Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 189 - 166 Bathing in Clear Water

Chapter 189: Chapter 166 Bathing in Clear Water

During the Witch’s spellcasting, A40 did everything in its power to cover for her. Huang Feng entrusted A40 with all her thoughts, including her world-weariness and mania, which were duly recorded and archived by A40.

Such a clear and decisive connection was precious to A40. It longed to be a living human, to fully understand these emotions. For now, all it could do was wield its blade.

As the magic power took effect, the armor on Mireya’s body began to peel away, liquefying, slowly transforming into pure water. The metal components dissolved and reformed in succession, changing into completely different substances under the control of magic power.

"Witch!"

"Fire!" Two members of the Pale Legion who remained immediately started shooting at A40.

Whoosh whoosh!

Bullets flew with a density greater than a storm. A40 violently spun its blade, deflecting the bullets that came close. It wasn’t about making its weapon impenetrable, but rather about precisely calculating and judging the trajectories of the bullets to evade most of the shots while minimally slashing at those that couldn’t be avoided.

Chopping, deflecting, and dodging in quick steps, A40 executed moves that made it seem untouched by the bullets—an effect beyond the realm of ordinary humans that required special training to achieve.

But it was not keeping up.

The supersonic bullets began grazing A40’s metal shell, causing it to instantly activate the small energy shield on its body, to minimize the extent of its injuries.

A40 tried to protect Huang Feng while Rolo, with his Iron Inkstone, locked onto the living targets before him. He knew that facing such dense firing, A40 could only last up to 2.2 seconds before getting hit.

Bang!

Rolo fired again, using a 13mm caliber mutated bullet designed to break through shields, a new experimental type specifically meant to counter energy shields. Given his recent experiences, he christened it "Illusion." A40 and Huang Feng reminded him of his own state before he became less than human, when he often harbored illusions about many things.

"Illusion" passed through the shield unimpeded, hit one of the Pale Legion in the chest, eliciting a muffled groan as the soldier fell backward. The Individual Combat Armor was extremely durable, so even a direct hit to the chest didn’t kill him.

The tactical objective was achieved. Due to Rolo’s deterrence, the other member of the Pale Legion who hadn’t been hit stopped shooting, grabbed his wounded comrade with one hand, and tried to carry Mireya away.

Rolo loaded the next large bullet into the Iron Inkstone, this time a high-explosive round, preparing to cause carnage.

—The fire of revolution, the fire of rebellion, ending violence with violence, ending war with war.

The pressure on A40 decreased significantly, and it charged forward. Speed surged!

A40 built its entire combat style on speed and slashing velocity. It burst through the shield field, first kicking over the shield generator on the ground to disable it, then swinging its blade at the Pale Legion soldiers, directly hitting the Individual Combat Armor.

Clang!

The Alloy Warblade cut through the outer armor, but upon reaching the inner plating, it could not plunge any further; the blade was stuck in the armor and couldn’t be pulled out.

This armor was tough! A40’s eye tubes turned red and blinked madly. This was the kind of opponent it craved—a suitably hardy foe to give it a satisfying fight!

"Die!" The Pale Legion soldier drew his army saber hanging from the outer side of his armor and rapidly slashed at A40, moving like a falcon preying upon its target, aiming straight for A40’s head.

At that moment, A40’s warblade was still stuck in the outer side of the Pale Legion’s Individual Combat Armor, and it couldn’t be pulled out in time, so A40 had to abandon its blade and step back, ducking to avoid the slash.

Immediately afterward, it attempted a sweeping low kick to hook the opponent’s right foot and make him lose his balance and fall, but the move was just short of success. The Pale Legion soldier, clad in Individual Combat Armor, stood unmovable like an iron tower.

The Pale Legion soldier roared and slashed at A40 again.

Rolo fired for the second time. The bullet blasted into the Pale Legion’s outer armor, and with an ear-splitting boom, the high-explosive bullet caused tremendous damage, creating flaws in the Individual Combat Armor.

Lila, who had been observing for a long time, seized the opportunity and fired.

Bang!

The bullet from the Cassandro Comet followed, going through the cracks and killing the Pale Legion soldier.

Clean and crisp. Rolo heard the shot and silently commended it. A first-rate sniper.

The other soldier, who had been shot in the chest by Rolo earlier, quickly got up, injecting himself with a combat enhancement drug and deciding to fight a desperate battle.

At the same time, Mireya screamed.

Huang Feng’s magic fully took effect, causing Mireya’s armor to completely vanish and transform into a liquid state, streaming down her body.

