Chapter 943 The Strongest Spear
"It's precisely because the Great Ba Xing Festival is approaching that more and more people like this are appearing. As an operations committee member, you should be well aware of this, shouldn't you?" Accelerator said.
"This... I have heard a little about it."
"So," Accelerator looked down at the armband on his arm, "don't you think I'm more suited for these matters than some student representative?"
"You... You're right!" The operations committee member quickly nodded in agreement. What else could he say? He didn't have the courage to continue persuading this dangerous young man.
Accelerator nodded, then suddenly asked, "Lin Wuming, have you invited Lin Wuming?"
"Of course, but he refused..."
"Since that's the case, why should I agree?" Accelerator snorted coldly, saying disdainfully, "Get lost, I'm very busy right now!"
Having personally witnessed Accelerator's brutal side, the operations committee member naturally dared not linger for a moment longer. He turned and ran, fleeing the alley at top speed.
Accelerator paid no mind to the matter and walked towards the pile of shapeless "things."
"I'm not good at interrogation," Accelerator said, "but there's no other way. That guy Lin Wuming has already made his move—if I lose to him, I'll be very annoyed too. So... don't waste time, tell me everything you know!"
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"So that's what happened." Hu Feng Toumi murmured to herself, putting away her phone and looking ahead.
The email was from Shirai Kuroko, who, while sharing mission intelligence, also recounted everything that had just happened.
"Student representative, huh? It's not surprising they were rejected, after all, they're not people who enjoy such occasions." Hu Feng Toumi walked on with a blank expression, "Speaking of which, Misaka Mikoto still went to Lin Wuming's side after all."
According to the resolution from the noon meeting, Misaka Mikoto's actions were understandable, as no one had forbidden them from meeting Lin Wuming.
However, Hu Feng Toumi herself was seriously trying to maintain a distance at this moment, to give herself a chance to think calmly.
"Not being a Level 5 is indeed still a disadvantage," Hu Feng Toumi thought silently.
Without comparison, there is no harm. Precisely because she had Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki, two Level 5s, by her side, Hu Feng Toumi became even more aware of how frustrating her insufficient Level was.
—Do I not even have the right to stand by Lin Wuming's side?
Although she certainly wouldn't agree to be that student representative, her refusing and not being invited at all were two different concepts!
Perhaps due to being preoccupied, Hu Feng Toumi was distracted and out of sorts the entire way, causing her reactions to be much slower.
By the time she sensed danger approaching... it was too late!
An invisible impact came from around the corner of the road.
An attack without form or substance, besides an instinctive sense of danger, Hu Feng Toumi only managed to see the attack trajectory formed by distorted air.
The enemy is...
Ignoring the attack that was already upon her, Hu Feng Toumi cast her gaze towards that corner.
—Sneaky!
Hu Feng Toumi snorted coldly in her heart, then temporarily let go of the enemy hidden in the shadows, and thrust out the ribbons and bandages in her hand!
Because of Lin Wuming, Hu Feng Toumi was not unfamiliar with "formless and insubstantial attacks." She could even be said to have mastered a whole set of methods for dealing with such attacks.
Under the enhancement of the "Absolute Penetration" ability, the enemy's attack was penetrated by Hu Feng Toumi in mid-air, then dissipated.
After the crisis was resolved, Hu Feng Toumi finally had a chance to free her hands and unleash her most proficient lightning-fast consecutive stabs towards the corner where the enemy was hidden!
In just an instant, the wall at the corner was riddled with holes, becoming as brittle as honeycomb briquettes.
Just then, several "smoke bombs" rolled out from behind the wall.
Before they could explode, Hu Feng Toumi had already stabbed through them with her sword.
However, only after she made her move did Hu Feng Toumi realize that these canister-like objects were not smoke bombs. Instead, they were cans storing compressed gas.
The moment the cans were pierced by Hu Feng Toumi, they immediately exploded.
While creating a small storm around them, they also caused a layer of white frost to condense on the ground.
"Low temperature... high-pressure gas..." Hu Feng Toumi frowned.
She wasn't sure if it was an illusion, but she felt as if she saw the process of air twisting and deforming.
The air... or perhaps the gas from those cans just now, condensed into the shape of a long spear, thrusting directly towards Hu Feng Toumi!
Hu Feng Toumi snorted coldly, neither dodging nor evading, and activated her ability again, piercing through the enemy's attack itself with the bandage in her hand.
The gas-condensed spear and the bandage imbued with the power of "Absolute Penetration" collided head-on, like a needle point against a wheat awn, causing explosions in mid-air.
"Level 4..." Hu Feng Toumi said, "Manipulating gas, piercing attacks... I remember that."
Looking at the corner, Hu Feng Toumi spoke the enemy's name: "'Nitrogen Burst Lance,' Black Night Sea Bird! You... are you trying to die?"
Hu Feng Toumi had never had a habit of talking nonsense during battle, much less chatting with enemies.
So her voice was low, just to the extent of talking to herself.
But the person on the other side seemed to have heard her words, as a petite girl in a cloak walked out from behind the corner.
It was indeed Black Night Sea Bird.
Hu Feng Toumi was not Lin Wuming; she would not forget the faces of some important characters.
The reason Hu Feng Toumi recognized Black Night Sea Bird was primarily because she was a survivor of the "Dark May" project, and also one of the only two high-Level espers among that group of children at the time.
Furthermore, unlike Kihara Saiai's "Nitrogen Armor," Black Night Sea Bird's ability leaned more towards offense.
In the underworld, her "Nitrogen Burst Lance" held considerable renown, even earning her the nickname "Strongest Spear."
At least in terms of the "piercing" attribute, Hu Feng Toumi and Black Night Sea Bird were subtly of the same type of ability.
Hu Feng Toumi was unimpressed by the nickname "Strongest Spear," but she wasn't interested in such empty titles, so she had never paid it any mind.
However, now that they had met, and both sides had become hostile, Hu Feng Toumi didn't mind showing that little girl what true "penetration" was!
"Hu Feng Toumi-senpai, why are you alone?" Black Night Sea Bird seemed to want to chat, "What a pity, I thought Brother Wuming would be with you."
"Your target is Lin Wuming?" Hu Feng Toumi felt concerned and asked loudly.
But before the other party could answer, the bandage in her hand had already thrust towards the target!
