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

Under the cover of night, a deathly silence permeated the brightly lit city.

The streets, which should have been bustling with activity, were now littered with people lying haphazardly. There was no apparent reason or warning; people suddenly lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground, and could not be woken up.

There were also unharmed people. Those who were conscious looked at the unconscious people all over the street. Some were terrified, some took the opportunity to steal, and others carried the unconscious people off the road to the side to help those in danger.

At that moment, a group of magicians dressed in black appeared on the street, their magical light transforming into various attacks that rushed towards the people.

Screams, burning sounds, explosions—fire erupted from the city, black smoke rose slowly, merging with the dark night sky, and the moonlight began to be gradually obscured.

"No, don't kill me!"

A young man screamed and fled down the street, only to be pierced through the chest by an icicle, his body pinned to the wall beside him. Meanwhile, a mother, cradling her child, slumped to the ground, pleading for mercy, before being engulfed in flames and reduced to two charred remains amidst screams.

Without a doubt, this was a massacre, a massacre perpetrated by superhumans against ordinary people. Under the influence of that bizarre spell that rendered the vast majority unconscious, no one was able to mount an effective counterattack.

Li Cheng's figure passed through the gap, leaping down from a building more than ten meters high, and directly stomped on a black-robed magician who had no time to react, crushing the man's entire body into the ground, shattering his bones.

A magician nearby noticed something amiss. Lightning crackled in his hand as he turned to attack Li Cheng. But by the time he turned, Li Cheng had vanished. The next moment, as the magician searched for Li Cheng, a finger emerged from behind him and struck the back of his head. With a violent jolt, the man collapsed to the ground, bleeding from all five orifices, his body convulsing before quickly coming to a stop.

Having completed all this, Li Cheng stopped and glanced around. Only after confirming there were no more enemies nearby did he breathe a sigh of relief. Then, he couldn't help but darken his face and mutter under his breath:

"Those bastards!"

It's a well-known principle that superhumans don't harm ordinary people, but these magicians who raided Tokyo have clearly abandoned that principle entirely. Everywhere you look, there are horribly wounded civilians and dilapidated, burning houses.

Whether or not the invaders can be dealt with tonight, this city will inevitably bear a bloody scar, and the Academy City project, which has already begun in small parts, may face the strongest opposition to date.

"Although I am just a foreign employee in terms of status, I have to say that seeing this scene still makes me very angry."

Li Cheng gently closed the eyes of a child who had been cut in half at the waist and died with his eyes wide open. He sighed softly and stood up, talking to himself.

Time and again, year after year, humanity repeats the cycle of destruction, either of other races or of its own, dividing itself into groups according to various standards, and then using the cruelest methods to exterminate one another. Isn't this what you excel at?

Zi's ​​voice, tinged with sarcasm, echoed in Li Cheng's mind, accompanied by the sounds of chewing potato chips and pastries.

"I really don't know how to answer this kind of social philosophy topic, as a rough and uncultured person."

Li Cheng gave a wry smile and continued walking forward.

The intruder at this location has been killed. Next, let's go check out the plaza that Shin and Touma went to.

With that in mind, after confirming that there were no people trapped in danger around him, Li Cheng activated the gap and appeared in the North Square of the city in the blink of an eye, or rather, in the ruins of the North Square.

Wow... it's been damaged to this extent?

The plaza, once a major city landmark, was now a sunken pile of ruins, as if it had been subjected to a saturation bombing. Around the plaza, many once towering buildings had collapsed and were now engulfed in flames.

For a moment, Li Cheng felt as if he had arrived in a ruined area right after the end of World War III. If the destruction Li Cheng had seen before was severe damage on the level of a terrorist attack, then the North Plaza at this moment had completely reached the level of war damage. He didn't even dare to think about how many people had died here.

What on earth could cause such terrible damage...?

Li Cheng's doubts were quickly answered.

Beneath the pitch-black night sky, a colossal ice ship, entirely constructed of ice, suddenly appeared, hovering high in the air. It was an extremely large ice vessel, a behemoth that drew attention like a giant against the night sky. Li Cheng was startled by the sudden appearance of this massive ship, and immediately afterwards, he sensed an unusual sense of danger emanating from it.

The gun ports on the ship appear to be moving and aiming.

"Boom—"

With a deafening roar, the ground where Li Cheng stood was instantly leveled.

"What the hell is this thing?!"

Having instantly teleported to the other side of the plaza through the gap, Li Cheng, covered in cold sweat, stared at the vast expanse of land blasted to pieces not far away, finding it hard to believe that he would actually encounter such a powerful weapon in the city.

Hmm, these look like really powerful weapons. Don't be careless, Cheng, there's more than one!

