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

There was no response. Ryougi Shiki simply turned and walked towards the door. Emiya Kiritsugu did not react much either, continuing to sit in his seat with his eyes closed as if he were dozing.

“There’s something I need to say upfront,” Ryougi Shiki said, stopping at the door without turning her head. “As the team leader, I’m here to help my team members solve their problems, not to ask them for favors or anything like that.”

“Understood, Team Leader,” Kiritsugu Emiya replied immediately.

"Also, since I've taken care of this for you, you can handle the recruitment. I have no interest in newbies or kids," the other person added immediately.

"This is really tough for an injured person like me," Kiritsugu Emiya replied, both amused and exasperated.

There was no response from the other party, only the soft sound of the door closing and footsteps gradually fading away.

My team leader is really a troublesome person.

Kiritsugu Emiya smiled, struggled to his feet, and went to prepare for the recruitment work the next day.

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Section 28, Chapter 6: Recruiting for the Action Team (Part 2)

"Don't worry, Uncle Cheng, tide-chan will definitely have a lot of fun here!"

Patting her flat chest, Ilya spoke confidently to Li Cheng.

"Haha, I feel quite at ease with Shirou here," Li Cheng greeted Emiya Shirou with a smile, ignoring Illya's angry shouts of "I'm reliable too!" before squatting down in front of the somewhat nervous little girl.

"tide, I'm leaving now. Have fun with Ilya-neechan, and listen to Shirou-nii-san, okay?" Li Cheng gently stroked tide's head and said softly.

"Um, Cheng, have a safe journey?" The girl reached out her small hand and grasped Li Cheng's hand that was on her head, saying somewhat uncertainly.

“It’s not like we’re going on a long trip, so why talk about having a safe journey? Oh well, it’s not important,” Li Cheng said as he stood up. “Anyway, I’m leaving my little one in your care today.”

After leaving the Emiya family mansion, they took a taxi to the location of the Sixth Division's branch, where Emiya Kiritsugu and Tohsaka Rin were already waiting upstairs. They were in a small, square room. Apart from the direction of the door, there was a table and a chair set up against the other three walls. Emiya Kiritsugu sat facing the door, while Li Cheng and Tohsaka Rin chose to sit on the left and right sides.

The three sat down and waited for the newcomer to arrive for the interview.

"Speaking of which, where is the team leader? Shouldn't she be in charge of something as important as recruiting new people?"

Li Cheng asked with some curiosity.

“Who knows,” Kiritsugu Emiya replied without looking up from the documents on the table. “Anyway, it’s just to see what level they’re at; it’s fine to leave it to us.”

Rin Tohsaka just sat there in a daze; she had nothing to talk about with these two old men.

Not long after, footsteps came from outside the door. There were two soft knocks, and then Kiritsugu Emiya said "Come in." The other person opened the door, revealing a student with spiky hair and an ordinary-looking face.

She looks younger than I expected. Could she still be a student?

"Kamijo Touma?"

Kiritsugu Emiya stared at the other person with a cold, serious expression. It wasn't like an interviewer looking at an interviewee; it was more like a revolutionary soldier looking at a class enemy.

"Yes!"

The boy named Kamijou Touma stood up straight, looking very nervous, and answered somewhat flusteredly.

After scrutinizing the other person from head to toe, Kiritsugu Emiya frowned and said in a very impatient tone, "Do you have any practical combat experience?"

"Ah, yes, there is."

"Speak louder!"

"Yes!"

Ah, Emiya-kun has completely entered instructor mode.

Neither Li Cheng nor Rin Tohsaka had much room to interject. The cold and rigid Kiritsugu Emiya perfectly played the role of the interviewer, making Touma Kamijou, who looked no more than ten years old, sweat profusely and extremely nervous.

Rin Tohsaka seemed uninterested and absent-minded, probably preoccupied with something else. Li Cheng wasn't quite sure, but he wasn't really concerned about such things himself. In fact, he was more worried about Shio Yakumo, who was currently playing with Illya at the Emiya residence. Although Shirou Emiya should theoretically be able to keep an eye on her, she was, after all, a yokai girl with incredible strength. He was worried that she might accidentally hurt the children, and he was also worried that the children might clash with her, making her unhappy.

