Chapter Summaries

Jiang Rui used his Spirit Gear and borrowed power to overwhelm Kakine Teitoku, then killed him after Nine Tails destroyed his final attack. Aleister and Aiwass watched the battle and discussed Jiang Rui’s power and their plans, before Floran revealed herself by briefly decomposing Jiang Rui.

• Jiang Rui’s clone reunited with him, and he activated his Spirit Gear and transformed by borrowing power from other beings.
• Jiang Rui attacked Kakine Teitoku at tremendous speed, shattered his defenses, and bombarded him inside Avalon, but Kakine survived inside a cracked Dark Matter shell.
• Nine Tails decomposed Kakine Teitoku’s final beetle attack, and Jiang Rui killed Kakine with his blade.
• Aleister and Aiwass watched the fight and discussed Reivinia, Jiang Rui’s power, and the coming deployment of the Misaka Clones.
• Floran decomposed Jiang Rui while he was being watched, then Jiang Rui re-formed and discovered her presence with Nine Tails, Reivinia, and the others.

Yinyin Qingcao chose to absorb Shokuhou Misaki’s Mind Control ability, accepting the risk to her future Mage path as part of a bold plan to give Jiang Rui influence over Academy City while preserving her own ambitions. She then tracked down Mental Stinger, who realized her memories had been altered, and confronted her.

• The bespectacled man and the others refused to trade away corpses for Shokuhou Misaki’s reward, while Fiery Sky urged Yinyin Qingcao not to absorb the overlapping Mind Control ability.
• Yinyin Qingcao explained that gaining control of the Artificial Intelligence Workshop could give Jiang Rui influence over one-third of Academy City’s voice, and argued that she was offering him a faction rather than merely repaying a favor.
• Yinyin Qingcao decided to gamble on her own judgment, used Mind Control, and accepted the risk of losing the chance to dual-class as a Mage.
• Mental Stinger sensed that her memories had been altered and realized that Mind Control, which she thought was dead, might have affected her.
• Yinyin Qingcao landed behind Mental Stinger and confronted her, prompting Mental Stinger to mistake her for Shokuhou Misaki.

After Yinyin Qingcao killed Mental Stinger and planned to alter Academy City's memories, Jiang Rui and Reivinia confronted Floran. Reivinia began preparing a spell to stop Floran as Nine Tails blocked Aleister's surveillance, while Aleister investigated whether Kakine Teitoku's ability would remain after his death.

• Yinyin Qingcao left Mental Stinger's corpse and planned to manipulate memories across Academy City, while resolving to avoid the top-ranked ability users.
• Jiang Rui swallowed a treasure chest from Kakine Teitoku's corpse and began analyzing his ability, but Floran suddenly attacked and exploded his Mimicry body.
• Jiang Rui reformed as a blue Dumpling and asked Reivinia to deal with Floran, whose instinct to consume his brain drove her to attack despite her apparent affection for him.
• Jiang Rui and Reivinia evaded Floran's ability to disrupt existing structures, and Reivinia began preparing a spell using Kakine Teitoku's Dark Matter.
• At Reivinia's request, Nine Tails sealed the area against information leaving it, cutting off Aleister's surveillance.
• Aleister contacted researchers to ask whether Kakine Teitoku's ability would disappear after his death, and learned they did not know.

Aleister and Aiwass speculated that Rimuru might plunder abilities by killing opponents, while Yinyin Qingcao prepared to seek information about Shokuhou Misaki. In the battle, Reivinia’s technique destabilized Floran, but Floran awakened a new defensive ability before Nine Tails intervened with Phase Spark.

• Aleister and Aiwass discussed whether Rimuru could steal abilities and whether other R'lyeh members shared that power.
• Yinyin Qingcao called Kihara Tsumiki to request information on Shokuhou Misaki and decided to approach Aleister directly.
• Jiang Rui repeatedly trapped Floran in ice while Reivinia completed her tarot-based technique to attack her.
• Reivinia’s beam destabilized Floran, who unleashed destructive energy and then fled using a newly awakened ability.
• Nine Tails used Phase Spark to trap Floran in an altered environment, and Reivinia recognized the technique.

