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

In a daze, Li Cheng collapsed into a soft body and asked the other person in a daze.

"Okay, let's go," a pair of small hands gently hugged him, and he could feel the other person's forehead pressed against his. "Well done, Cheng. If you hadn't helped this time, we might not have been able to drive her away in her prime."

Is that so? That's good...

He tried to speak, but the overwhelming mental shock caused him to fall into a coma before he could utter a word, his consciousness sinking into darkness.

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Chapter 26, Section 288: The Burning Land

Beneath the deep night sky, raging flames were rising into the air. The black smoke blended seamlessly with the clouds, indistinguishable from each other, while screams echoed continuously from the burning headquarters of the Special Abilities Bureau.

The main entrance had completely collapsed in an explosion, so Kiritsugu Emiya smashed a window and climbed into the burning Paranormal Bureau building. Meanwhile, the follower used his relatively strong skills to step on the outer wall of the Paranormal Bureau building and leap up, directly jumping into the building from the second-floor balcony, which was not yet completely collapsed.

Armed men dressed in black, silent and armed, walked through the stairwell, opening fire without mercy on any living person they encountered. Kiritsugu Emiya had just entered the stairwell when one of the men spotted him and opened fire; fortunately, he reacted quickly enough to dodge the attack.

Upon discovering that Kiritsugu Emiya was still able to put up a fight, at least eight or nine armed men surrounded him with guns, spraying bullets at the door of the room where he was hiding, smashing it open, and then prepared to force their way in.

"boom!"

A violent explosion followed the collapse of the ceiling, and believers rained down into the crowd. At the same time, Kiritsugu Emiya rushed out from behind the door and returned fire. Together, the two dealt with all the armed men in less than a minute, but then indistinct screams echoed from upstairs, forcing them to hurry upstairs.

"Emiya-senpai, what's going on?"

Rin's panting voice came through the communicator. She and the leader of Team Six were on the mission to rescue Touma Kamijou. This sudden contact made Kiritsugu Emiya frown. He answered the call but didn't answer Rin's question. Instead, he asked directly, "Have you found Touma?"

"They were not found. Two armed men who had been knocked unconscious were identified at the scene, as well as a man whose features matched Kihara Kazuta's and whose bones were shattered. All three are still alive."

Rin calmly reported what she had discovered to Kiritsugu Emiya.

So, someone rescued Touma Kamijou? Could it be one of the high-ranking officials who stood behind him? That's unlikely, and it's possible that he wasn't rescued, but rather that someone else kidnapped him.

With limited information available for analysis, Kiritsugu Emiya was unable to deduce the general situation. However, considering the current state of emergency within the entire Supernatural Abilities Bureau, he didn't have the time to analyze and ponder the matter.

"Contact Kurogiri and have him send these three to the hospital. If we want to extract information about the 'Hound' organization, these three, especially Kihara Kazuta, absolutely cannot die now."

As long as there are people who truly possess intelligence, and as long as the methods and extent of interrogation are not taken too seriously, there will always be a way to pry open the other party's mouth and obtain the information you want.

However, something just doesn't feel quite right.

"Be vigilant and watch out for any potential dangers. Make sure that Kihara is alive. If necessary, even if we have to extract his soul with the gem, we can't let him die. He is an important tool for us to find the other two 'Hound' leaders and more secrets."

After thinking it over carefully, Kiritsugu Emiya added.

"Hey, so you mean the team leader and I have to escort these three the whole time? But wasn't headquarters attacked? They don't need our support?"

Rin asked, somewhat puzzled.

"It doesn't matter how many people die at headquarters, the important thing now is not to cut off any possible leads."

"Kiritsugu Emiya said in a cold voice."

"The fact that this secretive organization can create monsters that replicate mythological figures and mass-produce them suggests that there may be a secret behind it that involves the safety of the entire world. We cannot be soft-hearted at this time!"

"……I see."

Having served under Kiritsugu Emiya for a long time in the action group, Rin had come to understand his ruthlessness when faced with difficult choices. After a long silence, she finally gave an affirmative answer. Kiritsugu then withdrew the communicator, ignoring Rin's quiet, somewhat mood-breaking questions like, "How do I turn this communicator off? Will it explode?"

At the entrance to the staircase, shrouded in smoke, Kiritsugu Emiya and his followers stood on the ascending stairs.

So, let's see how many people they can save next.

