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

"Senior, you and Kato Megumi go first. I'll come out later. I need to provide more information to the security department." Chen Yi waved his hand, indicating that the other person should leave first.

"..."

At the same time, he took out the search and rescue radar again, and sure enough, the targets on the radar were no longer as numerous as before.

"Miss Mai, please take this." Chen Yi didn't turn off the radar, but folded it up and handed it to Mai Sakurajima, while also loosening his bones.

"We have to put some pressure on them." Chen Yi looked at Krokay, who had already put her rifle away.

Thinking of this, Chen Yi kicked the door.

Adolescent Syndrome: Chapter Ninety-Three (Final Chapter)

A loud noise was heard, but because the door opened outwards, Chen Yi's kick did not break the door open; it only made a loud noise.

"Do you know how to use it? Stick it on." Chen Yi pointed his chin at the fire door, while raising his gun to be on guard against any possible sudden attack.

Mai Sakurajima showed no hesitation or fear. She pressed the radar against the door, staring intently at the information on it, even though she couldn't quite understand it.

"Aren't you leaving yet?" Chen Yi asked the two people behind him.

"Junior... be careful." Kasumigaoka knew that staying here would only be a hindrance, so he could only nod, pack his things, and leave quickly.

"Take care." Kato Megumi handed the pistol back to Chen Yi, nodded, and followed Kasumigaoka toward the exit.

"I'm sorry, it was so dangerous and I made you come with me." Looking at Mai Sakurajima's back, Chen Yi remembered and said apologetically.

"Yi-kun, according to common sense, we're actually quite safe standing here. However, if you're thinking of committing suicide together, I wouldn't mind, senpai," Sakurajima Mai casually joked to ease the tense atmosphere.

Such a plan wouldn't be made without thorough preparation; Mai Sakurajima already knew Chen Yi's personality.

"Don't say such unlucky things," Kroos said through her phone speaker, her tone slightly displeased.

Chen Yi and Sakurajima Mai exchanged a glance and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The radar scanned the area again, and it was clear that Chen Yi's decoy plan had worked. The number of targets had increased significantly, and there was no possibility of a sudden attack.

"Kluke, do you think if I use thermite to melt the lock and fire inwards... it will provoke them?" Chen Yi asked Kluke.

“It’s hard to say, but I don’t recommend doing that, Commander. You’ve already done more than enough by attracting most of the snake demons to this area.” Kroos shook her head, rejecting the plan.

"Alright then." Chen Yi nodded, not trying to play the hero.

"Miss Mai, you can turn off the radar now. We just need to create noise intermittently." Chen Yi nodded and took out his phone to send a warning to Aoyama Nanami.

Aoyama Nanami's part-time job is on an even higher floor; hopefully, she'll be lucky enough to hear it.

Chen Yi looked at the sparse crowd still running out and spotted the security officers in uniform.

"Mai, that direction." Chen Yi put all the weapons into his guitar case, leaving only a pistol in his hand, while waving his other hand high to attract the attention of the squad.

"Why haven't you left this area yet?" An officer from the Abnormal Threat Security Division saw Chen Yi still standing there and quickly ran over.

"I'm the one reporting the incident. Most of the fake people are behind this door. Do you have C4?" Chen Yi pointed behind him to the fire door and the sign for the employee passage.

“Yes… there shouldn’t be any civilians inside, right?” One of the officers attached the plastic explosives he was carrying to the marked location on the door, and checked one last time.

“There’s no way any civilians could have survived. This place is inhabited by a mutated snake demon known for its gregarious nature. The location where it was found is in a ventilation duct, so there’s probably a sizable snake demon horde throughout the mall,” Chen Yi explained, taking a few steps back.

"This is troublesome." The other party frowned and quickly reported into the walkie-talkie.

"Brother, we will reward you for your heroic act. Now, let's leave this dangerous area of ​​the mall first," the other party said to Chen Yi in a friendly manner.

"The assault team is in position," said a fully armed security officer standing nearby.

