A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 958 Armed Group of Powerless Individuals

"Stop complaining, and don't have too high expectations for those guys guarding the walls," Liangzi said. "Don't we know what kind of monsters the enemy is?"

The "Anti-Academy City Alliance" is full of talented people, and many magicians, who are the most active and determined group against Academy City, have also joined it.

Not to mention, the enemy also has high-level inside agents like the "Blocks" within Academy City...

It would be strange if a mere border control bureau could actually stop so many demons and monsters.

"Actually, I don't care about any of these things," Sakura said. "In fact... I'd rather have more enemies, as long as I have the chance to beat them up!"

Upon hearing this, Ryoko couldn't help but retort, "You really don't learn your lesson, do you? Have you forgotten why we were assigned to do this kind of menial work?"

“Isn’t it because you, Ryoko, always like to dissect enemies alive?” Sakura immediately said. “Compared to that, I’m actually quite gentle when I just beat enemies with my fists and feet.”

"Ha, you have the nerve to say that..." Ryoko rolled her eyes at him. "First of all, that's my fighting style, my weapon is a short sword; secondly, I deliberately avoided vital organs and didn't kill him to keep him alive for later interrogation—it's a fighting technique, not some kind of live dissection!"

“Besides,” Ryoko continued to complain, “you casually smash every bone in your enemy's body... is that really gentle?”

While the two were idly bickering and arguing, it was already time for Touma Kamijou to get out of school.

"Hurry, hurry, don't sit there!" Sakura suddenly noticed movement in the classroom in the distance, quickly grabbed her binoculars, and kicked her partner beside her. "The target is leaving the classroom!"

"Great~" Ryoko lazily leaned closer, "Finally, this boring class is over... Let's go home and stay here!"

As ordered, once Touma Kamijou returns home, the two of them no longer need to continue tracking and protecting him; what Touma Kamijou does after that is none of their business.

"Hopefully, the Doctor's side will slow down a bit," Sakura licked her lips, "maybe they can leave us some scraps..."

……

"Speaking of which, Academy City is quite chaotic today." Lin Wuming remarked on the way to the headquarters of the guard force.

He just spoke with the chairman of the Disciplinary Committee, and they shared intelligence. In addition to the Disciplinary Committee's own intelligence channels, the chairman also obtained internal intelligence from the security forces, and after comparing the two, they made even more discoveries.

From the time school ended until now, a large-scale "sudden incident" has occurred in Academy City.

However, most of them were "minor cases" involving the theft of trade secrets or scientific research results, which seemed insignificant compared to an attempt to assassinate the board chairman.

However, these small cases accumulate and put a considerable burden on the guard force and the disciplinary committee system.

Moreover, those so-called "minor cases" are not really that "minor" - Academy City strictly restricts the outflow of technology and intelligence, and what Academy City values ​​most is precisely technology and scientific research intelligence.

Therefore, Academy City has never lacked technological spies and tech thieves from all over the world.

In addition, with the Daihasei Festival approaching, this time of year is a peak period for such cases.

It's standard practice for the guards and disciplinary committee to focus on cracking down on such cases, and no one can say they're wrong.

However, the direct consequence of this is that when encountering real assassins and terrorists, it's easy to run into a manpower shortage. This is why Lin Wuming has always suspected that there must be a mastermind behind today's series of cases, orchestrating and directing everything.

In situations like this, Misaki Shokuhou's "mental control" comes into play.

Therefore, Lin Wuming and Misaki Shokuhou agreed to meet at the headquarters of the guard force.

The guard unit headquarters has its own prison, so all the suspects arrested today will be taken there for centralized custody. Having enough "samples" will make it easier for Misaki Shokuhou to find the truth.

Just as they were about to reach their destination, Gufa Meiwei suddenly received a phone call.

"It's Kurozuma..." Kofumi was somewhat surprised, then remembered what Hamazura Shiage had said earlier, and immediately became worried, "Could it be that the giant spider was also..."

After answering the phone and chatting for a while, Gu Fameiwei handed the phone to Lin Wuming: "Wuming is right next to me, you can talk to him directly."

It turns out that Komaba Toshitoku and Hattori Hanzo from SKILL OUT had fled to the territory of the Giant Spider. However, they didn't expect to get involved with the Giant Spider as well, and were attacked by "unidentified individuals".

Fortunately, Kurozuma Watari was a formidable fighter and bravely stayed behind to cover their retreat; moreover, "Big Spider" was an organization mostly composed of motorcycle enthusiasts, and seeing the situation was dire, the members scattered and fled in their vehicles.

Therefore, the number of personnel injuries was not too serious.

Even so, several members were still injured, some even to the point of needing to be rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment.

As the leader of the organization, Kurozuma Miyuri was naturally unwilling to give up so easily—he wanted to retaliate.

Komaba Toshitoku and Hattori Hanzo are also exceptionally strong fighters. If the three of them team up and take advantage of the situation, their chances of successfully avenging themselves are quite high.

However, there is one more thing that needs to be confirmed before that.

That is, did the dark organization that initially ordered SKILL OUT to cooperate in the operation really betray Academy City?

This largely determines whether their "retaliation" is legitimate; or whether their actions will provoke further retaliation from the enemy.

After all, the status of armed powerless individuals is ambiguous. In Academy City, they are usually regarded as subordinate organizations of the dark side.

Arming a group of powerless individuals to rebel against a secret organization is a form of "subordinate overthrowing superiors," which is inherently a taboo matter.

Whether it's SKILL OUT or the giant spider, they want to continue living in Academy City, so they can't go too far.

Therefore, they decided to seek information from Kofumi Miwa, a member of the disciplinary committee, before taking action...

Now that the phone was in Lin Wuming's hands, he had fewer concerns, based on the intelligence he already possessed—

“That’s right, I can confirm that the Dark Side ‘Block’ has betrayed us. They intend to assassinate Chairman Aleister,” Lin Wuming warned. “If you plan to take action against them, you won’t be held accountable, and you might even receive a medal. However, I still advise you to be careful—‘Block’ is quite powerful.”

“You don’t need to worry about that,” Hei Qimianliu said confidently on the phone. “We have helpers too. Consulting Gu Fa and you is just to give us more peace of mind.”

(End of this chapter)