A Scientific Urban Detective

“Lin Wuming is special; don't take him as your role model.” Kihara Similar reminded his temporary partner.

However, his advice was clearly ignored by Kuroyoru Umidori, who remained completely unmoved.

Seeing this, Kihara Similar didn't say much more.

He was only using this powerful esper anyway, and some things were best left unsaid; there was no need to teach her more.

In fact, Kihara Similar didn't have high hopes for Kuroyoru Umidori's potential, nor did he think she could create miracles and break through the limit to become a Level 5.

Her ability to break through 'Skill Assessment' and become a High-Level Ability User was already a minor miracle—the limit of what the 'Dark May Project' could achieve was probably this.

Two Level 4 espers were the entire legacy of the 'Dark May Project'.

Lin Wuming had nothing to do with this.

But Kihara Similar didn't point this out, forcibly shattering Kuroyoru Umidori's fantasy, as he still wanted to use her abilities.

At least in terms of combat power, she was a rare talent; if used properly, she could be an excellent partner.

“Let's go, we're done exploring here.” Kihara Similar turned and left the secret room.

Kuroyoru Umidori followed, continuing to ask, “Now that you're taking over here, does that mean you won the internal competition and gained the right to research 'Vector Transformation'?”

“I told you from the start, didn't I?” Kihara Similar sighed helplessly, “I'm not qualified enough! My teacher won the competition in the end; I'm just here to help my teacher take over the 'Dark May' related research data.”

“Black Moon Technology” had a complete set of Accelerator's thought patterns—although it was just an old version from two years ago, researchers considered it very important and valuable data.

Not to mention, the 'Dark May Project' had conducted in-depth research on this basis for two years, and the research data accumulated during this process, even if proven to be wrong, was a valuable lesson.

“I see…” Kuroyoru Umidori nodded, already determined that if this young 'student' in front of her was unreliable, she would directly ask his teacher, perhaps there would be a chance to advance to Level 5…

The little girl's thoughts couldn't be hidden from Kihara Similar, but he just glanced at her, not even in the mood to laugh.

—If this girl could really convince the teacher to help her develop her ability, then good for her.

Until then, in order to maintain a relatively harmonious cooperative atmosphere between the two, Kihara Similar didn't want to pour too much cold water on the girl.

—What could be a better partner than a powerful Level 4 girl?

That would only be a naive and foolish Level 4 girl.

“But after all, she's just a little girl; being able to do this much is good enough, right?” Kihara Similar thought generously.

After these few days of contact, Kihara Similar found that he and Kuroyoru Umidori only had a consensus on one thing, and that was their high evaluation of “Lin Wuming.”

Both believed that Lin Wuming should not be regarded as an ordinary Level 3.

However, unlike Kuroyoru Umidori's blind faith based on intuition and imagination, Kihara Similar's judgment came from the evaluation of his senior, Kihara Gensei.

When it came to the research of Level 5 superpowers and the further development of Level 6 Absolute Powers, Kihara Gensei was the most senior and authoritative predecessor… even within the Kihara family.

In this battle for exclusive research rights on “Vector Transformation,” Kihara Gensei was the teacher's biggest competitor.

However, that old guy Kihara Gensei didn't seem to be interested in this; he took the lead in exclusively researching the newly promoted Level 5 “Mental Out,” and wasn't so keen on “Vector Transformation.”

Otherwise, his teacher probably wouldn't have won so easily, right?

What Kihara Similar was more concerned about was that the old guy Kihara Gensei had developed some interest in “Lin Wuming.”

It should be known that under normal circumstances, a Level 3 superpower could never enter Kihara Gensei's eyes.

Therefore, Kihara Similar sometimes suspected that the old guy Kihara Gensei might have seen a breakthrough in researching “Vector Transformation” from Lin Wuming.

However, Kihara Gensei also directly stated that Lin Wuming's Nen ability had no direct relationship with “Vector Transformation”—that is to say, his ability advancement was not due to the “Dark May Project.”

This argument was made during an academic exchange within the Kihara family and was highly credible—unless Kihara Gensei had really misjudged, otherwise this was equivalent to “truth.”

“Hmph, maybe that old guy is using a strategy to prevent the teacher from snatching his research object,” Kihara Similar speculated, “But after all, it has nothing to do with 'Vector Transformation,' so we really don't need to invest too much attention and resources in Lin Wuming.”

Everyone was a top researcher, and no one was stupid, so only such a straightforward and open strategy could achieve the desired effect.

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“Oh? That brat Kihara Similar went to STUDY?” Kihara Gensei said, “But that's in line with his pragmatism.”

“I'm more surprised that Aritomi Haruki is willing to accept his request for cooperation,” the young woman beside the old man said, “After all, he and his team are known for disliking Kihara.”

Therefore, STUDY Research Company was able to obtain the Security Force's order so smoothly—as two relatively independent forces in Academy City, the Security Force had always been wary of the Kihara family.

“He's a shrewd businessman who does business, and his so-called beliefs and bottom lines must be flexible.” Kihara Gensei said with a chuckle.

The woman sighed softly. She was sure that her grandfather, Kihara Gensei, had really forgotten, or rather, he had never taken them seriously from the beginning.

The reason why Aritomi Haruki and the others were so hostile to "Kihara" was because they had been severely ridiculed by her grandfather, which led to damage to their self-esteem, and then they worked hard to transform from pure researchers into "researchers who are good at business management" and created STUDY.

Kihara Gensei chuckled lightly: “My memory isn’t that bad, of course I still remember those children. By ordinary people’s standards, he is indeed considered excellent. I hope they can gain more from cooperating with the brat Similar.”

Kihara Gensei's view and evaluation of this matter were limited to this. After all, if it weren't for the name Kihara Similar appearing, this kind of news would not have appeared in his sight at all.

The woman pouted, and finally chose to speak frankly.

“Then can I also go and find my own partner, Grandpa?”

“Eh, what's wrong? Are you dissatisfied with the research institute under my command, Therestina?”

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