A Scientific Urban Detective

“The apartment management association is considering giving them another vacant apartment to use,” Aiho Yomikawa said again. “However, letting them live here all the time doesn’t seem like a good solution.”

Aiho Yomikawa was stating the common opinion of the apartment management committee. She herself didn't have any objections, after all, the girls upstairs wouldn't disturb her life.

In addition, Aiho Yomikawa had two children living in her own home, so her tolerance for such things was naturally higher.

However, the other security guard teachers might not think the same way.

It was fine when it was just Lin Wuming and Mitsumi Hachiouji. After all, these two young teenagers were special and couldn't be simply regarded as children. There was no pressure in getting along with them usually.

Just like students would never want a teacher to move into their student apartment building, this apartment building exclusively for "security guard teachers" didn't really welcome children to move in.

Security guards are also people, and they don't want to have to maintain the facade of a "teacher" and manage the children living next door when they come home from work to rest.

“But it’s okay,” Aiho Yomikawa waved her hand, saying nonchalantly, “Everyone is an adult, so it’s not a problem to put up with it for a while. Anyway, those kids are just staying temporarily and will be leaving soon.”

“Leaving soon?” Lin Wuming and Mitsumi Hachiouji looked over together.

They were just at a party upstairs yesterday and hadn't heard anything about Misaki Shokuhou and the others planning to move.

“It’s already the end of August,” Aiho Yomikawa reminded them, “School starts in a few days.”

Lin Wuming suddenly understood that almost all of the girls upstairs would be entering Tokiwadai Middle School, with the only exception being Ryoko Kiyama, but she would also be entering the private Shidarezakura Academy within Academy City—those are all boarding schools.

When that time comes, Misaki Shokuhou and the others would have no reason to continue staying in this Family Side apartment.

And when these girls are gone, Eri Haruue would have no reason to continue staying here either, unless she also chooses to join the security force.

“So,” Aiho Yomikawa concluded, “They’ll only be living here for another half a year at most. I believe the teachers won't have any objections to that amount of time.”

To be precise, Misaki Shokuhou and Mitsumi Hachiouji are still elementary school students. After school starts in September, they should be in the second semester of sixth grade.

However, Misaki Shokuhou's agreement with Tokiwadai Middle School was for direct enrollment, and they hadn't discussed where she would attend elementary school for these six months.

Moreover, with Misaki Shokuhou's personality, she probably wouldn't want to be an elementary school student for another half a year, right?

Aiho Yomikawa knew something about this.

“The older girls—Junko Hokaze and the Kiyama sisters—will be directly enrolled and start attending from the second semester,” Aiho Yomikawa said. “As for the other girls, they will receive extracurricular tutoring from Tokiwadai Middle School teachers at home, directly preparing for next year’s entrance exams.”

As she spoke, Aiho Yomikawa suddenly looked at Lin Wuming: “Wuming, you’re about the same.”

“Huh? What does this have to do with me?” Lin Wuming was confused.

“With your physical condition, you don’t need to attend the second semester either. Just focus on recovering,” Aiho Yomikawa said grumpily. “You can’t go to school in a wheelchair, can you?”

“It’s not like I can’t,” Lin Wuming thought for a moment, then said, “I don’t feel any inconvenience.”

Aiho Yomikawa rolled her eyes at him: “I think you should just go straight to the third grade next year like them. Anyway, you have enough academic ability.”

“That wouldn’t be bad either,” Lin Wuming said, stroking his chin.

But to be honest, Lin Wuming hadn't realized that "school was about to start" until Aiho Yomikawa mentioned it.

After all, he had been away from school for a long time.

Going to school, and especially middle school, would be easy for Lin Wuming, but compared to not having to go to school at all, the latter was definitely more enjoyable.

Naturally, Lin Wuming had no reason to object. As far as he was concerned, as long as it didn't affect him getting his diploma and degree in the end, it wouldn't be a problem even if he just stayed at home until he graduated from college.

Of course, that probably wouldn't happen.

“Speaking of which,” Lin Wuming suddenly thought of a key question, “Which school am I going to attend?”

It was just middle school, and Lin Wuming had never cared about it, so until now, he was still not very clear about which school Aiho Yomikawa had chosen for him.

“Didn’t I tell you?” Aiho Yomikawa also looked surprised. “Sakugawa Middle School, it’s in the Seventh District, so it’s quite convenient to get to.”

“However…” Aiho Yomikawa hesitated slightly before continuing, “Wuming, have you considered going to a better school? Transferring there directly in the third grade.”

“A better school?” Lin Wuming asked back, “What does that mean?”

“For example, the middle school division of Nagatenjouki Academy… With your strength, it shouldn’t be a problem,” Aiho Yomikawa was again looking at the problem from the perspective of a guardian, always thinking about getting Lin Wuming into a better school.

“It’s a pity I didn’t think about it before, that Wuming, you would be so outstanding.” Aiho Yomikawa showed a regretful expression.

Aiho Yomikawa was the one who handled Lin Wuming's identity certificate and school application. The reason she chose Sakugawa Middle School, an ordinary school, was because she didn't understand Lin Wuming at the time.

This was understandable. Although Lin Wuming was already a Level 3 Strong Ability User, according to the investigation, he had never attended a single day of school. His short life had been spent almost entirely in orphanages and illegal research facilities. Going to a school with a very high deviation value right away might be counterproductive.

So, Aiho Yomikawa made a relatively conservative choice at the time.

She believed that by the time he took the high school entrance exam, Lin Wuming would definitely catch up and be able to enter a very good school.

But she didn't expect Lin Wuming's performance to be so outstanding, even "too outstanding."

In just two months during the summer vacation, he had undergone a complete transformation.

Compared to the great fame he had made in "heroic" activities, Lin Wuming's academic achievements seemed insignificant.

But Aiho Yomikawa knew that Lin Wuming had taken the internal science exam paper for Nagatenjouki Academy and scored more than 50%.

This was only because he was too lazy to write and only did the multiple-choice and true-or-false questions, which were more "easy."

But this was only easy in terms of the amount of writing, the amount of thinking was not low at all.

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