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

With a gleaming purple light in his left eye, Li Cheng answered very seriously.

"The residual demonic power I left in that girl's body is in this very place!"

On the very first night, when the believers broke through the defenses and attacked, Li Cheng repelled them, inflicting severe injuries on the believers. What the believers didn't know was that Li Cheng's attack was imbued with demonic power. This power, lost for centuries and completely unknown to anyone, was imperceptible even to the highly trained believers.

Therefore, despite the fact that Kiritsugu Emiya had gone to great lengths to install all the miniature surveillance devices on her while she was at the Emiya residence, she had not noticed or removed the traces of demonic energy remaining in her body after her fight with Li Cheng.

It was precisely because of this that Li Cheng was able to quickly track down the direction in which the believers were taken away by sensing the demonic power, thus enabling him to guide Kiritsugu Emiya and lead everyone to follow.

Although Li Cheng himself didn't notice this clue at first, he didn't even realize that his attack that day had released demonic power.

Li Cheng clearly sensed that after meeting Zi in his dream that day, his control and understanding of demonic power seemed to be slowly becoming more profound.

After speeding along a rutted, gravelly road and crashing through a small thicket, the car sped through the woods. Ahead, a dilapidated, abandoned factory came into view.

"Yes, that's it! I can feel it, she must be there!"

Li Cheng pointed in the direction of the factory and shouted loudly.

A sudden whooshing sound enveloped the air, and Li Cheng felt an inexplicable and intense sense of crisis. The next moment, intense flames suddenly engulfed the car from one side.

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Section 113, Chapter 15: The Principle of Gaps

The icy, tide-like sensation was slowly receding from Li Cheng's body.

Beside him was Kiritsugu Emiya, who had just gotten up from the ground; further away was Ryougi Shiki, who had already drawn her dagger and was ready; and Rin Tohsaka, who had taken out her jewel.

The car they were initially riding in is now a pile of burning scrap metal.

I remember now. Just now, when they were approaching that old factory, a shell hit the car from the side. Although Kiritsugu Emiya activated his defensive shield in time, the distance was too close and the power of the attack was too great. In the end, the car was blown up.

But at the last moment, it seemed like he pulled everyone out of the car.

But... how was it done again?

How did I do it?

It was an instinctive action. He only remembered that he activated his demonic power, and then a black rift swallowed everyone up, pulling them out of the car in that instant.

In my mind, Zi's voice seemed to faintly echo again:

"Hmph, of course, we know you can't understand such profound things right now. But you still need to grasp the basics a little bit. Consider this a hint: Gap, remember this word firmly, think carefully about what it really represents."

A gap...

Li Cheng opened his palm and stared blankly at the purple demonic power swirling around his hand, which resembled light and shadow, pondering the last word Zi had uttered.

"The gap..."

He repeated it softly.

Wait a minute, if he used this mysterious ability called "Gap" to save everyone just before the car exploded, why isn't Touma, that newbie, here? Shouldn't he have appeared with them? Huh, could it be because…

"Senior Li Cheng, I've rescued Kamijou."

Just then, Rin Tohsaka dragged Touma Kamijou's body to him.

Touma Kamijou remained unconscious, his clothes and pants showing slight burn marks, and he also had multiple burns on his body. Fortunately, he was only knocked unconscious by the huge impact, and his injuries were not serious.

This is only the beginning, and one member of our fighting force has already been lost, and that member is none other than Kamijou Touma, who is very likely to have a miraculous effect on Jester, who is a Dead Apostle. Li Cheng couldn't quite describe his current feelings.

Touma Kamijou has been a member of Team Six for quite some time now. Compared to his slightly thinner physique at the beginning, he is now much more robust and strong. Although he still doesn't reach the B-rank threshold, with his excellent reflexes and highly targeted and reversible superpowers, he can even handle many powerful enemies that even Rin Tohsaka cannot easily defeat.

but……

Rin Tohsaka can target enhancement magic cast on the entire team, but Touma Kamijou cannot benefit from it; Rin Tohsaka's healing magic on injured teammates cannot benefit Touma Kamijou; when Kiritsugu Emiya uses magical communication, Touma Kamijou can only hear what others relay. And now, in a critical moment, Li Cheng uses his teleportation ability, but Touma Kamijou cannot pass through and can only roll with the car, eventually losing consciousness.

It has to be said that the supernatural ability to erase and eliminate everything, and the duality inherent in this power, is just too strong.

Li Cheng sighed, speechless.

"Leave Kamijou here; there's likely heavy firepower ahead, and his abilities aren't suitable—get down!"

After a loud shout, a series of violent gunshots rang out, and bullets poured out like a torrent, shattering tree trunks and bushes, sweeping towards the group in the sixth group.

"How does this bastard have a heavy machine gun? Isn't he a vampire?"

As Li Cheng rolled around to dodge the bullets, he couldn't help but curse loudly.

"boom!"

With a bang, Li Cheng, who had no time to dodge, was thrown into the air by the shockwave and rolled several times on the muddy ground covered with withered branches and fallen leaves.

Slightly dizzy, Li Cheng looked up and saw a somewhat old tank moving through the woods. The muzzle of its cannon was pointed directly at him.

