Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ran investigated the World of C and discovered that the Akasha System could permanently unlock and grant GEASS abilities, making it valuable to the Burning Legion. He had Saki kill V.V, and she obtained his CODE.

• Xiao Ran summoned C.C and asked her to guide him to a Ruin so he could investigate the World of C and the Akasha System.
• At the Ruin, Xiao Ran received a notification identifying the Akasha System as the world's unique core, capable of granting GEASS and binding a Faction Territory.
• Xiao Ran realized that controlling the Akasha System could provide permanent GEASS abilities to members of the Burning Legion.
• Xiao Ran summoned Suzaku Kururugi, Jeremiah, and Vireta, who brought V.V to him in a restraint sphere.
• Xiao Ran ordered Saki to kill V.V with Jeremiah's military knife, and Saki obtained V.V's CODE.

Xiao Ran and Saki Maski returned to Prometheus after the long mission, with Saki’s CODE ability unavailable until Lelouch World was fully bound as a territory. Xiao Ran met the Super Zone branch managers and told them that the Blood Red and Roaring Lion Legions would join the Burning Legion, leaving their integration to the branch leadership.

• Xiao Ran and Saki Maski returned to Prometheus, and Saki confirmed that her CODE ability was unavailable but had not conflicted with her Demon Envoy bloodline.
• Xiao Ran reviewed how Saki’s control of the Akasha System had secured Lelouch World for the Burning Legion, while Britannia continued under Lelouch’s rule and began integrating its former colonial regions.
• Xiao Ran and Saki split up, with Saki heading to the Super Zone trading market and Xiao Ran going to meet Luo, Puente, Korgi, and Selucius.
• Xiao Ran met Luo and Puente, who explained that the Burning Legion was known as the Mad Legion because of its isolation and its retaliatory responses to participants who targeted it.
• Xiao Ran told Luo and Puente that the Blood Red and Roaring Lion Legions would join the Burning Legion and asked them to help integrate the two groups into the Super Zone branch.

Xiao Ran arranged for the Blood Legion and the Roaring Lion Legion to merge into the Burning Legion, assigning their leaders and Puente and Luo to jointly manage the Super Zone branch. He left them with integration tasks and ordered an investigation into the legion behind Ron, promising the Burning Legion would face it if it sought revenge.

• Puente assessed the Blood Legion and the Roaring Lion Legion as second-rate legions, noting the Roaring Lion Legion's strong internal relationships and Selucius's reputation.
• Korgi and Selucius entered the meeting room, where Xiao Ran introduced them to Puente and Luo and named all four as joint leaders of the Super Zone branch.
• Xiao Ran instructed Puente to complete the merger procedures that day, explain the Burning Legion's arrangements, distribute supplies, and submit a mission report.
• Xiao Ran tasked Puente and Luo with helping the new members learn the legion's structure, rules, and permission levels.
• Korgi and Selucius agreed to turn their legions' assets into Burning Legion points, and Xiao Ran required them to buy Retention Time for integration and customized units.
• Xiao Ran ordered Korgi and Selucius to investigate Ron's legion and tell it the Burning Legion would fight back if it sought revenge.

Xiao Ran returned to the Fleet World after subduing two legions in the Super Zone and began arranging their integration into the Burning Legion. He warned his team that a Legion War might follow, then hinted that he had gained a special resource from the Mission World.

• Xiao Ran told Puente, Luo, Koji, and Selucius that the Burning Legion would confront anyone who came seeking trouble after the two legions joined.
• Koji told Puente and Luo that the victors of a legion free-for-all mission still had spoils to collect, and Puente agreed to help.
• Xiao Ran returned to the Presidential Palace and reunited with Sheryl, Mwu, Luo, Cruze, Graham, Nalo, the Lacuses, the Shanamias, and Aina’s child.
• Xiao Ran told Cruze and Luo to oversee the integration of the two legions and arrange their members’ equipment and machines.
• Xiao Ran warned Cruze that the defeated legion might rally allies and lead to a Legion War, and Cruze agreed to gather intelligence.
• Xiao Ran showed the others a card and said the Mission World held something special that they would learn about later.

