A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 1043 Mikoto Gains the Advantage
The key to today's "duel" lies in Lin Wuming's attitude—the girls must try their best to force Lin Wuming to change his mind, or be convinced and thus accept Lin Wuming's Crystal Palace plan.

However, Misaka Mikoto has forgotten the original intention of "duel"; or rather, she has long forgotten about "duel" and only thinks about "fighting".

In battle, Misaka Mikoto's only pursuit is "winning," nothing else... no, nothing at all except winning!
Free from the distractions of "love," "jealousy," "regret," and "shyness," Misaka Mikoto's heart was now filled only with her unwavering determination and desire for victory.

Because of her purity, she is powerful. Regardless of whether Misaka Mikoto intentionally cultivated this purity, in terms of the result, she is indeed more powerful than ever before!
Unconstrained by methods and techniques, Misaka Mikoto further adjusted and optimized her ability application while freely wielding the electric gun, making this ordinary electric gun more powerful and easier to control.

—If a move works, keep using it; the same move can still win if you master it!
The process of gradually refining and perfecting a move is enjoyable, and that's probably where the "fun of fighting" lies.

Misaka Mikoto became increasingly engrossed in it, but soon she found herself encountering obstacles.

Lin Wuming's countermeasures are also being optimized and upgraded, and his progress is even faster, already catching up with Misaka Mikoto's speed in perfecting the electric gun.

The evidence is that the electric gun is getting further and further away from Lin Wuming.

It wasn't that they were blocked or deflected, but rather that they simply vanished into thin air—all the electric guns aimed at Lin Wuming would suddenly disappear into thin air while they were still some distance away from him, as if they had never existed in the first place.

Misaka Mikoto is a Level 5 "Electromagnetic Master," so there are few people more professional than her when it comes to matters of "electromagnetic force."

After inspection, Misaka Mikoto also saw through Lin Wuming's actions.

Lightning is not invisible or intangible; it can essentially be viewed as a phenomenon of large-scale electron movement.

Although electrons are very small, they are still a kind of "matter"; and as long as it is matter, then Nen abilities can interfere with and manipulate it.

Lin Wuming was already skilled in the fine manipulation of Nen abilities, and now he can precisely manipulate microscopic things at the molecular level.

Of course, there are two levels between molecules and electrons, which theoretically cannot be manipulated; however, in modern laboratories, there are many ways to indirectly manipulate and control electrons.

Lin Wuming's Nen ability is an "omnipotent ability." He is almost equivalent to a laboratory on his own, so it is not surprising that he can interfere with electrons.

By scattering and diluting the electron cluster, Lin Wuming erased the "lightning" summoned by Misaka Mikoto out of thin air.

This is why all the "Electric Shock Guns" would mysteriously disappear as soon as they got close to Lin Wuming.

Realizing this, Misaka Mikoto's eyes lit up, and instead of being discouraged, she became even more excited.

One-sided suppression doesn't count as a battle. Only an evenly matched opponent, one who can put enough pressure on you, is worth defeating!
Moreover, Misaka Mikoto never thought she could defeat Lin Wuming so easily.

—This is how things should unfold, which means even the nameless senior is getting serious!

Misaka Mikoto knew that if she could win easily, it would be because Lin Wuming was holding back, not fighting seriously, and just casually dealing with her.

She couldn't accept this.

No need to worry now—when the nameless senior gets serious, the real battle has only just begun!
With a smile in her heart, Misaka Mikoto gradually increased the power of her electric gun, and her fighting style became increasingly arrogant.

Finally, another electric shock gun was fired. This strike was just the right amount of power—Lin Wuming was prepared; he consciously kept his psychic barrier at a minimum, fearing it might be too strong and block the attack…

Thus, Misaka Mikoto's electric gun easily broke through the psychic barrier in front of Lin Wuming, and then successfully brought Lin Wuming into "bullet time".

Once he found his rhythm again, Lin Wuming couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

This is the first time I've ever experienced being unable to enter "bullet time" due to a bug exploited by my opponent.

Fortunately, this tactic can only be used by those familiar with Lin Wuming; if they were real enemies, they would probably want to kill Lin Wuming with their strongest attack, and would not want to drag things out with you.

Now that he had finally entered "bullet time" mode, Lin Wuming seized the opportunity and began to prepare a counterattack.

Lin Wuming's attitude remained unchanged—he wanted to win!
Whether for this battle or for his initial "Crystal Palace Ambition," Lin Wuming did not want to lose.

Misaka Mikoto is in great shape right now, and her strength has improved significantly, so it's really hard to find a chance to defeat her in one fell swoop.

—Psychic Acceleration Cannon?

The projectiles fired are small steel balls; no metal object can harm the level 5 electric shock user.

—Psychic attack?
This attack isn't entirely ineffective, but its power is extremely limited. It might not even be able to penetrate the iron sand barrier surrounding Misaka Mikoto, let alone hit her directly.

--iron sand?
Lin Wuming immediately thought of his diamond sand. If he used this, he could probably defeat Misaka Mikoto, right?
The only thing to be careful about is not letting the corundum actually hurt Misaka Mikoto.

Just as Lin Wuming was pondering this, another round of electric shocks came.

The speed was very fast; even in "bullet time" mode, Lin Wuming could see three electric guns flying towards him in succession.

Because the "Electric Shock Gun" has a limited intensity of fatal danger, Lin Wuming's "Bullet Time" state can only last for a very short time.

Misaka Mikoto's tactics were indeed effective, forcing Lin Wuming to focus on nothing else through a continuous offensive.

Even when she entered "bullet time" mode, she was still able to maintain continuous pressure on Lin Wuming thanks to the speed of her electric gun.

—Won't I be defeated by this simplest and most straightforward trick today?
Just as Lin Wuming was planning whether or not to use magic to actively enter "bullet time" mode, Misaka Mikoto changed her tactics first.

Misaka Mikoto still possesses her own pride and ambition; she can't bring herself to use the same move to infinitely combo and kill her opponent.

Moreover, she also knew that if things continued like this, the nameless senior would probably take action first!

Using magic to stimulate oneself, artificially creating a deadly crisis, and then actively entering a "bullet time" state—Lin Wuming never hid this kind of application technique from them.

Since that's the case, it's better to take the initiative to make changes so as to maintain the initiative in the battle.

(End of this chapter)