Chapter Summaries

Shirayuki Hoshigami divined Fang Li’s past, present, and future, reading his future as a choice between bringing light or darkness to the world. Fang Li accepted the card representing Ama-no-Iwato and left, while Shirayuki Hoshigami wondered if he was the person she had suspected.

• Fang Li invited Shirayuki Hoshigami to divine anything she wished, and she drew three cards for his past, present, and future.
• Shirayuki Hoshigami interpreted the forest card as Fang Li’s loneliness and the river card as his constant existence near the boundary between life and death.
• Shirayuki Hoshigami explained that the Ama-no-Iwato card meant Fang Li could bring either light or darkness to the world through his choices.
• The surrounding students laughed off Shirayuki Hoshigami’s prediction, but she remained serious as Fang Li thanked her and stood to leave.
• Shirayuki Hoshigami gave Fang Li the Ama-no-Iwato card, then watched him go and quietly wondered if it really was him.

Fang Li settled into his expensive VIP suite at Tokyo Butei High School and reflected on the costs of life in an Instance World and his ability to change its course. The next morning, he discovered Kinji Touyama was his neighbor and asked him to come buy a gun.

• Fang Li explored his VIP suite and complained that the Main God Space would not cover his tuition or living expenses.
• Fang Li examined the Ama-no-Iwato card from Shirayuki Hoshigami and reflected on how his actions could change the course of a world.
• Fang Li went to sleep, then left his dormitory at dawn to head to school.
• Fang Li found Kinji Touyama coming out of the neighboring room, and both asked why the other was there again.
• Fang Li accepted the coincidence and asked Kinji Touyama to come buy a gun with him.

Fang Li and Kinji Touyama arrived at Tokyo Butei High School as S-Class Assault Department rookies, and Fang Li went to acquire a gun to meet school regulations. At the shooting range, Fang Li demonstrated astonishing accuracy, which came from the accuracy boost granted by his new title.

• Fang Li explained to Kinji Touyama that an S-Class Assault Department rating meant combat power comparable to a special forces company.
• Fang Li and Kinji Touyama headed to the Equipment Department so Fang Li could obtain a gun for school.
• Kinji Touyama described his Beretta M92F and said he planned to have the Equipment Department modify it.
• At the Assault Department shooting range, Fang Li fired a fully automatic pistol and hit the target with nearly every shot.
• Kinji Touyama was astonished by Fang Li's accuracy, unaware that Fang Li's new title increased it.

Fang Li practiced shooting with his new Glock 18 at the range, where his exceptional accuracy drew attention but also revealed a dangerous habit of aiming at vital areas. Lan Bao began training him in proper firearm technique, and Fang Li continued practicing under her guidance until evening.

• Fang Li used Kinji Touyama's money to buy a Glock 18 with a 20-round magazine and practiced shooting at the indoor range.
• The Assault Department students watched Fang Li's unusually high hit rate and Kinji Touyama's skilled handling but average accuracy.
• After emptying three magazines, Fang Li stopped, realizing that his title boosted his accuracy more than further practice would.
• Lan Bao pointed out that Fang Li had been hitting the targets' vital areas, violating the Armed Detective rule against killing.
• Lan Bao warned Fang Li about the harsher punishment Armed Detectives faced for crimes, then began teaching him firearm technique.
• Fang Li practiced with Lan Bao's guidance until evening.

After a week of combat training, Fang Li was cleared by Lan Bao to accept commissions and searched the bulletin board for work that could help him earn mission points. He chose a beast-extermination job in the Eco Forest, but a petite Sniper Department girl reached for the same commission, leaving them facing each other.

• Fang Li focused on specialized courses and looked forward to commissions, which could earn him money, credits, and the mission points needed for Main Mission Two.
• After a week of training, Lan Bao told Fang Li to take commissions and return after killing a few criminals.
• Fang Li browsed the bulletin board and chose the Eco Forest beast-extermination commission, which offered 2.0 credits and 300,000 yen.
• A petite girl with a rifle case on her back reached for the same commission sheet as Fang Li.
• Fang Li recognized the girl as an Armed Detective from the Sniper Department.

