Recaps

After fleeing to Kyoto, Shen Qingzhu accidentally became a powerful figure in the Black Killer Group despite not understanding the local language. Two months after the Grand Leader died, Shen Qingzhu took over the group and faced the problem of leading it without understanding what anyone said.

• Shen Qingzhu arrived in Kyoto, found eight armed men attacking two people, and knocked the attackers unconscious before taking their money.
• The two men thanked Shen Qingzhu by treating him to a meal and introducing him to their Black Killer Group brothers, who made him their underling and brought him to headquarters.
• A senior cadre recruited Shen Qingzhu and gave him resources and orders to defeat rival organizations.
• Shen Qingzhu spent more than half a year fighting for the Black Killer Group, rising to become second only to the Grand Leader while gradually learning the language.
• After the second-generation Grand Leader died two months earlier, Shen Qingzhu became head of the Black Killer Group and realized he could not understand the people whose decisions he now had to make.

Shen Qingzhu approved a plan to lead the Black Killer Group to Osaka after Imori Hiroshi guessed that the Hankawa Family was searching for something important. The next morning, Lin Qiye found Yurina working at Uncle Kyosuke’s host club, then froze when his Mental Power detected someone outside the door.

• Shen Qingzhu ordered the Black Killer Group to kill the Hankawa Family after Asakura Ken reported their expansion into Kansai.
• Asakura Ken warned that Hansawa Shi had come to Osaka with a Magatsu Blade, and Imori Hiroshi suggested the Hankawa Family was searching for something.
• Shen Qingzhu agreed to go to Osaka with more people, and Imori Hiroshi ordered Kota to prepare the group to leave immediately.
• Lin Qiye woke up and found Yurina mopping at Black Wutong after she arranged to work there for Uncle Kyosuke.
• Lin Qiye followed Uncle Kyosuke downstairs when someone rang the doorbell, then froze after sensing the person outside with his Mental Power.

Amamiya Haruki disguised himself and applied for a host position at the Black Wutong Club to earn money and gather information about Yamazaki Bridge. There he unexpectedly reunited with Lin Qiye, who recognized him despite the disguise, and the chapter ended with Lin Qiye asking why he had come to work as a host.

• Amamiya Haruki decided to apply at the host club because he needed money and hoped to learn about Yamazaki Bridge.
• Rain Collapse questioned Haruki's decision, but Haruki insisted he would keep his moral boundaries and leave once he had earned enough.
• Uncle Kyosuke opened the door and welcomed Haruki, while Lin Qiye recognized him through his Mental Power.
• Lin Qiye served tea as Uncle Kyosuke praised Haruki and negotiated daily pay similar to Lin Qiye's.
• Uncle Kyosuke introduced Haruki under the name Amamiya Shota as Lin Qiye's new colleague, then left them alone.
• Lin Qiye asked Haruki whether becoming a host was what he had been doing during their two weeks apart.

Lin Qiye told Amamiya Haruki that the Hankawa Family was hunting him and that Yurina Kurotetsu’s daughter was with him, while Amamiya withheld the reason people were searching for her. Meanwhile, Shen Qingzhu arrived in Osaka and was welcomed as the Black Killer Group’s Grand Leader, where Asakura Ken sought to impress him with a rapid investigation and an offer of young women.

• Lin Qiye explained to Amamiya Haruki that Hansawa Shi’s attack at Yamazaki Bridge had targeted him and that he was hiding from the Hankawa Family.
• Amamiya Haruki revealed that he had also been searching for Yurina Kurotetsu’s daughter, then postponed explaining why until they could speak somewhere private.
• Shen Qingzhu’s convoy arrived at a Black Killer Group property in Osaka, where the Yamamoto Group members welcomed him as their Grand Leader.
• Asakura Ken promised to investigate the Hankawa Family’s deployments and, under Shen Qingzhu’s silent pressure, reduced his deadline from five days to two.
• Asakura Ken brought several young women to Shen Qingzhu and offered them for his guidance, prompting Shen Qingzhu to frown and ask, “Eight?”

