Mecha-Kai Species in Dimensional Travel

That is the ATM that is guaranteed to spawn in every alleyway!

Xiu Er was someone who enjoyed reading novels before she transmigrated. Fictional character merchandise.

Having read so many transmigration stories, she never expected that one day, she would be the one to transmigrate.

As for using the traits of the Mecha-Kai species to hack into a bank, hah, forget it; Xiu Er's current mindset is still that of a law-abiding, good citizen.

Bullying bad guys is one thing, but unless it is absolutely necessary, she really doesn't want to do something like robbing a bank.

Having power and then acting lawlessly—that kind of thinking is absolutely not okay.

Using the functions of her internal radar, she quickly encountered some thugs in the middle of a robbery while she was specifically wandering around looking for them.

It's just that the victim wasn't her.

To be honest, any normal person wouldn't voluntarily approach Xiu Er if they saw her appearance.

So, the actual situation was that Xiu Er was using the convenience of her mechanical body's functions to specifically hunt for "prey."

"Hey! Kid!"

"Eek! W-what is it!"

An unlucky student wearing glasses was cornered against the wall of an alley by a few thugs.

"We brothers are a bit tight on cash lately, could you lend us some?"

As he spoke, the leader with yellow hair rubbed his thumb and index finger together, a gesture that made his meaning clear.

"Okay, okay! I'll get it right away! Please don't be impatient!"

Terrified that the other party would get impatient and start hitting him, the student hurriedly fished his living expenses out of his school bag.

Sob—I'm never taking a shortcut again.

I'll just treat this as paying for a lesson.

"Pretty sensible, huh."

"Hahahaha."

The thugs were unexpectedly reasonable; after the student handed over his living expenses, they let him go.

"Hmm, not a bad haul. Looks like he's from a wealthy family, getting such generous living expenses."

The yellow-haired thug happily counted his money.

"Hey, you guys in the back, let's go."

"B-b-b-boss..."

"Huh? What's with that expression?"

The yellow-haired thug only saw his underling in front of him looking at something behind him with a face full of terror, stuttering and unable to form a complete sentence.

Come to think of it, he hadn't heard the voices of his underlings behind him for a while now.

"Tch, look at you. I'm telling you, if there's nothing behind me, you're dead meat."

Then, refusing to believe it, the yellow-haired thug turned around to look.

What greeted his eyes was a lifeless, expressionless face with mechanical structures all over it.

Its camera-like eyes were glowing faintly, and a gaze devoid of any emotion was fixed directly upon him.

Xiu Er walked out of the alley draped in a large coat.

The oversized coat wrapped around her entire body, hiding those mechanical structures beneath the fabric. Once she pulled the hood up, all of her non-human features were completely concealed.

"What a group of kind-hearted people. I only wanted to borrow some money, and they handed over everything they had without a word, even gifting me a piece of clothing."

After Xiu Er had a "friendly" exchange with that group of thugs, they were very moved and offered up their money. By connecting her "tail" to the thugs' phones, she instantly completed the process of opening a bank account in this world and transferred the thugs' money into her own account.

Thank you, little thugs.

"Hmm, but I still need to go to a clothing store to buy some new clothes."

Just by wearing it, Xiu Er's olfactory system could smell the scent of the garment's original owner.

How long has it been since they took a bath? No, I have to change this immediately.

Fortunately, the Mecha-Kai body comes fully equipped with everything, including anti-fouling features. As long as she changed her clothes, she could immediately return to fresh air...

Hmm...

"Wait, I'm a Mecha-Kai now. I can totally construct clothes on the spot, can't I?"

Xiu Er slapped her forehead, mocking her own mindset that hadn't quite shifted yet.

Afterward, she retreated back into the alley, took off the clothes she was wearing and tossed them beside the thugs she had knocked unconscious. Then, using her own abilities, she perfectly replicated a set of the other person's clothes before finally leaving the alley.

My name is Itsuka Shido.

I was originally just an ordinary high school student, and before the Spatial Tremor arrived, I was supposed to head to the underground shelter with my classmates.

But when I opened my phone out of worry, I saw a message that nearly caused my world to collapse.

My cute little sister, Kotori, had her location displayed on my phone right in the middle of the Spatial Tremor zone.

Because of this, I ignored the teacher's shouts, ran out of the school, and went to find her.

As I rushed toward the location with all my might, the Spatial Tremor arrived.

Fortunately, I didn't suffer any major injuries myself.

But when I looked up and saw that figure, I didn't know what it was.

A purple-haired girl wearing purple armor stood solemnly in the crater caused by the Spatial Tremor.

She turned her head to look in my direction, and our eyes met.

Just the moment our gazes locked, another figure appeared.

Like an angel, she descended silently onto the ruins behind the armored girl.

The armored girl seemed to sense something and immediately turned back to look at the newcomer.

