A Scientific Urban Detective

"Calm down, Mr. Saburo Shibata," a security guard teacher said, trying to appease him. "This student is just suggesting a possibility. Please don't worry, we won't do anything to you until we find sufficient evidence."

"Evidence?" Saburo Shibata suddenly laughed. "Once that 'Mental Out' arrives, won't there be evidence? What you're saying now is meaningless!"

"..." The security guard teacher looked at him speechlessly, then shrugged at Lin Wuming and the others. "This… counts as his admission, right?"

It's no wonder Saburo Shibata suddenly lost his composure like this. After all, in Academy City's unique style of handling cases, information and testimony obtained through 'mind reading' can be directly used as evidence in court.

This alone is enough to make the vast majority of suspects collapse.

After all, they know best in their hearts whether they have committed a crime or not. In the face of the unreasonable power of 'superpowers,' any sophistry and insistence are meaningless.

Not to mention the Level 5s among them, who are definitely the strongest mind-reading masters. No one can resist her ability.

If Misaki Shokuhou is really brought here, it won't matter whether he's stubborn or not.

"In other words, you admit that you stole the money yourself and then made a false police report to mislead us?" the security guard teacher confirmed again, while turning on the recorder to secure the evidence.

At this time, Saburo Shibata finally calmed down slightly from his emotional breakdown, but he also realized that the situation was beyond his control—after all these years in the business world, he was actually tricked by this kid!

But now, it's too late to regret it. Even if they're just bluffing and can't bring in the Level 5 'Mental Out,' they can always find other espers with 'mind-reading abilities.' Unless he immediately suffers amnesia and finds a way to delete the relevant memories, he won't be able to escape the investigation.

In fact, from the very beginning, Saburo Shibata was betting that he wouldn't be subjected to a mind-reading investigation. After all, he's the one who reported the crime, not the suspect. Moreover, under the constraints of various rules, the security forces are still very cautious about using mind-reading to investigate and collect evidence.

"This damn city!" Now, Saburo Shibata can only curse this abnormal environment.

In any other city, as long as he firmly maintains his will and refuses to speak, he wouldn't encounter such a predicament.

Or from the beginning, someone like him, a "big shot," wouldn't have been forced to the point of having to make a false police report.

"Damn it!" Saburo Shibata knelt on the ground with a look of frustration, pounding the ground with his fist, cursing again and again, "Damn Academy City, damn espers, damn brats…"

However, at this point, even Tōmi Hachisuka didn't care about his loser's curses.

The Judgment trio all had expressions of "case successfully solved" on their faces, relaxed and proud.

"Wuming, well done!" Miwei Konori gave a thumbs up, praising him without reservation.

Miwei Konori knew very well that Lin Wuming hadn't asked Misaki Shokuhou for help at all. According to Lin Wuming—the situation wasn't certain yet, so he came to the scene to take a look at Saburo Shibata first.

As a result, after seeing the suspect, Lin Wuming directly used meticulous reasoning and extremely powerful words to break down the suspect's psychological defenses, forcing him to confess his crime!

Moreover, going back further, Lin Wuming was the first to notice the hypothesis of the "liquid metal robot," and Kanzaki Keima, the student who provided important key clues, was also found through Lin Wuming's connections…

It can be said that in this case, the most critical stage of solving the case was almost entirely driven by Lin Wuming alone!

Miwei Konori was deeply impressed—she finally understood why Wuming was strongly recommended by the security forces to join Judgment. It wasn't just his sense of justice and combat power, his reasoning and crime-solving abilities were also excellent!

In fact, Miwei Konori felt that if his age wasn't an issue, Lin Wuming should have directly entered the security forces.

Only Lin Wuming himself knew best that all of this was just a fluke, a coincidence.

If solving cases was really that simple, there wouldn't be so many security guards running around.

However, Lin Wuming also had some of his own insights and feelings.

Amidst Saburo Shibata's endless curses, Lin Wuming suddenly realized that Academy City was indeed a special place. Because of the existence of superpowers, many aspects of this city were "abnormal."

Since "superpowers" are a normal, everyday part of Academy City, solving cases is like having shortcuts and "cheating tools."

Lin Wuming realized that Misaki Shokuhou, or any other esper with "mind-reading abilities," was really useful.

You only need to roughly identify a few suspects, and then ask a "mind-reading" esper to take a look.

—As long as it's an esper with "consultant certification," the information obtained through their superpower can be directly used as evidence.

You don't even need to actually have the "mind-reading esper" take action. Just showing the attitude that "we are prepared to use mind-reading" can form sufficient psychological deterrence against the suspect.

Like Saburo Shibata this time, he directly collapsed and confessed.

Moreover, it's not just "mind-reading ability." Miwei Konori's "clairvoyance" is also a top-notch tool for investigating and solving cases.

There's also the tracking and positioning abilities of the Judgment members who found the briefcase…

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After introducing the "superpower" system, Lin Wuming discovered that solving cases had completely become a different matter.

It's like inserting all kinds of cheat codes into a detective puzzle game, which will inevitably make the game difficulty plummet.

In this way, the chairman who leads the entire Judgment is equivalent to a player with the most cheat codes. No wonder she is so actively involved in case investigations.

Because superpowers, they are indeed useful!

Just as the security guard was putting handcuffs on Saburo Shibata, preparing to escort him to the police car, the "support" sent by the chairman finally arrived.

A Level 3 "mind-reading ability" esper, affiliated with Judgment, but also obtained the security forces' "consultant certification," and is also a long-term partner of the security forces.

Although it wasn't the Level 5 Misaki Shokuhou, the actual effect was no less effective.

Recognizing reality and giving up resistance, Saburo Shibata cooperated very well and confessed the entire truth of the case in detail.

Suddenly, hearing the key phrase "underground arena" in Saburo Shibata's confession, Miwei Konori quickly pulled Lin Wuming and the others to follow along, wanting to listen in on the interrogation process.

Because they were the ones who solved the case, the security guard teacher just glanced at them and didn't refuse their request to listen in.

"Underground arena?" Miwei Konori came to the mind-reading esper and asked softly, "Is he related to the underground arena?"