A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 501: Unknown Director
"Perhaps we should keep up with the trend and not limit our focus to the school..." Zhicang Lengli pondered.

"Hey, hey, hey, if you two families go outside, the school will be furious." Shenyuan Xiaolu Liuli Xuanchao saw her thoughts and said quickly, "Don't spread the competition outside the school. Those kids who aspire to Tokiwadai Junior High School will be shocked."

"Don't worry, I just said it casually. I won't be so impulsive." Zhicang Lengli said.

Mizukami Nagisa just listened quietly on the side. She had no interest in factional competition and of course could not take the initiative to expand her influence.

Rather, it was to isolate herself from the worldly troubles outside that she chose to come to the relatively closed Tokiwadai Middle School.

As they were talking, Shenyuan Xiaolu Liuli Xuanchao suddenly put his mobile phone on the table and showed it to everyone.

"Look, look, it's true! Senior Lin Wuming is in the news again."

In the live broadcast, Lin Wuming was giving a speech on a temporary platform on the street.

Seeing Lin Wuming's tense face and a look of despair in his eyes on the screen, Misaka Mikoto couldn't help but smile: "Haha, you've worked so hard, Wuming-senpai."

This kind of scene is not the first time. In fact, in the past week, what Lin Wuming has done most is to take to the streets and give speeches everywhere.

Lin Wuming himself is not good at and doesn't like this kind of work, but there is no way. After all, it is a "job" and he can't refuse it easily.

Of course, in the eyes of others, this is actually a "reward" for Lin Wuming - for a public figure, there is no better reward than exposure and positive publicity.

But Lin Wuming really didn't need such a "reward," nor did he want to be a public figure. To him, these endless speeches were more like the price he had to pay for "killing Director Sherbin."

You know, even though Director Sherbin is dead, the big parade caused by him is not over yet!
In fact, because there was no one to negotiate with, the entire parade was stuck in a very embarrassing situation.

Even if the workers wanted to compromise, they wouldn't know who to bow to...not to mention, they had no intention of compromising.

Since negotiations and struggle still need to continue, there must be an opponent.

Director Sherbin is dead, and his staff team is not qualified to negotiate on his behalf, not to mention that they have all been arrested and are under investigation and cannot move around.

As for the other directors, they had absolutely no interest in taking over this mess.

As a result, the pressure fell entirely on the guard forces - due to their duties, they had to restore traffic order on the city roads as soon as possible, and prevent the march from turning into a major riot again.

After much deliberation, the guards came up with one of their own - the legendary "hero" Lin Wuming, who acted in the name of justice, killed Director Sherbin, and avenged the vast majority of the blue-collar class.

The guards who had the complete autopsy report knew of course that Director Sherbin was not killed by Lin Wuming, and he did not even leave any scars on Director Sherbin's body.

But the public can’t stop believing it!
Moreover, Lin Wuming had a brilliant record in the past to back him up. If they hadn't seen the irrefutable evidence with their own eyes, even the security forces would have believed that Lin Wuming had committed the murder...

As expected, after this battle, Lin Wuming's reputation soared again.

At this point, even if the security forces came out to refute the rumors, it would probably be of no avail.

——The urban legends of Academy City have their own logic of dissemination.

Therefore, the security forces simply went with the flow and asked Lin Wuming to come forward and calm the demonstrators first.

Lin Wuming's so-called speech was also a memorized speech, with the focus on using his reputation to call on everyone to end the march and go home.

It's actually some kind of mascot.

As for the jobs the protesters were concerned about, with Director Sherbin gone, there was no one to preside over the administration. While Academy City's "unmanned" revolution couldn't be completely canceled, it had shifted from radical reform to a gradual process. Before taking on this task, Lin Wuming specifically sought a guarantee from Chairman Aleister—for at least two years, Academy City would not proactively fire any workers.

Therefore, when Lin Wuming stepped forward to help appease the marching crowd, he felt confident and had no psychological burden.

As for two years later... there will be a world war, who will care about unemployment...

After staying for thirty minutes, Lin Wuming left the stage escorted by two security teachers.

The crowd in the audience was very enthusiastic, as if they were watching a star concert, and some even shouted "Encore".

Lin Wuming was extremely grateful that he insisted on the "wheelchair" character, so the audience below the stage were willing to let him go and not make things too difficult for a "disabled person".

"Are those people really okay?" Lin Wuming was still frightened when he recalled the fanatical scene he had just seen on the stage.

I even wanted to ask Shokuhou Misaki to come and see if the people below had been affected by any group psychological suggestions.

"It's just a herd mentality, don't take it too seriously." Huang Quanchuan Aihui came over and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Wuming."

"Wuming, that's still pretty good," Tetsuzo Zuiri continued, "If you've ever been to a real idol concert, you'll know what true fanaticism is like."

"But I'm not a celebrity!" Lin Wuming complained, "Also, this isn't something a middle school student should be doing, right?"

Once or twice is fine, but it's been a week now, and I have to perform an average of three to four shows a day, and each time I have to be on stage for at least half an hour...

What a waste of time, and very boring.

Because all Lin Wuming had to do was to memorize the script and then act as a mascot on the stage... but he was a very important "mascot" and couldn't slack off.

There is no doubt that this is a torment!
The security teachers present all burst into laughter after hearing this.

"Indeed, this isn't a job for a middle school student," Captain Haiya said, "but it's a responsibility that 'heroes' and 'unknown trustees' must shoulder."

"Even Captain Haiya has learned to be humorous?" Lin Wuming exclaimed.

The "nameless director" mentioned by Captain Haiya is actually another rumor after "Lin Wuming killed Director Sherbin with his own hands."

Regardless of the truth, as far as the result is concerned, there is no doubt that Lin Wuming "came to power" by stepping on the corpse of a current general director.

Then, the most crucial thing is that Lin Wuming, who did such a big thing, did not suffer any punishment or retaliation. He even appeared openly on the stage set up by the guard troops and made a public appearance to appease the marching crowd.

Some well-informed people even found out that Lin Wuming has the support of Chairman Aleister!

To sum up, it is not difficult to draw a conclusion that the bigwigs in Academy City have already admitted that Lin Wuming is at the level of "General Director"!

At least it can threaten the existence of the general director.

Even the other general directors felt that Lin Wuming was the "knife" used by Chairman Aleister to target them.

Absolute strength is equivalent to absolute status. Therefore, Lin Wuming is qualified to be regarded as a "director with real power but no name."

Combined with his name "Lin Wuming", he soon got a new nickname - "Nameless Director".

(End of this chapter)