Chapter Summaries

Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami shared a quiet conversation in Venice before agreeing to travel to London with Ripper. After completing a quest tied to Red Light, Ji Minghuan prepared to stop Sodalitas Salvifica from taking Red Light while keeping Black Cocoon hidden.

• Xia Pingzhou returned to the room, declined Bloodline's invitation to drink, and joined Ayase Origami by the window.
• Ayase Origami showed Xia Pingzhou a childhood photograph and told him she imagined herself as an observer when her father yelled at her.
• Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami discussed their emotional detachment, and she said he seemed to have a child living inside him.
• Xia Pingzhou suggested traveling to London, and Ayase Origami agreed to go with him and Ripper rather than Bloodline.
• Xia Pingzhou checked his quest rewards, raised Chess Player's Speed to B++, and saw the updated objective to stop Sodalitas Salvifica from taking Red Light.
• Ji Minghuan decided not to bring White Greedy Wolf and resolved to keep Black Cocoon out of Sodalitas Salvifica's sight during the London operation.

Cesar questioned Yagubalu about Ikahr’s death, the stolen Anecdote Fragments, and the plot against the king, then wagered that his brothers would send assassins despite his attempt to leave the Whale Garden Box. At the Summer Festival’s Royal Court Team exhibition, Cesar asked Queen Kali Lena to let him fight his Second Older Brother afterward.

• Cesar confronted Yagubalu about the missing Anecdote Fragments and learned that his brothers had worked with Bernardo Edward to poison the king.
• Cesar told Yagubalu he had sent his brothers a letter announcing his plan to leave, and Yagubalu wagered that they would send assassins that night.
• Cesar explained that Li Qingping’s Undying Bird could advance from a Popular-Grade Anecdote to an Epoch-Grade Anecdote Fragment.
• Cesar rode the Christmas Sleigh to Central Island for the Summer Festival, where Kali Lena released the Ancient Roman Colosseum for the exhibition match.
• Lorenzo and Cosimo arrived with the Royal Court Team, and Li Qingping brought the team into the Colosseum on the Undying Bird.
• Cesar asked Kali Lena if he could have an exhibition match with Cosimo after the Royal Court Team’s match.

The Royal Court Team performed spectacular exhibition matches at the Summer Celebration, while Cesar asked Cosimo for a match after confronting his brothers about ignoring his letters and Ikahr’s execution. The chapter ended with Cosimo agreeing to fight Cesar.

• Kali Lena discussed Cesar’s request to fight Cosimo, then the Royal Court Team began its exhibition matches.
• Li Qingping and Ruth clashed their Era-Grade Anecdotes, followed by matches between Kuki Soya and Ryan, and Louis and Di Rejie.
• Ke Aojiena’s Bermuda Triangle was revealed as unsuitable for public display, while Yagubalu learned that the Legendary Whale would dock in Bergen, Norway.
• Cesar asked Cosimo whether he had received his letter and challenged him over Ikahr’s execution; Cosimo and Lorenzo said they had not received it.
• Cesar challenged Cosimo to an exhibition match, and Cosimo agreed after Lorenzo encouraged him.

Cesar challenged Cosimo to a demonstration match at the Colosseum and revealed that his Christmas Sleigh was far more powerful than anyone expected. After Cesar defeated Cosimo, he turned his attention toward Lorenzo, leaving the royal family’s conflict poised to continue.

• Yagubalu decided not to discourage Cesar from challenging Cosimo, trusting in the potential of Blackened Elementary Schoolers.
• Cosimo announced the demonstration match, and Cesar warned that he would not hesitate to kill a brother who threatened him.
• Cesar and Cosimo summoned their Anecdote Fragments, and Cosimo sent his Three-Headed Dog and Eight-Prism against Cesar.
• Cesar unleashed a colossal snow serpent from the Christmas Sleigh, overwhelming Cosimo’s attacks until Louis intervened with the Tower of Babel.
• Cesar approached the fallen Cosimo, reminded him of Ikahr’s death, then rode back toward the royal viewing stand and met Lorenzo’s gaze.

