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"The day after tomorrow morning, Aleister, the main investor in the project, will arrive in Japan. Our sixth team will be responsible for his personal security throughout the trip. That means we need to arrive at the house that has been prepared for him by tomorrow afternoon at the earliest."

"What is he doing here doing this construction work?"

Li Cheng was somewhat puzzled.

“Who knows,” Kiritsugu Emiya shook his head, “but in any case, our work is about to officially begin.”

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Section 324, Chapter 3: The First Day

In the early morning, when the sky is just beginning to lighten and most people are still asleep.

Li Cheng stood at the head of the bed, buttoning up his coat, his gaze unusually serious. On the bed, Zi, completely naked, yawned, rubbed her eyes, and sat up, letting the blanket slip off her body, revealing her fair skin. She looked at Li Cheng, who was preparing to leave.

"Are you getting ready to leave already, Cheng?"

Zi asked, looking slightly sleepy.

“Yes,” Li Cheng replied, putting a black hat on his head while putting the communicator in his pocket and putting on the headset. “This matter is of utmost importance. It’s always good to be prepared in advance. Who knows what kind of ideas those crazy magicians will come up with to sabotage Academy City’s plans.”

"Hmph, Mingming Cheng had absolutely no need to get involved in this incident," Zi Wei narrowed her eyes, curled up on the bed like a kitten, and stretched. "Besides, in terms of national politics, Cheng, wouldn't you say that you're helping other countries build influence?"

This question startled Li Cheng for a moment; clearly, he hadn't considered this possibility before. However, after a brief pause, he laughed nonchalantly.

"It seems there is such a suspicion, but this level of influence is not a threat to the China Alliance at all."

As he spoke, Li Cheng had already put on his shoes and bent down to tie them.

"I once studied at the highest martial arts academy of the Huaxia Alliance, and also visited the Magic Academy and the Superpower Academy as an exchange participant. In terms of academic strength and the cultivation of combat power for superhumans, the Huaxia Alliance is second to none. It's just that we don't promote ourselves like organizations like the Clock Tower, so only the oldest martial arts school is world-renowned."

As he spoke, Li Cheng's expression couldn't help but reveal a hint of pride.

"Even if we build three more Academy Cities, let alone one Academy City, it still won't be enough to shake the China Alliance's research capabilities and training standards in the field of superhuman power. Besides, the people here are quick to pay, so helping them out isn't a big deal."

As he spoke, Li Cheng, who had finished dressing for the day, stood up, walked to the bedside, smoothed Zi's slightly messy long hair, and gently kissed it. Li Cheng smiled and said, "Then I'm off," before turning around and leaving the room, heading towards the designated location for the sixth group from headquarters.

"In short, if you encounter a threat that you are unsure about, don't forget to call on us."

Zi's ​​voice came from afar inside the house.

"I know, don't worry, I won't act recklessly in this kind of thing. If I really get beaten up, I'll definitely shout for Lord Zi."

Li Cheng called out to the room, and then heard a low, dismissive "slick-tongued" voice. His smile deepened, and as he went downstairs, he tripped over a small foot that peeked out from a gap and tumbled down the stairs.

Okay, it seems I might have gone a little too far with my teasing just now.

Getting up and dusting himself off, Li Cheng quickly arrived at the designated location: a large hotel on the edge of Tokyo's special district. This hotel had quite a connection to Team Six. When Li Cheng first found the amnesiac Yuuki and was being kidnapped by cultists, Kiritsugu Emiya blew up a hotel to prevent the cultists from escaping the city, triggering a false terrorist attack alert that caused the city to raise its protective shield. That hotel was the one that was bombed at that time.

That makes me feel a bit bad for the hotel owner, whose hotel was bombed for no reason. But it was completely renovated in just a few months, so the other party must be quite wealthy.

The hotel is located near the edge of the special zone, where a protective barrier covering the entire city can be seen in the distance. This barrier, erected due to the recent terrorist attacks, effectively prevents stowaways from entering. However, for powerful magicians, breaching such a barrier is probably not too difficult. In fact, two hours ago, the intelligence agency had already detected two breaches of the barrier, meaning that at least two groups of magician assassins had infiltrated, seeking opportunities to disrupt Academy City's plans.

"It's so incredibly boring. Can't we all just sit down peacefully, shake hands, make peace, and develop together? This kind of cutthroat competition, where we use all sorts of means to fight to the death and hurt innocent people, really doesn't make anyone happy at all."

Standing on the hotel rooftop, watching residents fleeing in fear of the impending attacks, blocking the roads out of the city, Li Cheng couldn't help but sigh.

"If such a world really exists, then there would be no need for action groups. In other words, we would all be unemployed, Senior Li."

Standing on the other side of the roof, Wuming continued Li Cheng's words, teasingly saying.

