A Scientific Urban Detective

With the convenience of his wings, Accelerator led Ringo Yoake and Ryuko Chino to the battle scene, "receiving" the two "Corpse Brigade" assassins who had been pinned to the ground by Lin Wuming.

A little later, Youbou Banka flew to the rooftop using his telekinetic powers.

"I'll leave this to you," Accelerator said immediately upon seeing Youbou Banka's arrival. "I'm going to the next place."

With that, he flew with the two girls to the location where Lin Wuming had defeated the third enemy.

Then, unsurprisingly, he saw the same scene—this time, the enemy's spatial ability user was pinned to the ground by Lin Wuming.

Due to the excessive consumption of mental power, he was no longer able to use "matter transmutation" to escape and was easily captured by Lin Wuming.

However, this guy seemed to have stayed behind to cover the retreat.

Because after capturing him, Lin Wuming completely lost the trail of the "Corpse Brigade's" fourth member.

But that didn't matter. Anyway, the person was still alive. He could ask Shokuhou Misaki to take a look later and wouldn't have to worry about not digging up any clues.

Lin Wuming stopped and did not continue the pursuit, but stayed there to wait for Accelerator to come and meet him.

As "bodyguards," the four members of "GROUP" seemed very unprofessional in this mission.

Because all the enemies were defeated by Lin Wuming himself.

Accelerator's greatest role was actually to rescue and recover the enemies defeated by Lin Wuming!

According to the usual "practice," at this time, after resolving the assassination attempt against him, Lin Wuming's next step would be to launch a counterattack and retaliate wildly against the mastermind who wanted to kill him!

However, Accelerator's appearance interrupted Lin Wuming's revenge rhythm.

"Lin Wuming, the client who hired 'GROUP' wants to see you," Accelerator said.

Lin Wuming was very interested in the person who hired "GROUP", so upon hearing this, he immediately agreed without much thought.

After all, revenge wasn't something to be rushed.

Soon, an ambulance arrived downstairs first, taking the three injured members of the "Corpse Brigade" away for treatment.

A few minutes later, a helicopter flew over with a "thump, thump, thump" and landed in front of Lin Wuming and Accelerator.

The hatch opened, and "GROUP's" client jumped out of the helicopter cabin.

Lin Wuming recognized her—it was Yunokawa Seria.

Unexpected, yet logical.

The person who could hire the dark side "GROUP" and be deeply involved in this assassination attempt must also be a member of the Board of Directors.

Although Yunokawa Seria herself was not a director, she was the brain of Director Bese Sekime, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that she was the brain of the Board of Directors.

So, Lin Wuming was only surprised for a moment before quickly understanding.

"Long time no see, Lin Wuming," Yunokawa Seria greeted naturally, stroking her trademark large forehead.

"It's been a long time indeed," Lin Wuming nodded and said, "So, should I thank you for asking people to help me this time?"

"No need to thank me," Yunokawa Seria shook her head. "I just want to slightly salvage your goodwill towards the Board of Directors. After all, if the situation gets too ugly, it will be difficult for me from my position."

You should know that this series of assassination attempts against Lin Wuming recently were all issued in the name of the "Board of Directors."

The reason was to eliminate dangerous elements that threatened the position of the directors and to test Lin Wuming, the newcomer.

"But to be precise," Yunokawa Seria explained, "no specific director has issued an order to assassinate you."

The girl shrugged her shoulders: "Except for the late Director Cherenkov, no director would use such a simple and crude method to eliminate potential competitors."

After hearing Yunokawa Seria's words, Lin Wuming immediately realized that this girl was here for a "negotiation", a middleman sent by the Board of Directors.

However, she herself was also a member of the Board of Directors, naturally biased, so Lin Wuming naturally couldn't completely believe her words.

But what was certain was that Yunokawa Seria in front of him, and Director Bese Sekime behind her, should be the group of people who were not involved in this assassination attempt.

Lin Wuming had no reason to turn against them.

"So, what is your purpose?" Lin Wuming asked while taking out his phone, preparing to summon Shokuhou Misaki and Misaka Mikoto.

Although one of the "Corpse Brigade" assassins had escaped, three were still captured, and they were all alive. As long as Shokuhou Misaki took action, she would definitely be able to obtain valuable information.

And then follow the clues to find the mastermind who hired them.

The so-called "anonymous account" mentioned by the security forces was not a problem in Lin Wuming's view—as long as there were clues, something could always be found.

Yunokawa Seria showed a helpless expression and stepped forward to hold Lin Wuming's hand: "Don't rush to find Shokuhou. If you really insist on revenge, I can provide you with a list right away."

Lin Wuming put down his phone upon hearing this and asked, "Oh, really?"

"Of course, I'm just a middleman and have no obligation to keep secrets for them," Yunokawa Seria spread her hands, saying indifferently. "But that list may be different from what you imagine—because there are no names of any directors on it."

Lin Wuming raised an eyebrow and picked up his phone again.

"Even if you let Shokuhou investigate personally, the result would probably be the same," Yunokawa Seria said. "I've already said it—no director has issued an order to assassinate you. This series of actions are just the subordinates acting on their own initiative…"

"Do you think I'll believe that kind of reason?" Lin Wuming retorted.

Although that was the logic, Lin Wuming simply couldn't believe that the big shots above were completely unaware of this.

The wronged have their avengers, and as long as he continued to investigate, he would always find their names.

Yunokawa Seria said: "Strictly speaking, this can actually be regarded as a kind of 'system', or a tacit understanding between the directors. Unless the entire Board of Directors is eliminated, it is impossible to change this system."

After explaining, Yunokawa Seria didn't give Lin Wuming a chance to speak—raising her palm to stop his next words—and continued: "So, why not listen to another solution—as long as you are willing to give up pursuing and retaliating, the other side is willing to pay a huge amount of compensation."

"Heh," Lin Wuming sneered, "Now that things have come to this, they want to buy peace with money…"

"It's 10 billion yen."

"…"

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