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

"Uh-huh......"

Chen Yi's mind wasn't on the people in the Service Department at all, but rather on the guitar case he kept putting in the corner.

...The armor steel is so heavy! My back aches after carrying it for so long, and this thing really affects my movement.

"Speaking of which, is that workplace visit we talked about yesterday starting next week?" Chen Yi suddenly remembered that he had this to do.

“Yes,” Yukinoshita replied.

"A group of three people forms a unit, and then they go to find companies to visit on their own... That's roughly the overall process."

"Can you go by yourself?" Chen Yi asked.

"Junior, don't you want to team up with me?" Kasumigaoka, sitting next to me, expressed his dissatisfaction.

"Isn't it only classmates who can team up? Senior, you're not even in the same year as us, are you?" Chen Yi complained.

“I remember that’s allowed to form teams across classes and grades,” Yotsuya Miko interjected.

"Well..." Kasumigaoka wanted to say something more.

"I'm going to visit 'Iron Blood' Security. Are you going too, senior?" Chen Yi asked back.

This was a sudden inspiration of his. Since he could go to companies for exchanges and learning, why not choose to go to 'Iron Blood'? Maybe he could even learn some combat skills to save his life.

“…Go, why wouldn’t I go?” This was Kasumigaoka’s answer without hesitation.

“Um, Ironblood is… a security company…” Yui Hama weakly reminded him from the side.

"..." Yotsuya Miko remained silent; she also wanted to team up with Chen Yi.

A security company...?

Adolescent Syndrome: Chapter Sixty-Eight - The Invisible Girl?

Since there weren't many vegetables left at home, Chen Yi stopped by a supermarket on his way home.

Speaking of which, my senior's book is selling like hotcakes, shouldn't we congratulate her?

Standing by the shelf, Chen Yi's thoughts wandered.

"Krooka, what gift would be respectful without being too inappropriate?" Chen Yi thought for a moment and decided to bring the girl in for a discussion.

"...Commander, this is a difficult question for me to answer. If I had to say, I would say it's fine if you don't send flowers or rings." Krueger replied expressionlessly.

“Yeah, you’re a machine spirit, it’s normal that you don’t understand some human social etiquette…” Chen Yi scratched his head awkwardly and looked away from Kroos’s face.

"Make some snacks to take over tomorrow?" Chen Yi thought of the first request from the Service Club, teaching Yui Hama how to bake cookies. Chen Yi remembered that his senior really liked the cookies he baked.

"..." Kroos instinctively felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

"Baking cookies... that should be fine, it doesn't have any special meaning." Kroos, who had been thinking for a long time without finding a solution, gave up and voted in favor.

"Then let's just make something different from last time."

Chen Yi pondered, realizing that Kasumigaoka might not go to the Service Department in the morning, and since the bag of sweets would be kept until the afternoon, he needed to prepare some varieties that were not so easily broken.

The most well-known example of something that's both sturdy and doesn't require too much effort is probably the brownie.

Having made his decision, Chen Yi quickly drafted a list in his mind and began purchasing the materials that were missing from the list.

Right? ...No, no! Giving a homemade dessert to someone of the opposite sex doesn't necessarily mean...

"Finger..." Kroos finally realized what was happening, but she swallowed her words as soon as they left her mouth.

From what standpoint am I trying to stop it? I was in favor of it from the very beginning.

So she sulked silently to herself, without saying a word.

"It should be about time."

Chen Yi glanced at the few boxes of raw materials in the shopping cart and pushed the cart to the checkout counter.

"Kroos...Kroos? What's wrong with you?" Chen Yi, who was waiting for the high school girl in front of him to pay, glanced at the quiet gray-haired beauty next to him and asked curiously.

Although Kroos is usually quiet and aloof, this is different from her current depressed state.

"...It's nothing, Commander." Kluke's voice was calm, but Chen Yi, who had been with her day and night, could tell that she was definitely hiding some emotions.

"I'll cook whatever you want to eat when you have a physical body."

“…Thank you.” Kroos’s breathing slowed, realizing she had lost her composure.

What am I thinking? I have no right to interfere with who the Commander likes or admires, or who he gives gifts to.

Kluka slowly adjusted her mindset.

'So he really is a glutton.' Chen Yi thought to himself as he watched the other person's mood gradually improve.

"Commander!" Kluge tried to elbow him again, but her body passed right through Chen Yi, and the elbow strike failed.

"Sorry, I forgot you can hear my thoughts." Chen Yi chuckled.

It seems we can't create stories about arrogant little monsters anymore, what a pity.

"You!" Kroos's face turned visibly red.

"Hey, why hasn't that high school girl in front finished buying yet?" Chen Yi chuckled, which made her puff up in anger again, then suddenly realized something was wrong and looked ahead.

The high school girl was waving an item in front of the cashier, who seemed lost in her own world and ignored it.

"?"

What's the situation?

"Um... Miss, are you still buying? Or... let me line up first?" Chen Yi looked left and right. There were only the two of them in this line. The other lines were full, and no one had consciously moved to their line.

"You can see?" The other person turned around and asked a question that almost made Chen Yi's heart stop.

"An evil spirit?" How come it's an evil spirit completely disguised as a human? Didn't Kroka not activate her 'spirit vision' that allows her to see evil spirits?

At this distance, his opponent could kill him in the blink of an eye, and Chen Yi would be utterly powerless to resist...

...They were not entirely defenseless.

A red hand axe appeared in Chen Yi's left hand. He assumed a defensive posture and slowly retreated.

"Um... sir?" The other person asked with some confusion, looking at Chen Yi's expression, which showed fear for a moment and then turned calm and fierce in an instant.

Then she saw the hand axe in Chen Yi's hand.

"ah--!"

