A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 804 The Situation Takes a Sudden Turn

Not long after receiving the alert from Professor Kiyama Harumi, Misaki Shokuhou received another alert—the facility where the "external brain" was located had been hacked, and its supporting system had also been attacked by a backdoor program, even slipping out of Misaki Shokuhou's control for a time.

The "External Brain" is Misaki Shokuhou's trump card and trump card. In order to protect this trump card, she went to great lengths to hide all the related facilities. Theoretically, only Misaki Shokuhou herself knows the location of the "External Brain", and it can even be said that only she knows that the "External Brain" exists.

Aside from Misaki Shokuhou herself, the only one who could get involved with the "external brain" is that old guy Kihara Gensei.

Misaki Shokuhou didn't dare to be careless and went to the facility's location with Junko Hokaze to check the situation.

At the same time, she also concluded that this was Kihara Gensei's scheme to distract them.

After a brief discussion, Lin Wuming and Misaki Shokuhou decided to play along.

The "external brain" aspect is absolutely crucial and cannot be compromised. It's not just to help Misaki Shokuhou protect her trump card and ace, but more importantly, to prevent this ace from falling into enemy hands! Therefore, Misaki Shokuhou has to make a trip.

Meanwhile, Lin Wuming had no intention of changing his plans and insisted on seeing the assassin Ellie in person...

"Don't worry too much," Misaki Shokuhou comforted Junko Hokaze back in the facility. "Besides the tiger bees, the one thing we shouldn't underestimate is the strength of the nameless senior himself!"

Lin Wuming is also a genuine Level 5, and it can be said that he reached that level through repeated real battles.

His true strength cannot be reflected by a ranking of "eighth". Even if Lin Wuming were alone, his strength would be enough to deal with the vast majority of situations in the world.

“That makes sense,” Junko Hokaze nodded, clearly agreeing with the Queen’s assessment. “We just need to focus on our own tasks—by the way, is Kihara Gensei really going to be here?”

"Who knows?" Misaki Shokuhou shrugged.

Upon arriving at the "External Brain Replacement" facility, Misaki Shokuhou also began to have doubts.

Because they did not find any trace of Kihara Gensei here.

The intruders appear to have already retreated and left the area.

Aside from exposing some security vulnerabilities in the facilities, no other traces were left.

Once Misaki Shokuhou learns from her mistakes and addresses these vulnerabilities, it will become much more difficult for enemies to invade.

Therefore, it can be said that the enemy's actions were completely nonsensical and counterproductive.

“Unless… that was their original intention,” Misaki Shokuhou turned to look in the direction of the 20th school district, “the enemy really just wanted to separate me from the nameless senior.”

A sense of unease crept into my heart—had we overcomplicated things? Ultimately, we underestimated that old fox, Kihara Gensei. His purpose was perhaps simple from the start, and with his strength, he didn't need to resort to many tricks…

"Your Majesty?" Seeing Misaki Shokuhou suddenly fall silent, Junko Hokaze looked over with some concern. "Should we hurry over to the nameless senior?"

“It’s too late, and there’s no need for that trouble.” Misaki Shokuhou suddenly turned around and strode into the facility. “The ‘external brain’ is right here, why go to all that trouble?”

Kihara Gensei left a backdoor in the "external brain replacement" system, which, from another perspective, is also a clue.

Prior to this, Misaki Shokuhou had never run the "external brain" system at full capacity.

Therefore, even Kihara Gensei didn't know what the scene would be like if Shokuhou Misaki went all out. Shokuhou Misaki, however, knew that by doing so, she could at least pinpoint Kihara Gensei's location.

The brain, immersed in the giant culture tank, seemed to emit a low hum, and the orange nutrient solution bubbled and boiled as it absorbed enormous heat.

"Your Majesty!" Junko Hokkaido looked at the horrifying scene before her with trepidation and couldn't help but grab Misaki Shokuhou's arm tightly.

Misaki Shokuhou, who was using her superpowers at full power, seemed to see something incredible. After a moment of dizziness, she leaned against Junko Hokaze's arms.

"Senior Wuming..."

"Your Majesty!" Seeing Misaki Shokuhou's distraught appearance, Junko Hokaze became even more worried. "What happened? What did you see?"

“We’ve made a mistake,” Misaki Shokuhou murmured, “a mistake from the very beginning…”

Although Misaki Shokuhou and Lin Wuming knew the original plot, they were instead bound by it and misunderstood Kihara Gensei's purpose.

—They subconsciously believed that Kihara Gensei would still target Misaka Mikoto as the next "Level 5 Evolution Project" target.

Unexpectedly, Kihara Gensei had decided from the very beginning to use Lin Wuming as his experimental subject.

Therefore, Kihara Gensei never regarded Lin Wuming as an opponent. His recent series of actions were actually just Lin Wuming and Misaki Shokuhou's one-sided hostility towards Kihara Gensei.

Kihara Gensei, as a senior researcher, does everything in preparation for his experiments.

Even the backdoor program of the "external brain" was used as bait that could be abandoned for this experiment!
Just now, while running the "external brain" at full power, Misaki Shokuhou found and locked onto Kihara Gensei's location—he was indeed not here, but in an office building near a convenience store in the 20th school district.

Kihara Gensei showed no surprise at Shokuhou Misaki's "arrival," as if he had expected it, and even allowed her to see Lin Wuming's current state from her perspective.

They even had the leisure to say hello.

—You've finally arrived, Shokuhou-kun. It's not too late yet; you may have the privilege of witnessing the birth of the first-ever Level 6.

At that moment, Misaki Shokuhou did indeed see Lin Wuming's current state...

Lin Wuming was hovering above the street, surrounded by an unknown airflow or similar phenomenon, looking both magnificent and mysterious.

Observation reveals that Lin Wuming is releasing a powerful repulsive force centered on himself, causing everything around him to be blown away as if hit by a typhoon.

As you can see, the tiger bee, Toumi, is on the road below Lin Wuming, struggling to get closer to him, but it's like going against the wind, exerting all its strength but unable to make any progress.

Misaki Shokuhou suddenly felt that Lin Wuming himself might have been suspended in mid-air because of this strange repulsive force.

Then Misaki Shokuhou realized that this was actually Kihara Gensei's judgment, and that because she had borrowed his perspective, she had also accepted his way of thinking to some extent.

—What exactly happened just now?
Misaki Shokuhou couldn't help but ask, "It's only been less than five minutes since I received Misaka Mikoto's signal, how did the nameless senpai become like this?"

Moreover, judging from Kihara Gensei's emotional reaction, it seems that the situation is developing exactly in the direction he expected!
(End of this chapter)