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

"Oh, I see..." Kasumigaoka walked over, hesitated for a moment, and did not sit down.

A silence fell, and for a moment, neither of them spoke.

"What do you think of this book, junior?" Kasumigaoka finally spoke after a long silence.

"Yes, the writing is very delicate, and the choice of where to place the emotional storyline is also very reasonable. The writing skills are definitely up to par."

Chen Yi pondered for a moment before commenting.

"So what's your opinion on the male lead?"

"She is capable, but... she is in a relatively weak position emotionally and tends to avoid things."

"Junior Jun usually avoids me... It's nothing."

"..."

"So, what are your thoughts on the female lead?"

So she asked again softly, this time with a hint of barely perceptible expectation.

"..."

"There's nothing wrong with his character. As for his appearance, it's hard to say. Judging from his writing alone, he could be considered stunningly beautiful. But why is someone like that so fixated on the male lead? He doesn't seem like someone who deserves such 'favor' in many ways."

"Eh?"

Kasumigaoka never expected to hear such an answer from him.

"To be honest, senior, I want to keep my distance because I can't be responsible for you."

Chen Yi made his point clear.

"..." Kasumigaoka's expression froze, his pupils shrank to pinpoints, and his body trembled slightly.

"Commander, isn't saying this too hurtful to her?" Kroos asked, sitting on the cardboard box next to her with her legs crossed.

"What if I die someday? Then all the promises I made won't be able to be fulfilled. In that case, it's better to keep our distance from the beginning," Chen Yi replied subconsciously.

"That's not how it is..." Taking advantage of Chen Yi's momentary lapse in attention, Kasumigaoka pounced on him, placing her entire weight on him.

"..." Chen Yi tried to push away, but found that his hands were tightly locked by Kasumigaoka and he could not move.

"Does a person skip eating today just because they're going to be executed tomorrow? No, that's not how it works!"

She stared into Chen Yi's eyes and said through gritted teeth.

"Since you don't want to take responsibility for me, then don't take responsibility!"

Kasumigaoka suddenly kissed him, fiercely stealing the air from Chen Yi's mouth.

"I'm so rough..."

Chen Yi's lips were bitten until they bled. He tried to dodge to the side, but Kasumigaoka held him down like a facehugger.

Krueger couldn't sit still any longer, watching what was happening before her eyes, yet powerless to stop it.

"Ms. Xia Shizi! You said you needed to use the restroom, so why are you here... Sorry to bother you, please continue."

Machida Sonoko hurriedly pushed open the door, but after seeing what had happened in the storage room, she was so frightened that she quickly closed the door again.

"Wait a minute, Ms. Kasumiko, now is not the time to do that kind of thing!"

Machida Sonoko, who had just closed the door, suddenly thought, "What about my job?"

So she pushed the door open again, trying to stop Kasumigaoka's one-sided 'violence'.

......

"Kasumigaoka-sensei! Even if you really can't resist, at least wait until after the autograph session!" Machida Sonoko scolded Kasumigaoka, glancing at Chen Yi beside her.

I've been seeing things wrong all this time... So this guy who looks like he's juggling multiple relationships is actually a herbivore!

She looks so confident and charming!

Now, looking at it again... oh, I can't look at it anymore, Ms. Kasumi is already resentful.

"I'm sorry, Machida editor, but my lips..." Kasumigaoka hissed in pain, her eyebrows furrowing slightly.

"It's okay to wear a mask! Go back quickly!" Machida took a new mask out of his handbag and handed it to Kasumigaoka.

"Sorry... junior, wait for me." Kasumigaoka couldn't refuse Editor Machida, so he could only stand up and dust himself off.

"Who cares about you... I'm going back upstairs." Chen Yi came to his senses, stood up from the ground, and mumbled.

"I don't care where you are..." Kasumigaoka said unhappily, and attacked again.

"Teacher Xia Shizi!"

......

"Chen-kun, what happened to your lips?" Yotsuya Miko looked at Chen Yi's disheveled appearance with some curiosity and noticed that he seemed to be covered in dust.

"Oh, I accidentally fell backstage on the first floor and bumped myself."

Chen Yi sat back in his original seat with a normal expression, and took a moment to glance at Sakurajima Mai across from him.

"Yi Jun, what's wrong?"

"......fine."

Chen Yi looked away, took out his phone, but his emotions were still hard to calm down.

He discovered that his values ​​were different from the mainstream values ​​of the world.

They prefer to live for the moment and be bold and daring, rather than being timid and hesitant.

"Objectively speaking, the commander has indeed been suppressing his emotions too much." Kluka had already adjusted her state and returned to rational thinking.

Since traversing this world, I've rarely had a time that can be described as completely relaxed. Could the time I spent in the hospital ward be considered one? Not entirely. I was tormented by pain almost every day.

"You're right," Chen Yi admitted.

“Commander, even soldiers in the trenches have a need for entertainment. There’s no reason why a modern person should have to focus all their attention on how to survive in this world.”

"Even if you live in the cracks forever, wouldn't it be meaningless? The purpose of living is not just to live."

