Recaps

Angel joined Dunn Smith’s team as they used the Antigonus Puppet to investigate Ray Bieber, whom the Sealed Artifact identified as an Antigonus descendant. After they brought the artifact to Ray’s home and released its restraints, the puppet emerged from its iron box in the carriage.

• Lorotta told Angel that the team was searching for the Antigonus Family’s notebook and explained that the Antigonus Puppet could locate people or objects connected to the family.
• The team rode to Ray Bieber’s home, where the Antigonus Puppet’s violent reaction affected Dunn and Leonard at the same time.
• Borgia concluded that Ray was an Antigonus descendant, and Lorotta explained that the artifact became agitated around the family’s descendants or their aura.
• After Borgia carried the artifact through Ray’s home, he released its spiritual restraints in the carriage, and the puppet climbed out of the box and grinned at the team.

Angel and the others followed 2-049 to the warehouse where Ray Bieber was hiding, but Klein's divination warned them of serious danger ahead. Dunn split the team to prepare for a possible attack, and gunfire erupted while Angel and Leonard climbed toward the rooftops.

• 2-049 guided the carriage through the Docklands to a secluded warehouse, and Borgia resealed the puppet in its iron box.
• Angel sensed they were being watched, and Klein divined that the warehouse ahead held significant danger.
• Dunn sent Angel and Leonard to the rooftops to provide long-range cover while he, Klein, Lorotta, and Borgia continued toward the warehouse.
• Angel and Leonard climbed onto the roof, where they heard gunshots and shouts from the direction of the warehouse.
• Angel told Leonard to return and help Dunn's group, then drew her revolver and ran across the rooftops toward the gunfire.

The Nighthawks fought the Tuxedo Clown, whose illusions and finger snaps produced fireballs and invisible bullets. Angel wounded a second clown who tried to shoot Dunn, but the attack broke Dunn’s control and the Tuxedo Clown resumed fighting, leaving the battle at a stalemate.

• Borgia threw the 2-049 "Antigonus Puppet" away from the group as the Nighthawks prepared to face the fireball attacker.
• Dunn Smith used "Nightmare" to reveal the Tuxedo Clown, who shattered into an illusion when Lorotta attacked and then struck back with fireballs and an invisible bullet.
• Klein fired a rapid barrage while Dunn used "Nightmare" again to slow the Tuxedo Clown.
• Angel spotted a greasepaint-wearing dockworker aiming at Dunn and shot him in the shoulder before he could land a fatal hit.
• The wounded ambusher disrupted Dunn’s control, allowing the Tuxedo Clown to counterattack with flames and invisible bullets as Lorotta and Borgia dodged him.

Angel fought the hooded Assassin Randy on a rooftop while the battle against the Tuxedo Clown continued below. She outmaneuvered Randy and killed him with a revolver shot, leaving the main fight unresolved.

• Angel wounded an ambusher, pursued him across the rooftops, and then spotted the hooded Assassin who had attacked her at the Labor Mutual Aid Society.
• Angel and Randy recognized each other, and she forced him to flee with gunfire and close-combat strikes.
• Randy used a Frost Charm to fill the rooftop with cold mist and tried to exhaust Angel’s ammunition with tossed coins.
• Randy lunged at Angel with Life-Stealing Attack, but she knocked aside his dagger and fired her revolver into his chin.

Angel joined the Nighthawks in fighting the Tuxedo Clown and Mutated Bieber, who targeted the Antigonus Family Notebook. Lorotta recovered the notebook, but the clown closed in, and Bieber exploded, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Angel killed the hooded assassin with her last bullet and went to the main battlefield.
• The dockworker was blasted from the warehouse, and Leonard identified the grotesque creature that emerged as Ray Bieber, who had lost control.
• Mutated Bieber pursued Sealed Artifact 2-049, while Angel warned the Nighthawks and Dunn shot the box out of its reach.
• The Tuxedo Clown attacked Leonard with a fireball, then vanished again as Bieber's howl injured the Nighthawks.
• Lorotta found Bieber's weakness and pulled the Antigonus Family Notebook from its groin while Dunn put the monster to sleep.
• The Tuxedo Clown dodged Angel's shots and approached Lorotta, but Bieber awoke and exploded.

Angel fought the Tuxedo Clown over the Antigonus Notebook while trying to save Klein from Sealed Artifact 2-049. Klein broke free of the artifact’s control, helped Angel shoot the clown, and the clown was then immobilized by 2-049.

