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

"Delicious and fun! ∩△∩"

Ah, so it's because you're eating delicious food that you're having fun...

Li Cheng felt an unprecedented sense of frustration.

"Hey!"

Ignoring Li Cheng's injured reaction, tide jumped up and climbed onto a tall flower bed. Then, standing on the flat surface of the flower bed, tide happily stretched out her hands towards Li Cheng.

"Cheng, hug me!"

Ha, this kid, here he comes again?

Li Cheng stopped and obediently opened his arms. Xi then jumped up with a "Hey!" and leaped directly into Li Cheng's embrace. Almost at the same time, Li Cheng withdrew his hands, supporting Xi's legs with one hand and wrapping his arm around her waist and back with the other, holding her steadily in his arms.

Hehehe—

tide happily hugged Li Cheng's neck, wiggled her little feet, and gently rubbed against him a couple of times.

"Silly girl, that's dangerous. Don't try it again next time."

The speaker offered a few casual words of advice, but the listener didn't really mean it, and the listener completely ignored them. Li Cheng, carrying the restless Xiao Xi, continued his leisurely stroll along the quiet path, heading home, with a light and cheerful mood.

This kind of simple happiness that we can have every day is probably what we call everyday life.

Li Cheng smiled as he thought, feeling the quiet joy within him.

It was at this moment that he stopped and ceased moving forward.

tide, who was in Li Cheng's arms, seemed to sense something, and her smile faded. She looked ahead at the road with some confusion.

A short, hooded figure stood silently in the middle of the road in front of Li Cheng, motionless and silent, without making a sound.

Li Cheng stopped and stood silently as well. After a moment, he put tide down from his arms, and tide immediately hid behind Li Cheng, peeking out from beside him to observe the person in front of him.

"who are you?"

With his body tense, Li Cheng spoke slowly, asking the question.

The streetlights on both sides of the road went out completely in an instant.

Darkness descended at that moment.

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Section 74, Chapter 9: The Battle in the Dark

Almost the instant darkness descended, many people dressed in black rushed out from both sides of the path where Li Cheng was, and swiftly attacked Li Cheng in the middle.

At the same moment, Li Cheng grabbed Xi's collar and pulled her close to his waist. Then, he stomped his foot hard on the ground, and with immense force, the ground beneath him collapsed, sending countless pebbles flying. Using this momentum, Li Cheng leaped up and landed on a high flowerbed beside the road.

At that moment, the short, hooded figure silently darted out from behind Li Cheng, gripping a sharp knife tightly in both hands and thrusting it forward, intending to strike Li Cheng in the heart and kill him in one fell swoop.

But then Li Cheng suddenly turned around and delivered a heavy, spinning kick to the opponent's head, sending him flying. He rolled onto the ground, creating a long, shallow crater.

The silent men in black attacked Li Cheng from all directions; some carried knives, some sticks, and some stun guns. Although the scene was dark, Li Cheng could still clearly see several people loitering on the periphery holding pistols.

"tide, hold on tight to me!"

There was no time to think about the other person's identity. At this moment, the most important thing was to protect the trembling girl in front of him. Li Cheng grabbed the neck of the person who was lunging at the front, tightened his grip and snapped his neck bone. Then he swung the man's body, smashing him into a group of enemies. He then leaped onto the side road and started running at high speed.

Even among A-level athletes, Li Cheng's exceptionally strong physique allowed him to easily surpass the speed limits of humans. If he wished, he could even race against a car for a short time. Although these attackers were numerous and well-trained, the vast majority of them did not exceed the physical limits of normal humans, and were therefore easily outmaneuvered by Li Cheng.

Where did these guys come from? And which faction are they working for? No, I need to contact Kiritsugu Emiya right away.

Thinking this, Li Cheng took out his phone and was about to dial when a gust of wind whistled close by. Li Cheng, holding tide, instinctively dodged, and the phone in his hand was sliced ​​in two.

