A Scientific Urban Detective

With ample "ammunition" and time, Lin Wuming transformed into a high-speed autocannon, instantly unleashing a barrage that encompassed all the falling rocks above.

He not only helped himself but also saved the people in the surrounding stands.

Although it was likely just changing their fate from being crushed to death by giant rocks to being injured by smaller stones and buried alive later; it was undeniable that, in that instant, many people saw "salvation."

Fortunately, a large-scale collapse was ultimately averted.

Before people were tragically buried alive, the espers who descended from the sky intervened in time to resolve the crisis… although they were the ones who caused it in the first place.

Emerald green beams were like swords slicing through the darkness, and wherever they passed, whether it was dirt or rock, everything melted away as if it were dissolving, leaving not a trace of dust.

However, compared to the massive amount of earth and rock that had collapsed, "Atomic Collapse" could only eliminate a small portion.

What truly played a decisive role was Accelerator's "Vector Transformation."

Accelerator was like the "Wind God" in a game, descending from the sky with swirling tornadoes around him, sweeping up the surrounding rubble and dirt, and compressing it against the surrounding walls.

Under the effect of powerful pressure, the loose soil and rock were quickly compacted and solidified.

In a matter of seconds, the walls and floor of this underground natural cave were covered with a layer of rammed earth as hard and smooth as ceramic.

It is worth mentioning that the two Level 5s were not taking action specifically to save people. In fact, they were "dueling."

Level 5s are the highest existences at the top of Academy City's pyramid, and so far, only seven individuals have been born among the city's 2.3 million residents.

Kings don't see kings, and this low probability makes it difficult for Level 5s to directly interact with each other.

But once two Level 5s actually come into contact and interact...

Then it will most likely develop into the scene before your eyes.

A duel! A duel between the strongest!

Everyone is a chosen one, the highest-level espers who have reached the summit. Why should they submit to the rankings made by others?

Before Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki successively officially announced their promotion to Level 5, Mugino Shizuri was the third, below Accelerator and Kakine Teitoku, and above Sogiita Gunha.

Mugino Shizuri has always been dismissive of her ranking.

However, her personality is relatively mature, and she is already the leader of an Anti-Skill organization, so she has always felt that there is no need to fuss over a mere reputation—anyway, this ranking cannot be directly converted into monetary benefits, so it doesn't matter.

However, if there is an opportunity to compete with other Level 5s and determine who is superior, Mugino Shizuri would not refuse.

One could even say...

"Crap, in the end, Mugino is completely enjoying this!" Frenda lay on the edge of the cave, cautiously peering down.

Just now, they, "ITEM", had been "clearing mountains and building bridges" all the way, advancing in a straight line towards the location of the underground arena.

As a result, they encountered Accelerator, who was also "violently clearing the way" and advancing in a straight line, halfway.

Although Accelerator didn't have "ability tracking" to locate Lin Wuming's position, he had Hamazura Shiage helping him lead the way.

The latter was advancing along the "road signs" set up by Hattori Hanzō, which, although not a straight line, had the advantage of being mostly existing tunnels, so there was no need to open up extra paths.

Only when encountering a gate, or when Accelerator wanted to take a shortcut, would he directly break through the tunnel.

The result was that the two sides arrived at the tunnel directly above the "underground arena" at almost the same time.

"You are… Accelerator?" Because she already knew that another Level 5 was also in action, Mugino Shizuri was not surprised by his appearance, but only judged which Level 5 he was based on the information.

Accelerator didn't recognize the other party, however. He had never been very concerned about outside affairs, even other Level 5s.

However, Accelerator could still judge the other party's strength.

"Level 5?" After briefly recalling the few pieces of information in his mind, and combining it with the emerald green beam just now, Accelerator also came to a conclusion: "Meltdowner."

No one knows what kind of unknown exchange these two Level 5s had, but suddenly, the battle between the two broke out without warning!

The one who took the lead was of course Mugino Shizuri. The emerald green light of "Meltdowner" suddenly burst forth, but when it touched Accelerator's body, a strange "stagnation" phenomenon occurred.

After a stalemate for a while, this unusual phenomenon dissipated with the end of Mugino Shizuri's round of attacks.

The two Level 5s both showed surprised expressions.

This was the first time Mugino Shizuri had seen someone who could "hard resist" her attack in this way.

In previous battles, there were cases where "Meltdowner" was dodged or even deflected, but it was unprecedented to be able to withstand it like this!

Moreover, not only was the opponent not injured, but even the clothes on his body showed no signs of damage.

—It felt like her attack just now had not caused any damage at all.

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And Accelerator also showed an interested expression: "What was that just now? Electrons in a superposition state? No wonder I couldn't immediately grasp its vector."

—As expected of a Level 5, they all have some interesting aspects.

Accelerator suddenly felt that it was still rewarding to come out for a walk today.

Responding to him was a new round of "Meltdowner" bombardment.

But this time, the emerald green beam was easily deflected by Accelerator, and its direction was deflected towards the ground.

"Heh, it's enough to see the same trick once," Accelerator sneered.

Mugino Shizuri refused to believe it and increased her output to continue attacking.

As a result, her "Meltdowner" was fired wildly, and soon the tunnel was turned into ruins.

The other three members of "ITEM", as well as Hamazura Shiage on the other side, did not dare to intervene in this battle, so they had to stay as far away as possible.

Accelerator was not one to just take a beating without retaliating. He would also attack, but it was difficult to understand the attacks based on "Vector Transformation."

Without seeing him make any special movements, the entire tunnel suddenly wailed, and the ground suddenly dropped by ten centimeters without warning.

It was the power of "wind", or rather, "air"—Accelerator manipulated the vector of the air, using it as a weapon to crush the ground.

Thanks to Mugino Shizuri's timely reaction, she forcibly opened a path with "Meltdowner"; otherwise, she would probably have been directly crushed to the ground, right?

Then, there was another fierce exchange of attacks and defenses.

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