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

Yukino Yukino stared intently at the 'unread' message displayed on the window, waiting listlessly.

Several minutes passed, and the message remained unread. Yang Nai gradually lost patience.

"Miss Yukinoshita, what brings you here?" Chen Yi replied.

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Adolescent Syndrome: Chapter 88 About Yukinoshita

What does Yang Nai want with him? Chen Yi wondered.

"Can't we chat for a bit if there's nothing wrong?" The other person replied instantly.

It was as if 'having ulterior motives' was written all over his forehead. Chen Yi's lips twitched.

'Let's be frank, I don't like riddles,' he replied.

"It's really just a normal chat. I wanted to ask what you think of my sister." Yukinoshita sent this message.

Upon hearing that it was about inquiring about Yukino Yukinoshita, Chen Yi understood; it turned out that his tsundere, sister-complex personality was kicking in again.

"However, what about the impression of Yukinoshita...?" Chen Yi pondered.

From the perspective of the original work, Yukinoshita in the early stages is an ordinary high school student with perfectionism, but in reality, she lacks the ability to adapt to complex problems and is like someone who walks with a limp in interpersonal relationships.

To put it bluntly, he is arrogant, sharp-tongued, and lacks emotional intelligence.

However, Chen Yi found that the other party's way of speaking was at most unpleasant to hear, but not to the point of personal attack.

It's also possible that they experienced different things within a pseudo-human worldview, so it can't be generalized.

So Chen Yi carefully analyzed this "ice queen" he often saw and who was just an ordinary acquaintance.

When he tried to recall his thoughts about Yukino Yukinoshita, he was surprised to find that he had paid little attention to her. In the past few months, his plans and thoughts on how to deal with the fake man had occupied almost all his energy.

There was no other way but to make it up.

'The club president is probably an excellent person; she just lacks experience most of the time.' Chen Yi carefully chose his words before sending the message.

'You mean, Yukino is a problem child who doesn't understand things?'

No, is this what I meant?

"I never said that, Miss. Please don't put the blame on me, or the club president will make things difficult for me." Chen Yi made a small joke.

'Okay, any other opinions?'

'I tend to lack interpersonal skills, and sometimes I don't consider other people's feelings when I speak.'

'Why be so tactful? I'm not going to take the chat screenshots to Yukino to complain.'

Hehe, hard to say.

'I believe in Miss Yukinoshita.'

'Eh~ that's not a nice way to address me, just call me Haruno.'

"Yes, Sister Yang." Chen Yi wasn't fooled.

"Yukino has poor interpersonal skills. To put it bluntly, she's sharp-tongued, has low emotional intelligence, and doesn't know how to put herself in others' shoes or consider their feelings, right?" Yukinoshita Haruno summarized his words.

"I never said that," Chen Yi denied.

'They're pretty much the same in meaning.'

"By the way, where did Chen-kun move to? I've been feeling really bad about the apartment being broken into; I'll go over and apologize sometime." Yukinoshita suddenly changed the subject mid-conversation.

"CAYN Building, Mihama, Shazhou 2-chome." Chen Yi sent the address to save the other side from bothering him every day trying to find his address.

"Commander, if we give them the address, there's a greater chance they'll come knocking on our door and bother us," Kroos reminded her from the side.

"..." Chen Yi stared at the line of text on the screen, silent, wanting to retract the message.

"Thank you, Mr. Chen, I will definitely pay you a visit." Unfortunately, it was too late.

......

"What is Yi-jun doing?" After a meal, Sakurajima Mai, feeling a bit bored, watched Chen Yi whip up egg whites.

"Isn't it obvious? Baking a cake." Chen Yi pointed to the egg mixture on the other side and continued beating the egg whites.

What kind of cake?

"Cupcakes, I'm too lazy to make any more difficult desserts," Chen Yi explained, watching the egg whites gradually thicken and take shape.

"Is there any for me?" Mai Sakurajima's eyes sparkled.

"Yes... By the way, isn't Ms. Mai an idol? Doesn't she need to manage her figure?"

"You think I'm fat?" Mai Sakurajima's tone suddenly became aggressive.

"No, I'm just curious."

"Now that I've retired, I don't have to be so strict with my carbohydrate intake. I used to keep a very slim figure for filming."

That's called malnutrition, Chen Yi thought to himself, without saying it out loud.

However, it's a good thing that kids like to eat. Which chef wouldn't want their dishes to be popular?

......

"Miss Krokae." Sakurajima Mai, no longer wanting to disturb Chen Yi's work, chose to come and chat with Krokae.

Thinking about it carefully, apart from the last battle, she hadn't really exchanged more than a few words with the other party.

"Miss Sakurajima, is there something you need?" Kroos controlled the 'messenger' to stand up unsteadily, its sensors emitting a red light.

"What kind of creature are you? Are you human?" Mai Sakurajima asked curiously.

"In a narrow sense, I'm not human, I just look like one; in a broader sense, I might be considered human," Kroos replied through the 'messenger's' loudspeaker. The upgraded loudspeaker reduced a lot of unnecessary background noise and distortion, making the sound emitted by the loudspeaker much closer to Kroos's original voice.

“But if we’re being specific… I might be more like the Commander’s backing spirit or something?… No, according to your culture, in layman’s terms, I might be more like a shikigami.” Kruka replied after a moment’s thought.

"Do you have a physical form? What does it look like... or something like that?"

“I have my own body, but I cannot interfere with reality. However, I can possess an unmanned robot similar to a ‘messenger’ and indirectly interact with the real world,” Kroos replied, as the weapon station on the mechanical dog spun around.

