A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 795 The Tiger Hunter's Kin

"I made it in time, I'm so lucky." Hojo Ayane sighed to herself, then looked down at the girl in her arms and asked, "Are you alright? Should we go to the hospital?"

"Huh? Again..." Ellie's cheeks twitched, her feelings were very complicated. "No, I'm fine, because you saved me."

Having broken free from her savior's embrace, Ellie's legs gave way, and she collapsed to the ground.

"Don't be stubborn, you must be terrified..." Hojo Ayane quickly squatted down to help him up, but then frowned, "What... does this mean?"

Through the "emotion tuning fork," Hojo Ayane is able to roughly judge other people's emotions and thoughts.

The girl in front of him felt no fear or gratitude, only annoyance and displeasure.

"Tsk, well, looks like I was meddling in other people's business." Hojo Ayane straightened up again and shrugged helplessly.

But it's easy to guess that since this girl specifically chose to jump from this kind of building, she must have been prepared and determined to die.

But she ended up saving herself... which is probably not the outcome this girl wanted.

“No,” Ellie said quickly, seemingly intimidated by the strong woman’s presence, “I’m very grateful for your help!”

—Hmm, it seems to be genuine emotion.

Hojo Ayane nodded silently to herself.

“But…” Ellie gave a bitter smile, “I guess I’m just unlucky. I can’t even do something as simple as suicide.”

“Well, I’m not good at this kind of thing,” Hojo Ayane scratched her head, “but I suggest you see a psychologist.”

“No, no need.” Ellie stood up and bowed deeply. “Thank you so much! I’ll pay… oh, my wallet!”

Ellie suddenly realized that her wallet had also been taken.

“No need,” Hojo Ayane said. “I only did it for myself. By the way, do you need our help looking for your wallet?”

As she spoke, Hojo Ayane pointed behind her.

Honey Ant Lover also arrived downstairs at this moment and was running towards this side.

“No, no need.” Ellie quickly shook her head. “My wallet isn’t lost, so…”

She bowed again, then hurriedly ran away.

"Strange girl." Honey Ant Ai Yu ran over, panting. "Honestly, you made me come all this way for nothing..."

“She seems to have her reasons,” Hojo Ayane said. “She doesn’t want others to interfere.”

"Don't you care that they just left like that?" Honey Ant Loves Joy asked.

“Of course.” Hojo Ayane stretched her body. “I only took action to test my ninjutsu.”

"You should tone it down a bit," Honey Ant advised. "The Nameless Senior already mentioned the side effects of the Clockwork Bandage..."

“Don’t worry, I can handle it,” Hojo Ayane said confidently. “Besides, I’m using an optimized and improved version, so there won’t be any problems.”

As she spoke, Hojo Ayane retracted her grappling hook and then looked around.

"By the way, where's Yumiya-san? Didn't she come down with you?" Hojo Ayane asked.

She was looking for a bow and arrow to hunt tigers, and the three of them had come to this neighborhood together today.

Although they are all nominally members of the Shokuhou faction, in reality, there are different small cliques within the faction.

Hojo Ayane, Mitsuhime Aiyu, and the two Yumiya sisters form a close-knit group and often act together. However, due to her personality, Yumiya Reito only truly considers Mitsuhime Aiyu as a "friend," so she always accompanies Mitsuhime and acts as her bodyguard.

“Hunter Tiger said she’s a bit interested in that girl from earlier,” Honey Ant Lover said. “She’s probably following her now, right?”

"You care about that girl?" Hojo Ayane seemed thoughtful, but didn't delve any deeper. "Yumiya-san is a professional; she must have her reasons."

"Don't you think that girl looks a lot like Tiger Hunter?" Honey Ant Ai Yu said. "Maybe it's because she met someone of her own kind that she's so interested in her?"

……

That evening, Mii Aiyu returned to the girls' apartment on Family Side after a long absence.

Sure enough, the tiger was hunted down with a bow and arrow.

Seeing Honey Ant Lover waiting at the elevator entrance, Bow and Arrow Tiger was also taken aback.

"So, what did you find out?" Honey Ant Loves asked. "That girl has a problem. Is she related to the Nameless Senior?"

"How do honey ants know...?"

"It's just intuition, speculation, and things like that," Honey Ant Lover said with a smile. "Besides, if it weren't related to the Nameless Senior, you wouldn't have come here specifically, would you?"

"That girl's name is Ellie, and she's a third-year student at Shinshikami Middle School in the 20th school district," said Bow and Arrow Tiger.

"Huh? So you're a senior?" Mii Aiyu exclaimed in surprise. "I thought you'd be younger."

—It really does resemble hunting tigers with a bow and arrow.

“She seems to be being bullied,” Bow and Arrow Tiger continued, “but she has also killed people.”

"kill?"

“Yes.” Tiger with Bow and Arrow nodded. “I can smell the scent of a fellow assassin on her—that Ellie is an assassin.”

This conclusion was drawn from the intuition of hunting tigers with bows and arrows, combined with the intelligence network of the secret "school"—specifically, from the investigation results of Yuwang Wanhua.

“What a strange character design,” Miyu Miyu complained. “Bullyed, but an assassin…is it all a disguise?”

"It shouldn't be." Bow and Arrow Tiger shook his head.

She increasingly felt that she was the same kind of person as Ellie.

Although Bow and Arrow had never been bullied, the two had very similar personalities. Therefore, Bow and Arrow did not believe that the other would use this method to disguise himself.

Honey Ant Ai Yu waved her hand, no longer dwelling on these unimportant details: "So, the assassin's target was the nameless senior?"

“Yes,” Bow and Arrow Tiger nodded, “because she has been tracking and investigating the Nameless Senior.”

"The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind," Mimi-chan smiled. "I never expected that we would be the ones to find out. Very well, now Shokuhou-kun will owe us a favor."

Unlike the archer and tiger hunters, Mimi Ant Ai Yu, though always keeping a low profile, has been paying close attention to Lin Wuming and Misaki Shokuhou's affairs.

Moreover, because outsiders often have a clearer view of the situation, they may even have a better grasp of some information than the outsiders themselves.

For example, right now, Mimi-chan knows that Misaki Shokuhou is preparing to launch a counterattack against Gensei Kihara.

Meanwhile, that old fox Kihara Gensei also took countermeasures—now it seems that this very individualistic girl killer is one of them, right?
“However,” Honey Ant Lover asked again, “that Ellie doesn’t seem very powerful. Can she really hurt the Nameless Senior?”

(End of this chapter)