Chapter Summaries

Fang Li and Watson competed in a shooting contest at the range, with both hitting every target’s bullseye at the same time. The contest remained a stalemate as they prepared to get serious.

• Lan Bao cleared the shooting range and explained the contest rules to Fang Li and Watson.
• Watson proposed that only bullseye hits count, and Fang Li agreed before choosing the Armed Detective (S-Class) title.
• Fang Li and Watson fired simultaneously and both pierced the first target’s bullseye.
• As more targets appeared, Fang Li and Watson continued hitting every bullseye at the same time.
• Fang Li and Watson each decided it was time to get serious.

Fang Li and Watson displayed extraordinary marksmanship in their duel, hitting the first ninety-nine targets in sync. Watson obscured the last target with water and dust, but Fang Li countered her shot and won by hitting the final target after Watson ran out of bullets.

• Fang Li and Watson fired in perfect sync, striking the bullseyes of the moving targets while the spectators watched in amazement.
• Watson hit a ceiling sprinkler and a sandbag, filling the field with water and dust to hide the final target.
• Watson listened for the target and fired, but Fang Li struck her bullet midair with his own shot.
• As the dust cleared, Watson discovered she had run out of bullets, and Fang Li hit the final target.

Fang Li defeated Watson in a shooting contest and told her to stop bothering Aria unless she could beat him. Watson left angrily, while Fang Li and Aria smiled together.

• Lan Bao announced that Fang Li scored 100 hits and Watson scored 99, declaring Fang Li the winner.
• Fang Li explained that Watson had lost because she miscounted her ammunition while focused on winning.
• Watson admitted Fang Li was outstanding but insisted shooting was not her true specialty.
• Fang Li warned Watson not to bother Aria because Aria had chosen him as her partner.
• Watson left after Fang Li challenged her to defeat him before approaching Aria again, and Fang Li and Aria exchanged smiles.

After defeating Watson, Fang Li learned that his influence had made him a key figure in the Order and a focus of the Freemasons’ attention. Watson then called Fang Li and revealed that he had taken Aria, summoning him to Sky Tower and warning him not to tell anyone.

• The students at Armed Detective High School discussed Fang Li’s victory over Watson and regarded the outcome as inevitable.
• Aria told Fang Li that Watson had invited her to dinner once but had stopped bringing up their engagement, while still casting hostile looks at Fang Li.
• Jeanne explained that Fang Li had become a key figure in the Order, and Fang Li suspected the Freemasons were observing him before deciding whether to join.
• Fang Li reflected that his growing influence might attract enemies, and soon afterward Watson called him while he was walking back to the dorms.
• Watson told Fang Li that Aria had acted alone, ordered him to come to Sky Tower, and threatened that Aria would disappear if he notified anyone.
• Fang Li realized Watson had taken Aria and headed back toward Armed Detective High School.

Fang Li reached the unfinished Tokyo Sky Tree and confronted Hilda Dracula, who had captured Aria and allied with Watson. As Hilda prepared to hunt him, Fang Li faced her beneath the moon.

• Fang Li drove to Tokyo Sky Tree and leapt toward its summit as bats surged out to attack him.
• Fang Li fired an Incendiary Bullet, burned through the bats, and landed atop the tower.
• Fang Li found Hilda Dracula sitting on a coffin and identified her as the daughter of Vlad of Infinite Sin.
• Hilda admitted she wanted to drain Fang Li dry and asked whether he had expected her to appear.
• Fang Li revealed that Watson was holding the chained Aria at gunpoint, then told Aria to wait while he dealt with Hilda.

Hilda confronted Fang Li at the Sky Tree, confessing her hatred and desire to preserve him as a specimen while unleashing lightning. Fang Li turned her attack back on her, but Watson intervened with a gunshot and rapier thrust.

• Hilda spread her wings and accused Fang Li of defeating her father and humiliating her, while admitting she was fascinated by his strength and fearlessness.
• Hilda summoned thunderclouds over Tokyo and called down lightning, intending to kill Fang Li and keep his body as a specimen.
• Fang Li used Bō Xié to absorb the lightning and gather it into a thunder sphere.
• Fang Li redirected the lightning toward Hilda, but Watson shot at him and then charged with a rapier.

Fang Li defeated Watson on the steel tower, but Hilda transformed into lightning and seized Bō Xié. She demanded that Fang Li offer up his blood.

• Watson attacked Fang Li with his rapier and gun, but Fang Li stopped the blade with one finger.
• Fang Li struck Watson with Invisible Bullet, then shot him again and blasted him off the tower.
• Hilda sent a powerful bolt of lightning down at Fang Li.
• Fang Li raised Bō Xié to meet the lightning, but Hilda emerged as the lightning and gripped the blade, demanding his blood.

Hilda revealed her third form and unleashed a devastating lightning attack against Fang Li atop Sky Tree. Fang Li emerged unscathed, cut through her trident, and wounded her with his crescent-shaped dagger.

