Chapter Summaries

Bai Xing collected a debt for Iketani Masahiro and rejected both another job and Misako’s advances because he was waiting for the mysterious fruit in his mind to ripen. Back at his hotel, he checked the ancient tree and saw the three-colored fruit nearing harvest.

• Bai Xing recalled his death as an underground fighter and his arrival in the island nation, where a mysterious ancient tree had grown a three-colored fruit.
• Misako escorted Bai Xing to the Takahashi Syndicate’s underground casino, where he handed Iketani Masahiro a severed hand and the recovered yen from Ohata Masaru.
• Iketani offered Bai Xing another job and a chance to gamble, but Bai Xing refused and left.
• Misako tried to seduce Bai Xing, but he declined and continued back to his hotel.
• Bai Xing checked the ancient tree in his mind and saw the fruit nearly ripe as streams of light and tiny arcs of electricity gathered around it.

After eating the fruit from the Void Ancient Tree, Bai Xing gained Electromagnetic Control and learned that planting its seed in someone would strengthen the tree and grant him that person’s abilities. He searched for Nagai Kei at several schools, then learned from a news report that Nagai Kei had just been exposed as an Ajin.

• Bai Xing plucked and ate the Electromagnetic Fruit, then lost consciousness as electricity surged through his body.
• The next morning, Bai Xing discovered he could control electromagnetic force and move metal objects with his thoughts.
• Bai Xing learned that planting the fruit’s seed in a person would bind them to him, awaken their Electromagnetic Control, and let him copy their abilities and traits.
• Bai Xing chose to seek out Ajin Nagai Kei, hoping to gain an immortal body, and searched several middle schools without finding him.
• A news report revealed that Nagai Kei, an intern doctor at Toto University Affiliated Hospital, had been identified as the country’s third Ajin.

Nagai Kei woke from a coma to find himself undergoing brutal experiments after being identified as an Ajin, while Bai Xing watched the research facility and weighed whether to plant a Fruit Core in him or Sato. After deciding to wait for Sato, Bai Xing wondered why the Electromagnetic Fruit had also given him several animal-like abilities.

• Nagai Kei woke restrained on an operating table as researchers identified him as Ajin test subject No. 003 and began dismembering him.
• The researchers killed Nagai Kei with a hammer, but he regenerated and awoke again as an immortal Ajin before they began another experiment.
• Bai Xing observed the Ajin Research Management Association from his hotel and realized this world followed the live-action film version of Ajin.
• Bai Xing considered planting a Fruit Core in Nagai Kei or Sato, judged Sato a more suitable target, and decided to wait for his rescue attempt.
• Bai Xing reasoned that enough nutrients might let the Ancient Tree produce another Electromagnetic Fruit, then questioned why his fruit had also granted animal-like abilities.

Sato and Tanaka attacked the Ajin Research Institute to free Nagai Kei, while Bai Xing watched and considered making Sato an Ajin. Sato reached Nagai in the laboratory and revived him with a gunshot, leaving the two face to face.

• The minister met with Tozaki Yuu at the institute as Sato and Tanaka blasted their way inside to rescue Nagai Kei.
• Sato confronted Tozaki over the cameras and declared war, prompting Tozaki to order guards to protect the laboratory and capture the intruders.
• Sato fought through the guards, cutting off his arm to resist a tranquilizer dart and shooting himself in the head to revive after being hit by more darts.
• Bai Xing watched from a ventilation duct and decided to let events unfold, hoping Sato would develop his electromagnetic abilities before Bai Xing tried to make him an Ajin.
• Sato broke through the defenses, entered the laboratory, and shot Nagai Kei to revive him before greeting him.

Sato rescued Nagai Kei from the laboratory and urged him to join his fight against the people who experimented on Ajin. After Nagai refused to kill the researchers and turned his gun on Sato, Sato pursued him, and Nagai used his ability to die and reset his injuries.

• Sato killed a pursuing guard, showed Nagai the bodies of laboratory staff, and asked him to fight alongside him.
• Sato handed Nagai a gun and offered him three researchers to kill, but Nagai refused; Sato shot one of them himself.
• Nagai suddenly fired at Sato, who shot himself in the head to trigger his recovery, while Nagai and two researchers fled.
• Bai Xing watched from concealment as Nagai used his hand as bait and tried to ambush Sato, but Sato saw through the trick and wounded him.
• Nagai cut his own throat to die and reset his injuries, and Sato became more determined to kill him.

