A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 155 The Hero Who Retreats at the Peak

"My business..." Lin Wuming asked, "What's there to ask?"

Tiger Bee Toumi also said, "Just search online. Whether it's news reports or urban legends, there are countless reports about Wuming."

She was right. After all, Lin Wuming had been the focus of news and public opinion in the past two months. All kinds of news, rumors, gossip and urban legends were almost everywhere on the Internet.

If you really want to find out information about Lin Wuming, the quickest and most effective way is to search directly online.

"So, they're probably just joining in the fun and aren't really interested in Wuming," Tiger Bee Toumi commented.

"That's not the case. The seniors still value you very much," Gufa Meiwei said in their defense. "Besides, it seems too late to search online now—the reports about Wuming classmate are tucked away in the back, mixed in with a lot of confusing false information, making them difficult to find."

Lin Wuming took out his cell phone and tried to search for his own name himself.

Sure enough, the retrieved entries were all some seemingly plausible content, but quite a few advertisements for "Xiao Lin Fruit Industry" popped up.

Entering some forums that were keen on discussing his own deeds, Lin Wuming discovered that the current hot topic of public opinion had become the newly promoted Level 5 Shokuhou Misaki.

And it's not just Shokuhou Misaki, there's also Misaka Mikoto who was confirmed as a Level 5 a few months earlier. These two girls of the same age became Level 5s in the same year, which directly caused the number of Level 5 esper users in Academy City to surge by % - this is the hottest topic that Academy City and all esper users are most concerned about.

In comparison, it is not surprising that Lin Wuming, a hero who has publicly announced his "retirement", was quickly abandoned by public opinion.

Seeing Lin Wuming's silence, Gufa Meiwei thought he was feeling lost and quickly comforted him, "Don't be discouraged. After all, it's normal for a new Level 5 to attract everyone's attention. Wait for a while..."

"No, no, no, I'm not discouraged or lost," Lin Wuming shook his head and said, "This development is very good. It would be even better if the public opinion could completely forget about me."

Lin Wuming had anticipated this development. Or rather, this was his plan from the beginning.

People are afraid of being famous just like pigs are afraid of being fat. Lin Wuming really doesn't like being the focus of public opinion and becoming a household "hero" in Academy City.

Because he knew full well that he was unworthy of his position. Without sufficient strength to support himself, he still wanted to be a hero...did he really think that those hidden bosses in Academy City could do nothing to him?

Lin Wuming had no other choice before, so he destroyed "Black Moon Technology" in order to protect himself.

Then he has to cooperate with the guard force, and also wants to save those characters who have encountered misfortune in the original plot, so he continues to develop the character of a "hero".

Now, the illegal experiments mentioned in the original plot have been explored thoroughly. As a time traveler, Lin Wuming does not know which other illegal experimental institutions can be destroyed, and the job of "hero" is doomed to fail.

Therefore, he decisively retreated from the limelight, announced his "retirement", and then quietly joined - or hid in - the large group of discipline committee members, ready to start his own life of lying low as planned.

To achieve this goal, Lin Wuming and Shokuhou Misaki agreed to use high-profile publicity of the new level 5 news to cover up the rumors about Lin Wuming's "heroism".

After all, this is Academy City, where superpowers are the eternal theme. Level 5 is above all else!
However, Lin Wuming was surprised to find that he wasn't the only one trying to limit his influence! Disciplinary committee members, security forces, the Anbu, and numerous unknown experimental institutions, all working together to suppress news reports involving Lin Wuming, each with their own agenda.

The result is what is happening now. In just two days, Lin Wuming seems to have been forgotten by the world, and there is almost no useful information about him on the Internet.

I believe that in a month or two, the name Lin Wuming and the short-lived title of "hero" will only be passed down in urban legends.

In ultra-modern cities where information is updated at an increasingly rapid pace, manipulating public opinion, or people's collective cognition, is actually not difficult.

Shokuhou Misaki originally planned to use her "external brain" a little, but she found that before she could take action, the situation had already turned in the direction she wanted.

Because Misaka Mikoto - the electric shock user who had been confirmed to be promoted to level 5 before her - Tokiwadai Junior High School struck while the iron was hot and released the news that next school year, both Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki, level 5s, would enter Tokiwadai Junior High School!
This piece of news really set off public opinion. Tokiwadai Junior High School was already one of the five most prestigious schools, and this was now even more powerful. The addition of two level 5s was enough to make up for all their shortcomings and challenge Changdian Shangji Academy for the top spot.

Unlike other level 5s, Misaka Mikoto's study life is completely natural and undisturbed; apart from having stronger abilities, Misaka Mikoto's living environment is no different from that of other ordinary girls, and she is almost completely isolated from the dark side of Academy City.

Because of her "electric shock user" being the most modern type of superpower, Misaka Mikoto is also the best candidate for Academy City to use for public publicity.

Her moderate exposure has always been ongoing, and this time it happened to be the perfect time for her to be in the spotlight together with Shokuhou Misaki.

Although Misaka Mikoto herself has not yet realized what is happening in the public opinion field.

Shokuhou Misaki was very dissatisfied with this.

"Why?! Why did Misaka Mikoto suddenly become so famous? She's clearly trying to get traffic!" In the ward, Shokuhou Misaki was complaining.

The person she was complaining about was, of course, Misaka Mikoto's number one clone... Dolly.

Dolly, dressed in a hospital gown and sitting on the bed, listened patiently with a gentle smile on her face.

The Ghost Chaser had already told Dolly everything about her life story, and she quickly accepted the fact that she was a clone, or rather, she had actually known the truth for a long time.

Dolly didn't have any special feelings about this. She had never even seen her own genetic original, Misaka Mikoto, and just felt that she was a somewhat distant object.

Therefore, when listening to Shokuhou Misaki complaining, Dolly just felt that her good friend was complaining about an unknown stranger, and even wanted to join in and complain with Shokuhou Misaki.

"Okay, fucking Ki-chan, stop staring at Dolly's face and complaining about that Misaka Mikoto. You're scaring her!"

A metallic tentacle suddenly stretched out from the side and handed a peeled apple to Shokuhou Misaki.

(End of this chapter)