A Scientific Urban Detective

After Lin Wuming and his group escaped the park, the bucket-shaped robot finally stopped chasing—its jurisdiction was only within the park's boundaries.

"You should exercise more, Misaki Shokuhou," Mitsuhane Hachisu glared at the girl who was being carried in Lin Wuming's arms.

"I've always been trying! But everyone has things they're not good at," Misaki Shokuhou said, her face flushed.

Although she didn't dislike the final outcome, and even felt a little secretly pleased, the current situation wasn't something she had intentionally created.

Honestly, Misaki Shokuhou actually wanted to correct some of Lin Wuming's prejudices against her—like being physically weak and an athletic idiot.

But as she lamented, everyone has things they're not good at, and her weakness was her hopeless physical strength and athletic ability.

When everyone was running away just now, she didn't know what went wrong with her feet, but she suddenly tripped for no reason and fell forward.

Fortunately, Lin Wuming reacted quickly and caught her with his telekinesis in the first moment.

Then, Lin Wuming also remembered Misaki Shokuhou's lack of athletic ability, so he picked her up and kept up with the speed of the group.

The scene of young boys and girls laughing and playing, full of youthful vitality, was "seen" by the bucket-shaped robot parked at the edge of the park.

The video footage of this scene was simultaneously transmitted to a place far away…

In Academy City, especially in public areas, all kinds of surveillance cameras are everywhere. Lin Wuming has long been accustomed to and learned to ignore them. Or rather, even if he feels concerned, there's nothing he can do about it.

In fact, from the moment they entered the park, Lin Wuming and his group had been targeted.

Because Lin Wuming often came here to practice, the bucket-shaped robots in the park had long been set to focus on Lin Wuming.

However, the person watching the video footage at this moment was not the security force.

But a man in a flashy suit. When indoors, he tentatively wore a white coat over his suit to highlight his identity as a "researcher."

This man is named Matsuo Ryousuke. As the head and chief scientist of the L.S.S. organization, he can barely be considered a big figure in the Academy City system.

Therefore, Matsuo Ryousuke naturally had ways and means to obtain access to the surveillance camera system that was originally only open to the security forces.

Watching this scene with him was another person.

However, that person was not in the same space, but contacted him via phone and the internet.

Matsuo Ryousuke rewound the video back to when the young boys and girls were by the lake, and loudly questioned, "Hey, what are these two moves? These weren't mentioned in the data, Kuriba Toshizo."

"'Telekinetic Acceleration Cannon'—a skill developed and named by Lin Wuming himself," Kuriba Toshizo's voice came from the speaker, "He relied on this move to fight Accelerator."

"This is very bad, the power of this move…" Matsuo Ryousuke said softly, "Then Mikoto Misaka… well, she's a level 5, it's not surprising that she can do this."

"So, what do you intend to do after seeing this, Dr. Matsuo Ryousuke?" Kuriba Toshizo asked, "Your 'Chimeras' are still just biological beings after all. Are you really confident in dealing with this level of attack?"

Matsuo Ryousuke shook his head. As a biologist, he certainly knew that the offensive shown in the video had exceeded the limit that shells and muscles could withstand—its opponent should be alloy armor.

"So," Matsuo Ryousuke said, "we must separate Lin Wuming and Mikoto Misaka. We need to find a way to isolate Misaki Shokuhou."

"Regarding this," Kuriba Toshizo said, "I can find a way—at least I can separate Misaki Shokuhou from those two."

"Is that so," Matsuo Ryousuke said, "I never knew you were such a kind person, Dr. Kuriba Toshizo."

"It's just a matter of mutual need," Kuriba Toshizo said, "I need the data of 'Mental Out'. Of course, it would be even better if I could successfully capture her in person. At that time, after you're done using her, I hope you can hand her over to me."

"Whatever, whatever you like," Matsuo Ryousuke said, "Once my plan succeeds, then everything else doesn't matter. Even level 5s."

"Hehe," Kuriba Toshizo laughed hoarsely, "Then I wish you success with your plan."

—How similar, Matsuo Ryousuke.

After hanging up the phone, Kuriba Toshizo, who was hiding in the shadows, sneered.

Betting his entire life on a so-called earth-shattering plan reminded Kuriba Toshizo of himself not long ago.

Although he still didn't know what Matsuo Ryousuke and his L.S.S. were planning, Kuriba Toshizo felt that it could never be more amazing than his "Ideal Ability."

Of course, Kuriba Toshizo has now given up researching "Ideal Ability."

Not just because a large amount of laboratory and research data was lost; more importantly, his last experiment failed and caused huge trouble.

No one will continue to invest in the "Ideal Ability" project.

Even Kuriba Toshizo himself was wanted and can only hide in this dark corner to eke out a living…

But fortunately, Kuriba Toshizo's ability as a "researcher" was still recognized. Although the experiment failed, he also created those powerful "Black Smoke Monsters."

The latest novel is first published on Liu 9 Shu Ba!

In the eyes of some people, this is actually just an "incomplete success" of the experiment. Therefore, Kuriba Toshizo received a new assignment.

He is now ordered to join a project team to develop a system called "Five_Over", and urgently needs a large amount of data and information about "Mental Out".

So, Kuriba Toshizo found Matsuo Ryousuke, who he had worked with before and who was also coveting Misaki Shokuhou and secretly plotting something, and expressed his willingness to cooperate with him to jointly capture Misaki Shokuhou.

…

Security Force Headquarters.

Aiho Yomikawa and a few colleagues came out of the smoking room and met other security guards who were about to enter the smoking room.

After greeting each other and saying "Good work", one of the security teachers suddenly stopped Aiho Yomikawa.

"Teacher Yomikawa, something is a bit strange, so I thought I should tell you."

"Hmm? What is it?" Aiho Yomikawa asked.

"Remember that sniper from 'Biological Era'? The one who tried to assassinate your Lin Wuming."

As the only survivor who didn't need to be hospitalized, that sniper seemed to be still under investigation.

"What's wrong with him?" Aiho Yomikawa immediately perked up, "Did you dig up any valuable information?"

Because Misaki Shokuhou had already come to see him, the security forces didn't think they could dig up any more clues.

"No, it's not anything particularly important, just a bit strange," the colleague said, "According to the suspect's confession, they—he and his accomplices—were not professional snipers. They were originally just a group of hunters with good marksmanship, or rather, a poaching group."

"A poaching group?" Aiho Yomikawa asked in confusion, "Why aren't they poaching lions and elephants on the African savannah, and instead running to Academy City, this concrete jungle?"

"It's said that someone specifically paid them to deal with certain dangerous experimental organisms."