A Scientific Urban Detective

#306 - On the methods of suicide

"There's a natural order to learning, and skills have their specializations. Don't worry about the details," the Chairman said, waving his hand dismissively. "Besides, everyone knows your accomplishments; I don't think anyone will question you training the practical aspects."

Undoubtedly, within the Disciplinary Committee, probably no one possesses more practical experience than Lin Wuming…

No, there is one.

The Chairman turned his gaze to the girl beside Lin Wuming—Tiger Bee Tōmi. This girl, who came from a war-torn area, even had the experience of participating in war firsthand. In comparison, she is the real ruthless one.

But obviously, no matter how much the Chairman hoped for the progress of his subordinates, he couldn't really let Tiger Bee Tōmi be the training teacher.

It's not hard to imagine the scene of Tiger Bee Tōmi conducting a practical course; blood would inevitably flow like a river, right?

Confirming that the Chairman in front of him was serious, for a moment, Lin Wuming showed a look of annoyance.

"Don't worry, I'm not asking you to work for free," the Chairman said directly, "This is, after all, an important activity of the Disciplinary Committee, and I will apply for the full amount of activity funds. Most of it will be used as remuneration for the instructors."

"No, it's not about that," Lin Wuming shook his head. "It's just… there's nothing to teach."

This was also the truth. Lin Wuming was indeed very good at fighting, and his achievements were indeed brilliant, but these were all based on the trump card of 'Bullet Time'.

And trump cards are not something that can be casually revealed.

Even Tiger Bee Tōmi and Kamijou Aiho don't know about the existence of 'Bullet Time'.

Moreover, Lin Wuming himself hasn't figured out the principle of this 'Bullet Time' cheat, so even if he wanted to teach it to others, he wouldn't know where to start.

"Speaking of which, you might not believe me, Chairman, but actually…" Lin Wuming thought for a moment and explained, "Practical combat is just practical combat, there's nothing special about it. I really don't have anything to teach others. In fact, my style in actual combat is a bit similar to Tiger Bee's… do you understand what I mean by that?"

"…" Seeming to also recall Lin Wuming's sealed black history, the Chairman sighed helplessly, "Okay, I think I understand."

—For the mental and psychological health of the majority of Disciplinary Committee members, 'practical combat' should be approached gradually.

Realizing that he was a little too hasty, the Chairman reflected slightly.

After leaving the headquarters gate, Lin Wuming stretched vigorously: "Finally turned it down…"

"I knew it, Wuming is just afraid of trouble, so he's making excuses to turn down the Chairman's request," Tiger Bee Tōmi said.

"You're right," Lin Wuming nodded. "I am indeed afraid of trouble, and I'm not suitable to be a teacher either."

Of course, the main reason was that Lin Wuming now urgently wanted to train and improve his strength and really didn't have time to waste on teaching others.

No sooner said than done, Lin Wuming immediately returned home and focused all his attention on 'cultivation'.

But calling it 'cultivation' was more like a brainstorming session—he had to first come up with feasible ways to become stronger.

The battle between espers, in addition to the direct collision of their respective abilities, was more about a contest of imagination.

—How to develop unexpected applications based on one's own ability. This unexpected characteristic can largely determine the outcome of a battle.

The Mental Power ability that Lin Wuming possessed was the most versatile type of ability, so, in theory, Lin Wuming had almost unlimited possibilities…

But these were all based on a high enough ability level. If Lin Wuming was a Level 5 Mental Power user, he could really call himself an 'all-rounder'.

But now he was just an ordinary Level 3…

Therefore, Mental Power was not within Lin Wuming's consideration.

For Lin Wuming, what was really important and could produce quick results was still the 'Bullet Time' cheat.

As long as he could find a way to turn this passive ability into an active skill—or rather, find a way to actively trigger this effect…

At that time, Lin Wuming believed that his strength would achieve a qualitative leap!

So, the problem now became how to control the activation of 'Bullet Time'?

Lin Wuming had long known the activation condition—'mortal crisis'. Whenever he encountered a life-threatening danger, 'Bullet Time' would be triggered until the crisis was resolved and safety was ensured.

In other words, this was a trump card skill used to save his life, and it had no value when he didn't encounter a 'mortal crisis'.

Even those attacks that could severely injure Lin Wuming but would not kill him could not activate 'Bullet Time'.

This was very troublesome, because it meant that this trump card could only be used when encountering extremely dangerous enemies or crises.

But in the case of that level of crisis, could slowing down time really save him?

If the enemy was a Level 5 super powerhouse, 'Bullet Time' would become useless, only subjectively extending his life a little.

That would be fine, after all, the enemy was indeed very strong, and he would accept defeat willingly.

But when encountering those not-so-powerful enemies, 'Bullet Time' might not be activated because the enemy's attack was not 'fatal' enough…

This was the most complained about aspect by Lin Wuming, and what he wanted to do was to make up for this defect.

In this way, although he still couldn't defeat those top powerhouses, he could at least solve other not-so-top enemies more easily and efficiently.

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Lin Wuming's thinking was also very direct—just find a way to meet the activation conditions of 'Bullet Time'.

Create a 'mortal crisis' himself, which is the so-called… "suicide."

That's right, Lin Wuming began to try to 'kill himself'.

The first thing he thought of was naturally the 'omnipotent' Mental Power.

As expected, it failed.

Everyone has a self-preservation instinct, and Mental Power is directly controlled by will. In this case, Lin Wuming certainly couldn't use his Mental Power to 'kill himself'.

Unless he really had a death wish and was determined to die.

Otherwise, directly committing suicide with Mental Power was a false proposition.

Moreover, the situation of high-level Mental Power users was exactly the opposite. If they were seriously injured and lost consciousness, Mental Power could even 'spontaneously' maintain the function of the body.

So, Lin Wuming changed his thinking—since he couldn't directly attack, he would use Mental Power to 'indirectly' attack himself.

The inspiration was Lin Wuming's current strongest skill—Mental Power Acceleration Cannon.

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