A Scientific Urban Detective

“Perhaps we should also keep up with the trend and not limit our focus to the school…” Shokuhou Misaki pondered.

“Hey, hey, hey, if you two also run outside, the school will really jump!” Kamiya Koji Ruri Hanging Nest saw her thoughts and quickly said, “Don’t spread the competition within the school to the outside. Those children who yearn for Tokiwadai Middle School will be greatly disappointed.”

“Don’t worry, I’m just saying it casually. I’m not that impulsive,” Shokuhou Misaki said.

Mizuhashi Nagi just listened quietly to the side. She originally lacked interest in factional competition, so of course, she wouldn’t actively expand her influence outward.

Rather, it was to isolate herself from the worldly troubles outside that she chose to come to this relatively closed Tokiwadai Middle School.

While they were talking, Kamiya Koji Ruri Hanging Nest suddenly placed her phone on the table, showing it to everyone.

“Look, look, speak of the devil, Senior Lin Wuming is in the news again.”

In the live broadcast, Lin Wuming was giving a speech on a temporary platform on the street.

Seeing Lin Wuming's tense face and the look of despair in his eyes on the screen, Misaka Mikoto couldn't help but smile: “Haha, it’s really hard work, Senior Wuming.”

This scene wasn't the first time it had happened. In fact, for the past week, the thing Lin Wuming had done the most was to go to the streets and give speeches everywhere.

Lin Wuming himself was not good at and didn't like this kind of work, but there was no way, after all, it was "work," and he couldn't easily refuse.

Of course, in the eyes of others, this was actually a kind of "reward" for Lin Wuming—for a public figure, there was no better reward than exposure and positive publicity.

But Lin Wuming really didn't need such a "reward" and didn't want to be a public figure. To him, these continuous speeches were more like the price he had to pay for "killing Chairman Sherbin."

You must know that although Chairman Sherbin was dead, the large-scale parade caused by him had not ended!

Even because the negotiation target was gone, the entire parade was stuck in a very awkward situation.

Even if the workers wanted to compromise, they didn't know who to bow their heads to… not to mention, they had no intention of compromising.

Since they still needed to continue negotiating and fighting, there had to be an opponent.

Chairman Sherbin was dead, and his team of aides was not qualified to negotiate on his behalf, not to mention that they were all arrested and under investigation, and there was no way to come out and participate in activities.

As for the other directors, they had no interest in taking over this mess.

So, the pressure completely came to the security forces—out of duty, they had to restore traffic order in the city as soon as possible, and prevent the parade from turning into a riot again.

After thinking about it, the security forces thought of "their own people"—the legendary "hero" who acted for the heavens, killed Chairman Sherbin, and vented his anger for the vast blue-collar class, Lin Wuming.

The security forces, who had a complete autopsy report in hand, of course knew that Chairman Sherbin was not killed by Lin Wuming. He didn't even leave a single wound on Chairman Sherbin.

But the public believed it!

Moreover, Lin Wuming had glorious past achievements to support him; if they hadn't seen irrefutable evidence with their own eyes, even the security forces would have thought that Lin Wuming had killed him…

Unsurprisingly, after this battle, Lin Wuming's reputation soared again.

Now, even if the security forces came forward to refute the rumors, it would probably be useless.

——Academy City’s urban legends have their own set of communication logic.

So, the security forces simply made the best of a bad situation and asked Lin Wuming to come forward and endorse them, first to appease the marching crowd.

Lin Wuming's so-called speeches were also reciting manuscripts, focusing on using his reputation to call on everyone to end the parade and go home.

In fact, he was just some kind of mascot.

As for the job issues that the marching crowd cared about, Chairman Sherbin died and his policies ended. Although the "unmanned" revolution in Academy City could not be said to be completely canceled, it also changed from the original radical reform to a gradual advancement.

Before taking on this task, Lin Wuming specifically went to get the guarantee from Chairman Aleister—at least within two years, Academy City would not actively fire any workers.

So, Lin Wuming was confident and had no psychological burden when he came forward to help appease the marching crowd.

As for after two years… the world war will have already started, who will care about unemployment…

After thirty minutes, Lin Wuming left the stage escorted by two security teachers.

The crowd under the stage was enthusiastic, as if they were watching a star concert, and some even shouted "Encore."

Lin Wuming was very grateful that he insisted on the "wheelchair" persona, so the audience under the stage was willing to let him go and didn't make things too difficult for a "disabled person."

“Are those people really okay?” Recalling the fanatical scene he had just seen on stage, Lin Wuming was still worried.

He even wanted to call Shokuhou Misaki to take a look to see if the people below were under some kind of group psychological suggestion.

“It’s just a bandwagon effect, don’t worry too much about it,” Yomikawa Aiho walked over. “Thank you for your hard work, Wuming.”

“Wuming, you’re still doing well,” Tetsuou Tsuzuri continued. “If you’ve been to a real idol concert, you’ll know that’s the real fanaticism.”

“But I’m not a celebrity idol!” Lin Wuming complained. “And isn’t this the kind of work that a middle school student shouldn’t be doing?”

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Once or twice is fine, but it’s been a week, and I have to rush to three or four shows every day, and I have to be on stage for at least half an hour each time…

It's really a waste of time and very boring.

Because all Lin Wuming had to do was memorize the manuscript, and then act as a mascot on stage… but he was a very important "mascot" and couldn't be distracted.

Without a doubt, this was an ordeal!

The security teachers present all burst into laughter when they heard this.

“Indeed, this is not a job that a middle school student should do,” Captain Haya said. “But this is the responsibility that a ‘hero’ and ‘Wuming Director’ must bear.”

“Even Captain Haya has learned to be humorous?” Lin Wuming clicked his tongue.

The "Wuming Director" mentioned by Captain Haya was actually another rumor after "Lin Wuming personally killed Chairman Sherbin."

Regardless of the truth, as a result, Lin Wuming undoubtedly "rose to the top" by stepping on the corpse of a current governing director.

Then, the most important thing was that Lin Wuming, who had done such a big thing, was not punished or retaliated against in any way, and even appeared openly on the stage built by the security forces to appease the marching crowd.

Even those who were well-informed found out that Lin Wuming had Chairman Aleister backing him!

In summary, it is not difficult to draw a conclusion that the bigwigs of Academy City have admitted that Lin Wuming is an existence at the "governing director" level!

At least it is an existence that can threaten the governing directors.

Even the other governing directors felt that Lin Wuming was the "knife" that Chairman Aleister used to target them.

Absolute strength is equivalent to absolute status, so Lin Wuming is qualified to be regarded as a "director with a name but without a title."

Combined with his name "Lin Wuming", he quickly gained a new nickname—"Wuming Director".