Chapter Summaries

After Bai Xing gave Nagai Kei an Electromagnetic Fruit Core, Nagai discovered his magnetic powers and rushed to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to stop Sato from destroying it. He arrived just before three o’clock, with less than five minutes remaining and no sign of Sato.

• Bai Xing planted an Electromagnetic Fruit Core in Nagai Kei and transmitted knowledge of the Magnetic Field Rotation system into his mind.
• Nagai woke up with magnetic powers, accidentally drew metal objects to himself, and discovered that the objects could not injure him.
• Nagai spent a day testing his electromagnetic abilities, struggled to control them, and learned from a livestream that Sato had threatened to destroy the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare at three o’clock.
• Nagai decided to stop Sato, ran toward the city at extraordinary speed, and reached the Ministry before the deadline.
• Nagai searched for Sato among the crowd, but with less than five minutes until three o’clock, he had not appeared.

Nagai Kei used his newly acquired Magnetic Force to slow Sato's passenger jet before it crashed into the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, while Sato fought off the riot police below. The SAT surrounded Sato as Nagai continued struggling to hold back the plane.

• Bai Xing watched the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare with Takahashi Hitomi, eager to see what Sato and Nagai Kei would do.
• Nagai Kei spotted Sato riding a passenger jet toward the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and rode Little Black to a rooftop to stop it.
• Sato jumped from the plane, landed on a metal disc, and killed the riot police after Tozaki Yuu ordered them to fire.
• Nagai Kei endured severe pain and used Magnetic Force to slow the plane, giving the people below more time.
• The SAT arrived in helicopters and surrounded Sato, who recognized the elite force.

Sato’s attack and Nagai Kei’s attempt to divert the plane both ended in disaster, while the SAT squads suppressed Nagai and fought Sato. Sato escaped with newly recruited Ajin, and Tozaki Yuu ordered Nagai taken to an insulated laboratory to investigate his magnetic power and find a countermeasure.

• Nagai Kei diverted the plane from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, but it crashed into a nearby intersection and killed and injured civilians, leaving Nagai unconscious.
• SAT members repeatedly shot Nagai Kei as he regenerated, discovered his Magnetic Force had not replenished, and moved him under control.
• Sato killed the SAT members with electrical attacks, but the minister escaped and Sato’s operation failed.
• Ajin who had answered Sato’s call joined him, and he led them away to plan another attack.
• Tozaki Yuu watched Sato provoke him through a surviving camera and learned that Nagai Kei was under control.
• Tozaki Yuu ordered Nagai Kei taken to an insulated laboratory so researchers could investigate his power and develop a countermeasure.

Bai Xing reflected on the limits of Ajin regeneration after Nagai Kei exhausted himself stopping the airliner, then learned that Takahashi Hitomi’s brother had left with Sato. Back at the Takahashi Syndicate headquarters, Bai Xing met Yajima Masao, a Yamaguchi-gumi engineer assigned to oversee his new project.

• Bai Xing realized that Ajin rebirth could not restore mental exhaustion or depleted Magnetic Force, even though it regenerated physical injuries.
• Takahashi Hitomi recognized her brother Takahashi Ryota among Sato’s followers, but declined Bai Xing’s offer to bring him back.
• Bai Xing returned to the Takahashi Syndicate headquarters and met Yajima Masao, whom the Yamaguchi-gumi had sent to assist with his project.
• Iketani Masahiro explained that Yajima was a veteran yakuza and accomplished engineer who had rejected the black-market workers Iketani had gathered.
• Bai Xing ordered Iketani to meet Yajima’s requests and contact Yamaguchi Kazuo if they needed further support.

Bai Xing finished half a month of training, developed the Rapid Bullet Fist, and reached at least 100,000 volts of power before ending his seclusion. Iketani reported that Sato’s campaign and Nagai Kei’s escape had driven society toward chaos, while Bai Xing ordered him to keep observing.

• Bai Xing continued training with an electric chair and created the Rapid Bullet Fist, a technique inspired by modern weapons.
• Bai Xing reached at least 100,000 volts of power and developed enough strength to withstand gunfire and approach building-busting force with his new technique.
• Bai Xing ended his seclusion, took a shower, and asked Iketani for updates on Sato and the Ajin Research Management Association.
• Iketani reported that Sato had issued an assassination list, bombed the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Building, and killed nearly everyone on the list, while the targeted minister escaped again.
• Iketani reported that Nagai Kei had apparently escaped the research institute and that growing unrest had led citizens to hunt Ajin, with some innocent people mistaken for them and killed.
• Bai Xing told Iketani not to worry about the unrest and to continue following his instructions.

