A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 937 Student Representatives
—What's going on? Did I leave something at the hospital? And why is it a little girl...?

Seeing the girl running towards him while calling his name, Lin Wuming was full of doubt; but upon closer inspection, he realized it was Teacher Yueyong Xiaomeng.

Seeing how hard Tsukuyomi Komoe was running, Lin Wuming quickly turned around and went to meet her.

Before he could even say hello, Teacher Xiaomeng started complaining, "Wuming, why did you leave the hospital so suddenly? I waited outside the ward for ages, and if a passing nurse hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have known you were gone!"

Moreover, because she wasn't in a wheelchair, it took Tsukuyomi Komoe a little longer to confirm Lin Wuming's identity at the hospital entrance.

"Sorry, sorry," Lin Wuming quickly explained, "I've already completed the discharge procedures, so I'm going back now."

"Have you fully recovered?" Teacher Xiaomeng carefully examined the boy in front of her. "Young people recover so quickly."

"I wonder what brings you here, teacher?" Lin Wuming asked.

Tsukuyomi Komoe is the homeroom teacher of Kamijou Touma and Tsuchimikado Motoharu, but she doesn't have much interaction with Lin Wuming. The time they spend together at school is less than the time she spends drinking with Yomikawa Aiho at her home.

“Actually, it should have been Professor Huang Quanchuan who came,” Tsukuyomi Komoe explained, “but it seems that the guard unit has some urgent mission, so I, the teacher, have to make the trip instead.”

It's not surprising that the guards have emergency missions every now and then.

However, Aiho Yomikawa was unavailable, so Tsukuyomi Komoe took her place instead...

Lin Wuming had a rough idea of ​​what was going on at a high school and they wanted to ask him for help, which was why they sent such a person.

The high school administration was well aware of its own limitations in dealing with Lin Wuming; they adopted a calm approach and decided from the beginning to play the "personal card" – entrusting all authority to Lin Wuming's guardian, Huang Quanchuan Aihui.

If Huang Quanchuan Aisui is unable to appear in time, then Yueyong Xiaomeng, who is closest to her, will take her place; because she often visits Huang Quanchuan's house, she is also quite familiar with Lin Wuming and they can talk to each other.

Lin Wuming was fully aware of this. Although he knew it wasn't a normal way for teachers and students to get along, it didn't seem to be a bad thing for him, so he naturally wouldn't object.

"Actually, it's like this..." Tsukuyomi Komoe suddenly thought of something, "Nameless classmate, are you going home? Wait a moment, I'll go get your car and take you home."

After saying that, Tsukuyomi Komoe hurriedly ran back to the hospital parking lot. A short while later, a light yellow mini car stopped in front of Lin Wuming.

This is Tsukuyomi Komoe's personal vehicle. Because she is only 135 centimeters tall, it is a bit difficult for her to drive a normal vehicle.

Thus, this special car was created – the accelerator and brake are all integrated into the steering wheel, so that even if your legs are not long enough, you can still operate it normally.

In Lin Wuming's view, this is actually just transferring the operation mode of racing games to real vehicles, and it's the most basic console version. After all, more advanced game modes have accompanying simulators—which are equipped with normal accelerator and brake pedals.

Tsukuyomi Komoe seems to be a seasoned driver, skillfully navigating her vehicle straight to the Family Side apartment building.

On the way, she mentioned the purpose of her trip while driving.

"...Actually, it's about the Daihasei Festival," Tsukuyomi Komoe said.

"You guys know too—about Tokiwadai Middle School declaring war?" Lin Wuming asked. "Huh? Tokiwadai? Declaring war?" Tsukuyomi Komoe was full of questions. "What...does this mean? Did Wuming-kun have a fight with Shokuhou-chan and the others?"

"No, it's just some strange rumors, don't worry about it too much." Lin Wuming quickly shook his head.

It's unclear whether the information about the doctor from the underworld is incorrect, or whether the rumor simply hasn't reached the high school yet.

"Well, actually, not long this afternoon, the Daihasei Festival organizing committee came to our school." Tsukuyomi Komoe didn't dwell too much on the rumors Lin Wuming mentioned and went straight to the point, "It seems that this year's organizing committee wants to invite Level 5 superpowers as student representatives to take an oath at the opening ceremony."

It's not surprising that a certain high school sent someone to visit them specifically because they had two Level 5 students.

According to Academy City's conventions, all ability users have a home. This may sound cruel and inhumane, but the truth is that all ability users are essentially "guinea pigs," experimental subjects.

The subjects themselves, including their personal information and research data, are valuable resources.

It is generally assumed that schools hold "ownership" of all resources for their students; in addition, research institutes and other institutions also control some resources in a similar way.

Given this premise, if you want to invite a "top-tier resource" like Level 5 to do something, the first thing to do is to communicate and negotiate with the school, rather than bypassing the school and directly approaching the person with the ability.

Of course, this is also because the so-called "Daihasei Festival Operation Committee" is actually just a temporary organization, essentially a "support organization". They do not hold real power; they only have the title of "Operation Committee" and the tacit understanding that "the entire Academy City must cooperate as much as possible".

In this situation, it is natural to handle things as officially as possible.

The high school didn't dare to be arrogant. In previous years, they had been relatively unknown, but suddenly the operations committee paid special attention to them and even visited them in person. They were flattered and, of course, they wouldn't be careless. They immediately promised to cooperate fully.

However, the high school administration was well aware that their wishes were not important; ultimately, it depended on the wishes of the two Level 5 students themselves.

“Student representative…” Lin Wuming frowned, “This feels… a bit troublesome.”

To be honest, Lin Wuming had absolutely no interest in this. He preferred being alone to appearing in public.

Of course, it wouldn't be a problem if he had to do it; it's just a student representative taking an oath, which is not difficult at all.

It's worth noting that Lin Wuming gave numerous public speeches to tens of thousands of people in the streets to quell the large-scale protests by blue-collar workers.

It's just that if you don't like something, you just don't like it.

"Then let's just refuse," said Ms. Tsukuyomi Komoe.

"Huh?" Lin Wuming looked over. "Isn't the teacher going to try to persuade me?"

"My motto is never to force students to do things they don't like," Ms. Tsukuyomi said with a smile. "Actually, I guessed this would happen before I came."

(End of this chapter)