Nine Tails killed Floran by detonating a micro-universe, triggering a catastrophic blast that Aiwass contained and that devastated the area around the Artificial Intelligence Workshop. Jiang Rui recovered Floran’s remains and warned Nine Tails that such power could attract the Magic Gods and disrupt the world mission.

• Jiang Rui learned that Nine Tails had imprisoned Floran in a micro-universe modeled on A Certain Magical Index World, and Great Sage explained that advancement would eventually make him a different race than Slime.
• Reivinia reminded Jiang Rui and Nine Tails that her spell weakening Floran had a time limit, so Nine Tails raised a starlight hammer and destroyed the micro-universe.
• The blast shook Academy City, and Aiwass appeared to shield the Seventh District while residents fled to underground shelters.
• Aleister replenished Stance Control and assessed the destruction of the Artificial Intelligence Workshop and the loss of equipment and researchers.
• Jiang Rui scolded Nine Tails for risking the attention of the Magic Gods, collected Floran’s frozen remains, and helped the exhausted Nine Tails prepare to rest.

Jiang Rui assessed the abilities he gained from Floran, including protection from fatal attacks, enhanced information gathering, and limitless evolution. After Kihara Tsumiki reported Yinyin Qingcao’s plan to take control of the Artificial Intelligence Workshop through Mind Control, Jiang Rui weighed what the move could mean for his plans in Academy City.

• Jiang Rui reviewed the Apathy to Death, Seeking the Unknown Function, Metamorphosis, and Energy Rejection abilities he had gained.
• Great Sage explained that Evolutionary Urge could act as a compass for finding abilities that improved Jiang Rui’s senses, though resisting it might be painful.
• Jiang Rui considered Floran’s potential evolution and concluded that eliminating her had removed a major future threat.
• Jiang Rui reflected on the coming end of the survival time limit and his plans to deal with Aleister and claim Academy City.
• Kihara Tsumiki appeared and told Jiang Rui that Yinyin Qingcao wanted approval to control the Artificial Intelligence Workshop through Mind Control.
• Jiang Rui considered the benefits and drawbacks of Mind Control and the possibility that Yinyin Qingcao wanted to negotiate for greater benefits.

Jiang Rui negotiated with Aleister after Academy City suffered losses and Yinyin Qingcao’s faction gained influence. Aleister halted Jiang Rui’s expansion, but their exchange revealed that both R'lyeh and Aleister possessed dangerous powers that could draw the world’s hostility.

• Jiang Rui considered the value of Yinyin Qingcao’s Mind Control ability and recognized that her prospects were strong, while Kihara Tsumiki struggled with Yinyin Qingcao’s rise.
• Jiang Rui met Aleister, who demanded an explanation for Academy City’s losses and ordered him to stop expanding his influence.
• Jiang Rui backed down from further expansion and proposed Reivinia or Nine Tails as a replacement for the vacant Number Two position, but Aleister said he had another replacement in mind.
• Aleister asked about R'lyeh, and Jiang Rui described it as a place where magic and science intertwined.
• Aleister asked whether R'lyeh members could absorb others’ abilities, and Jiang Rui countered by asking whether Accelerator’s angelic power was real.
• Jiang Rui and Aleister recognized that both their powers could invite the world’s destruction, while Jiang Rui privately resolved to pull Aleister into the coming conflict.

After Misaka Mikoto confronted Jiang Rui about Shokuhou Misaki’s death, he admitted that Yinyin Qingcao had killed her and tried to justify his indifference to truth and justice. Mikoto rejected his invitation to stand by him and vowed to stop him, leaving their friendship at a breaking point.

• Jiang Rui spent a quiet period at his villa while Yinyin Qingcao’s influence grew and Wordless and Nine Tails purged Archbishop Nigus.
• Misaka Mikoto stormed into Jiang Rui’s villa and accused his subordinate of impersonating Shokuhou Misaki.
• Jiang Rui confirmed that Yinyin Qingcao had killed Shokuhou Misaki and invented a revenge story to show Mikoto how easily she could be misled.
• Jiang Rui argued that truth and justice were not worth pursuing and asked Mikoto to stand by his side.
• Misaka Mikoto said she understood him but could not accept his actions, then declared that she would stop him.
• Jiang Rui challenged Mikoto to try, while people inside the villa watched the confrontation.