Sigh, this is really frustrating.

After asking a few questions, Kiritsugu Emiya waved his hand, gesturing for the boy named Touma Kamijou to sit in the chair in the center of the room, then cleared his throat and said:

"In other words, Touma Kamijou, you don't know magic, you haven't undergone the physical training of a martial artist, you just have an ability that can erase all supernatural energy, but this ability can only take effect under the premise of direct contact, and the range is only a small area from your right hand to your wrist. Apart from that, you are no different from an ordinary person, is that right?"

"Yes, it is."

The boy lowered his head with a hint of shame and said.

Aside from being surprisingly effective against certain energy-based opponents with special strengths, any B-rank opponent could easily beat him to a pulp. In this day and age, melee combat ability is the most basic thing in the world; those who relied purely on their extraordinary abilities to fight were basically all wiped out in the last super war.

Did headquarters go through all this trouble just to put this kid into the Sixth Group? What are they thinking? They can't possibly be planning to use the Sixth Group to kill him, can they?

I can't understand it, I can't figure it out.

Kiritsugu Emiya felt a growing sense of unease. The boy still stood before him, looking as nervous as a naive and shy college student just entering the workforce. Although he was currently the chosen one and therefore fine, usually, such people would be eliminated in the first round of interviews.

However, since it was headquarters' suggestion, let's do as headquarters says. Of course, necessary tests still need to be done. There's a case that's not too big right now, so we can let him participate and confirm his actual level.

Thinking this, Kiritsugu Emiya nodded and said to Touma Kamijou, who looked very nervous, "You're hired."

"Oh, really? That's wonderful! Thank you so much, senior."

The boy breathed a sigh of relief, wiping the sweat from his brow. Kiritsugu Emiya could vaguely hear him muttering strange things like, "Finally, I have a job," and "At least she won't bankrupt me now," but he ignored it. Instead, he slowly stood up, supporting himself on the table, smiled at Touma Kamijou, and said:

"Now let me introduce you to your predecessors."

As they spoke, their gazes shifted. Rin Tohsaka had already fallen asleep, slumped over the table, while Li Cheng stared blankly at the sky, seemingly lost in thought. The two stared at him for five or six minutes before he suddenly snapped out of it, exclaimed "Huh?", and then looked at Kiritsugu Emiya, asking, "Is it over?"

Emiya Kiritsugu sighed, "Yes, it's over."

What followed was simple: the boy who passed the interview was asked by Kiritsugu Emiya to meet at a designated location the following evening for a practical assessment mission. Meanwhile, Rin Tohsaka and Li Cheng, who had been in the background the whole time, went home—or rather, Li Cheng went home to Kiritsugu Emiya's house to pick up Shio Yakumo.

Kiritsugu Emiya noticed that Rin Tohsaka seemed quite distracted. Remembering how she had approached him a few days ago, hesitating for a while before finally asking for Wuming's contact number, he figured they had probably already spoken. Had Wuming said something that made her so listless?

He really couldn't understand the world of young people. How could such a lively and cheerful girl become so silent? It couldn't possibly be that she had proposed to him, could it? If that were the case, Kiritsugu Emiya, as her father, would still feel very gratified.

As the last one to leave the interview room, he found that the boy named Kamijou Touma was still waiting for him at the door, thanking him. He clearly understood that his performance in the interview was not good, and probably thought that he was accepted because of his senior's kindness, so he stayed to thank him.

Although the other party was polite, Kiritsugu Emiya didn't care about these issues. He recalled the few words the boy had muttered earlier and couldn't help but say, "I heard you mutter a few words at the beginning. Didn't you say during the interview that you lived alone? But when you were talking to yourself later, it sounded like there was someone else at home?"

"Ah, this..."

It was obvious that the boy's expression had become somewhat stiff.

"She is... she is... how should I put it, it's like fate. I met a girl because of various things, and then I protected her and stuff... anyway, anyway..."

He was clearly flustered and spoke recklessly, clearly felt guilty, and his facial expression changed noticeably.

"I understand, it's cohabitation before marriage, right?"

Emiya Kiritsugu understood.

"what?"

