A Scientific Urban Detective

After hearing the feedback from Ruiko Sagara and the others, Misaki Shokuhou suspected that Shunzo Ugatsu had noticed something. After all, according to Shunzo Ugatsu's original plan, the final experiment was next—it could be launched immediately after the security guards' inspection. There was really no need to create extra problems at this time and recruit new people.

"Shokuhou?" Noticing Misaki Shokuhou's expression, her close friend Ruiko Sagara quickly asked, "Is there something wrong with that girl?"

Misaki Shokuhou shook her head: "I can't be sure yet, because I haven't seen her in person, and I don't even know anything about her..."

But that's exactly where the biggest problem lies!

Now, Misaki Shokuhou has secretly taken control of the entire 'Production Facility'. Logically speaking, this kind of major personnel change shouldn't be able to escape her notice.

Unless... this matter didn't go through the institute's normal procedures, but was directly arranged by Shunzo Ugatsu!

Could it be that he's already been exposed? That shouldn't be the case. If he was really exposed, Shunzo Ugatsu should have taken action directly, instead of finding a little girl to come and gather information.

Misaki Shokuhou frowned. If the Archery sisters hadn't taken the initiative to come to her today, she probably wouldn't have noticed the changes in the research institute.

"It's necessary to investigate thoroughly..." Misaki Shokuhou muttered to herself.

Thinking this, Misaki Shokuhou looked back at Ruiko Sagara's memory information, and then noticed a familiar figure in the girls' "tea party"—Eiyu Mitsuari.

"If she was there, she shouldn't have noticed nothing, right?" Holding the remote control tightly in her hands, she secretly made up her mind, "I can only go find her..."

Birds of a feather flock together. As fellow mental and psychic espers with talent, Misaki Shokuhou and Eiyu Mitsuari were not the type to become friends in the first place. Not to mention, the two of them, both belonging to the 'Internal Evolution' laboratory, were purely competitors. Misaki Shokuhou's successful promotion to Level 5 was due to her 'snatching' the cultivation resources from Eiyu Mitsuari.

Since Misaki Shokuhou received key training and her ability level began to increase, Eiyu Mitsuari rarely showed her face in 'Internal Evolution', and instead spent more time in the Second Research Lab.

Regarding this, Misaki Shokuhou didn't necessarily feel guilty, but she really didn't know how to get along with Eiyu Mitsuari. Because they were the same type of esper, although there was a huge gap in ability level, Eiyu Mitsuari could indeed resist Misaki Shokuhou's 'Mental Out'.

This meant that if she wanted to deal with Eiyu Mitsuari, she couldn't use 'Mental Out' to cheat, and could only rely on her own will and words to negotiate...

To be honest, Misaki Shokuhou was very unaccustomed to this—it felt like shedding all disguises and armaments, and being honest with another "self."

"Shokuhou?" Ruiko Sagara asked with concern, "Are you okay? You look very serious."

"I'm fine," Misaki Shokuhou shook her head and put on a smile again, "If there's a chance, I'd like to meet that new person too."

Iruka Yumiya said, "That's not difficult. If Shokuhou is interested, come to the tea party tomorrow. That girl should be there too."

"Okay, okay," Misaki Shokuhou nodded, "I'll ask my teacher when I get back. If there are no experiment arrangements, I'll definitely come!"

I'm sorry, I won't expose myself easily until I figure out that girl's background~ So please don't reveal my information... I'm sorry~

Apologizing in her heart, Misaki Shokuhou pressed the button on the remote control...

...

After returning to Shunzo Ugatsu's president's office, Misae Gokusa was impolite in occupying the real leather sofa in the office, while rummaging through her luggage for a makeup bag and touching up her makeup in a small mirror.

"Thanks for your hard work, Gokusa. How was the information gathering?" A black-haired boy poked his head out from behind the computer screen and casually asked.

He occupied Shunzo Ugatsu's huge desk and the computer equipped on it. But what he was sitting on was a round stool moved from the neighboring laboratory.

As for the luxurious executive chair that originally came with the desk, it was occupied by their leader—a brown-haired boy in a brand-name suit.

This trio, whose average age did not exceed fifteen, was the entire official membership of the dark side organization 'School'.

They were the organization that Shunzo Ugatsu hired to ensure his safety, based on Kihara Gensei's recommendation.

Although they were old enough to be the three's father, the arrogant and conceited Shunzo Ugatsu behaved very low-key and cooperative, reluctantly giving up his office to serve as a temporary base for the 'School' trio during their mission.

The main reason was the brown-haired boy who occupied the executive chair—Level 5, the #2 ranked esper in Academy City, "Dark Matter" Teitoku Kakine.

After personally witnessing his strength, Shunzo Ugatsu had no doubt that, if he wanted to, this boy could easily destroy the entire 'Production Facility'!

Only by witnessing it firsthand can one understand how great Level 5 power is!

His heart was filled with fervor—Shunzo Ugatsu knew that when his research succeeded, he would also obtain this level of power!

To this end, as long as no one disturbed the smooth progress of the experiment, Shunzo Ugatsu was willing to pay any price. Not only did he give up his office to the 'School' trio, but he also used his connections to find other bodyguards, obviously not placing all his hopes on the 'School' trio...

Of course, he didn't tell any of this to the 'School' trio, and Teitoku Kakine and the others actually knew about Shunzo Ugatsu's actions, but they didn't care—after all, they were just doing their job for money.

Dark side organizations, under the premise of not violating major principles, are not prohibited from accepting some "private" commissions, similar to the nature of mercenaries.

"Just chatting with a bunch of little girls," Misae Gokusa snorted, "What kind of information can I get? Besides, it's only the first day, and I can't make it too obvious, so I just tried to build a good relationship with them."

"I didn't find anything on my end either," the black-haired boy who was fiddling with the computer said, "But that's normal. Since the employer dares to let us use the computer freely, he definitely wouldn't leave any valuable information behind."

"However," the black-haired boy continued, "I can almost certainly say that this is also an illegal research institution."

"Why do you say that?" Misae Gokusa asked.

"Because this place is being targeted by that Lin Wu Ming!" The black-haired boy said as a matter of course, "That newly emerging 'hero' who specializes in illegal research institutions. Moreover, he did rescue a girl who was illegally detained from this research institute not long ago."