Li Cheng felt his mind was a bit of a mess.

"It was him...it was him..."

A soft sigh came from Ryougi Shiki beside him. Li Cheng turned his head and saw that she had a somewhat complicated expression on her face.

The team leader seemed somewhat sentimental, which made sense, since it was precisely because of the agreement presided over by this king that Ryougi Shiki's family was wiped out by the state, and Ryougi Shiki herself was captured. Through the method of cloning her body and separating and transplanting her consciousness, the original dual personality of hers, Iori, was transferred to another body, thus causing the two who were originally one to separate.

Although Zhi, after successfully separating, slipped away from Shiki to experience this sense of freedom, leaving behind only the old saying, "The world is so big, I want to go see it," which is no longer popular.

While the group in the sixth group was still in a state of subtle confusion, on the other side, the battle between Gilgamesh and Sesshouin Kiara, both Transcendent beings, had not stopped.

The golden king hovered in mid-air, behind him countless golden light screens from which swords radiating intense magical power emerged. Then, like cannonballs, he hurtled towards Sesshouin on the other side. Sesshouin's body was almost completely covered by a layer of purple mist, constantly resisting the impacts, gradually becoming somewhat disheveled.

It's only natural that he would feel embarrassed. The countless swords in the alternate dimension possessed by the wise king Gilgamesh, although he threw them all around as projectiles, were in essence legendary weapons containing extremely terrifying magic. Even a casual throw was enough to surpass the incantation of a Grand Magician of the A-rank, Project 7, not to mention that he was attacking with at least ten or even twenty or thirty swords at once.

The purple mist relentlessly deflected the attacks of these weapons, while Sesshouin's body began to dodge and try to escape. She didn't seem to be good at fighting; although she could suppress the group of the Sixth Division with just her aura, that was due to a significant difference in strength. Now, facing Gilgamesh, who was of the same level as her, she was immediately put on the defensive.

Before she could react, a chain-linked hammer pierced through the light mist and struck her directly. The immense impact sent her flying, smashing through more than ten high-rise buildings before slamming her into a mountain near the New Tokyo Special District. Explosions echoed as the mountain began to collapse from the middle. The Wise King frowned slightly, and a crimson light shield descended from the sky, blocking the cascading rock fragments and preventing the collapsing mountain from crashing into the building area.

"Having survived years of pursuit by so many transcendent beings, you beast, is this all the amusement you can bring me?"

Gilgamesh, standing in mid-air, spoke coldly. His voice wasn't loud, but it reached Sesshouin Kiara, who was crawling up from the rubble, her clothes tattered.

"Ah, ah, this pain is...so pleasurable~" Clutching her bloodied and mangled abdomen, which had been struck by the chain hammer, Sesshouin's expression was flushed with the pleasure of spring. She rubbed her legs slightly, and through her tattered trousers, one could see some sticky fluid seeping from the base of her thighs.

The wise king, who had clearly seen her reaction, showed an expression of disgust as if he had seen something filthy. Dozens more light screens appeared around him instantly, and more magical artifacts containing powerful magic emerged from them, pointing at Sesshouin below.

“It’s such a pity, Your Majesty,” Sesshouin raised her head, kneeling on one knee, looking at Gilgamesh in the sky with a look of ecstasy. “This endless blissful bliss has not yet been achieved, and I have not yet reached the Bodhisattva body at the end of my piety. So, if you want a battle that reaches the ultimate pleasure, I cannot grant your wish today.”

"You bastard!"

Immediately realizing something was wrong, Gilgamesh acted without hesitation, unleashing countless swords that whistled towards Sesshouin within the collapsed mountain. The next moment, a deafening roar of chained magical energy erupted, shattering the over one-hundred-meter-high mountain into nothingness. But within the shattered ground, Sesshouin Kiara's figure vanished without a trace.

"Faced with my personal attack, do you still dare to run away?" As if enraged, the Hero King smirked, and a wild laugh echoed beneath his crimson pupils. "Hahahaha, it seems that only by punishing me with being torn to pieces can this unpleasant feeling be relieved!"

“But let’s skip it today,” the Golden King said, his expression immediately calming down with a hint of smug satisfaction. “After all, I’ve finally gotten out of the political arena, and I don’t have to deal with all that mess or listen to Siduri’s nagging. Ah, I’ll give myself a break today.”

