A Scientific Urban Detective

Although he had some premonition in his heart, Lin Wuming was still so surprised by the "Hanged Man" in front of him that he couldn't speak for a long time when he saw this scene with his own eyes.

Without saying another word, after completing the task, Musujime Awaki bowed slightly in the direction of the test tube, and then used her superpower "Coordinate Movement" to leave.

Without warning, suddenly facing the real mastermind, Chairman Aleister, Lin Wuming felt a burst of suspicion and uncertainty in his heart.

As a transmigrator who had read the original work, Lin Wuming certainly knew how powerful this strange "human" in front of him was!

If Chairman Aleister intended to kill him, Lin Wuming couldn't think of any way to turn the tables.

He also couldn't figure out why Chairman Aleister would suddenly want to see him at this time.

The information was overwhelmingly insufficient.

Therefore, Lin Wuming could only use the "acting skills" he had cultivated since his transmigration, and do his best to maintain a poker face and a calm state of mind, without revealing any flaws.

Lin Wuming kept a straight face, looking at Chairman Aleister, without saying a word.

Without knowing the other party's purpose, Lin Wuming didn't know what to say.

In the end, it was Chairman Aleister who broke the silence first.

"Lin Wuming, how much have you found out?"

Like a man and like a woman, like an old man and like a child, incomparably fierce and yet extremely gentle… as if all the characteristics of human voices were compatible, finally forming the voice Lin Wuming heard at this moment.

Because the feeling was too special, Lin Wuming was stunned for a moment before he realized that the person in front of him—Chairman Aleister—was speaking to him.

Another second passed before Lin Wuming absorbed and understood the meaning of the other party's words.

Immediately, Lin Wuming's heart tightened—Chairman Aleister's question undoubtedly meant that he had grasped a lot of things, things that he was trying to keep secret…

Of course, Lin Wuming couldn't admit it, so he asked back, "I don't know what Chairman is referring to?"

"Misaka Mikoto's clones, the Mass Production Ability User Project, the Level 6 Shift Project… things like that."

Unexpectedly, Chairman Aleister revealed everything without the slightest hesitation. Listening to his tone and manner, he had already defaulted that Lin Wuming knew these things.

—As expected, his experience and thoughts were no match for this old fox in front of him.

Lin Wuming thought to himself, he decisively switched strategies and no longer hid anything—since the other party chose to show his cards and confront him openly, he had to show his own strength as much as possible at this time!

Therefore, Lin Wuming also said bluntly: "Everything, I know everything—the two projects you just mentioned, the twenty thousand Misaka sisters, and… the 20001st Last Order!"

Chairman Aleister seemed to finally show some interest: "Oh? You even know that? Your performance is very good."

"However," Chairman Aleister changed the subject, "You're wrong about the number of Misaka clones."

"You created even more other clones?" Lin Wuming asked quickly. Although there were also "Extra Numbers" in the original plot, those should have been special individuals born later.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Wuming realized an even worse possibility…

"Or, have some Misaka sisters unfortunately died?"

"What are you talking about, Lin Wuming?" Unexpectedly, Chairman Aleister said in a playful tone, "The first clones aren't right by your side? You didn't include them in your calculations."

"…" Lin Wuming was speechless. Chairman Aleister was referring to Dolly and Torley. If they were included, the total number of Misaka sisters would indeed exceed twenty thousand and one.

For some reason, Lin Wuming felt that Chairman Aleister was deliberately using this method to ease the atmosphere, as if he wasn't here to interrogate him.

Despite being confused, Lin Wuming did not relax his vigilance and still carefully probed Chairman Aleister with words.

This was their first meeting, but Chairman Aleister was more "amiable" than Lin Wuming had expected. Facing Lin Wuming's tentative questions, he answered every question and seemed to hold nothing back.

Although he had gathered some information from this, Lin Wuming didn't feel any joy in his heart. Instead, he became more and more unable to understand the other party's intentions.

Gradually, as if he was tired of this secretive, riddle-like conversation, Chairman Aleister suddenly said.

"Lin Wuming, you just said that you have grasped 'all' the truth, but that is only what you think is 'all'."

"Huh?" Lin Wuming frowned, he couldn't figure out what Chairman Aleister wanted to convey.

"After all, people cannot know what they do not know." Chairman Aleister said a correct but useless statement, "So, although you have done very well, there are still many things you do not know."

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"What do you want to say?" Lin Wuming asked directly.

"The Mass Production Ability User Project is just an excuse, the purpose is only to create twenty thousand Misaka clones." Chairman Aleister said slowly as if he was chatting, "Of course, the purpose of this project is not to really mass-produce Level 5 'Railguns'—as can be seen from the performance of the two Number Zero units, clones cannot inherit the Level 5 level of superpower."

Therefore, the plan to create a clone army of espers had actually failed from the beginning. If that was their goal, then there would have been no need to continue manufacturing the subsequent twenty thousand Misaka sisters.

So, as Chairman Aleister confessed, the "Mass Production Ability User Project" actually had another purpose.

"Do you know why I chose Misaka Mikoto as the experimental genetic source?" Chairman Aleister continued, "Because she is an Electromaster, a perfect electromagnetic wave manipulator. Therefore, her clones, even if their ability levels are all below Level 3 on average, can still manipulate electromagnetic waves—and this is very important."

"Huh?" Lin Wuming felt that this development was a bit wrong.

"My purpose is to use the Misaka clones as nodes to construct a biological computing network. Is there a more suitable object than Misaka Mikoto's clones?"

"Huh?"

"Lin Wuming, your worries are justified, I do have a plan to kill a portion of the Misaka clones—using the 'Level 6 Shift Project'." Chairman Aleister once again dropped a bombshell.

This was equivalent to admitting that the "Level 6 Shift Project" was also impure in purpose.

At this point, Lin Wuming was too lazy to be shaken anymore. Instead, he calmed down to see what shocking secrets Chairman Aleister could still reveal.

"Killing the Misaka clones is not my intention," Chairman Aleister continued, "My purpose is to cover the globe with this biological computer network. To this end, the rational distribution of these clones around the world is my ultimate goal. As for killing a portion of the clones, it is just a means to achieve the goal."

Faced with Chairman Aleister's sudden confession, Lin Wuming was speechless for a long time due to excessive shock… In fact, he didn't know how to respond.

Chairman Aleister suddenly laughed: "Sure enough, you even know this."