The Witching Hour of 1994
Chapter 816

Journey in Search of Books

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While the three most powerful witches discussed how to cobble together a bootleg spell chart for the Frost Demon, Jiang Han also remembered why she had come looking for Ange.

The diplomatic rehearsal was certainly part of it, but more importantly, she needed to look up some information.

"Ange, I'd like to use your library. I need to check the records on civil administration and management," Jiang Han said.

In the witch world, nearly everything was transparent... so when it came to certain key materials, how did witches manage to 'cover up certain information' (legendary spell materials), 'hide certain data' (some witches' magical power), and even 'keep knowledge of certain organizations confidential' (the Witch Agency)?

Very simply, the witch information network only indicated:

'Where the physical books containing this data are kept'

'What channels should be used to obtain these materials'

'This information and intelligence can only be unlocked through offline payment'

These methods both fulfilled the witches' promise of being 'transparent and not concealing information and intelligence from the public,' while also meeting the necessity that 'there are some things ordinary witches are better off not knowing.'

For instance, information on Great Witches was theoretically confidential, yet the internet could still tell you Lilith's birthday, what she liked and disliked, how much she officially earned per week, and so on.

But if one searched for information on Angelite, the internet would display:

[The materials you have queried are Angelite's Life, Materials on the Final Witch, ... The respective number of copies in this series is..., and the surviving copies are currently held at 'Angelite Grand Library'...]

The more confidential the content, the more detailed the explanation given to witches about 'how to obtain it,' 'how to get it,' and 'where it can be obtained.' But if someone truly followed

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