• Ray Bieber exploded, scattering the Nighthawks and leaving Dunn, Lorotta, Borgia, and Leonard badly injured.
• Angel found Klein under 2-049’s control and confronted the invisible Tuxedo Clown as he tried to take the Antigonus Notebook.
• Angel and the clown traded shots while circling Klein, and the clown threatened to kill him unless Angel surrendered the notebook.
• Klein blinked to signal Angel, who threw the notebook toward 2-049 as Klein ducked the clown’s invisible bullet.
• Klein shot the clown in the chest, and 2-049’s effects immobilized the wounded clown beside the open iron box.

Angel and Klein killed the Tuxedo Clown after 2-049 took control of him, then regrouped with the surviving Nighthawks. They left the Antigonus Family Notebook inside 2-049’s range, planning to retrieve it together before the Secret Order could return.

• Angel shot the Tuxedo Clown twice in the head while 2-049 held him under its control, killing him.
• Angel realized that killing the clown had brought her Assassin Potion close to full digestion, then set aside her questions about Klein’s escape from 2-049’s control to help the others.
• Angel and Klein found Leonard, Dunn Smith, Borgia, and Lorotta alive, though several were injured or unconscious.
• Leonard explained that the clown belonged to the Secret Order and warned that the Mid Sequence Beyonder could return to seize the notebook.
• Angel told Leonard that Lorotta had retrieved the Antigonus Family Notebook from Ray Bieber, but it had fallen within 2-049’s range; she then confirmed that the clown was dead.

After Ray Bieber's explosion, Angel and Klein helped the Nighthawks secure the Antigonus Notebook and Sealed Artifact 2-049 while Dunn recovered from his injuries. The team searched the scene for Beyonder materials, and Angel remembered that she had left the Assassin's corpse on a rooftop.

• Angel explained that she and Klein had forced the Tuxedo Clown into 2-049's negative-effect range, where he died.
• Leonard brought Dunn Smith Goddess's Gaze, restoring Dunn's clarity after he had forgotten his potion and struck his head.
• Dunn ordered the Nighthawks to reseal 2-049, and Borgia returned the puppet to its iron box and reactivated the holy emblem.
• Dunn confirmed the Antigonus Family Notebook was authentic, and the Nighthawks found chewed human remains in the warehouse.
• Dunn found and collected the grayish-white Beyonder material left by Ray Bieber, then warned the team not to overlook such materials after a mission.
• Angel remembered that she had left the Assassin's corpse on a nearby rooftop.

After the Nighthawks searched the warehouse battlefield, they returned to Blackthorn Security Company with Sealed Artifact 2-049, the Antigonus Notebook, and recovered Beyonder materials. On the ride back, Angel and Klein concealed Klein’s ability to resist 2-049’s effects, while Angel explained how the notebook could protect its holder.

• Leonard and Borgia confirmed the dead Assassin matched the wanted notice and recovered his dagger and a spent frost charm from the rooftop.
• Dunn arranged for Lorotta to guard the battlefield while the other Nighthawks returned to Blackthorn Security Company with the sealed artifact, notebook, and Beyonder materials.
• Borgia asked how Angel and Klein had killed the Secret Order clown, and Angel began recounting the fight while hiding Klein’s independent resistance to 2-049.
• Angel explained that the Antigonus Notebook had awakened Klein and protected its holder from 2-049, and Klein continued her account in agreement.
• Dunn recognized that Angel had not relied on luck, then kept the notebook as the group endured the artifact’s effects on their journey back.

After returning from the battle, Angel reviewed the attacks and her uncertain ties to the Demoness Sect, then realized that countering planned attempts on her life could fulfill the Assassin’s acting requirements. Her Assassin Potion was completely digested, leaving her ready to pursue the Instigator sequence.

• Angel returned the Sealed Artifact and Antigonus Family Notebook to Blackthorn Security Company, where she learned Klein might become an official Nighthawks member and noticed he had resisted 2-049’s control alone.
• Angel returned home and considered the day’s battles, the Secret Order’s attack, and whether the dead Assassin had been working with the Demoness Sect.
• Angel recalled how she had killed Mrs. Sharon, the rooftop Assassin, and the Tuxedo Clown, and realized that foiling an attacker’s plot and killing them could count as Assassin acting.
• Angel understood that the best Assassin could appear as the target, and her Assassin Potion was completely digested.

