Chapter Summaries

Fang Li confronted Sayonari over his obsession with genetic superiority, helping Aria and Riko regain their resolve. Sayonari then revealed how he copied the Toyama family's genes and shot himself to trigger his near-death transformation.

• Sayonari's silver wolves surrounded Fang Li, Aria, and Riko, frightening Riko and unsettling Aria.
• Fang Li stayed calm and accused Sayonari of targeting him because an ordinary person reaching S-Rank disproved his belief in genetic superiority.
• Aria backed Fang Li, and Riko began repeating that human worth was not limited to genes.
• Sayonari insisted that people with inferior genes could never challenge a higher existence and invoked Count Dracula and Vlad of Infinite Sin.
• Sayonari explained that he had copied the Toyama family's genes and that a near-death state could trigger Emotional Outburst Scholar Syndrome.
• Sayonari aimed his gun at his own temple and pulled the trigger.

Sayonari transformed into Vlad, an enormous werewolf who claimed to have an immortal body and no weaknesses. Fang Li’s bullets wounded Vlad, but he healed instantly, and Vlad charged at Fang Li with a devastating punch.

• Sayonari shot himself in the head and transformed into the werewolf Vlad as the silver wolves howled in submission.
• Vlad’s roar swept across the deck, knocking Aria, Riko, and the silver wolves down, while Fang Li remained standing.
• Fang Li fired repeatedly at Vlad, but Vlad healed his wounds and claimed he had no weaknesses after rewriting his genes and absorbing superior blood.
• Vlad charged at Fang Li and threw a powerful punch as Aria shouted a warning and Fang Li’s eyes opened icy blue.

Fang Li used his Mystic Eyes of Death Perception to defeat and kill Vlad without killing Sayonari, leaving the criminal alive in human form. He told Sayonari he would spend the rest of his life in prison, while Aria and Riko watched in shock.

• Fang Li saw death lines across Vlad’s body and realized the vampire was not immortal.
• Fang Li unleashed Flash Sheath—Hell Gate, slashing Vlad until he collapsed.
• Vlad’s werewolf form vanished, leaving Sayonari alive in a pool of blood.
• Fang Li explained that he had killed Vlad alone and told Sayonari he would live as a human in prison.
• Aria and Riko watched Fang Li and felt that he seemed more suited to blood than any vampire.

After the tanker hijacking ended, Fang Li visited Riko in the hospital while Aria pursued the case against Vlad and her mother’s release. Riko recounted how Vlad had imprisoned her for years to exploit her genes and explained the condition he had set for her freedom.

• The rescued guests blamed Fang Li and Aria for failing to stop the ball, but Aria revealed that the organizers had refused her warning letter and the guests paid them a large reward.
• Aria transferred the reward to Fang Li, while capturing Vlad helped reduce her mother’s sentence and reopen the Judgment.
• Fang Li arranged for Riko to be hospitalized, and Aria agreed to postpone dealing with the Armed Detective Killer while he spoke with her.
• Riko told Fang Li that after her parents died when she was eight, Vlad took her in under false pretenses and kept her caged to obtain her genes.
• Riko explained that she escaped, joined I-U, and was pursued by Vlad, who promised to free her if she surpassed her great-grandfather and crossed the limits of her genes.

Riko explained that she had never killed the Armed Detectives blamed on the Armed Detective Killer; she had kidnapped them for I-U, an organization that recruited superhumans to share their abilities. She warned Fang Li that I-U had sent someone to kidnap Shirayuki Hoshigami, the top student of the Armed Detective High School's Superpower Investigation Research Department.

• Fang Li considered Riko's crimes and concluded she still had to pay for them despite understanding her desire for freedom.
• Riko told Fang Li that she had never killed anyone and that the Armed Detectives she targeted had been kidnapped for I-U.
• Riko explained that I-U began as a World War II superhuman training institution and later recruited talented people, sometimes by kidnapping them.
• Riko said she had joined I-U to gain the strength to defeat Vlad, who had also belonged to the organization as its second-in-command.
• Riko warned Fang Li that another I-U member had been sent to kidnap Shirayuki Hoshigami while he was away from her.

