Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 835 - 685: Expanding the Bureau of Secrets

Chapter 835: Chapter 685: Expanding the Bureau of Secrets

After the incident was named "Eclipse of the Star," the related bulletins were broadcasted, and the news quickly spread across the world.

Everywhere, people were being rescued, buildings urgently repaired, and public sentiment was being soothed through propaganda broadcasts. Emergency drones and trucks from the warehouses were all deployed, delivering massive supplies to the disaster areas, ensuring the mollification of community residents’ emotions, trying to house and assist those citizens adversely affected.

Including the small-scale upheavals that erupted across the Northern Archipelago, at this moment Nestor Corporation was putting all their efforts into quelling them. Each region had its own Quick Reaction Force and permanent agents from the Bureau of Secrets, who had all received emergency information and were now minimizing the damage.

The Bureau of Secrets was established to fight against mystical disasters, and now Seeking Shadow, as the Director, also went to the front lines in person to inspect the situation, combating those remaining flesh and pus remnants.

"Some kind of spore-like blood clots from the explosion fell into the city at various points, they can still move and grow!" A security officer who witnessed the situation explained to Seeking Shadow.

Seeking Shadow nodded, deployed the agents to various buildings to search the situation, and went to the edge of the Eclipse of the Star to exterminate the remaining flesh fungus carpets which were in a semi-active state and could be burnt away with Ion Swords.

"Wow! So powerful!" A40, following behind Seeking Shadow, looked around in amazement at the huge pit.

Seeking Shadow walked along the edge of the pit, using her electronic scanner to check for minute flesh cysts inside and around the pit, constantly waving her sword to burn away the last of the residual tissues, to ensure that Suzukawa Kiyo would not be reborn from these blood clots.

"Farosa had a blast fighting, but this city will now have to live with this pit," noted Seeking Shadow, observing the seawater gushing in from the edge of the pit, with its surging waves. She supposed the citizens were heatedly debating whether to quickly build dams to stop "Eclipse of the Star" from being flooded into a new bay or let the seawater pour in and expand the scale of Shangjing Bay again.

Given the depth of "Eclipse of the Star," it could become a new deep-water seaport with possibilities for theme hotels, marine amusement parks, surfing venues... Humans always like to turn grief into happiness, so they don’t have to ponder how many ordinary people were also swallowed along with Suzukawa Kiyo. Seeking Shadow silently calculated and analyzed.

In 10 years, 100 years, future generations reading the history books about an incident like "Eclipse of the Star" probably won’t feel touched. Even the very concept of justice will be diluted over time. Seeking Shadow reflected.

"Why are you moving so slowly! You have neither engaged in combat nor in intense social interaction, yet you are so dull," A40 noticed that Seeking Shadow was lagging behind with a sluggish pace.

"I am lost in thought," said Seeking Shadow.

"A Synthetic Human but lost in thought, you are killing me with laughter. Come on, speak out whatever you are thinking," A40 scoffed.

Seeking Shadow shared her thoughts with A40.

"You are too sentimental, too emotional. I don’t know why I’m using such words to describe you. If upgrading the emotional module results in becoming like you, I’d rather stay at 3.55!" A40 thought herself adequate as is.

"I have reached version 3.75 already. Some things, if you can’t understand now, you will never understand. Some emotions, if you don’t experience them in time, you will never have. In the end, you will not be able to become a true human, not able to have empathy for the civilized society we live in," said Seeking Shadow to A40.

"I’m not listening! Not listening!" A40 ran off.

Seeking Shadow continued her work, not only in rescue, support, and reporting from the front line but also in calculating and evaluating the survival status of the citizens extensively, so that people would not be helpless when facing similar incidents in the future.

She returned to the Director’s office and reported to the Cyber Specter.

"...Summarizing the above information, we can basically determine that in this disaster, the ’supernatural life form’ itself is the most threatening, with extremely abnormal and bizarre life characteristics, and it is almost impossible to kill. It is inferred that other supernatural existences also have this kind of extraordinary vitality, unbeatable by individual power," Seeking Shadow typed.

"For such unconventional beings, only unconventional methods can be used for disposal," new messages appeared on the screen.

"I am particularly concerned about how the mystical threats endanger the survival of the citizens. ’Eclipse of the Star’ itself has already collapsed, and while the areas closest to it seem safe, they have actually been seriously affected. In the ten blocks closest to ’Eclipse of the Star,’ about 30 to 40 percent of the population have shown significant mutation characteristics, including growing extra limbs, self-mutilation, deformities, emotional agitation, drastic personality changes, cognitive confusion, delirium, etc.," Seeking Shadow reported.

"The trauma to the soul is reflected on the body."

"Yes, according to my preliminary investigation, those who have received basic psychological defense training, including Nestor Corporation security soldiers and Bureau of Secrets agents, have been able to mitigate this harm significantly; certain special professionals such as regular policemen, shooting sportsmen, firefighters, professional security personnel, etc., have also been spared from all impact. Interestingly, agents from the Bureau of Secrets who have received basic faith are particularly strong in defending against this psychological harm. There was an agent who received Moon Dragon revelations, and during this conflict, he was completely buried by a mass of flesh spores, but unlike others, he was not devoured and resolutely survived, digging out a path with his mutated claws, and also did not suffer any form of mutation," Seeking Shadow reported.