Fang Li competed with Sniper Department student Leiji for a commission, then accepted the job to clear dangerous beasts from an abandoned forest. After a day of hunting, he found Classmate Hoshiga waiting nervously at the forest exit.

• Fang Li encountered Leiji reaching for the same commission and offered to work together or settle who would take it.
• Leiji silently walked away, and Fang Li learned from nearby students that she was an S-Class sniper who had just entered the Sniper Department.
• Fang Li took the commission to clear escaped zoo animals from the environmental protection forest and traveled there by train.
• Fang Li killed many ferocious beasts, planned to return the next day to check for stragglers, and headed out of the forest.
• Fang Li emerged from the abandoned theme park and was surprised to find Classmate Hoshiga pacing at the exit.

Fang Li found Shirayuki Hoshigami following him because she worried about his unusual fate, only to learn she had spent her life confined to a shrine. He took her Forest card and offered to guide her, beginning a bond between them.

• Fang Li confronted Shirayuki Hoshigami after finding her lost while following him.
• Shirayuki Hoshigami explained that her divination showed Fang Li would affect the world's future, and that this was her first time outside the shrine.
• Shirayuki Hoshigami told Fang Li that St. Gala Shrine Maidens were born to protect and had been forbidden from leaving without permission.
• Fang Li took Shirayuki Hoshigami's Forest card and told her she would no longer be lonely and could enjoy her life outside the shrine.
• Fang Li offered to lead Shirayuki Hoshigami whenever she got lost, and she took his hand.

Fang Li began his second year at Armed Detective High School, where his reputation as the S-Rank “Gun Magician” had grown while he grew close to Shirayuki Hoshigami. As they headed to the opening ceremony, where Shirayuki was to speak as student council president, someone called out to Fang Li.

• Fang Li woke when Shirayuki Hoshigami texted him and waited outside his dormitory.
• Fang Li and Shirayuki Hoshigami chatted about how their friendship had deepened over the past year and walked to school together.
• Shirayuki reminded Fang Li to bring his handgun, and Fang Li showed her how he could produce and hide it using the Black Ring.
• Fang Li’s concealed gun technique had earned him the title “Gun Magician” and fame as an S-Rank Armed Detective.
• Fang Li and Shirayuki headed toward the gymnasium for the opening ceremony, where Shirayuki would give a speech, when someone called out to Fang Li.

Fang Li encountered Teacher Sayonari, who singled him out with a veiled insult despite being courteous to everyone else. After the opening ceremony, Fang Li went to his second-year Class A and discovered Kinji Touyama was in the same class.

• Fang Li greeted Teacher Sayonari at the school gate while Shirayuki Hoshika stood beside him.
• Sayonari criticized Fang Li for relying on girls and suggested he was unworthy of being Shirayuki’s friend; Fang Li answered politely while wondering why Sayonari targeted him.
• Shirayuki defended Fang Li, insisting he could not have wronged Sayonari, and then accompanied him to the opening ceremony.
• Shirayuki gave her Student Council President’s address, and the ceremony ended after the principal’s speech and class assignments.
• Fang Li went to his second-year Class A, where Kinji Touyama recognized him and complained that they were in the same class again.

Fang Li asked Kinji Touyama whether he would return to the Assault Department, and Kinji confirmed that he planned to leave Armed Detective High School and give up becoming an armed detective. Riko appeared beside them and pointed out that the Assault Department still had an S-Rank Armed Detective.

