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

"...Obviously, you wouldn't be able to accept it either."

Chen Yi shrugged.

"You've misspelled the word here." Rio Futaba suddenly reached out and pointed to a line of call symbols on the screen.

The scent of shampoo, carried by her sudden closeness, wafted straight into Chen Yi's nostrils, tantalizing his sense of smell.

"It was too close... It's fixed now."

Chen Yi casually offered a reminder, but didn't slow down his work.

Chen Yi almost never checks code, because he doesn't need to.

It was only after Futaba pointed it out that I realized I had indeed been a bit too careless.

"Looks like I'll have to be more careful from now on," Chen Yi muttered to himself.

Hmm, let's add two lines of praise for the great machine spirit in the comments.

So this is where you left your cunning?!

"I don't know how long this rain will last. The weather forecast says the rain won't stop for another ten hours or so... Just in case, let's store some electricity. I'm going to sleep now, you should go early too." Futaba yawned slightly, then stood up to say goodbye.

"Okay, goodnight." Chen Yi nodded and watched Futaba Rio leave the room. Then he fumbled for a large camping battery, plugged the cord into the socket, and started charging it.

Chen Yi sat back in his office chair and casually picked up the mug on the table and took a sip.

The coffee was still warm, almost full, and tasted a bit different from usual; it had a lot of sugar in it.

"..." Chen Yi smacked his lips subconsciously.

Silence, then suddenly realizing something.

Since things have come to this, let's pretend we know nothing.

Put the mug back in its place and return your hands to the keyboard.

......

"Commander, it's already past two o'clock. I suggest you go and rest."

Kroos reminded her, her illusory figure sitting on the tatami mat next to the bookshelf, leaning gently against the wall, her ponytail, which she usually wore, now down.

"alright."

The coaxial propellers are almost fully tuned, and the next project will focus on adding extra functionality to the exoskeleton.

Chen Yi closed the notebook, rubbed his shoulders, and closed his eyes to relax for a while.

"Knock knock knock."

The sound of rain hitting the windowpane sounded somewhat unusual.

Chen Yi instantly became alert, turned around, and saw a red figure.

You can hear me.

The red figure looked like a melting wax figure, with some parts of its body slowly and continuously bubbling up pus, as if it were boiling.

"..." Chen Yi picked up the medicine bottle on the table with a normal expression, unscrewed the cap, poured out two capsules, and swallowed them with the remaining half cup of cold coffee.

"Commander, you saw that thing again?" Kluge saw Chen Yi's actions and instantly realized something.

"Ah."

Kluka couldn't see it because, as Dr. Maruki had said before, the essence of the boiling phenomenon was, strictly speaking, a kind of psychological trauma.

"It's all over now, go to sleep." The drug took effect quickly, and the illusory figure of the Boiling One slowly disappeared outside the window.

Its efficiency made him wonder if the bottle contained vitamin pills.

Before drawing the curtains, Chen Yi glanced at the city.

In the hazy night, the city's outline was blurred, with only the halos of searchlights reflected on the dark blue curtain.

"...Is there a power outage in that area?" Chen Yi opened the map and quickly scrolled through it.

It's a somewhat old small town with an unstable power supply line, so it's definitely not normal for it to be flooded by such heavy rain.

Chen Yi recalled Dongda University in his previous life. Before he transmigrated, it had been a long time since it had experienced a large-scale power outage.

"commander?"

"Ah...oh." Chen Yi pulled himself out of his memories, drew the curtains, picked up the cup from the table, put it in the kitchen sink, then turned off all the lights and returned to his room.

"Clap."

I turned off the light, lay down in bed, and suddenly felt wide awake.

"I knew I shouldn't have drunk that coffee before bed." Chen Yi closed his eyes and turned over.

"Commander, if you can't sleep... do you need my help?"

Kroos's voice rang out, tinged with a barely perceptible...shyness?

"Huh? How can I help?" Chen Yi turned around and stared at the other person's slightly bright eyes in the darkness.

"Commander, close your eyes first, then lie down flat."

Chen Yi blinked, puzzled.

"This is a necessary step; don't let it interfere with the work."

"Ok."

Chen Yi complied.

"Huff huff~ Commander~ Huff huff~——"

My ears felt a little itchy, but it didn't feel like real wind; rather, it felt like a 'sensory sensation' that my brain was simulating because I heard a sound.