After returning from a mission with another Territory Card, Xiao Ran discussed an expiring Full Metal Panic Mission Card with Renard and then convened the Burning Legion’s leaders to oversee the absorption of the Blood Legion and Roaring Lion Legion. He assigned leaders to integrate the newcomers, assess their permissions, and replace their units, leaving the new members to submit their data for evaluation and customization.

• Renard reminded Xiao Ran that the Full Metal Panic Mission Card was nearly expired, and Xiao Ran agreed to arrange a return while Renard prepared more thoroughly.
• The next day, Puente, Luo, Korgi, and Selucius brought new participants to the Fleet World for their first classes and training.
• Xiao Ran introduced Korgi and Selucius to the Burning Legion’s leaders and welcomed the former Blood Legion and Roaring Lion Legion members into the legion.
• Xiao Ran assigned Cruze to lead the merger, Puente and Luo to help the newcomers integrate, and Luo to oversee their unit replacements.
• Cruze said the newcomers’ current permissions were temporary and appointed Korgi and Selucius as Vice Legion Leaders of the Super Zone branch.
• Luo asked everyone to submit pilot, unit, and ability data so he could assess them and customize new units.

Xiao Ran laid out the Burning Legion’s plans to integrate its newcomers, acquire two unusual worlds, and begin a Legion War. The meeting ended with Korgi and Selucius agreeing to accept only partial compensation for their legions’ assets as they prepared to join the Burning Legion.

• Korgi and Selucius arranged for veterans and newcomers from both legions to work together and speed up their integration.
• Xiao Ran announced a Special Mission to Renard’s world, explaining its potential for studying world creation and restarts, and assigned Renard to lead it.
• Xiao Ran revealed that the legion had acquired Lelouch World and ordered the Technology Department to research its World of C and GEASS abilities.
• Xiao Ran called for a Legion War in the next Special Mission, and Cruze, Zengar, Yuzes, Char, Graham, and Basak supported the plan.
• Zengar agreed to recruit and recommend new members from the OG World and Mecha Wars J world, while Xiao Ran ordered preparations for the upcoming mission.
• Korgi and Selucius offered to accept half the points for their former legions’ assets, and Cruze accepted while warning them to reserve points for binding their mechs.

The Burning Legion integrated the Blood Legion and Roaring Lion Legion while Xiao Ran prepared for their return to the Full Metal World and expanded research across its territories. The chapter ended with Xiao Ran learning that the legion behind Ron had contacted Korgi and Selucius to negotiate for the seized Time Bombs and recruit their new legion.

• The Burning Legion trained and integrated members of the Blood Legion and Roaring Lion Legion, impressing them with its technology, equipment, and resources.
• Xiao Ran bought Skill Books, Enhancement Armor, and Mechanical Beasts in the Super Zone, while the Technology Department studied Ron's three Time Bombs.
• The newcomers began refitting their units, and Renard's group prepared to return to the Full Metal World; meanwhile, C.C. was brought to Durandal's Gene Research Department for observation and study.
• Korgi and Selucius told Xiao Ran that Ron's backers had asked them to show mercy, sought information about the Burning Legion, offered compensation for the Time Bombs, and tried to recruit them.
• Xiao Ran considered the Time Bombs worth at least fifteen or sixteen million Merit Points and asked whether Ron's backers had shown dissatisfaction or revealed anything about themselves.

Xiao Ran considered the warning and possible recruitment attempt from an unknown legion, deciding to return the three Time Bombs and prepare for a potential conflict. He then welcomed Valkyrie to the Presidential Palace and told them he had work for them.

• Selucius and Korgi interpreted the stranger's contact as a warning, a test of the Burning Legion's potential, and an attempt to reclaim the Time Bombs and possibly recruit them.
• Xiao Ran ordered Selucius and Korgi to return the three Time Bombs at the agreed value and encouraged Korgi to answer any further disrespect directly.
• Cruze agreed that the stranger's approach was also a test and likely a recruitment attempt, while Xiao Ran decided the Burning Legion should show its strength and prepare for war.
• Xiao Ran left the matter aside and went to the garden, where he found Sheryl entertaining Mei Yun and the other members of Valkyrie.
• After Da Xia, Mwu, and the children left, Xiao Ran welcomed Valkyrie and said he had matters he wanted them to handle.

