Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ran and his companions weighed how to divide up for the Special Mission, which allowed participants to choose separate worlds. He decided to send Luo and Basak to Gundam G and pair Cruze with Graham, while he searched for a suitable world for them.

• Xiao Ran surveyed the projected Mission Worlds and identified worlds restricted by combat and mechanic specializations.
• Cruze said he was willing to take someone with him, while Basak tried to avoid being separated from Xiao Ran.
• Xiao Ran told Luo about the mechanic-restricted world and the combat-focused Gundam G, and Graham asked to undertake a mission apart from Xiao Ran.
• Xiao Ran argued that the team needed to split up to gain the growth offered by the Special Mission, while still pairing up to stay safe.
• Xiao Ran assigned Luo and Basak to Gundam G and asked Cruze and Graham to team up, then began choosing a world suited to them.

Xiao Ran assigned Graham and Cruze to Gundam W and Luo and Basak to Gundam G, then chose the Legion Establishment Mission in Revolutionary Machine with Galaxy Diva and his crew. The mission began after the team and mecha were prepared.

• Xiao Ran selected Gundam W for Graham and Cruze, warning Cruze about the Five Gundams, Lilina, and the dangerous ZERO system.
• Xiao Ran assigned Luo and Basak to Gundam G and cautioned them about DG Cells while urging them to befriend Domon and seek the Shuffle Alliance's inheritance.
• Xiao Ran decided the remaining team members would accompany him on the Legion Establishment Mission rather than face Special Missions alone.
• Xiao Ran confirmed the Legion Establishment Mission, which selected Revolutionary Machine as its world, and invited Sheryl Nome, Mwu Lamias, Moses Lantis, Bobby Marg, Billy Amour, and Nalo.
• Xiao Ran selected Galaxy Diva and assigned VF-27 to Cruze, Lightning Aegis to Graham, and Black Hawk to Luo as the team prepared for departure.
• Xiao Ran and his team boarded Galaxy Diva while Graham, Cruze, and the others entered their mecha, and the Special Mission began.

Xiao Ran and his crew activated the Galaxy Diva and set course for Jior First Star, where they were ordered to inspect the VVV Plan. Recognizing that the VVV units could kill anyone other than their intended student pilots, Xiao Ran realized the mission had placed a dangerous trap in their path.

• Xiao Ran and the crew awoke aboard the Galaxy Diva and received their mission instructions, including their Jior identities and a warning not to reveal Prometheus Fortress.
• Bobby and the others admired the Dyson Spheres as Billy, Moses, and Nalo activated the warship’s systems and confirmed its location.
• Moses reported that Jior First Star had scheduled the Galaxy Diva’s arrival at Module 77 for 1800, and Bobby assured Mwu they would arrive on time.
• Moses found an untimestamped order from General Headquarters directing the crew to inspect the VVV Plan and submit a report.
• Xiao Ran connected the order to the VVV students and realized that only they could pilot the VVV units safely, while other pilots would be drained and crushed.

Xiao Ran recognized that Jior First Star’s Magius and Rune-powered technology made the mission an extraordinary threat, then learned Dolcia had launched a surprise attack. He and Nalo sortied to reach Sheryl, and Xiao Ran’s Justice Gundam encountered a pursuing Dolcia squad as it raced toward Module Five.

• Xiao Ran considered how the world’s Magius, Runes, and advanced technology could offer powerful gains but also warned him to stay wary of Prometheus’s traps.
• Moses detected Dolcia forces attacking Jior First Star, and the defense force requested immediate support.
• Xiao Ran ordered the Galaxy Diva to head for Module 77 and sent himself and Nalo to find Sheryl.
• Xiao Ran launched the Justice Gundam and learned that Sheryl was in Module Five, where enemy units had already arrived.
• Nalo’s MK-II Gundam and Xiao Ran’s Justice Gundam raced toward Jior First Star, and Xiao Ran ran into a Dolcia squad pursuing Nalo.

Xiao Ran destroyed the Dolcia Military State’s Valvraves in and around Module 5, then found and reunited with Sheryl. With Nalo covering their escape, Xiao Ran and Sheryl headed for Module 77, where Galaxy Diva was located.

• Xiao Ran used Justice Gundam to destroy two squads of Valvraves outside Module 5 while keeping its GN Dragoons concealed.
• Xiao Ran entered Module 5 and helped Nalo defeat the Valvraves attacking the city.
• Sheryl told Xiao Ran she was on a bridge in a red car, and Xiao Ran located her and brought her aboard Justice Gundam.
• Nalo destroyed a Dolcia Military State warship and held off the reinforcements approaching Module 5.
• Xiao Ran and Sheryl departed for Module 77 with Nalo escorting them.

