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

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"Such convenient teleportation capabilities are truly amazing."

After emerging from the gap, Wuming couldn't help but sigh as he watched the black rift gradually close.

"There will be plenty of time to reflect on this later. For now, let's focus on those magicians who hijacked the plane."

Li Cheng replied casually, cautiously observing the dimly lit warehouse in front of him.

There appeared to be no enemies present; in fact, there wasn't a single guard in the cargo hold, suggesting the hijackers weren't an experienced group. However, considering the fighter jet observer's report a few minutes earlier that the captain and co-pilot had been burned to death by a magician, extreme caution was still necessary.

"Wait a minute, it seems we've been discovered."

A white dagger was projected. Sensing something, Wuming stopped and thrust the dagger into the wall beside him. With a loud thud, an invisible miniature magic detector was severed in half and fell to the ground.

“Looks like we had some bad luck,” Li Cheng sighed as he looked at the detector. “In other words, we were discovered the moment we were teleported here. I was even thinking of trying out some infiltration tactics like Xin did.”

However, now that it has been discovered, there is only one option left.

With a deafening roar, Li Cheng used his body to smash open the heavy cargo door and rushed into the passenger cabin.

There were quite a few magicians in the cabin. Upon discovering Li Cheng and Wu Ming rushing out, they immediately began to distance themselves and chant various spells. However, utilizing the powerful teleportation ability of the gap, Li Cheng instantly appeared in front of a magician the moment he entered the cabin. A powerful punch exploded towards the enemy's heart, and before the victim could even spit out his shattered internal organs, Li Cheng had already appeared in front of another person. With astonishing speed, Li Cheng had taken down seven or eight people in the blink of an eye.

Wuming rushed in and quickly dispatched the two or three people Li Cheng hadn't had time to deal with. Then, looking at the ordinary people in the cabin whose faces were filled with fear, he couldn't help but frown.

"There are quite a few of them. With so many people, we'll be in a very disadvantageous position if we start fighting the great magician in the cockpit."

Putting everything else aside, if the opponent were to use an attack powerful enough to damage the aircraft's hull, the strong airflow alone would be enough to kill all the civilians present.

From the information they had previously gathered, the leading magician was clearly a noble scion of a magic family. Such a person would not care about the lives of civilians during a battle. In fact, the fact that he chose to hijack the plane indicated that he intended to use the lives of these ordinary people to create a favorable situation.

Are we going to use gaps to teleport these people?

Li Cheng hesitated.

So far, only the members of the sixth group know that he has mastered the gap, and only Kiritsugu Emiya has a slight understanding of the power of the boundary. Because of the special origin of this power, Li Cheng has always avoided using it in the presence of bystanders. However, in this situation, it seems that it is time to make a choice.

"Use my barrier."

Wu Ming patted Li Cheng on the shoulder and stood beside him, saying something.

“My Reality Marble can create a small space that can also contain these people. However, if that happens, I won’t be able to fight alongside you, and you’ll have to deal with that guy all by yourself.”

"Using a natural barrier to save people, isn't that a bit too extravagant?"

Li Cheng was somewhat shocked, but he quickly realized the other party's intention.

"Ha, alright, I'll consider this a favor I owe you."

"It seems like it would be a good thing to have Senior Li owe us a favor and do a little more work."

A vast amount of magic, accompanied by a steady chant, began to accumulate in the cabin.

As the sixth son of the current generation of the Merovingian magic family, the man, upholding the pride of a magic noble, had intended to wait for his opponent to come and challenge him personally, and had remained in the cockpit without taking any action. However, after his opponent failed to arrive and subsequently accumulated magic power in the cabin, he became somewhat uneasy, worried that his opponent might be impolite and directly use his strongest move to fight him. Therefore, he decided to step out of the cockpit.

Just as he reached the cabin entrance, he saw Wuming complete the incantation of his magic project, summoning a barrier that absorbed all the ordinary civilians in the cabin into it.

In the empty cabin, only Li Cheng remained, standing in the corridor facing the richly dressed man.

"That's... a Reality Marble?"

The man was somewhat dazed and incredulous.

"A country of lowly people in the countryside actually, actually, hides a top-level expert with an inherent barrier, and such powerful strength is directly displayed in front of those lowly people."

