Chapter 836: People Randomly Appearing at A Certain High School
According to Shokuhou Misaki, Lin Wuming's defenses were currently weak.
Normally, when he was at home, Hu Feng Toumi would be by his side, and Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki would also frequently appear before Lin Wuming.
There was almost never a 'window of opportunity.'
But after school started, it was a different matter. Because they attended different schools, none of the girls could be by Lin Wuming's side.
Originally, this was fine; since everyone was absent, it was fair.
However, if a new force appeared at this time, it would be another story.
“Misaka Worst’s ambition has been unreservedly displayed from the very beginning, hasn't it?” Shokuhou Misaki said. “And she doesn't have to go to school, she has plenty of time, and she can act freely…”
“So what?” Misaka Mikoto retorted.
“Huh?” Shokuhou Misaki looked over in surprise. “Misaka, you… are so confident?”
“I'm the one who's surprised,” Misaka Mikoto said. “Shokuhou, haven't you already achieved the 'fastest progress'? Why are you less confident now?”
“…” Shokuhou Misaki was silent for a moment, realizing the difference in perception between herself and Misaka Mikoto.
—The reason she was so wary of that Misaka Worst was because she knew Senior Wuming had a natural fondness for “Misaka.” And Misaka Worst could be said to be an all-around strengthened version of Misaka Mikoto, aside from her Superpower, and she also had the appearance of a “high school student,” making her just the “same age” as Senior Wuming…
On the other hand, Misaka Mikoto didn't know her special status in Lin Wuming's heart, so she had no reason to be jealous of her own clone.
After understanding this, Shokuhou Misaki couldn't help but say somewhat dejectedly, “You don’t understand the seriousness of the problem, Misaka Student…”
“No, I only know,” Misaka Mikoto looked at Shokuhou Misaki, “you didn't deny it just now—the claim of ‘fastest progress.’ ”
“Eh?” Shokuhou Misaki tilted her head and looked over.
Behind Misaka Mikoto, Dolly put her hands together, making an apologetic gesture.
“Aren't you going to explain, Shokuhou?” Misaka Mikoto looked over.
Shokuhou Misaki understood, but she calmly waved her hand and said, “It’s nothing, it’s just that I’ve already successfully confessed.”
“…Eh?” Misaka Mikoto felt as if her brain had idled for a few seconds.
Then, a somewhat nonsensical thought popped into her mind—no wonder Shokuhou was so concerned about Senior Wuming's affairs; was she declaring her sovereignty?
“Hmm,” Misaka Mikoto gathered her thoughts and said seriously, “I don't believe it.”
“I have no reason to lie to you, do I?” Shokuhou Misaki rolled her eyes at her. “You can find out the truth immediately by asking Senior Wuming about this.”
“I know,” Misaka Mikoto nodded with a straight face. “So I will personally verify it with Senior Wuming.”
“I see, so you're not giving up.” Shokuhou Misaki retorted.
However, she sighed silently in her heart—with Misaka’s special status in Senior Wuming’s heart, the lead she had finally gained would probably be instantly caught up, wouldn't it?
…
“What did you say?” Lin Wuming looked at Kamijou Touma, who had rushed to his classroom. “Who did you see?”
Now, all the procedures for the A Certain High School's opening ceremony had ended, and all the students had returned to their respective classes, packing their bags to go home.
But at this moment, Kamijou Touma suddenly ran to find Lin Wuming, saying that he had seen a figure that caught his attention on campus.
“This guy heard about it,” Accelerator, who had somehow joined them, overheard their conversation and continued, “Someone saw a silver-haired nun near the cafeteria.”
“Huh? Index!” Kamijou Touma exclaimed, ignoring everything else, and quickly pressed, “Is that true, Accelerator? Where is that nun now?”
Lin Wuming quickly held down the excited spiky-haired boy: “Calm down, Touma, first clarify, who did you see?”
Judging by this guy's reaction, the person he saw was clearly not Index, otherwise he wouldn't have been so surprised just now.
“Uh,” snapping back to reality, Kamijou Touma didn't bother to keep them in suspense and quickly said, “It was Misaka, but a grown-up Misaka. There was also another unfamiliar girl with her, with long black hair, glasses, and she looked very pretty.”
“A grown-up Misaka… Oh, I can probably guess who it is.” Lin Wuming nodded, then muttered to himself, “Why did she come here?”
“They seem to be transfer students too,” Kamijou Touma said, “because they were both wearing Our school's girls' uniforms.”
There were only a few styles of boys' uniforms, so it was easy to confuse them with other schools. But girls' uniforms were different. Although they were generally divided into several different styles, each school would make certain distinctions and features.
Usually, identifying a school by its girls' uniform would not be wrong.
That's why Kamijou Touma said they were both transfer students.
“As far as I know, the only transfer student this semester is Himegami Aisa,” Lin Wuming said. “Never mind, I'll go look for them.”
Lin Wuming probably also knew that Misaka Worst infiltrating A Certain High School was likely for him. So, if he wanted to find her, it shouldn't be difficult.
“Yes, I also need to go look…” Kamijou Touma also left the classroom with him; he still needed to find Index.
Accelerator, having nothing to do, naturally followed along.
But the result surprised the three who were acting together.
Lin Wuming's guess was not wrong; the process of finding Misaka Worst was not complicated. As soon as he left the teaching building, he saw a crowd gathered not far away.
Huangquanchuan Aisui was the first to see Lin Wuming and immediately waved for him to come over.
Indeed, including the real and fake transfer students, and the silver-haired nun Index, were all gathered around Huangquanchuan Aisui for some reason.
But to be precise, Huangquanchuan Aisui had discovered the inexplicably increased number of people on campus, which was why she specifically rounded them all up.
“Tsk, truly… troublesome.” As he walked towards Huangquanchuan Aisui, Accelerator was the first to speak.
Because among the various girls, big and small, there was also a clearly younger figure.
The mini version of Misaka—Final Signal.
Final Signal was chatting animatedly with Index, and judging by their expressions, they were having a great time, seemingly completely unaware of any mistake.
Kamijou Touma couldn't help but sigh, rubbing his forehead: “It's no use, that guy's brain seems to have no common sense at all…”
Even Lin Wuming was stunned for a moment, not knowing how this lineup had come together.
