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

He sidestepped a shell flying head-on, then slapped away another shell coming from the side. With a slight push of his feet, he braved countless bullets, smashed through more than ten tanks, and amidst the violent explosions, lifted a fully armed armored vehicle and tore it in two.

All the artillery fire was focused on this tall figure, but he didn't flinch. Facing the fierce attacks, he moved across the battlefield like a ghost, annihilating enemy after enemy. For a moment, only a series of explosions echoed across the battlefield.

In less than twenty seconds, without using any magic or skills, relying solely on his physical abilities—no, without even fully utilizing his physical abilities—the old man turned Jester's entire army into scrap metal.

"Did you see everything clearly? This is the basic requirement for a qualified assassin. From now on, continue to work hard in this direction."

With a hint of gunpowder in the air, the old man calmly returned to the factory and spoke earnestly to the worshippers who were staring at him with adoration.

"Yes, First Generation Sir!"

The believers responded with fervent words.

This doesn't look like an assassin at all! What kind of assassin can withstand artillery fire and tear apart an armored vehicle with their bare hands? Are you sure you're not a berserker? Are you sure you haven't made a mistake?!

Li Cheng, who had watched all of this in stunned silence, tried his best to keep himself from uttering a word for the sake of his own safety.

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Chapter 19, Section 117: A New Member, and the Oath with the Tide

A week after the incident, at the sixth division.

Yawning, Li Cheng stuffed a report into the filing cabinet, stretched, and then walked toward his desk.

Before he could get closer, a small hand suddenly covered his eyes from behind, followed by a small body clinging to Li Cheng.

"whee--"

"tide, didn't I tell you not to always jump out like this? I may not care, but it's easy to scare people."

With Ren Youxi dangling around his neck and swaying, Li Cheng yawned, picked up another report from his desk, thought for a moment, and then threw it directly into the trash can.

Just then, a few hurried footsteps rang out.

"Good morning, Senior Li!"

Accompanied by a slightly tense, clear voice, a believer dressed in black appeared in front of Li Cheng in a somewhat flustered manner.

"Don't be so nervous, just relax and be natural."

As Li Cheng spoke, he turned to face the believer, his expression indifferent. Xi, who was perched on his shoulder, took the opportunity to make a face at the believer, only to be tapped on the head by Li Cheng. Tears welled up in her eyes as she bit Li Cheng's finger, which he hadn't had time to retract.

"Hey, don't bite so hard, you little idiot! Let go!!"

"Awooooo (No way)!"

The two people, one big and one small, immediately became engrossed in their own interaction, leaving the believer aside.

"Shin, come here. I'll guide you through getting familiar with the work," Rin Tohsaka said as she entered the room, stopping the somewhat embarrassed and bewildered believer. "When Shio is by your side, it's hard for you to notice how others are doing."

Inside the room, Li Cheng was still arguing with the sullen Xi. The believers followed Lin through the branch building, listening to her introduce the various facilities and their uses, as well as the places that she had assigned to the believers for their own use.

Yes, the believer has now become an unofficial member of Group Six.

A week ago, the tall, heavily armored skeleton wielding a greatsword appeared—the leader of the Hassan organization. He annihilated all enemies and declared the Faithful Mission a complete failure, requiring five more years of preparation for the next Hassan advancement mission.

"Your assassination skills are already refined, but your mind is not yet mature. For the next five years, join their organization and hone your skills in the world!"

The skull, wreathed in ghostly flames, addressed the believer before it with an unquestionable tone.

Subsequently, after negotiations that were unknown to Li Cheng and the others, but were likely peaceful, the higher-ups agreed to the believer's proposal to join the sixth group. However, since the sixth group was already full, the believer ultimately joined as an "unofficial member."

"So, you little rascal, why are you starting to bite people more and more these days..."

Pulling at tide's slightly chubby little face, amidst her desperate resistance, Li Cheng spoke with considerable helplessness.

"Cheng is a bad guy!"

tide just shouted fiercely, clearly indicating that she would pounce on Li Cheng and bite him again as soon as he dared to let go of her.

So what exactly is going on with this girl...?

Li Cheng thought to himself with some frustration.

Recently, tide has started to show some new changes, going from simply being clingy and affectionate.

At first, she would just pout for no apparent reason, showing a slight expression of dissatisfaction. Later, she started frequently interrupting Li Cheng when he was doing something unimportant. Now, she's so aggressive that if he just greets a believer, she immediately makes faces at them, and if he tries to discipline her even slightly, she immediately gets angry.

Wait a minute, speaking of which, her strange behavior the last few times seemed to have happened when I was talking to other women.

Li Cheng, who grabbed tide under her armpits and lifted her up, couldn't help but ponder as he looked at the still very dissatisfied expression on her face.

