A Scientific Urban Detective

Having achieved his goal, Kihara Gensei could now observe Shokuhou Misaki and the Third Research Lab's "Internal Evolution" project with a more detached attitude—essentially, he was just watching the show.

Compared to a Level 5 esper, the "Internal Evolution" researchers were worthless. Being manipulated by a twelve-year-old girl without even realizing it, they were destined to be mere pawns and tools—in Kihara Gensei's eyes, their importance and status were far below even the children used as "test subjects."

The only value of those incompetent fools was to provide some entertainment, cooperating with Shokuhou Misaki to demonstrate how she would destroy "Cerebral Material."

Of course, Kihara Gensei initially thought that Shokuhou Misaki would be the one to ultimately destroy "Cerebral Material," but during his observation, he unexpectedly saw another active figure.

Lin Wuming, now hailed as a "hero" by the media and known in urban legends as the "bane of illegal research institutions," was a special young man.

At first, he thought it was a coincidence, but today, after Lin Wuming raided the "Exploration Frontier Research Institute" and successfully rescued four more test subjects, Kihara Gensei finally changed his mind.

Three times in a row, this boy named Lin Wuming successfully raided three research institutes and rescued the test subjects—this could no longer be explained by coincidence.

Now, Kihara Gensei had reason to believe that the final destruction of "Cerebral Material" would likely be a combination of Lin Wuming and Shokuhou Misaki—which would explain why Shokuhou Misaki frequently contacted Lin Wuming.

Before long, the intelligence Kihara Gensei had requested was compiled and sent over.

Because he had been collecting various intelligence data on Lin Wuming, Kihara Gensei's subordinates responded quickly.

Among the limited information, Kihara Gensei was most concerned about Lin Wuming's use of his ability in combat. This mainly included the security forces' investigation reports, including post-battle photos and damage assessments, information on enemy casualties, etc. It was difficult to understand the information contained within without certain professional training. As for the most direct video data, there was only a blurry thirty-second clip.

But even with this limited data, Kihara Gensei quickly saw the clues.

"Telekinesis... Level 3?"

Repeatedly watching the only thirty-second video, and then switching to open many files in the database, Kihara Gensei finally came to a conclusion.

"I see, so that's the subtle sense of incongruity..."

Kihara Gensei opened a new document. This data was no longer about other Level 3 "telekinesis users," but rather the ability data of the strongest known telekinesis user, the Level 4 Yomikawa Aiho.

Comparing again...

"As expected." Kihara Gensei concluded, "Although the verification process is not rigorous and lacks relevant data support, but—that's what 'experience' and 'vision' are all about."

"Lin Wuming's telekinesis, in terms of strength, is indeed only at the Level 3 level," Kihara Gensei muttered to himself, "However, the precision with which he manipulates his ability even surpasses the Level 4 level!"

This also explained why Lin Wuming's combat power far exceeded that of other Level 3 telekinesis users.

Converted into physical force, Lin Wuming's telekinetic output level does not exceed one ton, but his precision in manipulating his telekinesis is astonishing—using telekinesis to block bullets is not difficult, but the way Lin Wuming does it is extremely rare.

Lin Wuming does not directly erect a telekinetic barrier, indiscriminately blocking all attacks in front of him, but rather selectively blocks each bullet!

In that thirty-second video, you can see Lin Wuming "reflecting" a bullet back! Kihara Gensei used analysis software to estimate the trajectory and determined that the bullet returned exactly the same way it came, almost ruling out the possibility of a random ricochet.

In other words, Lin Wuming's telekinesis can accurately intercept bullets in the short time they are flying, and reflect them back!

Considering that the video data is extremely limited, it is difficult to determine how many bullets Lin Wuming can manipulate and reflect at the same time; but it is certain that even if it is only reflecting one bullet, the Level 4 Yomikawa Aiho would struggle to do the same.

In Kihara Gensei's memory, only one person could do the same operation, even more easily and calmly.

——"Vector Transformation" Accelerator, Academy City's number one Level 5.

"Did the 'Dark May' project succeed?" Kihara Gensei pondered, "Interesting things are getting more and more numerous..."

Kihara Gensei's current project—the "Runaway Ability Law Analysis Induced Explosion Experiment"—was still in the early stages of preparation, and there was still some time before the official experiment.

Therefore, he was actually quite free during this time, which is why he was in the mood to intervene in matters related to "Cerebral Material."

But this was not his own project and research institute after all, and Kihara Gensei was naturally too lazy to care about the life or death of "Cerebral Material." For him, the only value here was to cooperate in completing the "External Brain," giving him a useful esper tool for free.

Apart from that, there was only the stage to provide entertainment.

——Regardless of success or failure, Kihara Gensei was looking forward to seeing the scene where Kuriba Atsuji's long-awaited "ideal ability" was experimented on.

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And now, Kihara Gensei had changed to looking forward to whether the experiment could start smoothly—under the interference of two talented espers.

"But in that case, it seems Kuriba-kun would be too pitiful, I'm afraid he would be completely defeated before he could do anything?" Kihara Gensei leaned back in his chair, a happy smile on his face, "And I'm very concerned about Lin Wuming-kun's ability, the information is insufficient, and the opponent's strength is limited, so I can't see his limit..."

The old man decisively made a decision: "It should be verified further."

He manipulated the computer in front of him in a leisurely manner and began to design a new "experiment"—this was Kihara Gensei's way of relaxing.

"Although I have always looked down on that guy, but after all, we are cooperating, so let's help Kuriba-kun a little bit." Kihara Gensei confirmed the experimental plan and closed the interfaces opened on the screen one by one.

In the end, only two documents remained.

One of them was the object he had just used for comparison, the Level 4 "telekinesis user" Yomikawa Aiho's library plan.

The other was the assessment report on Lin Wuming, but it had been invalidated and destroyed, but it was still salvaged and restored from the shredder by a caring intelligence officer—the assessment report on Lin Wuming joining the dark side organization.

"With his ability and personality, joining the dark side would be a good choice." Kihara Gensei commented, "It seems that the security forces are not so pedantic and incompetent after all, they finally remember the lesson and know to grab talent."