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

"They've started selling these past few days, but the first week isn't over yet, so the specific statistics aren't comprehensive enough." Kasumigaoka was a bit far from Chen Yi, and while doing the same thing, he felt a little uncomfortable and turned around to lean against the railing.

“However, I went to two bookstores that sell ‘Doki Doki Service Club’ and they were both sold out early. Judging from the results, we can still have some hope.” Kasumigaoka smoothed her side hair and secretly observed Chen Yi out of the corner of her eye.

"Then I wish you success in advance, senior," Chen Yi said with a smile, seemingly unaware of Kasumigaoka's subtle actions.

Ugh, am I really that unattractive? I didn't even show a hint of attraction... Kasumigaoka felt a little resentful.

......

As I stood outside enjoying the warm breeze and felt the weather gradually cooling down, I realized before I knew it how much time had passed.

Kasumigaoka enjoys spending time alone with Chen Yi, no matter where they are.

"It's five o'clock, let's go back and pack our things." Chen Yi glanced at the time and turned to Kasumigaoka.

So the two went back into the activity room.

"...Hachiman, there's an old Chinese saying, 'Learning is like rowing against the current; if you don't advance, you fall behind.' You finally managed to catch up in math, but now it's back to square one. Aren't you ashamed?" This was Yukino scolding Hachiman, who remained silent as if he were dead.

"..." On the other side was Yuihama, who was reciting her text. Her humanities subjects were equally terrible. She secretly glanced up at the devilish Yukinoshita, then lowered her head again, pretending to be an ostrich.

Finally, there's Yotsuya Miko. Her decline wasn't as severe as the other two; she was just filling in the gaps in her knowledge.

"Yotsugu-kun, it's almost time. Do you need me to escort you back?" Chen Yi asked, slinging his guitar bag over his shoulder.

"Thank you, Mr. Chen..." The words "No need to trouble yourself" were swallowed back down.

The girl's fear of evil spirits has lessened considerably, but going home each day is precious time to spend alone with Chen Yi, and there's no reason to give it up.

Although Chen Jun wouldn't take her home forever, she hoped that this period could last as long as possible, just a little longer.

The girl had her own little thoughts.

Service Department: Chapter 54 Yang Nai

The living room lights were on, and outside the French windows, the sky was beginning to turn a dusky yellow. An unexpected guest was waiting at home early for Xue Xia's return.

"Yukino~"

The person lying on her sofa is her older sister, Yukinoshita Haruno.

"What's wrong?" Yukino Yukinoshita placed her schoolbag on the sofa and said somewhat coldly.

"Can't I come to see you if there's nothing wrong?" Yukinoshita Haruno twisted around on the sofa.

"...Are we having dinner here tonight?" Yukino sighed almost imperceptibly.

"Of course, it's been a long time since I've had Yukino's cooking~" She lay on the sofa, her bare legs crossed and resting on the armrests.

"...Sister, you'd better pay attention to your image at home too," Yukinoshita said helplessly.

"Ugh... It must be so tiring to keep up appearances at home... You have no idea how many fake human incidents have surged recently, causing many projects to be canceled during the construction and design phase... Ugh, the police in Chiba are really something." Yukinoshita Haruno grumbled on the sofa.

"This kind of thing is beyond our control, isn't it?" Yukinoshita's house has an open kitchen, and she looked at Haruno with a headache, regretting that she hadn't chosen a house with a closed kitchen when she moved in.

However, according to Chen Jun, there are also quite a few 'evil spirits' lurking in human society during the day. The good news is that they do not have the desire to attack actively, or rather, they are more law-abiding than the pseudo-humans at night?

However, normal people cannot see these pseudo-humans, so there is indeed no need to worry about them being hunted. It's just that the thought that they might be hiding anywhere, without anyone noticing in daily life, is quite chilling.

For example...right here?

Yukino walked around the customer lounge, scrolling through her phone. She couldn't help but shiver, trying to stop herself from thinking any further.

False spirits usually attack from the outside and rarely lurk in people's homes; evil spirits are no exception. She comforted herself with this thought.

She suddenly remembered the reason why the school was locked down: Chen Yi had discovered the fake mannequins hidden inside the school.

If a fake person can hide in a school, then... hiding at home is also possible, right?

"No, I can't think about this anymore..." Yukinoshita felt fear in her heart, resisting the wandering of her thoughts.

Calming herself down, Yukinoshita focused her attention on the cutting board in front of her.

