A Scientific Urban Detective

After a chaotic melee, Lin Wuming suddenly remembered that his purpose wasn't to fight. On the other side, the SKILL OUT trio had no intention of starting a war either. Despite their strength, they were all rather gentle "pacifists"—within the ranks of the armed powerless—avoiding hurting others unless absolutely necessary.

Otherwise, with their abilities, they wouldn't need to rob ATMs; they could easily get rich by collecting protection money.

Moreover, the reason they chose to steal from unmanned self-service banks was largely to avoid harming innocent civilians.

Based on the same belief, Komaba Leader and the others "cooperated" with the security forces after a successful operation, staging a street chase scene rather than a "shootout between cops and robbers."

It was a kind of "tacit understanding" between them and the security forces.

This "tacit understanding" lasted until the arrival of Lin Wuming and Hubee Mitsubachi, two espers.

Although Lin Wuming and Hubee Mitsubachi were a "hero" and "hero partner" duo, and now members of Judgment, for various reasons, the "killing intent" emanating from them was genuine and impossible to hide, naturally carrying the aura of those who mingled in the "dark world."

Ordinary people probably couldn't discern it, but it couldn't escape Hattori Hanzō's perception.

As a ninja, he was extremely sensitive to mysterious things like "killing intent" and "danger."

Therefore, in Hattori Hanzō's view, the pair of young men and women pursuing them were, even if not villains, still some inexplicable existence like "the shadows."

In terms of safety, this young duo was far more dangerous than the security forces who would reason with them!

Just then, Lin Wuming launched an attack—using a telekinetic acceleration cannon to force the van to stop.

Moreover, the power of this attack was far beyond expectations, further reinforcing Hattori Hanzō's judgment.

These two are not here with good intentions!

So, he and Komaba Leader decided to get out of the car and face them.

When encountering truly threatening enemies, unilaterally showing weakness and running away wouldn't solve the problem; they had to at least demonstrate their strength to make the enemies back down.

Hattori Hanzō was the strategist of SKILL OUT. Once he made a decision, Komaba Leader would unconditionally support and implement it.

As for Hamaura Shiage… this guy had only recently joined, recruited purely for his driving and car theft skills. As for combat, they couldn't expect too much from him.

Once again throwing out a handful of shuriken, Hattori Hanzō used bizarre movements to quickly maneuver, hiding behind nearby cover.

Like his tail, rows of "senbon" followed his trail, pinning themselves into the ground. If he were even a step slower, he would have been hit by the enemy's hidden weapons!

What shocked Hattori Hanzō even more was that the "senbon" used by the girl opposite him, upon closer inspection, were actually strands of golden hair less than ten centimeters long!

During the intense exchange of hidden weapons, Hubee Mitsubachi had already used up all the steel needles hidden in her belt buckle. However, the enemy's homemade shuriken seemed endless, always thrown out in handfuls, though limited in power, they were truly annoying.

What annoyed Hubee Mitsubachi even more was that her usually unfailing strikes were always dodged by the enemy.

No matter how Hubee Mitsubachi increased her attack frequency and speed, her ribbons never hit the target even once.

The enemy was like a bizarre phantom, always able to dodge attacks by a hair's breadth in various strange postures.

In addition, Hattori Hanzō was really good at running, always wandering at the edge of the ribbon's effective attack range, not giving Hubee Mitsubachi a chance to get close.

Helpless, Hubee Mitsubachi could only exchange hidden weapons with him.

Using the shuriken thrown by the enemy, she would cut off a section of hair, then activate her superpower, turning them into the sharpest "needles" and firing them at the enemy…

Lin Wuming's main focus was also on the battle between Hubee Mitsubachi and Hattori Hanzō.

That "indestructible trash can" was just a tool to restrain Komaba Leader.

A warrior with only brute force wasn't scary. Lin Wuming had plenty of ways to deal with him—at least, even if Komaba Leader was strong, his weight couldn't exceed half a ton. In that case, as long as he caught him when both feet were off the ground, he could use his telekinetic power to throw him far away.

Just like what Lin Wuming had done earlier.

But Hattori Hanzō was different. As a ninja, he represented another kind of "strength." When it came to "combat" or even "fighting" skills, even a Level 5 esper might not be better than him.

Hubee Mitsubachi focused on offense but wasn't good at defense. If Hattori Hanzō was willing to be ruthless, seriously injuring her wouldn't be difficult.

This was what Lin Wuming was mainly guarding against. His telekinetic power constantly hovered around Hubee Mitsubachi, ready to condense into a telekinetic barrier at any time.

Hubee Mitsubachi, who was completely focused on the battle, didn't seem to notice this—due to successive unfavorable attacks, she was getting a little emotional and losing her usual sharpness.

On the contrary, the opponent, Hattori Hanzō, noticed something. While dealing with Hubee Mitsubachi, he would occasionally spare some attention to Lin Wuming's situation.

Lin Wuming's silent support was also the most powerful warning to Hattori Hanzō, making him afraid to act rashly—originally, Hattori Hanzō had planned to defeat them one by one, first injuring the girl and then joining up with Komaba Leader.

Just then, Komaba Leader, who had been thrown away, ran back to the battlefield like a whirlwind.

This time, he was single-minded, aiming at Lin Wuming and charging straight at him.

Even if he encountered a telekinetic barrier, he would just grunt and use brute force to smash through it…

At this moment, Komaba Leader was like a fully powered heavy tank. No matter what stood in his way, he would charge and crush it!

"Crap, the boss is losing it!" Hattori Hanzō thought to himself, feeling alarmed.

Komaba Leader's combat power was very strong, or rather, it was already excessively powerful among "ordinary people."

So much so that Komaba Leader wouldn't seriously deal with things during ordinary "gang activities"—because there was no need.

Hattori Hanzō even felt that unless facing a Level 5, no one could make him get serious and go all out.

But he never expected that Komaba Leader would actually lose his temper at this time, seemingly transforming into a "berserk battle gorilla," turning his already limited reason and intelligence into combat power like a berserker.

"Hey, hey, hey, Komaba Leader, our purpose is just to delay time so that Hamaura can get a new car…" Hattori Hanzō said with a bitter expression.

If these two espers hadn't been pressing so hard and refusing to let go, Hattori Hanzō would have had no intention of stopping to fight at all.

"Hamaura, you better hurry up!" Hattori Hanzō shouted in his heart.

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