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

Li Cheng spoke with some displeasure, casually squeezing the small foot he was holding in his hand.

Hmm, purple feet, they feel so soft to the touch.

And it didn't smell bad at all; it had the pure, fresh scent unique to young girls, a truly delightful fragrance. Is this because of a demon's constitution? It feels like cheating!

"Waaah—"

Seemingly surprised that Li Cheng, who usually didn't react much to her intimate gestures, would pinch her foot, Zi's voice became weak and somewhat unnatural. However, Li Cheng, who was currently seething with anger and thinking about how to retaliate, didn't pay much attention to his actions or Zi's reaction.

If I remember correctly, at the last moment, when the opponent used the move that trapped her in the mental world, her body flickered for a moment, like a TV screen with a bad signal, as if she was about to disappear completely.

Was that the price she paid for using that move?

If that's the case, she should have a hard time using such disgusting tricks again next time we meet. But that's not necessarily true. We should still be prepared to be on guard. I guess it's the same as the trick that knocked out Kiritsugu Emiya. Only your demonic power can effectively defend against it.

The plan to lure out the suspect, devised with Tokiomi Tohsaka, has now completely failed. Shortly after Li Cheng broke free from the illusion, he received news that a significant battle had taken place at the Tohsaka residence, leaving Tokiomi Tohsaka severely injured and unconscious. Preliminary investigations have confirmed that the mastermind behind this incident is the same person who attacked Cú Chulainn.

At that time, Li Cheng only had time to send Kiritsugu Emiya back to the Emiya residence in a short time. His attempt to track Komeiji Satori's aura was a complete failure. The other party carefully concealed his aura and guided it. After tracking for half an hour, Li Cheng had to give up because he had to circle back to the original place.

The confirmed information is that the mysterious woman's combat power is even stronger than initially imagined. She defeated Cú Chulainn on the first night and then sneaked into the Tohsaka residence, which has multiple magical defenses, to defeat Tokiomi Tohsaka on the second day. This can only prove that she has extraordinary combat power and endurance, enough to support her in continuous high-intensity battles.

With my current strength, I don't know if I can defeat her in a one-on-one fight...

Although Kiritsugu Emiya himself is currently unconscious and will not wake up for the time being, the information he brought back has already been handed over, and the identification department must be working overtime all night. However, Li Cheng did not specifically point out Komeiji Satori's yokai identity, but instead described him as a psychic.

Although he wanted to pin her to the ground and beat her up, Li Cheng didn't think it was the right thing to do to expose a monster that had disappeared from the world. He was still very cautious in this regard, after all, there was a great monster hiding in his house.

However, what exactly is that guy's motivation for helping that mysterious person keep attacking powerful individuals?

As Li Cheng pondered, he kneaded Zi's little feet, unconsciously beginning to massage them. Zi, meanwhile, silently squinted her eyes, showing no intention of offering any reminder.

After pinching for a while, Li Cheng suddenly realized what he was doing and quickly let go. Zi then placed both feet flat on Li Cheng's knees and deliberately swayed them a couple of times.

"The massage was going really well, why did you stop?"

"Hey, would that feel good?"

She tried it again, and massaging her feet did seem to make Zi feel comfortable. She simply closed her eyes, lay flat on the sofa, and let Li Cheng massage her feet, occasionally humming a tune that Li Cheng couldn't understand.

"Oh, right, Zi, there's something you haven't told me yet."

At that moment, Li Cheng suddenly remembered something that had happened not long ago.

"That time you were trapped inside the labyrinth barrier, Zi, you went to fight a very powerful enemy by yourself. Although you came back safely, you never talked about who you fought that time, or who that enemy who never showed up from beginning to end was."

Li Cheng had actually wanted to ask this question for a while. However, he was distracted by other more important matters at the time, and Zi's deliberate evasiveness prevented him from thinking about it. Later, he had indeed forgotten about it, but now that he remembered, he casually asked the question.

Zi, who had been keeping her eyes closed, opened them at this moment, her purple pupils staring directly at Li Cheng. Li Cheng, in turn, met her gaze naturally, awaiting her answer.