As he spoke, Gilgamesh's expression grew weary; he truly couldn't muster any energy. Even a transcendent being would eventually succumb to the strain of sitting in a seat for over seventy days straight, handling various government affairs without sleep. This time, he had left the palace at the request of his subordinates, citing "the king's benevolence towards his subjects" as the reason—he simply couldn't bear it any longer and decided to escape the palace for some fun.

Having no time to go back and find the group in the sixth group, the proud and wise King Gilgamesh vanished into thin air and left.

As for the almost completely destroyed city block, the buildings pierced through, the mountain blasted flat, and the resulting dozen or so dead and hundreds of wounded, Wang had no interest in dealing with them; that was the responsibility of the New Tokyo government. In his view, if they couldn't even detect the sneaking in of such powerful beings as the Transcendents, then they should be prepared to bear the enormous destruction and casualties caused by the Transcendents' battles.

After all, "breathing nuclear weapon" is not a joke.

"It seems the results have been decided over there..."

Watching the Prince Xian disappear into the distance, Li Cheng sighed and turned to look at the police cars speeding towards them.

"However, the questions we will have to answer and the reports we will have to fill out next are probably not going to be easy."

The so-called transcendent beings are powerful in a way that defies reason.

Looking at the devastated scene around him, Li Cheng was filled with emotion.

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Section 41, Chapter 19: People at the Curtain Falls (Part 1)

When the complicated interrogation process finally ended and Li Cheng and the others walked out of the headquarters, it was already 11 p.m.

Although vehicles were still coming and going on the streets, there were far fewer pedestrians, making the area deserted. This was normal, given the major events that had occurred during the day; it was understandable that people would choose to stay home. However, with fewer pedestrians, those who did come out became more noticeable.

"Oh."

A short-haired girl in a denim shorts and a shirt waved and walked towards them. She was a rather tomboyish girl; if it weren't for the slight curve of her chest, she could easily be mistaken for a handsome man.

"It's out, Shiki."

Ryougi Shiki looked up and met the gaze of the girl who looked exactly like her.

"Weave?"

With a hint of doubt and dissatisfaction, the girl named Shiki stopped and squinted at the lively girl named Ori.

"It's me," Zhi said nonchalantly, waving her arm as a greeting to the others. "This trip was nice, but it was too uneventful. I was hoping to see what a Transcendent was like, but instead, you guys who stayed behind witnessed a Transcendent battle. What a pity."

Her tone and attitude clearly showed that she genuinely felt sorry for them. You have to understand that the Sixth Group was on the verge of death at the time, on the verge of a true battle between two transcendent beings. A single blow from King Gilgamesh, even if it missed slightly, would have been enough to kill them all, and to reduce them, the ground beneath their feet, and the surrounding houses to ashes.

"If you were actually there, you wouldn't have this thought."

Li Cheng smiled wryly and scratched his head. Then he noticed Sera walking up beside him, and Yakumo Shio sleeping on her back. Immediately, Li Cheng's expression changed drastically.

How did she get here?

He walked up anxiously and took the sleeping tide from Sera's arms. Almost the instant she touched his body, tide, who had been sleeping with a slight frown, immediately woke up and instinctively hugged Li Cheng's neck. Li Cheng naturally pulled her into his arms. Like a small animal recognizing its owner's scent, tide rubbed against Li Cheng's neck a couple of times before falling into a deep sleep.

“She can only feel at ease here with you,” Sera said with a smile as she looked at the sleeping tide. “She was so sleepy before that she didn’t want me to carry her. Later, when she couldn’t hold on any longer, she became restless and kept moving around on me. She really can only be with Lord Cheng.”

“You could have left her at the Emiya residence,” Li Cheng said, stroking the girl’s loose blonde hair with a hint of heartache. “Leaving such a young child outside to wait for me…did she come out on her own?”

“No, I brought her here. I hope you won’t blame me,” Sera shook her head gently. “Although I initially brought her to the mansion as instructed by you and the master, she has been sitting by the gate since eight o’clock in the evening. It’s obvious that she is waiting for you to come and pick her up. Neither Ilya nor Shirou could get her to come. So I thought about it carefully and decided that it was better to bring her here so that she could see you as soon as possible.”

Is that so...?

