A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 1075 Ice Giant

"Moving?" Lin Wuming pinched the bridge of his nose, his spirits lifting. "That's it, this makes sense..."

This scene appears in the original storyline. I remember it happened when they were helping Sister Osora move – the "Queen's Fleet" appeared directly in Italy and launched an attack on them.

Although the actual plot unfolded a few days earlier than the original story, the general direction of the plot still matched up. In Lin Wuming's opinion, this slight error was nothing.

If things unfolded this way, it wouldn't be surprising that they can't find the "Queen's Fleet" in Greenland.

"It seems there's no need to continue exploring this island," Lin Wuming muttered to himself.

“Huh? Senior Nameless, you mean,” Wuhe asked in surprise, “that the ‘Queen’s Fleet’ will directly attack Sister Osora and the others? Then we…”

“The distance is too far, and there’s no rush.” Lin Wuming shook his head. “Let’s remind them to be careful first. As for our side… we still have three locations left. Just in case, let’s check them all first.”

Wu nodded and, while driving, began contacting his companions who were far away in Italy.

Knowing that there was little to no gain here, the search was quick, and an hour later, Lin Wuming and Wu He arrived at the last glacier-covered coastline.

"All checks complete. It's definitely not in Greenland." Itsuki examined the sea with his binoculars. "Nameless Senior, we can confirm it now. The Queen's fleet isn't here, so can we turn back now?"

“Yes, that’s right…” Lin Wuming nodded in agreement.

Just then, the girl Wu suddenly exclaimed "Eh!" and pretended to listen intently.

It wasn't a hallucination; Lin Wuming also heard the sound of the glacier's search mechanism breaking.

Immediately afterwards, the glacier next to us suddenly cracked and crashed to the ground, breaking into pieces.

But these fragments bounced and hopped together...

Finally, an ice giant made of ice blocks stood up.

"It's a pre-set magic circle!" Wuhe exclaimed. "Oh no, my equipment is still in the car."

Influenced by Lin Wuming, Wuhe also relaxed his guard to some extent, not believing that the "Queen's Fleet" would appear here, and that Greenland was likely just a false target and an empty city ploy.

More importantly, with Lin Wuming around, Wuhe didn't need to worry about combat strength at all, so there was no need to carry that big bag of luggage and equipment with him.

Of course, even so, it doesn't mean that Gowa is truly without any fighting power.

As she exclaimed in surprise, the girl backed away, lifting her trouser leg to reveal the equipment strapped to her calf.

Wuhe's most proficient weapon is the cross-shaped gun, which is currently inserted into her leg guards in its disassembled state.

The girl rolled on the ground to dodge the ice giant's attack, and when she got up, she had a cross-shaped spear that was more than two meters long in her hand.

However, due to portability considerations, this cross-shaped gun is actually Wuhe's backup weapon, and its strength and performance are far inferior to the one she usually uses.

But we can't worry about that now; dealing with the immediate threat is the priority.

What's worse, when Wuhe got up and looked over again, he found that the ice giant had turned into a total of nine!
"This is troublesome..." Wuhe muttered to himself, "We need to find a way to escape."

"Leave this to me," Lin Wuming said, grabbing the girl who was about to rush into battle. "You contact the base and have them prepare the plane. We'll fly straight to Italy!"

"So these giants..." Lin Wuming patted the girl's shoulder and chuckled, "Giants? They're not even ten meters tall, and they dare to call themselves giants?"

Not long ago, Lin Wuming and Misaka Mikoto were controlling giant statues over 100 meters tall to fight each other.

These few "small guys" in front of us, only five or six meters tall, are not even as big as the palm of the giant statue from last night!

Lin Wuming did indeed do just that. After Wuhe left the battlefield, the colossus that had wreaked havoc in Academy City last night descended once more!

However, the enemy before him was not worth Lin Wuming's full effort.

The right hand of a colossus would be enough to solve these problems!

A giant hand appeared out of thin air and flattened an ice giant with a single blow.

"Nameless Senior!" Wuhe turned around just in time to see this scene and quickly added, "This is a pre-set magic spell; simply damaging the body won't solve the problem!"

Immediately afterwards, Lin Wuming's "colossus arm" was raised, revealing the ice giant underneath, which had been crushed into shattered ice.

Even with a pre-set magic circle, it probably can't be restored in a short time after being damaged to this extent.
—That's right, the one fighting the enemy right now isn't me, but the nameless senior!
Wuhe had great confidence in Lin Wuming's strength, even more so than Lin Wuming himself.

Thinking of this, the girl stopped and stared blankly at the battlefield not far away, having already put aside Lin Wuming's orders from earlier.

—How does the nameless senior plan to deal with these enemies?

Wuhe was very curious about this.

The outcome of the battle was a foregone conclusion. Like playing whack-a-mole, Lin Wuming swung his "colossus arm" and smashed the nine ice giants one by one.

This unexpected encounter ended quietly, without even a proper counterattack throughout the entire process.

Realizing this, Wuhe suddenly snapped out of his daze, remembering that he still had a mission, and hurriedly continued to rush towards their off-road vehicle.

Lin Wuming then began examining these ice giants and the locations where they were born, trying to find more specific information.

Lin Wuming's knowledge of "magic" was extremely shallow, but he could at least identify magical fluctuations and sift out the parts containing magical fluctuations from the ice and stones scattered on the ground—at least he could do this part of the work.

As for the work to come next, it can only be left to Gowa. I'm sure that with Amakusa's insightful perspective, he'll be able to see something.

Wuhe did not disappoint. She could tell at a glance that among the traces of magic, there were some "special styles" unique to the Church.

“…Therefore, it can be inferred that this is a trap set by the Roman Catholic Church!” Wuhe said with great certainty.

Lin Wuming nodded, accepting the explanation, because he thought so too.

—Since we came here to search for clues about the "Queen's Fleet," it's not surprising that we've stumbled into a trap set by the Roman Catholic Church.

More importantly—there is still no clue about the "Queen's Fleet"!

After searching for most of the day, they were finally able to confirm that the "Queen's Fleet" was not in Greenland.

Given this, the likelihood of this story unfolding as it did in the original work is increasing.

—The "Queen's Fleet" has set sail for northern Italy to directly attack the Amakusa-class personnel there!
(End of this chapter)