Zi Qingsong's voice echoed in Li Cheng's mind. Li Cheng looked up and saw three more huge ice ships appear. The four ships hovered in the air, all their cannons aimed at Li Cheng on the ground.

"How could they even bring something like this into the city? Have all the magicians gone mad?"

Li Cheng stared in disbelief at the giant ship in the sky and murmured to himself. The next second, countless cannonballs completely engulfed the spot where Li Cheng stood. These were not ordinary cannonballs, but solidified ice spears and high-concentration magic cannonballs, blasting the already shattered ground into a mess.

However, Li Cheng's figure once again disappeared into the black rift.

The next moment, an ice ship suddenly shattered in the middle. Amidst the shattered ice, Li Cheng's figure leaped high from the deck and then landed on another ice ship, smashing it through with an even more violent crashing sound.

Amidst the falling icy light, Li Cheng adjusted his position, preparing to head towards the third ice ship. However, a magic bullet that suddenly appeared from his side struck him violently. Unable to dodge in time, he was blasted directly into a collapsed high-rise building below, creating a considerable cloud of dust and rubble.

"Cough, cough! Where did that attack just now come from?"

Clutching his back, still throbbing with pain from being hit by the magic bullet, Li Cheng scrambled to his feet from the rubble-covered ruins. The next moment, an ice ship rapidly enlarged before his eyes. The giant ship crashed directly into the high-rise building, crushing the top floors with a deafening explosion.

A faint purple halo emanated from the ice ship, which hadn't yet completely crushed the floors, and then rapidly spread. Li Cheng flew up from the shattered ice ship, heading towards the last ice ship in the sky. He passed through the roaring shells with incredible speed, slamming his head straight into the bow of the ice ship, then charged all the way to the stern. After completing this decisive blow, he landed straight down from the sky, creating a shallow crater in the ground.

Has it been resolved?

Li Cheng couldn't help but think to himself.

[This kind of thinking usually becomes a flag, right?]

Zi's ​​complaints echoed in Li Cheng's mind again, followed by the sound of chewing. This time, Zi seemed to be eating popcorn.

"Why do I always hear you eating when you talk, Zi? Wait, are you watching what I'm doing right now like a live-action movie?"

[You're right~, Cheng's brain does have its moments of sharpness.]

In the hotel room, Zi used the power of her realm to create a projection screen that occupied most of the room's wall, showing Li Cheng standing on the broken ground, panting.

Zi lay half-reclined on the bed, eating snacks she had taken from various places through the gaps, while watching Li Cheng on the screen, as if she were watching a movie.

[This is a blockbuster with perfect special effects! Cheng, keep up the good work, the story isn't over yet!]

Zi shouted encouragement without any sincerity, while Li Cheng curled his lips, observed the surrounding situation, and prepared to take out his communicator to contact Shin and Touma Kamijou.

The damage to the North Plaza was so severe, and upon arrival he was unable to find the two people operating in this area immediately. Instead, he was attacked inexplicably. Although he rationally believed that the two could not have been killed by an attack of this magnitude, he couldn't help but feel worried.

A magic bullet appeared out of nowhere, right behind Li Cheng the instant he pulled out his communicator, and swiftly pounced towards him.

"Be careful, senior!"

Just then, Touma Kamijou, his clothes dirty and tattered, rushed out from the ruins beside him, stretched out his right hand, and instantly neutralized the powerful magic bullet.

"Kamijou? Aren't you with Shin? Where is she now?"

Li Cheng wasn't surprised by the sneak attack with the magic bullet, but he was slightly taken aback by the sudden appearance of Kamijou Touma. The boy looked quite disheveled, with many scratches on his body, clearly indicating that he had just gone through a fairly intense battle.

"According to Miss Xin, she went after that strange-looking female magician. She moves so fast that I couldn't keep up with her, so I had to stay in this area and try to help as many trapped ordinary people as possible."

Touma Kamijou scratched his head and gave a somewhat helpless smile.

"Then those ice ships suddenly appeared in the air and began to launch a frenzied attack. I couldn't get on. Although I could handle the magic bullets, the ice fork bullets didn't seem to be a special power and I couldn't eliminate them with my right hand, so I was slightly injured. But I managed to survive."

Was he simply left behind because he couldn't keep up with Shin's high-speed fighting style?

Li Cheng's expression also became somewhat helpless.

Xin, or believer, was a young girl who once attempted to assassinate a target protected by the Sixth Group. Due to a series of events, she ended up joining the Sixth Group by chance. Having undergone various modifications, she possesses extremely powerful strength and is a genuine A+ rank expert. Her assassin's style grants her exceptional agility and a variety of deadly and unpredictable methods.

