A Scientific Urban Detective

Kihara Amata and Tensei Yaou had both suffered losses at the hands of Lin Wuming, especially Kihara Amata. Five months ago, his Hound Dogs unit had failed to kidnap Komori Kirisuna, and instead, his entire team was wiped out. Even the related organizations involved were completely eradicated by Lin Wuming, a significant loss.

The only fortunate thing was that only a small team of the Hound Dogs unit had been eliminated at the time, and the main structure of the organization remained unaffected.

However, the destruction of the affiliated organizations and the decision of STUDY Corporation to terminate their cooperation still had a considerable impact on the Hound Dogs unit.

As a result, for a long time afterward, Kihara Amata didn't dare to target Lin Wuming or the people around him.

Seemingly also remembering his previous failure, Tensei Yaou quickly said, "But he has indeed been staying in that building for the past few months without coming out. Meanwhile, there's still no progress with Accelerator. Can we assume that there's no special connection between Lin Wuming and Accelerator?"

Frankly, Tensei Yaou had developed some psychological trauma regarding Lin Wuming, and he didn't want to continue antagonizing him.

Not only was Lin Wuming powerful, but the key was that he also had the Anti-Skill as his backing. Those Anti-Skill officers seemed determined to "protect" Lin Wuming.

As a result, under the existing rule system of Academy City, Lin Wuming could be said to be invincible in the surface world. How could anyone fight him?

Kihara Amata clenched his fist but didn't voice any objections.

His Hound Dogs unit had specialized combat plans against espers, and in theory, they had the ability to suppress and eliminate Level 5s as long as they had a good plan and sufficient preparation!

However, during the last operation, they were careless and underestimated their opponent, failing to create a specific plan for Komori Kirisuna, resulting in complete annihilation.

And now, Kihara Amata still hadn't obtained detailed information about Lin Wuming—Kihara Gensei, that old man, was currently conducting the most in-depth research on Lin Wuming's ability level, but he was his competitor, so it was impossible to get firsthand information from him.

Without the support of detailed information, and with Lin Wuming displaying a level of strength far exceeding what a Level 3 should possess, Kihara Amata didn't dare to act rashly.

It wasn't that he was concerned about the Hound Dogs unit under his command, but if he failed again, his prestige and influence among his kin would be completely ruined.

"Forget it, let's focus on the experiment first," Kihara Amata chose to compromise for the time being.

One reason was that since taking over the "Mass Production Esper" project half a year ago, he had been unable to proceed with the next stage of the "Absolute Power Evolution" project, which had put a lot of pressure on Kihara Amata.

He had to know that he wasn't the only one eyeing Accelerator as a top-tier research resource. He was occupying the resource development rights but hadn't made any progress, which would definitely attract discontent.

—Discontent from "Kihara."

Even Kihara Amata, who was also a member of the Kihara clan, was unwilling to face that, to be honest.

Tensei Yaou breathed a sigh of relief; he didn't want to go through any more trouble.

"Then…" But then, he frowned again, "What about the experiment?"

Looking back, he realized that the dilemma of the "Absolute Power Evolution" project still hadn't been resolved?

After all, Accelerator wasn't willing to cooperate.

"No one can force Accelerator to do what he doesn't want to do," Tensei Yaou said, troubled.

Kihara Amata stared intently at the computer screen, as if he could see other files and data behind the news program that was playing.

—According to the data currently available, a mathematical model of Accelerator's ability has been roughly constructed. But that was two… no, three-year-old outdated data. Only a genius would know how much of it is still valid now.

It wasn't that Kihara Amata hadn't considered taking a hardline approach, but facing the strongest esper in Academy City, such an approach was simply absurd.

Unless he could obtain the most detailed data on Accelerator and build the latest model.

As long as he collected enough information, Kihara Amata was confident in defeating any target.

"Forget it, let's activate the backup plan," Kihara Amata sighed and made a decision.

He didn't have time to dawdle here, not just because of the pressure from within the Kihara clan, but also from the Board of Directors… more precisely, from Chairman Aleister himself.

That Hanged Man seemed to be very concerned about this experiment—but it wasn't incomprehensible. After all, it was a Level 6 evolution experiment, which was definitely the highest priority in this Academy City. As the founder and ruler of this city, it was normal for Aleister to value this experiment.

"Anyone is fine. Just grab any Level 5 and try to turn him into a Level 6," Kihara Amata said with a hint of self-abandonment, "And consume as many of those experimental animals you created as possible…"

He looked at Tensei Yaou with some sarcasm—one of the pressures the entire project team was facing was actually from those mass-produced Misaka sisters.

Hiding 20,000 people in the city was no easy task. That was nearly one percent of the entire city's population!

If the existence of these clones was exposed, even the name "Kihara" might not be able to quell the storm of public opinion.

Tensei Yaou quickly said, "So, the backup candidates are the second-ranked 'Dark Matter' and the fourth-ranked 'Atom Breaker'? I'll arrange for people to contact them two right away."

Apart from Accelerator, among the remaining Level 5s, only the two who had joined the dark side organizations could be used as backup personnel for the experiment.

"Go, decide on the candidates as soon as possible," Kihara Amata waved his hand, telling him to get out quickly.

Being forced to use someone other than Accelerator for the experiment was equivalent to judging Kihara Amata's failure.

His mood was naturally not good.

Soon, a situation that made Kihara Amata's mood even worse appeared—Kakine Teitoku rejected the experimental invitation!

Because of the need for secrecy, Tensei Yaou didn't directly reveal the Misaka clones when introducing the experiment to the two backup Level 5s.

He only said that there was an opportunity for them to evolve into Level 6, and the specific method of the experiment was to fight and kill the girls who were their opponents.

Out of consideration for the ranking, they first looked for Kakine Teitoku, who was ranked second.

Although he was somewhat interested in Level 6, after hearing that this was an experiment abandoned by Accelerator and that he needed to "kill many, many girls," Kakine Teitoku flatly refused the invitation.

He even showed off his pure white wings, giving the impression that he would kill the staff who came to negotiate at the slightest disagreement.

So, Tensei Yaou and his team fled in disarray.