A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 3: Telekinesis, Directionally Idiot
Lin Wuming looked back, thinking he was hallucinating.

"What's wrong?" asked the nurse behind him.

"No, nothing..." Lin Wuming shook his head and sat up straight again.

Since his hands and feet were in plaster at the time and he could hardly move, he had to rely on others to move him.

However, Lin Wuming wasn't too worried about his injuries. Besides the doctor's assurance, the main reason was that he had awakened his "internal force." With this "internal force" boosting his strength, wouldn't healing his injuries be a piece of cake?
The only thing that concerned Lin Wuming was that his "internal force" seemed a little strange.

After more than a day of adaptation and experimentation, Lin Wuming discovered that this "internal force" seemed to be different from what he had expected.

Although it may be that I haven't mastered the specific knowledge of meridians and acupoints, so I can't get the hang of it?
However, he became more and more proficient in releasing internal energy, and his proficiency was extraordinary.

Lin Wuming felt that... this "internal force" did not seem like a force used for fighting, but rather more like one or many invisible "hands" that could move objects according to his will, or attack and defend.

For example, when he wanted to drink water, the cup on the bedside table would float to his mouth. The same thing happened when he wanted to eat or pick up any other object.

This gave Lin Wuming the illusion that his hand was not actually injured.

——Could this be the legendary “Dragon Capturing Skill” or “Crane Controlling Skill”?
Lin Wuming couldn't help but daydream, secretly considering asking the doctors here to see if he could get some basic advice. After all, he seemed to have traveled to a world where everyone learned martial arts, so some basic knowledge shouldn't be difficult to acquire.

This was not Lin Wuming's groundless guess. The white-haired boy he met when he fell from the building yesterday looked like a master.

Moreover, the girl who was in the same ward with Lin Wuming at this time looked calm and as if she was used to it when she saw him taking objects from a distance.

This further strengthened Lin Wuming's inference.

Maybe this girl is also a martial arts master - Lin Wuming now feels that everyone looks like a master - maybe he can ask her for advice first.

Although Lin Wang was already thirty years old before traveling through time, the age of this body after traveling through time is only thirteen or fourteen years old. He does not look older than the girl in the next bed. It should be normal for him to ask for advice from a "senior", right?

"Uh...beauty?" Lin Wuming tried to start a conversation.

The blonde girl glared at him, her green eyes flashing with ferocity, as if a sharp sword was about to pierce someone!

Because this girl was so bold, Lin Wuming's first attempt to approach her ended in failure.

After seeing the girl's face, Lin Wuming immediately realized where he was wrong——

Judging from her facial contours and features, this blonde, blue-eyed mixed-race girl is indeed a little beauty. But the problem is that she has several crisscrossing scars on her face, which almost destroy the right half of her face!

Before, because of the hair covering it and Lin Wuming was concentrating on "cultivating internal strength", he did not notice this.

Habitually calling such a girl "beauty" would probably sound more like a mockery than a compliment to her, right?

But in this situation, an apology was obviously inappropriate. Lin Wuming felt a little embarrassed and had to lie back on the bed in frustration.

"Idiot!" came a blunt comment from the bed next door.

"Tiger Bee, you can't bully your roommate!" Just then, the doctor pushed the door open.

"Mr. Sakurai," said the blonde girl, Tomi Touma, "I didn't bully him."

"I was the one who spoke out of turn. I'm really sorry..." Lin Wuming took the opportunity to apologize and then looked at the doctor.

The doctor who came to the ward was a very maternal female doctor. Even her loose white coat could not hide the proud peaks of her chest.

Lin Wuming's attention was naturally drawn over, and his gaze was fixed on the name tag on her chest.

He didn't see the name "Sakurai" that Hufeng Toumi called him in the next bed, but the name tag read "Hu Tou Bu" in Chinese characters.

As far as names go, especially the name of a beautiful woman, it is really a bit strange.

However, Lin Wuming's focus was not here. He suddenly realized the details that he had ignored in the past two days since he traveled through time.

—Japanese! The small print below the name tag, stating the position and identity information, is in Japanese!

Thinking back carefully, it seems that Japanese can be seen everywhere in the hospital and on the streets yesterday.

——Thinking about it carefully, what I have been speaking and listening to all this time has also been Japanese!
Japan in the modern martial arts world?
"Are you thirsty, Wuming-kun? Do you want some water or go to the bathroom?" Doctor Sakurai came over and asked gently, "Huh? Tiger Bee, did you give him some water?"

Dr. Sakurai was a little surprised when he noticed the empty glass of water.

"How could I possibly do such a thing?" Hufeng Toumi said, "It's his own superpower, telekinesis or something like that, right?" "Superpower? Telekinesis?" Lin Wuming instantly sat up from the bed, "What does this mean?"

