A Scientific Urban Detective

With a meaningful tone, Kessai Yukari said, "Misaka-san really values that Nameless senior."

"Of course, Nameless-senpai is the hero who saved me."

Perhaps because she was more relaxed, Misaka Mikoto was being quite honest.

If it were any other time, Kessai Yukari would definitely seize the opportunity to gossip and carefully inquire about the relationship between Misaka Mikoto and that "Nameless senior," but now…

"Speaking of that Nameless senior…"

Narrowing her eyes, and remembering her older sister's mission, Kessai Yukari took the opportunity to ask, "Although he has the title of hero, there are also rumors that his actions are somewhat… excessive, such as abusing violence."

"Hmm…" Misaka Mikoto fell into thought.

Actually, in her opinion, "abusing violence" wasn't a problem at all—after all, Misaka Mikoto herself was the same type.

But the problem was that Lin Wuming wasn't simply "abusing violence"; he and Hachiwaki-san actually had kill records, and the numbers weren't small!

As her relationship with Lin Wuming's group gradually deepened, Misaka Mikoto also became aware of these "dark histories."

However, Lin Wuming and Hachiwaki Toomi only killed bad people who deserved it, and Misaka Mikoto had never witnessed those scenes herself, so she didn't really care about them.

—But how could she explain this to Kessai Yukari?

In the eyes of uninformed outsiders, the worst thing Nameless-senpai had done was probably just "abusing violence," not to the extent of "killing people with his own hands," right? So it was best not to let others know about those sealed dark histories.

"Well, everything Nameless-senpai does is for a reason, and it's righteous.

So there's no problem," Misaka Mikoto said.

"Eh~" Kessai Yukari seemed to sense something from the brief silence just now, drawing out her tone.

"It seems that the deeds of that Nameless senior are even more excessive than 'abusing violence.'

The news reports must have covered up some of the truth."

"That's true," Misaka Mikoto didn't deny it.

"It's indeed much more exciting than what can be reported in the news."

Lin Wuming's specialty was "destroying illegal research facilities," and for various reasons, most of those "illegal experiments" could never be publicly reported.

It wasn't strange that news reports glossed over them with ambiguous language.

Misaka Mikoto meant that the truth of those cases was more excessive than what was in the news reports.

But Kessai Yukari read another meaning into it…

"Older sister, I have confirmed again that your speculation is correct."

The next morning, the first thing Kessai Yukari did upon arriving at school was to go straight to the infirmary and report the situation to her older sister, Saten Ruiko.

"There is indeed a clear difference between the news reports and even urban legends about Lin Wuming and the truth," Kessai Yukari said quickly.

"This was personally admitted by Misaka-san, although she didn't reveal what the truth was, she confirmed that—Lin Wuming's deeds are even more excessive than what is known to the outside world!"

"Older sister, you guessed right—Academy City's officials are deliberately protecting Lin Wuming!"

Not long ago, Saten Ruiko gave Kessai Yukari a mission: to use her identity as a "roommate" to gather information about Lin Wuming from Misaka Mikoto.

She didn't need any particularly detailed or confidential information, just to understand how big the gap was between the rumors about Lin Wuming and the truth.

Because based on various clues and the information she already had in her possession, Saten Ruiko came to a conclusion—Lin Wuming was receiving some kind of special "favor" and care in this Academy City.

No matter how excessive the things he did, he would not be held accountable, and the official forces could even come forward to cover it up.

In a sense, Lin Wuming enjoyed privileges in this city!

And this "privilege" was exactly what Saten Ruiko wanted.

Leaning back on the hospital bed, Saten Ruiko narrowed her eyes, stroking the panda plushie in her arms as she pondered.

After a while, seeing that her older sister hadn't responded, Kessai Yukari added, "Should I go and inquire about the details again?

Misaka-san is in a good mood now, so she should be easy to talk to."

"No, there's no need," Saten Ruiko said with a smile.

"The information is sufficient, there's no need to continue taking risks, you did a great job."

"It's good to be able to help older sister," Kessai Yukari also smiled.

She was happy to do this kind of task that wouldn't harm others.

After all, Kessai Yukari and her older sister Saten Ruiko had the same goal in coming to Tokiwadai Middle School.

"But," Kessai Yukari lowered her voice and asked, "Is this information really helpful to our investigation?"

"Of course it's useful," Saten Ruiko held up the panda plushie, kneading the metal ball hidden inside its chest through the plushie's chest.

"With this information, we can 'openly' enter the juvenile detention center to investigate!"

Kessai Yukari's eyes also lit up: "So, Yosari-nee's…"

Before she could finish speaking, Saten Ruiko reached out her finger and pressed it against her lips: "Shh, it's not time to celebrate yet."

"I understand."

Satisfied, Saten Ruiko got up from the hospital bed: "Misaka-san has already arrived at school, right?"

"Eh? Yes," Kessai Yukari nodded quickly.

"Older sister, are you looking for Misaka-san?"

"Just… borrowing something from her~" Holding the panda plushie, Saten Ruiko adjusted her glasses as she passed the mirror at the entrance of the infirmary.

After leaving the infirmary, the "Empress of the Infirmary" had transformed back into an innocent and pure sickly beauty.

Because the sister relationship needed to be kept secret, Kessai Yukari secretly slipped out of the infirmary a few minutes later.

Then she rushed towards the classroom.

On one side was her beloved older sister, and on the other was a good friend she had worked hard to make.

Kessai Yukari didn't want either side to be harmed.

Although Misaka Mikoto was a powerful Level 5, in her heart, Kessai Yukari still felt that her older sister Saten Ruiko was more powerful, so she was very worried that Misaka Mikoto would be harmed.

When she arrived at the classroom, she learned from her classmates that Misaka Mikoto had been called away by Saten Ruiko-senpai not long ago, and she didn't know where she had gone.

She was anxious in her heart, but on the surface she remained calm.

Kessai Yukari thought for a while and decided to contact Misaka Mikoto by phone.

To her relief, the call went through smoothly, and there was no conflict between Misaka Mikoto and Saten Ruiko.

It sounded like… they were just playing games?

When Kessai Yukari found them, she saw that Saten Ruiko and Misaka Mikoto had skipped the early morning self-study session and come to the school dormitory's arcade to "gamble."