A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 825 New Nen Ability

"Let me do it..." Seeing Misaki Shokuhou patting the control panel, Misaka Mikoto, who couldn't stand it anymore, came over and helped her push the control lever on the armrest.

The wheelchair immediately began to move smoothly.

"The entire control panel only uses this one joystick to move the wheelchair; it's as idiotic as it gets," Misaka Mikoto said speechlessly. "Besides, aren't you the one who loves using remote controls the most? How come you can't even operate this..."

"Because the nameless senior has basically never used this function!" Misaki Shokuhou argued.

Her method of manipulating the wheelchair was temporarily copied from Lin Wuming's mind. As you can imagine, unless Misaki Shokuhou also becomes a Nen user, Lin Wuming's method of manipulating the wheelchair... is completely useless.

To avoid embarrassing Her Majesty the Queen, Junko Hokaze quickly stepped forward and pushed the wheelchair.

"Nameless Senior." Approaching Lin Wuming, Misaki Shokuhou recalled the interrupted conversation and looked intently into his eyes. "There are no outsiders here, so I just asked directly..."

As she spoke, Misaki Shokuhou turned around and looked around the ward. Misaka Mikoto, Toumi the Tiger Bee, and Junko Hokaze were indeed trustworthy people on her side.

"Nameless-senpai, just like Misaka said earlier, repeatedly emphasizing and putting on a show only makes it seem fake," Misaki Shokuhou asked. "So... Nameless-senpai, your repeated emphasis on your Nen ability recovering quickly—was that just bluffing?"

"Of course not," Lin Wuming said decisively. "You should know very well that I'm not lying."

“Of course they know,” Misaki Shokuhou smiled, “but others don’t, so to put everyone’s minds at ease, I feel it’s necessary to clarify this issue in person.”

Misaki Shokuhou smiled as she looked at Misaka Mikoto and Tou Mitsu—this was something only she could do; and they had no choice but to accept it.

"Don't worry," Lin Wuming realized the problem and assured the girls in the ward, "My Nen ability will recover soon and become even stronger."

To prove his point, Lin Wuming immediately used his Nen ability to lift a strawberry cake from the counter and distribute it to several girls.

Although Lin Wuming can only lift very light objects like cakes now due to limited strength, his dexterity in handling them is impeccable, no different from before.

"Thanks to Kihara's help earlier, the recovery is progressing faster than I expected." Lin Wuming gave a somewhat complicated smile.

The girls who knew him didn't think much of it, after all, Kihara Kagura's appearance was quite special, and it was difficult to judge his purpose and stance for a while.

Only Misaki Shokuhou could see that Lin Wuming's complicated feelings had a more fundamental reason.

—That was a secret shared only by myself and the nameless senior.

"Shokuhou!" Lin Wuming suddenly shouted.

"I'm here, Nameless Senior." Misaki Shokuhou smiled and looked over.

“It’s all over,” Lin Wuming said somewhat abruptly. “Now, it’s a brand new beginning.”

—The Kobayashi family's legacy has been completely destroyed. The Nen ability that has awakened in this body now belongs entirely to Lin Wuming.

“I know, Nameless Senior.” Misaki Shokuhou’s smile remained unchanged. “I wish you a speedy recovery to your peak strength.”

—I don't care. Because all I ever knew was you, Mr. Nameless. Although saying this feels a bit unfair to that Mr. Kobayashi, I feel sorry for his passing…

“I understand,” Lin Wuming interrupted Misaki Shokuhou’s telepathic message. “Let’s leave it at that.” Misaka Mikoto frowned. “You two are whispering again.”

“Don’t worry about it, Misaka-san~” Misaki Shokuhou smiled and looked over. “It’s just something that’s in the past, don’t worry about it.”

Lin Wuming shook his head slightly. He did feel somewhat sad about the matter concerning the Xiao Lin family, but that was all.

—Even Misaki Shokuhou, who knows me best, doesn't think there's anything wrong with it, so maybe it really is just me being sentimental?
Or perhaps, this is this body's final tribute to its original owner...

But as Misaki Shokuhou said, that's all in the past.

There's still a lot to do, and frankly, there's not much time left for Lin Wuming to be sentimental here.

"The first thing is to restore my Nen ability," Lin Wuming checked the schedule, "I hope to be able to return to my original level before the ability level test at the start of the school year."

If I can't recover in time and end up becoming the first level 5 in history to have my ability level regress, then I'll be in big trouble.

Considering Lin Wuming's current status and position, the impact might be no less than that of adding a new Level 5, and the blow to the "Nameless Force" cannot be ignored.

Although this influence won't have any substantial impact on Lin Wuming and his companions, at most Lin Wuming might face endless challenges for a short period, just like Accelerator did before. But as long as they're willing to spend time, they can always overcome these challenges.

But if possible, Lin Wuming didn't want to waste his time and energy on such a meaningless thing.

According to Lin Wuming's original plan, if he couldn't recover to level 5 by then, he would find a way to cheat.

Anyway, Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki are on my side, so I have plenty of ways to deceive everyone and fool the whole world...

"On Friday afternoon of the first week after school started, it was a certain high school's turn to take a test," said Hu Feng Toumi, who was quietly eating cake nearby, as she suddenly looked up.

“It really was that day…” Lin Wuming looked up, “It felt a little earlier than last year.”

However, this kind of ability level test covering the entire city is conducted in rotation—otherwise, Academy City wouldn't be able to spare so many people, and since it's a rotating queue, it's normal for some to be first and some to be last.

“No,” Tiger Bee Honey explained, “because of the relationship between Nameless and Accelerator, the test for a certain high school was scheduled ahead of the time.”

"I see..." Lin Wuming nodded. "There are still five days left, so it should be enough time."

Seeing Lin Wuming's confidence, Misaka Mikoto and Tomi no longer had any doubts.

Everything will be clear by Friday anyway. Lin Wuming may deceive the whole world, but he won't deceive them.

“So, next…” Misaki Shokuhou narrowed her eyes, her tone turning dangerous.

“That’s right, now it’s time to settle scores,” Lin Wuming continued.

Kihara Gensei, the mastermind behind this "experiment" and the culprit who caused the greatest crisis for Lin Wuming, it's time to find a way to get rid of him.

(End of this chapter)