Chapter Summaries

Marude Saito and the Reincarnators fought off a large Alien assault while waiting for reinforcements, but an invisible Undying Alien nearly broke their formation. Rex and the Indominus Rex arrived, giving the besieged team a chance to turn the battle.

• A Reincarnator told Marude Saito that teammates had been secretly notified and were coming to support them.
• Marude Saito ordered the investigators and Reincarnators to form a circle and defend against the Aliens, but Kagune Aliens wounded several investigators.
• An invisible Ibm attacked the formation, killing one investigator and dragging another away before the defenders closed the gap.
• The investigators saw that an Undying Alien was coordinating with the Aliens and understood that the creatures were organized and intelligent.
• The Indominus Rex charged into the Alien ranks, and Rex's Reincarnator squad arrived behind it.

Rex and the Reincarnators joined Marude Saito’s team, but a mysterious shooter killed every sniper who tried to counterattack. Aliens then captured the group and began parasitizing them, leaving Marude convinced the country was doomed.

• Rex’s team met Marude Saito’s group, and an enemy sniper immediately shot a Reincarnator carrying an anti-materiel rifle.
• Several Reincarnator snipers tried to locate and shoot the enemy, but the shooter deflected their bullets with a pistol and killed them one by one.
• Marude Saito put down his own sniper rifle, while an Alien seized a Reincarnator from the group’s edge and dragged him away.
• Another group of Reincarnators charged into the battlefield, but the Aliens captured them along with Rex and the others.
• The bound Reincarnators borrowed money to save their lives as Facehuggers began attaching to them, the One-eyed Ghouls, and even the dinosaurs.
• Marude Saito saw Facehuggers on the captured creatures and watched one leap toward him.

Xu Yue fought through the Aliens on the beach and spared their lives, then warned the Alien Queen to hide before an impending carpet bombing. He treated the surviving human incubators, took several eggs, and planned to move the Aliens somewhere safe.

• Xu Yue leaped down to the beach and fought off the Alien Queen’s Undying and Kagune Aliens without killing them outright.
• Xu Yue dodged the Aliens’ coordinated attacks and spotted one tunneling beneath the sand before it could strike.
• The remaining Kagune Aliens and the Alien Queen submitted as Xu Yue approached, and he told them he had come to warn them, not capture them.
• Xu Yue told the Aliens to hide in the caves before the area was carpet-bombed and treated the surviving Reincarnators and investigators with medicine.
• Xu Yue took several eggs and told the Alien Queen to keep the hatchlings inside his backpack until he found them a safe place, then sent the Aliens to a sea cave.

Xu Yue blamed Washu Tsuneyoshi for the disaster, then used the destruction of the US Federal military camp to force Japan to accept responsibility and pay compensation. Japan was economically pressured by foreign powers, while new disappearances began in Okinawa.

• Xu Yue accused Washu Tsuneyoshi and the Washu Clan of causing the Alien Queen crisis and threatened them.
• Aircraft bombed the military camp, killing the Aliens and surviving soldiers inside.
• Xu Yue said Japan would have to pay compensation and cover the losses, while Washu Tsuneyoshi recognized the Washu Clan could not resist the US Federal.
• The Pentagon blamed Japan for the attack, and global powers condemned it despite evidence of US Federal biological weapons research.
• Foreign capital pressured Japan's high-tech companies and industries into accepting investments that siphoned off much of their profits.
• US Federal soldiers reported that people had begun disappearing in Okinawa.

The US command dismissed reports of disappearances in Okinawa, while Reincarnators debated whether to pursue the surviving Alien Queen and the President denied the biochemical research. The Aliens continued hunting in secret until one was caught on camera.

• The temporary commander sent the report of missing investigators to Hikari Island Base and received orders to avoid trouble, then decided to refer the matter to FBI agents recovering in the hospital.
• Reporters questioned the agents outside Okinawa Hospital, while Reincarnators chose either to leave with their gains or remain and cautiously pursue the surviving Alien Queen.
• The President denied the biochemical research and blamed Japan, political enemies, and wild dinosaurs for the destruction of the base.
• An Alien dragged a lone pedestrian into a sewer, and a shut-in across the street filmed the attack.

Okinawa was sealed off as Japan’s forces and Ghoul factions prepared to hunt the Aliens, while the trapped residents feared the monsters had already spread into their homes. The chapter ended with an Alien bursting through a family’s floor, killing a brother and dragging away his sister.

