Seeing Li Cheng's reaction, Zi sighed helplessly, turned off the TV, jumped off the sofa, and walked up to Li Cheng.

"In short, your mission this time is to protect that person named Aleister, right? Then you'd better be prepared to face many battles. Although it's unlikely that any Transcendent beings will interfere with this event, there will definitely be a considerable number of top-tier A-rank powerhouses causing trouble."

"To put it bluntly, it means don't even think about getting a proper rest..."

They've just gone through such a complicated event, and now, just a few days after returning, they're likely to have to continue with high-intensity battles. It's really too much not to even give them a break.

Moreover, this incident also made Li Cheng feel quite uneasy in another aspect.

While in the gray fog space, Li Cheng had searched the ruins of the Supernatural Abilities Bureau and found a report. According to the report, the Sixth Group would be responsible for the personal safety of its leader, Aleister, during the construction of the Academy City project. And now, in the world he lived in, the same task had fallen on the Sixth Group, except for a slight error in the specific timing.

I hope I'm just overthinking it.

A loud "Heave-ho!" followed by a small figure jumping up interrupted Li Cheng's thoughts. Zi suddenly jumped up, wrapped her arms around Li Cheng's neck, and brought her small face close to his.

"Hey, Cheng, do you want to do it?"

Her alluring bright purple eyes were fixed on Li Cheng, and her voice was soft yet seductive, like an invitation from a demon from hell.

"No, absolutely not!"

However, Li Cheng still resolutely refused.

"I absolutely cannot accept doing this kind of thing with someone like Zi; I would be tormented by my conscience!"

He really can't do it. Even if a woman who looks like a child is his girlfriend and their relationship has already crossed all boundaries, he still can't accept it!

"Tch, how boring."

Zi sighed, her expression becoming listless, and her arms around Li Cheng slowly loosened. Just as Li Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that she had decided to give up, Zi's entire body suddenly flashed with purple light, and the next moment she transformed into the form of a seventeen-year-old girl. With a sly smile, Li Cheng was directly tackled to the ground, without even a chance to resist.

The living room curtains closed automatically without any wind, slowly drawing the curtains shut. In the slightly dim room, the atmosphere gradually took on a pink hue.

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Section 323, Chapter Two: Explosion and Beginning

"My ideal is to become a partner of justice."

Even if hell lies ahead, I will still keep going!

...Did you dream about that moment again?

Wuming opened his eyes and looked out the window of the plane beside him. He could see the sky gradually clearing up, while the plane's announcement was playing in both Japanese and English, reminding passengers of the plane and its upcoming destination: Tokyo Special District, the capital of Japan.

It's almost here! I wonder how Rin has been doing lately.

The airplane's television channel was broadcasting news about Japan's plan to build an academy city. Wuming glanced at it twice, then looked away, somewhat bored. But soon, he frowned and subtly glanced behind him, scanning the seemingly ordinary passengers.

His senses wouldn't be wrong; someone was hiding in the crowd, someone filled with malice.

Who is it? Where is it?

Wu Ming didn't react much; he simply reached out and placed his hand on the armrest of the passenger seat. Silently, he had already spread his magic throughout the entire aircraft, beginning to analyze and examine its structure.

The engine compartment is fine; the passenger cabin is fine; the cockpit is fine... Hmm, there seems to be a significant magical reaction in the cargo hold. Is this... highly concentrated magical explosives? How did this kind of thing get through security? Could it be the work of a high-ranking magician?

In any case, it's certain that this plane is now in a very unsafe situation.

Something happened as soon as I got back; my luck is really terrible.

Wu Ming chuckled self-deprecatingly, got up from his seat, and casually walked towards the cargo hold at the back of the plane. As he walked towards the cargo hold, he could feel several subtle gazes directed at him. Shortly after he entered the cargo hold, another person, also looking casual, slowly walked towards it.

Following the direction of the magic sense, he walked all the way to the deepest part of the warehouse, opened an ordinary-looking suitcase, and used magic to sweep away the magic seal on it. A self-destruct magic circle that was in operation appeared in front of Wuming.

