Chapter Summaries

Xu Yue used the Reincarnators’ confidence in their Reinforcement Suits to keep them fighting until he could kill them with Delay Guns. The last surviving Reincarnator was left facing Xu Yue, Kato, and Kishimoto Megumi alone.

• Jackson urged the remaining Reincarnators to exploit the durability limit of Xu Yue’s Reinforcement Suit, and they worked together to wear it down.
• Kato and Kishimoto Megumi rushed to help Xu Yue but were quickly knocked away.
• As his suit began to fail, Xu Yue switched to Delay Guns and shot Jackson’s partner at close range.
• Xu Yue evaded Jackson’s attacks and fired until Jackson’s Reinforcement Suit broke and his head burst apart.
• The recovered final Reincarnator stared helplessly as Kato and Kishimoto Megumi returned to Xu Yue’s side.

Xu Yue reunited with the other contestants after they defeated several Tanaka Aliens, and the group set out to attack the aliens’ hideout. Ka watched Xu Yue closely, suspecting he had killed the five Reinforcement Suit users and considering whether to involve George’s older sister.

• Xu Yue holstered his Delay Gun as Kurono’s injuries worsened, and Nishi Jōichirō appeared to urge the group to finish the mission.
• Gay, Sadako, and Yoshioka Kiyoshi killed the two Tanaka Aliens chasing them in an underground parking garage.
• Xu Yue’s group reunited with them, and they followed the controller’s map toward the remaining Tanaka Aliens.
• Ka revealed that the Black Organization had concealed the aliens’ residence and told the contestants to deal with them.
• Ka watched Xu Yue leave and suspected he had caused the deaths of George, Yuzo, and the five Reinforcement Suit users, but hesitated to target him because of his identity.

Xu Yue collapsed the Tanaka Aliens’ hideout, forcing the Tanaka Alien Queen to flee into the air and attack the group. After Ka’s backup weapon brought her down, Xu Yue finished her off, while Ka recognized that Xu Yue had manipulated the men in black into helping.

• Xu Yue used his Delay Gun to destroy the hideout, burying the three ordinary Tanaka Aliens while the Queen escaped in her true avian form.
• The Queen struck the group with a powerful ultrasonic attack, badly injuring Yoshioka Kiyoshi and destroying his Reinforcement Suit.
• Xu Yue told the participants to scatter toward underground parking lots and crowded districts, prompting Ka and Su to call headquarters for backup.
• Ka armed himself with a tracking superweapon and shot down the Queen before she could leave the sealed area.
• Xu Yue entered the apartment building where the Queen had crashed and killed her with his Delay Gun.
• Ka realized Xu Yue had forced the men in black to intervene, but he looked forward to working with him on future missions.

After the mission, Xu Yue earned a huge score and formed a serious partnership with Agent Ka. Two days later, Ka asked him to investigate a Cepoid’s suicide in New York and its ominous warning about the end of the world.

• Kurono returned to the Black Ball room with his injuries healed and no memory of what happened after he was badly hurt.
• Kato explained that the biker gang leaders had used the group as bait, and Xu Yue had killed both them and the Tanaka Aliens.
• The Black Ball awarded Xu Yue 53 points and gave him the nickname Big Shot.
• Ka and Su met Xu Yue outside his apartment, and Ka proposed becoming true partners.
• Ka visited Xu Yue two days later and described a Cepoid who had committed suicide after mentioning the end of the world in New York.

Xu Yue flew to New York to assist K with the investigation into an alien assassination plot involving Prince Roseburg and the powerful galaxy device. K picked him up and briefed him on the Cepoid’s weapon as they headed to headquarters, where J was scheduled for evaluation.

• Xu Yue flew from Tokyo to New York after agreeing to Ka’s request to help with the Men in Black incident.
• Xu Yue met idol singer Leija Shimohira and her assistant during the flight, then rested while strengthening his body.
• After landing, Xu Yue and Leija departed in separate vehicles, and Leija’s assistant wondered about Xu Yue’s identity.
• K picked Xu Yue up and explained that the Cepoid had used a Reflective Carbonization Energy Conversion Gun.
• K drove Xu Yue toward headquarters, where he planned to evaluate J for recruitment.

