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

Continuing to increase the intensity of his supernatural power output, Jiang Chaoxian looked at Li Cheng, who was in so much pain that he couldn't even speak, and the smile on his face almost made his skin rip.

"You know it yourself, don't you? Her fate is actually closely related to you. If you hadn't chosen to work overtime that day and had gone home early instead, I wouldn't have had any chance, would I?"

"Speaking of which, you adopted a child in Japan, right? I heard you named her Shio?"

"How tragic, how tragic! Even someone as radiant as you has ultimately resorted to seeking a substitute. You are truly beyond redemption."

"Speaking of which, your new daughter is quite capable. I actually considered taking action against her first, but after sending out several people, there were no results. If it weren't for the fact that the Asian region has a soul-recognition resonance with me, I might have gone there myself. Of course, things are fine as they are now."

“She’s come looking for you, isn’t she? I’ll cut off your limbs, then find her, just like last time—no, a new way, and right in front of you—and torture her to death bit by bit. Finally, I’ll look into your despairing eyes and kill you, just as you wish.”

With a flushed face and almost displaying a sexually aroused posture, Jiang Chaoxian sighed and drew out the sharp knife.

"All your sacrifices will nourish me and pave the way for more salvation. Rest assured, Mr. Li Cheng, I will never forget you."

"...Are you done talking?"

Huh?

Reflected in Jiang Chaoxian's incredulous pupils, Li Cheng, who had been in pain, opened his eyes, his left eye now a bright purple.

The art of absorption and rebound!

By deliberately enduring the opponent's attacks and inducing them to gradually unleash their full power, Li Cheng finally used a trump card that he had never used before at the last moment.

"Ugh!"

Jiang Chaoxian screamed in agony as blood gushed from his seven orifices almost instantly. All the power of his supernatural ability was fed back to him in that instant, causing him immense damage.

Oh no, the situation has changed, we have to run.

The next moment, realizing the situation had reversed, Jiang Chaoxian subconsciously activated a teleportation talisman hidden in his waist pocket. In a flash, he appeared outside the warehouse in a grassy field.

Damn it! Kill him! Kill him! You must kill him!

Vomiting blood, Jiang Chaoxian, writhing in pain as if his head were about to explode, thought ferociously as he stumbled forward, trying to escape. But at that moment, a large hand grabbed his shoulder from behind, squeezing so hard that it crushed his shoulder blade.

"what!"

Jiang Chaoxian screamed as Li Cheng threw him to the ground.

Before he could use the teleportation talisman a second time, Li Cheng reached into the other man's pocket, found the talisman, and crushed it to pieces. Then, he stepped on the man's neck, applying slight pressure, causing Jiang Chaoxian to scream in pain and reveal a ferocious expression of oxygen deprivation.

"This time it's the final blow, Jiang Chaoxian, it's all over for you."

Knowing that tide would arrive soon after he used his realm and the gap, Li Cheng did not hesitate. He stomped hard on his neck to crush it, and at the same time began to prepare his realm that could shatter the other's soul.

"...Yes, it's... coming to an end..."

Jiang Chaoxian, whose expression had become completely distorted, laughed, his bloodshot eyes fixed on Li Cheng, a hideous and ferocious expression on his face.

"But... it's you, not... me."

Oh no, this guy—

Instinctively, Li Cheng tried to use his realm to defend himself, but Jiang Chaoxian suddenly let out a strange cry, and his head exploded. Amidst the flying bits of flesh and brain matter, Li Cheng felt an unimaginably vast spiritual power surge into his mind. He could only resist for a few seconds before losing consciousness.

"I will take over everything you have. Fall into eternal sleep, slumber in the darkness forever, ha ha, ha ha ha—"

At the last moment, Li Cheng finally understood how this not-so-brilliant fellow had repeatedly escaped capture. But before he could do anything, the boundless darkness engulfed his entire consciousness.

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Chapter 197, Final Chapter: Journey to the Depths of the Soul

The smoke of battle lingered in the air above the city, refusing to dissipate.

Although the city's fires have been extinguished through massive water-based firefighting efforts, the black smoke lingers, leaving a deep, unhealed scar, much like the bewildered and helpless survivors.

Perhaps one day, time will smooth things over.

However, for Xi, such matters were no longer of concern. To her, it was nothing more than the same cruel struggle between humans, unchanged for millennia.

She simply sat quietly on the stool, watching Li Cheng lying on an iron-framed bed in a tent, his eyes closed, his face contorted, and his body twitching involuntarily.

A man emerged from the tent, removed his medical equipment, and looked up to see tide sitting quietly before him. He opened his mouth, as if wanting to say something, but hesitated, unsure how to begin.

"There's no other way, right?"

After a moment of silent staring at each other, tide spoke first and asked.

"...No, it's alright. As long as we get some professionals, Li Cheng will be absolutely fine. Don't worry, little sister, Uncle guarantees it..."

"Alright, stop treating us like kids."

tide interrupted the man impatiently, a hint of impatience in her expression.

"You're clearly a psychic, don't you know whether Cheng is alright or not? Just tell me, can you revive him?"

"...Uh, you really are a mature kid," the man was stunned for a long time after being choked by tide's words. He paused for a while before he reacted. "But how did you know I'm a psychic? Did Li Cheng mention me to you? Sigh, but I don't think he would talk about these things..."

tide didn't speak, but simply waved her hand. The man exclaimed in surprise and floated up, then fell headfirst to the ground.

"You, you, you, you—"

The man, who had gotten up again, was so shocked by tide's performance that he was speechless.

"I'm in a bad mood right now. If you can't handle it, then get out of my way. I'm not in the mood to waste my time here with you."