"..."

Chen Yi remained silent, staring blankly at the glowing screen, unaware that it had automatically turned off.

......

"Whoa, all the new viewers lately have been asking why Guitar Hero has started playing the guitar..." Goto Ichiri turned into a pink slime and wriggled back and forth on the bedroom floor.

The influence of the guitar hero who fought monsters was so great that even though it was renamed quickly, it did not stop the name Guitar Hero from being known by the vast majority of people.

Let's return the name "Guitar Hero" to "Guitar Hero"...

She picked up her phone shakily, went into the Guitar Knight's backend, edited a message, and sent it out.

No reply.

I hope they don't think I'm a weirdo...

Goto Ichiri, who had just begun to take on a human form, turned back into a slime once more, melting into liquid on the ground, leaving only a frozen expression of fear on it.

"There's no other way, I guess I'll have to quit the internet cafe..."

P.S.: I have my driving test (Part 3) tomorrow... (feeling guilty)

Summer Vacation: Chapter 133 - A Battleground?!

What does "何意思" mean? This phrase was a well-known internet slang term used by people born after 10 in the past, often used to express the reaction after encountering something incomprehensible.

Chen Yi stared silently at the messages in the chat box; his current mood could probably be described as 'meaningless'.

'What's wrong? Are you going to give the guitar hero's name back to me again?'

So he chose to ask directly.

Although, given Boqi's personality, there's a high probability she won't reply.

"..."

After waiting for a while, the other party didn't say anything, as if they were deliberately leaving him hanging.

As expected, there wasn't one.

So Chen Yi went directly to the other party's account, intending to look for clues.

Below the new video, Chen Yi saw some comments that seemed to have mistaken Guitar Hero for Guitar Knight.

"I see......"

'Actually, I accidentally used the name "Guitar Hero" before. Let's discuss guitar skills in the comments section!'

So Chen Yi switched to the Guitar Knight's account and commented.

His comment was pinned to the top of Guitar Heroes shortly afterward.

I opened my private messages and, sure enough, received a short "thank you".

Pochi-chan is so cute!

Turning off his phone screen, Chen Yi glanced at the juice drink Kato Megumi handed him and whispered a thank you.

As the cool, sweet and sour mango juice entered his throat, Chen Yi's thoughts followed the video blogger's.

To be honest, the second performance video is still nowhere to be found.

Chen Yi looked back at his other guitar-playing account and found that it was worlds apart from the video that was half educational and half combat record.

Oh, Guitar Knight's account already has over 10,000 followers on YouTube, in less than a week.

That's an exaggeration.

Looking at it this way, hunting down fake humans is still more popular, so why isn't anyone doing it?

...Okay, this seems like a rather silly question.

"commander......"

"I know, don't do anything reckless." Chen Yi waved his hand.

Although he had already messed up once before.

......

As noon approached, the book signing event came to an end, concluding quite successfully.

Chen Yi put the third volume, which he hadn't finished reading yet, in his guitar bag, slung the bag over his shoulder, and followed the others downstairs.

Kasumigaoka was already waiting for them downstairs. Some readers hadn't finished leaving and stayed in the bookstore, where they witnessed this scene.

"Those must be Ms. Xia Shizi's friends, right? Who's that guy?"

"So this light novel is realistic? Damn, what a winner in life!" someone wailed as if their Dao heart had shattered, only to be immediately elbowed to the ground by their companion.

“I’m very sorry to have disturbed your reading experience. I’ll teach this guy a lesson.” He bowed to the other readers and dragged the guy on the ground deeper into the bookshelves.

"But to be fair, this guy is pretty handsome, I think he's alright," commented the guy with somewhat unusual sexual orientation.

Mai Sakurajima, who was following behind Chen Yi, immediately stepped forward to block his way, glaring at him fiercely and warning him with her eyes.

“He can’t see anymore.” Chen Yi patted Mai’s shoulder, still holding the half-finished bottle of her drink in his hand.

Would you like something to drink?

"Thank you." Mai Sakurajima took the drink bottle, unscrewed the cap, and took a small sip.

"Machida, we're going to have a get-together later, do you want to come?" Kasumigaoka folded up her non-prescription glasses, which she had been wearing all morning, and put them into her handbag before turning to ask Machida Sonoko.

"I won't join your friends' gathering, and besides, I have some wrap-up work to do later," Machida Sonoko said with a smile.

Although I really want to read the gossip... I guess they wouldn't feel comfortable around outsiders. Sigh, if only I were ten years younger and could meet such an amazing guy.

"Alright, see you next time? Ms. Kasumi, have fun!"

After seeing Kasumigaoka and his group out of the bookstore, Editor Machida waved his hand and turned back into the bookstore.

"...By the way, why is the senior wearing a mask the whole time? Wasn't the autograph session already over?"

Yotsuya Kenko noticed something amiss.

"..." Kasumigaoka's eyes flickered with panic for a moment. She looked at Chen Yi and saw the faint mark on his lips and the blush on his face under his mask.