Chapter Summaries

Xu Yue arrived in Fuyuki City and visited the Fujimura Group before seeking the residence of an old acquaintance. Fujimura Raiga recognized his friend as Kiritsugu Emiya, and Taiga Fujimura was asked to guide Xu Yue there.

• Xu Yue and Tang Niu surveyed Fuyuki City’s extensive reconstruction after the disaster a year earlier.
• Xu Yue visited Fujimura Raiga to greet Fuyuki’s local power and ask for help finding his friend’s residence.
• Fujimura Raiga realized that Xu Yue’s friend was Kiritsugu Emiya, who had become listless since the disaster.
• Taiga Fujimura rushed in after hearing Kiritsugu’s name and teased Xu Yue about his looks.
• Fujimura Raiga told Taiga Fujimura to show Xu Yue the way because she knew Kiritsugu well.

Xu Yue visited Kiritsugu Emiya at the Emiya estate and claimed to know another version of him from a parallel world. Kiritsugu recognized that the claim might be true, though he remained weighed down by the loss of his ideals.

• Taiga Fujimura led Xu Yue, He Jinyin, and Tang Niu to the Emiya estate, where she introduced Xu Yue as Kiritsugu Emiya’s friend.
• Kiritsugu invited Xu Yue into the reception room and asked Taiga to look after Shirou while he spoke with Xu Yue alone.
• Xu Yue told Kiritsugu that they had been friends in another parallel world and that he had known Irisviel.
• Kiritsugu recognized Xu Yue’s reference to the Parallel World Observation Method and considered whether his claim was genuine.
• Xu Yue recounted details of Kiritsugu’s past, including the deaths he had caused in pursuit of justice, and Kiritsugu concluded that they must really have been close.

Xu Yue reached an agreement with Kiritsugu Emiya to care for Ilya and Shirou Emiya in exchange for inheriting the Emiya Magic Crest, then spent his last days in Fuyuki visiting the Emiya and Matou families. He left after a tense encounter with Golden Flash, who ordered him to depart.

• Xu Yue agreed to care for Ilya and Shirou Emiya after Kiritsugu Emiya's death in exchange for the right to inherit Kiritsugu Emiya's Magic Crest.
• Xu Yue stayed at the Emiya home for several days, and Shirou Emiya decided to become a partner of justice and learn to cook.
• Xu Yue left the Emiya home with Tang Niu and He Jinyin, passed the Matou residence, and helped Shinji Matou after he tripped.
• Xu Yue watched a girl pushing a wheelchair and a woman seated in it from a distance while Golden Flash warned him to leave Fuyuki.
• Xu Yue accepted Golden Flash's warning and continued on his way with Tang Niu and He Jinyin.

Xu Yue returned from Fuyuki to Port City and arranged a match between He Jinyin and Master Brother Duan Shui Liu, whose dojo legacy had been crushed in Japan. He Jinyin endured a beating before using Gui Wangda’s Invincible Wind Fire Wheel to turn the fight around.

• Xu Yue helped Tohsaka Aoi spend her remaining years in peace, then left Fuyuki and returned to Port City.
• Xu Yue confronted Master Brother Duan Shui Liu and offered him a chance to restore his dojo by defeating He Jinyin.
• Master Brother Duan Shui Liu accepted the match, and reporters and spectators flocked to the event.
• He Jinyin fought under strict limits on his magecraft while Master Brother Duan Shui Liu gradually gained confidence and pummeled him.
• He Jinyin used Invincible Wind Fire Wheel to charge into the prize wheel with Master Brother Duan Shui Liu and make his comeback.

After He Jinyin defeated Duan Shui Liu, he resolved to pursue magecraft, and Xu Yue agreed to teach Tang Niu as well. Xu Yue then joined Chow Sing Sing’s school investigation and revealed that the school’s threat was connected to the Revival Society, leaving Chow with new intelligence about the organization.

• He Jinyin asked Xu Yue to teach him magecraft after defeating Duan Shui Liu, and Xu Yue agreed to teach Tang Niu too.
• Xu Yue decided to check on Chow Sing Sing and went to the school, where Huang Yaozu was investigating suspected campus hauntings.
• Xu Yue told Huang Yaozu that the school and the Jun Du Hotel were both linked to the Revival Society, and Huang considered recruiting Chow into the Miscellaneous Affairs Department.
• Xu Yue intercepted Chow Sing Sing and offered him intelligence about the school case.
• Xu Yue explained that the Revival Society had carried out a London bombing and used extremists willing to become human bombs.

Xu Yue persuaded Chow Sing Sing to help prepare for the armed criminals expected at the school, while dangling the prospect of a return to the police force through the Miscellaneous Affairs Department. As Xu Yue planted temporary talismans around the school, Sir Chow confronted him but backed down after seeing his connections.

• Xu Yue told Chow Sing Sing to wait at the school for the terrorists and convinced him that success could earn him a place in the Miscellaneous Affairs Department and a return to police work.
• Xu Yue stayed at the school as a volunteer, where Cindy grew interested in him and Chow Sing Sing grew envious.
• Xu Yue placed temporary talismans around the school while preparing for the expected attack.
• Sir Chow stopped Xu Yue after work to question his ties to Chow Sing Sing and the Miscellaneous Affairs Department.
• Sir Chow changed his tone and let Xu Yue leave after Tang Niu arrived to pick him up in a luxury car.