Xu Yue visited the Black Organization’s New York headquarters and watched J excel in his recruitment assessment. After learning that K had erased J’s memories of an alien encounter, Xu Yue forced him to choose between joining and dying, and J agreed after seeing Xu Yue’s strength.

• K took Xu Yue to the Black Organization’s underground headquarters and explained why Black Ball survivors were valuable recruits.
• Xu Yue and K watched J stand out during the assessment, and Z selected him for the organization.
• K tried to explain the organization and aliens to J, but J thought it was a scam and started to leave.
• Xu Yue explained that K had erased J’s memories after J caught a Cepoid and gave him ten minutes to join or die.
• J challenged Xu Yue, who dented a metal wall with one punch, and J immediately agreed to join.

J joined MIB and learned that the Black Ball organization and MIB cooperated, then Xu Yue, K, and J investigated an alien who had fled Manhattan with his pregnant wife. The alien revealed that Bugs had come to kill Prince of Aquilon Roseburg and seize the Galaxy, leaving the team to locate the Bugs’ crashed ship and gather intelligence.

• Z erased J’s past, gave him a black suit, and officially made him a Man in Black.
• Xu Yue found an escaped alien and an illegally entered spaceship, and K agreed to investigate with him and J.
• Xu Yue and K caught the Octopus Monster fleeing Manhattan with his pregnant wife, and K used Xu Yue’s fearsome reputation to frighten him.
• The Octopus Monster revealed that Bugs had arrived to kill Prince of Aquilon Roseburg and take the Galaxy, which could lead to Earth’s destruction.
• Xu Yue concluded that the illegally entered ship belonged to the Bugs and proposed finding its crash site.

Xu Yue and K tracked an insect alien’s ship and tried to locate the missing Prince of Aquilon, but the Aquilonian ship arrived and demanded that MIB find him. Meanwhile, Gantz’s powerful New York Team assembled for a mission that could determine Earth’s fate.

• The Octopus Monster confirmed that Xu Yue and K had kept their promise and released his family, then wept with relief.
• Xu Yue and K identified the insect alien’s ship through a newspaper report and went to investigate, while Xu Yue secretly intended for the Prince of Aquilon to die.
• K questioned a witness, erased her memories, and arranged to have the insect’s ship towed away, cutting off its escape route.
• K learned that the Aquilonians’ ship had arrived and demanded that MIB find their missing Prince, leaving him to tell J that they were in big trouble.
• The New York Team appeared in an apartment, where its leader warned the others that their mission might determine whether Earth was destroyed.

Xu Yue and K persuaded J to let the bug escape with the Galaxy so the Aquilonians would pursue it instead of Earth, while keeping their plan secret. Xu Yue waited outside Prince of Aquilon's Jewelry Store for the bug, but a New York Team member attacked him, and Xu Yue cut off the man's arm.

• K and Xu Yue found Prince of Aquilon barely alive inside an android corpse, but he died after seeing the empty collar on Xu Yue's Chrysanthemum Cat.
• Xu Yue proposed letting the bug escape with the Galaxy so the Aquilonians would chase it, and K and J agreed to keep the plan secret.
• K used a Memory Eraser on the female medical examiner before leaving to search for the bug with J.
• Xu Yue waited outside Prince of Aquilon's Jewelry Store, expecting the bug to return after stealing ordinary diamonds.
• A New York Team member in a Reinforcement Suit confronted Xu Yue and drew a high-end gun, but Xu Yue rushed him and cut off his arm.

Xu Yue gave the Milky Way to the giant bug and allied with it against the New York Team. The formidable team revealed its advanced equipment and prepared to fight them.

• Xu Yue severed the arm of a New York Team member, then used the wounded man as a shield against a Delay Gun shot.
• The giant bug revealed its Void Beast form, and the fleeing citizens left the street empty.
• Xu Yue told the bug the Milky Way was in a jewelry store, retrieved it, and tossed it into the bug’s mouth.
• The bug agreed to leave Earth with the Milky Way and attacked a concealed New York Team member, exposing the team’s positions.
• The New York Team’s captain appeared with Reinforced Exoskeleton Armor, Gravity Guns, a sniper, and a Battle Blade wielder, prompting the bug to seek Xu Yue’s help.

