A Scientific Urban Detective

Shadan Sen's water clones, naturally, originated from the "Liquefied Humanoid Shadows" observed by Keisaku. Under the cover of night, disguised in the uniforms of internal staff, these false targets completely misled the prison guards.

Of course, "Liquefied Humanoid Shadows" were originally only used to manipulate special liquid metal. However, because Shadan Sen was using a weakened, incomplete version, and it wasn't easy to obtain Keisaku's dedicated liquid metal in a short time, she simply manipulated more ordinary liquids.

Like water...

Thanks to this, raw materials could be easily obtained and evidence destroyed, making it very convenient.

Of course, the prison guards with their various high-tech equipment weren't really that bad. Even if they were misled by the water clones, they shouldn't have repeatedly overlooked Shadan Sen herself, who was passing right by them.

Because in this "hide-and-seek game," Shadan Sen was also cheating with her superpowers.

Once again watching the group of prison guards run past not far in front of her, completely oblivious to her, a living person right under their noses, Shadan Sen shrugged: "I just collected these 'keepsakes' casually, but I didn't expect them to be so useful. Thanks to you, Irumiya Iruka."

Irumiya Iruka's phantom constantly accompanied Shadan Sen, using "Waveform Manipulation" to hide her voice and even reflected light.

With the added advantage of night and shadows, it almost created a perfect invisibility effect.

Shadan Sen's left hand constantly clutched the mini flashlight from Irumiya Iruka, maintaining her ability.

"But, it's almost at its limit, right?" Opening her palm and looking at the already cracked mini flashlight, Shadan Sen clicked her tongue. "As expected, the more useful the tool, the less durable it is."

Actually, this mini flashlight was already very durable. Ever since Shadan Sen started "playing hide-and-seek" with those prison guards, Irumiya Iruka's phantom had been constantly accompanying her, using "Waveform Manipulation" to cover her figure.

Supporting her for nearly three hours straight without collapsing and shattering could only mean that the "residual thoughts" on this mini flashlight were deep enough, indeed a tool that Irumiya Iruka used for a long time.

Confirming the time again, Shadan Sen nodded: "It's about time to leave this place. Please, hold on a little longer, Irumiya Iruka!"

When infiltrating, she used the identity and vehicles of the security forces, but she couldn't count on the same method for the withdrawal.

After all, Shadan Sen couldn't control the actions of the security forces and have them specifically leave a car to pick her up.

Therefore, she had prepared another escape plan.

Now the sky was already dimly lit. If she dragged on any longer, "Waveform Manipulation" probably wouldn't be able to hide her.

However, the timing for Shadan Sen's prepared retreat had also matured.

She took out a remote control and a coin from her bag again.

"Use these just in case, and then, let's just rush out in one go!"

No longer deliberately hiding, Shadan Sen ran openly towards the gate of the Juvenile Reformatory.

Along the way, using "Electromagnetic Manipulation" to interfere with electronic equipment, using "Mental Out" to deal with the prison guards and staff she encountered, plus "Waveform Manipulation" for basic disguise...

At most, Shadan Sen had three ability user phantoms around her at the same time!

It could be said that thanks to the "full support" of the Shokuhou Faction, Shadan Sen broke through the gate with some close calls, successfully withdrawing from the Juvenile Reformatory.

Looking at the slowly closing gate behind her, Shadan Sen put away the three "keepsakes," and the phantoms dissipated with them.

Immediately afterward, she started running, sprinting away.

Like being launched, Shadan Sen ran at a rather exaggerated speed, instantly leaving the Juvenile Reformatory far behind...

Shadan Sen ran at full speed, exceeding the limits of the human body, until the hair tie wrapped around her wrist collapsed and turned into a puff of fine sand.

The "keepsake" from Fūhō Runko—the hair tie stained with coffee.

This was the reason Shadan Sen burst out with such exaggerated speed; it was also her reliance on using multiple "keepsakes" simultaneously to perform combined abilities.

Unlike other ability users' "keepsakes," when Shadan Sen used them, she summoned the "keepsake's" owner and indirectly used their original abilities.

But Fūhō Runko's "Dress of Heaven" is essentially an ability targeting the ability user himself—its effect is to control the ability user's own bioelectricity to strengthen themselves.

If she still summoned Fūhō Runko's phantom... it would be meaningless.

Therefore, very rarely, this was a superpower that could directly affect Shadan Sen's own body!

"Dress of Heaven" could strengthen herself in all aspects, so Shadan Sen's physical fitness received a qualitative improvement under the blessing of this ability.

Many things that she couldn't do originally became easy under these conditions.

For example, using more than two "keepsakes" at the same time to perform combined abilities.

You should know that the reason Shadan Sen often fainted and was sent to the infirmary was because she worked too hard when practicing her ability applications.

Using multiple abilities simultaneously to create a one-plus-one-is-greater-than-two effect was Shadan Sen's goal from the beginning, and also the farthest goal.

Originally, according to Shadan Sen's estimate, she would need at least another year of hard training to achieve this step. But after seeing "Dress of Heaven," she changed her mind.

So, Shadan Sen evaluated "Dress of Heaven" at that time as the most critical piece of the puzzle.

"It's really... a fascinating ability." Shadan Sen endured the waves of headache side effects, but a mesmerizing smile appeared on her face.

She had an impulse to get more "keepsakes" from Fūhō Runko.

After running all the way, Shadan Sen arrived at the scheduled meeting point on time.

Due to both physical and mental fatigue, coupled with the side effects of "Dress of Heaven," she once again turned back into the familiar "sick beauty" appearance.

A layer of fine sweat appeared on her forehead, her brows were slightly furrowed, making her look pitiful.

"Shadan-sama! How is your body? Please don't push yourself too hard!" Uriri, who had already arrived at the meeting point in advance, saw Shadan Sen walking slowly with a tired look and hurried to greet her.

"I'm fine," Shadan Sen said with a smile. "Good morning, Uriri. You're here early."

"Good morning, this level is nothing." Uriri shook her head. "But Shadan-sama, your body..."

"I'm really fine, or rather, I feel like I'm in good condition," Shadan Sen comforted her. "It's just that I rarely tried a morning run today, and the result was a bit tiring."

"Morning run? Please call me next time, I'll run with Shadan-sama," Uriri said.

She was really worried that her "Empress of the Infirmary" would collapse halfway because of a morning run.