Chapter Summaries

Su Yang met Hyakka at a place tied to painful memories and spoke with her about poetry and the person she could no longer see. The chapter ended with Su Yang telling Hyakka that her feelings for that person were special, whether she called them love or friendship.

• Hyakka recited a poem as rain began to fall, and Su Yang completed its final lines.
• Su Yang and Hyakka discussed poems from the Manyoshu, and Hyakka said his eyes reminded her of someone she had known.
• Hyakka explained that she had suffered and met someone at the place who saved her, but she could no longer see that person.
• Su Yang suggested that Hyakka could not forget the person because they were important to her.
• Hyakka said she thought the person had regarded her as a friend, and Su Yang replied that love and friendship were both special feelings.

Su Yang revealed to Hyakka that he was the boy who had saved her four years earlier while exchanging bodies with Miyamizu Mitsuha. After they reunited, he asked Hyakka to tell him everything she knew about Murasame Reion.

• Su Yang complimented Hyakka and told her they would likely meet again if she showed her true beauty.
• Hyakka explained that beer and chocolate had helped her taste food when she had a taste disorder.
• Su Yang revealed that he knew about Hyakka's past and said they had met four years ago.
• Hyakka recalled how the boy in Mitsuha's body had helped her through a crisis with her students and left paintings behind.
• Su Yang introduced himself as Su Yang, and Hyakka realized he was the person who had saved her.
• Su Yang asked Hyakka what she knew about Murasame Reion, and she repeated the name in surprise.

Hyakka remembered how she had befriended Rei'in on Shikoku Island, and Rei'in revealed that Su Yang had changed Hyakka’s fate and kept her from acting cruelly. Su Yang awakened to the truth of his vast existence, while another universe’s ruler sensed a new presence watching Little Garden.

• Hyakka recalled meeting the injured Rei'in on Shikoku Island and becoming her friend.
• Rei'in appeared in the void and told Su Yang she had failed to change Hyakka’s fate before he intervened.
• Rei'in explained that she had feared Su Yang because he seemed to transcend time, space, and worlds.
• Su Yang realized he had already attained a higher existence and that this world was a small world within his vast dream.
• Su Yang awakened on a throne in another universe and noticed an unfamiliar existence watching Little Garden.

Black Rabbit summoned Su Yang to Hakoniwa and explained how Favor Battles worked. Su Yang triggered a sign-in at her ears and placed his hand on them, leaving Black Rabbit’s reaction unresolved.

• Black Rabbit received an order from the Lord of the Moon Rabbit to summon someone from another world.
• Black Rabbit performed the summoning ritual, and Su Yang appeared in Hakoniwa.
• Black Rabbit welcomed Su Yang and explained the rules and prizes of Favor Battles.
• Su Yang triggered a location sign-in at Black Rabbit’s ears and placed his hand on them.

Su Yang met Black Rabbit in Hakoniwa and gained her trust with a sign-in reward. As they prepared to play their first game, Black Rabbit explained that residents needed to join Communities and warned that losing Favor Battles would cause trouble.

• Su Yang touched Black Rabbit's ears and received a carrot-flavored lollipop from a silver-grade sign-in.
• Su Yang gave Black Rabbit the lollipop, and she eagerly ate it before introducing herself and accepting him warmly.
• Black Rabbit invited Su Yang to begin their first game and explained that Hakoniwa's residents needed to belong to Communities.
• Black Rabbit warned Su Yang that failing to win Favor Battles would create problems for her Community.

Su Yang examined the Favor Battle rules and the deck Black Rabbit offered, then agreed to play while teasing her with a request for a hug if he won. The game began with Black Rabbit declaring it established.

• Black Rabbit explained that Su Yang had one chance to draw a character card from a deck of fifty-two cards and could not receive help because of her Judgment Authority.
• Su Yang inspected the deck and calculated that it contained twelve character cards, giving him about a twenty-three percent chance of drawing one.
• Black Rabbit asked Su Yang to go shopping with her for a day if he lost.
• Su Yang asked whether he could hug Black Rabbit if he won, and she reacted excitedly.
• Black Rabbit raised her hands and declared the game established as pink light appeared in midair.

Su Yang won Black Rabbit’s game by launching all the face-down cards into the air, then embraced her and touched her rabbit ears. Black Rabbit offered to show him around Little Garden, and they began walking through the forest before she asked whether he was interested in World's End.

• Black Rabbit laid out the face-down cards and explained that Su Yang could choose one character card under the contract’s rules.
• Su Yang struck the table so precisely that all fifty-two cards flipped face up, and Little Garden’s central system ruled him the winner.
• Su Yang pulled Black Rabbit into his arms and gently pinched her rabbit ears, leaving her shy and flustered.
• Black Rabbit offered to show Su Yang around Little Garden, and he agreed to explore before dealing with serious matters.
• As they strolled through the forest, Black Rabbit asked Su Yang whether he was interested in World's End.

