A Scientific Urban Detective

"Do you know who the killer is?" Tora-Bii Toumei leaned close to Lin Wuming and asked in a low voice.

Lin Wuming subconsciously tensed up, then immediately suppressed the urge to use his superpower to push the girl away.

After a beat, he calmed himself and said with feigned composure, "It's simple, it's that Doctor Yamamoto."

Tora-Bii Toumei didn't doubt his judgment at all, her gaze like a sword, instantly fixed on the male doctor among the three suspects.

Their exchange wasn't deliberately hushed, so everyone else present heard Lin Wuming's words.

Apart from the accused Doctor Yamamoto, the others didn't seem surprised by this outcome.

The female security guard among the three suspects asked, "Wuming, you shouldn't have witnessed the incident, so how did you come to this conclusion?"

"Intuition, maybe?" Lin Wuming shrugged, his expression calm.

The reason was actually very simple, because Lin Wuming knew the other two suspects.

The female security guard was Yomikawa Aiho, who was in charge of investigating his case yesterday; and in the original "A Certain Magical Index" story, she was also a well-known character, belonging to the faction within the Anti-Skill organization that insisted on justice and was trustworthy.

As for the other doctor among the suspects, just looking at his face resembling a frog was enough to rule him out.

The real big shot from the original work, Heaven Canceller.

The original protagonist, Kamijou Touma, was able to run wild all the way to the New Testament and even the Genesis Testament, thanks in no small part to Heaven Canceller's healing!

In other words, if Lin Wuming intended to lie down and relax, this big shot was absolutely not to be offended, and he even had to find a way to build a good relationship with him. After all, Heaven Canceller could really save lives!

In this way, using the process of elimination could lock onto the final culprit—even if Lin Wuming had never met that Doctor Yamamoto. But since the Anti-Skills were certain that there were no other suspects, then he was the only killer!

Doctor Yamamoto wasn't a professional killer, so he was already flustered when he was brought to this conference room.

He was also aware of his situation, just look at the other two "suspects" with him, the Anti-Skill were already certain that he was the killer! It was just that they couldn't find evidence for the time being, so they used this method to trap him.

As for what would happen after that, with the Anti-Skill's methods and resources, it wouldn't be difficult to find a psychology-based esper to cooperate with the interrogation.

The situation was over!

Doctor Yamamoto, in a state of shock, had already resigned himself to his fate, and hadn't even raised the idea of refuting.

When he initially accepted this commission, he bet that he wouldn't be suspected immediately. The time he bought would be enough for his behind-the-scenes employers to clean up the mess.

But he didn't expect that his actions would be obstructed and exposed by Doctor Sakurai.

"Then," the security guards stepped forward to handcuff Doctor Yamamoto, "who hired you to assassinate Lin Wuming?"

"No one..." Doctor Yamamoto shook his head, then suddenly froze.

"He didn't deny that the real target of the attack was Wuming," Yomikawa Aiho nodded with a smile, "Very good, you took action while I was away, it seems your employer's intelligence network is very timely."

Doctor Yamamoto's face was uncertain, and for a moment he didn't know what to do. His mission had failed, so would his employer still help him?

—It was because he held such a glimmer of hope that Doctor Yamamoto was unwilling to give in, so he decided to grit his teeth and not say another word.

"I want to see my lawyer!" Doctor Yamamoto said.

Tora-Bii Toumei couldn't restrain herself any longer, she took out a roll of bandages from her pocket, and was about to charge over.

The one who reacted the most to her actions was Lin Wuming.

Without thinking, he used his telekinetic ability to snatch the bandages from the girl's hand.

Facing Tora-Bii Toumei's fierce gaze, Lin Wuming manipulated his wheelchair to pull away, saying, "You need to calm down, didn't you promise not to act recklessly?"

"But this guy..." Tora-Bii Toumei glared at the murderer, if her gaze could turn into sharp swords, then Doctor Yamamoto would probably have been pierced by ten thousand swords.

"Calm down, Tora-Bii," the security guard who brought her in comforted the girl while giving Lin Wuming an approving look.

"Don't worry, we've already obtained the evidence," Yomikawa Aiho suddenly said with a smile, "According to the rules of our Anti-Skill, the judgment results of level 4 or higher psychology-based espers have legal effect and can be used as the main basis for conviction."

Saying that, she turned to look at the whiteboard on the side of the wall—this was actually a one-way glass, from the inside it looked like just a whiteboard for writing, but on the other side of the wall, you could clearly see the actions inside the conference room.

In order to obtain key evidence, the Anti-Skill specially invited a high-level psychology-based esper from "The Skill Out", "Mental Out" Shokuhou Misaki, whose registered ability level had recently reached level 4.

"Confirmed, this doctor is the murderer who intended to assassinate Lin Wuming, and he is also the one who accidentally injured Doctor Sakurai due to some unexpected force," Shokuhou Misaki, a girl with golden hair and starry eyes, looked at the scene inside the conference room from the other side of the one-way glass, "As for the mastermind who hired him—because they contacted him on a secret website forum, their real identity is uncertain. However, he suspects it is an organization called 'Black May'."

"Black May?" The security guard next to her noted the word down.

"This is just Doctor Yamamoto's own guess, the credibility is not high, okay?" Shokuhou Misaki quickly added.

"Don't worry, we will verify it," the security guard nodded, then handed the tablet in her hand to the girl, "Thank you very much for your help, please sign to confirm—this will be a legally effective piece of evidence."

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Shokuhou Misaki signed her name without the slightest hesitation.

This time she really didn't falsify anything, after all, this also aligned with the interests of "The Skill Out".

Although there were some cooperative relationships between the two research institutes of "The Skill Out" and "Dark May", they were ultimately two different groups, and the connection between them wasn't deep.

Strictly speaking, perhaps only the "illegal experiments" were the common ground?

Just yesterday, the "Dark May" project specifically requested "The Skill Out" to resolve the threat of the escapee.

This was the reason why Shokuhou Misaki appeared in the hospital. However, Shokuhou Misaki's judgment of Lin Wuming as having "amnesia and delusions" didn't seem to reassure the "Dark May" project team.

To ensure stability, they ultimately issued a commission and hired a killer to silence him.

The "The Skill Out" side was very dissatisfied with this approach, and didn't want to deal with these stupid "colleagues" anymore.

So Shokuhou Misaki's on-site testimony today was actually actively proposed by "The Skill Out", and also aimed to cut ties with the "Dark May" project team as soon as possible to prevent being implicated by them.

In fact, it wasn't just the higher-ups of "The Skill Out", but the most dissatisfied and angry was Shokuhou Misaki herself.

She was clearly asked to come for "identification", but they didn't trust her judgment and even went to the trouble of carrying out an assassination! Even though Shokuhou Misaki knew that the "Dark May" plan was an illegal experimental project, such blatant harm to human life still greatly exceeded her imagination.

Moreover, Shokuhou Misaki originally didn't like being used her ability to brainwash or manipulate others.

Shokuhou Misaki didn't actually have a good impression of the Anti-Skill who used her abilities either, she was just cooperating with the investigation as a matter of routine.

In comparison...

Shokuhou Misaki returned the tablet and refocused her starry eyes on the boy in the conference room.

—Lin Wuming, this boy… seemed very interesting.