At the Black Wutong Club, Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki waited hours for customers before three women finally arrived looking for Xiao Jin. Lin Qiye’s cold, commanding manner captivated Miss Tsuneda, who eagerly accepted his rules.

• Yurina finished cleaning the restaurant and spoke with new host Amamiya Haruki, who said she reminded him of a male friend.
• Uncle Kyosuke opened the Black Wutong Club, but Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki waited until late at night without seeing any customers.
• Miss Tsuneda arrived drunk with two friends to visit Xiao Jin, and Uncle Kyosuke introduced them to the new hosts.
• Miss Tsuneda chose Lin Qiye, while her friends chose Amamiya Haruki and Lin Qiye’s fellow host.
• When Lin Qiye pulled away and told Miss Tsuneda to follow his rules or leave, she became excited by his domineering attitude.

Lin Qiye handled customers at the Black Wutong Club by drinking heavily and offering Miss Tsuneda blunt advice, while Amamiya Haruki entertained another customer. After work, Lin Qiye took Amamiya to a rooftop and asked him to explain what he had been withholding.

• Miss Tsuneda and her friend took photos of Lin Qiye, deleted them when he forbade photography, and ordered expensive drinks to share with him.
• Lin Qiye drank most of the bottles without getting drunk while Miss Tsuneda told him about her breakup and heartbreak.
• Lin Qiye suggested Miss Tsuneda might have a mental illness and spent two hours giving her advice; she left calling him Doctor Asaba.
• Amamiya Haruki comforted his own customer with sympathetic remarks, and the club later closed for the night.
• Lin Qiye left with Amamiya Haruki and brought him to a rooftop, where he asked him to tell him what was going on.

Lin Qiye learned from Amamiya Haruki that Yurina Kurotetsu’s descendants carried Royal Blood, which had led to a son being detained by the Pure Land and Yurina Kurotetsu becoming a wanted criminal. Lin Qiye then persuaded Amamiya Haruki to help him protect Yurina and confront Hansawa Shi.

• Lin Qiye asked Amamiya Haruki about the Hankawa Family’s search for Yurina, and learned that Royal Blood could let its bearer wield Magatsu Blades without their recognition.
• Amamiya Haruki explained that Yurina Kurotetsu had awakened Royal Blood after surviving a ruin and could wield up to seven Magatsu Blades at once.
• Amamiya Haruki revealed that Yurina’s twin brother had awakened Royal Blood at birth and been detained by the Pure Land for research.
• Amamiya Haruki recounted how Yurina Kurotetsu attacked the Pure Land with three Magatsu Blades, was gravely wounded by Oracle Envoys, and vanished after returning Rain Collapse.
• Lin Qiye concluded that Yurina might not know about her brother and said they should focus on dealing with Hansawa Shi.
• Lin Qiye persuaded Amamiya Haruki that, as allies and the daughter of his master’s friend, Yurina deserved his help.

Rumors about Black Wutong Club’s handsome hosts drew a crowd of women to the club, while Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki continued planning how to find Hansawa Shi and the Hankawa Family. The chapter left the two stunned as Uncle Kyosuke and Yurina began organizing their unexpectedly busy opening night.

• Women spread word about Black Wutong Club’s handsome hosts and planned to visit.
• Uncle Kyosuke bought Yurina new clothes, hoping the club would soon attract more customers.
• Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki discussed searching Osaka for the Hankawa Family and Hansawa Shi, and Amamiya mentioned a friend who could make prophecies.
• Dozens of women arrived at Black Wutong Club, led by the boss’s daughter’s friend, and shouted Asaba and Amamiya’s names.
• Uncle Kyosuke welcomed the crowd, while Yurina began assigning numbers and directing customers to the hosts.

Lin Qiye worked a packed night at the Black Wutong Club before investigating the Hankawa Family’s deployment and discovering that Fierce Ape was wanted by the Japanese police. Meanwhile, Asakura Ken struggled to entertain Shen Qingzhu and concluded that the Grand Leader might prefer men.