• Hilda explained that she had entered a third form that combined her witch, vampire, and nature powers, making her stronger than Sherlock Holmes without Scarlet Bullet.
• Hilda struck Sky Tree with her trident, sending lightning through the tower and bringing rain across Tokyo.
• When the lightning faded, Fang Li stood unharmed, and Hilda saw that her trident had been severed.
• Fang Li said he was the same as Hilda in power, then slashed her abdomen with a crescent-shaped dagger.

Fang Li wounded Hilda with Bō Xié, but she refused to yield and attacked him with Watson’s help. As Hilda bit Fang Li and drained his blood, a strange heartbeat and terrifying power suddenly stirred inside him.

• Fang Li’s strike cut one of Hilda’s Death Lines, leaving her badly wounded and unable to heal.
• Fang Li turned away from Hilda and headed toward the enormous coffin, intending to spare her.
• Hilda lunged at Fang Li after Watson shot at him and shouted for her to act.
• Fang Li pierced Hilda through the chest with Bō Xié, but she grabbed his hand and bit his arm to drain his blood.
• A heartbeat sounded inside Fang Li, and a terrifying power suddenly erupted within him.

Arcueid’s power surged through Fang Li and forced Hilda to kneel in submission. Riko revealed that she had impersonated Aria and held Watson at gunpoint, leaving Fang Li facing her in the rain.

• As Hilda drained Fang Li’s blood, Arcueid’s power awakened within him and filled Hilda with terror.
• Hilda withdrew her fangs and knelt before Fang Li, while Watson watched in disbelief.
• Fang Li suppressed the surging power and turned his attention to Watson.
• Someone aimed a Walther pistol at Watson, and the seemingly freed Aria revealed herself as Riko in disguise.
• Riko told Watson he had failed to confirm his captive’s identity, then exchanged a look with Fang Li.

Bami, Yan, and Sala watched Fang Li defeat Hilda, while Zhuge Jinghuan arrived with Keke and a mysterious girl called Monkey. Zhuge Jinghuan announced that the Blue Gang and the Oni would compete to capture Fang Li.

• Yan reported to Bami that Fang Li had defeated the vampire Hilda, and Bami said she liked strong people.
• Yan said she wanted to test Fang Li's abilities, but Sala warned that someone did not want them to act against him.
• Zhuge Jinghuan and Keke arrived, accompanied by a little girl with an orange tail whom Bami called Monkey.
• Yan and Sala grew wary of the girl, whom Bami seemed to regard as an equal.
• Zhuge Jinghuan said the Blue Gang was also interested in Fang Li and proposed a contest to capture him first.

Jeanne and Tamamo took Hilda and Watson away after Fang Li stopped Shirayuki and Riko from fighting. In Riko’s room, she explained that she had posed as Aria to escape Hilda’s control and planned to kill Hilda with a silver bullet if Fang Li failed to defeat her.

• Jeanne, Tamamo, and Shirayuki arrived at the Sky Tree and found Fang Li with Riko, while Hilda and Watson were bound nearby.
• Shirayuki and Riko drew their weapons to fight, but Fang Li knocked both of them on the head and stopped them.
• Jeanne and Tamamo took Hilda and Watson away, and Tamamo led the tearful Shirayuki away as well.
• Riko took Fang Li to her room, where he found Aria asleep after Riko had knocked her unconscious.
• Riko told Fang Li that Hilda had ordered her to spy on his group, but she had instead disguised herself as Aria to escape Hilda’s control.
• Riko revealed that she had planned to use a silver bullet to kill Hilda if Fang Li had not defeated her.

Riko revealed that she had resisted Hilda’s offer of freedom because she wanted to prove herself to Fang Li and Aria, while Fang Li realized the Far East Campaign was only beginning. The next day, Watson summoned Fang Li to a restaurant in Odaiba and told him he was giving up on Aria.

• Riko showed Fang Li a Blessed Silver Bullet she had kept to fight Vlad, but admitted it would not be enough to defeat Hilda.
• Riko explained that she had approached Fang Li as a spy for the promise of freedom, but ultimately chose to resist and prove her own worth.
• Riko left after declaring that she would eventually defeat Aria and steal Fang Li away from her.
• Fang Li reflected that Hilda and Watson were only the prelude to the Far East Campaign, then left the dormitory after Watson contacted him.
• Watson met Fang Li at a restaurant in Odaiba and said he was giving up on Aria.

Watson explained that her family’s precarious position had driven her to pursue an engagement with Aria, but she gave up after seeing Fang Li’s strength and decided to support the Brigade. She left Fang Li with a warning that she would compete for Aria again if he failed.

• Watson told Fang Li she was giving up on Aria and explained that she had pursued the engagement to protect her family’s standing among the Freemasons.
• Watson said her family had neglected its charitable duties, putting its position in the Freemasons and its wider influence at risk.
• Fang Li asked why Watson was abandoning an engagement tied to her family’s future, and Watson said she had no chance against him after seeing his strength.
• Watson revealed she had negotiated with Jeanne and Tamamo and decided to recommend that the Freemasons join the Brigade.
• Watson patted Fang Li on the shoulder and said she would resume competing for Aria if the Brigade failed.

