A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 794 The Kind Person Who Came to the Rescue
Lin Wuming's daily life was very regular. He usually stayed in the Family Side building and never went out—even the best assassins could not easily sneak in.

Even when he goes out, he is always accompanied by bodyguards and rarely acts alone.

Not only could they not find a breakthrough with the agent, but even when Ellie personally investigated, she couldn't get close to Lin Wuming.

Ellie's professional instincts told her that if she approached rashly, she might die!
In fact, Lin Wuming did not have any "security measures" around him.

Compared to the other true overarching council members, the security measures for Lin Wuming were practically nonexistent.

They're not even as good as the board of directors of Osafune Monaka—at least Osafune Monaka has a basic security organization.

Lin Wuming, on the other hand, was never within the scope of the security agency's services from the very beginning.

On the other hand, Lin Wuming's defense forces can be said to be the strongest among the "directors".

Including Lin Wuming himself, he maintained a stable and powerful lineup of three level 5 users and an unspecified number of level 4 users.

Furthermore, his residence in Family Side, a building whose security is second only to "a building without windows," further ensured his personal safety.

The "bodyguards" that Ellie and the others thought of were actually Tiger Bee Toumi and Misaka Mikoto—because Misaka Mikoto had been meeting up with Lin Wuming frequently these past two days.

In addition, the occasional appearance of Misaki Shokuhou ensures that no one with ill intentions can get close to Lin Wuming.

As people active in the "underworld," Ellie and her agent knew the power and terror of Level 5, so they wouldn't take any chances.

While Ellie's methods as an assassin are undoubtedly sophisticated, she is powerless if she cannot get close to her target.

After several unsuccessful attempts, Ellie finally gave up in despair.

Later, she was unfortunately cornered at the apartment entrance by her classmates and suffered severe retaliation for the incident at the KTV that day.

Not only were paints splashed and graffiti covered in the hallway and corridors, but "they" even broke into the house, wreaked havoc, and then burned Ellie's homework that she had just finished...

Ellie was exhausted and increasingly depressed.

The agent reacted quickly, but because of his special status, he couldn't easily call the police. All he could do was contact the renovation company again to help Ellie clean up and repair the damaged room.

Ellie left the apartment alone—the apartment also needed major renovations this time, so it wouldn't be open for anyone for a while.

The inability to return home further aggravated this already sensitive young girl, making her feel like she had "no way out."

Unbeknownst to her, Ellie arrived at an abandoned neighborhood and then climbed to the top of the tallest office building.

"Sure enough, there's no point in me living like this. I can't even do a part-time job well..." Ellie muttered to herself, "Even if I keep going, nothing good will happen."

Reaching the edge of the rooftop terrace, I looked down at the ground beneath my feet.

"There shouldn't be anyone else here, right?" Ellie muttered to herself.

Before this, Ellie had attempted suicide by jumping off buildings more than once, but each time she was saved by "good luck"—for example, she would happen to fall into the water or other buffer zone, or she would encounter a superpowered person who happened to be passing by...

Ellie's intention to end her life was serious; she was prepared for it every time and certainly wouldn't pin her hopes on a low-probability rescue.

This time was no exception; she even specifically chose a deserted neighborhood with few visitors to avoid the possibility of encountering kind-hearted people offering help again.

Even if there were people around, they would all be members of armed groups of powerless individuals; they wouldn't be able to save a girl falling from the twentieth floor. —So, this time, she can finally be truly free, right?
……

"Honey Ant, is there a girl over there?" Hojo Ayane asked, looking at the office building across the street.

"Let me see...it seems so." Honey Ant Ai Yu looked in the direction she was pointing. "That child...is he trying to jump down?"

"It seems so." Hojo Ayane nodded. "Wow, what a desperate sound. That guy really is going to commit suicide!"

"You can tell now, right?" Honey Ant Ai Yu pointed her phone camera at the girl on the rooftop. "Besides you, everyone else who jumps off the roof is only doing it to end their own life, right?"

“Ah, she jumped down,” Honey Ant Loves said, her tone completely flat.

Because she knew that her companions would intervene.

As expected, Hojo Ayane didn't reply verbally, but instead responded with her actions.

The girl squatted down, her slender body like a spring, compressed to its limit before suddenly springing back.

Like an arrow released from a bow, Hojo Ayane used the force of her jump to traverse the thirty-meter gap between the two buildings, heading towards the falling girl on the other side.

Honey Ant Ai Yu looked down at the crushed floorboards beside her and carefully took a few steps away.

“This is really reckless,” Mitsuaki Aiyu murmured, “but as expected of Hojo, only she could do something like this!”

Hojo Ayane is only a level 2 ability user, but the physical abilities she is displaying at this moment surpass those of most level 3 "physical enhancement" ability users.

After traversing a 30-meter space, Hojo Ayane placed her feet on the exterior wall of the target building and bent her knees to gather strength once more.

This time, I adjusted the direction of my force and jumped upwards.

Hojo Ayane performs the exaggerated double jump, a move usually only seen in manga or action games, with effortless ease.

Stomping through the building's exterior wall once more, Hojo Ayane leaped upwards and caught the falling girl precisely in mid-air.

"Perfect, just right!" Hojo Ayane was very satisfied and couldn't help but cheer for her own actions.

Immediately afterwards, she swung out her grappling hook, locked onto the windowsill upstairs, drew a large arc, and finally landed smoothly.

Although Hojo Ayane is only a Level 2 esper, and her ability is the kind of "emotional tuning fork" that has no combat power, the fact is that her combat strength is among the top in the Shokuhou faction.

Because Hojo Ayane is a ninjutsu enthusiast who has trained in ninjutsu since childhood, and now combined with the various high-tech equipment of Academy City, her actual combat power—especially her combat power against people—is terrifying.

Hojo Ayane's formidable strength also amplifies her "Emotional Tuning Fork" ability, allowing her to achieve effects beyond Level 3.

It was precisely because of this that she was exceptionally admitted to Tokiwadai Middle School as a technical exchange student.

However, Hojo Ayane arrived a little late, and the current atmosphere at Tokiwadai Middle School is somewhat out of sync with her "fighting spirit".

Therefore, during her free time, Hojo Ayane would leave the school grounds and come to this secluded and deserted place to practice ninjutsu.

Today was a lucky day; I ran into this girl who was trying to commit suicide.

(End of this chapter)