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

"The screams of the other tourists are so awful..."

In a world with such hypocrites, is there really a market for horror themes? Wouldn't it be better to just take a midnight stroll for a thrill?

Chen Yi cautiously explored the staff passageway inside the haunted house, silently complaining to himself.

This haunted house was temporarily erected and will be dismantled after the comic convention ends. As a result, the walls are not only basically not soundproof, but their structural integrity is also substandard.

Chen Yi was afraid that if he used any force, he would damage the walls of the haunted house.

"Ok?"

Chen Yi stopped in his tracks. He had detected a heat source whose behavior was somewhat inconsistent with that of ordinary tourists.

Chen Yi walked lightly, leaning against the wall, when he suddenly felt something hooked behind him, and finally stopped about three or four meters in front of the corner.

An ellipsoid suddenly rolled out from around the corner.

"Flashbang!"

Chen Yi suddenly retreated, using his arm shield to protect his head, and then quickly lay down on the ground to reduce his exposed area.

His hearing suddenly failed, followed by a blinding flash of light and then the beam of a tactical flashlight. Chen Yi pointed his rifle at the 'tourist' whose behavior was behaving strangely, while the other man pointed his gun at him in return.

"Which department are you from?" Chen Yi asked subconsciously, slowly standing up from the ground.

"Yinglong 4... an Ironblood operator?" The other party was stunned for a moment, seemingly confused by Chen Yi's strange and mismatched equipment, and subconsciously put down his gun.

"I'm a police officer. Are you here to search for the scarecrow too?" Seeing that Chen Yi didn't intend to lower his gun, the other party silently turned off his tactical flashlight.

"The police are actually here... I thought all the Japanese police were just incompetent bastards," Chen Yi thought to himself, without saying it aloud.

Chen Yi nodded, not denying the other party's statement.

"Any clues?" Chen Yi asked familiarly, his face mask and smart helmet completely obscuring his appearance, making it impossible for the other person to tell his exact age.

"Not yet, we're conducting a decentralized search," the police officer said vaguely.

"Oh, I see. So are we." Chen Yi shrugged, abruptly ending the conversation.

"Since it's a misunderstanding... why don't we go our separate ways?" The other person looked at Chen Yi standing there quietly, without making any move, and cautiously stepped back.

He harbored some doubts about Chen Yi's identity.

"also."

"..."

"You're not a Sangvis Ferri operator, are you?" The other person suddenly laughed.

"One of the most distinctive features of Ironblood's operators is their ability to coordinate multiple unmanned devices, but I didn't see any scout robots or drones on my way here, so you..." As he spoke, the other person's expression suddenly changed, and he abruptly raised his gun, pointing it at Chen Yi's back.

“Commander, it’s a giant bear plush toy from the previous monitoring game.” Kroos answered Chen Yi’s question. He looked back and saw the huge, worn-out plush toy standing at the end of the employee passage.

"He's not a doll!" Chen Yi's alarm bells rang, and he couldn't help but blurt out a classic Chinese phrase.

In the night vision thermal fusion, beneath the rounded exterior of the teddy bear are heat-generating objects that spread out like tree branches.

"I am an officer from the Japanese Public Security Bureau's Paranormal Experts Group. Come out of the teddy bear and raise your hands!" the officer shouted.

The teddy bear paused for a moment, then suddenly accelerated.

"Bang! Bang bang!" The policeman behind Chen Yi fired his gun decisively, hitting the teddy bear, but there was no reaction.

In the blink of an eye, the teddy bear rushed forward and slammed its right hand down on Chen Yi with great force.

Chen Yi raised his shield to block, and in the darkness he saw a bone spike protruding from under the doll's fur, slamming into the shield like a scythe.

With his other hand raised, he pressed the muzzle of the gun directly against the heart and lungs of the teddy bear and pulled the trigger hard without letting go.

Bullets far exceeding the magazine capacity and the gun's rate of fire poured out, creating a deep gash in the heart and lungs of the teddy bear, with more bullets continuously pouring in.

The teddy bear's strength gradually weakened, and it eventually lost its balance and fell to the ground.

"Huff-huff..." Chen Yi breathed heavily, feeling a little dizzy, and took off his mask.

Next time, I definitely need to add a breathing aid function to the mask...

Chen Yi pondered intermittently, and it took him a long time to catch his breath.

Chen Yi glanced at the policeman, then, feigning composure, took a new magazine from his pocket and replaced the pistol's magazine.

"Thank you so much, brother." His tone became more friendly.

