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

Speeding up, Li Cheng darted through the quiet, dark alleyways and across the deserted city streets, quickly arriving at the source of the scream. There, he discovered five or six magicians continuously casting spells to fend off the attack of a large swarm of machines.

"You bastard, didn't you say you had the robot system under control? Why are they all attacking us like madmen?!"

The leading magician roared furiously, his eyes filled with undisguised murderous intent as he looked at a blue-haired boy huddled in a ball not far behind him.

“I never said I had the robot system under control,” the boy said, looking somewhat aggrieved. “I just caused the robot system to go out of control, but even I couldn’t control it after it went out of control.”

"So you're out of options now, right?"

The magician asked in a chilling tone.

"There was nothing I could do about it. Who knew that system would be so complicated?" The boy looked a little aggrieved. "You know, I went through a lot of trouble to make it successfully go out of control. If it were an average hacker, they wouldn't even be able to modify this system. Only a genius like me could do it..."

"What a load of bull! We'd be stuck here if it weren't for you!!"

The magician flew into a rage, interrupting the boy and roaring. The murderous intent fully revealed in his words made the boy cry out and shrink back two steps towards the corner.

That idiot kid is like a complete idiot. I shouldn't have asked that so-called tech expert to help me crack the city's equipment, saying he could easily destroy the city's system. Instead, he's put himself in an even worse situation.

Let's just kill this idiot now and then lead the group straight to the central tower.

The magician made up his mind, raised a shield to block the energy blasts from several mechanical soldiers, then chanted a few words softly, and several light blades imbued with corrosive power rose from his body, instantly piercing through many of the attacking mechanical soldiers.

The other magicians joined forces, unleashing powerful magic that swiftly annihilated the small robot force. Then, a disdainful magician turned around and saw that the boy had somehow climbed onto a second-floor window and was panting as he prepared to escape.

"You think you can escape, you filthy wretch! Heretic!"

The magician roared, raising his hands to unleash a wide-range attack spell. But the next moment, a large hand reached out from behind, grabbed his neck, tightened it like a vise, and then lifted him up like a chick, his feet off the ground.

"Ah, ah-"

The man's face was filled with shock and disbelief. He struggled desperately, trying to see who was behind him, able to creep up to him so silently. But with a crisp snapping sound, his consciousness quickly faded into darkness.

So... the sound of bones being twisted and broken is actually that loud?

With this thought in mind, the man collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud, while Li Cheng, who had casually killed several magicians, raised his head and looked at the blue-haired boy sitting on the second floor of the building in front of him, staring at him in shock.

What an ugly seaweed hairstyle.

Li Cheng silently evaluated the boy in his heart, then took a step forward and walked closer to him.

"Eee-ee-ah!"

To Li Cheng's surprise, the boy let out a bloodcurdling scream as if he had seen a ghost. The next moment, the boy rolled off the windowsill into the house, followed by the sound of his footsteps as he fled.

"Wow, there really are tyrants in the real world! Don't chase me!"

The screams were quite powerful, but what the hell was this "tyrant" he was talking about? Was it some anime character?

When Li Cheng arrived earlier, he didn't hear what the leading magician and the boy had said because of the distance. However, seeing the increasingly fearful expression on the boy's face, his attempt to escape, and the increasingly intense killing intent on the leading magician's face, Li Cheng was certain that the magicians who had broken in wanted to kill the boy, who was a tourist. After confirming from the fight between the magicians that they were a group of experienced fighters, Li Cheng did not hesitate to take action.

Several energy projectiles struck the ground beside Li Cheng. Three drones, seemingly out of nowhere, descended from the sky, rapidly firing concentrated energy projectiles at him. Li Cheng swiftly dodged the attacks, simultaneously gathering his demonic power and unleashing it like a ki blast, striking and destroying the drones in mid-air.

"Eeya ah!"

Not far away, the faint screams of the boy could be heard again.

Although the brat's voice sounded strong and energetic, he looked like an ordinary person with normal physical abilities. If he were to encounter those out-of-control robots, he probably wouldn't have any chance to fight back. It's best to find a way to protect him and get him to a safe place first.