"...Sister, dinner is almost ready, go wash your hands." After a while, Yukino said to Haruno, who was waiting for dinner.

The teriyaki beef, grilled eggplant, pickled radish, and miso soup were served in small portions, just enough for two people.

"Wow! What a feast!" Yang Nai sat down at the table early, looking on with anticipation.

"...It's just home-cooked food." Yukinoshita's lips curled slightly, seemingly pleased with this level of praise.

"Yukino's cooking is always delicious..." Yukinoshita Haruno ate heartily.

"Don't talk while you're chewing," Yukinoshita said helplessly.

"How has Yukino been doing at school lately?" Haruno started the conversation.

"It's alright... School just reopened after being closed," Yukinoshita replied calmly.

"I heard that Yukino started a club at school? And made a few friends? Why don't you bring them over sometime?" Haruno blinked.

"...None of your business." Yukinoshita was silent for a moment, then her tone became very stiff.

"Oh... don't be shy."

"I think I heard there's a rather mysterious guy in your club... To be honest, I'd really like to meet him." Yang Nai forked a piece of eggplant, her tone ambiguous.

"...Don't do anything unnecessary." Yukinoshita frowned, instinctively objecting to Haruno interfering too much in her life.

"It's just making friends, what are you thinking, Yukino?" Haruno picked up a slice of beef and put it in Yukino's bowl. "Eat more, you're growing, you can still develop."

"Sister!" A surge of irritation crept up from her tailbone, and Yukinoshita could no longer contain herself.

......

She got the boy's information from Hayato Hayama; he was an exchange student who had walked home from school with Yukino before.

Out of curiosity, she did a little research on the boy.

He has connections with multiple girls, has the money to rent upscale apartments, and buys a lot of things regularly...

This led her to believe that the other party was a wealthy second-generation student who had studied abroad and had some money, and a playboy.

She sent people to follow the other party for a period of time, but they found almost nothing.

The other party rarely goes out, and the private investigator she hired can't get into that apartment building.

This made Yang Nai want to personally contact the other party.

"If he really is a scumbag, then I'll have to resort to some methods..." The thought of protecting her younger sister surfaced in her mind, and Yang Nai silently began to formulate a plan for this matter.

......

"Wow, what is this? It's so cute!" Yui stared at the mouse-sized four-wheeled robot, then turned her gaze to Chen Yi.

"A four-wheeled reconnaissance robot. If you encounter a situation where you need to escape from a dummy, this can be used to scout the way."

Or should it be called a robotic mouse?

The wheel-legged robotic mouse scurried around on the table, drawing frequent glances from the members of the Service Department.

'Kluka, make it stop.' Chen Yi's eyebrows twitched as he checked the code he had written in his notebook.

Is this how it's supposed to run?

Chen Yi, who stayed up all night last night to assemble a robotic mouse from the remaining parts and then stayed up all night writing code, was feeling a little insecure.

"What's its name?" Yui didn't care about the value of the thing; she just thought the simple little gadget looked pretty cool.

“Soldier Ant-1,” Chen Yi replied without raising his head.

"Can I borrow it to play with?" This was Kasumigaoka, and she too had become interested in it.

"I haven't had time to do the front-end control yet." Chen Yi shrugged. If he could control 'Soldier Ant-1', he would have stopped it long ago.

However, it is indeed necessary to implement a front-end control system. Ideally, an app should be developed so that a mobile phone can take over the camera of the 'Soldier Ant-1'.

He made this little gadget purely out of a sudden inspiration in the middle of the night, a product of a spur-of-the-moment decision. Its core advantage is its portability; in extreme conditions, it can be used as a disposable pathfinding tool.

As for why we didn't make a miniature drone... it's mainly because we didn't have any miniature propellers among the remaining parts, so we just made do with a robotic mouse.

However, forming a bee colony could be an option...

Ant colony? Chen Yi pondered; the idea was quite feasible.

"Commander, it's under control." Soldier Ant-1 fell silent, and Kruka's voice echoed in his mind.

"I feel like if this continues, our club is going to turn into a weird club." Yukinoshita rubbed her temples.

"Actually, I think the Service Club has stopped being an ordinary high school club ever since Old Chen took Yotsuya's request." Hachiman leaned back in his chair, muttering to himself, his gaze occasionally drifting to the 'Soldier Ant-1' on the table.