• News footage of the Aliens sparked public fear, especially among Okinawa’s residents.
• The authorities shut down travel and communications around Okinawa, while CCG investigators and Ghoul factions gathered to confront the threat.
• Washu Tsuneyoshi revealed the Washu Clan’s Ghoul identity and united Japan’s Ghoul forces against the Aliens.
• Japanese forces and investigators entered Okinawa, but the US military troops stationed there refused to join without orders.
• A brother and sister heard a crash in their house and realized an Alien had entered through the sewer.
• An Alien’s tail pierced the brother, and its claws dragged his sister through the floor.

Powell’s team discovered that the Aliens had abducted thousands of Okinawa residents, and the creatures launched a coordinated assault as Washu Tsuneyoshi’s forces tried to evacuate survivors. At the same time, parasitic monsters overwhelmed a US aircraft carrier, while Xu Yue traveled toward Japan.

• Powell returned to a house after sensing blood and found signs that Aliens had dragged people through the floor into the sewers.
• Washu Tsuneyoshi learned that at least ten thousand people were missing and ordered Huoqiyou to arrange an evacuation before sending teams underground.
• Aliens poured out of sewer entrances and attacked the patrol teams, forcing Washu Tsuneyoshi to order a retreat toward Sector A3 with survivors.
• Self-Defense Forces soldiers and investigators fought Aliens while escorting hundreds of survivors, and a US military tank joined their retreat.
• Parasitic monsters spread across a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, but the blond President suppressed the captain’s distress signal and ordered the ship to return.
• Xu Yue left the carrier aboard a special plane and prepared to land in Japan.

Takatsuki Sen and the survivors came under a growing Alien attack while two armored vehicles were being repaired. After the Aliens revealed a trap on her planned escape route, Sen realized they were targeting powerful individuals like her and moved to support the arriving forces.

• Takatsuki Sen watched US soldiers and CCG investigators defend over a thousand survivors while two armored vehicles were repaired.
• Tatara warned Sen that the Aliens seemed to be targeting their group, and she agreed to retreat rather than fight them head-on.
• Two tanks and a convoy arrived, scattering a mass of Aliens with their firepower.
• The ground collapsed beneath both tanks, and Aliens dragged out their crews as the tanks were corroded by Alien blood.
• Sen ordered her group to support the arriving forces and realized the Aliens had set a trap along her planned escape route to capture her.

Xu Yue arrived at the fortified bridge to Okinawa, where reporters and activists protested the military blockade, and met Washu Tsuneyoshi and Huoqiyou on the island’s side. He warned them that the Aliens might be able to swim underwater and reach Japan’s mainland by crossing the island chain.

• Xu Yue used his license to kill to pass through the crowd and enter the bridge despite reporters and protesters demanding access.
• Xu Yue crossed the bridge, observing the fortifications and coast guard pursuing civilians who tried to reach Okinawa by sea.
• Xu Yue met Washu Tsuneyoshi, who recognized his Crimson Vine tachi and asked about the SSS-Rank Quinque Immortal Fortress in his backpack.
• Huoqiyou explained that the rescued people were being kept in a camp because their condition was uncertain and public knowledge could trigger panic.
• Xu Yue warned Huoqiyou and Washu Tsuneyoshi that the Aliens might dive beneath the sea and use the island chain to reach Japan’s mainland.

Xu Yue rebuked Washu Tsuneyoshi and Huoqiyou before going inside to help manage the Alien crisis. Meanwhile, Takatsuki Sen’s fleeing convoy was forced to make a stand at Biimata Park, where they learned reinforcements would take at least half an hour to arrive.

• Xu Yue mocked Washu Tsuneyoshi and Huoqiyou for withholding their research, then went inside to take control of the situation.
• Washu Tsuneyoshi explained that challenging Xu Yue would be too dangerous and urged Huoqiyou to go inside with him.
• Takatsuki Sen’s convoy, pursued by Aliens including Kagune users and Undying Aliens, veered off course and headed for Biimata Park to make a stand.
• The Self-Defense Forces captain contacted the US forces for help and learned that reinforcements were coming but would take at least half an hour.

The Aliens overwhelmed the Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer as it attempted to rescue the survivors near Okinawa. When the helicopters ordered investigators and Ghouls to return to the attacked ship, Xu Yue warned that it was likely a trap and forced the evacuation plan to change.

