Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 315 - 285: Awakening the Struggle_2

Chapter 315: Chapter 285: Awakening the Struggle_2

The fourth region is a completely lawless zone. After Kyoto Infinity was crushed in the city, armed groups of three to five formed their own factions for protection. Outside the city, led by the Poison Master, the Self Help Society, burdened by garbage, the Scavengers Society also began to move towards the city, hoping to expand their respective demands.

The situation was particularly chaotic, and the most intense conflicts took place in the Blackfire-occupied zone where there were military boots on the ground, there would be fists of resistance raised.

At this moment, the city’s air port was the frontline of the war.

The members of the Colosseum Warrior Party counterattacked within the air port for a while and fought for about two hours in the late night. Eventually, they were repelled by Black Fire Assault Troops and had to temporarily withdraw. Now they were resting in a tower within the air port.

Defeat was shameful, but it also ignited the samurais’ fighting spirit. After discussing, they decided to temporarily set defeating the Black Fire Innovation occupation army as their goal before discussing the future path.

The samurais were all capable and fierce in battle, quick in action, and sparing in words, preferring swords over negotiations. Despite the multitude of tasks, they kept everything organized. Rotating patrols, rescuing refugees, collecting supplies, etc., there were samurais actively completing each task, exhibiting their skills without much dispute.

A40 and several other combat robots took turns charging themselves. Among them, the most powerful warrior at the moment was Han Shishan.

As a warrior stationed at the Colosseum Arena by Heavenly Cardinal Manufacturing, Han Shishan was a master of the Ancient Style swordsmanship.

A40 initially thought he was just doing advertisements for various medicinal liquors, skilled in the Colosseum fights but not in real combat. Unexpectedly, he also excelled in the complex battlefield. Han Shishan wielded his sword with ease and had the air of a chivalrous warrior, protecting many citizens along the way and crushing a large number of Black Fire Soldiers.

However, even Han Shishan felt at his wits’ end at this point. The situation he faced was exceptionally chaotic; the city invaded by the flames of war was riddled with troubles that couldn’t be resolved at once.

"Look," Han Shishan half-knelt by the tower window and summoned the other samurais to watch, "Blackfire’s men have already occupied the runway and are clearing the landing area."

"What does that mean?" asked a samurai.

"It means they will send reinforcements, not a bad thing," Li Si said with great indignation, "My big axe has long been thirsting for blood."

"The news said, two space motherships are on their way back; they should have swept away Blackfire with a thunderous force long ago," Han Shishan counted on his fingers, "It’s as clear as day, but there’s still no sign of them at this point, which means there’s trouble with those ships."

"What kind of trouble could there be?" A40 was very puzzled.

"I’ve heard that Zina Tenjouin was injured during the defense against the Blackfire attack, and it was not light." Han Shishan stood tall, looking into the distance, "Her influence within the Tenjouin Family is immense. The captain of the ’Orochi’ space mothership is also from the Tenjouin Family. There’s bound to be some entanglements there. Probably the Tenjouins don’t want to fight to the death for the company’s interests anymore."

"So we can only rely on ourselves?" Another samurai sighed, "But we need to survive first."

"The air port is impregnable," Han Shishan stated confidently, pointing toward the side of the runway where two heavily armored senior soldiers were patrolling, cradling heavy sniper rifles, "Those are Black Fire Innovation’s ’Invisible Imperial Guards’."

A40 knew that Rolo was retired from the Invisible Imperial Guard. However, even as a retiree, Rolo was still terrifyingly strong, let alone the active duty Invisible Imperial Guards, with two in a single breath.

"If Blackfire sends more Invisible Imperial Guards, Anjiu City will not hold," a samurai assessed, "No one can match those monsters."

"Not even you?" A40 looked toward Han Shishan.

"I’m just a small fry," Han Shishan said with a smile, "I’m only 0.8 of an Invisible Imperial Guard, and 0.4 of a Fumihiko Kawa."

"I can beat Fumihiko Kawa," A40 said.

"Of course," Han Shishan laughed heartily, "the referee said you won."

