Recaps

Saki Maski piloted Unit 4, Camilla, for the first time and demonstrated skill far beyond a beginner, while Xiao Ran explained why she had been chosen to inspire the academy. Xiao Ran ordered the unfinished units destroyed and then confronted Haruto about replenishing the energy he lost when piloting Unit 1, leaving Haruto facing a prisoner and an order to bite him.

• Xiao Ran approved Saki Maski as Camilla's pilot, and Moses prepared the unit for her login and a basic test.
• Saki Maski logged into Camilla, endured the painful process, and launched from the academy swimming pool.
• Saki Maski instinctively piloted Camilla with exceptional skill, inspiring students as the unit danced above the academy.
• Xiao Ran told Moses that Saki Maski's resolve could influence the students and Haruto, and ordered training pods moved to the hangar.
• Billy reported that seven unfinished units could not be completed or safely moved, so Xiao Ran ordered them destroyed and their engines sent to the Galaxy Diva.
• Xiao Ran told Haruto that piloting depleted an energy only humans possessed, then brought him to a prison and ordered him to bite a Dolcia Military State prisoner.

Xiao Ran explained that Haruto had to absorb Runes from captured enemies to keep piloting Unit 1, and Haruto accepted the cost to protect his home and loved ones. After Haruto collapsed, Xiao Ran considered how Rune Energy might work and suspected it was tied to the soul, mental power, and vitality.

• Xiao Ran told Haruto that Unit 1 consumed Runes and that refusing to absorb them would drain his own energy and threaten his life.
• Haruto chose to absorb Runes from the captured Dolcia soldier so he could continue protecting everyone.
• Haruto bit the soldier, developed strange facial patterns, and collapsed, while Xiao Ran saw no sign that either body had changed.
• Xiao Ran reasoned that Rune Energy was likely a recoverable energy linked more closely to the soul than the physical body.
• Xiao Ran compared the Magius to the Primal Demons and considered whether both fed on similar energy and could occupy human bodies.

Xiao Ran deduced that rune energy combined Mental Power and vitality, then tested his theory by helping Haruto return to his own body. Afterward, Xiao Ran returned to the academy, where Saki Maski’s testing had gone well and Billy’s team continued dismantling the machines.

• Xiao Ran reasoned that Yano Kuruomi’s and Haruto’s conditions came from exhausting both Spirit and Endurance, leaving Yano alive but brain-dead and Haruto dead.
• Xiao Ran woke Haruto and a captive, confirmed the captive was Haruto, and told him to switch back into his own body.
• Haruto returned to his body by biting his arm and said he felt more relaxed, though he noticed no other change.
• Xiao Ran decided not to use the captives as one-time rune energy and returned with Haruto to the academy.
• Moses judged Saki Maski qualified to sortie after her Unit 4, Camilla, test, while Billy and Naluo cut apart the seven machines and saved their torso sections for Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran prepared for the arrival of hundreds of reporters from Earth’s Neutral Countries and rival powers, suspecting the gathering might conceal more than ordinary journalists. He arranged strict security at the Spaceport and personally welcomed Tang Country’s press delegation, leaving the other reporters still to arrive.

• Xiao Ran reviewed why he had ordered the destruction of the unfinished Unit 2-based machines and decided their engines were worth keeping in case he obtained Kane’s Magius.
• Xiao Ran learned that more than three hundred reporters aboard seventeen ships had arrived at the module, including a delegation from Tang Country.
• Xiao Ran ordered soldiers to secure the Spaceport, inspect and register every arrival, wear Combat Suits, and monitor the module for infiltrators.
• Xiao Ran called Moses and Billy to assist and assigned Naluo, Saki Maski, and Haruto to patrol in their units.
• Xiao Ran arranged for Tang Country’s ship to dock first, and Billy escorted its press delegation through inspection.
• Xiao Ran greeted the Tang Country reporters at the reception hall as they filmed him.

Xiao Ran inspected the Tang Country press corps entering New Jior and discovered that Xiao Yu was an impostor, likely a demon envoy. He exposed Xiao Yu before the reporters, but the confrontation had not yet reached its conclusion.

