Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 358 - 326: Entering into Marriage

Chapter 358: Chapter 326: Entering into Marriage

Boom!

With a tremendous explosion, the entire hideout was levelled, and flames raged violently.

The shockwave sent 102 flying, her body crashing to the ground, sliding across the dry sandy shore. Thankfully, the shock absorption system built into her armor accelerated her recovery, preventing her from tumbling too much.

Seeing his adversary forced out, the man quickly retreated and hid behind a metal barrel on the beach, using it as cover, and shouted, "Who sent you?"

lay on the ground, hastily tapping her forehead to play Du Qianqian’s voice aloud.

"We’re looking for Hosoda Yoshiyuki," Du Qianqian’s voice came through, "a 49-year-old man."

"He’s not here," the man said. "Get lost."

"He said he’s not here," 102 whispered.

"We have reliable intelligence proving that he is in this area," Du Qianqian didn’t give up, "Please cooperate with our operation and provide valid information, or we will take compulsory measures."

The man looked up at the sky.

"I told you I don’t know, now go," he looked down at 102 with a cold tone, "I don’t want to kill you."

"We also don’t want to fight Hosoda Yoshiyuki," Du Qianqian said, "Just to talk to him. If he changes his mind, then—uh—there’s trouble on my side."

Du Qianqian noticed the Iron Shell automatically alarm, indicating the machine was being locked onto.

She looked outside the window, the sludge obscured her vision, but she could see several motorcycles approaching rapidly, accompanied by deafening engine noises.

Parked on the side of Garbage Hill, the Iron Shell seemed to have been spotted by one of the riders, who was now using a guided weapon to lock onto the Iron Shell.

Faced with such a dire situation, Du Qianqian’s breathing became rapid, her chest constricted, and her physiological functions reached their limit.

A surge of blood rushed to her head, and she passed out once again.

Thinking of the precious Iron Shell and the injured Du Qianqian, 102 immediately got up from the beach and hurried back the way she came.

The man followed 102 step by step.

"Look at this!"

"The treasure of Garbage Hill."

"A ’Bear Shark’!" the mercenaries jumped down from their motorcycles, laughing as they ran towards the Iron Shell. Two of them did not mind the filth as they climbed Garbage Hill, taking big steps toward the Iron Shell, and soon they were just a wall away from Du Qianqian.

They occasionally knocked on the glass and hit the hood, trying to figure out the shuttle machine’s security situation. It looked like a part of Garbage Hill, just as filthy, fitting in without any sense of discrepancy.

returned to where the shuttle machine was parked, and seeing these thugs, she was instantly filled with anger. Her precious Iron Shell was treated like actual trash before them, with someone even kicking its hatch, trying to force the door open! If they saw Du Qianqian inside, the situation would be unimaginable.

At this time, the mercenaries also noticed 102 doubling back and immediately prepared for battle, pulling out several long and short guns, and locked onto 102.

picked up her gunlance to fire back, but the mercenaries were quicker to shoot. The gunfire was incessant, bullets pouring onto 102, continuously weakening the Witch Armor’s defenses.

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Several armor-piercing bullets shattered the armor, bouncing off 102’s skin. The mosquito-like stings fueled her rage, and she pulled the trigger of her gunlance.

Bang!

The shell exploded on the highway! Flames shot out in all directions, instantly engulfing two motorcycles and throwing the rest into chaos.

A mercenary caught in the blast was pierced by splintering shrapnel and sharp metal, his body riddled with dense bloody holes like he had been hit by a shotgun blast, and he fell straight down.

"Aaah..."

"That is—" The mercenaries were on edge, quickly regrouping while continuously shooting at 102, but she kept advancing, firing her gunlance. The two mercenaries who had been by the Iron Shell earlier also charged down the hill, trying to get back to the highway to join the battle.

Bang!

The gunlance fired another shell! With the targeting system improved by Miyazato Kazama, 102 could lock onto targets quickly, and the high-explosive ammunition struck a mercenary squarely, tearing his body to pieces and obliterating him in a explosive blast.

"Use heavy firepower!"

"Damn it..."

"Fall back!" The mercenaries’ formation fell into disarray; one of them threw a grenade at 102, which exploded at her feet, charring her Witch Armor on one side but doing no real harm to her enhanced body.