Bai Xing intervened after Sato defeated Nagai Kei, revealing his strange powers and overpowering Sato. He knocked both Ajin unconscious, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Nagai Kei summoned a Black Ghost, but Sato defeated it and shot Nagai in the leg as he tried to escape.
• Bai Xing revealed himself, stopped Sato's bullets in midair, and said he had come to offer Sato an opportunity.
• Sato sent his Black Ghost after Bai Xing, but Bai Xing blocked it with bullets and restrained Sato with a steel pipe until he fell unconscious.
• Nagai Kei secretly committed suicide and revived to escape, but Bai Xing struck him unconscious with a steel ball.

Bai Xing planted a Fruit Core in Sato and gained an Ajin body before escaping the research facility. Sato and Nagai Kei were captured, Tanaka Kouji fled, and Sato awoke restrained in the laboratory.

• Bai Xing planted a Fruit Core in Sato, gaining his Ajin abilities and enhanced combat knowledge.
• Bai Xing escaped as guards arrived and found Sato and Nagai Kei unconscious and bound.
• Tozaki Yuu ordered the facility sealed and searched after learning that the cameras had failed around the area where Sato was captured.
• Tanaka Kouji tried to return for Sato, then fought his way out and escaped along the safe route.
• Sato awoke wrapped in cloth and restrained as Tozaki Yuu welcomed him back.

Bai Xing trained his Ajin powers and repeatedly killed himself to test resurrection and strengthen his will, while the Ajin Research Management Association investigated Sato’s unusual physical changes. Sato secretly accessed the institute’s experimental records, and Bai Xing ended the chapter by testing how far he could control Little Black.

• Bai Xing used the Three-Body Stance to summon Little Black faster and chose to strengthen the Electromagnetic Branch of the Void Ancient Tree.
• Bai Xing repeatedly cut his throat and resurrected, concluding that more deaths might help him overcome his primal fear.
• Tozaki Yuu learned that Sato’s physical abilities had improved drastically, while Number 003 showed no changes, and ordered further investigation into Sato.
• Researchers dissected Sato without anesthetic, and after they left, the laboratory computer secretly displayed his experimental data while Sato smiled on the operating table.
• Bai Xing summoned Little Black, tested his improved summoning speed, and leaped it off the balcony to measure his control range.

Bai Xing tested Little Black’s combat power and unknowingly saved Takahashi Hitomi from a faction of the Takahashi Syndicate. Later, Iketani Masahiro summoned Bai Xing to a tense meeting, leaving him wary of the people waiting downstairs.

• Bai Xing sent Little Black into the woods, tested its limits, and then directed it toward a distant gun battle to see how effectively it could kill.
• Little Black massacred the gunmen attacking Takahashi Hitomi, who realized she had survived a bullet wound and watched the creature disappear.
• Iketani Masahiro arrived and took Takahashi Hitomi away before the police came, while Bai Xing remained unaware that he had saved her.
• After realizing he was nearly out of money, Bai Xing went to Iketani Masahiro’s closed casino and accepted an invitation to meet him downstairs.
• Bai Xing noticed armed, tense people gathered on the third basement level and prepared to strike if they made a move.

Bai Xing agreed to help Iketani during the Takahashi Syndicate crisis, but rejected a simple bodyguard job and proposed installing Takahashi Hitomi as the new boss. He demanded a share of the syndicate’s profits in exchange, leaving Iketani to decide whether to accept the gamble.

• Bai Xing refused Iketani’s request for help and sent Harada Ken flying when Harada tried to stop him.
• Iketani offered Bai Xing five million yen to help, and Bai Xing negotiated the payment up to ten million yen.
• Iketani explained that Takahashi Kenichiro had been murdered, Takahashi Hitomi was being hunted, and he suspected Kawamoto Zentaro of leading the rebellion.
• Bai Xing proposed gathering the Takahashi Syndicate executives under Takahashi Hitomi’s name so he could support her as boss and deal with Kawamoto Zentaro.
• Bai Xing demanded thirty percent of the Takahashi Syndicate’s profits and Iketani’s full assistance whenever he made a request.

Tanaka Kouji used a televised interview and leaked evidence to expose the government’s experiments on Ajin and demand their rights and the release of Sato and Nagai. Takahashi Hitomi realized she might be an Ajin, while Bai Xing discovered her secret and Tanaka returned to his base to await Sato’s next move.