• Fang Li and Kinji Touyama joked about their repeated classes and Shirayuki’s reputation as an exceptional student.
• Fang Li asked Kinji whether he planned to return to the Assault Department, and Kinji said he would transfer to an ordinary high school after the year.
• Fang Li recalled that Kinji had left the Assault Department after his brother died saving civilians and was blamed by the media.
• Fang Li regretted losing Kinji as an opponent he could fight seriously.
• Riko popped up beside Fang Li’s desk and said the Assault Department still had an S-Rank Armed Detective.

Fang Li reunited with Mine Riko, his third friend from Armed Detective High School, who clung to him and teased him about rumors involving him and Kinji Touyama. Riko then asked about another S-Rank Armed Detective in the Assault Department, and Fang Li identified Kanzaki.

• Kinji Touyama panicked when Mine Riko appeared and fled the classroom after she teased him and Fang Li about rumors of their relationship.
• Riko grabbed Fang Li’s arm and refused to let him escape, while Fang Li recalled how they had become friends after he gave her a cake on her birthday.
• Fang Li recalled Riko joining his Assault Department training and cheering him on, which led jealous students to challenge him and get beaten.
• Riko asked Fang Li whether there was another S-Rank Armed Detective in the Assault Department, and he answered that she meant Kanzaki.

Fang Li learned that the British S-Rank transfer student Kanzaki H. Aria had been seeking him out, and that she was expected to join his class. As Fang Li walked home alone at dusk, he suddenly sensed a change in the atmosphere.

• Riko told Fang Li that Kanzaki H. Aria was an S-Rank Armed Detective from England who used twin pistols and short swords.
• Riko revealed that Aria had repeatedly asked about Fang Li and would be in their class, though an incident kept her from attending that day.
• Fang Li wondered whether Aria wanted to duel him and looked forward to meeting her.
• Fang Li left school alone while Shirayuki sent him apologetic messages about not going home together.
• Fang Li abruptly stopped on the dim road when the atmosphere around him changed.

Fang Li was ambushed by a pack of trained Caucasian Silver Wolves, but he killed them with his Invisible Bullet technique. He then shot the tire of a fleeing car, causing it to crash and explode, and walked toward the wreckage.

• Fang Li sensed that he was surrounded by trained wolves and identified them as nearly extinct Caucasian Silver Wolves.
• The silver wolves attacked Fang Li, who used his Glock and the Black Ring to fire his Invisible Bullet technique.
• Fang Li shot the wolves dead as they charged him.
• Fang Li heard a car starting and shot its tire, sending the vehicle into a streetlamp where it exploded.
• Fang Li watched the burning wreck without changing expression and walked toward it.

After surviving an attack by a wolf pack, Fang Li reassured Shirayuki, who warned him that a major event would soon transform everything around him. The chapter ended with Fang Li hiding a message from the Armed Detective Killer as Shirayuki prepared to leave for training camp.

• Fang Li explained that killing someone would violate the Armed Detective Charter and threaten his license, missions, and title, though he had fired at an attacker’s vehicle because he doubted the mastermind was inside.
• Fang Li called Armed Detective High School, but the Forensics Department found no evidence at the crash site.
• Shirayuki rushed to Fang Li’s room, worried that he had been attacked by an Armed Detective Killer or a copycat, and Fang Li comforted her.
• Shirayuki told Fang Li her divination predicted an event that would bring enormous changes and warned him to be careful while she was away at a training camp on Mt. Fear.
• Fang Li hid a text message from the Armed Detective Killer that read, “The blood of a Magus will be spilled across this land.”

Fang Li learned that an Armed Detective Killer copycat had targeted him and was called to respond to a bomb-rigged school bus pursued by an armed remote-control vehicle. On the Assault Department rooftop, he met a petite, pink-haired armed detective who asked if he was the Gun Magician.

