Arc 19The Invitation to Little Garden

After Muzan’s defeat, Bai Yue and his companions entered Hakone World, where they joined Black Rabbit’s Community and became entangled in the struggle to recover Leticia and challenge Perseus. The arc ends with No Name’s Gift Game against Perseus underway as Bai Yue commentates from outside the palace.

  • Muzan’s drugged body was consumed by the souls of his victims, ending the demons’ connection to him, and the Demon Slayer Corps honored its dead.
  • A year and a half later, Bai Yue traveled through the Dimensional Execution Agency to Hakone World and met Sakaigami Izayoi, Kasukabe Yao, Kuon Asuka, and Black Rabbit.
  • Bai Yue founded the Fate Execution Mechanism, while Black Rabbit brought him and the newcomers to Little Garden 21538 after Decadent Wind devastated her Community.
  • Bai Yue offered to help Leticia, and Black Rabbit learned that Leticia’s Community intended to sell her before Qian Zhao won a Gift Game against a giant serpent.
  • Black Rabbit tried to reclaim Leticia through Thousand Eyes, but Luos Parsus refused to release her and agreed to auction her one week later.
  • Kuon Asuka challenged Jald Gasepa after learning he had captured and killed children, while Black Rabbit and the others uncovered possible ties between Yao’s father and her Community’s former leader.
  • Bai Yue nearly succumbed to Decadent Wind, transformed through several identities, and returned to normal after Snow White intervened.
  • No Name decided to challenge Perseus directly to reclaim Leticia, and Black Rabbit sent Izayoi, Yao, Asuka, and Jin into the palace as Bai Yue began commentating on their Gift Game.
Chapters 451–475 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 451Kanae Receives SPA Treatment

Kanae pushed herself through Hashira-level training and collapsed after using a dangerous stimulant, so Bai Yue treated her with massage and medicine. The next day, Mitsuri Kanroji supervised Kanae's training, then secretly followed her after it ended.

  • Aoi Kanzaki directed injured trainees to the nurses and showed Aoi how to use new medical equipment from Swordsmith Village.
  • Aoi found Kanae unconscious after she overexerted herself, and learned she had used a stimulant to endure Hashira-level training.
  • Bai Yue massaged Kanae and applied medicine to ease her fatigue, helping her recover quickly.
  • Aoi warned Kanae to train moderately and never use stimulants again.
  • Mitsuri Kanroji supervised Kanae's training until sunset, then secretly followed her.

Ch. 452The Wager Is a Special Mark-Awakening Experiment as a Reward

Kanae received Bai Yue’s restorative massage after training, while Aoi Kanzaki brought dinner and challenged him to a cooking contest. Bai Yue wagered that if he lost, he would help Aoi activate her mark, leaving her nervous and eager to learn how.

  • Kanae visited Bai Yue for his daily treatment to recover from Hell training, and he massaged her fatigued muscles.
  • Aoi Kanzaki delivered dinner, admitted she had cooked Bai Yue a special meal, and joined him for dinner while Kanae appeared to sleep.
  • Bai Yue and Aoi agreed to a cooking contest and invited Kanae to judge their food.
  • Bai Yue proposed that if he lost the contest, he would help Aoi activate her mark, and she asked what method he would use.

Ch. 453The Bait Is Set—Prepare for the Decisive Battle! / Lady Amane Wants to Awaken Her Mark—A Precognition Type?

Muzan learned that Tamayo’s medicine was preventing humans from becoming demons, while the Demon Slayer Corps confirmed its treatment could purge demonic blood and began preparing for the decisive battle. Amane asked Bai Yue to awaken her Mark, and Tamayo revealed that Amane’s ability should be precognition.

