A Scientific Urban Detective

"Perhaps, I can take off the cast?" Touma Kamijou said, raising his right hand. "I think my right hand is almost healed."

"Ryunko-nee, please find that frog doctor for me," Misaki Shokuhou said, waiting at the door.

"Frog... *pfft*... You mean Doctor Heaven Canceller?" Ayumi Hojo said. "I'll go. I also have something I want to discuss with the doctor."

Ayumi Hojo's brother, Shingo Hojo, was also receiving treatment at this hospital. She often came to visit him and was very familiar with Doctor Heaven Canceller.

While waiting for the doctor, Wuming Lin briefly explained his experience. However, he only mentioned that he had encountered an unknown attack, and a part of his memory had been sealed. Therefore, he wanted to use his 'Imagine Breaker' to break the seal and restore his memory.

"Could it be... that Wuming encountered a magical attack?" Touma Kamijou reacted immediately after listening.

--He guessed it? I didn't mention magic at all from beginning to end, did I?

"How did you figure that out?" Wuming Lin asked. "Because my memory is gone, I don't know what happened."

Touma Kamijou leaned close to Wuming Lin's ear and explained in a low, mysterious voice, "Look, that blonde, busty lady next to you is the legendary Queen Bee, the Level 5 'Mental Out'."

"It's Misaki Shokuhou," Wuming Lin corrected. He always felt that in the eyes of many uninformed people, 'Tokiwadai's Queen Bee' had become Misaki Shokuhou's name.

"Yeah, yeah, that's not important," Touma Kamijou said. "The key is, you already have an expert by your side, but you still specifically came to me for memory-related issues. There's only one possibility – scientific and esper methods are ineffective. So, using the process of elimination, I know that the one who attacked you must be a magician!"

"It's not that other people's abilities are ineffective. It's just that, considering efficiency and safety, we felt that using your right hand would be more suitable," Misaki Shokuhou said.

"She heard me..." Touma Kamijou scratched his head awkwardly.

"Hmph, childish."

Before long, Heaven Canceller hurried to the ward.

"Wuming Lin, what kind of trouble have you caused this time..." The doctor looked at Wuming Lin with a helpless expression. "You're not planning on becoming a permanent resident here again, are you?"

Recalling the time when he had just transmigrated, Wuming Lin also looked speechless.

Who wants to be a permanent resident in a hospital! Even if the doctor's medical skills are superb.

The regular here should be Touma Kamijou next to him!

"In short, we need to expose Kamijou-kun's right hand, right?" Heaven Canceller said. "Just consider it a dressing change and examination. Don't mess around. Stay there and don't move!"

Heaven Canceller warned Wuming Lin with a serious expression. He knew how Touma Kamijou's right hand was injured, so he was very wary of Wuming Lin.

"Okay, okay, don't worry..." Knowing he was in the wrong, Wuming Lin had no choice but to obediently listen and not move.

Heaven Canceller moved quickly, cleanly removing the cast from Touma Kamijou's right hand.

Touma Kamijou carefully extended a finger and touched Wuming Lin's forehead.

The strand of white hair on his forehead swayed gently, giving the impression that it was glowing.

"That's enough, thank you," Wuming Lin said suddenly.

Touma Kamijou quickly retracted his hand.

"Kamijou-kun, I won't bother you any longer," Wuming Lin backed the wheelchair out of the ward, and said to Heaven Canceller, "Doctor, can I borrow an empty ward? I have some things to deal with."

Heaven Canceller showed a look of annoyance, but still said, "The ward you usually stay in is still empty."

"What's wrong?" Mikoto Misaka asked quickly when they returned to the corridor. "Has Wuming-senpai's memory been restored?"

"The situation is more complicated than I thought. I need to sort it out carefully." Wuming Lin didn't even have the heart to force a smile. "Sorry, let me be alone for a while..."

"Eh? Oh." Mikoto Misaka raised her head blankly, and saw Misaki Shokuhou gently shaking her head. "I see, okay... But don't make us wait too long, Wuming-senpai."

"Don't worry, it will only take a few minutes," Wuming Lin gave the girls behind him a smile, and then entered the ward alone.

Watching the door close in front of her, Mikoto Misaka took a step back and muttered, "It seems the situation is very serious..."

"Don't worry too much," Misaki Shokuhou comforted. "Although it is indeed a bit serious, it's more that it exceeded Wuming-senpai's expectations, so the impact on him is a bit big, and he needs some time to calm down."

"Really? Shokuhou, do you already know the whole truth?"

"No," Misaki Shokuhou shook her head. "I only read Wuming-senpai's emotional fluctuations, and didn't look at his memory content."

Mikoto Misaka and Tomitsu Hachiouji looked at her with suspicion, but such a thing could only be determined by Misaki Shokuhou herself, and no one else could verify it.

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"I'm done for..." Wuming Lin immediately covered his face and groaned when he was the only one left in the ward. "I was originally planning to avoid conflicts as much as possible, but haven't we already fought?"

That 'disappeared hundred seconds,' the hundred seconds sealed by the alchemist Aureolus, was none other than the entire process of Wuming Lin entering Misawa Cram School and engaging in a fierce battle with Aureolus!

In fact, from the beginning, Wuming Lin had miscalculated one point.

Wuming Lin wishfully thought that after he gave a heads-up in advance, Aureolus might cooperate with him based on some kind of tacit understanding and put on a show of 'peace and tranquility'.

After all, this would also be in line with his interests.

But Wuming Lin ignored that he was the famous 'Hero' and 'Nameless Director', and also one of the strongest eight Level 5 espers in Academy City.

Such a heavyweight character, whether in terms of strength or status, suddenly visited Misawa Cram School... Aureolus felt threatened, believed that he had been exposed, and therefore chose to strike first, which was also normal.

The outbreak of the battle, which was the beginning of the 'lost hundred seconds,' was five minutes and thirty-nine seconds after Wuming Lin and his companions entered Misawa Cram School.

At that time...

Wuming Lin suddenly felt that the wheelchair had lost power and gradually stopped – Tomitsu Hachiouji, who was pushing the wheelchair behind him, was gone.

Not only her, but Shirai Kuroko next to him, as well as the Misawa Cram School person in charge who was leading them on the tour, also disappeared without a trace.

The originally unremarkable corridor extended infinitely forward and backward...

If the corridor lights were still bright, Wuming Lin would almost have the illusion of traveling into a horror movie.

Of course, Wuming Lin was prepared. After discovering the abnormality around him, he immediately reacted.

The enemy – the alchemist Aureolus has made his move!