• Xiao Ran ordered the reporters to submit their equipment for inspection and provide blood samples to verify their identities.
• Xiao Ran watched the reporters’ puncture wounds for signs of rapid healing and noticed Xiao Yu behaving suspiciously.
• Xiao Ran told the press corps leader that an impostor had infiltrated the group, then identified Xiao Yu and aimed a pistol at him.
• Xiao Ran asked the reporters to remove their bandages and raise their hands, revealing that Xiao Yu alone had not done so.

Xiao Ran exposed a Magius posing as reporter Xiao Yu after noticing his wounds healed instantly. Xiao Ran took the Magius aside to question him, and the chapter ended with Xiao Ran describing what he knew about the Magius and dismissing them as unimpressive compared with beings he had encountered before.

• Xiao Ran recognized that Xiao Yu was a Magius because his finger wound had healed within seconds.
• Xiao Ran confronted Xiao Yu, who admitted he was not the real Xiao Yu and had taken the student’s appearance, fingerprints, and other identifying details.
• Xiao Ran told Billy to watch the reporters and continue inspecting them while he led the Magius away under guard.
• Billy told the Tang Country press corps leader that the impostor had likely replaced the real Xiao Yu, leaving the leader grieving and uncertain about his student’s fate.
• Xiao Ran and the Magius spoke alone, and the Magius said his group had investigated Xiao Ran but found almost nothing about him.
• Xiao Ran identified the Magius and the 101 Council, then claimed he had encountered far more powerful lifeforms.

Xiao Ran questioned Xiao Yu about the Magius and Rune energy while explaining that he had faced similar creatures called Primal Demons. The two acknowledged each other’s capabilities, but Xiao Ran remained unsure he could defeat the Magius without endangering others.

• Xiao Yu was alarmed by Xiao Ran’s knowledge of the Magius and recognized that Xiao Ran was not afraid of their power.
• Xiao Ran considered how his knowledge of the plot had helped him avoid traps involving Unit 1, Haruto, El-Elf, and the Magius.
• Xiao Yu explained that Rune energy came from souls, including life force, Mental Power, memories, and emotions, and that Magius replenished it by feeding on humans.
• Xiao Ran described the Primal Demons, who had once fed on human souls and emotions but had later become friendly and no longer needed to feed.
• Xiao Yu asserted that he could escape and that Xiao Ran could not stop him; Xiao Ran admitted he had little confidence in defeating the Magius while protecting others.

Xiao Ran weighed his options after capturing Magius Xiao Yu and rejected an offer to restore Jior in exchange for surrendering his units. Xiao Yu attacked him, but Xiao Ran evaded the strike, and Xiao Yu realized that Xiao Ran was not human either.

• Xiao Ran considered killing, exposing, imprisoning, releasing, or cooperating with Magius Xiao Yu, but worried each choice could disrupt his plans.
• Xiao Yu said the Magius considered Xiao Ran and his units a threat, then offered to restore Jior and secure Xiao Ran's rule in exchange for the units.
• Xiao Ran refused the offer and warned that further attempts to seize his units would lead to conflict.
• Xiao Yu suddenly attacked Xiao Ran with a light sword, but Xiao Ran dodged the strike and his mask fell away.
• Xiao Yu saw green light flickering in Xiao Ran's eyes and laughed as he declared that Xiao Ran was not human either.

Xiao Ran defeated Demon Apostle Xiao Yu before he could cast a spell, then explained his plan for humans and demon apostles to coexist. Xiao Yu acknowledged the idea might work but warned that the 101 Council would oppose it, and refused to reveal what he knew about its members.

• Demon Apostle Xiao Yu attacked Xiao Ran with a giant claw, but Xiao Ran dodged and stabbed him in the heart and waist before he could react.
• Xiao Ran explained that Xiao Yu's magic did not make his body superhuman and said he had spared him because he could be useful.
• Xiao Ran told Xiao Yu he wanted to build a nation where all forms of life could coexist and described ways to provide demon apostles with rune energy safely.
• Xiao Yu said the 101 Council would resist the plan because it maintained peace and concealed demon apostles from the world.
• Xiao Ran demanded the names of Council members and demon apostles Xiao Yu knew, but Xiao Yu refused to disclose them.