• Lin Qiye, Amamiya Haruki, and Xiao Jin served a crowd of customers at the Black Wutong Club until it closed at four in the morning.
• Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki left the club separately to investigate the Hankawa Family’s deployment.
• Lin Qiye spotted wanted notices for Amamiya Haruki, Hirakawa Takashi, Hansawa Shi, and Fierce Ape, and wondered why the Pure Land had not revealed his identity to the police.
• Asakura Ken learned that the Black Killer Group was close to uncovering the Hankawa Family’s deployment plan.
• Asakura Ken told a young yakuza member that Shen Qingzhu had rejected the women he sent, and the young man suggested the Grand Leader might like men.

Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki suspected the Black Killer Group was preparing to challenge the Hankawa Family, while discussing the danger of Hansawa Shi’s Black Rope. The Black Killer Group then arrived at Black Wutong Club and offered Uncle Kyosuke money and protection in exchange for Asaba and Amamiya accompanying its Grand Leader, as Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki secretly listened nearby.

• Amamiya Haruki told Lin Qiye he had found organized scouts near the Hankawa Family’s territory and suspected they belonged to the Black Killer Group.
• Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki discussed how the group’s conflict with the Hankawa Family could disrupt their plans if Hansawa Shi used Black Rope.
• Asakura Ken arrived at Black Wutong Club with armed Black Killer Group members and a case of cash, startling Uncle Kyosuke and Little Jin.
• Asakura Ken offered Uncle Kyosuke money and protection in exchange for lending Asaba and Amamiya to the Black Killer Group’s Grand Leader.
• Lin Qiye stopped Yurina from entering the private room while Amamiya Haruki listened at the door.

Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki agreed to meet the Black Killer Group’s Grand Leader in order to investigate the group’s intelligence on the Hankawa Family. After being searched and escorted to a suggestively furnished suite, they prepared hidden summoning arrays and waited for the door to open.

• Uncle Kyosuke refused to decide for his employees whether they should accept Asakura Ken’s offer, so Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki volunteered to go with him.
• Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki explained that they planned to use the meeting to learn how the Black Killer Group had mapped the Hankawa Family’s personnel deployment.
• Amamiya Haruki raised the problem of being searched at the Black Killer Group building, and Lin Qiye asked whether he trusted him.
• Two hours later, Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki left in host suits while Yurina, Kogane, and Uncle Kyosuke watched anxiously.
• Black Killer Group members searched Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki, then escorted them to a suite and locked them inside.
• Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki drew four summoning arrays under the carpet, and the suite door opened as a group arrived.

Shen Qingzhu unexpectedly reunited with Lin Qiye after spending a year searching for his teammates, while Amamiya Haruki learned that Shen Qingzhu was an invader who had somehow become the Black Killer Group’s Grand Leader. They planned to use the group’s influence to search for the rest of their team, and Lin Qiye offered to teach Shen Qingzhu Japanese.

• Asakura Ken led Shen Qingzhu to a room where Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki were dressed in sequined suits, and Shen Qingzhu rushed inside and locked the door.
• Lin Qiye recognized Shen Qingzhu, and the two reunited after a year apart; Lin Qiye introduced Shen Qingzhu to Amamiya Haruki as one of their teammates.
• Shen Qingzhu explained how he had ended up with the Black Killer Group, leaving Lin Qiye astonished and Amamiya Haruki confused about how Shen had become its Grand Leader without knowing Japanese.
• Lin Qiye concluded that the scattered teammates had all drifted to the country and suggested searching for them through the Black Killer Group’s influence in Kansai.
• Shen Qingzhu worried that he could not give orders in Japanese, so Lin Qiye offered to teach him.

Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki secured the Hankawa Family's deployment information with Shen Qingzhu's help and gained permission to move freely through Black Killer Group territory. Back at the Black Wutong Club, Yurina mistook Lin Qiye's defense of Shen Qingzhu for a sign that he had fallen for him.