Yeah, it's a bit like listening to ASMR with headphones, but it feels more realistic.

'I'm actually quite curious where you learned this.'

Chen Yi didn't say it aloud, but chose to ask it in his heart.

'When the Commander is scrolling through videos, his gaze occasionally lingers on some sleep-inducing videos. Although he hasn't clicked on them, I judge that the Commander probably enjoys these kinds of content.'

Wow, what terrifying observation skills! You can even see exactly where my gaze is fixed.

'Exceptional insight is a fundamental skill for elite androids, Commander.'

Okay, let's leave it at that.

'Okay, stop talking and focus on sleeping.'

Kroc continued her actions, gently removing her gloves and rubbing her fingers near Chen Yi's ear.

"Limited resources, phew~"

The voice was slow and soft, a far cry from the usual capable demeanor.

The brain's imagination is far stronger than expected, and Chen Yi, having become accustomed to it, has become even more sensitive.

However, strangely enough, my tense nerves actually began to relax slowly, and my consciousness gradually became blurred.

"Sweet dreams, snoring~ Commander~ snoring..."

Typhoon Season: Chapter 140 Black Silk Xia Feifei

Even around seven or eight in the morning, the sky showed no sign of brightening; thick cumulonimbus clouds almost completely blocked out the sunlight, and the rain showed no signs of abating.

Breakfast was a simple bacon and egg sandwich, which Chen Yi cooked as usual, getting up very early.

"Commander, how did you sleep last night?" Kroos asked, seemingly in a good mood.

"Hmm, not bad."

My sleep quality was better last night than before, so it seems that Kroc's method is indeed effective.

"Do you need my help in the future?" After hesitating for a moment, Kluka asked again.

"Uh...maybe, it depends on the specific situation."

Chen Yi didn't agree immediately; now, upon reflection, he still felt a little ashamed.

"morning."

Futaba also got up, walked into the kitchen, and glanced around casually.

"Huh? Oh... I didn't finish that cup of coffee last night, could you please wash it?" Seeing the mug in the sink, Futaba thought for a moment and then understood.

"Haha, it was just a small thing."

Kind of embarrassing.

"The bacon is done baking, but the eggs won't be fried for a while. Go wash up first, they should be ready soon."

So he changed the subject.

"Row."

......

"Good morning, Yi Jun." Ma Yi said, still half asleep.

"Good morning, breakfast is still warm. Come and eat after you wash up."

"Good morning, Miss X." Shuangye followed Chen Yi's gaze but saw nothing.

"Good morning, Futaba-kun," Mai Sakurajima replied.

She replied with "Good morning".

Chen Yi relayed the message.

Rio Futaba nodded and continued eating her sandwich.

"...Some areas were already flooded this morning." Futaba pointed to her phone, which displayed a message from a local forum.

"With this amount of rainfall, it's quite remarkable that there won't be flooding," Chen Yi replied casually.

"The power reserves should be fine, right?" Futaba asked.

"We have two fully charged camping batteries at home, and Kroos takes them to charge while we're sleeping."

Chen Yi answered.

Humanoid robots are so useful!

"It seems like the electricity isn't a big problem. Hopefully, we'll have enough if there really is a power outage... But what about the water?"

"The master bathroom has a bathtub."

"Row."

Chen Yi had thought of everything Shuangye could think of and had already made preparations, which made her admire his foresight.

......

"Naoto-kun, please go out with me!"

Isn't this part a bit too abrupt?

After thinking it over, Kasumigaoka deleted another large section of text.

She is struggling with writing the fourth volume; the success of the previous volumes has turned into an invisible pressure weighing on her.

"Ugh, so annoying..."

This feeling of my mind going completely blank, of not being able to think of anything, has been happening more and more frequently lately, as if I've hit a mental block.

I always felt that the male protagonist in my writing was lacking something, and no matter how I described him, he was never quite right.

She lay on the table, staring blankly at the torrential rain outside the window.

Or, how about we chat with the junior again?

I've been bothering him, I hope he doesn't find me annoying...

Kasumigaoka was caught in a dilemma of gaining and losing.

......

"With the typhoon... we don't need to go to the shooting range for the next few days." Yotsuya Miko separated the barrel and polymer body of the M1A, and in no time she had disassembled the M1A into individual parts that were easy to maintain.