A Scientific Urban Detective

"Prefers meat? That's not necessarily true." Lin Wuming shook his head. "Tiger Wasp said that for girls, desserts go into a separate stomach. I'm guessing strawberry cake and steak are both her favorites."

"I really envy her good appetite," Shokuhou Misaki sincerely sighed. "And Runko-nee as well. No matter how much they eat, they never gain weight. It's really unfair."

"Probably because their usual amount of exercise is enough to burn off all the calories they take in," Lin Wuming said. "Shokuhou, you too…"

"Things I can't do are just things I can't do, Wuming-senpai~" Shokuhou Misaki said. "Alright, I understand all of that, so please don't say any more."

Lin Wuming also switched the topic very decisively: "I'll send some up after I grill the steak today. Let's all eat together."

"Then thank you very much, Wuming-senpai!" Shokuhou Misaki said with a smile.

The reason she specifically sent dozens of kilograms of fresh steak was to take advantage of Lin Wuming's cooking skills. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of such good ingredients?

"But why did you suddenly think of buying so much steak?" Lin Wuming asked curiously.

"It wasn't bought," Shokuhou Misaki shook her head, then thought for a moment and corrected herself, "It wasn't steak bought on purpose—these are all scraps left over from feeding Xiao Fei."

Shokuhou Misaki recently adopted a dragon, which is currently living in a "mobile dragon nest" made from a large shipping container truck.

It's a giant beast over ten meters tall, and it also has a highly energy-consuming skill like "fire breathing", so the amount of food it consumes every day is naturally not small.

"To maintain healthy growth and life, Xiao Fei needs to eat at least two hundred kilograms of fresh meat and fifty kilograms of vegetable salad every day," Shokuhou Misaki explained. "To provide food for Xiao Fei, I specifically acquired a food company. We slaughter a cow about every two days, and these steaks are taken from that."

Saying "scraps" was actually probably selecting the most delicious and fatty parts of a cow, and the rest would be fed to the dragon.

"Wow…" Lin Wuming couldn't help but sigh. "You're really planning to keep that dragon long-term?"

You even prepared a food company specifically for it.

"Of course." Shokuhou Misaki nodded as a matter of course. "Don't worry, Wuming-senpai, although Xiao Fei eats a lot, these expenses aren't even enough for their usual daily losses in terms of a company's scale."

Shokuhou Misaki had a look that said, 'No problem, no need to worry'.

"Also," she continued, "Xiao Fei recently said she detected signs of 'its own kind'. It's in the 21st District."

"The 21st District," Lin Wuming nodded. "That's not unexpected."

The 21st District is the source of Academy City's water and also the district with the best-preserved natural environment in the city.

Various biological research institutions also use it as their experimental base.

The existence of a "dragon", although outrageous, is ultimately a type of "creature", so it's not strange that their lair is located in the 21st District.

"Are you saying that Xiao Fei might lead us to the whereabouts of other biological weapons, and in turn find L.S.S.'s hideout?" Lin Wuming asked.

He still remembered that the mastermind who sent out biological weapons to attack Shokuhou Misaki and Madarame Aiha—L.S.S.'s leader, Matsuo Ryuusuke—was still at large.

Because there was no concrete evidence to convict him. And since that incident, Matsuo Ryuusuke has also been reclusive, not knowing where he's hiding.

If we can find his hiding place, then perhaps we can use our methods to resolve that incident—that's what Lin Wuming and Shokuhou Misaki both thought.

"But we still have to wait. Xiao Fei's injuries haven't fully healed yet," Shokuhou Misaki said. "When she recovers, we might even be able to ride her and fly into the sky."

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"Why is there only half left?" Tiger Wasp Tomimitsu looked at the strawberry cake in the box. "Did Wuming eat it?"

"Didn't Misaka-san buy it for me in the first place?" Lin Wuming said.

"If it was really eaten by Wuming, then it doesn't matter."

"Okay, it was Shokuhou Misaki." Lin Wuming confessed, "She came by earlier and brought a lot of fresh steak."

Tiger Wasp Tomimitsu stared over, then shook her head and gave up, saying: "Okay, if there's steak…"

Lin Wuming smiled: "Then the main course for dinner tonight will be grilled steak? I wonder how well the oven at home works."

Tiger Wasp Tomimitsu took the cake back to her room, and after a moment, she changed her clothes and came out, and the cake was also finished.

"How was school today?" Lin Wuming asked.

Just now, Tiger Wasp went back to her room to change out of her school uniform.

It was a classic design with long sleeves and a long skirt. Because she didn't have to worry about exposing too much skin, Tiger Wasp Tomimitsu was very satisfied with it.

But—Tiger Wasp Tomimitsu thought—I don't need to care about these things anymore.

The injuries she sustained in the battle with "Hound Dog Unit" not long ago had also been treated and would not leave scars.

It only extended her hospital stay by a few days.

Having completed all the surgeries, Tiger Wasp Tomimitsu naturally had no reason to continue taking a leave of absence from school.

Therefore, starting last week, she returned to school and went back to being an elementary school student.

"Elementary and middle school courses are not difficult at all," Tiger Wasp Tomimitsu said. "Wuming has already tutored me, right?"

Although before this, because she had only just received formal education, Tiger Wasp Tomimitsu's grades were not too ideal, but she was, after all, a Level 4, and her brain's foundation was there. As long as she was willing to put in the effort, ordinary courses were of course no problem.

In fact, the main reason Tiger Wasp Tomimitsu went to school was to prepare for the Tokiwadai Middle School entrance exam.

That's not a level that ordinary "elementary school students" can handle. In fact, some of the test questions are probably beyond what even high school students can do!

The proof is Lin Wuming—he had also seen the Tokiwadai Middle School entrance exam papers earlier, and there were some questions he really couldn't do.

After all, since completing his studies and entering society, a lot of knowledge had already been returned to the teacher.

But fortunately, Lin Wuming has also been studying like crazy recently. To learn microphysics, he has quickly picked up the knowledge of advanced mathematics, basic physics, linear algebra, probability theory, and other subjects that serve as prerequisites, and he will no longer be stumped by "elementary school student" level test papers.

Although Shokuhou Misaki has taken care of everything, and it shouldn't be a problem to enter Tokiwadai Middle School even without passing the entrance exam, Tiger Wasp Tomimitsu is unwilling to rely on her, so she insists on choosing to use her own strength to get in.

Therefore, Tiger Wasp Tomimitsu goes to a special cram school for entrance exams after school. There are relatively few people there, and the students are the more precocious type, all buried in their studies, unlike ordinary elementary school students who like to play and frolic, which makes Tiger Wasp Tomimitsu feel more at ease.

So recently, Tiger Wasp Tomimitsu has been coming back relatively late.

Of course, Awaki Musujime, who is busy with various overtime work, comes back even later. Fortunately, Lin Wuming and Tiger Wasp Tomimitsu are both children who don't need extra worrying, which saves her, the "guardian", a lot of trouble.

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