While Yuri Chiya was determining Lin Wuming’s identity through her questions, in the hospital room outside, the girls were already growing impatient.
“Yuri Chiya… she didn’t run into any danger, did she?” Yumizuru Iruru, who was responsible for bringing Yuri Chiya there, asked worriedly. “Shokuhou, you also said it, didn’t you? Senior Wuming’s mental world is—quite dangerous.”
Shokuhou Misaki’s face was taut, but on the surface, she was as calm as a mountain: “Don’t worry, I’m constantly monitoring Yuri Student’s condition. If she really encounters danger, I will wake her up immediately!”
At this moment, Misaka Mikoto raised her hand and suggested, “If even Yuri Student can’t wake Senior Wuming, then there’s only one way left.”
After their previous discussion, they unanimously agreed that the culprit behind Lin Wuming’s sudden coma was a magical attack!
Otherwise, there was no way to explain why they couldn’t find any clues of an attack.
And since it was a “magical attack,” there was actually the simplest and most direct solution right there—go directly to Kamijou Touma for an “exorcism”!
However, for some unknown reason, Kamijou Touma suddenly left Academy City, reportedly for a vacation.
Because they couldn’t find Kamijou Touma, they could only try other methods to awaken Lin Wuming first.
“In fact,” Misaka Mikoto said in a low voice, “we just found Kamijou Senior’s location, it’s not too far from Academy City.”
When leaving Academy City, according to regulations, every student must have a tracking chip implanted under their skin.
Present were Misaka Mikoto and Haruue Erii, two super hackers, so obtaining Kamijou Touma’s location was an incredibly simple matter.
In fact, Misaka Mikoto had even completed all the necessary procedures for Lin Wuming to “smuggle out of the country.”
Shokuhou Misaki remained silent, neither refusing nor objecting.
Huangquanchuan Aisui, standing by, raised her eyebrows and, after some thought, couldn’t help but say, “Actually, with Wuming’s current influence… there’s no need to do things so secretly.”
Even Huangquanchuan Aisui herself could find a way to apply for an emergency leave permit.
—If all else fails, we can only go to Kamijou Touma.
Shokuhou Misaki thought to herself, but she was more concerned about one thing that she had overlooked because Senior Wuming’s situation had occupied all her attention—why did Kamijou Touma leave Academy City for a vacation precisely at this time?
It wasn’t that she suspected Kamijou Touma had anything to do with Lin Wuming’s coma, but rather…
—She felt like something was wrong. Kamijou Touma being driven out of Academy City for a “vacation” seemed to be a part of the original plot, but… was it at this time?
Strictly speaking, the timing didn’t match at all, which was why Shokuhou Misaki hadn’t noticed it initially.
But if she calmly re-evaluated the situation, she would realize—because of Senior Wuming’s intervention, the “Misaka Sisters” incident was resolved two years in advance, and Kamijou Touma didn’t even need to get involved.
Naturally, Kamijou Touma also lost the opportunity to defeat Accelerator.
She remembered that in the original plot, it was precisely because Kamijou Touma defeated the strongest Esper, Accelerator, that it caused great chaos in Academy City—too many people wanted to challenge Kamijou Touma to gain the title of “strongest.” The result was that large-scale fights broke out around Kamijou Touma every day.
To quell the riot, Academy City decided to “drive out” Kamijou Touma to avoid trouble.
—And then… what happened next?
“Ah, she’s awake, she’s awake! Yuri Student is awake!” Saten Ruiko was quick-witted, raising her hand and shouting immediately.
Their attention diverted by Saten Ruiko’s words, everyone present immediately looked at the girl lying on another hospital bed.
Yuri Chiya’s head swayed slightly, and then she opened her eyes.
“Chiya Student!” Misaka Mikoto was the first to rush over, grabbing Yuri Chiya’s hand, “How are you—are you okay? How’s Senior Wuming’s condition?”
“Don’t worry, I’ve found Senior Wuming!” Yuri Chiya said proudly, “And it’s the real Senior Wuming!”
Recalling Lin Wuming’s answer to her question earlier, Yuri Chiya’s expression when looking at Misaka Mikoto was somewhat complex.
—But seeing Misaka Student so concerned about Senior Wuming… it really didn’t disappoint Senior Wuming’s favor.
“Cough cough!” Shokuhou Misaki coughed and said, “You’ve worked hard, Chiya Student. Senior Wuming…”
As she spoke, Shokuhou Misaki looked at Lin Wuming on the other hospital bed, frowning: “Still no signs of waking up.”
“Huh? How could that be?!” Yuri Chiya exclaimed, she quickly got up and looked at the adjacent bed, “We clearly came out together…”
But when she saw it with her own eyes, Lin Wuming was indeed still lying motionless on the bed—exactly as he was before she “entered the dream.”
“That shouldn’t be, I really did bring Senior Wuming out…” Yuri Chiya quickly explained.
In fact, it was the opposite; it was Lin Wuming who led Yuri Chiya out of that strange space that had no boundaries and couldn’t be moved.
According to Lin Wuming’s speculation, this “strange space” should actually be his own consciousness space, which is why Yuri Chiya was sucked in here when she tried to “possess” him.
And this place belonged to Lin Wuming’s absolute private domain; besides himself, everything else from outside could not move freely here, which is why Yuri Chiya was trapped here crying, as if she had fallen into a trap…
But it was also precisely because of Yuri Chiya’s “intrusion” that she brought disturbance and variables to this chaos, becoming an opportunity for Lin Wuming to understand this place and then leave it.
Ultimately, it was indeed Lin Wuming who led Yuri Chiya to “escape” from there.
Yuri Chiya knew very well that if it were just her, she probably would never have been able to escape that trap.
—Without Senior Wuming… she wouldn’t have been able to come back at all!
So, since she had successfully woken up, there was no reason why Senior Wuming should still be unconscious, right?
“How strange, this is impossible!” Yuri Chiya circled Lin Wuming’s bed, completely bewildered, “No, something must have gone wrong!”
Perhaps because it involved her “professional field,” Yuri Chiya also had her pride and couldn’t accept such a result.
“I’ll try again!” Yuri Chiya immediately made a decision. She didn’t even bother to return to her own bed, sitting directly on the floor and falling asleep beside Lin Wuming’s bed.
At the same time, her esper ability “Astral Buddy” activated—floating in the hospital room in the form of an “out-of-body experience.”
Then, Yuri Chiya immediately saw Lin Wuming.
Or rather, Lin Wuming’s “soul”—similar to Yuri Chiya’s current state, both were “phantom images” invisible to ordinary people, floating above the hospital bed, looking down at the people in the hospital room.
