A Scientific Urban Detective

Shortly after the assassination attempt on Lin Wuming was thwarted, the security forces quickly took control of the scene and searched the four "victims," finding concealed weapons specifically designed for assassination.

This made their identities as "assassins" undeniable.

"So, who exactly wants to assassinate me?" Lin Wuming wondered.

After dinner, the three of them were on the living room sofa playing games and chatting casually.

Lin Wuming took the opportunity to ask about the news.

"The task was posted on an anonymous website, with a very high reward," Huangquanchuan Aiho said, "As for who the mastermind is, we can't find out."

"Can't find out?" Lin Wuming thought for a moment, "Should we hire some highly skilled hackers..."

"It's not a problem with hacking skills," Huangquanchuan Aiho shook her head, "It's a 'truly anonymous' employer. After investigation, the task was posted by a newly created temporary account. Other than that, we can't find any other information."

"How is it possible to not find anything?" Lin Wuming didn't believe it, "As long as you're patient, you can always..."

"Unfortunately, we're short on time right now," Huangquanchuan Aiho poured cold water on him, "Because the task was posted very widely, many people should have seen it already. The top priority now is to protect you, and then to investigate that anonymous account."

"So, is it the remnants of Director Sherbin's forces?" Lin Wuming asked instead.

"No, that Sherbin guy didn't leave behind any decent 'legacy'," Huangquanchuan Aiho shook her head, "But—you were probably right about the 'Board of Directors' identity."

Although there was no clear evidence, the security forces' professionals assessed and judged that this wave of assassinations against Lin Wuming was orchestrated by the "Board of Directors"!

Director Sherbin had said something like this before he died: "I'm not the only one who doesn't want those little girls to become directors."

This statement was actually correct. Among the twelve directors, more than just Director Sherbin were unwilling to see newcomers rise.

However, the others were not as impatient as Director Sherbin.

In addition, becoming a director through the "Eitetsu Himegimi" channel had a very low success rate and was not worth spending too much time on.

Therefore, only Director Sherbin, whose position was the most unstable, would specifically try to block the "Eitetsu Himegimi".

But now, unlike the "Eitetsu Himegimi," which had too many uncertain factors, "Director Wuming" was an imminent threat!

The directors who felt the pressure would naturally take some action.

And at their level, they didn't need to do many things themselves, or even issue orders.

Their subordinates would naturally try to understand their superiors' intentions and then take action.

This round of assassinations that Lin Wuming was facing was roughly in this category.

—Some directors were unhappy with his sudden rise, and there was more than one; so their subordinates took action on their own initiative.

Because they were the high-level figures in charge of the entire Academy City, their will would receive the fastest and most perfect response.

Moreover, it was in the name of the "official," so of course the security forces could not find out the specific identity of the mastermind.

They could only judge from experience that the mastermind had a direct relationship with the "Board of Directors."

"It's the Board of Directors again..." Hozubee Tomitsu frowned, "Like that Sherbin before?"

"Director Sherbin was probably the lowest-ranked one among the twelve, right?" Lin Wuming said.

"Which means the weakest," Hozubee Tomitsu said thoughtfully, "In that case, this enemy is a bit troublesome."

"Don't arbitrarily define the Board of Directors as the enemy..." Lin Wuming said with a wry smile, "I don't want to break ties and start a war with those directors again."

"The only person in this city who can say something like that," Huangquanchuan Aiho sighed, "is probably Wuming, right?"

Although he seemed to be showing weakness, the subtext revealed in his words was full of confidence, as if he was not afraid even if a war really broke out.

"Don't worry," Huangquanchuan Aiho said, "Our security forces will protect you. As long as you survive this period, and they all recognize you, they will probably give up on the assassinations."

There is a price to pay for doing anything. As long as Lin Wuming demonstrates his strength and influence and survives this wave of assassinations; even if only for cost considerations, the other party will give up the assassination attempt.

Lin Wuming nodded, he understood this principle very well.

Although Lin Wuming is now "suspected to be Level 5," he is not a true Level 5 after all, so the high-ranking Board of Directors would not deliberately pay attention to him before this, and they did not have a clear idea of his true strength.

After all, in Academy City, there are quite a few powerful individuals with "comparable to Level 5" abilities.

Lin Wuming is ultimately just a Level 3 Strong Ability User and not worth special attention.

Previously, Lin Wuming's reputation mainly circulated among students and researchers. Now that it has reached the ruling class, they naturally need to re-evaluate his strength.

Therefore, this round of assassinations can be regarded as an assessment of Lin Wuming by the "Board of Directors" class. After passing it, he can gain recognition and truly become a member of that class.

In the following days, Lin Wuming stayed at home and minimized unnecessary outings, except for routine participation in speeches, and each outing was accompanied by a security teacher...

Of course, Lin Wuming was not someone who liked to wander around in the first place, so his life was hardly affected too seriously.

Moreover, according to Huangquanchuan Aiho, the security guards accompanying Lin Wuming were more like preventing Lin Wuming and Hozubee Tomitsu from "over-defending" than protecting his personal safety—it could almost be considered as protecting the lives of those assassins.

Later, the assassins also saw this point. The bodyguard of the assassination target was actually protecting the lives of the assassins... For the assassins, this was not just a great humiliation, but also showed that the assassination target was powerful and that continuing the assassination was meaningless.

After all, no matter how high the reward is, it is useless if you can't get it.

After a week of assassination attempts, Lin Wuming seemed to have passed the "test"...

Just in time, the parade incident was finally resolved satisfactorily, and all the blue-collar workers were disbanded and returned to their original production and lives.

Of course, there was no need for Lin Wuming to continue participating in those boring speech activities.

It was a weekend, and Lin Wuming felt that he finally had the opportunity to spend a comfortable weekend in peace.

However, early on Saturday morning, Lin Wuming was called out by a phone call.

—Disciplinary Committee activities.

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