Angel reflected on how quickly she had digested the Assassin Potion and considered asking the Tarot Club for guidance. At Blackthorn Security Company, the Backlund Nighthawks departed with the Antigonus Family Notebook and Sealed Artifact 2-049, and Angel learned that the captain wanted to see her about the previous battle and a bounty.

• Angel wondered whether her rapid digestion of the Assassin Potion came from her body or Cole’s past acting, and considered consulting the Tarot Club.
• Angel met Lorotta and the Backlund Nighthawks, who were preparing to escort 2-049 and the Antigonus Family Notebook back to Backlund.
• Lorotta explained that Aier Hassen had been called to support an emergency in Enmat Harbor, leaving the visiting team short-handed until two teammates arrived.
• The Backlund Nighthawks left Tingen, and Leonard told Angel that Lorotta liked coffee, sweets, maids, and large breasts.
• Leonard told Angel that the captain wanted her in his office to discuss the previous battle and collect a bounty.

Angel learned that the police had confirmed the man she killed was the wanted Docklands Assassin, making her eligible for the bounty, and Dunn explained the limits on Nighthawks’ use of police authority. Klein later invited Angel to his family’s celebration at the Silver Crown Restaurant, leaving their chance to discuss his secrets unresolved.

• Dunn gave Angel police documents confirming that the Docklands Assassin she killed was wanted for human trafficking and attempted murder, with a 100-pound bounty available.
• Angel questioned whether official Beyonders could exploit the system, and Dunn explained that inspectors were registered with the police and could face punishment for abusing their authority.
• Dunn told Angel that Leonard had traced the Tuxedo Clown’s carriage to a temporary hideout, but the Secret Order had withdrawn and Old Neil’s divination had yielded no useful clues.
• Dunn said Klein had been shaken by seeing the Clown’s corpse and that he had not asked Klein to attempt divination because of the risk of losing control.
• Klein invited Angel to his family’s celebration at the Silver Crown Restaurant on Saturday evening, and she accepted.

Angel prepared Phantom Phosphor Eruption ammunition at the Tingen City Nighthawks headquarters before Dunn assigned her to an emergency mission in Enmat Harbor. She was to join a regional operation against a human-trafficking network and leave by noon the next day.

• Angel crafted a small batch of Phantom Phosphor Eruption rounds in the Alchemy Room.
• Dunn told Angel that Holy Cathedral had ordered her to report to the Enmat Harbor Nighthawks Squad before noon tomorrow.
• Dunn explained that the mission concerned the Tingen City Labor Mutual Aid Society's suspected involvement in human trafficking and needed reinforcements from nearby cities.
• Dunn said the Red Gloves could not assist because they were away on another mission, so Nighthawks from several regions would be gathered temporarily.
• Dunn advised Angel to prepare ammunition and collect the fifty-pound bounty as operational funds.

Angel Granger left Tingen for an urgent Nighthawks operation in Enmat Harbor, and Klein Moretti gave her a protective charm before she departed. On the train, Angel discovered that a missing Beyonder Characteristic had merged with her damaged revolver, leaving her eager to consult an Artisan.

• Angel told Klein that she had been ordered to join a major Nighthawks operation in Enmat Harbor and expected to be away for about a week.
• Klein hurried after Angel and gave her a silver maple-leaf protective charm before she left for the train station.
• Angel caught the morning train to Enmat Harbor and brought her weapons, cash, and a metal box from home.
• Angel opened the box and found that the missing purplish-red Beyonder Characteristic had merged with her damaged revolver, restoring its hammer and turning the weapon black.
• Angel sealed the revolver back in the box after its bloody odor drew attention, and planned to ask an Artisan in Enmat Harbor about the weapon.

Angel traveled by steam train from Stoen City to Enmat Harbor and reached the local Nighthawks base, where Daly Simone welcomed her and found her a room. The chapter left Angel settling into her accommodations while waiting to meet the rest of the team.

• Angel rode the train from Stoen City to Enmat Harbor and avoided further conversation with the man who had chatted with her during the journey.
• Angel hired a carriage to Saint George Church, challenged the coachman’s inflated fare with her Inspector Badge, and paid one soli.
• Angel arrived at the Enmat Harbor Nighthawks’ Silver Bullet Detective Agency and reunited with Daly Simone.
• Daly explained that Nighthawks from Pritz Harbor had arrived to provide support and that Clement would return in the afternoon.
• Daly took Angel to room 306, a single room in the team’s residential quarters.