It was a lean, strong man wearing a white vest, a mask, and a hat, revealing two arms with bulging veins. He silently wielded a large sword that was over two meters long, with a faint light flowing across its blade, clearly enhanced by magic.

The speed and power of that sudden attack were undoubtedly at the A-level. At such close range, Li Cheng, unarmed and holding Xi in his right hand, was clearly at a significant disadvantage. However, his long-term combat experience was undeniable. Instead of retreating, Li Cheng took a step closer and slammed his shoulder into his opponent, sending him flying and embedding him in a nearby concrete flowerbed. Then, Li Cheng turned and kicked the hand holding the knife, knocking the broadsword to the ground. With a final stomp, he broke the knife in two.

A throwing knife flew from afar, but Li Cheng dodged it by tilting his head, embedding it in the flowerbed. The short, hooded man charged again, wielding a small knife in each hand and slashing wildly at Li Cheng. Li Cheng, holding Xi in one arm, used the other to defend himself, retreating continuously. Then, as he retreated to the roadside, he grabbed a parked car and threw it at the relentlessly pursuing short man, before quickly running away again.

The intersection ahead drew closer, but instead of pedestrians and vehicles, it was occupied by a large number of black cars. Li Cheng could clearly see many masked men in black, armed with guns, standing beside the cars and aiming at him.

If he were alone, Li Cheng wouldn't mind trying to force his way in. But with tide with him, he really didn't dare take such a risk. Helpless, Li Cheng turned and rushed into a dark, narrow alley.

Then once again, men in black rushed out of the alley to surround and intercept them.

Realizing that the other side had likely blocked all the entrances and exits, Li Cheng did not retreat from the alley. Instead, he charged towards the group of people in front of him. He turned his body to the side, shielding Xi in his arms, and used only one hand to continuously attack and resist the onrushing crowd, charging forward like a raging bull.

The sounds of countless bones shattering, countless drops of blood splattering, and countless muffled wails echoed through the alley.

Every punch Li Cheng threw rendered one of the attackers unable to stand; every charge sent at least two or three men crashing into the wall and collapsing limply. Because he could only fight with one hand, Li Cheng inevitably took several punches, his clothes torn in several places by the blade, becoming tattered. But relying on his superior physical abilities, Li Cheng withstood the onslaught, managing to defeat at least half of the men in black, and broke through the alleyway to the other side of the street.

Then a series of gunshots forced Li Cheng to return to the alley.

Are they going to surround and intercept them? It seems these guys planned this all along.

Without panicking, Li Cheng grabbed the wall beside him, his five fingers digging directly into the cement. Then, he leaped up to the height of the third floor, smashed the window, and jumped into the deserted office building next to the alley.

"tide, are you alright?"

At this moment, Li Cheng was finally able to stop and check on tide's condition.

"Cheng, behind!"

tide, who was in his arms, immediately cried out.

Almost instinctively, Li Cheng turned around and grabbed a swung blade as the short man charged at him once again. But that wasn't all; the lean man in the vest jumped in through the window, rolled over, and charged at Li Cheng.

Facing two opponents, both roughly equal in strength, Li Cheng dared not be careless. He kicked aside the shorter man in front of him, put Xi down, caught a punch from the man in the vest, and slammed him over his shoulder, sending him crashing through the floor to the second floor. Li Cheng got up, only to be pounced on by the shorter man who straddled his neck. The two wrestled and were slammed together to the second floor as well.

He pulled out two more knives from his waist and swiftly stabbed at Li Cheng beneath him, only to have his wrist grabbed. Li Cheng, with all his might, pulled the man's wrist, throwing him aside. At the same time, he snatched one of the knives, turned, and plunged it into the stomach of the attacking man in the vest. With a muffled groan, he lifted the man into the air, knife in hand.

"Ahhhhh!!"

Overwhelmed by excruciating pain, the man in the vest could no longer remain silent and let out a heart-wrenching scream. On the other side, the short man got up again and threw a throwing knife at Li Cheng. However, Li Cheng used the man in the vest as a shield, holding him up to block the knife. The blade pierced deeply into the man in the vest's shoulder, making his screams even louder.

