“The situation is indeed dire,” Lin Wuming said with a solemn expression. “My body is gradually dying, and I might not even last until Kamijou Touma and the others resolve the incident.”
One must know that what was currently inside Lin Wuming’s body was a wisp of a “residual soul” that had long since perished.
When Lin Wuming escaped the cage of consciousness, the countdown to this body’s death began.
When Kobayashi’s “residual soul” completely dissipated, it would mean that this body had truly died.
At that time, even if Lin Wuming’s consciousness returned to the body, would he still be considered alive?
“Should I ask Heaven Canceller for help?” Lin Wuming thought. “At least, keeping the body active shouldn’t be too difficult, right?”
Compared to Lin Wuming’s conservative plan, Misaka Mikoto and the others brought up the old topic again.
—Go out, find Kamijou Touma, and use his Imagine Breaker to lift the curse!
This time, even Shokuhou Misaki couldn’t stubbornly refuse their request.
“Wuming-senpai, what do you think?” Shokuhou Misaki asked.
“If we’re going to take action, what needs to be done is very simple,” Lin Wuming reacted quickly and immediately said, “Referring to the original plot, just blow up Kamijou’s house.”
—Provided it can be confirmed that this Angel Fall incident, like in the original plot, is caused by the special arrangement in Kamijou’s house, which accidentally formed a magical ritual.
The first thing to confirm is this, after all, the real world cannot completely copy the original plot, otherwise, if we get it wrong…
Not to mention blowing up Kamijou’s house for no reason, wasting time and effort on the wrong answer, and then missing the real ritual site, that would be the worst-case scenario.
“Then…” Seeing that Lin Wuming had made a decision, Shokuhou Misaki no longer hesitated. “Let’s investigate first. Our will split into two groups and act simultaneously.”
In fact, throughout this day, Shokuhou Misaki had also been considering the feasibility of going out to find Kamijou Touma.
As just mentioned, this is the real world, and it may not completely align with the original plot in Lin Wuming’s memory and information.
What if? Perhaps Imagine Breaker really could directly help Lin Wuming solve the problem.
Therefore, Shokuhou Misaki had already prepared contingency plans for various situations. At this moment, she was simply taking out one of them directly to use, according to Lin Wuming’s wishes.
According to Shokuhou Misaki and Lin Wuming’s deductions, although the Angel Fall incident happened earlier, the overall trend should remain consistent with the original plot.
Therefore, the solution is likely the same—destroy Kamijou’s house, completely obliterating the entire ritual site in one go.
Thus, the key to the operation lies in destroying a building in one go.
Of course, only Level 5 Misaka Mikoto could do such a thing.
So, Misaka Mikoto, Shirai Kuroko, and Hokaze Junko formed one group and went directly to Kamijou’s house.
After all, Shokuhou Misaki couldn’t directly tell them to destroy Kamijou-senpai’s house.
The reason given on the surface was to prevent Kamijou Touma from suddenly returning home, not being in the resort area, so someone needed to go to his house to confirm the situation.
The only one who knew the true purpose was Shokuhou Misaki’s confidante, Hokaze Junko.
The reason Hokaze Junko was assigned to that group was to reveal the truth at the critical moment and inform Misaka Mikoto to destroy Kamijou’s house.
Incidentally, Shirai Kuroko, currently sporting Mugino Shizuri’s appearance, was intimately holding Misaka Mikoto’s arm, the two of them pressed together… it truly created a strong sense of incongruity.
However, because the current Misaka Mikoto had the appearance of an Misaka Worst, also looking like a “delinquent high school student,” standing next to Mugino Shizuri, there was a strange sense of harmony instead.
Shokuhou Misaki continuously switched perspectives, observing the people around her.
If the situation wasn’t so urgent, this change… was actually quite interesting.
“Ah, Our two won’t go cause trouble,” Haruue Erii said, raising her hand. “Saten and I will stay in Academy City to support everyone.”
Clearly, Haruue Erii was very clear about her strengths and weaknesses. As a “computer technician,” staying behind to provide intelligence support was the wisest choice.
Beside her, Saten Ruiko, although looking eager to try, couldn’t help but hesitate when she thought about them preparing to “sneak out” of Academy City… Saten Ruiko, essentially just an ordinary person, still couldn’t help but hesitate.
—Unlike the others present, she was just an ordinary middle school student. What if she was caught by the patrol team… Wouldn’t that be troublesome?
Fortunately, Haruue Erii made the choice for her.
While feeling regret, Saten Ruiko also breathed a sigh of relief, feeling much lighter.
“Excellent, I’ll leave the home front to you!” Shokuhou Misaki completely agreed with their choice.
After all, Haruue Erii was currently occupying Shokuhou Misaki’s own body!
No one knew better than Shokuhou Misaki how weak her stamina was.
If it were someone athletic like Hokaze Junko or Hu Feng Toumi occupying her body, they might barely be able to unleash some potential, reaching the average level of a female middle school student.
But Haruue Erii was also physically weak, in some ways even worse than Shokuhou Misaki!
Just now, she heard Haruue Erii quietly complaining that her “shoulders were sore”—she couldn’t even bear her current body!
To speak selfishly, Shokuhou Misaki certainly didn’t want her body to encounter any danger.
One must know that the effect of Angel Fall was a genuine soul exchange—that is, the “soul” entered another person’s body, it was truly “someone else’s body.”
It wasn’t some illusion!
What would happen if she was injured or even died under these circumstances… and then when the Angel Fall effect was lifted and each “soul” returned to its rightful place?
No one knew.
But Shokuhou Misaki didn’t want to gamble at all.
“You two stay here,” Shokuhou Misaki said seriously. “Although, as Huangquanchuan-sensei said, we can go out through official channels, time is tight now, and we don’t have time for the procedures.”
With Haruue Erii, the super hacker, coordinating from the center, at least getting in and out of Academy City could save a lot of trouble.
According to the plan, Misaka Mikoto, Shirai Kuroko, and Hokaze Junko would form one group and go to Kamijou Touma’s home address, in case he “happened to be home.”
The others would form another small group—specifically, Shokuhou Misaki and Hu Feng Toumi—and take Lin Wuming out of Academy City, directly to the resort beach.
After all, if all went as expected, Kamijou Touma was most likely at the beach, and then they could directly ask him for help with the “exorcism.”
