“Let me repeat, I am not a magician, nor do I understand magic,” Heaven Canceller said. “I am just a doctor, so I can only make a diagnosis from a medical professional’s perspective.”
“I trust you; you are the authority in this field,” Lin Wuming said. “Therefore—I have fully recovered.”
“Yes,” the doctor nodded. “The backlash from your forced spellcasting has completely disappeared. Your body is now very healthy.”
According to Heaven Canceller’s diagnosis, the side effects receded because all residual magic in Lin Wuming’s body vanished.
Previously, Lin Wuming had fallen into a long-duration but low-intensity backlash state primarily due to the presence of residual magic in his body.
Lin Wuming could not ultimately be considered a magician. The only magic he mastered was a peculiar existence used for “suicide,” which could not even be considered a complete spell.
After all, Lin Wuming didn’t genuinely want to commit suicide, so when he designed it, he never intended to truly cast this magic.
However, due to various unforeseen circumstances, Lin Wuming actually cast this magic completely this time.
The result was that, because the magic was incomplete, the magic power refined within Lin Wuming’s body could not be converted into a magical effect, and ultimately, some residual magic remained in his body.
Introducing a bit of residual magic into a Level 5 Esper’s body… If not for Lin Wuming’s powerful control over his own body, plus the fact that the magic power was generated by himself and could not be considered a complete “foreign object,” his body would probably have collapsed from within long ago!
But even if Lin Wuming could control himself and forcibly suppress the magic power in his body, it was not a long-term solution. The presence of magic power was a ticking time bomb for an Esper; something would go wrong sooner or later.
Therefore, Heaven Canceller said that Lin Wuming was committing slow suicide—if Lin Wuming continued to use magic, allowing the residual magic in his body to accumulate more and more, once it surpassed a certain threshold, it would truly erupt!
But now, the residual magic in Lin Wuming’s body had suddenly disappeared.
This was tantamount to pulling the rug out from under the problem, directly resolving the root cause, which is why Heaven Canceller made the diagnosis of “fully recovered.”
As for why he suddenly recovered, Lin Wuming himself was very clear—Imagine Breaker.
At noon, Kamijou Touma and Index specifically came to visit him. It was then that Lin Wuming had a sudden idea: he wanted to personally experience his Imagine Breaker.
Lin Wuming’s goal was simple: he wanted to test if Imagine Breaker could suppress the side effects of his magic use.
In fact, Lin Wuming didn’t hold much hope; it was just a whim, so he wanted to try it out.
The experimental result was not unexpected—the magic was indeed erased by Imagine Breaker, but along with it, Lin Wuming’s Bullet Time state was also erased.
Both positive buffs and side effects were erased indiscriminately, so Lin Wuming’s “experiment” could be considered a failure, as it did not achieve his intended purpose.
However, there was an unexpected gain. At that time, Lin Wuming vaguely discovered—his body suddenly felt lighter.
It was as if some burden that had been pressing on his body had suddenly disappeared.
So, after seeing off Kamijou Touma and Index, Lin Wuming immediately went to see Heaven Canceller.
After a rigorous and detailed examination, the doctor’s final diagnosis also confirmed Lin Wuming’s guess.
At the moment of contact with Imagine Breaker earlier, what was erased was not only the magic that was active at the time and the Bullet Time state, but also the residual magic in Lin Wuming’s body.
Indeed, the previous judgment of Kamijou Touma was accurate—he, with Imagine Breaker, was a walking anomaly.
Imagine Breaker fairly and indiscriminately eliminates all “abnormal powers”—whether magic or esper ability; whether active or already existing, everything is erased!
It was equivalent to a formatted refresh of Lin Wuming’s body.
Then, because Lin Wuming is a Telekinetic User, after he disengaged from Imagine Breaker, his Nen immediately and naturally regenerated.
And Lin Wuming is not a magician, so without actively casting magic, his body would not actively refine magic power like a true magician; furthermore, with the assistance of Index’s “Spell Break,” the process of “refining magic power” had already been interrupted before he even came into contact with Imagine Breaker.
This made the residual magic in Lin Wuming’s body like water without a source, and under the powerful cleansing of Imagine Breaker, it decisively disappeared. And it would no longer continue to generate—until he cast magic next time.
“Alright, that’s an incredible discovery, Wuming Student,” Heaven Canceller looked over with a smile.
“Yes,” Lin Wuming also revealed a relaxed smile, “It’s a major discovery.”
Although a direct method to resolve the magic backlash was not found, an indirect method was discovered.
As long as Kamijou Touma and his Imagine Breaker are still around, the side effects of magic backlash are not an issue.
—Next time there’s residual magic, just go to Kamijou Touma to refresh the state.
So Lin Wuming decisively completed the procedures and was discharged from the Hospital to go home—he was tired of staying in a Hospital ward.
There were still a bunch of things to do next; where was the time to continue wasting here?
Without even returning to his ward, Lin Wuming left the building and went downstairs, directly exiting the Hospital gate.
At this Hospital, Lin Wuming had a certain “privilege”—he was a patient specifically overseen by the director, Heaven Canceller, so hospitalization and discharge only required Heaven Canceller’s personal diagnosis.
All other procedures were omitted, otherwise, it would be too cumbersome; perhaps the previous discharge procedures wouldn’t even be finished before he was admitted again…
“Wheelchair…” After leaving the Hospital and walking some distance, Lin Wuming belatedly noticed something was off.
In last night’s battle, his wheelchair had been reduced to parts, and a new wheelchair hadn’t arrived yet, so…
“Never mind, I’m a Level 5 Telekinetic User anyway, so even if I’m seen walking, it won’t be a problem.” Lin Wuming didn’t dwell on it too much.
Now, the “wheelchair” has become part of Lin Wuming’s persona. As for whether he genuinely has difficulty walking—that point is no longer important, and no one cares anymore.
As Lin Wuming himself said, as a Level 5 Telekinetic User, let alone walking, even flying directly in the sky would not surprise people.
“…Wuming Student, Lin Wuming!”
Just as Lin Wuming was deep in thought, a call suddenly came from behind him.
Turning around, he saw a little girl running towards him. Judging by the direction she came from, she must have chased him out of the Hospital.
