A Scientific Urban Detective

Compared to those previous "amateur players," the "Ghoul Squad" was clearly much more capable, and they all appeared to be high-level ability users with considerable strength, making them seem like a gift of sufficient weight.

Moreover, as the investigation deepened, Tsurigane Saryou was somewhat surprised to discover that this "Ghoul Squad" was actually a proper dark side organization, a special operations unit officially recognized by Academy City. This made her feel somewhat apprehensive. "Sending a gift" to Lin Wuming was one thing, but directly attacking a real dark side organization was, after all, too reckless, wasn't it?

Immediately afterwards, just as Tsurigane Saryou was still hesitating, that self-proclaimed "professional" assassin organization suffered a miserable defeat, almost completely wiped out by Lin Wuming, with only the leader, "Oxygen Manipulation," narrowly escaping.

Because the "Ghoul Squad" was defeated too quickly and too thoroughly, Tsurigane Saryou's plan was once again aborted—such a weak enemy, even if packaged and sent to Lin Wuming, wouldn't make him think highly of her, right?

And thinking about it more carefully, the "Ghoul Squad" was still a proper dark side organization. If she really sent them to Lin Wuming as a gift, it would probably only cause him trouble.

But then, Tsurigane Saryou suddenly realized—dark side organizations were institutions officially recognized by Academy City.

Although they couldn't be called legal, they certainly couldn't be called "illegal" organizations either; to be precise, they were special existences that walked the gray areas.

And because of this characteristic, dark side organizations have always had a tradition of recruiting personnel from prisons or juvenile detention centers…

Thinking about it that way, there just happened to be a dark side organization that had been beaten half to death, leaving only a commander.

—If she introduced four excellent talents to this dark side leader, she would surely be happy to accept them!

So, in order to prevent the "Ghoul Squad" leader from rejecting their kindness, Tsurigane Saryou began to patiently hunt them down with Iizumi Rize and the others.

Finally, tonight, they cornered their target in their lair…

"Okay, let's move!" Tsurigane Saryou announced, looking at the time. "Bring the leader out, I'll persuade her."

…

That night, the reorganized "New Ghoul Squad" made a dazzling debut.

The four-person breakout group was resurrected, no longer needing to consider new identities. After joining the dark side organization, their identities had been "laundered," allowing them to live normally in the city without worrying about being wanted by the security forces.

For the contact person managing the dark side organization, as long as the "Ghoul Squad" was obedient and useful, and could complete the tasks assigned to them, that was enough.

In the following week, after several mission assessments, the contact person tacitly approved of their unauthorized joining of the "Ghoul Squad."

In fact, because of their excellent performance, the "Ghoul Squad's" rating, which had just dropped, was raised back to A-level.

You should know that due to the failure to assassinate Lin Wuming, and even the near annihilation of the entire team, the "Ghoul Squad's" rating had dropped all the way to D, directly facing the risk of being delisted!

This was all thanks to Tsurigane Saryou's skillful command.

Ninjas and dark side organizations are very similar in many ways, so Tsurigane Saryou made full use of her professional knowledge to lead this new team to break the deadlock.

—Haruaki Umi and Tsurigane Saryou had swapped identities to enter the juvenile detention center, so the name on the "escapee" list was "Tsurigane Saryou."

So, the two of them simply used this bug to flexibly switch identities as needed, which was very convenient.

In addition, Akakawa Refu and Shiraginu Takehi could also be used as support forces at any time to strengthen the "Ghoul Squad's" combat power.

In this way, it was only natural that the new "Ghoul Squad" was stronger than the original.

"Sure enough, the security forces and the juvenile detention center have withdrawn their wanted notices for us."

At the "Ghoul Squad" headquarters, Tsurigane Saryou brought the latest news: "Sister Suzuran has not been held responsible either. It seems that this incident has finally come to a successful conclusion."

"Wow, that's terrible…" Iizumi Rize and the other three were gathered together watching the news, occasionally letting out gloating laughter.

In addition to the four of them, there were more than twenty other people who escaped in the chaos that day.

It's just that they weren't so lucky. As the security forces gradually freed up manpower and the juvenile detention center restored order, the "escapees" were successively caught and taken back.

Only Iizumi Rize and the other four successfully escaped capture because they joined the dark side organization.

"Next, the juvenile detention center will definitely strengthen its defenses a lot," Haruaki Umi said. "It will probably be even more difficult to escape again."

"That's right," Tsurigane Saryou nodded. "Sister Suzuran said that the juvenile detention center is planning to fully strengthen the AIM diffusion field interference device and has invited bids from all research institutes in the city to seek upgrade and improvement solutions."

At that time, the prison area of the juvenile detention center will probably be able to maintain the interference device in the on state around the clock, which is undoubtedly the worst news for ability user prisoners.

However, now Tsurigane Saryou and the others no longer need to worry about that kind of thing.

"If the interference device can really be miniaturized, we might consider buying one or two," Tsurigane Saryou said.

"That's right," Iizumi Rize agreed. "It is said that our mission targets occasionally include high-level ability users. If we can use these convenient machines to set traps, it will definitely be very easy, right?"

"Wow…" Sakuraku Meiu exclaimed from the side, "Iizumi, you're adapting so fast—have you gotten used to your new identity already?"

"I'm not like you. My ability can't be used for combat, so of course I have to find a way to protect myself," Iizumi Rize shrugged.

"But in the end," Yakumaru Iori continued, "all of this will only be valuable after the interference device is successfully miniaturized, right?"

"That's true," Iizumi Rize nodded.

It was just a casual chat anyway, it was normal to find an interesting topic to brainstorm.

As Yakumaru Iori said, the miniaturization of the AIM diffusion field interference device was just a concept, and bids were being invited from various research institutes. It was still a long way from the final product landing.

…

"In fact, the relevant technology is already mature," Kiyama Harumi said. "All I have to do is the final piecing together and summarizing."

In the laboratory, Kiyama Harumi was introducing her new project to Sabata Ogi.

Although the two of them were partners, in a sense, Sabata Ogi's identity was more like a boss or investor—after all, the funds and various machines and equipment needed by Kiyama Harumi's laboratory were basically arranged for her by Sabata Ogi.

Facing the financial backer and investor, Kiyama Harumi certainly needed to properly introduce her work results—so that the boss would know that her investment was not in vain…

"AIM diffusion field interference device miniaturization plan…" Sabata Ogi frowned and read out the title of the PPT. "Kiyama-sensei, are you… short on money again?"

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