Xu Yue and the giant bug fought the retired Marine Corps participants, and Xu Yue killed their captain and the last armored survivor despite being outmatched by their equipment. The female instructor stayed hidden, unable to find a safe shot, while Xu Yue’s damaged Reinforcement Suit left him needing to resolve the giant bug’s situation quickly.

• The blond, buzz-cut captain attacked Xu Yue and the giant bug in his Reinforced Exoskeleton Armor, but Xu Yue emerged with his Reinforcement Suit intact.
• Xu Yue used his Delay Gun and evasive movement to defeat the captain and shoot him in the head.
• The participants with Gravity Guns fired at Xu Yue, but he escaped the gravity field using the captain’s corpse as cover while the giant bug attacked them.
• The female instructor watched from a rooftop and could not bring herself to shoot, fearing Xu Yue would retaliate.
• Xu Yue killed the final surviving armored participant and noticed that his Reinforcement Suit was cracked and leaking fluid.

After helping the big bug escape, Xu Yue secretly kept the real 'Milky Way' while the Aquilonians destroyed the counterfeit and believed the artifact was lost. He went to Leija’s concert, where the Chicago Team’s Black Orb Squad arrived to exploit the New York Team’s apparent collapse and target the singer.

• The female fitness instructor returned to the Black Ball Room and decided to use her points to revive the New York Team’s captain and other members.
• Xu Yue arranged for the big bug to use his spaceship to flee and draw the Aquilonians’ attention; the Aquilonians later destroyed him and the counterfeit 'Milky Way'.
• K thanked Xu Yue for his help, and Xu Yue stayed in New York instead of flying home.
• Xu Yue revealed that he had swapped the real 'Milky Way' for a counterfeit, then spotted Leija’s concert announcement and bought a front-row VIP ticket.
• Hyena and the Chicago Team’s Black Orb Squad entered the concert venue, planning to take advantage of the New York Team’s losses and target Leija.

Xu Yue watched Leija perform and realized that a visiting squad of Black Ball participants might be troubling her and probing the weakened New York Team. When the Chicago Team’s captain approached him, Xu Yue doused him with cola, and the New York Team’s captain arrived to confront him before abruptly freezing in apparent fear.

• Xu Yue noticed Leija seemed distracted and spotted several Black Ball participants entering the VIP section.
• Xu Yue identified the visitors as members of the Chicago Team and suspected they had come to assess the New York Team and claim its territory.
• The Chicago Team’s captain approached Xu Yue, who poured cola over the man’s pompadour.
• The Chicago Team members threatened Xu Yue as their captain began to respond.
• The New York Team’s captain and surviving female coach entered with security, and the captain accused Johnson of crossing the line before suddenly stiffening and sweating.

At Leija’s concert, Johnson used his influence to clear the audience and confront Weasley, while Weasley tried to retreat after recognizing Xu Yue as a deadly threat. When Leija came down to demand an explanation, Xu Yue approached her and her manager hoped he could help.

• Johnson recognized Weasley and ordered the concert stopped so he could confront the New York Team.
• Johnson’s gang members cleared the audience while the organizers cut off Leija’s microphone and announced refunds.
• Weasley tried to leave with his people, but Johnson refused to let him go and misread his fearful signals.
• Leija came down from the stage and demanded to know why her concert had been ended.
• Xu Yue greeted Leija, took her hand, and drew her to his side, while her manager hoped his connections could resolve the trouble.

Xu Yue promised to help Leija after her manager described the threats against her, and Johnson turned his attention toward him. When Johnson attacked Xu Yue, Xu Yue killed him with a single strike, leaving Leija stunned.

• Leija's manager told Xu Yue that organizers had shut down her concert and threatened her, and Xu Yue promised to help her.
• Johnson confronted Xu Yue and ordered him to take his hand off Leija, calling her his plaything for the night.
• Weasley attacked Johnson with his Battle Blade, but Johnson's teammates blocked the strike and the Chicago Team gained the upper hand.
• Johnson suddenly lunged at Xu Yue, while the Chicago Team intercepted Weasley and prevented him from intervening.
• Xu Yue struck Johnson with his Mount Lu Rising Dragon Strike, blasting away his head and spine and leaving Leija covered in blood and stunned.

Xu Yue killed the Chicago Team captain despite his broken Reinforcement Suit, then defeated two suited veterans and killed one of them. Weasley chose to attack the Chicago Squad instead of joining forces against Xu Yue, allowing Xu Yue to finish his remaining opponent and join Weasley’s assault.