Xu Yue advised Stephen Chow and Tang Niu to stall the wealthy families seeking a large stake in God of Cookery, then returned to school to help prepare for foreign criminals near the harbor. The police rejected Chow Sing Sing’s request for backup and planned to wait for the criminals to act, leaving him uneasy about their firepower.

• Stephen Chow explained that Sir Li and other Port City families wanted sixty percent of God of Cookery’s shares, and Xu Yue advised him to delay negotiations while offering to share profits.
• Tang Niu suggested killing the families’ representatives, but Xu Yue rejected the idea and asked him to investigate Wong Si Fu and Ferrari.
• Xu Yue returned to school after receiving Chan Ho Nam’s intelligence about foreign criminals near the harbor and passed the clues to Chow Sing Sing.
• Chow Sing Sing told Cao Dahua about the clues, but Sir Chow of the Political Section dismissed a preemptive strike and insisted on waiting to trap the criminals.
• Chow Sing Sing asked for backup and the Flying Tigers, but Sir Chow refused and told him to leave if he was afraid.

After criminals overran the school and divided its hostages among three areas, Xu Yue decided to eliminate the Reincarnators among them before the Flying Tigers stormed in. With Chow Sing Sing watching, Xu Yue killed a rooftop sniper and began clearing the teaching building.

• The criminals subdued the undercover officers and separated the students and teachers into guarded groups.
• Xu Yue explained to Chow Sing Sing that the criminals included several Reincarnators and that the Flying Tigers would face heavy losses in a direct assault.
• Xu Yue gave Chow Sing Sing a safety charm and planned to free the hostages by taking out the guards in the teaching building first.
• Xu Yue concealed himself with an illusion spell, leaped to the opposite rooftop, and slit the sniper Reincarnator's throat.
• Xu Yue used the sniper's walkie-talkie to track the criminals' checks, then killed two guards at the teaching building's entrances and began his hunt.

Xu Yue silently eliminated the bandits in the teaching building, then revealed himself at the field and gymnasium to draw fire away from the hostages. After helping the hostages escape and killing many guards, he faced the remaining bandits and their Reincarnator commander, who ordered them to fire blindly even at the hostages.

• Xu Yue used Presence Concealment and simple illusions to kill every bandit in the teaching building before their second radio check.
• When the bandits realized the building had gone silent, they gathered at the field and gymnasium, and a blond Reincarnator threatened to blow up the teaching building.
• Xu Yue emerged from the stairwell and used automatic rifles to kill the guards at the hostages' locations.
• Captured Political Section officers organized the hostages' evacuation while the remaining bandits opened fire on Xu Yue.
• The blond Reincarnator inferred Xu Yue's firing line and hit him with a burst, but Xu Yue wounded him in return.
• The injured Reincarnator ordered the bandits to fire blindly across suspicious areas, including where hostages might be.

Xu Yue wiped out the bandits and Reincarnators at the school, then warned Huang Yaozu that a Ghost might be involved. As Huang tried to recruit Chow Sing Sing into the Miscellaneous Affairs Department, Cao Dahua interrupted to claim him for the Flying Tigers.

• Xu Yue charged into the bandits, killed the remaining Reincarnators and gunmen, and escaped when the Flying Tigers arrived.
• Xu Yue warned Chow Sing Sing to keep quiet about what he had seen, then explained that the Miscellaneous Affairs Department did not handle such matters.
• Xu Yue told Huang Yaozu that a Ghost might appear again and proposed that Huang stay to train Chow Sing Sing while Xu helped Jia Ju at Jun Du Hotel.
• Huang Yaozu offered Chow Sing Sing a place in the Miscellaneous Affairs Department, with no option to resign.
• Cao Dahua interrupted and insisted that Chow Sing Sing return to the Flying Tigers and be promoted.

Cao Dahua learned that the Miscellaneous Affairs Department had a deadly attrition rate, but he and Chow Sing Sing still reported for duty. Chan Ka Kui welcomed them and invited them to join a case that night to see what the department handled.

• Cao Dahua was transferred to the Miscellaneous Affairs Department after criticizing Huang Yaozu, and his old flame warned him that staff rarely survived long enough to leave any other way than death or a vegetative state.
• Cao Dahua regretted speaking against Huang Yaozu after learning that Officer Huang had served in the department for more than ten years.
• Cao Dahua shared the classified attrition figures with Chow Sing Sing, and the two hesitated outside the department entrance.
• Chan Ka Kui arrived with Li Jie, recognized Chow Sing Sing, and reassured the newcomers that their fears were exaggerated.
• Chow Sing Sing asked Chan Ka Kui what the department handled, and Chan Ka Kui invited him and Cao Dahua to join a case that night.