Sato rejected the government’s offer of an Ajin autonomous region and demanded Tokyo, while continuing his campaign against the authorities. After punishing four followers who opposed him, he left Tozaki Yuu facing a new suggestion from Shimomura Izumi for using Sato’s strengths against him.

• Tozaki Yuu offered Sato an autonomous region in southern Kyushu or Hokkaido, but Sato rejected the offer and demanded Tokyo.
• Sato warned that his operations would continue and told Tozaki Yuu he was last on his assassination list.
• At Sato’s secret base, Tanaka Kouji, Okuzan Masumi, Takahashi Ryota, and Utsumi Akihiko supported him, while he electrocuted the four followers who objected.
• Okuzan Masumi suggested cutting off the unconscious men’s heads and sealing them in gasoline barrels to prevent them from regenerating successfully.
• Shimomura Izumi vowed to protect Tozaki Yuu, then suggested using the enemy’s strengths against Sato because only Sato and Nagai Kei had reached the second stage.

After escaping the research facility, Nagai Kei returned to Mountain Granny, who welcomed him despite knowing he was an Ajin and a wanted criminal. When villagers discovered him at her house and threatened Mountain Granny, Nagai drew their attention and fled so they would chase him instead.

• Nagai escaped the research facility after six days, having waited until he could flee without killing anyone, and returned to Mountain Granny despite fearing that his presence would endanger her.
• Mountain Granny comforted Nagai, treated him like her grandson, and welcomed him into her home.
• Nagai explored his growing Magnetic Field Rotation abilities and spent the next day digging wild vegetables with Mountain Granny and Little Black.
• While Mountain Granny was away, villagers searched her house and courtyard for Nagai, accusing her of sheltering an Ajin and shoving her to the ground.
• Nagai revealed himself to the villagers, claimed he had lied about being Mountain Granny's grandson, and ran so they would chase him instead.

Nagai Kei agreed to help Tozaki Yuu stop Sato so innocent people would not be harmed, while hoping to regain a normal life. Sato then called Tozaki and asked to speak with Nagai.

• Nagai Kei escaped the Puyong villagers and sat alone in a park, where Tozaki Yuu and Shimomura Izumi found him.
• Tozaki offered Nagai freedom, a peaceful life, and a new identity in exchange for helping deal with Sato.
• Nagai accepted the offer to protect innocent people from Sato’s actions, not for his own sake or for Ajin.
• Sato called Tozaki and asked to speak with Nagai, and Tozaki reluctantly handed him the phone.

Nagai rushed to Enoki General Hospital after Sato threatened his younger sister, Eriko, and rescued her before confronting Sato on the rooftop. Their magnetic powers clashed, but Sato gained the advantage and trapped Nagai’s arm with a steel bar as debris injured people below.

• Sato called Nagai and challenged him to meet at Enoki General Hospital, threatening someone important to him.
• Nagai rushed to the hospital, while Tozaki Yuu called the police and followed with Shimomura Izumi.
• Nagai found Eriko unharmed, carried her out of her room, and ordered her to flee before he confronted Sato on the rooftop.
• Sato and Nagai used their magnetic powers against each other, then fought at close range as Sato knocked Nagai through the rooftop railing.
• Nagai warned the people below to leave, but Sato manipulated the steel bar Nagai was holding and coiled it around his arm.

Nagai fought Sato with Little Black, but Sato overwhelmed them and the battle crashed through a hospital as SAT forces intervened. As SAT surrounded the hospital with flashbangs, reinforced-glass rounds, and neurotoxic smoke, unseen black creatures began massacring its members.

• Nagai used Little Black to interrupt Sato, regenerated his arm, and attacked with Little Black and 50,000-volt Current Drive.
• Sato overpowered Nagai and Little Black, smashing Nagai through the rooftop into the hospital and causing chaos among patients and staff.
• Nagai escaped the hospital, but SAT used a flashbang and reinforced-glass rounds to suppress him before Sato struck the forces with lightning.
• Tozaki Yuu learned that the Cabinet had ordered SAT to finish Sato, and he grew furious when the minister suggested using Eriko to control Nagai.
• SAT surrounded the hospital with smoke grenades containing neurotoxin, but black creatures rushed through the haze and began killing SAT members.

Sato triggered and partly controlled the Torrent Phenomenon during his fight with Nagai, leaving both men exhausted and fleeing the battle. Bai Xing concluded that Sato’s unstable mental state enabled the phenomenon, while Nagai recovered and found Eriko safe at the cafe.

