A Scientific Urban Detective

To be honest, Yamashiro Tenjo completely failed to understand why his invitation was rejected by Teitoku Kakine, and why it provoked such a furious reaction from him.

– Wasn't this guy supposed to be a standard dark side leader who didn't care about killing at all? Why would he react so violently after hearing about the experimental method?

To save his life, Yamashiro Tenjo certainly wouldn't stubbornly ask for the specific reason, but instead fled that dangerous place as quickly as possible.

Fortunately, Teitoku Kakine was not very suitable for the "Absolute Power Evolution Project" experimental plan in the first place, so being rejected wasn't a particularly serious loss.

After all, the reason for seeking out Teitoku Kakine first was simply because he was the closest esper to Accelerator.

In fact, the researchers of the Kihara family had evaluated all Level 5 espers and simulated corresponding Level 6 advancement plans.

Among them, the calculation results for "Dark Matter" Teitoku Kakine were: he needed to fight Accelerator as an opponent, undergo a thorough battle, and be killed at least nine times before he could advance to Level 6…

This was completely the opposite of Accelerator's advancement path, and even more impossible to achieve.

As everyone knows, when people are killed, they die. How could someone be killed nine times in a row?

Teitoku Kakine is an esper, not a cat… Besides, even a cat would be finished if it were killed nine times.

If this calculation result hadn't been derived from "Tree Diagram Designer," the researchers would have definitely thought it was nonsense.

Because Teitoku Kakine wasn't suitable for the existing "Absolute Power Evolution" plan, his rejection didn't have much impact.

Kihara Amata quickly regained his composure.

At the same time, Yamashiro Tenjo wasted no time in contacting the fourth-ranked "Meltdown Attacker."

Regarding the calculation results for "Meltdown Attacker's" advancement plan, her advancement method was to fight Level 5 espers other than Accelerator. Victory or defeat didn't matter, but she had to fully unleash the full power of her "Meltdown."

In other words, "combat" was just a means, and the goal was to stimulate her to exert her full strength.

– According to the assessment, "Meltdown Attacker"'s destructive power had actually overflowed severely, exceeding the level that a Level 5 should have.

In other words, as long as Mugino Shizuri could unleash her full power, she would be Level 6.

But the problem was that she couldn't do that. Not to mention full power, as long as "Meltdown Attacker's" output power exceeded 60%, it would cause irreversible erosion to her body.

Before "Meltdown Attacker" destroyed the target, it would first destroy Mugino Shizuri's body!

Therefore, according to the calculation assessment, at least a professional team of a thousand people was needed to take care of and maintain Mugino Shizuri's body—just like operating a giant weapon, constantly maintaining and repairing it, in order to protect her brain and life.

On the premise of meeting the above conditions, when more than 70% of Mugino Shizuri's body was replaced by artificial machinery, she could advance to Level 6.

Although it sounded incomprehensible, in the eyes of professional researchers like Yamashiro Tenjo and Kihara Amata, this was not an unacceptable price.

Coincidentally, they, who had inherited the "Mass Production Ability User Project," had no shortage of manpower, and according to the original plan, they could also provide ample combat opportunities.

On closer thought, this new candidate and new plan were quite feasible.

Compared to Teitoku Kakine, Mugino Shizuri, who was like a young lady, had more "gangster" qualities.

She agreed to Yamashiro Tenjo's invitation to cooperate, at the cost of having to pay sufficient remuneration.

Obviously, Mugino Shizuri was treating this cooperation as a business deal.

…

Kaisa Umibe pushed open the door of the luxurious penthouse suite that served as their headquarters, and was immediately stunned by the mess before her.

"Was this place attacked?" The girl asked curiously as she carefully searched for a foothold among the furniture fragments scattered all over the floor.

If she hadn't seen the other three members of "School" looking calm and staying in their usual spots, Kaisa Umibe would have definitely turned around and left immediately.

But seeing this scene of tranquility after the storm, she guessed that this was probably her leader's handiwork.

Relying on her "Mental Stinger," Kaisa Umibe didn't have much fear of Teitoku Kakine.

"What happened in the half-day I was gone?" Kaisa Umibe asked directly.

"In short," the one who answered her was Youmiya Ouhana, "someone came this morning to discuss cooperation and invite the leader to participate in the Level 6 evolution project."

"Should I say it's bold, or just natural?" Kaisa Umibe said, "But since they were able to find this place, they must be in the know. It shouldn't be enough to make him this angry, right?"

Level 5 ability information is top secret, and unauthorized personnel are not allowed to access it. Since they dared to come and discuss cooperation openly, they must have obtained the necessary permissions and qualifications.

Moreover, advancing to Level 6 seems like a good thing, right? So she couldn't understand why her leader was angry.

"Well…" Youmiya Ouhana sized up Teitoku Kakine, and seeing that he didn't object, she lowered her voice and explained, "Because the other party said the experimental method was combat…"

"What a cliché plan," Kaisa Umibe complained, "But there's nothing wrong with that, right? The leader is good at that kind of thing anyway."

"It's not ordinary combat," Youmiya Ouhana waved her hand and said, "They said he had to personally kill many girls."

Although Yamashiro Tenjo and the others were vague when they introduced it at the time, Youmiya Ouhana still discerned the keywords from it.

– At the cost of killing many girls.

"No wonder the leader is angry." Kaisa Umibe suddenly understood.

Saying that, she looked around: "Aren't those two little girls here?"

"Of course not, how could we bring irrelevant personnel to headquarters?" Youmiya Ouhana said.

"What does it matter? The headquarters is already like this anyway." Kaisa Umibe looked nonchalant, "Besides, the leader seems to like those two girls quite a bit—Kou Ringo and Ryuu Goujika."

"It's not that I like them," Teitoku Kakine, who had been silent all along, finally spoke, "It's just that those two brats have been pestering me."

"Yes, yes, yes…" Kaisa Umibe smiled meaningfully.

Teitoku Kakine glanced at her, then glared fiercely at Youmiya Ouhana: "Isn't this all trouble you caused!"

Youmiya Ouhana quickly raised both hands in a gesture of surrender, along with the circle of mechanical tentacles on her crown.

"It's my fault, I'm reflecting on it…"

Although the attitude and tone were very sincere, it always gave people a frivolous and uncaring feeling.

After all, Kaisa Umibe's evaluation just now was not wrong. The two girls they met yesterday really liked Teitoku Kakine.

Or rather, they were Teitoku Kakine's "fans"—because they thought his ability was very beautiful when activated, "like an angel."

Speaking of which, they were indeed found by Youmiya Ouhana, and that's how they formed a bond with the leader, Teitoku Kakine. So Youmiya Ouhana couldn't be considered wronged.