Severely injured, Mireya’s physical strength and mobility depended entirely on the armor itself. Now that the armor had turned into clear water, she instantly felt an unparalleled weakness and pain, as though she had just been born from her mother’s womb, returning to a time of wailing and blurred consciousness. Drenched, weak, and limp, she collapsed on the ground, unable to move.

The data virus was still eroding her will, and without her armor, she felt chilled to the bone, tears involuntarily welling up from the pain.

"Retreat!" The Pale Legion had no choice but to inform the other five members who had already broken into Suzuki Springs, Mireya was completely incapacitated, and retreating was the only option left.

He scooped up the damp Mireya, activated the jet propulsion system on his Single Combat Armor’s back, and quickly leaped away from the battlefield as A40 pursued them tightly.

Its eyes flashed red more fiercely, the Synthetic Human was overloading, whether it was strength, agility, or information processing speed, all were growing exponentially. The Pale Legion’s escape strategy was ineffective, and A40 continued to pursue them closely.

Seeing the enemy retreat, Lila shifted her attention and set her sights on Rolo and Huang Feng on the street, wary of both. They might have come to the fight on a whim, hardly reliable allies.

Rolo stood behind Huang Feng, who didn’t look back but began to whisper quietly.

Before Huang Feng could utter a word, Rolo quickly reached out, restrained her, and re-stabbed her from behind with the Dark Gold Spear, piercing through her chest. The Restrictor was not a physical object, it caused no physical trauma but effectively sealed all of Huang Feng’s powers.

"Had enough fun?" Rolo pushed down Huang Feng, "Collected enough material for the ad, any more would be meaningless sentimentality."

"..." She said nothing.

"Got a message yesterday," Rolo said, "the last deal before the war was finalized—Kyoto Infinity is willing to release you back to Taiya."

"Wasn’t it agreed until September? What did Blackfire trade me for?" Huang Feng murmured.

"Wars wait for no one... you don’t need to know."

Huang Feng looked in the direction of A40, the stubborn Synthetic Human, already out of her sight, fighting behind the walls and light boxes that made up the street.

—Fool, valuing the fight so much, that’s why you will never be missed.

Lila watched Huang Feng and Rolo vanish from her line of sight, lost in thought.

Elsewhere, behind Suzuki Springs.

The robot Quero, activated as a surprise attack following Mireya’s injury, launched a raid from behind. It killed on sight, several customers didn’t manage to escape and sought refuge in the hot springs, only to be ruthlessly butchered by Quero’s blade.

It moved with extreme speed, its limbs were slender and actions swift, crossing the entire room in the blink of an eye, killing them by the water’s edge, blood spreading throughout the pool.

Vicious, deadly, with extreme mobility, Quero was a Scavenger-type robot manufactured by Lighthouse Core, capable of clearing an entire street of living things in an instant. Its other arm was equipped with an energy cannon, bolstering its siege capabilities, even slightly weaker armored vehicles couldn’t withstand Quero’s cannon fire.

Moreover, Quero also carried anti-Electromagnetic Pulse components, its shell constructed of rare alloys, making it near impervious to conventional arms, easily capable of single-handedly overcoming the defenses of an entire village or camp.

After killing the customers, Quero swiftly left the bathhouse for the hallway.

It scanned and located the core office of the entire building, detecting two motionless figures within, likely the commanders overseeing this Suzuki Springs.

Killing them would swiftly end the fight.

With that tactical judgment, Quero moved quickly down the hallway, its speed surpassing the explosive start of a sprinter, for the average person, merely a blur.

"Stop!" 102, held by 101, teleported behind Quero and threw her chained axe towards it.

Commanders of Suzuki Springs, high priority, Quero assessed. Combat, low priority.

Given its speed and killing efficiency, once it entered the core office, it would instantly slaughter the two targets clean, and then like a whirlwind destroy the entire Katsuragi Gang—this was all within Quero’s calculations.

So it didn’t engage these two armored, masked witches and sped upstairs instead.

teleported to catch the axe handle, and in the next instant, leaped ahead of Quero, letting go of the axe, and then immediately leaped away again.

Rip—

The axe blade abruptly appeared in front of Quero, and with Quero moving at high speed, its body sprinting forward collided with the axe, the high-velocity collision causing a huge gash to tear through its body, causing it to fall backward from the reactionary force, metal shell cleaved open, electronic components and circuit boards clearly visible underneath.

Its own high velocity had turned fatal, but it was still capable of combat, the vicious mantis-like robot instantly scrambled up, observing 102 and scanning for her next move.

The other witch—undetected.

had already appeared behind Quero, touched its back with one hand, then teleported 2500 meters directly above, released her grip, and teleported back inside the building, taking a breath.

Leaving Quero to fall over Anjiu City.