Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 926 - 743: Visiting Shinobi Village

Chapter 926: Chapter 743: Visiting Shinobi Village

First, Xu Yang went to the headquarters to retrieve a large metal pod, loaded it onto the shuttle machine, and then took Tsuchigumo to the Shinobi Village.

The Northern Archipelago is very small, and one can quickly reach the Shinobi Village by taking a shuttle machine.

The Purple Wind swiftly traveled through the air, like a merciless traveler, with vast swathes of cloud shadows flashing by outside the window.

"What is this?" Tsuchigumo noticed the large metal pod on the shuttle machine.

"A special security measure, a type of controlled advanced force, currently under testing. I hope it can be put to use on this trip to the Shinobi Village," Xu Yang said.

Tsuchigumo breathed a sigh of relief, leaning against the glass window. Then, inevitably, her thoughts drifted to Bubble. The matter weighed heavily on her mind like an iron anchor.

"That—Mr. Xu. I saw a strange child with green hair at your house, does she have any abnormalities?"

"You sensed danger from her, didn’t you?" Xu Yang said quite naturally.

"Yes, indeed. That child gave me an eerie feeling," Tsuchigumo sat up straight.

As soon as she recalled that feeling, her muscles tensed subconsciously, becoming some kind of unnatural stress response.

"She is a remnant of experiments from a previous era, you know that this world possesses very rare magic powers like ’Time Stop’. In the past, Kyoto Infinity had conducted research into the creation of witches, similar to the ’Children of Phantom Light’ project by Black Fire Innovation. The method of the Kyoto Infinity researchers was to implant rare factors into embryos, thereby creating witches with latent potential," Xu Yang narrated.

"Ah... so that child was created using ’Rare Factor’." Tsuchigumo felt anxious.

"That’s what the current clues indicate. The former company’s staff hastily destroyed the experiment reports and let some individuals affiliated with the laboratory take these children away to live incognito. I can’t reveal any more than that," Xu Yang said briefly.

"Understood! That makes sense," Tsuchigumo nodded with understanding.

"Because the data was lost, it is difficult to understand the nature of her magic powers; she seems unaware of how to use them. I plan to keep things as they are for now, allowing her to develop a sound personality as well. If a witch possesses unique magic powers and an odd personality, she could potentially harm innocent people. If Bubble grows up happily accustomed to human society, she would probably become an excellent witch," Xu Yang explained.

"Xu Cheng is a wonderful child, Bubble will surely make great friends with her," Tsuchigumo nodded, full of confidence in Xu Cheng. After all, Xu Cheng was Tsuchigumo’s student and had mastered a variety of ninjutsu techniques, promising a limitless future.

During their conversation, the Purple Wind had already arrived at the Shinobi Village.

From the air, the entire Shinobi Village looked like a square fortress, enclosed by straight earthen ramparts, with broken caltrops at the entrance.

Scattered in the middle were low-lying wooden buildings for habitation, arranged in a grid-like pattern creating a geometric beauty. Each house had warehouses, courtyards, arrow towers, ditches, and tunnels in front and back, all built to military standards.

In the very center of the fortress was a small wooden Heavenly Guardian Pavilion, with multi-tiered flying eaves that appeared centuries old.

The village was just 300 li from Shangjing, located on a mountain pass, which was easy to defend and hard to attack, conveniently connecting various places in the Northern Archipelago. Ancient ninjas gathered here for training, to keep abreast of world affairs, each seeking a master to serve.

"Was the Shinobi Village originally a military camp?" Xu Yang also saw the true face of the Shinobi Village for the first time.

"Yes, a long time ago, the generals and daimyos feared the power of the ninjas and often sent troops to attack the Shinobi Village and cause bloodshed. Even the powerful ninjas couldn’t withstand the attacks of organized armies, many ninja clans, like the Yi Guan Clan and Sagato-ryu, were exterminated. The survivors gathered in the Shinobi Village, formed alliances for mutual defense, and shared all their ninjutsu without holding back, thereby establishing the ninjutsu we know today, incorporating the strengths of many...," Tsuchigumo looked down at the Shinobi Village.

Now smoke was rising from various parts of the village, signs of arson, with some buildings blasted into ruins, clearly having suffered an attack.

This place was deserted, with occasional strange sounds as if wronged spirits were recounting their unfortunate fate.

"I don’t feel any threats..." Tsuchigumo looked down, "...are we too late? Have the attackers left already?"

They circled for a while and had not yet found any survivors in the village.

"Some people have arrived at the entrance of the village," Xu Yang observed from the air.

Only a winding path leads to the Shinobi Village, flanked by rugged hillocks and dense trees on both sides, a thin line at a brief glance.

"I can’t see them," even with Tsuchigumo’s eyesight, it was difficult to see figures on that small path.

"I can scan the signals from their equipment," Xu Yang said, "The Nestor Corporation security team has arrived."

"Wow..." Tsuchigumo was impressed.

This Mr. Xu seemed as magical as a Cyber Specter, she wondered which of the two was more formidable?

"There must be rebel ninjas present, we need to help them investigate, in case they get attacked," Xu Yang controlled the shuttle machine in search of hidden enemies.

"If we encounter rebel ninjas, how can I look cooler? I might be one of the few ninjas left in the Hidden Ninja Village now; I definitely can’t lose face for the Shinobi Village," Tsuchigumo asked.