A Scientific Urban Detective

Being in a state of super-acceleration, Lin Wuming had ample time to assess whether his countermeasures were effective. Naturally, he immediately confirmed that the "compressed air" atomic physics barrier was useful. Furthermore, he noticed that Misaka Mikoto had also taken action and truly resolved this deadly crisis.

As he realized the "deadly crisis" was about to be averted, Lin Wuming seized the last bit of time to launch a counterattack in the direction of the incoming attack with his "Telekinetic Acceleration Cannon." However, precisely because he used his last moments to counterattack, he lost the opportunity to adapt to the "slow-speed world."

Misaka Mikoto was unaware of all this. Seeing Lin Wuming bleeding from all seven orifices and on the verge of death, the girl was anxious, angry, and filled with self-reproach.

Regardless, Senior Wuming was injured and ended up like this during his duel with me.

If something really happens to him… Misaka Mikoto felt she would never forgive herself.

And what's even more troublesome is that Misaka Mikoto doesn't know how to explain it to Hachiwaki Mitsubachi and Shokuhou Misaki…

The Remedial Academy hospital ambulance arrived as quickly as possible—this was pre-arranged by Shokuhou Misaki as a precaution, but she never expected it to be used in this situation.

Lin Wuming was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment.

Hachiwaki Mitsubachi and Shokuhou Misaki rushed to the hospital after hearing the news.

After hearing what happened, Hachiwaki Mitsubachi almost drew her sword, but fortunately, Shokuhou Misaki stopped her in time, preventing a bloody incident.

Knowing that it was her own willfulness that caused the trouble, Misaka Mikoto could only lower her head and admit her mistake.

The three, barely managing to calm down, waited outside the operating room.

Shokuhou Misaki bit her lip, her hand tightly gripping her remote control.

Although Misaka Mikoto had just apologized, Shokuhou Misaki knew that the reason this duel could even happen today was largely due to her plan.

If blame were to be assigned, she would have to bear at least half the responsibility.

But now is not the time to assign blame. Instead of arguing internally, what they should be doing is seeking revenge and counterattacking!

Moreover, Lin Wuming hasn't died yet. If they really want to blame someone or forgive someone, they should wait until he wakes up before deciding.

"Misaka-san, according to your description, the one who attacked Senior Wuming was a bombardment-type powered armor… Where are its remains?" Shokuhou Misaki asked.

"The Anti-Skill have recovered it as evidence."

Shokuhou Misaki said, "Based on your description, that powered armor is very similar to a certain project I know about—FIVE_Over."

"What is that?" Hachiwaki Mitsubachi asked.

"Using Academy City's technological power to artificially replicate our Level 5's abilities—the powered armor created for this purpose is the FIVE_Over series," Shokuhou Misaki explained. "The one who ambushed Senior Wuming should be the fourth-ranked ability, 'Atomic崩壊 (Melt Down)."

"Is Mugino Shizuri the enemy?" Hachiwaki Mitsubachi frowned.

"Probably not," Shokuhou Misaki shook her head. "Probably just an idiot who carelessly leaked her information?"

Shokuhou Misaki thought for a moment and continued, "This duel between Senior Wuming and Misaka-san should have been a sudden event, and the enemy couldn't have predicted it. So, we can assume that even without this duel, the enemy would probably have attacked Senior Wuming at another time."

The target of this attack was clearly Lin Wuming. And Shokuhou Misaki knew very well that Lin Wuming had offended many people, both openly and secretly, so it wouldn't be strange for him to be targeted.

If this assumption is correct, today's duel with Misaka Mikoto could even be considered a good thing. Thanks to Misaka Mikoto's help in stopping it, that "Atomic崩壊 (Melt Down)" was resolved.

Otherwise, Senior Wuming would probably have been in grave danger.

It was because she thought of this that Shokuhou Misaki didn't blame Misaka Mikoto too much earlier.

"This is a major matter. I suspect the Anti-Skill may not be able to protect the remains of that powered armor," Shokuhou Misaki said. "There's no time to stay here. Let's leave Senior Wuming's safety to the doctors!"

Shokuhou Misaki said sternly, "We must get to that powered armor remains before someone else gets to see it!"

Her "Memory Recall" could be used to investigate the information behind it through that powered armor.

At this moment, Misaka Mikoto took out a SIM card: "I've already investigated the information in the powered armor's computer and copied it all here."

Shokuhou Misaki didn't touch the SIM card because she didn't know how to operate it.

So, she directly asked, "Did you find out anything?"

"A lot," Misaka Mikoto nodded. "Its place of origin, mission content, and the people who handled the intermediate transfer and transportation channels…"

The information inside the powered armor's built-in computer was actually very limited. Most of the other information was investigated by Misaka Mikoto through these clues.

For this kind of high-tech equipment, there will definitely be traces of electronic information. For Misaka Mikoto, this is the most obvious clue.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Shokuhou Misaki said, "Let's start counterattacking and avenge Senior Wuming!"

"Moreover," Shokuhou Misaki looked up ahead, as if glaring at an invisible object in the air, "Since the other party has broken the tacit agreement, then we don't need to abide by the agreement anymore! Misaka-san, that thing you've always wanted to know…"

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Misaka Mikoto immediately perked up.

"Are you prepared to accept the truth?" Shokuhou Misaki asked.

……

Thus, in the days that followed, the girls launched a vigorous investigation and retaliation operation.

Every night, an unknown number of institutions and facilities were destroyed.

Apart from the lack of reports of casualties, everything else was exactly the same as Lin Wuming's retaliation operation half a year ago.

The attacker and the forces behind them, the support organizations, the intelligence network, were all wiped out!

Of course, because Tanaimin Yoshiwo was very careful in his operations, and he didn't directly participate in the FIVE_Over project, he didn't reveal any flaws in the joint investigation of Shokuhou Misaki and Misaka Mikoto.

As a result, the girls' retaliation operation failed to directly link to the "Level 6 Shift Project."

However, Shokuhou Misaki could mix in some personal agendas.

Even though she didn't find any clear evidence, she believed that the mastermind behind the attack on Lin Wuming was related to the "Mass Production Ability Project" and the "Level 6 Shift Project."

So, she didn't hesitate to mix in her preliminary investigation clues and destroy those research facilities along with them!

During this period, the enemy wasn't unwilling to resist, but they were simply no match for them.

After all, the opponents were Level 5s, and two of them!

Shokuhou Misaki could also mobilize her faction's direct descendants at any time, which was another bunch of Level 3 or higher Espers.

Faced with such a force, unless they fought a small-to-medium-scale war in Academy City, there was almost no way to deal with them, so they could only let them do as they pleased.