Other task forces are also on their way. Voices can already be heard outside; some are trying to use magic and supernatural abilities to put out the fire, while others are relying on their physical strength to force their way into the flames. However, for these task force members, who are mostly at the B or even C level, to make any progress in this environment is not an easy task.

"I grant you the right to act freely. Kill anyone you deem an enemy. If you encounter any trapped survivors, rescue them if you can. If it will take too much time, send me their coordinates via the communicator. If you encounter any special enemies, just follow the usual procedures."

Without much thought, Kiritsugu Emiya gave an order to the silent, black-haired girl beside him who was awaiting his command. The peculiar girl simply nodded slightly, then vanished from the stairwell in the next instant.

Purple mist began to spread throughout the building above the second floor.

Unleashing her full power, focusing solely on killing enemies and, when possible, rescuing a portion of the population without wasting time, she displayed unparalleled killing prowess. The potent toxin bypassed the struggling members of the Special Abilities Bureau in the fire, penetrating their armor, infecting their skin, and finally seeping into the bodies of the armed men, killing most of the enemies in the entire building within ten seconds.

Those enemies with special abilities began to fight back, but either a shadowy tremor in the corner or a faint sound from an unknown direction. Hearts were crushed, heads exploded, necks were severed, and the ground beneath their feet collapsed, piercing them into spikes. One frantically activated his magical defense, and after tensely defending for more than ten seconds without finding anything amiss, he was about to continue when he discovered that his magic had been unknowingly mixed with a deadly poison. Seemingly unharmed, he was actually unable to even walk.

Is this the terrifying power of the legendary Hassan sect? A girl who has gathered almost all the skills of the previous Hassan and possesses almost all the assassination techniques in the world.

I really don't know how Li Cheng managed to beat this girl back then.

As Kiritsugu Emiya climbed the stairs, looking at the countless gruesome corpses, he couldn't help but ponder this question in his heart.

Within a minute, the followers had cleared out all the ragtag soldiers in the building. However, Kiritsugu Emiya knew that an enemy attacking the Supernatural Abilities Bureau building couldn't have been accomplished by simply sending a bunch of soldiers who were slightly stronger than ordinary people. The Supernatural Abilities Bureau headquarters had many powerful individuals, and it was impossible for them to have been reduced to such a wretched state by a group of ragtag soldiers.

Boom—

Just as he realized this, a shrill roar came from upstairs. He was immediately alerted and knew that it was the same kind of red monster that Li Cheng had encountered during the last attack.

Did the other side send out another one in this attack?

A deafening roar, accompanied by a heavy force that shook the entire building, marked the clash between the believer and the monster on the upper floors. Kiritsugu Emiya drew his pistol, preparing to go up and provide support, but suddenly the wall beside him shattered, and an exoskeleton-covered arm pierced through the wall, striking him violently and sending Kiritsugu flying. He crashed through the wall on the other side of the corridor and fell into an empty room.

"Haha, what a pleasant surprise!"

A somewhat familiar voice rang out from the direction of the attack. Kiritsugu Emiya looked up and saw Oni-ken, now sporting a mechanical arm, staring at him with a ferocious grin.

"Haha, look what I found! A lone member of the sixth group, and a trash member at that, only a B-rank!"

His gaze was filled with murderous intent as he stared at Kiritsugu Emiya.

"Scum like you doesn't even qualify to join a direct subordinate team. Only that bizarre, trashy team, the Sixth Group, which even headquarters can't control, would take in a former international fugitive like you!"

Was he controlled? Has he gone mad? Or was this his natural personality trait?

Kiritsugu Emiya wiped away the blood that had flowed from the corner of his mouth due to his internal injuries and slowly stood up.

"Action Team - Direct Squad Leader: Ghost Fist, possesses A-level martial arts training and a B-level superpower that can inflict burns and corrosion on his fists."

He calmly straightened his body and met the ghost fist in front of him with a calm gaze.

"Tell me, did you betray the Superpowers Bureau?"

"betray?"

The man, who looked somewhat unusual, grinned and laughed loudly.

"What are you talking about, you bastard? It's because of freaks like you that our glorious direct subordinate team is looked down upon, mocked, and that such a serious accident happened."

"It's all your fault! It's all your fault! If it weren't for you, we would be the strongest! I would be everyone's hope!"

With a twisted expression and a look of intense hatred in his eyes, Oni-ken suddenly charged towards Kiritsugu Emiya.