After realizing Shirayuki had been kidnapped by Demonic Sword and taken to I-U, Fang Li decided to infiltrate the organization’s headquarters and rescue her. Riko agreed to send him the information he needed, and the system assigned him a mission to defeat I-U’s leader.

• Fang Li realized Shirayuki had been kidnapped when she stopped answering his calls and messages.
• Riko explained that Demonic Sword was an I-U strategist who had taken Shirayuki back to the organization.
• Fang Li asked Riko how to reach I-U and learned that Professor, who had defeated Vlad, led the organization.
• Fang Li told Riko that Shirayuki and Riko were among the few friends he had, and Riko agreed to send him information about I-U.
• The system assigned Fang Li an A-Class Side Mission to infiltrate I-U’s headquarters and defeat its current leader for 20,000 Exchange Points.

Fang Li decoded Riko’s disguised intelligence about I-U and prepared to attack the organization’s headquarters. Aria insisted on joining him so she could clear her mother’s name, and the two agreed to fight as partners.

• Fang Li recognized that Riko’s slideshow encoded information through the dance moves of a game they had played together.
• Fang Li translated Riko’s slideshows throughout the day and compiled intelligence about I-U.
• Aria examined the intelligence, and Fang Li warned her to keep it secret to protect Riko.
• Fang Li told Aria he planned to prepare for an attack on I-U’s headquarters, but Aria grabbed his clothes and asked if he was really going.
• Aria insisted on joining Fang Li to arrest I-U’s members and clear her mother’s name, saying they were partners.
• Fang Li warned Aria about I-U’s strength, and Aria said she would prepare her trump card.

Fang Li prepared to pursue I-U by obtaining its latest signal and buying special Buzhen Bullets to bolster his attacks. After Kinji Touyama summoned him to Empty Land Island, Fang Li found Kinji waiting in Burst Mode.

• Fang Li learned that I-U's moving submarine headquarters could only be located through a changing signal, so he needed to set out before the signal changed again.
• Aria said she would handle transportation and left to arrange it.
• Fang Li opened his ammunition case and digitized the effects of the expensive Buzhen Bullets he had bought with his savings.
• Kinji Touyama called Fang Li from Empty Land Island, told him to come, and hung up.
• Fang Li met Kinji on Empty Land Island and recognized that he had entered Burst Mode.

Kinji Touyama confronted Fang Li on Empty Land Island and tried to keep him from interfering with a dangerous plan involving Aria. When Fang Li refused to stay, Kinji used Mirror Return to destroy Fang Li’s gun, leaving them facing off again.

• Fang Li questioned Kinji Touyama about entering Burst Mode again, and Kinji asked where Kanzaki was.
• Kinji Touyama aimed his modified Beretta at Fang Li and ordered him to stay while whatever he had planned was carried out.
• Fang Li realized Kinji Touyama intended to do something to Aria and turned to leave despite Kinji’s warning shots.
• Kinji Touyama fired two rounds using Invisible Bullet, ricocheted Fang Li’s shot back into his Glock, and destroyed the gun with Mirror Return.
• Kinji Touyama aimed at Fang Li again and told him to stay quietly.

Fang Li and Kinji Touyama fought again, revealing how much Kinji had grown since leaving the Assault Department. After Kinji’s Beretta broke apart, the fight was left unresolved.

• Fang Li asked Kinji why he was confused despite becoming stronger, and Kinji said he could never surpass his older brother.
• Fang Li vanished to attack without a weapon, but Kinji used Power Bullet Barrage to protect himself and fired at him.
• Fang Li drew his dagger and deflected Kinji’s shots, but Kinji redirected the bullets into Bullet Thunder and forced Fang Li to retreat.
• Kinji explained that sparring with Fang Li and entering Burst Mode had helped him develop his gun techniques.
• Fang Li said he was no pushover, and Kinji’s Beretta abruptly split apart.