Angel Granger joined Nighthawks from across southeastern Loen at the Silver Bullet Detective Agency while the Backlund squad remained delayed. She discovered that the Tarot Club had drawn the attention of Enmat Harbor’s Nighthawks and learned that Justice could be found at the local underground market.

• Bell Clement welcomed Angel and explained that the Nighthawks were waiting for the Backlund squad, which would not arrive that day.
• Angel and the other members introduced themselves, revealing that nearly everyone present belonged to the Sleepless pathway.
• Clement allowed the Nighthawks to move around Enmat Harbor as long as they stayed within the city and reported extended absences.
• Angel asked Daly Simone about Beyonder markets, and Daly directed her to Carrion Bird’s underground market on Pitts Street.
• Daly told Angel that Clement had investigated the Tarot Club and that a member called Justice often bought materials at the market.
• Angel realized the Tarot Club members she knew were in Enmat Harbor and resolved to learn more about Justice without revealing her connection to the club.

Angel went to the Carrion Bird Bar’s underground market to investigate the Tarot Club and look for Miss Justice. She found a message seeking materials for the Seer Potion and left a note offering Star Crystal, still uncertain whether Justice was the buyer.

• Angel changed her plans after Daly told her the Nighthawks were investigating the Tarot Club, and she traveled to the Carrion Bird Bar in Enmat Harbor.
• Angel found the underground market on the bar’s third floor and used Dark Vision to check whether Justice was there, but she did not see her.
• Angel questioned a merchant about her goods and learned that Justice had bought from her before but had not come that day.
• Angel found Justice’s blackboard message seeking Star Crystal and Lava Octopus blood, materials for the Seer Potion.
• Angel wondered whether Justice was seeking a potion for herself or someone else, then left a note offering a small amount of Star Crystal for Friday evening.

Angel visited Kavi the Artisan in Enmat Harbor to have a strange revolver appraised. She learned its powers and dangerous drawbacks, then paid Kavi one hundred pounds for the information.

• Angel left the market after posting a Star Crystals trade message and traveled to Oak District to find Kavi the Artisan.
• Angel initially mistook Kavi’s elderly assistant for the Artisan, then showed Kavi the revolver that had transformed after reacting with a Beyonder Characteristic.
• The revolver released dark-red vapor and a strong blood smell until Kavi shut its box and identified it as a Mystical Item.
• Kavi charged Angel one hundred pounds to appraise the revolver and explained that it enhanced bullets and could unleash a powerful attack by consuming spirituality.
• Kavi warned that the revolver’s powerful attack triggered a blood-draining negative effect and that wielding it made its user more vulnerable to curses.
• Angel paid Kavi one hundred pounds after hearing the appraisal.

Angel named the fused revolver Bloodthirst and fed it 400 milliliters of her own blood, eliminating its negative effects and making it her new main weapon. After returning to the Nighthawks' base, she learned there was a mission and Daly mistook her pallor from blood loss for menstruation.

• Angel learned Bloodthirst needed spiritually rich blood and decided to feed it her own rather than harm a stranger.
• Angel drew 400 milliliters of blood and poured it into Bloodthirst, which absorbed the blood and returned to its gun form.
• Angel found that her blood had removed Bloodthirst's negative effects and that the fused revolver had repaired its damaged hammer.
• Angel transferred her bullets into Bloodthirst, chose it as her main weapon, and stored her old revolver in her suitcase.
• Angel brought her Star Crystals downstairs, where Daly told her there was a mission and asked if she was on her period.

Angel learned that the Artisan wanted by the Machinery Hivemind was a civilian employee named Tomaz who had secretly become a Sequence 8 Beyonder and killed two teammates. She went to the Carrion Bird Bar to sell Star Crystals and found Justice’s reply, along with a message offering the next stage of the Assassin Potion.

• Daly explained that Tomaz had been positioned nearby, then left with Herman and the Machinery Hivemind’s armed members to pursue him.
• Angel avoided Rupert Norman and went to the Carrion Bird Bar for her planned meeting with Justice.
• Angel found Justice’s message agreeing to buy all her Star Crystals at a negotiable price and directing her to a stall by the staircase.
• Angel scanned the crowded market’s message board but found no Main Materials for the Instigator Potion.
• Angel discovered a discreet message offering the next stage of Assassin for a negotiable price at table thirteen on Saturday afternoon.