As if enraged, the short man charged forward recklessly. Li Cheng pulled the blade from the vest-wearing man's stomach and kicked him away, sending him flying into the short man's body. The two rolled on the ground, and the vest-wearing man's intestines immediately spilled out, appearing purplish-red in the dim light from the window.

Li Cheng then threw the throwing knife, piercing the short man's left leg as he stood up again. Without finishing off his opponent, Li Cheng leaped back up to the third floor, only relaxing after confirming that Xi was hiding under the table and chairs in the corner waiting for him.

"tide, come on, it's time to go."

Reaching out from under the table, Li Cheng turned and ran towards the stairwell.

Those guys downstairs must have already gathered. They have so many guns; if Xi goes down rashly, she'll probably get hurt. No, I have to run upstairs and escape by jumping between buildings; that's safer.

"Cheng, are you injured?"

Curled up in Li Cheng's arms, tide sniffed Li Cheng's clothes and smelled the blood on him. She couldn't help but ask nervously.

"How could that be? That's the blood of those bad guys. I beat them all down."

As Li Cheng ran up the stairs, he comforted tide, who was extremely uneasy in his arms.

"Don't be afraid, tide. I'm here. No matter what kind of bad guy he is, he can't hurt you. I'll always protect you. Don't worry, trust me, everything will be alright!"

"Cheng, really, is there no problem?"

Clinging tightly to Li Cheng's clothes, tide's expression revealed a hint of fear amidst the interplay of light and shadow in the stairwell.

"tide, you're scared..."

"Don't be afraid, there's no need to be afraid, there's nothing to be afraid of," Li Cheng said through gritted teeth as he ran up another flight of stairs. "I will protect you, tide, I promised you, so don't worry—"

While shouting, Li Cheng kicked open the locked door to the top floor.

"There's nothing to be afraid of anymore!"

On the empty top floor, a figure stood silently facing the door.

"Just as Ren predicted, you did indeed run this way."

With a calm, composed, and confident voice, the person opened their eyes and gazed calmly at Li Cheng before them.

How could this be...?

Li Cheng, however, was completely unable to calm down.

Through Kiritsugu Emiya's repeated explanations, occasional mentions at the dinner table, and the materials distributed during security work, Li Cheng, though not deliberately seeking information or paying much attention, still learned a little about this person: his identity, his abilities, and his legendary experiences.

But why... is he here...?

"Why, why you..."

Cheng Yan, the first in line to inherit the "Sect" in the Huaxia Alliance, hailed as "the best below the Transcendent," is a legend among legends and a genius among geniuses. He was the one who attended Konoe Jin's visit back to Japan as a friend. In this sudden battle, he appeared on the top floor of this building, with a calm expression, blocking Li Cheng's escape route.

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Section 75, Chapter 10: The Invincible Enemy

A somber atmosphere permeated the empty rooftop.

Although it was described as solemn, in reality, only Li Cheng was solemn. Cheng Yan, on the other hand, maintained a calm and indifferent expression throughout, as if no matter what happened, his expression would not change.

On Li Cheng's side, the situation was much more oppressive. He could clearly feel the opponent's unusual aura, an aura that was completely different from most of the enemies he had encountered and fought. Even before the battle had begun, he felt as if he had already lost, so oppressed that he could hardly move his body.

This is truly formidable; it's an unprecedented enemy.

A transcendent being like Gilgamesh is simply not in the same league as Li Cheng; there's no possibility of even fighting him, so there's no reason to compare. But this man in front of him, no matter how you look at him, is still within the A-level range. His strength, nerve reflexes, stamina, physical fitness, and other stats are not significantly different from Li Cheng's. Yet, standing in front of him, Li Cheng genuinely feels that he has absolutely no chance of winning.

"With your current mindset, you have no chance of winning against me."

As if he could see right through Li Cheng's nervousness, Cheng Yan spoke calmly.