Chapter Summaries

Misaka Mikoto and Jiang Rui fought around the laboratory, where Jiang Rui revealed her magic and pursued Misaka inside after Mikoto broke through the building. Elsewhere in Russia, Jiang Rui’s group confronted Newborn Light as its members tried to escape a burning shopping center.

• Misaka Mikoto escaped Jiang Rui’s blood cage and pinned her with seven iron-sand pillars, but Jiang Rui used an electromagnetic field to break free after Mikoto entered the laboratory.
• Jiang Rui went down an elevator toward Building No. 1, expecting Misaka Mikoto to have to come there if she wanted to destroy the facility.
• Leisha and the other members of Newborn Light withdrew from the burning shopping center as Russian Orthodox Church forces surrounded it.
• Jiang Rui and her companions identified the four fleeing girls as Newborn Light, and Jiang Rui explained the group’s Spirit Gear and the transfer ability of their Great Ship’s Chest.

Jiang Rui tracked Misaka Mikoto to a research institute and attacked her while she searched for the experiment’s records. After overpowering her, he used his control over her blood to leave her weakened and close to collapsing.

• Jiang Rui detected Misaka Mikoto in the dark institute, transformed, and blasted through the building toward her location.
• Misaka Mikoto tried to search for the data and experimental area, but Jiang Rui broke through a wall and confronted her.
• Misaka Mikoto trapped Jiang Rui in an electric net and attacked, but he resisted the electricity and hurled her into the ceiling and floor.
• Jiang Rui punched through Misaka Mikoto’s abdomen, and she rose again with electricity surging around her.
• Jiang Rui revealed that he could control blood after touching it and drew blood from Misaka Mikoto into a large sphere, leaving her weakened.

Jiang Rui and his group intervened as Asta’s team cornered Newborn Light in Russia, and Jiang Rui stopped Asta’s Water Dragons with an unexplained power. After Joel recognized Jiang Rui as the Tyrant and withdrew with his allies, Jiang Rui offered to escort the injured English team out of Russia.

• Bepero ordered Leisha to break through and escape with the Great Ship's Chest and their intelligence while Lancis and Prolis struggled against Asta’s team.
• Asta overwhelmed Lancis with water attacks, and Joel’s six laser guns blasted Prolis as the attackers closed off the escape routes.
• Jiang Rui, Frenda, Nine Tails, and Saten Ruiko appeared, and Jiang Rui froze Asta’s four Water Dragons before they collapsed into water.
• Joel recognized Saten Ruiko and Kinuhata Saiai and identified Jiang Rui as the Tyrant, then chose to leave with his allies rather than fight.
• Jiang Rui told Asta to fight Saten Ruiko and assigned Frenda and Kinuhata Saiai to support her, while Joel’s team abandoned Asta and retreated.
• Jiang Rui denied Joel’s claim that he had slain Kanzaki Kaori and told Leisha that he had come to escort Newborn Light out of Russia.

Jiang Rui healed the badly burned Newborn Light members and waited for his disciples to return, while his Academy City Avatar fought Misaka Mikoto. Misaka’s Railgun pierced his chest, but Jiang Rui regenerated and revealed that vampires were forsaken by Death.

• Jiang Rui learned that outsiders feared his connection to the R'lyeh faction and asked Leisha to explain what people thought of it.
• Nine Tails warned the injured Newborn Light members to show Jiang Rui respect, then went to watch over Ruiko Saten and her companions.
• Jiang Rui used Holy Healing to restore Prolis and Lancis, then said they would wait for his companions before leaving.
• In Academy City, Misaka Mikoto used Railgun to pierce Jiang Rui’s chest, reducing his health to sixty-three percent.
• Jiang Rui regenerated the wound and told the horrified Misaka that vampires were forsaken by Death.

Jiang Rui overwhelmed Misaka Mikoto with blood magic after she unleashed a massive lightning attack, then tried to break her resolve with a point-blank Blood Magic Orb. Great Sage froze the blast before it could hit her, leaving Jiang Rui stunned and Misaka alive beneath a flower of blood-red ice.

