Chapter 167 (1/2)
The tense situation dissolved after Wu Yan flashed the pictures…
He stopped even Mugino s.h.i.+zuri who is unfazed when up against a lv5 like Mikoto or a Judgement member like Kuroko. She staggered with a grim expression on her face, her team members also looked like they were shocked.
Seeing as ITEM kept changing looks but never daring to actually do anything, the other girls were starting to lose a sense of what is going on here.
“What’s in the world is happening here…”
Ruiko voiced what everyone is thinking.
Wu Yan kept smiling while holding onto those pictures. The way he played with those pictures made Mugino s.h.i.+zuri, Kinuhata Saiai, Frenda and Takitsubou Rikou’s heart jump.
Careful with that you jerk, if they even got a little peek our reputation would go down the drain!
“Abominable rat!”
Mugino s.h.i.+zuri stopped her powers. The light orbs with amazing destructive capabilities disappeared. Kuroko, Ruiko, and Uiharu released a sigh of relief as a result. Those light orbs might as well be the sword of Damocles hanging on top of their heads, for as long as the light orbs are there, they can’t let their guard down.
Seeing as she stopped using Meltdowner. He grinned and then stored the photos with a flick of the hand. Mugino s.h.i.+zuri who was planning on robbing it from him gave up after seeing this.
Coldly, she glanced at everyone here and she stared particularly hard at Wu Yan. She looks like she wanted to remember his face if it’s the last thing she does.
“It’s still early for you to celebrate!”
Mugino s.h.i.+zuri told him in a cold tone.
“Even if I can’t deal with you, there will always be someone who can!”
Wu Yan stopped smiling and raised an eyebrow. The other girls who thought the whole thing is already over were surprised by her sentence.
“What do you mean…”
Mugino s.h.i.+zuri chuckled but one can find no humor in her laughter.
“Did you actually think that after messing with the higher-ups’ plan, they would only send me after you?”
He turned serious.
“You know about the plan?”
Everyone didn’t know what this “plan” is but Mikoto became startled. She is a part of the plan that the higher-ups had conjured. The only plan that Wu Yan can mess up is undoubtedly the lv6 s.h.i.+ft program.
Mikoto turned towards Mugino s.h.i.+zuri, this discussion is something only Wu Yan, Ikaros and her understand. While the others are still busy trying to keep up with the discussion, they are the only ones in the loop. Wu Yan and the others didn’t tell Astrea the truth because her personality is a bit unreliable.
Mikoto became silent at the realization that Meltdowner, Academy City’s No.4 is also a part of this plan. From the looks of it, Wu Yan knew about Mugino s.h.i.+zuri because of this plan.
Gathering the crumbs from the interaction between the two and how Wu Yan behaved, she is about 80-90% done with piecing together the whole picture.
Mugino s.h.i.+zuri laughed happily and this time it was an earnest laugh. She’s still h.e.l.l-bent on wasting Wu Yan but seeing that change of expression is a happy experience for her.
“I don’t know what the higher-ups are thinking, I only know some of the stuff going on inside. However, just from ordering our mobilization, it is clear that they don’t want this event to become public knowledge…”
He didn’t know how much is true about her statement. He stared at her, he knew that she’s not saying random stuff just to spook him.
Wu Yan’s lack of response caused her to stop her stupid laughter. Instead, she used a loud tone on him.
“Since you had already created a gigantic mess for those people. Our defeat will only make more formidable foes come after you!”
Wu Yan lowered his head and bitterly smiled inside. He understood what she meant, but what about it. It’s only a matter of time before he faces those of which she spoke of. What’s the difference between facing them now and later?…
He had already made preparations for those eventualities long ago.
“No matter what! I will not back down from this!”
The thought crossed his mind and he accidentally voiced them out loud much to the surprise of everyone present.
Mikoto grinned and although it was only a slight one, it expressed the emotions she is feeling. She walked silently to his side and stared back at Mugino s.h.i.+zuri with Wu Yan. This is her wordlessly stating her standing.
“Onee-sama (Misaka-senpai)…”