Chapter 931: The Great Ba Xing Festival Is About to Begin
Lin Wuming had once received a complete set of introductory magic textbooks from Aleister, but after a period of study, he decisively gave up and then embraced the special “magic” Aleister customized for him.
Under these circumstances, asking Lin Wuming to find the desired result from the 103,000 original grimoires… would be a bit too much to ask of him.
Lin Wuming even suspected that the reason the British Puritan Church was willing to grant this special privilege was precisely because they knew he, as an outsider, wouldn’t understand any of that knowledge.
If it were a true magician who obtained this authority, they would probably be very excited, right? Unfortunately, Lin Wuming was still an Esper after all.
Index didn’t think that much and continued to explain earnestly, “Because you, Sir Wuming, are an Esper, the knowledge I possess is not applicable to you. Sherry Cromwell at the headquarters might have some information regarding the cooperation of magic and esper ability; if you need it, I can ask her for you.”
“Alright, I’ll trouble you then,” Lin Wuming said. In any case, it’s always good to gather more information.
Kamijou Touma then suddenly realized, “So, when Stiyl and the others called you out last night, it was for this matter? No wonder you were so eager to come to the Hospital with me…”
It turned out to be the latest directive from the British Puritan Church!
Unlike when she was at home with him, Index, who was now on official business and diligently performing her duties, truly had the demeanor of a nun.
The only thing that ruined this sense of solemnity was her nun’s habit, which was adorned with safety pins, making it look somewhat out of place.
Index bowed to Lin Wuming again, “Until a new agreement is reached, the Christian Church’s promise will always be valid. Sir Lin Wuming, if you need the knowledge of Index Librorum Prohibitorum, just contact Touma.”
“Hey, don’t treat me like a messenger,” Kamijou Touma complained from the side. “If even Wuming can’t understand it, I certainly can’t, and I’m not interested either!”
Index, however, ignored his complaints, as if she had completed an important task. The silver-haired nun showed a relieved expression, no longer having the tension and seriousness from before.
Then she returned to Kamijou Touma’s side and tugged at his sleeve.
Checking the time, Kamijou Touma said, “It’s almost time to go back, otherwise we’ll be late for the first class in the afternoon.”
Although there were still over forty minutes until the first class in the afternoon, Kamijou Touma wasn’t just making an excuse to leave quickly. It was because he needed to take Index home first before returning to school.
“Oh, right, Wuming!” As he reached the door of the ward, Kamijou Touma turned back and said, “You need to get well soon! All the teachers and students are waiting for you to recover and return to school!”
“Don’t worry, I’ll be discharged very soon,” Lin Wuming said. “Thank you for your concern.”
“No, I’m serious,” Kamijou Touma explained, noticing that Lin Wuming seemed a bit disbelieving. “Don’t forget, the Great Ba Xing Festival is starting in two weeks. Our A Certain High School has extremely high expectations for this year’s competition, from top to bottom… So, it’s all up to you, Sir Wuming!”
It must be said that Kamijou Touma also had a strong sense of collective honor. If he could help the school achieve honor, he wouldn’t mind acting as a persuader to invite Lin Wuming to “come out.”
Lin Wuming paused for a moment, then immediately reacted and understood the reason behind it.
Unlike in previous years, A Certain High School has two Level 5 Espers this year!
Such a luxurious top-tier lineup, even among the five prestigious schools, only Tokiwadai Middle School could compare.
Given this, the school and students naturally had higher expectations for this year’s Great Ba Xing Festival.
Not to mention directly claiming the top spot in the school’s points ranking, but at least getting rid of their previous bottom-feeder status should be no problem, right?
They could even go a step further and aim for a mid-to-upper ranking; otherwise, it would be too much of a disservice to have two Level 5 Espers as such top-tier configurations.
Although A Certain High School currently only has Lin Wuming and Accelerator as Level 5 Espers, and below that are all Level 1 and Level 0, with a severe gap in between; it’s not impossible to achieve a good result in the Great Ba Xing Festival.
After all, the theme and focus of the Great Ba Xing Festival is “esper ability,” and the Level of esper ability is enough to determine the results of many events.
With two Level 5 Espers leading the charge, even if everyone else under them were Level 0 Espers, they wouldn’t lose in team events at least.
To achieve this goal, the most crucial character was undoubtedly Lin Wuming. Only if Lin Wuming was willing to participate in the competition could the subsequent series of assumptions become reality.
Also, if they wanted Accelerator to participate in the competition, Lin Wuming would probably have to persuade him.
Due to personality issues and his inherently menacing aura, very few students dared to interact with Accelerator, let alone ask him to participate in “boring competition events.”
Only Lin Wuming could persuade him… or rather, only if Lin Wuming led by example and personally participated in the competition events, would Accelerator possibly join in.
Therefore, Kamijou Touma stopped to specifically mention this.
“The Great Ba Xing Festival, huh…” Lin Wuming murmured in the now quiet ward.
If one removes the unique element of “esper ability” from Academy City, the so-called Great Ba Xing Festival is essentially a sports festival or athletic meet.
However, this is a super-large sports festival held jointly by all schools in Academy City, with all students participating, which means eighty percent of Academy City’s population; the competition area also covers almost the entire Academy City.
At that time, a large number of external personnel will also enter Academy City, mainly student relatives, but also including various global media, and the competition events will be broadcast live globally.
The Great Ba Xing Festival is also the most lively time of the year in Academy City.
Lin Wuming had no interest in the Great Ba Xing Festival itself, as he was in a wheelchair and had no need to participate in any athletic meet.
Moreover, Lin Wuming had actually attended school as a student for only one year, which was last year, and had the opportunity to participate in the Great Ba Xing Festival only once; at that time, Sakugawa Middle School did not force Lin Wuming to participate in the competition.
Therefore, last year, Lin Wuming was active as a Judgment, just like every year at this time.
However, it now seemed that this year’s Great Ba Xing Festival would probably be unavoidable.
“It’s fine to participate once this year; there’s no harm in it anyway,” Lin Wuming murmured.
After all, it was the school he chose, so contributing a little to the collective was only natural.
“But before that, compared to the Great Ba Xing Festival,” Lin Wuming got up and walked out of the ward, heading towards Heaven Canceller’s office, “there’s one more thing I need to confirm.”
