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

"This chin rest and shoulder pads are adjustable. Peach fruit tea, right? Wait for me a bit." Chen Yi placed the noise-canceling headphones on the shooting platform and pushed open the door to the soundproof room.

......

"Chen-kun?" Yotsuya Miko, with her sharp eyes, noticed Chen Yi taking orders at the bar.

"Yotsugu-kun? You're practicing your shooting here too." Chen Yi heard the familiar voice and turned around to look.

"Well, because I'm always worried that I might need it in a dangerous situation... Does Chen Jun often come here to practice shooting?"

"No, I'm just here today to familiarize myself with the new weapons," Chen Yi replied.

The HK416 is normally guided by a machine gun, so the bullets can curve and there is no need to practice shooting tricks.

Otherwise, do you really think that getting headshots every time is just a stroke of good luck?

“Commander, that may be true, but shooting practice is still necessary,” Kluge corrected.

"Okay, what you said does make sense." Chen Yi thought about it again and realized that what Kelukai said also made sense.

"Krooka-neechan...would you like something to drink?" Yotsuya Miko watched the two interacting and wanted to join in the conversation.

“I can’t drink that, thank you, no thanks,” Kroos replied.

"Ugh..." Miko Yotsuya's face showed embarrassment, thinking she had said something wrong.

"What she means is that there is no physical form, and one cannot touch most of the objects in real life," Chen Yi added.

Summer Vacation: Chapter 122 Exoskeleton Test

“Three hundred thousand yen…” Chen Yi looked at the bill and scratched his head.

Yotsuya Miko, who was standing nearby, glanced at it and was so frightened that she froze on the spot.

"So...expensive?" She glanced at her bill, which was still around 10,000 yen. However, she hadn't fired that many bullets today, only using a few dozen PS12 rounds.

Although I had some expectations regarding the price of large-caliber bullets...

But no matter what, it's all too exaggerated...

"Yeah, after all, they're all large caliber guns." Chen Yi folded the bill and stuffed it into his pocket, saying casually.

"...See you next week then?" After leaving the shooting range, the two parted ways at the tram stop.

"Okay, see you next week, Mr. Chen." Yotsuya Miko nodded, waved, and turned to walk into the tram station.

......

After receiving the new sleeping bag, Mai Sakurajima had no reason to continue sleeping with him. She could only retreat to her room with a sullen expression, leaving Chen Yi alone in the living room.

With only one last part of the exoskeleton completed, Chen Yi planned to stay up a little longer tonight, something he hadn't done in a long time.

"Let's have a cup of coffee first." I walked to the island counter, boiled a kettle of water, and slowly ground coffee using the coffee machine.

While you're at it, buy a musical instrument flight case; it can hold more items than a guitar bag.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Yi added an item to the schedule.

“Commander, I’ve browsed social media for clues about the Scarecrow.”

Taking advantage of Chen Yi's free time, Kluke brought up the potential threat she had mentioned before.

"How so?" Chen Yi asked immediately.

"After multiple comparisons, the scarecrow's activity range has been reduced to Mihama Ward."

Kluka's words made Chen Yi pause in his actions.

Isn't this right downstairs from my own house?

"Why is it targeting me again..." Chen Yi put down the cup and looked at Kroos with a serious expression.

"As for whether it's in the east or west of Meibin City, I don't think it will have much of an impact, because it moves very fast and could easily travel from the west to the east of the city in one night."

Meibin Ward is only about 21 square kilometers. Is there any difference between the east and west sides of the city in terms of area?

"What's the official stance?" To ease his mind, Chen Yi simply picked up his cup and took a sip.

—And then I got burned.

"There are no plans to lock down the Mihama district at the moment, and the number of security forces deployed is far less than expected," Krochai replied.

"Does that mean they're not going to deal with it?" Chen Yi understood the implication.

This thing has been in the city for several days now, and ATSS hasn't taken any countermeasures. Are they just going to wait for the scarecrow to leave the city on its own? Or jump into the sea?

"Yes, and because of this scarecrow, the night shift security force in Mihama Ward has been half as slow in response time, possibly due to reduced deployment."

Chen Yi remained silent, put down his cup, walked to the balcony, and drew all the curtains tightly, seemingly to alleviate his unease.

After hesitating for a moment, I picked up the binoculars on the coffee table, walked outside into the living room, and gazed at the quiet city in the night breeze.

He took his phone out of his pocket, quickly typed a message and sent it to Ms. Hiratsuka to remind her to be careful.

'A scarecrow?' Hiratsuka Shizuka wondered, then searched online.

Oh, that urban legend.

She remembered the scarecrow she had encountered when she went to the shooting range in Ruoye District with Chen Yi last time.

It shouldn't be that thing, right?

"Be careful lately," Chen Yi said.

“Okay, you too,” Hiratsuka Shizuka replied.

Putting his phone back in his pocket, Chen Yi, who felt inexplicably cold, silently exhaled and turned back to the living room.

......

"It's a bit cold."

Standing on the top floor, Chen Yi was testing the assembled exoskeleton as planned.

The environment was not bright tonight; the moon was obscured by thick clouds, and it was already past midnight. Apart from a few scattered searchlights, there was no other light source.

He had left a note on the dining table at home beforehand, so he wasn't worried that Mai Sakurajima wouldn't be able to find him if she woke up in the middle of the night.

Chen Yi put on the smart helmet, which completely blocked his vision.

"Open your eyes."

The screen inside the helmet lit up, instantly adding a layer of low-saturation color to the pitch-black world.

Chen Yi looked up at the sky, where several distant outlined objects streaked across the sky.