"If that day ever comes, I'll probably wake up laughing in my sleep," Li Cheng said self-deprecatingly, turning to walk downstairs. "I'll leave the rooftop patrol to you, Wuming. I'm going to check the corridor from the 15th to the 12th floor. See you at the cafeteria in two hours."

Unlike the Dead Apostle Jester incident, this mission was on a larger scale, with headquarters deploying three teams to handle the hotel's security. Aleister, serving as the security center, resided in the presidential suite on the 15th floor, while the other three teams formed a staggered defensive perimeter around the hotel's upper, middle, and lower sections to ensure Aleister's absolute safety.

Li Cheng's room was on the 14th floor, directly below Aleister's room; it was a double room. This way, even during his rest time, he could quickly provide support in case of an emergency.

However, it seems that a few minor issues have arisen.

When Li Cheng opened the door, he saw Zi lying on the bed, eating potato chips she had somehow found while watching TV. She was wearing only a short-sleeved shirt and underwear and exuded a lazy aura. She was yawning and waving to Li Cheng as he entered.

"Zi, what brings you here? Didn't you say you weren't interested in this?"

Li Cheng was somewhat surprised. After he told Zi about this operation, she had always seemed uninterested. He hadn't expected her to come along in person.

"I'm not interested, but there's nothing I can do. The man I like has to get involved in this. Sometimes things are just like that, there's nothing we can do about it."

Zi sat up from the bed with a reluctant expression and looked at Li Cheng who was slowly walking over.

"Haha, I'm sorry to have worried you, but I don't think this matter is too serious, at least not to the point of putting me in danger, right?"

Li Cheng chuckled and sat down on the bed, reaching for the potato chip box next to Zi. Zi slapped his hand away. Then, with a sigh of annoyance, she looked up at Li Cheng and said:

"That's not necessarily true. Don't think that just because you can spar with a half-crippled Transcendent, you can dominate any battle below that level. There are plenty of hidden masters in this world. If you're too careless, you might suffer a great deal."

Sensing that Li Cheng wasn't particularly interested in the matter, Zi's tone became unusually firm, and she even tapped Li Cheng's forehead with her finger.

It's just like an old man lecturing a younger generation.

Li Cheng thought to himself without showing any emotion, and then noticed that Wu Ming's luggage was not on the bed where Wu Ming used to sleep.

"What, do you think we would allow other men to disturb our time? We already moved that man's luggage into his lover's room."

While Wuming himself probably wouldn't object to this, wouldn't it be a bit domineering to just take the luggage away like this...?

Of course, these thoughts only flashed through Li Cheng's mind. He dared not let Zi know what he was thinking. Being thrown to the North and South Poles by the gap was no fun experience.

Kiritsugu Emiya, as always, meticulously arranged the entire hotel, employing both magical and modern technological defenses with exceptional skill. In fact, despite being the vice-leader of Squad Six, Kiritsugu was the de facto leader of the entire squad, a fact largely attributable to his versatility and organizational abilities. In contrast, Ryougi Shiki, the squad leader, was merely a battle maniac who would chase down enemies with a small knife.

After completing his basic patrol and inspection duties, Li Cheng returned to the room assigned to him by headquarters. He chatted with Zi while waiting for night to fall, which would be the arrival of Aleister, the person they were going to protect next.

The roaring helicopter arrived precisely at 7:15 p.m. that evening.

Li Cheng and the others arrived early at the top floor of the hotel to welcome Aleister, who had come from across the ocean to Tokyo Special District. Unlike their brief encounters in the past, this time Aleister would stay in Japan for at least a month, until Academy City was completed. He might even settle down in Academy City after its completion and become a permanent resident of Japan.

On the hotel rooftop in the darkness, bathed in light, Aleister, with long silver hair and wearing a coat, calmly stepped off the helicopter and nodded to the waiting Group 6 members. Escorted by a group of people, he then entered his room and, barely resting, immediately began discussing and revising the plan with the accompanying experts and staff, appearing incredibly busy.

Meanwhile, the sixth group, along with the members of the other two groups, began their intensive patrol and surveillance work according to their pre-assigned posts.

"The corridor on the 15th floor is normal."

"The corridor on the 8th floor is normal."

"The underground parking lot on the second basement level is operating normally."

"The ring road around the building is normal."

……

A series of reports, intermittently ringing through the communicator, accompanied Li Cheng as he walked down the 12th-floor corridor, keeping an eye out for potential hostility and observing any unusual situations.

Just then, at the front of the corridor, a guest room door was gently pushed open, and a white-haired girl with curly hair walked out humming a song.

Li Cheng stopped in his tracks.

The girl seemed not to see Li Cheng at all. She continued humming a song and walked past him with small steps until she reached the elevator. She pressed the elevator button and then went downstairs.

That feeling I just had... was it from a magician?