“…Alright, my apologies,” the man sighed, finally realizing that the two were evenly matched, and that the girl in front of him might even be stronger than him. He dusted off his clothes and stood up. “To be honest, the situation is complicated, and I don’t know how to put it.”

"Just speak normally, we can understand you."

tide rubbed her head and said decisively.

Captain, what kind of kid did you pick up? He looks like he's only eleven or twelve, but he's as strong as a top-tier expert who's over a hundred years old...

After muttering a couple of things to himself, the man thought for a moment and then spoke.

"That Jiang Chaoxian, the one Li Cheng killed, was an extremely powerful psychic ability user, arguably a top-tier A-level user. In the past, we always thought his abilities were mainly focused on influencing others' five senses, as well as launching mental attacks and altering consciousness. However, apart from mental attacks, these techniques were generally not very effective against other users of the same level."

"But unexpectedly, he actually possesses the ability to forcibly transfer his consciousness into someone else's body. In fact, Li Cheng is currently in a coma because he is trying to replace Li Cheng's consciousness and take over his body. However, because Li Cheng's mental strength is also very strong, he did not succeed immediately and instead fell into a coma."

"But that's precisely why outsiders can't help. The two of them are completely entangled, and it's extremely dangerous to intervene from the outside in this situation. It's impossible to identify who is who. I think that apart from themselves, probably no one can help them from the outside."

It's just that you can't.

tide didn't answer, but simply closed her eyes and stopped looking at the man standing in front of her.

The man's answer wasn't much different from what she expected. However, just to be on the safe side, she still asked a professional psychic for their opinion, but based on what they said so far, it was clearly nothing beyond her expectations.

The man before me seemed to have been mentioned by Jo and Kiritsugu Emiya. He appeared to be Jo's former subordinate and had probably come to Kurosu because of Kiritsugu Emiya's notification. However, he arrived far too late; everything was already over, so he could only make a brief appearance at the end of the volume.

However, it was precisely because of this person's existence that tide was able to try to understand some things she didn't know before. Some things that Li Cheng would never tell her on his own initiative.

"Cheng...why must someone come to Black Continent to hunt down that person?"

After a moment of silence, tide asked in a low voice.

"Blood feud, nothing more."

The man spoke seriously and without hesitation.

"Who?"

tide continued to ask.

"...his daughter."

This time, the man hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke up.

Daughter...

tide knew that the name Li Cheng had given her contained his longing and hopes for someone. Now, she had finally confirmed the source of this longing, and for a moment she didn't know how to describe her feelings.

"How should I put it, Li Cheng, ah, that is, my captain, is kind of an unfortunate guy," the man scratched his head, his expression turning bitter. "Perhaps, some people are destined to have a hard time finding happiness. Nobody can say for sure. Hey, where are you going? Hey, don't just ignore me and go straight in..."

Ignoring the man's voice behind her, tide jumped off the stool and walked straight into the tent to the bed where Li Cheng was lying.

His expression was one of intense pain and distortion, his brow furrowed, and cold sweat beading on his forehead. It must have been a deeply disturbing nightmare for him to display such an expression.

"What an idiot..."

The contract originating from the Demon of the Gap connected their bloodlines and souls, granting Li Cheng unimaginable changes. His consciousness and soul were no longer comparable to those of ordinary people. Even the so-called strongest A-level mental ability could not possibly shatter his consciousness, let alone put him in a tug-of-war.

Unless... that enemy can grasp his deepest nightmares, making it difficult for him to stay conscious, and even causing him to continuously slide into a worse state.

So, Cheng is now in this situation, meaning he has been dragged into his nightmare by the other party, right?

So, what an idiot.

However, humans are inherently idiots, haven't we already known this for a long time? Now, we're lamenting this because of it. It's probably because we've been children for too long, making our mentality young and naive.

But never mind, now we're free of any constraints or attachments. Just like you, Cheng, we're both penniless. And that's probably why we're attracted to each other, right? Although, there's a suspicion that you took advantage of our vulnerability and deceived us.

tide raised her hand and gently stroked Li Cheng's forehead, letting out a silent sigh.

"Um, once the helicopter arrives, it will naturally take Li Cheng to a specialized hospital for treatment. There won't be any questions—wait, what are you doing? Stop it!"

A black crack spread from beneath the hospital bed, swallowing tide and Li Cheng whole before the man outside the tent could arrive, leaving only an empty tent and a bewildered man.

In the darkness, where countless eyes silently watched, tide floated in front of the sleeping Li Cheng and gently placed her small hand on the top of his head.

"Last time, you idiot came to save me without hesitation, so this time, I'll have to save you. Hmph, although in terms of the result, there's no difference between the two."

As the connection between their souls deepened, tide smiled gently, the purple halo in her pupils growing even more intense.

What she was doing was simple: to completely connect their souls, thus gaining full access to the depths of Li Cheng's consciousness. In this way, she could pull Li Cheng out of the depths of his nightmare and simultaneously eliminate the enemy.

However, as a consequence, all of Li Cheng's memories will be known to her, and correspondingly, all of tide's memories, those memories from her long years as a demon that she herself could hardly remember, will also be known to Li Cheng clearly.

"It's really unfair. They traded a human's decades of memories for so many of ours... cough, seventeen years of memories. It feels like a bit of a loss."

Despite uttering these words, tide showed no sign of stopping; the connection deepened and became clearer. Finally, a purple light illuminated the entire dark rift world. Xi closed her eyes, her consciousness flowing with the connection, entering the depths of Li Cheng's soul.

This time, I'll save you. Wake up, go home, and then, properly, make amends for what you've done to me!

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