A Scientific Urban Detective

"Unnamed, what are your plans for tomorrow?" With Misaki Shokuhou's departure, the room seemed to quiet down at once. Mitsubachi Tousu was the first to break the silence, asking.

"Tomorrow?" Lin Wuming thought for a moment. "I'll still go to headquarters to work. Also, I need to inform the chairman about the details of the operation."

"Then I'll go with you," Mitsubachi Tousu nodded.

Originally, she wanted to persuade Lin Wuming to rest for a day tomorrow due to his injuries, but considering he was going to 'cause a ruckus at the underground arena' tonight, he didn't seem to need any rest, so she gave up on the idea.

Anyway, since she met Lin Wuming, he had spent most of his time in a wheelchair—which gave the illusion that being in a 'wheelchair state' was Lin Wuming's normal state.

"Then... rest well," Mitsubachi Tousu said. "Please do your best tomorrow!"

"Okay, good night," Lin Wuming nodded. "Please take care of me tomorrow too."

According to the plan, Mitsubachi Tousu would also be his partner in causing a ruckus at the underground arena tomorrow.

For Lin Wuming, there was no more reliable partner than Mitsubachi Tousu to participate in this kind of potentially dangerous activity.

Lin Wuming and Mitsubachi Tousu each returned to their rooms to conserve their energy and prepare for tomorrow's operation, which is not to be mentioned for the time being.

After Misaki Shokuhou left, she didn't go back to rest immediately.

She strolled through the apartment's corridor, seemingly oblivious to anyone around her, while quietly thinking.

"Although I feel a bit bad, this kind of thing really can only be entrusted to the security teachers here," Misaki Shokuhou said to herself while playing with the remote control in her hand. "After all, Yeri Minear Farpeak has been too active recently, so I can't continue to use her name."

She arrived next door to Aisa Himegami's apartment and politely pressed the doorbell.

According to the nameplate, the resident of this house was Tsuyuri Kido—Aisa Himegami's good friend, and the security teacher who was closest to Lin Wuming besides her.

Trustworthy.

Fortunately, Tsuyuri Kido wasn't called in for emergency overtime, so she quickly came to open the door.

"Eh? Shokuhou, why..." Tsuyuri Kido was a little surprised when she saw the girl standing at her door.

"I apologize for disturbing you, Kido-sensei," Misaki Shokuhou bowed slightly, then pressed the remote control. "Sorry to bother you, Kido-sensei~"

In the blink of an eye, starlight identical to Misaki Shokuhou's appeared in Tsuyuri Kido's pupils.

"Well... it shouldn't be strange for the security forces to know some contact information for the dark side organizations, right?"

After bowing goodbye again, Misaki Shokuhou turned and left Tsuyuri Kido's door.

As for this unfortunate security teacher who had fallen victim, under Misaki Shokuhou's arrangement, she edited an email and clicked send...

The recipient was none other than the leader of the dark side "Item," Mugino Shizuri.

...

In less than a second, Mugino Shizuri, who was far away in the Fifteen Bells luxury apartment, received the email.

"Mugino, you've got mail!" Riko Takitsubo shouted from the living room.

"Why at this time... How annoying!" Mugino Shizuri, who was taking a bath in the bathroom, complained. "Ignore it!"

As the leader of the organization, Mugino Shizuri's mailbox was usually used for "official business," which meant accepting mission requests issued by higher-ups.

Although these missions often came with considerable rewards, and they weren't too difficult for them, it wasn't enough to make them hate it.

However, receiving a mission request during rest time always made one feel inexplicably unhappy.

Especially since Mugino Shizuri wasn't exactly the good-tempered type.

If at all possible, she even wanted to refuse to receive these emails forever...

Unfortunately, this was, after all, work, and there were limits to being willful.

Half an hour later, Mugino Shizuri walked out of the bathroom with a misty aura and an unhappy expression on her face.

"There's only one email, it shouldn't be an emergency mission," Riko Takitsubo said.

If it was Mugino Shizuri's personal mailbox, Riko Takitsubo wouldn't mind helping her check it—as a friend.

But this was a work mailbox, and as a member of "Item," she couldn't privately read any information belonging to the leader.

Riko Takitsubo always had a good grasp of the boundaries.

"Actually, it wouldn't matter if you helped me take a look, Takitsubo," Mugino Shizuri said.

"You're the leader, please take responsibility," Riko Takitsubo said. "And I don't want to move..."

Riko Takitsubo, wearing a tracksuit, was lying on the sofa, looking completely unwilling to move, not even wanting to take a few steps back to her room to rest.

"Are you very tired today?" Mugino Shizuri asked.

Riko Takitsubo's stamina was always a mystery, but objectively speaking, her stamina was actually very good, on par with the leader, Mugino Shizuri.

Perhaps it was more of a psychological and mental issue? Riko Takitsubo would occasionally fall into this lazy state.

"No, I'm really tired today," Riko Takitsubo said weakly. "If I wasn't talking to Mugino, I wouldn't even want to open my mouth..."

"Eh? Was today's battle that intense?" Mugino Shizuri asked in surprise.

They had a very fulfilling day today, first carrying out a normal mission, then tracking down Kinuhata Saiai, getting involved in the "Explosion Man" incident, and helping to capture the "Explosion Man" Mito Kougama.

On the way back, they went to the amusement park on a whim and played for half a day...

Strictly speaking, the physical exertion was indeed great.

But Mugino Shizuri felt that this amount of activity was just right, saving her from having to go to the gym to burn excess calories.

Based on past experience, Riko Takitsubo's feelings should be similar to Mugino Shizuri's—it was precisely because of this "synchronicity" that they became the partners who initially created "Item."

"It has nothing to do with the battle, after all, I don't participate in direct combat," Riko Takitsubo said. "I think the problem lies in the experimental drug I used today."

"Body Crystal?" Mugino Shizuri frowned. "Does that stuff really have side effects?"

"Side effects..." Riko Takitsubo chuckled dryly, "The principle of the Body Crystal is originally based on its negative effects, right?"

The so-called "Body Crystal" is an abbreviation for "Ability Body Crystal."

It is said to be a special "drug" recently developed by a certain laboratory, and its function is to "induce" esper powers to overload and run wild.

And overloading and running wild within a certain limit can achieve the purpose of enhancing the ability's effects.

In other words, this is a kind of "stimulant" for esper powers.

Because it was the latest research result, and the production was extremely limited, this black technology product, "Ability Body Crystal," was first supplied to the most valuable cutting-edge talents.

Dark side members, plus Level 4 "Ability Tracking," there was no one more suitable for using "Ability Body Crystal" than Riko Takitsubo.

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