Fang Li revealed that he had secretly cut Kinji Touyama’s Beretta with Seven Nights and warned him that the same strike could have killed him. Kinji chose to fight for the Toyama family’s idea of righteousness, and the chapter ended as he and Fang Li charged at each other.

• Fang Li explained that he had severed Kinji Touyama’s Beretta with Seven Nights during the instant Power Bullet Barrage became Bullet Thunder.
• Fang Li warned Kinji that he could have aimed the strike at his neck, but Kinji threw away his broken weapon and insisted on fighting.
• Kinji said he would stand against Fang Li for the sake of the Toyama family’s righteousness.
• Kinji revealed that he had developed a supersonic attack by coordinating his body’s movements with Burst Mode, despite the severe damage it could cause his arm.
• Fang Li accepted Kinji’s challenge, and they charged at each other at unprecedented speed.

Fang Li and Kinji Touyama exchanged their strongest attacks in a duel, and Fang Li emerged less injured as Kinji conceded defeat. Kinji then warned Fang Li that his big brother wanted to kill Kanzaki.

• Kinji Touyama unleashed his supersonic Cherry Blossom punch against Fang Li.
• Fang Li countered with Flash Run—Bright Moon, and their attacks collided in a shockwave that split the ground.
• Fang Li and Kinji Touyama were both injured, but Kinji was hurt more severely and lost the ability to fight.
• Kinji admitted that Fang Li had won and said he still could not beat him.
• Kinji urged Fang Li to find Kanzaki, warning that his big brother wanted to kill her.

Aria fought Kana Touyama in an abandoned building and was badly wounded by her Invisible Bullet. Fang Li arrived in time to deflect a shot, but Kana escaped, leaving him uncertain whether she was an enemy or an ally.

• Kana Touyama shot Aria repeatedly with Invisible Bullet and declared that she had to die for the sake of justice.
• Kana said she had used Invisible Bullet before the Gun Magician and suggested that the man's greatest weapon was the blade, not the gun.
• Fang Li arrived and shot down Kana's bullet with another bullet, saving Aria from being hit again.
• Fang Li recognized Kana Touyama as Kinji's relative and confirmed she had not died.
• Kana admitted her failed attempt to kill Aria and left, while Fang Li let her go.

After Fang Li rescued Aria from Kana Touyama, he learned that her attacker was Kinichi Touyama, Kinji Touyama’s older brother, using a female disguise to maintain Burst Mode. Fang Li wondered why Kinichi had returned and targeted Aria, but he and Aria put the mystery aside as the attack on I-U approached.

• Aria told Fang Li that Kana Touyama had steadily aimed her bullets closer to her vital points until Fang Li arrived.
• Fang Li explained that Kana was Kinichi Touyama, Kinji Touyama’s brother, who used a female disguise to maintain Burst Mode.
• Aria said she had gone to the meeting after receiving an anonymous call offering her a job, and Fang Li questioned why Kinichi had attacked her.
• Fang Li and Aria set aside the mystery surrounding Kinichi and focused on their coming attack on I-U.

Fang Li and Aria prepared to assault I-U, with Fang Li restoring his Glock and preparing to complete his final Main Mission. They set off from Gakuen Island in a small submarine, leaving the harbor to follow I-U’s signal.

• Fang Li replaced his destroyed Glock and reviewed that only Main Mission Five, which required him to obtain Exchange Points, remained incomplete.
• Fang Li and Aria arrived at the harbor before dawn, both wearing Armed Detective High School Bulletproof Uniforms, while Aria carried a mysterious box.
• Aria revealed that she had secured a small submarine through the Vehicle Department, though Fang Li doubted she could pilot it.
• Aria entered I-U’s signal pattern into the submarine’s radar, took the controls, and told Fang Li to close the hatch.
• Aria refused to turn back, and she piloted the submarine beneath the harbor waters toward I-U.

