Seeing the myriad of expressions on Terestina's face change again, Lin Wuming spoke again, "Alright, to make you completely give up, I'll tell you a few more things."
"First, the Ability Body Crystal experiment—this plan has been confirmed to be incapable of producing a level 6." Ignoring Terestina's disbelieving gaze, Lin Wuming continued, "You may have been away from Academy City for too long, which is why you don't know some things. Now, the substance Ability Body Crystal can be mass-produced on a small scale in laboratories. It is mainly used as a 'Superpower Controlled Rampage Inducer,' or in short, a stimulant specifically for espers. Although it's illegal, it's mainly used by espers in Dark Side Organization, so it's generally difficult to control them."
"Stimulant?"
"We won't discuss the ethical issues here for now," Lin Wuming said, "but it can be confirmed that the relevant data for Ability Body Crystal has indeed become more comprehensive because of this, so it's certain—it's impossible to reach level 6 through this path! Do you understand? Ability Body Crystal is actually no longer precious. We only needed that initial sample because we were treating Kiyama Harumi Sensei's students. There's no point in you keeping the sample anymore."
Terestina fell into a dilemma.
Seeing this, Lin Wuming added another blow, "Furthermore, with the power you currently possess, you can't stop the forces that want to seize the Ability Body Crystal sample—whether it's us or someone else."
Looking at the three full-fledged level 5s in the room, Terestina could only resign herself to fate.
If there was only one level 5, it might not be impossible to deal with if she had prepared in advance.
But three level 5s... she could only say that this situation completely exceeded her expectations.
The opposite side seemed to have seen through her thoughts... no, it should be said that they really did see through them.
Shokuhou Misaki said, "Even if you were given another chance to make thorough preparations, you wouldn't stand a chance, so give up."
"Terestina, the trump card you rely on is nothing more than the weapon system on your powered suit that mimics 'Railgun'." Lin Wuming continued, "But if you were more informed, you would know that the FIVE_Over series technology is already mature. At least the FIVE_Over units for the two Superpowers, 'Railgun' and 'Atomic Destroyer', have already been mass-produced."
"You mean those robots that mimic my Superpower?" Misaka Mikoto couldn't help but retort, "They're too weak! They don't deserve to be called 'Railgun' at all!"
Lin Wuming looked at Terestina and shrugged, "We've already taken down a three-digit number of units like that."
Terestina was speechless, completely falling silent.
She couldn't help but secretly resolve that in the coming time, the most important thing would be to comprehensively gather information and make up for all the intelligence she had missed in the past two years.
Otherwise, if she made a fool of herself like this in front of young people once or twice more... she didn't care about losing face, but losing her life because of it would not be worth it!
From the outside world's perspective, Academy City was like a "black box" that only took in and didn't put out, especially concerning information, which Academy City strictly controlled.
After all, "knowledge" was Academy City's most important asset, so strict control was only natural.
Even though Terestina had many channels to receive information about various situations within Academy City in a timely manner, it was clear that what she could learn under this format was destined to be just the tip of the iceberg.
Even if she was a "Kihara", there were many things she was destined not to know when outside of Academy City.
—She had known for a long time that leaving Academy City would be inconvenient, but she didn't expect it to be this severe.
Terestina reflected in her heart, while taking off a small pendant from her neck.
"The sample you want." Terestina looked left and right, then handed the pendant to Hu Feng Toumi beside her, "Kiyama Harumi knows how to use it."
After handing over the pendant, Terestina stood up with a stern face, seemingly preparing to leave.
But before leaving, she suddenly turned back and stared at Shokuhou Misaki.
"Hmm?" Shokuhou Misaki reacted quickly, or rather, her "Mental Out" on Terestina had never stopped.
—I have a proposal, Shokuhou Misaki, and Student Wuming, you must be interested too.
Receiving the mental message from the other party, Shokuhou Misaki naturally pulled Lin Wuming into the chat as well.
—I'm planning to get revenge on my grandfather, Kihara Gensei. Your situation is actually very dangerous too, once my grandfather starts paying close attention to you...
A smile appeared on Terestina's face again—How about it, are you interested in this proposal?
Lin Wuming looked at the girl beside him, "Shokuhou."
Shokuhou Misaki nodded and said, "It's the truth."
So, Lin Wuming looked at Terestina and formally replied, "Okay, we are indeed interested."
"Then it's settled, Mr. Lin Wuming." Seemingly having gotten a satisfactory result, Terestina smiled and turned to leave.
"Unnamed Senior," seeing the other party leave, Shokuhou Misaki immediately said, "Although she wasn't lying, we still can't completely trust her!"
"Don't worry, I know that, of course." Lin Wuming shrugged, "But just as she said, at least for now, she hasn't had time to do anything. We can't just get rid of her for no reason, right?"
Misaka Mikoto stepped forward, forcefully interrupting their conversation, "What happened just now? Can you make your mental communication a little more public?"
As she spoke, electricity crackled among her hair ends, "If you're worried, I can screen the entire room!"
"No need for that, after all, this is a Hospital." Lin Wuming quickly said, "Actually, it's nothing much. Just now, Terestina invited us to deal with her grandfather together... I guess it's a verbal alliance?"
"Her grandfather?" Misaka Mikoto was momentarily stunned, then remembered the information she had investigated, "Kihara Gensei? I see."
She immediately showed an expression of deep agreement.
Although Misaka Mikoto herself had no dealings with Kihara Gensei, influenced by Lin Wuming and Shokuhou Misaki, she didn't have a good impression of Kihara Gensei either.
Moreover, one of the people Misaka Mikoto detested the most was Kihara Gensei, who presided over the "Absolute Power Evolution Project" at the time. Hating the house and its crow, she also had no good feelings towards other "Kihara".
Therefore, Misaka Mikoto did not oppose dealing with Kihara Gensei.
"Kihara..." Shirai Kuroko felt she was witnessing a truly extraordinary development, "Is this what Unnamed Senior usually does?"
As a Judgment member, Shirai Kuroko had some understanding of the name "Kihara", knowing that those people were all very powerful scientists, who in a sense could be said to have laid the foundation for Academy City's transcendent status.
As a city centered around "science," the status of top researchers was self-evident.
And right before her eyes, Unnamed Senior, Shokuhou-senpai, and the others were plotting against a "Kihara", and had even formed a united front with her granddaughter. Onee-sama also looked eager, seemingly not finding anything problematic at all.
Shirai Kuroko felt she had once again witnessed the dark side of Academy City.