Li Cheng looked down at Xi, who was sleeping soundly in his arms with a cute and silly expression, and couldn't help but pinch her little cheek.

"Waaaaah—"

She didn't wake up or open her eyes. She just struggled slightly, broke free from his hand that was pinching her face, and then turned over slightly, snuggling into Li Cheng's arms and continuing to sleep peacefully.

I really don't know how to describe you, you little rascal...

"Thank you again, Sera. I've already troubled you two or three times, just like last time. To be honest, I was quite uneasy while I was in the interrogation room. I didn't expect to see this little guy as soon as I came out."

Finally, Li Cheng bowed slightly to express his gratitude to Sera. Then, carrying tide in his arms, he slowly walked home into the night.

The moonlight and the streetlights shone on him, illuminating his calm expression and the peaceful face of the girl in his arms, which added a touch of interest to the scene.

"Mode."

At this moment, Mikiya Kurotō was also walking out of headquarters. With such a big incident that happened during the day, as the head of the intelligence department, she was much busier than the sixth team, who were being questioned and filling out reports. She even finished her work a little later than them.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he came out, he saw Shiki and Ori standing silently facing each other. The former looked serious, while the latter was winking and making faces. Their eyes were fixed on each other, as if they were playing a game where whoever looked away first would lose.

Kurogiri Mikiya's voice was like a signal; Shiki was the first to look away, glancing at Kurogiri Mikiya descending the stairs behind him. Immediately following, Ori shouted energetically, "Mikaiya, long time no see!" before rushing forward and hugging him.

"Hey, what are you doing!"

"Haha, isn't a hug normal when reuniting with a long-lost friend? By the way, yay, I just got back to Japan and didn't book a hotel. How about I come to your place tonight?"

"Um, um, Miss Zhi, wait..."

Unlike the unusually lively group of Kurogiri, the atmosphere on Kiritsugu Emiya's side was noticeably strange.

Unlike her dodging during the day, Rin Tohsaka is now facing Emiya Mumei in a very strange state.

"It's a little late to say this now, but it's been a long time, Rin."

Wuming smiled naturally, completely ignoring the fact that his words made the other person blush slightly.

Whether you come back or not, what does it have to do with me?

Avoiding Wuming's gaze, Rin Tohsaka turned her head away and said, with a forced yet defiant tone. But soon after, she began to complain softly.

"He didn't say a word at first and just ran away on his own. Now that he's back, he deliberately comes up to me and says 'I'm back.' What is this? He's treating me like a little kid..."

Rather than being angry or furious, it was more like a feeling of resentment mixed with dishonesty. Rin Tohsaka stubbornly refused to look at Wuming Emiya's face, while her movements gradually became flustered and stiff. Finally, seemingly unable to adapt to this strange atmosphere, she snorted coldly, turned around, and walked away.

However, even his steps as he left were as stiff as a robot's.

"This girl is not easy to deal with."

Before anyone knew it, Kiritsugu Emiya, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, stood beside Wuming and spoke expressionlessly.

"Yes, Rin is indeed very difficult to deal with. Well, after knowing her for so long, I've pretty much gotten used to her."

Shrugging, Emiya Mumei said nonchalantly.

"As long as you're confident, that's fine. I won't interfere in the love lives of the younger generation. Besides... it's you who finally got a new life."

Patting Wuming on the shoulder, Kiritsugu Emiya gave a thumbs up, then led Sera, who was waiting beside him, back towards the Emiya residence.

He didn't invite Wuming to go back with him because he knew that Wuming must have his own things to do, whether personal or business. It was his own business, so there was no need to interfere or care.

After all, unlike the young Shirou Emiya, Wuming is a proper adult.

"Although I really wanted to go after that tsundere girl right away, it seems that tonight is definitely not an option."

With a sigh, Wei Gong Wuming took out his phone, which had been vibrating incessantly since earlier, and looked at the constantly flashing caller ID, which he had named "Second Idiot Jinpika Boss." He couldn't help but feel his stomach convulsing and twisting.

Well, if this king hadn't intervened today, there's no way they could have driven away Sesshouin Kihara, who has already reached the level of a Transcendent, let alone his boss who pays his salary.

With a touch of helplessness, Emiya Mumei watched Rin Tohsaka deliberately slow her pace as she walked away, sighed, and then answered the phone.

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