After defeating Cosimo, Cesar returned to the Floating Castle and made a wager with Yagubalu about whether assassins would come for him. When the assassins attacked that night, Yagubalu revealed his true form and stopped them, leaving one alive for Cesar to question.

• Cesar defeated Cosimo in the exhibition match, then told Kali Lena and Lorenzo he was leaving to rest.
• Yagubalu considered Cesar a remarkable talent, while Li Qingping recalled teaching him the Christmas Sleigh technique.
• Cesar asked Yagubalu to travel the world with him if Yagubalu lost their bet about whether someone would try to kill him.
• Assassins attacked Cesar in his bedroom, but Yagubalu shielded him with black water and killed seven of them.
• Cesar asked Yagubalu to spare the final assassin, then held a dagger to the man's throat and demanded to know who had sent him.

After learning that Queen Kali Lena had sent the assassins, Cesar grieved over his family's betrayal and agreed to join Yagubalu in taking revenge. Yagubalu said the White Crow Troupe would arrive on August 1, when the Legendary Whale landed, and Cesar vowed to burn the world clean with it.

• Cesar learned from the captured assassin that Queen Kali Lena had sent him, then ordered Yagubalu to kill him after he revealed his Anecdote Fragments.
• The assassin tried to attack Yagubalu with a fireball, but Yagubalu swallowed it; the assassin then killed himself, and Yagubalu disposed of the bodies and cleaned the room.
• Cesar broke down over his mother's and brothers' betrayal, while Yagubalu suggested his mother might have poisoned the King and warned that the Royal Court Team was also against him.
• Yagubalu told Cesar that the King was unlikely to survive and that his enemies would act by August 1, then proposed they join forces and destroy the country.
• Yagubalu promised the White Crow Troupe would arrive on August 1, and Cesar agreed to trust Yagubalu and burn the world clean together.

Gu Qiye told Su Zimai that he knew about Exorcists, but she mistakenly accused him of being Black Cocoon and became furious over his supposed deception. After joking that the Old Man might be Black Cocoon, Gu Qiye revealed his own identity as Blue Arc.

• Su Zimai told Gu Qiye and Gu Wenyu that she would leave home for a while, and Gu Qiye suspected her trip involved Exorcists.
• Gu Qiye revealed that he knew about Exorcists and described Ke Qirui's Heavenly Drive, leaving Su Zimai stunned.
• Su Zimai mistook Gu Qiye for Black Cocoon and demanded an explanation, while Gu Wenyu secretly eavesdropped upstairs.
• Gu Qiye joked that the Old Man might be Black Cocoon, briefly convincing Su Zimai before he admitted he was unsure.
• Gu Qiye turned off the lights, summoned blue electric arcs across his fingers, and revealed that he was Blue Arc.

Su Zimai learned that Gu Qiye was Blue Arc and broke down as she realized how much he had secretly endured to protect their family. Their emotional reunion was interrupted when Black Cocoon delivered a baby diaper ordered under Su Zimai’s old alias, leaving Gu Qiye convinced she might be pregnant.

• Gu Qiye revealed that he was Blue Arc, and Su Zimai remembered his past injuries and understood how hard he had worked to protect the family.
• Su Zimai recalled Gu Qiye promising to rest more before her birthday, then remembered how he and Gu Wenyu had surprised her with a cake and a paper flower crown.
• Su Zimai cried against Gu Qiye and called him an idiot, while he reassured her that he would always help when she needed him.
• Ji Minghuan sent his Restraint Belt Avatar to deliver a parcel addressed to Su Zimai under her alias, Ke Zinan.
• Black Cocoon gave Su Zimai a Baby Bus infant diaper, and Gu Qiye mistakenly concluded that she might be pregnant before demanding to know who was responsible.