Thinking this, Li Cheng jumped up and smashed through the wall, quickly finding the boy who was trying to escape down the stairs but was forced back to the second floor by an out-of-control combat robot.

"Waaah!"

"Bullshit, I'm human."

A sharp rap on the boy's forehead sent him sprawling to the ground with a scream. Li Cheng grabbed a large desk, over three meters long, and hurled it at the robot that had just rushed upstairs, sending it flying and crashing down the stairs.

"Special Operations Section, Sixth Group, Li Cheng."

Standing in front of the boy, Li Cheng gave a brief self-introduction, then looked sharply at the boy who was still unconsciously trembling.

"Hey kid, are you a tourist attending the opening ceremony? What are you doing here in a place like this in the middle of the night? And what's your story with those magicians? How much do you know about them?"

"Um... um..." The boy tried to calm his racing heart, and after a long while, he was able to barely speak, "There's another one, and another one from..."

However, what he said was somewhat puzzling.

"What do you mean by 'another one'? What's 'another one'?"

Li Cheng asked with a puzzled look on his face. The boy in front of him took two deep breaths and was about to say something when a tremor suddenly shook the building.

"Oh no, the building is going to collapse?!"

"Quiet down. This level of shaking is far from enough to cause the building to collapse. Something is coming."

Li Cheng said something to the boy without any politeness. The next second, a steel bar that broke through the ground hit Li Cheng's chin, causing him to fall through the second-floor ceiling to the third floor.

"Wow ah ah!"

The boy's terrified screams downstairs made Li Cheng upstairs want to sew his mouth shut.

A combat robot, unarmed, crashed through the ground and charged forward. It was a robot over two meters tall, and its armor was clearly different from other combat robots, with a more complex and intricate structure. The armor, emitting a blue glow, was extremely conspicuous in the dark floor, making it easily visible to Li Cheng, who had just gotten up from the ground.

That armor looks familiar… Ah, isn't that the power armor I saw at the weapons exhibition during the day? It's supposedly the most powerful power armor that current technology can create. During the day, I was wondering what kind of effect my attacks would have on it; I didn't expect to be able to try it out in real life so soon.

Boom!

The seemingly clumsy robot, with unimaginable speed, instantly charged at Li Cheng, who hadn't even fully regained his footing. A heavy punch landed squarely on Li Cheng's cheek, like a pebble thrown from afar. Li Cheng crashed through a building wall, crossed the street, and slammed into the exterior glass of another building. The next moment, the robot, following closely behind, slammed into Li Cheng, and the two crashed into the building.

The explosions amidst the billowing smoke shattered all the windows of the building.

"Just in terms of power output, the power of this power armor is no exaggeration..."

Amidst the smoke and dust, Li Cheng, who had caught the robot's punch, shook his head in shock and slowly stood up from the ground. Beneath his feet, the sinking ground continued to crack, but it never completely shattered.

"However, in terms of agility, it is still far inferior to that of a true martial artist."

click-

Crushing the robot's fist in his hand, Li Cheng took a step forward and threw a punch, denting the robot's armor completely.

[Beep! Damaged exhibits must be compensated at the original price!]

The robot that was hit played lines that were clearly pre-programmed, but Li Cheng did not stop because of the ridiculous situation. He grabbed the robot with one hand, his fingers digging into the alloy shell, and punched it repeatedly with the other hand, smashing the machine into a pile of fragments.

[Beep, the exhibit has been completely damaged and requires three times the original price in compensation. You have been placed on the list of unwelcome visitors and will be banned from entering Academy City for one year.]

"If I don't smash you up, do you expect me to beat you up, you idiot? Besides, I never want to come to this godforsaken place again!"

Li Cheng stomped on the robot's microphone, smashed it, kicked aside some parts, muttered a few curses, and then returned to the place where he had found the boy. He quickly caught up with the boy who was running slowly because his legs were weak.

"You took care of that guy so quickly? Are you some kind of monster?"

