A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 701: The Fall of Angels
“Senior Wuming! You really came out…” Upon seeing Lin Wuming’s “ghost body”, Youli Qianye breathed a sigh of relief, and then immediately questioned, “Don’t play pranks and scare us. Now that you’ve escaped, wake up quickly!”

Lin Wuming smiled helplessly: "I want to, but I can't do it..."

As he spoke, he flew downwards, as if trying to pounce on his body, but seemed to have hit an invisible barrier and was bounced back fiercely.

"Look, it's like this." Lin Wuming said helplessly, "Youri, you're an expert, so what do you think I should do?"

"This... I don't know either." Youli Qianye also looked dumbfounded and said in confusion, "I've never encountered such a situation before."

When "possessing" other people, he might be bounced away due to the other person's strong mental strength, but when returning to his own body, Youli Qianye has never encountered any problems.

"What the hell," Lin Wuming muttered, "So what on earth is going on with me?"

"How about I ask the others?" Youli Qianye said, looking at the worried people in the ward. "Oh, right, we need to tell the others quickly, at least to stop them from worrying."

"No need, I already heard it." Shokuhou Misaki's voice suddenly interrupted.

Lin Wuming and Youli Qianye both looked down, and their gazes happened to meet Hufeng Toumi's who was looking up at them.

——This girl Tiger Bee has such a sharp intuition!

"Fuck Qi-chan, can you see us?" Youli Qianye asked in surprise.

"I can't see you, but since we're in the real world, there's always a way to observe you," Shokuhou Misaki replied. "Mumatsu-senpai, long time no see..."

"Yeah," Lin Wuming was also filled with emotion, "Long time no see..."

Because he had once lost his perception of "time", that period of time really felt like a year, and the subjective feeling to him was really astonishingly long.

"By the way, how long have I been unconscious?"

"Not too long," Shokuhou Misaki checked the time, "less than five hours."

"Only five hours..." Lin Wuming murmured, it felt as if five centuries had passed.

"Senior Wuming, do you have any idea about what is happening now?" asked Shokuhou Misaki.

"To be honest, I'm also confused and feel it doesn't make sense." Lin Wuming shook his head helplessly.

"Is that so... It seems we can only discuss the cause of this problem later." Shokuhou Misaki asked again, "Wuming-senpai is unable to return to his body now?"

"It seems so."

"Really? Troublesome problems keep coming one after another. But at least I'm back..." Shokuhou Misaki sighed. "Anyway, I'll tell the others this news first so they don't worry so much."

Then, we saw Tiger Bee Toumi take out the remote control, seemingly intending to use his superpowers to directly "send a group message"...

"Wait! Wait!" Lin Wuming suddenly realized what was going on with the feeling of discomfiture that had been lingering in his heart since a while ago.

"Who are you?" Lin Wuming asked hurriedly. "No, I mean, Shokuhou—are you going to use the remote control?"

"Of course." Then I saw Tiger Bee Toumi looking up at me and shaking the remote control in his hand.

"Shokuho...you're not playing a prank, are you? Controlling the body of the tiger bee or something?" Lin Wuming said.

"Hey~~" "Tiger Bee Honey" narrowed his eyes and raised his hand to touch his face.

"So, in Wuming-senpai's eyes, I look like Tiger Bee-san?" Shokuhou Misaki said. "As expected, my guess seems to be correct."

Shokuhou Misaki didn't seem surprised by the question raised by Lin Wuming.

"Wumi-senpai, according to the news we received, Kamijou Touma suddenly left Academy City today... no, it was already yesterday—yesterday afternoon. He was said to be going on vacation." Shokuhou Misaki said, "Speaking of this plot development, Wuming-senpai, do you have any thoughts?"

In the original story, when Kamijou Touma left Academy City for the first time...

Lin Wuming exclaimed "Ah" and his face looked a little gloomy.

"Angel has fallen..."

Tiger Bee Honey nodded and said, "That's what I was thinking of. Combined with your observations, Senior Wuming, it seems to further prove this point."

In the original work, "Angel Fall" is a standard magical event. Except for Kamijou Touma and a very small number of magicians, most people in the world are almost unaware that such a major event has occurred.

Things like "soul dislocation and body exchange" can be regarded as "nothing happening" as long as no one finds out.

Although he didn't know why, Lin Wuming at this moment seemed to be able to see through this "misalignment" phenomenon, which proved that the "Angel Fall" incident was happening.

"Senior Wuming..." After a moment of silence, Shokuhou Misaki's voice sounded again, but this time she was only speaking to Lin Wuming and excluded Yuri Chiye.

"If this really is the 'Angel Fall' incident, I think..." Shokuhou Misaki said, "I should be able to guess what happened to you."

Lin Wuming also nodded in response: "Yeah, I think so too."

As he spoke, Lin Wuming looked down at the body on the hospital bed.

"Right now, the one occupying this body should be his original soul, right?" Lin Wuming said, "Subject No. 007, Xiao Lin."

"Senior Wuming..."

Lin Wuming shook his head. "Don't worry. It's unfortunate... No, it should be very lucky for me, right? The original owner of this body, Xiao Lin, was indeed dead—the moment I came into this world—and now, what's inside this body is just his last remaining soul."

Three years ago, when Lin Wuming traveled through time, the original Xiao Lin had already died, so Lin Wuming was able to "take over the family."

However, while Lin Wuming survived in place of the original owner, he also preserved a trace of the original owner's soul.

Superpowers are the concrete manifestation of "personal reality". The level 3 Nen ability that Lin Wuming initially mastered was essentially the last "legacy" left to him by the original owner, Kobayashi.

But at this moment, due to the outbreak of the "Angel Fall" incident, souls are dislocated and bodies are exchanged.

Through this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Lin Wuming's soul and the residual soul of the original owner Xiao Lin were exchanged.

Thus, Lin Wuming was forced to sink into the deepest part of his consciousness; and Xiao Lin's residual soul returned to his body.

That's why the hospital diagnosed Lin Wuming as "brain dead".

Because at this moment, "Lin Wuming" had indeed died a long time ago.

(End of this chapter)