Cyber Era Witch-Chapter 78 - 61 Crimson Armor
78: Chapter 61: Crimson Armor
78 -61: Crimson Armor
In his faint, Zuo Hongchen remembered his father’s earnest teachings: “Starting a business is the hardest job in the world.
Our family has taken on so much risk for the company.
If the company’s employees hit bad times, they simply lose their jobs, but if we fail, our entire family’s livelihood will collapse…”
Now, as failure befell him, his heart trembled pathologically and his body alternated between cold and hot flushes, losing consciousness.
Zuo Hongchen’s fainting naturally caused chaos within Jumen Commerce.
“President!
President!”
“Are you alright!”
“The president has passed out!”
“Oh no…” The members of the commerce panicked upon seeing Zuo Hongchen faint, causing a huge commotion in the vehicle.
These were Zuo Hongchen’s confidants, who couldn’t bear to see him perish like this.
They frantically searched for emergency supplies with hands and feet scrambling.
One of the secretaries opened the storage box under the control panel, took out a healing injection, ripped open Zuo Hongchen’s collar, and pierced through the fat with force to inject the emergency fluid.
But he did not regain consciousness for a long time, likely due to the severity of the mental shock, leaving him barely able to maintain his breathing.
Pressed against the shuttle machine’s window, Xu Yang could also see the frantic scene below him on the vehicle.
In such a special situation, it depended on whether the insurance company would be supportive or not.
I have a bad impression of the insurance industry, Xu Yang thought to himself.
It seemed unlikely Zuo Hongchen would get the insurance payout; just verifying the claim conditions would take a month, not to mention dealing with the insistent nature of the insurance practitioners, their evasiveness, and delays being part of their core curriculum.
Unable to resume operations for months, the cash flow completely collapsed; I would faint too.
But now I can reconsider the acquisition plan.
Under these circumstances, he might stop haggling with me and be willing to compromise.
After all, to deal with a businessman, you must use a businessman’s methods.
The shuttle machine rapidly retreated.
Xu Yang saw the city collapsing into chaos, with gunshots and rat roars detonating in his ears, the agonized screams and howls were even more piercing.
Ratmen, who had long lingered on the edges of the city, engaged in all-out war with humans, throwing the entire city into disarray.
Xu Yang saw two ragged ronin with alloy swords bravely charging through the streets; he was only distracted for a moment.
By the time he looked again, they were already swarmed and trampled by the rat horde, leaving no trace behind.
The shuttle flew past the social care center on Niaohui Avenue, where the situation was even more terrifying; it housed all the unclaimed abandoned infants and orphans in Aizu City.
Many couples unwilling or unable to raise offspring, or dissatisfied with the children they had, would choose to sell their kids there.
The children in the center would then be sold to other companies upon reaching adulthood, turning into a hugely profitable industry.
Now, the whole care center was overrun.
The robust, child-beating educational robots stood powerless in front of the ratmen, paralyzed by electromagnetic pulses or smashed by clubs.
The massacre that unfolded inside the dormitory was undoubtedly horrifying, with blood splattering from the windows.
It was suffocating – not just Zuo Hongchen’s dreams, but many people’s dreams were shattered at this moment, devoured and ground to bits by ratmen.
Xu Yang turned to look at the girl he had pulled up beside him; she was in tears, staring at her phone screen, desperately redialing a number that wouldn’t connect.
After repeated failed attempts, she pressed her forehead against the shuttle’s window and painfully closed her eyes.
He just hoped all this would end soon, come to a close quickly.
But not only humans fantasized, ratmen did too.
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For this, they were ruthless, more united and fierce than ever.
Behind the shuttle, the giant Ratman beast that had been chasing closely took to all fours, its back laden with several large medicine pumps filled with a deep purple liquid.
Now, every pump was working, injecting copious amounts of unknown drugs into its body.
Was it an illusion?
It seemed to have grown even bigger.
As the giant beast chased the shuttle machine, many ratmen jumped onto its back; very soon, there were over twenty ratmen standing on it, all armed with guns, firing at the shuttle, especially targeting the windows.
Bang, bang!
Bullets headed towards the shuttle machine.
To avoid being hit, Lila turned the shuttle’s engine to maximum power, increasing the speed once again and forcing it to move at extreme velocity.
The overloaded engine emitted an ominous hum.
The increased speed indeed caused most of the bullets to miss, but the cost was evident: Xu Yang had to brace himself firmly against the rear wall of the cabin, trying to keep himself from falling.
People inside were also thrown around, screaming continuously.
“Ahhh—” The girl continued to wail; her position was perilous, as the first one to die from a ratmen bullet penetrating the shuttle’s window would be her.
The internal company employees were secretly relieved to have secured good positions, while those on the outside became their human shields.
