A Scientific Urban Detective

"Only gliding? That's not surprising," Lin Wuming responded while preparing various ingredients. "It would be more accurate to say that if Xiao Fei could actually fly—like a dragon in a fantasy story—that would be unscientific."

"But isn't Xiao Fei's existence itself already unscientific?" Misaki Shokuhou said. "No wonder she never flew during the battle back then..."

"Speaking of which," Lin Wuming reminded, "Even though it's only a height of twenty-some meters, you still need to be careful, riding a dragon and all..."

"Wuming-senpai, please don't worry," Runko Mifune responded with a smile. "I'm always by Queen-sama's side, so there won't be any problems."

Runko Mifune doted on her Queen-sama very much and would fulfill any request Misaki Shokuhou made without fail.

Runko Mifune accompanied her throughout today's dragon-riding journey; otherwise, Misaki Shokuhou probably wouldn't have dared to climb onto the dragon's back alone.

Lin Wuming listened and didn't say anything more. With Runko Mifune's strength, even if Xiao Fei crashed halfway, she could safely bring Misaki Shokuhou back to the ground.

"Wuming, we're back!" Toumi Kohachi's voice came from the entrance hall.

Today was the first day of summer vacation, and Toumi Kohachi had naturally chosen to spend it with Sakurai-sensei, and now she had brought Sakurai-sensei to the gathering.

Not only her, but also Tetsuzou Tsuguri-sensei, who lived next door, and Yoriha Toomi-sensei from the girls' dormitory upstairs, had also come to Yomikawa Aiho's house, making it a small gathering of acquaintances.

Fortunately, the Family Side apartment was large enough, and the spacious living room could accommodate so many people.

However, because there were so many people, Lin Wuming had to prepare two hot pots to ensure everyone could eat properly.

Fortunately, there were more than enough ingredients, enough to feed everyone until they were full.

—This family always had an excessive supply of ingredients.

Even the beef and mutton that Misaki Shokuhou brought today had a lot left over, and in the end, they could only be stored in the refrigerator.

In contrast, Touma Kamijou, who could only dry-chew instant noodles, undoubtedly seemed very miserable.

However, Touma Kamijou didn't know about Lin Wuming's "luxurious" dinner. Without comparison, there was no harm, so he wasn't envious of him.

What Touma Kamijou really couldn't stand was the "silver hungry beast" beside him.

"Touma, I'm so hungry, Touma, I'm so hungry..." Index turned into a repeating machine, chattering endlessly in Touma Kamijou's ear.

Fortunately, Index, as a nun, still had the last bit of mercy, and wouldn't snatch the last ration from an injured person...

"I remember, the two servings of hot ramen that were delivered earlier were eaten by you, right?" Touma Kamijou said expressionlessly. "That was for two people, it's easy to count, right?"

"Uh..." Index was immediately struck down by strong guilt, and even forgot to shout that she was hungry for a moment.

After a while, she argued, "But, but, who knows if there will be any more food delivered later? Normally, if you're treating someone, you should definitely let the person being treated eat until they're full, right? How can you give up halfway?"

"So, it's Tsuchimikado's fault!" In the end, the silver-haired nun concluded.

"You're a nun, right? Where did your honesty and compassion go!" Touma Kamijou retorted. "Also, apologize to the kind Tsuchimikado Motoharu-kun for me!"

You should know that the ramen that Tsuchimikado Motoharu ordered for them was "large sized". Normally, this amount would be enough to fill the stomach of even a male high school student like Touma Kamijou.

Who knew that the petite girl in front of him would actually gobble down two large bowls in one go, and say that she was still not full!

Helpless, Touma Kamijou, who was penniless and whose phone was broken, could only rummage through the rental house for a bucket of instant noodles as an emergency ration.

Then, he didn't know what went wrong, but the rental house had a power outage, and Touma Kamijou, who couldn't boil water, had to dry-chew the noodles...

"What misfortune..." Touma Kamijou sighed weakly. "Speaking of which, I'm injured too."

Although it had been treated, his feet still had occasional bursts of pain.

"I don't know if Tsuchimikado Motoharu's first aid is reliable," Touma Kamijou muttered. "If the situation hasn't improved by tomorrow morning, I have to go to the hospital..."

That's right, the rental house where Touma Kamijou and Index were currently located, and the takeout dinner they had just had, were all provided by their kind classmate and neighbor, Tsuchimikado Motoharu.

In fact, when he noticed that Touma Kamijou's feet were injured, Tsuchimikado Motoharu even took out a first aid kit from his house to treat him...

Tsuchimikado Motoharu was Touma Kamijou's classmate and also his neighbor who lived in the apartment next door.

He was a tall, blond, spiky-haired boy who always wore a large gold chain and sunglasses and liked to wear Hawaiian shirts.

If you had to say, he had the standard "delinquent" look.

However, it was impossible for a high school to have "delinquents", so Tsuchimikado Motoharu was actually just an ordinary high school student who liked this kind of dress style.

And he was a kind person.

Tsuchimikado Motoharu and Touma Kamijou, along with a blue-haired earring, had become best friends—or rather, frenemies—from the beginning of the school year, and were well-known in the class as the "idiot trio."

However, Touma Kamijou didn't expect that this frenemy would actually stand up for him in this crisis and lend him a helping hand.

This rental house was the "safe house" that Tsuchimikado Motoharu specifically provided after hearing about Touma Kamijou's needs.

—This made Touma Kamijou increasingly suspect that Tsuchimikado Motoharu had really been involved in the underworld before.

But now, Touma Kamijou only felt gratitude in his heart.

After chewing on today's dinner and drinking a bowl of cold water, Touma Kamijou felt that he had finally recovered.

"Okay, I'll get a good rest tonight and try to contact Lin Wuming-kun tomorrow."

He had originally planned to go home and use the landline to contact Lin Wuming, but his thoughts were interrupted by the sudden appearance of Tsuchimikado Motoharu, and when he came back to his senses, he had already arrived at this "safe house".

There was no phone in the safe house, so there was no way to contact others.

Index didn't continue to shout that she was hungry, and seeing that Touma Kamijou's complexion had improved, she seemed relieved.

"Touma, speaking of which, will someone come to bring us food tomorrow morning?"

"It's best not to have such expectations." Touma Kamijou poured cold water on her. "But if I confirm that it's safe tomorrow morning, I'll try to contact Lin Wuming-kun. As long as I find him, there will be a way."

Putting aside everything else, at least his inadvertently lost bank card and student ID card could be reissued immediately, and then he could go to the bank to withdraw money...

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