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

With the blade pressed against Deathstroke's neck, Wuming calmly spoke.

“Of course I can’t say. I still have that basic professional ethics,” Deathstroke chuckled and shook his head, his voice turning sarcastic. “Besides, are you really sure you’ve caught me?”

Magic fluctuations? This is... a teleportation scroll!

How could this be? I clearly nailed his limbs shut, how did he activate the scroll? Wu Ming was shocked, then immediately understood. He swallowed the scroll, and if things went wrong, he would spit it out and crush it with his teeth to activate it.

"There's actually such a method?"

Looking at the few bloodstained blades left in front of him and the empty rooftop, Wu Ming sighed and turned back into the branch building.

First, they attacked Senior Li Cheng's home, and the very next day they sent men to the branch office to kill him. Moreover, the communicator had previously issued an alarm, so it's possible that Senior Li Cheng is being attacked again. In other words, they attacked three days in a row within two days. The information asymmetry is one aspect, but the audacity of the attackers is truly astonishing.

As Wuming pondered the various possibilities of who had attacked them, he suddenly sensed something was amiss.

No, that's not right. It's not boldness; the other party isn't bold at all.

Wuming suddenly realized something.

The other side wasn't acting recklessly. If they were truly daring, they should have deployed elite forces in conjunction with regular forces for a direct attack. An organization that can afford to hire Deathstroke must be capable of organizing such an operation. Sending just one top-tier A-rank assassin against a Sixth Group with a large number of A-rank combatants wouldn't be very effective.

The other party wasn't being too bold; they were just... indifferent.

That's right, it wasn't boldness, it was indifference. Regardless of who was behind it all, he must have been indifferent, sending people to attack Group Six purely for fun.

Although such inferences contain a great deal of subjective conjecture, Wuming, who had spent a considerable amount of time by King Gilgamesh's side, was quite certain of his judgment. Wuming was remarkably sensitive to this tendency to create trouble for no reason, to find amusement in doing things.

But... if that's the case, then who exactly is the enemy this time?

While Wu Ming was pondering these questions, the situation in Li Cheng's residential area had also progressed to a new stage.

Under the orange-yellow light, three figures of different sizes stood in the dilapidated open space of the residential area.

"Although, to guard against possible attacks, I waited in a nearby hotel."

Playing with the dagger in her hand, Ryougi Shiki took a deep breath and looked at the huge and deformed figure in front of her.

"But if it's something disgusting like this that I'm going to kill, I feel like my knife will become so dirty that I don't want to take it back..."

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If we were to change it, it might be titled "The Bond Between Gaps." What do you readers think? Is it better to change it, or keep the original title?

Section 156, Chapter Sixteen: The Cut-Off Movement

"Uh, uh uh, ugh..."

The low, intermittent moans of a woman, which could easily conjure up images of unsavory scenes, echoed through the room.

If you only heard the voice, you might imagine the image of a young woman. Unfortunately, as someone present at the scene, Li Cheng simply couldn't accept such an association.

"What exactly is this thing...?"

A few minutes earlier, through the combined efforts of Kiritsugu Emiya, Li Cheng had successfully dealt a heavy blow to the giant monster that had attacked them, and its purplish-black blood was almost splattered all over the open ground.

What followed was a violent burst of energy. Li Cheng, who was closest, was almost instantly blown away, and all the windows of the apartment building shattered at the same time. Countless shards of glass fell sparsely, like a rain shower.

"Gurgle...gurgle..."

A muffled, indistinct voice, like a girl moaning softly, echoed from the direction of the monster in the center of the clearing shrouded in purplish-black mist.

Pushing aside the rubble that had been pressing down on him, Li Cheng stood up and stared in astonishment at the open space almost entirely covered by the purplish-black mist. He could sense an extremely powerful and unstable force brewing within the mist, like a time bomb about to explode.

"Gurgle...gurgle..."

The girl's hushed voice rang out again, repeating meaningless, indistinct sounds. But for some reason, Li Cheng felt as if he were hearing a helpless girl crying for help.

"Disperse!"

A bright purple demonic power was released from Li Cheng's hand, instantly dispelling the light mist that had obscured his vision. The next moment, he stared wide-eyed in astonishment at what was hidden within the light mist. Before he could react, he was grabbed by a huge arm, and countless tentacles grew from that bony hand, stabbing towards his body.

A small knife swept through the air, leaving a trail of light and instantly severing the hand that was gripping Li Cheng. The leader of the sixth group, Ryougi Shiki, quickly leaped into the arena, reached out and grasped the knife she had thrown, looking at the object in the center of the open space with a hint of disgust.

Long, slender arms extended from all around its body, each arm covered in swaying tentacles that constantly secreted thick, yellow pus. Its abdomen was swollen, its skin nearly transparent, revealing maggot-like, writhing intestines and a purplish-red orb of light within. The head, previously covered in pustules, had transformed into a massive mass, densely covered with countless eyes, all spinning wildly.

"It looks like a piece of performance art..."

Li Cheng couldn't help but sigh.

"Ahhhh-"

The monster, which had almost completely lost its human form, suddenly leaped high into the air, letting out a series of heart-wrenching screams, and charged directly at Li Cheng. Without hesitation, Li Cheng activated his demonic power, shattering the ground beneath his feet, and then leaped up, colliding head-on with the monster. At the moment of impact, he felt as if his entire body had entered vibration mode, and with a buzzing sound, he crashed back to the ground.

Ouch, this guy's physical strength has increased a lot compared to before.

As Li Cheng got up from the ground, he looked at the huge monster struggling to get up from the ground not far away, and Ryougi Shiki rushing up with a knife and slashing continuously. He began to think about how to efficiently and quickly defeat this strange monster.