After spending his savings, Fang Li worried about money on his way back to Gakuen Island and discovered Hilda had been following him. Hilda declared that she was joining him under the campaign’s rules, citing the noble existence within him, though Fang Li remained bewildered.

• Fang Li returned from the restaurant and heard people discussing the blackout in Tokyo and the lightning strike on the Sky Tree.
• Fang Li realized he had spent his savings on Buzhen Bullets, ammunition, and modifying his Glock, and decided he needed to find a way to earn money.
• Fang Li spotted Hilda hiding nearby and criticized her poor tracking skills.
• Hilda told Fang Li that defeated survivors had to surrender or join the opposing side under the campaign’s rules, then declared that she was his now.
• When Fang Li questioned why she would serve a human, Hilda said he was different because an exceedingly noble existence resided within him.

Hilda explained that Arcueid’s power made Fang Li an exception among humans and offered him her submission. She joined the Order for the coming battle, hid inside Fang Li’s shadow, and followed him despite his lack of agreement.

• Hilda explained that Fang Li carried the protection of a being nobler than any ordinary vampire, and said she would submit to him.
• Fang Li asked what Hilda would do if he refused, and she threatened to drain his blood and display him as a specimen.
• Hilda announced that she had discussed the coming battle with Jeanne and Tamamo and would fight alongside the Order to protect Fang Li.
• Hilda transformed into a shadow and merged with Fang Li’s, declaring that she would never let anyone who harmed him go unpunished.
• Fang Li warned Hilda not to do anything he disliked and threatened to leave her in a gymnasium; she shuddered, then followed him in his shadow.

Aria told Fang Li that Watson had transferred schools after giving up their engagement, then confronted Fang Li about hiding the Far East Campaign from her. As Aria’s scarlet eyes seemed to grow brighter, Hilda warned Fang Li that Aria might become extremely dangerous, and Jeanne called to report an enemy attack.

• Aria told Fang Li that Watson had transferred schools after abandoning their engagement because he believed he could not defeat Fang Li.
• Fang Li reasoned that Watson had also returned to prepare for the Far East Campaign and the Freemasons’ possible alliance with the division.
• Aria scolded Fang Li for concealing the campaign, then reaffirmed their plan to fight anyone targeting the Scarlet Bullet.
• Fang Li noticed that Aria’s scarlet eyes looked brighter, and Hilda warned him that Aria might become extremely dangerous.
• Jeanne called Fang Li and urgently reported that the enemy was attacking.

A super-heavy bomber called Fugaku appeared over Gakuen Island, threatening the island as fighter jets moved to intercept it. Jeanne mobilized her forces and asked Fang Li to bring Aria to her, and Fang Li and Aria set out to help.

• Fang Li and Aria saw Fugaku circling above Gakuen Island after Jeanne warned them to look at the sky.
• Jeanne told Fang Li that the bomber had appeared three minutes earlier and that Armed Detective High School had likely contacted the national defense forces.
• Fighter jets arrived and surrounded Fugaku, but it continued circling low over the island.
• Jeanne suspected the Retainers were responsible and reported that Tamamo, the I-U Research Faction, and Shirayuki were seeking a solution.
• Jeanne asked Fang Li to bring Aria to her, and Aria agreed to go with him.
• Fang Li activated his Ice-Blue Demon Eyes and stared up at Fugaku.

Fang Li and his allies confronted a silent bomber circling Gakuen Island, which they suspected could not land because Shirayuki and Tamamo had raised a barrier. Fang Li flew up to investigate and found three women emerging from the aircraft.

• Jeanne explained that the bomber had ignored communications and continued circling Gakuen Island without attacking.
• Leiji said the wind had warned her that a ghost was approaching, and Fang Li connected the bomber’s inability to land to the island’s demon-repelling barrier.
• Aria proposed attacking the bomber, but Jeanne warned that it might be carrying bombs.
• Fang Li told the others to stay behind, then flew onto the bomber to investigate.
• A silver-haired girl, a horned girl carrying a katana, and a burly woman carrying an iron rod emerged from the cabin.

Fang Li faced Yan, Tsubaki Oni, and Sarah Hood after they intercepted his bomber on orders from Bami. When Yan dismissed humanity as weak and demanded his name, Fang Li called her a nameless Oni and said she was still too weak, provoking an immediate attack.

• Fang Li recognized Sarah Hood as Robin Hood’s descendant and assessed her archery and wind powers, along with the strength of the two Oni, Yan and Tsubaki Oni.
• Tsubaki Oni sensed that Fang Li was dangerous, while Yan admitted she felt an urge to fight him.
• Yan explained that she had brought the bomber to take Fang Li to Bami and that she valued Bami’s orders above human lives.
• Yan disparaged humanity and argued that the strong ruled the world, prompting Fang Li to call her a nameless Oni who was still too weak.
• Tsubaki Oni charged at Fang Li after he insulted Yan.