Black Cocoon embarrassed Su Zimai by bringing her diapers after she wet herself at the auction, while Gu Qiye tried to keep the incident from Gu Wenyu. Later, Ji Minghuan went to sleep and synchronized with Unit 3, where Yagubalu watched over Cesar and decided Cesar’s mother was the culprit he needed to deal with.

• Black Cocoon presented Su Zimai with Baby Bus diapers and teased her about wetting herself at the auction, while Gu Qiye misunderstood why he had brought them.
• Su Zimai attacked Black Cocoon with fireballs and threatened to use her Execution Wardrobe, but he left when Gu Wenyu came downstairs.
• Ji Minghuan asked about the diaper, and Gu Qiye claimed it was a gift for a friend’s baby before taking his siblings out for a late-night meal.
• Ji Minghuan returned home and synchronized with Unit 3 to check on the situation in Venice, then went to sleep.
• Yagubalu watched Cesar sleep and decided that Cesar’s mother was the true culprit before falling asleep himself.

Xia Pingzhou prepared to travel to London with Ayase Origami and met Tong Zizhu, the Troupe’s new No. 4, at a bar. Tong Zizhu explained that she had joined under the alias Su Ying to search for her lifesaver, while Xia Pingzhou privately recognized that the people his companions were seeking were connected to him.

• Ayase Origami woke Xia Pingzhou and asked when they would leave for London, and he said they would travel the next day.
• Xia Pingzhou learned from Hacker that the new No. 4 was Tong Zizhu, who was also Black Cocoon’s mother, and decided to ask her about their connection.
• Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami went to a bar, where Ripper revealed that she had advanced to Tier Three and challenged Xia Pingzhou to face her after he grew stronger.
• Tong Zizhu arrived, and Xia Pingzhou startled her by calling her “Mom” before explaining that he had heard Black Cocoon call her that.
• Tong Zizhu introduced herself as Su Ying, confirmed her True Name was Tong Zizhu, and said she had joined the Troupe to find her lifesaver, whose name was Su Ying.
• Xia Pingzhou privately realized that the people his companions were searching for were all connected to him.

In Venice, Xia Pingzhou prepared for the coming mission and withheld his True Name when Ayase Origami asked, while secretly synchronizing with Yagubalu in the Whale Garden Box. There, Cesar decided to rely on Li Qingping, who resigned from the Royal Court Team to stay by his side, and introduced him to Yagubalu.

• Xia Pingzhou invited Ripper to travel to London with him, where he planned to pursue the operation involving Red Light while keeping Black Cocoon hidden from Sodalitas Salvifica.
• Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami strolled through Venice, and he promised to reveal his True Name another time when she asked.
• After midnight on July 25, Xia Pingzhou synchronized with Unit 3 and awoke as Yagubalu in the Whale Garden Box.
• Cesar explained that he was immune to poison because of a royal blessing and said he wanted Li Qingping by his side before August 1.
• Li Qingping visited Cesar, revealed that he had resigned from the Royal Court Team, and vowed to remain with him as a friend.
• Cesar pointed out Yagubalu inside the Crystal Ball and introduced the Nobe Shark to Li Qingping.

Cesar and Li Qingping visited the king, where Cesar asked Kali Lena to let them leave the Box Garden together on August 1. On their return, Li Qingping fed Yagubalu Anecdote Fragments, making the shark grow stronger and larger.

• Li Qingping learned that Yagubalu could speak Chinese and had been insulting him, while Cesar explained that the shark had protected him from assassination attempts.
• Cesar and Li Qingping went to the Royal Palace to see the king, who lay gravely ill behind a barrier created by the White King Scepter.
• Cesar told the king he would survive and live freely, then asked Kali Lena to help Li Qingping and him leave the Box Garden together on August 1.
• Kali Lena questioned Li Qingping about leaving the Royal Court Team, but said nothing about helping them before they departed.
• Yagubalu demanded a Friendship Fee, and Li Qingping fed him Anecdote Fragments that increased his size from 124.5 to 147 meters.