What a waste, what a waste! He already possessed a Reality Marble, one of the pinnacles of magic, yet he used it on commoners—no, that magician used this power precisely for the common people. Good heavens, it's unbelievable that such a thing could actually happen.

"Hey you, where did you come from, you idiot? You keep calling people 'lowly commoners,' but the feudal dynasty has been gone for hundreds of years!"

Li Cheng yawned, stretched his joints, and slowly walked towards the man at the other end of the cabin.

"Hmph, so you're the one who's here to challenge me. Hmph, such vulgar attire, and no magical fluctuations—you're probably just a brute who only knows how to use his strength, aren't you?"

"You'll soon find out whether someone is just good at using physical strength or not."

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Cheng slightly bent his body and pounced towards the man like a cheetah. But at the same time, the man uttered a cold word, and scorching heat accompanied by raging flames directly struck Li Cheng, carrying him through the entire passenger cabin, smashing countless seats and crashing into the cargo hold.

"Hmph, he really is just a brute."

The man said with a sneer.

"Phew, this fire is pretty exciting."

Standing up from the fire, Li Cheng roughly assessed the power of his previous attack and charged towards the man again. The man immediately summoned countless flames, which fiercely bombarded Li Cheng's position.

A series of explosions rang out continuously in the passenger cabin of the plane.

High temperatures, flames, and smoke filled the air as shattered mechanical parts flew everywhere. The once orderly passenger cabin was now a burning ruin. As the damage to the cabin worsened, the unmanned aircraft began to tilt and tremble.

"Boom—whoosh!!"

Finally, after a powerful blast grazed Li Cheng's shoulder and struck the window, one side of the plane shattered completely. The violent wind pressure from the high-speed flight instantly ripped the two people out of the cabin. In a panic, the man summoned huge tree branches and vines, wrapping them around himself and securing himself to the plane's outer shell. Li Cheng, on the other hand, simply grabbed the outer shell, his fingers digging deep into the alloy casing, and was also not thrown off.

The plane itself had already begun to fall towards the sea below.

"Uh ah ah!"

The man had probably never experienced being enveloped by such high-speed airflow before. He screamed repeatedly, completely losing the composure he had shown inside the plane. He launched magical attacks haphazardly, countless flames erupting on the aircraft, oblivious even as they burned the vines securing him.

Li Cheng grabbed the fuselage and stood up, channeling his demonic power to attach himself to the aircraft's exterior. He looked up at the crazed man, twisted his body, and passed through the flames, quickly arriving in front of him and grabbing the magical vines the man was using to stabilize himself. With a forceful tug, Li Cheng pulled the man out of the vines, knocked him unconscious with a backhand punch, and then opened a gap to teleport directly to a nearby port.

The burning plane crashed into the sea with a roar, and the violent explosion sent seawater flying high, landing on Li Cheng's hair on the dock.

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Thank you to readers Tianming Xunmeng and Terrifying Rabbit for their recommendation votes.

It's almost Chinese New Year, and I'm still here alone, typing away.

Section 329, Chapter 8: The Indescribable and Strange Dreams

In the hotel bathroom, Li Cheng had just washed off the black ash from the previous battle when he came out to receive news that the man he had captured alive was dead.

"What's going on? They just caught them, how come they're gone in less than two minutes?"

Li Cheng was completely stunned when he received the news from Kiritsugu Emiya.

"It was a suicide talisman planted in his body beforehand, which was triggered during your fight with him. The person who sent him never intended for him to leave alive."

Kiritsugu Emiya wiped a black sniper rifle clean and laid it flat, answering calmly.

“Just three minutes ago, the organization calling itself the ‘Glorious Magic Society’ released a new terrorist attack announcement online. They will be launching another attack on the Tokyo area. Now that Aleister is under the protection of a Transcendent, they can’t make a move. It’s indeed time for them to shift their targets.”

"If something really happens, we should probably send someone out, right?"

Li Cheng dried his hair with a towel, walked to the sofa next to Kiritsugu Emiya, sat down, and said that there was a box of milk that Wuming had specially placed in the boiling water on the induction cooker in front of the sofa. He picked it up, opened the lid, and took a sip. The temperature was just right.

