Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 153 - 153 134 The Witch with No Date

153: Chapter 134 The Witch with No Date 153: Chapter 134 The Witch with No Date Huang Feng, after being restrained, became unusually quiet.

The female security guard took out an injection and administered a clear liquid into Huang Feng, treating her like an animal, pressing her down while injecting her.

Xu Yang enlarged the image to see that the label indicated thioxanthene medications, which are used to suppress mental disorders.

After the injection was completed, the female security guard then held Huang Feng’s head and gently kissed her face.

“Be good,” she whispered softly, “headquarters will send someone to pick us up.

Liu Zhizi has been helping us apply for the dispatch letter.”

Xu Yang still remembered Liu Zhizi, that corporate slave, a clerk at Blackfire, whose motorcycle was stolen by Seeking Shadow.

“I don’t want to go home,” Huang Feng said with a tamed voice, but it was very low, like a baby in a crib, “It’s very free here.”

“It’s free, but we are in danger here,” the female security guard stroked Huang Feng’s hair, over and over, like comforting a child, “You’re an important person, and if you stay quiet, I’ll let you go to the bar, every day.”

“Okay.” Huang Feng sat back in her chair, picked up the Witch magazine, and flipped through it with stiff fingers.

At this moment, her face was expressionless, like a Synthetic Human or a puppet, void of any hint of vividness or spirit, her gaze blankly fixed on the pages.

Xu Yang searched through the video archives from the previous days, quickly scanning through them.

He often saw Huang Feng moving around in the basement, spending nights there with poor sleeping postures, and prone to self-touching.

Other times, she was either sitting or standing, tending to scream or laugh without warning when alone.

Looking further back, one could see Power Armored Soldiers in full gear escorting Huang Feng on outings, but as these soldiers were reassigned by headquarters, only the female security guard remained, trying her best to shadow Huang Feng constantly, but obviously struggling to control her, often arguing with Huang Feng, with her greatest utility being to remind her to take her medicine on time.

Huang Feng indeed disappeared on the day the “Golden Branch” was stolen, and in the early hours of the following day, she brought back a case, storing it in the safe on the basement wall, which was very likely the Golden Branch itself.

Switching back to real-time, the female security guard again stood in the corner, watching Huang Feng as if supervising a confined object.

Trained for this, she maintained focus at all times, ready to restrain Huang Feng within 1 to 2 seconds.

“It doesn’t involve that Liu Zhizi’s work, right?” Huang Feng lifted her head, “Blackfire can’t evacuate me because I’ve already been targeted by Kyoto Infinity.”

“…You can say that,” the female security guard replied, her expression unchanged, “You should know, we’ve also controlled some spies that Kyoto Infinity has planted in the Taiya Archipelago.

Kyoto Infinity plans to exchange us to get their own people back.”

“So, I’m a hostage.” Huang Feng leaned back in her chair, kicking at the air repeatedly, “Matteo is dead, Sally is dead, why don’t I just die too?”

The female security guard crossed her arms over her chest, watching Huang Feng’s movements without taking further action.

Huang Feng got up and walked out of the room like a zombie.

Xu Yang had seen this posture before; it was one adopted by those who were extremely distressed internally.

Huang Feng had a Restrictor attached that prevented her from using Magic Power.

Xu Yang temporarily ignored their activities and started searching for intelligence in the internal records of the arms dealer’s store.

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They intended to manipulate the underground power structure of Aizu City through arms trafficking.

Black Fire Innovation excelled in factory production, marketing, and logistics transportation.

As its main dealer, “Arms Dealers” monopolized the supply of quality firearms and armed robots.

Any faction wishing to make a name for itself in Aizu City had to rely on this shop, and was to some extent under its control.

If any other violent gang attempted to break free from the Arms Dealers’ dependence, they would immediately face suppression.

The dirty bomb that Matteo used to blow up Shenkong Tower had been stored in this Arms Dealer’s warehouse, no wonder Asa Katsuragi had seen Matteo and the figures of 101 and 102 near Arms Dealers a long time ago.

In such chaotic zones, those with the most arms naturally had the strongest power.

Xu Yang thought covertly.

Through reliance on violence, military actions, and trade manipulation, they were the real kings of Aizu City.

Their next plan was even worse; following instructions from Black Fire Innovation Headquarters, they were preparing to recruit a large number of desperate and dissatisfied malcontents, arming them.

When corporate wars broke out, they would dispatch them to sabotage critical nodes from Aizu City to Anjiu City, affecting production, crippling transportation, and creating an atmosphere of terror where everyone felt at risk.

If such an event were to happen, who knew how many would die tragically?

It was imperative to take preemptive action and destroy this stronghold.

According to the inventory and data scanning results, Xu Yang discovered that the Arms Dealer’s warehouse contained some self-destruct robots, which were intended for kamikaze missions and were an important part of Black Fire Innovation’s various sabotage plans.

Xu Yang secretly took control of them, stole the activation codes from the store’s inventory, cracked the protection programs, and secretly activated them.

When the time was right, he would detonate them and set off other hazardous items in the warehouse.

He estimated that would completely destroy the warehouse, and the entire Arms Dealer shop would collapse with a bang.

After stealing the key files and logs from the Arms Dealer’s shop and making a backup, he programmed four special attack robots with a Trojan horse program for remote manipulation.

Then, Xu Yang completely exited the Net Avatar state and returned to his body in the taxi, his brain buzzing and needing time to calm down.

Thanks to the previous “warm-up” activities and the experience gained from repeated attempts, Xu Yang’s physical and mental stamina were better adapted to the changes brought about by this new ability, and the sequelae this time were much less than before.

