A Scientific Urban Detective

Although Lin Wuming felt that he was still very calm, sober, and rational, his heart rate accelerated to one hundred and eighty beats per minute, and his adrenal glands were secreting like crazy. His so-called "calmness" and "rationality" were just illusions.

Or rather, he might still be calm, but under the distortion of anger and fear, his so-called rationality ultimately turned into paranoia and madness.

The drastic changes in the environment, coupled with the sudden acquisition of powerful strength, and the fatal crisis that was a complete disaster for him… plus the life-altering event of "transmigration," finally detonated in a concentrated manner during this series of battles and chaos today.

A certain nerve in Lin Wuming's brain—finally snapped.

Therefore, when he saw a man wearing a baseball cap, carrying a large bag, and hurrying out of the office building exit, Lin Wuming accelerated and charged over without thinking.

He no longer cared whether he might be mistaken. In his opinion, this person was sneaky and suspicious, and the large bag in his hand was simply a convenient tool for carrying a sniper rifle—who else could this guy be but the sniper?

The wheelchair rushed forward like a cannonball.

The baseball cap man's expression changed drastically, and he quickly dropped the travel bag in his hand and dove to the side.

The black travel bag was hit and disintegrated in mid-air, with bullets and gun parts flying everywhere.

At the same time, Lin Wuming, who had entered "bullet time," saw that the man on the ground already had a pistol in his hand, spraying fire at him.

—See, I was right.

In Lin Wuming's heart, a flame rose up.

…

At "Family Side" Apartment Building No. 2, a blonde, blue-eyed girl pressed the doorbell at the apartment entrance, again and again.

Because there was no response, her patience seemed to have run out quickly. She pressed harder and harder, eventually even causing the entire panel to tremble.

"Easy, easy, easy! Miss," someone suddenly walked up behind her, "Are you…"

The person who came was a security guard teacher wearing a navy blue uniform. She sized up the girl in front of her, as well as the large cooler box at the girl's feet.

"Are you a delivery person?" She assumed the girl was a student working part-time—a common sight in Academy City. However, this child seemed a bit too young, didn't she?

Trafalgar Honey lowered her head and looked at the cooler box at her feet, shaking her head and saying, "No, this is a cake I bought as a souvenir."

"Oh, who are you looking for?" the security guard teacher asked instead.

"Ms. Yomikawa," Trafalgar Honey took a deep breath and answered, steadying her emotions.

"Her," the security guard teacher revealed an 'I see' expression, "That guy… cough, Ms. Yomikawa worked late yesterday, so she's probably still resting now, right? She might not have heard the doorbell."

"Oh, but isn't Lin Wuming home?" Trafalgar Honey muttered again.

"You mean the boy living at Yomikawa's house?" the security guard teacher said with a smile, "He went out to buy groceries. I saw him when he left in the morning, so he probably isn't home now either."

Hearing Trafalgar Honey mention Lin Wuming's name, the security guard teacher nodded secretly, and the trace of doubt in her heart completely dissipated. If she didn't know them, she wouldn't know that Lin Wuming lived here.

"However, please show me your student ID," the security guard teacher said, extending her hand. "I'll register you and then take you up directly."

Nodding, Trafalgar Honey took out her student ID from her pocket.

After only a symbolic glance, the security guard teacher nodded, then took out her access card and opened the apartment door.

"Do you know Ms. Yomikawa's room number?" she asked.

"Yes, the teacher told me."

The security guard teacher nodded: "Go ahead, but I estimate that Yomikawa is sleeping soundly and might not hear you knocking. If there's no response, you can go to Room 502 downstairs to find me, Ms. Trafalgar."

"I will, thank you, Teacher," Trafalgar Honey bowed politely in gratitude, then took the cooler box and walked out of the elevator.

Arriving at the apartment door with the nameplate 'Yomikawa Aiho' hanging on it, Trafalgar Honey couldn't help but sigh—she hadn't expected her first visit to be so bumpy.

Putting down the cooler box, Trafalgar Honey raised her hand and knocked on the door.

Sure enough, just like the kind security guard teacher had said, there was no response from inside.

"Tch, it's a good thing I specifically chose Ms. Yomikawa's day off to come over," Trafalgar Honey said to herself, "And Lin Wuming too, to choose this time to go out… Has his injury healed yet?"

But then, thinking of his miraculous esper ability manipulation skills, Trafalgar Honey felt that it didn't matter whether his injury had healed or not.

Trafalgar Honey was originally an impatient girl, and her knocking quickly turned into banging.

But the house remained unmoved, as if there really was no one home.

If she continued to bang, the noise might cause the neighbors to protest, so Trafalgar Honey decisively stopped.

"Tch!" She took out her phone and called Yomikawa Aiho.

According to etiquette, she should have called in advance before visiting for the first time.

Trafalgar Honey had indeed called Yomikawa Aiho in advance, which was how she knew she had a day off today.

But the problem was that, due to work, busyness, and fatigue, Yomikawa Aiho seemed to have forgotten that Trafalgar Honey was coming to visit, and she hadn't told Lin Wuming about it either.

After all, in Yomikawa Aiho's mind, Lin Wuming was the type to never leave the house, so she had already assumed that he wouldn't leave this apartment building; therefore, there was no need to tell him specifically.

Moreover, because Lin Wuming was reliable and woke up early every day with a good daily routine, Yomikawa Aiho was even more relieved to sleep in today.

Until she was awakened by the phone's piercing ringtone…

As a security guard, Yomikawa Aiho's phone was on twenty-four hours a day to deal with possible emergencies. And also out of professional habit, she was very sensitive to phone ringtones.

Hearing the phone ring, Yomikawa Aiho almost jumped straight up from her sleep.

In the dimly lit room, she groped for her phone in the corner of the bed, and when she saw that the number on the screen was not from her superiors or colleagues, Yomikawa Aiho breathed a sigh of relief—it wasn't a notice to work overtime urgently.

Steadying herself, she looked at the screen again: "Huh? Trafalgar Honey? Ah, that child said she was coming to visit Wuming-kun today!"

Yomikawa Aiho suddenly clapped her hands.

The moment she answered the phone, she heard the girl's resentful voice: "Ms. Yomikawa, I'm already at the door, please open it if you're available."