A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 1010 The Bounty on Touma

According to the interrogation results, it turned out that someone had offered a bounty for beating up Touma Kamijou! In order to achieve this seemingly absurd goal, the employer even offered a reward ranging from 200,000 to 2 million yen, and hired dozens of gangs and hundreds of private detectives or "individuals" like Yorozuya.

This is only the information held by these few people. It is reasonable to infer that, without their knowledge, there are definitely many more people and organizations that have received the same offer, eyeing Touma Kamijou like a piece of fat meat.

A reward of tens to millions of yen is a considerable sum, especially considering that the employer only asked to "beat up" Touma Kamijou, rather than kill or capture him, thus minimizing the risks involved.

For the vast majority of "industry insiders," this kind of task is practically a risk-free and highly profitable opportunity, hence the large number of participants.

When Touma Kamijou learned of this, he was completely stunned: "What bad luck! Why did I have to encounter such a bizarre thing? Who on earth is so bored as to target me?"

Touma Kamijou felt completely innocent, having been suddenly targeted without warning; but to the three magicians around him, it wasn't surprising at all that this had happened.

"Imagine Breaker"—the nemesis of all magic, plus he is the guardian of Index.

These two elements combined almost make it clear that Touma Kamijou is the "nemesis of magicians".

Faced with such a deadly threat, no mage or magical organization, except perhaps a friendly entity like the Church of Necessary Evil, would remain indifferent.
It's perfectly normal for them to cause trouble for Touma Kamijou. In fact, in Stiyl's eyes, the fact that they're only starting now is surprisingly late!

"Touma, you need to get used to it as soon as possible." Tsuchimikado Motoharu patted Kamijou Touma on the shoulder. "Think about your position. There will definitely be more things like this in the future. If you complain every time, it will be very tiring."

"Will this happen again? Doesn't that mean this kind of thing will become the norm?" Touma Kamijou exclaimed. "I don't want this kind of everyday life!"

"Be thankful, this is your normal daily life, it's just that Mr. Lin Wuming is there," Steel said. "Before this, the magic side's attention was all drawn to Mr. Lin Wuming, which is why you had this illusion."

“Yes,” Kenji continued, “to magicians, your existence is far more noteworthy than that Mr. Lin Wuming, now…”

He pointed to the figure lying on the ground and shrugged: "You just received the treatment you were entitled to."

"I don't want this kind of treatment at all!" Kamijou Touma complained.

However, Touma Kamijou was already known for his indomitable spirit, so he didn't stay down for long and quickly bounced back.

"Well, so what if I get chased and beaten up? I'll get used to it!" Kamijou Touma said through gritted teeth.

Given his luck and past experiences, it was quite common for him to get into conflicts with delinquents on the street.

It's just that the frequency of skirmishes has increased a bit, which is something we can adapt to.

After calming down, Touma Kamijou said, "Alright, that's enough about my business. Now let's talk about yours."

With these three magicians backing him up, Touma Kamijou was confident that he wouldn't need to worry about being attacked for at least the time being. In return, he steered the conversation towards more serious matters.

"But didn't you go look for Wuming?" Touma Kamijou asked again. Touma Kamijou also admitted that, considering factors such as efficiency, even for matters related to magic, directly contacting Lin Wuming was the most reasonable approach.

“No, this incident is special.” Steele shook his head. “To be on the safe side, we don’t want to involve Mr. Lin Wuming.”

"It's related to the Nameless One?" Touma Kamijou's eyes lit up. "So, it can help the Nameless One? Tell me about it!"

As Stiyl just mentioned, a large part of the reason he was able to live a peaceful life was because Lin Wuming had attracted the attention of the magic faction.

Even without these incidents, Touma Kamijou had received a lot of help from Lin Wuming in normal times. Now that he had the opportunity to help Lin Wuming, he naturally felt obligated to do so.

Subsequently, Touma learned about the "Thrust Sword" from Stiyl and Kenmiya Saiji, and gave his own evaluation.

"If it's really as described, then I don't think this spiritual armor poses much of a threat to Wuming. Because Lin Wuming is not a saint."

“Of course we’ve taken that into consideration,” Steele said, “but that doesn’t mean we should ask Mr. Lin Wuming for help. After all, he’s an esper and a high-ranking member of Academy City, and he shouldn’t be getting too involved in our affairs.”

The planning and decision-making of this operation was more accurately described as a correction of errors by the British Puritans. The "stabbing of the sword" was more like a convenient excuse that allowed them to legitimately break free from their dependence on Lin Wuming.

"I think you're overthinking it," Touma Kamijou retorted. "Even if we wanted Nameless to help, he probably wouldn't have the energy right now, would he?"

As he spoke, Touma Kamijou revealed a hint of schadenfreude.

Tsuchimikado Motoharu immediately grasped the key point, and his face lit up with excitement as he leaned in to gossip: "So, are those young ladies finally going to explode? Is that guy Mumei finally going to fall into a bloodbath?"

"Yeah, didn't you know?" Kamijou Touma said, "It's said that Shokuhou Misaki and Misaka Mikoto barged into the school and publicly announced that they wanted to duel with Mumei!"

"Of course I already knew that, it's old news..." Tsuchimikado Motoharu immediately looked disappointed. "I thought it was just some nameless girlfriends having a duel!"

"This..." Touma Kamijou looked on with a recollection, "It seems there really isn't one, they seem to have a pretty good relationship."

"That's still a long way from what you'd call a 'battleground'!" Jian Gongzhai commented after listening for a while. "Looking at it this way, our Mr. Lin Wuming is quite impressive, isn't he? And to be honest, he's really enviable!"

"Yes, yes, that's true." Tsuchimikado Motoharu nodded repeatedly. "But it's alright, I have a younger sister. Nobody can compare to me in this respect!"

"Here it comes, Tsuchimikado's sister complex statement!" Kamijou Touma exclaimed.

“I say…” Stiyl exhaled a long plume of smoke, “Aren’t you guys a little too unnerved? You haven’t forgotten about the ‘Thrusting Sword’ incident, have you?”

(End of this chapter)