A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 931 The Great Star Festival is about to begin

Lin Wuming had once obtained a complete set of introductory magic textbooks from Aleister, but after studying them for a while, he decisively gave them up and then embraced the special "magic" that Aleister had customized for him.

Under these circumstances, asking Lin Wuming to find the result he wanted from the original 103,000 books of demonic cultivation is a bit too much to ask.

Lin Wuming even suspected that the reason why the British Puritans were willing to grant this privilege was because they knew that he, as an outsider, could not understand those kinds of knowledge.
If it were a real magician, they would probably be very excited to have this privilege, right? Unfortunately, Lin Wuming is ultimately just a superpowered person.

Index didn't think much of it and explained seriously, "Because you are a superpowered being, Master Nameless, the knowledge I possess does not apply to you. Sherry Cromwell at headquarters may have some information about the cooperation between magic and superpowers. If needed, I can ask her for you."

"Alright, then thank you for your hard work," Lin Wuming said. In any case, it's always good to gather more intelligence.

Kamijou Touma suddenly realized: "So that's why Stiyl and the others called you out last night? No wonder you were so eager to come to the hospital with me..."

It turns out it was to convey the latest instructions from the British Puritan Church!
Unlike when she's at home, Index, who is on official business and diligently fulfilling her duties, really does have the air of a nun.

The only thing that ruined the solemnity was her nun's habit, which was covered with safety pins and looked somewhat out of place.

Index bowed to Lin Wuming again: "Until a new agreement is reached, the Puritan promise remains in effect. Lord Lin Wuming, if you need knowledge about the 'Index of Forbidden Books,' just contact Touma directly."

"Hey, don't use me as a messenger," Touma Kamijou complained from the side. "Even Mumei can't understand this, so I certainly can't understand it either, and I have no interest in it!"

Index ignored his complaints, as if she had already completed an important task. The silver-haired nun breathed a sigh of relief, her previous tension and seriousness completely gone.

Then she went back to Touma Kamijou and tugged at his sleeve.

Looking at the time, Touma Kamijou said, "It's about time we headed back, or we'll be late for the first class this afternoon."

Although there were still more than forty minutes before the first class in the afternoon, it wasn't that Touma Kamijou was making excuses to leave quickly. He simply needed to take Index home before returning to school.

"Oh, right, Mumei!" As he reached the door of the ward, Touma Kamijou turned back and said, "You need to get better soon, the whole school is waiting for you to recover and return to school!"

"Don't worry, I'll be discharged soon," Lin Wuming said. "Thank you for your concern."

“No, I’m serious,” Kamijou Touma explained, noticing Lin Wuming’s slight disbelief. “Don’t forget, the Daihasei Festival starts in two weeks. Our high school has incredibly high expectations for this year’s competition… so it all depends on you, Master Wuming!”

It must be said that Touma Kamijou is also a person with a strong sense of collective honor. If it can help the school achieve honor, he doesn't mind acting as a persuader to invite Lin Wuming to "come out of retirement".

Lin Wuming was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized what was going on and understood the reason.

Unlike in previous years, this year a certain high school has two Level 5 students!

Such a luxurious and top-notch lineup is comparable only to Tokiwadai Middle School among the five prestigious schools.

Given this, the school and students naturally have higher expectations for this year's Daihasei Festival.

Even if we don't expect to reach the top of the school's rankings, we should at least be able to get rid of our previous bottom-ranked status, right?
They could even go further and try to break into the upper-middle ranks; otherwise, it would be a disservice to such top-tier talent as two Level 5s. Although currently, a certain high school only has two Level 5 high-level ability users, Lin Wuming and Accelerator, with Level 1 and Level 0 below them, creating a significant gap, achieving a good result in the Daihasei Festival is still not impossible.

After all, the theme and focus of the Daihasei Festival is "superpowers," and the level of power is enough to determine the results of many events.

With two Level 5s leading the charge, even if the rest of the team members are Level 0 and have no abilities, they will at least not lose in group activities.

To achieve this goal, the most crucial figure is undoubtedly Lin Wuming. Only if Lin Wuming is willing to participate in the competition can the subsequent series of assumptions become a reality.

Furthermore, if we want Accelerator to participate in the competition, we'll probably have to get Lin Wuming to persuade him first.

Because of his personality and intimidating aura, few students dared to communicate with Accelerator, let alone participate in "boring competitions".

Only Lin Wuming could persuade him... or rather, only if Lin Wuming set an example and personally participated in the competition would Accelerator have a chance to join in.

That's why Touma Kamijou stopped to specifically mention that sentence.

"The Great Star Festival..." Lin Wuming murmured to himself in the now quiet hospital room.

If we remove the "superpower" element that is characteristic of Academy City, the so-called Daihasei Festival is actually a sports festival or sports meet.

However, this is a super-large sports festival held by all schools in Academy City, with all students participating, which is 80% of the city's population; the venue covers almost the entire Academy City.

A large number of external personnel will also enter Academy City at that time, mainly students' relatives, as well as various media from around the world, and the competition will be broadcast live globally.

The annual Daihasei Festival is also the most lively time of the year in Academy City.

Lin Wuming wasn't interested in the Great Star Festival itself, since he was in a wheelchair and there was no need for him to participate in any sports meet.

Moreover, Lin Wuming had only attended school as a student for one year, and that was the only time he had the opportunity to participate in the Daihasei Festival; at that time, Zhachuan Middle School did not force Lin Wuming to participate in the competition.

Therefore, just like every year at this time, Lin Wuming was active as a member of the disciplinary committee last year.

However, it seems that the Daihasei Festival is probably unavoidable this year.

"It's good to participate this year, there's no harm in it anyway," Lin Wuming murmured.

After all, it's the school I chose, so it's only natural to make some contributions to the community.

“But before that, there’s something else I need to confirm, more than the Great Star Festival,” Lin Wuming got up and walked out of the ward toward the office of the Netherworld Soul Chaser.

(End of this chapter)