Chapter 959: Lin Wuming's Intelligence Network

In fact, even without Lin Wuming’s assurance, Kurozuma Mianliu and the others were prepared to act.

It was just that they might have to change the reason.

It should be noted that Frenda, a formal member of the Dark Side Organization “Item,” and Saten Ruiko, an important member of the “Unnamed Faction,” were with them at this moment. If worst came to worst, they could package the retaliation as a conflict between Dark Side Organizations, or forcefully claim that Lin Wuming would endorse this incident…

More than ten minutes ago, Komaba Ritoku and Hattori Hanzo, while fleeing, unexpectedly encountered Fremea, who was also on the run.

This girl had astonishing luck; facing the encirclement of five or six adults, she somehow managed to slip out of the encirclement and was very fortunate to run into Komaba Ritoku, who had also fled there.

There was nothing more to say after that. Komaba Ritoku and Hattori Hanzo already knew this little girl, and their relationship was quite good.

Seeing Fremea in danger at this time, they naturally acted decisively, dealt with the pursuers behind her, and then fled with the girl…

It needs to be explained that Komaba Ritoku and Hattori Hanzo fled not because they couldn't defeat the pursuers behind them. After all, “Block” had more important things to do and couldn't waste too much power on a subordinate organization.

Therefore, the pursuers behind Komaba Ritoku and them were not actually strong.

Compared to the enemy's strength, they were more wary of the enemy's identity and status.

As mentioned before, SKILL OUT was an organization that aimed to get by, which could be seen from their insistence on “freedom,” preferring to receive less remuneration rather than being tied to a specific Dark Side Organization.

The benefits of being affiliated with a superior organization were obvious, but countless subordinate organizations disappeared along with the demise of their superior organizations. Komaba Ritoku and the others had seen many such cases, which was why they were unwilling to repeat the same mistakes.

It could be said that SKILL OUT was the most orderly type within the chaotic faction of the Armed Unskilled Group.

It was precisely because of this that they did not dare to directly resist when facing coercion from Dark Side Organizations, and could only choose passive evasion.

In other words, to retaliate without restraint, they still lacked a grand justification for taking action.

When Hamazura Shiage went to the Dark Side Organization “Item” for help, it wasn't necessarily to have Mugino Shizuri or Kinuhata Saiai personally intervene; in fact, just borrowing the name of “Item” would be enough.

During the subsequent escape, in order not to implicate Fremea, Komaba Ritoku decided to entrust the girl to Kurozuma Mianliu of the “Da Spiders” for temporary care.

Because a significant proportion of the “Da Spiders” members were female, it should be very suitable for taking care of a little girl.

As a result… it ended up implicating the “Da Spiders” as well, causing them to be attacked by the superior organization…

Later, Frenda came all the way to rescue her Misaka Sisters. On the way, she met her enthusiastic friend Saten Ruiko, and the two of them found Fremea, who was hiding in a temporary Safe House, along with the three delinquent youths who were with her…

After understanding the situation on the other side, Lin Wuming couldn't help but click his tongue: “How did that guy Ruiko get involved too?”

“Please rest assured,” Kurozuma Mianliu guaranteed, “we will not let Saten Ruiko suffer any harm. You should know that what we care about is not the enemy's strength, but the order of Academy City.”

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

“You mean…”

“I heard you have a lot of connections within the Armed Unskilled Group?” Lin Wuming said.

A few minutes later, Lin Wuming returned his phone to Kogawa Meiwei: “Student Kofū, I'll leave the rest to you—the matter of maintaining communication with Kurozuma Mianliu.”

Kogawa Meiwei’s expression was somewhat complex: “Wuming, are you… serious? Are you planning to rely on the strength of the Armed Unskilled Group to deal with this enemy?”

“Not relying,” Lin Wuming shook his head, correcting her, “just fully utilizing their strength… You should know how large the Armed Unskilled Group is; plus, they are in a gray area, so for a series of incidents like today's, their intelligence might be more accurate than Our official channels!”

Of course, the Armed Unskilled Group… which is to say, delinquent youths or small-time gangster groups, the intelligence they can acquire is mostly word-of-mouth rumors in most cases.

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

Therefore, Lin Wuming only used it as a reference and supplement. What he truly trusted was the intelligence obtained through official channels such as Judgment and Anti-Skill.

In addition, there was also…

“Mikoto,” Lin Wuming looked at the other girl beside him, “How is the situation on your side?”

“It's being compiled, and the number is even more than expected!” Misaka Mikoto said while operating her handheld computer.

Misaka Mikoto was contacting the Misaka Sisters, collecting intelligence from the Misaka Sisters.

A full ten thousand Misaka Sisters were distributed throughout various areas of Academy City, plus there was the “Misaka Network” sharing mechanism, which allowed the Misaka Sisters to weave a highly efficient intelligence network even by relying solely on “human search” mode.

It should be noted that the reason Accelerator was able to catch the suspect who attempted to assassinate Chairman Aleister today was by relying on the intelligence support provided by the “Misaka Network.”

Since Accelerator could use it, Lin Wuming certainly wouldn't miss such a useful channel. Therefore, he had long since entrusted Misaka Mikoto with the task of coordinating with the Misaka Sisters and compiling relevant intelligence.

In addition, Kinuhata Saiai had just sent good news: “Item” had received the latest order, requiring them to fully cooperate with Lin Wuming's actions.

Not only that, most of Academy City's Dark Side Organizations had received the same order—to cooperate with Lin Wuming in clearing out the enemies who had invaded Academy City this time.

The Dark Side Organizations were the superior organizations of the Armed Unskilled Group; they were the true representatives of Academy City's underbelly.

Therefore, the intelligence they possessed was much more accurate than that of the Armed Unskilled Group, and very valuable.

Thus, when Lin Wuming arrived at the Anti-Skill headquarters, he already had in his hands the official intelligence networks of Judgment and Anti-Skill, the “underground intelligence networks” of the Dark Side Organizations and the Armed Unskilled Group, and a personal intelligence network centered on the “Misaka Network”…

To integrate these diverse and complex pieces of intelligence from different channels, Lin Wuming also specifically asked Haruue Erii for help in analyzing the data.

At this point, Lin Wuming had lost interest in interrogating the few invading suspects.

He simply borrowed an empty conference room from Anti-Skill and set up a temporary command center.

“I want to see what exactly happened this afternoon!” Lin Wuming was now serious about getting to the bottom of it.