Chapter Summaries

Kurumi and Red Queen sold Umbrella’s collected technologies to the Main God for 9,999 Reincarnation Points, while Umbrella tested a drug that suppressed Hulk’s Rage factor in Banner. Banner regained control of himself but learned Hulk would return if his life was threatened, and he left with pills that could lift the restriction.

• Kurumi reviewed Umbrella’s research and sold its collected technologies to the Main God for 9,999 Reincarnation Points.
• Umbrella’s researchers tested the Anti-Rage drug on Banner, whose skin turned green while he remained conscious.
• The elderly professor injected Banner with a second drug, restoring his appearance and suppressing Hulk.
• The professor explained that Hulk would return if Banner faced fatal injury or intense danger, and urged him to accept the importance of his powers.
• The professor gave Banner pills that could lift Hulk’s restriction, and Banner held the bottle without replying.

Kurumi prepared to leave Earth-199999 after arranging Umbrella's future and contracting Black Cat, but first planned to travel to Asgard with Thor and Loki. She spent the night building a backup transmission channel after realizing the Tesseract was fake, then prepared to depart with Tony saying goodbye.

• Kurumi signed a soul contract with Black Cat and told it she would summon it once she confirmed it was safe.
• Kurumi left Umbrella's affairs to the Red Queen and confirmed that Coulson and the others had been settled.
• Kurumi decided to travel to Asgard with Thor and Loki, but the Red Queen reminded her that the Tesseract was fake.
• Kurumi and the Red Queen spent the night constructing a void transmission channel for the trip.
• Tony tried to persuade Kurumi to stay on Earth, but she insisted on going, and Tony bid her farewell.

Kurumi arrived in Asgard with Thor and Loki, met the Warriors Three, and received gifts before being brought before Odin. Odin recognized that Kurumi carried the aura of the World Tree, leaving her to wonder about her connection to it.

• Thor used the Tesseract to transport himself, Kurumi, and chained Loki to Asgard across the cracked Bifrost.
• Thor struck Loki twice during their quarrel, then took him to meet Odin while Fandral showed Kurumi around Asgard.
• Volstagg, Sif, and the other Warriors Three welcomed Kurumi and gave her a healing gemstone and a transparent dagger forged by a dwarf.
• Kurumi accompanied Thor to Odin, noticed the king's unstable divine power, and considered her strange affinity with World Trees.
• Odin told Kurumi he had studied the World Tree and could sense its aura within her.

Kurumi visited the World Tree with Odin, absorbed its energy, and gained insight into the Nine Realms. After refusing Odin’s offer to make her Thor’s queen, she identified his difficulty controlling divine power and began helping him compress it into seeds.

• Odin corrected Kurumi’s understanding of the World Tree and brought her to one of its roots beside a spring.
• Kurumi touched the root, absorbed its energy, strengthened her body, and saw the Nine Realms in her consciousness.
• Odin offered Kurumi the chance to become Thor’s queen, but she refused and suggested Sif instead.
• Kurumi told Odin that his uncontrolled divine power was the reason he needed Odin’s sleep, then agreed to help him manage it.
• Kurumi sent her spirit power into Odin’s divine power and guided him as he compressed it into seeds.

Kurumi left Asgard after receiving Odin’s knowledge of time and space, then settled her Marvel Universe rewards in the Main God Space and revived Red Queen. As Red Queen began studying the Infinity Stones, Kurumi discovered Odin’s divine-power seed was changing her spirit power and leaving her with an unwanted trace of divinity.

• Kurumi’s magic-patterned snake swallowed Odin’s seed of divine power, and Odin shared his limited insights about time and space with her.
• Kurumi declined to meet Thor and vanished from Asgard; Odin asked Thor whether he would make her his queen, and Thor said he already loved someone.
• Kurumi returned to the Main God Space and received two Infinity Stones, a self-selected universe qualification, and 1,000 Reincarnation Points for completing the Marvel Universe quest.
• Kurumi revived Red Queen and spent 5,000 Reincarnation Points to give her the Magic Pattern Network (Beginner), then entrusted her with the Infinity Stones to study.
• Kurumi discovered that Odin’s seed had made more than half her spirit power divine and could cause future energy she absorbed to carry divine characteristics.
• Kurumi tried to suppress the seed’s influence but could not stop her spirit power from transforming, leaving her wary of Odin’s gift and questioning the origin of Zadkiel.

