A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 732 Aleister's Tutoring Class
This time, Chairman Aleister did not hide anything and directly told Lin Wuming frankly: "I have a plan called 'Artificial Celestial Realm'. You could say that the purpose of my building this Academy City is for it."

"Well, that's really something." Lin Wuming replied casually.

“So you can understand it this way—aside from the part related to the ‘artificial celestial realm,’ everything else in this city is just an afterthought to me,” Chairman Aleister said. “Lin Wuming, if you’re willing, all of these can be yours—as compensation for being the ‘city guardian.’”

"Hey~ that's really generous." Lin Wuming replied indifferently.

After all, he's long past the stage where he'd be easily fooled by empty promises. Aleister's empty promises are meaningless.

Moreover, given the world's impending rampage, even if he were to replace Aleister and rule Academy City, it might not necessarily be a good thing.

"Then, let's talk about learning magic again," Chairman Aleister brought up the previous topic again.

"Don't rush to refuse," Chairman Aleister said, stopping Lin Wuming immediately. "Think about it from a broader perspective—superpowered individuals are forbidden from using magic. Do you know what would happen if you forced yourself to use it?"

"will die?"

“In severe cases, that is indeed the case,” said Chairman Aleister. “Of course, in most cases it will not be directly fatal, but rather a severe injury that leaves one near death.”

"Near death?" Lin Wuming noticed the key phrase.

“That’s right, near death. The root of the problem lies in the ‘personal reality’ of superpowered individuals,” Chairman Aleister explained. “Superpowers and magic are two completely different systems. They are two worlds with huge differences from the very beginning of their worldviews, so it is only natural that they cannot understand each other.”

"Therefore, the backlash suffered by a power user when forcibly using magic is essentially the damage caused to themselves by their personal reality," Chairman Aleister said meaningfully. "But as long as they can react in time and control their personal reality to interfere with the real world, the backlash can be avoided... although in that case, they won't be able to exert any magical effect."

The damage from near-death experiences is controllable!

Although in the end the calculations still failed to produce the desired magical effect, and it seemed like a wasted effort, Lin Wuming believed that it was already worthwhile.

—The perfect way to actively trigger "bullet time" instead of the Dellinger pocket pistol.

"Now, Lin Wuming," Chairman Aleister looked at Lin Wuming, "would you be interested in learning some simple and useful magic?"

In the end, Lin Wuming agreed to "learn magic".

With all his objectives achieved, a satisfied Chairman Aleister finally summoned his guide, Keihata Tanshi.

"I'm never coming to this godforsaken place again," Lin Wuming said.

“Don’t be angry, this is a special case,” Chairman Aleister said. “From now on, you can summon your own guide, so you don’t have to worry about being trapped here anymore.”

After leaving the windowless building, Kihara Tatsuki asked, "Have I been assigned to your command?"

“No, that’s not the case.” Lin Wuming shook his head. “I’m sorry, but in the end, you just have one more leader.”

Kihara Tsurugi's expression immediately fell.

"In contrast," Lin Wuming quickly added, "you will also receive an extra overtime allowance, like today's situation."

"Heh, thank you so much." Kihara Tsurugi rolled her eyes at him.

……

After Lin Wuming left, Aleister's room returned to silence. A while later, the ground cracked open, and a platform the size of a desk rose up where Lin Wuming had just stood.

A beautifully bound book was placed on the platform.

“To increase credibility, this is the perfect lesson plan, isn’t it?” Aleister chuckled in the empty room.

The original text of the magic book he personally wrote – "The Book of Law".

The reason he was so insistent on having Lin Wuming learn magic was because of a piece of information that was circulating widely on the magic side.

—Lin Wuming, the eighth Level 5 of Academy City, is suspected to be an experimental product of the collaboration between Academy City and the Church of Necessary Evil. He is a "dual-cultivation" talent who possesses both superpowers and magic.

The spread of this news was not Aleister's original intention, but that did not stop him from using the rumor.

"Since some people believe that Lin Wuming is a 'dual practitioner of science and magic,' then let him learn some magic as well."

Aleister's fundamental goal remains unchanged: to attract the attention of others and make Lin Wuming as dazzling as possible!
Since Lin Wuming is now like a sharp awl in a bag, his sharpness is already fully revealed, so let's make him even more eye-catching.

At the same time, this also serves as giving him something to do, preventing him from making rapid progress on his own path and thus completely slipping out of control.

As Chairman Aleister's thoughts wandered, countless screens gradually lit up in the room, each displaying the image of Lin Wuming.

The figure inside the giant test tube had its eyes closed, yet it was able to "watch" the images on all the screens simultaneously.

After a while, he shook his head slightly.

Then, the screens in the room turned off one by one, leaving less than a third of the screens remaining.

The screen that was off then switched to Touma Kamijou's video footage and lit up again.

"We can't put the cart before the horse; we almost forgot the important point," Chairman Aleister exclaimed.

Ultimately, Lin Wuming's specialness lies solely in himself; there is nothing else particularly noteworthy about him.

But "Imagine Killer" is the fundamental reason for all of this.

The relative importance of the two is self-evident.

"Indeed, for educators, overly outstanding students can be a headache," Chairman Aleister remarked, then suddenly asked, "Don't you think so?"

There was no response in the empty room, but Chairman Aleister didn't seem to care: "Fortunately, Lin Wuming's excellence is ultimately limited, or rather, he is indeed just a 'mortal' after all. The few girls around him alone are enough to keep a large part of his energy occupied."

"Tsk, Lin Wuming... that guy's no good." Aleister's tone suddenly changed, and he started to tease, "He can't even handle a few girls, what a disappointment."

It should be noted that Chairman Aleister had already taken notice of Lin Wuming's tendency to attract unwanted romantic attention and was even planning to exploit this weakness to slow down Lin Wuming's progress.

Unexpectedly, before Aleister could even make a move, the people around Lin Wuming had already begun to "self-destruct".

(End of this chapter)