"The thermal fusion function is working properly." Chen Yi looked in the direction where the birdmen had disappeared and then lowered his head to test other items.

With a whoosh, the climbing claws extended, and Chen Yi crouched down, silently assessing the grip.

"Cosplaying Spider-Man shouldn't be a problem," Chen Yi commented.

“But stamina is a problem; Peter Parker is a mutant,” Kluke chimed in.

"Isn't there a grappling hook?"

Chen Yi stood up, flicked his left hand, and the grappling hook under his wrist popped out, ready to fire.

“It’s about twenty meters long…” Chen Yi counted the rolled-up steel wire and came to the answer after thinking for a while.

Turn the DSR-50, which is suspended by a sling, around and feel the weight of it when held in one hand.

“Shooting with one hand isn’t a big problem.”

The theoretical maximum additional load of the exoskeleton can reach 85KG, while the unloaded weight of the DSR-50 is about 10 to 11KG, which is more than enough to lift.

"But its stability is still lacking."

Chen Yi looked at the shaky crosshairs in the optical sight and was somewhat dissatisfied.

After hanging the anti-materiel rifle back on his back with a sling, Chen Yi tried running and jumping. He eventually measured that the instantaneous burst speed was about 30 kilometers per hour, and the jump height could reach 2.5 meters.

"There seem to be many empty interfaces on the exoskeleton. This should be a basic standard combat exoskeleton." Chen Yi thought for a moment, and it seemed that some data channels could be established to transmit the machine's data to the helmet in real time.

There is also a smart screen on the right arm, but it is not activated. It is probably an information node or terminal, which could be used as an interface to connect to its own system.

Hmm, which is more difficult, creating an interface or designing a new system? They seem about the same.

"Ah!"

It was still a bit chilly on the rooftop, and seeing that the tests were almost done, I decided to head back.

After all, we still need to work on the arm shield adaptation later, so it's best to get some rest.

......

When Chen Yi returned home, he found Mai sitting in the living room, gazing at him with a melancholy expression.

"Did I accidentally disturb you when I went out?" Chen Yi took off his exoskeleton and checked the remaining battery power.

"No, I wasn't asleep before," Sakurajima Mai said.

"Does it have to be this rushed?" After a moment of silence, she asked again.

"Hmm... Futaba told me before that there are pseudo-humans roaming into our area from the suburbs, and the level of danger is not low."

"I see." She nodded, then abruptly stepped forward and reached out to pat Chen Yi's head.

...no further progress was made.

"We'll be fine, so don't overdo it. Goodnight."

After saying that, he returned to his room without any hesitation, leaving Chen Yi alone in the living room, his shadow stretched long and thin by a small lamp.

Image: "416喵", Location: "Images/1778942883-100475761-114835686.jpg"

P.S.: I've been hit with a stomachache elbow... By the way, why was nobody talking yesterday, meow?

Summer Vacation: Chapter 123 Cosplayer

Theoretically speaking, conducting reconnaissance during the day is likely to cause a disturbance, because his equipment is not something that ordinary people can possess, and going out on the street in broad daylight could easily cause unnecessary trouble.

Although he theoretically had the consulate's endorsement, he had neither documents nor letters, so he would inevitably be stopped and questioned for a while.

That would be too much trouble.

Is there a solution?

Yes, there are.

The neon lights of this world are quite different from those of my previous life; the restrictions on outlandish clothing have been significantly relaxed.

Moreover, it just so happens that an international convention in Mihama Ward is holding a comic convention these days, and there are a few cosplayers on the street, so as long as your outfit "looks harmless" it will be fine.

I dug out the spray painting tools I'd bought ages ago and meticulously painted anime characters on the DSR-50 and HK416. After finishing, I immediately threw myself into painting the exoskeleton, finally managing to get a precious rest two hours before dawn.

"Beep beep, beep beep..." The alarm clock rang, and Chen Yi suddenly rolled over and grabbed HK416. He was stunned for a long time before he reacted. He yawned and got up from the ground in a somewhat disheveled manner.

Back in the living room, he found Mai Sakurajima trying to make breakfast, intently following the steps on her phone.

"We still have frozen dumplings, no need to go out of your way... Ha..." Chen Yi was in a daze, and couldn't help but yawn halfway through his sentence.

This is really bad, I'm a little dizzy.

"I wanted to make Yi-kun a proper breakfast to repay him... Huh? You're awake at this hour? You stayed up so late last night, why don't you go back to sleep?" Sakurajima Mai responded subconsciously, then realized halfway through her sentence and turned around to see Chen Yi with messy, unkempt hair.

"No, I have to go to the comic convention today..." Chen Yi replied, and immediately went to the exoskeleton that he had hastily painted last night, looking at his "modified" product.

The shape remains unchanged, but the color scheme combines fluorescent green with the original metallic matte black, while in some places, words such as "Gedonimo, action begins" are written in hard-edged artistic lettering.

Looking at the black and green color scheme in front of him, the exoskeleton equipment, which not only retained its technological feel but also gained a cooler look, Chen Yi nodded in satisfaction.

"Yi Jun, go wash up first, breakfast will be ready soon."

......

"Anime conventions? When did Yi Jun become interested in anime conventions again?" Mai Sakurajima expressed doubt about this reason.

We just finished talking about the scarecrow last night, and today you're rushing out in a hurry...

“There’s a very good-looking and famous cosplayer…” Chen Yi said casually, then suddenly remembered something and swallowed the rest of the sentence.

"Oh...know what?" Mai Sakurajima suddenly became aggressive.

"It's nothing, I'll only be gone for half a day, I'll be back at noon," Chen Yi said vaguely, stuffing a slice of bread into his mouth.