• Lin Qiye explained his mission to Shen Qingzhu and asked him to cooperate, then arranged Japanese lessons so Shen could stop pretending to be mute.
• Shen Qingzhu found the Hankawa Family deployment papers in his office and gave them to Lin Qiye, offering the Black Killer Group's support for their future move.
• Shen Qingzhu assured Lin Qiye that his firearms and Soul Severing Blade could protect him despite lacking a Magatsu Blade.
• Shen Qingzhu declared Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki honored guests who could freely enter Black Killer Group territory, and Asakura Ken agreed to pass along the order.
• Yurina welcomed Lin Qiye back at the Black Wutong Club, and he told her Shen Qingzhu was not a bad person, prompting her to think Lin had fallen for him.

Hansawa Shi consolidated the Hankawa Family’s control over Osaka and searched for Yurina Kurotetsu’s descendant, while Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki planned a strike against him. Lin Qiye then secretly entered a Japanese military base with Hong Yan and Mumu so Mumu could devour its weapons.

• Mr. Jing reported that the Hankawa Family had absorbed Osaka’s smaller gangs and was still searching for the girl and Asaba Qi Ye.
• Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki reviewed the Hankawa Family’s defenses around the former Ghost Fire Society headquarters and considered a diversionary attack with the Black Killer Group.
• Lin Qiye asked Amamiya Haruki about nearby military bases, then summoned Hong Yan and Mumu after leaving the Black Wutong Club that night.
• Lin Qiye used Hong Yan to enter a Japanese military base and locate its firearms warehouses for Mumu to consume.

After the Hankawa Family began searching Dotonbori for Lin Qiye and Yurina, Lin Qiye met with Shen Qingzhu and planned a strike during the Tenjin Festival that night. The chapter ended with Shen Qingzhu agreeing to act on Lin Qiye’s signal and asking him to teach more Japanese phrases for the operation.

• Lin Qiye stayed quiet as the news reported that Military Base No. 122 had caught fire, knowing Mumu had accidentally ignited it after eating weapons.
• Xiao Jin told Uncle Kyosuke that Kanto yakuza were searching Dotonbori, and Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki realized the Hankawa Family was looking for them and Yurina.
• Shen Qingzhu arrived at Uncle Kyosuke’s establishment with a large group of Black Killer Group members and joined Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki in a private room.
• Lin Qiye taught Shen Qingzhu Japanese phrases for asking people to help locate someone, then explained his plan to strike the Hankawa Family.
• Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki chose the Tenjin Festival and fireworks display as cover for their attack that night, and Shen Qingzhu agreed to wait for Lin Qiye’s signal.

Shen Qingzhu asked Imori Hiroshi to locate four people, while Lin Qiye and his companions arranged to attend Osaka’s fireworks festival before carrying out their attack plan that night. Meanwhile, Hoshimi Shota challenged the fox woman to an arrow-tossing game and threw his first three arrows.

• Shen Qingzhu gave Imori Hiroshi portraits of four people and ordered him to find them.
• Lin Qiye asked Uncle Kyosuke for the day off so he could take Yurina to the festival, and Amamiya Haruki agreed to go too.
• Uncle Kyosuke closed the club for the day and said he would take them to the festival, but insisted Lin Qiye, Amamiya Haruki, and Xiao Jin wear clothes he had prepared.
• Hoshimi Shota, determined not to lose another game, covered the fox woman with a down jacket before challenging her to a duel.
• The fox woman chose arrow tossing as the game, and Hoshimi Shota threw all three of his arrows toward the bronze pot.

At the Osaka Festival, Lin Qiye, Amamiya Haruki, and Xiao Jin drew attention in flashy yukata advertising the Black Wutong Club while Uncle Kyosuke accompanied Yurina. As fireworks began, Lin Qiye expected Shen Qingzhu and the others to be deploying their people and planned to leave afterward.

• Hoshimi Shota won an arrow-throwing game against the fox woman, who gave him a prophecy about Yurina Kurotetsu’s descendants.
• Uncle Kyosuke sent Lin Qiye, Amamiya Haruki, and Xiao Jin through the festival in conspicuous Black Wutong Club advertising yukata and followed with Yurina.
• Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki joked about getting revenge on Uncle Kyosuke, while Xiao Jin explained that he stayed as a host because Uncle Kyosuke was important to him.
• Lin Qiye checked the time and told Amamiya Haruki they would leave after the fireworks, expecting Shen Qingzhu and the others to have begun deploying their people.
• Fireworks erupted over the Yodogawa River as the festival began its display.

