Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 802 - 661: Buyout Rights_2

Chapter 802: Chapter 661: Buyout Rights_2

The profoundness of martial arts is truly mysterious.

A40 stepped back, making a clear assessment of the situation: it was no match for Wang Qi’an.

"Stand down," Wang Qi’an said, steadying her stance.

"Just now, I’ve merely glimpsed the threshold of the Martial Arts Path, whereas you have fully mastered it. If I could start my own school and teach some disciples, leaving fame in the annals of history, you could train an entire powerful Witch Army, having them inherit your martial skills and then flatten the seas," said A40 with admiration.

No one had ever managed to do this—to make A40 concede both in mind and speech.

A40 was very satisfied.

There are still such strong people in the world! What a joy for it!

Wang Qi’an curled the corner of her lips into an indifferent smile at A40, then turned to look at the Nestor Corporation witches on the sidelines, all eagerly anticipating.

Then, Wang Qi’an threw away her weapon and performed a set of boxing techniques before them. She moved through the area like a dragon, tumbling and soaring, with extreme speed.

The witches who were familiar with Pan Ruiyi were shocked.

This was the "Ancient Martial Arts" Pan Ruiyi used during regular combat.

Without her spear, Pan Ruiyi would use ancient martial arts to fight, and it was even more violent than when she used her spear.

With the might of a Dominator, coupled with the ultimate technique—that was Pan Ruiyi at her strongest.

Yet even Pan Ruiyi’s skills were not as polished as Wang Qi’an’s.

"Wait!" A40 suddenly shouted, "I want to know what your Magic Power is! Fighting until now, I still don’t know what Magic Power you used to defeat me. Is it enhanced reaction? Mastery of weapons? Or can you predict my movements?"

The precision, accuracy, and combat intuition displayed by Wang Qi’an had earned A40’s respect.

Only Magic Power could allow her to perform with such finesse, surpassing Pan Ruiyi’s brute and wide-ranging Close Combat Specialization.

Ise Hanabi, standing on tiptoe on the sideline, was equally eager to discover what Magic Power Wang Qi’an was using.

Ise Hanabi’s Magic Power was to predict movements, and she had been able to predict all the movements inside the arena between A40 and Wang Qi’an beforehand. However, even with prediction, she lacked the response and combat experience to cope.

This battle also made Ise Hanabi realize her own shortcomings.

She looked around; today, hundreds of witches from Nestor Corporation were all looking forward to it, their insights greatly enhanced.

Hearing A40’s question, Wang Qi’an slowly nodded.

She took a pen and an old notebook from her pocket, walked over to A40, and scribbled and sketched in the old notebook.

"Look," said Wang Qi’an.

"What am I looking at?" A40 asked, puzzled. "It’s blank."

"That’s my Magic Power," said Wang Qi’an. "Anything I write turns blank. My Magic Power makes anything I write or type on a screen become nothingness."

"No, I mean the Magic Power you used to fight!" A40 emphasized.

"I don’t have combat-related Magic Power," said Wang Qi’an.

"Ah..." A40 was extremely surprised, "then your combat skills..."

"This is the notebook I’ve kept from my childhood testing days. My Magic Power prevents me from learning; even the answers I choose during exams turn blank. My Magic Power prevents me from leaving any records or traces in this world. So, I can only prove myself through combat," said Wang Qi’an, closing the blank old notebook.

A40 was profoundly shaken.

To rely not on Magic Power, but solely on ultimate experience and skill to control the battlefield?

As a classified witch, although A40 did not know Wang Qi’an’s age, it estimated she must be over a hundred years old. In those hundred years, she was probably accompanied by combat.

Day by day, night by night, year by year, she honed her skills to perfection, training generations of Battle Witches for Kyushu High Pavilion, and even trained an extraordinary disciple like Pan Ruiyi.

A40 now knew its goal!

That is to thoroughly master the Martial Arts Path, like Wang Qi’an, to command absolute technique, and to see A999 dead!

Wang Qi’an gave a meaningful look at the witches around her, who were happily whispering to each other, discussing the spectacular scene they witnessed today.

"So are Pan Ruiyi and Zhang Yunxi here?" Wang Qi’an looked at A40.

A40 shook its head vigorously; it had to keep it a secret.

"They must be here, or at least have been here," Wang Qi’an walked outside, directly contacting Lila.

