A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 966 A New Enemy Has Appeared
"As expected, we still can't get around the Misaka Sisters. I have to admit, Aleister's plan is really effective." Snapping out of his reverie, Lin Wuming looked at the wall of Gekota merchandise in the room and couldn't help but sigh, "It's time to find some time to have a good talk with Misaka and the others."

"Nameless, stop dawdling and come out! They're almost here!" came Aiho Huangquanchuan's voice from outside the door.

"They're here," Lin Wuming said as he left his room. "Don't rush, the tiger bees aren't strangers, there's nothing to prepare."

"Don't forget, it's not just the tiger bees today, Dr. Sakurai is here too," said Aiho Yomikawa. "You'd better do your best."

Lin Wuming rolled his eyes. Dr. Sakurai was an acquaintance, one of the first people he met after arriving in this world. Coupled with their past relationship through the Tiger Bee's Honey Infiltration, Lin Wuming and Dr. Sakurai were already so familiar that there was no need for formalities.

Compared to the upcoming visit of Dr. Sakurai, what really troubled Lin Wuming was the afternoon's debriefing meeting.

Given the gravity of the matter, the guards insisted that Lin Wuming attend their debriefing meeting in order to prepare for similar incidents that might occur in the future.

That's right, it refers to the upcoming Daihasei Festival. There will be no fewer hostile elements and potential suspects infiltrating Academy City then than this time.

In order to ensure the perfect success of the Great Star Festival, the guards disregarded everything else and insisted that Lin Wuming share his experience.

Furthermore, if possible, the security forces would even be willing to set aside their dignity and relinquish command authority, allowing Lin Wuming to take unified command of all the city's security personnel during the Great Star Festival...

Of course, Lin Wuming rejected the proposal without hesitation.

Just kidding, Lin Wuming didn't command yesterday's operation because he liked it; his real goal was to find the big boss hiding behind the scenes and then have a head-on showdown with him.

In other words, what Lin Wuming pursues is to defeat the enemy by relying on his own military force; as for the "power" of commanding all the major violent institutions in the entire Academy City, strategizing and winning battles from afar, Lin Wuming has little interest in that.

Because this is a world where absolute power exists, unlike Lin Wuming's previous life.

In the ordinary world before his transmigration, the group of "humans," and even all carbon-based life forms, had an upper limit to their individual combat strength.

No matter how powerful a human being becomes, they can never defeat the power of a "group"; only in that situation does "power" have meaning.

But now, Lin Wuming is in a place called "Academy City," a world where superpowers and magic exist—powers that are "surreal" and "unscientific"; this makes it possible for an individual's power to surpass that of the "group."

Lin Wuming himself felt this deeply. As a Level 5 superpowered individual, it's no exaggeration to say that the most powerful violent institution that the "human" species can control—the army—may not have an advantage when facing a Level 5 superpowered individual.

Large countries with strong military power are fine, but ordinary medium-sized countries really have no way to deal with Level 5.

The situation is similar on the magical side, not to mention the existence of superhuman beings like the "Demon God." All worldly power is a joke in the face of the "Demon God."

Therefore, in Lin Wuming's view, the so-called "power" was utterly unattractive; regardless of whether he had that ambition or not, even if he really wanted to rule the world, given Lin Wuming's current situation, finding a way to become a "demon god" on the scientific side might be a more feasible solution. "Truly, heroes emerge from among the young..." During the casual conversation before lunch, Dr. Sakurai didn't hold back his praise, "Although Wuming was already quite famous, your fame has only risen even higher this time."

Lin Wuming had no interest in his own fame, but out of politeness and a touch of curiosity, he responded, "Dr. Sakurai, you flatter me. So, are there any new rumors circulating outside?"

“It’s not a rumor, it’s true,” Tiger Bee Honey replied. “People have even come to me to inquire about your personal information.”

"Huh? Well... that's a bit of an exaggeration." Lin Wuming couldn't help but chuckle awkwardly.

—It seems they were desperate and didn't know what to do, otherwise how would they have found the tiger bees to steal honey... This girl's social network is even smaller than mine!

"By the way," Tiger Bee Tomi added, "to prevent you from being harassed, Misaka and Uiharu Kazari teamed up to set up a firewall for your number, so unauthorized people can't get through."

So those who tried to contact Lin Wuming by phone ended up only going to the girls around him.

Lin Wuming picked up his phone and looked at it; it was indeed unusually quiet: "Don't block everything..."

“Numbers recorded in the address book, as well as unfamiliar calls that have passed the verification, can all be displayed normally,” Tomi explained, then shrugged. “You should just ask Misaka and the others for details; I’m not really sure either.”

Tiger Bee Toumi was also enraged by countless harassing phone calls last night, so she sought technical support from Misaka Mikoto, only to learn that they had already "protected" Lin Wuming's number.

The two adults standing nearby exchanged bewildered glances after hearing their conversation. However, seeing that Lin Wuming himself didn't say anything, they tacitly remained silent as well.

What Hufeng Toumi didn't mention is that a significant portion of this newly emerging "idol-chasing" group consists of students from Tokiwadai Middle School and four other schools in Gakusha-no-en.

Even many alumni who had already graduated called to inquire about Lin Wuming through various connections.

That's not surprising. If you weren't an insider or someone from Tokiwadai Middle School, you wouldn't have been able to find Hufeng Toumi's phone number.

Moreover, it wasn't just Tiger Bee Toumi; Misaka Mikoto, Shokuhou Misaki, Shirai Kuroko, and even most other members of the Shokuhou faction received similar calls.

Calling these callers "star chasers" isn't unreasonable—their fanaticism and obsession are almost irrational, even ignoring the relationship between Hu Feng Toumi and Lin Wuming, and actually trying to find a breakthrough through them!
Considering that these people had ulterior motives, all of these calls were naturally blocked manually by Hu Feng Tou Mi and her team.

Faced with this unusual situation, Misaki Shokuhou personally went out to gather intelligence.

It was only then that it was discovered that this wave of "celebrity worship" at Xueshezhiyuan originated from the students' parents.

(End of this chapter)