I adopted a child demon from the Gap, and I'm a special agent for the Bureau of Supernatural Ab

This person has a protective aura, meaning their background is very likely related to a transcendent being.

Before he could think any further, the man's body shot out like a hunting dog, rushing straight at Kiritsugu Emiya and arriving in front of him in the blink of an eye.

So fast!

By the time Kiritsugu Emiya reacted, the opponent's fist was already right in front of him.

"Oh!"

A blur of motion shot out from beside Kiritsugu Emiya, slamming into the oncoming man and sending him flying. The figure tried to give chase, but the man spun in mid-air and delivered a powerful kick back, forcing the figure to defend itself and being knocked back several steps by the force of the kick.

"You engage him in close combat, and I'll provide support from a distance."

Without much thought, Kiritsugu Emiya quickly spoke and immediately distanced himself.

Li Cheng, who had previously used the gap to shield Kiritsugu Emiya from the enemy's surprise attack, immediately confronted his opponent. The two men clashed once again in the small open space downstairs, engaging in a brutal, hand-to-hand combat.

This unknown, strong man possessed indescribable strength and speed, with the agility and ruthless fighting style of a ferocious beast. His seemingly inexhaustible energy and explosive power made Li Cheng feel as if he were fighting a giant bear from a fantasy world.

However, although the opponent was very imposing and indeed very strong, it was not so easy to suppress Li Cheng.

Like afterimages, amidst a flurry of powerful explosions, Li Cheng and the unknown man exchanged blows, relentlessly attacking with punches and kicks. Both had completely abandoned defense, unleashing their full offensive potential. Both were constantly injured, yet continuously repairing themselves using their own strength.

Bloodstains were scattered on the shattered ground.

"boom!"

With a deafening roar that seemed to rip off eardrums, Li Cheng's fist collided with the man's, creating a violent shockwave that sent both men staggered backward.

At that moment, Kiritsugu Emiya's help suddenly arrived.

With a barely audible thud, a bullet flew at an extremely tricky angle toward the man's head. But once again, an unknown force blocked the attack; the bullet stopped a few centimeters from the man, losing momentum and falling to the ground.

"You already know I have the protection of arrows, yet you still choose to attack from a distance? That's incredibly unwise; you'll make yourself a laughingstock."

The man laughed loudly, his gaze not shifting away from Kiritsugu Emiya's direction, but remaining fixed on Li Cheng, who was standing right in front of him.

"Oh!"

To the man's surprise, another gunshot rang out, clearly aimed at him again. This startled him, and he immediately realized something was wrong. But as he tried to dodge, he discovered that this attack was much faster than before; the bullet flew at incredible speed, reaching him in an instant.

The next moment, a violent current and an explosion were released.

Li Cheng had already retreated a considerable distance when the second bullet left the barrel, but even so, many pieces of rubble were still thrown up by the impact and hit him. The spot where the man opposite him had been standing was now covered by a thick cloud of smoke.

Is that a 15x concentrated plasma bomb? Using that in a busy area is a bit too reckless. But thankfully, at least Kiritsugu Emiya didn't bring the 20x concentrated dose this time, otherwise the house next door would definitely have been affected.

But how effective was that attack just now?

With a wave of his hand, demonic power was silently activated. Li Cheng waved his hand and directly dispelled all the smoke and dust in front of him, revealing the slightly disheveled man inside.

"Knowing that bullets are useless, so you just use bombs? That's quite a bold move."

Wiping a black stain from his face, the man smiled as he stepped out of the rubble, shaking off some loose stones as he did so. Standing directly in front of him, Li Cheng could clearly see that the man wasn't seriously injured. The main effect of Kiritsugu Emiya's attack was merely to soil his face and hair.

It seems that providing assistance isn't very helpful. This guy probably has other ways to avoid harm, such as that strange magic trick he used before, which Li Cheng had never seen before.

The man walked leisurely out of the shallow crater created by the previous attack and stood in front of Li Cheng, his bright red pupils clearly revealing an extremely intense fighting spirit.

Cautiously adopting a defensive stance, Li Cheng watched his opponent's every move with vigilance, preparing for another fierce battle. Unexpectedly, at this moment, the man suddenly lost interest.

"Ah, although I really wanted to keep playing, it seems you have new guests."

The man, with a look of regret and pity on his face, turned to look at the gate of the residential area and said.

As the man finished speaking, Li Cheng vaguely seemed to hear some kind of noise slowly approaching the direction of the gate, gradually becoming clearer.

Other people are approaching, and more than one.

"I don't intend to take advantage of someone's misfortune. Well then, I'll take my leave. I enjoyed tonight's battle very much, and I look forward to a proper showdown next time, buddy, hahaha!"

With a hearty smile, the man turned and ran away, leaping over the wall of the residential complex in a few steps and quickly disappearing into the distance.

They actually ran away...

Li Cheng hesitated, wanting to give chase, but the commotion outside the residential area prevented him from leaving. If these later attackers were too strong, Kiritsugu Emiya alone wouldn't be able to protect Shio and the mysterious girl who called herself Remilia.

"Chase after him, Cheng. Wuming is already on his way. We can't let this person get away. Leave this to me."

During the communication, Kiritsugu Emiya suddenly spoke.

