A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 1018 This is a normal competition event
Although Kanzaki Kaori and Stiyl secretly protected her along the way, Index's own strength should not be underestimated.

In fact, Touma Kamijou soon witnessed Index's "fighting style" firsthand—and keep in mind, there was a group of pursuers following Touma Kamijou.

Since Touma Kamijou knew nothing about magic, all he knew was that Index was chanting incantations like any other ordinary magician.

However, as she chanted, she did not summon any magical effects like a normal mage. Instead, on the enemy's side, there were inexplicable scenes of magic going out of control and even self-destruction.

The pursuers behind Touma Kamijou were almost completely wiped out in an instant.

Although he couldn't understand it, Touma Kamijou was deeply shocked!

But then, Index stopped chanting, grabbed Touma Kamijou's hand, pulled him around, and ran away.

"Huh? What's going on?" Touma Kamijou was waiting to see Index wreak havoc, but he was suddenly dragged along to run away, leaving him unable to react for a moment.

“To me, people who don’t use magic are more dangerous,” Index explained. “The others have guns.”

“Then we should definitely run away!” Upon hearing this, Touma Kamijou immediately grabbed Index’s hand and overtook her in a few steps.

boom!
The bullet grazed past his trouser leg, narrowly missing Touma Kamijou's thigh.

"You really dare to fire?" Touma Kamijou's hair stood on end, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

The pursuers behind them were clearly not locals of Academy City, otherwise they wouldn't have acted so recklessly.

However, none of this mattered to Touma Kamijou at this moment. All he had to do now was escape, and escape with Index!

Touma Kamijou was astonished that the enemy dared to fire directly, especially since this was supposed to be a main street! In broad daylight, in front of everyone, this was truly lawless!

Although magic and superpowers seem to have greater destructive and lethal power than mere bullets, in people's minds, firing a gun is still the most direct manifestation of an escalation of the situation.

If we exclude "Imagine Breaker," Touma Kamijou considers himself an ordinary person. And ordinary people naturally have a sense of awe towards firearms and bullets.

However, the reality on the other hand was that the single gunshot did not cause any particular disturbance.

Because it was during the Daihasei Festival, the streets were already filled with all sorts of noise and superpowers that were no less dangerous than a bullet.

In this situation, apart from Touma Kamijou and Index, who were directly threatened, no one else noticed the commotion...

……

"Sure enough, this city has serious security problems!"

Hearing the explosion and screams from not far away, Misaka Misuzu couldn't help but complain.

Lin Wuming's prayers finally worked—an unexpected situation arose, diverting Misaka Misuzu's attention.

However, he didn't want his aunt to doubt the overall security of Academy City because of this, even though Lin Wuming knew best that the security in Academy City... was hard to describe.

If the parents found out the truth, it would be perfectly normal for them to transfer their child to another school immediately.

Especially Misaka Mikoto, because of the existence of the "sisters," is arguably one of the people who suffered the most. Putting herself in her shoes, Lin Wuming felt that no matter how extreme her parents' reaction was, it was perfectly justified. But neither Lin Wuming nor Misaka Mikoto wanted the situation to ultimately reach that point—which is why they were trying so hard to "deceive" Misaka Misuzu.

Misaka Mikoto truly doesn't want to leave Academy City, and even less does she want to leave Lin Wuming's side because of it.

The reason Lin Wuming was willing to act with her was not only because he didn't want Misaka Mikoto to leave, but more importantly because he knew that Misaka Mikoto couldn't leave at all.

Academy City will not easily let a Level 5 go!
Even biological parents can't take an outstanding student away from Academy City!

This may sound a bit domineering, but that's the reality. For Academy City, every ability user within it, while not exactly a "guinea pig," is definitely considered a valuable "asset."

This is especially true for those with higher-level abilities.

In such an atmosphere, no matter how capable Misaka Mikoto's parents were, they were destined to be unable to take Misaka Mikoto away.

Furthermore, if the conflict escalates further, it could very well lead to an even more tragic event.

Until he becomes strong enough, Lin Wuming is powerless to do anything about it and can only cooperate to fool Misaka Misuzu for now...

"It's probably just some noise from a competition," Lin Wuming explained after listening carefully to the commotion coming from afar. "Auntie, as you know, the Daihasei Festival encourages students to use superpowers, so it's easy for things to go too far. Please don't worry about it, I'll give my opinion to the committee."

"Is this really just a competition event?" Misaka Misuzu asked, her face full of doubt as she listened to the increasingly loud shouts and screams. "No, it's obvious that someone is calling for help, isn't it?"

"It's normal for this kind of commotion to occur in pursuit-type projects," Lin Wuming explained calmly.

But as soon as Lin Wuming finished speaking, he saw a familiar figure rushing past them at the intersection, shouting and yelling as he ran, making a great commotion.

They had barely passed by when a group of pursuers came close behind them.

"..." Lin Wuming was speechless for a moment.

The appearance of these two groups of people was too clever, but because it fits the nonsensical image that Touma Kamijou has always given people, it didn't feel out of place at all.

The scene of them yelling and fleeing in panic is strangely fitting for Touma Kamijou's art style.

As for the silver-haired nun running alongside him, hand in hand, Lin Wuming recognized her as Index—a rather rare sight indeed.

It seems that their enemies are still relentlessly pursuing Touma Kamijou.

"This... is the chase race?" Misaka Misuzu looked at Lin Wuming in confusion. After seeing what had just happened, she actually agreed with Lin Wuming's explanation.

Because the group chasing the boy and girl was also a bunch of strange-looking guys.

Specifically, the leather-clad figures dressed in various mascot costumes make it impossible for them to feel serious.

Of course, there were also people dressed normally in suits or guard uniforms—in fact, most of them were dressed normally, but unfortunately, because they were mixed in with a few costumed characters, they all gave off an unserious feeling.

Such an absurd and nonsensical scene makes it hard for anyone to feel a sense of crisis.

(End of this chapter)