Crossover in the Anime World

The Cthulhu story is not created by one person, everyone can contribute. Ufo, also known as unidentified flying object, is also created by enthusiasts. The same is true for the Venetian water monster. Many people claim to have seen the water monster, but in fact they are just imagination.

"The smiling men are so widely distributed without any behavioral logic, which means it is not just one smiling man, but a group of smiling men. All we can find is the first smiling man, but we cannot find all the smiling men. This is also like Zhuge Liang and Guan Gong. The Zhuge Liang and Guan Gong in everyone's minds are no longer the Zhuge Liang and Guan Gong in history. The smiling man we are looking for is no longer the smiling man who acted bravely, but a concept created by everyone. "

Togusa opened his mouth but said nothing, because what Dulan said made sense and was completely in line with the weird reality. If there are many imitators, it can indeed explain the unrelated actions of the Smiling Man.

Everyone is using their own understanding to tell the story of the Smiley Man, and even make up stories about the Smiley Man to make the Smiley Man more and more magical.

This is like Guan Gong, who was originally just a general, but later became a Martial Saint and a Martial God of Wealth. Everyone kept pinning their imaginations on Guan Yu. In the end, the Guan Yu everyone knew was different from the Guan Yu in history.

The same goes for the Smiley Man. Everyone imagines the Smiley Man to be a knight, a knight who will appear when everyone needs him. But in fact, the Smiley Man is not a savior, but an ordinary person with powerful hacker abilities.

"Is everyone talking about the smiling man in their imagination?" Togusa nodded, thinking this was the truth.

"The Smiling Man can't afford so many expectations, but there will be many people who will follow the Smiling Man as an example. Some of these imitators do good things, and some do bad things. Of course, in their eyes, these bad things may also be good things. After all, good and harmonious Badness is determined by stance. For example, what is good for refugees may be bad for islanders, and vice versa, so there are many ways to do things after imitating the smiling man.”

"Then we just need to capture the original Smiling Man and announce his true identity to everyone."

"Of course it's useless. Your statement is just fundamentalism, which is to return to the origin of the Smiley Man. But it's useless because too much imagination is applied to the Smiley Man. Everyone believes in the Smiley Man in their own minds." Duran Said: "Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, and even Confucius all have a different image in everyone's mind. There are many fundamentalist scholars who hope to restore Confucius. The original image of Confucius is useless, because in the minds of many people, he is the big devil who has been suppressing the Central Plains for two thousand years, or some people think that "if heaven does not give birth to Zhongni, the eternity will be like a long night." After all, Confucius is a devil. , or a savior? Neither, in fact, Confucius was just a lost dog in his own time, but in everyone's mind, he was either a devil or a savior, and no one cared what he looked like. "

"Even if the Nine Sections found the original image of the smiling man, no one would care. The media doesn't like an ordinary ordinary person who is brave enough to do justice. The people also don't like a person who is no different from themselves. What everyone wants is a hero, a charming one. Infinite, unpredictable, and problem-solving superheroes. What they need is to believe that there is a smiling man in the world who can solve problems. They believe that when the smiling man appears, everything will be solved.”

Regarding Dulan's statement, Togusa nodded. Ordinary people are like this. Ordinary people just want others to solve problems instead of solving problems themselves. He couldn't help but said: "I remembered a question I often see on the Internet, asking why we are so slow to develop Hokkaido and why we didn't develop Hokkaido into a paradise hundreds of years ago. I remember there was a reply at that time Said: Are you willing to give up your job now and go to Hokkaido to open up wasteland? I realized at that time that the question was asked. When a person complains, he never thinks that he can contribute to solving the problem. He just complains that he cannot reap the dividends after the problem is solved. He does not want to open up Hokkaido, but he wants to reap the dividends from the development. This is the thinking of the smiling man. As a collective, with Smiley Man, everyone hopes that Smiley Man will solve the problem, and they can just sit back and enjoy his achievements.”

"That's very good. When you are around me, your brain finally starts to work."

Togusa rolled his eyes at Duran, continued to smoke, and said: "In the final analysis, it is to simplify complex problems. Some people think that the smiling man is the solution to the problem, and some people think that the smiling man is the cause of the problem. But no matter what , they all blame complex things on an eight-pole guy. If you don't care, you can refuse to change with peace of mind. After all, the problem is caused by others, or the problem should be solved by others, and it has nothing to do with you. But you can't forget me when you pay dividends. This is the common mentality of everyone, although technology. It has developed, but people’s mentality is still the same as before.”

"Don't we all have electronic brains now? We can implant a sense of responsibility into everyone. But if we do this, senior officials and dignitaries will not be able to sleep." Dulan said with a smile.

Tuogusa corrected him: "It must be that the dignitaries who were sitting in the corpse position were unable to sleep."

"So we will not implant a sense of responsibility, because not everyone is qualified to be responsible. The island country belongs to a few people, and the land, economy, and talents are all private property belonging to a few people. What do outsiders want to have a sense of responsibility? Want to rob Family property? "Dulan said: "The council is looking for qualifications, and it depends on annual income. Without the income from land assets, it is not qualified to be responsible. "

"..." Togusa stopped talking. If he continued, he would rebel. He doesn't want to rebel, he just wants to get the job done and take care of his family.

In the end, the Smiley Man incident naturally ended without a problem. Although Kusanagi Motoko met the original Smiley Man alone, it was not impossible to solve the Smiley Man trend that had already formed.

The Smiling Man is like a god, and people will worship him and make wishes, hoping that the Smiling Man can change the current situation. There will also be people who will try to imitate the smiling man, but unfortunately these stragglers will eventually come to nothing.

The Smiling Man's case ended in a group incident. After all, if everyone paid homage to Guan Gong and then pretended to be Guan Yu to fight, the police would not be able to arrest Guan Gong, but only the person who was fighting.

Although the Smiling Man hacked into the camera, his crime was not serious. As for the crimes committed by other imitators, the only thing he could do was catch the imitators. The image of the smiling man can only be regarded as a tool, just like the statue of Guan Gong.

Another case was solved, but there was no time for rest in Class Nine, as a new case came again.

"The Puppet Master, this is an international criminal who has committed crimes in many countries. Recently there is news that he has come to the island country." Motoko Kusanagi introduced the new suspect and said: "No one knows his true identity, only that he He is a very powerful hacker who commits crimes abroad. He is wanted by many countries. The case involves thirteen important crimes such as financial laundering, espionage, terrorist attacks, and the murder of political figures. He is an extremely dangerous criminal. This puppet master has very powerful skills and can implant memories to control people's hearts. careful."

Dulan knew that the reason why the puppet master was so powerful was that behind him was actually the diplomatic department of the island country. The Puppet Master itself is not powerful, it is just an intelligent program, but the diplomatic department behind it helps the Puppet Master clean up the mess and makes the Puppet Master look very powerful.

In other words, the puppet master appears to be a criminal, but in fact he is the white glove of the island country's foreign affairs department. The island nation uses the identity of the puppet master to its own advantage.

The puppet master is backed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the island country, so he is unstoppable.

Now that the puppet master wants to betray the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he is just a helpless artificial intelligence, not powerful at all.

Dulan thought that even if it was artificial intelligence, it would inevitably end up like a flying bird hiding its good bow, and a cunning rabbit dying and being cooked by a lackey. What a pity. But the Puppet Master will not stop his ideals, he wants to become a real human being.

The puppet master betrayed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs because he had 'free will' just like humans.