Chapter 941: Enemy Invasion
"No way, Accelerator is also in trouble?" Lin Wuming asked in surprise after hearing the Chairman's words, "What kind of enemy did you make him deal with?"
Could it be another powerful enemy similar to Front? Otherwise, Lin Wuming found it hard to imagine what kind of enemy could cause Accelerator trouble.
"You don't need to worry too much about that. The strength of the mission target isn't particularly strong," the Chairman said. "They're completely incomparable to the monster you faced yesterday. The real problem lies in their numbers and stealth."
It turned out that the Chairman had suddenly received intelligence in the early hours of today, with clues proving that "anti-Academy City forces" had infiltrated the city, waiting for an opportunity to cause destruction.
And as the intelligence collection became more complete, it was discovered that these invaders weren't just looking for minor disturbances—they were audacious enough to attempt to assassinate the Directors of the Board of Directors, and even Chairman Aleister was part of their assassination plan!
Facing such malicious suspects and a criminal plan, even though it fell within the purview of Anti-Skill and even Dark Side Organization to handle, the Chairman still decided she couldn't stand idly by.
Coincidentally, she had a trump card in her hand, whose power was likely even greater than Anti-Skill and Dark Side Organization.
Accelerator was also extremely bored. His schooling was just for experiencing life, and whether he attended classes or not didn't matter to him. It was a good opportunity to help Judgment deal with some tricky cases, serving as a change of pace.
Of course, the most important thing was that when Accelerator was experiencing life, he had always, intentionally or unintentionally, been imitating Lin Wuming.
This was discovered and fully utilized by the Chairman—as long as Accelerator was given the same status and courtesy as Lin Wuming, this strongest Esper would not hesitate to lend a hand.
Lin Wuming, of course, had known about these things for a long time, but he also felt that it would be good to give Accelerator something to do.
—It's better than him suddenly going berserk or obsessing over challenging him to a duel.
"However, this time I misjudged," the Chairman explained. "The suspects this time are weaker than I expected, but they are more cunning, possessing a 'wisdom of the weak.' Accelerator, the 'strongest,' doesn't have good compatibility with them and can't exert his true strength."
The difficulty of the mission was not in defeating the enemy, but in finding them.
After a full day of running around, Accelerator had already apprehended fifteen suspects—he hadn't caught the wrong people, they were indeed all true invaders, but an unknown number of accomplices were still hiding in the dark…
At this moment, Accelerator's patience was about to run out, and he happened to receive news of Lin Wuming's recovery and discharge from the hospital, so the Chairman immediately found him.
Supporting Accelerator and digging out those suspects who intended to assassinate the Director—that was the mission the Chairman specifically entrusted to Lin Wuming.
Ultimately, what the Chairman truly valued was Lin Wuming's intelligence network—more directly, Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki, two Level 5 Espers.
Compared to Accelerator, Lin Wuming's greatest advantage was his connections with other Level 5 Espers, which could be fully utilized when necessary.
Lin Wuming didn't think Chairman Aleister would be in any danger. It was still questionable whether those assassins could even enter the No Window Building and see Chairman Aleister with their own eyes.
In contrast, several "ordinary Directors" were very much in danger.
Among them, the easiest to successfully assassinate was undoubtedly Director Kifune, who was the most approachable and had the weakest security.
"Send over all the information, I'll help deal with it," Lin Wuming said.
Ignorance is bliss. It was evident that this time's enemies had no idea what kind of monster Chairman Aleister truly was, which was why they audaciously proposed the plan to "assassinate the Chairman."
However, precisely because of their ignorance, such individuals were likely to act recklessly, easily causing unnecessary destruction and casualties.
Therefore, apprehending them as soon as possible and minimizing losses was the most important thing.
After accepting the mission, Kogawa Meiwei also got up with him.
"Although Hu Feng Tong Xue is not here," Kogawa Meiwei looked at Shirai Kuroko, "but with Shirai here, it just happens to be a standard three-person team—I'll also join the action."
"I," Misaka Mikoto raised her hand from the side and said, "I'll help too."
"Of course," Lin Wuming said, "Didn't you hear it? What the Chairman meant just now—the reason she asked me to act was actually to borrow your and Shokuhou's abilities."
As he walked towards the door, Lin Wuming said, "Oh, Mikoto, can you contact the Misaka Sisters?"
"I can," Misaka Mikoto nodded, "Is there something you need them for?"
"To check on the progress," Lin Wuming explained. "I need to know how Accelerator's progress is, but if I ask him directly, he might get angry from embarrassment."
"That's very possible…" Misaka Mikoto put herself in his shoes and thought—if she couldn't complete her mission and then Shokuhou Misaki came to help… it would indeed be very annoying!
"But why ask the Misaka Sisters?"
"Inference." Lin Wuming shrugged, "Accelerator's popularity is even worse than mine; and for investigation-type missions like this, you can't do it alone, you need intelligence network support. The intelligence network Accelerator can borrow… after thinking about it, there's only one, right?"
The Misaka Network—a vast network formed by ten thousand Misaka Sisters spread throughout Academy City. If you want to search for a specific target, there's probably no more convenient and useful system than this, right?
—Excluding Chairman Aleister's Stagnant Air Circuit.
And Accelerator has an indissoluble bond with the Misaka Clones, seemingly always encountering various strange "Misaka Sisters."
"And even if Accelerator didn't rely on the Misaka Network," Lin Wuming added, "it doesn't prevent us from using it."
As mentioned earlier, if you want to search for a specific target, the Misaka Network is indeed a very reliable aid.
Misaka Mikoto nodded in agreement, then took out her phone, preparing to make contact.
"Lin Wuming, Lin Wuming, please wait!"
The group of four had just walked a short distance out of the teaching building where the club room was located when they saw a man in a suit hurrying to catch up.
"Lin Wuming, and Misaka Mikoto, please give me a few minutes!"
"You are?" Misaka Mikoto frowned as she looked over.
"I am a Great Ba Xing Festival Operations Director," the man in the suit showed his work ID, "I'm sorry to take up a few minutes of your time."
