A Scientific Urban Detective

"……I see, I see." After Final Signal filled in the details of Lin Wuming's actions, Misaka Mikoto nodded in satisfaction, "Looks like I really did help Wuming-senpai."

After all, because Lin Wuming had unnecessarily knocked the robber away and used his telekinesis to protect him from being killed instantly, he inadvertently gave the robber a chance to escape.

If Misaka Mikoto hadn't intervened in time, it would have taken more effort to catch that robber, right?

"So, where did you go with Wuming-senpai today?" Misaka Mikoto then asked.

"We didn't go anywhere. We were just playing hide-and-seek, and it was all serious business. Misaka Misaka seriously corrects Big Sister's misunderstanding."

"Hide-and-seek is serious business…" Misaka Mikoto retorted, "Wuming-senpai is too indulgent with you!"

"I told you, Big Sister is misunderstanding. Wuming-nii-chan and I were doing good deeds all the way. Misaka Misaka explains seriously."

"……Eh~ is that so?" After listening to Final Signal's explanation, Misaka Mikoto couldn't help but sigh, "So many terrible things happen in Academy City."

Misaka Mikoto's eyes flickered, as if she was seriously thinking about something, and she didn't continue speaking for a while.

It wasn't until she was awakened by the powerful music in the arcade that she realized she had arrived.

Putting away her complex thoughts, Misaka Mikoto cracked her knuckles, looking ready to go all out.

"Misaka doesn't have any pocket money to spend, Misaka Misaka reminds Big Sister."

"Don't worry, it's on me." Misaka Mikoto patted her chest and promised, "Just play as much as you want."

"I told you, Misaka isn't interested in arcade games…" Misaka Misaka looked speechlessly at her Big Sister, who couldn't hear her anymore.

Misaka Mikoto had already exchanged a large pile of game coins and stuffed them into Final Signal's hands, then went straight to her long-targeted destination.

Final Signal, who had no interest in arcade games, had no choice but to follow helplessly.

Seeing Misaka Mikoto stop in front of a certain machine, Final Signal sighed very maturely: "So it's this… As expected of Big Sister's interests. Misaka Misaka said helplessly."

It was a row of gashapon machines placed at the entrance of the arcade.

As for the contents of the gashapon machines, since they were chosen by Misaka Mikoto, they were naturally the "Gekota" series.

With the important Gekota right in front of her, Misaka Mikoto couldn't care less about other people's gazes.

"Those who can't appreciate the beauty of the Gekota family shouldn't waste their time here, go find something you like." Misaka Mikoto pretended to shoo them away.

"……" Final Signal was speechless for a moment, and suddenly felt that her decision to refuse to go home just now was a mistake.

Final Signal had no interest in arcades, and she did feel a little uneasy in such a noisy and unfamiliar environment.

After careful consideration, Final Signal decided to stay by Misaka Mikoto's side and watch her draw gashapons.

"Eh? Aren't you going to play?" Misaka Mikoto turned her head and saw the mini version of herself still standing behind her.

"I told you, Misaka isn't interested! Misaka Misaka retorted forcefully."

Final Signal is very smart, but because of the difference in physical age, her temperament and personality show a certain degree of "childishness."

In terms of intelligence value alone, she is actually no different from the original Misaka Mikoto.

When she was "walking" with Lin Wuming before, it was precisely because she knew that Wuming-nii-chan would not leave her alone that Final Signal dared to play hide-and-seek so recklessly, and kept running into all kinds of dangerous places.

Final Signal firmly believed that even if she was really in danger, Wuming-nii-chan would definitely come to save her!

But now… looking at Misaka Mikoto, who was already fully focused on drawing gashapons, Final Signal believed that this woman would definitely not notice her disappearance or even danger!

Therefore, to be on the safe side, it was best to personally guard Big Sister's side!

"Well, please wait a moment." Misaka Mikoto was somewhat aware of herself, "I'll leave as soon as I get the two I want."

At the beginning of the year, the "Gekota" brand launched a new gashapon series.

At that time, the entire set had a total of sixty models, divided into thirty-nine character gashapons with different competition events, and twenty-one venue and sports equipment gashapons!

Although it has been more than half a year, no one has collected the entire set yet.

It's not that the merchants deliberately adjusted the shipment ratio, it's just that the main target audience of the "Gekota" series are elementary school students or even younger kindergarten children.

Children of this age generally do not have the concept and obsession of "collecting the entire set", nor have they been exposed to the sinister second-hand trading market.

As a result, although the "sports series" of gashapon figures have a huge shipment volume, they are all scattered among many young players in the form of incomplete pieces.

Among the enthusiastic fans of the "Gekota" series, the one with the highest collection progress is Misaka Mikoto herself, who has collected fifty-six of the sixty models.

Just today, Kessai Yukari gave Misaka Mikoto two "Surfing Gekota" and the matching "Wave Scene" gashapons as farewell gifts.

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These happened to be two of the four figures that Misaka Mikoto was missing.

——Kessai Yukari has always been serious about conquering Misaka Mikoto.

In addition to being moved, Misaka Mikoto thought—there are only two models left to complete the entire set!

So, she decided to take advantage of this opportunity to change her mood and find a gashapon machine to collect the last two in one go!

Soon, Misaka Mikoto managed to draw the "Racing Gekota" that she was missing.

But the last model, "Archery Gekota", just wouldn't come out no matter what.

Not only did she use up all the game coins in her hand, but even the basket of coins she had just given to Final Signal behind her was thrown into the gashapon machine.

Misaka Mikoto, who was completely hooked, ignored the surrounding environment and the onlookers, and emptied three gashapon machines in one go!

If there wasn't a fourth Gekota series gashapon machine on site, she probably would have continued, right?

"It's been two hours, Big Sister! Misaka Misaka reminds helplessly, Wuming-nii-chan should be home by now, right?"

"!" Misaka Mikoto suddenly woke up, "That's right, we need to go back quickly!"

The arcade specially sent over sacks for Misaka Mikoto to pack her goods.

Fortunately, she could use her superpower to transport them, otherwise Misaka Mikoto would have a headache about how to deal with so many gashapons.

"Wuming-senpai also likes Gekota, so I can help him collect a whole set too. Sigh…" Misaka Mikoto said with some heartache.

She had drawn "Archery Gekota" before, but she gave it to Lin Wuming at the time.

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