The annual open house event at Tokiwadai Middle School—the Summer Festival.
Whether for Tokiwadai Middle School itself or for the citizens who want to participate, the annual "Summer Festival" is a highly anticipated and very important event.
Therefore, preparations for the event began early.
The main body of Tokiwadai Middle School is located within the School Garden, which is a "daughter country," and boys are generally not allowed to enter except in extremely rare cases.
Therefore, the "Seventh District Student Dormitory" located outside the School Garden became the best location for the open house event.
As for the other four schools in the School Garden, they cannot hold the same open house events because they lack such convenient facilities.
Over time, they have inevitably been pulled further and further away from Tokiwadai Middle School in terms of fame.
"The Summer Festival, huh..." Lin Wuming recalled, stroking his chin.
Around this time last year... because he had just finished dealing with the "Imaginary Hand" incident, Lin Wuming was recuperating at the time, and also in seclusion for cultivation, so he perfectly missed the "Summer Festival."
Moreover, the interior of Tokiwadai Middle School was also in chaos and turmoil due to the sudden dissolution of the Ogi Faction.
Although the "Summer Festival" event was eventually held successfully, the event itself had a low sense of presence in comparison.
Perhaps to "wash away the shame," Tokiwadai Middle School placed great importance on this year's "Summer Festival," even having all the students of the "Seventh District Student Dormitory" transform into "maids" to entertain visitors.
They also specially invited "professional maids" to provide training and assistance.
As an outstanding student representative of Liaoluan Housekeeping Girls' School, Yun Chuan Ju Ya was naturally selected as one of the representatives to help out.
That's why she needed to ask Lin Wuming for leave and remind Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko to go back for training.
Because she found it troublesome, Misaka Mikoto seemed uninterested and listless.
However, she quickly cheered up: "Oh, Unnamed Senior, I'm free this year, so you must come to the Summer Festival!"
"Of course!" Lin Wuming nodded, he was indeed very interested, "I will definitely go."
"Okay!" Clenching her fists, Misaka Mikoto finally mustered up her motivation, "Finally, I have some drive!"
"We will also go visit together, remember to treat us well," Shokuhou Misaki said with a smile.
Only the students of the Seventh District Student Dormitory need to act as "maids"; as for the students in the dormitories within the School Garden, they are not required to participate in the "Summer Festival" event and can even visit as guests.
"That's too sly," Misaka Mikoto complained, "Since we are all students of Tokiwadai Middle School, come and help too!"
In Misaka Mikoto's opinion, it was annoying enough that Shokuhou Misaki didn't come to help entertain guests, but she even wanted to be entertained herself.
—Especially since she would also hinder her from entertaining Unnamed Senior, which was even more detestable.
Shokuhou Misaki looked at Misaka Mikoto with a smile, as if joking, but also seemingly serious.
In short, in the coming days, Misaka Mikoto needed to prepare for the "Summer Festival," so she couldn't be out and about all day like before.
What made her feel at ease was that Shokuhou Misaki also seemed not to be taking advantage of the situation to do anything.
Lin Wuming and Shokuhou Misaki seemed serious about joining forces with Terestina to deal with Kihara Gensei.
This new alliance indeed actively took action and began a comprehensive investigation into information about the Kihara.
Of course, this almost blatant investigation could not escape the eyes of the Kihara.
In fact, on the very day they began their investigation, they were noticed by members of the Kihara, after all, Academy City is equivalent to the Kihara's huge laboratory, it is their domain.
However, although they share the same name, the Kihara are not a unified entity.
Lin Wuming and Terestina made it clear that their actions were only targeting Kihara Gensei.
Under this premise, almost all other Kihara watched from the sidelines, and some even took the opportunity to add insult to injury, so Lin Wuming and the others did not need to worry about provoking the entire Kihara, and the pressure was greatly reduced.
Kihara Gensei himself didn't care about this, because he knew that his granddaughter couldn't provide any valuable information.
Having been away from Academy City and the Kihara for too long, the information that the current Terestina could provide was just "playing house."
The only real threat was Lin Wuming.
And Kihara Gensei was the first person to start paying attention to and studying Lin Wuming, so at this time, he didn't need to do anything extra, he just needed to maintain his original rhythm and execute according to the planned schedule.
So Kihara Gensei was extremely calm.
...
"That woman Terestina is completely unreliable, we can only rely on ourselves to deal with Kihara Gensei," Shokuhou Misaki said.
"I know that, of course," Lin Wuming said, "Don't worry, I never placed my hopes on Terestina from the beginning."
This so-called "alliance" was more of a matter of going with the flow.
For Lin Wuming, it was just seizing the opportunity that Terestina presented to bring the conflict between himself and Kihara Gensei to the forefront.
Lin Wuming... strictly speaking, Shokuhou Misaki and Kihara Gensei have irreconcilable contradictions—the backdoor program of the "External Brain" is still under Kihara Gensei's control, which is equivalent to having a "hostage" in the opponent's hands.
Unlike in the original work, considering practical needs, Shokuhou Misaki does not intend to destroy the "External Brain," but rather wants to completely control this exclusive equipment to enhance her strength.
In this situation, wanting to completely control the "External Brain" will inevitably lead to conflict with Kihara Gensei.
Moreover, Kihara Gensei has also conducted many illegal experiments, and as long as clues are obtained, it is only natural for the Hero Lin Wuming to take action against him.
Just in time, Kiyama Harumi Sensei's experience at this time happened to provide a suitable reason, everything seemed logical...
Most importantly, Lin Wuming believed that his current strength was almost sufficient—he could now declare war on Kihara Gensei head-on.
Whether it was power, influence, forces, or direct combat ability, the current Lin Wuming had reached the corresponding level and no longer needed to be as cautious as when he first transmigrated.
In short—the time is ripe, no need to wait any longer.
Furthermore, according to the development of the original plot, during the Great Haze Festival shortly after the start of the next semester, Kihara Gensei was going to cause trouble for Misaka Mikoto.
Although he didn't know if he would take the same actions as in the original plot in reality, Lin Wuming was unwilling to see such a development no matter what, so he had to clear the mines in advance.