Formidable.

The mercenaries hadn’t expected to encounter such a tenacious opponent, one who defied common expectations.

"Run!" Seeing no way to stop the enemy from advancing, the mercenaries fled in disarray.

102, slow in speed, had already resigned herself to the inevitable escape, but then she heard the sound of jet propulsion. Turning around, she saw that man ascend into the air with a four-limbed propulsion system. With his right fist clenched, he aimed at the fleeing mercenaries and fired small-caliber special bullets at them. The mercenaries fell forward as they were hit, crying out, but not dying. Instead, they were incapacitated by the special ammunition-induced muscle spasms, leaving them writhing in agony and unable to move on the highway.

Right after, the man swiftly flew towards them, trying to extract information from their prone bodies. 102 ran back to the Iron Shell, opened the hatch to enter, and saw Du Qianqian had already passed out, likely frightened by the sudden attack, and needed to be taken back to Shijin Mansion.

She couldn’t afford to miss that man either. Grinding her teeth, she locked the Iron Shell again and then hurried down the hill with giant strides, reaching the roadside.

"You, you... are you Hosoda Yoshiyuki?" 102 aimed her gunlance at the man’s back.

"Heh," Hosoda Yoshiyuki finished off the severely injured mercenaries one by one, "these guys came looking for me."

With Du Qianqian unconscious, 102 took a deep breath, knowing she had to rely on herself now.

Tapping into her Magic Power, she put herself into a state of mental readiness.

"Where are you heading next?" 102 asked.

"Nowhere."

"Being willing to stay here and face more mercenary attacks indicates you have an unfulfilled desire here. If your goal is to kill The Big Shot, you can’t do it alone."

"You know?" Hosoda Yoshiyuki sneered, "You don’t know shit."

"Wrong, we hold more information than you can imagine; we have an entire organization backing us. We know everything about you from your birth to the present. Let me clarify one fact for you now: Kamibayashi Kurou’s safety is ensured by our protection. If you are eager to complete your killing, then you have drawn a powerful enemy upon yourself. But we haven’t killed you yet, do you understand why?"

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"...Because you also dislike Kamibayashi Kurou," Hosoda Yoshiyuki frowned, "...You want to work with me."

"We never said that."

"Very cunning," Hosoda Yoshiyuki let out a strange laugh, "Alright, fine."

He dashed towards room 102, activated his invisibility field belt, and disappeared from sight, avoiding detection as much as possible. The mercenaries’ previous shooting and bombs had caused some damage to Witch Armor. Hosoda Yoshiyuki was confident he could penetrate the armor and kill his opponent.

smelled the blood and fishy scent in the air, swung his gunlance, and delivered a precise blade strike, directly hitting Hosoda Yoshiyuki, slicing him out of the air. The blade cut through the invisibility belt, and Hosoda Yoshiyuki’s body reappeared in a burst of bright light, with implants automatically injecting a healing injection. He rolled over, got up from the ground, and almost instantly moved with a swiftness as if he hadn’t been injured at all.

Not to be underestimated. 102 took a deep breath. But he was also tense.

"The boss hasn’t authorized me to kill you," 102 pointed the blade of his gunlance at Hosoda Yoshiyuki, "That’s the only reason you’re still alive."

Hosoda Yoshiyuki frowned, intimidated by 102’s presence.

Such formidable power, coupled with enough strategy and wisdom to analyze the pros and cons, pretending to be dull before in an attempt to lower my guard.

I’ve really been targeted by a bunch of mysterious and powerful people.

"Then, I owe your boss a life," Hosoda Yoshiyuki sneered, "At your behest, I’ll move Kamibayashi Kurou’s name down on the list and let him scrounge for life a bit longer in this world."

"We might still have a use for you later on," 102 withdrew his gunlance.

"I’m going to the Self Help Society," Hosoda Yoshiyuki said, turning his back to 102 to show he meant no harm.

He collected ammunition and supplies from the mercenaries, then, like an animal, he agilely left the highway and sprinted towards Garbage Hill, disappearing amid the stacked up white plastic.