• Sato summoned hundreds of Little Blacks through the Torrent Phenomenon, which devastated the SAT members before he escaped with Tanaka’s Little Black.
• Nagai, weakened by the flashbang and neurotoxin, escaped with his Little Black, while Bai Xing watched and tested how Magnetic Force enhanced his own Little Black.
• Bai Xing reasoned that Sato’s long-standing state between madness and calm let him trigger the Torrent Phenomenon, whereas Bai Xing’s peaceful mind prevented it.
• Nagai woke in a dump, reset his condition by killing himself, and contacted Tozaki Yuu, who directed him to Douya Jiake Cafe.
• Nagai saw Eriko talking and laughing with Shimomura Izumi through the cafe window, then went to the underground garage without entering.

After a month of training, Nagai Kei prepared to stop Tanaka Kouji’s team from assassinating the Prime Minister, while Bai Xing warned Takahashi Hitomi about her consolidation of power. A military force infiltrated the Takahashi Syndicate headquarters and advanced toward Bai Xing.

• Tozaki Yuu showed Nagai footage of Sato’s Torrent Phenomenon and urged him to undergo intensive training to improve his combat ability.
• A month later, Tanaka Kouji led Okuzan Masumi, Takahashi Ryota, and Utsumi Akihiko in a campaign of assassinations, with Prime Minister Abe Tetsuya as their next target.
• Tozaki Yuu brought the newly trained Nagai Kei to the Prime Minister’s Official Residence, where Nagai expected Sato might appear.
• At the Takahashi Syndicate headquarters, Bai Xing warned Takahashi Hitomi to know her limits after learning she had sidelined Iketani and seized control of the syndicate.
• Soldiers infiltrated the headquarters, secured the first floor, and rappelled onto the rooftop as Bai Xing sensed the operation targeting him.

Bai Xing discovered that the US Military had attacked the Takahashi Syndicate headquarters under orders to capture him, and he flew toward Yokota Base after killing the infiltrators. The base commander, Morteza Sherman, received word that the operation had been wiped out as radar sounded the alarm.

• US Military combat personnel stormed the Takahashi Syndicate headquarters, overwhelmed its guards, and advanced toward their target.
• Bai Xing emerged from the darkness, returned the soldiers’ gunfire with his powers, and read the dead captain Savas Carson’s memories to learn the US Military had been ordered to capture him.
• Bai Xing suspected the missing Sato had arranged the attack, while Sato watched the headquarters descend into chaos and declared he intended to drag Bai Xing into his game.
• Bai Xing used metal plates attached to his boots and magnetic acceleration to fly toward Yokota Base.
• At Yokota Base, Major General Morteza Sherman learned the operation had been wiped out and watched the base’s radar blare.

Bai Xing attacked Yokota Air Base with a Super Electromagnetic Cannon, destroying its Command Headquarters and warning the US Military not to provoke him again. At the Crisis Management Center, Nagai learned of the attack and suspected Sato, though Tozaki Yuu said the attacker’s identity was unconfirmed.

• Sherman ordered two F-16s to intercept an unidentified object, but Bai Xing seized control of the jets and brought them toward the base.
• Bai Xing repelled the base’s attack, fused its weapons and aircraft into a metal sphere, and fired a Super Electromagnetic Cannon at the Command Headquarters.
• The blast destroyed the Command Headquarters, killed or injured more than a thousand US Military personnel, and left the base crippled.
• Bai Xing warned the US Military that he would strike the White House if they provoked him again, then flew away.
• At the Crisis Management Center, Nagai learned of the attack and guessed that Sato was responsible, but Tozaki Yuu said they could not confirm the attacker’s identity.

Tozaki Yuu explained the political fallout from a third Second-Stage Ajin destroying Yokota Base, while Nagai revealed that Bai Xing had given him and Sato their Magnetic Force. Sato learned of Bai Xing’s attack and concluded that they were alike, leaving the US Military and Japan facing Bai Xing’s warning.

• Tozaki Yuu told Nagai that Bai Xing had destroyed Yokota Base, killing Major General Sherman and giving the US Military grounds to intervene.
• Nagai revealed that Bai Xing had first wielded Magnetic Force and later shared it with him and Sato.
• Tozaki Yuu realized that Bai Xing had entered the research institute during Sato’s rescue of Nagai.
• Nagai suspected that Sato had disclosed Bai Xing’s existence to the US Military, and Tozaki Yuu remained silent.
• Sato heard that Bai Xing had destroyed Yokota Base and laughed, declaring that they were the same kind of person.