Xiao Ran proposed turning Valkyrie into instructors at a special academy that would train singers with combat skills, keeping them under the fleet’s protection. He decided to recruit Aiba Miyuki to teach Iron Man Armor, while the academy’s location and student selection remained unresolved.

• Xiao Ran explained that Valkyrie would help establish and teach at a special academy for people with singer potential, where they would train as both singers and soldiers.
• Yao Bacania agreed to the plan, and Mei Yun accepted on the condition that the academy had its own space and admitted no men.
• Xiao Ran considered where to build the academy and how students could learn to protect themselves without piloting machines.
• Xiao Ran summoned Aiba Shinyo and Aiba Miyuki, then asked Miyuki to teach Iron Man Armor courses at the academy.

Xiao Ran arranged the creation of a women-only Singer Academy, delegating its recruitment and concert plans to Catherine and its academy-city construction to Kane. The academy preparations began, while Koji and Selucius returned with fifteen million Merit Points after trading away the Time Bomb.

• Xiao Ran assigned Miyuki to help prepare the academy and teach Valkyrie Squad members to use Iron Man Armor, and Sheryl went with them to the Technology Department.
• Xiao Ran told Catherine to coordinate annual recruitment with Gaius's people and arrange a Valkyrie Squad concert to promote the Singer Academy.
• Xiao Ran asked Kane to establish the academy-city in Revolutionary Machine World, and Kane recommended extensive security to keep men from infiltrating the women-only school.
• Kane accepted responsibility for beginning the academy-city renovations, and Xiao Ran left the academy's arrangements to him and Catherine.
• Koji and Selucius reported that the Time Device's owner had paid Xiao Ran's demanded fifteen million Merit Points for the Time Bomb after Koji rejected the initial compensation offer.

Xiao Ran discovered that the Full Metal Panic mission had transformed into a Legion Ultimate Mission requiring the Burning Legion to eliminate all World Intruders. He halted the deployment and mobilized the legion’s forces for a large-scale operation, leaving its members preparing for an unknown number of powerful enemies.

• Xiao Ran’s team received the fifteen million Merit Points from the spoils of war, and Korgi and Selucius obtained their units or upgraded their existing one.
• Prometheus changed the Ultimate Mission Card into a legion mission requiring the Burning Legion to protect the world, halt its correction, and eliminate all World Intruders, with no return allowed until at least ninety percent were defeated.
• Xiao Ran halted departure preparations and ordered the legion to assemble its main fleet, war fortress, experienced Pilots, and at least five hundred high-level Iron Man.
• Mwu coordinated the fleet and Sheryl contacted the Valkyries while Xiao Ran explained that the mission could involve numerous intruders and one or more S-class enemies.
• Aiba Shinyo traveled to the Mecha Wars J world to gather Iron Man, and the Burning Legion expanded its fleet and assembled its senior members for an emergency briefing.
• Xiao Ran warned the assembled leaders that the mission could be extremely difficult, and they prepared to fight alongside the Burning Legion.

The Burning Legion assembled a massive fleet and entered the Full Metal Panic world to eliminate intruders and prevent the world from being restarted. After arriving in space near Earth, Xiao Ran ordered the fleet to hide near the Moon and begin reconnaissance while Renard pressed for news of his sister Tessa.

• The Burning Legion expanded its expeditionary force, reorganized its personnel, and prepared its war fortress for the mission.
• Flay joined Mwu's bridge staff as her adjutant after passing Mwu's assessment, and the fleet completed its preparations to depart.
• Xiao Ran activated the Mission Card, and the Burning Legion fleet entered the Full Metal Panic world with orders to eliminate intruders and protect the world from being restarted.
• The fleet confirmed it was in space within the Solar System, activated its Mirage System, and chose the far side of the Moon as a concealed staging point.
• Renard urged Xiao Ran to assess the Earth Sphere and locate Tessa as soon as possible, so Xiao Ran ordered drone reconnaissance of the Solar System.