Now flying at extreme speed, the shuttle left other company convoys underground far behind, uncertain where they would move next.
Xu Yang felt weightless, unsteady on his feet, almost as if he was being carried away by the shuttle itself.
Asa Katsuragi saw Xu Yang struggling to stand and immediately leaned back, using her shoulder to support his body to prevent him from struggling too much.
With all her strength…
Anxiety coursed through Xu Yang as his heart raced.
Suddenly, he heard the Ratman giant beast cry out in agony—it seemed to have been ambushed.
“Ao——”
The shuttle machine quickly decelerated, and Xu Yang snapped his head around, only to see the Ratman giant beast’s charge weaken, cut off by a team.
Among them, two figures in tight red armor and helmets stood out—their appearance resembled that of witches.
One of them flickered in and out of visibility, delivering a powerful kick to the head of the Ratman giant beast one moment, then appearing on its flank the next, wielding a knife to disrupt its movement; the other witch swung an oversized metal chainaxe, far too large for her size, and hurled it fiercely.
The blade crashed into the beast, cleaving long wounds in an instant.
Some dozen black-clad mercenaries leaped out, picking up submachine guns and shooting at the smaller Ratmen on the giant beast’s back, creating a crossfire that swiftly mowed them down.
The Ratman giant beast, caught in the ambush, fell dead on the spot, with no chance to retaliate.
“Reinforcements?” Li Xiaomin’s eyes widened.
“How could it be,” Xu Yang sighed resignedly, “We don’t have any ‘allies’.”
With the Ratman giant beast annihilated, two unmarked staff members quickly rushed forward, knelt around the corpse, and inserted electrodes into its head to gather biological data.
They then checked the large medicinal pump on its body, conducting their task like an animal experiment; moreover, their procedure was incredibly efficient.
They had clearly rehearsed countless times before, performing their duties methodically amid the surrounding chaos.
The once-dominant Ratman giant beast was brought down in an instant by this mysterious squad, heightening Xu Yang’s vigilance.
“It’s the one I mentioned before…” Asa Katsuragi furrowed her brow, “…the one we saw near the arms dealers, a black man and two witches.”
From amongst the mercenaries, a black man stepped forward, climbed atop the Ratman giant beast’s head, turned to look at the retreating shuttle and gestured towards Xu Yang with a smile, obviously pleased at their reunion.
The man’s skin was dark; he wore a mercenary jacket and sunglasses, flashed a bright white smile, and was tall and muscular.
Xu Yang would never forget this man in his lifetime.
Matteo.
The Matteo they had killed before was a Synthetic Human, so the one suddenly appearing in front of them must be one among the numerous copies.
After considerable effort, he had finally found Xu Yang and was clearly delighted by it.
“101, 102, go after them,” Matteo commanded.
The two Red Armored Witches materialized beside Matteo, one of them having teleported there.
They locked on to the shuttle’s position with the detection devices on their helmets and nodded simultaneously.
“As ordered.”
“Obeying command,” they responded solemnly and leaped towards the shuttle.
Meanwhile, the shuttle’s speed began to wane.
Lila sounded an alarm throughout the craft—due to previous high-speed travel coupled with an excessive passenger load, the shuttle engine was overheating and needed to slow down and stabilize pressure or risk stalling and crashing.
Because of this, Zuo Hongchen’s company’s convoy on the ground caught up; however, the two witches didn’t even glance at them.
Wearing jet-propelled red armor like two miniature fighter planes, they dashed forward, transformed into killing machines.
Seeing the two witches closing in on his side, Xu Yang realized there was big trouble ahead.
Out of the countless enemies he had attracted, Matteo felt the most dangerous to Xu Yang, even more terrifying than the past adversary Pan Ruiyi.
After all, the corporation backing Matteo—Black Fire Innovation—was an utterly ruthless arms company, whereas Kyushu High Pavilion would, at least, operate according to some code of conduct.
The two Red Armored Witches—one with long brown hair flowing out from her helmet, and the other without, the long-haired witch flying and simultaneously using her magic power to teleport, reaching speeds far greater than her companion.
In just a few breaths, she closed the distance to the shuttle with each leap spanning over 100 meters.
“Where’s the nearest giant corporate store?
Any giant corporation will do!” Xu Yang pondered rapidly; the influence of a giant corporation could make those lawless Blackfire operatives think twice.
“There’s a ‘Crepe Dome’ nearby,” Lila rapidly pulled up the information.
“Then that’s where we’re going!
Move!” Xu Yang gave the order.
In their group, they had someone who had previously worked at Crepe Dome, he might be able to help.
Having set the new destination, the shuttle turned and sped toward a corner of Hui City District.
The two Red Armored Witches were relentless in pursuit, intent on bringing down the shuttle.