Xiao Ran exposed Xiao Yu as a magic user and had him imprisoned in a specially designed cell while he oversaw the reporters’ registration. The next day, he reunited with Mwu, discussed the academy preparations, and prepared to take the crew out to explore the module.

• Xiao Ran used a secret password to identify Xiao Yu as an infiltrator and ordered soldiers to imprison him under heavy guard.
• The soldiers confined Xiao Yu in a cell that could be ejected into space and destroyed if he made a suspicious move.
• Xiao Ran checked the reporters’ registrations and confirmed that no other magic users had infiltrated the group.
• Mwu visited Xiao Ran the next morning and told him that preparations at the academy were nearly complete and Sheryl wanted to know when he could return.
• Xiao Ran invited Bobby and the others to explore the module, then reassured Mwu that she and Sheryl were both essential to him.

Galaxy Diva docked at the academy, drawing the attention of students and reporters before the delayed welcome performance began. Nanami Rion and Shoko Minamikaze addressed people in Jior, and the reporters recognized Sheryl as she prepared to sing.

• Bobby suggested bringing Galaxy Diva into the module, and Xiao Ran agreed before Bobby piloted it inside.
• Galaxy Diva emerged from the artificial ocean and landed beside the academy, attracting students and more than three hundred reporters.
• El-Elf watched the warship arrive and recognized that its presence had boosted the students’ confidence in New Jior.
• The reporters entered Sakimori Academy after the performance was delayed, where Nanami Rion and Shoko Minamikaze welcomed them and spoke to people in Jior.
• Drones and holographic screens appeared around the stage, and reporters recognized Sheryl as the girl in the elaborate outfit.

Xiao Ran appeared publicly as New Jior’s president and warned the Dolcia Military State, ARUS, and a mysterious organization against threatening his country or pursuing its technology. After his speech, reporters crowded the stage with questions, and Xiao Ran offered to answer one question from each of seventeen countries.

• Sheryl and Saki Maski sang three songs, lifting the students’ spirits as reporters watched.
• Xiao Ran stepped onto the stage and introduced himself as President of New Jior.
• Xiao Ran condemned the Dolcia Military State’s invasion and warned it and ARUS against attacking New Jior or taking its technology.
• Xiao Ran threatened retaliation against anyone who harmed New Jior and warned a mysterious organization to stop interfering.
• Xiao Ran called on Old Jior citizens and foreign supporters to help rebuild New Jior.
• Reporters swarmed Xiao Ran with questions, and he offered to answer one question from each of seventeen countries.

After reporters left, Xiao Ran agreed to private talks with countries hoping to change the balance of power between ARUS and the Dolcia Military State. In his first meeting, he told Li Yu about Mages and discussed Tang Country’s offer of supplies and military support, while Module 77’s safe passage to the Moon remained his priority.

• Xiao Ran received private-talk requests from Tang Country, Australia, A Country, and several African nations, and agreed to meet with any country that asked.
• Xiao Ran met Li Yu, the leader of Tang Country’s press delegation, who asked about the person detained after infiltrating Tang Country.
• Xiao Ran explained that the detained person was a Mage possessing the body of Li Yu’s student and warned that Tang Country must check whether Mages had infiltrated its administrators.
• Li Yu agreed to report Xiao Ran’s warning to his superiors and described Tang Country’s offer of supplies, trained soldiers, and fighter aircraft in exchange for cooperation and assurances that the resources would not reach ARUS or the Dolcia Military State.
• Xiao Ran welcomed the prospect of cooperation but said Module 77 already had enough supplies to reach the Moon and that transporting additional goods without attracting attention would be difficult.

