Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 340 - 310 Witch Killer

Chapter 340: Chapter 310 Witch Killer

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In the corporate system, there are no restrictions on carrying firearms, which significantly increases the risk of citizens being harmed. Even those in high positions can be brought down by a single shot, greatly increasing the difficulty for Lila to maintain public order. Now faced with potential mysterious threats, she must be on guard at all times.

Find that cat, figure out what it wants to do, or there will be no peaceful nights.

To spread the risk, Lila didn’t stay in Shijin Mansion. Instead, she donned her black Witch Armor, sealed her helmet, and hid behind an old warehouse by the roadside, a kilometer away from Shijin Mansion.

"Most of the areas have high-risk targets worth observing," Lila reported to Xu Yang, "but they mostly belong to third-party companies."

"Pan Ruiyi and the others will investigate on site," Xu Yang said, "As long as it’s discovered, it’s good news."

I must not let my master down, Lila thought to herself while continuing to keep surveillance over the various areas of the city.

Her way of releasing magic power was unique, like a bat releasing sound waves or a butterfly fluttering its wings to dust off scales, able to rapidly and high-frequency spread her magic power, contaminating and penetrating objects, then retrieving the information back to her Mind Core Chip.

Obviously, the information data collected in this form is very complex and cannot all be stored. She would first use her processor to sort it out according to categories, prioritize it based on importance, eliminate and delete useless information, update high-risk content, and thus construct a security intelligence model that covers the city.

The problem was that for this vast corporate metropolis, the amount of magic power Lila could mobilize was too limited.

She checked her own reserves of magic power. Every tide-like release required astute management of magic power to avoid extra depletion.

After all, what Lila had in her body was not a real Magic Circuit but a counterfeit woven from electrical wires, preventing her from recovering at high speed through mental stimulation like other witches. Once her magic power was depleted, she could only wait for natural replenishment.

Therefore, she must be extra cautious, balancing the consumption and recovery of magic power.

An alley caught Lila’s attention.

There, abnormal phenomena occurred. Like sound waves hitting a stone wall and then rebounding, Lila found her perception of magic power encountering strange resistance. It was as if something was preventing the magic power from penetrating, causing it to return the same way it came, unsuccessful.

Could it be the use of Anti-Magic Material? Lila calculated this answer immediately.

Only such a mysterious substance could prevent the invasion of magic power. Not only is it expensive, but its effectiveness against magic power varies depending on the quality.

The object she encountered in the alley might just be the highest-grade Anti-Magic Material, a high-tech equipment with a deflection rate of 100% and a KM Rating of over 80 points. That’s why it caused such strange phenomena.

Normally, Lila would ignore this type of null response because with proper handling of the Anti-Magic Material, it could completely avoid Lila’s perception, making her think it was an ordinary ineffective detection. But the opposing side had inadvertently revealed some flaws, which allowed Lila to capture the residual superficial details and made her probe carefully.

...Like a trap.

Who would possess such powerful equipment and actively lure someone in? Lila had to repeatedly measure the situation. Should she investigate? It could be an enemy, or it could be a neutral scientific research unit conducting tests.

She relayed the relevant intelligence to Xu Yang, as he alone had the authority to make the most important decisions.

Upon receiving Lila’s message, Xu Yang immediately connected to the surrounding street’s electrical devices, trying to find usable cameras.

Around the target location, civilian and corporate-level cameras were sparsely distributed. The imaging system of the Century Pure Land System had been left unmaintained but could still be used to gather intelligence. All audio and video recording devices, totaling 16 units, were successively hacked by Xu Yang. He read all the real-time data and combined it with the unique intelligence provided by Lila to locate the target.

——Found it.

The visitor was up to no good, Xu Yang couldn’t help frowning.

It was a man in dark brown magic-resistant gear carrying a plastic bag of the same material, containing an unidentified object. Judging from the way he walked, he was obviously trying to surveil Shijin Mansion and kept looking around sneakily.

This would have to be dealt with.

Xu Yang shared the intelligence with Farosa.

"What’s that?" she had never seen such protective gear before.

It was also quite rare for Xu Yang; this was advanced equipment used to combat witches by humans.

"Code-named ’Witch Slayer,’ formerly provided to the Corporate Alliance’s specialized anti-witch troops," Xu Yang said with a serious expression, "After the alliance lost power, they must have sold similar technical patents to some companies, enabling them to produce replicas."

Farosa observed carefully. The whole Anti-Magic Armor was simple in design, resembling a large double-breasted trench coat with a hood and a face guard, equipped with a metal utility belt, gun holster, ammunition pouches, and bulletproof vest inside. In the last century, the so-called Witch Slayers, thus armored, eradicated the remnants of witches.

"Even powerful magic can’t penetrate it?" Farosa frowned.

"This material is a core technology of the Corporate Alliance," Xu Yang pondered, "We should figure out a way to take him down."

Xu Yang sent the message to the duo of Pan Ruiyi and Zhang Yunxi, who were responsible for confronting the enemy.

Upon receiving Xu Yang’s order, Pan Ruiyi who was searching for clues in the suburbs, immediately set out. She blew a pink bubble toward the mirror and then spat the chewed-up gum onto the floor.