"Let's wait for further instructions. These kinds of things are decided by our superiors."

Kiritsugu Emiya replied casually, taking a carton of milk from the hot water and drinking it as he spoke.

The hotel was much quieter than expected that night. Although the hijacking incident had started with considerable fanfare and ended with a plane crash, it didn't cause any major casualties and therefore didn't have a significant impact. However, Li Cheng did notice that the attitudes of the Japanese public towards the Academy City project were gradually shifting from initial curiosity and support to opposition, disgust, and even fear.

When the Prime Minister first announced the construction plan, he called it a grand plan to revitalize Japan, and therefore it received the support of most people. However, with the continuous occurrence of terrorist attacks, although countless task forces and ordinary police officers are working to prevent more casualties, the voices of opposition have gradually grown stronger as the enemy begins to show signs of madness.

"After all, for most people, their own little life is the most important thing. That so-called Academy City may really be able to change the fate of this country, but that is too far away and has little to do with them. But right now, these terrorist attacks that have happened one after another, and the civilians who have died tragically, are all clearly displayed in front of them, letting them know that they may be the next one."

In the hotel room, Zi noticed that Li Cheng was looking up some information, so she came over to take a look. She was only wearing Li Cheng's shirt and a pair of underwear, and she was hanging on Li Cheng's back, muttering in a somewhat listless tone.

"After all, we are just ordinary people. It's normal for us to care about our own safety and happiness," Li Cheng said with some emotion as he closed the websites filled with protest messages. "It's not easy to get people to be willing to sacrifice for something as important as the future of the country."

"Let's not discuss these social and philosophical things when we're together~"

Zi covered Li Cheng's mouth unhappily, while her other hand skillfully slipped into Li Cheng's collar and roamed over his chest.

"Now that we finally have some free time, can't we discuss something more pleasant?"

Ah, so we've ended up circling back to this topic after all...

Li Cheng couldn't help but smile wryly.

For some reason, Zi seems to have recently developed a genuine interest in children, and has started researching whether space monsters can get pregnant. And the practical application of this research, naturally, is her nightly, blissful activity with Li Cheng.

Well, of course he wouldn't reject such things; in fact, Li Cheng quite enjoyed the process. It's just that, lately, he felt these things were happening a little too frequently—really, a little too frequently, but only a little.

"What's wrong, Cheng? If you're not feeling well, we can be magnanimous and let you off the hook."

Zi's ​​soft laughter rang in Li Cheng's ears, and even her breath brushed against his skin.

“How could I say no?” Li Cheng smiled and sighed, his expression turning helpless. “It’s just that, how should I put it, I have this feeling that my life is becoming more and more decadent.”

"Hehe, is being with us like being corrupted?"

Zi seemed to be amused by Li Cheng's words, and her whole body trembled. Then she pressed herself even more tightly against Li Cheng's back.

"Yes, it's like being soaked in a honey pot, completely corrupted."

As Li Cheng spoke, he finally turned around and embraced Zi. The sweet fragrance enveloped him, its warmth permeating every inch of his skin.

The girl in his arms greedily stole his scent, and he held her tightly, their softness and strength intertwining, gradually becoming tainted with an intoxicating fragrance.

Kissing the purple lips, Li Cheng began to seriously consider whether he should ask Wu Ming to recommend a place to buy some nourishing foods in a couple of days.

Given how frequently and for how long Zi has been demanding things lately, if this continues, I might really not be able to keep going...

In the final moments of the night, under the dim light, he could hear the girl beside him breathing heavily as she slept soundly. Exhausted as he was, he gently stroked her body, inwardly sighing that he had at least managed to save face tonight, before quickly falling asleep himself.

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Dream.

A long-lost, profound dream.

It's like being in the deep sea, unable to see anything around you, with boundless darkness enveloping the entire world, and you are constantly falling deeper and deeper.

"■■——■■■——"

In the depths of darkness, a voice seemed to be echoing.

It was an indistinguishable, indistinct, and incomprehensible sound, yet it was filled with a mournful sorrow, pain, and unparalleled despair, as if betrayed and abandoned by everything, eternally sinking into helplessness, and ultimately tainted by hatred and anger...

!

Li Cheng opened his eyes and found himself standing in a sea of ​​flowers.