A Scientific Urban Detective

"Misaka classmate? Misaka Mikoto!" Lin Wuming called out twice, finally waking the girl up. "What's wrong? Is there something else going on in there?"

"Ah! It's nothing," Misaka Mikoto quickly caught up with the team, shaking her head and saying, "I just vaguely sensed a strange magnetic field, I'm a little concerned about it."

This was an observation method that only Misaka Mikoto could use, so her description left everyone confused.

Except for Lin Wuming.

Lin Wuming thoughtfully looked into the depths of the alley as well, extending his Nen ability to investigate.

Since it was a magnetic field that even Misaka Mikoto was concerned about, it was likely "Atom Breaker" Mugino Shizuri, right?

Considering that Kinuhata Saiai had already joined "Item," it wasn't impossible for Mugino Shizuri to be hiding in the dark, observing.

Moreover, Lin Wuming looked at Mito Takakama he was holding in his hand... The capture of this criminal probably wasn't just Kinuhata Saiai's achievement alone.

"Is something the matter, Wuming-senpai?" Misaka Mikoto asked back.

Noticing Lin Wuming carrying the criminal Mito Takakama in one hand, and thinking about the serious injuries to his legs, Misaka Mikoto couldn't help but say, "This girl, let me carry her?"

She certainly knew that Lin Wuming's current "walking" and "carrying" were supported by Nen ability, and wouldn't actually burden his body, but she still subconsciously felt worried.

As she spoke, a dense cloud of iron sand gathered around Misaka Mikoto—she could do similar things. Otherwise, relying solely on arm strength, she wouldn't be able to lift a girl taller than herself with one hand.

"That's exactly what I was thinking." Lin Wuming nodded.

Just then, there was a "pop" sound, and a small shockwave exploded from Mito Takakama's palm.

"Please make her faint." Lin Wuming said to Misaka Mikoto, his expression unchanged.

He raised his hand and handed Mito Takakama over.

Mito Takakama could no longer pretend to be unconscious, roaring and trying to struggle. But under Lin Wuming's Nen restraint, she couldn't move for a short time, and even the "high-pressure device" she had secretly been brewing in her hand was detonated by Lin Wuming in advance.

Misaka Mikoto was startled by the girl who suddenly opened her eyes and shouted, and reflexively released a current.

Mito Takakama "ah"ed and fainted, losing consciousness.

"That's about right," Lin Wuming shook the girl in his hand, and seeing that she showed no signs of waking up, he nodded with satisfaction. "Hopefully the Anti-Skill teachers have a way to keep this girl under control."

It was difficult to detain and restrain espers, because ordinary restraints could only restrain the body, but couldn't prevent the activation of their abilities.

Like this Mito Takakama, even if she was handcuffed, it wouldn't prevent her from continuing to activate her ability.

—I wonder if the relevant technical equipment for "ability suppression" has been developed.

Of course, Lin Wuming wouldn't remind Anti-Skill about this kind of thing, after all, he himself was an esper, and "ability suppression" was also a threat to him.

But Lin Wuming didn't need to worry about this kind of thing. Anti-Skill, as a professional department, must have already had a complete set of countermeasures against esper crime, otherwise, wouldn't this Academy City have already turned upside down?

Sure enough, seeing Lin Wuming and the others return, and even bring back the suspect directly, Anti-Skill was also surprised.

After confirming that this girl's identity was indeed Mito Takakama, the "Explosion Devil" herself, Anti-Skill immediately placed her under strict surveillance, directly putting on restraints and sending her into a dedicated police car.

Out of curiosity, Lin Wuming poked his head in to look at the scene inside the car, but before he could observe carefully, he was pulled away by Hachiwara Toumi and the others.

"Alright, the criminal has been caught, hurry to the hospital for treatment!" The girls urged.

Captain Kaya was walking over, preparing to further understand the situation, when she heard Hachiwara Toumi's words, and immediately became concerned.

"Wuming-kun, are you injured?"

"Yes." Lin Wuming nodded, slightly showing the wound on his leg.

"Wow... you go to the hospital quickly, I'll call an ambulance to take you, we can talk about the investigation later." Captain Kaya was a little nervous.

Lin Wuming had also come through great storms, and had previously experienced so many cases, almost unscathed, but today he had suffered such serious injuries!

Thinking about the possible reaction of Yomikawa Aiho, Captain Kaya felt a headache.

Although Lin Wuming's injury had nothing to do with her, for Anti-Skill teachers, any student's injury could be attributed to their dereliction of duty.

"Go to the hospital quickly, I'll notify Yomikawa-sensei." Captain Kaya escorted Lin Wuming onto the ambulance as if she was escorting a criminal.

She was afraid that this eccentric boy would refuse to go to the hospital and cause some trouble.

Hachiwara Toumi naturally got on the ambulance with him, saying that she could take care of and protect Lin Wuming.

As for Koyama Mii and Misaka Mikoto, they had no position to continue following, so they said goodbye and disbanded.

In the ambulance, a doctor had already begun to treat Lin Wuming's injuries.

The cold sweat flowed down his forehead again, and the muscles on his body tightened subconsciously.

"Uh... don't be nervous." Instead, the doctor raised his head a little awkwardly. "I haven't even started doing anything yet."

"I know." Lin Wuming nodded with a straight face. "It's just... well, I'm a little nervous."

Being injured in battle was one thing, but receiving treatment and dealing with the injuries was another.

Lin Wuming was far from having the courage and boldness of scraping the bone to heal the poison, what he wanted to say most at this time was actually "Give me anesthesia."

However, general anesthesia was impossible, and local anesthesia... as long as he could still see his wounds, Lin Wuming would feel a burst of pain—essentially more psychological than physical.

Of course, it really hurt physically as well.

"Actually..." Hachiwara Toumi suddenly said, "Wuming, you don't want to go to the hospital, do you?"

"Yeah," Lin Wuming nodded, "I'm a little hesitant."

Since he had relevant experience before, Lin Wuming had long been mentally prepared for the labor pains of treatment, and if he gritted his teeth a little, it wasn't unbearable.

But the problem was "treatment" itself.

Since he didn't know when, Lin Wuming found that he seemed to be bound to the hospital run by Heaven Canceller. Whether it was the people he rescued, or when he was injured himself, they would be sent to Heaven Canceller by default.

"Because the patients you send are complicated and difficult cases, except for Doctor Heaven Canceller, I'm afraid no one dares to guarantee 100% to cure them." The doctor in the ambulance said, he was Heaven Canceller's colleague, so he knew a lot of things very well, "And..."

He glanced at Lin Wuming and Hachiwara Toumi: "Well, you can't be considered irrelevant personnel, so it's okay to reveal a little bit—the children you rescued are experimental subjects in important experiments, and they themselves hide many secrets. Ordinary hospitals and doctors, even if they have the ability to treat them, don't dare to easily take over those patients..."

"As for your situation, Wuming-kun." The doctor looked at Lin Wuming and said, "This is your reward for doing good deeds and being brave to save people."