Xiao Ran's fleet arrived undetected at the far side of the moon, and he split his people into teams to investigate Earth and reconnect with its factions. After contacting Tessa, he learned that Dimensional Beasts had been invading Earth, and ordered the ship to prepare for a FOLD Jump to their location.

• The Burning Legion deployed stealth reconnaissance drones and brought its fleet to the moon's far side without Earth noticing.
• Xiao Ran chose a team to descend to Earth, while Renard departed with Cruze, Kane, Basak, intelligence personnel, and Landing Force members to find Amalgam.
• Xiao Ran ordered El-Elf to investigate Earth's situation and establish contact with Mithril, then connected with Tessa through Danner's Son.
• Tessa asked Xiao Ran for help and showed him footage of Dimensional Beasts fighting Earth's forces.
• Tessa explained that the Dimensional Beasts had appeared after Xiao Ran and Renard vanished and had grown more numerous and evolved over the following year and a half.
• Xiao Ran ordered El-Elf to determine the battle's location and told the captain to prepare for a FOLD Jump.

Xiao Ran’s forces arrived at the battle and quickly defeated the Dimensional Beasts, then recovered their remains for research. After arranging to transport Mithril’s forces and a battleship, he headed to meet Tessa and gather intelligence.

• Xiao Ran ordered the battleship to FOLD Jump to the battlefield and sent intelligence to Zoe, Renard, and Cruze while wondering whether the Dimensional Beasts were connected to Z.
• The battleship emerged beside the city, where human forces were struggling against the Dimensional Beasts, and Xiao Ran promised Tessa that his people would intervene.
• Saki Maski, El-Elf, and Miyoshi Meiya launched the Guardians units, combined into a giant robot, and destroyed all the Dimensional Beasts in under ten minutes.
• Xiao Ran asked Tessa for samples and intelligence, declined an immediate meeting with Earth Force Headquarters, and agreed to bring Mithril’s forces aboard.
• The Landing Force recovered the Dimensional Beast remains, and Xiao Ran’s battleship took aboard Mithril’s combat forces before FOLD Jumping toward Danner’s Son.

Xiao Ran returned to Danner's Son after two years away and met with Tessa and Mithril's crew. He requested intelligence about the Dimensional Beasts, the world's changing situation, and Chidori Kaname, while offering Mithril military support and explaining his mission.

• Xiao Ran and his companions boarded Danner's Son, where Tessa welcomed them with a formal salute and allowed Miyoshi Meiya to keep her sword.
• Xiao Ran asked Mithril to hold position for an hour or two while a gift from Renard and him was prepared, and requested intelligence on the Dimensional Beasts, global affairs, and Chidori Kaname.
• Xiao Ran offered Mithril powerful military support and said he represented a cosmic-level force whose mission included resolving the Dimensional Beast crisis.
• Xiao Ran explained that Chidori Kaname was important to his plans and that he wanted her placed under his force's protection.
• Tessa questioned Xiao Ran's identity and motives, while Richard agreed to provide intelligence but said Mithril needed time to process his claims.
• Xiao Ran told Tessa and Mithril that he hoped they would remain partners and friends, and that he wanted them to live peaceful, stable lives.

Xiao Ran offered Mithril a battleship and arranged protection for Chidori Kaname while Tessa explained the growing Dimensional Beast threat. The chapter ended as Tessa boarded the ship and its newly awakened Super AI asked her to choose its name.

• Tessa described the Dimensional Beasts’ appearances, their growing numbers, and Mithril’s role in the human alliance against them.
• Xiao Ran promised to help investigate the Dimensional Beasts, then ordered Saki Maski and Miyoshi Meiya to attend Jindai High School and protect Chidori Kaname.
• Xiao Ran arranged for a battleship, AS units, Variable Fighters, Guardians, and reconnaissance aircraft to be sent to Earth.
• Xiao Ran gave Tessa command of a black battleship and invited her aboard to inspect it.
• A Super AI welcomed Xiao Ran and Tessa on the bridge and asked Tessa to give it a name.

Saki Maski and Miyoshi Meiya joined Class 3-4 to protect Chidori Kaname, while El-Elf returned to Jindai High School on a separate intelligence mission. At the Dyson Sphere, Durandal told Xiao Ran that the Dimensional Beasts were artificially created Biological Weapons incorporating Heterogeneous Mechanical Technology.

