Kanzaki Kaori always held a sense of awe for her “disciple.”
On Hu Feng Toumi’s first day of “apprenticeship,” Kanzaki Kaori had a “preliminary assessment” match with her to determine her strength and the “teaching plan” that would follow.
Despite her own selfish reasons, Kanzaki Kaori had no intention of being perfunctory about what she had promised. After all, “swordsmanship” wasn’t magic, so there would be no problem even if it was taught to an Esper in Academy City.
However, it was precisely after that sparring session that Kanzaki Kaori gained a direct and profound understanding of the esper ability “Absolute Penetration.”
After that, she never engaged in any training that involved “actual combat sparring.” Even in regular practice, she tried her best to avoid letting Hu Feng Toumi use pointed or bladed items.
“Even you, a Saint, find her difficult to handle? You’re not satisfied with such strength and still want to become stronger?” Tsuchimikado Motoharu clicked his tongue. “But for me, her ability itself is already terrifying enough; it doesn’t matter if she gets any stronger.”
“She said she wanted to become stronger after seeing the battle between me and God’s Power that day,” Kanzaki Kaori shook her head. “Kihara Yuiitsu chose the wrong opponent.”
“Indeed,” Tsuchimikado Motoharu retorted, “Who in their right mind would take an angel as an opponent?”
“But Kihara Yuiitsu is serious,” Kanzaki Kaori said sternly, “And… she truly has that potential.”
“She can kill an angel?” Tsuchimikado Motoharu exclaimed.
“Kill? That’s probably impossible,” Kanzaki Kaori explained. “But piercing and injuring an angel is actually not difficult for her to do.”
“…That’s still an exaggeration, isn’t it?” Tsuchimikado Motoharu murmured.
Normally, the thought of “being an enemy to an angel” shouldn’t even exist, let alone actually being able to harm an angel.
It was only because Kanzaki Kaori was a Saint that Tsuchimikado Motoharu had spoken about this topic in a joking tone just now.
But the result was that Hu Feng Toumi actually had the ability to harm an angel?
“Well… after all, she’s Lin Wuming’s woman, so it’s not surprising that she has such strength,” Tsuchimikado Motoharu suddenly shrugged and said loudly.
Kanzaki Kaori rolled her eyes at him but didn’t expose him.
As a spy lurking in the core area of the enemy camp, Tsuchimikado Motoharu’s perception was also very sharp—he must have said those lines specifically because he sensed Hu Feng Toumi returning, right?
“I will continue to train until I can kill an angel.” Hu Feng Toumi was clearly not satisfied with just injuring her target.
“It’s best not to say such things directly,” Tsuchimikado Motoharu quickly said, “Also consider the position of Cross Religion believers.”
“I understand.” Hu Feng Toumi nodded, then looked at the insulated box in his hand.
“This is breakfast.” Tsuchimikado Motoharu immediately said with a beaming face, “My sister made this herself. Try it, I don’t think it’s any worse than Wuming’s cooking.”
“Hey, don’t underestimate my sister!” Noticing Hu Feng Toumi’s gaze, Tsuchimikado Motoharu stared back unyieldingly. “Mai Natsu is an excellent student of Liaoluan Housekeeping; her cooking skills are definitely professional chef level.”
Hearing that it was made by a professional maid, Hu Feng Toumi showed an “I see” expression and muttered to herself, “The cooking of Liaoluan Housekeeping is indeed something to look forward to.”
“By the way,” just as the two girls picked up their chopsticks and began to enjoy breakfast, Tsuchimikado Motoharu said as if casually, “I heard that Wuming is going on a date today…”
Whoosh!
A chopstick flew like an arrow, grazing past his temple.
Kanzaki Kaori mumbled, “I told you she should use a spoon.”
But this time, Tsuchimikado Motoharu remained unperturbed and continued calmly, “Actually, I happen to have some interesting little gadgets on hand, like miniature trackers and eavesdropping devices…”
…
After breakfast, Hu Feng Toumi went downstairs with the “gadgets” given by Tsuchimikado Motoharu and met up with Misaka Mikoto.
Last night, Misaka Mikoto suddenly contacted her and asked her to track Lin Wuming and Shokuhou Misaki’s date today.
Hu Feng Toumi did not refuse.
After the girl left, only the two magicians remained on the rooftop.
“You…” Kanzaki Kaori stood at the edge of the roof, looking down at the ground. “You didn’t tamper with those devices, did you?”
“Of course not,” Tsuchimikado Motoharu said with a smile, “I would never do something that foolish!”
By not leaving any backdoors and simply providing convenient and useful spy equipment, even if things were exposed, at most Lin Wuming would be angry.
And Hu Feng Toumi would definitely not blame him, and might even help deal with Lin Wuming.
But if he tampered with the equipment and was discovered, he would have to face a mixed doubles beatdown from that violent couple!
Regarding his own life safety, Tsuchimikado Motoharu was very clear-headed.
“But what about Shokuhou’s feelings?” Kanzaki Kaori asked again. “Not just Lin Wuming, Shokuhou will also be angry, right?”
“Don’t worry, I’ll provide her with the same equipment then!” Tsuchimikado Motoharu gave a thumbs-up and said proudly, “It’s obvious that for fairness, Wuming will definitely go on dates with other girls too.”
“…” Kanzaki Kaori frowned deeply. “Why do you do such things?”
Besides stirring up trouble and inciting disputes, there seemed to be no other meaning.
“Of course it’s… to watch the show.” Tsuchimikado Motoharu shrugged, then cursed, “Damn it! So many excellent beautiful girls! They’re all revolving around Lin Wuming alone, is that reasonable? Even if it’s Lin Wuming… damn it, it’s really enviable…”
Kanzaki Kaori looked at him with even more disdain: “If you really have nothing to do, I can suggest to the Archbishop to assign you more tasks.”
“That’s not necessary.” Tsuchimikado Motoharu quickly shook his head. “Don’t worry, I won’t neglect serious matters.”
—In fact, this seemingly mischievous and troublemaking behavior was also part of “serious matters.”
However, it was not an order from Necessarius, but a commission from another employer — the “No Window Building.”
Lin Wuming’s current state was very special, having reached a certain critical point or key turning point.
It wasn’t about harming him or obstructing him, but rather that some people wanted to slow down Lin Wuming’s “evolution” a little.
At the same time, there was no need to push him to the opposite side. How to grasp the right balance became the most crucial part.
Under such preconditions, what better reason for restraint could there be than those few girls?