Her body, devoid of any clothing, was exposed to everyone; her entire frame was composed of mechanical structures, and that lifeless expression clearly indicated her non-human identity.

Her long, blue-purple hair spread out, and the circular mechanical construct above her head projected a patterned ring, looking like an angel—or rather, a mechanical angel.

Her eyes, which showed no emotion, flickered with a faint light upon discovering the purple-armored girl in front of her, and the two of them stood there on the ruins, staring at each other.

Until the purple-armored girl raised her Greatsword and posed a question to the other.

After that, I have no memory; the attack they unleashed the moment they moved caused the ruins to collapse further.

And I was struck by debris from a building and lost consciousness.

Until...

"Ah!"

Itsuka Shido sat up abruptly from his bed.

"Was it a dream?"

He looked at his own hands, recalling that surreal experience; only a dream could explain all of it.

Unfortunately, someone pulled Shido back to reality without a shred of mercy.

"That was not a dream."

"Huh?"

Upon hearing someone answer him, Shido realized there was a stranger sitting beside him.

Chapter 4: The Reactions of Those on the Fraxinus

Inside a certain coffee shop.

Xiu Er sat in a corner with little foot traffic, ordered a drink at random, and leaned against the window, resting his face on his hand to observe the scenery outside.

By now, he had already changed his clothes, and his overall image looked somewhat like Shubie from No Game No Life; I have to say, this oversized hoodie managed to cover all of his mechanical parts perfectly.

His lower body was dressed in simple men's trousers, and as for shoes, Xiu Er didn't need to buy any, as the mechanical parts on his legs served as boots.

Not to mention, for the Mecha-Kai species, gender simply doesn't exist, right?

That kind of function doesn't exist at all, whether it be male or female; the current Xiu Er could be directly called sexless.

However, that pretty face made his appearance look exactly like a cute little girl, and his height of 1.55 meters only served to highlight his overall cuteness.

"Tsk."

Thinking of this, Xiu Er clicked his tongue in annoyance.

As for why you ask he is here...

In a blind spot where no one could see, a cable extended from the hem of Xiu Er's clothes and plugged into the network jack on the wall beside his seat.

That was the "tail" of the Mecha-Kai species, which could also be understood as a type of "data cable." It usually had multiple functions, and right now, Xiu Er was using this network cable to connect to the shop's network, and through it, to the entire country's network.

Therefore, to be precise, while Xiu Er appeared to be staring blankly out the window, he was actually surfing the web.

"The money on those thugs wasn't much, either."

Calculating his remaining funds, Xiu Er roughly estimated that although the clothes he wore were constructed by himself and cost nothing, the funds he had obtained from those guys were not much to begin with.

But fortunately, he had no need for a phone at all.

After connecting to the network, Xiu Er had already finished parsing the country's network.

Anything a phone could do, he could do; and things a phone couldn't do, he could still do.

There was no need to waste extra funds.

As for survival.

Possessing nearly infinite energy, he had no need to eat or drink, and the body of a Mecha-Kai species required no maintenance.

He had absolutely no so-called daily necessary expenses.

So satisfying!

"Still, I should consider finding some legal work later on."

Robbing thugs was, frankly, just a temporary fix. Although becoming a Mecha-Kai species had caused most of his "desires" to nearly vanish, making money largely unnecessary, he still had to try and eat some good food to maintain the appetite that was rapidly fading away.

Otherwise, if he remained devoid of all desire for too long, it would be very easy to lose his humanity.

Until now, the only thing driving his actions had been that sheer "will to survive."

Dimensional Device charging... 20%

The Dimensional Device, the thing Xiu Er needed to travel between worlds, was something added to the Receiver on top of her head after the system merged with her.

As it stands now, it seems she uses up all the energy every time she travels.

However, the charging speed is quite fast; it hasn't even been a day yet.

Well, it drains quickly too, using 100% of the power in one go.

"Still, it really happened, just like in those novels I used to read, transmigrating into a two-dimensional world."

If she weren't sitting here right now, surfing the internet using the methods of the Mecha-Kai species, Xiu Er would think she was still dreaming.

Her database still held the weapon she had just acquired, the Gokurokugai obtained from Tohka. Although it was a Pseudo-Codex, this told Xiu Er that the Angels of other Spirits could likely be replicated as well.

Right now, she lacked the ability to disguise the mechanical parts of her body, and relying solely on clothes to cover them up could never guarantee she wouldn't be exposed.

Was there an Angel capable of changing one's appearance?

The answer was yes.

Kaguro Nana, one of the Spirits from Date A Live.

Her Angel, Fake Demoness, possessed the ability to transform living or non-living things, and her Angel could also turn into the Angels of several other Spirits, though its functionality couldn't compare to the originals.

It was precisely that transformation ability of Kaguro Nana that Xiu Er had her eye on; in the original work, she relied on her Angel to transform herself into a curvy, mature woman.