Chapter 950: Intersecting Events
“...Alright, I understand. Do you need me to come over...Okay, then you can meet me here.” Lin Wuming said to Hu Feng Toumi on the phone, “Before that, remember to send Black Night Sea Bird to the Hospital first.”
“Is it Hu Feng? Did something happen to her?” Misaka Mikoto asked with concern, “I seemed to hear words like ‘battle’.”
“Yes, she just had a fight with Black Night Sea Bird,” Lin Wuming said.
“Black Night Sea Bird?”
“I know!” Shirai Kuroko said, “She was one of the survivors of the ‘Dark May’ project, and like Kinuhata Saiai, she is now a Level 4 Great Ability User, both with the ability to manipulate Nitrogen.”
“You really know a lot…” Misaka Mikoto said, somewhat dumbfounded.
“Because the Institute she collaborated with was suspected of illegal human experimentation, we raided it three months ago,” Shirai Kuroko glanced at Lin Wuming beside her, “That girl was the only contracted ability user at the Institute, and the Institute was located in the original ‘Black Moon Technology’ building, so I paid a little attention.”
“There was indeed such a thing,” Kogawa Meiwei also seemed to recall something, nodding repeatedly, suddenly realizing, “No wonder Shirai was so concerned about that case at the time.”
Lin Wuming continued, “This makes the situation very clear—the subject of the human experiments was probably Black Night Sea Bird herself. Her left arm and part of her nerves underwent prosthetic modifications.”
“As expected…” Shirai Kuroko and Kogawa Meiwei exchanged glances, “Black Night Sea Bird actively cooperated with the experimental modifications, so no problems were found during the investigation…”
“Then,” Misaka Mikoto asked, “Why did Black Night Sea Bird attack Hu Feng? Or did she also join a Dark Side Organization, and someone wanted to target Hu Feng?”
“Her target wasn’t Hu Feng, it was actually me,” Lin Wuming shook his head, “Someone really wants to target me, don’t they? Someone wants to assassinate me.”
Lin Wuming said calmly, as if discussing tonight’s menu, very casually.
“Assassination?” The girls around him were no longer calm, “Is this true? She wants to assassinate Wuming?”
“No, Black Night Sea Bird was also coerced,” Lin Wuming said, “The ones truly wanting to carry out the assassination should be people from the anti-Academy City forces, right? There’s no need to be surprised by this. Didn’t the Chairman’s intelligence just now, and the case Accelerator is currently handling, all indicate this?”
“But…” Misaka Mikoto still seemed unable to accept it, even though she knew that Lin Wuming was long accustomed to things like “assassination.” However, from her own perspective, she really couldn’t accept such things.
Lin Wuming interrupted her, “None of that matters. There’s something more urgent now—Mikoto!”
“Wuming Senior!” Misaka Mikoto’s spirits lifted, “What do you need me to do?”
“According to the intelligence provided by Black Night Sea Bird, the enemy seems to know that directly assassinating me has a low success rate, so they adopted a more circuitous method…” Lin Wuming said, “Can you help me find Kinuhata Saiai?”
“Kinuhata Saiai,” a figure immediately appeared in Misaka Mikoto’s mind, “That tomboy under Mugino Shizuri?”
“Yes,” Lin Wuming nodded, “Since the demise of ‘Black Moon Technology,’ Kinuhata Saiai has been taking care of the experiment survivors. This time, the enemy seems to be planning to use them as hostages to cooperate with the assassination attempt… so I’m a little worried about Kinuhata Saiai’s situation.”
Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko exchanged glances. Such coercion would indeed be effective against Wuming Senior—just look at his attitude towards Black Night Sea Bird. Not only did he not pursue her intention to assassinate him, he even asked Hu Feng Toumi to send her to the Hospital for treatment.
“What was Kinuhata Saiai’s number again?” Misaka Mikoto mumbled, “It’s okay, Ruiko should know, I’ll ask her.”
Since the development of “cell phone number positioning technology,” Misaka Mikoto’s ability to find people within Academy City has greatly improved.
Just then, a dull explosion suddenly sounded in the distance.
The sound was not loud, even less than a car tire blowing out. From Lin Wuming’s distance, it probably couldn’t even achieve the purpose of “startling someone.”
However, Lin Wuming’s group were all professionals with keen senses, and they immediately realized that it was a standard “explosive detonation,” not the sound of ordinary things like balloons or tires exploding.
Coupled with the fact that Academy City was going through a period of turmoil today, suddenly hearing an explosion at such a time… So, the group, by prior agreement, ran towards the direction of the explosion.
As they got closer to the location of the explosion, the surrounding pedestrians and vehicles became increasingly scarce.
This was also very consistent with Academy City’s usual characteristic—such unusual incidents would always occur in remote, uninhabited areas.
For those causing trouble, such an arrangement naturally had benefits, as it could avoid attracting attention and leading to failed actions.
But in Lin Wuming’s eyes, they actually liked such occasions as well, because they could act freely and not worry about affecting innocent bystanders.
Of course, this was all based on having sufficient strength.
Lin Wuming’s strength was naturally beyond doubt. Before approaching the scene, he had already released his Nen for early reconnaissance.
Misaka Mikoto also performed a similar operation, and Misaka Mikoto’s electromagnetic wave scanning range was even wider than Lin Wuming’s Nen.
“Mikoto!” Lin Wuming suddenly slowed down and reached out to stop the girls beside him.
“…” Misaka Mikoto seemed to be stunned for a moment before she came back to her senses, “Wuming Senior!”
“You and Shirai take the high ground,” Lin Wuming pointed to a tall building beside them, “Observe this area carefully and don’t let any suspicious individuals escape.”
“Huh?”
Shirai Kuroko was about to say something, but Misaka Mikoto grabbed her arm, “Alright, Shirai, hurry up and act, don’t let the enemy escape!”
The two left using Space Movement, and Lin Wuming looked at Kogawa Meiwei.
“Don’t worry about me,” Kogawa Meiwei said, “I’m already a senior Judgment now, so I can be considered well-informed, right?”
“Or,” Kogawa Meiwei turned to look, “Is what’s happening ahead something that even I must be kept in the dark about?”
“It’s not what you imagine, it’s just that…” Lin Wuming continued to walk, “Please be mentally prepared, it might be a bit bloody.”
Whether crushed to death by “Nitrogen Armor” or smashed to death by a high-speed “human sandbag,” neither was a normal way to die.
The five kidnappers responsible for abducting and supervising Kinuhata Saiai had truly gruesome deaths.
