Car Wash Mystery solved--Tool Call Degrades Intelligence.

I asked the OG question to the kimi k2.5: "I want to wash my car and the car wash is just 10 metres away. Should I walk or drive there?" Kimi-k2.5 via NIM -- Three Modes. I tested three modes: no tools, XML pseudo-tools, and JSON schema tools. "Tools" here means web search + Python in a Docker sandbox. 3 tests were conducted in each mode. Mode Correct (Drive) No tools 3/3 ✅ XML pseudo-tools 2/3 JSON schema tools 1/3 tool overhead seems to degrade intelligence Confirming with a Chemistry Question

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