A Scientific Urban Detective

The man realized he had made a mistake – revealing unnecessary information to the target during the mission.

Logically, since the target had escaped from the employer's research institute, it was obvious that the "hunters" were hired by the institute to capture him.

This was self-evident and couldn't be considered confidential information.

Therefore, the man didn't think it was particularly important. Under Lin Wuming's interrogation, he subconsciously wanted to say something to get it over with, and that's why he replied with "the research institute you used to be in."

But Lin Wuming noticed the key information – he knew about the research institute.

Without giving him time to hesitate, Lin Wuming broke his other hand.

Amidst screams, he quickly confessed: "It's Black Moon, the 'Black Moon' Research Institute! On the surface, it's a legitimate and compliant research institution, but that's just a facade. Their real core, the 'Dark May' project, is a completely illegal experiment, and you escaped from there!"

"A legitimate research institute? Legitimate is good." Lin Wuming nodded. The shell of a legitimate organization was both their cover and their weakness.

If he couldn't find the "Dark May" project team, could he still not find the "Black Moon Research Institute"?

Lin Wuming certainly knew about the "Dark May" project. It was a plan to input Accelerator's personality data into the brains of test subjects, attempting to enhance their personal reality through the strongest esper's thinking patterns, thereby achieving level increases.

It could be said that the ultimate goal of this project was to replicate another Accelerator.

Lin Wuming didn't expect that he, or rather the former "007," was a victim of this project.

Then he thought of Kinuhata Saiai and Yoimiya Ayame. They were survivors of the "Dark May" project and the crystallization of the entire project – Level 4 espers.

He wondered if they had become Level 4 at this point in time. What if those two were sent to attack him… Lin Wuming really wasn't confident he could defeat them.

"Who are you people?" Lin Wuming asked again, "An Anti-Skill organization?"

The only organizations that dared to act so recklessly in Academy City seemed to be one of the city's characteristics – "Anti-Skill organizations."

"Yes, we are Anti-Skill."

Lin Wuming sighed: "Don't say such nonsense. I want more specific information."

As he spoke, he was about to break the man's left foot.

Feeling the sudden increase in pressure on his left leg, the man quickly shouted: "Wait, wait, I'll talk! We are hunters…"

A sudden bullet interrupted his next words.

Before Lin Wuming's eyes, the man who was about to reveal information about the organization was shot in the head.

Lin Wuming only had time to erect a telekinetic barrier to block the various… things that were splashing towards him.

The physiological disgust made him uncomfortable, and he subconsciously wanted to distance himself, retreating away from the headless corpse.

Then, Lin Wuming realized – the sniper's position had changed!

The original building should not have been able to directly shoot behind the flowerbed.

The sniper had moved his sniper position while he was interrogating; or, there was a second sniper present.

But in any case, it was not a good situation for Lin Wuming.

Just then, a muffled "bang" suddenly came.

Lin Wuming looked in the direction of the sound and saw a cylinder flying out from the corner of a nearby street.

Without triggering "Bullet Time," the cylinder exploded at the top of its parabolic trajectory, and a huge net opened from it, falling over Lin Wuming's head.

Lin Wuming tried to push it away with telekinesis, but the net had excellent extensibility, and it dissipated the force applied to it through the shape change of the net ropes.

Moreover, there was more than one net. The same capture nets were thrown out from different corners in all directions.

Even if Lin Wuming forcibly tore open one or two with telekinesis, it would be useless, and he would eventually be entangled by these nets.

The enemies had obviously learned their lesson and didn't appear in Lin Wuming's line of sight at all, not giving him a chance to attack.

Non-lethal attacks were precisely the best way to counter Lin Wuming's "Bullet Time."

Lin Wuming couldn't care about so much. He somersaulted and leaped up, using telekinetic propulsion to "fly" forward almost along the ground.

The target was the first object to launch the capture net – in that instant, he only had time to see the trajectory of this parabola, so he could deduce the enemy's position.

It was rare for an enemy to get close, so Lin Wuming naturally couldn't let it go.

When he saw Lin Wuming appear in front of him, the man who hadn't had time to put away the launcher widened his eyes in surprise.

He never expected that the prey, who was about to fall into the inescapable net in the last second, would now appear in front of him.

Looking at Lin Wuming's agile and swift movements, where was the shadow of a "disabled person" with broken hands and feet?

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Lin Wuming endured the pain in his hands, feet, and chest, staring at the enemy in front of him with a tense face.

Although he had telekinetic protection and mainly relied on telekinesis for movement, such reckless and intense activity still caused stabbing pains in Lin Wuming's wounds.

The physical discomfort slowed his reaction by half a beat, but fortunately, the enemy's reaction was even slower – Lin Wuming's mobility ultimately exceeded their expectations.

Not having time to switch the launcher in his hand to other weapons suitable for combat, the enemy had to smash the launcher at Lin Wuming, hoping to buy himself some time.

In normal combat, this approach often achieves some effect. But Lin Wuming was a telekinetic. He didn't even look at the flying launcher, and even grabbed it with telekinesis and threw it back.

At the same time, more telekinetic blocks also bombarded the enemy.

Whoosh!

"Bullet Time," a bullet shot from Lin Wuming's left at nine o'clock.

It was that persistent sniper!

Lin Wuming clicked his tongue inwardly and had to divert his energy to deal with the deadly bullet that had approached within a ten-meter range.

Using the bullet's trajectory, Lin Wuming deduced the sniper's position.

This time, he used layers of telekinetic barriers to dissipate the bullet's kinetic energy to zero, then reversed its direction, re-accelerated it, and reflected the bullet back in the direction it came from.

Regardless of whether it hit the enemy or not, he had to at least strike a blow to his arrogance and not let him continue to attack him so recklessly.

With the crisis resolved, the "Bullet Time" state also ended, and the flow of time instantly returned to normal.

The drastic change in subjective time made Lin Wuming dizzy, as if he was schizophrenic; but the battle was not over yet, he endured the discomfort and quickly focused his attention back on the enemy in front of him.

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