• Misaka Mikoto fired a double Railgun at Jiang Rui, who turned into blood and rushed toward her.
• Misaka Mikoto unleashed lightning across the research facility, but Jiang Rui re-formed unharmed.
• Jiang Rui and Great Sage discussed how he was taking Kamijou Touma's allies and whether he could replace Touma as the Kamijo Faction's center.
• Jiang Rui restrained Misaka Mikoto with blood, lifted her by the throat, and used the pulsing Blood Magic Orb to heighten her fear.
• Jiang Rui detonated the Blood Magic Orb at point-blank range, but Great Sage froze the blast into a flower of blood-red ice before it reached Misaka Mikoto.

Jiang Rui rescued Misaka Mikoto from Lilith, healed her enough to survive, and carried her away after she thanked him and fell asleep. Meanwhile, he learned that Kinuhata Saiai, Frenda, and Saten Ruiko had captured Asta but were trapped in a shopping center amid detection spells.

• Great Sage briefly halted the Blood Magic Orb with an imperfect space-freezing ability, and Jiang Rui returned to his Rimuru Avatar while carrying Misaka Mikoto.
• Lilith withdrew her blood manipulation and healed Misaka Mikoto after Jiang Rui agreed to take responsibility for saving her.
• Jiang Rui took Misaka Mikoto toward Heaven Canceler, and she thanked him before falling asleep on his back.
• Jiang Rui found Kinuhata Saiai, Frenda, and Saten Ruiko with the captured Asta, then learned their pursuit had gone badly.
• Nine Tails told Jiang Rui that detection spells blocked the evacuation routes, making discovery nearly inevitable if they left the shopping center.

Jiang Rui’s group prepared to counterattack instead of teleporting back, and he ordered Saten Ruiko to kill their captive, Asta, to overcome her hesitation. As enemy squads approached, Jiang Rui and Nine Tails ambushed one group, while Ruiko finally began casting a spell at Asta.

• Jiang Rui learned that Nine Tails could teleport the group safely, but he and Nine Tails decided not to abandon the points or their counterattack.
• Jiang Rui rejected Belov’s objections, then gagged Asta and told Saten Ruiko to kill him.
• Ruiko hesitated, while Leisha and Frenda tried to support or shield her; Leisha offered Ruiko her weapon, but Ruiko refused it.
• Jiang Rui and Nine Tails silently killed the enemy squad that entered the supermarket.
• Jiang Rui warned Ruiko that her hesitation could endanger her teammates, and Ruiko apologized to Asta before closing her eyes and beginning to chant a spell.

Saten Ruiko began casting the Azure Ritual as enemy magicians converged on the group. The spell went berserk and destroyed the attackers, while Jiang Rui’s Divine Barrier protected his allies.

• Prolis recognized Saten Ruiko’s chant as the Azure Ritual, and Jiang Rui explained that its wind element made it a powerful artillery spell.
• As the enemy team broke through the passage doors, Leisha steadied Saten Ruiko and Jiang Rui ordered the others to protect her while she completed the spell.
• The bearded magician attacked Jiang Rui with fire, but Jiang Rui countered his spells before the man’s judgment magic burned away much of Jiang Rui’s health.
• Nine Tails shot the bearded magician through the forehead while the other attackers pressed toward Saten Ruiko.
• Saten Ruiko completed the Azure Ritual, but the formula went berserk and swept through the entrance, turning the attackers and Asta into dust and blood mist.
• Jiang Rui raised a Divine Barrier to protect the group from Saten Ruiko’s indiscriminate attack.

Saten Ruiko's failed Azure Ritual and Jiang Rui's mass casting of Azure Rituals devastated the shopping mall, leaving the surviving mages shaken as Jiang Rui prepared to confront the forces outside. He then brought the injured Misaka Mikoto to Heaven Canceler, where he asked the doctor to study Vampire Slayer's blood because its influence on him troubled him.