He has already been modified to be very strong. 102 watched Hosoda Yoshiyuki leave. But still, it’s not as strong as the augmentation from magic power.

swiftly ran back to the Iron Shell, lifting it off, and heading back to Shijin Mansion.

She withdrew the magic power from her mind, feeling an unprecedented sense of fatigue.

"Qianqian, Qianqian..." 102 looked at the unconscious Du Qianqian with despair, What to do now?

The dirty Iron Shell returned to the hangar of Shijin Mansion, where several Synthetic Maids were assigned to clean it with water guns and cloths.

carried Du Qianqian to Farosa.

"What a pretty wound," Farosa said with a smile, "It’s as if the executioner intended to chop off her neck but missed, only hitting her head instead."

"It was my fault," 102 wiped her tears, "I had the Iron Shell charging around like a mad bull."

Farosa deployed the Law of Recovery, and Du Qianqian suddenly regained her health. She opened her eyes wide, her head felt groggy, and it took her quite a while to realign her soul with her body and synchronize her physical state with her memory.

When Xu Yang heard they had returned, he was surprised by how quickly they had done so and wondered if they had really gotten to the bottom of the matter with Hosoda Yoshiyuki.

"I don’t know," said Du Qianqian, needing rest and looking frail, "I passed out all of a sudden, and after that, everything was done by 102."

"Hosoda Yoshiyuki has gone to the Self Help Society," 102 gestured, "He, for now, has given up on pursuing Kamibayashi Kurou."

"Did you beat him half to death?" Xu Yang questioned, "Made him beg on his knees?"

"I don’t know..." 102 didn’t understand why she had said those things before, "...Maybe it was some kind of coercion or enticement?"

"You’ve become smarter," Xu Yang crouched down to inspect 102 closely, "The magic power is taking effect."

"Can’t I stay a bit dumber?" 102 was sad, "The world of smart people is so hard to understand."

"That was your own decision," Xu Yang comforted her, "It’s your magic power, your talent."

"Ah ah..." 102 walked away, distressed.

Now that Hosoda Yoshiyuki had decided to temporarily give up his revenge, Nestor Corporation promised Kamibayashi Kurou to take over the security agreement, ensuring the wedding would proceed normally, greatly alleviating his anxiety.

Before Kamibayashi Kurou paid, Xu Yang and the others still had to treat him like a cash cow. After they got the money, his safety was no longer their concern.

The wedding ceremony commenced.

Related promotions were launched one after another, with various media outlets starting to drum up support for the wedding, introducing this extraordinary marriage to the curious public.

Later, to strengthen security, Xu Yang planned to go to the Kamibayashi Family’s wedding venue with Lila for an on-site inspection, enhancing the search and control of the environment, thereby minimizing the risk of Hosoda Yoshiyuki changing his mind.

He received a call from A40.

"Boss!" A40 said, "I stole Anonymous from the recycling center, and I also helped Kirino Reisei go back to her hometown and brought her back to life."

"Anonymous has strong stealth capabilities; take it back to Anjiu City," Xu Yang said.

"I heard about a big wedding recently!" A40 exclaimed, "I want to see it in person too! To gather experience for my own grand wedding someday!"

"You? Getting married?"

"What, you’re looking down on me!" A40 protested, "I’ll walk into marriage happily with her! Who says I can’t."

"Then I’ll let you go to the wedding," Xu Yang mused, "Taro Tanaka has produced many of the same model as you, the A Series, which resemble you closely. It would be convenient for you to blend in. If anyone asks who you are, just say you’re A100."

"Good, I’ve had enough of A100," A40 nodded.

After ending the call, it turned its head to see Kirino Reisei staring at it.

"What?" it said, "I’m not saying I’m going to marry you."

Kirino Reisei shook her head.

She looked at the wedding news report, pointing out that the high-ranking officials from Kyoto Infinity would be present at the event.

"Nanase Kizuna will also appear," Kirino Reisei said, "...Help me kill Nanase Kizuna, and I’ll perform the ancient ritual of the Eternal Cherry Blossom Shrine, granting you the power of the First Warrior of the Archipelago Continent."

"What? That’s too good to be true. Let’s do it," A40 took Kirino Reisei aboard Anonymous.