Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 237 - 211 Witch Researcher

Chapter 237: Chapter 211 Witch Researcher

After ending the communication, Farosa wore an expression of absolute certainty.

"From now on, our future will be smooth sailing," she declared.

Xu Yang glanced at Lila, as if the precious jewelry sent by Kanako had disappeared for some unknown reason. However, there was no time to focus on that now.

"I still don’t know what you really want, whether it’s to gain Xisheng’s protection or to kill Honma Noriko." Xu Yang opened the fridge in his office, took out a bottle of sparkling water, and popped it as though it was a bottle of champagne.

"That’s the most ingenious part of the plan," Farosa said. "Many Mystics are adept at calculating the future, and the death or life of Honma Noriko will be key to changing the fate of the world. But as long as I keep the answer to this matter within my heart, they will be unable to calculate it."

"It must be to kill Honma Noriko, after all, you love chaos," Lila said. "And you wouldn’t allow a god of capital to live eternally."

"Wrong, I prefer the money and resources that Xisheng can offer," Farosa said with a slight smile. "The old mother should have burst into gold coins by now."

"Let’s have a proper celebration now," Xu Yang said. "After securing larger-scale financing, we’ll be able to accelerate our pace a bit."

"Yes, let’s celebrate properly... for all of this," Farosa whispered in Xu Yang’s ear, hugging his neck from behind.

Meanwhile, Kanako was preparing to visit the Xisheng Shrine to meet with Honma Noriko.

Honma Noriko was undoubtedly a legendary figure in the corporate ideology world. She and her husbands were core members of the Xisheng Investment Group, and her children held key positions in major companies across the Archipelago Continent. She supported the development of Kyoto Infinity from behind the scenes, and the rise of Black Fire Innovation was also aided by her.

Turning mother into a witch...

The thought alone was terrifying.

Kanako lay back on a high-tech, soft bed that automatically adjusted to the most comfortable angle for her, making her feel as if she was lying in the clouds, supported by thousands of feathers and cotton.

If she could, she would spend her whole life in such a comfortable bed, never having to run around attending various meetings and affairs again. In fact, she could do that now if she shared the secret of eternal life with her mother, who would surely reward her most generously and warmly.

This year, Honma Noriko was 135 years old.

She had worked hard in her youth and was bedridden due to overwork, and should have passed away long ago. But she spent a fortune on funds and technology, pushed the limits of current biotechnological methods, and consumed precious spices from the Near East to extend her life. Additionally, she employed many witches related to health and abilities to care for her at all times.

However, all methods had their limits, and her mother’s constitution was too weak to bear the load of consciousness uploading; otherwise, she would have moved into a mechanical body long ago.

"Becoming a witch" sounded unbelievable, but coming from Farosa, it seemed quite credible.

After returning to Xisheng, Kanako quickly figured out Farosa’s true identity.

As one of the Chaos Witches, Farosa had been buried alive 1,000 years ago and unearthed in this era, carrying the knowledge passed down within the Witch’s Secret Society...

The news of an Ancient Witch’s living body had always captured people’s attention, but without any clues, the issue had faded away. Kanako did her best to suppress the news, intending to see what exclusive ancient secrets Farosa would reveal to her.

Now, Farosa had given her mother a means to absolute eternal life.

The lifespan of a witch is twice that of humans...

As long as she could achieve eternal life for her mother, as a reward, Kanako would rise high within the family and become the top-tier, premium family member. She would be favored and kept close by her mother, living a life of carefree bliss, playing games happily without worrying about any needs. Her mother would generously grant her everything!

With this thought, Kanako knew she had to seize this opportunity!

She began working rapidly, finishing her final tasks before heading to the Xisheng Shrine.

Xu Yang had previously advised Kanako to make attempts to acquire key military and technological units, such as Battle Witches, security agencies, battleships, and research institutes.

In addition to these forces, Kanako had set her sights on Professional Ninjas. With that thought, she quickly summoned her personal ninja, Senzoune.

"Rinrin," the ninja appeared in Kanako’s bedroom, carrying Ninja Tools and entering through the window, "Greetings, Lady Kojima, I am Senzoune."

"Hello, Senzoune, I’m Kojima Kanako," she said. "Who is currently funding Shinobi Village?"

"I apologize," Senzoune replied. "Professional Ninjas working externally must keep Shinobi Village’s secrets confidential, as it’s the place of our lineage and training."

Kanako handed Senzoune an Anonymous Cash Card. She glanced at the numbers on the card and promptly accepted it.