Jiang Rui wrestled with his feelings about Misaka Mikoto and learned that Wordless’s early killing of Kamijou Touya could give him leverage over the world mission. The next morning, Jiang Rui planned a visit to Tsuzuri Tesuji’s detention area while assigning his allies to maintain political balance in Academy City.

• Jiang Rui lamented that his kindness toward Misaka Mikoto had not prevented their conflict, and Reivinia reassured him that his path was not wrong while offering to become one of his companions.
• Nine Tails warned Jiang Rui that Wordless might have killed Kamijou Touya early to provoke Kamijou Touma and seize control of the mission’s conclusion and rewards.
• Nine Tails suggested that Jiang Rui bring Misaka Mikoto into R'lyeh through a contract and considered Saten Ruiko a possible companion, though Jiang Rui thought she was too naive and weak.
• At breakfast, Jiang Rui invited Reivinia to visit Tsuzuri Tesuji in the detention area, but she declined and remained annoyed with him.
• Jiang Rui told Frenda and Kinuhata Saiai to use Green Grass for simple cleanup work and help Fune Motochuu’s political enemies as needed to keep the factions balanced.

Jiang Rui released Tsuzuri Tesuji and ordered his people to protect her while pursuing the Seventh Pharmaceutical Institute and its staff. Meanwhile, Yinyin Qingcao used her authority to push weapons-development tests on students, then faced a furious Misaka Mikoto as she left the student council.

• Jiang Rui let Tsuzuri Tesuji leave and ordered Kihara Tsumiki to track her, locate the Seventh Pharmaceutical Institute, and protect her while Kinuhata Saiai handled Tenjou Ya Xiong.
• Accelerator watched Fune Motochuu and Shokuhou Misaki on television, dismissed the invitation to Jiang Rui’s pool party, and chose not to get involved.
• Yinyin Qingcao defended her proposal to make students participate in weapons-development tests before school leaders, then forced an opponent to resign with her ability.
• After Yinyin Qingcao left, the school leaders worried that her behavior might provoke the Board of Directors to purge her.
• Yinyin Qingcao prepared to raid other Artificial Intelligence Workshops, but Misaka Mikoto confronted her and challenged her to a fight.

Yinyin Qingcao confronted Misaka Mikoto, who insisted she would save Jiang Rui from the darkness she believed he had entered. Back at the laboratory, Jiang Rui continued his plans involving Last Order and the Exterior Individual clone, while Nine Tails suspected he was setting up a rival for Mikoto.

• Misaka Mikoto fired a Railgun at Yinyin Qingcao, who avoided it and warned her against using dangerous abilities on school grounds.
• Yinyin Qingcao told Misaka Mikoto that Rimuru’s darkness had begun through his contact with her, and Misaka declared she would pull him back because he was her best friend.
• Yinyin Qingcao reported Misaka’s words to Jiang Rui, who dismissed them and explained that he had invented the story about her dead younger sister.
• Jiang Rui rejected Kihara Tsumiki’s suggestion to keep Last Order under their control, saying Accelerator was incomplete without her.
• Jiang Rui examined the Exterior Individual clone and searched for a potion to overcome her Level 4 limitation, prompting Nine Tails to suspect he wanted a replacement for Misaka Mikoto.

As summer vacation neared its end, Jiang Rui watched conflicts grow across the world while Academy City’s uneasy relationships came to a head. A jealous Misaka Mikoto learned that Jiang Rui and Saten Ruiko were dining with other girls, and stormed off to confront him.

• Russia invaded England as tensions rose, while magical factions in Northern Europe descended into internal conflict.
• Misaka Mikoto continued disrupting Frenda and Kinuhata Saiai’s missions, and Saten Ruiko surrendered rather than fight her.
• Jiang Rui reassured Aleister that he would not target Accelerator, whose life had changed after meeting Last Order and Lilith.
• Misaka Mikoto asked Kamijou Touma to pose as her boyfriend, prompting him to explain the misunderstanding to Jiang Rui.
• Jiang Rui hosted a dinner welcoming Patricia Bardway and learned that Leisha and Newborn Light had chosen to follow Ghost Blade.
• Misaka Mikoto heard that Saten Ruiko and Jiang Rui were enjoying a gathering without her, then rushed off to confront Jiang Rui.

