A Scientific Urban Detective

According to this Sugito Matsumoto's introduction, the "Deadlock" he belongs to is an underground resistance organization whose purpose is to seek revenge against high-level ability users—mainly Level 5s.

Because they are all a group of people who are in pain and despair because their ability development has reached a bottleneck.

The members of "Deadlock" believe that the excessively strong AIM diffusion fields of Level 5s hinder their ability development; in addition, they also believe that Level 5s occupy too many resources, resulting in lower-level espers not having enough resources and opportunities to advance to higher levels.

In short, "Deadlock" has completely aimed its spearhead at Level 5s, and for this reason, they can absorb anyone who is not a Level 5 to join.

There are even Level 4 power users in the "Deadlock" organization, so there is even less of a problem with Lin Wuming, who is a Level 3.

"Lin Wuming, you too, right?" Matsumoto Sugito said, "Your grievances with Accelerator. We know that you are actually very powerful, but you are powerless against Accelerator—Level 5s are such unreasonable existences, they have taken everything from us, and even deny our very existence…"

Matsumoto Sugito reached out to Lin Wuming: "Let us eliminate such unreasonable existences, join us, Lin Wuming."

Lin Wuming squinted his eyes and said, "If you really have a way to deal with Accelerator… I don't mind joining."

"We will," Matsumoto Sugito vowed to guarantee, "We will formulate a separate elimination plan for each Level 5, of course, including Accelerator!"

"I will look forward to it." Lin Wuming nodded, then suddenly asked, "But I am still a little curious, why did you think of coming to me? Aren't you worried that I will take the opportunity to destroy your organization?"

"We are not worried," Matsumoto Sugito said confidently, "Because Lin Wuming is the same kind of person as us—we firmly believe in this."

Immediately afterward, Lin Wuming knew where their confidence came from.

Click!

The light of the flash suddenly filled the room.

It was Misaka Aiyu. She suddenly appeared and used her phone camera to take a picture of Lin Wuming.

"How is it, Misaka?" Matsumoto Sugito cautiously retreated towards the door while asking.

"We are still standing here safe and sound, and haven't been thrown out by telekinesis, doesn't that already explain the problem?" Misaka Aiyu leaned against the door, playing with her phone in her hand, and said casually, "Eight hours, the influence of the ability that the Queen Bee exerted on him can only last up to eight hours. Now that the time has passed, it's my turn to exert influence."

"Misaka Aiyu, I didn't expect you to join too…" Lin Wuming opened his eyes and said calmly.

"After all, this organization is practically tailor-made for me, isn't it?" Misaka Aiyu shrugged and said, "Being deprived of everything by a Level 5… isn't that talking about me?"

"That… is true." Lin Wuming nodded, "You and Misaki Shokuhou have the same aptitude, so it is entirely possible for you to become a Level 5."

Seeing Lin Wuming express his position in this way, Matsumoto Sugito finally completely relaxed: "Very good, then welcome Lin Wuming to join 'Deadlock'."

"But let me say this first," Lin Wuming suddenly said, "My only target is Accelerator, as for Misaki Shokuhou… don't expect me to attack her."

Matsumoto Sugito looked at Misaka Aiyu.

The latter shrugged: "This is the difference in favorability, people are just persuading him to join us, recognizing our ideas, not directly brainwashing… my 'Mental Stinger' can't do such convenient things."

Matsumoto Sugito didn't dwell on it: "Then, the task of luring Misaki Shokuhou out will be entrusted to you."

Misaka Aiyu agreed without a care in the world: "No problem, anyway, as long as I invite her in the name of Senior Wuming, that woman will definitely come."

"Hey, although I approve of your ideas, please don't discuss this kind of thing so openly!" Lin Wuming said, "Are you planning to attack Misaki Shokuhou first? Indeed, excluding superpowers, she is the easiest to deal with."

"That's right, we have prepared perfect countermeasures. If you are interested, you can come and see them." Matsumoto Sugito said confidently.

"I want to know more about how you plan to deal with Accelerator?" Lin Wuming used his telekinesis to move himself onto the wheelchair, "However, let's take a look at your countermeasures against 'Mental Out' first."

Seeing Lin Wuming being so decisive and already preparing to set off, Matsumoto Sugito was also stunned for a moment, thought about it, and ultimately did not refuse.

Matsumoto Sugito believed in the effects of Misaka Aiyu's ability, and in the end, he believed even more in the ideology of their "Deadlock".

—Lin Wuming fits the ideology of "Deadlock", so he will definitely understand and agree with us!

Thus, Matsumoto Sugito brought Lin Wuming and Misaka Aiyu to the "Deadlock" base.

The roar of engines and the sound of collisions were endless, accompanied by the excited screams and cheers of young boys and girls…

Lin Wuming was a little dazed, and at one point thought he had come to some kind of biker gang gathering place.

He saw more than twenty young boys and girls gathered here, operating strange motorcycles that were all painted black in twos and threes, and the drivers were also wearing black operating suits of the same design style… or rather, some kind of small, single-person exoskeleton armor, connecting the personnel and the vehicles into one.

The test-driving site was very large, a spacious space of two hundred meters by two hundred meters.

But in this situation, it seemed extremely narrow and cramped—because these special black motorcycles were speeding wildly here at speeds exceeding two hundred kilometers per hour!

This meant that they had to start decelerating the moment they accelerated to top speed, otherwise, it would result in the destruction of the vehicle and the death of the driver.

Or rather, in this limited indoor space, it was not certain whether these motorcycles had even reached top speed.

Lin Wuming also saw that the reason they chose to test drive in this place was to practice the short-distance sprint.

Accelerate, stop suddenly, then turn around and repeat…

It is worth noting that the motorcycles… or rather, the driver's armor, were also equipped with weapons similar to pile drivers. These desperate riders who were speeding back and forth were practicing attacking targets with this "assault spear."

"This is the Usurper Lance, the latest equipment from the laboratory level," Matsumoto Sugito introduced proudly, "If you accelerate in a straight line, you can even break the sound barrier!"

Amazing, right—Matsumoto Sugito looked over with such eyes.

"It's really exaggerated…" Lin Wuming clicked his tongue and said, "But… can the operator withstand such acceleration?"

The operator's armor should also be some kind of G-suit, but even so, it can't allow people to withstand this level of…

Sure enough, an Usurper Lance suddenly decelerated, and then the people waiting around rushed up quickly, removed the operator who had already lost consciousness from the vehicle, replaced him with a new operator, and continued driving.

"See, I knew it…" Lin Wuming clicked his tongue.