"That’s not a real victory," A40 looked at Fury in his hand, "someday I will battle him again."

Meanwhile, journalists from Kakuya TV Station and other foreign media boarded helicopters, passed through the neutral company’s territory, and hovered near the airport.

Having heard that the illustrious warriors of the Colosseum Festival were holding the fort there, they came for a story, hoping to gather material. The craft quickly descended onto the rooftop of the tower, where the Samurai negotiating with them quickly understood their purpose.

"The people from the TV station want to interview us ’struggle heroes,’" a Samurai explained to over fifty others in the room.

There were many Samurai, and many of them had not participated in the highly lethal main event but were present in the venue when the war broke out; they now emerged with the main event competitors, forming a Samurai group with considerable fighting power.

"What could we possibly say? We just fight," another Samurai sighed.

"Bring up A40, it’s the top trending topic right now," the Samurai pointed at A40.

At first, A40 felt shy, reluctant to be pushed forward to deal with this trouble. But thinking that Blackfire might see him if he appeared on camera, he agreed without hesitation.

"All right, but don’t rush," A40 found a corner with a strong signal and messaged Xu Yang.

Knowing that A40 was going to be interviewed, Xu Yang saw a good opportunity to spread their message, so he helped A40 write a script.

The biggest issue at the moment was still the Blackfire occupying force; they had to be annihilated and completely expelled, without exception. The enemy was incredibly strong and victory could only be hoped for by uniting the citizens and armed forces, gathering effective counterattack capabilities.

Xu Yang planned to create a city-hero image of this Colosseum Warrior Party, as a bond to connect other like-minded warriors. The Warrior Party was excellent in combat, with significant reputation and influence. At this particular time, the words of the Warrior Party carried more weight than any other faction, and while the citizens might not name many social activists, they had heard of elites like Han Shishan, Galatite, A40, and others.

Receiving the document from Xu Yang, A40 felt at ease, knowing he would only manage to stammer if he had to speak for himself. He calmly walked to the adjacent room, now filled with cameras, video robots, and microphones, with human and Synthetic Human reporters crowded together, almost pushing the cameras into A40’s face.

"What do you think of this sudden attack?" Setsuki held up her microphone, the daughter of Kakuya Media’s president, decided to rush to the forefront of the news.

"At this point, we can only protect ourselves," A40 raised his weapon, "We often hope for some mighty Power to descend from the heavens, or for some incredibly remarkable organization to suddenly appear and then instantly everyone has a direction... but it doesn’t exist! What we can do is stand up! Everyone is a part of history, everyone can be a hero! Why couldn’t the next person daring to protect our city be you? This time we’re not fighting for any company, not running around for some consortium’s interests, but we’re really... fundamentally resisting a tyrannical military! If we don’t drive these anti-human soldiers out of our city, we will die. So, fight! We must fight!"

As he said this, the scripted speech was over, but A40 wanted to say more. His advanced cognitive version provided him with an excess of emotions, making him yearn to shout out.

"I’ve realized that empty fighting, and fighting itself, is meaningless," A40 shouted, "Fighting must have something to cherish! For me personally... I want to take up arms against Blackfire Innovation because they took away the girl I like... so one day I will make it to the headquarters of Blackfire Innovation! I will find her and keep her by my side!"

The anger and sincerity of the emotions conveyed by A40 spread through modern media, gradually disseminating along streaming media channels, reaching the side of Blackfire a few hours later.

Rolo wrote a report, linking Blackfire’s words with the escape of the Martinez, thus earning Blackfire a significant promotion within Black Fire Innovation. The two of them were skyrocketing rapidly.

Seeing A40’s image, Blackfire furrowed his brows, deeply perplexed by the confusing situation. In a shattered world, there seemed to be a thread connecting the two, unbreakable.

"I want to go to Anjiu City," Blackfire murmured, "Can I?"

"No, you are our strategic weapon," Rolo placed his hand on Blackfire’s shoulder, "That’s why you are the most powerful... on the launchpad."