• Takahashi Hitomi watched Tanaka Kouji accuse the government and corporations of conducting experiments on Ajin, then saw footage of Tanaka being shot during an experiment.
• Tanaka Kouji called for Ajin civil rights, the release of Sato and Nagai, and an autonomous district, and directed viewers to evidence on the Ajin website.
• Bai Xing startled Takahashi Hitomi and guessed that she was an Ajin, prompting her to call for help.
• Tanaka Kouji dropped his disguise after the interview and escaped the arriving police to return to the Secret Base.
• Tanaka Kouji messaged Sato, who told him to wait and said they would meet again soon.

Takahashi Hitomi agreed to lead the Takahashi Syndicate after Bai Xing promised to protect her and help avenge her father. When hostile yakuza attacked, Bai Xing sent Little Black to fight, and Iketani Masahiro returned to report that the attackers had been slaughtered by an Invisible Monster.

• Iketani Masahiro explained Bai Xing's identity and proposed making Takahashi Hitomi the Takahashi Syndicate's head, but she refused.
• Bai Xing privately warned Takahashi Hitomi that he could keep her identity secret and promised to protect her, persuading her to accept his demands and seek revenge for her father.
• Harada Ken reported that hostile yakuza had arrived, and Iketani Masahiro saw them break into the underground casino and ordered his men to prepare for battle.
• As Iketani's men began losing ground, Bai Xing summoned Little Black, which rushed out to attack the invaders.
• Takahashi Hitomi recognized Little Black as the creature that had saved her earlier, while Bai Xing tested how well it followed commands.
• Iketani Masahiro returned to the lounge and told Bai Xing and Takahashi Hitomi that an Invisible Monster had slaughtered the attackers.

After Sato’s livestream pressured the Ajin Research Management Association, Tozaki Yuu intensified experiments on him, helping Bai Xing absorb the resulting nourishment and awaken Current Drive. Bai Xing realized his power followed the Magnetic Field Rotation system, and the chapter ended as he learned about its one-million-Horsepower pinnacle, the Self-Destruction Realm.

• Iketani captured two survivors, and Harada Ken took them to interrogate them.
• Tozaki Yuu ordered Funaki Yuji to raise the voltage during experiments on Sato, who endured the shocks to learn about his electromagnetic powers.
• Sato used electromagnetic force to contact Tanaka Kouji and restart the failed plan, putting public pressure on Tozaki Yuu to accelerate his experiments.
• Bai Xing absorbed the nourishment generated by Sato’s suffering, and his cells produced bioelectricity that strengthened his body.
• Bai Xing identified his new ability as Current Drive and realized it belonged to the martial-focused Magnetic Field Rotation system.
• Bai Xing learned the system’s stages and power levels, culminating in the one-million-Horsepower Self-Destruction Realm.

Bai Xing resolved to stay true to himself as he pursued Magnetic Field Rotation, then helped Iketani confront the Takahashi Syndicate executives over the boss's assassination. After Yanagihara Masayuki confessed to betraying the syndicate, Bai Xing killed him with a snap, leaving the executives to face the power he had just revealed.

• Bai Xing worried that Magnetic Field Rotation could turn him into a lunatic, but resolved that he would not become one if he stayed true to himself.
• Bai Xing accompanied Takahashi Hitomi and Iketani to a meeting of the Takahashi Syndicate executives, where Iketani promised answers about the assassination.
• Iketani accused Yanagihara Masayuki of betraying Takahashi Kenichiro and revealed that a captured attacker had identified him.
• Yanagihara Masayuki admitted he had joined the Yamaguchi-gumi and claimed it would help him become the syndicate head.
• Bai Xing snapped his fingers and made Yanagihara Masayuki's body explode, then said he had no interest in hearing more of his nonsense.

Bai Xing forced the Takahashi Syndicate executives to accept Takahashi Hitomi as their new leader, then began developing firearm-inspired martial arts at the syndicate headquarters. Meanwhile, Nagai Kei endured more experiments at the Ajin Research Management Association and developed hatred for his captors.

• Bai Xing erased a challenger, proposed Takahashi Hitomi as head of the Takahashi Syndicate, and secured the executives' loyalty after Takahashi Hitomi vouched for him.
• Bai Xing agreed to stay at the syndicate headquarters, ordered Iketani to monitor the Ajin Research Management Association, and requested an indoor shooting range, ammunition, a miniature bomb, and surgery.
• Bai Xing used the completed shooting range to practice and planned to create Rapid Bullet Fist by combining firearm techniques with electromagnetic force.
• Nagai Kei suffered through nine days of experiments and began to hate his captors as one of the researchers who had once been saved by him cut into him again.

