A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 1060 Spacetime Distortion
If time could turn back, to just a second ago, Lin Wuming felt he would definitely cancel the adventure and persuade Shirai Kuroko to give up the attack. He was too confident, believing he had a way to deal with space-based superpowers; as it turned out, there were many ways to defeat a space user, but none of them included directly confronting their "space teleportation."

Unfortunately, the idea of ​​"time travel" is simply impossible!

After all, among the vast number of superpowers in Academy City, there is only "Space User," but no one has ever heard of a "Time User."

—By the way, "Space Manipulator," Kuroko's "Spatial Movement"!
Lin Wuming suddenly thought of something, and his mental power became excited again.

Such an operation is unscientific and has no theoretical or even hypothetical basis. But it is the only solution Lin Wuming can think of at this moment.

Concentrate all your mental energy on your heart, wrapping the steel needles layer by layer...

Then, the steel needle disappeared.

Back in the real world, Lin Wuming suddenly unleashed his telekinetic power, causing an AIM diffusion field disturbance that swept across the entire Academy City.

Detection devices located throughout the city were simultaneously activated, sounding alarms as if they were about to deplete all the backup battery power—a level 5 superpower rampage had been detected.

After the deadly crisis was averted, Lin Wuming felt as if the world around him had suddenly "come alive."

At the same time, a steel needle appeared somewhat abruptly in front of the heart on the chest.

Moreover, it was faintly visible that the space around the steel needle was distorted, and at one point the steel needle was even stretched and twisted into a thread-like shape.

Then, Lin Wuming raised his hand and grabbed the steel needle.

Looking down again, the clothes on my chest were intact; when I opened the collar, there was no damage to my chest area.

Even through Nen scanning, it was discovered that he had a healthy and intact heart beating regularly.

Seeing Lin Wuming gripping her steel needle in front of his chest, Shirai Kuroko's eyes widened in disbelief: "Wuming-senpai, how did you do that?"

Because it was her own ability that she activated, Shirai Kuroko was 100% certain that she had not made any mistakes and had indeed set the endpoint coordinates at the location of the nameless senior's heart, perfectly coinciding with it.

Logically, this steel needle should have pierced directly into the nameless senior's heart.

And it wasn't a misperception; Shirai Kuroko definitely felt it just now—her attack was successful!

But why, in less than a moment, did the steel needle appear directly outside the nameless senior's body without causing him any harm?

Even Lin Wuming himself couldn't understand it, let alone explain it to Shirai Kuroko.

Lin Wuming had only exhausted all means and methods, and then, following his instincts, made one last attempt.

This led to the discovery of the only solution – “spacetime distortion”.

Just now, time stopped, and space only appeared "frozen" due to the influence of time.

The space itself was not actually solidified. If it were someone with the ability of "space manipulation", they would probably be able to find a way to break the deadlock immediately.

Lin Wuming was powerless against time, so he was left with only one choice—to do everything in his power to shake "space" itself.

The space was distorted, directly "moving" the steel needle inserted into the heart to the outside of the body!

Of course, these are all imitations of "spatial movement" by Lin Wuming according to his own understanding. As for the real principle, it is probably impossible for either Lin Wuming or the orthodox space user Shirai Kuroko to explain it.

The deadly crisis was averted, and Lin Wuming, back in the real world, couldn't help but take a deep breath—he had been trapped in "bullet time" for too long, and now that he was back in the real world, he found that he had almost forgotten how to breathe.

Seeing that her attack was ineffective, Shirai Kuroko had already grabbed another steel needle, ready to fire. But Lin Wuming had no intention of letting her launch a second attack.

One "verification" like the one just now is enough.

Using his telekinetic power to cover his entire body, Lin Wuming moved at high speed, closing in on Shirai Kuroko.

The steel needles that Shirai Kuroko shot missed their mark and fell limply to the ground – this is the normal way to deal with a spatial user.

While the superpower "spatial teleportation" does indeed have no time difference, the user, Shirai Kuroko, does need some time to activate her ability.

Lin Wuming's high-speed movement just now utilized the "reaction delay" inherent in ability users.

Before Shirai Kuroko could regain her senses and try to activate "spatial teleportation" again, Lin Wuming preemptively pulled the girl into his arms.

Due to the psychological impact, Shirai Kuroko panicked and missed the opportunity to use "spatial teleportation" to escape.

Although it was called an embrace, Lin Wuming was also taking advantage of the close contact to control and monitor the girl's every move in real time.

Regardless of the type of ability, when activated, the user will experience some physical reaction.

It could be a preparatory action to assist in activating an ability, or simply a subconscious little movement, or even an unconscious instinctive reaction such as breathing and heartbeat...

Based on this, experienced ability users can detect in advance that their opponent is about to activate their ability, and thus take action to stop them in advance, or lure their opponent away.

Of course, if the opponent in this space is your lover, then there is no need to consider the reasons above, and this move will have a more obvious and clear effect.

Suddenly pulled into an embrace, Shirai Kuroko's body tensed instinctively, then she sighed softly as if giving up, letting go of all her guard and leaning against Lin Wuming.

“I lost,” Shirai Kuroko said. “Although I don’t know what you just did, I will keep my promise—you can do whatever you want with me now.”

"Finally... we won." Lin Wuming also let out a long sigh, his heart filled with the satisfaction of completing a great mission.

As for joy or other similar feelings... they had already been worn away during the long "time stop" just now.

Before Shirai Kuroko officially entered the duel, Lin Wuming was already exhausted from the battle; now he was even more physically and mentally exhausted, too lazy to even move.

To his shame, Lin Wuming was so weak that he had to rely on the support of the girl in his arms to keep from collapsing.

Shirai Kuroko felt the pressure on her, but didn't say much. She simply used her petite body as support, giving the nameless senior a chance to rest.

“This duel is actually unfair,” Lin Wuming suddenly said.

“Yes, it’s not fair,” Shirai Kuroko agreed. “But you promised, senpai, that you would fight all of us at the same time…”

Lin Wuming shook his head: "No, what I mean is, it's not fair to you."

"Us?" Shirai Kuroko looked up.

“In this duel, because neither of us wants to really hurt the other, we can’t unleash our true strength,” Lin Wuming said. “I am a user of telekinesis, and I have many ways to fight without killing or injuring anyone. But you, under the same constraints, will be able to exert your full strength.”

Shirai Kuroko was the one most affected; if it weren't for Lin Wuming's encouragement at the end, her most powerful attack methods would have been useless.

"..." Shirai Kuroko raised her hand and stroked Lin Wuming's chest, "But the truth is, each of us did cause you harm, senpai."

(End of this chapter)