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"coming."

What's coming?

The doubt lasted for less than half a second before Li Cheng's expression suddenly turned cold. He abruptly shielded tide's body and turned towards the carriage.

Inside the subway car, the once crowded passengers had all vanished without a trace.

No, not entirely. There's still one person left.

"Oh dear, they found out so quickly? That old woman said it was the most advanced hint magic, but it was cracked so easily. It seems that even so-called witches are not omnipotent."

With a hearty laugh, the man smoothed his long, jet-black hair. His arms, wrapped in gray-black fabric, trembled slightly, producing a cracking sound. The man was shirtless, and his muscular physique was adorned with exaggerated and vibrant dragon and floral tattoos, as if a painting had been imprinted on his body.

"You are……"

Li Cheng frowned and took a barely perceptible half-step back. He could sense that the strangely dressed man before him possessed considerable strength.

"My name is Yan Qing. As for more details, due to the nature of my work, I can't reveal them," the man said with a cheerful smile, taking a casual step forward. "In short, this is a time for men to mingle, I think you understand?"

“…I once heard Tie Feng mention that there’s an organization hiding behind the scenes that might be connected to some extreme cases,” Li Cheng said, clenching his fist and suppressing the boiling emotions in his heart, trying his best to remain calm. “Is that you guys?”

“Well, didn’t I say from the beginning that I wouldn’t reveal too much? Since that’s the case, why ask any more questions?” The man who called himself Yan Qing sighed. “I’m sorry, I won’t tell you anything. I’m just doing my job for money, and I still have basic professional ethics. Instead of worrying about so much, you should think about how to try to survive.”

boom--

With a loud bang, the subway, which had been moving at high speed, shuddered. Then, two figures crashed through the carriage, then through the wall next to the tracks, and rolled into the sewer.

Although the Huaxia Alliance's initial sewer system wasn't as massive as the Free Alliance's due to design considerations and cost, it has undergone gradual improvements over the years, resulting in a fairly complete and efficient system. The most direct manifestation of this change is that after Li Cheng and the tattooed man who called himself Yan Qing fell into the sewers, they could both stand upright and observe each other from a distance of over ten meters.

"Looks like you really have some skills. I thought my sneak attack was pretty fast, but I didn't expect you to block it."

While he spoke in an amazed tone, Yan Qing's face showed no surprise, only the unspoken joy of a warrior encountering an opponent he could fight with all his might.

In stark contrast to Yan Qing's joy, Li Cheng's face was filled with displeasure and gloom.

"I finally made up my mind to come back, and I finally had the chance to take tide on a trip so we could have some fun, but then this happened..."

Clenching his fist, Li Cheng sighed as he looked at Yan Qing, who was already eager to attack. His eyes then turned sharp.

Come on, let's have a real, hard-hitting fight!

Filled with ecstatic joy, Yan Qing's figure moved like a whirlwind, arriving in front of Li Cheng the instant he shattered the ground, his fist flashing out like a phantom.

Then, he saw Li Cheng's body suddenly retreat, and a pitch-black crack with countless cold eyes appeared out of thin air, instantly sucking Li Cheng's body into it.

Wait, isn't this supposed to be hand-to-hand combat?

Before Yan Qing could react, a huge steel bar shot out from the unsealed crack in front of him, slamming into him and shoving him hard into the wall behind him.

"Drink!"

With a furious shout, the steel bars shattered, and Yan Qing, unharmed, leaped out from the broken wall. He was then struck in the face by an arm that appeared out of thin air, and fell directly into the sewer pool.

"Hey, what's this? Is it spatial magic or some kind of superpower?"

Somewhat annoyed, Yan Qing burst out of the sewer pool, not caring whether he had gotten anything inappropriate on him, and started shouting loudly.

"Come out and fight properly! What kind of tactic is it to hide and ambush others? Pfft!"

Before he could finish speaking, another attack struck him from behind, sending him flying. But this time, Yan Qing suddenly spun in mid-air and stomped on the wall beside him, abruptly stopping his momentum.

"I don't think there's any need to talk about morality with uninvited guests who disturbed my perfectly good holiday."

Li Cheng's voice was icy cold, as if he were brewing up immense anger.

"Haha, I'm really sorry about that. But life is like rape; when you can't resist, trying to enjoy it isn't a bad thing, is it?"

His response was a series of rifts opening up from all directions, from which various objects shot out at speeds exceeding those of bullets—screws, sewing needles, traffic signs, and more. All of these objects were enveloped in a barely perceptible purple glow, clearly imbued with some kind of power.

"drink!"

With a furious roar, Yan Qing instantly entered a state of unparalleled speed. He deflected all the objects flying towards him with unimaginable speed. The once intact sewers were now riddled with holes and craters, resembling a scene from a gunfight movie. The next moment, Li Cheng's figure appeared like a ghost in the dilapidated sewers, instantly appearing beside Yan Qing.

"Finally decided to come out?"

Even though he hadn't turned around, Yan Qing seemed to have eyes in the back of his head and immediately spotted Li Cheng. He reached out and blocked the other's attack. The two figures flashed and intertwined in the narrow sewer. The sound of air exploding and stones shattering rang out continuously. Amidst the rumbling, the passage seemed to be on the verge of collapse.