  • Kokushibo reported that the Twelve Kizuki had found neither the Blue Spider Lily nor Tamayo, and Doma said the Demon Slayer Corps had stopped hunting demons.
  • Akaza told Muzan that his blood had failed to turn a group of Demon Slayers into demons and showed him their list of medicinal ingredients, prompting Muzan to suspect Tamayo’s research had advanced.
  • At the Butterfly Mansion, Tamayo and Kanae confirmed that the infected Ince Unit members were purging Oni’s blood and that imprisoned demons who bit them were changing back.
  • Bai Yue used multiple bodies to help the Demon Slayer Corps recover as they rested after training and prepared for the coming battle.
  • Amane asked Bai Yue to awaken her Mark, and Tamayo said Amane’s ability should be precognition.

Ch. 454Traitor!!! / The Attack! Tonight!

Amane sought Bai Yue’s help activating her incomplete Mark, which gave her precognitive visions, while Doma learned from Kaigaku that the Demon Slayer Corps had a cure for Oni and planned to bait Muzan into a trap. The chapter ended with the Kizuki gathered at Infinity Castle as a Demon Slayer transformed into an Oni.

  • Amane showed Bai Yue her partially activated Mark and explained that she had foreseen events, including a brief vision of Muzan Kibutsuji.
  • Doma’s followers warned him as Kaigaku arrived, claiming Kokushibo had introduced him and revealing that he had returned from being an Oni to human.
  • Kaigaku told Doma that the Corps had developed a drug that could turn Oni human, and that Tamayo could endure sunlight without eating human flesh and blood.
  • Kaigaku revealed that the Corps planned to lure Muzan into a trap, and Doma considered whether the news threatened his place among Muzan’s Twelve Kizuki.
  • Doma brought the intelligence to Infinity Castle, where the gathered Oni watched a Demon Slayer accept Muzan Kibutsuji’s blood and successfully transform.

Ch. 455Destroying Half of Muzan?

Muzan learned from Kaigaku that Tamayo had developed demon-to-human medicine and overcome sunlight, so he launched an attack before the Demon Slayer Corps could use their plan against him. He found the Ubuyashiki Estate and began fighting Master Ubuyashiki, who faced him with a strange smile as the battle intensified.

  • Muzan read Kaigaku’s memories and learned that Tamayo had overcome demons’ weakness to sunlight and was preparing medicine and a trap for him.
  • Former Hashira, including Kuonji Jigoro, prepared to take their positions while the Demon Slayer Corps used Kaigaku as bait.
  • A white-haired woman at the Butterfly Mansion recovered from a blinding experience and found that her vision of Muzan had become clearer and started moving.
  • As night fell, Master Ubuyashiki asked Amane to lead the Hashira meeting and present the plan, but Muzan arrived at the estate before it could be shared.
  • Master Ubuyashiki stood, took up a sword, and fought Muzan, who dodged his first attack and answered with barbed whips.
  • Despite his failing strength and the blood he coughed up, Master Ubuyashiki smiled, prompting Muzan to attack with both whips.

Ch. 456The Advance of Twelve Upper-Rank Demons and Hundreds of Lower-Rank Demons! / Tamayo, Who Overcame the Sun, Is a Ready-Made Cure!

Muzan Kibutsuji was crippled by Tamayo’s drug during his attack on the Ubuyashiki estate, while the Demon Slayer Corps continued fighting the demons under a coordinated plan. As the battle spread toward Tamayo, Doma was beheaded for the third time and realized the medicine would keep him from regenerating.

  • Muzan Kibutsuji realized Tamayo’s drug had been dispersed through the fog, and it corroded his body until he could barely move.
  • Amane stayed beside her dying husband and sent Aoi Kanzaki to treat the wounded; Aoi spread more medicine before teleporting back to the Butterfly Mansion.
  • At the Butterfly Mansion, Hina Tsuyuri reported that the Flame Hashira’s side needed treatment, while the sisters’ abilities helped monitor the battlefield and coordinate support.
  • In Infinity Castle, Nakime told Muzan Kibutsuji that more than half the Lower Rank Demons and three Upper Rank Demons had died, while the Demon Slayer Corps was also suffering heavy losses.
  • Doma’s head was severed for the third time, and he realized the anti-demon medicine had weakened him so much that he could no longer reattach it.

