-fetched.

"Let's give it a try."

Chen Yi rummaged through the corner and pulled out his RSH-12, which he hadn't touched before, and took it out to perform a maintenance procedure.

Hiratsuka Shizuka watched quietly from the side, without disturbing her.

“RSH-12, you are a reliable, soft-hearted, and beautiful gun girl.” Chen Yi recalled the first words he said to HK416, slightly modified them, and then repeated them directly.

"So why is it a gun girl?" Hiratsuka Shizuka muttered to herself. Was this guy just using a serious matter as an excuse to unleash his fantasies?

"I don't know, maybe the machine soul that my superpower awakened is different from ordinary machine souls," Chen Yi replied casually.

What the hell is a regular machine spirit...? There's no way such a thing could exist in this world!

"I need your help to get a high school girl named Yotsuya Miko out of the danger and fear of death..." Chen Yi closed his eyes and muttered to himself.

It seemed about time. He put the revolver cannon back into the flight case, then placed the flight case next to his backpack to remind himself to bring it tomorrow.

"Will this really work?" Hiratsuka Shizuka felt that this method seemed unreliable.

"It's alright, anyway, so-called evil spirits have physical forms... At worst, Yotsuya-kun can just shoot the other one."

"Then why did you do so much useless work? Wouldn't it have been more direct to just give the gun to Yotsuya and let her shoot any evil spirits she sees?" Hiratsuka Shizuka retorted, "Isn't this just redundant?"

"The main purpose was to test my own abilities; helping Yotsuya was just a side benefit," Chen Yi explained.

"Next, let's try another one..."

"besides?"

“Ms. HK416, thank you for helping me shield myself from the threats from the other world, but I believe I need to eliminate them, so please lend me a hand…”

"...Are you really alright?" Hiratsuka Shizuka watched Chen Yi perform the entire 'ritual' in a somewhat strange manner, unsure whether she should worry about his mental state.

“Teacher Hiratsuka, you don’t need to worry too much. After all, their hunting rules are only triggered when we see them. In other words, as long as we don’t let them know that we can see them, the initiative will always be on our side.”

"..." Hiratsuka Shizuka rubbed her temples. She didn't want to know anything more. The amount of information tonight was a bit beyond the comprehension of a normal person.

......

Holy crap!

On a peaceful morning, Chen Yi entered the living room and was startled to see a strange young girl sitting on the sofa.

Hey sis, who are you?

"What's all the fuss about so early in the morning..." Hiratsuka Shizuka, who was enjoying the breeze on the balcony, walked in and gave him a disapproving look.

"..." Chen Yi looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka, then at the unfamiliar girl, and hesitated to speak.

"Hello?" he greeted cautiously.

On the other end, Hiratsuka Shizuka watched as Chen Yi inexplicably started talking to thin air, and couldn't help but become serious.

"Really?" She carefully examined the empty sofa, but couldn't see anything amiss.

The unfamiliar gray-haired girl ignored him, simply sitting there blankly, lost in her own thoughts.

"416? Kroos?" I tried calling out the other person's name as if it were a fictional character from a game in my past life.

The other person seemed to react, turning their head away but still not saying a word.

This reaction looks a bit like a human-machine interaction...

Chen Yi scratched his head, deciding to put it aside for the time being.

Wait a minute, I prayed for two guns last night, why is there only one person?

Could it be because the 'prayer' is different? Or is it that the other gun's prayer time wasn't long enough to 'nurture' its machine spirit?

"What...did you see?" Hiratsuka Shizuka asked him, looking at the somewhat eerie scene.

"A humanoid gun girl, probably." Chen Yi himself was a little unsure.

"...No matter how you look at it, it's just too far-fetched."

After thinking it over, Chen Yi decided to try again to see if he could communicate with her.

"Hello?"

When the other party did not respond, Chen Yi decided to change the question.

"Are you HK416?"

The other person paused for a few seconds, then slowly nodded.

"Were you awakened, or were you summoned?"

There was no response from the other party.

"You've awakened?"

She nodded.

"I can't touch it... It really has no physical form." Chen Yi walked over and tried to touch HK416's body, but he passed right through it.

"I understand," Chen Yi said, looking completely at ease.

"So what conclusion did you come to?" Hiratsuka Shizuka was completely bewildered by Chen Yi's nonsensical conversation and actions.

"The other party is probably similar to a weapon spirit, and may be in a newly awakened state, but more testing is needed." As he spoke, he suddenly remembered something and added, "Hiratsuka-sensei, please keep this a secret."

"Oh dear, even if I told you, no one would believe me... But don't worry about keeping it a secret."

Hiratsuka Shizuka readily agreed.

......

Today was probably the most uncomfortable day he'd ever had at school.

From morning until afternoon... HK416 stared intently at him from behind, her gaze never wavering. Every time he pretended to turn around unintentionally, he would always meet her gaze.

"..."

'Is this some new kind of humiliating play?' Chen Yi thought to himself.

'What is shameful play?' A voice echoed in his mind, and he turned around sharply.

"You can talk?" Chen Yi asked instinctively.

The math teacher paused for a moment while writing formulas with chalk, then continued writing.

What is Chen doing?

Looking at Chen Yi's somewhat bizarre solo performance, and then at the math teacher on the podium, Hachiman gently nudged the table back.

"Don't be too obvious, give the math teacher some face," he whispered a reminder.

"Oh, oh..." Chen Yi, realizing what was happening, sat up straight and stopped looking back at HK416.

'You can talk?' he asked in his mind.

The other party did not reply.

Is this guy deliberately messing with me?

'Did you conceal the presence of evil spirits?'

'Yes. '

'Can this ability be controlled? Like, turned off or something?'

'Can.'

Selective responses, isn't that how we communicate? Chen Yi chuckled inwardly, then realized the other person seemed to be able to hear him, and felt a little embarrassed.

Now there's no privacy at all.

Forget it, 416 is one of us, so let it be.

"How about I teach you Kroos from now on?" Chen Yi looked at her light blue-gray hair and found it increasingly familiar.

"Yes, Commander."

For some reason, Chen Yi felt that the other party had become visibly more agile.

'Do you have a physical form? Or rather, can you conjure a physical form?'

'cannot.'

'Do you have any other abilities?'

Then Kroos stopped responding.

"This reaction is like some kind of malfunctioning robot..." Chen Yi muttered under his breath.

"Don't bring up my fourth favorite Kill the Spire character." Hachiman in the front row immediately picked up on the joke.

Department of Service: Chapter Forty "Requiem"