A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 1130 Orbital Transport

"Strike anywhere in the world in an hour... Does Academy City even have intercontinental ballistic missiles?" Lin Wuming retorted after hearing the launch manager's explanation. "And is launching something like this at this hour really okay?"

“It’s not a weapon,” the person in charge explained. “Essentially, it’s our latest satellite rapid deployment system, which we publicly claim is used to deploy scientific research satellites.”

That's the official claim, but no one can deny its military uses.

Of course, in order to prevent the current war from really escalating into a "world war," some superficial formalities still need to be done.

The Aleister Group has already notified the United Nations in advance, and is ready to launch at any time once the two "astronauts" are in place.

"But then again, even if we did launch an intercontinental ballistic missile, I doubt anyone would care now, right?" the launch director suddenly remarked. "After all, the skies outside are in complete chaos right now, and nobody has time to worry about us."

"What do you mean by that?" Lin Wuming asked.

"Just five minutes ago, a large number of unidentified flying objects appeared simultaneously around the world." The person in charge explained casually while operating the tablet in his hand, "Well, they're called unidentified flying objects, but everyone actually knows what they are, it's just that we can't understand them, so we call them that, right?"

Specifically, some parts of famous churches and Christian ceremonial sites around the world suddenly rose from the ground and flew into the sky.

Then, these "objects," whether they were part of a building or cultural relics, flew from all directions toward the same location.

Because the incident happened suddenly, the final destination of these flying objects is still unclear, but judging from their flight paths, the place where they eventually converge is most likely the Siberian Plain in Russia.

In other words, the sky was now filled with these objects that shouldn't have been there, throwing the world's original flight and aviation plans into chaos.

At this time, the world's attention was focused on the Siberian direction, and the fact that Academy City was launching something into the sky would not attract the attention of other countries at all.

"Alright, inspection complete. Please board... Due to time constraints, the conditions in the crew cabin are somewhat basic; please excuse the inconvenience," the person in charge said. "By the way, do you need spacesuits and parachutes?"

According to the flight plan, the capsule that Lin Wuming and Accelerator were riding in would be jettisoned during the rocket's flight, and then the two would be directly parachuted into orbit!

"Thank you, but no need." Lin Wuming shook his head.

Accelerator simply scoffed dismissively.

The person in charge was not surprised by this, and snapped the protective cover of the tablet computer shut: "Then I wish you both a safe journey."

Immediately afterwards, the group arrived at the base of the launch tower.

“Nameless senior, you…” Misaka Mikoto hesitated before speaking.

Lin Wuming decided to go on an expedition to Europe to participate in this "war" once again, and the girls followed him all the way here to see him off.

If this operation hadn't been so rushed and the way they traveled hadn't been so bizarre, they would definitely have chosen to accompany Lin Wuming.

Unfortunately, faced with the violent rockets that can "take over the world in an hour," the girls' forced participation would most likely result in their demise before they even get started.

Given Misaki Shokuhou's frail physique, she couldn't even withstand the acceleration overload of a supersonic passenger plane, let alone this hypersonic rocket.

Even Misaka Mikoto, without pushing her limits and entering "Thunder Angel" mode, would likely be in grave danger. The only one present capable of withstanding such frenzied acceleration is probably Junko Hokkaido; and even then, she'd need Misaki Shokuhou to help suppress her headache as a side effect…

As for the two people who are actually going to ride the rocket, they certainly won't care about this little inconvenience.

During the rocket's acceleration process, under extremely high overload conditions, Accelerator was no different from sitting on flat ground, casually sitting with his legs crossed.

By manipulating vectors, he can ignore the inconveniences caused by inertia and acceleration.

“While we still have some time on the road,” Accelerator said, “tell me about our enemy this time, Lin Wuming; you seem to have dealt with magic quite a few times already.”

Lin Wuming nodded: "That's exactly what I was thinking. I would have said it even if you hadn't brought it up."

While not as relaxed and carefree as Accelerator, Lin Wuming could indeed ignore the overload caused by acceleration.

All that's needed is to fix the body relatively at the molecular level—this is the basic operation Lin Wuming performs when using "instant teleportation." In terms of the burden on the body, compared to the high-speed movement that is almost instantaneous, the overload generated by the rocket is nothing.

“I have indeed dealt with magicians—whether as enemies or allies; and I have also tried to learn magic, though not very successfully,” Lin Wuming said. “So the advice I can give you is very limited; you’ll have to rely more on your own feelings and understanding.”

Lin Wuming knew very well that he was not a genius, especially when compared to Accelerator, a true genius.

In the original work, Accelerator awakens his black wings under the drive of strong emotions, which in a sense is "the power of magic".

Even disregarding this "accidental" factor, during World War III, after obtaining the parchment, and combining it with Aiwass's attack to reverse-read the parchment, they actually managed to crack the mystery of "magic" using limited information; finally, they brought the deciphered parameters into the "song" and successfully cast a spell to eliminate all the viruses in the final signal's brain.

Seeing this series of actions, Lin Wuming could only marvel. He now trusted Accelerator even more than Accelerator himself.

Therefore, Lin Wuming didn't say much about "magic," worried that his subjective judgment might mislead Accelerator.

But regarding the enemies they might encounter this time, Lin Wuming told him everything he knew without reservation.

—The Fire on the Right and his "Divine Right", and the Archangel "Divine Power"!
"Angels?" Accelerator frowned subconsciously, but then he thought of Kazakiri Hyouka and Aiwass.

As the origin of the concept of "angels," it seems quite normal that Christianity can summon angels.

"That angel must have very strong 'divine power' too, right?"

“Of course, it’s stronger than you can imagine.” Lin Wuming nodded solemnly. “Think about Aiwass.”

Accelerator's brow furrowed even more.

"Lin Wuming, have you fought with an angel?" Accelerator asked again.

“Yes.” Lin Wuming recalled the “Angel Fall” incident during the summer vacation.

Accelerator didn't doubt his words, but muttered to himself, "When exactly... why am I always fighting these strange guys?"

(End of this chapter)