• Saten Ruiko accidentally triggered Azure Rend Ritual, and Jiang Rui explained that it could have killed her without his protection.
• Jiang Rui simultaneously cast more than twenty Azure Rituals, wiping out the squads inside the supermarket and destroying the shopping mall building.
• Jiang Rui withdrew the hurricane after learning that four Transcendents were protected from harm, then urged his companions to help face the remaining mages outside.
• Jiang Rui carried the sleeping Misaka Mikoto to Heaven Canceler's office and had her injuries treated while arranging for her to stay in the hospital.
• Jiang Rui gave Heaven Canceler Vampire Slayer's blood and asked him to study its influence on him.

Jiang Rui learned that Accelerator had rescued an injured Misaka Sister, then joined his companions in a battle-filled advance through Russia as Magic Societies fought over the Great Ship's Chest. The group paused near a bridge, where Saten Ruiko emerged as a capable battlefield commander, and Jiang Rui focused on the Russian Orthodox Church's Judgment Division and its core members.

• Heaven Canceler told Jiang Rui that an injured Misaka Sister had been left outside his office, and Jiang Rui guessed that Accelerator had saved her.
• Heaven Canceler wondered whether Jiang Rui was part of Aleister's plans as he left the office, while Jiang Rui stayed beside the sleeping Misaka Mikoto.
• Jiang Rui's group fought its way through Russia, where Magic Societies and other forces clashed amid widespread chaos over the Great Ship's Chest.
• Saten Ruiko coordinated the group's fighting and demonstrated strong battlefield instincts, prompting Jiang Rui to recognize her potential as a commander.
• At a bridge, the exhausted group discussed traveling to England and learned that the Russian Orthodox Church's Judgment Division was involved in pursuing them.

Jiang Rui’s group identified Vasilisa as the Russian Orthodox Church’s Cannibal Witch and used satellite surveillance to locate her. Meanwhile, Misaka Mikoto woke in the hospital beside Misaka 09763, and Jiang Rui arrived with breakfast.

• Belov and Leisha named Bishop Nikolai Tolstoy as a powerful Russian Orthodox Church leader, while Jiang Rui’s group spotted ogres and an old woman’s presence in the river.
• Jiang Rui froze the river and learned from Leisha and Prolis that Vasilisa, commander of the Annihilation White Book, used a Witchcraft Ritual tied to the Cannibal Witch legend.
• Jiang Rui and Nine Tails used satellite access to search for suspicious people and located a blonde woman in a red nun’s habit at a church.
• Misaka Mikoto woke in the hospital and spoke with Misaka 09763, who said she had come to visit the sister rescued the previous night.
• Jiang Rui interrupted them, reminded Misaka 09763 to stay in the ward, checked Misaka Mikoto’s temperature, and offered them steamed buns and Gekota.

Jiang Rui explained the Misaka Sisters’ condition to Misaka Mikoto and promised to help her save them legally, while she agreed to seek out Tsuzuri Tesuji. On the Russian battlefield, Jiang Rui’s group fought through the Cannibal Witch’s ogres until they confronted Vasilisa and another nun.

• Jiang Rui told Misaka Mikoto that Tsuzuri Tesuji might help solve the Sisters’ mental problems and that Academy City could care for them if the Absolute Power Project were stopped legally.
• Jiang Rui promised to stand with Misaka Mikoto, and she agreed to stop destroying laboratories and decided to visit Tsuzuri Tesuji that night.
• Jiang Rui’s group fought the Cannibal Witch’s ogres in Russia, freezing their attackers while the witch repeatedly emerged from the shadows.
• Jiang Rui cast the Hiding in Mist Technique, used Great Sage to let the magicians share perception, and kept Kinuhata Saiai and Frenda close as the mist obscured their enemies.
• Vasilisa dispersed the mist with a gust of wind, and Jiang Rui confronted her as a red-robed nun approached from behind.

