Chapter 821: Kihara Kagun's Visit
Upon learning that Tsuchimikado Motoharu had already sent the intelligence back to the Christian Church headquarters, Kamijou Touma immediately cried out in dismay.
But the silver-haired nun beside him looked completely calm, which surprised Kamijou Touma: “This… isn’t it something to worry about? If the Christian Church knows about ‘Angel’…”
“This kind of news can’t be kept secret at all,” Index Librorum Prohibitorum looked over, “News that even Touma can get, it’s only a matter of time before the Christian Church knows about it.”
“Eh? But… isn’t there anything to worry about? What we just said…” Kamijou Touma became even more confused.
Didn’t they say that “esper ability and magic lead to the same destination” was a taboo topic?
Index Librorum Prohibitorum said meaningfully: “It’s precisely because everyone knows it in their hearts that it’s a taboo topic that cannot be mentioned.”
In fact, ever since learning from Sherry Cromwell that the Christian Church and Academy City had cooperated twenty years ago in an attempt to integrate their technologies, Index Librorum Prohibitorum had vaguely had such a guess.
esper ability and magic can coexist and even merge with each other—the experiment twenty years ago failed due to the interference of the Knight faction. Looking back now, it feels like a conspiracy, that someone didn’t want to see the experiment succeed, which is why they incited the conflict.
Therefore, this is actually a “public secret,” and what truly needs attention now is that this conclusion cannot be verified by the “Index Librorum Prohibitorum.”
That’s why Index Librorum Prohibitorum suddenly fell silent and kept his mouth shut just now.
Kamijou Touma also immediately understood these key points, and then immediately relaxed, no longer bothered by it.
“Well, let those important people worry about such things,” Kamijou Touma said, “It’s enough for Our to do Our own things.”
Index Librorum Prohibitorum and Kamijou Touma had imagined many things, but in reality, Lin Wuming himself didn’t think that much.
After all, magic and esper ability are essentially the same thing—Lin Wuming knew this from the beginning, so there was no need to get confirmation from Index Librorum Prohibitorum.
Lin Wuming had just casually mentioned it as he followed the conversation.
And Lin Wuming was currently welcoming the next wave of visitors who came to visit him.
Yun Chuan Ju Ya, as the highly paid maid hired by Lin Wuming to manage his accounts, had briefly appeared when the incident occurred, and then left with Kihara Kagun, not even having time to properly greet her employer.
At this time, she finally remembered to come and explain the situation.
Of course, while apologizing and explaining the situation, Yun Chuan Ju Ya also brought Teacher Kihara Kagun along.
Misaka Mikoto and Hu Feng Toumi followed all the way, closely watching this man in a white coat as he entered the ward.
Compared to their first meeting three days ago, Kihara Kagun, who now appeared before Lin Wuming, had not only changed his clothes, but his forehead and neck were also wrapped in bandages, seemingly injured as well.
“I’ve been looking for Kihara Pathology these past few days—the one who provided the hallucinogen to that girl,” Kihara Kagun explained, “And I also destroyed two laboratories along the way.”
As he spoke, Kihara Kagun touched the bandage on his neck—this was the price of his actions over the past three days.
“What’s the result?” Lin Wuming asked, taking the opportunity, “Did you catch her?”
“No, she slipped away,” Kihara Kagun shook his head, “The destroyed laboratories were also facilities under Kihara Gensei’s name—that woman is as selfish and cunning as ever.”
Kihara Pathology chose to cooperate with Kihara Gensei, seemingly to use this relationship as a cover to deal with Kihara Kagun’s surprise attack.
“Kihara Pathology knows that as long as I find an opportunity, I will never let her go.”
Including Yun Chuan Ju Ya, the several girls in the ward were very curious about what had happened between Kihara Kagun and Kihara Pathology.
They were clearly clansmen with the same surname, but they looked like irreconcilable mortal enemies.
Lin Wuming, on the other hand, knew the reason, but he didn’t want to reveal too much, nor did he want to meddle further—at least until his Nen recovered, he really didn’t want to have any more conflicts with any “Kihara.”
And Kihara Kagun had no intention of explaining, as if he had just casually said a few irrelevant digressions and naturally moved on from the topic.
“Lin Wuming, it seems you haven’t fully recovered yet,” Kihara Kagun observed carefully, frowning, “I can’t stay here too long.”
“My Nen will return to normal,” Lin Wuming reiterated, and then asked, “So what exactly do you want from me? Is it related to Nen?”
When they first met three days ago, Kihara Kagun had already shown signs of wanting to say something.
“Your other ability…” Kihara Kagun said directly, “The one you named ‘Bullet Time.’ The intelligence I received proves that you achieve strength far beyond normal by combining the panoramic phenomenon of a near-death experience with Nen that has no time difference.”
Kihara Kagun said: “If my calculations are not wrong, excluding the interference of ‘Bullet Time,’ and just looking at the pure ‘Telekinetic User’ ability, Lin Wuming, you should still be Level 3.”
“It’s not that weak, it’s already Level 4 now,” Lin Wuming corrected.
At the same time, it was also an implicit acknowledgment of the other party’s speculation.
“Huh? So… is that how it is?” Misaka Mikoto said in surprise.
Although she had vaguely noticed something, she still couldn’t get the answer directly like Shokuhou Misaki, so she wasn’t very clear about “Bullet Time.”
“No wonder, Student Wuming was immune to various long-range snipes, it turns out it’s because of ‘Bullet Time’!”
Kihara Kagun continued: “According to Kihara Gensei’s theory, he believes that your ability is not pure Nen, nor is it a special case of having two abilities simultaneously—the so-called ‘Bullet Time’ and your Nen should be one and the same.”
“Kihara Gensei…” Lin Wuming asked, “Did you see him?”
“No,” Kihara Kagun shook his head, “He, like Kihara Pathology, has disappeared, and no valuable clues can be found.”
“Since your Nen hasn’t recovered, there’s no point in me waiting any longer,” Kihara Kagun said with some disappointment, “I will leave Academy City tomorrow. If you recover your strength before then, please let me know immediately.”
“First, tell me, what do you want to do?” Lin Wuming asked.
“My field of research…” Kihara Kagun explained, “My former field of research was near-death experiences. So I think that my research combined with your ability might produce some interesting results.”
As he spoke, Kihara Kagun shook his head, showing a self-deprecating bitter smile: “Don’t mind it too much, in the end, it’s just a bit of my personal curiosity—I am indeed still a Kihara.”