Cesar began intensive Lore Power training with Li Qingping while Black Cocoon prepared to meet Urushi Haramichi. The chapter ended as Black Cocoon showed the Troupe Leader a drawing of a red whale facing a colossal blue shark and warned that his information was important.

• Cesar asked Li Qingping to teach him Lore Power, and they began training so he could advance to Rank C.
• Gu Wenyu used the Restraint Band to overhear Su Zimai and Gu Qiye agree to keep their affairs secret from him and Old Man.
• Su Zimai told Gu Qiye that Black Cocoon had revealed he was Blue Arc, and the siblings agreed to uncover Black Cocoon’s background.
• Gu Wenyu decided to discuss important matters with the Troupe Leader because Cesar and Li Qingping’s escape might depend on it.
• Black Cocoon met Urushi Haramichi on a rooftop and presented him with a drawing of a red whale threatened by a giant blue shark.

Black Cocoon offered Urushi Haramichi a way to invade the Whale Garden Box by joining forces with his collaborators, Yagubalu and Third Prince Cesar. He revealed the Legendary Whale’s next landing location and used news about Urushihara Ruri to secure Urushi’s cooperation.

• Black Cocoon explained that Yagubalu, an Eternal Abyss Shark disguised as a Nobe Shark, had entered the Whale Garden Box and planned to devour the Legendary Whale.
• Black Cocoon revealed that he was collaborating with Yagubalu and Third Prince Cesar, whose escape plans could align with the White Crow Troupe’s raid on the Royal Court treasury.
• Black Cocoon offered Urushi Haramichi an alliance against the Royal Court Team and disclosed that the Legendary Whale would land in Bergen, Norway, on August 1.
• Urushi Haramichi discovered that Black Cocoon had met him through a clone, while Black Cocoon warned him not to endanger his collaborators.
• Black Cocoon told Urushi Haramichi that Urushihara Ruri was still alive and promised further news if Urushi kept the collaborators safe before disappearing.

Xia Pingzhou traveled to London with Ayase Origami and Jack the Ripper while worrying about encountering Kong Youling and approaching Red Light without raising suspicion. Meanwhile, Ji Minghuan learned he would be sent to London on a mission and met Mario.

• Gu Wenyu learned that his Restraint Belt Avatar had died and decided to travel to London to race Sodalitas Salvifica for Red Light.
• Xia Pingzhou, Ayase Origami, and Jack the Ripper boarded a flight from Venice to London, where Xia Pingzhou worried about seeing Kong Youling and finding a way to approach Red Light.
• Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami talked during the flight, and he fell asleep with his head on her shoulder.
• Instructor told Ji Minghuan that he would be sent to London on a mission and introduced him to Mario, whose Heavenly Drive was a Game Console.
• Ji Minghuan greeted Mario by asking whether he had paid Nintendo licensing fees to use that name.

Ji Minghuan met Mario, learned how his Heavenly Drive had awakened, and was told they would travel to London together on a mission. Sun Changkong, Filio, and Kong Youling joined them in the Imprisonment Room, where Ji Minghuan tried to rally the group with a slogan before their trip.

• Ji Minghuan and Mario traded jokes in the Imprisonment Room, and Mario explained that his Heavenly Drive had pulled classmates into a shooting game after they bullied him.
• The Instructor announced that Mario would accompany Ji Minghuan to London for a walk and a mission.
• Sun Changkong, Filio, and Kong Youling entered, and Ji Minghuan introduced Mario to them.
• Mario mocked Sun Changkong and called the group a zoo, but Filio and Ji Minghuan calmed Sun Changkong before the children gathered to watch a movie.
• Ji Minghuan proposed the slogan “Blackened Elementary Schoolers, Assemble!” and Kong Youling answered with a drawing of a penguin and “Goo Goo Ga Ga?”

