A Scientific Urban Detective

“Talent Manufacturing Factory.” Yukari Umi hurriedly returned to the entrance of the president's office.

Before pushing the door open, she couldn't help but look around again, making sure there was no "ghost girl" following her, before she felt a little relieved.

"Ghost girl?" Hearing her description, Kakine Teitoku raised his eyebrows, revealing an interested expression. "A girl who can make you feel wary… how interesting."

"There's no mistake," Yukari Umi finally felt relieved returning to her leader's side—no matter what kind of monsters, ghosts, or spirits, they were all insignificant in front of a Level 5. "That girl must be a member of the Third Research Lab! Otherwise, there's no way to explain why I can't find any information about her!"

Because the Third Research Lab's "Internal Evolution" was completely concealed, they hadn't even considered them when collecting information. As a result, their current understanding of "Internal Evolution" was close to zero.

"So, what does that girl look like?" Kakine Teitoku asked, what he really wanted to know was—was the girl Yukari Umi encountered, Shokuhou Misaki?

"A girl as delicate and cute as a doll!" Yukari Umi said without thinking.

"…Hearing that kind of evaluation from your mouth is quite a novel experience." Kakine Teitoku laughed.

In the past, Yukari Umi was the one who received similar evaluations, and she was very conceited about her appearance because of it.

But she never expected that a girl she met for the first time today would conquer her with her "appearance."

However, based on Yukari Umi's description, the possibility of it being Shokuhou Misaki could basically be ruled out.

"The small Third Research Lab is full of hidden talents," Kakine Teitoku sighed. "Tsunadō Junsei is really foolish, to not have noticed this situation right under his nose!"

Even with the influence of "Mental Out," he shouldn't be so oblivious.

"Mental Out" can only tamper with human memories and minds, but it cannot directly interfere with the real world; as long as one is careful enough, as long as the management rules are strict enough, even if memories are tampered with, anomalies can still be detected.

Tsunadō Junsei, as the actual controller of the "Talent Manufacturing Factory," was blinded to this extent, which could only be attributed to his subjective arrogance and contempt.

Kakine Teitoku got up from his executive chair and came to the center of the room.

The superpower "Dark Matter" was activated—

A large, pure white wing appeared from his left scapula.

Immediately afterward, countless pure white feathers fell from the wing.

Yukari Umi's eyes were blurred, she was instantly moved by seeing this beautiful scene up close.

—The "angel" image in the Christian scriptures was probably nothing more than this, right?

Fortunately, this was Academy City, a world with "science" as its absolute theme; otherwise, in a place with religious traditions, this "miracle" alone would be enough to inspire countless believers to join.

These feathers, like phantoms, passed through the walls and ceiling and scattered out.

After a dozen seconds, the feathers that had flown out returned, circling Kakine Teitoku a few times before finally merging into his body and disappearing.

Finally, Kakine Teitoku put away the wings on his back.

"There's no one around," Kakine Teitoku said with certainty. "And of course, there's no 'ghost girl' you mentioned either."

"That's good." Yukari Umi also breathed a sigh of relief—the encounter just now was too sudden and strange, as if she had met her nemesis and bane. The girl who called herself a "ghost girl" could ignore the effects of her ability, but conversely, she didn't even know what the other party's ability was.

Now that Kakine Teitoku had taken action, there was nothing to worry about!

"Don't relax too soon!" Kakine Teitoku warned with a straight face. "You've been exposed after all."

Yukari Umi fell silent.

Kakine Teitoku continued, "Even if she's not Shokuhou Misaki, considering Shokuhou Misaki's superpower… we can consider the information to have been leaked."

"What should we do?" Yukari Umi asked.

"Use a stratagem to counter a stratagem, go with the flow," Kakine Teitoku said. "Since our information has been leaked, there's no need to hide it anymore. You guys should spend more time walking around outside in the next two days, pretending to collect information."

Afterward, he called Tsunadō Junsei.

"President Tsunadō, I hope you can bring forward the experiment," Kakine Teitoku said with an indifferent expression.

He wanted to accelerate, to detonate the situation before the other party—Shokuhou Misaki and Lin Wuming's plan.

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"Ah?" Tsunadō Junsei was surprised. Before his anger burned to his head, he remembered in time that the young man in front of him was a Level 5, and quickly calmed down, patiently explaining, "We can't just change the plan casually. You have to know that scientific research is a very rigorous thing, it can't be changed casually in a hurry!"

During the "interview" stage, Tsunadō Junsei had personally witnessed the power of "Dark Matter."

At the time, he felt it was worth the money, but now that he thought about it, he immediately regretted it—it seemed that he hadn't hired a group of bodyguards, but had invited a great master back!

Kakine Teitoku revealed a gentle smile: "Please don't misunderstand, President Tsunadō. I don't really want you to bring the experiment date forward, I just want to ask you to cooperate in releasing news, creating the illusion that the 'experiment has been brought forward'."

"You want to actively lure Lin Wuming to attack?" Tsunadō Junsei immediately understood, but still frowned. "But there's no point in doing so. The 'Talent Manufacturing Factory's' experimental schedule is never announced to the public. Now suddenly releasing news will seem very abrupt."

"Why announce it to the public?" Kakine Teitoku asked rhetorically.

"Otherwise how would we lure…" Tsunadō Junsei suddenly paused. "Are you talking about inside the research institute? How is that possible!"

Tsunadō Junsei was confident that before the final experiment began, no one could accuse him of conducting illegal experiments!

And because there were grassroots researchers like Tōyama Yeri who really cared about the test subjects, even those test subjects had no reason to call the police or ask Lin Wuming for help!

Apart from Tsunadō Junsei, the only people who really knew the truth about the experiment were the middle and high-level cadres in the research institute above the team leader level, and these people had some common interests and were controlled by Tsunadō Junsei, so it was even more impossible for them to betray him.

Even Kakine Teitoku in front of him didn't know the truth about the "experiment."

"Don't be so clever, President Tsunadō," Kakine Teitoku sneered. "And don't think that what you want to do is really unknown. The fact that I and my 'School' have come here already explains a lot."

"In short, this is my suggestion," Kakine Teitoku finally said. "Whether to adopt it is up to you."