"Hide-and-seek… that sounds exhausting," Shokuhou Misaki commented in response to the two options Lin Wuming presented.
If she could, she naturally didn't want to be disturbed. She wanted to spend a true "world for two" with Senior Wuming.
However, to achieve that goal by dedicating all the remaining time today to an endless game of "hide-and-seek" would be too foolish; it was completely putting the cart before the horse.
—If they want to follow, let them follow. After all, they shouldn't really interfere with Our activities.
"I think hide-and-seek sounds good, maybe we can try it," Lin Wuming, however, made another choice. "Even if it fails, it won't be too late to switch to another plan."
"I'm not good at that kind of thing," Shokuhou Misaki reminded him.
—Shokuhou Misaki politely declined any strenuous activities that required a lot of running around.
"It's fine, no need to worry about that," Lin Wuming said with a smile, taking action.
He suddenly bent down and, amidst her small gasp of surprise, lifted her into his arms.
This was the so-called princess carry.
"It's rare not to use a wheelchair," Lin Wuming said, "Actually, I'm also very good at high-speed movement."
Realizing the action Lin Wuming was about to take, Shokuhou Misaki immediately adjusted her posture cooperatively, wrapping her arms around his neck and pressing her body as close as possible to his chest.
Immediately after, as Lin Wuming pushed off with his legs, the two took off from the ground.
Because Kazakiri Hyouka often carried her like this for long-distance high-speed maneuvers, Shokuhou Misaki was already accustomed to this experience and felt no fear.
It was just that since the person carrying her had become Senior Wuming, she still felt her heart beat a little faster.
But soon, Shokuhou Misaki recovered from her dazed state, realizing that the situation she was experiencing now was somewhat different from Kazakiri Hyouka's usual long-distance jumps.
Lin Wuming is a Telekinetic User. Although the very first jump was indeed powered by his legs, essentially consistent with Kazakiri Hyouka's jumps, what followed was completely different.
In short, Telekinetic Users can fly.
There's no need to land and jump again. With Lin Wuming's Nen, lifting the weight of two people to soar through the air is no problem at all.
It was precisely because of this move that Lin Wuming was confident in playing this "hide-and-seek" game.
"Oh right, Senior Wuming is a Level 5 Telekinetic User," Shokuhou Misaki also had a sudden realization. "As expected of an all-purpose Nen, it's really convenient and easy to use!"
"Now, is there anywhere you want to go?" Lin Wuming asked again.
"Academy City, to Yuuenchi (Amusement Park)!" Shokuhou Misaki became excited, realizing that with Lin Wuming's Nen, she could save a lot of physical effort.
...
"They're too high-profile, flying directly in the sky!" Misaka Mikoto watched the two figures, now just a small dot in the sky.
Misaka Mikoto could also fly by manipulating electromagnetic force or riding a cloud of kim kong sand.
But doing so would make it easy to be discovered, which was rather inappropriate.
"Based on their conversation and reactions just now, they must have known someone was following them, right?" Shirai Kuroko said.
"But it doesn't matter," Shirai Kuroko grabbed both of their arms again. "Because he's carrying Shokuhou Misaki, Senior Wuming can't fly too fast, so we can keep up."
With that, Space Movement activated, and the three of them continuously teleported and flashed in increments of "a hundred meters," surprisingly not much slower than Lin Wuming and Shokuhou Misaki in the air.
"Let's not go to Yuuenchi (Amusement Park yet), let's circle around Seventh District first," Shokuhou Misaki suddenly said. "They're catching up…"
From her elevated position, and with Shokuhou Misaki's excellent eyesight, she caught a glimpse of the "pursuers" below for a moment.
"No wonder they're so close. Is Shirai Kuroko helping them?"
"This might be a bit tricky," Lin Wuming said. "Our flying speed really makes it hard to shake off 'Space Movement.'"
"That's why I said to go around a few more times," Shokuhou Misaki said. "And honestly, this is much more interesting and exciting than the rides at Yuuenchi (Amusement Park)!"
Shokuhou Misaki also suddenly realized that flying around like this, nestled in Lin Wuming's arms, seemed quite nice, much more fun than the rides at Yuuenchi (Amusement Park).
"Then… let's continue hide-and-seek," Lin Wuming said.
Since the girls didn't object, Lin Wuming didn't mind continuing to fly like this.
This level of consumption was almost negligible for Lin Wuming.
Compared to the consumption during combat, simple movement was much easier. Even if he flew for an entire day, he wouldn't feel tired.
As long as he didn't encounter any sudden incidents…
Bullet Time appeared suddenly without any warning.
This time, Lin Wuming's reaction speed was very fast. Almost immediately, he noticed that the subjective flow of time around him had slowed down.
—Damn it, what's going on now? Why is someone suddenly attacking me? Could it be that Mikoto impulsively fired a Railgun?
While complaining internally, Lin Wuming became even more vigilant.
Because Lin Wuming discovered that this time, he couldn't see the source of the "fatal crisis."
So, large quantities of kim kong sand flew out of his pocket, forming a sand screen around Lin Wuming and Shokuhou Misaki.
Lin Wuming performed this action not to block the enemy's attack with this thin sand screen, but merely to outline the direction and trajectory of the attack.
As long as he could see the enemy's attack, the rest would be easy.
The result was somewhat unexpected: this "fatal crisis" was actually blocked by that thin sand screen outside!
The unidentified attack stopped abruptly the moment it touched the sand screen, as if it had never existed, disappearing into thin air.
The crisis was averted.
—There's an enemy!
Shokuhou Misaki's reaction was not slow, but her warning came belatedly after Bullet Time ended.
"Mm," Lin Wuming casually responded, his gaze following the direction of the attack trajectory outlined in the sand screen.
—If that was a linear attack…
Mind Power Acceleration Cannon!
Lin Wuming instinctively counterattacked, but he immediately knew that his attack was meaningless.
Looking down from above, based on the trajectory to deduce the closest launch position, this attack was at least a long-range sniper shot from over five hundred meters away.
The attacker was very cautious. That direction happened to be a densely populated street. After the Bullet Time state was lifted, even Lin Wuming couldn't distinguish which one was the real enemy.
Moreover, because there were many innocent civilians, Lin Wuming also abandoned the idea of strengthening the Mind Power Acceleration Cannon, letting this projectile burn out in the air.
"Couldn't find them," Shokuhou Misaki held the remote control, also trying to search for the enemy hidden among the crowd below, but similarly found nothing.