At the same time, Ryougi Shiki nimbly darted beneath the monster, and with a swift stroke, severed one of its arms. The monster screamed, flailing wildly, but couldn't hit the relatively small and agile Ryougi Shiki, and could only let out pitiful cries.

"Hmph, so ugly, and this is all you've got?"

Step back, dodging the monster's swinging arm, and then sever two fingers from that hand with a single slash. Shi then grabbed one of the swinging arms and used the force to fly high into the air. With the blade aimed at the tumor-like giant head, he instantly sliced ​​open the monster's three eyes, causing yellowish-brown pus to burst out.

"Ahhhh-"

The monster's roar instantly became even more pitiful. It screamed as it clutched its head, which was oozing pus, and its arms swung wildly, smashing the surrounding ground to pieces. In this situation, even Shiki would find it difficult to fight at close range without getting hit, and had to click his tongue and retreat to a distance.

The monster was still smashing things around like a madman, but thankfully it wasn't aiming at the apartment building. Otherwise, given its size and strength, it could have easily destroyed the building.

She retreated to a distance to avoid being hit by the opponent's attack. At this moment, she quickly noticed Li Cheng, who had been standing in front of the apartment building without making any moves, and couldn't help but frown with some dissatisfaction.

"What are you doing, Li Cheng? Are you scared by the other person's size?"

Standing up straight, Li Cheng looked at the monster that was still smashing things wildly not far away with a strange expression, and gently shook his head.

"No, I just feel something's strange."

That sound, those movements... they all seemed... very strange. But I couldn't quite put my finger on what was so strange about them.

"Never mind, let's beat this guy into submission first. Any oddities can be left for Tohsaka to analyze later!"

Suppressing the strange feeling in his heart, Li Cheng crouched slightly, then suddenly exerted his strength, charging straight towards the monster. Concentrated demonic power flowed through his muscles and blood, generating a powerful force that slammed into the unsuspecting monster. It was sent flying, crashing through the pillars on either side of the door, and crashing onto the road outside the apartment building.

"Gurgle...gurgle..."

With another indistinct roar, the monster's fingers grew sharp and long, reaching out frantically towards Li Cheng. Unable to dodge in time, Li Cheng could only condense the surrounding rubble into a shield in front of him. He was then slapped away by the monster, landing firmly on the ground.

"Be careful, this guy is incredibly strong. Getting hit in the body could be disastrous."

Shaking his slightly numb hands, Li Cheng saw that Ryougi Shiki, who was not far away, was about to rush forward again, and quickly reminded her.

Ignoring Li Cheng's advice, Ryougi Shiki charged straight at the monster ahead. Amidst a series of violent roars, Shiki's figure was sent flying back, staggering several steps before barely managing to stand.

Another grenade was fired from the third floor of the apartment building, heading towards the monster. Amid the explosion, Li Cheng heard an incredibly loud scream from the creature, followed by another series of moans.

Something's not right, it's getting increasingly wrong.

"Emiya, team leader, wait a moment, don't attack yet."

After careful consideration, Li Cheng picked up the communicator and spoke slowly and deliberately.

"What did you say?"

Shiki looked at Li Cheng with some surprise, wondering what he meant. Meanwhile, Kiritsugu Emiya remained silent for a moment before asking earnestly in the communication:

What is the reason?

“It’s hard to say, I’m not entirely sure either,” Li Cheng scratched his head, looking at the monster struggling and howling in the flames, his gaze gradually becoming serious. “But there’s definitely something wrong with it. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but there’s definitely something wrong with it.”

"It's really weird."

Shi sighed, but stopped in his tracks, looking at the monster that was still twisting its body wildly not far away, and stopped attacking.

"Ahhhhh... Gee... Gee... Ahhhh—"

The monster, its skin torn and its body charred black by grenades, struggled and roared, smashing the ground around it to pieces. Its limbs twisted and thrashed incessantly, and its shrill howls never stopped.

Strange reactions, strange movements, strange sounds...

Li Cheng couldn't pinpoint exactly what went wrong, but his intuition kept telling him that something was wrong, that something was abnormal.

So, where exactly did things go wrong?

"I accept!"

Just then, Li Cheng suddenly heard a somewhat anxious call coming from the second floor of the apartment behind him. It was tide's voice.

He turned his head and saw tide peeking out of the window with some concern. Their eyes met. tide looked Li Cheng up and down, and seeing that she wasn't seriously injured, her expression relaxed a little. Li Cheng quickly comforted her and told her to go back inside.

It was at this moment that Li Cheng finally realized what was wrong with what he had been feeling.

"Gurgle...gurgle..."

The deformed and twisted monster continued to emit mournful roars.

Ah, I see. No wonder I felt something was off. So that's where the problem lay.

In her memory, she recalled the sound of Xi calling her name with teary eyes when the stormy night came, rushing to her side and hugging her tightly.

That kind of call, that emotion contained within the sound—it's the sound a child makes when seeking solace, the cry of someone they trust who longs to be by their side when feeling helpless and fearful.

"Gurgle...gurgle..."

Once again, the monster stretched its neck, and from within the writhing mass, a faint, intermittent wail could be heard.

No, that's not right. Shouldn't you be saying "Brother... Brother..."?

"I see. It wasn't just meaningless shouting. It was calling out to his brother, is that right?"

At this moment, Li Cheng finally understood the true meaning behind the strange groans mixed in with the monster's screams, whether high or low, after being attacked and injured by them.

"Team leader, Emiya, I'm begging you," Li Cheng said slowly, taking a deep breath as he picked up the communicator. "You must capture this monster... I think we can get some valuable clues from her."

We must find out exactly what happened.

With a burst of speed, Li Cheng charged towards the monster. But then he had to stop, staring in disbelief at what lay before him.