A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 1036 Tiger Bee, You Lost
After dealing with all the other members of the Shokuhou faction, Lin Wuming suddenly realized that he had forgotten about the tiger bee honey-penetrating technique!

Tiger Bee Toumi did not participate in this duel under the name of the "Honeybee Faction," but in her own capacity.

Therefore, she did not participate in the attack with the others during the battle. As if she did not exist, Tiger Bee Honey discreetly lingered and observed at the edge of the battlefield.

Tiger Bee Honey is an assassin; her personality and superpowers determine her fighting style.

Before launching an attack, Tiger Bee Honey could minimize her presence. Even Lin Wuming, who was with her day and night and knew her best, subconsciously ignored this dangerous assassin.

……

The girls who had been knocked down by Lin Wuming got up one after another. Apart from the significant mental blow they had suffered, they had not sustained any particularly serious physical injuries and did not even need to go to the hospital.

However, just as Lin Wuming had predicted, after being undeniably defeated once, the girls of the Shokuhou faction looked at each other, and none of them, including Hokaze Junko, had any intention of continuing to fight.

The outcome is decided—at least for them, they must now admit defeat.

Unless Her Majesty the Queen intervenes personally...

Lin Wuming looked at the group of girls in front of him and suddenly met the gaze of a girl who still had fighting spirit.

"Found you, tiger wasp."

During the battle, Hu Feng Toumi adhered to her assassin principle of "one-hit kill," trying her best to minimize her presence while also paying attention to flexible movement and using the figures of other girls to hide herself.

So much so that even Lin Wuming subconsciously ignored her presence during the battle.

And at this very moment, the tiger wasp has finally revealed itself to burrow into the honey...

Lin Wuming froze, standing rooted to the spot. Looking down, he saw a black ribbon deeply piercing his chest.

"Our relationship and connection—" Tiger Bee Tou Mi, holding the other end of the ribbon, walked forward, "has been like this from the very beginning."

The sudden turn of events stunned the girls around them.

—Did Tiger Bee... successfully assassinate someone?
—How could you actually do that?
—Could they have really killed the nameless senior? Should we call an ambulance?
—But the nameless senior doesn't seem to be bleeding...

"Tiger Bee... your assassination is as sharp as ever," Lin Wuming said softly, as if he were talking to himself.

"Why didn't you dodge or block?" Tiger Bee asked.

"Your attacks are unstoppable, especially the first one," Lin Wuming remarked.

"Absolute Penetration" is a superpower that extremely enhances attack power. Unless Lin Wuming prepares in advance and builds a defense, he cannot stop her assassination with just a few dozen psychic barriers.

In addition, Tiger Bee's stealth and sudden attacks make it like a sniper on the battlefield—capable of a one-hit kill when attacking first.

In fact, when Lin Wuming was attacked just now, the thirteen mental energy barriers in front of him failed to provide any resistance and were directly pierced.

The attack was so sharp that Lin Wuming didn't even notice it—it wasn't until he felt a vague discomfort in his chest that he realized he had been attacked. Of course, this was also partly because the Tiger Bee deliberately avoided the heart, choosing a less fatal area between the heart and lungs to attack. If it had aimed directly at the heart, triggering Lin Wuming's "bullet time" state, the attack wouldn't have been so easy to land.

"So... I won?" Tiger Bee Honey walked towards Lin Wuming while retrieving the ribbon.

“No, the situation is obvious now,” Lin Wuming said, spreading his arms as if nothing had happened, and walked forward as well. “I haven’t lost, and you haven’t defeated me.”

As he spoke, Lin Wuming grabbed the ribbon from his chest and pulled it out forcefully.

The part that was inserted into the body was about ten centimeters long. The originally jet-black ribbon seemed to have been soaked in some kind of liquid, making its color even darker.

However, there was not a trace of blood on Lin Wuming's chest and back, as if he had not been injured at all.

Lin Wuming was indeed stabbed and injured, but thanks to his Nen ability, the wound was promptly sealed.

For Lin Wuming now, there are many ways to deal with such a simple and direct penetrating wound that avoids internal organs.

The "absolute penetration" effect is so sharp that the wound is extremely smooth. With the Nen ability combined, there is no need for stitches, and the wound can heal directly.

Tiger Bee Toumi's eyebrows twitched. Unlike Misaka Mikoto from before, she was the type who would never regret her actions and would not waver because of stabbing Lin Wuming.

Even so, seeing this scene before him, Tiger Bee Honey couldn't help but be startled.

Lin Wuming laughed, forcefully pulled the ribbon, and scooped the girl into his arms.

"Don't worry, Tiger Bee; give up, Tiger Bee, you can't hurt me anymore."

Tiger Bee clenched its fist, but then relaxed and released the ribbon in its hand.

With a soft sigh, Lin Wuming felt the body in his arms relax, transforming from an iron block that seemed to be wrapped in rubber back into the softness that a young girl should have.

Their first meeting was unpleasant, and even ended with Lin Wuming stabbing him with seven swords.

That accidental injury forged a bond between the two, but also became a thorn in Tou Mi's heart—although Lin Wuming himself had long since stopped caring, Tou Mi never forgot her "original sin"; in fact, after living under the same roof with Lin Wuming day and night, the thorn became more and more firmly embedded.

Therefore, when faced with her feelings for Lin Wuming, Hufeng Toumi self-tortured and struggled, directly retreating to her last line of defense. From the beginning, she never dared to hope to "possess" Lin Wuming, nor did she even expect to receive a positive response from him.

Lin Wuming knew about the girl's worries and anxieties; even if he himself couldn't see it, Huang Quanchuan Aisui and Dr. Sakurai would intentionally or unintentionally reveal some of them in their daily lives.

Since that's the case, the solution is to address the root cause—make a clean break with the past and remove the thorn from the tiger wasp's heart.

What harm is there in taking another stab?
After all, for Lin Wuming in his current state, the Tiger Bee's Honey Infiltration attack wasn't even a fatal blow; in terms of actual damage, it wasn't even as bad as Misaka Mikoto's lightning strike earlier.

To put it more pragmatically, in this duel, the guilty-feeling Tiger Bee Honeybee is the easiest to deal with. Now...

“Well then, Tiger Bee, you’ve lost now,” Lin Wuming said.

(End of this chapter)