A Scientific Urban Detective

“Mitsuari Ayu,” Shokuhou Misaki called out to the girl who was about to leave, “Good luck~”

“You too,” Mitsuari Ayu snorted, replying unpleasantly, “Be careful not to get burned!”

Watching Mitsuari Ayu leave, Shokuhou Misaki remained standing, leaning against the wall without moving an inch.

"...Hmm~ It's about time you came out, right?" As if talking to herself, Shokuhou Misaki said to the empty corridor in front of her, "Don't hide, I already know you're here."

As if in response to her call, a bulge suddenly appeared on the smooth floor of the corridor.

The bulge quickly turned pure white, rising and lifting continuously, then gradually twisting and deforming into the outline of a human body.

Shokuhou Misaki was no stranger to this scene. Kensei Kakine's "liquefied human shadow" could do the same thing, and even more exquisitely. She was already tired of seeing it.

However, the pale "human shadow" in front of her was clearly not made of liquid metal.

"Dark Matter," Shokuhou Misaki had expected.

In fact, when she was talking to Mitsuari Ayu just now, she had already sensed the presence of a third consciousness.

That's why she kept talking about trivial nonsense—not even using "encrypted communication" to reveal any truly valuable information.

Until she finally seized the opportunity, directly inputting information into Mitsuari Ayu's brain with her ability, ensuring that no information would be leaked.

Watching the ground slowly "flowing" like transparent mercury, Shokuhou Misaki clenched the remote control in her hand.

She had detected special "memory traces" on the ground, which led her to deduce the presence of a third person.

If it was that "Dark Matter," it wouldn't be difficult to do such bizarre things.

After all, he is a genuine Level 5.

Soon, the pure white "human shadow" solidified.

"Shokuhou Misaki," the pure white "human shadow" spoke. The mouth on its marble-like face didn't move, but its voice seemed to be broadcast directly from the surface of its body, clear and loud, "Or should I call you 'Mental Out'? Level 5s have the right to name their abilities, and the name of the ability is usually used as another name for us."

"Without a formal test, I'm not necessarily a Level 5," Shokuhou Misaki stared dissatisfiedly at the figure in front of her—this was just a clone "puppet," Kakine Teitoku himself wasn't nearby.

Therefore, "Mental Out" naturally couldn't do anything to him.

—How cunning, even though he's already a Level 5, why is he still so timid?

With the enemy's main body not present, her ability was almost useless.

Shokuhou Misaki couldn't help but sigh.

Fortunately, the other side didn't seem to have any intention of starting a fight directly. The pure white clone puppet stood in place, without any further actions for the time being.

"My question is the same as that girl's just now," Kakine Teitoku asked, "'Mental Out,' why are you actively pushing the experiment forward? From your position and purpose, you should want to save those children."

Shokuhou Misaki narrowed her eyes—with the enemy's main body not appearing, it was difficult for "Mental Out" to affect him, which resulted in her being blocked here, making it difficult to escape.

In that case, she might as well try to stall for time and chat with him.

"I want to ask you instead, Mr. 'Dark Matter,'" Shokuhou Misaki didn't answer directly, but asked back, "After discovering that the Nameless Senior started to act, you were the first to order the acceleration of the experiment's progress, right? You are the planner of this project, I just added a little more fuel to the fire based on your decision."

"So, Mr. 'Dark Matter,' why did you make this decision?"

"Why bother asking when you already know the answer, 'Mental Out,'" the pure white figure approached—its legs were still fused with the liquid substance on the ground, so it looked like a slime, wriggling forward little by little, "The reason why you secretly pushed for the acceleration of the experiment should be the same as mine, right?"

"No, completely different," Shokuhou Misaki shook her head, muttering to herself, "But in terms of intent, there does seem to be a consistency~"

As soon as the news of Lin Wuming speeding around in a wheelchair on the street spread, it was captured by Yobou Banka, who then determined his destination as "Artificial Intelligence Workshop" based on his route.

Therefore, Kakine Teitoku immediately knew that his "fishing" plan had succeeded.

But at this time, the news spread within the research institute, causing widespread panic among the researchers—people seemed to suddenly remember Lin Wuming's terror at this time, and everyone was in a state of anxiety.

Kakine Teitoku wasn't surprised. In his opinion, this was "Mental Out" Shokuhou Misaki's doing.

But for some reason, she didn't make it too obvious, only subtly guiding people's emotions. Other than that, there were no other actions.

However, Level 5s are inherently highly individualistic, and the "School" trio didn't dwell too much on these details and immediately took action.

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Through the surveillance cameras all over the outside of the "Artificial Intelligence Workshop," they captured the figures of Lin Wuming and his partner in the first instance.

However, Lin Wuming was very cautious and didn't rashly break into the research institute, but instead observed from the outside.

So Kakine Teitoku immediately ordered the executives of the research institute to go a step further and directly start the experiment, even deliberately creating some commotion that could be transmitted to the outside.

The reason was also very simple. Kakine Teitoku wanted to lure Lin Wuming into the research institute to ensure the completion of their commissioned task.

The "School's" mission objective was to eliminate enemies that threatened the experiment, specifically referring to Lin Wuming, the "hero."

With the permission of a formal letter of request, the dark side organization had the legal right to kill the mission target.

Kakine Teitoku pursued the perfect completion of the task, so he had to kill Lin Wuming.

But also within the framework of the rules, only when Lin Wuming really "illegally invaded" the research institute and indeed interfered with the ongoing experiment—only under such a premise that perfectly met the requirements of the commission, would the right to kill be recognized without any controversy.

Therefore, Kakine Teitoku wanted to find a way to lure Lin Wuming into the research institute to establish his evidence of "illegal invasion."

Kakine Teitoku had specifically inquired with Kuriba Toshihisa and learned that the experiment was harmless to the test subjects until the last step.

This meant that even if the experiment really started according to plan, unless it was at the last moment, Lin Wuming would not be able to find any evidence to prove that this was an "illegal experiment," and even his most basic goal of "saving the test subjects" would not be established.

At that time, Lin Wuming would no longer be a "hero," but just a criminal!

—When the dark side organization deals with criminals, no one will question how brutal the methods they use.