Ji Minghuan’s group prepared to travel to London, while Ji Minghuan resisted a sedative and shifted his awareness to Xia Pingzhou in London. Gu Wenyu then left to meet Ke Qirui, with Su Zimai also preparing to head out.

• Ji Minghuan asked the children about the sixth child’s Mythic-Grade Anecdote, and Mario recalled that it came from Greek mythology.
• Instructor sent the children to rest before their London trip, and Ji Minghuan felt a sedative take effect before splitting his mind across his game bodies.
• Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami arrived in London with Jack the Ripper, and Ji Minghuan synchronized his consciousness with Unit 1.
• Gu Wenyu read Ke Qirui’s message arranging a meeting at an abandoned train station before traveling to London.
• Gu Wenyu saw Su Zimai change into a black suit and Human-Face Mask, then dressed as Black Cocoon and slipped out into the night.

Su Zimai met Black Cocoon at an abandoned train station before the Red Light Operation, where he warned her of hidden dangers and urged her to consider how her choices affected her family. As an enormous dark-red machine burst from the tunnel, the operation began.

• Black Cocoon followed Su Zimai to the abandoned station in the Ruins, where she confronted him about his pursuit and learned that Gu Qiye was Blue Arc.
• Black Cocoon explained that he had joined the operation through Chess Player and warned Su Zimai that the mission involved a dangerous variable he could not reveal.
• Su Zimai asked whether her Second Older Brother was a superpowered person, and Black Cocoon assured her that Gu Wenyu was an ordinary person.
• Black Cocoon told Su Zimai that Gu Wenyu cared deeply about her and described how her determination to pursue danger had hurt and worried her family.
• Black Cocoon revealed that Gu Wenyu had asked him to give Su Zimai diapers as a warning, and she angrily snapped at him.
• Su Zimai and Black Cocoon turned toward the tunnel as a searchlight appeared and a huge dark-red machine roared onto the station platform.

Black Cocoon boarded the Ghost Train Troupe’s Train Demon to discuss the operation to capture Red Light. He warned Ke Qirui that a Calamity Grade opponent would definitely interfere and secured her agreement to suspend the operation if he called for a stop.

• The Train Demon arrived at Platform 7, where Ke Qirui invited Black Cocoon aboard to discuss the next day’s operation and ask about Xia Pingzhou.
• Black Cocoon met Xu Sanyan and Lin Zhengquan aboard the train, and Ke Qirui revealed that Lin Zhengquan had advanced to the Third Order.
• As the Train Demon traveled through its Space-Time Tunnel, Black Cocoon warned that the operation against Red Light would face an opponent more troublesome than the White Crow Troupe.
• Black Cocoon required the Ghost Train Troupe to retreat temporarily if he called for a stop, and Ke Qirui agreed.
• Black Cocoon began discussing how the group would capture Red Light.

Black Cocoon and Ke Qirui discussed their plan to capture Red Light in London before a dangerous organization could reach him, while Black Cocoon revealed that Chess Player might also appear. After learning that Black Cocoon had saved her brother Blue Arc, Su Zimai made peace with him as the Train Demon neared London.

• Ke Qirui explained that Red Light was expected to target Yan Gui at an Underground Bar in Westminster on July 26, and Black Cocoon agreed to help find and capture him.
• Su Zimai described Red Light’s streetlamp Heavenly Drive, and Black Cocoon said Chess Player might come to London with one or two White Crow Troupe members.
• After the others left, Su Zimai borrowed Black Cocoon’s manga and told him she had not revealed to the Ghost Train Troupe that Blue Arc was her brother.
• Su Zimai thanked Black Cocoon for saving Blue Arc and learned that her brother had been badly wounded after fighting Ghost Bell before confronting Green Wing.
• Su Zimai promised to help Black Cocoon and cleverly got him to promise to stop teasing her about diapers, then returned the manga and went to sleep.
• Black Cocoon watched Su Zimai leave and privately hoped she would survive long enough for him to fake his death in front of her.