This detonation array is so powerful it could easily blow up not only the plane, but the entire airport. Are these guys not trying to destroy the plane, but rather to destroy the entire airport after it lands?

However, it's just their bad luck that they ran into these terrorists.

[Projection - All Symbols Will Surely Break the Rules]

As magic gathered, a purple, curved dagger materialized in Wuming's hand. With a gentle swing, the massive magic array, which had been operating near out of control, shattered, and the magic within vanished without a trace.

call!

A dark black magic bullet suddenly attacked Wuming from behind, but Wuming seemed to have eyes in the back of his head, projecting a blade with his backhand and turning around to cut the magic bullet in half.

laugh--

The magic bullet that was hit did not explode, but instead deflated rapidly like a punctured balloon, releasing a large amount of smoke that instantly engulfed the entire warehouse and completely blocked everyone's view.

At that moment, a figure rushed into the smoke and headed towards Wuming, who was standing motionless in the fog.

go to hell!

A short blade, imbued with deadly poison and curse, sprang from the man's hand and stabbed at Wuming, who was looking around and seemed oblivious to his presence.

"Such intense killing intent, are you really not underestimating me?"

With a sigh, Wuming, who had been facing away from the man, suddenly turned around and swiftly swung his knife with his right hand. Before the man could react, he felt his right arm go empty, and then he saw his arm flying into the air.

"Ughhhhhh!!"

Amidst screams, Wuming bypassed the man with a ferocious expression, kicked him unconscious, and then rushed back into the passenger cabin. There were three more accomplices there; Wuming had already identified them on the way to the cargo hold.

……

"Hawoo—"

Rin yawned wearily as she walked down a bustling street.

Today was supposed to be the day she and her younger sister Sakura went shopping together, but halfway there, Sakura had to go home early because of some family matters, so the two sisters' little activity had to be canceled, leaving Rin alone walking aimlessly on the street.

"Honestly, we could have had some fun these past few days, but it just didn't go as planned."

Wu Ming was the same. She had clearly prepared to pick him up, but then he said he encountered terrorists who wanted to blow up the airport. He ran to the headquarters of the Superpower Bureau as soon as he got off the plane, and didn't even have time to meet her.

Hmph, fine, I won't see you then. Go be your righteous hero, I don't care to meet you.

After gritting her teeth and muttering to herself, Rin could only sigh and continue walking down the street with a dejected expression.

Okay, let's go to the sixth group branch next. The fitness equipment there is pretty good, perfect for a workout.

Thinking this, Rin turned around and was about to walk to the other side of the road when a violent explosion suddenly erupted not far from her.

The immense and surging magical power leveled the three buildings in the blink of an eye. Caught off guard, Rin was blown away by the shockwave. When she finally got up from the ground, enduring the excruciating pain from the impact, all she saw was the burning ruins and the agonizing screams of many people.

"What...what exactly is going on?"

……

"Cheng, the magical reaction on the east side of the city is rising sharply!"

Over the communicator, Kiritsugu Emiya's voice carried a rare hint of urgency.

"I know, those damn magicians, this is the third attack today."

Li Cheng was equally agitated. While cursing the magicians who caused the chaos to their ancestors in his heart, he opened a gap and quickly arrived at the area where the explosion had occurred.

The scene was as horrific as if it had been struck by a missile. Countless buildings were reduced to ruins by the magical explosion. Even a cursory glance revealed severe collapses and fires within a radius of at least fifty meters. Li Cheng sighed inwardly, then soared into the sky, unleashing the power of his realm. Countless damp clouds descended from the heavens, extinguishing all the fires in the streets.

Evacuate the scene, rescue those trapped, and eliminate secondary hazards. Before the arrival of the professional fire brigade, Li Cheng could only do his best to save as many people as possible.

As for finding the culprit, that was simply impossible. Putting aside whether the person was even present when the explosion occurred, Li Cheng had no way to extricate himself from the chaotic scene to search for the enemy.