Angel met a young woman calling herself “Justice” to sell her forty grams of star crystal for two hundred pounds. She learned the buyer had once been tricked by a counterfeit Tarot Club, confirming she was not the Justice from the Tarot Club Angel knew.

• Angel decided to pursue the noticeboard lead for star crystal despite suspecting it might be a trap.
• Angel approached the young woman and her bodyguard, then showed them the star crystal she had for sale.
• The buyer agreed to pay two hundred pounds for all forty grams, and the pair verified the weight before completing the trade.
• Angel asked whether the buyer had joined the Tarot Club, and the woman described how Mr. Wilson had exposed a fraudulent group using that name.
• Angel concluded that the woman was not the Tarot Club’s Justice and felt reassured that the counterfeit group had been exposed.

Angel learned that the fugitive Tomaz had escaped a joint Nighthawks and Machinery Hivemind arrest, then prepared to buy potion materials and visit Artisan Kavi. She entered Kavi's clock shop and found the old man dead and Kavi held at gunpoint by an armed stranger.

• Angel returned to the Silver Bullet and learned from Daly that Tomaz had evaded capture using Anti-Divination and fled his apartment before the raid.
• Angel shared dinner with Daly, who explained that Tomaz had murdered two Machinery Hivemind teammates and stolen Spiritual Materials.
• Captain Clement announced that the Backlund Team would arrive Sunday, and the Nighthawks would begin their operation that night.
• Angel planned to contact a trader about Instigator potion materials and visited Kavi's Clock Shop to discuss having a weapon made.
• Angel found the old man dead on the floor and Artisan Kavi wounded, with a stranger holding a revolver to her forehead.

Angel encountered the fugitive Tomaz in a clock shop and fought to survive his attacks, using Bloodthirst and her knowledge of his abilities to counter him. After Tomaz’s bomb blasted Angel and Kavi against the back wall, he approached them through the ruined entrance.

• Angel recognized Tomaz, drew Bloodthirst, and shot at him as he hid behind the counter.
• Tomaz used Flaming Jump to appear behind Angel and fired, but Angel dodged and struck him with an enhanced Phantom Phosphor Eruption.
• Tomaz escaped the blast with Paper Figurine Substitute, then reappeared and threw a bomb into the shop.
• Angel kicked a Hunting Rifle into the bomb to send it toward the entrance, then grabbed Kavi and dove behind the workbench.
• The bomb exploded, crushing Angel and Kavi against the back wall, and Tomaz walked toward them through the wreckage.

Angel helped Kavi survive Tomaz’s attack, and Tomaz escaped after being struck by a High-Pressure Steam Rifle. Kavi revealed that Tomaz was only Sequence 8, leaving Angel and Kavi to suspect he had used Mystical Items to wield stronger Beyonder abilities.

• Angel freed Bloodthirst from beneath herself and Kavi, shot at Tomaz, and watched him flee after a Steam Rifle bullet wounded him.
• Machinery Hivemind members arrived, and Kavi defended Angel while explaining that Tomaz had killed Bern and attacked her for her Beyonder Characteristic.
• Kavi mourned Bern and stopped herself from explaining what Tomaz intended to do with her Beyonder Characteristic.
• Kavi told Angel that Tomaz was Sequence 8, not Sequence 7, and could not use the abilities Angel had witnessed herself.
• Angel and Kavi realized Tomaz had likely carried Mystical Items that granted him Flame Leap and Paper Figurine Substitute.

After discovering that Tomaz had used a Mystical Item containing Magician abilities, Angel learned how he had obtained it and then went to the Carrion Bird Bar to meet the seller of an Instigator Beyonder Characteristic. She followed Dominic upstairs, realizing his earlier message had been about a Characteristic rather than a Potion, and began considering how she could afford it and whether it could advance her.

• Kavi concluded that Tomaz had used a Mystical Item formed from a stolen Magician Beyonder Characteristic and went to check whether the Characteristic was missing from the warehouse.
• Kavi told Angel that the Machinery Hivemind had killed the Magician by bringing in heavy cannons and destroying the house.
• Angel reported the morning's events to Clement, tended to her injuries, and went to the Carrion Bird Bar to meet the seller of the Instigator Potion.
• Dominic approached Angel at the bar and explained that he had left the message about selling the Instigator Beyonder Characteristic.
• Angel learned that Dominic was selling a Beyonder Characteristic rather than Potion materials and considered whether she could use it to advance.