Ch. 457At This Moment, Hunter and Prey Switch Places

Kanae and the other Hashira defeated their opponents while the Butterfly Mansion prepared to save Tengen Uzui and lure Muzan Kibutsuji into a trap. Muzan tracked Tamayo to her house and pulled it into Infinity Castle, where he attacked her and the man beside her.

  • Kanae killed Upper Rank Two, then disguised a humanized Oni's corpse to conceal her survival from Muzan.
  • Aoi brought Kanae to the Butterfly Mansion, where she and Shinobu began treating the critically injured Tengen Uzui.
  • Muzan learned Tamayo's location from a Lower Rank Demon and went after her, while Bai Yue guarded her as bait.
  • Muzan controlled Nakime and the Lower Rank Demons, turning their bodies into a door that swallowed Tamayo's house and transported it into Infinity Castle.
  • Muzan shattered the house with a thorn-whip attack and prepared to seize the man embracing Tamayo.

Ch. 458God Has Passed Judgment on the Demons! / The Curtain Falls, and a New Life Begins~

Muzan Kibutsuji faced a radiant, godlike figure whose light destroyed Nakime and collapsed the Infinity Castle, then mistakenly believed he had survived when the light vanished. Tamayo revealed that Muzan had become one of the dead, and the souls of his victims seized and devoured him.

  • Muzan Kibutsuji used Nakime's ability to shut the doors on the godlike figure, but the figure forced its way back into the Infinity Castle.
  • The god's light burned Nakime away, causing the Infinity Castle to collapse into the real world as the Pillars watched.
  • Muzan attacked the godlike figure, but his strikes crumbled before reaching it and his body began to melt.
  • The light flashed and vanished, restoring Muzan's human appearance and leading him to believe he had won.
  • Tamayo told Muzan that he had not become human, and the translucent spirits of his victims appeared and tore into his soul.

Ch. 459A World Discovered Through a Mysterious Invitation!

After Muzan Kibutsuji died, the Demon Slayer Corps disbanded and later reorganized as the Dimensional Execution Agency to guard against new threats. Nezuko, Aoi, and Kanae traveled to Bai Yue’s residence, where he prepared to take them to the agency’s headquarters; the chapter then showed Bai Yue waking with the twin sisters Hangnai and Kanata after their relationship changed.

  • Muzan Kibutsuji was devoured by the souls of his victims until dawn, ending the demons’ connection to him and the Demon Slayer Corps’ long war.
  • The Demon Slayer Corps confirmed that demons had vanished, honored its dead, and accepted the remaining Ubuyashiki family assets from Lady Amane.
  • A year and a half later, Nezuko left home and met Aoi Kanzaki and Kanae, who had subdued a person harming others with an awakened mark.
  • Aoi transported Nezuko and Kanae to Bai Yue’s residence, where he explained that travel to the Dimensional Execution Agency headquarters was now possible.
  • Bai Yue woke as Hangnai and Kanata helped him wash and dress, and he told them to leave the room’s cleanup until after breakfast.

Ch. 460I’m a Moon Rabbit, Not a Horse—Don’t Climb on Me!

Nearly ten years after Muzan’s defeat, Bai Yue traveled with Sakaigami Izayoi, Kasukabe Yao, and Kuon Asuka to the world of Hakone, where Black Rabbit explained its Gift Games and tried to recruit them. The three then watched a huge object fall from the sky, leaving Black Rabbit unable to explain what was coming.

  • Bai Yue reunited with Hinagi, Hika, Amane, and others, and they discussed how they had stopped conspiracies and a near-global war since Muzan’s defeat.
  • After finding the address in a letter, Bai Yue went to the Dimensional Execution Agency Headquarters and traveled toward the world that had sent an invitation.
  • Bai Yue and two women appeared high above an unfamiliar world, fell through layers of membrane, and landed in an amber lake.
  • Sakaigami Izayoi, Kasukabe Yao, and Kuon Asuka introduced themselves and explained that each had received a strange invitation.
  • Black Rabbit explained Hakone World, its Gift Games, and the need to join a Community, while trying to persuade the three to join hers.
  • Izayoi, Yao, and Asuka spotted a huge object falling from the sky, and Black Rabbit admitted she did not know what it was.

