A Scientific Urban Detective

Combining his knowledge of the original plot, Lin Wuming made a reasonable deduction – the current situation was likely the effect of Stiyl's magic spell, "Innocent Bystander Elimination."

But regardless of whether his deduction was correct, Lin Wuming believed he would soon see the truth. "Clearing the area" in a bustling downtown area during the daytime couldn't last too long.

Sure enough, the deathly silence only lasted a very short time before being broken by a burst of hurried footsteps.

At the corner at the end of the road, a silver-haired girl ran out in a hurry.

It seemed that something was chasing her, so much so that the girl kept looking back while running.

Then she noticed Lin Wuming in front of the road, and a surprised expression appeared on her face.

"Run! Don't stay here!" the silver-haired nun – Index – shouted loudly, while looking around, trying to adjust her direction and find other escape routes to avoid the innocent bystanders in front.

Immediately afterward, a tall figure walked out from behind the corner, chasing after her in a leisurely manner.

Seeing Lin Wuming across the road, Kanzaki Kaori couldn't help but be stunned.

She immediately looked back, as if to say something.

Immediately afterward, the delinquent priest Stiyl also followed, his eyes widened as he looked at Lin Wuming.

"Your spell..." Kanzaki Kaori hesitated to speak.

This was the second time today that someone had been immune to the "Innocent Bystander Elimination" effect and had broken into their designated "hide-and-seek" area.

"There's nothing wrong with my spell!" Stiyl immediately responded, "The problem is with those espers!"

This was actually not difficult to understand. If it were some magicians with powerful magic, they could also ignore the "Innocent Bystander Elimination" effect.

"Lin Wuming, could he be support called in by Misaka Mikoto?" Kanzaki Kaori said softly, "We shouldn't have gone too far just now, right?"

Kanzaki Kaori mistakenly thought that Lin Wuming was reinforcements called in by Misaka Mikoto, whom they had encountered in the morning.

"It's hard to say, who knows what their situation is... Leave this to me, you continue chasing Index," Stiyl took the initiative to take over the task of negotiation.

"Okay, be careful, Lin Wuming is also a Level 5, no weaker than Misaka Mikoto this morning," Kanzaki Kaori instructed.

With that said, Kanzaki Kaori quickened her pace and chased after Index.

She didn't run, but with each step she took, she shot forward more than ten meters, her speed no slower than Index's desperate flight.

In order to contain Lin Wuming, Stiyl also took action, heading straight for Lin Wuming.

"Mr. Lin Wuming, I think we need to talk..." Stiyl said loudly, trying to attract Lin Wuming's attention.

But Lin Wuming had no time to care about this fire magician.

Because he noticed that in order to drive Index away from here as soon as possible, Kanzaki Kaori had already grasped the hilt of the Seven Heavens Seven Swords and was ready to draw her sword and slash!

Because he knew the original plot in advance, Lin Wuming noticed at a glance the glimmers of silver light that flashed across Index's body from time to time – the reflection of the safety pins.

Without time to speak, Lin Wuming opened his Treasure Gourd, and the Vajra sand poured out.

Almost at the same time, with a 'poof', the cold light from Kanzaki Kaori's slash embedded itself in a soft sand screen.

The combined armor formed by the telekinetic barrier and Vajra sand effectively blocked Kanzaki Kaori's slash.

-- Indeed very sharp!

Lin Wuming was secretly shocked. The micrometer-sized Vajra sand particles were cut in half by the blade. What kind of exaggerated slash was this?

Even so, it was thanks to Kanzaki Kaori not getting serious and only using an ordinary sword draw.

Otherwise, with Lin Wuming's hastily constructed defense, he probably wouldn't have been able to block her slash.

Kanzaki Kaori raised her eyebrows, also surprised that her attack was blocked.

Her eyes were stern, her gaze like a sword, sweeping over.

"Tsk!" Stiyl couldn't help but sigh, "Trouble..."

They had already started fighting directly, so how could they negotiate?

At the same time, noticing that a conflict had already occurred behind her, Index did not take the opportunity to escape. Surprised, she instead turned around and approached Lin Wuming.

Kanzaki Kaori frowned deeply, gripping the hilt of her sword tightly, but did not continue to attack.

Seeing Index taking the initiative to approach Lin Wuming, Stiyl also looked complicated – in this case, many things were inconvenient to say.

"Mr. Lin Wuming, this is an internal matter between us magicians, please do not interfere," Stiyl said with a wry smile.

The silver-haired nun actually seemed to agree very much, looking at Lin Wuming with a serious expression: "He's right, although I'm very grateful for your help, if you don't want to get into trouble, please leave as soon as possible and leave me alone!"

Immediately afterward, Index opened her arms, stood in front of Lin Wuming, and shouted at Stiyl and Kanzaki Kaori: "Don't involve innocent civilians anymore!"

"Hey, hey, hey, I properly set up the 'Innocent Bystander Elimination', you know that, right?" Stiyl said helplessly, "To be able to break in like this, it means he's not an ordinary civilian at all!"

"But this person is not a magician! Eh? Wait, what's going on..." Index was speaking when Lin Wuming lifted her up with telekinesis and carried her aside.

"I'm not clear on what exactly happened," Lin Wuming looked at the two magicians in front of him, "and from a standpoint, I also support you – after all, you greeted me beforehand."

"But," Lin Wuming changed the subject, "bullying a scantily clad little girl in the street – I really can't turn a blind eye to such a thing."

"Scantily clad..." Kanzaki Kaori's eyes widened suddenly, and she noticed the safety pins all over Index's nun's habit.

Obviously – Kanzaki Kaori knew what this meant – the "Mobile Church" was damaged!

Kanzaki Kaori was shocked, and even more frightened.

It was precisely because she knew that Index had the "Mobile Church" protecting her that she had dared to slash at her just now.

If Lin Wuming hadn't "meddled" and blocked it... the consequences would have been unimaginable!

"How is it possible, the 'Mobile Church' actually..." Stiyl also noticed this and couldn't help but exclaim.

You should know that he didn't hold back when playing "hide-and-seek" just now, but smashed Index with real fireballs!

Looking back now, he only felt a chill down his spine and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

"Who did it? There's actually someone in this city who can..." As Stiyl spoke, his gaze involuntarily swept towards Lin Wuming.

A strong person who can destroy the "Mobile Church"... isn't there one right in front of him?

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