A Scientific Urban Detective

After leading the guest into the room, the guide, Metabel Tanshi, bowed slightly towards the massive test tube, and then activated her ability again to leave.

"Victorio, I regret to inform you that your operation has failed," Chairman Aleister said to the armored man before him. "Moreover, your so-called plan was to use a large-scale magic bombardment on my city, was it?"

The full-body steel armor failed to provide any sense of security. Victorio, one of the official members of the Roman Orthodox Thirteen Knights, felt as if he was exposed to a hunter without any cover, and could lose his life at any moment.

"But... but in fact, our attack did not cause any damage," the knight managed to say. "Our magic failed, and the choir suffered a backlash, resulting in heavy losses."

"For me, this is good news," Chairman Aleister said bluntly. "Also, you didn't 'not' cause damage, but 'failed' to cause damage; and whether the Crusader choir suffered heavy losses is irrelevant, I don't care."

"The Gregorian chant choir was the best solution we could think of," Victorio explained. "We have already minimized collateral damage to the lowest possible level."

"Let's just say that's the case, anyway, you failed," Chairman Aleister's aura suddenly relaxed.

Victorio secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt increasingly annoyed. With his life safety guaranteed, his dignity and sense of honor as a knight and devout believer regained prominence.

More importantly, as a representative of the Crusader faction, he could not allow the leader of this opposing force to belittle the authority of the Roman Orthodox Church.

"Of course, we have ways to deal with that traitor, but we are limited by this special city, and many methods cannot be used normally," the knight continued after calming down.

"Is that so..." Chairman Aleister said. "I can give you another chance. If you fail again, I will use my pawns. At that time, don't blame me for provoking a conflict with the magic side."

--So that's what this monster wants? As long as we fail one more time, he can openly proclaim that their science side has defeated the Crusader faction!

Victorio felt that he had guessed Chairman Aleister's plan, and his heart was filled with awe, not daring to be careless.

"Of course... no problem!" the knight said solemnly. "We have made thorough preparations, but we need to transport a magic item from the outside, and we hope you can allow it."

"Hehe, even if I don't allow it, you have ways to send it in, right?" Chairman Aleister said. "I'll give you twenty-four hours, if you still can't solve the problem... then I will take action."

...

After confirming that the Misawa Cram School incident had been resolved, everyone felt relieved.

Because Aureolus's attack had disrupted their mood, the girls didn't feel like going to the amusement park anymore.

Taking the opportunity to introduce Himegami Aisa to her accommodation, everyone simply borrowed Misaki Shokuhou's "palace" to hold a tea party, and also called Lin Wuming over.

It wasn't until night fell and the curfew time approached that the Tokiwadai Middle School girls left together.

Except for Kohachi Mitsumi, who returned to her home in Family Side with Lin Wuming as usual, even Misaki Shokuhou returned to her dormitory in the Academy City today.

Overall, Lin Wuming was quite satisfied with today's encounter, after all, he had obtained half a ton of gold, which could be described as a windfall.

You know, in the past, he had fought to the death, but he had never received such a generous "reward".

--From now on, I probably won't have to worry about money anymore.

Lin Wuming thought to himself.

--This also means that I can focus my energy on more troublesome things. For example... magic...

Lin Wuming knew very well that his "bullet time" had been developed to a very outrageous level.

The physics beast "Zeno's tortoise" and the like have all come out, so it's not too exaggerated to say "invincible".

But the problem is that his "invincible" has considerable limitations, which is very consistent with the consistent characteristics of "bullet time" - more than enough to save his life, but not enough offensive power.

If compared, the actual effect is probably far inferior to Accelerator's "vector manipulation".

Moreover, when facing strange and unpredictable magic attacks, simply defending is not a good method.

Just like in this incident, when facing Aureolus - Aureolus himself inside the Misawa Cram School - he was almost entirely in a passive state, and could only rely on "bullet time" to delay and survive...

"Learning magic or something is probably out of the question," Lin Wuming thought to himself, "but at least I have to find a way to turn that 'tortoise' into a divine beast that can be used to attack."

In this regard, Lin Wuming actually had ideas, and even had results, but in the end it was still a "telekinesis acceleration cannon", but it was a version that shortened the acceleration distance and performed super-acceleration.

No matter how it changes, it is essentially still a "throwing stone".

Compared to Aureolus's "alchemy", it is really unoriginal and outdated.

--I really want that 'Golden Great Alchemy'啊.

Regardless of the power, that kind of free and all-powerful realm is, in a sense, Lin Wuming's ultimate imagination of his "telekinesis".

If he could also reach that point, he wouldn't have to worry even when facing strange and unpredictable magic, right?

Even looking further ahead, only if he masters a "world" will he have the confidence to face the magic gods in the future.

Alchemy was originally a major path in the field of magic, and it is not unimaginable that a magic god could be born from it.

Lin Wuming had always had a guess before, if in the original plot, the alchemist Aureolus did not suffer a personality collapse and lose all his memories and skills, but continued to cultivate and improve...

In the future, relying on his "Golden Great Alchemy", it is not impossible to withstand the world reset of the magic god Othinus.

This is also one of the reasons why Lin Wuming is willing to make friends with Aureolus - his fate has been changed, and unlike the original plot, he still has a future.

Therefore, Lin Wuming really wants to see what height Aureolus Izzard, as a pinnacle alchemist, can reach; whether he can, as he imagined, have the power to resist even when facing the magic god Othinus.

The only regret is that Lin Wuming cannot personally verify this conjecture... let alone the "Golden Great Alchemy", he can't even understand a copy of the "Emerald Tablet" now, and is destined to have no relationship with alchemy.

After thinking about it, Lin Wuming sighed in his heart and found that he really could only study how to "throw stones".

"Sigh..."

"Huh?" Not knowing if it was an illusion, Lin Wuming seemed to really hear a sigh.

You know, because there are too many secrets to hide in his mind, Lin Wuming has always kept his emotions hidden and maintained a calm and composed poker face as much as possible - no matter how intense and rich his psychological activities are, he will not really reveal them.

His "sigh" just now was just a psychological activity.

So...

"Kohachi, what's wrong?" Lin Wuming looked back at the girl behind him - since it wasn't him, then the sigh could only be from Kohachi Mitsumi, "That's rare, do you have any worries?"