Xiao Ran negotiated with Tang Country and other Neutral Countries, offering transformable fighter technology in exchange for cooperation and proposing a broader alliance. As New Jior continued toward the Moon, its publicity drew huge donations and political support, while Dolcia and ARUS remained quiet.

• Xiao Ran told Li Yu that he would cooperate with Tang Country by sharing transformable fighter technology, while reserving the academy unit’s technology.
• Li Yu agreed to report the proposal and said Tang Country could assist New Jior when it approached the Moon; Xiao Ran proposed a conference to discuss a Neutral Country alliance.
• Xiao Ran met representatives from Australia, India, and other small countries, repeating his offer and prompting them to send messages to their governments.
• After reporters and students publicized New Jior, online donations surged past nine figures, though Xiao Ran could not use the funds or obtain scarce supplies.
• Dolcia’s forces stayed away and ARUS’s fleet disappeared as protests and political pressure distracted ARUS; some countries prepared to receive New Jior and provide aid at the Moon.

Xiao Ran reviewed the academy’s pilot applicants with El-Elf, then followed him to a hidden hangar containing unfamiliar equipment and three cockpits. El-Elf uncovered data about Kagerou, Odou City, weapons, and Rune Transfer, while Xiao Ran explained that runes powered Unit 1 by drawing on humans.

• Nanami Rion reported that more than five hundred academy students had applied to join the military, and Xiao Ran selected Yamada Raizo as his candidate for Unit 3.
• El-Elf shared his assessment of Yamada Raizo and reported that the Defense System was complete, though its power supply could run short.
• El-Elf led Xiao Ran to a concealed chamber he called the Third Hangar, where they found unfamiliar equipment and three DRI-Ve cockpits.
• El-Elf showed Xiao Ran computer data about Kagerou, Odou City, weapons under development, and Rune Transfer, which could move Kagerou within fifty kilometers of the module.
• Xiao Ran explained that runes came from mental power, life force, memories, and emotions, and that Unit 1 used humans as its energy source.

Xiao Ran and El-Elf investigated the Third Hangar and considered how its unknown Yangyan weapons might relate to the VVV Plan and the Golden Seven. The chapter left Yangyan’s secret capabilities and the identities of its pilots largely speculative, while connecting them to the mysterious Odou City.

• Xiao Ran explained to El-Elf that Unit 1 and Unit 4’s pilots were artificially created Third Generation Magius, and described the abilities of true Magius.
• Xiao Ran and El-Elf found information about Rune Transfer and Yangyan in the Third Hangar, then sealed the facility and left its three pods untouched.
• Xiao Ran watched the students train under El-Elf while monitoring the growing aid funds and developments involving the Dolcia Military State and ARUS.
• Xiao Ran reconsidered whether the pilots of Yangyan might be the missing members of the Golden Seven.
• Xiao Ran reasoned that Yangyan could be remotely controlled from the Third Hangar, equipped with special gear in Odou City, and summoned within fifty kilometers of Module 77.

As Module 77 neared the moon, Xiao Ran worried that Kagerou and Odou City—or Haruto's captured father and research team—were the unknown threats behind the mission's rising difficulty. A sudden online smear campaign and the appearance of large Dolcia and ARUS fleets ended the module's brief hope of safety, leaving Xiao Ran and the Galaxy Diva facing an imminent battle.

• Xiao Ran concluded that Kagerou and Odou City, or Haruto's father and the captured research team, might be behind the mission's unknown dangers, but he kept his concerns to himself.
• As Module 77 approached the moon, reports turned against New Jior and portrayed Xiao Ran as a conspirator, while external network connections to Earth were cut off.
• A frail figure in a small room noticed the severed connections and began working at her keyboard as alarms sounded throughout Module 77.
• Xiao Ran, Saki Maski, and Haruto hurried toward their assigned craft while El-Elf called two numbers and residents began evacuating to shelters.
• Xiao Ran reached the Galaxy Diva's bridge, where Kitagawa Iori reported fifty-seven Dolcia ships behind Module 77 and a large ARUS fleet ahead, and Sheryl urged them to shoot down the attackers.