Jiang Rui and Nine Tails attended the Unifier’s second extraordinary meeting, where Wordless faced criticism for pushing Russia toward an early world war. The gathering ended without a decision, with Jiang Rui wary of exposing Aleister’s plan and risking Academy City.

• Jiang Rui left Patricia and Leisha with Director Fune Motochuu and learned that Exterior Individual was nearing its final adjustments.
• Jiang Rui and Nine Tails were summoned to Void Veins, where they found the Unifier and more than ten extraordinary individuals gathered for a meeting.
• Kitagawa challenged Wordless over Russia’s expansion and the possibility that he would trigger the world war early, while Ghost Blade objected that it would undermine England’s unrest.
• Wordless admitted he intended to start the war because Russia was nearing saturation, and Fa Hai and others weighed the rewards against the damage to their own plans.
• Ghost Blade asked Jiang Rui to support their side, but Jiang Rui avoided choosing and warned that exposing Aleister’s goal could make magicians attack Academy City.
• Ghost Blade revealed that Leisha believed someone could change the world, prompting Nine Tails to accuse Jiang Rui of being a philanderer before Jiang Rui stuffed cheese rolls into Ghost Blade’s mouth.

Jiang Rui proposed uniting the extraordinary beings under R'lyeh to ignite an early world war and expand their influence, persuading the gathered leaders with a plan to seize England and challenge the Roman Orthodox Church. The meeting was left on the verge of agreement, with Fa Hai asking how Jiang Rui would ensure control of England, and Jiang Rui answering that the kind Third Princess would be easy to deceive.

• Jiang Rui argued that the extraordinary beings’ dispute came down to competing interests, while Fa Hai warned that an early world war would disrupt lone explorers’ interests.
• Jiang Rui proposed that the extraordinary beings trigger the war together under R'lyeh’s name, making its benefits available to everyone.
• Jiang Rui outlined a plan to incite England’s public, empower the Third Princess through a new Democratic Faction, take control of England, and then attack the Roman Orthodox Church.
• Jiang Rui claimed R'lyeh’s strength and potential alliance with Academy City could withstand opposition, and said Nine Tails could lead the united group.
• Fa Hai asked how Jiang Rui would control England, deal with the Puritan Church and Aleister, and oppose the world; Jiang Rui replied that the kind Third Princess would be easy to deceive.

The Unifier told Jiang Rui and the others that their side was evenly matched against the world’s angels, making the mission to destroy the world core essential within a month. Jiang Rui agreed that Kamijou Touma had to die, but won support to delay the attack while they prepared, then turned to negotiating the R'lyeh Community’s involvement.

• The Unifier arrived with Othinus and Like a Dream, explained that a Magic God on their side had attacked Like a Dream, and described the divisions among the Magic Gods.
• The Unifier revealed that two demigods had fallen because the world’s angels were formidable defense programs, leaving the forces evenly matched and risking Extraordinary Space abandoning the mission.
• The Unifier asked the group to destroy the world core within a month, and Jiang Rui realized that Kamijou Touma was the target they would have to kill.
• The others pushed to join the attack, but Jiang Rui threatened to open Academy City’s permissions for a final ten-day plunder if the matter remained unresolved.
• Nine Tails backed Jiang Rui, and the Unifier agreed that the group could prepare before pursuing the hidden mission; Jiang Rui then began negotiating the R'lyeh Community’s participation.

Jiang Rui’s growing concern about Aleister’s attention intersected with his attempt to recruit Accelerator through Lilith. The chapter ended as Accelerator touched the R'lyeh Contract and learned about the extraordinary world.

• Aleister and Aiwass examined Jiang Rui’s recognition of Kazakiri Hyouka, and Aleister realized his tracking spell could not locate Jiang Rui until he returned from somewhere beyond the world.
• Lilith let Accelerator inspect a file about Dragon, then accompanied him on a mission while Jiang Rui’s consciousness took control of her body.
• Yinyin Qingcao asked Accelerator which side he would stand on, but Jiang Rui interrupted before she could explain further.
• Jiang Rui asked Accelerator whether they were friends and then asked whom he would support if Jiang Rui became the world’s enemy.
• Jiang Rui offered Accelerator the R'lyeh Contract, and Accelerator touched it, receiving a torrent of information about the extraordinary world.