While Shin was originally powerful, she hadn't actually carried out many missions, and her fighting style was still more inclined towards direct combat. As a result, she was defeated once by the combined forces of Li Cheng and Zi. However, after joining the Sixth Squad, Emiya Kiritsugu, who didn't let go of any combat power that could be utilized, took advantage of Shin living in his house and instilled in her a great deal of combat strategies, or rather, cunning strategies.

It was from that time onward that Xin's fighting style began to become increasingly deadly.

However, for Shin to choose to shake off Touma Kamijou, her opponent must be quite strong. I need to go and support her as soon as possible.

"Kamijou, what's the situation with that female magician Shin chased after? Can you figure out what kind of spells she uses?"

Li Cheng asked Kamijou Touma.

"Well, how should I put it? She's a rather unique woman wearing yellow clothes and with rings all over her face. She's wielding a huge hammer wrapped in bandages, and she seems to be able to unleash magic bullets that attack from any direction with that hammer. In addition, she seems to be able to manipulate airflow to a certain extent. Also, those ice ships that you attacked earlier, Senior Li, were created by her abilities."

As Touma Kamijou recalled, his expression gradually became serious.

"That guy is truly terrifying. Just being looked at by him gives me the feeling that I could be easily killed. It's despicable that he committed such an unforgivable act of massacring civilians..."

"Magic bullets fired from anywhere, manipulating air currents, and summoning giant ice ships?"

Li Cheng nodded, then grabbed Kamijou Touma's arm and, before the other could react, leaped with him into a nearby building with shattered glass walls. The next moment, the spot where the two of them had been standing was covered by cannon fire.

"When did Wow appear again?"

Amid Touma Kamijou's shocked exclamation, Li Cheng saw at least seven or eight enormous ice ships hovering outside the building, before they all opened fire simultaneously.

Boom boom boom boom boom boom—

The powerful magic projectiles blasted the already dilapidated building to pieces. After the load-bearing pillars were broken, the entire building began its inevitable collapse. Li Cheng had no choice but to smash through the wall of another building not far away with Kamijou Touma, but the deafening magic projectiles followed closely behind, once again bombarding the second building they had fled into.

No, this won't go on forever. I'll just keep getting chased and beaten up. I have to find a way to attack.

Li Cheng stopped and released Kamijou Touma, preparing to open the gap. However, a shadow descending from the darkness stopped him in his tracks. The next moment, all the ice ships exploded. Xin's figure appeared and disappeared like a phantom in the broken ice, finally landing on the ground. Not far from her, a woman in a yellow robe, wielding a huge hammer, was confronting Xin with several figures in black robes.

"Hmph, you've killed five or six of my subordinates, yet you still haven't dared to attack me directly. It seems you have a good understanding of my abilities, assassin."

The woman, whose ears, nose, lips, and even eyelids were all pierced through iron rings, almost causing her face to lose its balance, laughed loudly and stuck out her tongue. A chain attached to her pierced tongue hung down, revealing an ornament that resembled a cross.

"Is that another infiltrated magician leader? Why is he another oddly dressed guy? Or are all these out-of-town magicians just performance artists?"

Upon seeing the other person's facial features, Li Cheng, who jumped out of the building, couldn't help but complain.

"No, that must have been a deliberately shaped appearance for some kind of ritual. For ancient divine rituals, piercing was a sacred ritual, and she must have chosen this appearance to achieve that sacredness."

Xin gave Li Cheng a brief explanation in a cool voice, then pulled out a short knife from his pocket and looked expressionlessly at the woman standing casually not far away and the magicians under her command.

"Is that guy strong? How come he hasn't been able to take her down after all this time?"

Li Cheng walked to Xin's side and asked in a low voice.

"...No, there were many opportunities to kill her, but I wasn't confident I could make the move."

Unexpectedly, after asking the question, Xin hesitated for a moment, but gave an answer that was different from what Li Cheng had expected.

"not sure?"

Li Cheng noted the key points emphasized in the letter.

"Her ability, the one that can make people unconscious, might be triggered by a feeling of malice towards her, or rather, malice towards magicians. It's also a conceptual ability; it can be triggered as long as the conditions are met."

"Shin has undergone rigorous training, so no matter what target he kills, he will not feel any emotion towards the target itself, thus he can circumvent this ability. However, if Shin does actually 'kill his opponent,' then even without subjective 'malice,' the act itself fulfills the requirement of 'malice.' Therefore, Shin is not confident and should not try it lightly."

Xin calmly explained the reasons to Li Cheng, while the strange woman who heard Xin's words not far away laughed heartily with a happy expression.

"You actually guessed pretty accurately, you little girl, you're quite something, huh? But it's just a guess, isn't it? Why don't you try attacking me and see if your guess comes true?"

The woman's smile was almost distorted, and she stuck out her tongue again, causing the ornament connected to the chain to dangle outside.

"After all, if you don't attack me, I'll attack you, hahaha!"