Ch. 461A Fifty-Kilometer Metal Construct!!! / The Community Called the Fate Execution Mechanism

A fifty-kilometer metal construct descended over Hakone World, revealing a ring of modern city structures wrapped around it. As Black Rabbit and the others watched, a digitized black hole opened nearby, and something began to emerge.

  • Black Rabbit and the others fled from the enormous falling fireball, but it stopped before hitting the ground and its shockwave uprooted trees.
  • Sakaigami Izayoi emerged from a crater, and the group saw that the fireball concealed a metal construct over fifty kilometers wide.
  • Kasukabe Yao and Kuon Asuka used Black Rabbit’s binoculars to discover modern city structures wrapped around the construct.
  • Black Rabbit said she had never heard of a community possessing such a structure.
  • A digitized black hole appeared, and Black Rabbit sensed that Hakone World itself was trying to erase it as something prepared to emerge.

Ch. 462A Sudden Black Wind Blows!

Black Rabbit and the three newcomers met the astronaut, who revealed he had just founded the self-sufficient Fate Execution Mechanism and invited them to join. After Black Rabbit exposed his costume and mask, she discovered he was a young man and protested when he posed her while she was stunned.

  • An astronaut emerged from the spaceship and asked whether he was on Planet of Ultra in the Land of Light, then invited the newcomers to join his community.
  • The astronaut named his community the Fate Execution Mechanism and revealed that he was its only member and had founded it moments earlier.
  • Sakaigami Izayoi pointed out the spaceship could support a million Black Rabbits, prompting the group to tease Black Rabbit about breeding and cooking her.
  • Black Rabbit unleashed lightning as a warning, tearing apart the astronaut's spacesuit and exposing a terrifying tentacle-and-eyeball mask.
  • The astronaut removed the mask to reveal a young man, then posed the still-stunned Black Rabbit until she snapped out of it and objected.

Ch. 463The Strongest Natural Disaster—The Wind of Degeneracy!

Black Rabbit brought the three summoned newcomers to her impoverished Community after warning them that the black wind around a metal construct belonged to Decadent Wind, a terrifying Demon King and Humanity's Final Trial. The mysterious motionless man she carried remained under watch as night fell.

  • Black Rabbit warned Kuon Asuka, Kasukabe Yao, and Sakaigami Izayoi to flee from the black wind and identified its source as Decadent Wind, the strongest and most unsolvable Demon King.
  • Black Rabbit explained that Demon Kings could force Communities into Gift Games and that the most powerful were Humanity's Final Trial, capable of contending against the Million God Group.
  • Black Rabbit carried the motionless man and led the three newcomers into Little Garden 21538, where Young Master Jin greeted them.
  • The group saw the devastation Decadent Wind had caused around Black Rabbit's Community and met its more than a hundred child members.
  • Kuon Asuka checked the man, who had no heartbeat but retained his body temperature, and Black Rabbit stayed up that night to watch over him.

Ch. 464Leticia / Bringing [No Name] into the [Fate Executive Agency]

Bai Yue awakened in Little Garden with Leticia in his arms, revealed a mysterious invitation that should not have existed, and offered to help her fight Ouroboros. Meanwhile, the Upper Layers watched a strange object withstand the Decadent Wind, and the conflict remained unresolved.

  • Leticia secretly approached Bai Yue while he slept, but he caught her and she fell asleep in his arms.
  • Black Rabbit, Izayoi, and Kuon Asuka discovered Leticia with Bai Yue, and Black Rabbit pulled her free.
  • Bai Yue produced a fourth invitation addressed to no one; it vanished after Black Rabbit examined it, and Leticia recognized it as something that should not exist.
  • Bai Yue offered to help Leticia deal with Demon Lord Alliance Ouroboros, and his system displayed a progress of 0.01%.
  • A kimono-clad little girl in the Upper Layers cursed the onlookers as they investigated a strange object that had endured the Decadent Wind.