After Sato assassinated Prime Minister Abe Tetsuya, he attacked the Crisis Management Center and threatened to kill Tozaki Yuu. Bai Xing ate two Electromagnetic Fruits before Nagai Kei confronted Sato, leaving them locked in a clash as Sato pressed on toward Tozaki.

• Tozaki Yuu learned that Sato had killed Prime Minister Abe Tetsuya, and Sato appeared on a video call to declare Tozaki his final target.
• Tozaki ordered every department to prepare for battle, while Nagai Kei promised to handle the outside threat.
• Bai Xing ate two Electromagnetic Fruits, raising his strength to two hundred and fifty thousand volts, then heard that Sato was attacking the Crisis Management Center.
• Bai Xing watched the center come under attack and said his conflict with Sato was not over.
• Nagai Kei descended to confront Sato, and the two exchanged powerful blows as Sato vowed to kill Tozaki Yuu.

Sato overwhelmed Nagai at the Crisis Management Center, revealed his history as a laboratory captive, and declared his plan to make Tokyo a city for Ajin. After Sato’s forces massacred the people in the Safe House, he brought Tozaki Yuu before Nagai as America announced its full intervention.

• Sato and Nagai fought hand to hand through the Crisis Management Center, destroying buildings and overwhelming everyone caught nearby.
• Sato told Nagai that he had spent twenty years imprisoned and exploited in a laboratory before someone gave him the name Sato.
• Nagai answered Sato’s questions with a punch, but Sato drew on his painful memories, increased his power, and summoned Torrent to suppress Nagai.
• Sato severed Nagai’s limbs and pinned him down with Little Black, then vowed to kill everyone present and make Tokyo a place only Ajin could inhabit.
• Little Black broke into the Safe House and killed the officials inside, including Shimomura Izumi, before dragging Tozaki Yuu out to face Sato and Nagai.
• Tozaki Yuu told Sato that America had announced its full intervention and warned that Sato would meet his own end.

Sato killed Tozaki Yuu in front of Nagai, and Shimomura Izumi arrived too late to save the man she loved. As she mourned him, her memories revealed how Tozaki had rescued her from a life of abuse and exploitation, and her grief triggered the Torrent Phenomenon.

• Sato crushed Tozaki Yuu's head, leaving Nagai horrified and grieving despite knowing Tozaki's crimes.
• Shimomura Izumi rushed from the collapsing Safe House and found Tozaki's headless corpse.
• Shimomura Izumi remembered her past as Tanaka Yoko, including her abusive home, suicide attempt, resurrection, and exploitation.
• Tozaki Yuu had explained that her mother killed her stepfather while trying to protect her, then offered to take her away.
• Shimomura Izumi recalled falling in love with Tozaki Yuu but never confessing her feelings.
• Shimomura Izumi wept over Tozaki's corpse as Little Blacks appeared around her and the Torrent Phenomenon began.

Bai Xing stopped Shimomura Izumi’s Torrent Phenomenon, planted a Fruit Core in her, and defeated Sato with his Rapid Bullet Fist. After the US Military attacked, Bai Xing blocked their weapons and decided to use their firepower to develop new techniques for his Military Dao Killing Fist.

• Bai Xing knocked Shimomura Izumi unconscious and planted a Fruit Core in her soul, ending the Torrent Phenomenon.
• Sato challenged Bai Xing and reached 170,000 volts, while the growing Fruit Core absorbed his power.
• Bai Xing killed Sato with five punches from his 250,000 Volt Rapid Bullet Fist.
• The US Military surrounded the ruins and attacked Bai Xing, who blocked their bullets and missiles with a magnetic field barrier.
• Bai Xing decided to study the Americans’ weapons and named his new martial arts style Military Dao Killing Fist.

Bai Xing used the US Military’s bombardment to study Magnetic Force while Sato regenerated and tested a new self-sacrificing fighting technique. Nagai Kei broke through to 120,000 Volts, but Bai Xing knocked him aside as he continued his fight with Sato.

• Sato regenerated after Bai Xing’s attack, recognized the special quality of Bai Xing’s punches, and heard Bai Xing explain that Magnetic Force could be used through martial arts.
• Bai Xing maintained a force-field shield against the US Military’s artillery while studying the explosions, as the bombardment and ensuing panic plunged Tokyo into chaos.
• Sato stayed to test his own insights and attacked Bai Xing with his newly created Desperate Self-Sacrifice Fist, but Bai Xing repeatedly pierced him with Rapid Bullet Fists.
• Sato destroyed his own head to regenerate and reset his injuries, while Nagai Kei reached 120,000 Volts after the electric currents helped him regrow his limbs.
• Nagai attacked Sato, but Bai Xing struck him first and broke his body in two.