A Scientific Urban Detective

"Lin Wuming, if you don't rely on your esper ability, you can't even move a finger now, right?" Touhou Chasing Soul stopped Lin Wuming, who was about to leave, at the hospital entrance. "Are you sure you want to be discharged at this time?"

The side effects of ultra-acceleration had not yet subsided. Lin Wuming's neural reaction speed was still under the influence of 'bullet time', and he couldn't adapt to his current 'mortal body'.

"You're right, Doctor. Without my esper ability, I really can't move." Lin Wuming raised his hand and flicked his fingers. With his current esper ability, it was easy to control his body like a puppet. "But don't worry, it's fine."

"In other words, if you lose your esper ability, you are no different from a patient with high paraplegia." Touhou Chasing Soul said, "Your weakness is too obvious now."

"Are you talking about the AIM diffusion field jamming device?" Lin Wuming immediately guessed what the doctor meant.

Indeed, once he couldn't use his esper ability, Lin Wuming would be useless—even with 'bullet time', without the cooperation of his esper ability, it could only be used as a real deathbed flashback.

And the enemy Lin Wuming was going to deal with was a professional research institution. Such organizations had no shortage of methods to target espers.

"...As far as I know, the current jamming device has not yet been miniaturized," Lin Wuming said, "Therefore, it will only be deployed around juvenile reformatories, prisons, and key laboratories..."

Lin Wuming didn't continue, because the place he was going to was also a facility like a "key laboratory" or "prison."

Lin Wuming looked at Misaka Mikoto beside him: "The current jamming devices are all high-power equipment. Therefore, if we destroy the power supply in advance..."

"I understand, leave it to me!" Misaka Mikoto patted her chest and guaranteed.

Unexpectedly, Touhou Chasing Soul didn't continue to dissuade him, but said, "I have already ordered a full-body prosthetic from the STUDY R\u0026D laboratory. Don't worry, as long as your brain is still intact..."

"..." Lin Wuming heard the doctor's threat, "I will be careful, don't worry, Doctor!"

After Touhou Chasing Soul's warning and threat, Lin Wuming was indeed a little more cautious, but not much.

Just as Lin Wuming had investigated, the current AIM diffusion field jamming device technology was not yet mature—it was estimated that the corresponding miniaturization technology would not appear until Kiyama Harumi developed 'Level Upper'.

Furthermore, Lin Wuming's dispatch this time was not for "combat."

It was more like a "declaration" act, using his identity as a victim and former hero to endorse the entire revenge operation.

Finally, it was to test the key research institutions of the 'Absolute Power Evolution Project' and stir up the grass to scare the snake.

If the enemy wasn't stupid, they shouldn't jump out and actively attack Lin Wuming.

That would only attract a new round of crazy revenge, which was by no means a wise move.

—Honestly, even 'Atomic Destroyer' couldn't kill Lin Wuming. Even if the enemy wanted to upgrade their attack methods again, they probably couldn't think of a better way for a while.

In the next three days, Lin Wuming personally drove a wheelchair and visited the research institutions and related facilities that Misaka Mikoto and Himegami Aisa had destroyed these days, seemingly investigating something.

But in fact, these were just performances for other people to see. Lin Wuming was not good at investigation and search operations, and it had been a week, so he couldn't find anything valuable.

However, given Lin Wuming's past amazing performances, no one dared to be careless and assume that he couldn't find anything.

Every time Lin Wuming went out, a large number of "tails" would secretly follow and observe.

Because there were too many machines and people following, the two sides had reached a tacit understanding—Lin Wuming pretended not to notice them, and just took this long string of "tails" around the city, as if deliberately teasing these followers.

Therefore, in the next two days, even Lin Wuming's behavior of rushing straight to the 'Absolute Power Evolution Project' related facilities did not cause much surprise. People only thought that this was a normal part of the investigation, or just deliberately wandering around to tease the followers behind him.

After all, Lin Wuming, Misaka Mikoto, and Himegami Aisa who acted together did not fight each other and destroy more institutions and facilities. They were really just "investigating."

The main reason why Lin Wuming didn't do anything was because these places had been abandoned by the enemy, leaving only worthless empty shells.

After Misaki Shokuhou's inspection, it was determined that the staff inside were all "temporary workers" who knew nothing, so there was no need to embarrass them.

By the way, after three days of coma, Misaki Shokuhou finally woke up.

After that, she looked at Lin Wuming with a strange meaning—although she had already learned about the "bullet time" from Lin Wuming, it was not until this incident that Misaki Shokuhou truly understood what "bullet time" meant.

She finally understood why Lin Wuming could confront Level 5 espers head-on with a Level 3 esper ability.

—If the so-called "bullet time" is also regarded as an esper ability...

Misaki Shokuhou felt that under such an evaluation system, it was not impossible for Lin Wuming to become a Level 5!

On the seventh day after Lin Wuming woke up, they finally caught Amai Ao.

Amai Ao was also proven to be the culprit who sent FIVE_Over to assassinate Lin Wuming this time.

It can't be said that he was wronged, after all, the person who specifically issued the order was indeed Amai Ao, and he was also the leader of the 'Mass-produced Ability User Project', which can be said to perfectly meet the goals that Lin Wuming and Misaki Shokuhou were pursuing. The revenge and investigation operations can be said to be a complete success.

—If Lin Wuming hadn't known the 'truth' for a long time.

The clues ended here. Even if Misaki Shokuhou and Misaka Mikoto joined forces, they couldn't find any valuable information.

However, even Misaka Mikoto, who didn't know the original plot, didn't believe that Amai Ao was the real mastermind behind the scenes at this time.

—Because when they found this unlucky man, all his memories had been deleted, and he had been forcibly brainwashed into an idiot. Even Misaki Shokuhou couldn't help him restore his memories.

Although there was indeed evidence that he was deeply involved in the above events, seeing his current miserable appearance, he knew that he was just a scapegoat abandoned by the real "upper layers".

And the enemy just left Amai Ao, who had lost all his memories, here, which was obviously a warning—this matter ends here.

So, Lin Wuming's investigation and revenge action ended here, and everything returned to calm...

On the surface.

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