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

"It really is you, Konoe Hitoshi!"

Seeing the other person stand up unhurriedly, Li Cheng said through gritted teeth.

"Although I don't know how you got around Yan Shang, now that you're here, Bane, who was guarding the back, should have already been defeated, right?"

With an elegant tone, the man named Konoe Jin raised his head and looked at the fist that was rapidly enlarging in front of him.

thump—

With a violent gust of air, an old man appeared like a ghost, stretched out his palm, and forcefully caught the punch that Li Cheng threw with all his might.

"It's you?!"

Isn't this... the old man I met at the intersection that night, the one I chatted with?

"I'm sorry we have to meet again in this way, but sir, I cannot allow you to hurt the young master no matter what."

Although surprised, Li Cheng was no naive newcomer. Before his mind could even process what was happening, his body had already launched a counterattack. At an incredibly fast speed, barely perceptible to the naked eye, Li Cheng and the old man exchanged blows. After several violent collisions, both of them staggered back a few steps.

...Are they evenly matched?

Feeling a faint pain in his fist, Li Cheng frowned and cautiously looked at the two people in front of him.

"Ugh!"

With a muffled groan, Touma Kamijou flew backward and landed next to Li Cheng. He had tried to go around to find Yakumo Shio while Li Cheng was fighting the old man, but the young man had knocked him back with a few punches.

"Don't be impulsive, kid. When the enemy and ourselves are not clearly distinguishable, it's easy to cause trouble if you rush in to test the waters."

Li Chengshun helped Kamijou Touma up from the ground and then gave him a lesson.

“I think the balance of power is already quite clear,” the young man named Konoe Jin said confidently. “My butler is an A-rank, and I barely meet the A-rank standard myself. But you are an A-rank, yet you have a burden who is less than a B-rank. The disadvantage is on your side, Mr. Li Cheng.”

"Don't believe in data, you idiots," Li Cheng clenched his fist and glared fiercely at the two people opposite him, assuming a charging stance. "The criteria for judging A-level are just physical attributes and maximum output. Skill level can make a huge difference in A-level."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Cheng took a heavy step, which made the plane shake and become unstable. Although the old man was able to keep his balance, Konoe Jin and Kamijou Touma immediately fell to the ground.

"Ghost Zheng, finish him off!"

"Yes, young master!"

The old man named Guizheng roared and lunged at Li Cheng, but Li Cheng, who was prepared, ducked and kicked the old man into the back storage room. Kamijou Touma quickly got up, closed and locked the door, and the situation instantly reversed to two against one.

"Zizi-"

Turning to charge at Konoe Jin, Li Cheng was suddenly struck by a stun gun pulled out by the latter. It was a weapon capable of releasing area-of-effect electric shocks, which instantly stunned Kamijou Touma behind Li Cheng. However, Li Cheng endured the electric shocks, forcefully snapping off the stun gun that had been fired and embedded in his body. He stood up and punched Konoe Jin, knocking him to the ground and causing blood to spurt from the man's nose.

Ignoring Konoe Hitoshi lying on the ground, Li Cheng searched the plane thoroughly, then ran to the front of the plane and even went to the unmanned intelligent cockpit, but found no trace of tide.

"Where is tide? Tell me!"

Returning to the main cabin, Li Cheng grabbed Konoe Jin's sleeve, who was still struggling to get up from the ground, and roared angrily.

"Are you angry? Are you powerless?" Konoe Jin, his face covered in blood, said with a smile, not offering any resistance for some reason. "You seem to have poured all your heart and soul into that monster."

His response was an even more powerful punch, which slammed Konoe Jin's head into the plane's floor, creating a shallow dent, and blood began to trickle from the corner of his eye.

Where is she?

Li Cheng spoke slowly and deliberately, suppressing his rage.

"You're so angry because I took away your support, right? Because I took away what allowed you to continue deceiving yourself? Is that right?"

With veins bulging on his arm, Li Cheng raised his fist, ready to strike with the urge to kill his opponent.

“Mr. Li Cheng, it seems you’ve forgotten my background.”

A peculiar smell suddenly filled the air, and Li Cheng felt as if his five senses were being pricked by needles. He instantly fell into extreme confusion, his body suddenly became numb, and he lost control of his actions. At that moment, Konoe Jin suddenly exerted his strength, pushing Li Cheng aside, and then slowly stood up.

“I have investigated you, Mr. Li Cheng.”

Picking up a napkin from the table beside him, Konoe Jin wiped the blood from his nose, saying unhurriedly:

“I must admit that your experience is remarkable and rich enough to be published as a book. Of course, I am also saddened and sympathetic to the tragedy you suffered and your experience of being forced to live in a foreign country. Someone like you should not be in this state.”

With his ears completely fogged up, he could only vaguely hear Konoe Jin's voice beside him. Li Cheng struggled to support his numb body, trying his best to stand up again.

“You are a respectable person, Mr. Li Cheng,” Konoe Jin said earnestly as he knelt down in front of Li Cheng. “If this hadn’t happened, I think we might have become friends.”

"Ugh!"

Li Cheng threw a punch with all his might, but could not support his body and fell to the ground again. He could only stare at his opponent with an uncontrollable rage, and at the same time spit out a mouthful of saliva.

"It was rude, but understandable," Konoe Jin said, his expression unchanged. "I hope that after I fulfill my long-cherished wish and complete this responsibility of salvation, we can be friends. But for now, for the benefit of everyone, for the future of humanity, that monster must be sacrificed. This is for our better lives, and I hope you can understand."