Ch. 465Take Down Maid No. 2—Shirayukihime

Black Rabbit learned that Lady Leticia was being sold outside Hako niwa City, and Qian Zhao offered to buy her by bringing Black Rabbit’s Community under his own. Qian Zhao then won a Gift Game against the giant serpent at Toritunisu Great Waterfall, taking her as his second maid.

  • A kimono-clad loli argued with the others about investigating the taboo name Demon Lord Alliance Ouroboros on her own.
  • Black Rabbit learned that Lady Leticia’s current Community planned to sell her outside Hako niwa City, and Leticia confirmed it.
  • Qian Zhao offered to buy Leticia and proposed that Black Rabbit’s Community join his; Black Rabbit agreed, and he handed her a Gift Card that frightened her.
  • Qian Zhao challenged the giant serpent at Toritunisu Great Waterfall to the Gift Game Flower on the Lake, whose condition was to make a Narcissus Ovule Flower bloom.
  • Qian Zhao carved a new channel and lake with black mist, used it to make the flower bloom, and won the game, claiming the serpent as his second maid.

Ch. 466Trading with Decadent Wind?

Black Rabbit offered Luos Parsus a card containing a portion of Decadent Wind’s power in exchange for Leticia, while Bai Yue turned Snow White into Maid Number Two. The card’s power impressed White Night, but Luos Parsus’s attention drifted back to Black Rabbit, leaving the trade uncertain.

  • Bai Yue transformed Snow White into a human, gave her a maid outfit, and prepared to take her to meet Maid Number One.
  • Black Rabbit visited a Thousand Eyes branch and offered to trade for Leticia, while Luos Parsus tried to make her the price of the deal.
  • Black Rabbit asked White Night to open the box she had brought, revealing a card that sealed part of Decadent Wind’s power.
  • White Night released the card’s power, and Decadent Wind erased part of the room before disappearing.
  • White Night explained the card’s destructive potential, but Luos Parsus turned his attention back to Black Rabbit instead of the card.

Ch. 467Make a Deal, or Accept the (Black) Parchment / The Symbolism of the Black Parchment

White Night and Kuon Asuka confronted Luos Parsus over Leticia, while a mysterious man pressured him to trade her using a supposedly terrifying black parchment. Luos agreed to an auction in a week, and the parchment was revealed to be fake as White Night returned and teased the others.

  • Kuon Asuka accused Luos Parsus and Perseus of harming their territory and demanded a duel, while White Night considered invoking Host Authority.
  • Luos refused to release the petrified Leticia and taunted Black Rabbit about the sacrifices Leticia had made to return to her.
  • White Night used her intimidating presence to silence Luos after he threatened her shop, while a mysterious man offered him a trade or a forced Gift Game.
  • Luos agreed to auction Leticia one week later, provided White Night protected him until then.
  • Black Rabbit learned the black parchment was fake when White Night returned, and the man joked that she should hang his portrait over her bed.
  • White Night tried to lift Snow White's skirt, but the man stopped her and claimed only he was allowed to do so.

Ch. 468Chaos! Was White Night a Character from Some Work? / Revealing the Origins of the Three Problem Children

Bai Yue explained to White Night that he had entered her world because it resembled a work he knew, and she learned that the story was at its beginning. Black Rabbit then discovered that Kuon Asuka and Kasukabe Yao had challenged ForesGaro after uncovering its leader’s crimes, setting a Community showdown for the next day.

  • Snow White told White Night that Bai Yue had defeated her Gift Game and become her genuine master.
  • Bai Yue and White Night clashed in a contest of pressure, then White Night brought him into the Game Board World to question his purpose.
  • Bai Yue showed White Night books and recordings resembling her world and explained that he had come from outside it; she understood his aim but rejected his claim that she was merely a background character.
  • White Night learned from Bai Yue that the story was at its very beginning.
  • Black Rabbit learned that ForesGaro’s leader, Jald Gasepa, had captured children to blackmail Communities and had them killed.
  • Kuon Asuka challenged Jald Gasepa to a Gift Game after learning the truth, and the contract set a showdown between their Communities for the next day.

