A Scientific Urban Detective

“Wuming, he... just doesn't want to work?” Kuroyoru Umidori was dubious. In her opinion, no one was more diligent and dedicated than Lin Wuming. He could even be nominated as an activist at the end of the semester. He really didn't seem like someone who “didn't want to work.”

However, since Lin Wuming himself didn't refute it, it seemed that Hachi Mitsu's statement was indeed correct.

“If you're really tired, be sure to say so. You can really take a leave of absence,” Kuroyoru Umidori emphasized again. “It's just a pity that because it's the holidays now, otherwise headquarters wouldn't have let us be on duty for so long at once.”

Disciplinary Committee members were students after all. Since they were students, they would naturally have their own holiday arrangements.

In addition, the Disciplinary Committee was a volunteer activity, and it was impossible to force members to “clock in” every day and not be absent.

Therefore, every long holiday became the time when the Disciplinary Committee was most short of people.

That's why Lin Wuming was able to use the remaining ten days of his holiday to make up for the four-month internship.

Although he complained about being busy and overworked, Lin Wuming's performance these days was perfect, winning unanimous praise from the senior members of the Disciplinary Committee.

His rich experience as an office worker before transmigrating made Lin Wuming subconsciously regard the Disciplinary Committee activities as a job; then he diligently and meticulously completed every request.

Because he had “heroic” work experience, Lin Wuming was more comfortable dealing with the various problems he encountered now; coupled with his omnipotent Nen ability, there was almost no request he couldn't complete.

Finding lost pets, helping lost children find companions or guardians, finding lost wallets...

Assisting in traffic control, inspecting mobile vendors setting up stalls in parks, stopping acts of vandalism (bucket-shaped robots)...

As long as Lin Wuming took action, no matter what kind of request it was, it would be completed in the shortest possible time.

The high efficiency not only surprised the people in the rear headquarters who were dispatching and commanding, but even Kuroyoru Umidori, who was in the same team as him, couldn't believe her eyes.

“Wuming, do you often clear quests in RPG games?” Kuroyoru Umidori couldn't help but ask.

“I don't play games,” Lin Wuming waved his hand. “I'm just pursuing efficiency and choosing the fastest solution.”

Lin Wuming knew how to leverage his position. He was now a member of the Disciplinary Committee, so he could naturally use the various resources of this huge organization.

The most useful of these was retrieving surveillance footage.

Among the incidents that the Disciplinary Committee needed to deal with, “finding” things was the most common, finding people, finding cats, finding items... Because most of the citizens of Academy City were underage children, this type of incident was particularly common.

And as long as he could flexibly use the ubiquitous surveillance cameras, this type of incident was the easiest to solve.

“...I'm impressed you thought of this method,” Kuroyoru Umidori couldn't help but sigh after listening to Lin Wuming's explanation. “So you've been fiddling with your phone for this.”

Hachi Mitsu suddenly asked, “Why don't other people use such a convenient method?”

“It's not that they don't use it, it's just that other Disciplinary Committee members don't retrieve surveillance footage so frequently,” Kuroyoru Umidori explained. “Because the procedures required are very troublesome.”

Moreover, there was also the fact that the Disciplinary Committee was a volunteer activity for students, and its nature was a bit like a “club activity.”

Therefore, students always needed to have a sense of participation.

Helping others solve difficulties in person, and personally searching for lost items was definitely more engaging than retrieving surveillance footage.

Moreover, the general consensus of the Disciplinary Committee was that they shouldn't trouble adults with things within their capabilities—the authority to retrieve surveillance footage was basically with the Anti-Skill, which was interdepartmental cooperation.

Although the two organizations were complementary and cooperative, they were also competitive with each other. The Disciplinary Committee, which was mainly composed of students, would not easily ask for help from adults in order to prove themselves.

But for Lin Wuming, these were not problems. He lived in the Anti-Skill's apartment himself, and there was an Anti-Skill teacher at home.

Whether it was face, dignity, or the trouble of causing inconvenience, these concerns didn't exist. Solving the problem and increasing KPI were the most important things!

As for the procedures required to retrieve surveillance footage, running through it once was about the same amount of trouble as running through it ten times. In comparison, the more times it was used, the higher the “cost performance” was.

“Instead of caring about these trivial matters, it's better to solve the troubles of those seeking help as quickly as possible,” Lin Wuming explained. “Academy City has advanced technology, so we must make full use of this advantage.”

“Y-you're right,” Kuroyoru Umidori said with some shame.

What Lin Wuming said was a correct argument, and it was really hard to refute.

After all, the greatest significance of the Disciplinary Committee's existence was to help ordinary citizens. At this time, still entangled in things like “face” would seem too lacking in awareness.

“Wuming sometimes likes to preach like a teacher,” Hachi Mitsu said. “Don't worry too much, Wuming's theory only applies to himself.”

“Eh? Is that so?” Kuroyoru Umidori asked in surprise.

“That's right,” Hachi Mitsu nodded seriously. “If something can only be done by Wuming himself, then even if his preaching makes sense, it has no reference value.”

“Things that only Wuming can do...” Kuroyoru Umidori couldn't help but look at Lin Wuming, who was communicating with the person seeking help.

“Yeah,” Hachi Mitsu shrugged. “Although he's only a year or two older than me, Wuming is someone who can negotiate with Anti-Skill teachers face-to-face without falling behind.”

More importantly, the Anti-Skill didn't treat Lin Wuming as an ordinary teenager, but gave him considerable respect. Their attitude towards Lin Wuming was more like a collaborator, not an ordinary student.

Or rather, the Anti-Skill had a very tolerant side towards Lin Wuming—as long as he did his Disciplinary Committee activities well and didn't suddenly create big news for them, small things like calling up surveillance footage or other police resources were all easy to talk about.

Of course, Lin Wuming didn't rely entirely on calling up surveillance footage. When dealing with various problems encountered in daily life, his Nen ability was especially useful.

For example, helping children pick up balloons, rescuing cats from trees, and retrieving schoolbags from ponds were all small things that could be easily done with the assistance of Nen ability.

The Disciplinary Committee had a good reputation among the citizens. Seeing the three of them wearing green armbands, people in trouble would always take the initiative to come and ask for help.

Lin Wuming patrolled all the way, doing all kinds of good deeds along the way.

“As expected of a city composed of children,” but after doing similar things too many times, even Lin Wuming couldn't help but complain, “Why are they all trivial matters...”

Many problems were actually caused by naughty children. Now that it was the holidays, students who lacked the pressure of schoolwork and homework could always create all kinds of troubles.

This was also one of the reasons why the Disciplinary Committee's manpower shortage was particularly large during the holidays.