The ground shook violently, emitting a low moan. The few people underground felt a world-shattering collapse; everything around them was crumbling, with a distinct feeling of the “end of the world.”
Having no time for anything else, Lin Wuming used his Nen Ability to restrain the culprit, Sherry Cromwell, while simultaneously pulling Shirai Kuroko into the safer passage ahead.
“Unnamed Senior! There are still others behind…” Shirai Kuroko remembered the six trapped citizens.
But clearly, in their current state of being unable to even look after themselves, they could only hope for the best. After all, the structure of the room they were trapped in was very stable and should be able to hold for a while longer.
Moreover, Lin Wuming's current condition was also very bad. Successfully entering the “Bullet Time” state meant that he had indeed encountered a “fatal crisis.”
Unlike handgun bullets, Lin Wuming currently had no way to control Magic freely.
Therefore, Lin Wuming once again suffered the damage caused by the backlash.
Not only was he bleeding from his seven orifices, but blood spots were also seeping out from all the pores on Lin Wuming's body, making him deeply understand how Motoharu Tsuchimikado felt when forcibly casting Magic.
Even in this situation, Lin Wuming did his best to unleash his Nen Ability behind him, maximizing the protection of the shop room where the six trapped people were located.
“Unnamed Senior, stop quickly, I’ll take you out!” Shirai Kuroko couldn't bear to watch and quickly stepped forward to stop him.
At this moment, Lin Wuming was covered in blood, looking extremely tragic, making people worry that he might die from severe injuries in the next second.
Just then, a low, dense buzzing sound came.
Shirai Kuroko's eyes lit up: “This sound… it’s Onee-sama!”
Indeed, the next moment, countless iron sand mixed with various other metal objects surged forward.
Under the control of electromagnetism, these tiny metal particles gathered into pillars, forcefully supporting the already shaky underground passage.
Seeing this scene, Lin Wuming finally breathed a sigh of relief: “Mikoto… I’ll leave the rest to you…”
Saying that, he closed his eyes and fell back with peace of mind.
“Unnamed Senior!” Misaka Mikoto rushed over from a distance, riding a cloud of iron sand, and just happened to see this scene.
Although she rationally knew that Lin Wuming would be fine—at most, he would be injured and need to be hospitalized, absolutely not in life-threatening danger—she still felt a sense of dread like her heart had stopped.
Ignoring many things, Misaka Mikoto sped up and pounced forward.
However, before that, Shirai Kuroko, who was closer, had already used Space Movement to appear behind Lin Wuming and support him with her body.
After checking Lin Wuming’s pulse, Shirai Kuroko breathed a sigh of relief: “Thankfully, Unnamed Senior is not in serious danger.”
“You call this not in serious danger?” Misaka Mikoto arrived, fumbling for a handkerchief, trying to wipe the blood from Lin Wuming’s face.
However, compared to Lin Wuming's blood-covered face, a small handkerchief was like trying to put out a fire with a cup of water.
“Onee-sama, please calm down,” Shirai Kuroko said. “You’ve spent more time with Unnamed Senior, so you should know that this level, for Unnamed Senior…”
Saying that, Shirai Kuroko was also a bit speechless: “For Unnamed Senior… uh, it should be considered something like a common occurrence?”
“How can you say that…” Misaka Mikoto immediately retorted, but then she paused, sighing helplessly, “It seems you’re not wrong…”
Just then, the earthquake suddenly stopped, and everything returned to calm, as if the world-destroying commotion just now was merely an illusion.
“More importantly,” Shirai Kuroko quickly pointed at the Magician Sherry Cromwell who had fallen not far ahead, “Don’t let that woman escape, she’s the culprit!”
Misaka Mikoto turned her head and simultaneously shot an electric shock from her bangs.
Sherry Cromwell trembled all over, then completely stopped moving.
“Onee-sama!” Shirai Kuroko looked over with a horrified expression, “You didn’t just… kill her, did you?”
“What nonsense are you talking about!” Misaka Mikoto glared back, “She’s not dead, my output was very measured! It’s just… she’s weaker than I thought…”
Misaka Mikoto muttered, “I thought an enemy who could push Unnamed Senior to this extent would be more powerful.”
She was prepared for the enemy to struggle or even counterattack, so her attack was a bit heavy-handed.
“That woman was already defeated by Unnamed Senior,” Shirai Kuroko said. “And Unnamed Senior’s injuries… he caused them himself.”
Upon hearing this, Misaka Mikoto immediately reacted: “So that’s it, did Unnamed Senior really forcibly use Magic?”
This morning, Misaka Mikoto had received the latest information about Lin Wuming from Shokuhou Misaki and Hu Feng Toumi, knowing that he had been persuaded by Chairman Aleister to learn Magic.
Then, according to Our understanding of Lin Wuming, as long as he learned a new skill, Lin Wuming would definitely look for an opportunity to use it.
However, no one expected this opportunity to come so quickly.
“Quickly send Unnamed Senior to the Hospital,” Misaka Mikoto said quickly. “It will be fine as long as we hand him over to the gekota doctor!”
Saying that, she once again manipulated the surrounding iron sand, preparing to drill a passage directly to the surface from here.
“Oh right, there are other trapped people here, aren’t there?” Misaka Mikoto said. “Let’s take them with us.”
The reason Misaka Mikoto appeared here in the first place was to rescue the trapped individuals.
Just then, the girl who had been overlooked all this time slowly woke up.
“Hmm… huh? Here…” Seeing the tragic and terrifying scene before her, the girl was greatly surprised, and tears welled up in her eyes.
“Ah, right, and this girl!” Shirai Kuroko had a look of suddenly remembering, “Are you okay?”
The emergency notice that came from above just now said that someone had mistakenly entered this collapsed area and ended up trapped underground.
It seemed now that it was this girl.
“Don’t worry, we’ll be able to get out soon,” Shirai Kuroko comforted the girl.
Although the other party seemed to be about the same age as herself, as a Judgment member, she had an obligation to help and care for ordinary citizens.
If it weren't for the injured Lin Wuming and the important invading criminal Sherry Cromwell, Shirai Kuroko would have definitely taken this girl out of here first at any other time.
“Just a moment, I’ll open a path right now…” Misaka Mikoto gathered the iron sand, turning it into a giant drill.
Just then, a sound came from the earth layer above.
Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko exchanged glances and quickly moved back with Lin Wuming and the girl.
Indeed, a moment later, a glimmer of light shone down from the opening.
Accompanied by the buzzing sound of a motor, more and more soil chunks fell down.
“Attention down below, something big is coming down.”
A female voice echoed through the underground space via a loudspeaker.
Immediately after, a powered suit with cherry blossom paint jumped down from the opening. The nearly three-meter-tall machine almost filled the underground passage.
