A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 957 Dark Division Rebellion
"Don't let your guard down, give me the binoculars." Seeing her companion turn around and give up monitoring, Ryoko reached out and grabbed the binoculars to continue observing Touma Kamijou in the distance.

Even so, after watching for two seconds, she couldn't help but complain, "How boring! What's so interesting about this guy? He didn't encounter any danger at all!"

“It’s a mission,” Sakura picked up a bottle of water from the ground, took a couple of sips, and handed it over. “This is an order personally given by the chairman, so I have no choice but to carry it out.”

“I think…” Ryoko took the bottle, “This is still our punishment, isn’t it? Making us do this kind of boring thing.”

He tilted his head back and gulped down the water in the bottle, then crushed it in one gulp: "Everyone else is having a great time over there, but we're stuck here... as bodyguards? No, I should say as babysitters!"

Sakura and Ryoko were both members of the Dark Side, but due to various reasons, they were punished and excluded from the official membership. To this day, they continue to operate as "unofficial members" or "non-official staff."

As for the "personnel's" official duties, they will no longer be allowed to easily interfere.

Today was no different. The "personnel" seemed to have received a lot of orders all at once, and the entire organization was extremely busy. But even so, there was no intention to let Sakura and Ryoko return to the team to help.

This made the two girls very resentful.

However, their current mission—to track, observe, and protect Touma Kamijou—is an order directly given by Chairman Aleister; and considering that the Anbu “personnel” are an organization directly under Chairman Aleister, rounding it off, they seem to have become an existence on the same level as the “personnel”... Thinking about it this way makes them feel much more at ease.

When the others in the "personnel" were mentioned, Sakura suddenly said, "It is said that a dark organization has rebelled, and the Doctor and the others went to deal with it."

“Oh? That’s not surprising,” Ryoko said without any surprise. “Anyway, the Dark Side is just a dumping ground. Any irregular, unofficial organization can be transformed into a Dark Side organization with a little bit of background support.”

As she spoke, she shrugged: "With such a mixed organization, it's perfectly normal for traitors to emerge."

In fact, a significant portion of the daily missions of the various secret service organizations in Academy City involves suppressing secret service organizations that have betrayed them or encountered other problems.

Those who are directly under the chairman of Aleister's organization, such as "personnel," often receive such tasks and can be considered experts at dealing with their peers.

Sakura and Ryoko had no objection to this type of mission; they only complained about not being taken along when it was carried out.

Therefore, for Sakura and Ryoko, the fact that "a secret organization has betrayed them" is hardly news.

The reason they specifically mentioned this time, besides finding topics to talk about to pass the time because the mission was boring, was mainly because the dark unit that launched the rebellion this time was "Block".

The Dark Side "Block" is also top-tier in the industry, with first-class strength and business acumen. Its only shortcoming might be the lack of high-level capable individuals within the organization.

Otherwise, "Block" might even be qualified to compete with "Items" and "School," two dark organizations with level 5 superpowered individuals, for the title of "strongest dark organization."

Even such a formidable, elite secret service organization has betrayed us. No wonder Chairman Aleister hastily dispatched personnel to suppress the rebellion…

However, none of this mattered to Sakura and Ryoko, who were currently in a high school gymnasium. "What a pity, we finally encountered such a target, but we're stuck here as bodyguards..." Sakura sighed again, staring at her clenched fists. "I really want to beat the enemy up..."

“Well,” Ryoko also gave up on continuing to observe and casually tossed the binoculars aside. “On the bright side, maybe the ‘block’ will eventually become stronger and even the Doctor and the others won’t be able to handle it… In that case, we might have a chance to make a move!”

"Heh, do you think that's possible?" Sakura retorted with a cold laugh.

In the industry's usual evaluation system, those working in the shadows are often the ones who are overlooked.

Because they are the Aleister Group's "private army." The actual strength of these "personnel" often depends on the permissions granted to them by the Aleister Group and the amount of resources provided.

However, it cannot be denied that unless the opponent is level 5, given the strength of the "personnel", there should be no enemy that cannot be defeated.

“It’s said that their goal this time is to assassinate the chairman,” Sakura said. “With such audacity, it’s not hard to imagine how much authority the chairman will grant them… So, they’re doomed.”

"Huh?" Liangzi asked in surprise. "Speaking of which, is the assassination of the chairman serious? But the version I heard was that it was an assassination of Lin Wuming?"

“Lin Wuming… that’s impossible!” Sakura shook her head repeatedly. “He’s a level 5! How could he possibly choose the highest difficulty level target to attack?”

"Hasn't Lin Wuming's relationship with the Roman Catholic Church been quite strained lately?" Liangzi explained. "Yesterday he defeated the Church's trump card and thwarted their conspiracy... Now the Roman Catholic Church probably hates him to the core, right?"

Even if the Roman Catholic Church cannot mobilize manpower to take action to retaliate against Lin Wuming in the short term, it is not difficult to hire or fund others to cause trouble for Lin Wuming.

After all, the "Anti-Academy City Alliance" has never lacked people who want to cause trouble in Academy City.

The Roman Catholic Church doesn't even need to intervene directly; it can simply wait for the outcome.

Ryoko's speculation was not unfounded, but rather the result of her analysis of the information she had gathered.

“Hmm…” Sakura pondered for a moment, “Is it possible that the information we both have is correct? Right now, the chaos in Academy City is actually caused by two groups of people: one wants to assassinate the Chairman, and the other wants to eliminate Lin Wuming…”

Ryoko stroked her chin and nodded thoughtfully: "That's certainly possible. Wasn't it quite chaotic outside today? Apparently, a large number of intruders launched an operation at the same time."

Not only were there those who wanted to assassinate important figures, but also those who wanted to cause sabotage and create disturbances, as well as spies who stole commercial and technical secrets... and so on.

"What is the Border Management Bureau doing?" Sakura couldn't help but complain. "Isn't Academy City's defense already a sieve?!"

(End of this chapter)