This would be their temporary base as witches.
Though it was as shabby as a rat's nest, they were, after all, short on money.
Billie acted like a profligate.
After distributing a portion of the banknotes rescued from the bank to her fans, she then spent a large sum throwing a party for them, prioritizing her whims and earning the title of a fan-pampering fiend.
Perhaps once Billie "rescues" the money stolen by Centipede and Toad, they can choose a better base?
Maybe one with windows?
Or even... move out of Australia?
Anyway, they could go anywhere they wanted now.
However, amidst the excitement, new problems arose.
Serie's Witch Legion was growing, with more and more members, and Serie's mental strength was truly stretched thin.
It wasn't that the quality of her mental strength was insufficient; Serie's current mental strength was B+, which should be more than enough.
It was just the total amount that was a bit regrettable.
If only Serie could fully control all her Witch clones simultaneously!
Perhaps she should abandon her strategy of maxing out cost-effective first-tier abilities first.
Should she first check if there were more useful second-tier abilities in the Leader branch that could help Serie more effectively control multiple bodies?
Imagine four, or even more, Witches attacking at the same time...
Just thinking about it made her happy!
Who could possibly stop these beautiful and capable Witches?!
Without further ado, Serie returned to her body, opened the "Abilities" panel, and looked at the Leader branch.
Leader (You alone are a Witch Legion, and naturally, the Witch Leader of the Witch Legion):
"Hundred-Form Silk Puppet" (Learned) → "Twin Phantoms" (Learned) → "Witch Council" (Unlearned) → "Soul Sedimentation" (Details of this ability can be learned after mastering the previous ability) → "Unlocked" → "Unlocked"...
"Witch Council": You can bind any building as your exclusive "Council Sanctuary." Within the Sanctuary, each Witch clone only requires 20% mental strength to be perfectly controlled by you, exerting 100% of its power.
The Sanctuary's range increases with mental level (Current level: B+ → Maximum 3000 square meters).
You can unbind the "Witch Council" at any time and rebind it to another building, but there is a one-day cooldown.
"This is it!" Serie was thrilled!
Although Serie called it a base and the ability called it a Council, it was essentially the same thing.
With this ability, the Witches finally had a true safe haven and no longer had to worry about awkward situations where Serie suddenly needed to occupy all her mental strength, causing some Witches to collapse on the spot and face danger.
Although each Witch only required 20% mental strength to have 100% "performance" in the Council Sanctuary, equivalent to five complete Series acting and thinking simultaneously—a terrifyingly high cost-performance ratio—four Witches still required 80%...
That was still quite a lot; Serie couldn't just leave herself with 20%, could she?
"No way! I'll become stupid!"
Fortunately, Kuroda Toshio's life was valuable enough.
Four ability points were enough to learn "Witch Council" and unlock the details of the subsequent ability, "Soul Sedimentation."
Third-tier and fourth-tier abilities, like, both required two ability points to learn.
"Soul Sedimentation": Your mental strength undergoes a qualitative change, completing deep refinement and compression. All mental strength consumption after sedimentation is permanently halved.
This is amazing!
Serie's eyes lit up.
Although the description was only a few sentences, this was simply the most straightforward and powerful divine skill!
What did halving all mental strength consumption mean?
If Serie wanted to "host" a Witch clone and let Goluthos continue to idle and show off, she would only need a minimum of 5% mental strength.
Each Witch in the "Witch Council" would only occupy 10% mental strength.
Four Witches would be 40%, and her previously stretched mental strength would suddenly become much more durable.
Serie learned it without hesitation.
In an instant, the world seemed to have its noise cancellation activated.
Serie felt her head lighten considerably.
Serie unhesitatingly invested her last cherished attribute point into Mental Strength.
[Mental Strength B+ → Mental Strength A-]
The bad news was that it seemed once an attribute reached this level, attribute points could no longer directly raise the attribute by a full grade.
However, the good news was that even if not, the increase to Mental Strength A- was no less than a full grade increase before.
Serie's current mental strength was strong enough for her to simultaneously operate multiple brains.
Although these Witch brains... each had their own peculiar personalities.
The agility of the Cunning Rabbit, the decadence of the Wildfire, the uninhibitedness of Neon Shadow, the hunger of the Frenzied Devourer...
Four distinct, even conflicting, channels of consciousness became clear under her mental strength's organization.
The previous cacophony and throbbing sensation, like headphones turned up to maximum volume with various thoughts and Witch channels interfering with each other, suddenly vanished!
It was replaced by a sense of clarity, tranquility, and perfect control.
Serie returned to Kuchiha's body and simultaneously activated the "Witch Council" ability.
Buzz—
There was no earth-shattering roar, only a deep spatial resonance that penetrated matter and reached the depths of the soul.
Whoosh—!
Centered on Kuchiha, a spatial ripple, invisible to the naked eye but clearly perceived by the Witch's essence, spread silently and swiftly like the waves stirred by a giant stone dropped into a calm lake.
Wherever the ripple passed—space was covered, assimilated, and anchored!
The dilapidated factory's appearance didn't change at all, yet it gave the illusion of being in another dimension.
Most importantly, the eyes of all the Witch clones became much clearer.
Five independent streams of sensory information!
Like five surging rivers, they simultaneously rushed into Serie's sea of consciousness!
At first, Serie was unaccustomed to it, letting out a muffled groan as a strong wave of dizziness washed over her.
However, A-level mental strength was not to be underestimated.
Soon, Serie completely adapted, and the chaotic information flow seemed to be neatly organized by an invisible hand.
So... this was what it felt like to control five of herself simultaneously!
One mind, five uses...
Serie's main body exhaled a long breath, and the corners of her mouth curved into an irrepressible smile of joy.
Perhaps because her main body was tightly wrapped in bandages and everything was pitch black, she felt quite stifled.
Serie simply poured all her attention into the newly established Council Sanctuary.
Kuchiha also had a quest: [Main Quest: Friendship Connects Us!]
She needed Kuchiha to make her first friend.
So... making friends with other Witches should count, right?
Thinking this, Kuchiha's heart couldn't help but pound a little.
She didn't know why, but it felt very strange; even though Kuchiha knew that the Witches here were essentially the same person as her, just with different personalities, her introverted self was still nervous and excited about making friends.
Even if... the friends she was going to make were actually other versions of herself.
So, who would become Kuchiha's first friend?
Kuchiha cautiously looked up and stole glances at the other three Witches.
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