Su Yang defeated the Water God at the world’s end and obtained a Water Sapling. Black Rabbit asked him to give it to her, offering to repay him in return.

• Su Yang left Black Rabbit behind and traveled to the world’s end, where he met the Water God.
• Su Yang summoned a Water Giant that withstood the Water God’s attacks and knocked it unconscious with one blow.
• Su Yang retrieved a Water Sapling from the water and gave it to Black Rabbit to look after.
• Black Rabbit knelt and asked Su Yang to give her the Water Sapling, offering herself in return.

Su Yang heard how Black Rabbit’s Nameless Community had fallen into a desperate state, then arrived with her at Little Garden and met its young leader, Jin Russell. As Jin introduced the world, Gard approached and tried to persuade Black Rabbit and Su Yang to abandon the weak Community and join his own.

• Black Rabbit began removing her clothes to offer herself to Su Yang, but he asked why she needed the Water Sapling and was willing to sacrifice so much for it.
• Black Rabbit explained that she belonged to a Nameless Community led by ten-year-old Jin Russell, and Su Yang learned that the story was set a year before Problem Children began.
• Black Rabbit and Su Yang entered Little Garden through a gate, where Jin welcomed Su Yang and described the many races and peaceful agricultural lands of the East Area.
• Su Yang noticed someone watching them and decided not to act unless the observer caused trouble.
• Gard sat beside Black Rabbit, mocked Jin’s weak Community, and invited Black Rabbit to bring the Water Sapling and join his own Community.
• Gard urged Su Yang to join as well, boasting that his Community was stronger and more beneficial than Jin’s.

Su Yang confronted Gard over his attempts to recruit Black Rabbit and Russell’s community, then tortured him until he revealed how Frees forced communities into flag-staking Gifted Competitions. Gard admitted that Frees had killed the children and elderly it took hostage, leaving Su Yang to decide what to do with him.

• Gard tried to persuade Su Yang and Black Rabbit to join Frees, boasting that his community dominated the area.
• Su Yang rejected Gard and questioned Russell about how often communities staked their flags in competitions.
• When Gard tried to back down, Su Yang attacked him with water needles and tortured him into answering questions.
• Gard confessed that Frees kidnapped and threatened elderly people and children to force communities into flag-staking competitions.
• Gard admitted that Frees had killed all the hostages because keeping them guarded was troublesome and risked discovery.

Su Yang left Russell to carry out a plan to recruit Communities and take over territory from Gard’s Frees Community while he explored the area with Black Rabbit. Their walk ended with the appearance of White Night Yaksha.

• Su Yang told Russell to use Gard as leverage to recruit Communities that Gard had coerced and absorb Frees’s former territory.
• Su Yang took Black Rabbit to explore the area and told her Russell needed to prove himself as a leader.
• White Night Yaksha ran out from a nearby room in the form of a cheerful white-haired girl dressed in a black kimono.

White Night Yaksha reunited with Black Rabbit by launching herself at her, leaving Black Rabbit flustered in front of Su Yang. After Su Yang caught and covered the undressed White Night Yaksha, she accused him of being a pervert, while Black Rabbit confirmed her soaked clothes were fine.

• White Night Yaksha recognized Black Rabbit, pounced on her, and rolled with her into the stream.
• Black Rabbit asked Su Yang not to look and begged White Night Yaksha to let go of her.
• Black Rabbit threw White Night Yaksha toward Su Yang, who dodged, caught her by the collar, and covered her with a black garment after her kimono came undone.
• White Night Yaksha dressed herself and accused Su Yang of having a fetish for little girls.
• Su Yang asked whether Black Rabbit's wet clothes were okay, and Black Rabbit said they were fine.

White Night Yaksha introduced Su Yang to Hakoniwa and boasted of her rank and power. Su Yang asked to spar with her, and she began clarifying what kind of contest he wanted.

• White Night Yaksha took Su Yang to her shop and introduced herself as a Thousand Eyes executive and the East Area’s Floor Master.
• White Night Yaksha explained Hakoniwa’s seven layers and told Su Yang that she had given the white snake its Godhead.
• White Night Yaksha offered to forgive Su Yang if he apologized, but Su Yang instead proposed a spar to test her strength.
• White Night Yaksha asked whether Su Yang wanted a challenge or a duel, and his direct gaze made her blush as she recalled her earlier embarrassment.

Su Yang challenged White Night Yaksha to a wagered duel in her icy arena and won by destroying an enormous iceberg. White Night Yaksha conceded, lost one of her authorities, and gave Su Yang a token of her friendship.

