A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 8 Designation of the Murderer
"Do you know who the murderer is?" Hufeng Toumi came close to Lin Wuming and asked in a low voice.

Lin Wuming subconsciously tensed his nerves, and then immediately suppressed the urge to use his superpowers to push the girl away.

After a moment's delay to collect himself, he pretended to be calm and said, "It's very simple. It's that Doctor Yamamoto."

Hufeng Toumi had no doubt about his judgment. His eyes were as sharp as swords, and he fixed his gaze on the male doctor among the three suspects.

The two of them did not deliberately lower their voices when communicating, so everyone else present also heard what Lin Wuming said.

Except for Dr. Yamamoto, who was accused, no one else seemed surprised by the result.

The female guard, one of the three suspects, asked, "Mr. Wuming, you probably didn't witness the incident, so how did you make that judgment?"

"Intuition?" Lin Wuming shrugged and said calmly.

In fact, the reason is very simple, because Lin Wuming knows the other two of the three suspects.

The female guard is Aiho Yomikawa, and she was the one who was responsible for investigating her own case yesterday. In the original novel of Toaru Majutsu no Index, she is also a well-known character. She is one of the people who uphold justice in the guard force system and is trustworthy.

As for the other doctor among the suspects, his frog-like face alone can be used to rule him out as a suspect.

The real boss in the original work, the Soul Chaser.

The protagonist of the original work, Kamijou Touma, was able to make it all the way to the New Testament and even the Genesis Testament, thanks in large part to the healing power of the Underworld Chaser!
In other words, if Lin Wuming wanted to lie down and relax, he absolutely could not offend this big shot, and he even had to find a way to establish a good relationship with him. After all, the Underworld Soul Chaser could really save lives!

In this way, the process of elimination could also identify the true culprit—even if Lin Wuming had never met Dr. Yamamoto. But since the guards were sure there were no other suspects, he must be the only murderer!
Dr. Yamamoto was not a professional killer, so he was already panicked when he was brought to this meeting room.

He also had self-awareness. Just look at the other two "suspects" with him and you'll know that the security forces have already determined that he is the murderer! It's just that they can't find any evidence at the moment, so they use this method to frame him.

As for what happens after that, with the means and resources of the guard force, it would not be difficult to find a psychologist with super powers to cooperate with the interrogation.

The trend is over!

Dr. Yamamoto, who was in a daze, had already accepted his fate and didn't even think of refuting.

He had taken on this commission in the first place, betting that he wouldn't be suspected right away. The time he bought was enough for his employers to deal with the aftermath.

However, he did not expect that the operation would be obstructed and discovered by Dr. Sakurai.

"So," the guards stepped forward and handcuffed Dr. Yamamoto, "who hired you to assassinate Lin Wuming?"

"No one..." Dr. Yamamoto shook his head, then suddenly froze.

"You haven't denied that the real target of the attack was Wuming-san." Yomikawa Aiho nodded with a smile. "Very good, you actually took advantage of my absence to make a move. It seems your employer's intelligence network is very timely."

Dr. Yamamoto's face was gloomy and uncertain, and he didn't know what to do for a moment. His mission had failed, so would his employer still help him?

——It was precisely because of this glimmer of hope that Dr. Yamamoto was unwilling to give in, so he decided to grit his teeth and not say another word.

"I want to see my lawyer!" said Dr. Yamamoto.

Tiger Bee Toumi could no longer hold back, so he took out a roll of bandage from his pocket and was about to attack.

The one who noticed her actions and reacted the most was Lin Wuming.

Without hesitation, he used his telekinesis to snatch the bandage from the girl's hand. Facing Tiger Bee Toumi's fierce gaze, Lin Wuming maneuvered his wheelchair to distance himself from her, saying, "You need to calm down. Didn't you promise not to mess around?"

"But this guy..." Tiger Bee Toumi glared at the murderer. If her gaze could turn into sharp swords, Dr. Yamamoto would probably have been pierced through the heart by thousands of swords.

"Calm down, Tiger Bee." The guard who brought her in calmed the girl down and gave Lin Wuming an approving look.

"Don't worry, we've got the evidence." Yomikawa Aiho suddenly said with a smile, "According to the rules of our security forces, the results of psychological ability assessments above level 4 have legal effect and can be used as the main basis for conviction."

As she spoke, she turned her head to look at the whiteboard on the wall beside her - this was actually a one-way glass. From the inside, it was just a whiteboard for writing, but on the other side of the wall, one could clearly see every move in the conference room.

In order to obtain key evidence, the guard force specially invited a high-level psychic psychic from the "Talent Workshop" - Shokuhou Misaki, whose ability level registered in the "Library" has just reached level 4 "Psychological Mastery".

"It's confirmed. This doctor is the one who intended to assassinate Lin Wuming. Due to some unintended consequences, he was the one who accidentally injured Dr. Sakurai." The blonde, starry-eyed girl, Shokuhou Misaki, observed the scene in the conference room from the other side of the one-way glass. "As for the mastermind behind his hiring—because they contacted him through a secret website forum, their true identity is unknown. However, he suspects it's an organization called 'Black May'."

"Black May?" The guard beside her wrote down the word.

"This is just Dr. Yamamoto's own guess, it's not very credible," Shokuhou Misaki added quickly.

"Don't worry, we'll verify it." The guard nodded and handed the tablet to the girl. "Thank you very much for your help. Please sign to confirm - this will be legal evidence."

Shokuhou Misaki signed her name without hesitation.

This time she did not commit any fraud. After all, this was in the interests of "Cai Gong Fang".

Although there is some cooperation between the two research institutes, "Talent House" and "Dark May", they are still two different teams and the connection between them is not deep.
Strictly speaking, the only thing they have in common is probably "illegal experimentation", right?

Just yesterday, the Dark May project specifically requested a "Talent House" to address the threat of fugitives.

This is why Shokuhou Misaki appeared in the hospital. However, Shokuhou Misaki's judgment of Lin Wuming's "amnesia and paranoia" does not seem to reassure the "Dark May" project team.

To ensure safety, they finally issued a commission and hired a killer to silence the witness.

"Cai Gong Fang" is very dissatisfied with this practice and does not want to deal with these stupid "peers" anymore.

Therefore, Shokuhou Misaki's on-site testimony today was actually an active cooperation from "Saigongfang", and it was also for the purpose of cutting ties with the "Dark May" project team as soon as possible to prevent being implicated by them.

In fact, it’s not just the senior management of “Saigongfang”, the one who is most dissatisfied and angry is Shokuhou Misaki herself.

She was clearly asked to come for "assessment", but she didn't trust her own judgment and even went to the trouble of assassinating her! Even though Shokuhou Misaki knew that the "Dark May" project was an illegal experimental project, the blatant killing of people like this was still far beyond her imagination.

And after all, Shokuhou Misaki doesn't like people using her abilities to brainwash or manipulate others.

Shokuhou Misaki actually didn't have a good impression of the security forces that used her abilities, and was simply cooperating with the investigation as a routine matter.

In comparison…

Shokuhou Misaki returned the tablet and locked her starry eyes on the young man in the conference room again.

——Lin Wuming, this boy... seems quite interesting.

(End of this chapter)