Xiao Ran returned to battle in Justice Gundam and unleashed its hidden power to devastate the Dolcia Military State fleet threatening Module 77. After destroying the defending Valvraves and crippling the warships, he rushed toward the enemy forces ahead.

• Mwu told Xiao Ran that Jior's defense forces had been defeated and that the remaining defenders could not endure prolonged combat.
• Xiao Ran sent Sheryl to the bridge and launched Justice Gundam to buy time by attacking the enemy fleet.
• Xiao Ran activated Justice Gundam's Dual Furnace System and Trans-AM while Mwu ordered the Galaxy Diva to fire its main cannon.
• Justice Gundam unleashed nineteen beam attacks, destroying every nearby Valvrave, exploding two warships, and severely damaging the rest.
• Xiao Ran cut through the surviving warships with Justice Gundam and sped toward the enemy forces ahead of Module 77.

After the Dolcia Military State occupied Jior and Sakimori Academy, Xiao Ran persuaded the captains of two Jior battleships to join his effort to retake Module 77 and rescue the students. The chapter ends with Xiao Ran ordering Billy and Moses to lead a covert force into the academy.

• Justice Gundam annihilated the Dolcia Military State fleet, and the attack on the Galaxy Diva stopped as Jior's homeland surrendered.
• Captain Anxi and Captain Aida met Xiao Ran aboard the Galaxy Diva and questioned whether their remaining forces could resist the Dolcia Military State.
• Xiao Ran argued that the students at Sakimori Academy faced danger as hostages and VVV test subjects, and both captains agreed to place their ships under his command.
• Captain Aida reported that Jior's space defense force had been mostly destroyed or captured, while Captain Anxi said Unit 1 was in enemy hands but the other units remained undiscovered.
• Xiao Ran ordered Billy and Moses to lead fifty-six personnel on a secret landing in Module 77, eliminate the enemies at Sakimori Academy, and protect the students.

Xiao Ran launched the Jior Exile Army’s operation to retake Module 77, coordinating an attack by the Justice Gundam and an infiltration force led by Billy and Moses. After the assault began, he confronted the Dolcia Military State’s command ship and demanded that it stop transporting civilians, but its commander asked what he would offer in return.

• Xiao Ran ordered Captain Anxi and Captain Aida to begin the operation to retake Module 77 under the Jior Exile Army’s name.
• Moses and Billy infiltrated Module 77 with fifty-six soldiers while Nalu, Mwu, and Sheryl prepared to support the assault.
• Xiao Ran sortied in the Justice Gundam, entered Module 77 through its artificial ocean, and attacked the Dolcia forces as Billy and Moses began their operation inside the school.
• The Justice Gundam destroyed the attacking helicopters, and a white-haired youth escaped a sewer and ran toward a huge humanoid robot being prepared for shipment.
• Xiao Ran confronted the Dolcia command ship and ordered every vessel transporting civilians to stop and return; a blue-haired youth with glasses asked what price Xiao Ran would pay for their lives.

Xiao Ran forced Iksai to return two warships carrying Module 77 civilians and withdraw Dolcia forces, then learned that Mwu's team had secured the academy as an encircling fleet approached. He left the port to escort the retreating forces and prepared to keep watch on the incoming fleet.

• Xiao Ran threatened Iksai with nuclear retaliation until the Dolcia agent agreed to return the civilians on two ships and withdraw his troops from Module 77.
• Xiao Ran ordered the black-and-red Valvrave Unit 1 to stand aside so it would not jeopardize the civilians' return.
• Iksai's warships docked, and several thousand civilians disembarked before Xiao Ran escorted Dolcia's forces out and destroyed the passageway.
• Mwu told Xiao Ran that Billy's team had secured the academy, rescued the students, and captured most Dolcia soldiers.
• Mwu reported that over fifteen warships were surrounding them and another fleet would arrive in about fifteen minutes, so Xiao Ran ordered the crew to monitor them and remove unnecessary personnel from the ships inside the module.

After the Dolcia Military State withdrew, Xiao Ran organized the rescued civilians and questioned the three people who had emerged from Unit 1. He asserted his authority over Haruto as the Jior Exile Army’s supreme commander, then threatened to kill him when Haruto called the machine cursed.

• Dolcia withdrew its fleet and began evacuating residents from nearby modules as ARUS arrived to support the Jior Exile Army.
• More than three thousand three hundred refugees gathered at the port, where Billy and Jior soldiers registered them and detained Haruto, El-Elf, and Saki Maski.
• Xiao Ran agreed to let ARUS help with rescue work and ordered Billy to record the refugees’ professions and arrange departures for those unwilling to stay.
• Xiao Ran entered the warehouse and told Haruto that boarding Unit 1 had made him a Jior soldier bound by its agreement.
• Saki Maski defended Haruto, but Xiao Ran claimed the three had contributed nothing to the victory and introduced himself as Jior’s supreme commander.
• Haruto called Unit 1 cursed, and Xiao Ran threatened to separate his head from his body; a black shadow then shot toward Xiao Ran’s eyes.