P.S.: I'm not feeling well today, I'm experiencing writer's block...

Please give me some recommendation tickets, monthly tickets, and tips to help me keep burning bright!

Service Department: Chapter Fifty-Five - Tracking

It was nearing evening when Chen Yi was on the tram taking Yotsuya Miko home.

Escorting Yotsuya Miko home gradually became a habit, and for Chen Yi, it wasn't too much of a hassle.

The problem is that, in the long run, doing so is like drinking poison to quench thirst.

Yotsuya's request is to eliminate the influence of 'evil spirits' on her life, but Yotsuya herself cannot control whether she can see 'evil spirits', so the day when this request will be completely resolved seems to be a long way off.

"Perhaps we should try hunting down 'evil spirits'?" Solving Yotsuya Miko's request is urgent, and the fastest way to do it right now is to actively hunt down 'evil spirits' to provide Futaba with more samples so that they can find more clues. This way, they might be able to find a way to prevent Yotsuya Miko from seeing 'evil spirits'.

Meanwhile, he recently discovered that someone seems to be following him, most likely the crab leg gang.

This made Chen Yi feel a great sense of urgency.

If left unchecked, it could affect those around him, such as Yotsuya, who has close contact with him.

He had already mentioned this to Shizuka Hiratsuka, and she promised to help investigate.

Hopefully, we'll get results soon. It's up to you, Hiratsuka-sensei.

“Commander.” Kroos’s voice rang out. She stood to Chen Yi’s side and slightly behind, still holding her hand axe.

"At the point where the tram articulates, there is a suspicious-looking person wearing a baseball cap."

“This is the closest an unidentified stalker has ever come to us.” Kluge’s voice trailed off, as if she had walked directly to the other party’s side.

The other person wasn't dressed in the kind of British gentleman's trench coat that makes them stand out in a crowd like a spy. Instead, they looked like an ordinary tourist from out of town, wearing a windbreaker and work pants, and glancing at the train station platform chart every now and then, as if afraid of missing their stop.

"Where did Kroka go?" Yotsuya Miko looked up and glanced in Kroka's direction.

"How about it? Can you figure anything out?" Chen Yi glanced at Yotsuya Miko, pretending to look at his phone, while casually swaying his body to block Yotsuya Miko's view from the mysterious person.

"Klukka is going to take a walk; she's getting tired of standing," Chen Yi said dismissively.

Yotsuya Miko blinked, not pressing the matter further.

'Does the other party possess lethal force?' Chen Yi asked himself, his eyelids lowered, and he quietly reached for the zipper of his guitar case.

'No obvious lethal force was detected, but if this person has received special agent training, they might be carrying weapons such as a switchblade or a spy pistol.' Kroos's voice echoed in her mind.

'This is really troublesome...' Chen Yi thought to himself, and casually sent a message to Hiratsuka-sensei.

Perhaps in the future, in addition to reconnaissance drones and robotic dogs, I will also need to prepare bulletproof shields and bulletproof vests.

"Commander, he's reporting information." Kluge continued to monitor the enemy's every move and relayed the information back to Chen Yi.

"Can we eavesdrop?" Chen Yi asked quickly.

"...The person making the call was a young woman's voice, seemingly untouched by any voice alteration. She stared at you, making no attempt to conceal her voice while on the phone, indicating weak counter-surveillance awareness and a low probability of having received special agent training." Kluge stood directly behind the mysterious man, her eyes cold.

No additional electronic warfare capabilities are needed; Kruka's hearing is sufficient to hear the conversation clearly.

"Commander, the enemy has targeted you and Yotsuya Miko, but you are their priority. No information regarding the use of lethal force was found in the conversation."

The other person seemed to relax and turned towards Kroos. She subconsciously lowered the brim of her hat to prevent the other person from seeing her.

...Although we wouldn't have been able to see it anyway.

'Middle-aged, wearing colored contact lenses under a baseball cap, slightly disguised, and wearing a wig,' Kroos quickly reported the stalker's information.

"Almost nothing is useful..." Chen Yi muttered to himself.

"What's wrong?" This was a somewhat confused Miko Yotsuya, who was looking up at him.

She was a little shorter than Chen Yi, so when they stood together, she had to look up to see Chen Yi's face.

"It's nothing, I'm just looking for a model that offers better value for money." Chen Yi showed Yotsuya Miko his phone screen, which displayed silicon carbide ceramic slabs sold by a Taobao merchant.