A Scientific Urban Detective

Actually, back when he rescued Dolly, Lin Wuming had already been considering the other Misaka sisters and wanted to do something. After all, at this point in time, the tragedy hadn't officially begun, and there was still room to salvage things.

However, as soon as he thought about how to do it specifically, Lin Wuming would be instantly awakened by reality.

Because he had no way to defeat Accelerator, even with the "bullet time" cheat.

Not being able to defeat Accelerator meant he couldn't replicate Touma Kamijou's solution from the original story—stopping the experiment by challenging Accelerator.

Unless he went directly to Touma Kamijou and asked him to take action.

But this plan was simply unrealistic. Regardless of whether Chairman Aleister would even allow Touma Kamijou to fight Accelerator, even if he managed to create a situation where the two of them fought one-on-one, it was unknown whether Touma Kamijou could win as he did in the original story.

After all, the time of this duel was two years earlier. Lacking two years of experience, it was uncertain whether Touma Kamijou had honed the "premonition sense" he relied on for survival.

On the other hand, although Accelerator hadn't yet experienced the massacre of ten thousand Misaka sisters, it was hard to say whether he was stronger now compared to the original story.

If he was careless and Touma Kamijou was killed, or if he triggered his second form... those were not situations Lin Wuming wanted to see.

Therefore, apart from the unspeakable monsters and demons of later stages, the only person who could defeat Accelerator couldn't be relied upon either.

Faced with this situation, Lin Wuming was naturally at a loss—he couldn't really say he would go and fight Accelerator, could he? That would be completely hopeless.

"Wuming senior, don't be so discouraged," Misaki Shokuhou encouraged, "You also have experience fighting Level 5s, even if it's Accelerator..."

Although she said that, Misaki Shokuhou quickly shut up and didn't continue.

Indeed, Accelerator was different. Even among Level 5s, he was in a league of his own.

The reason Accelerator was at the same level as the other six was simply because there wasn't a new level between Level 5 and Level 6.

Strictly speaking, Accelerator should be the only Level 5.5 or even Level 5.9.

Objectively speaking, there was a chasm-like gap in strength between Lin Wuming and Accelerator.

In this situation, blindly encouraging him would seem to have malicious intent.

"Hey, I say..." Tomimi Kohachi on the side had already become impatient. If this wasn't the "mental conference room" constructed by Misaki Shokuhou using her ability, she would definitely jump up and go berserk, right?

Unfortunately, in this "space", her "body" was not under her control, and she couldn't use "Absolute Pierce" to do anything.

"Since you pulled me in, say something I can understand!" Tomimi Kohachi said, "This is already an encrypted conversation, right? Why are you still talking in riddles!"

Although there were three people participating in the conversation, only two truly understood the content. This feeling made Tomimi Kohachi very uncomfortable.

"Sorry, sorry, it was my oversight~" Misaki Shokuhou said quickly, "I was too engrossed in the conversation and neglected Kohachi-san."

Actually, Misaki Shokuhou was doing it on purpose.

Because Misaki Shokuhou knew Tomimi Kohachi's strength and destructive power, she didn't feel safe leaving her alone "outside"—this girl's mind was always unstable. If she became impatient or simply because she had "occupied" Wuming senior for too long, she might impulsively draw her sword and stab him!

But even letting Tomimi Kohachi participate in the discussion, Misaki Shokuhou was still not at ease with her, so she didn't directly tell her all the truth.

The content Tomimi Kohachi heard was processed information, so she was completely confused and could only guess, vaguely understanding one thing—Lin Wuming and Misaki Shokuhou were plotting to deal with Accelerator!

After witnessing the strength of many Level 5s, Tomimi Kohachi no longer had the confidence she had at the beginning, thinking that she could at least trade one-for-one with them using her "Absolute Pierce."

Just as Lin Wuming had said, when truly facing a Level 5, there probably wouldn't be any chance to get close and attack.

"Although I don't understand the cause and effect," Tomimi Kohachi asked, "do we have to fight that Accelerator? Isn't there... a more peaceful way?"

Lin Wuming and Misaki Shokuhou looked over in surprise.

"I didn't expect to hear such words from Kohachi-san..." Misaki Shokuhou murmured.

Although she knew she was teasing her, Tomimi Kohachi still explained seriously: "Although I'm not afraid of fighting, I'm not a bloodthirsty person... well, let's not talk about that. Anyway, even in war, there are times for ceasefires and peace talks, right?"

Misaki Shokuhou said, "Kohachi-san is right. Now that I think about it, why are we so obsessed with defeating Accelerator?"

Now, the "Absolute Ability Evolution" project hasn't officially started, and Accelerator hasn't started massacring the Misaka sisters—precisely because of this, Lin Wuming and Misaki Shokuhou had the ambition to "perfectly resolve" this incident—similarly, from another perspective, it could also be understood that at this point in time, their relationship with Accelerator hadn't turned into an "antagonistic" state.

At most, they were just unrelated strangers.

Actively running to provoke and try to defeat Accelerator was, in the eyes of those who didn't know the inside story, a somewhat inexplicable and incomprehensible behavior.

"Indeed, there's a bit of path dependence," Lin Wuming also readily admitted the limitations of his thinking.

After all, confronting Accelerator head-on and ending the "Absolute Ability Evolution" project by defeating him was the "standard answer" given by the original story.

Although the conditions for achieving it were very harsh, it could ensure success.

As for finding other solutions... the uncertainty was too great, and the possibility of achieving it was even lower than "defeating Accelerator."

Honestly, Lin Wuming had also thought about other methods, but in the end, he couldn't find a good one, so he pretended not to know about the "Mass Production Ability User" project as if he was deceiving himself.

At this time, Lin Wuming essentially admitted his powerlessness and sighed heavily with a very heavy heart.

"Wuming senior, don't sigh..." Misaki Shokuhou said, "I came to you to seek confidence. If senior himself is like this, what should I do!"

"Seek confidence from me?" Lin Wuming was a little surprised—he didn't expect Misaki Shokuhou to have such a high opinion of him. But then he understood that rather than coming to him, she should be coming to the original story.

Lin Wuming shook his head and said, "This time is different... even knowing the plot, there's no solution."