A Scientific Urban Detective

Just as Misaki Shokuhou issued a bomb warning and attempted to take action, a new figure suddenly appeared in the room she was in!

A girl wearing a school uniform and with pigtails materialized between Misaki Shokuhou and Shunzo Ugome.

"You've finally shown yourself, Shirai Kuroko!" Misaki Shokuhou wasn't surprised by the sudden appearance of this girl, as she had already noticed someone was following her.

But she quickly snapped back to reality—now was not the time to relax: "Get away from there, there's a bomb!"

"I know!" Shirai Kuroko didn't even turn her head, but instead used another spatial movement to appear next to Shunzo Ugome.

Then she turned to look due west—twenty-six meters away was the street, and this area had little traffic and few pedestrians, so no one should be passing by.

So she reached out and pressed down on Shunzo Ugome.

"Huh?" Misaki Shokuhou was stunned, because the target had left her field of vision, and she couldn't continue to manipulate Shunzo Ugome to reset the countdown.

Bang!

Shunzo Ugome's body fell from the third floor, but fortunately there was a roadside shrubbery for decoration underneath as a buffer, so he wasn't killed instantly.

Although he was half-dead from the fall, he managed to break free from "Mental Out"'s control.

Before he could understand what had happened to him, Shunzo Ugome glanced at his watch and quickly began to operate it, resetting the countdown.

Although he was prepared to die together with everyone, it was better to live if he could!

The reset method was simple, a mechanical button hidden on the belt buckle. Pressing it once meant the reset was successful, and pressing and holding it for more than ten seconds meant the countdown was turned off.

Shunzo Ugome quickly pressed the button, but before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw a head poking out of a window on the third floor, looking down. Also sticking out of the window was a remote control aimed at him.

"!" Shunzo Ugome was instantly unable to move again, and could only surrender...

"Should we call an ambulance for him?" Shirai Kuroko asked after handcuffing Shunzo Ugome.

At this time, several girls had gathered at the shrubbery downstairs, and the suicide bomb on Shunzo Ugome had been removed and thrown aside, which could be considered a removal of the deadly crisis.

When officially facing Misaki Shokuhou and the other three, Shirai Kuroko was somewhat embarrassed.

After all, Shirai Kuroko had secretly followed them here without permission, and her actions just now had essentially put Shunzo Ugome in a situation where he would either fall to his death or be blown up...

Although that outcome was Shunzo Ugome's own fault, Shirai Kuroko, as a righteous Judgment member, still felt that this was inappropriate.

—Even the lives of criminals should be respected.

Through later communication, it was learned that Misaki Shokuhou was preparing to disarm the bomb, and if she had done it properly, no one would have died, and no one would have even been injured, and the criminal could have been arrested, which would have been a perfect solution to the case!

—I didn't expect my actions to almost ruin things, I'm really ashamed.

"Well, Shirai-san, don't worry about it," Misaki Shokuhou said, "After all, the situation was very urgent just now, and people had no other choice, so they could only think of a way to disarm the bomb."

According to Misaki Shokuhou's true thoughts, if she hadn't wanted to dig up some information about Kihara Gensei from Shunzo Ugome, she wouldn't have minded if this guy had fallen to his death or been blown up.

"Uh... thank you." Shirai Kuroko thought she was saying some polite words to comfort her.

But Keitz Kanzaki and Dolly Dolly knew that Misaki Shokuhou really didn't have time to escape, so she chose to find a way to disarm the bomb.

"Sure enough, it's better for Shokuhou-chan not to participate in this kind of action next time, right?" Keitz Kanzaki suggested.

"Yes, yes," Dolly also nodded repeatedly, "It's more suitable for Shokuhou-chan to stay in the rear and issue orders."

"That's right," Dolly also said, "Leave the specific actions to us, or Nameless-senpai."

"Hey, you guys..." Misaki Shokuhou glared over, but she also knew that they were right.

By the way, after Lin Wuming knew what had happened here just now, he also gave the same suggestion.

This made Misaki Shokuhou, who was a level 5, a little frustrated.

"By the way, Nameless-senpai!" Shirai Kuroko seemed to suddenly think of something, "Do you know where Nameless-senpai is? He disappeared from the hospital room, and I'm looking for him."

Shirai Kuroko explained her purpose. The reason she followed Misaki Shokuhou was actually to find Lin Wuming.

As a rookie member who had just joined the Judgment organization, Shirai Kuroko had been constantly hearing various topics about the "hero" Lin Wuming since the summer training camp—many of which had evolved into various versions of urban legends.

For Shirai Kuroko and the new members of Judgment in their class, the "hero" Lin Wuming was a constantly talked about, living legendary figure.

It would be a lie to say that they weren't curious or didn't yearn for him—even though Lin Wuming had actually only joined Judgment one month earlier than this batch of new recruits, and was himself a "newcomer."

In particular, Kofuku Mii became the senior leader of Shirai Kuroko and Hatsuharu Shiori, and this configuration allowed them to receive various "legends" about Lin Wuming at close range—you know, some things, Kofuku Mii personally experienced, and what she said was obviously more convincing.

Kofuku Mii highly praised Lin Wuming's strength and ability, and under her influence, Shirai Kuroko inevitably became curious about this legendary figure.

Therefore, Shirai Kuroko always wanted to find an opportunity to meet Lin Wuming and discuss topics such as "justice" with this legendary "hero."

However, for various reasons, after the start of school, Lin Wuming didn't show up at headquarters much, and Shirai Kuroko never found an opportunity to meet him.

This time, she finally got definite news that Lin Wuming was injured and hospitalized and was receiving treatment.

So Shirai Kuroko decided to take the opportunity to visit him. For this, she specially asked the school for leave and bought flowers and snacks, and came to the hospital early in the morning.

But she found the ward empty, and after asking the hospital staff, she learned that Lin Wuming had not returned to the hospital since he left last night!

Shirai Kuroko became suspicious, and thinking of Lin Wuming's past deeds, she immediately felt that she understood something.

—A case is happening!

Shirai Kuroko, who had a strong sense of justice, was the type who acted decisively and proactively, so the moment she realized that there might be a case, she had already made a decision in her heart—

"I have to take action too!"