"Emiya, are you sure?"

Li Cheng was somewhat surprised by Kiritsugu Emiya's response.

"Stop talking nonsense and don't waste time!"

"...Tsk, okay."

If all else fails, I'll use the gap and my contract with tide to teleport back directly.

Without further hesitation, Li Cheng vanished into thin air in a flash, chasing after the man in the direction he had fled.

Meanwhile, standing on the third floor of the apartment, inside a window, Kiritsugu Emiya calmly loaded bullets into his gun. His eyes, equipped with night vision goggles, never left the outside of the complex gate, the source of the sounds.

"pat, pat..."

The approaching sounds grew clearer and clearer; at this moment, it was clear that many disordered footsteps were stumbling towards the residential area.

Finally, the first figure arrived at the entrance of the residential area, in a place where the light could reach.

It was a man with bloodshot eyes, wearing a hospital gown, drooling constantly, his mouth wide open, filled with a bloodthirsty desire.

Behind the man, more people, large and small, men and women, all dressed in hospital gowns and with bloodthirsty expressions, appeared one after another under the lights. Furthermore, Kiritsugu Emiya's night vision goggles could see even more of these "people" surging in from various intersections.

“...Dead Apostle”.

Softly murmuring the names given to these creatures that are no longer human, Kiritsugu Emiya revealed a slightly reminiscent expression, as if he were seeing the past again, a scene from a distant island.

Click—

With the sound of a bullet being chambered, Kiritsugu Emiya raised his gun and aimed at the bloodthirsty creatures that were continuously rushing into the neighborhood.

We will not let any of you go, not a single one!

The next moment, Kiritsugu Emiya pulled the trigger.

…………

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Section 145, Chapter 5: Cú Chulainn

"boom!"

Gunshots rang out, followed by the shattering of a bloodthirsty thug's head as he fell to the ground. The small open space in the residential area was now piled high with countless corpses.

The 167th one... this number is a bit odd...

Kiritsugu Emiya frowned, removed the empty magazine, and let it fall loudly among the golden shell casings scattered on the ground. He then took out a new magazine, loaded it, and aimed.

Meanwhile, on the second floor of an apartment building, through a small window, two pairs of eyes were watching everything that was happening.

"They're just a bunch of zombies without any self-awareness. It's amazing that we haven't been able to take them down for so long. That human is really useless."

Remilia raised her little head and spoke with an air of arrogance.

tide remained silent, quietly watching the bloodthirsty creatures outside constantly pouring in and being killed and destroyed.

"Hey, I'm talking to you," Remilia said, pouting. "You're supposed to be an extremely rare monster from the same clan as that old woman, but you're such a quiet person?"

Shio remained silent, her eyes fixed on the group of Dead Apostles that had just been driven back by Kiritsugu Emiya.

"Hmph, forget it, I'll go out myself and take care of these little bugs in no time."

Remilia shouted angrily, flapped her wings, and was about to fly away from the house. But at that moment, Shio reached out and grabbed Remilia, pulling her back down. Caught off guard, Remilia stumbled and almost fell to the ground from Shio's pull.

"Hey, you bastard!"

Enraged, Remilia bared her sharp fangs.

"I told you, tide should keep an eye on you."

tide's purple pupils were fixed on Remilia, her expression serious and earnest.

"So you're not allowed to leave, you're not allowed to leave here."

"Hmph, you think you can hold me back with your immature gap monster?"

Remilia was furious and tried to use her power to attack Shio in front of her, but at this moment, a feeling of powerlessness covered her whole body, making her almost unable to stand.

Tsk, is it the rejection from the human will outside? Damn it, is it because I can't unleash too much power?

tide tilted her head, looking at Remilia with some confusion as her expression suddenly turned to pain, wondering what had happened to her.

……

While Kiritsugu Emiya was relentlessly slaying the attacking hordes of zombies, on the other side of the city, across a long iron bridge, two figures were moving and chasing each other at an extremely fast speed.

Cars sped across the bridge. The two figures chasing each other were even faster than the speeding cars, reaching the center of the bridge in just a few seconds.

The figure in front suddenly stopped, and with a cracking sound as the ground was crushed by a powerful force, he turned around and kicked the figure chasing behind him.

A black rift appeared silently, and Li Cheng vanished from the man's sight. Then, he suddenly burst out from the man's right side, knocking the man away and leaving a long trail on the ground.

"Finally stopped running?"

Standing not far in front of the man, Li Cheng watched as the man slowly got up and said in a cold voice.

"You've chased me so hard for so long, it would be too embarrassing for me to keep running. That's not the Celtic style."

The man laughed heartily, stretched his joints slightly, stood up, and stood face to face with Li Cheng.

"It's a bit of a shame that we can't have a weapons competition since we didn't bring any guns, but even if we're just using our fists, we can still have a good time, can't we, buddy?"

Celtic? Gun?

I don't know if this clue was given directly because the other party was too naive and straightforward, or if it was a deliberate smokescreen. In any case, this should be considered a clue to the other party's identity.

Although he knew the other person wouldn't answer his questions honestly, out of personal habit, Li Cheng still looked the other person in the eye and asked a question:

"So, who exactly are you?"

"Me? Cú Chulainn. You can just call me Cú Chulainn, it's perfectly fine."