A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 1173 The Plan to Die Together

Trust Lin Wuming and go all out to assassinate him—there is only one chance, and success is not an option; and after success, Lin Wuming will naturally become stronger as planned.

As for failure... Misaki Shokuhou has confidently stated that she will not fail.

Of course, it's not too bad that things have come to this. Although she was frightened by Misaki Shokuhou's madness and obsession, Ellie is, after all, a former assassin and doesn't have any special feelings for Lin Wuming. Even if he really dies because of this, she won't feel anything special.

However, in order to increase Lin Wuming's chances of success, Misaki Shokuhou risked her own life, and also took Ellie's life with her.

"Thought Projection" allows the user to impose their own feelings onto others, causing substantial physical effects.

Therefore, if the ability user commits suicide while "thought mapping" is active, they can ensure that they perish together with their target.

If you want to kill a powerful expert like Lin Wuming, "mutual destruction" is the method with the highest success rate.

Moreover, she risked Misaki Shokuhou's own life—she believed that, given her relationship with the nameless senior, even if the nameless senior himself didn't want to live anymore, he wouldn't watch her die.

At that time, Lin Wuming will work even harder to save Misaki Shokuhou's life.

This is the "insurance" measure taken by Misaki Shokuhou.

Of course, since it was Ellie who cast the "Remembrance Projection," she was inevitably drawn into it as well, becoming part of the same fate as Misaki Shokuhou and Lin Wuming.

This is why Ellie is so fearful and uneasy. She is no longer the dejected girl who wanted to die. Now she wants to live well and make up for the past ten years of her life by living well.

In this situation, Ellie certainly didn't want to "die together" with the two of them.

It's important to know that in the past, when carrying out assassination missions, Ellie only needed to access the relevant memories, and she herself would not be harmed—it was actually a very safe way of fighting.

However, this half-baked approach is ineffective against true masters.

After Misaki Shokuhou rejected dozens of assassination methods proposed by Ellie, only the option of "mutual destruction" remained...

Misaki Shokuhou was also a decisive person. After confirming Ellie's condition, she immediately decided to begin the formal operation two days later.

“Ellie,” Misaki Shokuhou said finally, “please adjust your mindset and be prepared. They want everything to be foolproof.”

“Also,” Misaki Shokuhou said, turning back as she reached the door, “don’t try to run away, and don’t do anything unnecessary.”

Ellie nodded bitterly. The other party was in "mind control," how could she possibly disobey her will?

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Junko-nee, let's go back." Misaki Shokuhou called to Junko Hokaze, who was waiting outside the door, and walked downstairs.

“Your Majesty,” Junko Hokaze hesitated for a moment, but still asked, “Are you... alright?”

Although the specific details of the plan were kept secret from Junko Hokkaido, she was, after all, Misaki Shokuhou's closest relative and the person who knew her best. She could still detect some unusual things from the clues around her.

“Don’t worry, everything is under their control,” Misaki Shokuhou said.

For the next two days, Academy City was peaceful and calm, and no accidents occurred.

This city once again proved its reputation as "the safest in the world," isolating itself from all outside disturbances and turmoil, like a paradise on earth. Through external news reports and daily briefings uploaded by intelligence agencies, Lin Wuming kept abreast of the world situation outside Academy City.

Especially the movements of "Gremlin".

Whether it was a misperception or not, Lin Wuming discovered that he had more information about "Gremlin" than he had expected.

Members of the Gremlin are active almost all over the world, and there are even cases of them making headlines.

However, these are turbulent times, and besides the "Gremlin," there are many other magical societies, and even strange organizations that claim to be on the scientific side and use the name of "supernatural science" to operate.

Members of the "Gremlin" were mixed in with them; if you weren't paying special attention, you probably wouldn't have noticed them.

Following the original storyline, Lin Wuming focused his attention on the situation in Hawaii.

However, the entire United States, including Hawaii, seemed quite peaceful—various minor incidents were certainly occurring, but none of them warranted Lin Wuming's special attention.

Moreover, things were unusually calm on Touma's side as well—in the time since returning from England, he and Index had resumed their most ordinary daily lives, without encountering any events beyond the scope of "ordinary life."

Of course, no strange female magician came knocking on the door.

Immersed in a massive amount of information, Lin Wuming grew increasingly agitated.

Intelligence analysis is not Lin Wuming's forte. Although he has obtained a lot of intelligence by exhausting the resources of Academy City, he cannot determine which of it is useful.

“Nameless senior, you can relax a bit,” Shirai Kuroko said. “Don’t push yourself too hard.”

Unlike the other girls, before she knew how she felt about herself, Shirai Kuroko and Lin Wuming were just senior and junior members of the Disciplinary Committee. So she knew the most about Lin Wuming's "work" side.

Although Lin Wuming hasn't been active on the front lines of the disciplinary committee for a long time, before his identity as "Director Wuming" became a reality, Lin Wuming was arguably one of the busiest people on the disciplinary committee.

As the ace of the disciplinary committee, Lin Wuming directly receives commissions from the chairman and handles highly difficult cases.

Shirai Kuroko knew very well that no matter what his verbal attitude was, once Lin Wuming accepted a mission, he would devote himself to it seriously and do his best to complete it—this had become Lin Wuming's subconscious mode of action.

The same situation exists now. Although he once stated that he was just a figurehead leader and that he didn't need to worry about anything else in the investigation of "Gremlin" except for taking the lead, he still had a role to play.

However, in actual work, Lin Wuming still subconsciously became serious and carefully reviewed every piece of intelligence.

However, he did not have any talent for intelligence work, so he worked hard for a long time but gained nothing.

That's why Shirai Kuroko couldn't help but try to persuade her.

“You’re right, Hei Zi.” Lin Wuming threw down the documents in his hand and leaned back in his chair. “I’m just doing some useless work.”

—But apart from that, it seems I have nothing else to do right now.

(End of this chapter)