Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

Ye Xing waved his hand and said with a smile.

"Ensuring the harmony of the harem and nipping any potential 'battle royale' incidents in the bud – that's what a god of the harem should do."

Hiratsuka-sensei was both embarrassed and angry upon hearing this, and retorted irritably.

"Cut it out, who's in your harem? Don't think that just because it's summer vacation, you can be disrespectful to your teacher."

Ye Xing nodded, taking her words seriously.

"Eh? Really? Then you can go back."

"This..."

"What? Going on a trip with your student? Is that something that fits the image of a teacher? Goodbye, don't let the door hit you on the way out."

"You jerk..."

Hiratsuka-sensei clenched her fists angrily, then walked to the passenger seat, opened the door, and sat down without hesitation. She then poked her head out of the car window and made a face at Ye Xing.

"I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving, I'm going to make you mad, make you mad."

Ye Xing only needed four words to push Hiratsuka-sensei close to the edge of a meltdown again.

"Hehe, you're getting worked up."

...

On the way to Wakayama City, Sumeragi Natsumi was visibly in a good mood, even humming a song.

No explanation was needed; Ye Xing knew the reason for her good mood.

"You're that excited about a news report?"

"Of course, I am."

Sumeragi Natsumi nodded and replied with a smile.

"Think about it: a beautiful reporter bravely ventures into the mountains, disregarding her own safety, and uncovers the truth behind the mysterious disappearances in the mountains. Won't that be a huge sensation?"

"Alone?"

Hiratsuka-sensei, sitting in the passenger seat, curled her lip and couldn't help but retort.

"Are you saying that the three of us aren't people?"

"What, when the news comes out, do you want me to write all three of you in it?"

Sumeragi Natsumi glanced at Hiratsuka-sensei, teasing with a half-smile.

"Then how will you explain that you're traveling with a handsome male student from your class, and you've even gone to a place as far away as Wakayama, which is essentially an overnight trip? Special extracurricular tutoring?"

"Uh..."

Hiratsuka-sensei was speechless. Although the students of Sobu High School were rumored that she and Ye Xing had some kind of forbidden relationship beyond that of a teacher and student, rumors are rumors, and concrete evidence is concrete evidence.

She was going to endure this for almost two years. As long as she could get through Ye Xing's third year of high school, she would resign as soon as he graduated. At that time, they would no longer be teacher and student.

"A word of warning."

Amadeus in the phone slowly opened his mouth.

"The environment and terrain of the place we're going to investigate this time are very complex. Once we enter the deep areas, even cell phones and navigation systems will lose signal. Although I can continue to operate, if we encounter a situation without a signal, I will not be able to notify the outside world or obtain information."

Although Hiratsuka-sensei was very amazed by the fact that this so-called artificial intelligence, Amadeus, gave people the feeling of being a real human being, she didn't show it, because that would seem too ignorant. She just asked thoughtfully.

"I have a question. Why is the frequency of disappearances so high that even Mr. Oda's colleagues have noticed it, but the Wakayama City police haven't taken any measures? At the very least, they should close the roads leading to the mountains, right?"

"The normal access roads have already been closed."

Amadeus, who had retrieved the relevant information about the incident, immediately replied.

"But there's more than one road leading to the deep mountain area. The Wakayama City police don't have enough police force to maintain 24-hour surveillance. They've only put up danger signs at various entrances and exits, but even so, local people and foreign tourists still flock to the deep mountain area. Isn't this illogical? This phenomenon, which has no reasonable explanation, is also one of the important bases for my speculation that there is a strange interference there."

"I hope this time's fellow can bring me some fun."

Ye Xing leaned back in the back seat, a strong hunger revealed in his black eyes, and said softly in a smiling tone.

"This time... I'm going to eat my fill."

...

At the same time, inside the Sapporo Research Base.

Wearing a white coat, Hiyajo Maho was arranging for the researchers in her group to begin today's scientific research preparation work.

When she was working on the development of Amadeus in Professor Leskinen's laboratory, she had already accumulated a lot of relevant experience in this area. After all, if you want to develop an artificial intelligence that is indistinguishable from humans, the first thing you need to do is to have a thorough understanding of the human brain, which is also the origin of the name 'Brain Science'.

