A Scientific Urban Detective

“This is…” Ruiko Saten started to ask, but considering Frenda's style and preferences, she went straight to the point, “What’s the use of this super bomb?”

Well, Frenda, there’s only one possibility for the items she takes out—explosives.

“Don’t worry,” Frenda said, “it’s just an insurance measure after all. Doesn’t this woman like explosions? Let her taste the threat of explosions too.”

“This is just an ordinary stuffed toy,” Frenda further explained, “just slightly soaked in liquid explosives… Don’t worry, with Ruiko’s nitrogen armor, she can definitely block it!”

Frenda gave a thumbs up: “After half an hour of exposure to the air, the explosives will evaporate completely and lose their function entirely, so don’t worry about how to disarm the bomb.”

“Tch…” Ruiko Saten looked subtly at the stuffed pendant on Mito Kouma's neck, “Anyway, thanks, I’ll hand her over to Kobayashi-niichan within half an hour!”

With that, Ruiko Saten stuffed the stuffed pendant into Mito Kouma's collar, preventing it from accidentally triggering due to shaking.

—Since I’m helping Kobayashi-niichan, handing over the culprit to him is definitely better than handing over a corpse…

With the constraint of the half-hour countdown, Ruiko Saten didn't dare to be careless and quickly ran out.

“In the end, Mugino is really kind,” Frenda said, watching Ruiko Saten leave, “She’s actually willing to help Judgment for Ruiko’s sake.”

After causing a commotion, the “Item” members quietly left the scene without causing any further disturbance.

The biggest advantage of a market known for its “freedom” is that no one will hold you accountable for what you do—as long as you don’t make too much of a fuss and attract the security forces.

The damage caused by this battle was not great, and it was mainly caused by Mito Kouma. Even if responsibility were to be pursued, it would only fall on Mito Kouma.

Mugino Shizuri snorted: “It’s just to get that child to focus as soon as possible. Since she has joined us, what does it mean to always be thinking about a Judgment member?”

She wanted Ruiko Saten to quickly repay her debt to Lin Wuming, then sever ties and work wholeheartedly for her.

“Well, is that Mugino-style kindness?” Takitsubo Rikou said.

Mugino Shizuri chuckled twice, noncommittally: “Let’s go, can we still find Ruiko?”

“Of course,” Takitsubo Rikou nodded.

“Huh? In the end, are we still going to continue tracking Ruiko Saten?” Frenda asked in surprise.

“Of course,” Mugino Shizuri said, “We need to confirm what kind of guy that Lin Wuming is and whether he will continue to pester the newcomer.”

Ruiko Saten left without saying goodbye after answering the phone, leaving in a hurry.

Before Lin Wuming could pursue her whereabouts, the security forces' reinforcements arrived at the scene.

In addition to Captain Hya's heavy-equipped unit, there was also a professional bomb disposal team, totaling more than a dozen professional vehicles and equipment of various types.

It seemed that the news of the “Bomb Devil” operating in the downtown area made everyone very nervous.

Helpless, Lin Wuming and Kohachi Mitsumi, who had directly confronted the “Bomb Devil,” became the focus of questioning again.

Kohachi Mitsumi had to repeat what she had said earlier.

A high-level ability user, “High-Pressure Vessel,” compressed air explosion… Fighting three enemies alone, even including a Level 5…

As Kohachi Mitsumi recounted, the security teachers' expressions became more and more serious.

“It seems that this time’s culprit is a rather troublesome character,” Captain Hya said bitterly.

Now, it was almost certain that the culprit's identity was Mito Kouma—a girl who had dropped out of school and disappeared for nearly a year.

This identity was very intriguing.

There are usually only two possibilities for the disappearance of a high-level ability user: either they are dead, or they are involved in some confidential secret organization or project.

And in Academy City, the biggest possibility is that they are related to the “Dark Side Organizations.”

The Dark Side Organizations are mixed and chaotic. Although generally speaking, they are the “evil lawful” camp that is the opposite side of the security forces, each individual organization has its own position and values.

It is not strange for them to occasionally fall from “dark enforcers” to “criminals.”

Therefore, although they already knew the culprit's identity…

“Wanting to find and catch her is undoubtedly extremely difficult,” Captain Hya said with a wry smile.

Seeming to realize that complaining in front of students was inappropriate, Captain Hya coughed and turned to his subordinates, “In short, first notify the shopping mall ahead to evacuate the crowd.”

Kohachi Mitsumi glanced at Lin Wuming, turned her head, and continued, “If there’s nothing else, we’ll leave first?”

“Yes, thank you for your hard work,” Captain Hya nodded, and then casually asked, “Do you need me to arrange a car to take you back?”

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Actually, it was just a polite gesture to show concern, because as far as he knew, Lin Wuming and Kohachi Mitsumi were children who didn’t like to interact with people and were very independent, so they shouldn’t bother him.

“Okay, thank you, teacher,” unexpectedly, Kohachi Mitsumi agreed in one breath and thanked him politely.

“…” Captain Hya pinched the center of his brows, “Okay, Teacher Shizuka, please take the children back.”

“Wuming-kun, are you going back?” Kofuku Misaka asked.

“Yes,” Kohachi Mitsumi replied.

Before Kofuku Misaka could ask more questions, the Judgment reinforcements arrived at the scene, and she quickly ran over to greet them.

Kohachi Mitsumi looked around and found Teacher Shizuka's car.

“Wuming,” she reached out and took Lin Wuming’s arm, “Just float, I’ll take you over.”

“…Thank you,” Lin Wuming said with a wry smile, “You found out.”

“It’s so obvious, how could I not find out?” Kohachi Mitsumi said, “At the end of the battle, the ‘landmines’ the enemy planted on the ground—Wuming was injured by that, right?”

Because Lin Wuming endured the pain and kept a straight face without any expression, Kohachi Mitsumi only noticed it later.

However, she was already very familiar with Lin Wuming, and they had fought side by side just now, so she deduced the truth.

“Eh? Wuming-senpai is injured?” Misaka Mikoto exclaimed, “Is it serious? Really? I didn’t notice it at all!”

“Wuming-kun! Is it true!” Kofuku Misaka, who had just returned to their side, also said in surprise, “I really didn’t notice it…”

“Actually, it’s quite obvious,” Kohachi Mitsumi said, “Wuming, you’re sweating a lot, and you’ve been wiping cold sweat from the beginning.”