A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 823 The Revival of Nen Ability
The faint electric current attached to Kihara Kagura's fingertips acted as a pacemaker.

As an expert in operating electric current, Misaka Mikoto had no time to observe the other party's operation. She was just watching Kihara Kagura's movements nervously and monitoring Lin Wuming's physical condition with full concentration.

In an instant, Misaka Mikoto suddenly felt the body in her arms come to life.

At close range, she could even hear the rhythmic beating of his heart.

Lin Wuming was breathing heavily, as if trying to make up for the lack of breath he had just taken.

At the same time, disregarding his disheveled appearance, Lin Wuming turned to look at the electronic clock on the wall beside him.

"Five seconds..." Lin Wuming closed his eyes, mentally calibrating his biological clock.

"Five seconds, and all consciousness vanished," Lin Wuming muttered to himself. "It was terrifying, just like being dead."

“It’s supposed to be a ‘near-death experience,’” Misaka Mikoto retorted. “Don’t do this anymore, Nameless Senpai!”

Lin Wuming gently patted the girl's arm, then looked up at Kihara Kagura.

"It's confirmed now, your technique..." After a slight pause, Lin Wuming continued, "In the end, it's really just an 'experience.' It's still a long way from real death."

Because Lin Wuming did not enter the "bullet time" state, but simply lost consciousness and fell into a coma.

Although Lin Wuming has lost his "Nen ability", his unique passive ability "bullet time" has not lost its effect.

The power of passive abilities lies in this: as long as the triggering conditions are met, they will definitely take effect.

At most, without his Nen ability, Lin Wuming would have little chance of using "bullet time" to take effective action to resolve the crisis, so he could only watch helplessly as he waited to die...

But at least they were conscious enough to face the final moment, instead of losing consciousness directly like before.

Therefore, we can conclude that...

“Kihara Kagura,” Lin Wuming said, “it seems that your experiments haven’t actually killed anyone.”

"..." Kihara Kagura showed a very complicated expression. Based on his own observation, he had come to the same conclusion—there was no "bullet time" phenomenon in Lin Wuming.

After a long silence, he finally spoke: "Your abilities... our definitions and understandings of death are somewhat different... Never mind, let's leave it at that."

Giving up on the matter, Kihara Kagura seemed to have suddenly unloaded a heavy burden, revealing a relieved expression: "There's no point in dwelling on this now. If those experiments don't count as murder..."

Although it wasn't explicitly stated, Kihara Kagura did indeed breathe a sigh of relief at that moment, feeling as if he had been redeemed.

—In this way, it seems that the only karmic burden of killing that I have left is that one.

Kihara Kagura thought to himself—it's a pity that Kihara Pathologist was too cunning and managed to escape.

Although the expected goal was not achieved, since it was an "experiment," failure is not entirely without gain.

Kihara Kagura showed no disappointment; on the contrary, he seemed to be in a good mood. He didn't linger any longer, bid farewell to Lin Wuming, and left with a cheerful expression.

Yun Chuan Juya also hurriedly bid farewell to Lin Wuming and the others, and then followed closely behind Kihara Kagura's figure.

So, only Lin Wuming, Hufeng Toumi, and Misaka Mikoto remained in the ward.

"Nameless," Tiger Bee Honey finally spoke after confirming that no one else was around, "Did you gain anything?" As expected of someone who spends every day with Lin Wuming, even without mind-reading abilities, Tiger Bee Honey still noticed that Lin Wuming had gained something.

Lin Wuming raised his hand, and then saw the water glass on the bedside table suddenly float up and then land steadily in Lin Wuming's outstretched palm.

"Is it Nen ability?" the two girls exclaimed in unison.

They were no strangers to similar situations. After all, they had spent a lot of time with Lin Wuming and their understanding of "Nen ability" even surpassed that of most Nen users.

"Nameless Senior," Misaka Mikoto asked hurriedly, "has your Nen ability been restored?"

Tiger Bee Toumi also looked delighted, and as he approached, he pulled Misaka Mikoto up from the hospital bed.

"Is it because of the experiment just now?" Tiger Bee Honey asked again.

Misaka Mikoto's cheeks and ears were slightly flushed, so she didn't bother to protest to Tobi-bi, pretending nothing had happened, and continued asking about the topic.

"Did Senior Wuming anticipate this outcome, which is why he agreed to cooperate with Kihara Kagura's experiment earlier?"

"That's not entirely true," Lin Wuming said, looking down at the water glass in his hand. "But since it's an experiment, no one can be sure what the final result will be beforehand."

In fact, Lin Wuming's initial plan was simply to use the "near-death experience" to activate "bullet time" as a preparation for the future.

Unexpectedly, in the "bullet time" assessment, Kihara Kagura's technique did not fall under the "lethal crisis" category, so the passive ability could not be triggered at all...

However, Kihara Kagura had even been known as "the worst Kihara" in the past, so it's conceivable that his field of research was by no means as "kind and harmless" as Lin Wuming had just described.

All I can say is that Lin Wuming is special.

Because of the existence of "bullet time," Lin Wuming had long since become accustomed to "death" over the past three years.

It can be said to literally mean "death is always with me," which is why, in Lin Wuming's view, Kihara Kagura's "near-death experience" technique seems somewhat "harmless."

But any other normal human being, after experiencing it once, would definitely not react as calmly as Lin Wuming.

For example, Ellie and Ryoko Misaki, who were taught a lesson by Kihara Kagura on two separate occasions three days ago, have never considered giving up on their lives since then.

As intelligent beings, humans have a natural awe and fear of death.

Therefore, Kihara Kagura, who used to recklessly toy with "death," was considered an anomaly even within the "Kihara clan"; and Lin Wuming, in a sense, had long since transcended the realm of "normal human beings"...

Now, although Lin Wuming has exceeded the scope of "normal people", since he failed to advance to level 6, he is still just an ordinary person in a biological sense.

Since they are ordinary human beings, their biological instincts will still play a role.

The "near-death experience" did indeed stimulate Lin Wuming's instincts.

The "bullet time" condition is not considered a "fatal crisis," but biological instincts do not see it that way.

The conflict between the two creates a certain opportunity—

Thus, the Nen ability, which should have remained dormant, was activated by this "crisis".

(End of this chapter)