• The Hyuga-class destroyer detected a large group of Aliens approaching underwater, but its helicopters, anti-submarine weapons, Phalanx systems, and machine guns could not stop them from reaching the ship.
• Takatsuki Sen noticed that ordinary Aliens were attacking without the special ones, and the arriving helicopters briefly cleared an area so the survivors could prepare to evacuate.
• The helicopter crews reported that the destroyer was under attack and asked investigators and Ghouls to board first to help suppress roughly one to two hundred Aliens.
• Xu Yue appeared with a trail of Alien corpses, warned that the ship might be a trap, and argued that the helicopters should evacuate survivors instead of returning to it.
• When the temporary US military commander demanded that the helicopters take him first and raised his gun at Xu Yue, Xu Yue sliced him and his gun in two.

Xu Yue rescued Powell and Takatsuki Sen, then learned that Anteiku was trapped at an elementary school shelter. As Kaneki Ken joined Anteiku’s desperate defense against the Aliens, the chapter left the shelter’s exhausted defenders close to collapse.

• Xu Yue arrived with Powell’s team, ordered them to deal with the US soldiers, and Takatsuki Sen recognized him as the FBI’s mysterious Director.
• Xu Yue mentioned Anteiku’s distress signal, and Takatsuki Sen agreed to leave with him after hearing that the group was trapped in an elementary school shelter.
• The Self-Defense Forces captain identified the shelter’s location, while Tatara said Kaneki Ken was likely there protecting his sister.
• At the shelter, Touka Kirishima tried to return to the fight, but Kaneki Ken stopped her and charged the front line, killing four Aliens before their blood corroded his Kagune.
• Black Dog Irimi Kaya urged the exhausted Kaneki Ken to rest and recover, while the defenders struggled to hold back the advancing Aliens.

Merlin arrived with a US military unit and helped turn the tide against the Aliens, but a giant specimen broke into the shelter and revealed that Yoshimura Kuzen was their real target. As Yoshimura Kuzen made a desperate stand and was badly wounded, Xu Yue appeared to intervene.

• Yoshimura Kuzen tried to steady the defenders by saying a rescue force would come, and Merlin arrived with a US military tank to support them.
• A colossal Alien burst through the shelter floor with a group of specialized Aliens and attacked the defenders from behind.
• The Aliens overwhelmed the resting investigators and Anteiku Ghouls, then surrounded Yoshimura Kuzen as their main target.
• Yoshimura Kuzen fought to hold off the Aliens and urged the others to retreat while Kaneki Ken led his sister toward safety.
• The giant Alien struck Yoshimura Kuzen and left him badly wounded, while Black Dog and Demon Ape were knocked aside trying to reach him.
• Xu Yue appeared, knocked Black Dog and Demon Ape away with his katana sheath, and armored himself as he faced Yoshimura Kuzen.

Xu Yue annihilated the Aliens attacking the shelter and laid out a plan to capture the Alien Queen and use it to gather the Aliens for destruction. He summoned Arima, Jiezi, Washu Tsuneyoshi, and surviving FBI personnel to a passage leading to the Queen.

• Xu Yue sent Black Dog and Demon Ape flying, then revealed his identity as FBI Director Xu to Touka, Kaneki Ken, and Eto.
• Xu Yue moved at overwhelming speed and killed the Aliens in the shelter, including the giant Alien, while the remaining Aliens retreated.
• Xu Yue told the others to restrain the injured manager and explained that his speed, physical abilities, and Quinque had let him defeat the swarm, though the armor had consumed a quarter of its power.
• Xu Yue proposed capturing the Alien Queen alive to gather the Aliens and destroy them, while noting that Aliens might already be spreading toward Kyushu and the west coast.
• Arima and Jiezi thanked Washu Tsuneyoshi and Washu Yoshitoki for their support, then received Xu Yue's radio message summoning them and surviving FBI personnel to a passage leading to the Queen.

After the Aliens vanished from Okinawa, Xu Yue gathered the surviving elites and led them toward a passage believed to reach the Queen. He ordered them to form a decapitation squad, forcing old rivals to cooperate, and left Jiezi backing down after Xu Yue threatened him.

• The Aliens disappeared into sewers and tunnels after devastating Okinawa, raising fears that their population would grow and spread to mainland Japan.
• Washu Tsuneyoshi met Xu Yue at a passage where special Aliens had appeared, and Xu Yue identified the Queen's guards among them.
• Xu Yue proposed forming an elite squad to kill the Queen before newly captured hosts could hatch, while Takatsuki Sen and Yoshimura Kuzen struggled with their history with the Washu Clan.
• Xu Yue warned the gathered fighters that he would kill anyone who obstructed the mission, silencing Eto and the others.
• Jiezi challenged Xu Yue's authority, but Xu Yue cut his collar bow and hair with a swift strike, prompting Jiezi to endorse the plan and call for unity.

