A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 991 The Duel Resumes
Has Lin Wuming really not become stronger?
Or perhaps this is simply Accelerator's own deep-seated hope—that Lin Wuming is "innocent" and didn't take any extreme measures to increase his strength...

—I knew it; Wuming was someone I could trust.

Accelerator felt relieved and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

But then he sighed heavily. Everything has two sides. It was reassuring that Lin Wuming hadn't become stronger, but it also made Accelerator feel that the battle just now wasn't satisfying enough.

To be honest... it's a bit disappointing.

According to what Accelerator knows, Lin Wuming was not idle during the previous summer vacation. He experienced all kinds of battles and enemies, so his strength should have improved to some extent.

Unexpectedly, when they actually started fighting, Accelerator found that Lin Wuming was still using the same few moves over and over, with almost nothing new.

"So, is Nameless hiding his strength, or has he really not improved at all?" Accelerator muttered to himself. "But this doesn't make sense. Even I, without experiencing any decent battles, have improved during this time..."

Accelerator was well aware of his situation. He knew that although his strength was slow, it was indeed steadily improving. He might still be far from Level 6, but at least in terms of combat power, he was definitely stronger than he was before the vacation.

"Huh? In that case..." Accelerator suddenly discovered a blind spot.

His own strength is improving, and he is definitely stronger than before.

If that's the case, why wasn't it demonstrated in the duel with Lin Wuming? Instead, it turned into almost the exact same duel scene as before...

Doesn't this mean that Lin Wuming's strength has indeed improved?

The two improved together, which is why they looked no different from before during their duel.

"If that's really the case... no, it must be just as I guessed! That Nameless guy is really cunning!" Accelerator clicked his tongue in amazement.

Once he understood this, his earlier dissatisfaction instantly became fuel, igniting his fighting spirit and the flames of battle within him.

So, after school the next day, Accelerator went straight to Lin Wuming's seat.

The two extra individuals, Feng Zhan Binghua and Fan Jiezi, had already gathered around Lin Wuming, discussing what to do next in their "academic research."

Accelerator, who was always arrogant, completely ignored the two girls: "Nameless, let's continue today, the duel we couldn't finish yesterday."

"Huh?" Lin Wuming looked over in astonishment.

Accelerator was all serious, his face full of intent.

—It's obvious he's serious; Accelerator hasn't learned to "joke" yet.

“I’ve had someone choose a suitable battlefield,” Accelerator said. “No one will bother us today.”

"Yifang, you really are... persistent!" Lin Wuming smiled wryly.

Before we knew it, there was no other sound in the classroom; it was so quiet that it was as if it were an empty classroom.

Of course, not a single person was missing from the classroom, since the school bell had just rung and the students hadn't had time to leave yet.

But at this moment, he suddenly heard two Level 5s talking about a "duel". How could anyone not pay attention to such a big news?
Unconsciously, the entire classroom fell silent, and everyone pricked up their ears to listen carefully to the conversation between Lin Wuming and Yifa Tongxing.

Only the extra individual and Kazakiri Hyouka were somewhat dissatisfied, but facing Accelerator, they didn't have many good options; the only thing they could do was stay close to Lin Wuming and go watch the battle together. ...

"So you two followed me here?" Misaka Mikoto asked, "Just to watch the duel between Nameless-senpai and Accelerator?"

Having received the news, Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki had already arrived at the duel venue. Perhaps anticipating this turn of events, Tomi and Shirai Kuroko had deliberately scheduled their shifts differently, temporarily setting aside their disciplinary committee duties to come along as well.

The extra character retorted irritably, "Otherwise what? What do you expect us to do? If the Nameless Senior and Accelerator are going to duel, are you going to stop them?"

Misaka Mikoto also fell silent. They had rushed over, and all they could do now was watch from the sidelines.

"Speaking of which... what's up with that guy?" Misaki Shokuhou asked, pointing to the third person on the rooftop not far away. "What's that guy doing here too?"

Feng Zhan Binghua replied, "It is said that he provided this battlefield."

On the rooftop of a theater slated for demolition, three Level 5s stand in a three-way standoff, facing each other.

The audience members who had followed them all the way grew increasingly expectant.

Originally, I thought it was just a duel between two Level 5s, Lin Wuming and Accelerator, but I didn't expect there to be an unexpected surprise. When I arrived at the duel location, I found that Shoban Junba had been waiting there for a long time!

Standing on the roof of the theater, Lin Wuming asked, "Yifang, this... was also arranged by you?"

Accelerator remained expressionless: "I simply asked him about a suitable location for our duel."

Xiao Ban Junba scratched his head: "So... you weren't going to duel me? I thought the weekly duels of the new semester had started again."

It can only be said that Accelerator's approach was still correct; at least he did find the right person—Junba the Sliding Board was always thinking about his "routine duel" with Lin Wuming.

They had a match almost every week during the last semester, but this "routine" was interrupted during the summer vacation, and he and Lin Wuming had almost no interaction during the summer vacation.

However, Xiaoban Junba was also very busy during the summer vacation, so he didn't dwell on the matter too much.

Now that summer vacation is over and the new semester has started, Xiaoban Junba feels it's time to restart the "routine duel".

For this reason, the Sliding Army has always been keeping an eye out for buildings that can be used as dueling battlefields.

In fact, if he hadn't been suddenly chosen as the student representative for the Great Star Festival last week, Shoban Junba would have come to find Lin Wuming two days ago.

Unexpectedly, by a twist of fate, he and Lin Wuming found themselves on the stage for a duel once again.

There's even an additional one-way street.

Last semester, Junba had faced off against Accelerator a few times, so he wouldn't mind if his opponent changed to Accelerator.

Of course, now that Lin Wuming and Accelerator are both present, Xiaoban Junba won't mind either.

“Since we’re already here, let’s stop worrying about who fights whom,” said Xiaoban Junba. “Let’s all come at once.”

(End of this chapter)