Jiang Rui and Newborn Light fought Vasilisa’s Cannibal Witches, but Vasilisa survived a coordinated ambush through accelerated regeneration. After she propositioned the group and mistook Jiang Rui for a girl, he protected Belov and Prolis and decided to kill her.

• Vasilisa’s Cannibal Witches attacked Jiang Rui’s group, but Jiang Rui froze one and judged that destroying the church or killing Vasilisa could break the ritual.
• Leisha, Lancis, and Prolis coordinated an ambush that blasted apart half of Vasilisa’s body, but Vasilisa regenerated and appeared in witch form behind Lancis.
• Jiang Rui rescued Leisha and Lancis with water tentacles and a water dragon while Vasilisa’s forces pressed the others.
• Vasilisa invited the group to submit to her, then became excited after discovering Jiang Rui was a boy.
• Jiang Rui shielded Belov and Prolis with barriers and declared that he had decided to kill Vasilisa.

Jiang Rui unleashed Demon Lord's Edict, stripping Vasilisa's control over her monster army and turning the witches and ogres against her forces. Vasilisa retreated to the church, where Jiang Rui had already arrived and prepared to attack her.

• Vasilisa taunted Jiang Rui and claimed her ritual made her forces impossible to defeat, so Jiang Rui activated Demon Lord's Edict with Lilith's Primordial Aura.
• Jiang Rui's aura overwhelmed those nearby, and his command caused the Cannibal Witches and ogres to submit to him.
• Jiang Rui ordered the witches and ogres to attack Vasilisa's followers, forcing Vasilisa to retreat toward the church.
• Jiang Rui and Nine Tails reached the church roof ahead of Vasilisa while the others rested and tended to their wounds.
• Vasilisa accused Jiang Rui of provoking conflict between their countries, and Jiang Rui told his forces to kill her group.

Jiang Rui overwhelmed Vasilisa’s forces as she chose to destroy the church and stand with her subordinates, but the arrival of Sasha Kroyzeff and the superhuman Wordless interrupted the fight. Wordless claimed that the newcomers and Jiang Rui were family, leaving their allegiance and the confrontation unresolved.

• Vasilisa chose to destroy the church rather than abandon the Annihilation White Book unit, and two nuns defended her from Jiang Rui’s blizzard.
• Vasilisa destroyed the church after hearing a nun invoke Sasha, and the Cannibal Witches and Cannibals vanished.
• Jiang Rui froze the ground and prepared to use Atomic Collapse against the remaining nuns, while Frenda and Kinuhata Saiai recognized the ability.
• Sasha Kroyzeff and armored superhumans arrived, and their arrival restored the temperature to normal.
• Jiang Rui recognized Sasha and confronted her, while Wordless emerged from his armor and claimed that he and Jiang Rui were family.

Jiang Rui negotiated with Wordless to spare Vasilisa and the rest of Annihilation White Book in exchange for her help hunting Nicholas. After learning about R'lyeh rankings and contracts for bringing willing natives into the Extraordinary Space, Jiang Rui turned to the private matter he had kept Wordless behind to discuss.

• Wordless revealed that he needed Vasilisa to help him hunt Nicholas, the current bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, and admitted he had considered killing Annihilation White Book for points.
• Jiang Rui accepted Wordless's proposal and let Vasilisa and the other injured members leave, after confirming that Wordless ranked fifth in the R'lyeh faction and that Nine Tails ranked second behind Like a Dream.
• Wordless explained that R'lyeh members could not harm one another and said Like a Dream ranked first, while signaling his support for Nine Tails.
• Jiang Rui privately asked what Wordless intended to do with Sasha Kroyzeff, and Wordless explained that bringing a native into the Extraordinary Space required consent, loyalty, a costly R'lyeh Contract, and an original world under the Paradise's control.
• Nine Tails explained the difference between original worlds and copied trial worlds, and Jiang Rui began thinking about Saten Ruiko before changing the subject to his real reason for keeping Wordless behind.

