“Let me do it…” Seeing Shokuhou Misaki patting the control panel with her hand, Misaka Mikoto, who couldn't bear to watch from the side, walked over and helped her push the control stick on the armrest.
The wheelchair immediately moved smoothly.
“This entire operation interface only has this one joystick to control the wheelchair’s movement. It’s already as simple as it can get,” Misaka Mikoto said speechlessly. “And aren’t you someone who loves using remote controls the most? How can you not even operate this…”
“Because Unnamed Senior basically never used this function!” Shokuhou Misaki retorted.
Her method of operating the wheelchair was temporarily copied from Lin Wuming’s mind, and the result was predictable: unless Shokuhou Misaki also became a Telekinetic User, Lin Wuming’s method of operating the wheelchair was… completely useless for reference.
To avoid embarrassing the Queen, Hokaze Junko quickly stepped forward and pushed the wheelchair.
“Unnamed Senior.” Approaching Lin Wuming, Shokuhou Misaki recalled the topic that had been interrupted earlier and looked at his eyes very seriously. “There are no outsiders here, so I’ll just ask directly…”
Saying that, Shokuhou Misaki turned her head and looked around the ward. Misaka Mikoto, Hu Feng Toumi, and Hokaze Junko were indeed all trustworthy individuals.
“Unnamed Senior, just as Misaka said, repeatedly emphasizing and performing with great effort only makes it seem fake,” Shokuhou Misaki asked. “So… is Unnamed Senior’s repeated emphasis that his Nen Ability will recover soon just a bluff?”
“Of course not,” Lin Wuming said very decisively. “You should be very clear, I’m not lying.”
“Of course I’m clear,” Shokuhou Misaki smiled, “but others don’t know, so to reassure everyone, I think it’s necessary to clarify this in person.”
Shokuhou Misaki smiled and looked at Misaka Mikoto and Hu Feng Toumi—this was something only she could do; and they had no choice but to accept it.
“Don’t worry,” Lin Wuming also realized the problem, so he looked at the girls in the ward and promised, “My Nen Ability will recover soon, and it will become even stronger.”
To prove that his words were true, Lin Wuming immediately activated his Nen Ability, levitating a strawberry cake from the nearby counter and distributing it to the girls.
Although due to limited output, Lin Wuming could only lift very light objects like cakes, his operational flexibility was impeccable, no different from before.
“Thanks to Kihara Kagun just now, the recovery progress is a bit faster than I expected,” Lin Wuming showed a somewhat complex smile.
The girls who were familiar with him didn't think much of it, after all, Kihara Kagun's appearance was quite special, and it was difficult to judge his purpose and stance for a while.
Only Shokuhou Misaki saw that there was a more fundamental reason for Lin Wuming's complex feelings.
—That was a secret shared only by herself and Unnamed Senior.
“Shokuhou,” Lin Wuming suddenly called out.
“I’m here, Unnamed Senior,” Shokuhou Misaki smiled and looked over.
“It’s all over,” Lin Wuming said somewhat abruptly, “Next, is a brand new beginning.”
—Kobayashi’s legacy has completely disappeared. The Nen Ability awakened in this body now is entirely Lin Wuming’s power.
“I know, Unnamed Senior,” Shokuhou Misaki’s smile remained unchanged. “I wish you a speedy recovery to your peak strength.”
—I don’t care. Because the person I’ve known all along is only Unnamed Senior. Although it’s a bit unfair to Kobayashi, his passing…
“I understand,” Lin Wuming interrupted Shokuhou Misaki’s telepathy, “Let’s leave this matter at that.”
Misaka Mikoto frowned: “You two are whispering again.”
“Don’t mind it, Misaka Student~” Shokuhou Misaki smiled and looked over. “It’s just something from the past, no need to worry.”
Lin Wuming gently shook his head. Regarding Kobayashi, he did feel a bit sad, but that was all.
—Even Shokuhou Misaki, who knows him best, doesn’t think there’s anything wrong, so perhaps it’s just him being overly sentimental?
Or, this is the body’s last trace of mourning for its original owner…
But as Shokuhou Misaki said, it’s already in the past.
There’s still a lot to do, and honestly, Lin Wuming doesn’t have much time to be sad here.
“First is to recover my Nen Ability,” Lin Wuming checked his schedule. “I hope to recover to my original Level before the ability Level test at the start of the school year.”
If he couldn’t recover in time, leading to him becoming the first Level 5 in history to have his ability Level regress, that would be a huge joke.
Considering Lin Wuming’s current status, the impact it would cause might even be no less than the emergence of a new Level 5, and the blow to the No Name Faction would be significant.
Although such an impact wouldn’t cause any substantial harm to Lin Wuming and his allies, at most, Lin Wuming might, like Accelerator in the past, fall into endless challenges for a short period, which could always be resolved with time.
But if possible, Lin Wuming didn't want to waste time and energy on such meaningless things.
According to Lin Wuming’s original plan, if he couldn’t recover to Level 5 by then, he would find a way to cheat.
Anyway, Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki were on his side, so there were plenty of ways to deceive the world…
“The Somewhere High School test is scheduled for Friday afternoon of the first week after school starts,” Hu Feng Toumi, who was quietly eating cake on the side, suddenly looked up and said.
“It is that day…” Lin Wuming looked up. “It feels a bit earlier than last year.”
However, this city-wide ability Level test was originally conducted in rotation—otherwise, Academy City wouldn’t have enough manpower, and since it was a rotating schedule, it was normal for some to be earlier and some later.
“No,” Hu Feng Toumi explained, “Because of Lin Wuming’s and Accelerator’s relationship, Somewhere High School’s test was moved up.”
“I see…” Lin Wuming nodded. “There are still five days, so it should be enough time.”
Seeing Lin Wuming so confident, Misaka Mikoto and Hu Feng Toumi no longer doubted him.
Anyway, everything would be clear by Friday. Lin Wuming might deceive the whole world, but he wouldn’t deceive them.
“So, next…” Shokuhou Misaki narrowed her eyes, her tone becoming dangerous.
“That’s right, next is the time for reckoning,” Lin Wuming continued.
Kihara Gensei, who orchestrated this “experiment” and caused Lin Wuming the greatest crisis, it was time to find a way to deal with him.
