A Scientific Urban Detective

Although asking Senior Lin Wuming for help is indeed a good idea, Misaki Shokuhou couldn't help but frown at the thought of the other blonde girl who was almost always by Lin Wuming's side.

"Indeed, maybe I shouldn't..."

Misaki Shokuhou had a strange feeling that her "Mental Out" might not be able to control Toumi Hachisuka.

You know, during the battle at "Artificial Intelligence Factory", Toumi Hachisuka seemed to have resisted Harumi Kiyama's "AIM Controller" and even stabbed her with a sword.

"Is that guy really a superpower user?" Misaki Shokuhou muttered in her heart.

In Lin Wuming's memory information, Misaki Shokuhou had seen information related to the "Magic Side". Therefore, in Misaki Shokuhou's view, those powers that could not be explained by common sense were no different from "magic".

Bang!

Just as she was lost in thought, a loud noise suddenly came from behind—the sound of someone opening the door with great force.

Misaki Shokuhou was startled and couldn't help but look back.

She saw a hospital room she had just passed being opened from the inside. A young woman in a white coat, but not looking like a medical worker, appeared at the door, staring straight at her.

The woman's lips curled up, revealing a seductive smile, as she beckoned to Misaki Shokuhou—come here~

Misaki Shokuhou shuddered, feeling goosebumps all over her body.

—This woman... is seducing... uh, enticing people?

Misaki Shokuhou looked to the left and right. She was the only person in this corridor.

So, this woman's target was undoubtedly herself...

—I can understand the meaning of her actions... but I'm also a girl! And her charm is too fake, right? It's simply pieced together from photos in magazines, which makes me feel creeped out!

Misaki Shokuhou complained in her heart, even beginning to suspect whether her sense of direction had failed like Senior Wuming, and she had mistakenly entered the psychiatric ward.

The woman at the door of the ward showed no embarrassment, still maintaining the same smile as in the photo, beckoning tirelessly.

It would be easy to find out the purpose and intention of this strange woman, just use "Mental Out"...

But at the thought that this guy might be mentally ill, Misaki Shokuhou felt a little repulsed. She felt that rashly reading the mind of a mentally ill person might "poison" her...

The two remained deadlocked in the corridor. After more than twenty seconds, the young woman at the door of the ward finally gave up.

"Misaki Shokuhou, are you really a Level 5 "Mental Out"?" The woman abandoned her clumsy performance and asked expressionlessly.

"Of course I'm a Level 5!" Misaki Shokuhou said immediately, "On the contrary, who are you? Why are you looking for me here?"

"..." The strange woman stared at Misaki Shokuhou for a few more seconds, "Since you are the highest-level mental-type superpower user, why don't you use your ability? It's strange, as far as I know, skilled mind-reading ability users like you will uncontrollably peek into other people's inner thoughts."

"So, you were staring at me just now to conduct mental communication?" Misaki Shokuhou clicked her tongue. "Who could have guessed... and thinking that mental-type superpower users will randomly peek into other people's minds is just a prejudiced rumor."

Misaki Shokuhou waved her hands repeatedly, although this was most likely the truth, she obviously couldn't admit it.

"Perhaps there is some misunderstanding." The young woman remained noncommittal, but did not dwell too much on this topic, "Why don't we go inside and talk?"

As she spoke, she opened the door to the ward, as if inviting Misaki Shokuhou to enter.

"I'm not interested in going into a room to chat with a stranger."

The young woman nodded, "I forgot to introduce myself, I am Kihara Yuiitsu, representing the Board of Directors."

The woman who called herself Kihara Yuiitsu continued, "Now, can we talk, Misaki Shokuhou?"

—The Kihara family!

Misaki Shokuhou's spirit tightened instantly. Not to mention the information she had seen in Lin Wuming's memory, just the fact that she was "a member of Kihara Gensei's clan" was enough to make her pay full attention!

Clenching the remote control in her hand, Misaki Shokuhou made a decision and walked into Kihara Yuiitsu's ward.

Kihara Yuiitsu was certainly not sick, nor was she a staff member of this hospital. She had simply temporarily borrowed a hospital ward as a place to meet and chat.

The ward was just an ordinary two-person room, and it had not been redecorated for this important meeting.

Kihara Yuiitsu casually sat down by a hospital bed. Not wanting to be outdone, Misaki Shokuhou also sat down on the other bed facing her.

"Well, as expected, you didn't use your superpower on me." Kihara Yuiitsu said again, with a hint of regret in her tone.

The fact that she emphasized it repeatedly made Misaki Shokuhou even more cautious, not daring to easily peek into the other party's brain.

After all, this woman was a "Kihara". Who knew what tricks she might have done in her brain to turn it into a trap against mind reading.

"How can you be sure that I didn't use my ability?" Of course, she couldn't show weakness on the surface, so Misaki Shokuhou deliberately asked.

"Intuition," Kihara Yuiitsu explained seriously, "The human thought pattern is one of my research areas, so I have always been interested in mental and psychic superpowers, and I have done a lot of research. I can still judge whether a person has been brainwashed or hypnotized—to this extent."

—True!

Misaki Shokuhou silently made an assessment. Although she didn't dare to easily peek into Kihara Yuiitsu's inner thoughts, she was, after all, a Level 5, and "Mental Out" was not just mind reading.

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Judging whether the other party was lying was not difficult at all.

"Okay, let's put my personal research and hobbies aside for the time being," Kihara Yuiitsu went straight to the point, "Misaki Shokuhou, you probably guessed our purpose in looking for you."

Misaki Shokuhou did not respond in any way. She had too many secrets, and without using her superpower to read minds, who knew which one this woman was referring to.

Kihara Yuiitsu revealed the answer on her own: "Dolly—Misaka Mikoto's clone. Of course, the only thing that would concern the Board of Directors is this matter."

"What do you want to do?"

—So, it really is this matter!

Forcing herself to remain calm and not reveal any flaws, Misaki Shokuhou asked calmly.

"Even in this city where illegal research is rampant, cloning humans is one of the most unethical and research-ethically violating experimental projects." Kihara Yuiitsu shrugged, "Of course, true researchers don't really care about these ethics and morals... However, the ordinary people outside, as well as public opinion, are issues that the Board of Directors must pay attention to."

The Board of Directors doesn't care about the results of other projects at "Artificial Intelligence Factory"; the Board of Directors doesn't care if there is an experimental accident, many people die, or the research institute is destroyed, and the scandal of illegal experiments is exposed.

To put it bluntly, this kind of thing is too common in Academy City, and it is not worth paying attention to.

However, the emergence of clones, and especially clones of the recently promoted Level 5 Misaka Mikoto—the public opinion effect caused by this kind of thing cannot be compared to one or two illegal experiments or experimental accidents.

This kind of research that challenges the bottom line of ethics and morality is enough to cause shock among the vast majority of ordinary citizens; if it spreads further, it may even cause unanimous condemnation and condemnation from almost all countries, regions, and international organizations in the world.

The worst thing is that once the news of "clones" is leaked, the most likely result is to force Misaka Mikoto, the original gene, to rebel, causing this world's strongest Electromaster to wreak havoc on Academy City.

Even the Board of Directors is unwilling to face a crazy Level 5.