A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 953 The People Who Escaped

"Even you..." Lin Wuming muttered after hearing Kihara Tsurugi's words, "And it's another threat? Couldn't you come up with something different?"

However, the reason why the same strategy is used repeatedly is because the method is effective, right? Moreover, the same strategy also proves from another perspective that the enemy is the same group of people.

The "Anti-Academy City Alliance" is ultimately just a group of ordinary people. Apart from using hostages as a threat, they don't seem to have any other better way to drive their obviously stronger superpowers.

—Except for cases like the Black Seabird, which created new weaknesses for itself through haphazard modifications.

As a Level 4 Space User, Kihara Tsuki is absolutely not a threat from the enemy under normal circumstances.

Even if someone doesn't want to fight and wants to escape, almost no one can stop a Space Envoy.

Unfortunately, the enemy had put a lot of effort into intelligence gathering, and had taken control of her companions first. By using the people that Kihara Tsuki cared about most as hostages, she was actually forced to remain immobilized—she dared not easily attack the enemy, nor did she dare to simply leave.

The strategy of kidnapping hostages, though despicable, is indeed effective!
Appearing before Kihara Tatsuki, there were a total of ten enemies directly involved in the kidnapping of the hostages.

This number of enemies was not entirely insurmountable for Kihara Tsuyoshi.

However, despite her powerful abilities as a space user, Kihara Tsuki has never used them in direct combat.

She had explained to Lin Wuming before that it was incredibly easy for a space user to kill someone—simply move anything to the target's heart or brain, or even move the enemy's heart or brain outside their body…

But precisely because doing this is so easy, it may have an irreversible impact on their mental state and thought patterns, so Space Envoys will deliberately avoid doing so.

This is especially true for higher-level spaces.

If she were to use non-lethal methods, Kihara Tsuki could not guarantee that she could eliminate all ten enemies present at the same time. If someone seized the opportunity to retaliate... that was a consequence she absolutely did not want to face.

To make matters worse, two of Kihara Tsurugi's companions were not present at the scene and thus escaped, and are now being hunted down.

Kyoko Tsurugi didn't know if they had been caught, but she was worried that if she took action, her two companions would likely face retaliation!

As a result, the situation remained deadlocked.

Just as the enemy was getting impatient and preparing to make an example of someone, Accelerator found his way here...

Accelerator was already investigating clues about the "Anti-Academy City Alliance," and thanks to his own strength and intelligence, coupled with the intelligence network of the Disciplinary Committee, he actually managed to find a temporary stronghold of the enemy.

Then we saw Kihara Tsuyoshi confronting the enemy.

Compared to Kihara Tsuki's hesitation, Accelerator was much more decisive. He didn't know the boys and girls who were taken hostage, nor did he know Kihara Tsuki, so of course he wouldn't have any special feelings for them.

Just as Mugino Shizuri defeated the enemies who occupied the orphanage, Accelerator did not hesitate at all and immediately took action to eliminate all the enemies present.

Not only did the enemy not have time to react, but Kihara Ayaki was also so frightened that she almost had a cardiac arrest.

Fortunately, Accelerator was strong enough to prevent the enemy from retaliating or harming the hostages. He didn't even kill a single enemy. After further interrogation, they finally learned of the enemy's assassination plan.

—It's actually quite simple. It involves using Kihara Tatsuki's superpower, "spatial teleportation," to send a powerful bomb directly into that windowless building.

The Anti-Academy City Alliance also had a general understanding of the situation inside the building, knowing that Chairman Aleister was like a vegetable, his whole body immersed in a giant test tube, and his life was sustained entirely by the medical equipment in the room.

In this scenario, if a powerful bomb were to explode... even if his enormous test tube were sturdy enough to withstand the blast, the surrounding medical equipment would be damaged.

At that time, that guy Aleister won't survive either!

Because this plan required Kyoto Tsurugi's complete cooperation, the enemy didn't want to strain relations too much. Despite taking hostages, the negotiations primarily involved persuasion and enticement.

This is also the main reason why Kyoto Tsushima was able to maintain a stalemate with them.

Now that Accelerator's sudden appearance has broken the stalemate, Kihara Awaki breathed a sigh of relief, but was even more worried about the safety of her two escaped companions...

Meishan Xieying, a boy still in elementary school, has recently been harassed by a strange older sister for various reasons.

Then he got caught up in a series of strange and troublesome things.

"My ability is ineffective against spatial manipulation!" Miyama Shōei said as she ran, "So I can't see what's happening on Kihara-senpai's side!"

"Damn it!" the girl beside him, who was dragging him along as they ran, yelled in despair. "Who are those guys? They have guns! What did we do to offend them?"

"I was just about to ask, what exactly happened to you..." Miyama Sekie said breathlessly, "The bad guys behind you were targeting you!"

"I don't quite understand, but it must be for Kihara-chan, right?" the girl said. "After all, her abilities and identity are very special!"

"..." Miyama Shakei didn't speak. This reason was very reasonable, because his own abilities were also very special, and recently more and more people had been eyeing him.

The reason why Miyama Shakei hung out with Kihara Tamaki and the others and became their companion was because Kihara Tamaki had helped him once not long ago.

—Now…it’s my turn to repay the favor!

“Speaking of which… Miyama-kun,” the girl suddenly pulled him into a secluded corner, “was there anything wrong with the way you led us?”

It's called a corner, but it's actually the back of a roadside flower bed, where low shrubs barely cover their bodies.

"Aren't we getting further and further off course?" The girl looked around. "There's not a soul in sight. If we round it up, isn't that practically putting us right under the enemy's nose?"

The reason they were able to escape until now is mainly because they took advantage of pedestrians on the street and public transportation systems such as the subway.

"Aren't we almost at School District 21?" the girl couldn't help but wonder. "We clearly had a chance to ask the security forces for help on the way here."

(End of this chapter)