"boom--"

The deafening explosion made Chen Yi's ears ring, followed by a barrage of gunfire. Tactical flashlights shone into the corridor, where the ground was littered with shredded flesh and blood.

Chen Yi pulled Sakurajima Mai along and quickly retreated to a safe position in the center of the fountain.

"I guess we're done for now," Chen Yi said to Sakurajima Mai, shaking his slightly dizzy head.

"Hmm..." Mai Sakurajima nodded, not wanting to speak for the time being.

"Let's go, let's get out of here first." After saying that, Chen Yi seemed to remember something, and suddenly turned around to look at the employee passage.

"What's wrong?" Mai Sakurajima noticed this.

"The soldier ants are still inside, and the explosion failed. If the authorities find any explosive residue on them, it will be difficult to explain."

“Commander,” Kroos said, her tone somewhat strange.

"'Soldier Ant-2'...it seems it hasn't completely lost signal." Sensing Chen Yi's worry, and with a try-it-and-see attitude, she immersed her consciousness in the control panel on Chen Yi's phone, and actually captured a weak signal from 'Soldier Ant-2'.

"Wasn't 'Soldier Ant-2' already scrapped? The detonators are all malfunctioning." Chen Yi asked in confusion.

......

Going back in time, when 'Soldier Ant-2' was turning a corner, it was smashed by a snake demon hiding in a ventilation duct, and the snake's head rolled up the remains and swallowed them.

It's broken, but not completely broken. The circuitry between the motherboard and the battery is still intact and continues to function resiliently.

In the subsequent baiting plan, the snake demon fled in the opposite direction and did not participate in the group activity that attacked Chen Yi.

"Kroos, can you sense the approximate location?" Chen Yi asked, looking at Kroos.

"She ran upstairs." Kroos closed her eyes, then opened them a moment later.

“We’re about to escape the maximum range of the signal, Commander. Should we follow?” Kluge asked Chen Yi for his opinion.

"Miss Mai, please wait here..."

“I’ll go with you.” Mai Sakurajima shook her head and forced herself to stand up.

Chen Yi glanced at the police officers near the employee entrance. No one was paying attention to him. He walked to the escalator that had been stopped in an emergency and quickly went upstairs.

Following the escalator, Chen Yi rushed to the second floor and, guided by Kelukai, walked deeper into the mall.

"Stop, Commander, this distance is enough to control the detonator explosion," Kluke called out, stopping Chen Yi and the other man.

“It’s hovering,” Kroos said.

"Could it be a nest?" Chen Yi asked.

"Perhaps, but unfortunately the 2D drawing function is offline... Commander, should we detonate it directly?"

"This is an opportunity we must seize." Chen Yi nodded.

"boom--"

An explosion rang out immediately, and some dust fell from the ceiling, landing on Chen Yi's shoulders and head.

"Let's go." Chen Yi waved and led Sakurajima Mai towards the other exit.

"You guys go back, we've already come out through another exit." Chen Yi sent a message to Yukino, who replied briefly and then fell silent.

"Miss Mai, are you scared today?" Before he knew it, it was noon. Chen Yi looked up at the early summer sun, which was a little dazzling.

"I'm not that scared anymore. Besides, people grow up, okay?" Sakurajima Mai said somewhat discontentedly.

"How about we go get something good to eat?"

"I don't want to eat meat. That scene was a bit too shocking..." A few frames flashed through her mind, and Mai Sakurajima felt a little nauseous, but she held it back.

"Then let's eat Kentucky."

P.S.: Evil! The group admin is secretly giving out perks to group members... All the shady deals happen at the Pseudo-Human Mutual Aid Association!

The one above isn't a real cat.

It feels like I've been writing this book all by myself lately, no one's talking to me.

Adolescent Syndrome: Chapter Ninety-Four - Birthday Celebration

The 'Soldier Ant-2' did not survive as long as the 'Soldier Ant-1', meaning it was consumed immediately after it was made.

It would be a lie to say I wasn't heartbroken, since all the equipment was handcrafted by me, and it took several hours just to calculate the time cost.