Jiang Rui warned Wordless about the dangers of his plans for Sasha Kroyzeff and Russia, then prepared to take Newborn Light back to England before dawn. The group began a four-hour street race between two magically enhanced sports cars, with Leisha’s team already cheating to gain speed.

• Jiang Rui warned Wordless that other transcendents might target Sasha Kroyzeff and that Aleister could exploit their connection, while Wordless vowed to kill anyone who threatened her.
• Wordless said he planned to test whether triggering World War III would earn him rewards, and Jiang Rui cautioned him against provoking Russia’s Magic Gods before leaving him to proceed.
• Jiang Rui brought Saten Ruiko and the four members of Newborn Light toward England, explaining that Russian factions would leave them alone only until dawn.
• Jiang Rui conjured two sports cars and agreed with Leisha to wager future help against intelligence and assistance, while claiming the race would not use magic.
• Nine Tails started the race, and Leisha’s team secretly used a magic circle to accelerate while Lancis and Bepero voiced concerns about cheating.

Jiang Rui stayed with Misaka Mikoto in the hospital, then shifted his attention to the race between his group and Newborn Light in Russia. After learning that Tsuzuri Tesuji was involved with Mikoto, he entered the coffee shop where she had gone to meet someone, aware that Aleister wanted her recovered rather than eliminated.

• Jiang Rui agreed to take Misaka Mikoto home after Heaven Canceler examined her, and sent a familiar to protect her when she left the hospital.
• Leisha, Prolis, and Bepero discussed their lead in the race, while Kinuhata Saiai and Frenda struggled to keep up with them along the forest route.
• Jiang Rui told Kinuhata Saiai and Frenda to use their esper powers to force a direct route through obstacles, while Nine Tails slept through the ride.
• Misaka Mikoto called Shirai Kuroko to reassure her, then secretly headed toward a coffee shop, prompting Jiang Rui to follow her.
• Jiang Rui received Aleister's message that Tsuzuri Tesuji was recoverable, noticed signs of Stance Control nearby, and entered the coffee shop.

Misaka Mikoto sought Tsuzuri Tesuji’s help to save the Misaka Sisters, while Jiang Rui intervened under orders to retrieve Tsuzuri. He let Tsuzuri go for Mikoto’s sake, then confronted her about misleading Mikoto over how the experiment could be stopped.

• Misaka Mikoto told Tsuzuri Tesuji that more than two hundred Misaka Sisters wanted to return to the experiment and asked for a way to help them.
• Tsuzuri learned that Rimuru Tempest had saved the Sisters and reacted with terror when Jiang Rui revealed himself nearby.
• Jiang Rui showed that Aleister had ordered him to recover Tsuzuri, but agreed to leave her alone after Misaka Mikoto objected.
• Misaka Mikoto thanked Jiang Rui, worried that he would suffer consequences for protecting her, and hurried back to Tokiwadai.
• After Mikoto left, Jiang Rui asked Tsuzuri whether she knew that defeating Accelerator would not actually stop the experiment.

Jiang Rui questioned Tsuzuri Tesuji about her plan to give the Sisters emotions and learned she had directed Misaka Mikoto to the experiment site. After agreeing to help Mikoto and arranging for Tsuzuri to install the device, Jiang Rui spoke with Aleister, whose reaction to Jiang Rui knowing about Last Order revealed that he suspected beings like him existed.

• Jiang Rui questioned Tsuzuri Tesuji about her attempt to implant an emotion device in the Sisters and her plan to change Accelerator's mind through Misaka Mikoto.
• Tsuzuri admitted she had told Mikoto where the experiment site was, and Jiang Rui proposed helping Mikoto while Tsuzuri installed the device.
• Tsuzuri asked whether Jiang Rui liked Mikoto, then left after he allowed her to go.
• Aleister called Jiang Rui, said he had been monitored since leaving the hospital, and asked him to look after a child.
• Jiang Rui blurted out Last Order, and Aleister revealed she was still being cultivated as number 20001 before saying he had suspected beings like Jiang Rui existed.