Kurumi studied the Space Stone and considered how to remove the divinity affecting her before choosing her next mission universe. The Main God sent her to Fate/Zero, where she prepared to go alone with Red Queen dormant in her spatial backpack.

• Kurumi used the magic rune network to study the Space Stone and gained an intuitive grasp of spatial manipulation, but could not affect the Main God Space.
• Red Queen explained the Mind Stone’s potential and said that removing Kurumi’s divinity would be difficult; Kurumi chose not to absorb the Mind Stone for now.
• The Main God offered Kurumi a choice of universes, and Red Queen assessed the options, ruling out OVERLORD because its male lead might wield dangerous rule-based weapons.
• Kurumi requested a random draw, and the Main God selected Fate/Zero as her next mission plane.
• Red Queen warned Kurumi that Black Cat’s universe was extremely powerful and might hold the key to breaking free of the Main God, then entered dormancy inside the silver cube.
• Kurumi put Red Queen in her spatial backpack and began the mission, disappearing from her bedroom.

Matou Sakura was brought to the Matou family basement by Matou Zouken to inherit the family’s secret art. The chapter left her surrounded by Engraved Bugs as she realized the basement was dangerous.

• Matou Sakura remembered her separation from the Tohsaka family and hoped to see her mother and sister again.
• Matou Zouken ordered Sakura to descend alone into the dark basement, and she obeyed despite her fear.
• Sakura reached the basement’s central altar and sensed that she should flee from the Matou family.
• Matou Zouken began the ritual, and countless Engraved Bugs crawled out of holes in the floor toward Sakura.

Sakura’s pocket watch protected her from Matou Zouken’s Engraved Bugs and fire, then unleashed holy power when he tried to take it. The blast drove Zouken back and alerted Tohsaka Tokiomi and Kirei that a powerful presence had appeared in Fuyuki.

• Sakura begged for help as Matou Zouken sent Engraved Bugs toward her, but they fled when they touched her.
• Matou Zouken attacked Sakura with a fireball, which struck a pale golden protective film around her without harming her.
• Matou Zouken’s bugs were destroyed by golden light, and he realized the protection came from the pocket watch hanging around Sakura’s neck.
• Matou Zouken hypnotized Sakura into handing him the watch, but its holy power burned him and blasted him across the basement.
• Tohsaka Tokiomi and Kirei sensed the power from the Matou family’s residence and wondered whether the Matou family had summoned a god or a Servant with divine power.

Tohsaka Tokiomi suspected Matou Zouken had summoned a divine Servant, while Kurumi received her Fate/Zero missions and appeared before Zouken in a holy form. The chapter left Zouken under attack as Kurumi’s divine power blasted apart his bugs.

• Tohsaka Tokiomi discussed the Matou family’s likely involvement in the Holy Grail War with Kotomine Kirei and sensed divine power coming from the Matou estate.
• Kurumi received missions to kill all Servants, capture the Evil of This World, and protect holders of mysterious tokens throughout the war.
• Kurumi questioned who had issued the mercenary mission and worried about protecting unknown token holders.
• Matou Zouken mistook Kurumi for a divine being and assumed Sakura was her Master.
• Kurumi identified Matou Zouken, then blasted apart the filthy bugs surrounding him with divine power.

Kurumi found Matou Sakura in the basement and used her life essence to heal the child after her divine flames nearly harmed her. When Matou Zouken threatened Sakura and reached for Kurumi, Kurumi protected her and unleashed divine flames that began burning the Old Bug and his Engraved Bugs.

• Kurumi's divine flames caused Sakura to suffer from the heat, and Kurumi noticed the child clutching a chain connected to Zadkiel.
• Kurumi summoned a healing array and used life essence to restore Sakura, while Matou Zouken coveted the energy.
• Sakura woke and shyly answered Kurumi, who comforted her and reflected on how she had once sworn to help others.
• Matou Zouken called Sakura back and threatened her with Tohsaka Tokiomi, so Kurumi pulled Sakura into her arms.
• Kurumi surrounded herself with divine flames, killing the hidden Engraved Bugs and setting Matou Zouken ablaze.

Kurumi trapped Matou Zouken’s Engraved Bugs and used Charm to send him into a mental crisis before leaving with Sakura. Zouken survived her attack, but a burst of milky-white flames destroyed the worms that remained, while Kurumi later learned to stop her spiritual power from circulating and began to lose her altered holy appearance.

