A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 157 Kihara Yui
Although asking Senior Wuming for help is indeed a good idea, Shokuhou Misaki couldn't help but frown when she thought of the other blonde girl who was almost inseparable from Lin Wuming.

"As expected, let's not do that..."

Shokuhou Misaki inexplicably had a feeling that her "mental control" might not be able to control that Tiger Bee Toumi.

You know, in the battle of the "Cai Gong Room", Hu Feng Toumi seemed to resist the "psychological rules" of Yu Cai Haimei and even stabbed her with a sword.

"Does that guy really have super powers?" Shokuhou Misaki muttered in her heart.

In Lin Wuming's memories, Shokuhou Misaki had seen information related to the "magic side." Therefore, in Shokuhou Misaki's view, those powers that could not be explained by common sense were no different from "magic."

boom!
Just as she was lost in thought, there was a loud noise behind her - it was the sound of someone opening the door with great force.

Shokuhou Misaki was startled and couldn't help but look back.

She saw that the ward she had just passed by was opened from the inside, and a young woman in a white coat, who did not look like a medical worker, appeared at the door and was looking straight at this side.

The woman raised her lips in a seductive smile, and beckoned her finger towards Shokuhou Misaki—Come here!
Shokuhou Misaki shuddered all over and felt goosebumps all over her body.

——This woman... is seducing... uh, tempting others?
Shokuhou Misaki looked around and found that she was the only one in the corridor.

Therefore, this woman's target is undoubtedly herself...

—I can understand the meaning of her actions...but I'm a girl too! And her allure is so fake, isn't it? It's like she's just copied from a magazine photo, right? It's actually creepy!

Shokuhou Misaki complained in her heart and even began to wonder if she had a problem with directions like her predecessor Wuming and accidentally entered the psychiatric area.

The woman at the door of the ward didn't look embarrassed at all. She still maintained the same smile as in the photo and kept hooking her fingers tirelessly.

It's easy to figure out the purpose and intentions of this strange woman. Just use "Psychological Mastery"...

But the thought that this guy might be a psychopath made Shokuhou Misaki feel somewhat repulsive. She felt that if she rashly read the thoughts of a psychopath, she might also be "poisoned"...

The two of them remained deadlocked in the corridor for more than twenty seconds before the young woman at the door of the ward finally gave up first.

"Shokuhou Misaki, are you a level 5 'psychological master'?" the woman gave up her poor performance and asked expressionlessly.

"Of course I'm a level 5!" Shokuhou Misaki said immediately, "But you, who are you? And why are you looking for me here?"

"..." The strange woman stared at Shokuhou Misaki for a few seconds. "Since you are a top-level psychic, why don't you activate your ability? It's strange. As far as I know, people like you who are skilled in mind reading will uncontrollably spy on other people's inner thoughts."

"So you were glaring at me to communicate with me mentally?" Shokuhou Misaki exclaimed. "Who could have guessed that... And the idea that people with psychic abilities can just read into other people's minds is a completely biased rumor."

Shokuhou Misaki waved her hands repeatedly. Although what she said was most likely the truth, she obviously couldn't admit it.

"Perhaps there's some misunderstanding." The young woman remained noncommittal, but didn't dwell on the topic too much. "Why don't we come in and talk?"

As she spoke, she opened the door of the ward, as if inviting Shokuhou Misaki in.

"I'm not interested in chatting with a stranger in the room."

The young woman nodded. "I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Kihara Yui, representing the Unified Council." The woman who introduced herself as Kihara Yui continued, "Now, can we talk, Shokuhou Misaki?"

——Kihara clan!
Shokuhou Misaki's spirits tensed up instantly. Not to mention the information she saw in Lin Wuming's memory, just the fact that she was "a relative of that old fellow Kihara Gensei" was enough to make her extremely alert!
Gripping the remote control tightly in her hand, Shokuhou Misaki made a decision and walked into Kihara's only ward.

Of course, Kihara Yui was not sick, nor was she a staff member of this hospital. She just temporarily borrowed a ward in the hospital as a place for meeting and chatting.

The ward was just an ordinary double room and had not been rearranged for this important meeting.

Kihara Yui casually sat down beside a hospital bed, and Shokuhou Misaki, not to be outdone, also sat down beside another bed facing her.

"Well, as expected, you didn't use your super powers on me." Kihara Yui said again, with a hint of regret in his tone.

Her repeated emphasis on this made Shokuhou Misaki even more cautious, and she didn't dare to pry into the other person's mind easily.

After all, this woman is a "Kihara", and who knows what tricks she will do in her mind to turn it into a trap for mind reading.

"How can you be sure that the other person doesn't have the ability to activate it?" Of course, she couldn't show weakness on the surface, so Shokuhou Misaki deliberately asked back.

"Intuition," Kihara Yui explained seriously, "Human thought patterns are one of my research areas, so I've always been interested in psychological and psychic abilities and have done a lot of research. I can tell whether someone has been brainwashed or hypnotized—I can tell at this level."

——The truth!
Shokuhou Misaki silently assessed her thoughts. While she didn't dare to pry into Kihara's inner thoughts, she was, after all, a Level 5, and her "mental mastery" was more than just mind-reading.

Judging whether the other person is lying is a basic operation that is not difficult at all.

"Alright, I'll put my personal research and hobbies aside for now," Kihara Yui said, getting straight to the point. "Shokuhou Misaki, you've probably guessed why we're looking for you."

Shokuhou Misaki did not respond at all. She already knew too many secrets. If she did not use her psychic power to read minds, who would know which one this woman was referring to.

Kihara Yui unceremoniously revealed the answer: "Dolly—a replica of Misaka Mikoto. Of course, this is the only thing that the Unified Council would care about."

"What do you want to do?"

——So, that’s exactly what happened!
Forcing herself to remain calm and not reveal the slightest flaw, Shokuhou Misaki asked calmly.

"Even in this city, where illegal research is rampant, human cloning is one of the most unethical and unethical experimental projects," Kihara Yui shrugged. "Of course, real researchers don't really care about these ethics and morals... However, the reaction of ordinary people outside and public opinion is something the Unified Council must pay attention to."

The General Council may not care about the results of other projects of the "Talent House"; the General Council will not care if an experimental accident occurs, many people die, or the institute is destroyed, and the scandal of illegal experiments is exposed.

To be frank, this kind of thing is too common in Academy City and is not really worth paying attention to.

But the appearance of a clone, and a clone of the recently promoted Level 5 Misaka Mikoto - the public opinion effect caused by such an incident cannot be compared with one or two illegal experiments or experimental accidents.

This kind of research that challenges the bottom line of ethics and morality is enough to shock the general public; if it spreads further, it may even cause unanimous condemnation and denunciation from almost all countries, regions and international organizations in the world.

The worst thing is that once the news of "clones" leaks out, the most likely result will be that Misaka Mikoto, the original gene, will rebel, causing the world's strongest electric shock user to wreak havoc in Academy City.

Even the Unified Council is unwilling to face a mad Level 5.

(End of this chapter)