Jiang Rui failed to recruit Accelerator after he recognized that R'lyeh intended to control his world, and she left him behind in the Eighteenth District. Meanwhile, Kitagawa met Third Princess Vivian at the British White House and hinted that she had intelligence to share about England's tense situation.

• Jiang Rui explained the void and R'lyeh to Accelerator, who concluded that outsiders planned to control his world and refused to join her.
• Accelerator declared that he would oppose Jiang Rui, so she reclaimed the R'lyeh Contract and kicked him out of the car in the Eighteenth District.
• Jiang Rui lamented wasting ten thousand Extraordinary Points and considered recruiting other protagonists, while Great Sage teased her about her choices.
• Kitagawa visited Third Princess Vivian at the British White House as England remained tense under martial law.
• Kitagawa told Vivian that she had intelligence suited to the fine weather.

Kitagawa tried to win Third Princess Vivian’s support for R'lyeh by appealing to her compassion for England’s people, while Kerrisa and Ghost Blade discussed their plans and uneasy alliance. Back in Academy City, Jiang Rui discovered she had missed Kamijou Touma’s Queen Fleet mission, then Tsuchimikado Motoharu brought the pursuing Front Wind crashing into her residence.

• Kerrisa told Ghost Blade that Edinburgh's Newborn Light had been subdued and sent to excavate, while Ghost Blade wondered how to provoke the chaos she wanted.
• Kitagawa explained England’s conflict between magic and science to Third Princess Vivian and urged her to support R'lyeh, but Vivian left without agreeing.
• Jiang Rui learned that Kamijou Touma had returned from the Adriatic Sea Queen Fleet incident and was hospitalized, after overlooking the report about his mission.
• Kinuhata Saiai and Frenda’s arrival coincided with the destruction of Jiang Rui’s outer wall and part of Nine Tails’s pool, enraging Nine Tails.
• Tsuchimikado Motoharu fled through the rubble with Front Wind chasing him, and Jiang Rui realized he had led the enemy to her residence.

Jiang Rui confronted Kazakiri Hyouka, whose Angel Spell attacked everyone hostile toward her by lowering their bodies’ oxygen threshold. Nine Tails protected the group with an isolation device, and Jiang Rui realized that Star Spirits did not need oxygen, leaving Kazakiri Hyouka’s attack ineffective against him.

• Jiang Rui recognized Kazakiri Hyouka and learned that she had come to target him as Academy City's Tyrant.
• Kazakiri Hyouka attacked with her chained hammer, triggering Judgment Ritual against everyone who bore hostility toward her and setting off Frenda's explosives in the villa.
• Kinuhata Saiai protected the others until she collapsed, while Frenda, Himegami Aisa, and others lost consciousness from the attack.
• Nine Tails used a space environment isolation device to restore the group’s breathing and explained that Kazakiri Hyouka’s spell lowered its victims’ oxygen threshold.
• Jiang Rui realized that the spell could not affect Star Spirits because they did not need oxygen, and questioned whether Kazakiri Hyouka had handed him an easy victory.

Jiang Rui fought Kazakiri Hyouka while enduring her Angel Spell and defeated her, but kept her alive to preserve his cooperation with Aleister. He left Yinyin Qingcao with the chance to face Aqua of the Back when the Saint came to retrieve Kazakiri Hyouka.

• Nine Tails explained that Kazakiri Hyouka's Angel Spell deprived its targets of oxygen, and Jiang Rui stepped in to fight her.
• Jiang Rui parried Kazakiri Hyouka's chains and attacks, using his swordsmanship and spells to cut through her defenses.
• Kazakiri Hyouka realized Jiang Rui was enduring the Judgment Ritual, then fled when she feared he would become even stronger if it were broken.
• Jiang Rui struck Kazakiri Hyouka down and kept her alive with holy light magic, while Aiwass and Aleister watched the battle.
• Jiang Rui told Yinyin Qingcao that Aqua of the Back would come to retrieve Kazakiri Hyouka, giving Qingcao an opportunity to deal with a Saint.