Chapter 960 This is War

“So many incidents breaking out at the same time this afternoon, there must be a problem!” Lin Wuming also became serious.

Although it was still just his own speculation, Lin Wuming was convinced that behind all the series of cases that happened today, there must be some kind of connection—there must be a “culprit,” a so-called “big BOSS” type of character, manipulating everything from behind the scenes.

And this person was not hard to guess—the first suspect was undoubtedly the Roman Orthodox Church.

After all, Lin Wuming had dealt with them quite a lot recently, and the grudges he had formed with them could be said to be very significant—even Front had been defeated by him.

For both public and private reasons, the Roman Orthodox Church had ample reason, and even more, sufficient strength to stir up trouble.

It was just that he hadn't yet obtained concrete and credible evidence, so it could only remain his speculation.

The true mastermind was not easy to catch, but the suspects who were currently committing crimes within Academy City were easy to locate.

Information from various channels, after being compiled and analyzed, quickly yielded quite accurate conclusions.

Suspects were identified one by one, then located and given no place to hide under Academy City's highly developed public surveillance camera network.

“Then,” Lin Wuming looked at the suspect information marked with dense red dots on the map and couldn't help but gasp, “There are so many... It’s time to close the net.”

The number of suspects was even greater than expected, but now was also the perfect time to catch them all in one fell swoop!

Haruue Erii, who was still stationed at Disciplinary Committee Branch 177, thoughtfully categorized these thousands of targets, roughly dividing them into four tiers based on importance and danger.

“Kogawa Meiwei,” Lin Wuming said, “Please tell Heiqi Mianliu to issue a bounty order to all Armed Unskilled Group members. Targets of D-level will be given to them, with each target worth 100,000 yen.”

“100,000 yen? Won't that be too high?” Kogawa Meiwei asked while dialing the phone.

“Not high, not high at all.” Lin Wuming narrowed his eyes, staring at the large screen on the wall in Front of him. “Didn't Haruue Erii already calculate it? The maximum bounty that can be claimed won't exceed 10 million yen, and I can cover that amount myself.”

A mere 10 million yen could mobilize the Armed Unskilled Group spread throughout the city, making it a very cost-effective deal.

Immediately after, Lin Wuming personally picked up his phone: “Next, the twelve A-level targets with the highest difficulty will be handed over to those most skilled at this kind of work…”

The Dark Side Organization was, without a doubt, Academy City's most professional “bounty hunters.”

For these A-level targets, Lin Wuming directly offered a high price of 10 million per person.

He believed that even a young lady like Mugino Shizuri would be willing to earn some extra money.

Moreover, this bounty commission was not only given to “Item.” For some reason, the Dark Side Organization seemed to have received some orders today and were all willing to follow Lin Wuming's dispatch.

Since that was the case, Lin Wuming would not be polite and simply let these professionals do what they were best at.

As for this portion of the bounty, Lin Wuming had already made his decision—he would just report the expenses to Chairman Aleister then.

Anyway… the cooperation of the Dark Side Organization certainly couldn't be without his instruction.

Lin Wuming was also too lazy to ponder Aleister's intentions; anyway, their relationship was one of mutual utilization, and as long as their goals could be achieved, then they would continue to utilize each other.

As for the intermediate B and C levels, their numbers wouldn't be too large, and their danger level wouldn't be too high, so there was no need to worry too much; as usual, the Anti-Skill and Judgment would be sufficient to handle them.

“Also, Mikoto,” considering that this was using the Anti-Skill's conference room, Lin Wuming spoke rather vaguely, “Tell ‘them’ not to be too high-profile, pay attention to protecting themselves, and don't get involved.”

In fact, if the ten thousand Misaka Sisters within Academy City were fully mobilized, they could also capture these thousands of suspects in one fell swoop.

However, at this stage, the existence of the Misaka Sisters could not be exposed, so they could not be too high-profile.

Thus, for the next period, the few people in the conference room were busy making phone calls, literally mobilizing their respective “connections.”

Not long after, the Anti-Skill was also alerted, and Huangquanchuan Aisui and two other Guard Teachers who knew Lin Wuming came to the conference room to investigate.

After understanding what Lin Wuming had done, even Huangquanchuan Aisui was taken aback.

“Wuming… are you trying to start a war?”

Thinking carefully, almost all of Academy City's violent organizations had been mobilized by Lin Wuming this time.

Although he didn't directly order the Anti-Skill, in Lin Wuming's conceived plan, there wasn't much room left for the Anti-Skill; apart from cooperating with his plan, there seemed to be no other option.

Unless they could abandon their functions and obligations as Anti-Skill.

Lin Wuming sat on an office chair, using this wheeled chair as a wheelchair.

Whoosh…

Lin Wuming smoothly slid to the large screen, raising his hand to pat the screen: “Haruue-san, please help switch to the large map… Yes, the one with the target markings.”

Then, Huangquanchuan Aisui and the others were shocked by the dense red dots on the map.

“The data is still being updated in real-time,” Lin Wuming said, “According to the information I have, the number of confirmed suspects has already reached…”

Lin Wuming glanced at the number on the screen: “One thousand one hundred and ninety-two people. Although most of them are just thieves and robbers, there are also dangerous individuals attempting assassination or planning terrorist attacks.”

“There are so many?” Huangquanchuan Aisui murmured.

“This number is still rising,” Lin Wuming said. “Now is the preparation period for the Great Ba Xing Festival, which is already the time of year with the most external Personnel.”

In fact, during the Great Ba Xing Festival every year, it was also the most active time for various tech spies and anti-Academy City forces.

Strictly speaking, apart from a first-rate Dark Side Organization betraying them, and someone attempting to assassinate Lin Wuming, this year's cases were not particularly exaggerated; they even fell within the “acceptable” range.

However, unlike previous years, for some reason, this year's various cases seemed to have all concentrated and erupted simultaneously today, which created the exaggerated scene of a map covered in red dots.

“Behind these people,” Lin Wuming raised his hand and pointed at the large screen, “there must be a true mastermind giving unified commands!”

Only this could explain the current abnormal situation.

“You're right, Huangquanchuan-sensei, this is a war!”