Chapter 914: Magic Forbidden
“Chronic suicide? What do you mean by that?” Lin Wuming naturally didn’t dare to be careless with Heaven Canceller’s diagnosis and quickly asked.
“You used magic to unleash your esper ability, didn’t you?” Heaven Canceller asked, “Use that move less in the future, otherwise you will really die—your esper ability, no matter how powerful it is, will be useless against this kind of death, right?”
“That serious?” Lin Wuming said in surprise, “But before that…”
There had been no such situation when he used magic to activate Bullet Time before.
“Regarding this, you’d best go ask Chairman Aleister for clarification—I don’t know much about magic—he taught you your magic, didn’t he?” Heaven Canceller said, “Before was before. Now you yourself have changed. If I’m not mistaken, your Nen should have become stronger.”
“You’re right,” Lin Wuming nodded.
“I thought so too,” Heaven Canceller nodded, “The unstable state caused by the transformation of your strength means that the different powers in you have not yet been integrated. In this situation, errors are unavoidable…”
Heaven Canceller spread his hands: “Your original operation was like walking a tightrope. Any small error would be fatal, so it’s not surprising that you’re suffering a backlash now. And it’s normal to encounter more serious backlashes in the future.”
“So, as a doctor, the best advice I can give you is—don’t use magic anymore, not even once!”
“That strict?” Lin Wuming frowned, “Not even once?”
As a means of actively activating Bullet Time, “magic” was indeed an ideal choice.
Especially as Lin Wuming’s own strength grew stronger, it became increasingly difficult to “commit suicide” through normal means. “Magic,” such a useful technique, was truly a rare find.
“I told you, this is chronic suicide,” Heaven Canceller said with a serious expression, “Of course, if it comes down to a last resort, there’s no need to be so rigid—how to choose is up to you. Although you’re not an adult yet, I think you should have enough rationality and ability to take responsibility for your actions. As a doctor, I’m just giving you relatively professional advice based on the perspective of physical health.”
After hesitating for a moment, Heaven Canceller continued, “Lin Wuming, you are an Esper, but during the examination, I found traces of magic power in your body.”
“After all, I’ve used magic,” Lin Wuming wasn’t too surprised by this, “So it’s normal for me to have magic power.”
“No, don’t you understand? esper ability and magic cannot coexist,” Heaven Canceller said, “To put it simply, the two are like oil and water; forcibly mixing them will cause an explosion!”
“Your body is now on the verge of exploding at any time—as long as you use magic power, use magic,” the doctor said, “It’s just that, compared to esper ability, the magic power part is too weak, so the resulting explosion has limited destructive power. That’s why, in your opinion, it’s just the ‘not serious injury’ you have now.”
However, if he continued without restraint, activating magic multiple times, quantitative change would lead to qualitative change, and the final result would be an irreversible and tragic ending.
Lin Wuming pondered for a moment and said, “After the treatment is over, I’ll go find Chairman Aleister immediately… I also have other things I want to confirm with him.”
After the treatment, Heaven Canceller casually gave Lin Wuming a medical certificate for three days of hospitalization for observation.
Leaving the doctor’s office, Lin Wuming did not return directly to his ward but left the Hospital and went to the No Window Building.
While drinking the calming medicine prepared by Heaven Canceller, Lin Wuming sent an email to Chairman Aleister as a heads-up.
Lin Wuming had just defeated a member of God’s Right Seat, which, even from Aleister’s perspective, was a rather significant event.
So Lin Wuming was certain that Chairman Aleister had already prepared to meet him.
The facts proved this to be true; when Lin Wuming arrived downstairs, Kihara Tamski had already been waiting for a long time.
This guide had obviously been woken up from sleep to work overtime. While she was full of fatigue, she also made no secret of the dissatisfaction on her face.
“Please, make it short,” Kihara Tamski grabbed Lin Wuming’s arm and whispered, “Let me go back to sleep early.”
“I’ll try,” Lin Wuming showed a somewhat apologetic smile, “Consider it overtime for you, there will be double overtime pay.”
“Heh, who cares,” Kihara Tamski rolled her eyes, then immediately shut up and said no more.
Because they had already entered the building, into that iconic room.
She bowed formally towards the huge test tube in the center of the room, and then Kihara Tamski activated her ability again and left.
“You’ve come at just the right time, Lin Wuming,” Chairman Aleister’s voice sounded, “I’ve just finished negotiations with the British Puritan Church.”
“Is that so? So Front was taken away by them?” Lin Wuming asked.
“That’s right.”
Having expected this, Lin Wuming nodded indifferently: “It’s like returning something to its rightful owner. Is there anything else I need to know?”
“Nothing,” Chairman Aleister thought for a moment and added, “Keep a low profile recently; don’t leave Academy City.”
“Will the Roman Orthodox Church retaliate?”
“Without a doubt,” Chairman Aleister said, “It’s just that Front is not in Our hands, so whether they seek revenge first or reclaim Front first… that’s their headache.”
Diverting trouble to the east, letting the British Puritan Church help disperse the firepower? That was indeed a good choice.
Anyway, for Chairman Aleister, Front’s value was not great—the most crucial “Angel Ritual” of God’s Right Seat was not much of a secret to Chairman Aleister.
Compared to that, it was better to do them a favor and hand Front over to the British Puritan Church for them to take back.
“Of course, it’s not just given to them for free,” Chairman Aleister explained again, “I’ve established a new agreement with their Archbishop. Willing or not, the Christian Church must now stand in the same trench as Us, facing the Roman Orthodox Church together. Furthermore, Our intelligence and resource exchange agreement has progressed further—now you can access the knowledge of any grimoire recorded in Index Librorum Prohibitorum’s mind at any time, and she will not refuse you for any reason.”
“What use would a grimoire be to me…” Lin Wuming said, “Besides, according to Doctor Heaven Canceller’s diagnosis just now, for the sake of my health, I can’t use magic anymore in the future.”
“Is that what he determined?” Chairman Aleister said, “That’s a pity.”
