A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 959 The Nameless Intelligence Network

In fact, even without Lin Wuming's guarantee, Hei Qi Mianliu and his group were prepared to take action.

It's just that we might need to find a different reason.

It's important to know that Franda, a formal member of the Dark Side "Tools," and Saten Ruiko, a key member of the "Nameless Force," are currently with them. If all else fails, they can package the revenge as a conflict between Dark Side organizations, or forcibly claim that Lin Wuming will endorse this incident...

A dozen minutes earlier, Komaba Toshitoku and Hattori Hanzo encountered Freya, who was also on the run, during their escape.

The girl was incredibly lucky. Despite being surrounded by five or six adults, she managed to slip out of their encirclement and, with great fortune, encountered Komaba Toshitoku, who was also fleeing there.

There's not much more to say after that. Komaba Toshitoku and Hattori Hanzo already knew this little girl, and they had a pretty good relationship.

Seeing Freya in danger, he decisively intervened, eliminating the pursuers behind her. Then he escaped with the girl...

It should be noted that Komaba Toshitoku and Hattori Hanzo's escape was not due to being unable to defeat their pursuers. After all, "Block" had more important matters to attend to and could not afford to waste too much resources on a subordinate organization.

Therefore, the pursuers behind Komaba Toshitoku and his group were not actually very strong.

What they feared more than the enemy's strength was the enemy's status and position.

As mentioned before, SKILL OUT is an organization that just coasts along, as evidenced by their insistence on "freedom" and their refusal to be tied to any particular underworld organization, even if it means receiving less pay.

While the benefits of being subordinate to a higher-level organization are obvious, countless lower-level organizations have disappeared along with the destruction of the higher-level organization. Komaba Toshitoku and his group have seen many such cases, which is why they are unwilling to repeat the same mistakes.

It can be said that SKILL OUT is the most orderly group within the chaotic group of armed powerless individuals.

This is why they dare not directly resist when faced with coercion from the secret organization, and can only choose to passively escape.

In other words, if they want to retaliate without restraint, they lack a justifiable moral compass for their actions.

Hamazura Shigeo went to the Anbu "Tools" for help, but it didn't necessarily mean that Mugino Shizuri or Kinuhata Saiai would personally intervene. In fact, it would be enough to borrow the name of "Tools".

During their subsequent escape, in order not to implicate Fremia, Komaba Toshitoku decided to entrust the girl to the care of "Big Spider" Kurozuma Watanuru temporarily.

Because a significant proportion of the members of "Big Spider" are women, they should be well-suited to take care of little girls.

As a result... "The Giant Spider" was also implicated and suffered a blow from the higher-ups...

After that, Frenda searched all the way to rescue her sister. Along the way, she met her kind friend Saten Ruiko, and together they found Freya hiding in a temporary safe house, along with three delinquent boys with her...

After learning about the situation on the other side, Lin Wuming couldn't help but click his tongue in astonishment: "How did Leizi get involved too?"

"Please rest assured," Kurozuma Watari assured, "we will not allow Saten Ruiko to suffer any harm. You should know that what we care about is not the strength of the enemy, but the order of Academy City."

“I’m not worried about that.” Lin Wuming shook his head slightly, then suddenly asked, “Since you value the order of Academy City so much, are you willing to do something to protect that order?”

"what do you mean……"

"I heard you have a lot of connections within the group of powerless armed individuals?" Lin Wuming said. A few minutes later, Lin Wuming handed the phone back to Gu Famei: "Gu Famei, I'm counting on you for the rest—keeping in touch with Kurozumi Mianliu."

Kofumi's expression was somewhat complicated: "Nameless, are you... serious? Planning to rely on the power of the armed powerless group to deal with this enemy?"

“It’s not about relying on them,” Lin Wuming shook his head and corrected, “it’s just about making full use of their power… You should know how large the armed powerless group is; plus, they operate in a gray area, and their intelligence on events like today’s might be more readily available than our official channels!”

Of course, the information that armed groups of people without abilities... that is, delinquents or gangsters, can obtain is mostly hearsay and rumors.

It is indeed very well-informed, but its accuracy is highly questionable.

Therefore, Lin Wuming only used it as a reference and supplement. He truly trusted the intelligence obtained from official channels such as the disciplinary committee and the guard force.

The other thing is...

"Mikoto," Lin Wuming then looked at the other girl beside him, "how are things going on your end?"

"We're compiling the data now, and the number is even greater than we expected!" Misaka Mikoto said while operating her handheld computer.

Misaka Mikoto is contacting the Misaka Sisters and gathering information from them.

With a total of 10,000 Misaka Sisters distributed throughout various areas of Academy City, coupled with the "Misaka Network" sharing mechanism, the Misaka Sisters can weave a highly efficient intelligence network even by relying solely on "human flesh search".

It's important to know that Accelerator was able to capture the suspect who attempted to assassinate Chairman Aleister today thanks to intelligence support provided by the Misaka Networks.

Since Accelerator was usable, Lin Wuming naturally wouldn't let such a useful channel pass him by. Therefore, he had long ago asked Misaka Mikoto to be in charge of liaising with the sisters and gathering relevant information.

In addition, Kinuhata Saiai just brought good news: their "props" have received new orders requiring them to fully cooperate with Lin Wuming in his operation.

Moreover, most of the dark organizations in Academy City received the same order—to cooperate with Lin Wuming in a cleanup operation against the enemies who had invaded Academy City.

The Dark Side is the superior organization of the armed groups of powerless individuals; they are the true representatives of the underworld of Academy City.

Therefore, the intelligence they possess is far more accurate and valuable than that of the armed groups of powerless individuals.

Therefore, when Lin Wuming arrived at the headquarters of the guard force, he already had control over the official intelligence network of the disciplinary committee and the guard force, the "underground intelligence network" of the dark organization and the armed group of powerless individuals, and a personal intelligence network centered on the "Misaka Network"...

In order to integrate this complex and diverse intelligence from different sources, Lin Wuming even asked Chu Chun Shiri to help analyze the data.

At this point, Lin Wuming had lost interest in interrogating the suspected intruders.

They simply borrowed an empty conference room from the guard unit and set up a temporary command center.

"I want to see what exactly happened this afternoon!" Lin Wuming was also getting serious.

(End of this chapter)