With a flick of his tactical sword, Chen Yi sliced ​​open the teddy bear lying on the ground, revealing its contents.

—A red scarecrow wrapped in human skin and soaked in blood.

Summer Vacation: Chapter 126 - Calming Down

"This thing... is the real body?" Chen Yi stared at it for a while before suddenly remembering its characteristic of causing mental pollution and looking away.

“Don’t be afraid of mental pollution, there are already mature drugs to treat it.” On the other side, a police officer squatted down, took photos with his mobile phone to collect evidence, and then made a phone call, seemingly reporting the situation to his superiors.

"Well, I teamed up with a... well-meaning citizen who wishes to remain anonymous to subdue the scarecrow. The location is in the haunted house on the second floor of the Meibin NOE International Convention Center. Send a few more people over... Brother, do you need to apply for medical assistance?" He glanced at Chen Yi, who had put his mask back on, and immediately understood that the other party had no intention of taking credit.

Out of gratitude, he casually asked if the other person needed medical assistance.

“Commander, I found no trace of mental contamination.” Kluge dispelled Chen Yi’s concerns.

“…Not for now.” Chen Yi shook his head.

He turned his gaze to the inside of the teddy bear, glanced at it, then couldn't help but look away, walking to the side to review his previous actions and try to distract himself.

It was so bizarre! Upon closer inspection, I discovered that the usual cotton filling had all turned into bits of meat of various sizes, and it wasn't just a piece of skin inside.

"Brother, you came here to hunt scarecrows on your own initiative, didn't you? Where did you get your information? I don't think the ATSS has released any information about this guy entering the city." After finishing his work, the officer took out a small bottle of pills from his pocket, poured out a few pills, and stuffed them into Chen Yi's hand without saying a word, then swallowed them himself.

"Information from my friend." Chen Yi did not refuse the police officer's offer. He took off his mask, put the pill in his mouth, and then put the mask back on.

"You even managed to get information that the Scarecrow was hiding in the comic convention hall, and you even dared to come here yourself... You're really fearless." He glanced at Chen Yi, then shook his head with a laugh, contradicting himself. "Alright, your exoskeleton looks exactly like the real thing, so I probably don't need to worry about your skills and courage..."

Haha, actually I just stumbled upon this scarecrow by pure luck.

Chen Yi thought to himself.

Well, you could say I'm lucky, because I actually bumped into a fake person; you could also say I'm unlucky, because I actually managed to find one when I wanted to.

I really don't know if it's lucky or unlucky.

"Are we just going to chat here? This scarecrow probably doesn't have any other abilities, right?" Chen Yi frowned as he watched the other person even take out a cigarette.

"The Scarecrow is a solitary pseudo-human, and it doesn't have the ability to parasitize or create clones. After chasing it for so many days, we've gathered pretty much all the information we need."

A tiny spark ignited in the darkness, followed by a sigh of relief.

"Don't worry, we won't really abandon the safety of the people. Everything will be arranged properly." He walked over and patted Chen Yi on the shoulder in a familiar manner.

"Let's just say that," Chen Yi said dismissively.

"If there's nothing else, I'll be going now... You shouldn't pursue these things I have, right?" Chen Yi said, preparing to leave, but then seemed to remember something and casually asked.

"Who are you? This isn't the visitor entrance; the visitor entrance is over there." The officer raised an eyebrow and glanced at his equipment.

"But it's best to say you're an anime/manga enthusiast in general, since you don't have any special identification." The officer added, watching his retreating figure.

"Okay, goodbye." Chen Yi waved and returned the way he came.

"Wait a minute." The officer suddenly turned on his tactical flashlight and stared at him carefully.

“Your blood is a mixture of human and fake blood. You should come back with us later. It would be bad if you got infected by any substance in your blood.”

......

Something's not right.

When Eriri left the anime convention to take the merchandise she bought home, she keenly noticed that there were more armored vehicles around, with insignia that were not commonly seen. Further out in the area, there were also several ambulances and disinfection vehicles parked, and a few medical personnel in hazmat suits were setting up a cordon at the exit.

There were some confused people around, while the tourists closer to the exit walked straight toward the medical staff in hazmat suits.

Could there be fake people in the venue?

Eriri's mind worked quickly, and she immediately came up with a not-so-good guess.

Mom is still at the fan-made comics stall!

She wanted to turn around and go back into the hall, but was suddenly pushed forward by the surging crowd.

"There's a fake! There really is a fake! The expert team has all arrived!" Someone suddenly shouted, and the crowd surged even more.

