A Scientific Urban Detective

In the instant the laboratory underwent its transformation, Mitsuari Ayu immediately dove towards the nearest experimental capsule.

The girl lying in this experimental capsule was Yumiya Iruka. Compared to her older sister, Yumiya Ryoko, Yumiya Iruka was undoubtedly a very mature and reliable girl.

Seeing her face through the observation window of the capsule, Mitsuari Ayu felt a wave of relief—Yumiya Iruka was a competent assistant. Waking her up first would be perfect to help me rescue the others!

Shattering the emergency release button, Yumiya Iruka quickly awoke under the experimental capsule's awakening system.

"Great!" Not giving her time to speak, Mitsuari Ayu grabbed her and pulled her up. "Emergency situation, no time to explain, quickly, save people!"

Mitsuari Ayu spoke at lightning speed, while pointing her phone's camera at Yumiya Iruka.

Startled by the commotion, the black smoke monsters in the laboratory suddenly reacted, turning towards Mitsuari Ayu and Yumiya Iruka in unison.

Even if Yumiya Iruka's spirit and willpower were strong, seeing such a bizarre and terrifying scene the moment she "woke up," she was still inevitably startled.

"Ah!" Her scream was like a signal to attack, and the black smoke monsters pounced together.

"Damn it! Hurry and save people!" Mitsuari Ayu shouted loudly.

While pointing her phone's camera at the nearest black smoke monster.

However, the monster that was photographed only paused for a few seconds, then bared its fangs and claws and pounced again.

Through "Mental Stinger," Mitsuari Ayu packaged the current situation and sent it to Yumiya Iruka's mind.

After the initial tension and confusion, Yumiya Iruka quickly interpreted the information and gained some understanding of the situation.

With a little recollection, she immediately remembered the location of Kazakiri Hyouka's experimental capsule.

Taking advantage of the cover Mitsuari Ayu was providing, Yumiya Iruka leaped forward…

Among all the experimental subjects in the research institute, apart from Misaka Mikoto, the Level 4, Kazakiri Hyouka, was recognized as the "strongest" esper.

In the current situation, the most correct choice was to first awaken Kazakiri Hyouka and obtain the combat power to protect themselves.

"Open the door," Yumiya Iruka pressed the emergency release button, "but I don't have Mitsuari-chan's ability, how am I going to explain the current situation to Kazakiri Hyouka?"

The situation on the scene was already critical. Just as Yumiya Iruka opened the door, Mitsuari Ayu had disappeared from behind her—swallowed up by the swarming black smoke monsters. But in reality, less than two seconds had passed, and the experimental capsule's door had only just opened a crack.

Yumiya Iruka was both anxious and afraid. Just then, with a loud crash, the experimental capsule's hatch suddenly twisted and deformed, spinning as it flew off.

A small fist stretched out from the experimental capsule.

"…Ah!" Kazakiri Hyouka's familiar wail came from inside. "My power is going out of control!"

She seemed to think that her power had gone out of control and had broken the experimental capsule, and instinctively wanted to apologize.

"Although you did break it, you did well!" Yumiya Iruka interrupted Kazakiri Hyouka's apology, saying quickly, "Save lives first! Mitsuari-chan is in trouble!"

Kazakiri Hyouka was still feeling guilty when she heard Yumiya Iruka exclaim and fall to the ground; then she saw a monster covered in black smoke appear in her field of vision, leaning over…

Kazakiri Hyouka shuddered and swung her fist again without thinking.

The black smoke monster tumbled several times in the air and landed heavily.

With the crisis resolved, Yumiya Iruka quickly got up and pulled Kazakiri Hyouka out of the experimental capsule.

"Don't come near me! My power…" Kazakiri Hyouka was still subconsciously trying to avoid contact, but was immediately shocked by the bizarre and terrifying scene in the laboratory. "What's going on!"

"Quick, save people!" Not having time to explain more, Yumiya Iruka anxiously pointed to the location of her experimental capsule just now.

The black smoke monsters were gathered there in a pile, and it was impossible to imagine what the situation was for Mitsuari Ayu, who was surrounded.

Despite feeling fear and disgust, knowing that the situation was urgent, Kazakiri Hyouka raised her fist and rushed over.

After punching away two black smoke monsters in a row, her attack was finally blocked—after "reacting," the strength and physical fitness displayed by these black smoke monsters were in no way inferior to Kazakiri Hyouka!

It should be known that Kazakiri Hyouka possessed the Level 4 "Artificial Angel"—a powerful ability with the potential to advance to Level 5 if she obtained enough resources!

After a moment of stalemate, because the other side had the advantage in numbers, it was Kazakiri Hyouka's turn to be pushed away.

"Researcher?" Kazakiri Hyouka's surprise didn't stop there. Due to the close-range confrontation, she saw the true faces beneath the black smoke—they were the researchers she was familiar with.

"Now is not the time to be surprised or soft-hearted! Kazakiri Hyouka, defeat as many as you can!" Mitsuari Ayu's voice came from the side.

It turned out that when she was about to be surrounded, she used her petite size to escape from the encirclement at the last moment.

Of course, this was also inseparable from the help of Toomine Yori—not all researchers had turned into black smoke monsters, and only a few were lying unconscious on the ground; and among these few, Toomine Yori was the only one who had regained consciousness.

Because she cared about the children, Toomine Yori had been patrolling and checking around the experimental capsules, so when she woke up, she happened to be not far from Mitsuari Ayu.

Seeing that the girl was about to be surrounded by a group of black smoke monsters, Toomine Yori quickly pulled her to the ground, and then escaped from the feet of the encirclers while hugging the ground.

These black smoke monsters had lost their minds, and their mode of action was more akin to zombies or small monsters with limited intelligence in games.

They did not realize that the target had escaped the encirclement, and were still gathered together, smashing the experimental capsule into a pile of tattered parts.

At this time, affected by the sound of Kazakiri Hyouka's battle, the black smoke monsters re-locked their target on her.

Kazakiri Hyouka felt a chill run down her spine.

"Don't fight them head-on, they may have obtained your ability!" Toomine Yori roughly deduced the essence of these black smoke monsters.

The so-called "Ideal Capability," to explain it in the simplest and crudest language, is an ability that can realize any ability.

Now, although the experiment failed, even if it went out of control, it still reflected some of the characteristics of "Ideal Capability."

Or rather, looking only at the final effect, this experiment was actually partially successful—these black smoke monsters were the results of the experiment.

Integrating the AIM diffusion fields of espers, and then giving it to people without abilities, allowing them to obtain powerful abilities…

Up to this point, the experiment was actually successful.