“So who is it this time?” Lin Wuming’s expression was gloomy; no one would be in a good mood if their date was interrupted.
Not to mention it was a fatal attack attempting to kill him.
Shokuhou Misaki was naturally just as angry, but upon noticing Lin Wuming’s fury, she immediately changed her mood and began to try and calm him.
—It wouldn’t be wise for both of them to fall into a state of rage. Even to deal with the hidden enemy, they must remain calm.
“Wuming Senior, you…” Shokuhou Misaki suddenly noticed the sand screen beside her and asked curiously, “Do you always carry this much kim kong sand with you?”
“Actually, it’s not too much,” Lin Wuming took a deep breath to calm himself down. “Currently, these are all micro-particles with a diameter of less than one micrometer. When gathered, they don’t actually take up much space.”
Rather than “sand particles,” it would be more accurate to call them “dust.”
Without Lin Wuming’s Nen manipulation, these micro-particles couldn’t even cause any macroscopic physical damage.
Therefore, the defensive power of the barrier composed of them was also predictable—it wouldn’t be much better than air.
But it was precisely this flimsy “barrier” that blocked an attack capable of causing a “fatal crisis” to Lin Wuming!
The mysterious enemy and the bizarre attack cast a shadow over Lin Wuming and Shokuhou Misaki’s hearts.
No matter how confident they were in their strength, they were not in the mood to continue their “date” under such a threat.
“Shokuhou, I’m sorry…” Lin Wuming had just opened his mouth when the girl in his arms reached out a finger and touched his lips.
“This is nothing to apologize for,” Shokuhou Misaki said. “Because Wuming Senior didn’t do anything wrong.”
Although Shokuhou Misaki was the most disappointed, she still understood the priorities of the situation.
“Although it’s truly regrettable…” Shokuhou Misaki looked down. “Perfect, those people who were following Our can be put to use.”
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Shirai Kuroko activated Space Movement again, bringing Misaka Mikoto and Hu Feng Toumi to the rooftop of another building.
“What just happened?” Hu Feng Toumi noticed the two people in the sky acting unusually. “Wuming seemed to… use kim kong sand?”
“That’s Wuming Senior’s Item, right? Why would he need to use that during a date?” Misaka Mikoto also felt confused, then, as if thinking of something, she mumbled guiltily, “Could it be that he discovered he was being followed, so he’s preparing for a fight?”
“You’re right, Misaka Student~” Shokuhou Misaki’s voice came from nearby. “Wuming Senior is very angry, so he plans to teach you all a good lesson!”
“Eek!” Misaka Mikoto was startled.
Not only her, but even the usually calm and collected Hu Feng Toumi couldn’t help but tremble slightly.
The first reaction of the three girls was to look up at the sky.
“Don’t look, Wuming Senior and I aren’t there.” Shokuhou Misaki sat on a bench on the rooftop, playing with her usual remote control.
The three girls, as followers, looked at that remote control with some apprehension…
Misaka Mikoto wasn’t afraid, but she was especially guilty.
“W-Wuming Senior isn’t really angry, is he?” Misaka Mikoto said tremblingly. “He gave up the date just to catch Our?”
“How could that be…” Shirai Kuroko suddenly retorted.
She was the first to notice the anomaly: “Wuming Senior used a kim kong sand screen just now. Did… something happen?”
“Such a quick reaction.” Shokuhou Misaki looked at Shirai Kuroko with some approval. “There was indeed a small accident. Wuming Senior was just attacked…”
Saying that, Shokuhou Misaki, as if foreknowing, raised her palm to stop the exclamations of the girls in front of her, and continued, “As you saw, Wuming Senior’s response was very timely, so he wasn’t injured.”
“Then Wuming Senior now…” Misaka Mikoto asked.
“He must have gone to hunt down the enemy.” Hu Feng Toumi answered for Shokuhou Misaki. “A long-range sniper? Wuming often encountered such attacks before. According to his habit, he definitely wouldn’t let the enemy go.”
“Eh? He often encountered them…” Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko looked at each other, not knowing how to respond for a moment.
Shokuhou Misaki shook her head: “Don’t have too much hope yet. This enemy is very cautious, using the crowd as cover. Wuming Senior and I haven’t found any trace of him.”
So just now, Lin Wuming and Shokuhou Misaki split up. Lin Wuming tried to pursue the attacker alone; at the same time, to ensure Shokuhou Misaki’s safety, he left her at a location where Shirai Kuroko and the others would pass, to meet up with them.
“How dare he attack Wuming Senior!” Misaka Mikoto said indignantly. “Our should go catch the bad guy too!”
For today’s tracking operation, Misaka Mikoto temporarily gained permission to command the Misaka Corps, which could now be used to find people.
“The problem now is,” Shokuhou Misaki didn’t approve of her decision, “Our don’t know any information about the enemy. Even if Our mobilize more people, Our wouldn’t know where to start looking.”
While the girls were discussing, they saw Lin Wuming suddenly appear at the edge of the rooftop.
“Operation failed.” Lin Wuming shook his head helplessly. “Searching without any specific target is too inefficient. As expected, I couldn’t find any suspicious individuals.”
“But Our can’t just let it go, can Our?” Shokuhou Misaki said. “Darn it, Our still lack information, otherwise Our could at least issue a city-wide manhunt.”
In fact, with Lin Wuming’s current power and influence, he could issue a wanted order at any time, but as Shokuhou Misaki said, without any concrete, directional clues, a manhunt would be meaningless.
—If worse comes to worst, Our will activate External Brain and try…
Shokuhou Misaki secretly made up her mind. As long as she disregarded the consequences, it wasn’t impossible to find him—it was just like finding a needle in a haystack, but she could indeed do it!
The reason she cared so much was that it triggered Lin Wuming’s Bullet Time, which ruled out the possibility of a prank and confirmed it was an attack with genuine killing intent!
Regardless of whether this attack was aimed at Lin Wuming or directed at Shokuhou Misaki, only to be blocked by Lin Wuming… for Shokuhou Misaki, no amount of attention was too much.
As for Misaka Mikoto and Hu Feng Toumi, they simply felt that “Lin Wuming being attacked” was something that should be taken seriously.
Publicly, Lin Wuming was a Director-level executive; privately, he was the most important person to them, and it was only right to respond with the highest standards.
However, Lin Wuming ultimately rejected the girls’ suggestion for a large-scale mobilization.
“You all go back first. I’ll handle the rest,” Lin Wuming said.