Li Cheng frowned and immediately contacted Kiritsugu Emiya in the monitoring room to inquire.

"The person you just saw, according to her registration, is named Melie Ambrose. She's a traveler from the Free Alliance, not a magician, just a world traveler. Cheng, are you sure you sensed any magical aura on her just now?"

Emiya Kiritsugu was incredibly efficient, finding the other party's information in less than a minute, and then immediately began questioning Li Chenglai.

"I'm not entirely sure, but there's definitely something off about it."

Li Cheng carefully recalled the feeling of brushing past that girl, but for some reason he couldn't think of any suspicious points. The suspicious points seemed to be just a misperception during their first contact, and he couldn't find any further evidence.

However, it's still better to investigate anyway. Wait, speaking of which, was this person on the list during the initial screening of hotel guests?

Li Cheng quickly reported the problem to Kiritsugu Emiya, who, after verification, confirmed that the girl was indeed on the list and there were no issues. A few minutes later, members of the other group approached the white-haired girl and secretly examined her, confirming that she was indeed just an ordinary person who didn't know any magic.

Could it really just be my imagination?

Li Cheng couldn't help but begin to doubt his intuition.

“Cheng, think carefully about whether that person has a problem. If you insist that she does, I can lock her up first, or even more extremely, I can just—”

Kiritsugu Emiya didn't finish his sentence, but Li Cheng understood what he meant. This guy always tended to eliminate all possible dangers when faced with uncertain dangers, and often resorted to extreme measures.

"There's no need. It might just be my imagination, since the test results were fine. In this situation, either that person really has no problems at all, or that person has some means to block our testing equipment. Of course, there's another possibility, but as you know, Emiya, that's highly unlikely, so let's not discuss it for now. This is only the first day of our mission, so don't scare yourself."

Li Cheng spoke casually into the communicator, but his mind couldn't help but start thinking about the third possibility.

The third scenario is that the opponent's strength is so great that they can completely ignore the sophisticated detection equipment specially made by headquarters. However, headquarters' equipment is already at its best level; even a top-tier A-rank Grand Magician couldn't easily bypass it. To ignore equipment of this caliber, could they possibly be someone who surpasses even the most powerful beings?

This situation is indeed impossible, isn't it?

At the same time, the white-haired girl, who had already left the hotel and strolled into the city, looked back with a somewhat surprised expression at the hotel building that was faintly visible in the distance.

"They almost managed to spot me! That gambler really went all out this time. Hmph, this makes me even more curious about what will happen next."

Let me, your older sister, take a good look at how far this grand construction project of "Academy City," the highest academy for supernatural abilities, will go.

Thinking this, the girl smiled slightly and quickly disappeared into the crowd.

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After completing his patrol in the hotel building, Li Cheng handed over his training duties to an A-level martial artist from another action group and returned to his room to rest.

Zi was already fast asleep; for someone as prone to sleepiness as her, staying up until midnight was quite a feat. Li Cheng tried to be as quiet as possible, so as not to disturb her. After quietly washing up, he didn't even take off his clothes before going to sleep on the other bed.

Sleeping without taking off his clothes was to prepare for any unexpected situations. This mission was of great importance, and even when resting, Li Cheng dared not fall into a deep sleep, fearing that if something went wrong, he wouldn't be able to react in time. In terms of mission execution, Li Cheng still maintained the habits he had developed while working in the Huaxia Alliance, always upholding a serious, conscientious, and responsible attitude towards the mission.

Kiritsugu Emiya gave a brief overview of Aleister's schedule for tomorrow via communicator. In the morning, Aleister will stay in his room to continue discussing the plans. It seems that he has some minor disagreements with the other designers on the construction plans. After a one-hour lunch break, Aleister will meet with Nobueshi Oda for dinner in the afternoon. Then, in the evening, he will meet with the Prime Minister to discuss the details of the Academy City plan.

He sounded like a very important person, and indeed he was. Li Cheng listened to Kiritsugu Emiya's introduction over the communicator without saying a word, preparing to close his eyes for a short rest, when Rin suddenly spoke up, asking about Oda Nobueshi, seemingly unaware of who he was.

"You don't even know the name of the only Transcendent in Japan? Rin, how did you get such high marks in your previous classes? Are you the kind of person who would burn all the hair off a teacher with a magic bullet?"

Shocked, Wuming couldn't help but speak into the communicator, only to be immediately met with an angry rebuttal from Rin.

"I would never do such a thing, and my teacher in school was bald, he had no hair at all! So who exactly is this guy named Oda Nobueshi, or is he some kind of transcendent?"

"Oda Nobueshi is a native Japanese Transcendent who experienced World War III. At that time, he served Japan and launched many raids. He actually killed three Transcendents of the same level. He is a terrifying figure."

Emiya Kiritsugu calmly and deliberately introduced information about Oda Nobueshi.