A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 722 The Magician Aizali
The Aztec mage Aizali, belonging to the Central American magic society "Return of the Winged," is the true identity of "Kaihara Mitsuki" standing in front of Lin Wuming at this moment.

The obsidian dagger that Aizali holds is his main weapon, or more precisely, his magical weapon used to cast disintegration magic—"Toraviskabangtik Utori's Spear".

Using an obsidian dagger as a mirror to reflect the light of Venus, this "beam" is used as a weapon for attack.

The light reflected by the obsidian dagger possesses a mysterious power to disintegrate everything in the world. Buildings and mechanical devices are naturally no match for it, and even complex structures like the human body are within its "disintegration" range.

However, the adamantine dust particles that Lin Wuming used to support the defensive barrier... were essentially beyond decomposition. Therefore, the asteroid light reflected from the obsidian dagger was rendered useless, projecting like an ordinary beam of light before quietly dissipating... and ultimately nothing happened.

The fact that the attack, launched at extremely close range, had failed again, despite the elimination of all unexpected factors, chilled Aizali's heart to the bone.

This means that he truly has no means to "punish" Lin Wuming.

Just as Aizali was having second thoughts, a faint golden light suddenly appeared beside him.

The sand curtain beside Lin Wuming had somehow appeared in front of Aizali!
Aizali didn't know how dangerous these sand curtains were, but he knew that his current situation was definitely not good!
Fortunately, Lin Wuming did not simply and crudely unleash the telekinetic acceleration cannon or manipulate the diamond sand to directly engage in combat.

Lin Wuming chose to take action himself. His speed was so fast that it was no different from "space teleportation". In the blink of an eye, he appeared in front of Aizali and threw a punch.

Aizali quickly accepted the challenge. Although he was a magician, Kaihara Mitsuki was also quite skilled in close combat.

However, Lin Wuming didn't think his struggles were very meaningful.

Lin Wuming is not a fighter, but a telekinetic user, a level 5 telekinetic user.

He had too many ways to force Izali to take that punch!
A punch landed squarely on his face, followed by a trip and throw, and Aizali fell to the ground in a spectacular fashion, unable to get up again.

"You're injured?" The process of defeating the enemy was so easy, but Lin Wuming did not continue to strike, because he noticed that the enemy was already at his limit and had already suffered many injuries before this.

Therefore, it is already quite remarkable that Izali can maintain normal movements.

Lin Wuming used his telekinetic power to knock the obsidian dagger out of Aizali's hand, then decisively released him, letting him move freely.

"Your injury," Lin Wuming asked, "was it from fighting the real Kaihara Mitsuki? It seems that guy wasn't bad; at least he put up a decent counterattack."

Aizali struggled on the ground for a couple of moments, but eventually seemed to give up and lay there motionless.

Just as Lin Wuming had guessed, Aizali's current injuries were caused by the counterattack he suffered when he attacked Kaihara Mitsuki.

—The telekinetic user is indeed very powerful. Lin Wuming, who is only level 5, is one thing, but I didn’t expect that Kaihara Mitsuki, who is only level 4, would be so troublesome!

Aizali had to revise his assessment criteria for telekinetic users... no, it should be said that he revised his assessment criteria for level 4 psychics.

It's important to know that in the magical world, there's a general sense of disdain for those with superpowers, especially for those skilled individuals who dare to infiltrate Academy City alone.

Aside from the advantage in numbers, the only thing in this city that is worth being wary of is probably the eight Level 5s, right?

But reality dealt Aizali a heavy blow—literally a blow. Around noon today, Aizali used the crowd as cover to snipe Lin Wuming, who was flying high-flying in the air, from a distance.

As a result, the attack that seemed certain to succeed was easily neutralized by the sand screen released by Lin Wuming...

—In fact, the principle is not complicated. It can only be said that Lin Wuming's specially made diamond powder just happens to counter Aizali's decomposition magic.

In pursuit of obtaining even smaller diamond particles, Lin Wuming specially commissioned a factory to customize a batch of special products.

— It is difficult to obtain particles with a diameter of less than micrometers by using natural corundum powder, and it is easy to mix in various impurities, which affects the handling performance.

Therefore, the factory used artificial diamond technology to produce a batch of "diamond dust" for Lin Wuming.

This is genuine "carborundum," essentially all-carbon elemental with the same volume and even the same atomic arrangement.

Since they are already simple substances of a single element, there is of course no possibility of them being "decomposed".

Izali's obsidian dagger is a magical artifact called "Toraviskabangtik Utori's Spear," not a superpower called "Atomic Collapse," and it cannot delve into the concept of "decomposition" at the particle level.

This is why Lin Wuming was able to neutralize the enemy's attack by simply releasing a thin layer of sand.

Aizali doesn't understand science, nor does he need to. In battle, he only needs to know one thing—if an attack fails, his ultimate move will be easily neutralized by the opponent!
In that case, there is no point in continuing this battle.

Therefore, Aizali decisively retreated and implemented the backup plan—attacking Kaihara Mitsuki.

As we've seen now, the results are not entirely satisfactory.

Aizali's raid was indeed successful. He defeated Kaihara Mitsuki and obtained the key item for casting the transformation magic—a piece of skin about fifteen centimeters long.

However, Mitsuki Kaihara was not a lamb to be slaughtered—after realizing what was happening, this Level 4 Nen user launched a powerful counterattack.

In the close-quarters melee, Aizali witnessed for the first time just how disgusting "psychic" beings could be.

Unseen attacks, unseen barriers, and sometimes even the opponent's figure is invisible... Aizali felt as if he was fighting against thin air, and what's worse, he really couldn't beat the "air opponent".

If Kaihara Mitsuki hadn't been injured and hadn't been wary of the obsidian dagger in Aizari's hand, he probably would have actually succeeded in his counterattack.

The reason why Aizali is so eager to seek land and take the risk to approach Lin Wuming is because the real Kaihara Mitsuki is right behind him.

If we don't act quickly, this fake identity could be exposed at any time, and then we'll be in trouble.

Of course, in terms of the outcome, Aizali was indeed exposed from the beginning—because he was not a telekinetic user and could not see Lin Wuming's telekinetic power that was almost upon him.

(End of this chapter)