The boy was stunned to see Li Cheng unharmed.

"Don't underestimate an A-level martial artist, kid. It's just a mass-producible robot. It would be shameful to be defeated by that thing."

Li Cheng looked at the boy in front of him with disdain and contempt.

"What? Are you looking down on me, you middle-aged,颓废 (颓废 is a difficult word to translate directly, but it implies a sense of listlessness, decadence, and lack of motivation) old man? I'm not some weakling! It's just that everyone has their own area of ​​expertise. That's right, I just happen to be bad at some things!"

"No matter how I look, I can't be called decadent. As for my physique, I'm confident I can compete in bodybuilding competitions. It's you young people with bloodshot eyes and dark circles, who always look sleepy. You're the one who's really radiating decadent aura all the time. It's like you have the word 'decadent' printed on your forehead."

"I'm not some lazy, nerdy guy! I'm a high-IQ, high-tech hacker. I can even hack into the entire system of Academy City!"

"Ha, are you trying to tell me that you created these out-of-control robots?"

"That's true. After all, that robot system is really troublesome. I only changed a couple of settings and the whole system crashed. It's really strange."

"..."

"..."

Li Cheng narrowed his eyes.

Sweat beaded on the boy's forehead, and he nervously took a step back. Li Cheng immediately followed with a large step forward, pressing himself right in front of the boy and trapping him against the wall.

"Well then, confess and you'll be treated leniently, resist and you'll be punished severely. Give me an explanation, kid!"

"Yeah!"

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Chapter 24, Section 345: The Mischievous Child and the Big Scene

Ten minutes later, in an empty building, Li Cheng crossed his legs and stared intently at the boy sitting opposite him, who looked very reserved.

"So, your name is Matou Shinji, you call yourself a professional hacker, and because you were hired by a magician and have a great interest in Academy City's network, you accepted the job and came here to try to crack Academy City's internal network system, and this is how you ended up like this?"

"Yes, yes, that's how it is. I'm not some self-proclaimed professional hacker. I have a lot of glorious achievements, you know. I even successfully hacked into the network of your Special Science headquarters! It was the time I changed the boot screen image to a [whoosh] clip!"

"I see. So there's also the crime of hacking into confidential data?"

"Eee-yah!"

As the pinnacle of technological achievement in the world today, Academy City, though not yet fully completed, undoubtedly boasts a system that ranks among the most advanced in the world. The fact that this boy named Shinji Matou can operate and modify such a system suggests that he must indeed possess considerable skill.

However, what this "somewhat capable" kid did only made the already bad situation even more chaotic.

On the streets, the completely out-of-control robots patrolled everywhere, shooting at any living thing in their sight. Sometimes they would even attack each other, fighting each other without warning on the streets, and then suddenly stop fighting and continue their previous patrol, or stand still as if they had crashed.

"Do you know that once you let the robot system go out of control, everyone staying in this city will be in danger?"

Li Cheng looked at the trembling Matou Shinji with an interrogative gaze and asked in a cold voice.

"I... I didn't know it would go out of control," said Shinji Matou, who was not yet fifteen years old, with a mournful face. "It went very smoothly when I hacked into the system. I didn't expect that the defense system would delay its activation and be so powerful. It almost completely removed my intrusion program. In desperation, I had to resort to some extreme measures. As a result, the system just went out of control. It's amazing."

At first, the boy seemed to be apologizing, but towards the end, his expression turned to one of intense curiosity. Li Cheng couldn't help but give him another sharp tap on the head, then sighed heavily amidst the boy's groan.

I have a feeling that I encountered a naughty child today.

"Let's put aside the issue of cracking the system for now. Why are you helping those magicians? Don't you know what those magicians have been doing in the Tokyo Special District? Don't you know what has happened during this time?"

The horrific scenes of those victims still haunted Li Cheng's mind. He swore that if this boy truly knew about the Tokyo massacre and helped those magicians hack into the system, and was truly indifferent to those who died tragically, he would send this brat to meet the King of Hell on the spot.

"Huh, Tokyo Special District?"