Ch. 469The “Acting” Is About to Begin?

Black Rabbit and the others prepared for the coming match while Bai Yue and White Night hinted that Asuka, Yao, and Izayoi had fated ties to Black Rabbit’s Community. Black Rabbit recognized Yao’s father Kongming as a former leader, and the group agreed to keep their connection secret as they tried to uncover the truth.

  • Jin apologized to Black Rabbit for agreeing to Jald’s match, and Asuka and Yao reassured Black Rabbit that she was not to blame.
  • White Night and Bai Yue discussed Black Rabbit’s role and revealed that Asuka, Yao, and Izayoi were connected to the Community by fate, possibly as descendants of its members.
  • Yao mentioned her father’s alias, Kongming, and Black Rabbit recognized it as the name of the Community’s former leader.
  • Black Rabbit realized that Kongming might be Yao’s father, but Asuka warned her to keep the connection secret to protect the children and the Community.
  • Asuka denied having any known family connection to the Community and asked Black Rabbit who Izayoi might resemble.

Ch. 470One Wrong Move, and He’ll Become “Degenerate” / Officially Joining the [Fate Executive Agency]

Bai Yue revealed that Asuka’s ancestor may have been displaced across time and promised Black Rabbit information about the Maiden on the Banner after they won Leticia at auction. After Yao recovered from the battle with ForesGaro, the group suspected Perseus had supplied Jald Gasepa with the Oni Seed, while Bai Yue remained unconscious; White Night learned that the Upper Layers were secretly preparing to relocate to a new Little Garden.

  • Bai Yue told Asuka that her ancestor might have been among those swept away years ago and told Black Rabbit he would explain the Maiden on the Banner after they won Leticia at auction.
  • Bai Yue contemplated searching and restoring scattered information, knowing that a mistake could turn him into Decadent.
  • Yao woke fully healed, and Asuka and Black Rabbit discussed how Jald Gasepa had gained the Oni Seed during the battle against ForesGaro.
  • Asuka and Black Rabbit blamed Perseus for giving Jald the Oni Seed, citing the invisible, flying benefactor and Perseus’s mythological Gifts.
  • Black Rabbit said Izayoi was missing and Bai Yue had not woken, while White Night learned that the Upper Layers were secretly preparing to move to a new Little Garden.

Ch. 471Is He an Emperor? A Revelation? A God?

White Night suspected that powerful divine groups, possibly including Buddhism, were preparing to abandon Human History and force migration to New Little Garden, while Black Rabbit’s community joined Mr. Bai Yue’s Fate Execution Mechanism community. After Lady Snow White accidentally blasted Bai Yue through a wall, he awoke in a strange state and declared himself the First Emperor.

  • White Night concluded that the attack on Canary’s community might have been meant to advance migration to New Little Garden, and she resolved to prepare for the danger while concealing her suspicions.
  • Black Rabbit hesitated over signing a contract to join Mr. Bai Yue’s Fate Execution Mechanism community, but Izayoi returned with items needed to redeem Lady Leticia and signed Black Rabbit’s name for her.
  • Black Rabbit discovered that the new community’s emblem showed a dragon biting its tail around a metal object wrapped in Decadent Wind.
  • Lady Snow White’s sudden burst of power blasted a hole through the room and shattered the bed where Bai Yue had been lying.
  • Bai Yue appeared in the hole with vacant eyes, and when Izayoi asked who he was, he answered that he was the First Emperor and changed into imperial robes.

Ch. 472They Bathe First, Then He Does...

Bai Yue transformed through several divine forms, and the vision of a world-ending war nearly overwhelmed him before Snow White helped bring him back. Later, while the women discussed the Decadent Wind and the sealed construct in the bath, Asuka discovered Bai Yue hiding nearby.