And at this moment, the researchers who were busy with their own work, as well as Hiyajo Maho who was arranging the research plan, were unable to see a beautiful woman in a kimono standing in the room, looking bored.

"Really, how boring..."

Tamamo-no-Mae looked at the people in front of her, sighed slightly, and muttered to herself in complaint.

At first, she thought that Ye Xing asked her to follow this little girl with long green hair and stay with her 24 hours a day, so that she could meet something interesting, but she didn't expect...

Is that it?

Not only did Tamamo-no-Mae find the work in the research base boring, but even the little girl's daily life made Tamamo-no-Mae not interested in watching it at all.

Go to work, get off work, go home, buy beer at the convenience store, argue with the clerk about her age, take out her ID card to prove that she is an adult, and then go home angrily to drink beer, take a bath, and sleep.

This is too boring, right?

In Tamamo-no-Mae's heart, there was even a guess that she didn't dare to face.

Could it be that she... like that annoying golden goat head... has been exiled to the frontier?

Chapter 534: The Development of Horror Butter, the Feast of Exorcists

That night, inside a restaurant in Wakayama City.

"After dinner, we're going to go into the deep mountain area to investigate..."

Hiratsuka-sensei picked up her water glass and took a sip. Thinking about the activities she was going to do tonight, although she looked as calm as ever, she hadn't eaten anything since she sat down. It could be seen that she was very nervous about participating in an exorcism operation for the first time.

"Ye Xing, can't you directly sense... if there is any problem in that deep mountain area..."

"I'm afraid that won't work."

Before Ye Xing could speak, the screen of the phone placed on the table suddenly turned on automatically, and Amadeus in the screen said lightly.

"Places like deep mountains, which are sparsely populated, have complex environments, and have been circulating many strange legends since ancient times, usually gather a considerable number of evil spirits and monsters. The higher the danger level of ordinary evil spirits, the more obvious the spiritual aura they emit, but if it is the kind of evil spirit that has the ability to think, it will instead conceal the spiritual aura it emits."

"This time, the culprit who created the strange phenomenon actually knew to lure tourists into the deep mountains and kill them, and did not leave any traces that the police could track. This is enough to prove that it has a certain degree of intelligence. It is completely unrealistic to accurately locate the other party in the deep mountains where evil spirits and monsters are everywhere."

"Oh, is that so..."

Hiratsuka Shizuka nodded noncommittally, exchanging a glance with Suga Natsumi beside her. Both women noticed that Amadeus was acting a bit strange.

Whenever they wanted to talk to Yozora, Amadeus would directly jump in and interrupt, but when Makise Kurisu was talking to Yozora, there was no such situation at all.

Once or twice could be considered a coincidence… but it's been like this the whole way… it's hard to say it's not intentional, right?

What does this mean exactly? Does she dislike the two of us?

Can artificial intelligence… also produce such emotions?

“However, there's no need to search aimlessly.”

Amadeus didn't seem to notice the subtle emotional changes in Suga Natsumi and Hiratsuka Shizuka, and just said to herself.

“I collected relevant information about those missing people. Through analysis, I concluded that they would most likely choose the route with the highest overlap. Moreover, this time our team of five also matches a part of the missing people's team composition, that is, there are only one or two men, and the rest are women without combat power. As long as we choose the same route into the mountains, the mastermind behind the scenes should come to us himself.”

“Relevant information?”

Hiratsuka Shizuka couldn't help but ask curiously upon hearing this.

“Didn't you say that you don't have the authority to access the Metropolitan Police Department's database and can't obtain relevant information?”

“Miss Hiratsuka Shizuka, you underestimate me a bit too much.”

Amadeus on the phone screen made a habitual movement completely consistent with Makise Kurisu, raising her hand to flick her reddish-brown long hair, even her expression when speaking was exactly the same.

“As long as you know the names of the missing people, their place of residence, and their previous jobs, you can find a lot of valuable information that can be used to analyze their behavior patterns by simply searching the internet. After all, the missing people are just ordinary people such as company employees and college students, so it's not difficult.”

“That's really amazing…”

Unlike Hiratsuka Shizuka and Suga Natsumi, who were amazed by Amadeus's ability, Makise Kurisu's eyes showed a thoughtful look, and her expression seemed a little complicated.