• Matou Zouken’s Engraved Bugs tried to escape the basement, but Kurumi sealed the exits and exposed Zouken’s identity as Makiri Zolgen.
• Kurumi’s Charm trapped Zouken in a loop of questioning who he was, while Sakura hid in Kurumi’s embrace.
• Zouken broke free from the mental trap, disguised his escape with a false breakdown, and let several Engraved Bugs flee before Kurumi left with Sakura.
• After Kurumi left, milky-white flames consumed the remaining worms, and the Engraved Bugs outside the Matou residence fled.
• At an inn, Kurumi asked the Red Queen how to undo her holy appearance, and the Red Queen advised her to stop her spiritual power from circulating.

Kurumi ended her divine transformation and ordered Red Queen to monitor the Holy Grail War while keeping weapons away from ordinary people. Meanwhile, Matou Shinji confronted Matou Zouken over Sakura and learned that Zouken intended to use her in experiments and rely on her to pursue the Holy Grail.

• Kurumi's Divine Dress and halo vanished after she stopped the spiritual energy vortex, leaving her body strengthened by divine power.
• Kurumi ordered Red Queen to track Heroic Spirit appearances in Fuyuki City and forbade her from using technological weapons without permission.
• Red Queen explained that the plane's energy supply could sustain Kurumi's divine power suppression, while Sakura slept nearby.
• Matou Shinji demanded that Matou Zouken reveal Sakura's whereabouts, and Zouken admitted that he had nearly used her for experiments.
• Zouken rebuked Shinji for being unable to participate in the Holy Grail War and said he had placed his hopes on Sakura; Shinji offered to help him obtain the Grail if he could see her.

Matou Kariya followed Matou Zouken into the basement to find Sakura, but Zouken showed him an image of her being tortured and hypnotized him into believing a demon had taken her. Kariya agreed to enter the Holy Grail War to protect her, while Sakura woke beside Kurumi at a hotel.

• Matou Kariya followed Matou Zouken into the basement, where he found signs of a battle but no Sakura.
• Matou Kariya offered to have Engraved Bugs implanted if Zouken would let Sakura go, and Zouken showed him a crystal ball image of her among the insects.
• Matou Zouken blamed Sakura's disappearance on a demon and hypnotized Matou Kariya into believing he must join the Holy Grail War to protect her.
• Matou Zouken planned to begin the Heroic Spirit summoning the next day.
• Kurumi watched a news report about ritualistic murders in Fuyuki City as Sakura woke at the hotel and spoke with her.

Kurumi took Sakura for a walk and offered to let her secretly visit her mother and sister, but Sakura decided that seeing them from afar was enough. As the Masters began summoning Heroic Spirits across Fuyuki, Kurumi discussed Gilgamesh’s Chains of Heaven with the Red Queen and considered using them against the Conqueror King.

• Kurumi asked Sakura whether she wanted to return to the Tohsaka home, and Sakura admitted she did not want to go home.
• Kurumi summoned the Red Queen to locate Sakura’s mother and sister, and Sakura chose to see them from a distance without being seen herself.
• Kurumi sent the Red Queen to take Sakura to the Tohsaka mother and daughter and erase their memories afterward.
• At night, the Masters accelerated their Heroic Spirit summoning as tension grew across Fuyuki City.
• Kurumi sensed only four weak magical fluctuations and discussed the threat of Gilgamesh’s Chains of Heaven with the Red Queen.
• The Red Queen suggested that Gilgamesh use the Chains of Heaven when fighting the Conqueror King.

Kurumi protected Matou Sakura while investigating Fuyuki City and discussing the Holy Grail War’s participants. After Sakura witnessed a disturbing video and became sick, Kurumi and Red Queen assessed the French marshal shown in it.

• Kurumi and Red Queen discussed the Conqueror King’s Divine Chariot and Kurumi’s unwanted divine power seed from Odin.
• Kurumi learned that Nightmare was still scanning Fuyuki City and wondered how many token holders the Main God had placed there.
• The chapter showed the other Masters dealing with their Servants, while Matou Kariya suffered from the Engraved Bugs and vowed to reach Sakura.
• Sakura woke, watched a video of a child being devoured by a bizarre species, and threw up after the horrifying scene.
• Kurumi asked Red Queen what she thought of the French marshal, and Red Queen called him a psychopath who might go mad if he met Kurumi.