• Shirayuki messaged Fang Li to wake him, and he walked toward Armed Detective High School while considering the threat he had received.
• Lan Bao told Fang Li that a school bus carrying armed detectives had been fitted with a bomb that would explode if it slowed down and was being pursued by a weapon-equipped vehicle.
• Lan Bao explained that an armed detective had detected the copycat's remote-control signal and was preparing to deploy with Fang Li.
• Fang Li reached the rain-soaked rooftop and met a petite, pink-haired armed detective in combat gear.
• The girl examined Fang Li and asked whether he was the Gun Magician.

Fang Li met Aria, an S-Rank Armed Detective from England, as she prepared to respond to a bus hijacking. They boarded a helicopter together and located the speeding bus, but Fang Li warned against descending onto it yet.

• Aria arrived in the rain and revealed she had arranged to partner with Fang Li for an urgent case.
• Aria explained that a hijacker had taken over a bus using bombs and a remotely controlled armed vehicle, with the passengers held hostage.
• Fang Li and Aria flew toward the bus, with Aria confirming they were the first rescue personnel to reach it.
• After spotting the speeding bus on the highway, Aria prepared to parachute down, but Fang Li said they could not descend yet.

Fang Li and Aria assessed the armed cars surrounding the bus and coordinated with Kinji Touyama, who confirmed there were no bombs inside it. After the highway was sealed off, Fang Li prepared to jump from the helicopter with Aria, leaving the rescue attempt poised to begin.

• Fang Li warned Aria that armed criminals in convertibles were watching the bus and that attacking before the highway was cleared could endanger civilians.
• Fang Li called Kinji Touyama, who confirmed he was trapped aboard the bus and could not safely attack the cars.
• Fang Li had the passengers inspect their belongings, then concluded that the bomb must be beneath the bus or on its roof.
• Fang Li told Kinji to stay hidden, invoked the Armed Detective Charter, and prepared a parachute.
• After the highway was sealed, Fang Li scooped Aria into his arms and leaped from the helicopter.

Fang Li used a parachute to evade gunfire while carrying Aria toward the fleeing cars, giving her the chance to shoot their tires. Aria disabled one car, which crashed and exploded.

• Fang Li leaped from the helicopter with Aria and opened his parachute near the ground as criminals fired at them.
• Fang Li used the storm and parachute to dodge the bullets and steer toward the open-top cars.
• Fang Li told Aria to shoot the cars’ tires while he handled their evasion.
• Aria drew her two Colt M1911 pistols and shot out one car’s tires.
• The damaged car skidded off the highway and exploded.

Fang Li and Aria fought off the hijackers’ remote-controlled convertibles and reached the bus, where Aria found the bomb. As she showed Fang Li the explosive, his phone began vibrating and he sensed that he had overlooked something important.

• Fang Li used a parachute turned glider to reach the bus while Aria shot the tires of the pursuing convertibles, causing them to crash and explode.
• Fang Li and Aria landed on the bus roof and agreed that Aria would search for the bomb while Fang Li guarded the bus.
• Fang Li entered the bus and reassured Kinji Touyama and the other students that Aria, an S-Rank Armed Detective, was searching for the bomb.
• Fang Li heard Aria report that she had found the bomb, then went back onto the roof to meet her.
• Aria climbed up from beneath the bus holding a large plastic explosive, and Fang Li’s vibrating phone stirred an uneasy feeling in him.

Fang Li saved Aria and the bus passengers by shooting the bomb away before it exploded, then deduced that the Armed Detective Killer had set up the hijacking to lure him into a remote detonation. After hearing his explanation and witnessing his Invisible Bullet, Aria asked Fang Li to become her partner.

• Fang Li remembered the Armed Detective Killer’s message and realized the bus bomb was part of a plan targeting him.
• Fang Li shot the explosive out of Aria’s hands, and it detonated behind the bus without killing them.
• The bus stopped, and Fang Li and Aria returned to Armed Detective High School while the culprit remained uncaught.
• Fang Li explained to Aria how the hijacking was meant to lure him onto the bus before the bomb was remotely detonated.
• Aria recognized Fang Li’s Invisible Bullet and asked him to be her partner.