Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 786 - 651: Secret Footage

Chapter 786: Chapter 651: Secret Footage

In the corridor, Witch Farosa tasked Mizuiro Yoshioka with disposing of the ancient woman.

Upon receiving the message, Mizuiro Yoshioka headed to the newly constructed supernatural containment facility on the outskirts of the city. It spanned a vast area, the entire site buried beneath snow and ice, guarded by complex defense systems, resembling a labyrinth inside and out, and extended down to eight subterranean levels.

At the sole entrance, Mizuiro Yoshioka entered with her Level 4 decryption clearance and approached the ancient woman’s cell.

"I need to speak with the target in person," Mizuiro Yoshioka requested.

"Warning: Insufficient clearance." The Elite Synthetic Human Elite Soldier led Mizuiro Yoshioka to the dialog area outside the containment room, where she could only converse with the ancient woman indirectly through real-time imaging.

Mizuiro Yoshioka had hoped to meet the other party face to face. Hearing the message made her frown; if she didn’t handle Lady Farosa’s order properly, the outcome would be dire.

"Which unit owns this facility?" Mizuiro Yoshioka asked.

If the facility belonged to a pushover department, Mizuiro Yoshioka was ready to have a serious discussion with them.

"This site is directly under the jurisdiction of the President’s Office’s Bureau of Secrets, and its director is Seeking Shadow," the Synthetic Human told Mizuiro Yoshioka.

These obstinate robots. Mizuiro Yoshioka frowned. Now there was no room for negotiation. Seeking Shadow was like glue—once attached, it was impossible to shake off—and being seen as a villain by her would mean no peace in the future.

Mizuiro Yoshioka had no choice but to comply with the arrangements.

recording drones flew into the dialog room, positioned on either side. Eight of them were responsible for capturing Mizuiro Yoshioka’s likeness and projecting it into the containment room, while the other eight transmitted the ancient woman’s image.

"Also, please include Kirino Reisei’s communication channel," Mizuiro Yoshioka said.

Kirino Reisei was suitable for translating Secret Script and was sensitive to work, responding promptly to any requests from Farosa’s adherents.

After three minutes of intelligence synchronization, Mizuiro Yoshioka saw the ancient woman’s appearance replicated in front of her.

Inside the containment room, the ancient woman was startled to suddenly see Mizuiro Yoshioka’s image appear beside her, causing her to jump back rapidly.

"I am not in the same room as you, rest assured," Mizuiro Yoshioka explained.

Kirino Reisei translated.

"What do you want to do?" the ancient woman asked suspiciously.

Mizuiro Yoshioka pulled out a flat terminal to display the image of the ancient male prisoner at the base of Nestor Headquarters.

Upon seeing the horrific state of the ancient man, pierced with torture devices, the ancient woman’s body trembled violently, and tears quickly filled her eyes.

They certainly knew each other, Mizuiro Yoshioka thought to herself.

"Just answer some questions, and we will set him free, or at least improve his living conditions," Mizuiro Yoshioka suggested.

As the Ink Witch, her current achievements were all thanks to Farosa’s support. As long as it was Farosa’s command, she had no objections.

"Ask then..." the ancient woman said anxiously, "No... at least let me talk to him!"

"Don’t worry, first I need to know your names," Mizuiro Yoshioka said.

"My name is Kuhou, and he is Zhixiong. We... are both refugees from Sekisei Nation," the ancient woman stated.

"What is your relationship with the Reborn, Idith?" Mizuiro Yoshioka pressed.

"...He was our sovereign, our ruler. Sekisei Nation was a frontier region he granted," the ancient woman explained.

"Is Idith the ruler of all ancient people?"

"Yes. He is the last Ancient Emperor," Kuhou said wearily.

This was indeed curious, Mizuiro Yoshioka mused.

Initially, she thought the Reborn Idith was some Ancient Mystic or the like; she didn’t expect him to be an Ancient Emperor, a monarch who had freed himself and reemerged on the White Elephant Continent, wielding immortal power.

"Who gave you the Frost Core?" Mizuiro Yoshioka continued.

"Elride," the ancient woman replied.

"Was the Frost Giant God using you to invade the Northern Archipelago? Has it also made some sort of agreement with Idith?"

"I don’t know... Elride taught me how to use the Frost Core to awaken our Divine Dragon. I thought it would resurrect from death, but I only controlled its corpse, it..." Kuhou’s voice grew weaker as she sat down in the corner of the room, showing immense pain, as if giving up all resistance.

Ancient people, an ancient civilization forgotten and erased, ten thousand years removed from now.

Mizuiro Yoshioka quietly observed the curled figure of the ancient woman before her; if humanity also perished for ten thousand years, the survivors would probably not fare much better.

"Moreover..." Mizuiro Yoshioka attempted to ask more questions.

"I am tired... Please... please let me talk to Zhixiong, I beg you!" Kuhou pleaded.

Mizuiro Yoshioka cut the communication directly, and the image of Kuhou before her vanished instantly.

Kuhou could no longer see Mizuiro Yoshioka’s likeness, her expression becoming even more sorrowful.

As the translator, Kirino Reisei was privy to their entire conversation, but wisely remained silent, quietly working with Mizuiro Yoshioka to organize the records of the dialogue, and then forwarding them to Farosa.

If Kirino Reisei still harbored any ambition, she would have hinted to Farosa about the need to expand the Witch Division’s authority within Nestor Corporation. However, Kirino Reisei had now tempered her aspirations, simply wishing to maintain the status quo and stay with Nanase Kizuna until death.

Elsewhere, Farosa received the news, nodded slowly, and returned to her chamber.

"’Zhixiong,’" Farosa uttered the name of the ancient man.

Called by his true name, Zhixiong lifted his head but remained silent.

Farosa observed Zhixiong’s physique and power.

By ancient standards, he was at least a general or a Senior Samurai, either Kuhou’s guard, the foremost hero of Sekisei Nation, or else a member of the ancient imperial family.