A Scientific Urban Detective

#304 - Pass without test

“……How about we just disband here and go home to rest?”

Faced with Lin Wuming's suggestion, Mugino Shizuri coldly snorted, "Hmph, disband? As if we're a team."

Accelerator was actually the first to respond to the call. He looked at Lin Wuming, "I owe you one, I won't forget it. Also, get well soon, and after you recover…"

Without finishing his sentence, Accelerator nonchalantly controlled the wind and took off from the spot, leaving the underground arena through the skylight.

"We in the dark side don't need you to worry about us." Mugino Shizuri didn't leave through the skylight. Instead, she led her companions into the contestant entrance.

Mugino Shizuri hadn't forgotten her real purpose for this trip—to find the organizers' "treasure" before the security forces conducted a thorough search.

You should know that the reason "ITEM" accepted this unpaid request was not only to eliminate the imposters and maintain the reputation of "ITEM," but also, and more importantly, to target the 10 billion+ yen prize money.

According to intelligence, the money was in the form of anonymous bank cards, making it easy to use without any trouble.

If they could get their hands on such a large sum of cash, it could probably sustain "ITEM's" operations and the four of their luxurious spending for half a year, right?

Even Mugino Shizuri, who was born into a wealthy family and was a genuine heiress, would be tempted by this money.

Lin Wuming didn't think too much about it. Dark side organizations were powerful and secretive. It might not be appropriate for them to leave under the eyes of the security forces. Perhaps they had other secret passages to leave through?

"Okay, Misaka, let's go out too." Lin Wuming looked at the last remaining Level 5.

"Okay." Misaka Mikoto nodded, then quickly stopped Lin Wuming from activating his telekinetic ability, "Wait, Senior Wuming is injured, so let me do it!"

As she spoke, a dark mass of iron sand gathered around her, turning into something like a flying carpet.

Lin Wuming understood and jumped onto the "iron sand flying carpet" with Kohachi Mitsubachi.

"As expected, traveling this way is very convenient." Misaka Mikoto said.

Before today, she had never encountered a situation that required three-dimensional maneuverability, so she had never used this method of transportation before.

Now it seemed that "flying" was indeed humanity's dream. The feeling of freely "flying" in the air with her own power was just amazing!

After returning to the ground, they discovered that the entire district had been completely locked down, with countless police cars and rescue vehicles filling the roads.

Security guard teachers in uniform and Judgment members wearing armbands were everywhere.

Even when he had previously raided illegal research facilities, Lin Wuming had never seen so many law enforcement personnel gathered in one place!

Because this incident caused a local geological disaster, it became quite a big deal. Judgment members, including Lin Wuming, worked overtime with the security forces all night before they could finally go back to rest.

Of course, the investigation into the incident had only just begun, and Lin Wuming, who was deeply involved in the incident, would inevitably need to continue to cooperate with the investigation.

However, for Judgment as a whole, this operation undoubtedly washed away the shame brought about by the previous "Bomb Demon" case. Therefore, there were not many complaints about the follow-up cooperation with the investigation.

The direct participants in the incident were even quite happy to accept the security guard teachers' inquiries.

At least at the beginning…

"Speaking of which, the so-called inquiry is just criticism and lecturing! Almost everyone was severely reprimanded, saying that our actions this time were too reckless," Kofuku Misawa complained.

The afternoon after the incident, Lin Wuming, who had only rested for half a day, was back "on duty," reporting to Judgment headquarters to continue his training course.

As a member of the same group, Kofuku Misawa also participated. They were all young people, so staying up all night occasionally didn't have much impact, as long as they drank a few more cups of coffee to stay awake.

Kofuku Misawa was the Judgment member most deeply involved in the "Underground Arena" incident besides Lin Wuming and Kohachi Mitsubachi, so she was questioned for an exceptionally long time.

She didn't even have the chance to return to the dormitory to rest this morning, and was called to talk to the committee chairman and the security guard teachers one after another.

"But it's not incomprehensible," Lin Wuming said. "There was a small earthquake last night. If it weren't for Misaka Mikoto and you guys being there, I'm afraid there would have been heavy casualties, right?"

Security guard teachers were still teachers after all. Caring about the safety of their students was their top priority. Responsible teachers would be horrified by the dangerous situation yesterday, right?

In this situation, calling the students who "caused trouble" to lecture them was normal practice.

Of course, this was based on the premise that there were no casualties. The purpose of the lecture was more to prevent young people from becoming too complacent and developing bad habits of impulsiveness and recklessness.

If there had been casualties last night, the security guard teachers would probably have treated the students in a different way.

"Speaking of which, Wuming, weren't you called in for a talk?" Kofuku Misawa asked curiously.

Strictly speaking, all the other Judgment members last night were just "participating," and only went to the underground arena to show their presence. The only one who really fought the whole time was Lin Wuming alone. If the security forces wanted to investigate, the most important person to ask was Lin Wuming.

"Of course I was," Lin Wuming said. "Don't forget, Kohachi and I live in the security guard teacher's house. They can come to me anytime they want to ask anything."

"Uh… I see…" Kofuku Misawa chuckled dryly, not wanting to ask any further. There was a strange look of pity in her eyes when she looked at Lin Wuming.

Lin Wuming knew that she had misunderstood. Although what he said was true, it didn't mean that the security guard teachers would be supervising him and interrogating him 24 hours a day.

In fact, quite the opposite. Perhaps it was precisely because they knew that Lin Wuming was nearby and could be asked to cooperate with the investigation at any time that no security guard teachers had come to talk to him so far.

After all, Lin Wuming had already told the security forces everything that needed to be explained during the handover last night.

"Let's not worry about that for now. What's today's training course?" Lin Wuming cut to the chase.

"There isn't one." Kofuku Misawa shook her head.

"Huh? Could it be that the senior who teaches us also…" Lin Wuming asked in surprise.

If they were one of the members who participated in the operation last night, then it wouldn't be strange—they should be resting now, or being lectured by the security guard teachers.

"Although that's part of the reason," Kofuku Misawa waved her hand with a subtle expression, "According to the plan, today's training course is police martial arts…"

Looking at the two companions in front of her, Kofuku Misawa continued, "Considering your strength, it was decided that we don't need to train in this subject. We'll pass with a perfect score without taking the test."

"I see." Lin Wuming nodded, indicating his understanding.

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