A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 940 Sudden Case
The commotion caused by Lin Wuming's "revisit to his old haunts" in the 177th branch of the Discipline Inspection Commission gradually subsided.

The branch leader, Gu Fameiwei, then came over and handed over a carton of milk: "Thank you for your hard work, Wuming."

“No, it’s nothing really,” Lin Wuming shook his head. “But you, you’ve really had a tough time.”

Of the original three-person disciplinary committee, only Gu Fameiwei remains, diligently working on the front lines.

As for Lin Wuming and Hu Feng Toumi, they had long since become "ghost members".

However, Miwa Kofun didn't complain about it. Her two partners had special circumstances—which was clear from the beginning.

But being rationally clear about something is one thing; whether you can accept it emotionally is another.

"But this time we also owe a lot to Shirai-kun, otherwise Mumei, you probably wouldn't have come back, right?" Kofumi said, half teasing and half serious.

Because she understood Lin Wuming, Gu Famei knew that this seemingly easy-going boy was actually quite "ruthless" in essence.

Unless the other party takes the initiative to maintain the relationship, in Lin Wuming's eyes, everyone around him is probably just a "passerby" in his life.

Don't expect Lin Wuming to take the initiative to maintain his relationships with others!

It should be noted that among the disciplinary committee members in the activity room at this moment, several of them had followed Lin Wuming in action last year and could be considered his "disciples" and juniors.

At that time, Lin Wuming already had a very good relationship with them; he could even communicate normally with the tiger bee Toumi. That's why everyone reacted so excitedly just now.

I originally thought that, out of consideration for these lovely juniors, Lin Wuming would continue to lead them as the head of the 177th branch after graduating from Zhachuan Middle School.

Unexpectedly, after graduating, Lin Wuming really did just leave, waving his sleeves and not taking a single cloud with him.

After that, let alone continuing to manage the 177th branch, he rarely even came back to visit! It was as if he had no connection with this place after leaving.

In the end, it was Gu Fameiwei who was appointed to take charge of the branch in a time of crisis. As a senior who had teamed up with Lin Wuming and Hu Feng Toumi before, Gu Fameiwei could still leverage some of Lin Wuming's influence to stabilize the situation of the 177th branch.

Now, after much difficulty, Lin Wuming returned to his old haunts at Shirai Kuroko's invitation, only to find that he couldn't even recognize his juniors whom he hadn't seen for less than a year...

Even if Gu Fameiwei understood Lin Wuming, she couldn't help but think to herself, "How cold and heartless."

Thinking about it carefully, Lin Wuming's "face blindness" symptoms are probably caused by his indifference to other people, right?
However, Lin Wuming's "face blindness" and "ruthlessness" didn't just appear overnight; they were like his inherent traits, fixed deep within his soul from the very beginning. As such, it's impossible to criticize him too much, since one's nature is hard to change.

Furthermore, considering Lin Wuming's past experiences, Gu Fameiwei believes that this is a sequela of the illegal experiments Lin Wuming experienced in his childhood.

It's important to know that Lin Wuming treats not only his juniors in the disciplinary committee with the same, or even more coldly, attitude towards his former colleagues from the illegal experimental facility.

Since thwarting the "Dark May" plan and rescuing the children imprisoned in the underground experimental field, Lin Wuming has never visited them even once.

Thinking of this, Gu Famei silently shook her head. That's why she would take the initiative to contact Lin Wuming or Hufeng Toumi every now and then to talk about the work of the disciplinary committee members.

Gu Famei knew very well that if she wanted to maintain her relationship with these two people, she had to be more proactive. Otherwise, given Lin Wuming and Hu Feng Toumi's increasingly aloof personalities, severing ties with other people would be an incredibly simple and natural thing for them.

While drinking her milk, Kofumi looked at the two girls beside Lin Wuming—it seems that Shirai-san is also... well, they've had a tough time too.

The three people on Lin Wuming's side were all people with keen senses, and they easily noticed the gaze that Kofumi was looking at them.

Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko looked up, and Kofunomi gave a polite smile before quickly looking away and refocusing her gaze on the computer screen in front of her.

My mood immediately turned heavy—shouldn't I be the one who's really suffering? In the end, I'm the one who's truly working myself to the bone here!
Because the 177th branch of the Discipline Inspection Commission is very powerful, their tasks and responsibilities are also the most arduous.

Moreover, the better they perform, the more work they get; in addition, there is a rather ambitious chairman above them, and nowadays many procedures that should be handled by the guards are now being handled by the 177th branch of the Discipline Inspection Commission.

As if in response to what Kofumi thought, the alarm in the activity room suddenly went off.

The disciplinary committee members, who were previously going about their own business, suddenly got into focus, and the atmosphere in the entire room changed.

Almost simultaneously with the alarm, the landline phone on Gu Fameiwei's desk went off.

Without any surprise, Gufa Meiwei immediately picked up the receiver.

A moment later, Gu Famei looked up at everyone present: "A large-scale theft has occurred in District 5. At least twelve university laboratories have been broken into, and important experimental data and samples have been stolen. The security forces need our assistance in searching for the thieves!"

Kofumi didn't hang up the phone, but continued, "The relevant information has been sent to everyone via email. Please proceed with the planned group assignments!"

The disciplinary committee members all looked down at their phone screens.

Lin Wuming and Shirai Kuroko also opened their mobile emails together; Misaka Mikoto, not being a member of the Disciplinary Committee, sidled up to Lin Wuming to look at the emails together.

“Since we’re already here, I might as well join in,” Lin Wuming said.

He is, after all, a member of the disciplinary committee, and now that he has encountered an urgent task, he certainly won't shirk his responsibility.

“No,” Kofumi shook her head and handed the microphone over directly, “The Chairman has another task for you.”

Lin Wuming answered the phone and heard a familiar voice coming from the receiver: "Wuming, it's been a long time. I heard you've been discharged from the hospital—so your injuries have healed?"

"Please speak frankly about what you need to say. I have no problems on my end," Lin Wuming said.

Both sides were old acquaintances, and Lin Wuming certainly knew that the Chairman was not someone who spoke without reason.

“I haven’t been bothering you much lately because of Yifang’s help,” the chairman said. “However, it seems that Yifang is also in trouble today, so we need your help.”

(End of this chapter)