Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 475 - 423: Freak_2

Chapter 475: Chapter 423: Freak_2

After being pierced by the Star-Chasing Spear, the deformed creature’s frantic screams gradually weakened, all its flesh shriveled, while the Crystal People wailed incessantly, the crystals on their bodies fading at a visible rate, turning the once vibrant crystalline splendor into discolored crystals, with the wrapped primal human forms slowly reverting back.

Slain the abnormal deformity.

Pan Ruiyi struggled forward, maintaining a distance from the Quantum Warrior, and pulled out her own Star-Chasing Spear. When she turned around, she could only see devastation, the crystallized Suzukawa Legion and the hideous deformities all destroyed, the ground covered in blood that dyed the fading crystals blood red. Pan Ruiyi gasped for breath, completely drained, nearly collapsing.

It was over.

But... the Quantum Warrior.

This is bad, Pan Ruiyi felt fear bubbling up; she was extremely vulnerable at the moment, and a confrontation with the Quantum Warrior would surely end in defeat.

And the Quantum Warrior simply stood in silence, making for an eerie presence.

"I’ve arrived!" 102 came rushing over and fiercely scooped Pan Ruiyi into his arms. "Don’t be scared!"

Following that, 102 glared at the Quantum Warrior. If it intended any harm, 102 was ready to fight to the death.

The Quantum Warrior turned and retreated, not taking advantage of Pan Ruiyi’s weakened state despite her earlier rudeness. Seeing the battle was over, it simply sheathed its sword, bowed to the excellent Battle Witches of Nestor Corporation, and then leaped away, gathering the remnants of its forces to retreat.

"Let’s go." 101 transported them to a safe location, while the other Synthetic Humans cleaned up the battlefield, collected the scattered crystal fragments, took photographs of the scene, managed the aftermath, and issued announcements to reassure the citizens.

The fierce battle had far-reaching impacts.

101, 102, and Shallow Dream performed admirably, each receiving a reward, but Pan Ruiyi shone the brightest.

Pan Ruiyi, strong and fierce, suffered little damage, only removing her Witch Armor and handing it over to Miyazato Kazama for maintenance and upgrades.

Then, she received the high honor she had longed for: a paid leave of 180 days, which in comparison even made a bonus of 6 million seem mundane.

In this way, she could lie comfortably by the poolside of Shijin Mansion, soaking up the sun, her only attire being a pair of sunglasses.

Nevertheless, she needed to rest properly first; the battle had been truly taxing.

"All the materials are very clear." Lila counted their gains.

"The Crystal Elder was still smiling stupidly when he died," 102 remarked, "So dumb! So evil!"

"Was Suzukawa Kiyo from the sewer just in that deformed shape?" Xu Yang pondered, "Du Qianqian can have a try, to see what Suzukawa Kiyo really looks like."

"No!" 102 feared seeing the horrific abnormality again.

"Oh." Du Qianqian looked with interest at the scenes in the file, the crowd attacking the deformity encased in the cocoon, as fierce as fighting a pure chaos monster.

Suzukawa Kiyo, Suzukawa Kiyo. She repeated silently to herself.

Transform!

The others watched Du Qianqian in silence.

"What’s wrong?" Du Qianqian looked fearfully at her hands, then discovered to her surprise, "Hm? Why haven’t I transformed?"

...

The crisis of the Crystal People thus ended, and the tumultuous Shangjing returned to calm.

The Quantum Warrior logged out from the simulation training facility of the Xisheng Shrine.

"How did it go?" Minamoto Makoto inquired, "Did you find out the true identity of the Nestor Corporation witch?"

Beside her stood a man in finely tailored formal attire carrying a briefcase, his face covered by a "Mist" type blocking prosthetic, obscuring his face, able to evade scanning machines, and also resistant to magic power. He was a special agent of the Corporate Alliance, codenamed "Ghost Warrior," tasked with investigating mysterious phenomena and potential anti-corporate crises.

"No," the Quantum Warrior replied, "There’s no record of a witch with the same capabilities in the database."

