A Scientific Urban Detective

Following the silvery-white tentacle, the speaker was another girl in the adjacent hospital bed, none other than Keikaku Kanmi, who had been admitted for treatment alongside Dolly.

Keikaku Kanmi herself was obediently lying in bed, appearing too lazy to move, but at the edge of her bed sat a silvery-white humanoid figure identical to her.

That was Keikaku Kanmi's "clone"—a humanoid formed from liquid metal using her superpower, "Liquid Shadow."

The one who had just peeled the apple was also this Liquid Shadow. Now, its left hand stretched out, transforming into a tentacle more than a meter long, and presented the apple to Shokuhou Misaki.

Meanwhile, its right hand only extended its index finger, turning it into an iron skewer, which it used to pick up the apple pieces cut into rabbit shapes and offer them to Dolly.

"...Keikaku, your preferential treatment is a bit too obvious, isn't it!" Shokuhou Misaki complained, but still accepted the apple and took a vigorous bite.

"Having a share is already good enough for you, don't be picky," Keikaku Kanmi retorted grumpily.

"Damn it, this apple was my gift!"

Dolly plucked a rabbit-shaped piece of fruit from the "iron skewer" and said, "Thank you, Misaki-chan, it's so nice of you to visit us!"

"Don't worry, just focus on getting well," Shokuhou Misaki said, "I asked the doctor, and you'll be discharged soon."

Dolly's face lit up with joy, but it quickly faded, replaced by worry: "But after I'm discharged, where will I go?"

Dolly was a clone, or more harshly, a product of experimentation, with no so-called "human rights."

She had a student ID, but it was just an empty card issued for the sake of convenient management. With "Artificial Manufactory" gone, her place of belonging no longer existed.

Moreover, due to certain reasons, even if she wanted to transfer schools, no school would accept her.

Hearing this topic, a trace of gloom flashed in Shokuhou Misaki's eyes.

She had not yet officially entered Tokiwadai Middle School and couldn't wield the almost absolute influence within the Academy City's School Garden, as she would two years later in the original story, to easily settle Dolly down.

At this stage, Shokuhou Misaki could only try to forge a fake identity for Dolly and, like Kouzaku Mitori, arrange for her to enter another school in the School Garden.

Shokuhou Misaki's connections and network were not yet extensive enough, so even doing something to this extent was quite difficult. This was one of the main things she had been busy with in recent days.

Fortunately, the frog-faced doctor seemed to have good connections and might be able to help her find a legal identity for Dolly.

"Don't worry, although it's a bit difficult," Shokuhou Misaki said, not hiding anything from her friend, "I already have a plan, and you'll definitely get a new identity when you're discharged!"

—And two new identities!

Shokuhou Misaki added in her heart. Along with Dolly, another clone, "Molly," was born, originally intended as a backup for Dolly. When Dolly's body reached its limit and collapsed, the backup body could carry all her memories, achieving a kind of "rebirth."

However, that was how the original story unfolded. Now, with her and the nameless senior's intervention, plus Dr. Heaven Canceler's miraculous healing, Dolly was out of danger and no longer needed that kind of "rebirth" method.

Then Molly could also exist as an independent individual. In Shokuhou Misaki's plan, Molly also needed to be rescued.

However, at this stage, she had not yet found Molly's specific location and was actively gathering information.

"Alright, you two rest well and focus on healing," Shokuhou Misaki said, wiping the juice from her hands and jumping off the stool. "This place should be safe enough, but if anything happens, remember to contact me immediately, or find the nameless senior—his phone number has changed, don't dial the wrong one."

"Nameless senior~" Dolly said, tilting her head. "I really want to meet him. Misaki-chan is always mentioning him, but unfortunately, I was unconscious at the time and couldn't see him."

"There will be a chance..." Shokuhou Misaki waved her hand, then seemed to think of something and suddenly turned back to earnestly instruct, "No, it's best to wait until you get a new identity before that happens."

"What's wrong?" Keikaku Kanmi asked from the side, "Is there a problem?"

"I just suddenly thought," Shokuhou Misaki said, "If you want to live a more stable life in the future, Dolly's 'clone' identity must be hidden as much as possible. Not only from us, but the nameless senior who directly participated in the rescue operation might also get into trouble because of this."

Shokuhou Misaki, of course, already knew how deep the water was behind the "Misaka Clone" experiment. Even having read Lin Wuming's memory information and grasping the original story, she was currently powerless to stop the "Mass Production Ability User" plan.

Even to protect Dolly and Molly, she had to pretend to know nothing about the subsequent plans.

As for Lin Wuming, it was best if he didn't even know that Dolly was a clone, as that would be safer.

Seeing Shokuhou Misaki's serious expression, Dolly and Keikaku Kanmi nodded repeatedly, promising to be careful about keeping it a secret.

As the brains of the trio, their action plans were all led and planned by Shokuhou Misaki. Keikaku Kanmi and Dolly only needed to cooperate and execute.

Shokuhou Misaki nodded, feeling slightly relieved, and then bid farewell and left the ward. She had been very busy these past few days, with many things needing her personal attention, not just Dolly and Keikaku Kanmi, but also the children in the apartment, whose future lives needed to be arranged by her personally.

The only fortunate thing was that, due to Tokiwadai Middle School's official announcement, the entire Academy City knew that she had decided to join Tokiwadai Middle School, so the number of organizations trying to win her over suddenly decreased a lot, making her surroundings much quieter.

"Where to next?" Shokuhou Misaki strolled along the hospital corridor, pressing the remote control against her forehead. "Or should I just go back to the apartment?"

"That's right, I'll go visit Runko-nee." Shokuhou Misaki made a decision.

Because she lacked a sufficiently reliable bodyguard, Shokuhou Misaki was very cautious about going out—today, she had asked Teacher Tetsuou Tsuzuri to send her to the hospital in a police car.

After all, the "Mental Out" superpower lacked direct combat power, making it difficult to use in sudden situations or direct attacks from enemies.

And her most reliable "bodyguard" was still lying in bed receiving treatment.

"I really hope Runko-nee recovers and is discharged soon," Shokuhou Misaki prayed. "Otherwise, I can only rely on the nameless senior..."

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