Fang Li and Aria traveled by submarine toward the I-U submarine, taking turns resting before their expected attack. While Aria slept, Fang Li discovered her photograph of Sherlock Holmes and heard her dream about finding a partner and saving her mother.

• Aria piloted the modified submarine as Fang Li watched the radar and proposed that they rest in shifts during the long journey.
• Fang Li slept for three hours, ate with Aria, then took over the controls while she rested.
• Aria dropped her Armed Detective Handbook, and Fang Li found a photograph of her great-grandfather, Sherlock Holmes, inside it.
• Aria cried in her sleep and murmured that she had found a partner, was no longer defective, and would save her mother.
• Fang Li returned the photograph and handbook to Aria, then the submarine's radar began beeping.

Fang Li and Aria reached the enormous Dongfang, I-U’s secret submarine base, and infiltrated it through its ballast tank. They emerged inside the submarine and confirmed that their entry had succeeded.

• Fang Li startled Aria while withdrawing his hand after putting the Armed Detective Handbook into her chest, and she angrily accused him of molesting her.
• Fang Li and Aria spotted the massive nuclear submarine marked “I” and “U” and identified it as the Dongfang, I-U’s main base.
• Fang Li told Aria they would enter through the rear ballast tank when it opened to replace the water, and they waited for about an hour.
• Fang Li and Aria’s small submarine followed the current through the open ballast tank into the Dongfang.
• Fang Li and Aria climbed out of their submarine inside the Dongfang and declared the infiltration successful.

Fang Li and Aria infiltrated I-U’s nuclear submarine and planned to rescue Shirayuki Hoshigami before arresting I-U’s unknown leader. They reached the detention room and overheard someone questioning a captive about refusing to submit.

• Fang Li and Aria discussed how to find I-U’s leader, whose identity Riko had not revealed, and wondered why she had warned them to be careful.
• Fang Li set two objectives: capture I-U’s leader and subdue its members, then rescue Shirayuki Hoshigami.
• Fang Li and Aria followed Riko’s map through the unguarded submarine to the detention room without meeting anyone.
• Fang Li and Aria heard a pleasant voice inside the room ask someone whether they were still refusing to submit.

Fang Li and Aria found Shirayuki being held by Jeanne d'Arc, who tried to persuade her to join I-U by exploiting her desire to protect Fang Li. Just as Shirayuki began to hesitate, Fang Li burst into the room and held a dagger to Jeanne's throat.

• Fang Li and Aria listened at the door and saw Shirayuki facing a knight-like girl inside the room.
• Jeanne d'Arc told Shirayuki that I-U could make her stronger and urged her to give up resisting.
• Shirayuki refused to join I-U, saying she did not want to become stronger.
• Jeanne appealed to Shirayuki's wish to protect Fang Li, and Shirayuki began to waver.
• Jeanne noticed someone at the door, but Fang Li rushed in and pressed a dagger to her throat.

Fang Li confronted Jeanne at I-U, discovered she was an ice-wielding Super Detective using a double, and persuaded her to take him to the Professor. He left Aria and Shirayuki sealed inside the room, while Jeanne agreed to lead him to the Professor.

• Aria accused Jeanne of framing her mother and vowed to arrest her, but Jeanne and Shirayuki warned Aria that she should not have come to I-U.
• Fang Li cut off Jeanne's head, revealing that she had been an ice double, while the real Jeanne froze the room's doorway and trapped Aria and Shirayuki inside.
• Jeanne claimed that her ice magic made the deep sea an ideal place to fight, but Fang Li appeared behind her after slipping out of the room.
• Fang Li deduced that the others were wary of letting Aria meet the Professor and demanded that Jeanne take him there.
• Jeanne agreed to lead Fang Li to the Professor, and he told Shirayuki to keep Aria inside before leaving with Jeanne.