"I'm quite curious about what you look like," Mai Sakurajima casually remarked, keeping this important point in mind and calculating her chances of winning if the other person were her love rival.

"Did you know each other from birth?" Mai Sakurajima continued to press.

"Strictly speaking, it should be, but at that time, my consciousness was still very blurry. When I 'woke up,' the commander had already been standing in this world for a while."

"I see," Mai Sakurajima nodded, then suddenly asked a very pointed question.

"If I told you I like Yi Jun, you wouldn't stop me, would you?"

She didn't get the answer she was most looking forward to, nor did she get the answer she least wanted to hear. Faced with this question, the other party chose to remain silent.

"...I'll listen to the Commander." Kroos's tone was unchanged from before, but Mai Sakurajima could clearly sense that her mood had worsened.

......

Then Chen Yi was inexplicably given the cold shoulder by Kroos.

"Krookai, what happened?" Chen Yi took off his gloves, wiped the sweat from his brow after standing in the kitchen for so long, and was completely baffled.

"It's nothing, Commander."

Adolescent Syndrome: Chapter Eighty-Nine - The Cake

You can only look up to them, never catch up...

Chen Yi was clearly just an ordinary high school student, and Yukino Yukinoshita was still somewhat unconvinced, believing that this was just an excuse for her older sister to belittle her.

As usual, Yukinoshita sat in the Service Department, flipping through a book, her heart filled with a turbulent emotion she rarely felt.

"Senior, I was so busy before that I forgot to congratulate you on your novel's huge success... It's not too late now, is it?" Chen Yi arrived relatively early today, carrying two boxes, one of which was exquisitely packaged.

"Hmm? It's been so long... But I'm so glad you remembered, thank you." A hint of barely suppressed joy flashed across Kasumigaoka's face, but she pretended to be reserved, smoothing her sideburns and nodding.

"President, this is for everyone, let's all have a taste." Chen Yi placed another slightly larger cardboard box on the long table, made a gesture, then put the heavy guitar bag in the corner and sat down in a chair.

"Xiao Chen, aren't you going to eat any yourself?" Yui opened the box, which contained cupcakes of various colors, small and exquisite.

"I already ate last night." Chen Yi waved his hand with a smile and took out the second volume of "Heartbeat Service Department" from his bag to start reading.

Perhaps due to psychological trauma, this ordinary dessert tasted somewhat bitter after eating it, and after eating one, Chen Yi lost the desire to continue.

“Sometimes I really envy Xiao Chen’s culinary talent…” Yui Hama sighed.

“Actually, this isn’t difficult…” Yotsuya Miko studied it carefully and explained the steps to Yuihama.

Cake, cream, sugar crumbs, and different fruits—it's that simple, but it's definitely a challenging task for Yui. Hopefully, she can learn it.

"Chen-kun, you're very impressive." This was Kato, and she didn't stand on ceremony, eating in small bites.

After all, no girl can resist sweets.

Yukino hesitated for a moment, and only after seeing that everyone else had taken one did she slowly take one and savor it gently.

In terms of cooking, I can't compare to him. The sweetness, the amount of cream, and the appearance are all just right. It's the kind of excellent work that you can tell at a glance is made by a senior baker.

Was her sister right? A sense of defeat rose in Yukinoshita's heart.

No one noticed what Yukinoshita was thinking; everyone was discussing it enthusiastically.

"There's one left. The shut-in didn't come today either." Yuihama glanced at the box; there was still one inside.

"Yi-kun, can I have some too?" Mai Sakurajima's mouth watered.

"On your own."

She picked it up and then observed the reactions of the others in the ministry.

"Huh? That's strange. Did I remember wrong?" Yui looked at the empty box, blinked, and then ignored it.

The reverse meme effect... This is really troublesome. Chen Yi watched this scene and sighed inwardly.

Futaba's method of increasing the number of observers... how can this be achieved?

He didn't want to think about these kinds of questions for the time being, and turned his attention back to the book in his hands.

......

Chen Yi was reading quietly when he suddenly felt his phone vibrate.

It was a private message from Miko Yotsuya.

Chen Yi looked up at Yotsuya Miko, who was chatting enthusiastically with Yuihama, then looked down and unlocked his phone.

"Chen-kun, next week is Yui-hama's birthday. Let's go buy her a present this weekend!"

"Okay, I'll go and inform the others." Chen Yi thought about his weekend plans and, since he didn't seem to have any, readily agreed.

"Senior, are you free this weekend?" On the other side, Kasumigaoka was working hard on her typing when this message suddenly popped up in her laptop's status bar. She clicked on it and couldn't help but let her mind wander.

Has my junior changed his personality?

'Yes, is it a date?'

"Probably a team building activity?" Chen Yi replied.

"Oh, I see," Kasumigaoka thought with great disappointment, and was about to refuse. But then she thought, "What if Yotsuya sneaks off while I'm not around?" So she quickly agreed.

"Kato, are you free this weekend? Yuihama's birthday is next week, and we're planning to go pick out a gift." Chen Yi sent this message to Kato Megumi.

"Sure." Kato always readily agrees.

"President, are you free this weekend?" Chen Yi sent this message to Yukinoshita at the end.

'Is there anything I can't just say directly?'

"?" Yukino Yukinoshita gave him a strange look and typed.

"Next week is Yuihama's birthday, and Yotsuya Miko suggested we go pick out a birthday present this weekend to surprise her next week," Chen Yi explained.

"Okay." Yukinoshita replied, recovering from her frustration.

She couldn't agree with what her sister said. Why was she inferior to others? Yukinoshita wasn't someone who was easily defeated.