"Any news?" Zhang Yunxi came out of another dusty room; their recent efforts to gather information mostly led to dead ends.

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"Of course, let’s get to work!" Pan Ruiyi donned her heavy helmet, hoisted a giant war spear, and together with Zhang Yunxi, took an unmanned taxi back to Shijin Mansion. At this stage, they couldn’t fly using Iron Wings as aerial targets were too conspicuous.

When they arrived near the alley where the Witch Hunter was located, Pan Ruiyi used the built-in communication channel.

"Unit has arrived at the designated location, requesting orders," she said.

"Ambush him from two directions," Xu Yang was monitoring the entire area’s situation at all times and continued to use third-party audiovisual equipment to share relevant intelligence with the operatives.

"Understood," a prompt lit up on the built-in panel inside Zhang Yunxi’s helmet.

She received two intelligence files, the first was a live imagery intelligence map sent by Xu Yang, and the second was a magic power mapping provided by Lila. Overlapping the two, she had a clear understanding of the surrounding terrain, as if there were a professional exploration team clearing the way for them.

According to the intelligence, there was a large store on each side of the alley with high concrete walls blocking the escape routes. If she and Pan Ruiyi blocked the front and back, it would indeed leave the opponent with no avenue of escape.

This work is like having x-ray vision, Zhang Yunxi thought to herself. Every detail of the target was in clear view; the technological battlefield support from Nestor Corporation was highly efficient.

"Captain, these real-time reports are so convenient," Zhang Yunxi couldn’t help but express her admiration.

"What?" Pan Ruiyi just noticed the prompt on the internal perspective panel of her helmet and, after careful retrieval, accessed the terrain map, "Wow, that’s awesome!"

Zhang Yunxi, without a word, rapidly maneuvered while clutching her battle axe.

Pan Ruiyi and Zhang Yunxi appeared at either end of the alley, pincering the Witch Hunter and completely blocking his escape.

The armor on the opponent might insulate against all magic power, but it couldn’t protect against gunfire or close-combat slashing; this was the confidence they had in making a direct appearance. They didn’t rely on magic power to vanquish their opponent.

Pan Ruiyi, clad in formidable armor, strode toward the target with prideful demeanor.

"Unit orders you to halt," she shouted, "Any resistance will be neutralized!"

The Witch Hunter, holding a bag, turned and ran straight towards Zhang Yunxi at the other end, who was ready for the confrontation.

"Please do not approach!" Zhang Yunxi raised her giant war axe high, ready to strike at any moment.

Zzzt—

In an instant, Zhang Yunxi felt dizzy and disoriented; her mind went blank, and her body could no longer support the weight of her armor, causing her to topple backward. The Witch Hunter leaped over Zhang Yunxi’s body and continued his frantic dash.

Seeing her comrade fall, Pan Ruiyi immediately moved her spear to her left hand and drew a 10mm pistol "Gale" with her right, rapidly firing at the enemy. She aimed for the enemy’s heart with each shot, which by all reasoning should have destroyed their heart, but after three consecutive shots, the bullets merely ricocheted rapidly around the enemy as if repelled by an invisible force wall, leaving her puzzled.

"Withdraw with the injured," Xu Yang ordered.

"But I can defeat him!" Pan Ruiyi was impatient, "We got the strategy wrong—if I had attacked from behind—"

Xu Yang repeated the order, and Pan Ruiyi, unable to showcase her martial skills, could only suppress the frustration welling inside her, swiftly running over to drag Zhang Yunxi to safety before being transported back to Shijin Mansion by 101 using instantaneous jumping.

With so many battles in her career, none had provided this sort of experience. Pan Ruiyi was deeply vexed; the opponent seemed just like a Reality Manipulator.

Unable to be defeated no matter what? Pan Ruiyi was furious. Such a cunning adversary was gradually draining her patience.

The Witch Hunter also retreated to the neutral zone controlled by a corporation and sat in the lobby of a large shopping plaza.

"A call from Xisheng is all it took for the Federro Mc Gee Group to provide you with such exquisite equipment from Shangjing," Mack observed the anti-witch armor on the company people.

"Yes," the company person said.

"How did it go?" the swindler Mack asked, "Running and jumping around is good for your health. By now, we’ve scared them enough; they haven’t gotten any substantial intelligence, only knowing that all attacks are like stones dropped into the ocean—no response. What we need to do is to keep the enemy bewildered and intimidated, apply pressure, and then they will crumble."

"How did you manage it? Those bullets."

"A bit of a miracle," Mack said, "Secret Script can provoke a response from this world; most miracles can be taught, and if you survive the whole operation, I wouldn’t mind taking on another apprentice."

"I have no interest in living."

"That’s even better, I have a new mission for you—intimidate this company."

"I am not sure I can accomplish that."

"The Corporate Alliance might be weak, but they have offices all over the world. Report to them, claiming that Shijin Mansion is harboring unregistered witches in violation of Corporate Alliance law, and engaging in malicious acquisitions with ulterior motives. This ’New World Mechanism’ has records of hundreds of witch acquisitions, and I don’t believe it’s all done through official procedures."

"Understood."

"Finally, make another trip to the pet store, and then we can play them to death."