A Scientific Urban Detective

"Alright." After letting the innocent vampire go, Aureolus nodded, then looked at Stiyl and Touma Kamijou, "Only one last thing remains."

"When will you finish making the magic item for Index Librorum Prohibitorum?" Stiyl asked.

"It will be done soon," Aureolus said, "But before that, I would like to ask you to do me a favor."

"What is it?" Stiyl frowned, he was very uncomfortable with the current turn of events.

"Retrieve my other doppelganger from Lin Wuming," Aureolus said, looking into the distance, "Their strength over there is far greater than I anticipated."

...

Sixth District Amusement Park.

As the battle ended, the tourists returned, forgetting the minor conflict thanks to Misaki Shokuhou's reassurance, and continued to enjoy themselves.

At the same time, Lin Wuming and Mikoto Misaka were working together to move a large block of gold, carefully moving it to a secluded corner.

"You two..." Misaki Shokuhou approached under the protection of Junko Hokaze and others, seeing their actions, "You wouldn't be thinking of taking it home, would you?"

This gold block, weighing one and a half tons, was actually Aureolus's doppelganger number two.

During the earlier skirmish, Lin Wuming and Mikoto Misaka used the amusement park as a battlefield and fought a great battle with doppelganger number two.

Mitsari Hachigaya also attacked diligently, but unfortunately, although her sword was sharp, it could only do so much against a doppelganger with no vital points.

As for Misaki Shokuhou, she was mainly responsible for evacuating the surrounding citizens to prevent uninvolved people from being affected by the battle, so she did not participate in the front line.

Aureolus's doppelganger number two was quite strong, not only could he use "instant alchemy," but he could also directly receive a constant stream of magical power support from the main body, plus his own "immortal" characteristics...

It could be said that unless he encountered Touma Kamijou's "Imagine Breaker" here, there was almost no possibility of "defeat."

Unfortunately, he unluckily encountered another kind of "bane"—"Railgun" Mikoto Misaka.

Although "alchemy" can also create non-metallic substances, the most familiar substance for a doppelganger who has mastered "instant alchemy" is still gold.

Therefore, his specialty, "gold alchemy," was countered by Mikoto Misaka, and other substances he created were not strong enough to even be blocked by Lin Wuming's psionic barrier.

Under their combined efforts, doppelganger number two was unsurprisingly defeated.

Moreover, knowing that he was not the main body and essentially could not "die," Lin Wuming and Mikoto Misaka also let loose and unreservedly unleashed their power.

The final result was this huge gold block, hammered into a perfect cube!

Then, in order to avoid attracting attention, there was this scene of Lin Wuming and Mikoto Misaka "furtively" moving the gold block to a secluded corner...

"This is to reduce eyewitness evidence and lessen the negative impact of this battle!" Mikoto Misaka explained, "It's not like I'm coveting this gold."

Lin Wuming couldn't help but look over—did this girl really want this gold?

But then again, with such a large, glittering object in front of them, even Lin Wuming found it hard to say that he wasn't tempted at all. Especially after converting it into currency, it was a considerable sum!

"Putting that aside for now," Lin Wuming shook his head, shaking off distracting thoughts, "This guy isn't dead, if Mikoto wasn't suppressing him, he would definitely jump up and continue fighting, right?"

Don't look at how obedient doppelganger number two is now, just like a gold block, but if Lin Wuming and Mikoto Misaka weren't suppressing him with ease...

"Aureolus, you should be able to hear me, right?" At this time, Index walked to the gold block and squatted down, reaching out to stroke the surface of the gold block, "I'm sorry, I really don't remember the past."

Aureolus's face appeared on the surface of the cubic gold block.

"I'm really sorry," Index apologized again, "But thanks to the efforts of Touma Kamijou and Lin Wuming, I no longer need to periodically erase my memories."

"I have been redeemed." The silver-haired nun revealed a gentle smile.

"Do you want me to give up?" Aureolus asked.

"It's not asking you to give up, but hoping that you can do it for yourself..." Index said, suddenly noticing Aureolus's eyes.

—The current one is not a doppelganger, but Aureolus himself, he...

Index closed her eyes, then opened them again, and said with a serious face: "Yes, Aureolus, I hope you can give up your actions."

"I see." Aureolus said to himself, then the surface of the gold block returned to its original state.

Mikoto Misaka suddenly looked up and said, "He's quiet now!"

Even if they released the electromagnetic restraints, this gold block would no longer jump up and continue fighting.

"It seems...he really has given up." Lin Wuming breathed a sigh of relief and said with some emotion, "Misaki, what do you think?"

"Unfortunately, my ability can't see through inorganic matter," Misaki Shokuhou said, "But, based on experience and intuition, I also agree with Senior Wuming's judgment."

Mikoto Misaka stared at the huge gold block with bright eyes: "Senior Wuming, then now, this gold..."

"If you really want gold, I can give you some." Mitsari Hachigaya couldn't bear to watch and handed over the golden ribbons in her hand.

The most ⊥ new ⊥ small ⊥ say ⊥ in ⊥ six ⊥ 9 ⊥⊥ book ⊥⊥ bar ⊥⊥ first ⊥ hair!

During the battle just now, although she failed to inflict effective damage on the enemy, Mitsari Hachigaya gained a lot of golden ribbons.

"Uh...forget it, I don't particularly want it." Mikoto Misaka scratched her head.

Mikoto Misaka just liked this glittering thing out of human instinct, she didn't really lack money.

She was even more unwilling to accept Mitsari Hachigaya's "charity."

"So, what should we do next?" Misaki Shokuhou asked, "Are we going to return this gold?"

Whether they lacked money or not was one thing, but giving away such a huge fortune was also unwilling.

Just as everyone was surrounding the gold block, discussing how to dispose of it.

Lin Wuming's phone rang—it was Touma Kamijou calling.

He came as a negotiator and middleman to negotiate with Lin Wuming, wanting to help Aureolus retrieve his doppelganger number two.

Because he didn't know that doppelganger number two had become a one-and-a-half-ton gold block, Touma Kamijou didn't have any psychological pressure when he came to negotiate.

In his opinion, since the misunderstanding had been resolved and there were no real irreconcilable contradictions between the two sides, then returning Aureolus's doppelganger should be fine, right?

However, reality was more complicated than Touma Kamijou's wishful thinking.

Before Lin Wuming could express his attitude, the girls who had gathered around him and heard the content of the call were the first to object.

Even if the "misunderstanding was resolved," this gold was still their trophy, how could they let the other side take it back with just a word?

"Since the other party is an alchemist, then let him exchange it for a similar block of gold!" Misaki Shokuhou said.

Now it seemed that the other party's "alchemy" was genuine—at least Mitsari Hachigaya's ribbons showed no signs of "fading."

In that case, the gold alchemized by Aureolus also had corresponding value.

After all, no one would complain about having too much money.