Mr. Jing and the Hankawa Family traced Lin Qiye and the others to the mysterious Black Wutong Club and decided to break in and search for evidence. At the fireworks festival, Uncle Kyosuke offered to let Yurina bring Grandma Crane to the club, and he carried her home after the fireworks ended.

• Mr. Jing learned that the club had appeared without any renovation or purchase records and ordered the Hankawa Family to break in and search for Spider Silk.
• Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki watched the fireworks and spoke about the beauty that concealed the country’s rotten core.
• Uncle Kyosuke carried Yurina so she could see the fireworks above the crowd.
• Yurina told Uncle Kyosuke she was happy at the club but could not stay because Grandma Crane was alone in Yokohama.
• Uncle Kyosuke agreed that Yurina could bring Grandma Crane to the club, and Yurina kissed his cheek in gratitude.
• After the fireworks ended, Uncle Kyosuke carried Yurina away through the departing crowd.

After the Hankawa Family’s gang trashed the Black Wutong Club, Yurina broke down over losing the place she had hoped to call home. Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki left into the rain to exterminate the Hankawa Family.

• Yurina happily told Lin Qiye that Uncle Kyosuke had agreed to let Grandma Crane stay at the club.
• Yurina and the others found the Black Wutong Club wrecked, with its doors, windows, furniture, and liquor smashed.
• A neighbor said the gang causing trouble around Dotonbori had raided the club while searching for something.
• Yurina sobbed that the destruction was her fault, and Uncle Kyosuke comforted her.
• Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki armed themselves and walked into the rain, declaring that they would exterminate the Hankawa Family.

Asakura Ken mobilized the Black Killer Group while Mr. Jing led the Hankawa Family into the Black Wutong Club, where Uncle Kyosuke waited for them. Hoshimi Shota’s prophecy suggested Yurina Kurotetsu might still be alive and planning another attack on the Pure Land, as the Black Killer Group and Hankawa Family faced off in the street.

• Asakura Ken led more than forty Black Killer Group vehicles toward their destination after Shen Qingzhu recognized the rain as the signal Lin Qiye and Shen Qingzhu had agreed on.
• Uncle Kyosuke sent Yurina and Xiaojin away from the Black Wutong Club, then waited inside for the Hankawa Family.
• Mr. Jing brought his men to the club to capture Yurina, but they found Uncle Kyosuke sitting atop a pile of wrecked furniture and watching them.
• Hoshimi Shota told Amamiya Haruki that he had prophesied Yurina Kurotetsu would escape the deadlock and attack the Pure Land again, prompting Amamiya and Lin Qiye to reconsider whether Yurina was alive.
• The Hankawa Family blocked the Black Killer Group’s vehicles, and members of both groups got out to face one another.

Shen Qingzhu led the Black Killer Group in a surprise attack on the Hankawa Family, while Lin Qiye destroyed their nightclub headquarters with a missile. The Hankawa forces collapsed, and Amamiya Haruki asked what had caused the explosion.

• Shen Qingzhu arrived with the Black Killer Group and ordered his men to attack the Hankawa Family.
• Hansawa Shi watched his forces lose ground and considered drawing the Magatsu Blade while waiting for news about Mr. Jing's mission to capture Yurina Kurotetsu's daughter.
• A missile flew through the Ghostfire Nightclub's window and detonated, destroying the building and its surroundings.
• Asakura Ken rallied the Black Killer Group, which routed the stunned Hankawa Family members.
• Amamiya Haruki asked Lin Qiye what had caused the explosion, and Lin Qiye explained that he had fired a heavy fighter-mounted missile.

Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki attacked Hansawa Shi with missiles before Amamiya engaged him with Rain Collapse, while the Pure Land detected three Magatsu Blades in Osaka and sent Oracle Envoys there. The Pure Land’s automatic defenses were mysteriously disabled by an intruder.