Lila Nestor, upon seeing the communication request from Wang Qi’an, chose to connect.

"I know you’ve captured Pan Ruiyi and her team, and you’ve recruited them," said Wang Qi’an.

"We don’t have them," Lila denied.

"Listen, President of Nestor Corporation, I am their instructor; I trained them personally. There are traces of their presence here. You may have cleared the scent and tidied up the environment, making them hide, but I just know they have been here. Denial is meaningless to me."

"That’s just your unreliable ’intuition’."

"Call it intuition if you will, but I just know they are here. What I need is just a chance, to see these good kids again, to have an honest talk with them," said Wang Qi’an.

Pan Ruiyi was still recuperating with Xu Yang and couldn’t attend. So Lila was dealing with Wang Qi’an while seeking advice from Zhang Yunxi.

"Do you want to meet Wang Qi’an?" Lila asked.

"I..." Zhang Yunxi was very uneasy.

She had always followed team leader Pan Ruiyi, using her Replication Magic to act as Pan Ruiyi’s double, just like the inconspicuous leaves that set off a red flower.

When faced with situations, Zhang Yunxi was also used to closely following Pan Ruiyi.

But now Pan Ruiyi was gone, and she was facing her old mentor, her original company.

Such a sensitive, such a terrifying thing...

After much consideration, Zhang Yunxi still agreed, albeit with a trembling voice.

"Alright," she said.

Inside the secret reception room at Nestor Headquarters, Wang Qi’an, sitting on the sofa, waited until Zhang Yunxi arrived, then immediately stood up.

"Zhang Yunxi!"

"Present!" Zhang Yunxi snapped to attention, looking up and shouting.

"At ease," Wang Qi’an stood in front of Zhang Yunxi, eyes fixated on her intently.

Unlike the tall and strong Pan Ruiyi, Zhang Yunxi had a round face and was well-proportioned, looking like an honest person.

"Yes!" cried Zhang Yunxi plaintively.

"Where’s Pan Ruiyi?" Wang Qi’an asked.

"She’s not here!" Zhang Yunxi looked up at the bright light, as if this could help her avoid Wang Qi’an’s terrifying gaze.

It all came back, the grueling training in Kyushu High Pavilion’s Battle Witch camp that had been relentless for a decade, turning into a piece of metal, waiting to be hammered.

"Where is she?"

"I don’t know!" Zhang Yunxi’s voice trembled, her face flushing red.

"I’m ordering you to return to the unit!"

Zhang Yunxi’s legs turned to jelly, she almost couldn’t hold herself together, then tears overflowed.

"I won’t!" she stammered.

"Why?"

"I feel safer with Nestor Corporation! Better—" Zhang Yunxi stammered.

"How much better?"

"They give me vacations, promotions, and raises... They give me a place to live, a safe environment. I am very happy here. Nestor Corporation... treats witches like people! Here, I live like an ordinary person... Every day is so ordinary... I’m not afraid of experiments... not afraid of being shot... not afraid of enslavement... not afraid of unspoken rules..." Zhang Yunxi wept.

Wang Qi’an stared at Zhang Yunxi with a tense face.

"Is Pan Ruiyi doing just as well?" she said.

"Yes! And very happy! Team leader Pan... the team leader even found a boyfriend," Zhang Yunxi couldn’t hold back and said.

"Can her boyfriend handle her?" Wang Qi’an said with a sneer.

"Yes!"

"Stop crying," Wang Qi’an ordered Zhang Yunxi to stop her tears, then sat down on the sofa.

She took out a contract from her bosom.

"That... the company’s contract..." Zhang Yunxi saw the label of Kyushu High Pavilion on the contract, and her heart skipped a beat.

"The parent company plans to formally trade you to Nestor Corporation, as a symbol of our future long-lasting friendship between both sides."

"What?" Zhang Yunxi was shocked.

"Pan Ruiyi and you, along with other members of the assault team, Zhou Qingqing, Fang Zixie and others, and an engineer named Xu Yang who was lost in the Northern Archipelago long ago. This contract is for a one-time buyout, totaling 311 billion. As long as the payment is made, this bad debt will be wiped clean, and you will no longer need to hide behind code names. You can walk in the world openly from now on," Wang Qi’an placed the document on the table.