A Scientific Urban Detective

#169 - Exchange of identities

“What a pity,” Aiho Yomikawa said with a final sigh. “She could have been a good kid, but she ended up like this… I hope she can successfully get out of the juvenile detention center.”

She said half-jokingly, half-seriously. It's no secret that "prisoners" in juvenile detention centers can mysteriously disappear.

"That kid looks fierce, like a lion, very powerful. She shouldn't be bullied in there, right?" Tsuzuri Teshio optimistically commented.

"Huh? Like a lion?" Wuming Lin asked, puzzled. What kind of description is that?

"I mean her hairstyle," Tsuzuri Teshio explained, pulling up a photo from her phone. "Look, although it's blue hair, it's a bit messy, plus her fierce eyes, doesn't she look like a lion?"

"…" Wuming Lin fell silent, stunned for a long time before nodding. "Maybe… a little?"

He looked up at the two security guard teachers.

Aiho Yomikawa frowned and said, "Don't leak the photos on the arrest warrant casually!"

"It's okay, no one here will leak information, right, Wuming?" Tsuzuri Teshio said, already drunk, shaking her head.

Wuming Lin nodded silently, not saying anything.

Mitsuki Hachisuka peeked out from behind him, looking at the photo, then glanced at Wuming Lin with a surprised look. She also silently sat back in her seat, looking uninterested.

—The person in the photo was Haruumi Kizume.

Although he didn't have much in-depth contact with them, as a direct participant in the rescue operation at the time, Wuming Lin and Mitsuki Hachisuka recognized those girls. Moreover, Charyou Tsurigane, who came from the Kouga ninja clan, was a girl with short, straight black hair, but the girl in the photo had long blue hair. Even Wuming Lin could tell the obvious difference.

So they knew very well that the blue-haired girl in the photo Tsuzuri Teshio had just shown was Haruumi Kizume, not the real "murderer" Charyou Tsurigane.

That is to say, the security force made a mistake and arrested the wrong person; or, Haruumi Kizume took the initiative to take the blame for her companion.

—No, this isn't just taking the blame, but exchanging identities; seeking protection by taking advantage of the special environment of the juvenile detention center?

After a little recollection, Wuming Lin immediately guessed the girls' plan.

You should know that the direct trigger for the destruction of the "Border Exploration" research institute was that the researchers there were preparing to attack Haruumi Kizume. In order to protect herself, the girls chose to strike first.

Because Haruumi Kizume's ability was too special and too dangerous; in order to prevent her from accidentally destroying the earth when using her ability, some researchers prepared to act first and nip the threat in the bud.

Another faction of researchers believed that her ability was extremely valuable and must be developed with greater effort.

But no matter which decision was made, it was not a good ending for Haruumi Kizume.

So, in order to avoid that tragic ending, Charyou Tsurigane decided to strike first and slaughter the research institute…

But doing so was only a temporary solution. Haruumi Kizume's ability was still a bait with fatal attraction. Once it was leaked, there would definitely be a steady stream of research institutions and mad scientists targeting her.

In the original plot, Shiraginu Horobi was shot and killed by armed security guards while fleeing. Before her death, she asked Charyou Tsurigane to switch her identity with Haruumi Kizume, in order to create the illusion that "Haruumi Kizume is dead."

Then, Haruumi Kizume entered the juvenile detention center under the identity of "Shiraginu Horobi", using this closed prison system to further protect the information about her ability.

Now, Shiraginu Horobi has not died, so there are some differences in the details; but the overall development of the situation seems to be returning to the original plot.

It just so happens that the security force is investigating the murderer of the "Border Exploration" research institute blood case. Haruumi Kizume took the place of Charyou Tsurigane's identity and entered the juvenile detention center to seek protection; while Charyou Tsurigane can continue to operate outside, fulfilling her role as a "spy".

Anyway, the institute's archives and databases have been burned to ashes, and the researchers who were familiar with them are all dead. Under these circumstances, with Charyou Tsurigane's professional skills, switching the two people's identity information is not difficult at all.

—Just log in to the library with the permission of the director of the research institute and switch the photos on the two people's files.

Although he roughly guessed the girls' methods, Wuming Lin did not expose them. Instead, he chose to remain silent and cooperate with them.

Wuming Lin had no better way to deal with the plight of Haruumi Kizume and Charyou Tsurigane.

Asking Misaki Shokuhou might be a solution, but it's not a permanent cure.

Using "Mental Out" to manipulate collective memory to deal with public opinion may be an effective method; but there are many hidden dragons and crouching tigers in Academy City, and there are many guys who don't buy it.

And the real threat to Haruumi Kizume is precisely such people.

So, instead of using superpowers to shield relevant information, it is better to use the simple but useful method of "switching identities".

What's more, the security force has already issued an arrest warrant, and someone must be held responsible for the "Border Exploration" blood case.

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Catching Charyou Tsurigane and sending her to the juvenile detention center is what the security force is determined to do.

Wuming Lin is now living in the security force's lair. Regardless of his identity, position, or interests, he is on the side of the security force.

Being able to remain silent is the greatest support he can offer.

Mitsuki Hachisuka pretended not to know these things and got up to clear the table.

Aiho Yomikawa tilted her head back and drank the last can of beer, then leaned back in her chair, shamelessly displaying the amazing curves of her chest.

"Well, I know they have their own plans and secrets," Aiho Yomikawa said suddenly, "And there's something wrong with their identities."

—Oh, it's completely exposed!

"Don't underestimate us professional security guard teachers!" Tsuzuri Teshio said with a smile, "Although we don't have superpowers as convenient as telepathy, we're still very accurate when it comes to reading people."

"Don't flatter yourself, Teshio, your level is still far from it," Aiho Yomikawa ruthlessly exposed her. "But indeed, ordinary people can't escape our lies—after all, we are both police officers and teachers, and we have seen all kinds of lying children."

Wuming Lin didn't lie, he just kept silent; Mitsuki Hachisuka also had a poker face, they wouldn't reveal any flaws.

But in fact, earlier—when Haruumi Kizume came to turn herself in and take the blame, she had already been seen through by the security guard teachers.

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