A Scientific Urban Detective

It must be said that Kaibara Mitsutaka truly lives up to his name as a "genius." He is sufficiently outstanding and talented, even having independently organized and summarized a completely new process for developing Nen abilities. As long as he refines and streamlines it further, he can directly use it in class!

Lin Wuming had also self-studied some basic ability development courses, so he could at least judge that Kaibara Mitsutaka's handout was indeed a valuable and substantial resource. Especially for Nen users, it was akin to a martial arts manual!

—I didn't expect to actually find a treasure!

This Kaibara Mitsutaka is precisely the talent Lin Wuming needs most right now!

"Although these are just my own immature summaries and insights, at least I have proven the feasibility of this path myself," Kaibara Mitsutaka said modestly. "That Lin Wuming-san can propose the same ideas… no, even more advanced ideas than mine, shows that you and I are definitely like-minded confidants! I believe that if we work together and develop it jointly, we will definitely be able to recreate the miracle of that legendary senior!"

This is also the reason why Kaibara Mitsutaka is so enthusiastic and proactive.

"You flatter me, Kaibara-san," Lin Wuming said with some embarrassment. "I have not received any professional training courses, so I can only say that I am taking remedial lessons under your guidance. Jointly developing new ability applications… is still far away."

"No, no, no, for us Nen users, ideas and imagination are also very important. Just now, Lin Wuming-san's statement also gave me inspiration," Kaibara Mitsutaka raised his right hand and waved it. "Indeed, no matter how complex the operation, it will not be more complex than the human body composed of sixty trillion cells."

"So," he concluded, "as long as we can turn the application of abilities into some kind of 'instinct'."

According to Kaibara Mitsutaka's explanation, there are some conventional metaphors in the field of ability development, used to facilitate students and researchers' understanding.

—Treating ability effects as "applications," different ability applications are equivalent to different "programs."

For example, Lin Wuming's "Nen Barrier" and "Nen Acceleration Cannon" are two types of "applications," one for offense and one for defense.

The concept frequently mentioned in ability development courses—"formula"—is actually the code that makes up the "program."

If it involves the key core "formula" for improving ability levels, it can be understood as the super-powered person's underlying "operating system."

And the so-called ability development, the ultimate goal is to improve and optimize this "operating system" to achieve a "version upgrade."

Of course, this is very difficult, and it can even be said to be almost impossible. The underlying operating system is directly related to the "hardware"—that is, the ability user's brain and body, which is not something that can be easily changed.

So the usual meaning of "ability development" refers to the more realistic development of "applications"… which can probably be compared to developing "ultimate moves," like "Nen Acceleration Cannon," "Railgun," and the like.

The development process is the ability user writing new "applications" for themselves.

As we all know, the operation of applications on electronic computers requires memory. The hardware and software performance of each computer is limited, so the number and complexity of applications that can be run are inevitably limited.

But the difference between humans and computers is that breathing, heartbeat, basic limb movements… these instinctive or muscle memory actions do not need to occupy the brain's "memory."

The effect that Kaibara Mitsutaka ultimately wants to achieve is to input instructions and then directly output the results, while the specific calculation and execution parts are automatically run through "body instinct" without occupying more of the brain's computing power.

"I have done experiments, constructing new 'programs,' and after mastering them proficiently, I can indeed achieve this effect." He waved his hand and pointed to his head. "Although I did activate Nen ability operations, the brain cannot actually realize that it is 'calculating'—in this way, even the most complex operations will not burden our brains and minds after this step!"

That is, transformed into "instinct."

Of course, this is not a concept created solely by Lin Wuming and Kaibara Mitsutaka, but a view that has long existed in the field of ability development and once occupied the mainstream of research.

However, this method is too difficult and the "cost performance" is too low, so it has now been abandoned by the mainstream.

The current mainstream direction of ability development, in addition to the ultimate goal of improving ability level, which remains unchanged throughout the ages, is more focused on improving "applications"—that is, optimizing "formulas" to minimize the burden on the brain as much as possible. In this way, the number of "applications" that ability users can master and use will be much larger, and the actual performance is not bad at all.

That is, valuing quantity over quality.

After this exchange, Kaibara Mitsutaka also saw that Lin Wuming was indeed facing the problem of weak Nen, so he thought of using precise manipulation to make up for the shortcomings—improving the utilization rate of limited resources and using time differences to gain local advantages as much as possible in actual combat.

—As expected of the Nen user who is best at combat, it's really amazing that Lin Wuming-san can think of this method and put it into practice.

Kaibara Mitsutaka felt that his ideas had also been affirmed and expanded, and felt that today's trip was worthwhile.

Next, Kaibara Mitsutaka used Nen to take out a cube with a side length of five millimeters from his bag and placed it on the table, in the middle of the two.

"Next, let me introduce the practice method I use," Kaibara Mitsutaka said.

Lin Wuming nodded repeatedly: "Please!"

So, another cube of the same size flew out of Kaibara Mitsutaka's bag, followed by the third, fourth, fifth…

A continuous stream of cubes formed a straight line, connecting from the bag to the table.

Soon, a full ten thousand small cubes were neatly laid out on the table, horizontally and vertically.

"These are teaching aids, I bought them from a stationery store," Kaibara Mitsutaka introduced. "They are just ordinary plastic products."

"Watch my operation," Kaibara Mitsutaka raised a finger.

A cube flew into the air, flying around very flexibly, making a whooshing sound.

Then nine more cubes took off, forming a flight formation in the air.

Then one hundred, one thousand, and finally all ten thousand cubes collectively ascended into the air, like a swarm of bees, flying around in the living room.

"Points form lines," Kaibara Mitsutaka suddenly said.

The cubes flying all over the sky were arranged into lines, like a ribbon swirling around Kaibara Mitsutaka.

"Lines weave into surfaces."

The cubes then formed a two-dimensional mesh structure, forming a huge net floating in the air.

"Then, two-dimensional is elevated to three-dimensional."

The cubes in the air instantly contracted and gathered into a large cube, falling back onto the table, jumping and spinning like a dice, and finally stopped.

"At this point, you can create any shape next." As he said, the large cube in front of Kaibara Mitsutaka suddenly disintegrated and formed a model of a castle.

Locomotives, airplanes, Tokyo Tower, even animals, humans…

These cubes, like Ditto, flexibly transformed into different images under Kaibara Mitsutaka's manipulation, which was very exciting.

Lin Wuming couldn't help but applaud and admire.

Finally, Kaibara Mitsutaka spread the cubes back on the table, returning to their original appearance.