• Lin Qiye had Mumu fire a missile at Hansawa Shi, who survived by blocking it with Black Rope’s blade projection.
• Lin Qiye ordered Mumu to launch a second missile, but Hansawa Shi again defended himself with Black Rope.
• Amamiya Haruki drew his sword and attacked Hansawa Shi, summoning a water dragon that collided with Black Rope’s enormous blade projection.
• In the Pure Land, Hazu detected Amamiya Haruki, Hansawa Shi, and a third Magatsu Blade wielder identified as Yurina Kurotetsu, possibly returned from the dead.
• The yellow-robed Oracle Envoy summoned Oracle Envoys No. 4 and No. 6, and three launch pods departed for Osaka.
• The Pure Land detected an intrusion, and its automatic defense mode was disabled as an eerie voice said, “Hee hee.”

Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki defeated Hansawa Shi after Shen Qingzhu shot the motorcycle he used to escape. Captured, Hansawa Shi revealed that his grandfather had ordered him to pursue Yurina Kurotetsu’s King’s Blood and Magatsu Blade, leaving Amamiya Haruki questioning how the elderly Hankawa Matsuri could still be involved.

• Lin Qiye used the Ancient Treant and missiles to attack Hansawa Shi, whose Black Rope blade soul appeared as a massive stone statue and blocked the blast.
• Hansawa Shi fled on a motorcycle, but Shen Qingzhu shot its fuel tank and sent him crashing into the street.
• Amamiya Haruki disarmed Hansawa Shi, and Lin Qiye held a blade to his neck until he surrendered.
• Hansawa Shi said his grandfather, the former Hankawa Family head, had sent a letter ordering him to recover Yurina Kurotetsu’s King’s Blood and find her Magatsu Blade.
• Amamiya Haruki questioned how Hankawa Matsuri, a First Generation Citizen who should be about a hundred years old, could still be alive.

Hansawa Shi revealed that a mysterious letter had sent him after Yurina Kurotetsu’s royal blood, but Lin Qiye suspected Yurina himself had written it to obtain the Magatsu Blade and attack the Pure Land. As Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki pursued the vanished blade, Yurina was trapped by Oracle Envoy No. 6, while Yurina and Xiaojin heard an explosion near the club.

• Hansawa Shi explained how he followed a letter from his grandfather to Osaka and eventually lured Yurina Kurotetsu’s daughter there.
• After Lin Qiye let Hansawa Shi go, Shen Qingzhu shot him dead from a distance.
• Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki suspected Yurina Kurotetsu had sent the letter to get Hansawa Shi to bring Black Rope and the Magatsu Blade to Osaka.
• The Magatsu Blade vanished, and Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki ran into the rain to search for Yurina.
• Oracle Envoy No. 6, Mirror Calamity, revealed that he had trapped Yurina Kurotetsu and taken the blade.
• Yurina and Xiaojin headed toward the club with repair supplies when an explosion lit up the city, prompting Xiaojin to look toward the blast.

Xiaojin used Bewildering Pupil to escape a Red Robe Oracle Envoy with Yurina, while the Oracle Envoys searched for them. The Yellow Robe Oracle Envoy tracked Yurina’s thoughts to the Black Wutong Club, but its location appeared to be concealed from him.

• Yurina and Xiaojin heard explosions before a Red Robe Oracle Envoy arrived, and Xiaojin fled with her as the envoy spotted them.
• A coin rang out, and Xiaojin and Yurina vanished; the Red Robe Oracle Envoy reported possible traces of Bewildering Pupil and a girl who might be Yurina Kurotetsu’s daughter.
• The Yellow Robe Oracle Envoy used his ability to search nearby thoughts and found Yurina wondering why Xiaojin had fled.
• Xiaojin brought Yurina back to the damaged Black Wutong Club, where she waited for Uncle Kyosuke while Xiaojin watched from upstairs.
• The Yellow Robe Oracle Envoy followed Yurina’s thoughts to the alley but saw only an empty lot where the club should have been.