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

A strong feeling of dizziness washed over him, and he groaned as he squatted down on the ground.

Is this... a psychological attack?

At the same time, Shirou Emiya finally approached the vicinity of the battle area.

After an extremely ferocious battle, with only six members of the military's superhuman team remaining, the red giant finally collapsed with a weak roar, falling towards the ground. He was then caught by a magician who manipulated the wind, and the girl in his arms was taken away by a warrior.

When Shirou Emiya arrived at the scene, he only saw the Titan firmly bound by powerful grappling hooks and stuffed into a huge, fully enclosed truck. The wounded superhumans stood on the dilapidated street discussing something, while the unconscious Illya was placed in a metal canister.

Where do these guys want to take Ilya?

Hiding behind a piece of building debris, Shirou Emiya observed the situation from a distance. Considering that there were several A-rank powerhouses involved, he dared not reveal himself easily. He only planned to find out where these people were taking his sister before following them from a distance.

I just don't know if hiding in this spot will be discovered by those superhumans.

"Hey kid, do you really think the perception of an A-level superhuman is fake?"

A sneer rang out from behind him. Before Shirou Emiya could turn around, he was struck on the back of the neck and collapsed to the ground, dazed.

In a daze, he heard someone talking beside him.

"This kid's got some nerve, daring to get so close."

"What should we do with him? Maybe he overheard something?"

"Just kill him directly, and say he was killed by that monster."

As they were talking, Shirou Emiya heard footsteps slowly approaching him.

Damn it, I can't move. Am I going to die here?

What are you all doing gathered there?

At that moment, Shirou Emiya heard a cold, male voice.

"General Stryker? It's nothing, we just found a spying rat. What, are you interested in seeing how the rat dies?"

The person next to him said with a grin.

The man called General Stryker didn't answer, but walked right up to Shirou Emiya. Shirou Emiya felt a foot hook around his shoulder and flip him over, revealing the face of a somewhat aged man in front of him.

"Hmm, I vaguely recognize this face. It looks like someone from the Holy Grail family."

The old man, known as Stryker, muttered to himself, then casually waved his hand and gave an order.

“Take him back. Maybe he knows something. We can use him to deal with those little rats who sneaked into New York City and are causing trouble. Hmph, we couldn’t catch that woman from Ryougi, so we can only use you as an extra.”

"Yes!"

The last thing he saw was a gun butt magnified in front of him, and Shirou Emiya fell into a complete coma.

Meanwhile, on a tall building not far away, the illusory girl in the white dress retreated in terror, as if she had seen some horrifying monster.

"How is that possible? How could you possibly do that?"

"What's impossible about that?"

She spoke coldly, a dagger embedded deep in her forehead, the hilt remaining the only part visible. Just moments before, she had plunged her own dagger directly into her own head, but strangely, despite the deep penetration, not a single drop of blood had flowed.

"I only 'killed' your ability to influence my consciousness, it wasn't actual self-harm."

With a blank expression, Shi pulled out the dagger, his head unmarked, and charged towards the girl's illusory figure ahead.

"You can't kill me, it's just an illusion—ahhhhh!"

The girl rushed forward to attack, and was about to say something triumphantly, but before she could finish speaking, the dagger that should not have hit her pierced straight into her body, causing her figure to quickly become illusory.

"Ughhhhhh! How could this be?! How could this be?!"

Amidst the pitiful screams, the girl's figure vanished.

"It seems that killing the real body through an illusion is still a bit too difficult?"

Shi pouted somewhat disappointedly, put away the dagger in his pocket, and looked into the distance.

But it's nothing. Anyway, I've already found the location of the opponent's main body from that attack. Now I just need to find the opponent.

But before that, we need to find the child from the Emiya family first.

Thinking this, Shiki quickly discovered that Emiya Shirou, the monster, Illya, and the military personnel had all disappeared.

Tsk, did you miss out because you were held up for too long?

His expression turned ugly.

The communicator rang at that moment. He picked it up and answered it, and Li Cheng's voice came through.

"Team leader, we've made it out of that abandoned base. How's the situation on your end?"

The voice sounded somewhat heavy, as if the person had suffered some injury.

“I found the two children of the Emiya family, but they were taken away by the military. Someone who can control minds is holding me back,” Shiki explained simply. “I know where that mind-controlling person is.”