"Haha, not bad, not bad at all, you do have some skill!"

Deflecting Li Cheng's attack, Yan Qing staggered back a few steps and couldn't help but burst into laughter. However, before he could laugh for long, his expression turned somber again.

"Hmph, changing instructions halfway through? How disappointing."

"Want to escape?"

Upon hearing the other party's words, Li Cheng narrowed his eyes, his expression turning hostile.

"When you work for someone else, you have to listen to your boss. There's nothing you can do about it," Yan Qing chuckled dryly, his expression slowly turning serious. "But you probably won't let me go so easily, will you?"

"You ruined my vacation and daily routine, so of course I can't let you off easily."

Li Cheng spoke coldly, took a step forward, and then a hand grabbed his sleeve.

"tide?"

Li Cheng was somewhat surprised. Xi had appeared beside him at some point, instead of waiting by the subway station as they had initially agreed. He subconsciously called out her name, but found that her attention seemed to be elsewhere, observing something he hadn't noticed.

A slight gust of wind swept by, and Li Cheng, jolted awake, looked up to find that Yan Qing had vanished without a trace. But the next moment, before he could track her down, tide suddenly grabbed his sleeve and cried out, "Watch out!"

Boom boom boom—

The violent explosion unleashed intense heat and flames that instantly spread throughout the narrow sewer.

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Chapter 9, Section 226: Life is Always Full of Dilemmas

On the rooftop of a tall building next to a road obscured by black smoke, Li Cheng looked at the cordon surrounding the collapsed ground and the firefighters who were working hard to put out the fire, with a somewhat complicated expression.

"What a terrible trip, it ended up like this..."

Although he was in a terrible mood, Li Cheng could only sigh and say helplessly.

tide didn't speak, but quietly looked down at the ground that had collapsed due to the explosion and the black smoke that kept billowing out of the pit. Then, she suddenly frowned and looked behind her. Immediately afterward, Li Cheng also turned around as if he sensed something and saw a man push open the stairwell door and walk out.

"Emiya? What are you doing here?"

Li Cheng exclaimed in surprise, but Emiya Kiritsugu, who had just walked over, simply nodded slightly without much reaction.

"He's not the only one, Captain."

Another familiar voice rang out, and Tie Feng walked out from behind the door with a troubled expression.

"In short, it's time for us to have a serious discussion."

Ten minutes later.

"So, your investigation revealed that the forces behind that madman, because he was killed, have set their sights on me and sent people to track me?"

In a private room of an ordinary-looking restaurant, Li Cheng tapped his fingers lightly on the table, closed his eyes to think for a while, and then spoke in a deep voice.

"Actually, there were two people tracking and monitoring you, and two others who seemed to be in contact with some local underground organizations. They have all been killed or captured by us. That's probably why they sent A-level martial artists to make direct contact with you, right?"

Tie Feng picked up a piece of bitter melon, chewed it in his mouth, and said with a slightly embarrassed expression.

"The original plan was to try to dismantle the organization's informants and find out their origins without alerting you. But now that they're launching attacks in the city without any restraint, we have to change our approach."

Kiritsugu Emiya didn't touch the food on the table, but spoke in a deep voice while his brows were furrowed, clearly thinking about the attacker.

"In short, it's time to get into battle mode, right?"

As he spoke, Li Cheng looked at Xi, who was sitting beside him and hadn't said a word the whole time, only busy picking out food and eating.

"Then, let's have tide..."

No, I refuse.

tide interrupted Li Cheng decisively.

"...I haven't said it yet."

Being interrupted so abruptly, Li Cheng was both amused and exasperated.

"I know what Cheng wants to say without even thinking," the girl said with a disdainful look. "I won't leave, you won't get rid of me this time!"

"but--"

Li Cheng opened his mouth wide, wanting to say something more, but tide immediately glared fiercely at Li Cheng, her eyes flashing with purple light.

Tsk, that makes things a little tricky...

Seeing tide's unwavering expression, Li Cheng knew that it was probably impossible to get rid of the girl and send her to a safe place.

"...Alright, in short, let's come up with a practical plan first, at least to protect against possible situations."

After staring at each other silently for about ten minutes, and finally realizing that he couldn't persuade tide to leave, Li Cheng sighed and avoided her gaze. As he spoke, he picked up his chopsticks, casually picked up a dish in front of him, and put it in his mouth. Then, his face turned extremely ugly in an instant.

"Holy crap, this bitter melon is so potent! Damn, it even bursts with juice!"

……

The result of the discussion was very simple: Li Chengxian and tide went to the hotel to pack their luggage, and then went to Tie Feng's home in the suburbs of the city, which had now been transformed into a kind of stronghold. Afterwards, everyone tried to find out the other party's whereabouts and capture him, or wait for the other party to come to attack so that they could better fight back.

Li Cheng's expression was not good from the beginning, and when the discussion ended and he was walking on the way to the hotel, his expression became even more gloomy, so gloomy that it was almost dripping with water.

"Cheng, are you very unhappy?"

Noticing that his expression was off, tide looked up and asked in a low voice.

"Probably a little..."

Li Cheng looked up at the completely dark sky and the faintly twinkling stars, and spoke softly, his expression somewhat complicated.

"Cheng?"

Noticing that Li Cheng's condition was somewhat off, tide asked again.