A scream pierced Chen Yi's eardrums, and he squinted his eyes.

What's going on here? Chen Yi looked at the bustling crowd around him, but they were completely unaware of what was happening.

“Commander, she doesn’t seem to be an evil spirit.” Kluge remained unaffected, carefully observing the high school girl who appeared to be an 'evil spirit' before speaking.

"Not an evil spirit?" Chen Yi was skeptical, carefully examining the other party.

The beautiful high school girl with black hair seemed to think Chen Yi was a thug, and was so frightened that she turned pale and crossed her arms over her chest to try to maintain her fragile appearance.

It seems... it really isn't an evil spirit?

Chen Yi has fought so many fake people, and he has never seen anyone this cowardly.

It's also possible that the cowardly imposter simply doesn't dare to appear near him.

"Who are you? Why are you asking me if I can see you? Can't other people see you?" Chen Yi put away his hand axe, raised his hands to indicate that he was harmless, and asked the other party.

"You...you didn't come here to...kill me?" the other person asked, still in shock, and accidentally bit their tongue.

"I'm just an ordinary high school student who comes to buy groceries after school," Chen Yi said, shrugging.

"Um... I'm Mai Sakurajima." The other person took a deep breath to calm herself down before speaking again.

"Oh, I'm Chen Yi, nice to meet you... um?" Chen Yi reflexively gave his name, but then suddenly realized something was wrong.

This guy's name sounds familiar.

Oh my god! Hatsune Miku! No, wait, I made a mistake... Oh my god, Mai Sakurajima!

Chen Yi was shocked, and then carefully examined the other party.

Looking at it this way, she does resemble Mai Sakurajima from the anime, especially in her eye color and hair clip.

...That's about it. It looks pretty good, but nothing particularly special.

"You know me? That's great... Could you help me buy this? I'll pay you back." The other person held up a bag of bread and put it into Chen Yi's shopping cart.

......

Having casually offered this insignificant favor, Chen Yi took another look at the other person.

He really didn't remember much about the original plot. He only remembered that the female lead seemed to have vanished into thin air, and no one could see her. Other than that, he had no other impression.

"...Mr. Chen, your gaze is a bit... offensive." Mai Sakurajima felt uncomfortable and gently reminded him.

"I'm very sorry." Chen Yi looked away.

Chen Yi wasn't captivated by her looks. He was more interested in the phenomenon surrounding her than her as a person. Was she a human with a symbiotic system similar to that of evil spirits? Did she also possess some kind of microbial flora?

"You asked others before if they could see you... then why did you come out to buy things alone? Why didn't you just find someone who could see you to do it for you?" Chen Yi asked, somewhat puzzled.

“Actually, you’re the first person who can see me so far,” the other person said, their expression calm, as if they were already used to this kind of life.

PS: Some readers have raised concerns about the pacing, so I'd like to address that I will try to balance the proportion of the two storylines in the future.

Speaking of which, the mosquito army in Guangdong has resurrected! QAQ Can't they go bite my fellow readers instead of me? I can't concentrate on writing anymore...

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Adolescent Syndrome: Chapter Sixty-Nine - Shopping, and then picking up a senior student

Chapter 69

"Oh..." Chen Yi listened quietly, and long-forgotten memories gradually surfaced in his mind.

Adolescent syndrome, a strange illness involving quantum mechanics, has no fixed onset characteristics.

Could my Kroos be a result of this so-called puberty syndrome?

No, the other party's current state... blocked and visible to specific groups... isn't that an evil spirit? Chen Yi pondered. The settings of crossover anime worlds don't follow the original works. What if this world doesn't have the so-called puberty syndrome at all?

"Please forget about this today, if you don't want to be seen as a fool talking to thin air." Mai Sakurajima seemed indifferent to her current situation; her initial panic might have been just due to Chen Yi's hostility.

“Talking to thin air…” He glanced at Kroos next to him and muttered to himself as if sighing.

"If there's nothing else... I'll be leaving now. Thank you for your help today." Sakurajima Mai said softly, looking at Chen Yi who was deep in thought, before preparing to leave.

"Wait a minute," Chen Yi called out, stopping the other person.

"So you just accepted the changes that happened to you? If I told you, I might know what's going on?" Chen Yi said, looking at her back.

"Have you seen anyone else like me?" Mai Sakurajima turned around, clearly intrigued.

"Well...not all of them are human." Chen Yi used a euphemistic way of putting it.

“To be honest, you’re in a dangerous situation right now. What if the fake humans aren’t affected and can see you? You won’t be able to call for help, and no one will notice you.” Chen Yi’s gaze fell on the bag of bread she was carrying, recalling her earlier actions.

The ability to ignore objects that are touched is just like that of an evil spirit.

"..." Sakurajima Mai was stunned; this was the first time she had realized the problem.

"Then... what should I do?" she asked.

In this world, when false people are involved, no one will be indifferent to their own life.

"Let's add each other on LINE first. I happen to know an expert." Chen Yi took out his phone.

No problem. Everyone else's research progress is 0, but Futaba's mother's research progress is 0.1, which is also an expert's achievement.

"I hope... you're not lying to me." Sakurajima Mai remained wary, added him on LINE, and then said goodbye and left.

"Commander, why did you choose to contact her?" Kluke was a little puzzled; she didn't quite understand Chen Yi's unsolicited kindness.

"Don't you think humans who share similarities with evil spirits are worth studying?" Chen Yi explained.

He walked slowly toward home, explaining the pros and cons to Kroos as he went.

"Can she be seen by a fake person? Can she see evil spirits? Also, her gaze occasionally lingered where you were standing. Can she see you? These are all questions that must be investigated, as they involve more information about evil spirits and the limits of your abilities."