A Scientific Urban Detective

Board Member Scherbing was the next focus of the investigation, a decision Misaki Shokuhou made because she trusted the source of the information.

Of course, more importantly, the name "Board Member Scherbing" had also been mentioned by the nameless senior.

Yesterday, before going to confront Saidan Ougi in person, Misaki Shokuhou had specifically sought out Lin Wuming.

At that time, Lin Wuming had casually mentioned the name "Scherbing."

The context at the time was mainly complaining about the parade and riot the night before, but Lin Wuming, from the security guard teachers' idle chatter, had a flash of inspiration—could Board Member Scherbing, who strongly promoted "automation" and vigorously developed high-performance robots, also be the one who led the development of FIVE_Over?

He further speculated whether he was the real culprit behind the assassination attempt on himself and Hachiwaki Toumei using FIVE_Over?

Although it was still just pure speculation without any basis, since suspicion had arisen, an investigation was necessary.

Anyway, they now had the ability and resources, so there was no harm in investigating.

So when meeting with Misaki Shokuhou, Lin Wuming casually mentioned it, asking her to investigate it when convenient.

At the time, Misaki Shokuhou didn't pay much attention to it, as she was always collecting information anyway, so it was indeed enough to just collect it along the way, and it wasn't worth special attention.

Until she heard the name "Scherbing" again from Saidan Ougi...

In that case, it was necessary to investigate it thoroughly no matter what.

Saidan Ougi did not expect Misaki Shokuhou to be so proactive. The day after the alliance, she rushed out of school with her trusted subordinates.

The Shokuhou Faction seemed to have returned to the state of being "addicted to off-campus activities" not long ago.

Saidan Ougi quickly realized that there must be other reasons that prompted Misaki Shokuhou to take action.

However, she didn't mind, and even welcomed it.

No matter what the reason, it was enough as long as the Shokuhou Faction was indeed investigating.

The development of the matter met Saidan Ougi's expectations in all aspects, which made her feel very satisfied, and even had a delusion—the "truth" of four years ago could be investigated soon, and Yosari-nee could return to her side soon...

But she immediately shook her head and shook off that unrealistic dream.

In order to make that dream come true, she had to work harder.

Saidan Ougi was now very rarely present in the faction's activity room, and she had to properly handle the rumors of "the Saidan Faction and the Shokuhou Faction forming an alliance."

—On the surface, the Saidan Faction had absolutely nothing to do with these messy incidents.

No, in fact, that was indeed the case, because the only one involved was Saidan Ougi herself.

And on the surface, even Saidan Ougi herself was an innocent and pure "philanthropist" who had nothing to do with any bad things...

Sure enough, the development of the matter was as Saidan Ougi expected.

The incident of invading the Juvenile Reformatory did not cause any waves.

The relevant information seemed to be artificially controlled. Apart from the staff of the Juvenile Reformatory, almost no one knew what happened in the early hours of yesterday.

The reason for such caution was that Saidan Ougi's plan was successful—she had indeed successfully misled the "invader" as Lin Wuming.

Even if Lin Wuming had an alibi provided by the security forces.

But the result was that while investigating the "invader," the security forces also launched the most stringent investigation of the Juvenile Reformatory in history...

This had become a consensus among the security forces and even the social舆论 of Academy City—any organization targeted by Lin Wuming must be related to illegal experiments.

The Juvenile Reformatory was not very clean in the first place, but it was on an equal administrative level with the security forces, and the two sides were not subordinate to each other. In addition, there were many "backers" with enough weight, so the security forces had not been able to do anything about it.

But now the situation had changed, and there was finally a breakthrough. Regardless of whether Lin Wuming was involved in this incident, since an investigation was to be conducted, it should be thoroughly investigated!

Even the Juvenile Reformatory was actively "self-investigating," and everyone was panicking for a while.

After all, the Juvenile Reformatory was still nominally an "educational institution," and most of the staff inside were regular teachers with teaching certificates.

They were indeed not related to those illegal and disciplinary things, but only occasionally heard urban legends about the Juvenile Reformatory.

Although they all laughed it off when they heard it at the time and never took it seriously; but now, after thinking about it carefully, they were not sure whether their workplace was really so pure.

The Juvenile Reformatory was, after all, a kind of "prison." Although it seemed to have nothing to do with "illegal experiments," corporal punishment and disguised corporal punishment were not uncommon.

It would be troublesome if it attracted the investigation of regulatory agencies!

It can only be said that the name "Lin Wuming" was more useful than Saidan Ougi had expected.

Even Lin Wuming himself did not expect it to become like this.

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In fact, Lin Wuming was not interested in the internal affairs of either the Juvenile Reformatory or Tokiwadai Middle School, and did not intend to interfere.

After all, those two places were relatively independent and isolated from the outside world, and even if Lin Wuming wanted to do something, he couldn't.

Until he met Misaki Shokuhou again and exchanged information...

"Board Member Scherbing is also one of the backers of the Juvenile Reformatory?" Lin Wuming, who had obtained the latest information, couldn't help but click his tongue. "So many clues point to this guy. It seems that it's really impossible not to investigate him carefully."

Not only the "backer" of the Juvenile Reformatory and the FIVE_Over project, but in fact, not long ago, Sakura and Ryouko, those two "model girls," also conveyed to Lin Wuming the latest mission entrusted by Chairman Aleister—requiring Lin Wuming to find out the reason for this large-scale parade and demonstration as soon as possible, and to find a way to resolve this incident as soon as possible, so that Academy City could return to normal production and life.

Although this mission had too many槽点 in Lin Wuming's view—this was not something that a "former hero" and active disciplinary committee member could handle—but there was still a general idea. The culprit that led to the blue-collar workers' parade still seemed to be that Board Member Scherbing...

The situation was now clear. For both public and private reasons, let's investigate Scherbing Kenzil first!

Board members are big figures at the top of the ruling class of Academy City, so of course they are not so easy to investigate.

But Lin Wuming is now working for Chairman Aleister. As long as he informs the chairman in advance, it shouldn't be a problem, right?

But...

"I have to ask the school for leave again..." Lin Wuming couldn't help but sigh. "I really feel sorry for the teacher."

Since he chose to go to school like an ordinary person, Lin Wuming was prepared to be a "good student," or at least he should be a "well-behaved student" and spend his middle school life in an ordinary and peaceful way...

In fact, he did do so, but... Although Lin Wuming had been trying to ensure his attendance rate, he inevitably became the "leave-taking king" in the class for various reasons.

Fortunately, the homeroom teacher was understanding and knew the special nature of Lin Wuming's situation. She approved the leave slips very readily every time, and rarely asked the reason for Lin Wuming's leave...

The more this happened, the more guilty Lin Wuming felt.