Xiao Ran subdued El-Elf, revealed Haruto’s immortality and possession ability, and challenged Haruto’s belief that it was a curse. El-Elf agreed to help Xiao Ran in exchange for support in launching a revolution against the Dolcia Military State, and the chapter ended with ARUS representatives arriving.

• Xiao Ran stopped El-Elf’s surprise attack, learned he was a Dolcia special operations captain, and offered to let him go after explaining that Dolcia would treat him as a traitor.
• El-Elf confronted Haruto about his missing memories, his healed wounds, and Haruto’s ability to enter another person’s body.
• Haruto called his power a curse, but Xiao Ran condemned his self-pity and told him and Saki Maski they could seek the power for themselves.
• Xiao Ran offered El-Elf a choice between escaping and joining his camp, and El-Elf proposed a deal to help overthrow the Dolcia Military State.
• Xiao Ran accepted El-Elf’s proposal, and El-Elf agreed to help strengthen the Jior Exile Army in return for Xiao Ran’s support.
• Xiao Ran told El-Elf he had destroyed a Dolcia fleet and threatened to attack Dolcia territory; then an aide announced that ARUS representatives had arrived.

Xiao Ran accepted ARUS’s arrival as an opportunity to make them help secure Module 77, while El-Elf warned that Dolcia would attack again within hours. As ARUS moved toward Sakimori Academy and Haruto, Xiao Ran set out to intervene with El-Elf and twenty soldiers.

• El-Elf advised Xiao Ran to prepare for Dolcia’s next attack and find a pilot for the machine that could grant God’s Blessing.
• Xiao Ran appointed El-Elf as his Military Advisor and said he planned to develop Module 77 into a base for his forces.
• ARUS helicopters arrived, and El-Elf predicted ARUS would try to win over the residents before pressuring Xiao Ran to surrender the two machines.
• ARUS soldiers distributed supplies to civilians while Billy arranged for them to search the module for possible Dolcia personnel.
• After a conflict broke out at Sakimori Academy involving Haruto and Saki Maski, Xiao Ran headed there with El-Elf and twenty soldiers.

ARUS Senator Figaro challenged Moses Lantis’s authority to detain Haruto after the students welcomed him as a hero. As Jior and ARUS forces raised their weapons against each other, Xiao Ran arrived and Moses greeted him as commander.

• ARUS soldiers brought supplies and medical aid to Sakimori Academy, and Figaro asked Moses to arrange a meeting with her commander.
• Haruto and Saki Maski arrived, but Jior soldiers blocked Haruto and said they had orders to kill him if he made an unusual move.
• Moses ordered Haruto isolated, silenced the protesting students with warning shots, and explained that he had entered a secret military unit without authorization.
• Figaro objected to Haruto’s detention and challenged the Exile Army’s legitimacy, so Moses offered him the students and their protection in exchange for leaving.
• Figaro’s soldiers raised their guns as Moses ordered Haruto taken away, but Xiao Ran spoke from behind her, and Moses turned to greet her commander.

Xiao Ran confronted ARUS Senator Figaro, asserted control over the remaining Jior forces, and exposed ARUS’s interest in taking the robots. He rejected evacuation and called on Module 77’s students to rely on themselves, while challenging Haruto to understand the stakes.

• Xiao Ran identified himself as the Jior Exile Army’s supreme commander and claimed authority over Jior’s remaining forces and resources.
• Moses swiftly crossed the field and held a gun to Figaro’s head, demonstrating the force’s power.
• Figaro offered to evacuate the survivors and accept Xiao Ran’s forces into ARUS, but Xiao Ran accused him of seeking to seize the robots.
• Xiao Ran refused to leave Module 77 and said he would continue resisting Dolcia and rescuing Jior civilians.
• Xiao Ran told Haruto that neither he nor ARUS could be relied upon, then told the students ARUS wanted their robots.

Xiao Ran persuaded the students to stay and establish New Jior, then received missions to lead its citizens to safety and build the nation into a powerful state. New Jior’s students celebrated their new independence, while Xiao Ran appointed himself leader and kept control of the nation.

• Xiao Ran warned the students that ARUS would prioritize Haruto and the robot, then urged them to stay and defend their future.
• Xiao Ran offered the students a choice between leaving with Congressman Figaro and staying to found a new nation.
• The students raised their hands in support, and Xiao Ran declared New Jior officially founded.
• A mission triggered, requiring Xiao Ran to lead New Jior’s citizens to safety and develop the nation into a powerful state.
• Xiao Ran appointed himself leader and told Moses that keeping the students together would help them mature.