Next, he entered the Arms Dealer’s surveillance system through conventional means.

After Huang Feng left the basement, he started snorting stamps in the employee lounge on the second floor of the store, tearing open the green packaging and inhaling deeply, his eyes rolling back and emitting incomprehensible moans, numbing himself to the point of insensibility.

The female security guard was still by Huang Feng’s side, not leaving an inch.

Due to the retreat of Blackfire headquarters staff, there were some Gang members helping out in the store, wearing uniforms emblazoned with the Arms Dealers logo.

They were assaulting a young girl on the other end of the sofa in the employee lounge, her origin unknown, whether she had been abducted or was already involved in such business.

However, her screams were heartrending, and she struggled continuously but was held down by her hands and feet, rendering her powerless to fight back, clearly against her will.

The repeated penetration caused her immense pain, her petite body seeming all the more fragile amidst the onslaught, nearly breaking and collapsing, while these Gang members relished the moment.

Those who finished earlier went to the side to smoke and used their ocular implants to record the scene, unsure whether they intended to trade the footage or use it for blackmail.

“…Make them quiet.” Huang Feng, sprawled on the table, “…

Ivy, make them quiet.”

“What?” The female security guard needed to confirm Huang Feng’s intentions.

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“Tell them to stop the noise, Ivy,” Huang Feng didn’t even look up, “or I’ll kill them.”

“They’re our friends,” Ivy said.

“Just temps,” Huang Feng breathed deeply.

“Sister Huang Feng, let us blow off some steam now and then,” a burly man who had finished smiled, “It’s her own fault for living nearby.”

“Hmm?” Huang Feng finally raised her head as if waking from a dream, her gaze cold as she stared at the gang.

“Don’t provoke her,” Ivy, pulling a pistol from inside her security guard uniform, walked to the center of the room—toward the screams and torture—forcing a man off a girl with her gun pointed at his back.

Realizing the fun was over, they grumbled and walked out.

The girl, panic-stricken, grabbed what little clothing she had left.

Ivy urged her to get dressed and located her original coat and pants, then handed her an anonymous cash card.

“Go buy some contraceptives,” instructed Ivy, “…get a good brand.”

The girl knew it was Huang Feng who had saved her; she accepted the cash card and whispered a thank you to the prone Huang Feng.

“Would you go on a date with me?” Huang Feng looked up, glancing at the girl.

“Hiss—” The girl gasped in surprise, not understanding what Huang Feng intended, and immediately scrambled out, not looking back, leaving the room in disarray.

“Still no one wants to date me…” Huang Feng closed her eyes.

Ivy said nothing, standing by and still keeping an eye on Huang Feng.

“What about Golden Branch?” Huang Feng looked for the unopened postage stamps, “…have they even given up on Golden Branch?”

“We’ll find a chance to forward it,” said Ivy.

“I’ll worry about it, don’t be nervous.”

Finally, Golden Branch was confirmed to be right here.

Xu Yang had acquired enough information.

The next step was to raid the arms dealer’s store, destroy the warehouse, disrupt their plans, and take Golden Branch out of the store.

Shifting his attention from the store to the arcade across the street, Xu Yang noticed people gathered at the entrance—freelance media people, live-streamers, and internet show hosts.

The rumors about the Cyber Specter exploding on the premises had naturally attracted their attention.

Xu Yang, hidden within a completely enclosed taxi, was extremely covert; he had no need to worry as he opened a popular short video app, switched to the local channel, and found that the news of the “Cyber Specter’s reappearance” was already climbing rapidly.

It wasn’t necessary for him to worry; the arcade owner had already started boasting about various hallucinations and wonders he’d seen, swearing that a ghost from the online world had visited his shop, leaving behind incredible spectacles.

As the roar of the Shuttle Machine approached, Xu Yang noticed the investigative team from Heavenly Cardinal Manufacturing showing up on site, still with the Witch and two Power Armored Soldiers—predictable.

He figured they were still preoccupied with tracing the stolen set of three armors: Cloud Beast, Flood Dragon, and Tengu.

“I am Lu Jing from Heavenly Cardinal Manufacturing, here to investigate the Cyber Specter,” announced Lu Jing, leading the charge and producing his work credentials.

“Please show me the electronic devices it has infected.”

“Please, please…” The owner invited her to inspect the seven game terminals that had all been roused from standby mode at the same time.

The noisy crowd of live-streamers, reporters, and street wanderers pressed in closer.

“It’s no use, it’s gone!” someone in the arcade yelled out.

“Everybody look…

maybe the corporate people can figure something out,” someone raised their handheld device high, snapping pictures non-stop.

Lu Jing studied a game terminal intently, as if he wanted to see through the glass and find the Cyber Specter’s colorful trace in the data cables behind the tube.

“I don’t think there’ll be a response,” said the owner.

“It’s been 10 minutes.”

“Ah…” The crowd fell silent for a moment; Lu Jing also looked down, feeling a sense of futility from repeated unsuccessful searches.

The frustration of failing to accomplish the company’s mission weighed heavily on him.

“The Cyber Specter is a thing of the past now.”

“Came for nothing…” A few sighs of disappointment rose from the crowd.

Interesting, Xu Yang thought privately.

It’s time to stir some activity for this identity.

Xu Yang encrypted the data signal transmission, camouflaged the sender’s address, and then reconnected to the game terminal that everyone was closely watching.

——The idle game screen instantaneously switched.

“What do you want to know?” A line of text was typed, showing up on the screen.

At first, there was a moment of silence, then an explosion of unprecedented excitement from the crowd!