A Scientific Urban Detective

Sha Danshan's ability is to summon and manipulate the owner of a "memento" through the "residual thoughts" on it.

So, essentially, Sha Danshan doesn't personally use other superpowers. Instead, she indirectly uses them through the characters she summons.

Sha Danshan isn't a multi-talented esper, but a "summoner."

Therefore, Sha Danshan can't truly "read minds" or "manipulate others," but with the help of Misaki Shokuhou's "Mental Out," she can achieve almost the same thing.

So, even though she pressed the remote control at the warden, it had no effect; the one truly using "Mental Out" was the phantom of Misaki Shokuhou that she summoned.

But Misaki Shokuhou's phantom, holding the same model of remote control, hesitated to activate the superpower immediately.

Sha Danshan's heart tightened, and she subconsciously pointed the remote control at her.

Only then did she remember that she hadn't issued any instructions.

"Mental Out" is a very delicate and complex superpower, and Sha Danshan is wary of it, not directly achieving "wish fulfillment" like when controlling other abilities.

To restrain and control "Mental Out," Sha Danshan set it to a mode where she must directly command it.

"Okay... Anyway, let's wake this guy up first."

The warden, who had been violently knocked unconscious, was forcibly awakened by the superpower.

"Make him turn off the interference device," Sha Danshan ordered, "Turn off all of it in the entire juvenile reformatory. In the name of this email."

Misaki Shokuhou's phantom nodded and pressed the remote control again.

"Ask him about the Wu Lin Ye Xiao incident four years ago," Sha Danshan's expression turned serious as she spoke again.

Under the manipulation of "Mental Out," the warden withdrew the email he had just sent and resent a reply: "Our institution will turn off the interference devices between 2:00 and 2:30 PM. Please complete the personnel handover as soon as possible."

Then, directly through the warden's authority, he turned off all the interference devices in the entire facility...

Of course, the cells where high-level esper criminals were held in solitary confinement had independently operated restraint facilities that were not directly controlled by the warden's authority.

Therefore, nothing special happened in the juvenile reformatory in the short term.

"Wu Lin Ye Xiao, I remember," the warden also began to answer Sha Danshan's question, "But that's top secret..."

"Tsk, stop the nonsense, get to the point!" Concerned about what she cared about most, Sha Danshan lost her patience.

"I don't know the specific details," unexpectedly, the warden said, "That was arranged by the big shots above. I'm just doing things according to their instructions. As for what the inside story is, I don't know, nor dare to inquire."

In the end, he, the warden, was just a front man for those "big shots," doing their dirty work.

Because the answers were given under the control of "Mental Out," their accuracy was beyond doubt.

Sha Danshan clenched the remote control in her hand, then sighed heavily.

--This result wasn't unexpected. If Sister Ye Xiao's information was really that easy to find out, I wouldn't have had to go to such lengths.

Sha Danshan had long known that the Wu Lin Ye Xiao case four years ago was very deep, and the warden in front of her was just a tool, so it wasn't strange that he didn't know the inside story.

Her purpose in coming here wasn't to directly obtain information from the warden.

"Tell me, where was Wu Lin Ye Xiao's cell back then?" Sha Danshan asked again.

That's right, what Sha Danshan really placed her hopes on was this clue.

Whether it was her own superpower or Misaki Shokuhou's superpower application "Memory Retrieval," both had the ability to obtain past information from objects.

Therefore, as long as she found an item that Wu Lin Ye Xiao had used or a place she had stayed, she could find some clues.

"The incident four years ago was a big deal, so all the relevant information at the time was destroyed," the warden said, "That cell was also sealed off and has not been used since."

Sha Danshan raised her eyebrows: "Finally, some good news."

This meant that the cell had not been contaminated by other information and could directly read the relevant information of Wu Lin Ye Xiao back then.

Having obtained the information she wanted and turned off the interference device, Sha Danshan had no intention of staying here any longer.

"Cooperate with me, transfer all the security personnel on the way, and then try to use your authority as the warden to create some trouble for the staff," Sha Danshan issued her final order.

The warden nodded and began to execute it meticulously.

As she pulled open the door and was about to leave the office, Sha Danshan suddenly stopped, turned her head, and asked, "Who was the 'big shot' who asked you to do things back then?"

"He is one of the most important partners of our institution, and also one of the directors - Shelbin Kenshils."

"Ah, is that so." Sha Danshan slammed the door shut and strode away.

She didn't have any special feelings about this answer.

"A director? Although it's a bit difficult... but that's how it should be." Sha Danshan noted the name of this culprit in her heart, "After all, if Sister Ye Xiao really becomes the Eternal Princess, she can also become a director later; then, as her opponent, I must reach the same level."

This could also be considered one of the important gains of this trip. Sha Danshan strode out of the office building, heading aggressively towards the real "prison area."

Although it wasn't disturbed by other information, four years had passed, and Sha Danshan wasn't sure how much residual thought could be preserved in that cell.

If she was unlucky, she might have to investigate along the "Director Shelbin" line.

In the deepest part of the "prison area," she found a forgotten cell.

From the dust-covered and discolored door, it could be seen that the door hadn't been opened for a long time.

Taking out a new coin, she summoned a phantom of Mikoto Misaka again.

Then, Sha Danshan easily opened the door.

"Sister Ye Xiao..."

Before the dust flying at the door settled, Sha Danshan plunged in...

A few minutes later, the girl walked out of the cell while brushing the dust off her body.

The good news was that the residual thoughts in the cell were still strong enough, and Sha Danshan did see the "Sister Ye Xiao" she had been dreaming of.

Wu Lin Ye Xiao, who was imprisoned here back then, had nothing wrong with her except for looking a little depressed, and her physical condition seemed to be very good.

Moreover, in the final moments in this cell, Wu Lin Ye Xiao was taken out by several staff members of the juvenile reformatory.

--She walked out on her own two legs, instead of being carried out as a corpse.

--Sister Ye Xiao didn't die here!

This discovery made Sha Danshan excited. In any case, she didn't see the scene of Sister Ye Xiao's death, so there was still hope!