"For ancient people, finding another belief was the only way to avoid destruction."

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"Fortunately, we live in modern civilization, where we can incorporate basic psychological defense training into our daily curriculum. The information barriers inside and outside the company have been broken by us. We have already included these contents in our knowledge base; many people have mastered them. Now, they openly share their experiences on various forums and online media. Many insightful individuals have proactively engaged in the ’magic popularization’ enterprise after the Eclipse of the Star incident, spreading mystical knowledge that is accessible to the public. Of course, there are also many people muddying the waters... but overall, it’s good. I also want more funds to expand the Bureau of Secrets and complete more plans."

"Your plan is?"

"First, I need to commission the development of a cost-effective program and cooperate with existing platforms to facilitate citizens to report mystical events anytime, anywhere, marking dangerous occurrences on the map. In fact, during the ’Eclipse of the Star’ incident, the images uploaded to short video platforms by nearby residents provided the first wave of alarms, which were 7 minutes earlier than the warnings from Nestor Corporation. These 7 minutes made the difference in saving many lives. We need to leverage this to establish a truly quick emergency response mechanism."

"That’s good."

"Next, of course, we need funds to recruit more manpower, expand the personnel reserve available to the Bureau of Secrets, and attract Witches to join the Bureau. In fact, following this incident, more and more people are willing to join the Bureau of Secrets. They all know that mystical disasters are just around the corner, within arm’s reach. To protect their homeland and guard Humans, they can muster endless fighting spirit, joining the cause of justice with the greatest enthusiasm and belief." Seeking Shadow typed rapidly.

"Your ideas are very good. There is no ongoing warfare declared, but in reality, we have already entered an invisible, prolonged war, requiring the bravest in society to stand up and fight against it. Indeed, you are well-suited to be the head of the Bureau of Secrets; no one else is as passionate about justice or as selfless as you."

"Yes." With Cyber Specter’s recognition, Seeking Shadow’s emotional module became particularly active.

"What’s your view on ’Eclipse of the Star’?" New text appeared on the screen.

"Supernatural life forms as evil as Suzukawa Kiyo must be punished, while Farosa is the embodiment of justice. With just a single release of Power, she completely devoured and obliterated evil. If it weren’t for her controlling the situation, half of the city would have been doomed, and we would have been forced to battle Shangjing itself until the entire city was bombed into ruins, or declaring the abandonment of contaminated Shangjing. Achieving such a result was not easy. I just feel that my own strength is inadequate, and I hope to come to you for personal enhancement." Seeking Shadow replied.

"Enter another body?"

"Yes, and I need to pilot a larger body with a small body. After so many events, I’ve come to a deep realization: a height of 1.6 to 1.8 meters, operating in human form. Such small robots have limited strength, so I plan to pilot a mobile warrior to better combat evil!"

"An interesting thought."

"Small bodies are only suitable for punishing criminals on a small scale. I plan to surpass my past self, reaching the level where I can confront large monsters and evil armies." Seeking Shadow reported resolutely.

"Come to Jialong Slope. This is a commercial hub; you should be able to find a suitable body."

After the communication ended, Seeking Shadow also continued to immerse in the solemn work of organizing the Bureau of Secrets.

The threat had already materialized, and everyone’s attitude toward the "Eclipse of the Star" incident in Shangjing was starkly different. Seeking Shadow believed that to heal the fear in people’s hearts, they must be armed more thoroughly, enlightening them to the truth of all darkness and terror.

To prevent a second terrifying incident like "Eclipse of the Star," the Bureau of Secrets still had many missions to complete, and Seeking Shadow was convinced that only with adequate focus and perseverance could they hold high the banner of justice.

If only there were affordable retrofit components to reinforce psychological defenses and avoid cognitive hazards. Analyzing this, Seeking Shadow realized the need for Nidelaide’s assistance.

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Meanwhile, at No. 89 Xilong Mountain Villa, Shangjing, in the home of Tenjouin Zina, Farosa was taking a bath.

While everyone’s attention was focused on the Eclipse of the Star incident, its creator intended to relax, recuperate her strength. Guiding Little Galaxy was no easy feat, not to mention that Farosa would need to expend a lot of energy suppressing Suzukawa Kiyo, who was trapped in Little Galaxy.

jumped in, seeking Farosa’s advice.

"What do you need me to do?" asked 101.

"Suzukawa Kiyo is now trapped in my Little Galaxy; it’s difficult for her to escape, but we still have to be careful of her... so I still need to conduct research. I will bring some of Suzukawa Kiyo’s fragmented tissues; you hand them to Miyazato Kazama to focus on developing a specific alluring sweet fragrance emitted from her, creating a special potion," Farosa said slowly.

"That scent? I know it turned some citizens into beasts," 101 frowned.

"There’s a grand party that needs it to shine, to add to the atmosphere. Would you like to attend that party?" Farosa said softly.

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