A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 226 The Truth of the Explosion

Just when Hufeng Toumi was questioning harshly, she suddenly saw Lin Wuming winking at her from behind the girl.

"Eh? She is..."

Tilting his head, Hufeng Toumi suddenly remembered that Lin Wuming seemed to have mentioned once that Dolly was a "clone" or something like that. Could it be...

Although he still had many questions in his mind, out of basic tacit understanding and trust, Hufeng Toumi decisively shut up and did not continue asking questions.

Fortunately, Gufa Meiwei came to the rescue in time.

"Excuse me, are you Misaka Mikoto-san?" Gufa Meiwei asked in surprise, "The level 5 electric shock user!"

"Yes, yes." Misaka Mikoto touched her cheek uncomfortably. She was not used to being worshipped as an idol star.

"Misaka said she personally handled an explosion half an hour ago." Lin Wuming finally explained, "I was just about to go to the scene with her to check it out. Coincidentally, you guys are here too, so why don't you come along?"

At this moment, Misaka Mikoto also noticed the armbands on the two girls in front of her: "A companion of Senior Lin Wuming?"

Hufeng Toumi walked over and stood beside Lin Wuming, separating herself from Misaka Mikoto.

"We checked on the way here and found nothing special." Hufeng Toumi said as he pushed Lin Wuming's back and walked forward, "Let's go to the explosion site quickly."

Misaka Mikoto's forehead twitched, and there was a faint flash of lightning in the ends of her hair: "I... feel like I'm being targeted?"

"Misaka-san, please forgive me," Gufa Meiwei explained quietly, "Tiger Bee-san...she has a rather impatient personality."

Misaka Mikoto shrugged, not really taking it to heart. She quickly quickened her pace to catch up and lead the way.

In fact, Tiger Bee Toumi was not deliberately targeting Misaka Mikoto.

In fact, she dislikes all level 5s.

It’s mainly about Shokuhou Misaki. From the first time they met, Touma had no good impression of that pretentious woman.

It's not "hostility" or "dislike", it's just that we simply "don't get along".

Therefore, when they were getting along normally, for the sake of Lin Wuming and Huang Quanchuan Aiho, Hufeng Toumi did not show her true attitude, and even cooperated with Shokuhou Misaki at some critical moments.

However, Tiger Bee Toumi is straightforward and has a clear distinction between likes and dislikes. If he doesn't like something, he just doesn't like it.

Taking into account Shokuhou Misaki's superpowers - if possible, she would never stay with Shokuhou Misaki.

The Misaka Mikoto he met now was a replica of Shokuhou Misaki in every way—a girl of the same age, also level 5.

And... Lin Wuming was also very familiar with her, even overly enthusiastic!

Misaka Mikoto naturally came to the front of the team, because she was the clue provider, so it was impossible to exclude her no matter what.

Tiger Bee Toumi curled his lips and said nothing more.

The four of them arrived at the "accident scene" smoothly. Just as Misaka Mikoto had introduced it, this was an open space rest area in a city park. There were some benches around the flower beds, as well as a vending machine; some children's amusement facilities were also installed on the lawn not far away.

As for the trash can where the explosive device was buried, it was right next to the vending machine, not far from the benches and children's play equipment. If the bomb really exploded, the casualties would be horrific!
However, at this moment, the rest area was empty and looked very deserted.

There were only various beverage bottles scattered on the ground next to the trash can, which seemed to be telling the danger of the "explosion" not long ago.

"Those two Judgment Committee members must have evacuated the citizens," Misaka Mikoto said. "Even though there wasn't an explosion, it was still an unusual situation. Everyone present was shocked."

As she spoke, Misaka Mikoto manipulated electromagnetic force and took out a large, oddly shaped barrel from the trash can.

Its size and appearance are similar to the buckets used for school cleaning, but the material it is made of is very special.

To be precise, it is made up of various metal cans that are forcibly squeezed together, and colorful packaging patterns of different brands can be seen on the surface.

If you look closely at it from a closer angle, it feels like a surreal artifact.

"Is this a bomb?" Gufa Meiwei used her clairvoyance. "It's just a ball of metal."

"This is a safety canister I made urgently using my superpowers," Misaka Mikoto explained. "When I realized the situation was dire, I used materials I could find nearby to make a canister like this and sealed the explosive device inside."

As he spoke, the surrealist artwork quietly opened, and a "can" the size of a normal can floated out from it.

"This is the main body of the explosive device." Misaka Mikoto said.

However, calling it a "jar" is a bit of a stretch. It's riddled with holes, and all we can say is that it once roughly resembled a cylindrical object. One must fully use one's imagination to reconstruct its original appearance.

Gufa Meiwei observed the wreckage and asked, "So, the criminals put explosives in this can and then detonated it?"

Misaka Mikoto shook her head and said, "I don't think it's a bomb."

The tiger bee flared its nostrils and said, "There's no smell of explosives or flames. It's not an explosion."

Misaka Mikoto continued, "Judging from its power, it's definitely at 'explosive' level. When I sealed it, I could feel a strong shockwave spreading out. This safety canister made up of cans has limited strength, so I can only try to guide the high-pressure airflow inside straight upwards..."

At that time, people in the rest area heard an extremely shrill scream and saw various beverage bottles discarded in the trash can fly into the air and then fall like flowers scattered by fairies.

However, thanks to Misaka Mikoto's timely and precise guidance, the explosion did not cause any casualties - only a few unlucky people were hit on the head by empty bottles falling from the sky.

"From your description..." Lin Wuming also carefully observed the two metal cans, one large and one small, "This explosion is more like..."

"It's a high-pressure gas explosion," Gufa Meiwei continued. "It's not an explosion caused by the burning of explosives, but a simple 'cold explosion' caused by the rapid expansion of high-pressure gas! No wonder there were no flames or signs of burning at the crime scenes in the previous incidents!"

Tiger Bee Toumi also understood: "In other words, this is indeed the effect of some kind of supernatural power?"

Since it was a direct explosion of high-pressure gas, but no high-pressure container was found at the scene, there is only one possibility - this is the effect of some kind of superpower.

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