Chapter 49: Do you want me to be a human shield?

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  Uryuu Minene was finally dragged away by the Magic Duo, who were crying and laughing behind his back. Then, Touya Kinomoto found out from Kusakabe Misao's explanation that they had suddenly stopped fighting with Intetsu for no reason and ran over to find him.

  "Don't bother me with that, it's all the same anyway. Finding me won't do you any good, I've already said everything I needed to say!" Jie Lü Chu Xiang heard their reason for coming and didn't think twice before opening his mouth to cut them off before they could even make a request.

  Originally, Kamijou Touma returned to the apartment of Index's teacher and saw the painful state of Intetsu, impulsively thinking that the Magic Duo had done something to her while he was unconscious, his hot-headedness made him want to turn back and fight the Magic Duo with all his might. However, he was left speechless by their words, his brain which downloads information at 1KB per second still reeling from their previous conversation. Then, he heard them say the same deduction that Intetsu had said in the hospital, his mind a jumbled mess, and without thinking about not wanting to involve unrelated people, he pushed aside the Magic Duo who were blocking Index's teacher's door and rushed to Intetsu's room, banging on the door wildly, which led to him being beaten into a pig head.

  "What?! You bastard, you're still trying to stay out of this at a time like this, cold-blooded criminal! This can't be!" Ushiro no Tatemae, who had just calmed down slightly, was enraged again by Kaito Minagi's unhesitating refusal and was about to pounce on him once more.

  "Seriously, I have no idea what's going on in that 2-tael brain of yours. I've already said everything I needed to say, so what's the point of looking for me now? Are you expecting me to use my quantum acceleration ability to blast Intikus away or something?!

  Kaito Ichijou rolled his eyes at the fang-baring, claw-waving Ushiro no Mato. Alas, the wisdom of mortals...no, apes! Even a magic duo without elementary school diplomas knew they were useless in this situation, and yet he still didn't get it. Was he thinking of dragging him along like some kind of human shield to negotiate with Kuroba?"

  "Hmm..." Touma was taken aback for a moment, and indeed things seemed to be that way... No! He wasn't here to ask for help from this arrogant shut-in, he just wanted to come and verify the truth of what Index had said earlier. But as a result, he got beaten up by this bastard out of nowhere, and his anger flared up so much that he almost forgot his original purpose.

  "Pfft, who would ask for help from someone like you who exudes 'unreliable' from every pore? I just wanted to come and verify if your previous words were just nonsense! Now it seems, indeed untrustworthy." Uchiha Madara said while shaking his head.

  "Hmph... You really dare to say that." Ji Lu's eyes rose 45 degrees, looking at him with an air of superiority, as if a wise being was gazing down at a crawling insect.

  Just then, the magical duo of Stein and Medusa standing next to him saw Kiyoshi Teikoku's dead face, Stein got goosebumps all over his body, and lowered his voice to say to Medusa: "I don't know why, but I feel like this guy is even more asking for a beating now."

  Shen Lie Huo Zhi strongly suppressed the urge to draw his sword, nodding in agreement with a hint of sadness. Jie Lü Chu Shǐ's gaze fell on someone, and no one would be happy about it. It had to be said that this guy, Jie Lü Chu Shǐ, actually had the skill of provocation among his innate abilities. If there were any arithmetic experts present, they would definitely be astonished by this person's strange fate, which was actually the legendary Five Elements Debt!

  "Hey!" Kamijou Touma almost had a brain hemorrhage, took two deep breaths and decided not to bother with the mentally ill, calmed down after that, pulled out his phone and started dialing while saying: "I won't bother arguing with you, a chuuni-byo who's just pretending to be strong. It's safer to call in the professionals, an amateur like you can only go so far."

  "Oh, not bad, I actually thought of calling Little Meng teacher to consult, although it's just normal human wisdom, but finally evolved from the ape stage, haha, intelligence +1." Touma Kamijou was about to continue teasing Index, anyway, since he intervened ahead of time, there was still a long way to go before Index's final outburst, plenty of time, no worries.

  Kamijou Touma just gave Tsuchimikado Motoharu a cold shoulder, and now he seems to understand that the best way to deal with him is to ignore him whenever his chuunibyou tendencies act up.

  During the conversation between Kamijou Touma and Index, Accelerator continued to provoke him a few more times. When he didn't get any response from Touma, he lost interest and stopped his childish behavior, instead starting to observe the expressions on the faces of the three people blocked by him at the entrance.

  Kamijou Touma's expression naturally didn't need to be said, but since the long-winded lecture of the tiny teacher began, his face had become increasingly stern. The expressions on the faces of the two members of the magic duo were almost identical; although they had previously heard Index's speculations about the truth of the matter, they still couldn't shake off some doubts in their hearts due to their lack of exposure to such scientific knowledge. Now, through the hands-free external playback function of the phone, hearing a detailed description of this theory from a real teacher's mouth made them grasp the situation with increasing certainty, and their faces turned increasingly pale.

  After all, who knows that they are being used as pawns to hurt their friends again and again, and their mood won't be good. If they were in London now, the two of them would probably rush to Laura Stewart's face and ask questions. If Laura Stewart couldn't give them a satisfactory answer, they wouldn't rule out the possibility of a big fight after betraying each other.

  From their facial expressions, Intetsu inferred some of their inner thoughts. At this time, he also recalled some questions that arose after watching this scene in his previous life. Excluding Kirito who was not very familiar with him, how did Laura Sutcliffe calm down Stiel, a hot-headed and rebellious fire mage? Was it really as fans speculated that Intetsu was actually Laura's daughter, so when faced with the possibility of becoming her mother-in-law, Stiel reluctantly agreed? This doesn't make sense!

  In the meantime, Komoe-sensei's science lesson for her students (?) came to an end. When she seemed like she wanted to continue talking at length, Kamijou Touma quickly said "Thank you, goodbye" and hung up the phone with a practiced motion, turning it off afterwards. Seeing his smooth action, Kanzaki Kaori smiled wryly, guessing that this guy must have had more than one painful experience before.