"The action team will not interfere with your private life, but you are still quite young and your body is still in the growth stage. At this time, you should focus on strengthening your exercise and it is best not to do that kind of thing too frequently."

As he spoke, Kiritsugu Emiya patted the boy on the shoulder.

Why is it that I feel like the senior person is saying things I don't understand at all...?

"In short, although tomorrow night's operation is just a small drug case involving superhumans, it is still very dangerous for you right now. I hope you can be 120% alert. With us here, you won't die, but I don't think you want to experience something worse than death."

"I understand, senior!"

With that, Kiritsugu Emiya walked outside. He couldn't help but sigh at the openness of young people these days. Back when he met his wife, he was no longer a young and impetuous person, and his wife's age was... wait, his wife, judging by age alone, seems to be only a year or two older than Illya.

If I look at it that way, wouldn't I become a monstrous criminal...?

No, no, no, that was a special case for me. Irisviel isn't an ordinary person either, so you can't calculate it that way. Besides, even if it was a crime, since no one discovered it or arrested anyone, it can't be considered a crime.

As dusk approached, the sky turned a warm orange hue. Meanwhile, at the main gate of the Emiya residence, Li Cheng pressed the doorbell, waiting for someone inside to open the door. A moment later, he heard a familiar, hurried footstep, and then the door opened, revealing Yakumo Shio's small figure rushing into Li Cheng's arms.

Following closely behind Shio was Ilya, whose face was flushed and who looked very nervous.

"Uncle Cheng, please, please grant me a request!"

What... what's going on?

"Please, Uncle Cheng, this is my request for life!!"

The little girl spoke loudly, then suddenly rushed forward and hugged Li Cheng's legs tightly.

Li Cheng stared blankly at Illya's actions, then looked at Emiya Shirou at the door with an awkward yet polite smile, and felt that there might be something wrong with how he opened the door.

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Chapter 7, Section 29: Shio's Day at the Emiya House

At the sixth division, while Kiritsugu Emiya was interviewing new recruits, on the other side, in the vast Emiya mansion, Shio followed Shirou Emiya, her eyes wide open, surveying the somewhat old-fashioned house.

Because Li Cheng had to attend the interview as a senior member of the group, he couldn't take care of Yakumo Shio, so he had to let her stay at the Emiya residence temporarily. He also had to trouble Emiya Shirou with lunch, which Li Cheng felt a little guilty about. Shio, on the other hand, was very happy to be able to eat Emiya Shirou's food.

The Emiya family is a large family, but usually only a portion of them are inside. Before coming, Li Cheng had told tide about the family.

Kiritsugu Emiya, as his father, is a member of the action team and is very enthusiastic about missions, so he is often away from home. His assistant, Maiya Hisau, manages some of his mysterious past relationships and may not be seen for more than half a year at a time.

Irisviel, the wife, is the head of the All-Japan Racing Federation and one of the top racing drivers in the world, frequently representing Japan in various competitions. It's fair to say that the majority of the Emiya family's income comes from Irisviel's racing earnings; otherwise, the family wouldn't be able to afford such a luxurious mansion. Of course, Irisviel is currently pregnant again and has stopped racing to rest at home.

Emiya Shirou, who was leading the way for Shio, is the second son of the Emiya family. He and Emiya Mumei, who is currently in the Middle East, are twins. They lost their family in the war and were found and adopted by Emiya Kiritsugu. Currently, he is a middle school student who has not been exposed to any dark secrets and is still a pure and kind child. However, it is said that he is working hard to train and has already acquired physical abilities close to C-level.

The white-haired, fair-skinned girl following Xi was Ilya, with an innocent smile on her face, clearly a child who was genuinely happy to have "children of the same age" come to play.

I heard that Ilya has a twin sister named Chloe, who looks almost exactly like Ilya, but has a healthy tan and a more proactive personality. However, Li Cheng has never met the child and doesn't know the specifics.

In addition, there are two maids in the Emiya residence. Li Cheng had met them once, but his impression of them was that one was more natural-looking with large breasts and the other was more serious with small breasts.

This was everything Li Cheng had told Yakumo Shio about the Emiya residence. He wasn't sure if Shio could understand it, but he told her everything anyway. Shio silently memorized everything Li Cheng said and compared it with the people she was meeting to determine who she was.