Chapter 872: Returning to the Age of Strong Espers
In most other schools, the sudden appearance of the Tokiwadai Middle School young ladies would undoubtedly cause a commotion, even leading to them being treated like celebrities!
But now, everyone at A Certain High School knew that these beautiful girls had come specifically for Lin Wuming, so there was no need for others to continue bothering them.
In comparison, their respective Level tests were more important, as they were crucial exams that contributed to the total score, and this subject had a high score weighting. Even a small improvement could be worth several points in the final exam.
“Is it… is it really too ostentatious?” Misaka Mikoto was a bit concerned about the gazes of the people just now.
This was, after all, a high school, and it did feel a bit inappropriate for a few middle school girls to suddenly intrude.
Shokuhou Misaki rolled her eyes at her: “Still worrying about such things now? Instead of wasting time here, we should act quickly. According to the plan, we first need to patrol around the venue.”
“Got it, got it.” Misaka Mikoto was already used to Shokuhou Misaki’s occasional sarcastic remarks. “As long as there’s suspicious equipment, it won’t escape My eyes… Conversely, the personnel aspect is up to you.”
“Hmph, you don’t need to tell Me!” Shokuhou Misaki snorted coldly. “Runzi-jie, let’s go!”
Like a queen inspecting her territory, Shokuhou Misaki strode away.
“Hu Feng Tong Xue, I’ll trouble you to come with Me,” Misaka Mikoto said. “Shirai said she wants to patrol a larger area—really, that wasn’t in the plan, was it?”
“Shirai?” Hu Feng Toumi asked. “Did something happen?”
“Not really…” Misaka Mikoto thought for a moment. “No, something must have happened, right? Shirai has been acting strange these past two days.”
Hu Feng Toumi suddenly asked again: “Misaka, what do you think of Shirai?”
“Shirai to Me? What a strange question…” Misaka Mikoto complained, but also began to seriously consider it. “Although it might sound strange coming from Me, Shirai really does look up to Me. Of course, for Me, Shirai is also a very reliable junior, and also My important close friend.”
“Junior, close friend?”
“Yes, is there a problem?” Misaka Mikoto turned to look.
“…No, nothing.” Hu Feng Toumi shook her head, muttering to herself, “Perhaps I misunderstood before, but it doesn’t matter. It makes no difference to Me.”
“I don’t understand…” Misaka Mikoto couldn’t help but complain, “Why does everyone feel a bit strange today?”
Recalling the heavy and awkward atmosphere among the four of them in the car earlier, Misaka Mikoto felt even more strongly that something was amiss.
Hu Feng Toumi didn’t say anything more. The two walked around the track in silence.
“No special discoveries,” Misaka Mikoto said. “The surrounding area is all set up with normal instruments and equipment.”
Through electromagnetic wave detection, Misaka Mikoto even found the specific model of each piece of equipment, with nothing suspicious.
“Of course, if the equipment was modified internally, I wouldn’t be able to tell until they were actually powered on,” Misaka Mikoto added. “As for communication devices… The signal isolation measures within the test site are very well done, already on par with Our school’s standard—unless it’s an Electromaster of Level 4 or above, it’s impossible to break through the barrier to send and receive electromagnetic wave signals.”
These were necessary measures to prevent cheating and for information control. Lin Wuming was also a Level 5, so his Level test naturally had to be conducted according to the highest standards.
“The equipment site has been inspected. Now it’s up to Shokuhou Misaki’s side,” Misaka Mikoto said.
If the enemy was only trying to obtain information, then the possibility of them coming in person to observe was very high.
“By the way, where is Lin Wuming?” Misaka Mikoto asked. “I haven’t seen him since we got here.”
“Lin Wuming is undergoing the pre-test,” Hu Feng Toumi looked towards the teaching building. “He should be almost finished by now, right?”
The pre-test was the AIM Diffusion Field strength test, which was not common at Tokiwadai Middle School; this was a test for weak espers below Level 1 or those without esper ability.
After all, esper abilities that were too faint could not be directly observed in the real world, so they could only be detected through precise instruments to measure the strength of the AIM Diffusion Field, thereby determining whether a student’s esper ability had improved.
Before Lin Wuming and Accelerator arrived, A Certain High School was just a very ordinary college preparatory high school. Tracing its school history, even Level 3 strong espers were rare. Under normal circumstances, it was no different from ordinary high schools outside.
Therefore, at A Certain High School, the direct AIM Diffusion Field strength test accounted for the vast majority of cases; what Misaka Mikoto recognized as a “Level test” was actually a very rare occurrence.
As for Lin Wuming—with the attitude of, since the instruments were already sent over and adjusted, might as well test everything together—he also underwent the AIM Diffusion Field strength test along with the other students.
Moreover, there were urban legends that Lin Wuming’s esper ability had regressed, while at the same time, rumors said his esper ability had made a breakthrough…
With all sorts of conflicting statements, almost everyone hoped that Lin Wuming’s Level test would be as detailed as possible!
As they were talking, they saw a crowd of people pouring out of the teaching building, with Lin Wuming surrounded by them like a star among the moon.
“He’s out!” Misaka Mikoto cheered softly.
Hu Feng Toumi frowned. Lin Wuming had returned to his usual classic state today—wheelchair mode. But at this moment, it was a strange person in a white coat controlling the wheelchair, which she found very displeasing.
At this time, Shokuhou Misaki and Kazakiri Hyouka also hurried over to meet them.
“How was it?” Misaka Mikoto asked.
“No abnormalities for now,” Shokuhou Misaki shook her head. “But with so many people suddenly here, I still need to observe a bit more.”
Lin Wuming noticed the girls outside the crowd, waved to them, and then said to the staff behind him: “Thank you for your hard work. I can walk on My own from now on.”
With that, he maneuvered his wheelchair to move towards them.
“Good morning, you’re all here,” Lin Wuming smiled as he looked at the girls, but did not ask about their reconnaissance results.
“Lin Wuming, how were the test results?” Misaka Mikoto asked with great concern.
“Don’t worry, everything is normal,” Lin Wuming said calmly, smiling easily.
Shokuhou Misaki looked at the large group of people waiting behind him: “But why do I feel like their expressions are very complex?”
“Perhaps it’s because the test results didn’t quite meet their expectations?” Lin Wuming shrugged.
The AIM Diffusion Field strength test conducted inside the teaching building just now showed Lin Wuming’s test result as—Level 3, a strong esper.