"Is that so? At least it's better than us."

Li Cheng's voice sounded a bit off.

"what happened?"

Shi felt a little strange.

“I don’t know what’s going on, but Wuming, he’s been acting a bit strange lately.”

Standing on a hilltop outside the now completely ruined military base, Li Cheng clutched the wound on his chest inflicted by the magic gun and said with a wry smile.

"In short, Wuming has now become our enemy. He also blew up the entire base, making it impossible for us to find anything of value."

Chapter 15, Section 373: Chaos - Prelude

Ugh, my head hurts so much...

Emiya Shirou opened his eyes, shook his head groggily, and tried to stand up. But he only moved his body slightly before realizing that his hands and feet wouldn't budge. He tried to move them a couple more times, but still couldn't move them at all.

What... is going on?

When Shirou Emiya opened his eyes, he found himself locked inside a transparent glass dome, his hands and feet tightly locked and unable to move.

Where am I?

Subconsciously, Shirou Emiya glanced around and then noticed that he was in a white room that looked like a laboratory.

At one corner of the room stood an elderly man in military uniform and a fully armed soldier.

"Sir, the ceremony preparations are almost complete."

The soldier stood at attention and saluted the elderly man before speaking.

"Alright, let's prepare for the launch ceremony then."

The old man gave the order in a cold voice.

"I want to see what this ceremony, which has been postponed for more than a decade, can bring us."

That mysterious organization had already broken ties with him and even killed his imposter, so it was clearly impossible for them to provide him with any more information. Furthermore, the Freedom Alliance military was now riddled with internal divisions, as evidenced by the fact that cultists had broken into his secret location.

Now, I can only rely on myself.

The elderly man showed a somewhat anxious expression.

A ceremony? What ceremony are they talking about?

Emiya Shirou struggled, trying to get closer to hear more details, but because he was held too firmly in place, he could only helplessly lie back down.

Damn it, is there really nothing I can do?

"■■■——!!"

A deafening, tearing roar suddenly rang out, the sound echoing inside the glass container and nearly deafening Shirou Emiya. The old man and the soldier turned to look at the source of the sound, and the old man then revealed a look of disgust.

"Can't that thing just be quiet for a bit?"

He spoke as if he were discussing a piece of trash.

"I'm sorry, sir. The research department believes that its development of self-awareness is a very peculiar and low-probability event. They hope to study it in more depth, so we will not be wiping the data for the time being."

The soldier bowed his head and answered.

"Is that so? Hopefully they can come up with something useful."

The man snorted coldly, turned and walked towards the door. Shirou Emiya heard a mechanical voice say, "Verification passed, welcome General Stryker." Then the door opened automatically, and the old man walked out, followed by the soldiers.

Was that man named Stryker?

……

At the same time, not far from a skyscraper, in a coffee shop, Li Cheng pulled down the hat he used to conceal his appearance and looked towards the entrance of the skyscraper.

"Team leader, are you sure it's that place?"

He asked very cautiously.

"The third vehicle entrance is on the left."

She gently scooped up a bite of strawberry ice cream, put it in her mouth, and answered after a while.

"So, now it seems like we need three more people to raid the base?"

Logan, who had originally wanted to smoke a cigar but was being jointly punished by the other two, scratched his head in annoyance and asked the two people at the table.

“Although I would love to use a more sophisticated method to get in, for now I can only resort to a more brutal approach,” Li Cheng said calmly, his eyes gleaming with purple light. “Underground in this city, unimaginable magical power is gathering. If we wait any longer, things could change dramatically.”

Within his pupils, which flowed with demonic power, Li Cheng could clearly see that beneath the city, terrifying magical power was gathering, enough to blast the ground within a radius of hundreds of kilometers. Moreover, as time went on, this powerful magical power was still gathering and increasing.

What on earth is happening down there...?

Are you a little nervous, Cheng?

Zi's ​​voice rang in Li Cheng's mind through the contract. He could vaguely hear a crisp sound, as if she was eating puffed snacks like potato chips or rice crackers.

"A little bit, I have a feeling that this time, we'll encounter something extraordinary."

Li Cheng rubbed his head and said, then paused for a moment before revealing a faint smile.

"However, considering that Zi Ni is the one to support us, there's nothing to worry about too much."