A Scientific Urban Detective

Aiho Yomikawa was the first to jump out of the car, followed by more guards from the police cars behind, many of whom were in full combat armor.

A full seventy people lined up in neat formation, ready for battle.

Then they awkwardly realized that there didn't seem to be any target worth suppressing with such a large force.

Apart from a few children running towards their convoy, the front of the research building was empty and quiet.

"Don't worry, we're okay, Teacher Yomikawa," Mitsubachi Tooru greeted casually, while also sizing up the array of guards in front of her. "So many people came!"

"Y-yes..." Aiho Yomikawa was also a little embarrassed. She hadn't expected so many people to be mobilized when she called for backup.

Actually, it was concern that had clouded her judgment. Aiho Yomikawa's initial intention in calling for people was that she was worried that Lin Wuming and Mitsubachi Tooru would get the short end of the stick and encounter danger here.

However, the headquarters of the security forces was willing to quickly dispatch a heavy riot control force, mainly to stop Lin Wuming from going berserk.

It was not surprising that "Artificial Atelier," with its large scale, had some shady and illegal experiments. The security forces had already grasped some intelligence before this, but because of the lack of sufficient solid evidence, coupled with the deep background of "Artificial Atelier," they had been unable to investigate it.

After all, the security forces needed evidence to handle cases, but Lin Wuming and Mitsubachi Tooru, who were still two little kids, didn't have to worry about these things.

So they were very worried that Lin Wuming had really found something again, and then went berserk and killed everyone like he did at "Black Moon Technology"!

It was embarrassing to say that the heavy equipment force sent this time was equipped with shields and armor specially developed for "ability" development.

Of course, there was no need to say this out loud.

"Because we were worried about a large-scale battle breaking out here, we brought more people," the person in charge of the raid said. "Well, after all, 'Artificial Atelier' is a large research institution that has recruited nearly a hundred professional security personnel."

"Don't worry," Lin Wuming had more or less guessed the real purpose of the security forces, but out of adult tacit understanding, he didn't make it clear, nor did he feel unhappy about it. "I'm just here to save people, and there really wasn't any conflict."

Speaking of saving people, a doctor had already come to the side of the stretcher, checking Dolly's condition while sending her and the stretcher into the ambulance.

Kensaku Misaka followed nervously and caringly, wanting to ask about her friend's condition, but also worried about disturbing the doctor's work.

In the end, she had no choice but to watch Dolly get into the ambulance.

Lin Wuming said, "That girl—Dolly's condition is very serious. I hope you can directly ask that doctor, Trajectory Halberd, to treat her!"

Or rather, only Trajectory Halberd could save Dolly's life.

Dolly was an artificially created clone, and her lifespan was not at the level of a normal human being in the first place. Now, she had reached the limit of her lifespan, and ordinary medical skills could not cure her.

"This young man is right," the doctor who was in charge of the examination rushed over. "That girl has multiple organ failure and has significant traces of surgical modification. It's a miracle that she's still alive. Apart from that doctor, I'm afraid no one can save her!"

"Then hurry up and find that doctor! You must save Dolly!" Kensaku Misaka shouted.

"Don't worry, leave it to us," Aiho Yomikawa said.

Then, half of the convoy split off, escorting the ambulance to the hospital.

Seeing this, Lin Wuming also felt relieved—no one would dare to attack this convoy halfway, right?

"Don't worry, nothing will happen," Aiho Yomikawa saw his concerns. "No matter how big a secret that girl is involved in, from the moment she leaves this gate, there is no point in killing her anymore."

Next, the other half of the guards who remained at the scene began routine investigation work.

Although the battle they had expected did not break out, the large force had caused a lot of commotion along the way, so they couldn't just go home without doing anything, right?

At least a routine investigation of "Artificial Atelier" had to be done.

—It's just a pity that the girl named Dolly can no longer testify against their illegal experiments...

Due to the importance of the matter, the Board of Directors directly contacted the headquarters of the security forces and, by order, prohibited them from conducting in-depth investigations into "Dolly" and its related experiments.

Moreover, this order was issued less than two minutes after Lin Wuming received Kensaku Misaka's call for help and set off for "Artificial Atelier."

It was precisely because they received this order that the headquarters of the security forces approved the emergency dispatch of a heavy riot control force to control the situation.

On the way, Aiho Yomikawa also learned about these top-level secrets, so she was able to assure Lin Wuming that Dolly's life would no longer be threatened.

Because this was the security forces' last bottom line!

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In Academy City, the security forces are an extremely powerful organization with both power and combat effectiveness, but it is ultimately a tool used by the Board of Directors to maintain and manage the entire city.

These two attributes destined the security forces to be helpless—maintaining "justice" was important, but before that, the security forces' more important responsibility was to maintain "order."

In this city, the will of the Board of Directors is "order."

For the teachers of the security forces, since they could not implement "justice," then at least they had to hold on to the bottom line—to protect the children.

This was also a deal reached between the security forces and the Board of Directors, exchanging the girl's life for not continuing to investigate the secrets behind Dolly.

Of course, these were all confidential secret meeting contents that were not known to ordinary guards.

Therefore, in their opinion, today's emergency mission was a bit inexplicable—also because of confidentiality, not everyone in the security forces knew about Lin Wuming's deeds.

"What, nothing happened," one of the guards complained. "Seeing that the heavy equipment force was dispatched, I thought there would be a battle."

"That's not true, there was a battle," Kensaku Misaka couldn't help but mutter in a low voice after hearing this. "I fought very hard just now!"

Before, in order to protect Dolly from being captured by the institute's security guards, she used "Liquefied Human Shadow" to fight others for the first time in her life.

However, because she didn't trust adults, Kensaku Misaka stayed far away from the guards, deliberately hiding behind Lin Wuming and Mitsubachi Tooru.

Only Lin Wuming noticed her words, so he turned to look at the girl.