A Scientific Urban Detective

Stiyl suppressed the anger in his chest—he couldn't go too far, and Index was right there. The 'Mobile Church' was also broken, so using large-scale magic could easily hurt her…

"Hmm? Your 'Mobile Church'…" Stiyl suddenly thought of something, "Could it be that this guy broke it?"

"That's right!" Touma Kamijou answered preemptively, "So now you know how awesome I am! I can even destroy that amazing outfit, let alone the flames you unleash."

Touma Kamijou glared at his opponent, bluffing while muttering to himself, trying to boost his courage: "Just a high-level pyrokinetic… I've fought them before, it'll be fine."

The familiar assessment made Stiyl lose his composure a bit, his brow twitching: "I told you, I'm a magician! Don't compare me to your ridiculous pyrokinetics!"

Seemingly to prove himself, Stiyl stopped hiding his power and unleashed his ultimate move—'Fortissimo of the Witch Hunting King'!

The corridor instantly transformed into a sea of ​​fire, and then, the flames gathered behind Stiyl, forming a giant of fire, emitting a suffocatingly hot aura.

"Run, Touma! Your right hand alone can't beat this!" Index screamed, warning him.

Touma Kamijou had tried it, and he really couldn't win—although his 'Imagine Breaker' could eliminate flames, this fire giant could regenerate infinitely.

A large mass of fire, more than two meters high, almost filled the entire corridor. Touma Kamijou couldn't extinguish it all at once with just one hand!

After trying twice, all Touma Kamijou gained was the hair and clothes on his body being carbonized by the high temperature; he gained nothing else.

"Hey, hey, hey, this big guy is totally cheating!" Touma Kamijou was forced back by the heat wave.

Seeing that he had finally given up and despaired, Stiyl leisurely manipulated the fire giant to press forward.

"This is bad, this is bad…" Touma Kamijou's brain was running at full speed, thinking of countermeasures.

Just then, Index's exclamation came from behind.

Looking back, there was another fire giant of the same model at the other end of the corridor!

Two fire giants, one in front and one behind, slowly surged towards the middle, blocking Index and Touma Kamijou in the corridor, with nowhere to escape!

"Touma, let's jump!" Index suddenly grabbed the hem of Touma Kamijou's clothes and moved towards the railing next to the corridor.

Indeed, there were fire giants in front and behind, the right side was a wall, and only the left side was empty, which could be used to escape.

But the problem is…

"This is the seventh floor!" Touma Kamijou shouted.

Index had already grabbed his left hand, deftly climbed over the railing, and jumped out of the apartment building!

Caught off guard, most of Touma Kamijou's body was also pulled out, relying solely on his right arm to cling to the railing.

"Let go!" Index urged, "Do you want to be burned to death!"

"Of course not," Touma Kamijou also shouted loudly, "but I don't want to be crushed to death either!"

"Don't worry, nothing will happen, I'll act as a cushion!" Index said.

"Are you crazy? Am I a demon? How can I use a girl as a cushion!"

"Don't worry, I have the 'Mobile Church'… The 'Mobile Church' was broken by you!" Index suddenly came to her senses and started yelling as well.

"Are you an idiot!"

"It's all your fault for breaking the 'Mobile Church'!"

"Didn't you make me prove my 'Imagine Breaker'!"

Just as the two were arguing fiercely, Stiyl came to the railing through the flames, a look of being unable to hold back on his face.

But seeing Touma Kamijou clinging to the railing with difficulty, his face suddenly turned cold: "So you were the one who destroyed the 'Mobile Church'!"

"Huh? Why are you so angry!" Touma Kamijou asked in surprise, "Shouldn't this be a good thing for you?"

"Enough nonsense, go to hell!" Stiyl unceremoniously raised his foot and kicked Touma Kamijou's right arm.

"No, no, no, you can't do this…"

Touma Kamijou dodged the enemy's kick with extraordinary agility, but the price was that he only had one right hand tightly grasping the railing, his entire body suspended outside the building.

His left hand still had to hold on to Index, preventing her from falling.

Inside the railing, Stiyl looked down at Touma Kamijou with cold eyes.

What made Touma Kamijou slightly relieved was that Stiyl did not continue to attack him with his hands or feet.

But he soon became unhappy.

Because the two fire giants also came to the railing.

The metal railing instantly became scorching hot.

Touma Kamijou screamed and let go.

Then he continued to scream as he fell downward—along with Index, who was also screaming.

Stiyl snorted coldly. But of course, he couldn't let Index really fall to her death like this, so he flung a rune card downwards.

Stiyl is good at fire magic, and also good at various other applications extended from it…

This card will not create an open flame, but will create a cloud of hot air, forming a strong updraft—just right for use as a buffer.

Stiyl calculated very accurately, controlling the impact of the hot air mass just enough to offset the kinetic energy of the two falling…

It's a pity that he miscalculated Touma Kamijou's combat awareness.

Despite screaming all the way down, Touma Kamijou still keenly noticed the card flying towards him.

Then he instinctively swung his right hand…

"Idiot!" Stiyl cursed when he saw this, and quickly shot out a new rune card to remedy the situation.

As a result, Stiyl's plan was still successful.

The 'hot air cushion' he created successfully avoided the misfortune of the two being crushed to death.

Index was safe and sound, unharmed.

As for Touma Kamijou, in order to protect Index, he used his body as a meat cushion, embracing the girl and landing first.

The injury was not serious, but he sprained his ankle, or maybe there were other more serious injuries, but he was not a doctor and could not self-diagnose—compared to being smashed into meat paste, this injury was indeed not serious.

After all, he fell from the height of the seventh floor, and it was already a blessing that only his legs were injured. Touma Kamijou would not complain so much.

Having survived a great disaster, Touma Kamijou even had a feeling that his luck had finally turned around.

But in fact, if he hadn't shot down Stiyl's first rune card just now, he could have landed safely and unharmed.

Touma Kamijou, with a hint of small happiness, fell into a semi-comatose state…

After all, Touma Kamijou suffered a mild concussion from acting as a meat cushion for Index.

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