Otaku Witch-Chapter 696 - 486. Bizarre Figure

As the hover car approached, fully armed security personnel immediately intercepted it, and even the autonomous cannons on the nearby walls had aimed in that direction, ready to shred the car and its occupants at the first sign of trouble.

In this state of high alert, the window of the hover car opened, and out peeked a head wearing a Clown mask. From the figure, it was apparent that this was a woman, and she held out a badge for the approaching guards to see.

Upon seeing the badge with the emblem that bore the wings of a War Hammer, the guards were visibly startled, then snapped to attention, saluting respectfully and stepping aside. The autonomous cannons also stood down, and the gate to the base opened in response.

"Please, come in, Commander."

The guard, clearly an Armed Witch herself, saluted and spoke thus.

Dorothy merely nodded slightly and then drove into the experimental base.

Although, it should be mentioned that the person who had just raced through the city didn't even have a driver's license.

"Hmm... something's fishy, this base seems to be well-guarded, how did they let something so important get stolen with this kind of defensive strength?"

The Homebody Witch mused to her passenger, Koreya, while driving.

Although the chase was urgent, they decided to first investigate the Magic Network Laboratory for any additional clues.

Now having arrived at the laboratory, the Witch looked at the successive layers of defense that could truly be called ironclad, and she was puzzled.

It didn't seem like a case of guards slacking on the job—if something could still be stolen despite this level of security, just what kind of person did the Glorious Divine Kingdom send to steal?

For a moment, images of heist movies she had seen in her previous life came to the Homebody Witch's mind. In those films, the protagonists always treated other people's heavily guarded secret bases as if they were their own living rooms, strolling in at will. Watching those movies and identifying with the protagonists was thrilling, but sadly, in reality, she was the unfortunate one who'd been robbed, which was quite depressing.

Or was it possible that these guards had been put here after the theft as a face-saving gesture, to close the barn door after the horse was stolen?

The Homebody Witch was somewhat baffled for the moment.

Meanwhile, Koreya also flipped through the mission materials again and was similarly perplexed.

"My Lord, it is indeed bemusing, His Excellency the Leader has always taken a special interest in the security of this laboratory. Even Heroic Spirits and Magic Armored Knights are among its guards—it's considered at the Highest Level of security. Yet on the day of the incident, all the guards reported no anomalies; it was as though the Magic Network Core simply vanished into thin air. The surveillance equipment in the base also didn't catch any abnormalities."

The Black Sheep Witch went over the mission files repeatedly, but couldn't find any useful information.

Dorothy felt helpless and simply pressed the accelerator to speed through the vast experimental base, quickly arriving at the central core laboratory entrance.

Joaning, while the car door opened, an entire Judgement Squad emerged from the vehicle.

Cough, cough... Okay, the hover car that she was driving, which looked like just a two-door sports car, was actually Koreya's personal vehicle.

This Black Sheep Witch apparently had trendy hobbies and liked to play with cars. She had already absurdly modified the car's interior. Although it looked like it only had two seats, when the trunk was opened, it revealed a luxurious flat that was quite impressive.