A Scientific Urban Detective

But now that things had come to this, the chairman had no choice but to fulfill her responsibilities and begin handling the aftermath for her subordinates.

"Contact the Anti-Skill, initiate Plan Three. We'll need to cooperate more closely from now on," the chairman instructed.

Her loyal assistant, who had stayed with her in the command vehicle, immediately took action.

As the Academy City's two official law enforcement agencies, Judgment and Anti-Skill were cooperative partners, with varying degrees of collaboration in various aspects.

However, the actual on-the-ground cooperation was the most limited. The patrol areas of the two organizations were basically separate, so they often didn't need each other's cooperation at the operational level.

Only in the two most extreme cases would the personnel of the two major organizations join forces.

One was traffic control and maintaining order during large-scale events, social welfare activities, and other basic tasks that required a large amount of manpower. The more numerous Judgment members were duty-bound to respond to the Anti-Skill teachers' calls for help.

The other was when encountering major emergencies that couldn't be solved with the Anti-Skill's professional skills and high-tech equipment alone, in which case they had to rely on 'superpowers'.

Many of the 'superpower consultants' who cooperated with Anti-Skill were actually Judgment members.

In addition, there was a third, most critical situation: no longer limited to individual superpower consultant cooperation, but a large-scale, mass mobilization of numerous espers working together with Anti-Skill.

Generally, this 'Plan Three' was only initiated when encountering major incidents that endangered Academy City or involved the safety of a large number of people.

As the commander-in-chief of Judgment, the chairman naturally had the authority to initiate this level of 'action'.

Of course, this action wasn't actually that critical. The main purpose of initiating Plan Three was to send a signal to Anti-Skill and file a report to prevent 'friendly fire' between the two organizations.

Sure enough, upon seeing a group of Judgment members wearing different school uniforms but uniformly wearing armbands, suddenly converging on the indoor theater from all directions, vying to be the first and even using their superpowers to speed up—a spectacle only seen in Academy City—the Anti-Skill forces deployed around the perimeter couldn't help but complain.

"Full of youthful vigor, why are they all so impulsive!"

"Isn't this setting a bad example for the other students? What are Judgment doing this time!"

Although complaining, most of the Anti-Skill teachers were more concerned about the students' safety. After all, the destination of this operation was underground, and no one knew what dangers might be lurking in that environment.

Even the well-trained Anti-Skill forces preferred to make thorough preparations before entering...

"Well, those Judgment brats are even bolder than we thought—they sent an undercover agent who has already infiltrated the underground arena," one Anti-Skill teacher suddenly said. "They're a big step ahead of us, no wonder they're in such a hurry."

"Undercover? Are you kidding me? That chairman doesn't seem like the type to take such a risk."

"Well, the one carrying out the undercover operation is Lin Wuming..."

Everyone fell silent. "...No wonder. It's not surprising if it's Wuming."

"Kiharu!" Someone immediately ran out, calling out to Kiharu Etsu, who was nearby. "Your Wuming is there!"

At this moment, Lin Wuming was still in a fierce battle with Natsumikazura Komichi. Even though the rocky dome above their heads was emitting heart-stopping tremors, looking as if it was about to collapse, it couldn't stop their final duel.

Although she didn't know exactly what was happening above, Natsumikazura Komichi knew that after today, her 'underground arena' would be finished.

Regardless of whether she won or lost this duel with the 'hero' Lin Wuming, this place, the key competition venue for the 'underground arena,' was definitely doomed.

Even if she scoured the entire underground of Academy City, she probably wouldn't find another natural underground cave so suitable.

In fact, in previous competitions, only the 'entrance' location was published on the website, while the real competition venue had always been only this one place.

The glory of the 'underground arena' had become a thing of the past, and the good days of making money in 'billions' were over...

Thinking of this, Natsumikazura Komichi's anger soared. Her golden hair fluttered, and she exuded a fierce and violent aura like a demon.

Ignoring her serious injuries, she stared at Lin Wuming in front of her like a beast about to devour someone.

Even if the sky falls today, I will never forgive you!

A thunderous roar erupted once again in the arena.

But Lin Wuming didn't look at the enemy in front of him, but instead raised his head...

Not only Lin Wuming, but in fact everyone in the arena, except for Natsumikazura Komichi, who was immersed in the battle, raised their heads to look at the dome above.

The 'sky' really was falling!

With a crack, a small crack suddenly appeared in the solid rock layer, followed by a 'round spot' shimmering with scarlet light, like molten lava.

At the same time, 'thunder' resounded in the arena—Natsumikazura Komichi once again unleashed her full-force 'Crush Impact'.

But the dome above also emitted a dull rumble.

It was as if someone had detonated a bomb above the rock layer, and the rock layers that made up the dome immediately disintegrated, forming a collapse.

Giant rocks and massive amounts of soil poured down towards the arena and the spectator stands!

In this situation, how could Lin Wuming care about the 'mere Level 4' 'ultimate technique' of the opponent in front of him?

The collapse accident, located hundreds of meters underground, was undoubtedly a fatal crisis, and Lin Wuming instantly entered 'bullet time'.

Seeing the shockwave approaching at 'turtle speed' in front of him, Lin Wuming calmly activated his telekinetic barrier—stacking one hundred and fifty layers of telekinetic barrier in succession, forcibly offsetting the oncoming shockwave.

Then, seizing this hard-won opportunity, he aimed at Natsumikazura Komichi's body and added ten telekinetic barrier impacts.

In 'bullet time,' Lin Wuming's ability activation speed far exceeded normal human reaction speed. Natsumikazura Komichi didn't even realize what had happened before she was hit by the telekinetic barrier impact and instantly knocked away.

And before landing, she lost consciousness and fell into a coma.

Lin Wuming didn't pay attention to this enemy, but instead concentrated on the real threat above his head.

Almost every boulder falling from above weighed more than half a ton, which was no longer within the scope of his telekinetic ability to move.

Therefore, Lin Wuming swept his telekinesis, grabbed the rubble scattered on the ground, and used it as 'cannonballs'—firing 'Telekinetic Acceleration Cannon' in rapid succession!