A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 499 New Agreement
As soon as she walked out of the health room door, she almost bumped into Misaka Mikoto. Jiezai Xuezi was really scared. When she recalled her performance in the morning, she suddenly felt a little guilty.

"Hello... Hello, good afternoon, Misaka-san!" Jiezai Xuezi greeted loudly, "What a coincidence, meeting you here!"

"Coincidence? Oh, it is indeed a bit." Misaka Mikoto nodded, "I'm here to look for Senior Sister Sha. Isn't this the health room she often uses?"

Jiezai Xuezi's mind raced. Although others thought that Misaka Mikoto had already joined the Shokuhou faction - in fact, it was almost the same - she knew that Misaka Mikoto was still a "free person" who had not joined any faction.

And due to her personality, Misaka Mikoto has never been very concerned about matters related to factions.

Therefore, she did not have any doubts about Jie Zhai Xue Zi walking out of this health room.

In Misaka Mikoto's opinion, this is just a health room that Sadaman often comes to, and it does not mean that it is a special health room that only she can use.

"By the way, Jiezai, are you feeling alright?" Misaka Mikoto simply assumed her roommate was unwell, which was why she came here. "I noticed you looked a little off this morning."

"Eh? Oh, yes!" Jie Zhai Xue Zi said quickly, "I'm sorry to have worried you. I'm fine. I was just a little too excited because of the shocking news."

"Faction members really have a hard time," Misaka Mikoto said. "By the way, Sha-senpai..."

Remembering that she still had important things to do, Misaka Mikoto hurried in.

"Wait a minute, sister...Senior Sha has already left." Jie Zhai Xue Zi said hurriedly.

"I see, I'm a step behind." Misaka Mikoto sighed slightly, "Well, that's it."

"Excuse me..." Jiezhai Xuezi asked, "Misaka, is there anything you want to talk to Senior Sha about?"

"That Shokuhou guy asked me to run some errands," Misaka Mikoto waved her hand. "She said she was worried that Sa-san would forget about afternoon tea, so she asked me to pick her up. But it looks like Sa-san has gone there on her own now. Jiezai, if you have time, let's go for a walk in the garden together."

"Huh? But at the tea party..."

"I'm not from the Shokuhou faction," Misaka Mikoto shrugged, "and I'm not good at handling situations like that."

"That's...that's true," Jiezai Xuezi nodded in agreement. "A high-ranking meeting between the Empress and the Queen sounds like it's going to be very heavy. It's definitely not an occasion you, Misaka, would enjoy."

Because the burden that had been weighing on her heart had been lifted, Jiezhai Xuezi was in a very happy mood. She took the initiative to step forward and took Misaka Mikoto's hand: "Let's go, I know a quiet place."

"I thought you'd be interested," Misaka Mikoto teased. "If you want to help Hasekura-senpai get some information, I can also take you to the tea party."

"I would never do that kind of thing!" Jie Zhai Xue Zi complained.

——Although I am a spy, I am not a spy for the Hasekura faction...

On the other side, Shadanshan came to the activity room of the Shokuhou faction.

Because of this important meeting, today's afternoon tea was changed to be held indoors.

She didn't apologize or thank them for their kindness and concern like she did when facing the other two major factions - Shokuhou Misaki was an insider and in a sense her "accomplice", so many things could be discussed directly.

"Please thank Wuming-senpai for me. The information is valid—I've found Sister Yexiao," Shadanshan said bluntly. "Congratulations," Shokuhou Misaki replied calmly, suppressing her surprise.

Sadafusa could guess what Shokuhou Misaki was thinking, so she took the initiative to explain, "Director Sherbin's memory has been tampered with... Strictly speaking, it's been deleted."

If it was just tampering, it could be easily restored with "psychological mastery"; but deletion was impossible, as it was equivalent to directly formatting the hard drive - coupled with a near-perfect disguise, the traces of deletion were covered with normal memory...

In this case, unless she knew in advance that there was something wrong with his memory and carefully examined his memory with the premise of "presumption of guilt", even Shokuhou Misaki would not be able to detect this at once.

As for Shadanshan... he used pure violence to destroy Director Sherbin's psychological defenses, causing him to have a mental breakdown. Finally, under the "threat of death", he accidentally recalled part of the truth.

"Perhaps it can be understood as Director Sherbin's potential unleashing, breaking through the memory deletion he previously had?" Sha Danshan explained. "Although he didn't mention all the names, under the guidance of Senior Wuming, I went to Kihara Gensei's research center."

Sha Danshan did not hide anything and told his experience in detail.

"That's great, congratulations." Shokuhou Misaki gave her blessings again.

No matter what, it is undoubtedly good news that Wulin Yexiao, who has been missing for four years, is still alive.

Moreover, this also means that Sadafusa will give up her crazy revenge, and Shokuhou Misaki will not need to stand against her and take extra trouble to deal with a person with multiple abilities.

"Don't worry," Sha Danshan said with a smile, "I will keep my promise - as long as I wait for my elder sister to wake up..."

Before that, Shadanshan could not give up his status as the leader of the faction and the Prince of Eternal Age.

Because, in order to cure Wulin Yexiu, a lot of money and resources are needed. Shadanshan must use his current status and position to help Mushan Haruo raise these necessary resources.

Shadanshan and Kiyama Haruo reached an agreement - Shadanshan would provide resources to support Kiyama Haruo's research, while Kiyama Haruo would be responsible for finding a way to wake up Wulin Yexiu.

Of course, Kiyama Haruo's students were also saved at the same time.

Since Wulin Yexiao and Kiyama Haruo's students have similar symptoms, they are most likely victims of Kihara Gensei's experiments, so they can be saved together.

"Sure, that's no problem for me." Shokuhou Misaki didn't hesitate too much. "As long as the handover is completed before I move on to second year, it'll be fine."

As long as it does not affect her becoming the "true Princess Eidai", Shokuhou Misaki does not mind the other party's little selfishness.

Or perhaps, what Shokuhou Misaki really meant was that after entering the second grade, she would seize the title of "Eternal Princess" without hesitation, and asked Sadafusa to settle her own affairs before that - she didn't need other people's charity or humility.

Sha Danshan smiled and nodded: "Deal, it's settled."

Having said all, Sha Danshan did not touch the tea in front of him. He stood up and bowed slightly while holding the panda doll. "Then I will take my leave... Also, remember to thank Senior Wuming for me."

"Of course. I won't see you off." Shokuhou Misaki waved her hand impatiently, urging her to leave.

(End of this chapter)