A Scientific Urban Detective

The "Kihara" family was transcendent and detached from the world. As a leading figure in the family, Kihara Gensei could easily and calmly view the dark side organizations and the security forces—to him, both were just "tools" for his own use.

In the first half of this year, the successive additions of two Level 5s to the dark side organizations had indeed created a sense of crisis within the security forces, and they had learned a lesson. Although the security forces could not recruit minors, they could recommend them to Judgment instead of allowing talent to be recruited by the dark side organizations.

Clearly, Lin Wuming met the requirements and had also received recruitment offers from the dark side organizations.

As for Yomou Vanka, he had accepted recruitment even earlier and was now a member of the dark side "school."

"If I remember correctly, Kakine Teitoku of 'Dark Matter' is the leader of the dark side 'school'..." Kihara Gensei said, "Appropriately strengthen the security forces at 'Artificial Intelligence Factory'."

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At the hospital, Lin Wuming and Kohachi Mitsumi followed Yomikawa Aiho's orders and went for physical examinations.

The results were, of course, "perfectly fine"—except for Lin Wuming's still-healing fractures in his hands and feet.

Because they frequented the hospital, the doctors and nurses there were quite familiar with both of them.

Especially Lin Wuming, who was not only a patient at the hospital himself, but had also recently brought many "guests" to the hospital, making his presence hard to ignore.

Along the way, Lin Wuming had to stop every now and then to greet the doctors and nurses he encountered, and even chat for a few words, as if he were back home.

"Seriously, you two are really good at finding patients for my hospital," this time, it was Heaven Canceller who walked up to them. Seeing the combination of Lin Wuming and Kohachi Mitsumi, even the doctor couldn't help but complain, "And they're all troublesome and difficult patients, giving me problems!"

Lin Wuming said with a smile, "It's precisely because they're difficult cases that we have to ask for your help, doctor. Otherwise, if they were sent to other hospitals, they might not be saved."

Heaven Canceller remained noncommittal, waving his hand casually to end the topic.

"Lin Wuming, how is your injury recovery going?"

"I think I'm doing fine, I'm recovering," Lin Wuming raised his arms and shook them. "And I've been careful to use my psychic abilities to protect the injured areas, so I shouldn't get hurt again."

"It's good that you're aware of it yourself." Heaven Canceller nodded and looked at Kohachi Mitsumi. "Kohachi, don't worry. Doctor Sakurai is recovering well, but as a precaution, she still needs at least three months of rehabilitation before she can pick up a scalpel again."

Raising her hand to touch the scar on her cheek, Kohachi Mitsumi said calmly, "It's okay, I can wait."

"Doctor," Lin Wuming asked proactively, "What about those children who were brought in today...?"

"There are no problems with their lives or physical health," Heaven Canceller said, then pointed to his head. "The problem is their mental state. There were issues with the ability development experiments they underwent at the research facility. The essence of those experiments wasn't to develop superpowers, but to explore the effects on superpowers by stimulating the brain, and the results weren't all positive. What's needed most now is psychological intervention—which isn't my forte."

"Are there illnesses that even you can't cure, doctor?" Lin Wuming asked in surprise.

"Heh, I only said it's not my forte." Heaven Canceller smiled. "Don't worry, Academy City isn't just limited to my hospital. There will be experts in psychology and mental health to help."

Seeing that there was no one around, Lin Wuming lowered his voice and asked, "Doctor, how is Dolly doing?"

"That child..." A rare look of hesitation appeared on the doctor's face. "For the time being, we managed to save her life, but the genetic defects aren't so easy to fix."

"Sounds like a lot of trouble," Lin Wuming said.

"It is a lot of trouble. After all, I'm just a human. Reverse-engineering a gene map isn't something humans can do," Heaven Canceller said. "We have to apply for Tree Diagram Designer..."

"Or, just directly find Misaka Mikoto herself?" Lin Wuming said.

"Wuming-kun..." Heaven Canceller looked over helplessly. "Some things, even if you know, you can't say out loud."

Lin Wuming nodded, quickly putting on an innocent expression. "What things? I just suddenly had a thought and remembered the esper who recently became a Level 5."

Heaven Canceller shook his head, smiling helplessly. "Now that she's a Level 5, her personal genetic information has become top secret and has extremely high value. There's already a special agency responsible for managing it. It's not something you can easily obtain."

"That's true." Lin Wuming nodded, but then felt it was too exaggerated. "Academy City doesn't restrict her range of activities. Even if the management is strict, there will be loopholes... I don't believe she won't stumble, won't shed hair."

Heaven Canceller said, "If there's really no other way, I'll consider that route, but before that, let's apply for Tree Diagram Designer first."

—At this stage, Misaka Mikoto herself cannot be allowed to know about the existence of the "Sisters".

After the physical examinations, Yomikawa Aiho also completed the written investigation and returned to the lobby to meet up with Lin Wuming and the others.

"Wuming, Kohachi, I have work to do at headquarters," Yomikawa Aiho instructed. "I've asked Tetsuzou-sensei to take you home. Be good."

Lin Wuming nodded.

"Also," Yomikawa Aiho pinched her brow, hesitating slightly, "Wuming, your phone number has been temporarily suspended."

"Eh?"

"'Eh' what 'eh'? You've caused such a big commotion this time. With your current influence, do you know how many people are paying attention online?" Yomikawa Aiho said. "The number of people calling you is exploding."

Lin Wuming took out his phone to check, and sure enough, it showed no signal.

"No wonder, I was wondering why it was so quiet today..." Lin Wuming said.

Honestly, Lin Wuming also agreed with suspending his phone to avoid the noise. The only thing he was worried about was Shokuhou Misaki—what if she decided to take action but couldn't contact him?

But from another perspective, with his phone being bombarded right now, even if Shokuhou Misaki called, he might not be able to answer anyway.

Lin Wuming looked at Kohachi Mitsumi beside him. With Shokuhou Misaki's abilities, she should have also obtained Kohachi's phone number, right? So he didn't need to worry about not being able to contact her.

"Oh well, I'll just take this opportunity to rest." Lin Wuming nodded, putting away his phone.

Yomikawa Aiho said, "After people calm down in a few days, your phone communication will be restored. If you're willing, Wuming, you can continue to be a hero at that time."