"I fucking..."

Li Cheng cursed under his breath as he pushed aside the rubble that was pressing down on an injured man. He took out his communicator and contacted Kiritsugu Emiya. Just as he was about to report the situation, he heard a series of noises coming from Kiritsugu's end.

"Emiya? Emiya! What happened? What's going on over there?"

Sensing something was wrong, Li Cheng quickly asked.

"Buzz—Buzz—Someone's attacking headquarters—I'm fine, hurry to West City Area 18, there's a good chance there are more bombs there, quick!"

There are even more...

Li Cheng had no energy left to curse. He quickly activated a portal to teleport to the location indicated by Kiritsugu Emiya in order to prevent the next explosion.

Meanwhile, in the intelligence department of the Supernatural Abilities Bureau headquarters, Kiritsugu Emiya removed the casing from the Origin Bullet and looked coldly at the man screaming in the corner who had completely lost his magic circuits.

Around the magician, three staff members who failed to react were killed.

"Take him away and interrogate him thoroughly. We must find out if he has any accomplices."

Rubbing his slightly dizzy head, Kiritsugu Emiya gave orders to the guards who had caught up with him, then turned back to continue monitoring the situation on the street.

When the incident finally came to an end, it was already night. The exhausted members of Group Six gathered in the branch building, drinking tea brewed by Wuming and chatting amongst themselves.

"The plan has only just been proposed, and construction hasn't even started yet, and these terrifying events have already occurred one after another. Those magicians are really much more terrifying than I imagined. I guess this so-called 'Academy City' plan will probably be abandoned very soon, right?"

Li Cheng sighed, having spent almost the entire day running around using his gap-space ability. He lay back on the sofa in the branch office, completely disregarding his image.

"No, if it were a plan led by someone else, it might have ended like this, but this plan was proposed by the Prime Minister himself, and it is absolutely impossible for it to be defeated by this kind of setback."

Emiya Kiritsugu took a small sip of tea and decisively rejected Li Cheng's words.

"That's right. Although I really dislike that man, I have to admit that the plan decided by that Japanese prime minister won't stop so easily."

Wuming, who was carrying tea and snacks, overheard the conversation between Emiya Kiritsugu and Li Cheng, and casually chimed in.

"Why do you say that? Is that prime minister really that powerful?"

Rin asked in confusion, while taking the towel that Wuming handed her and wiping her face. If Li Cheng and Emiya Kiritsugu were genuinely involved in the rescue and prevention of the explosion, she was purely innocent today. She just happened to run into the explosion site and then joined the rescue as part of the action team, working until it got dark before finally stopping.

“The Prime Minister himself is just a martial artist and magician who has reached the B-level with the help of drugs. In terms of strength, he is certainly not that great,” Wuming said, sitting down next to Rin and picking up a snack for her. “But that guy is a complete gambler. As long as he is sure that there is a chance of profit, even if the cost of failure is annihilation, he is willing to gamble on winning or losing. This time will be no exception. From now on, the action team will probably be even busier.”

"A gambler... to be described like that, he must be quite a character."

Lee Seung softly repeated the prime minister's nickname, turning to look at the news playing on the television.

After such a serious terrorist attack, the Prime Minister himself gave a speech, exactly as Kiritsugu Emiya and Wuming had said. The Prime Minister had no intention of abandoning the plan in the slightest. On the contrary, he was even more determined and even brought forward the start time of the construction plan.

Is it gambling for profit?

I just hope there won't be any more casualties...

The thought of the series of explosions that had occurred during the day gave Li Cheng a headache. It hadn't been long since the "Hound" incident, and such a dense barrage of terrorist attacks was extremely nerve-wracking for ordinary people. In fact, many people had already begun leaving the Tokyo Special District after the events of the day, and the original inhabitants of the slated development zones had already started relocating long ago.

At that moment, Kiritsugu Emiya suddenly put down his teacup and took out his communicator. After glancing at it briefly, he frowned, gestured for his team members to look over, and then read out the message sent on the communicator.

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