With Module 77 caught between Dolcia Military State and ARUS, Xiao Ran committed the Galaxy Diva to a head-on fight and prepared its strongest weapons. The fleets received an ultimatum as Xiao Ran and Naluo deployed in heavily armed units.

• Xiao Ran rejected retreat and ordered the Galaxy Diva to fight the converging fleets.
• Mwu ordered Reaction Missiles loaded, defensive systems activated, and mobile units, drones, and YF-19 squadrons launched.
• Kitagawa Iori and the crew prepared the Galaxy Diva’s weapons while Sakurai Aina completed the Reaction Missile loading.
• Mwu broadcast a thirty-second warning to Dolcia Military State and ARUS to stop advancing or face an attack.
• Xiao Ran launched in Justice Gundam and headed for Tactical Armor Unit 1.
• Naluo’s MK-II Gundam docked with Tactical Armor Unit 2 and used its GN-BITs to arm six drones.

As the Dolcia Military State and ARUS fleets closed in on Module 77, El-Elf recruited Yamada Raizo and Inuzuka Kuma to fight, while Mwu ordered the Galaxy Diva to attack. The battle began with missiles, cannon fire, and Module 77’s defenses opening up against the invading forces.

• El-Elf showed Yamada Raizo and Inuzuka Kuma the approaching fleets and asked whether they were willing to fight.
• After learning that Aina had joined the Galaxy Diva’s crew, Inuzuka Kuma agreed to pilot a machine to protect everyone, and Yamada Raizo followed El-Elf as well.
• El-Elf brought Yamada Raizo and Inuzuka Kuma to the First Hangar as Xiao Ran launched.
• Mwu waited sixty seconds, then ordered the Galaxy Diva to fire its Reaction Missiles at the ARUS and Dolcia Military State fleets.
• Mwu ordered the main cannon and secondary cannons to fire as the enemy Valvraves and Space Fighters surrounded Module 77, whose defenses deployed.
• Missiles and beams collided, filling the battlefield with blinding explosions.

Xiao Ran’s Reaction Missile barrage devastated the ARUS fleet and stripped the Dolcia Military State of most of its Valvraves. As the enemy forces retaliated and Module 77 began its breakout, Xiao Ran fought off ARUS Space Fighters in the Justice Gundam and prepared to unleash its full arsenal.

• The Galaxy Diva’s Reaction Missiles destroyed over twenty ARUS warships, damaged many more, and wiped out over thirty percent of its Space Fighter force.
• The Dolcia Military State lost eighty percent of its Valvraves, leaving its fleet without Mobile Unit support.
• Xiao Ran ordered Naluo to take the Drone Unit to the rear, assigned Moses, Billy, and the YF-19 squad to protect the Galaxy Diva and Module 77, and ordered Haruto and Saki Maski to sortie.
• Xiao Ran directed Ship One and Ship Two to engage their thrusters at full power and break out of the encirclement.
• Xiao Ran’s Justice Gundam withstood the ARUS assault and destroyed the Space Fighters attacking it.
• Xiao Ran told Haro to activate the Twin-Drive System, Trans-Am System, GN Fangs, Solar Furnace, GN Dragoons, and Missile Launcher.

Xiao Ran unleashed Justice Gundam’s Triple Red System and used its overwhelming speed and firepower to break through ARUS’s Space Fighter encirclement near Module 77. He then locked onto the fighters with the Multi-lock System and began a massive all-direction barrage.

• Xiao Ran reviewed the displays for the synchronized Solar Furnaces, Trans-Am, GN Fangs, GN Dragoons, and Justice Gundam’s weapons.
• Xiao Ran activated the Triple Red System, deploying GN Dragoons and GN Fangs as Justice Gundam’s Tactical Armor surged through the Space Fighters and split their formation.
• Xiao Ran abandoned an immediate attack on the ARUS fleet and pulled Justice Gundam upward while evading incoming beams.
• Xiao Ran used Quick Lock to rapidly target the maximum number of Space Fighters, then fired beams and missiles from Justice Gundam and its remote weapons.
• Justice Gundam’s barrage overwhelmed the fighters, which could evade only if they had exceptional machines, piloting skill, or luck.