But Chen Yi wasn't particularly distressed, since this thing was designed to be used as a consumable when it was created, and he had already anticipated this scenario.

"However, the 'soldier ants' need to be modified..."

As always, Chen Yi opened the engineering software and began drawing.

The phone on the table vibrated. Chen Yi glanced at it and saw that it was Rio Futaba calling.

"Shuangye, what's up?" Chen Yi answered the phone casually and turned on speakerphone.

"The initial testing of the evil spirit detection device is complete. Remember to come to the science classroom to pick it up when you have time."

It's done already? So fast?

Chen Yi's attention was successfully drawn, and he wanted to ask for more details.

What is the principle behind it?

"Fluorescent radar combined with multispectral imaging is usually installed on drones, which has a large search range. My improved version focuses on weight and battery life, integrating it into individual soldier equipment."

As she spoke, Rio Futaba sent a picture via LINE. It was a heavy VR headset-like device with a dark casing and no obvious lenses, suggesting that it used a sensor-based digital image synthesis method.

"It also integrates a night vision thermal fusion system, providing the ability to switch modes at any time."

Futaba, you're amazing.

"Please make sure I owe you this favor," Chen Yi replied earnestly.

"No need, it was nothing. Don't forget, Mother was planning to invite you out for a meal sometime," Futaba said calmly.

"That's all for now. I have work to do later, so I'll stop talking now." With that, Futaba prepared to hang up the phone.

"Wait, I have another question. Futaba, how is the observer effect you mentioned earlier implemented?"

"Observer? What observer?" Futaba paused for a moment upon hearing this question and began to think.

"What have I said to you?"

"..." Chen Yi tapped the table impatiently with his fingers, feeling a bit overwhelmed.

With such a strong reverse meme effect, can even the information it represents be blocked?

So Chen Yi explained it again, using an even more subtle way of saying it.

"Assuming that this 'X' truly exists, then your best approach is to find a way to let more people see 'X' and anchor the other party's positive state by increasing the number of observers."

Unlike Schrödinger's cat, for Mai Sakurajima, there is another observer, Chen Yi, who can determine the other's state.

"So you mean I have to make sure everyone knows about 'X' before I forget about it, right?"

That's way too difficult. Am I supposed to become an international superstar?

“It doesn’t necessarily have to be everyone. What I mean is, we just need to increase the scope of the observer group, and it would be best if everyone could observe at the same time,” Futaba explained.

Anisophora...

To be honest, she was quite interested in this phenomenon. Perhaps she had studied it before, but its nature prevented her from making any records.

"I understand." Chen Yi seemed to understand but not quite, as if deep in thought.

"What's wrong?" Noticing that Chen Yi was staring at her blankly, Mai Sakurajima put down her book and asked with some confusion.

"It's nothing." Chen Yi snapped out of his reverie and continued drawing with the mouse.

......

The weekend passed quickly, and we returned to our usual school days. Not only that, today is also Yuihama's birthday.

"Happy birthday." Yotsuya Miko stood by the door and suddenly threw herself into Yuihama's arms.

"Huh?" Yuihama was a little confused. She looked into the Service Club and found that everyone had put down what they were doing and stared at her, which was unusual for them.

"This is a gift for you!" Miko Yotsuya handed her a small box and winked.

"I didn't know what to choose, so I just gave her this." Chen Yi handed her the long box containing the fountain pens and gave her a thumbs up.

The cartoon mug that Kato Megumi gave me, the exquisite notebook that my senior gave me, and the plush toy that Yukinoshita gave me...

The incident that happened in the mall earlier caused the group to leave separately instead of together. Yui didn't find out that everyone had been keeping her birthday a secret, so a large part of the surprise remained.

"Thank you...everyone." Yuihama was very happy.

"I will remember this day well," she said earnestly.

"Speaking of which...so you two went to the mall to pick out gifts that day..." Yuihama learned the reason why the two of them were at the mall that day while chatting with Yotsuya Miko.