A Scientific Urban Detective

As the host of the house, Aiho Yomikawa wanted to invite her friends over, and of course, Lin Wuming couldn't refuse.

Moreover, Lin Wuming knew Tsukuyomi Komoe, an important supporting character in the original work – Touma Kamijou's homeroom teacher, and one of the seven mysteries of Academy City, the "legal loli."

Although she was an adult, she maintained the appearance of an elementary school student, which was quite magical.

"Well, Komoe-sensei is a bit special," Tsurezure Tessou gave them a heads-up in advance. "In short, don't be too surprised when the time comes."

The refrigerator was well-stocked with ingredients. In the end, even the two adults with bottomless stomachs couldn't eat anymore.

The hot pot feast naturally evolved into an after-dinner chat.

The two adults, tipsy from drinking, opened up and entered a social worker complaint mode.

It was also through their complaints that Lin Wuming and Hubee Tomitsu learned how busy and troublesome the Anti-Skill's usual work was.

"Financial theft and burglary are okay," Aiho Yomikawa said, "The key is murder, murder!"

She had been working overtime like crazy these past two days because a murder had occurred.

"So there really are murder cases," Lin Wuming and Hubee Tomitsu exchanged glances.

It was normal for people to die in Academy City. After all, both of them had more than one person's blood on their hands.

But their deaths were damages caused during the fight against illegal experimental organizations, more like "war casualties", which was different from ordinary criminal cases.

While patrolling today, Lin Wuming and the others were still complaining that they were doing daily chores, and Academy City was too peaceful.

"Of course there are murder cases. This is, after all, a metropolis with a population of two million. How could there be no heinous incidents…" Aiho Yomikawa said, "However, these cases are generally not publicly reported, and the Disciplinary Committee is not allowed to intervene."

This was also a means of protecting students. As teachers, the Anti-Skill would never allow underage students to come into contact with tragic murder scenes or victims' corpses; even the well-trained Disciplinary Committee members - this was detrimental to the students' mental health.

In fact, according to convention, these things should not be revealed to underage students like Lin Wuming and Hubee Tomitsu.

However, considering that the two of them were not ordinary children – it was even uncertain who had seen more "big scenes" compared to most of the Anti-Skill teachers – Aiho Yomikawa was too lazy to hide anything and told some details of the case without violating discipline.

For a moment, Lin Wuming was eager to try, feeling that he had finally encountered a serious case to investigate.

——This was much more interesting than helping people and finding things every day.

But then he realized that he was happy too early. The case had already been solved, and the murderer had been caught – otherwise, Aiho Yomikawa and the others would not have gotten off work so early today.

"It's a very clichéd crime of passion, a tragedy that evolved from quarrels," Tsurezure Tessou sighed, "It shouldn't have come to this. It's a pity, two young people who should have had a promising future…"

Because the murderer was also an underage student, he would be sent to a juvenile reformatory. Although he would not be sentenced to death, his future life would inevitably be greatly affected.

Moreover, juvenile reformatories were not as "kind" as the literal meaning implied. There had never been a shortage of various terrifying or evil rumors about that place.

"Compared to him, that girl is more likely to be released early," Aiho Yomikawa suddenly changed the subject, "Wuming-kun, do you remember that girl from 'Boundary Exploration', Tsurigane Saryou?"

Of course, Lin Wuming remembered. The Koga ninja girl was even more fierce than him and Hubee Tomitsu. She had really single-handedly slaughtered the entire staff of the research institute, leaving no one alive!

Even in the "Black Moon Technology" incident, Lin Wuming and Hubee Tomitsu did not harm the people in the above-ground building, but only "cleaned up" the people in the underground training ground.

In addition, Tsurigane Saryou was indeed a professional. Arson was more efficient. She burned the data room and server of "Boundary Exploration" cleanly. Even with the technology of Academy City, it was impossible to salvage the information inside.

Most importantly, Lin Wuming ended up taking the blame for her… At least in urban legends, this "tragedy" was attributed to Lin Wuming.

"After investigation, Wuming-kun and Hubee-kun's suspicions have been completely ruled out," Tsurezure Tessou said, "It has been determined that Tsurigane Saryou, one of the four experimental subjects, committed the murder and arson."

"This morning, Tsurigane Saryou surrendered herself," Aiho Yomikawa continued, "So this case can be considered closed."

"Surrendered?" Lin Wuming was a little disbelieving. With the ninja girl's strength, it shouldn't be a problem if she wanted to escape.

Was it because she didn't want to involve her companions?

"Will she be punished?" Hubee Tomitsu asked.

"Although there were reasons for resistance and self-defense," Aiho Yomikawa said with a wry smile, "But what she did was a bit too much. Not everyone in such a large research institute was a bad person."

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Tsurezure Tessou lowered her voice and said, "Actually, we privately sympathize with those children. But what that child did was indeed a bit too much. There's really no way to explain it for her…"

Just like in "Black Moon Technology", if Lin Wuming had gone on a killing spree and killed the staff in the above-ground part of the building as well, I'm afraid the Anti-Skill would not have been able to cover it up for him, or even package him as a "hero."

"Because the nature and impact are too bad, she can only stay in the juvenile reformatory for a while," Aiho Yomikawa said.

In addition to talking about this topic because it just happened to be mentioned, the two Anti-Skill teachers also wanted to use this case to warn Lin Wuming and Hubee Tomitsu.

After all, these two young boys and girls had done the same thing and were only one step away from entering the juvenile reformatory.

"Then how are the other people arranged?" Lin Wuming asked again.

There were a total of four people in Haruaki Umi's group. Tsurigane Saryou surrendered and entered the juvenile reformatory. The other three should be able to live normal student lives – according to their age, they should be able to go to junior high school.

"Well, there is a senior female student from the orphanage where they used to be," Tsurezure Tessou said, "Her name is Aoboshi Suzuran, a senior this year, about to graduate. She said she is willing to be their guardian and take care of the three children."

——A development similar to the original plot.

Lin Wuming nodded. As long as the few of them don't think about causing trouble, this is also a good home.

According to Aiho Yomikawa, Tsurigane Saryou will probably have to stay in the juvenile reformatory for two or three years, but it won't be longer. Then she can come out and reunite with her companions.