A Scientific Urban Detective.

What is Touma Kamijou doing in Chapter 956?
“Nameless senior,” Shirai Kuroko suddenly asked after the “tools” group had walked away, “don’t you like that Hamazura Shiage?”

"Why would I like him?" Lin Wuming asked in surprise, but then realized what he meant and shook his head, "It's not that I hate him either."

“But you didn’t choose to help that nameless senior just now,” Misaka Mikoto continued. “I remember you were on pretty good terms with that Komaba Toshinori, weren’t you?”

Because of their previous collaboration in the underground arena incident, and because Lin Wuming had asked them for help when acquiring the Dellinger pistol, he and SKILL OUT had maintained contact and their relationship was quite good.

Complete strangers are one thing, but given Lin Wuming's personality, people he knows, or even has some connection with, are definitely the ones he will pay special attention to and protect.

However, when he heard that Komaba Toshitoku and the others were also in danger, Lin Wuming remained quite calm and showed no intention of helping them.

"I just believe in their strength," Lin Wuming explained. "They're not weaklings either."

Of course, despite saying that, Lin Wuming mainly believed in Hamazura Shige's abilities.

Hamazura Shiage, one of the three main characters in the original story, is the only ordinary delinquent without superpowers or any other special abilities compared to the other two. Yet, he manages to make a name for himself in a world overrun by demons and monsters, and even becomes one of the "three main characters".

Whether it was due to good luck or not, it is undeniable that his strength should not be underestimated—after all, luck is also a kind of strength.

Just as Lin Wuming believed in Kamijou Touma and Accelerator, he also believed that Hamazura Shiage could handle his own case.

In order to reduce the pressure on himself, Lin Wuming has been trying to lighten his burden.

Accelerator is currently active, and Lin Wuming has no intention of going to support him; even now, Lin Wuming is not confident that he can defeat Accelerator.

Similarly, there's Touma Kamijou. When that guy gets serious, or is forced to get serious, and unleashes his second transformation, he becomes a terrifying being who can kill anyone in his path...

I believe Hamazura Shiage will also demonstrate the same qualities.

"But speaking of which, it seems like Touma's side is quite quiet today," Lin Wuming muttered thoughtfully.

Touma Kamijou is currently in class, which is quite normal, given his luck and academic level; being kept after school for extra lessons is a common occurrence for him.

However, the other two members of the "three idiots" who used to tutor him were not there today.

Blue-haired Earring performed exceptionally well in the quiz at the beginning of the school year, achieving a score above average, so he didn't need any extra lessons; as for Tsuchimikado Motoharu, he took leave today and didn't come to school at all.

Left with no other choice, Touma Kamijou had to stay behind alone for extra tutoring.

Fortunately, Index has recently gotten used to school life and can now appear at school naturally, even going directly into Touma Kamijou's class.

Instead of chasing her away, Ms. Tsukuyomi Komoe enthusiastically helped look after her, seemingly wanting to educate the nun along with her. After all, by the standards of a normal person in Academy City, Index did indeed have a lot to learn.

For this reason, Touma Kamijou, who was already feeling exhausted, gave up completely and let Index come to school to attend classes and freeload food and drinks. For some reason, Index seemed to be very popular with her classmates and teachers, and everyone was generous in feeding her snacks.

—I have to say, while I was diligently taking extra lessons here, listening to Teacher Xiaomeng write on the blackboard while Index crunched on her cookies, I felt inexplicably at ease…

Kamijou Touma thought to himself, his mind wandering.

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that things were very lively outside the school, as if something was happening somewhere he didn't know about... Unfortunately, Tsuchimikado Motoharu wasn't there, which cut off most of Kamijou Touma's intelligence channels.

"If I asked the nameless one, I'd surely get an answer, right?" Touma Kamijou muttered to himself, but in the end, he didn't do it. "Well, this peaceful life is pretty good too."

Looking at the carefree Index beside him, Touma Kamijou sighed softly and then gave up thinking.

But the next second, she was warned by Ms. Tsukuyomi Komoe and had to pull herself together to prepare for the make-up class.

"Hang in there a little longer, Touma," said Ms. Tsukuyomi Komoe. "There's only half an hour left before school ends."

"If that's the case, why not just send me home?" Touma Kamijou couldn't help but complain. "These kinds of lessons are completely meaningless to me anyway!"

It's not that Touma Kamijou dislikes studying, it's just that... courses like "ability development" are really useless.

"You can't give up on yourself like this!" Ms. Tsukuyomi Komoe said, slapping the blackboard. "As long as you work hard, I believe you, Touma, will definitely be able to gain your own superpowers!"

—But I already possess my own abilities…

Touma Kamijou looked at his right hand—except that "Imagine Breaker" wasn't recognized by the superpower evaluation system.

Moreover, this reason seemed difficult to explain to Ms. Komoe. In the end, Touma Kamijou could only sigh, then rest his chin on one hand and continue listening to the lesson with a bored expression.

"Such precious time, and I have to stay for extra lessons... and it's an ability development class at that..." Touma Kamijou sighed silently to himself, "How...unfortunate!"

……

"How boring! Tutoring is one thing, but it's even a theory class on developing abilities..."

On the rooftop of the gymnasium opposite the teaching building, two girls were observing the scene inside the classroom from a distance.

Sakura and Ryoko somehow found a high school girls' uniform and brazenly sneaked in.

"Ryoko, do you think there's any course in this world more boring and meaningless than skills development?" asked the girl who was observing the classroom across the way with binoculars.

"No, Sakura, no," her companion replied, shaking her head. "Aren't superpowers something that's predetermined from the start?"

"Ah, this is confidential, you can't just say it out loud," Sakura said.

"You asked first, didn't you?" Ryoko replied. "And don't worry, there's no one else here."

“Yes, there’s no one here except us.” Sakura put down her binoculars and turned to look around.

They were currently on a maintenance platform high up in the stadium, a place where no one would normally come.

(End of this chapter)