"Lin Wuming needs rest now," Hu Feng Toumi, who had been silent, suddenly said. "These matters... it's not too late to deal with them after Lin Wuming recovers and is discharged from the hospital."
Misaka Mikoto immediately agreed, saying, "That's right. Kiyama Harumi Sensei, you should go back first."
Kiyama Harumi visibly looked relieved and left the ward with her students.
"Thanks for helping out, Hu Feng," Lin Wuming leaned back on the hospital bed and nodded towards Hu Feng Toumi. "This matter indeed needs careful consideration."
Kiyama Harumi had looked like she was waiting for a final judgment just now, but Lin Wuming actually found it difficult to handle, as he didn't know the truth of the matter and couldn't make an accurate judgment.
"She wasn't lying," Shokuhou Misaki said. "The situation with that girl just now was indeed very special. It feels... a bit similar to the thinking pattern of the Misaka Sisters."
"Is that so," Lin Wuming nodded thoughtfully.
"Lin Wuming!" Hu Feng Toumi reached out her hands and turned Lin Wuming's face towards her. "What I said just now wasn't just to placate Kiyama Harumi and them! Have you forgotten the doctor's instructions? You need to rest now!"
Since Shokuhou Misaki knew the original plot, she was naturally very interested in the "Chaotic Open" incident.
Misaka Mikoto, on the other hand, sympathized with Kiyama Harumi Sensei and her students, so she was also inclined to help them solve the problem.
Hu Feng Toumi was much simpler; in her opinion, this was ultimately "someone else's business."
Provided she still had the capacity, Hu Feng Toumi didn't mind helping others; however, when she was overwhelmed, the most important thing was, of course, to handle her own affairs first, especially those concerning Lin Wuming.
After Hu Feng Toumi's reminder, the other girls present also came back to their senses and agreed with her suggestion.
"Hu Feng is right," Shokuhou Misaki agreed deeply. "Unnamed Senior should just rest assured and recuperate. As for the investigation... just leave it to me! Don't worry, we'll get results soon!"
Lin Wuming accepted the girls' opinions and decided to stay in the ward and recuperate obediently.
Although on the surface, his injuries seemed to have healed, and he could be discharged at any time.
But the aftereffects of the Magic backlash were not so easy to eliminate.
For example, even now, Lin Wuming would feel waves of fatigue, always having a drowsy feeling.
Regarding this, Heaven Canceller's suggestion was "rest more," preferably entering a state of deep sleep.
So, Lin Wuming lay on the hospital bed and started catching up on sleep.
In the room, the girls exchanged glances, then Shokuhou Misaki took out a remote control and aimed it at Lin Wuming.
"Well then, good night, Unnamed Senior. Have a good dream~"
Pressing the button, powerful hypnosis.
"Alright." Putting down the remote control, Shokuhou Misaki nodded in satisfaction. "For the next eight hours, Unnamed Senior will enter a state of deep sleep."
Similar operations had been done more than once, so Shokuhou Misaki was already very familiar with it.
"What we need to do next is guard this place," Shokuhou Misaki looked towards the ward door again. "We can't let inexplicable people and things disturb Unnamed Senior anymore."
"Leave this to me," Hu Feng Toumi said. "I won't let anyone come in and disturb Lin Wuming."
"Well then, next," Shokuhou Misaki nodded and looked at Misaka Mikoto again. "Misaka, let's go investigate the matter that Kiyama Harumi Sensei mentioned."
"Eh? Me?" Misaka Mikoto pointed at herself, her face full of surprise.
"Of course, it's you! Isn't collecting information perfectly suited to your Superpower?" Shokuhou Misaki clicked her tongue. "Unnamed Senior also cares a lot about this matter, so don't think about being lazy. Come with me quickly."
Lin Wuming, who was in a state of deep sleep, had not actually stopped thinking.
Lin Wuming didn't know when it started, but he found that he could maintain a certain level of thinking ability during sleep.
Of course, in terms of thinking efficiency, it was definitely far inferior to a normal waking state—thinking in a sleep state was like drifting along on the sea in a small boat.
Although he could think, the direction of his thoughts was uncontrollable, emphasizing a "think wherever it goes" approach.
From this perspective, it was actually more like some kind of "lucid dream."
What one thinks about by day, one dreams about by night.
Now, Lin Wuming found that what he was thinking about was the plot related to "Chaotic Open" in the original work.
——I didn't expect that Terestina actually existed!
Strictly speaking, the entire "Chaotic Open" incident was original content from the anime. Haruue Erii and Terestina were also original characters, belonging to official fan fiction, which should be two different concepts from the true "original work."
Haruue Erii was fine, as she was recognized by the original work after all, but Terestina was almost a purely original character, appearing at most just by name in the main story.
Furthermore, in this world, Terestina had always been very low-key and had left Academy City very early to study abroad, to the extent that Lin Wuming had never even heard of this name.
But he didn't expect her to suddenly appear at this time...
According to the development of the original plot, the key Item that ultimately saved Kiyama Harumi's students—the "Ability Body Crystal"—was in Terestina's hands.
If this point hasn't changed in reality... then things are simple.
As long as they find Terestina, then Lin Wuming has plenty of ways to obtain the "Ability Body Crystal"!
Waking up from his sleep, Lin Wuming opened his eyes.
He saw a strange woman standing against the wall on one side, holding up her hands with a helpless expression.
In front of her, Hu Feng Toumi held a bandage, staring at her menacingly.
On the other side, Shokuhou Misaki also held the remote control, occasionally glancing at her.
Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko looked at each other, but in this atmosphere, they didn't say much either.
The woman who was being strictly guarded by the girls was none other than Terestina Kihara Lifeline, the captain of the "Advanced Skill Rescue Team."
The "Kihara" in her name was inherited from her grandfather, Kihara Gensei.
But in reality, Terestina had not yet gained the recognition of the "Kihara" family, so strictly speaking, she couldn't be considered a true "Kihara."
However, in Shokuhou Misaki's view, this woman was still the granddaughter of that old man, Kihara Gensei; even based on this alone, she couldn't be taken lightly.
Even though she had left the Talent Factory a long time ago, Shokuhou Misaki had never forgotten the big trouble that was Kihara Gensei for a single moment.
"Unnamed Senior." Seeing Lin Wuming wake up, Shokuhou Misaki said immediately, "This woman was loitering suspiciously outside the ward. We thought she was very suspicious, so we temporarily restrained her."
Actually, Shokuhou Misaki had deliberately found fault to detain her. Because she also knew that in the original plot, the key to solving the problem lay in the "Ability Body Crystal" in Terestina's hands.
To solve the problem as quickly as possible, Shokuhou Misaki believed that obtaining the "Ability Body Crystal" directly from her hands was the fastest method.