The petite Eriri was trapped in the middle, unable to move, and was so anxious that she was about to cry.

"Dear citizens, please remain calm and restrained. The expert team has eliminated the biggest source of danger. Please evacuate in an orderly manner and do not allow it to escalate into a stampede..." A loud broadcast blared outside the hall, while police officers from the Transportation Department used megaphones at the hall's exit to try their best to maintain order.

Eriri was pushed away from the exit and into the square where the crowd had thinned out a bit.

“Mom…” She turned around, trying to find a familiar figure in the crowd.

The crowd suddenly thinned out. Eriri stood on tiptoe and looked around. It seemed that several stretchers were being pushed out, followed by a middle-aged man in a suit and a boy covered in blood wearing a cool exoskeleton.

"Huh? A cosplayer teacher wearing an exoskeleton?" A pink twin-tailed magical girl suddenly appeared next to her. She thought about it for a while in confusion, then excitedly took out her phone and started recording.

"It's genuine! It's genuine!"

Eriri subconsciously looked in the direction her camera was shooting at, at the mysterious person wearing an exoskeleton.

His clothes were unevenly splattered with reddish-brown or black blood, and some black bits of flesh clung to his body, staining half of it. He carried a bulging guitar case on his back and a huge sniper rifle, half-covered by a rag.

They must be expert police officers disguised as tourists, Eriri glanced at them and then looked away, ignoring the magical girl's shouts next to her, and continued trying to find her mother in the crowd.

......

The act of simply making the rifle disappear in front of the police was too shocking, so Chen Yi had no choice but to put the rifle in his guitar bag. But when he took off all the things on his back, he found that the camouflage cloth covering his DSR had been torn at some point, with one piece on the wall and the other on the ground.

Okay, now the problem is, if you take the sniper rifle out of the bag and put it in the guitar case, you have to keep the rifle at hand; if you put the rifle in the guitar case, you have to carry the sniper rifle on your back.

There's almost no difference, and because the acid-etched rifle isn't painted, it actually looks more dangerous than the sniper rifle.

So he had no choice but to leave like this.

P.S.: I was having so much fun playing that I almost forgot to update...

Summer Vacation: Chapter 127 Fermentation

"Doctor, what is this?"

"Huh? No need to draw blood? Just a spray will do?"

"Oh, and there's the bill... What do you mean I don't have to pay it again?"

After spending half an hour at the makeshift medical station, undergoing examinations and changing clothes, Chen Yi was finally able to leave and leisurely head home.

"I am back."

Mai Sakurajima stepped forward, looking Chen Yi up and down at the marks on his body, pausing for a moment on the visible scratch on his arm shield.

"I'm fine." Chen Yi walked to the middle of the living room, removed the exoskeleton and helmet, and took out the DSR from the guitar bag and put it away.

"Phew..." Exhausted, Chen Yi slumped on the sofa, not really wanting to move for a moment.

"Are you hungry, Yi-kun? Do you need me to get you something?" Mai Sakurajima sat down next to him, without making any effort to get closer.

I'm not hungry right now... Let me lie down for a bit.

Chen Yi wanted to close his eyes at that moment, but his habit of reviewing the battle afterward urged him to get up and finish the final tasks.

Apart from the scratch from the scarecrow, the arm shield was undamaged, and the exoskeleton was intact. A whole morning had passed, and it hadn't even used up a tenth of its battery power.

"The commander hasn't used many of the exoskeleton's additional functions," Kroos explained.

After inspecting the exoskeleton and smart helmet and finding no obvious problems, Chen Yi opened his laptop, intending to search online for updates on the comic convention incident.

Mai Sakurajima gently placed a cup of hot black tea on Chen Yi's desk, then tiptoed out of the study, choosing not to disturb him.

"Commander, look at this." Kroos brought up a post from a social forum, opened it, and quickly downloaded it to prevent the clues from being lost if the post disappeared into thin air.

“Pictures of the victims…” Chen Yi looked at the blurry photos in the post; the people were lying on stretchers, their limbs twisted.

"It must be due to the effects of mental pollution... Then why did the stretcher bearers I accompanied before have very few like this?"

Chen Yi recalled the situation at the scene more than an hour ago and noticed something amiss.

"It's probably because those guys died before they were mentally corrupted. After all, the Scarecrow's hunting mode doesn't involve controlling people with mental corruption before hunting; it's about hunting directly. Mental corruption is just an add-on," Kroos explained casually.

That makes sense.