A Scientific Urban Detective

“It's precisely because there are no grudges that it's especially difficult,” Lin Wuming said with a helpless bitter smile. “Well, you reap what you sow, so it can be considered a trouble I stirred up in the past. In short, you don't need to worry, at most we'll just have a little duel.”

After finally persuading and appeasing the three girls, Lin Wuming manipulated his wheelchair and went forward alone, arriving in front of Accelerator.

“So, we're just going to watch?” Misaka Mikoto was still a little uneasy and couldn't accept it.

“Well, Senior Wuming has already said so…” Shokuhou Misaki spread her hands out. “For boys, face is very important. Or is Misaka-san willing to make Senior Wuming feel embarrassed and interfere?”

“Who said I wanted to interfere…” Misaka Mikoto said sullenly, “I'm just a little annoyed, why did that guy have to show up at this time!”

You must know that for Misaka Mikoto, who is rather shy, the opportunities to "reasonably" enter Family Side, Lin Wuming's home, are very limited.

The celebration banquet originally planned for tonight was such a good opportunity. Who would have thought that it would be disrupted by a inexplicable boy who suddenly appeared!

How could Misaka Mikoto not have any resentment?

In fact, not only Misaka Mikoto, but also Shokuhou Misaki, who said she wanted to respect the boy's face, and Tora Hachi Mitsu, who had remained silent, were also full of resentment.

If gazes could kill, the three of them could turn their eyes into six sharp swords, repeatedly piercing Accelerator countless times.

“…Yo, Lin Wuming!” Accelerator released his arms that were wrapped around his chest, and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. “I thought you would come with those girls.”

While speaking, he couldn't help but glance at the three girls not far away.

To be honest, even though there were only three girls, two Level 5 espers and a Level 4 esper whose destructive power had seriously exceeded the standard – such a lineup made even Accelerator's scalp tingle.

“Don't worry, they won't interfere.” Lin Wuming looked back. “…Probably?”

Although he wasn't good at reading people's expressions, after spending so much time together, Lin Wuming could more or less guess what these girls were thinking.

—This is bad, they're all angry…

It seems that the banquet postponed to next week will have to be more grand to make up for it, right?

While calculating the banquet menu in his mind, Lin Wuming asked, “So, what do you want from blocking me halfway?”

Mentioning the main topic, Accelerator immediately perked up, starting with a hearty laugh.

“I saw it, Lin Wuming!” Regaining his spirits, Accelerator pointed to the airship in the sky. “Congratulations on being promoted to Level 5!”

“Ah, I knew it was about this…” Lin Wuming muttered softly.

Accelerator pointed to his headband again and continued, “You gave me this back then, letting me be the gatekeeper for Level 5, maintaining the order of this city – I've done all of that.”

“I'm really grateful to you for that, you've been a great help.” Lin Wuming quickly thanked him.

The truth was that if it weren't for Accelerator, this ironclad "gatekeeper," blocking the way, the ranking system that Lin Wuming had promoted wouldn't have been implemented so smoothly back then; Accelerator wouldn't have been able to break free from the "challenge harassment" so easily.

Furthermore, the "Absolute Power Evolution Project" wouldn't have gone bankrupt so easily.

Finally, all 20,000 Misaka sisters were rescued, and no one sacrificed… all of this was, more or less, thanks to Accelerator.

Lin Wuming was well aware of the cause and effect, so he would rather ditch the girls than come to give Accelerator an explanation.

After all, this was a debt of gratitude that had to be repaid.

“Lin Wuming, now that you're also Level 5, tentatively ranked eighth,” Accelerator said with a serious face. “Then the title of gatekeeper that I have is no longer appropriate.”

“So, let's duel, Lin Wuming.” Accelerator said, “Let's decide the ownership of this headband through a duel! Isn't that what the ranking system you set up is for!”

“It really is a boomerang…” Lin Wuming muttered, but he didn't refuse the challenge.

“Alright,” Lin Wuming happened to also have the intention of testing the results of his cultivation through actual combat. Facing a sparring partner who had come to his door, he naturally wouldn't refuse. “Time? Location?”

Accelerator was full of fighting spirit, raising his fists and bumping them together in front of him, and bursts of golden "fighting spirit" special effects burst out around him.

Inexplicable, but particularly passionate.

“Right now, right here!”

Boom!

An even more majestic aura erupted, with golden light flashing, blowing Accelerator's clothes and hair.

Lin Wuming inexplicably had the feeling of seeing a Saiyan transforming.

“Ah, ah, I knew it…”

Lin Wuming had obviously expected this development, and while the other party was "transforming," he had already deployed his telekinesis.

Layers of telekinetic barriers unfolded instantly.

In the next moment, these telekinetic barriers shattered at an even faster rate.

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“Strong Fist!”

Accelerator grinned, slowly retracting his right fist.

Lin Wuming remained calm and continued to stack telekinetic barriers. It wasn't until after two hundred layers of barriers were shattered that the "Strong Fist" that Accelerator unleashed was finally exhausted.

The so-called one force can overcome ten skills refers to this situation.

Lin Wuming shook his head and pushed forward his telekinetic shock…

Thirty-two minutes after the birth of the eighth Level 5, the first duel between Academy City's two strongest "telekinesis manipulators" broke out.

It is said that the two Level 5 "telekinesis users" fought fiercely that day, battling until late at night…

The final result was a draw.

Without engaging in a life-or-death battle, neither Lin Wuming nor Accelerator could completely defeat the other.

After all, the characteristics of "telekinesis users" determined that they were better at defense than attack, and also better at protracted battles.

If it weren't for the three girls watching from the sidelines becoming too impatient, this duel could probably have lasted until dawn the next day…

On the other hand, the duel dragging on for too long seemed to have had a considerable impact on Accelerator's momentum.

No matter how enthusiastic he was when the battle first started, a ten-hour-long duel was enough to cool him down.

Feeling that he couldn't tell the difference between victory and defeat even if he continued fighting; and if he dragged it on any longer, the three girls watching from the sidelines seemed like they were about to take action, Accelerator had no choice but to give up.

This duel ended in a "draw," which felt a bit anticlimactic.

“I can't believe it! My precious weekend was wasted for ten whole hours because of this boring thing!”

Late at night, at a roadside ramen stall, Misaka Mikoto disregarded her ladylike image, biting into noodles while vehemently condemning.