"Cheng doesn't need to know right now, because even if he knew, there would be no way to fight against them. Cheng is still far from being able to defeat enemies at that level."

Without much thought, Zi spoke casually and then closed her eyes again.

The words had a strange sense of déjà vu; it seemed this wasn't the first time Zi had said them to her. It had to be said, being told something like that was truly awful, and given her already bad mood today, it only made it worse.

"Is that so? Then let's forget about it..."

Li Cheng sighed again. He felt that he had been sighing a little too often lately. Could it be that he was starting to age prematurely?

Forget about that, it's more important to figure out where that human and monster duo is right now and how to catch them. That's what's most important to me right now.

Zi had fallen asleep on the sofa at some point, so Li Cheng had to carry her back to her own bed. He then quickly washed up and went to bed to recover from the fatigue of his hard day.

Then, the next morning, a phone call brought Li Cheng some very important news.

…………

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I'm so tired today...

Chapter 9, Section 251: The Man Who Reappeared

At the airport, a private plane slowly came to a stop.

A young man slowly stepped off the plane. Remarkably, his right hand was not a normal arm, but a metal prosthetic.

It's been almost four months, and I'm back here again...

Cheng Yan calmly gazed at the still bustling city before him, as if he had returned to the battle in the rainy night building a few months ago, his only crushing defeat.

His physical injuries had mostly healed, but his right hand, which the short-haired woman had severed, inexplicably refused to regenerate. His family said that his right hand, along with that part of his soul, had completely disappeared. Therefore, no matter what he did, it was impossible to restore it. In desperation, he contacted a reputable prosthetics shop and had a prosthetic arm replaced with a mechanical one.

Four months ago, when he returned to his family, his father and teacher were furious and even wanted to use his status as a transcendent to find the person who hurt him and take revenge, but he eventually persuaded them to stop.

Afterwards, he took over the company of his deceased friend and spent four months stabilizing the turbulent business.

Today, he has finally returned to the place that gave him his first and most devastating blow.

"It's a truly... unforgettable feeling."

As he stepped off the plane, someone was already waiting to pick him up. However, as he walked out of the airport and was about to get into a car and leave, he suddenly stopped and turned around to look behind him.

In a corner of the airport, a tall figure appeared out of nowhere.

Li Cheng frowned, looking at Cheng Yan with undisguised hostility, his fists clenched, clearly fully prepared for battle.

The two people were about 20 or 30 meters apart. People were coming and going around them. The two people who were far apart and looking at each other were not conspicuous, but the oppressive atmosphere was gradually spreading.

The silence lasted for about five or six minutes. Then, Li Cheng lifted his foot and slowly walked towards where Cheng Yan was standing. Cheng Yan stood calmly in place, waiting for him to reach him.

Why did you come back here?

Li Cheng stared intently at Cheng Yan's expressionless face and forced out these words through his teeth.

The rainy night, that battle that almost brought him to the brink of death, or even that he had experienced death once, left a deep impression on Li Cheng.

They took away tide, who was an innocent little girl with no memory at the time, and planned to achieve some goal by killing her. Although almost all the masterminds of that incident have been killed, there was one person who was spared in the end because of his identity, and that is the person in front of Li Cheng at this moment.

Although Li Cheng ultimately rescued tide, achieving a relatively satisfactory ending, he could never forget being defeated by Cheng Yan, having someone important taken from him, and the despair he felt when facing Cheng Yan in the end.

He genuinely hated and wanted to kill the person in front of him.

In the past, due to the difference in strength, I had no chance of winning against him in a one-on-one fight. Now that I have grown, will I be able to defeat him if we face him again?

“I will no longer be your enemy, Mr. Li Cheng.”

Facing Li Cheng's aggressive and hostile gaze, Cheng Yan did not react much, but simply spoke calmly.

"I'm here in Japan to handle some matters left over from my friend's company's branch there. I have no intention of harming anyone, so you don't need to be so wary."

“Who knows,” Li Cheng sneered, his face full of undisguised disgust. “Maybe you’re just pretending to be weak here to lull me into a false sense of security, while you’re actually already planning to do something shady.”