  • Bai Yue changed into Solomon, Apocalypse, and Arteshu, whose golden-eyed form showed the group a vision of angels and demons destroying the world.
  • Black Rabbit and Kuon Asuka collapsed from the vision, and Bai Yue returned to normal after thanking Snow White for snapping him out of his near-decadence.
  • Bai Yue's system progress rose from 0.01% killed to 0.1%, and he resolved to set up safeguards to keep himself from losing control.
  • Black Rabbit explained that Hakone World's angels could be mindless weapons of destruction, while Snow White said she did not know why she had attacked Bai Yue.
  • Snow White said she had never entered the giant construct because the Decadent Wind sealed it off, and Asuka threw a wooden basin into the mist, hitting Bai Yue as he reclined in the bath.

Ch. 473The Young Lady’s Holy Sword Debate / The Girl on the Flag

Bai Yue teased Asuka, Black Rabbit, and Yao while they bathed in water drawn from a hot spring, then left after Asuka challenged his claim that his weapon was a sacred sword. Meanwhile, Luos prepared to sell the vampire before the agreed auction, trusting a deal that would help him unseal and control a trump card.

  • Black Rabbit and Asuka discovered Bai Yue had been soaking in the bath before them and learned that he had connected it to a hot spring.
  • Asuka argued with Bai Yue over who should leave the bath first, while his teasing embarrassed her and upset Yao.
  • Asuka insulted Bai Yue's sacred sword, but he stood up and demonstrated a shocking change before leaving the bath.
  • At the Perseus Community's base, Luos dismissed concerns about breaking his agreement with Black Rabbit and decided to sell the vampire early.
  • Luos expected the buyer to help unseal and control his trump card, and he suspected Bai Yue's display of Decadent Wind's power had been a bluff.

Ch. 474The Existence of the Demon Star, Algera

The chapter recounted Maiden on the Banner’s life and began restoring her after her Spirit had worn away. As the group prepared to challenge the Perseus community before the auction, Black Rabbit explained that its hidden power was the former Demon Lord Algol.

  • Maiden on the Banner was born in a seemingly perfect country, discovered its people were kept like livestock, and helped lead the resistance that reduced the Closed World’s chance of appearing to zero.
  • After her community’s later collapse, Maiden on the Banner was exiled and failed to take revenge on the gods, accelerating the wear on her Spirit until she died.
  • The group decided to challenge Luos Parsus’s Perseus community directly rather than wait for the auction, using Izayoi’s eligibility to force the showdown and reclaim Leticia.
  • Black Rabbit explained that Algol, the Demon Star associated with the Gorgon, was a former Demon Lord controlled by the Perseus community.
  • Izayoi dismissed the idea that Algol still held her ancient power, but hoped the coming challenge would let him face the genuine Demon Star.

Ch. 475The Duel Begins! And He Transforms into... / A Cushion by Kuro Usagi, a Sister by Shirayukihime...

Bai Yue revealed that Perseus planned to break its agreement, and No Name entered a Gift Game to challenge Luos. As the game began, Bai Yue commentated from outside while Black Rabbit watched, and he hinted that his reports came from searching the Decadent Wind database.

  • Bai Yue warned Black Rabbit and the others that Perseus intended to make a deal that afternoon, then the chapter showed the Gift Game contract between No Name and Perseus.
  • Luos accepted the challenge, mocked the group, and activated the contract after Izayoi teased him about whether another person would participate.
  • Black Rabbit sent Izayoi, Yao, Asuka, and Jin into the palace, with Izayoi and Jin targeting Luos, Yao detecting people, and Asuka acting as bait.
  • Bai Yue ate watermelon and began commentating on the game, reporting that Yao countered a knight and that Izayoi obtained Hades's Helmet of Invisibility.
  • Luos appeared in the air and dismissed Bai Yue's commentary, while Bai Yue asked Black Rabbit to serve as his soft seat before the chapter explained that his reports were delayed searches of the Decadent Wind database.
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