A Scientific Urban Detective

According to reliable intelligence, Dolly and Keisaku Misaka are now safe. Next are the children at the Second Research Facility…

Surrounded by the children, Misaki Shokuhou sat in the middle, absentmindedly watching TV with everyone while contemplating her next move.

"Look, it's 'Hero'! They say he was the one who caused a scene at the entrance of the research facility that day!" a girl beside her suddenly cheered softly, pointing at the image in the news report.

Oh? Unnamed senpai has finally become everyone's idol? 'Hero,' huh? I wonder who came up with that idea…

Misaki Shokuhou thought to herself. However, what's certain is that Unnamed senpai's decision to switch gears and turn the 'hero' into a 'jack-of-all-trades' was his own. What a…clumsy method!

Even knowing that Lin Wuming was covering for their operation, and that they had a good understanding, Misaki Shokuhou still considered his actions 'clumsy.'

To cover up one lie, you have to tell ten thousand lies. And Lin Wuming's approach was to reverse the cause and effect, turning that lie into reality.

So he made his phone number public and chose to become 'everyone's hero'—a 'jack-of-all-trades' who accepts any request free of charge. And he's actually taking it seriously.

So much so that some small media outlets have started tracking his daily activities, making them into programs to fill up dead airtime.

There's really no need to be so serious. According to the information Misaki Shokuhou gathered, there are less than two weeks left until the Second Research Facility conducts the final 'Ideal Ability' experiment.

And before then, she will take action to destroy this 'Artificial Paradise' and rescue everyone.

When that happens, the information about her advancement to Level 5 can also be made public. Coupled with the undeniable evidence of the 'Artificial Paradise's' crimes, no one will care whether Lin Wuming lied in the beginning.

In other words, even if Lin Wuming did nothing and just stayed home to recover, the situation would be resolved perfectly in two weeks. There's no need for him to run around so hard, doing trivial things.

But it's undeniable that because of Lin Wuming's seriousness, he perfectly covered for Misaki Shokuhou—even Shun'dō Toshizō and Kihara Gensei didn't suspect that she was secretly behind the release of Dolly and Keisaku Misaka.

The fact that Misaki Shokuhou can come here so openly and gather with the other children is largely due to the fact that she is not suspected.

"Shokuhou, Shokuhou, I heard you know Unnamed senpai?" Runko Kazehaya suddenly asked.

As soon as she said this, the other girls around her perked up their ears and looked over curiously.

"Yes," Misaki Shokuhou didn't hide it. "I saw him when he was helping the security teachers."

"What's he like? Is he really like a hero?" a girl asked.

"What's he like… just like what you saw on TV just now, a wounded patient in a wheelchair, very ordinary."

In Misaki Shokuhou's eyes, the Lin Wuming on TV was no different from the one in reality. And apart from the special look of having to use a wheelchair because of his broken limbs, he was actually no different from an ordinary teenager.

Of course, beneath his ordinary appearance, he hides the soul of a 'transmigrator.' But only Misaki Shokuhou, the Level 5 'Mental Out,' can see this extraordinary aspect.

But obviously, for these little girls who have never met Lin Wuming in person, the image of the 'hero' they see on TV is undoubtedly much greater.

After all, distance creates beauty. For these unfortunate children, they are probably projecting their own 'hero' images onto Lin Wuming.

"I wonder if we can meet Unnamed senpai in person?" Even Runko Kazehaya had an expectant look on her face.

"Runko-nee, why even you!" Misaki Shokuhou looked over in surprise.

Influenced by her memory manipulation, Misaki Shokuhou had already taken it upon herself to regard the current Runko Kazehaya as her closest and most reliable companion.

The future you respectfully calls me 'Queen,' and you can't change it back. Why are you even more in awe of Unnamed senpai now!

Runko Kazehaya smiled and explained, "I want to see what kind of person Unnamed senpai is that even Shokuhou is so concerned about."

"Huh? C-Concerned… When was I concerned?!"

…

"Saryou, are you serious? Is there really a hero?"

"Hero? What's so important about that?"

In the empty dormitory room, two light blue-haired girls each offered their comments. The smaller girl showed considerable enthusiasm for the topic being discussed, but the other girl, with a rougher tone, didn't seem to care.

As for the girl being questioned, she was engrossed in some kind of handicraft and wasn't interested in their conversation.

"Didn't they say we're in danger now? Then all we have to do is ask the hero for help!" the petite girl said.

"Kawahe, you're too naive. How can you put your hope in someone unfounded!" the other retorted without hesitation.

Around them were two black-haired girls, watching the two argue with accustomed expressions. One of them was Saryou Tsurigane, who was making handicrafts, and the other girl, Shirakinu Hiita, was lying on the ground pretending to sleep with an indifferent expression.

"It's rare to see Kawahe so excited," Saryou Tsurigane, who always had a serious expression, said as she put down a shuriken she had just made.

The reason the two were arguing was because of a piece of information she had brought back.

Shirakinu Hiita, who was lying on the ground, suddenly opened her eyes and asked, "Saryou, your information… can you confirm it?"

"I can confirm it," Saryou Tsurigane said. "I installed listening devices in the researchers' meeting rooms and offices. They've been arguing fiercely recently, and one faction is likely to target Haruaki Uiharu!"

"Oh?" The mentioned Haruaki Uiharu, who was arguing with Kawahe Raifu, still had that nonchalant expression. "Is my ability really that terrifying? To make those adults want to get rid of me?

Although Saryou Tsurigane was their closest companion, the other three didn't feel much of a crisis because the information she brought was too shocking.

It's not that they didn't believe Saryou Tsurigane, but it was too lacking in reality, so they didn't know how to react.

They were doing well in the research facility, developing their abilities. How could the researchers suddenly want to kill them?

Moreover, they say it's because they're afraid of Haruaki Uiharu's superpower, that they think her superpower has the risk of destroying the world… But in reality, Haruaki Uiharu hasn't shown any signs of superpower awakening. She's still a Level 0 powerless person.