"Rin, the main contributor currently is an entertainment planning company under Kyoto Infinity," Senzoune said. "Besides helping Shinobi Village with regular operations, the company also wants to sign beautiful female Ninjas to shoot a series of films and shows about fighting mythical creatures."

"That’s too useless, and Kyoto Infinity will definitely withdraw their funding. I will officially take over Shinobi Village," Kojima Kanako announced.

"This period’s Professional Ninjas have already graduated and have secured their placements."

"I remember there are still 300 reservist ninjas in the Shinobi Village,"

"Rinrin!" Senzoune was somewhat startled, "Are you sure? There’s a chasm between reservists and professional ninjas; they haven’t finished their training yet."

"As long as the funds and training are in place, they will all become skilled very soon." Kanako said, "I want to sign contracts with them in advance, to have them all join the company under my name and establish an invincible ninja legion."

Senzoune nodded.

"I will go and announce this news," Senzoune paid a respectful bow to Kanako.

Reservist ninjas, compared to professional ninjas, are like larval insects to fully metamorphosed adults, hence they aren’t valued, but Kojima Kanako wanted to accelerate their maturation, to quickly cultivate this young generation of new ninjas as weapons in her hand.

Besides preemptive harvesting and investing in ninjas, Kanako also bought several large-scale space shuttles and established her own security company, to accumulate power for the possible conflicts ahead.

Lastly, it was to accomplish the task Xu Yang and others entrusted her with, finding a Witch Researcher for Nestor Corporation.

There were many witches traded by Kyoto Infinity, but according to Xu Yang and Farosa’s attitude, they had to find a witch with a military background, scientific literacy, undeveloped magic power, and no evident moral compass. Under these criteria, the number of candidates quickly dwindled.

Witches are placed into different departments based on their magic power, thus giving rise to Battle Witches, Service Witches, Witch Researchers, and other derivatives. Those who were trained as Witch Researchers typically didn’t have outstanding magic power; they were repurposed only because their intellect surpassed humans.

Gradually narrowing the scope, Kanako’s attention finally settled on a particular file.

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Name: Miyazato Kazama [Witch]

Age: 25

Place of Birth: Akasumi City

Affiliated Enterprise: Kyoto Infinity

Position: 2nd Class Science Officer

Start of Service: June 1st, 135 years ago

Current Status: For Sale (Click here for the latest offer)

Corporate Rights: Revoked

Criminal Record: 35 times late / 1 absence / 34 times insulted colleagues / 9 times defied department heads / 83 times made hateful remarks

Interpersonal Relations: Click here to view 4 linked individuals

Finance Services: None

Security Package: Expired

Employment Recommendation: Witch Researcher

Magic Power: Summoning Light Sphere of an unknown degree

[Century Pure Land Credit Score: 0]

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Kanako continued to look at the report on Miyazato Kazama. This witch was too fitting for Xu Yang and their requirements.

Firstly, her magic power was mysterious and held great potential for development. On the surface, it was summoning light spheres, but Kanako consulted internal sources from Kyoto Infinity and learned that her actual power was to summon a kind of peculiar spiritual entity, belonging to the supermaterial category. However, as her magic power was too weak, she was currently a Cub-Class Witch with no specific application method for this entity, and there was no significant performance during the various tests.

Secondly, her scientific literacy. She worked at the Z1 Equipment Development Institute of Kyoto Infinity, mainly involving the design and manufacture of military equipment. Her skills were outstanding; she finished her training a year early and dabbled in most of the modern cutting-edge commercialized military technologies. Her status as a 2nd Class Science Officer meant she could lead a team independently to complete scientific research tasks. Therefore, even though she was ill-tempered and haughty, she was retained for employment.

Finally, she had no apparent moral compass or sense of justice. Kanako checked the so-called hate speech she published, which in reality was her openly and secretly insulting the current state of society. Neither the company, witches, nor humans could satisfy her. It seemed she devoted herself to military development, intending to design a weapon for destroying the world and cleanse the things she disliked.

At the beginning of the year, the research institute installed a new type of control chip in her, after which Miyazato Kazama became somewhat tamable and easier to command. But now, the situation of Kyoto Infinity was dire, and Z1 Research Institute couldn’t maintain the size of its research team, so it decided to list her for sale.

According to the current price, it would cost 20 million in funds to the Z1 Research Institute before they would release her.

It’s her!

Kanako wasn’t short on money, so she casually clicked the option to buy Miyazato Kazama and everything related to her for Xu Yang and the others, prepared to repackage her and gift her to Nestor Corporation.