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

"Yotsugu-kun, you run first!" Chen Yi pulled out his assault rifle and held it in his hand. He waited a moment to make sure the other party's hatred was focused on him before turning around and running.

"You can see it!" The evil spirit smashed through the glass door of the platform and rushed out of the tram.

"There's a fake attack? There's a fake attack!" The other passengers, seeing the suddenly shattered glass and Chen Yi and his companion inexplicably fleeing, instantly realized what was happening.

"How could there be a fake human at this time of day?!"

"Let's run!" The crowd panicked and became agitated, scrambling to run towards the exit.

On the other side, Chen Yi made sure that Yotsuya Miko wasn't running in his direction before he took off running, trying his best to lead the evil spirit to a less crowded area.

"Exit 8..." Chen Yi glanced up at the tram stop sign, then turned and ran in another direction.

"Eat...eat, eat you..." The other party was fast, closely following Chen Yi.

"Hey bro?" The train police officer standing next to the gate asked Chen Yi, who was running wildly for no apparent reason.

Chen Yi didn't bother to answer. He jumped and flipped over the turnstile in an instant. After silently reciting "Kroos" in his mind, he quickly turned around and fired two shots.

An alarm signaling a biological threat sounded inside the station, and the train police officer immediately understood the situation. Without saying a word, he abandoned Chen Yi and ran towards the exit.

"Isn't it true that you can't be trusted, bro?!" Chen Yi hit the evil spirit, but it seemed to be a drop in the ocean. The spirit only stiffened for a moment before rushing forward again as if nothing had happened.

Chen Yi lunged to the side, narrowly dodging the attack, and then turned to unleash a barrage of bullets on the evil spirit.

As it turns out, as long as we remain within the realm of carbon-based life forms, no one can disregard human creations.

"Ugh ho ho..." the evil spirit howled in pain.

The immense power of the 5.56mm caliber bullet struck the evil spirit's large face, shattering its neck and skull, causing black blood to gush out continuously.

The evil spirit twitched twice, then collapsed weakly to the ground.

"Hoo...ha..." Chen Yi took a deep breath, this time it was a close call.

"Chen-kun!" Upon receiving the order from Chen Yi, Kroc arrived late with Yotsuya Miko.

"It... just died like that?" She stared at the motionless corpse on the ground, somewhat dazed.

Those 'evil spirits' that had caused him so much fear... it turns out they really could be killed, and he was killed by Chen Jun, who had always protected him...

She thought of the efforts Chen Yi had made for her in the past few days.

"Mr. Chen... thank you." She expressed her sincere gratitude. "Thank you for being willing to protect me, thank you for taking on my case... I... I..."

A word was brewing on my lips, almost bursting out.

I like you.

"Hmm?" Chen Yi, who was sitting on the ground and was the one being thanked, was completely unaware of what Yotsuya Miko was saying.

Because he noticed the black mist on the evil spirit's corpse...

—It is still spreading steadily.

Service Department: Chapter 42 Healing

"Is he faking his death to fool me?" Chen Yi's expression turned serious, and he emptied all the remaining bullets from his magazine.

"Chen Jun...?" Yotsuya Miko shrank back, her ears ringing from the gunshot.

"..." As the smoke from the gun muzzle dissipated, Chen Yi stared at the unresponsive black mist and pondered for a moment.

"Could it be something like pollution?" Chen Yi didn't dare to get close, and at the same time looked at Yotsuya Miko to tell her to take a detour.

"Let's wait for the professionals to handle this." Chen Yi waved his hand, signaling Yotsuya Miko to follow, and left the tram station.

“…Driver, take a taxi…” Standing by the roadside, Chen Yi hailed a taxi and gave the address of Yotsuya Miko’s house.

"Is this enough?" Chen Yi counted out 5000 yen from his change and waved it around.

"A fat fish!" The middle-aged driver immediately beamed with joy.

Chen Yi pulled Yotsuya Miko to sit in the back seat, while Kroc had disappeared.

"Um... let me split the fare..." Yotsuya Miko hurriedly tried to find some change in her bag.

"No need." Chen Yi waved his hand. "I'll rest for a while. Call me when you get there." Chen Yi closed his eyes. Although the sudden battle hadn't injured him, the mental pressure was real, which is why he felt so exhausted after the battle.

"Sweet dreams... Yi-kun," Yotsuya Miko whispered, unconsciously stroking the flight case.

Inside was a 'gift' that Chen Yi had given her.

......

night.

"—" His phone vibrated; someone had sent him a message.

"?" Chen Yi was changing the dressing on his injured hand and didn't have a moment to spare.

"Krooka, see who sent the message," Chen Yi said casually.

Her ability was discovered by Chen Yi not long after he returned home; specifically, she could interact with reality by manipulating certain mechanical structures.

I was originally thinking of having Kroka as my scout... but now it seems that drones and robotic dogs are indeed necessary. I'll have Kroka control those little toys to assist me, and my combat power will increase by a lot.

—Anyway, since Dongda University hasn't granted the civilian market access to fire control and combat intelligence, he's still struggling with how to make mechanical dogs and drones combat-ready. This is like a godsend.

"The contact name is Hiratsuka Shizuka." She pressed the switch to turn on the screen and looked at the information on the lock screen.

"What did you say?"

"She asked you if anything went wrong when you took Yotsuya Miko home today."

"...I'll go back later." It seems that Kroos doesn't have electronic warfare capabilities right now, so she can't interact with or interfere with the content on the phone or the network, which is a bit of a shame.

Chen Yi removed the old plaster cast, looked at the hideous scar, felt the dull pain coming from deep inside, and felt the itching as the wound slowly healed.