• Xu Yue killed the Chicago Team captain, and Weasley realized Xu Yue had come to make the giant bug take the blame.
• Two Chicago Team members attacked Xu Yue, but he disarmed them by striking their crossed Battle Blades.
• Xu Yue used his Delay Gun and positioning to kill one of the two attackers.
• Weasley abandoned the idea of teaming up with the Chicago Squad and charged at its members.
• Xu Yue finished off the remaining attacker and joined Weasley in a devastating assault on the Chicago Squad.

After defeating the Chicago Squad, Xu Yue left Weasley to clean up and spent several days recovering with Leija. The Tokyo Team's Black Ball then summoned him to a new mission, where two FBI agents recognized him and considered approaching him as a potential ally.

• Xu Yue defeated the remaining Chicago Squad members with help from the New York Team, then told Weasley to handle the cleanup and called their earlier dispute even.
• Xu Yue left the venue with Leija, whose presence helped him recover while his fractures healed over the next few days.
• The Tokyo Team's Black Ball issued a new mission, and Xu Yue grabbed his Reinforcement Suit before being transmitted away from Leija.
• Bald Agent and Agent C4 discussed the danger posed by a missing team and identified Xu Yue as a powerful Reincarnator who might be useful to them.

Xu Yue arrived at the Black Ball Room and found Reincarnators among the participants, while Tokugawa Yume misled newcomers into believing they were in a Judgment Chamber. The chapter left Xu Yue considering whether to help Kurono and Inokyuu Sei become closer.

• Xu Yue recognized that four Reincarnators had joined the participants, while Yoshioka Kiyoshi was absent and Kishimoto Megumi eagerly reunited with him.
• Xu Yue found Tokugawa Yume explaining that the group had entered a Judgment Chamber, and the Reincarnators accepted his claims.
• Tokugawa Yume urged everyone to chant Buddhist scriptures, and the Reincarnators and Karate Master followed his lead while Agent C4 looked to Xu Yue for guidance.
• Kato tried to correct the group, while Kurono hid and cried over Kishimoto Megumi's indifference and Inokyuu Sei went to comfort him.
• Xu Yue considered helping Kurono and Inokyuu Sei grow closer.

Kato exposed the Reinforcement Suits' power and earned the group’s trust before they entered a temple on a mission to confront Buddha Statue Aliens. At the temple, Xu Yue reassured a nervous FBI agent, who asked how the previous team had died.

• Tokugawa Yume accused Kato and the others of being demons, but Kato demonstrated the Reinforcement Suit’s strength and predicted the Black Ball’s announcement, winning the Reincarnators’ trust.
• The Black Ball provided weapons and Reinforcement Suits, and the group equipped themselves as the mission revealed Buddha Statue Aliens as their targets.
• Kato urged everyone to cooperate, and the participants teleported to Luoding Temple, where Tokugawa Yume declared they had come to face the Buddhas’ judgment.
• The bald FBI agent asked Xu Yue to look after him after seeing the enormous Buddha statues, then sought advice about the previous team’s deaths.
• Xu Yue told the agent the previous team had been too greedy and had ignored advice, while Agent C4 watched their exchange.

The Reincarnators and other participants fought the two Buddha Statue Aliens at Luoding Temple, and the bald agent killed both with his Delay Gun. Xu Yue gave the agent the points for the second target to build goodwill, while Nishi Jōichirō privately warned that future missions could be far more dangerous.

• The participants noticed that the guardian statues were living aliens, and Kurono scanned them with his Delay Gun before they sprang to life and kicked him through the temple gates.
• The Buddha Statue Aliens battered the ordinary participants, while the Reincarnators and the Karate Master evaded their slow attacks.
• The bald agent leaped onto one alien's shoulder and destroyed its head with a point-blank Delay Gun shot.
• The surviving alien crushed the enlightened monk, and Agent C4 offered its points to Xu Yue, who let the bald agent claim them.
• The bald agent maneuvered behind the remaining alien and killed it, impressing Kurono, Kato, and the other participants.
• Nishi Jōichirō judged the bald agent strong but reminded himself that Xu Yue had defeated enemies of similar strength, and that some missions were much worse.