Chapter 900: Arrogant Lin Wuming
"...Lin Wuming, you're being too arrogant!" Shirai Kuroko stood in Front of Lin Wuming with her hands on her hips, speaking righteously.
Because her relationship with Lin Wuming was the most unique—in a sense, intimate enough, but in reality, relatively unfamiliar, incomparable to the other three—only Shirai Kuroko could offer such a blunt assessment of Lin Wuming in this situation.
Misaka Mikoto, on the other hand, sighed lightly, a helpless and headache-inducing expression on her face—Shirai was right, but Lin Wuming had always been like this!
It was precisely because they understood him that Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki all had an "as expected" expression, yet didn't rush to refute him.
Only Shirai Kuroko, who had just joined in every sense of the word, would try to argue like this...
At this moment, they were at the southeast gate of Academy City, just one step away from leaving.
Half an hour ago, under Tsuchimikado Motoharu's mediation, the misunderstanding between Lin Wuming and the Knight Captain was resolved, and a peaceful agreement was reached. Immediately after, Lin Wuming and Shokuhou Misaki followed Tsuchimikado Motoharu and the Knight Captain outside the city, where they found Kanzaki Kaori and Stiyl.
Of course, Sister Orsola Aquinas and the members of the Amakusa-style Cross Rosicrucian were also present.
It could be said that, apart from the Agnese Forces who had boarded the ship and left first, almost all parties involved in this "the book of the law incident" were gathered together.
Taking this opportunity, each party present introduced the details of the incident they had grasped from beginning to end, conducting an overall review of the incident and sharing information to avoid meaningless battles like the one that had just occurred.
Overall, Lin Wuming and Shokuhou Misaki, as representatives of Academy City, actually had no direct connection to the incident itself—if Lin Wuming hadn't personally wiped out the Agnese Forces at the end, he could have completely ignored the matter; furthermore, Lin Wuming had no interest in the Cross Religion's affairs, so after the exchange concluded, he and Shokuhou Misaki returned to Academy City.
Then, at the city gate, they encountered Hu Feng Toumi, Misaka Mikoto, and Shirai Kuroko, who had rushed over.
Although the girls had reached an understanding among themselves—to temporarily keep their distance and not meet, allowing each other to calm down; additionally, to keep their distance from Lin Wuming, letting him calm down as well...
But unfortunately, sudden incidents kept occurring—when the Knight Captain attacked, Shokuhou Misaki immediately notified the others just in case.
However, that battle ended very quickly, and after the misunderstanding was resolved, they immediately rushed to the city's outer dock...
Misaka Mikoto and the others were worried, and finally found their way to the city gate, where they finally met the two who had just returned.
After sharing information, Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki also learned that Front might attack Lin Wuming.
And according to the Knight Captain's judgment, this possibility was very high!
Therefore, Lin Wuming decided to temporarily stay at the city gate and not return—if Front truly attacked, he planned to go out of the city to meet him directly, to avoid causing a huge commotion in the city, leading to much unnecessary destruction, and potentially affecting innocent citizens.
With a formidable enemy at hand, the girls naturally put aside their previous struggles and grievances, expressing that they would stay and fight the enemy together.
Lin Wuming, of course, was unwilling. That was Front! An existence even he wasn't confident against, so how could he let them take risks?
Thus, the initial argument began, which Shirai Kuroko criticized as "arrogant."
Lin Wuming was speechless, because Shirai Kuroko was right; it was indeed arrogance.
Essentially, Lin Wuming believed that others were unreliable, especially these girls in Front of him.
For other matters, Lin Wuming would, of course, trust them unconditionally, but only when it came to "combat"—after realizing his feelings for them, how could he let them face danger directly?
Rationally, Lin Wuming was actually very clear that the strength of these girls was not weak at all; in fact, it could be said to be at the highest level in Academy City.
But in Lin Wuming's heart, he still mostly regarded them as objects of protection...
"Lin Wuming," Shokuhou Misaki suddenly spoke, "before the true nature of Our relationship is established, you are not qualified to unilaterally regard us as objects of protection. We also have Our pride."
"Shokuhou is right!" Misaka Mikoto nodded repeatedly, "Lin Wuming is not qualified to dictate Our decisions right now!"
Just then, Koura emerged hesitantly from a corner—he was the commander in charge of this city gate, which was why he allowed Lin Wuming and his lovers to block the gate and chat here.
Of course, as someone with experience, Koura also realized that the situation around Lin Wuming... was indeed quite complicated.
Coupled with his previous history of acting on his own initiative and causing a blunder, Koura was actually very reluctant to show his face in Front of these girls.
However...
"Mr. Lin Wuming, there's something I feel I must inform you," Koura, knowing the urgency of the matter, spoke quickly as he approached, "Radar has detected someone approaching this city gate at high speed, so to be safe, we are preparing to enter an emergency state..."
This meant that they could no longer block the entrance.
"Someone... The radar here can even detect a human body?" Lin Wuming was a little surprised.
"To be precise, we scan for ultra-high-speed objects heading towards Academy City; it just so happens that the target detected this time is a person," Koura explained.
Before Lin Wuming could ask more, he saw Hu Feng Toumi next to him raise her chin: "They're here."
Looking back outside the city, a figure appeared at the end of the road.
"They're here..." Lin Wuming clicked his tongue as if resigned.
Lin Wuming wasn't good at recognizing people, but the moment he saw that figure, he was certain—that was Front.
The genuine big boss had arrived!
Lin Wuming's mood was complex, but as for fear... there was none, after all, he had been through many battles, and he was confident in his own strength.
This time, he just encountered a stronger enemy than before; as for anything else, there was nothing particularly special.
It was like a high school senior, at the beginning of the last semester, being directly thrown into the exam room... He just had less time to review and integrate knowledge, but he had already grasped what needed to be mastered, so there was nothing to be afraid of.
"Now you have no reason to stop us, do you?" Misaka Mikoto rubbed her hands together, electricity flickering around her.
