A Scientific Urban Detective

Mitaka Takafu's logic was simple: attack Lin Wuming and his group of three. If successful, they could directly eliminate the fastest-progressing investigation team. Even if they failed, it could divert the attention of the security forces and disciplinary committee members, consuming a lot of their energy and forcing them to have no time to continue investigating the "underground arena".

"What simple and crude logic," Lin Wuming sighed. "That guy's personality is really straightforward. So, Mitaka Takafu must be related to the underground arena?"

Otherwise, she would have no reason to work so hard to stop the investigation.

"That's right," Yomikawa Aiho nodded. "Mitaka Takafu was a two-time champion in the first two seasons of the underground arena, and now she has even joined as a member of the organizers."

In this way, her motive becomes obvious.

"Is this information reliable?" Lin Wuming asked, frowning.

The organizer's boss personally running out to commit terrorist attacks, just to divert the police's investigation attention... is that really appropriate?

Being able to host such a large-scale event with hundreds of millions at stake, the organizers shouldn't lack subordinates to do things. There's no reason for the leader to personally take action.

"You can rest assured about this. Her information is absolutely reliable," Yomikawa Aiho said. "After all, Shokuhou, the student upstairs, helped out. She couldn't hide anything."

"Eh? Shokuhou Misaki?" Lin Wuming asked in surprise. "She went to help with the interrogation?"

Mitaka Takafu had a firm will and was determined not to yield. No matter what kind of torture she suffered, she wouldn't confess a single word.

But unfortunately, the security forces had no intention of "torturing" at all.

Moreover, due to the extremely bad nature of Mitaka Takafu's case, the security forces didn't intend to take care of her. They didn't even bother to go through the formalities and unceremoniously used the "mind reading" interrogation method.

Faced with a Level 5 "Mental Out", any resistance was meaningless.

"So, have you found the location of the 'underground arena'?" Lin Wuming asked quickly.

"We found it, but unfortunately it's an old site," Yomikawa Aiho shook her head. "It's just an abandoned library. The underground part of the central area has been excavated into a huge space, transformed into an arena. But that venue has also been abandoned by the organizers - according to the investigation, the last time someone was active near that library was four months ago."

A lot of information about the "underground arena" was also dug out from Mitaka Takafu's mind, but without exception, those were all outdated information, with no direct use in catching the organizers.

"Those places were where Mitaka Takafu competed when she was a fighter," Yomikawa Aiho explained. "But after she became a member of the organizers, there was no updated information."

The doubts in Lin Wuming's heart grew stronger, and he asked again: "Then, what about the other organizers? Did Mitaka Takafu provide any information in this regard?"

But just as he asked, Lin Wuming shook his head: "If I'm not mistaken, it must also be fruitless, right?"

"That's right," Yomikawa Aiho nodded. "According to her confession, every time she met with other organizers, everyone wore masks and used voice changers to disguise their voices. They couldn't see each other's true faces at all."

"The only thing that can be confirmed is," Yomikawa Aiho added, "the leader of the organizers is very strong. Mitaka Takafu tried to challenge that leader, but was cleanly defeated. She didn't even know how she lost."

Mitaka Takafu came out of a place like the "underground arena", a champion for two consecutive seasons, and her strength is beyond doubt.

Lin Wuming had also personally experienced this point. It's not hard to imagine what kind of waves would be stirred up on a ring that is closer to a fighting competition, if a competitor who can create "bombs" anytime, anywhere suddenly appears!

It's no wonder Mitaka Takafu was able to win two consecutive championships and win hundreds of millions in prize money.

But such a strong person can only be defeated when facing the leader of the organizers?

Lin Wuming suddenly thought of something and asked again: "Do you know what the leader is called?"

"It is said that there is no self-introduction session between them," Yomikawa Aiho shook her head, and then said, "However, Mitaka Takafu guessed that the leader's name contains 'Privet' - this is a name that was accidentally leaked during the exchange between the organizers, it should be credible."

Lin Wuming nodded: "It really is like this..."

When Mitaka Takafu was captured by the dark side "Item", it was reasonable that she blurted out a sentence - if it were Privet, it would be like this and that...

This small detail was relayed to Lin Wuming by Kinuhata Saiai.

It was just a seemingly plausible name, and Lin Wuming didn't pay much attention to it, but now, combined with the information obtained from the interrogation, the name "Privet" may be the only clue with practical value that Mitaka Takafu confessed.

"We are already investigating people with 'Privet' or similar pronunciations in their names one by one," Yomikawa Aiho said. "However, it cannot be ruled out that it is a code name or nickname, so we cannot have too much hope."

While Lin Wuming and others were talking about serious matters, Hachiwaki Toumei always kept a low profile and remained silent.

At this time, seeing that Lin Wuming and Yomikawa Aiho had talked about the "serious matter" almost enough, Hachiwaki Toumei opened her mouth and said: "That Mitaka Takafu, was she being used?"

Although Hachiwaki Toumei did not directly participate in the discussion, she had been listening carefully to their conversation and accurately grasped the important details.

From an outsider's point of view, Mitaka Takafu was simply unable to integrate into the "organizers" group.

Otherwise, they wouldn't wear masks and use voice changers when meeting, and they wouldn't even reveal their names... they simply didn't treat Mitaka Takafu as one of their own!

Moreover, it can be seen from other details that the real "organizers" know each other. The only person they keep secret from is undoubtedly Mitaka Takafu alone.

Of course, such "secrecy" did indeed play a role - at least now that Mitaka Takafu has been arrested, even if the "Mental Out" Shokuhou Misaki personally takes action, she has not been able to dig out the organizers' information.

"Of course, it can also be understood this way..." After a slight pause, Hachiwaki Toumei continued with a sneer, "From the beginning, Mitaka Takafu was pushed out by them as cannon fodder, so..."

Hachiwaki Toumei spread her hands and shrugged her shoulders: "That's why I said, she was being used."