Xiao Ran recruited Saki Maski to pilot another Valvrave and pressed Haruto to accept the need to fight for the module. Haruto finally agreed to protect his classmates and the person he loved, while Xiao Ran prepared to bring equipment from the Galaxy Diva.

• Xiao Ran asked El-Elf whether he could pilot fighters and mobile weapons, then sent Moses to fetch ten Haros and a training unit from the Galaxy Diva.
• Xiao Ran warned Haruto that ARUS and Dolcia wanted the Valvrave and would target the students, then asked Haruto to fight for the module.
• Saki Maski accepted Xiao Ran's offer to pilot another Valvrave, despite Haruto's pleas that she avoid the same curse he believed he had received.
• Saki Maski called Haruto selfish and weak for refusing to let others gain the power to protect themselves, prompting him to reconsider.
• Haruto agreed to fight to protect the people in the module and the person he loved, and Xiao Ran reacted with frustration.

Xiao Ran secured Haruto’s reluctant acceptance of the pilots’ choices and explained his controlled mental evolution to El-Elf. He then considered an escape plan for Module 77 and agreed to meet Councilor Figaro, leaving Nanami Rion as his secretary.

• Haruto accepted that he could not stop others from choosing to pilot the machines, though he still rejected the idea that his ability was a gift from God.
• El-Elf asked about natural evolution, and Xiao Ran revealed that he could activate a controllable mental evolution that enhanced his abilities.
• Xiao Ran and El-Elf discussed severing Module 77’s connections and escaping the Dyson Sphere, with Haruto attacking the Dolcia Military State fleet to buy them time.
• Nanami Rion told Xiao Ran that Councilor Figaro wanted to meet and offered protection and help rescuing the students’ families; Xiao Ran agreed to the meeting and appointed her his secretary.
• El-Elf warned that the students’ families could become a weakness, and Xiao Ran said he would use the machines and the students’ hard-to-investigate backgrounds to deter threats.

Xiao Ran rejected Figaro’s offer to trade unit construction data for ARUS protection and exposed the senator’s motives to Haruto and the others. He forced Figaro to choose between destroying New Jior and protecting it, while the Dolcia Military State remained an imminent threat.

• Xiao Ran told El-Elf and Saki Maski to familiarize themselves with a unit, then took Haruto to meet Figaro in the principal’s office.
• Haruto asked Figaro whether ARUS had come mainly to obtain the robot, and Figaro admitted that securing the weapon was its primary goal.
• Xiao Ran challenged Figaro’s ability to evacuate everyone and questioned how ARUS would protect New Jior if it received the unit data.
• Xiao Ran described how ARUS could exploit the refugees and use them in a war to reclaim Jior, shocking Haruto and Nanami Rion.
• Xiao Ran refused Figaro’s deal and demanded that Figaro choose whether ARUS would destroy New Jior or protect it.

After Figaro left, Xiao Ran persuaded Haruto to stop hesitating, gave him a mask, and promised to train the academy’s students to pilot the machines. Haruto declared that he would join New Jior’s military and resist the Dolcia Military State, then watched a new transforming machine arrive at the academy.

• Figaro stormed out after realizing he could not obtain the machines from Xiao Ran, and Xiao Ran sent Nanami Rion to gather the students.
• Xiao Ran told Haruto that the students could rely only on themselves and urged him to protect them rather than surrender to ARUS or Dolcia.
• Haruto agreed to stand strong, and Xiao Ran gave him his first black mask while promising to assess and train student pilots.
• Haruto found a video of Xiao Ran’s battles, saw the public support for him, and announced online that he would join New Jior’s military and fight the invasion.
• A gray robot carrying an iron box landed outside Haruto’s window and transformed into an aircraft.

Xiao Ran forced Figaro’s ARUS troops to withdraw, then told Sakimori Academy’s students that Module 77 would counterattack the Dolcia Military State and establish New Jior. As preparations for battle continued aboard the Galaxy Diva, Saki Maski met her idol, Sheryl.

• Xiao Ran warned Figaro that he would attack the Dolcia fleet and eliminate threats in the module, prompting Figaro to withdraw his forces from Sakimori Academy and Module 77.
• Xiao Ran told the students that Module 77 would break away toward the Moon, recruit student pilots, and declare independence as New Jior.
• Xiao Ran assigned Nanami Rion to organize the students and directed El-Elf, Moses, Haruto, and Saki Maski to prepare for battle.
• Xiao Ran brought Saki Maski to the Galaxy Diva, where Mwu reported that Dolcia warships were taking position around Module 77.
• Saki Maski recognized Sheryl as her idol, introduced herself as a former singer and New Jior pilot, and greeted her excitedly.