Xu Yue led the decapitation squad through the Aliens’ tunnels, where an ambush confirmed they had reached the halfway point. The Reincarnators pushed forward as the front line, hoping to gain analysis progress and rewards before the squad reached the Queen.

• Takatsuki Sen complained about the mucus coating the tunnels as the squad followed the widest passages underground.
• Xu Yue warned that the Aliens were likely luring them toward the core and would attack around the halfway point.
• More than a dozen Aliens ambushed the squad from above, and their corrosive blood injured the Reincarnators.
• Washu Tsuneyoshi praised the Reincarnators’ resilience, while Xu Yue assigned them to lead the advance and conserve the others’ strength.
• The Reincarnators fought through the Aliens toward the Queen’s passage, hoping to gain analysis progress and later withdraw with their rewards.

Xu Yue and the other fighters defeated the Alien Queen’s guards and captured the Queen after breaking through her nest. The Reincarnators celebrated their victory, but Xu Yue revealed that he had detonated the bombs implanted in their heads, killing them all.

• The exhausted Reincarnators broke through the Aliens’ final defenses and reached the Queen’s nest.
• Xu Yue identified the ordinary-looking Alien guarding the Queen as a Parasite and fought it while Jiezi and the others attacked the remaining special Aliens.
• Xu Yue overwhelmed the weapon Alien, and the fighters cleared the Queen’s guards.
• As the Reincarnators celebrated, Xu Yue reminded them they had not returned, then pressed a device that detonated the bombs in their heads.
• Xu Yue said the Reincarnators had already exhausted their potential, and Washu Tsuneyoshi proposed building them a memorial in Okinawa.
• The fighters captured the Alien Queen.

After the United States and Japan suffered Alien outbreaks, Xu Yue captured the Undead Alien Queen in Kagoshima and returned to the United States with perfect-grade Space-Time Weights. The Punishment mission’s survivors then sparked a worldwide reassessment of the missions, which many Reincarnators now saw as a route to power despite the catastrophic losses.

• The President declared the Okinawa Alien crisis resolved, but reports and footage of Aliens near the West Coast and Kagoshima triggered global panic and calls for nuclear strikes.
• Xu Yue tracked down the Undead Alien Queen in Kagoshima, captured it, and had it imprisoned beneath Hoover Dam with its underlings.
• Xu Yue gained perfect-grade Space-Time Resistance, Space-Time Fusion, and Multiverse Unification, then prepared to advance as an Elite Intruder.
• After the mission cycle ended, many Veteran Intruders and a near-elite titan were revealed to have failed and become slaves of the Space.
• Reincarnators learned that numerous survivors, including ordinary Intruders and some Elite Reincarnators, had gained powerful Space-Time Weights, convincing many that Punishment missions offered valuable rewards.

Kariel learned that the Morgan Conglomerate was preparing to seek a powerful mage’s magical inheritance in the Superman World, and she planned to rally other legions against them. Xu Yue used the Supreme Divine Court’s leaked intelligence to advance his preparations for an Elite Intruder Promotion Mission in the DC Movie Universe.

• Japanese merchant caravans and local allies increased their influence in California while the Supreme Divine Court’s prestige weakened.
• Caesar told Kariel that a Morgan Family agent had died after revealing that Albert was organizing an expedition to find a powerful mage in the Superman World.
• Kariel recognized Albert as a rival from her previous failure and ordered the intelligence sold to other major legions.
• Xu Yue discussed the leaked intelligence with the Fujiwara Family Head and prepared to use the DC Movie Universe before entering his Promotion Mission.
• Xu Yue planned to refine his newly acquired weightings in the DC Movie Universe and precisely lock onto its movie-universe setting.

Two Veteran Reincarnators visited Li Da to recruit laborers for an outsourced mission, requesting five hundred recruits with kind personalities and a sense of justice. Li Da agreed to find candidates, mostly regular Reincarnators and newcomers, while the visitors made clear they sought suitable people rather than combat strength.

• Two Veteran Reincarnators traveled through a San Francisco slum to contact local laborers for an outsourced mission.
• The men met Li Da, an Elite Reincarnator who managed the laborers’ day-to-day affairs.
• The representatives asked Li Da to recruit five hundred Reincarnators with kind personalities, a sense of justice, and preferably scouting skills.
• Li Da said he could find candidates but warned that most would be regular Reincarnators, with few at Veteran level and none like himself among the kind.
• The representatives said they cared more about the recruits’ specified qualities than their combat strength.