"I see!" Doctor Sakurai suddenly realized, "I did hear the doctor mention that."

As if noticing the confusion in Lin Wuming's expression, she explained, "Mr. Wuming, you don't seem to understand yet. Although you encountered an unfortunate incident this time, it was also a blessing in disguise. Your superpowers have been stimulated."

"Superpower..." Lin Wuming repeated the key word, his face still showing an expression of disbelief.

"The initial assessment is that you're a telekinetic user, capable of manipulating Nen, with a strength of approximately Level 3. Detailed testing will take place in two days, once your injuries stabilize. A more accurate report will be available then," Dr. Sakurai said gently. "But don't worry, your ability level won't drop any lower, so you're at least a strong user, and you might even become a Level 4 user. Congratulations, Wuming-kun!"

"Level 3 strong ability, level 4 great ability..." There were enough keywords, and Lin Wuming finally realized that he had not traveled to a modern urban martial arts world, but...

"Academy City?"

Doctor Sakurai nodded. "Mumaki-kun, you're also familiar with the system in Academy City, right? After officially registering as a Level 3, your monthly scholarship will be quite generous. You won't have to worry about returning to your old life!"

Lin Wuming nodded blankly. No wonder he felt that his "internal force" was so strange. It turned out that it was not "internal force" at all, but the "telekinesis" among the superpowers!

In this way, all kinds of incongruous details can be explained, and the panacea-like superpower of "telepathy" can indeed be used as an "invisible hand".

After a while, Lin Wuming almost jumped out of bed: "Wait, so, wasn't that 'starry eyes' yesterday Shokuhou Misaki?"

At that moment, Lin Wuming thought a lot, the first of which was that he could no longer maintain his identity as a time traveler!

But on second thought - so what?
Even if this kind of thing were to be told to others, how many people would believe it?

Besides, Shokuhou Misaki is also on the good side of the good guys, so it doesn't matter if she knows some of my secrets... or rather, there is no other way.

But if Chairman Aleister or those crazy scientists of the Kihara clan knew his origins, he would probably be really finished.

Moreover, compared to the modern martial arts world, Academy City was an environment Lin Wuming was more familiar with. Not to mention using his prophetic abilities as a "traveler" to stir up trouble, it wasn't difficult to live a low-key and peaceful life.

Apart from anything else, according to the market conditions learned from Dr. Sakurai, the monthly scholarship for a Level 3 person with strong abilities is to yen, which is more than enough to support a life of living alone!

For Lin Wuming, who was once a senior worker, is there any more suitable environment to "lie down" than this?
While chatting with Dr. Sakurai, Lin Wuming had already outlined his life plan for the next few years in his mind.

Lie down! Try to lie down all the way through the main storyline of A Certain Magical Index, and enjoy your second life peacefully and low-key!
As for making full use of this opportunity of "travelling through time" to do something... unfortunately, Lin Wuming really couldn't muster up the enthusiasm.

As a worker who has experienced the hardships of society, or to put it more bluntly, a so-called "social animal", Lin Wuming has long passed the age of middle school; saving the world or spending a youth without regrets is no longer suitable for a psychological "old man" like him.

Of course, if it really is a world of martial arts, that would be another matter. After all, the martial arts dream in a man’s heart will never be extinguished!

After chatting with Lin Wuming for a while, Dr. Sakurai called Hufeng Toumi, who was in the next bed, and left the ward together.

In other words, Tiger Bee Tou Mi was the doctor's main patient, and Lin Wuming was just taken care of by the way.

But Lin Wuming didn't care. He lay on the hospital bed and continued to try out his telepathic ability with great interest.

In the current situation where his limbs cannot move, "telekinesis", the most classic superpower, is the most suitable helper. It can completely replace his hands and feet, allowing him to move freely like a normal person.

I don’t know if it’s the standard golden finger for time travelers, but Lin Wuming mastered his superpowers very quickly.

After training for more than half an hour, he could even use his telekinesis to lift his body up and achieve "flying in the air".

"If I had mastered this move yesterday, I wouldn't have fallen so badly..." Lin Wuming complained silently.

It is still unclear how much force a standard level 3 "telepath" can exert, but after Lin Wuming tried it himself, he found that he could lift at least half a ton of mass effortlessly.

As for going further... it's a pity that there are no more "weights" in the ward for experimentation.

So, Lin Wuming forgot the pain in his body, used his telekinesis to move himself to the wheelchair beside the bed, and then used his telekinesis to push the wheelchair out of the ward.

He was going to the bathroom, and it was convenient to have the ability of telekinesis, so as to avoid troubling others and being embarrassed.

Fortunately, language and writing were not a problem, so finding the restroom was not difficult.

However, when Lin Wuming came out of the bathroom, he was stunned when he saw the almost identical wards on the entire inpatient floor.

"Which ward was I in?"

(End of this chapter)