"The fracture seems to be healed..." He put down the bandage and pressed his arm bone with his fingers. Some blood splattered from the wound that hadn't scabbed over yet, but he felt that the bone in his hand no longer had that 'almost broken' feeling.

"The recovery is quite fast." Chen Yi nodded, "No wonder he has the body of a 16-year-old at his peak."

"...Commander, I will become your fighting force as soon as possible." Kroos looked at the cracked wound and watched Chen Yi tremble as he applied the medicine, feeling somewhat unable to bear the sight.

"Phew..." He poured the large bottle of saline solution onto the wound, and the dirty water flowed down his arm into the basin.

Why does it always feel like it hurts more if someone is watching me apply the medicine? Chen Yi twitched his eyebrows, feeling the pain, which was slightly different from before.

"Kroos, why don't you try turning your back?" Chen Yi looked up at Kroos sitting next to him.

“No, Commander, this is a warning to me,” she replied.

"..."

Fine, if someone's watching, then so be it.

He quickly applied antibiotics, poured wound medicine onto a sterile cloth, covered the wound, and carefully wrapped the arm with a bandage, finally tying a knot that wouldn't come loose.

"All done." Feeling his right hand regain its freedom, he flexed his fingers.

Judging by the timeline, the rehabilitation training should be in its mid-stage by now...

Chen Yi thought for a moment and then sat down on the sofa.

To be honest, it was a close call, but no real harm happened.

He freed his hands to reply to Hiratsuka Shizuka, typing a string of explanations into the chat box.

"Typing with my right hand is still a bit difficult."

Feeling his fingers becoming somewhat unresponsive, Chen Yi sighed helplessly.

"Didn't I tell you not to mess with those guys? Did you just ignore me?" Hiratsuka Shizuka replied instantly, her anger palpable even through the screen.

'I've been tricked.'

"I sensed something was wrong and planned to get off at the next stop and make a quick getaway... Who knew it would pretend to be something it wasn't, and trick us into lowering our guard..." Chen Yi complained bitterly.

'So that's how it is?' Hiratsuka Shizuka's anger subsided, and she remained skeptical.

'Ask Yotsuya when you get back to school tomorrow.'

"Alright, I'll believe you for now. Are you alright?" Hiratsuka Shizuka changed the subject.

'The danger of evil spirits doesn't match that of mental interference types. After breaking the invisibility barrier, they seem to be only slightly stronger than ordinary pseudo-humans,' Chen Yi thought for a moment and then added.

'If we're prepared, it's not difficult to handle.'

The problem of that black mist... still lingered in his mind, causing him some worry.

If left unattended, the professionals will handle it.

If you can't figure it out, just start setting up a stall and go flirt with Krochai.

......

"Have you heard? At Rokkasaka Station...?"

Today at school, it seems everyone is talking about yesterday's tram stop attack.

"I heard they didn't find that fake man..."

"What are the Japanese police doing? Did that fake human eat people and then run away...?"

During class, the students continued to whisper among themselves, much to the teacher's dismay, who could only repeatedly remind them to stop.

"Didn't find it?" Chen Yi was taking notes seriously when he suddenly caught a key word.

"What didn't you find?" Chen Yi patted Hachiman in the front row.

"Didn't you see the breaking news this morning? There was a fake human attack near Rosaka Station yesterday evening, and it happened outside of the fake human's activity hours... The important thing is that after the attack, we didn't even know what the fake human looked like," Hachiman Hikigaya replied.

"There's a general sense of unease in society right now, with people fearing that another spoof attack might suddenly break out somewhere," he added.

"...No wonder there were so few pedestrians on my way to school today..." Chen Yi muttered to himself.

Presumably, they are all thinking about their safety, so they either took leave or resigned, just to stay at home and not go anywhere.

Wait, the fake man's body hasn't been found?

Chen Yi frowned, noticing something amiss.

'Kluis, am I remembering wrong? I clearly killed it beyond repair yesterday, how could it have escaped?'

Chen Yi asked in his mind.

"If I remember correctly," Kluge replied.

So what exactly is the reason?

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Service Department: Chapter 43, Teacher Kasumi Shiko, what does this mean?

During the break, Chen Yi followed Hiratsuka Shizuka back to her office after class and told her his request.

"You're asking for leave?" Hiratsuka Shizuka looked up at Chen Yi. "Where are you going this time?"

"The authorities didn't find any bodies from yesterday's attack," Chen Yi replied.

"They didn't find the body, the evil spirit escaped, why are you going back? Aren't you afraid it will ambush you?" Hiratsuka Shizuka pressed down on Chen Yi's shoulder, her tone unfriendly.

“I don’t need to go back to the scene myself…” Chen Yi subtly reminded Hiratsuka Shizuka.

“That’s true…” Hiratsuka Shizuka’s tone softened slightly. “Given the possibility that the evil spirit might escape… you could be targeted just by wandering around the area.” After a moment’s thought, Hiratsuka Shizuka still rejected his idea.

"It's still too risky."

“Hiratsuka-sensei, I think it’s safer for me to figure out its movements…” Chen Yi tried to use a twisted logic.

"No means no... and don't even think about skipping school, or I'll deal with you."

"Oh, this..."

"Also, don't go near there after school. Go straight home, understand?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka's words weren't particularly harsh, but the unquestionable tone in her speech effectively blocked Chen Yi from saying anything further.

"Also, that's my class this afternoon, so you better pay attention and don't be like that brat Hachiman who's always daydreaming in class..." Hiratsuka Shizuka added before walking into the office.

“Commander, the risks of returning to the scene cannot be ignored,” Kluge reminded him from the side.