"Bullshit!"

Because his tongue was also numb, Li Cheng could only speak incoherently.

"Give... tide... back to me!!"

"Oh, by the way, you named that monster tide, right?" Konoe Jin suddenly showed a very interested expression. "To be honest, I've always been quite interested in this name, because Mr. Li Cheng, your deceased daughter's name was Li Xiaoxi, wasn't it?"

Watching Li Cheng struggle to his feet, Konoe Jin said with great interest:

"You gave her a name similar to your daughter's. Is there a reason behind it? Let me guess, it's to use her as a substitute for your daughter, right?"

"go to hell!"

Li Cheng propped himself up and lunged at Konoe Ren above him, but was kicked down by the other man.

"To be honest, I don't think you're qualified to have it, Mr. Li Cheng," Konoe Jin said bluntly, stepping on Li Cheng's chest. "I'm taking it because it's extremely precious, the only monster in the world, an irreplaceable raw material. Through its research and utilization, I can change the fate of all mankind and save countless people."

"And you, you only raised it as a substitute to make up for the pain of losing your own loved one, and even gave it a name similar to your daughter. In the end, despite having such a glorious past, you are nothing more than another vulgar person who exists for your own selfish desires."

"Ughhhhhh—"

The sudden burst of power forcefully reclaimed the nervous system paralyzed by the toxin. Li Cheng suddenly sprang up, directly overturning Jin Weiren who was standing on him, and with a raised fist, he smashed Jin Weiren's head completely into the floor.

Immediately afterwards, the locked storage room door was broken open, and a panting ghost rushed out, lunging at Li Cheng and grabbing him by the neck, pulling him to the other side. Then, Li Cheng, who had just stood up, punched the cabin wall and smashed his head against the plane's window.

The incredibly powerful suction, combined with the violent shaking and tumbling of the machine, instantly robbed everyone of their balance.

Li Cheng tried desperately to grab onto something to stop himself from rolling around, but Gui Zheng steadied himself and grabbed the broken window, forcefully tearing it into an even larger gap.

Instantly, an incredibly powerful suction force began pulling the people inside the plane. Touma Kamijou, who was already unconscious, was sucked directly out of the plane and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Li Cheng was still trying to control his body when he was suddenly kicked by Konoe Jin, who was gripping the seat on the floor. He was also sucked out of the plane and vanished without a trace.

"Damage detected. Nanodevices initiating repairs!"

Then, before the swaying plane crashed to the ground, it rose again, its fuselage spotless and completely undamaged, and disappeared into the vast night sky.

…………

Thank you to readers Wushi, Jiujie Zhongyan, Qiluoxing, Yusheng Linqing, Wuye, and Kanata no Gensokyo for their recommendation votes.

First update done. I'm so sleepy, going to bed now.

Section 82, Chapter 17: Scars of Wounds

In a world completely dark.

There was no sound, no image, no touch, no thought.

Nothing there, just floating...

"dad--"

Who?

"dad?"

So familiar...

"father!"

! !

Opening his eyes, Li Cheng groggily got up from the sofa and looked at the little girl who was squatting in front of the flowerpot in the corner with her back to him.

"dad--"

The little girl kept fiddling with the shrubs in the flowerpot, not looking at Li Cheng, but she kept calling out "Daddy".

"Ah, it's tide. Why are you calling for Daddy?"

Walking to tide's side, Li Cheng squatted down and gently stroked tide's long, smooth black hair.

"Dad, flowers."

Still not looking at Li Cheng, the black-haired girl named Xi stared intently at a small white flower that had just bloomed on the bush, speaking in a still somewhat childish voice.

"Yes, Daddy saw it. It's a little white flower, very pretty."

Li Cheng smiled and answered softly.

"Hehe, Daddy, flowers."

Dad, flowers—

The withered bushes had only a few dry branches and leaves left. Come to think of it, this was tide's favorite flower. She watered it every day, so how did it become so dry?

Li Cheng sat on the dust-covered floor, lost in thought.

Oh, right, because tide is already dead.

He stood up in a daze, looking at the dilapidated walls, the torn and kicked furniture, and the corner piled with garbage. He saw a wriggling, purplish-red maggot fall out of a garbage bag.

This place may have once been a cozy little home, or a sweet little house, but now it is abandoned, dilapidated, dirty, messy, and devoid of anything.

The dejected man stood in the center of the now empty and messy room, expressionless, muttering to himself.

Yes, tide is already dead.

A loud cry rang out from outside the door; it was a newborn baby making a loud, clear cry.

Li Cheng turned his head and looked at the operating room in front of him, where the red "Operating" light had just been turned off. He watched as a doctor walked out with a happy expression and stood in front of him.

"Mother and child are both safe. Mr. Li Cheng, it's a girl."

He was overjoyed, he laughed with delight. Hours of anxious waiting had finally transformed into a beautiful and blissful moment—the most unforgettable day of his life. Because on that day, he finally transformed from a naive boy into a responsible father.

He picked up the child and looked at the child's still somewhat wrinkled face. He thought to himself, "How can this child be so ugly? He hasn't inherited any of his parents' good looks." Then he quickly comforted himself, "It's just that you can't tell when they're babies. As they grow up, you'll naturally see the difference."

She'll definitely grow up to be a great beauty.