"..." Minamoto Makoto frowned, "Then forget it."

The Quantum Warrior actually knew clearly; by comparing the data from its chip with the records from the Xisheng Shrine training, it was evident that the invincible Battle Witch who slaughtered the Crystal People was none other than Pan Ruiyi, the high-ranking Battle Witch directly under the Kyushu High Pavilion. She seemed to have already evolved to the level of a Dominator.

Skills and movements don’t lie.

However, it knew that Pan Ruiyi had a hidden motive for being in the Nestor Corporation; once the Quantum Warrior betrayed her, she would be subjected to endless assassinations and troubles.

Such a fierce warrior, even in death, should perish in battle, killed by the most elite fighters after an explosion that rent the world asunder, and not fall to sneak attacks and assassinations, or be forced to hide in history’s depths like a hermit, never to see the light of day again.

Its Mind Core Chip told it to devote everything to the "way of the warrior", and to let such a powerful Battle Witch die for reasons other than the "way of the warrior" was unacceptable to the Quantum Warrior.

The Quantum Warrior turned and left, its figure lonely and forlorn.

Minamoto Makoto and the agent "Ghost Warrior" exchanged glances; unfortunately, the Quantum Warrior was no longer reliable.

It was time for a proper upgrade.

...

Late at night.

Inside a shabby alley of Shangjing, a young woman in a uniform stepped out of a convenience store, holding two large bags of soon-to-expire packed meals and threw them into the trash can.

A bald man in a plaid shirt squatted at the street corner, having watched for a long time.

Once she returned to the convenience store, the bald man quickly approached the trash can, dug out the meals she had thrown away, opened the plastic lids, and began to gobble them down frantically.

The female clerk turned to see this and walked into the shop, avoiding the gaze of the manager, took out a box of fresh packed meals, hid it under her apron, walked to the back alley, and handed it to the bald man.

"Eat," the female clerk said, smiling.

"Tha...thank you." The bald man mumbled, his eyes beautiful. She was a... good woman.

The female clerk merely smiled faintly, stroked the bald man’s head, gave him a kiss, then turned back into the store.

She locked the bulletproof sliding door securely, turned around, and saw the bald man squatting in the corner for a long time after finishing his meal, doing something quite strange.

After closing the shop, the female clerk and the manager were tidying up the shelves when suddenly the manager wrapped his arms around her waist.

"You just kissed that guy, didn’t you?" the manager whispered in her ear, "Could you kiss me too?"

"...Sure," the female clerk turned and kissed him, from his cheek to earlobe, then to the inner ear.

"Mmm..." the manager felt extremely comfortable.

In an instant, a solid tendril burst from her mouth, piercing through the manager’s skull, exiting from the opposite ear, blood flowing profusely.

The manager slumped to the ground, and the female clerk crouched down, pressing on his chest. Her right hand transformed into a chaotic, unrecognizable mass of flesh and covered the manager’s body. Large patches of web-like spots rapidly appeared on him, and his flesh mutated like roots, completely devouring skin and bones, leaving a shapeless lump of flesh.

Gradually, the lump of flesh swelled and stood upright, forming into a cocoon.

It needed time to mature, then transform into the form she needed. The female clerk hid the meat cocoon in the back of the convenience store’s freezer, moved to the front desk, stretched lazily, and curled up on the counter to enjoy her sleep. She now liked this peaceful life; her days of chaos and anxiety were behind her.

A peaceful, ordinary life.

She didn’t need much sleep; just a few minutes later, she had already regained her strength and continued to inspect the store with a feigned look of fatigue, discovering a postcard stuffed under the closed steel shutter door.

Picking it up to examine it, she realized it was left by the bald man from before.

"Miss Clerk, thank you for giving me the courage to go on living. I’ve been unemployed for a week now, living like a zombie, it’s brutal. If it weren’t for you, I think I would have completely broken down. Really, thank you very much. I’m going to Anjiu City next to try my luck at the Nestor Corporation, hopefully to find suitable work."