Hmm, I remember now. The last time was when Ryougi was discussing the next group dinner with me, and she suddenly appeared and hugged me. The time before that was when Rin Tohsaka approached me, wanting to sell me a few more gems, and she pounced on me from behind and hugged my neck. Hmm, let me think again, oh right, back when I was training my demonic powers with Kō, whenever Kō got too close, she would immediately stop playing and run to me, and she even scolded him a few times.

"..."

Having roughly figured out what was going on, Li Cheng looked speechlessly at Xi, who was still struggling in his arms.

"You little rascal, you're not that old, but you're quite possessive..."

He held tide in his arms, pinched her pink little nose, and sighed as Xi protested loudly.

"Cheng belongs to Xi!"

Nestled in Li Cheng's arms, tide persisted in her nagging.

"Cheng can only look at tide and listen to tide speak!"

"Why does this sound a bit like a yandere/obsessive character..."

Li Cheng couldn't help but chuckle as he made a sarcastic remark.

"tide is serious!"

The little girl struggled again, clearly unhappy.

"Don't worry, don't worry," Li Cheng said gently, patting Xi's head. "Of course I will always be by your side. After all, we are already family."

"Then, Cheng, you have to listen to what tide says and keep looking at tide."

Grabbing Li Cheng's sleeve, tide sat up, leaned close to Li Cheng's face, and spoke very seriously.

"Yes, yes, I will listen to tide and speak properly. I will always watch over tide. I will also cook for you and play with you every day. How about that? Is that enough?"

Li Cheng simply smiled and gently flicked tide's nose with his finger.

"Senior Li, um, could you please tell me how to use the photocopier?"

Once again, the believer appeared at the door with a mixture of curiosity and nervousness, accompanied by Rin Tohsaka, whose expression was slightly embarrassed.

"Oh, I almost forgot, Tohsaka isn't very good with modern machinery. I'll teach you."

Li Cheng casually agreed, but unexpectedly, Xi, who had been quietly nestled in his arms, suddenly sprang up, wrapped her arms around Li Cheng's neck, and tightened her grip.

"Liar! Cheng is a big liar!" Xi shouted angrily. "He just said he would only listen to tide! Liar! Big liar! Cheng is a big liar!!"

“What’s this?” Li Cheng said, both amused and exasperated. “No matter how casual the conversation is, there shouldn’t be a problem, right? tide, you’re too narrow-minded, or you won’t grow tall.”

"I won't listen, I won't listen, I won't listen—"

tide just kept shaking Li Cheng's neck and repeating the same thing over and over.

"It's quite lively downstairs," said Kiritsugu Emiya, who was sitting in a chair with his legs crossed, smoking a cigarette and listening to the commotion of Li Cheng and his group downstairs with a smile.

"So, you're going to take two whole months off...?"

Beside Kiritsugu Emiya stood Ryougi Shiki, leaning against the wall, her face showing an annoyed expression as if she had encountered some trouble.

“Iris needs to be taken care of; after all, we’ve reached the most crucial point,” Kiritsugu Emiya said, extinguishing his cigarette with a slightly more relaxed expression. “What, you can’t handle those documents without me?”

"...It's just a little troublesome."

After a moment's thought, Ryougi Shiki acknowledged Kiritsugu Emiya's crucial role. Among the group of people in Team Six who only knew how to fight, only Kiritsugu Emiya was capable of handling various complex situations.

"Nothing major should happen for the next period of time."

As he spoke, Kiritsugu Emiya pulled out another cigarette.

"Two top-tier transcendents appeared here one after another. Even though they have both left, their deterrent power still exists. The special zone will be safe for a long time. After Alice gives birth to Miyu and takes care of her for a while, there might even be a chance to organize a group trip."

Kiritsugu Emiya opened the window and smiled as he listened to the growing commotion below. He saw Touma Kamijou approaching from downstairs, and the two exchanged greetings. Then, Kiritsugu saw Touma slip and fall into the open sewer drain next to them.

"..."

Kiritsugu Emiya's smile froze on his face.

"Uh, it's Touma again?"

Ryougi Shiki, who was standing nearby, seemed to sense something and asked a question.

"Yes, it's him again."

Picking up the communicator, Kiritsugu Emiya solemnly put on his coat and sent a message to the people downstairs:

"Stop messing around, everyone. Kamijou has fallen into that sewer again. Yes, the same one as last time. Li Cheng, you're in charge of searching area B. Tohsaka, you take the letter and go to area D. I'll go to the drainpipe in area J to see if he'll be washed out. Okay, let's hurry. It just rained a couple of days ago, who knows how fast he'll be washed out."

With practiced ease, as if they had done this countless times before, the members of Group Six quickly divided the tasks and began searching for Touma Kamijou, who had fallen into the sewer.

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Section 118, Final Chapter: Listening to Your Evening Bell

In a long-abandoned building, in a gloomy, dark basement, and beneath the sealed basement floor, a heavy coffin in a small room is slowly being lifted.