A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 929 Borrowing Your Imagine Killer

—Does this mean Nameless wants to duel with me?

Kamijou Touma panicked immediately, even though he knew that Lin Wuming's challenge to a duel was probably just a "friendly exchange" and wouldn't actually escalate into a life-or-death fight...

But considering Lin Wuming's illustrious achievements and various legends, as well as the widely circulated "Battle for the Strongest Nen User" video series online, Kamijou Touma felt that he had no chance of winning whatsoever—even though he possessed the trump card "Imagine Breaker".

Because the difference in strength was too great, Touma Kamijou felt that this duel would not benefit him at all—he couldn't even gain experience or grow stronger!
In fact, Touma Kamijou had simulated the scene of fighting Lin Wuming in his mind more than once, but no matter how he deduced and assumed, the number of times he could defeat Lin Wuming was always zero!
Because Lin Wuming's greatest strength lies in long-range combat, especially long-range sniping with his "Psychic Acceleration Cannon" from over 100 meters away.

Touma Kamijou's "Imagine Breaker" has almost no way to deal with this move - as long as it is controlled properly, Lin Wuming can make the "Psychic Acceleration Cannon" become a pure kinetic energy projectile without containing any Nen ability in the final stage.

Because it doesn't possess Nen abilities and its flight is purely based on inertia, "Imagine Breaker" cannot be erased.

Touma Kamijou can block a full-power "Railgun", but he is helpless against the weaker "Ordinary Kinetic Bullet".

Furthermore, Touma Kamijou also knew that Lin Wuming possessed a near-teleportation-like high-speed movement ability, and if he wanted to leave, Touma Kamijou, with his mortal body, simply couldn't stop him!
In other words, as long as Lin Wuming is willing, he can instantly teleport to a distance the moment the battle begins and then end the battle with one or more "psychic acceleration cannons"!
This combo is almost impossible to counter—at least Touma Kamijou has no way to deal with it.

Therefore, in Touma Kamijou's view, the duel with Lin Wuming was meaningless.

This is not surprising, as the reason for this conclusion is largely due to the fact that he and Lin Wuming are too familiar with each other—this "familiarity" makes their duel completely predictable.

After all, Touma Kamijou's "Imagine Breaker" can be seen as a kind of "first-meet kill".

When an enemy is caught off guard and suddenly has their magic or superpowers nullified, not to mention the panic and wavering they experience, the stun and vulnerability left after their ultimate attack misses is enough for Touma Kamijou to launch a counterattack.

Touma Kamijou's best tactic is to use "Imagine Breaker" to lower a powerful enemy to the same level as himself, and then defeat him with his extensive experience in street fighting!

Unfortunately, this tactic was ineffective against Lin Wuming, because Lin Wuming also knew about Kamijou Touma, knew about the existence of "Imagine Breaker," and was even more aware of the power and irrationality of "Imagine Breaker."

Therefore, if a real war were to break out, Lin Wuming would not give Kamijou Touma the opportunity to get close to him.

Because they both knew each other's strength and fighting style, Touma Kamijou was certain that the outcome of the battle was predetermined from the start.

"Who said we were going to duel?" Seeing Touma Kamijou's negative yet somewhat agitated reaction, Lin Wuming asked helplessly, "A duel between us... doesn't seem to make any sense, does it?"

“Uh… but you’re with Shogi Gunha and Accelerator…” Kamijou Touma was also taken aback for a moment, then quickly waved his hand, “I misunderstood, don’t worry about it, as long as we don’t duel.”

In the first half of the year, Lin Wuming and Xiaoban Junba held a "Strongest Nen User" competition almost every week, and Accelerator would sometimes participate as well.

It was quite a grand event at the time, and rumors circulated that "Lin Wuming is passionate about duels." That's why Touma Kamijou immediately thought of "duel" just now.

In fact, Lin Wuming could understand Kamijou Touma's thinking. Because of his experience last semester, it was not surprising that he was mistaken for someone who liked to duel with strong opponents.

In fact, this statement is not wrong. As his strength increased, Lin Wuming became less and less afraid of dueling with others; even Accelerator, Lin Wuming would not mind fighting him now.

However, if it were Touma Kamijou, it would be different. Because of the existence of "Imagine Breaker," the duel with him would, in a sense, become a true "one-hit wonder" fundamentalist duel, where the outcome would be decided as soon as the first move was made.

"I just want to experience the power of 'Imagine Breaker'," Lin Wuming explained. "Don't be too nervous, there won't actually be a battle."

To be precise, all Touma Kamijou had to do was extend his right hand.

The remaining operations were all completed by Lin Wuming.

This was an attempt, or you could say an experiment.

Kamijou Touma said that his "Imagine Breaker" was perfect for dealing with enemies on the magic side, so Lin Wuming thought about the problem he was facing - could the magic backlash also be eliminated using "Imagine Breaker"?
Lin Wuming also stretched out his hand, hovering it above "Imagine Breaker," and then began reciting the incantation to activate the magic.

The Underworld Soul-Chasing Doctor warned yesterday that Lin Wuming continuing to use magic would be a form of slow suicide, and should not be used lightly unless absolutely necessary.

But Lin Wuming disobeyed the doctor's orders without hesitation. As he chanted the incantation, magical power re-emerged within him, coalescing and weaving into magic…

The severe backlash arrived as expected—Lin Wuming could feel his body collapsing almost at the cellular level. The side effects were even more serious than the doctors had predicted!
The effect was immediate; Lin Wuming was directly pulled into "bullet time" mode, and the world around him "froze" once again.

Fortunately, Lin Wuming was prepared and slapped his right hand downwards—hitting Kamijou Touma's "Imagine Breaker" squarely!
Snapped!
A loud clapping sound rang out in the hospital room, accompanied by Touma Kamijou's cry of pain.

Although Lin Wuming had some control over it, in the "bullet time" state, the instantaneous speed when he clapped his hands still reached the subsonic level.

With that slap, Touma Kamijou only cried out in pain, but his right hand remained unharmed. This was already the result of "Imagine Breaker" taking effect and erasing the "abnormal power".

In fact, even Lin Wuming's own right hand was experiencing a long-lost, dull ache.

The good news is that the magical backlash was indeed eliminated. The body, which was on the verge of collapse, instantly returned to calm, as if it had just been an illusion and nothing had actually happened.

However, the "bullet time" effect was also erased, and Lin Wuming returned to normal time.

(End of this chapter)