Facts proved that Youfu Chunshu's idea to avoid Lin Wuming was correct.
Looking at the actual situation that has already occurred, even Lin Wuming himself did not act; just his companions alone have already driven Study Group to a dead end.
Study Group's leader, Youfu Chunshu, targeted Saten Ruiko and Frenda, with the true intention being the two Level 5 Espers behind them—Misaka Mikoto and Mugino Shizuri.
Youfu Chunshu was not afraid of these two Level 5 Espers, or at least he believed he had the confidence to deal with them.
After all, the hundreds of FIVE_Over units secretly prepared by the Dark Side Organization Study Group were primarily for 'Railgun' and 'Atomic Destroyer'.
With complete intelligence and in-depth research, it meant they were confident in handling these two esper abilitys.
Moreover, both the Railgun and Atomic Destroyer Espers were hot-headed, even volatile types, and a slight provocation could send them into a rampage.
At that time, using them to disrupt the situation and attract attention could also provide a perfect cover for Study Group's subsequent plans.
Even if it didn't go as planned, collecting more data through actual combat was still a good option.
In short, they would not suffer any loss no matter what.
However, Youfu Chunshu, who thought he was fully prepared, overlooked two people—
Misaka Mikoto and Mugino Shizuri both had Espers skilled in tracking and investigation by their side.
As a result, his plan had barely begun, not even completing the first step, when clues were seized, and they were directly tracked down!
However, this cannot be entirely blamed on Youfu Chunshu and his team's carelessness or lack of comprehensive planning beforehand.
After all, for any mature organization, 'intelligence system' capabilities are of the highest classified level.
Unless it's personnel closely related to the organization or enemies directly fought, it's very difficult for others to obtain specific information about 'intelligence system' Espers.
Moreover, Item's leader, Mugino Shizuri, herself was too prominent, which indirectly served to cover for Takitsubo Rikou.
No one would care what esper ability a girl with low presence possessed.
As for Shokuhou Misaki, she was the one who paid the most attention to intelligence management.
Except for those Shokuhou Misaki trusted and was close to, almost no one knew that her Mental Out also had the application of Memory Retrieval.
To outsiders, Shokuhou Misaki's signature esper ability applications were Mind Reading and mind control.
Compared to these two attention-grabbing esper abilitys, reading residual memories from objects and environments seemed very ordinary.
Combat between Espers is largely an intelligence war, and this rule also applies to battles between Dark Side Organizations.
Study Group's failure in 'intelligence' led to their complete defeat.
Their defeat was declared the moment Youfu Chunshu initiated his plan.
Three Level 5 Espers simultaneously attacked, assaulting Study Group's headquarters and their most important factory area.
Looking at the entire Academy City, probably no company could withstand an offensive of this magnitude.
Therefore, upon seeing the two Level 5 Espers, Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki, jointly break into the headquarters building, the Study Group members led by Youfu Chunshu immediately realized something was wrong.
As 'ordinary people' with no fighting ability, they were self-aware, so they had no intention of clashing head-on with these girls. Instead, they immediately entered the Safe House, attempting to escape.
Logically speaking, their ostrich-like behavior of burying their heads in the sand was meaningless; both Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki had ways to dig them out of the so-called Safe House.
But fortunately, Kihara Similar secretly intervened.
He used the FIVE_Over drive armor army stored in the underground facilities of the headquarters building to delay Misaka Mikoto and others, and led them into the underground facilities to temporarily trap them.
At the same time, Kihara Similar also used brainwashing techniques to turn the staff in the headquarters building into a 'zombie army', not to repel the enemy, but to contain Shokuhou Misaki.
Thus, when Lin Wuming and Hu Feng Toumi arrived, they only saw an empty building...
Because Kihara Similar had considerable authority within Study Group, when Youfu Chunshu and others hid, he was the person with the highest authority in the building, and to a certain extent, he could do whatever he wanted.
Kihara Similar's goal was simply to observe what trump cards Lin Wuming would reveal in the desperate situation where he couldn't use his esper ability.
The result proved that his speculation was indeed reasonable.
Lin Wuming... broke free from the shackles of Ability Decline!
Although it was still unclear what kind of power he used, for Kihara Similar, this was already enough.
—It proved that Lin Wuming was not merely an Esper, but had a high probability of possessing powers such as 'magic'.
Based on this, Kihara Similar silently adjusted his upcoming research plan in his mind...
"Hmm, Youfu Chunshu and his team are pretty much done for. My Institute should probably get a new boss soon..." Kihara Similar suddenly thought of something, "Hmm... why look for other partners? Can't I just take over Study Group?"
Anyway, he had already been ridiculed as a 'capitalist among the Kiharas', so he might as well become a tycoon for them to see.
—After all, having money is always better than having no money. Scientific research is very expensive.
Kihara Similar did not have a 'scientist's Mysophobia'. In his view, as long as it could serve his research, even if he was slightly distracted and took a detour, working part-time as a boss was acceptable.
"Moreover, Kuroko should be very happy, right? After all, she'll get more pocket money."
Kihara Similar opened the car door and got out, smiling contentedly as he walked towards his Institute building.
As for the matters concerning Study Group, he had long since cast them aside.
—He only had business dealings with Study Group; as for other matters... he knew nothing.
It was precisely because of Kihara Similar's restraint that his schemes and calculations left almost no clues.
Lin Wuming was unaware of his actions.
At this moment, he was helping Youfu Chunshu and others call an ambulance.
The Safe House was located in the upper part of the headquarters building, which was outside the influence range of Ability Decline.
Therefore, they unfortunately encountered a full-strength Hu Feng Toumi.
Hu Feng Toumi didn't know the Safe House's location, but she was skilled at searching for hidden 'prey'.
And her method was also simple and brutal: wherever she found suspicious, she would activate her esper ability and stab with the sharp sword in her hand!
She would move on to the next place only after she was satisfied.
Using this method, it didn't take much time for Hu Feng Toumi to find her target.
Or rather, Youfu Chunshu and his group were scared out.
A Safe House of bank vault level couldn't withstand a soft ribbon.