• Teacher Kagurazaka introduced Saki Maski and Miyoshi Meiya as new classmates, and Miyoshi Meiya privately identified Chidori Kaname as her mission target.
• Sousuke Sagara displayed weapons in class, so Chidori Kaname struck him with a paper fan and Onodera and Kazama dragged him out.
• Sousuke Sagara learned that Saki Maski and Miyoshi Meiya had been assigned to protect Chidori Kaname, then encountered El-Elf, who said he had returned to school to provide support on a different mission.
• Xiao Ran waited with Aiba Shinyo, Tessa, and Richard in Durandal's office after showing Tessa the Dyson Sphere and its military forces.
• Durandal reported that the Dimensional Beasts showed signs of genetic modification and Heterogeneous Mechanical Technology.

Xiao Ran and Durandal investigated the Dimensional Beasts, concluding that they were engineered energy-based lifeforms and that their ability to cross dimensions posed the greater threat. Xiao Ran ordered further research and sample collection, while Tessa and Richard returned to Earth and kept the Burning Legion’s strength secret.

• Durandal explained to Tessa that Dimensional Beasts showed signs of artificial genetic modification, lacked reproductive abilities, and stored energy through their bodies and external crystals.
• Xiao Ran asked whether the Burning Legion could create Dimensional Beasts, and Durandal realized that their ability to cross dimensions was the crucial unanswered question.
• Xiao Ran ordered Durandal to continue researching the beasts, bring Nifaline onto the project, and seek links to whoever created them and a route back to their world.
• Xiao Ran tasked Mwu with organizing a Combat Team to collect samples of every type of Dimensional Beast, including living specimens.
• Xiao Ran showed Tessa and Richard around the Dyson Sphere before they returned to Merida Island the next day.
• Tessa and Richard kept the Burning Legion’s secrets, telling Mithril only that Xiao Ran was powerful and well-intentioned.

Xiao Ran reviewed the uncertain situation surrounding the Dimensional Beasts, Amalgam, and Chidori Kaname, and grew frustrated that he could not predict or control the mission's course. He decided he needed to find something useful to do while waiting for answers and the beasts' next appearance.

• Xiao Ran reviewed intelligence suggesting that the Dimensional Beasts appeared randomly and that their motives and ability to travel between worlds remained unknown.
• Durandal found no useful evidence in the dead beasts, while Renard struggled to reorganize Amalgam and would need time and support.
• Saki reported that she had befriended Chidori Kaname but had found no immediate threat beyond Sousuke Sagara, and she planned to investigate Chidori's troubled sleep and concentration.
• Xiao Ran considered whether Chidori was being affected by mental interference and prepared to involve Yuzes and Ingram or bring her back if her condition worsened.
• Xiao Ran recognized that the unknown enemy and passive waiting left him uneasy, then resolved to find something to do rather than simply wait.

Xiao Ran arranged cross-dimensional reconnaissance units to investigate the Dimensional Beasts and sent restless Burning Legion members to Earth to relax while supporting Renard’s work. He and a group of companions arrived near Tokyo and settled into several residences near Chidori Kaname’s home.

• Xiao Ran asked Luo to build Gedim-style units with Space Jump capability, intelligent AI, and mechanical artificial humans to investigate the Dimensional Beasts across dimensions.
• Luo agreed to prepare the units and auxiliary terminals, while Xiao Ran admitted he was restless because there was little to do and no intelligence about the coming enemy.
• Xiao Ran sent Char, Zengar, and other participants to join Renard’s work with Amalgam, and allowed other members to relax on Earth or in the Dyson Sphere’s leisure areas.
• Xiao Ran decided to visit Tokyo and investigate Jindai High School’s unusual gatekeeper, then gathered Sheryl, Master Asia, Domon, Basak, Graham, Zechs, and others for the trip.
• Captain Gin brought the group to Earth aboard the Purple Wind and waited underwater nearby, while Saki Maski and El-Elf arranged several residences close to Chidori Kaname’s home.
• Xiao Ran’s group chose houses and rooms, with Xiao Ran and Sheryl settling next door to the Valkyrie girls.