A Scientific Urban Detective

“So, what does Senior Anonymous mean?” Shokuhou Misaki asked after a moment of silence, her expression serious.

She knew more of the “truth” than Misaka Mikoto, so she could better understand Lin Wuming’s concerns and couldn’t react as “simply” as Misaka Mikoto.

“Of course, I have no reason to refuse,” Lin Wuming shrugged and said with a smile, “After all, it’s the school where Kiyama-sensei is.”

“Oh~~ Senior Anonymous really relies on Kiyama-sensei.” Shokuhou Misaki said inexplicably.

“...Perhaps, after all, a familiar environment is always more reassuring, isn’t it?” Lin Wuming didn’t know why Shokuhou Misaki suddenly mentioned Kiyama Harumi, but he still answered seriously.

Shokuhou Misaki seemed helpless, sighed softly, and put the ice pack back on her forehead.

“That’s right!” Feeling unable to intervene in their conversation, Misaka Mikoto decided to change the subject. “On the way back just now, I encountered a strange esper who claimed to be Level 0, but possessed a bizarre ability.”

Because she suspected that Kamijou Touma was a member of an anti-esper dark side organization, Misaka Mikoto took the initiative to mention this, wanting Lin Wuming and Shokuhou Misaki to be careful and investigate together.

“Huh? You actually met him!” Shokuhou Misaki suddenly took off the ice pack, revealing a surprised and complicated expression.

—Because that was the protagonist of the original story, and also the person she and Misaka Mikoto were both infatuated with in the original story.

Of course, in reality, due to Lin Wuming’s intervention, the “Sisters” incident was resolved perfectly in advance, and there was no opportunity for Kamijou Touma to take action.

But she didn’t expect that Misaka Mikoto would still meet Kamijou Touma—could this be the so-called “destiny”?

Shokuhou Misaki’s mood was a little complicated. In a sense, this might be good news.

But more than that, Shokuhou Misaki was more concerned about Lin Wuming’s feelings.

—After all, everyone knew from the beginning that Senior Anonymous was an incurable “Misaka fanatic”.

Looking over, Shokuhou Misaki was even more speechless—Senior Anonymous didn’t seem to realize the danger of the situation at all!

“That should be Kamijou Touma, who possesses the Level 0 ‘Imagine Breaker’. It’s indeed a troublesome ability for espers,” Lin Wuming said. “I know him too. He’s a good person, but he seems to have bad luck.”

Lin Wuming had no sense of crisis at all, and even asked with interest, “So, did you fight him, Mikoto?”

“Huh? It wasn’t as exaggerated as a fight, right? There was just a slight misunderstanding, so there was a bit of ability confrontation…” Misaka Mikoto recalled. “Since Senior Anonymous says he’s a good person, then there’s nothing to worry about. Yeah, that’s it!”

“Okay…” Lin Wuming even looked a little disappointed.

Shokuhou Misaki finally understood that although Senior Anonymous liked “Misaka”, he didn’t seem to regard Misaka Mikoto as a “member of the opposite sex”.

Perhaps this was good news?

—However, through further probing, she could tell that Senior Anonymous didn’t regard her as a “member of the opposite sex” either.

“Don’t worry, that guy isn’t a bad person,” Lin Wuming laughed after hearing Misaka Mikoto’s suspicion. “But don’t pester him for a decisive battle.”

“Tch!”

Shokuhou Misaki threw the ice pack in her hand at Lin Wuming.

Lin Wuming reacted quickly and caught the ice pack, not understanding what Shokuhou Misaki was doing.

Shokuhou Misaki didn’t explain, but used telepathy to say in Lin Wuming’s mind: “Senior Anonymous, can you be a little more alert? That’s Kamijou Touma! The main protagonist of the original story!”

“Of course, I know.” Lin Wuming was also filled with emotion. “Next year won’t be easy!”

Immediately, Lin Wuming tightened his nerves, and his whole person seemed to enter a state of readiness: “I must continue to seize the time to cultivate, and accumulate enough strength and experience before the magic side massively invades next year!”

Otherwise, he couldn’t feel at ease.

Immediately, Lin Wuming unfolded a timetable in his mind and began to plan a new round of “secluded cultivation” during the summer vacation.

“Wait, still secluded cultivation?” Shokuhou Misaki was a little dumbfounded.

Although Lin Wuming’s reaction and measures couldn’t be said to be wrong, they were subtly different from Shokuhou Misaki’s expectations…

…

“Seriously, what I meant was to make you wary of the original protagonist, so you don’t get overshadowed!”

The next day, after returning to Academy City, Shokuhou Misaki was still brooding over it.

But in that situation yesterday, she couldn’t tell the truth and shout at Senior Anonymous—“Be careful that Misaka Mikoto is snatched away by him,” right?

Although that kind of development would be beneficial to her, she still felt like she would lose for some reason if it really turned out that way.

And…

Shokuhou Misaki’s feelings for Kamijou Touma, this “stranger,” were very complicated.

On the one hand, through Lin Wuming’s memory information, she could know what kind of complex emotional relationship she and Kamijou Touma had in the original story.

But as far as the current situation was concerned, she and that “Imagine Breaker” were indeed just strangers with no relationship.

And in the foreseeable future, it was unlikely that she would have any interaction with Kamijou Touma.

After all, the “ITEM” gang had already been resolved, she would no longer encounter that kind of critical situation, and she wouldn’t need to be saved by Kamijou Touma…

“My savior has already appeared.” Shokuhou Misaki turned her head to look in the direction of the Family Side apartment building. “Well, although that guy doesn’t care about it…”

Is it a side effect of knowing the original plot? Lin Wuming showed abnormal caution about the arrival of the original main story, and could even be said to have a somewhat neurotic sense of tension.

It was as if…the world would be destroyed if he wasn’t careful.

“But speaking of which, this statement doesn’t seem to be wrong…”

Thinking of the berserk mode that began in the original plot from World War III, “the world being destroyed” was not an exaggerated rhetorical technique.

At that time, could they still rely on Kamijou Touma to save the world?

Who knew if Kamijou Touma could still pass through the levels, turn bad luck into good, and successfully save the world time and time again in this reality like in the original plot?

Even if he could, but for people with strength like Lin Wuming and Shokuhou Misaki, entrusting their own safety and destiny completely to others—this approach was unacceptable.

“Sigh!” Sighing heavily, Shokuhou Misaki picked up the teacup in front of her, preparing to use delicious tea and snacks to change her mood.

“Queen, do you have any worries?” Fanazaki Runko, who was beside her, immediately asked when she saw this.

Shokuhou Misaki retracted her thoughts—at this moment, it was the tea party time of the Shokuhou Faction.

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