Xiao Ran and his allies fought to break the stalemate as El-Elf sent Justice Gundam toward the ARUS fleet and prepared defenses for Module 77. El-Elf also headed to the Third Hangar after discovering three students inside, suspecting their presence might be significant.

• Xiao Ran's Justice Gundam devastated ARUS fighters while Haruto's Unit 1 and Saki Maski's Unit 4 fought the Dolcia Military State fleet under Nalo's guidance.
• Kitagawa Iori relayed El-Elf's order for the Galaxy Diva to break out of the encirclement while Justice Gundam attacked ARUS, with allied reinforcements assigned to defend Module 77.
• Bobby began transforming the Galaxy Diva as Xiao Ran recalled his GN weapons and charged toward the ARUS fleet.
• El-Elf ordered Unit 3 and Unit 5 to defend Module 77 and protect Unit 1 if it stalled.
• El-Elf saw that three students had entered the locked Third Hangar and went there to use them as test subjects, while considering what the enemy might be preparing.

As El-Elf's forces stalled the ARUS and Dolcia attacks, Unit 3 and Unit 5 arrived and disrupted both fleets. Aboard a concealed vessel, Kane and hooded allies discussed the danger posed by the machines and concluded that their plan to replace a magic user had failed.

• Moses and Billy held off the ARUS fleet with help from Unit 1, Unit 4, and drones, while Naro attacked Dolcia warships in her MK-II Gundam.
• Unit 3 and Unit 5 entered the battle, throwing the enemy formations into disarray as Yamada Raizo attacked and Inuzuka Kuma reinforced the module's defenses.
• Justice Gundam destroyed ARUS warships and fighters to help the module break through.
• Kane watched the battle from a quiet vessel with hundreds of armed soldiers and several hooded figures.
• Kane explained that New Jior had screened reporters for rapid regeneration, and he concluded their missing compatriot was dead or imprisoned and their replacement plan had failed.

Kane and the 101 Council began a stealth operation against the module, but the battlefield paused when Ryuji Minamikaze appeared in a broadcast from a Dolcia Military State ship. Xiao Ran warned the VVV pilots that the man was possessed and moved toward the module as Ryuji addressed New Jior.

• Kane gained the 101 Council’s approval to begin the operation, and soldiers boarded assault craft aboard the magic users’ stealth warship.
• ARUS and the Dolcia Military State slowed their attacks and announced a temporary ceasefire, prompting the Galaxy Diva to halt.
• Ryuji Minamikaze appeared on a broadcast from a Dolcia Military State ship, and Xiao Ran recognized that something was wrong.
• Xiao Ran warned Haruto, Saki Maski, Inuzuka Kuma, and Yamada Raizo not to lower their guard because Ryuji had been possessed.
• Xiao Ran asked the module management center whether they had seen the broadcast, and Anxi questioned why Ryuji was aboard a Dolcia ship.

Xiao Ran and Captain Anxi identified the broadcast figure claiming to be Ryuji Minamikaze as an impostor, while a hidden student exposed the lie to the Module. As Shoko prepared to confirm the impostor was not her father, a pink-haired girl in a cockpit spotted an approaching warship and tried to alert the defenders.

• Xiao Ran told Anxi that the broadcast figure was not Ryuji Minamikaze because the real prime minister would not question his daughter or make such claims about the students.
• Anxi rejected the impostor’s promises of peace, Jior joining Dolcia, and the students reuniting with their families, recognizing that the students were being held as hostages and test subjects.
• A frail student who had hacked Module 77’s management system broadcast that the prime minister was fake and that Shoko Minamikaze could prove it.
• Renbo Koji Satomi panicked when he heard Akira’s voice, while Shoko recognized the broadcast as Akira’s and set out to tell everyone the man was not her father.
• In the Third Hangar, a pink-haired girl spotted an approaching warship that the defenders had not noticed, then activated the cockpit’s communications system after briefly losing consciousness.