A Scientific Urban Detective

#424 - Aleister secretly observes

Hearing Aleister's words, Lin Wuming instantly closed his eyes, using his psychic abilities to protect himself layer upon layer, and forcibly fixed his facial muscles to prevent any reaction.

"No, I don't know."

"I'm curious, Lin Wuming." Aleister didn't care about his denial and continued, "My plan has always been known only to myself, and has never been revealed to the outside world in any form. The 'Mass Production of Ability Users' and 'Absolute Power Evolution' experiments, used as cover, were also calculated and verified to have a real possibility of success—even the Kihara family acknowledges this."

"You see, even the Kiharas, who directly participated in the experiment, don't know my true plan. So…" Aleister, inside the giant test tube, suddenly opened his eyes, "Lin Wuming, how did you learn of my plan?"

For a moment, Lin Wuming suspected that Aleister might also have telepathic abilities.

But considering that his memory information was protected by Shokuhou Misaki, and that it was pointless to continue pretending to be ignorant in front of Aleister, Lin Wuming simply opened his eyes and met his gaze.

"…"

Lin Wuming remained silent. If verbal sparring was a battle, then in this battle with Aleister, Lin Wuming was already at an extreme disadvantage.

In this situation, even a single word from Lin Wuming could become a new flaw, seized upon by the other party for relentless attacks.

So Lin Wuming didn't speak.

On the other hand, Aleister seemed very interested and continued to talk incessantly: "Although your disguise is very good, and the use of 'Mental Out' for encrypted communication does indeed restrain external monitoring methods, it's not enough—your mistake lies in not being able to maintain a 24-hour, all-day disguise. Therefore, as long as the observation time is long enough, flaws will always be revealed."

Long-term, uninterrupted monitoring and observation, constantly capturing the unintentional flaws that Lin Wuming revealed, as well as the inconsistencies in his behavior, made it easy to deduce Lin Wuming's course of action.

No matter how well Lin Wuming usually hid or performed, the things he did and the results he achieved were real and couldn't be faked.

It was through this method that Aleister determined that the ultimate goal of Lin Wuming's series of actions over the past six months was only one—to save all the Misaka clones.

Regarding this, Aleister evaluated with great open-mindedness: "Even by the strictest standards, you've done very well. But I've been observing you for longer."

A small string of bubbles rose inside the giant test tube, as if the human body immersed inside had moved: "After all—in my current state, I have plenty of time and leisure to do these boring things."

Lin Wuming finally asked, "When did you start noticing me?"

"From the very beginning."

Lin Wuming frowned: "When I destroyed 'Dark May' and became a hero…"

"No, earlier than that," Aleister corrected. "From the moment you and Shokuhou Misaki began to officially interact—as a 'telepath' esper who understands people's hearts, the amount of attention she paid to you was too unusual."

Lin Wuming fell silent again, never expecting that he would reveal a flaw in this aspect…

Although he wasn't sure whether what Aleister said was true or false, it was undeniable that the reason he gave was logically sound.

Aleister thoughtfully gave Lin Wuming time to think, without interrupting him.

After a while, Lin Wuming sorted out his chaotic thoughts and looked up at the other party again.

Aleister then said: "Now you can relax, right, Lin Wuming? We can have an open and honest conversation now."

His cards had almost been completely seen through, of course he could relax—after all, there was nothing he could do even if he couldn't.

After the previous "frank exchange," Aleister revealed his true intentions.

"I can avoid killing any of the Misaka clones," Aleister promised. "I will call off the 'Absolute Power Evolution Project,' so you can rest assured."

Lin Wuming then asked, "Then, will you hand the Misaka clones over to us?"

Simply stopping the experiment was far from enough. Lin Wuming knew that with Aleister's strength, he could restart the experiment at any time if he wanted to.

Lin Wuming was unwilling to let the Misaka clones become hostages.

"Of course not."

Unsurprisingly, Aleister unhesitatingly rejected Lin Wuming's naive request.

"I said earlier that I created them for a purpose. Those so-called experimental plans were just to allow them to be born reasonably and be distributed to various parts of the world reasonably."

Lin Wuming nodded: "So, what do you want me to do?"

Aleister had suddenly sought him out and spent so much time talking, it was obvious that he must have a plan.

"Lin Wuming, use your reputation and strength to give me a suitable and reasonable reason to send away those clones."

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"That's the condition proposed by Chairman Aleister," Lin Wuming said. "According to his original plan, no matter what, other city heroes would eventually notice the existence of the Misaka clones, and then discover their tragic experiences and the unethical experiment."

"At that time, that hero will destroy the 'Absolute Power Evolution Project' and save all the Misaka clones…" Lin Wuming paused slightly, then continued, "All the surviving Misaka clones."

"But," Misaka Mikoto said with a frown, "according to this statement, wouldn't the prerequisite for saving the sisters be to defeat Accelerator, who has already participated in the experiment?"

"Yes, that's the most troublesome part," Lin Wuming nodded. "Once the experiment officially starts, and Accelerator starts killing the Misaka clones, he will inevitably become our enemy."

Misaka Mikoto asked: "Senior Wuming, can you defeat Accelerator?"

"Accelerator and I have fought before, and everyone should already know the result," Lin Wuming shrugged.

"Then, can I…" Misaka Mikoto asked again, somewhat unwilling.

"Don't get too cocky, Misaka-san," Shokuhou Misaki interrupted unceremoniously. "As an Electromaster, haven't you learned basic physics? Current and your Railgun are both vectors, after all."

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