“Tsk, what a big event… it’s just making me go to a meeting anyway,” Lin Wuming said dismissively, “It’s more about form than substance, a waste of time.”
Huangquanchuan Aisui said, “That’s the Board of Directors! Do you know how many people are scrambling to participate in a meeting you consider a waste of time?”
Lin Wuming said, “But it’s undeniable, it *is* a waste of time! I don’t hold any real power, so attending such a meeting is meaningless. It’d be better to let Yun Chuan Ju Ya attend in my place.”
Although Lin Wuming rose to power by stepping on the former Director Xie Erbin, in reality, apart from the corresponding industries under Director Xie Erbin’s name, Lin Wuming did not inherit much political legacy—that kind of thing had long been divided up by other covetous Directors.
And since there were only economic benefits, it was naturally better to fully entrust them to Yun Chuan Ju Ya to handle.
“Wuming-senpai, you can’t indulge that guy too much,” Shokuhou Misaki reminded him, “Not everyone is as uninterested in power as you are.”
“Power…” Lin Wuming couldn’t help but sneer, not bothering to hide his impatient disdain.
The title of “Nameless Board Member” could bring some convenience and benefits—Lin Wuming didn’t deny this and was happy to accept it.
But if he were to cooperate with that title and actually play the role of some “Nameless Board Member,” he would politely decline.
Lin Wuming knew best that within the domain of Academy City, there was only one absolute power core—Chairman Aleister.
As for the Board of Directors… in the end, it was just a group haphazardly put together by Chairman Aleister on the premise that he was willing to delegate power.
Chairman Aleister had even said himself that Directors—“there are plenty more if we need to replace them.”
Therefore, Lin Wuming always only cooperated directly with Chairman Aleister and didn’t care much about the Board of Directors.
In Lin Wuming’s opinion, the identity of “Toku Ko Ri Shi” was more like a target to attract enemy fire.
In the original plot, when Vent Forefront invaded Academy City, she cut down three Directors like slicing vegetables; afterwards, two more were killed by the mercenary Stephanie. Gojya Pares, who turned against them…
It was really a profession with a high mortality rate, not very reliable.
Lin Wuming took the phone, looked at the location of the “Imaginary Hand” icon, and then checked the caller ID.
—Tsuchimikado Motoharu still hadn’t replied, and he didn’t know if he was asleep or busy and unable to answer the call.
…
Tsuchimikado Motoharu didn’t receive Lin Wuming’s call, which was natural, because he didn’t bring his phone at all.
As a seasoned spy, Tsuchimikado Motoharu naturally knew how unreliable modern communication tools like mobile phones were.
Therefore, when carrying out truly secret missions, Tsuchimikado Motoharu often preferred not to carry a mobile phone.
Although doing so might cause him to miss some messages, compared to being suddenly exposed by a ringtone during an operation, or even being located by radio signals, this inconvenience was completely tolerable.
Not to mention, tonight he was carrying out a mission from the Christian Church. For professionals on the magic side, magic was much more useful than modern technology.
Even though Tsuchimikado Motoharu couldn’t easily use magic now, using pre-prepared communication spells was still acceptable.
“But then again, no one would contact me anyway,” Tsuchimikado Motoharu strolled along a dark country road at night.
At this moment, Tsuchimikado Motoharu was outside the walls of Academy City.
Through the special paths he privately controlled, Tsuchimikado Motoharu could leave Academy City at will without any procedures or having a tracking chip implanted under his skin.
“Miscalculation. I should have prepared a means of transportation,” Since no one was around, Tsuchimikado Motoharu complained loudly without caring, “Even a bicycle would be fine!”
There was quite a distance from Academy City to the seaside, and it was already late at night. The last bus had also been missed, so he could only rely on his legs to reach his destination.
Before this, Tsuchimikado Motoharu had already walked for nearly two hours, so it was no wonder he couldn’t help but complain aloud.
“I hope I’m not running around for nothing, Big Sis Kanzaki…” Tsuchimikado Motoharu muttered.
Tsuchimikado Motoharu was still diligently completing the mission issued by the headquarters—finding the whereabouts of Kanzaki Kaori.
Of course, if a Saint wanted to hide her tracks, it would be almost impossible for an ordinary magician to find her.
The reason Tsuchimikado Motoharu was able to pinpoint a destination was entirely based on speculation—in other words, it was “guessing.”
According to news from the headquarters, in order to cooperate with the Roman Orthodox Church’s action team to retrieve Sister Orsola Aquinas, not only the Christian Church faction but also the Knight faction had dispatched personnel.
Those powerful Knights would cross the ocean physically, traveling from the Western island nation to this Eastern island nation.
The landing point was on the coastline closest to Academy City.
That was also Tsuchimikado Motoharu’s destination, because…
“If nothing goes wrong, Big Sis Kanzaki should also be going there, right?” Tsuchimikado Motoharu murmured to himself, “Our members of Necessarius, so we naturally know best—what kind of actions those violent members of the Knight faction will take.”
The situation in the UK is quite special, with highly developed magical forces within the country, jointly controlled by three major powers in this field—the Royal faction, the Christian Church faction, and the Knight faction.
As the Knight faction, which wields absolute violence, their conduct can be imagined.
If mapped to the power structure of a secular government, the Knight faction would be the so-called “military”—once the “military” is dispatched, it’s impossible to end without bloodshed.
And specifically for this operation, even Tsuchimikado Motoharu could guess that these members of the Knight order who had crossed the ocean would surely want to eliminate all personnel involved in the incident.
—Including Orsola Aquinas, who belongs to the Roman Orthodox Church, and the local sect, Amakusa-style Cross Rosicrucian, who allegedly kidnapped her.
As for the actual truth, the Knights wouldn’t care. Their arrogance dictated that they would only do what they considered right.
What is “right” and “just” is naturally entirely judged by those noble and powerful Knights themselves…
It sounds unreasonable, and in fact, it is. This pride, or even arrogance, has become a kind of hallmark of the Knight order.
What’s worse is that they indeed have the strength to be arrogant.
You should know that even the Roman Orthodox Church’s recently formed Holy Knight Order referenced and drew upon the existence of the British Knight Order. And to this day, it is still an immature half-baked product…
It’s no exaggeration to say that every member of the Knight Order is literally capable of “fighting a hundred.”