“matherfu…”

"boom!"

With his nerves strained to their limit, Li Cheng turned his body and could almost clearly feel the scorching heat of the shell that had just grazed past him. Without hesitation, he charged forward, purple demonic energy flickering around him, boosting his speed to its maximum. In the blink of an eye, Li Cheng was already in front of the tank, clenching his right hand and throwing a punch.

"Boom-"

The all-out attack twisted the tank's surface. Li Cheng exerted his strength, sending the tank flying, sending the massive war machine crashing through several trees, rolling several times on the ground, and finally landing on its back. Then, a series of explosions completely engulfed it in flames.

"Cheng, get out of the way!"

Before he could even marvel at his newfound power, at Kiritsugu Emiya's prompting, Li Cheng lunged to the ground, a barrage of bullets striking the spot where he had been standing. The intense gunfire then pursued the rolling Li Cheng until he jumped into a shallow ditch, where the bullets could no longer reach him.

"What on earth is going on? Where did this guy find an armored unit?"

Hiding in the shallow pit, listening to the occasional bursts of gunfire from at least five machine guns outside, Li Cheng said in disbelief.

"No, he probably collected these himself. Cheng, didn't you notice? The models of those tanks are all obsolete models from the old era. This Dead Apostle has lived for so long, he probably collected some abandoned military weapons to protect himself."

Kiritsugu Emiya spoke calmly in the communication, but what Li Cheng noticed was a quantity issue that he inadvertently mentioned in his words.

"Emiya, what did you just say about those things?"

"Yes, I can see at least seven of those tanks you just destroyed, five of which were equipped with heavy machine guns."

"Not only that, I also found twelve more vehicles gathered on a flat area not far from that abandoned factory, all of them already started and heading this way."

Ryougi Shiki then announced an even more despairing message in a communications.

"No, everyone, I think the other side probably has more than we see. I saw twenty or thirty vehicles coming down the mountain on the other side, and there seem to be more behind them that haven't moved yet."

Rin Tohsaka then announced even worse news.

"So we're going to fight an army?"

Li Cheng gave a self-deprecating smile. Just then, a tank burst through the bushes and appeared beside him. Jester, who was operating the heavy machine gun, faced him and smiled like a gentleman, saying:

"Good afternoon, Mr. Li Cheng."

A short knife pierced his brain before the other man could fire. Then, just before the cannon barrel turned towards Li Cheng, Li Cheng rushed forward and punched the tank hard again, sending it tumbling down the hillside.

"Thanks, team leader!"

Li Cheng roared over the comms, then hurriedly dodged the attack of six or seven machine guns and jumped down another slope. Two bullets hit Li Cheng, embedding themselves in his skin. Li Cheng pulled out the dented bullets and looked at the two shallow wounds on his body, sensing that something was wrong.

Meanwhile, the enemy's firepower outside is gradually becoming stronger, denser, and increasingly difficult to resist.

At first, the members of Group Six were able to maneuver around using the complex forest environment, occasionally destroying a few tanks and killing a few "Jester" clones. However, the number of enemies quickly increased. Those "Jesters" with vacant stares operated machine guns and turrets, completely blocking Group Six at the edge of the forest, preventing them from getting even a step closer to the abandoned factory.

No, this won't do. If things continue like this, there's no way we'll be able to break through!

As the number of enemies increased, the situation of the sixth group became increasingly dangerous.

"Cheng, you should have a way!"

Just then, Kiritsugu Emiya suddenly shouted over the communicator.

“With the teleportation ability you used to pull us out of the car, you should be able to bypass these enemies and enter the factory directly.”

"But I don't know how I managed to use it just now!"

Guided by instinct, Li Cheng rolled over a bush, dodging the shells that exploded not far away, and shouted loudly into the comms.

"No, you definitely can. Since you could use it before, you can definitely use it now. It's your ability, you definitely know how to use it!"

Emiya Kiritsugu spoke resolutely, giving Li Cheng no room for argument.

"That's easy for you to say... Even if I could do it, what would you do?"

"We need someone to hold these things off while we stay here. Cheng, you can teleport yourself; you're the strongest solo attacker here right now. Team leader, is that alright? Can you stall for time?"

"No problem."

"Yes, senior, I'm fine too."

Ugh, seriously, these guys...

"Okay, I'll give it a try."

Gap, gap—

It was Zi who reminded him of the special ability that had been transmitted to everyone in the moment of crisis—a magical power that he had been able to learn because he shared blood with Zi.

A gap... huh?

Standing up, Li Cheng began running through the woods, dodging countless bullets raining down on him, his gaze fixed on the distant, dilapidated, abandoned factory that remained silent.

A black rift appeared out of thin air. The next moment, Li Cheng vanished without a trace. Countless bullets struck the spot where he had stood, but only stirred up a cloud of dust, having no effect whatsoever.

Li Cheng opened his eyes, feeling the sudden disappearance and reappearance of gravity. He landed steadily on the ground, stood up, and opened his eyes again. In the dilapidated old factory, he saw some ragged believers hanging on a platform, and Jester standing in front of them wearing only his underwear, turning around with an annoyed expression that his good show had been interrupted.

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