"The Bureau of Supernatural Abilities betrayed me, no, the world betrayed me!"

Time speeds up, by two times!

With his speed suddenly doubling, Kiritsugu Emiya dodged the incoming punch and, with a series of quick steps, escaped directly from the empty room to the corridor.

Oni-ken roared and tried to rush out of the house, but Kiritsugu Emiya almost immediately threw a grenade. The explosion shattered the entire wall and floor, blasting Oni-ken from the third floor to the second floor, where he was hit by several pieces of rubble.

"I'm going to kill you!!!"

Has he completely lost his mind? If so, many things can be explained. It's likely that this guy was an inside man in the attack on the Supernatural Bureau.

Drawing his old-fashioned pistol, which served as his Mystic Code, and pressing a high-penetration bullet engraved with runes into it, Kiritsugu Emiya suddenly took a step back. The next moment, a massive figure burst through the floor beneath his feet and roared as it lunged at him.

boom!

The powerful bullet made a deafening noise in the confined space, almost shattering eardrums, and knocked back the ghost fist that was about to pounce. The bullet even pierced through his left shoulder and spun, creating a huge bloody hole in his back.

"Ughhhh—how is this possible? How is this possible? I was actually attacked by a B-rank..."

A pitiful sound rang out from beneath the broken floorboards. Without a shred of pity, Kiritsugu Emiya unloaded his weapon, reloaded, and fired a second rune-infused bullet at the demon fist below. This time, the demon struggled to dodge, only to be blinded by a flashbang thrown down from the hole.

Time speeds up, three times!

A figure, moving so fast that Ghost Fist couldn't defend against it, rushed down through the hole in the ceiling and slammed into him. He roared and tried to grab the figure, but it spun around and ran behind him. Then, he felt a searing pain in his knee. The next moment, his legs went completely numb, and he collapsed to the ground, losing his balance.

Kiritsugu Emiya used a sharp dagger provided by Nameless to sever the meridians in Oniken's legs.

"I'll kill you, I'll kill you..."

His still-intact hand was rendered useless by the damage to his shoulder, and his legs were immobile. Ghost Fist could only roar weakly, trying to use the mechanical arm to support himself and stand up again.

Then Kiritsugu Emiya raised his hand and shattered the end of that arm with a single shot.

"Ahhh!"

Now he can only wriggle around on the ground like a worm.

call--

Touching his wildly beating heart, Kiritsugu Emiya leaned against the wall, panting and resting.

Indeed, his overall qualities are not particularly outstanding among B-level individuals; they are merely average. However, his unique time magic allows him to match or even surpass A-level powerhouses in agility and reflexes, enabling him to use various attacks to leave a lifelong lesson for those who dare to underestimate him.

Most of the time, those who are taught a lesson will not have a second chance to make the same mistake.

However, this time, in order to better uncover information about the organization behind the scenes, let's spare this guy's life for now.

Thinking this through, Kiritsugu Emiya took two steps forward, preparing to knock out the demon with his Demon Fist.

"Uh, aha, haha, you think you've already won?"

Seeing Kiritsugu Emiya walking towards him, Oni-ken forced a smile that looked more like a grimace and roared viciously.

"That monster possesses a physique far surpassing that of an A-level martial artist, and also boasts extremely strong defense against magic and supernatural abilities, making it immune to all poisons. The people you send in will soon meet their demise!"

Amidst the roar of the Ghost Fist, the monster's howl echoed from upstairs, accompanied by violent tremors.

Indeed, given the believer's honed skills, which are entirely focused on how to kill, it's possible that he might not fare well against a non-human monster.

However, just as Kiritsugu Emiya was thinking this, he heard a sharp laugh coming from above.

"Hahahaha, this is the trump card you lowlifes have come up with to try and destroy everything. What a laughable and disgusting joke, hahahaha!"

That sound...

The monster's roar suddenly stopped, while the laughter grew even sharper.

"Since you're so big, you must have a lot of blood, right? Wouldn't it look amazing if it all burst out? Hahahaha—"

Kiritsugu Emiya remembered. That voice belonged to Yuriko Suzushina, who had been following Touma Kamijou lately. She was the top student at the Tokyo Supernatural Ability Academy. Wasn't she supposed to be a quiet person? Why did she sound like she had been infected with Gilgamesh's "hahaha disease" and was laughing non-stop?