Nagai Kei and Sato escaped their confinement at the Ajin Research Management Association, while Bai Xing prepared a backup plan in case he was captured. After implanting a miniature bomb and arranging a safe rebirth point, Bai Xing asked Iketani to find him a device for electric-current training.

• Nagai Kei summoned Little Black, which freed him from the operating table and fought its way past the guards despite the sprinklers.
• Sato awoke from his restraints as alarms rang through the research institute.
• Iketani told Bai Xing that gunshots had come from the institute and the two Ajin might have escaped.
• Bai Xing stored his severed arm in Formalin as a backup rebirth point, then killed himself and regenerated a new arm.
• Bai Xing had a miniature bomb implanted near his heart and crushed its remote control, explaining that he could detonate it with Current Drive.
• Bai Xing asked Iketani to find him a voltage-adjustment device, preferably an electric chair, to support his training.

Bai Xing took charge of the Takahashi Syndicate’s financial crisis and began studying biology and chemistry to pursue a new plan. Meanwhile, Nagai Kei escaped the research facility and found shelter with Mountain Granny.

• Iketani told Bai Xing that the Yamaguchi-gumi’s business attacks had left the Takahashi Syndicate nearly broke, and Bai Xing said he would handle the matter.
• Bai Xing asked Iketani to gather biology and chemistry books and papers, then shut himself away to study.
• Nagai Kei escaped the Ajin Research Management Association, recalling how Sato had effortlessly killed the guards and wished him luck.
• Nagai Kei wandered into the countryside and followed Mountain Granny to her home.
• Mountain Granny gave Nagai clean clothes and offered to make him rice balls, telling him not to be picky about pickled plums.

Sato prepared to attack the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare unless the government granted Ajin an autonomous district, while Bai Xing tested his new ability to read and control thoughts on Takahashi Hitomi. The experiment succeeded in turning her existing attraction into unwavering devotion to him.

• Sato filmed a declaration threatening to attack the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in five days unless the government responded to his demand for an Ajin autonomous district.
• After leaving his room, Bai Xing heard Takahashi Hitomi slap Misako for approaching him and brought Takahashi Hitomi inside as his test subject.
• Takahashi Hitomi agreed to Bai Xing's potentially dangerous experiment, misunderstanding his offer at first and then accepting despite the risk.
• Bai Xing used electrical stimulation to alter Takahashi Hitomi's neural impulses, transforming her feelings into absolute devotion to him.
• Bai Xing's experiment succeeded, demonstrating that he could distort and control another person's thoughts.

Bai Xing explained to Sato that he treated powerful people like crickets raised to fight, then traveled to Kobe and used his mind-control ability to make Yamaguchi Kazuo loyal to him. With the Yamaguchi-gumi under his influence, Bai Xing gained access to its resources and tasked Kazuo with producing the Electric Chair Device.

• At the airport, Sato confronted Bai Xing about his sudden rise and invited him to join an interesting project, but Bai Xing refused.
• Bai Xing compared Sato to a cricket he had empowered for entertainment and left to board his flight to Kobe.
• Sato understood that Bai Xing intended to pit multiple empowered people against one another and became excited by the prospect.
• Bai Xing reached the Yamaguchi-gumi headquarters and manipulated Yamaguchi Kazuo's loyalty while he slept.
• Yamaguchi Kazuo woke believing he had sworn loyalty to Bai Xing, who ordered him to arrange a room and prepare to produce the Electric Chair Device.

Bai Xing arrived in Tokyo and sought out Nagai Kei, offering him the power to oppose Sato. Nagai refused, but Bai Xing made clear that he would give him the Magnetic Field Seed regardless.

• Yamaguchi Kazuo ended his campaign against the Takahashi Syndicate and began assisting it after Bai Xing intervened.
• Bai Xing arrived in Tokyo, where Iketani Masahiro, Kawamoto Zentaro, and the syndicate’s members welcomed him.
• Nagai Kei spent the morning pulling weeds with Mountain Granny, then trained in the forest with Little Black.
• Bai Xing appeared before Nagai Kei, revealed that he was an Ajin with Magnetic Field Rotation, and explained that he had given Sato a Magnetic Field Seed.
• Bai Xing offered Nagai Kei a seed so he could stop Sato from attacking the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, but Nagai refused.
• Bai Xing vanished and reappeared behind Nagai, declaring that he would make him a Magnetic Field powerhouse.