As he spoke, the mockery on Li Cheng's face grew even more pronounced.

"Oh, right, in your opinion, this is definitely not something shameful. You must think that it's for the benefit and happiness of more people, so sacrificing the interests and lives of one or two people is completely worthwhile, right? As long as you remember to put on a slightly sad face after doing that kind of thing, there won't be any problem, right?"

Finally, Li Cheng's voice grew colder, his eyes filled with chilling intent.

"So, what exactly do you want to do now that you've come back here?"

The tone was entirely accusatory, the implied threat obvious. Last time, because of Cheng Yan's identity, he wasn't killed. But this time, if he intended to harm someone important to him again, Li Cheng would kill him without hesitation.

"...It seems that no matter what I say, Mr. Li Cheng will not believe me."

After a moment of silence, Cheng Yan spoke calmly.

"But that's fine too. I never intended to please you, or anyone else involved that day. Just as you are hostile towards me, I cannot accept those of you who killed my friend."

Just as Li Cheng loathed Cheng Yan, Cheng Yan also had no good feelings towards Li Cheng.

"Let's end this chat here. You have your task force, and I have my own things to do. I won't seek revenge; that's something Ren and I agreed on from the beginning. But in return, I'd appreciate it if you and your friends wouldn't interfere in my life. Keeping a distance like strangers is enough."

The meeting between the two men was filled with hostility and hostility, and in the end, both of them looked unhappy, but they managed to part ways peacefully.

……

Back at his home, Li Cheng went into the bathroom, rinsed his face thoroughly with cold water, and then slowly dried himself with a towel.

"Oh dear, what's wrong, Cheng? Why do you look so unhappy?"

The bathroom curtain was quietly lifted a little, revealing a small purple face behind it. Her fair cheeks were glistening with water droplets, her long, golden hair, slightly reflecting the warm light, was styled in a bun, and a certain rather unusual part of her body was slightly deformed from being pressed against the edge of the bathtub.

This girl, ever since she transformed into a teenage girl, seems to have become increasingly fierce in certain areas. Wait a minute, a teenage girl's figure shouldn't be this large to begin with, or is she doing it on purpose?

"So, Cheng is in a bad mood because of Cheng Yan's appearance?"

Zi, unaware of the strange thoughts swirling in Li Cheng's mind, yawned and asked casually. Li Cheng, after a slight pause, immediately understood.

"Were you spying on me through a gap when I was inside the airport?"

"It's very impolite for a lady to talk about peeping. I didn't hide my presence; I was just too focused to notice."

Hmm, no concealment of his presence? Come to think of it, I do seem to have sensed something at the airport, but the feeling was too faint, and I was too focused on Cheng Yan in front of me at the time, so I ignored it.

So it turned out that it was Zi who was spying on him?

"After all, that guy kidnapped you before you regained your memories, and he colluded with others to try to kill you. He even said it was for the happiness of all mankind. That kind of reason is absolutely disgusting."

As Li Cheng spoke, he walked to the bathroom and, without waiting for Zi to say anything more, pulled the curtain back up, completely covering the bathtub.

"Also, if you're going to take a bath, just take a bath properly. What kind of behavior is it to open the curtain like that? You should pay more attention to these things in the future. After all, I am also a member of the opposite sex."

"In other words, does seeing such a scene evoke certain thoughts?"

Behind the curtain, Zi's slightly playful voice rang out.

"..."

Li Cheng kept quiet and left the washroom without hesitation.

As Li Cheng walked into the living room and passed the coffee table, his eyes inadvertently glanced at some photocopies of documents on the table. Then, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Speaking of which, wasn't Cheng Yan's name on the list of the guy who beat Cú Chulainn and Tokiomi Tohsaka so badly that they were hospitalized?

In other words, the next person who could be targeted for an attack just happened to be in the neon Tokyo Special District?

Things seem to be getting a little more interesting.

"Cheng, we're out of shower gel~"

At that moment, Zi's voice suddenly came from the bathroom.

"Why does she always have to order me around when she has such a convenient ability like the Gap? That Zi guy is really something..."