Kurumi learned that the Masters were searching for a supposedly divine Heroic Spirit, while she spent the day with Sakura under a spell that hid her from notice. At night, Kurumi and Sakura watched a knightly contest, and Kurumi warned that a girl was about to be sentenced to death.

• Kurumi and Red Queen discussed how the Church might develop anti-divine weapons and how the Masters had begun searching for a godlike Heroic Spirit.
• Kurumi and Red Queen watched footage of Gilgamesh attacking a black figure and concluded that Tohsaka Tokiomi and Kotomine Kirei's staged battle had been unconvincing.
• Kurumi took Sakura around Fuyuki City, and Einzbern and Saber noticed her before losing track of her appearance.
• Sakura agreed to follow Kurumi to a mana gathering where Tohsaka Tokiomi would take part, and the two watched the contest from a cargo container.
• Kurumi saw Lancer standing on the concrete and warned Sakura that a little girl was about to be sentenced to death.

Kurumi watched Saber and Lancer’s fierce duel, considering asking Lancer for spearmanship lessons while the Red Queen teased her about it. Saber gained the upper hand after removing her armor, but Lancer used a hidden spear to turn her apparent opening into a renewed contest.

• Saber and Lancer began their duel, while Kurumi tested a dwarven-forged dagger and studied their movements.
• Lancer wounded Saber, but he refrained from pressing his advantage, and Einzbern healed her.
• Kurumi discussed asking Lancer for spear lessons with the Red Queen, who imagined Nightmare’s oversized spear knocking him away.
• Saber removed her armor and used her increased speed to take the offensive against Lancer.
• Lancer recovered his discarded yellow short spear as Saber charged, and the two exchanged another attack before separating.
• Saber called for Einzbern to heal her as Lancer promised to fight her to the end.

Saber's wrist wound resisted healing as the battle paused when Iskandar arrived and confronted Kaineth and Waver. Iskandar called the hidden Heroic Spirits out, and Golden Flash appeared first.

• Einzbern and Saber tried to heal Saber's severed wrist tendons, but the magic failed and Saber prepared to keep fighting one-handed.
• Emiya Kiritsugu aimed at Kaineth but held his fire, while Kurumi mocked Assassin and tracked the figures hiding in the darkness with [Twilight Morning Star].
• Iskandar arrived with his royal consort and ox cart, interrupting Saber and Lancer's battle and making Kiritsugu lower his aim.
• Kaineth revealed himself and taunted Waver for stealing his Holy Grail relic; Waver panicked, and Iskandar rebuked Kaineth for behaving like a rat in the shadows.
• Iskandar praised Saber and invited the warriors to gather, then called on the hidden Heroic Spirits to reveal themselves.
• Golden Flash appeared in golden armor, while Tohsaka Tokiomi realized trouble was coming.

Gilgamesh confronted the other kings, but Iskandar called out a hidden observer, and Kurumi revealed herself. Kurumi claimed she was an ordinary passerby while demonstrating her speed and threatening Einzbern, leaving Saber pinned in place after Kurumi deflected Kiritsugu's shot.

• Gilgamesh appeared atop a streetlamp and demanded that Iskandar and Saber kneel before him, opening the Gate of Babylon behind himself.
• Iskandar noticed someone watching from the shipping containers, and Kurumi emerged after assuring Sakura she would return safely.
• Kurumi denied being a witch and suggested her nature was like Diarmuid's curse, while the others debated which Holy Grail War class she belonged to.
• Kurumi moved beside Einzbern and threatened her as Emiya Kiritsugu aimed at Kurumi from afar.
• Emiya Kiritsugu fired, but Kurumi split the bullet with her blade and fixed Saber in place with her crimson gaze.

Kurumi fought Saber while mocking her and Einzbern, then exposed that Saber's Master had tried to kill her. The confrontation left Saber enraged and the other heroes watching with growing interest.

• Kurumi pressed her attack against the injured Saber until Lancer intervened and demanded a fair fight.
• Kurumi argued that she was no Assassin and described how a true assassin would strike from hiding.
• Golden Flash praised Kurumi's reasoning, while she secretly noted that his Charm was still affecting him.
• Kurumi revealed that Saber's Master had tried to kill her and described Emiya Kiritsugu and the woman beside him.
• Kurumi taunted Saber and Einzbern about their pasts and relationships, prompting Saber to lash out with a blast of sword energy.
• Saber angrily called Kurumi a witch whose character lived up to her title.