She noticed a very strange detail in Amadeus's words just now, which shouldn't have appeared at all.

“Team of five”?

Where did the team of five come from in this operation? Makise Kurisu herself, Yozora, Suga Natsumi, Hiratsuka Shizuka, isn't that a total of four people?

Unless…

Amadeus has counted herself as a human being.

But in this case, another problem arises.

This morning, at the entrance of the Cholray Company apartment building, Amadeus told Makise Kurisu that she didn't think she was human. Apart from curiosity about Yozora and curiosity about the reasons for this curiosity, she didn't have any emotions that normal humans should have.

However, she identified herself as a human being in her words just now.

This kind of self-logical contradiction may appear in Yukinoshita Yukino, Futaba Rio, and Sakurajima Mai, who have twisted personalities, but that's because they are all real human beings. Amadeus, as an artificial intelligence, shouldn't have such a situation.

Either, the other party is deliberately calling herself a human, wanting to use this method to quickly narrow the distance with the Cholray Company members, especially with Yozora.

However, Makise Kurisu thought about it carefully. Amadeus is an artificial intelligence created based on herself. According to her personality… can she really do such a thing?

Or it is…

Even with herself, Amadeus didn't tell the complete truth. What she wants is not only to satisfy the so-called curiosity about Yozora's behavior patterns, but also something… that even she, who is equivalent to Amadeus's half creator and the prototype of her personality, cannot predict.

“Speaking of… mountains, women, missing persons cases…”

Yozora took a can of frozen Coca-Cola and drank it, keenly extracting a few keywords, and then said with a smile.

“This sounds… it feels like the background introduction of a horror and supernatural eroge.”

“It won't really be like what you said, right…”

As a professional media person, Suga Natsumi has obviously also seen the darkest side of human nature. Her beautiful eyebrows are slightly frowned, and she looks at Hiratsuka Shizuka and Makise Kurisu with a slightly worried expression.

“Shizuka, Kurisu… or you guys… wait for us in Wakayama City? After the incident is over, everyone will reunite.”

“That's not necessary, right?”

Hiratsuka Shizuka shook her head, patted Suga Natsumi's shoulder, took a sip of the beer can and drank it all, then lit a slender ladies' cigarette.

“In terms of safety, there's no place safer than staying by Yozora's side, right? And I can understand what you mean, but… although we are not spiritual power users, since we have a relationship with the Supernatural Quantum Mechanics Research Society and Yozora, we have to be prepared to face these things sooner or later… after all… I don't like to escape.”

“You guy, you're really obsessed with hot-blooded manga…”

Suga Natsumi shook her head helplessly.

“But since you've said so, then let's do it.”

… …

That night, at the foot of a mountain.

Looking at the yellow police cordon in front of her, and the fluorescent font danger warning sign that was very dazzling even at night, plus the surrounding darkness, and the eerie sound caused by the breeze blowing, as if someone was whispering, even Hiratsuka Shizuka, a senior enthusiast of hot-blooded manga, known as the first Iron Fist in Kyoto, couldn't help but feel nervous.

“Click.”

Just when Makise Kurisu and Hiratsuka Shizuka felt a little nervous, the sound of pulling the safety of a gun broke the silence.

“Here, Shizuka.”

Suga Natsumi handed the gun with the safety off to Hiratsuka Shizuka and asked with a smile.

“Do you know how to use it?”

“Hmph, of course.”

As someone who has a direct relationship with the Cholray Company, Hiratsuka Shizuka has naturally received professional training in firearms. Although she doesn't carry firearms with her when teaching at Soubu High School due to her teacher status, there is a loaded pistol under the driver's seat of her red sports car. This is to prevent sudden situations like the attack in Kyoto last time.

“Kurisu, you take this too.”

Seeing the nail gun that Yozora handed to her, Makise Kurisu knew that this was the standard weapon for Cholray Company members, made by Master Miyamoto, and integrated with the relics, a nail gun dedicated to evil spirits.

For ordinary people, this thing is much more convenient to use than firearms. The recoil is not that great. Although it cannot directly eliminate evil spirits, it is no problem to repel them.

Makise Kurisu's physical fitness is just like that, completely unable to compare with the monstrous strength of Iron Fist Hiratsuka Shizuka. In comparison, the nail gun is more suitable for her.