A Scientific Urban Detective

Having witnessed Lin Wuming block Kanzaki Kaori's powerful strike with his own eyes, Stiyl had no doubt that he possessed the ability to destroy the "Moving Church."

Of course, he was also well aware that Lin Wuming shouldn't be the one who truly attacked Index.

However, as a local, Lin Wuming definitely knew some clues—like who else in Academy City possessed such power.

"I accidentally broke it myself, it has nothing to do with anyone else!" Index was unwilling to implicate others, so of course, she couldn't reveal the real culprit, Touma Kamijou's name.

"!" Stiyl's brow twitched, feeling that the situation seemed different from what he had expected.

Index clearly knew the person who destroyed the "Moving Church," and their relationship seemed quite close…

No, considering this child's innocent and kind nature, she was probably protecting the other person, right?

—Ridiculous, clearly a strong person capable of destroying the "Moving Church," do they need your protection!

Stiyl's face was uncertain.

As for Kanzaki Kaori, she was deeply remorseful for almost killing Index just now.

For a moment, both magicians were silent, not making any more noise.

Seeing this, Lin Wuming put Index down: "You leave first, I'll hold them back."

"But…" Index was still unwilling to run away alone.

"They're both very strong," Lin Wuming said, "but I'm not weak either, so once we start fighting, you're likely to be caught in the crossfire, so hurry up and leave, run as far as you can."

The scene of Lin Wuming blocking the Seven Heavens, Seven Swords just now was very convincing, so Index no longer hesitated and ran away quickly.

Neither Stiyl nor Kanzaki Kaori stopped her.

Of course, it wasn't that they were really wavering to the point of not noticing the girl's escape, nor were they afraid of Lin Wuming's obstruction.

More accurately, they were probably happy to see it happen?

"Let's talk, Mr. Lin Wuming," Stiyl said.

Now that things had come to this, Stiyl seemed to think there was no point in hiding anything, so he directly confessed: "Actually, that child—Index, is one of us. She is also a member of Necessarius, the Church of Necessary Evil of the Anglican Church."

"So she's also a magician?"

"Yes, but her situation is quite special…" Kanzaki Kaori continued, "She herself has no magical power, nor does she know any magic, but her brain contains the knowledge of 103,000 magical grimoires. That's why she has the name 'Index Librorum Prohibitorum.'"

"I see," Lin Wuming nodded pretentiously, "A human-shaped database? That's indeed quite important, no wonder you sent two experts to come and deal with her."

"Correction," Kanzaki Kaori said seriously, "Not to deal with her, we came to protect that child."

"Not to hunt down a traitor?" Lin Wuming asked in surprise, "An internal member who possesses important information defecting… isn't that the usual development of the story?"

"Of course not!" Kanzaki Kaori was a little excited, "It's just that the child doesn't recognize us, so she mistakenly thinks we are the enemy. Actually, our mission is to protect her secretly!"

"But your actions just now didn't seem like 'protection' at all," Lin Wuming said.

"There's a reason for this…" Kanzaki Kaori immediately blushed and didn't have the confidence to defend herself.

"Actually, a series of coincidences and misunderstandings have accumulated, making that child mistakenly believe that we are the traitors who betrayed the Anglican Church," Stiyl explained, "But it's good that we're standing on the enemy's side, because we can better discover the real enemies targeting her."

"As for the chase just now…" Stiyl shook his head, "We were just playing hide-and-seek with her. The nun's habit she's wearing is a powerful magical artifact called the 'Moving Church,' which can provide her with Pope-level strong protection—in terms that you science-side people can understand, it's nuclear shelter-level defense. So, Kanzaki was confident in attacking just now… but she didn't expect it to be damaged…"

Kanzaki Kaori continued: "So, thank you very much, Mr. Lin Wuming! If you hadn't blocked it just now, I might have made a big mistake!"

Although he already knew the plot of the original work, Lin Wuming still showed a complicated expression: "I don't really understand your foreigners' logic… Also, not to nitpick, what's the deal with that dress? A magical artifact? Nuclear shelter-level protection… it's really a bit… I also observed it just now, it's just high-end silk and gold thread."

"The 'Moving Church' is indeed made of silk and gold thread, but its defensive power is provided by magic, and it has no direct relationship with the material of the clothes," Kanzaki Kaori explained seriously.

Stiyl seemed to suddenly realize something: "Wait, Kanzaki, don't say anymore!"

Then he looked at Lin Wuming: "Mr. Lin Wuming, we've been saying that we are magicians all along—this… you don't believe it, do you?"

—Of course I know, but normally, when meeting a magician for the first time, questioning is the correct reaction.

Lin Wuming didn't answer, but in Stiyl's opinion, this meant "disbelief."

"Tsk, after talking for so long, we haven't even established a basic consensus?" Stiyl said, biting his cigarette, "Then watch this…"

The cigarette swayed up and down, and a few sparks fell from it, then rapidly expanded in mid-air, turning into bowl-sized fireballs.

Under Stiyl's control, these fireballs flew into the sky, then exploded, like fireworks blooming…

"Amazing!" Lin Wuming clapped and praised, while evaluating, "This kind of power and skill should be about Level 4 pyrokinesis, right?"

"Hey, I told you it's magic, not superpower!" Stiyl raised an eyebrow.

Immediately afterward, flames gathered in his palm, and the raging flames gradually took shape in his hand, turning into a flaming greatsword.

"I remember, you espers can't master two abilities at the same time," Stiyl raised the flaming greatsword, showing it to Lin Wuming.

"In my opinion, you're just playing with fire," Lin Wuming said with a smile, "It's actually not that difficult."

As he said that, Lin Wuming also raised his hand, and flames burst out from his palm, then he used telekinesis to barely捏捏 shape it into a sword-like shape.

This performance surprised Stiyl instead.

Lin Wuming waved his hand and dissipated the flaming sword in his hand, and said with a smile: "Don't mind, it's just a little trick. Actually, I really believe what you said—magic, magicians, and stuff."

"It's real…" Stiyl said helplessly, but he felt more and more that proving that he was a magician in front of Lin Wuming was a very difficult thing.

"Oh, right, there are also rune formulas…" Stiyl took out a few cards from his pocket again, "You've also noticed it, right? No one else has passed by here during this time—normally, this should be a bustling area."

"Because I placed these cards nearby, casting the magic of 'repelling idlers,'" Stiyl introduced, then couldn't help but complain, "God knows how you got in…"