• White Night Yaksha transported Su Yang to her glacier arena and offered him a choice between a challenge trial and an equal duel.
• Su Yang proposed wagering parts of their authorities, and White Night Yaksha agreed to a contest to see who could cause more destruction to an iceberg in ten seconds.
• Su Yang used Avatar Rama's power to bombard and completely destroy the iceberg before the time ran out.
• White Night Yaksha conceded and lost one of her authorities to Su Yang.
• White Night Yaksha congratulated Su Yang and bestowed pale-blue radiance on him as proof of her friendship.

Su Yang discovered that Laplace's Gift Card could not identify him, then saw how badly No Name's territory had deteriorated. After Black Rabbit begged him for help, he agreed to assist and brought the Water Sapling to the dried-up reservoir.

• Su Yang examined the black Gift Card and found that it listed his identity as Unknown Identity.
• Black Rabbit and White Night Yaksha were astonished by Su Yang's strength and mysterious identity.
• Su Yang asked Black Rabbit about No Name's territory and saw that it had turned into a barren wasteland.
• Black Rabbit begged Su Yang to help No Name, and he agreed to help because he was in a good mood.
• Su Yang took the Water Sapling with Black Rabbit to No Name's dried-up reservoir.

Su Yang gave No Game a Water Sapling that filled and purified their reservoir, bringing clean water and life force to the community. After the members celebrated their new water source, Black Rabbit joined Su Yang at the bathhouse and insisted on scrubbing his back.

• Su Yang gave No Game the Water Sapling, and the young members thanked him for providing clean water.
• The Water Sapling began filling and purifying the reservoir, while its water and life force promised to restore the land.
• Su Yang warned that he would deal harshly with anyone who targeted the community.
• Su Yang went to use the open-air bathhouse, where Black Rabbit offered to scrub his back as thanks.
• Su Yang accepted Black Rabbit's offer, wondering what it would feel like.

Su Yang interrupted a bath with Black Rabbit to confront people spying near the community and drove them out with a display of power. He sent the frightened visitors to meet Jin Russell the next day, while Hisada Asuka worried about the community’s limited fighting strength.

• Su Yang stopped Black Rabbit’s hand from wandering and left the bath, reminding her that they still had to care for the community.
• Su Yang spotted figures hiding in the forest and blasted the ground near them with a Noble Phantasm, warning them to stop spying.
• The visitors praised Su Yang for defeating the Water God and capturing Gard, then asked to join his community.
• Su Yang told the visitors to return the next day and speak with Jin Russell, the community’s leader.
• Hisada Asuka learned that Su Yang had treated Aser like a banner and worried that the community had only three combatants.

Su Yang explained why he had advertised his power to defeat Demon Kings and began planning to recruit strong members for the community. Russell revealed that a former companion, once a Demon King, was being held as a prize in an upcoming Gifted Competition, and Su Yang looked forward to meeting her.

• Su Yang told Russell that drawing Demon Kings’ attention would let him defeat them and attract powerful recruits to the community.
• Su Yang said the community would temporarily use Jin Russell’s name and needed capable fighters to rebuild its ruined territory.
• Russell revealed that a former companion was enslaved under an executive of Thousand Eyes and that their weakness had kept them from rescuing her.
• Russell said the companion would be offered as a prize in an upcoming Gifted Competition and bore the title of Former Satan.
• Su Yang inferred that Russell’s former companion had once been a Demon King and showed anticipation at the prospect of meeting her.

Hisada Asuka discovered a mysterious letter in her locked room and questioned her maid, whose answers confirmed that nobody should have been able to enter. Curious about the sender, Asuka opened the envelope, while the story shifted to Kasukabe Yō in a palace high above.

• Hisada Asuka found an unfamiliar letter on her desk in a room that only she should have been able to access.
• Hisada Asuka used her supernatural ability to command her maid to explain whether anyone had entered the room.
• The maid said that only Hisada Asuka had a key and that no one else could enter or leave at will.
• Hisada Asuka dismissed the maid and expressed interest in the mysterious sender, preferring the letter to an assassination attempt.
• Hisada Asuka opened the envelope as a red balloon floated into the sky, and the scene showed Kasukabe Yō among birds in a palace above.

Kasukabe Yō and Hisada Asuka were summoned to Little Garden after receiving a mysterious invitation, then found themselves falling from the sky. They spotted a lake below and braced for impact.

• Kasukabe Yō played with birds until a Calico Cat brought her a letter inviting talented youths to Little Garden.
• Light from the letter transported Kasukabe Yō, the Calico Cat, and Hisada Asuka high into the night sky.
• Hisada Asuka realized they were falling from over two hundred meters and feared they would die on impact.
• Kasukabe Yō advised Hisada Asuka to stay calm, and they spotted a lake and turned their legs downward before hitting the water.