Huang Yaozu took Chow Sing Sing and Cao Dahua to investigate the eerie school, where a vengeful spirit possessed Cao Dahua as soon as they spotted it. Huang Yaozu fled with Chow Sing Sing, hoping Xu Yue could arrive before they had to kill their possessed colleague.

• Huang Yaozu brought Chow Sing Sing and Cao Dahua to the closed aristocratic school and smeared Bull's Tears on their eyelids so they could see ghosts.
• Huang Yaozu gave the two officers safety talismans from Xu Yue, then led them inside the school grounds.
• Chow Sing Sing and Cao Dahua saw the bloody ghost of a Revival Society leader, whom they recognized as dead.
• The ghost turned into a streak of light and possessed Cao Dahua before Huang Yaozu could explain how to handle it.
• Huang Yaozu grabbed Chow Sing Sing and ran, saying they needed Xu Yue's help or would have to shoot Cao Dahua.

Huang Yaozu and Chow Sing Sing struggled to keep the vicious ghost possessing Cao Dahua inside the school, and Cindy unexpectedly joined the chase. Xu Yue arrived and stopped the ghost, then tried to handle Cindy as a witness.

• Huang Yaozu and Chow Sing Sing ran from possessed Cao Dahua while trying to keep him from escaping the school.
• They encountered Cindy, who had sneaked into the school to retrieve something, and Huang Yaozu warned her that Cao Dahua was possessed by a vicious ghost.
• Huang Yaozu threw chocolate at Cao Dahua to slow him down and told Chow Sing Sing to shoot him if he was about to leave the school.
• Xu Yue arrived, let the ghost transfer into him, and subdued it, leaving Cao Dahua unconscious.
• Huang Yaozu asked Xu Yue to deal with Cindy as a witness, and Xu Yue zapped her with a glance.

Xu Yue gathered information on Wong Si Fu and Ferrari and went to meet Ferrari before Wong Si Fu’s upcoming release banquet. At the beach, he watched Leung Foon’s clumsy undercover work and left the three women with He Jinyin nearby as he went to approach Ferrari.

• Xu Yue learned that Wong Si Fu would soon leave prison and asked Stephen Chow to get him an invitation to the upcoming banquet.
• Xu Yue decided to meet Ferrari at a beach party, where Ferrari was swindling a wealthy woman for money.
• Cindy teased Leung Foon after he stared at the women and drove his jet ski onto the beach.
• Ferrari’s men tricked Leung Foon into attacking Ferrari, then beat him while Ferrari used the incident to get more money from the wealthy woman.
• Xu Yue told Zhong Li, Lok Wai Ching, and Cindy that He Jinyin was nearby to protect them, then went to meet Ferrari.

Xu Yue boarded Ferrari’s yacht and revealed that he knew about Ferrari’s plan involving the families led by Sir Li. After subduing Ferrari in a brief fight, Xu Yue agreed to cooperate on the condition that Ferrari released the people involved and kept them safe.

• Ferrari sent a man to escort Xu Yue onto his yacht while Leung Foon continued pretending to be beaten outside.
• Ferrari acknowledged that he knew Leung Foon was an undercover cop and tested whether Xu Yue was connected to the police.
• Xu Yue said he knew about the pressure from Sir Li’s families and agreed in principle to Ferrari’s plan, provided Ferrari released the people involved and ensured their safety.
• Ferrari attacked Xu Yue, but Xu Yue deflected the blow and bent Ferrari’s finger back, forcing him to accept the terms.
• Ferrari drank champagne to seal the cooperation, and Xu Yue released his finger and toasted him.

Xu Yue struck a deal with Ferrari to let him pursue his stock-market scheme while Xu Yue controlled when the kidnapped tycoons would be rescued, then impressed Ferrari enough to earn his cooperation and receive First Love. At Wong Si Fu’s banquet, Leung Foon spotted Xu Yue and decided to question him for clues about Ferrari’s crimes.

• Ferrari admitted that Xu Yue had seen through his plan, and Xu Yue agreed to let him proceed while ensuring the tycoons stayed out of public view until he finished profiting from the stock market.
• Ferrari played mahjong with Xu Yue, discovered that Xu Yue’s Thousand Techniques surpassed his own, and decided to follow his lead.
• Ferrari offered First Love to Xu Yue, who accepted her company for the following night, delaying her assignment.
• Leung Foon attended Pizza’s brother-in-law Wong Si Fu’s birthday banquet and noticed Xu Yue among the guests.
• Leung Foon suspected Xu Yue was connected to Ferrari’s schemes and decided to use his verbal skills to question him.

Xu Yue attended Wong Si Fu’s birthday banquet, where Leung Foon tried to use their meeting to get closer to him. Wong Si Fu recognized Xu Yue as a powerful businessman, leaving Leung Foon stunned.

• Xu Yue assessed Wong Si Fu’s influence at the banquet while Leung Foon approached him with Pizza and tried to play off their previous encounter.
• Leung Foon claimed he was connected to Wong Si Fu and offered to introduce Xu Yue, hoping to get closer to him and Ferrari.
• Wong Si Fu arrived under escort by two officers, and the guests gathered around the famed gambler for advice and pleasantries.
• Leung Foon urged Pizza to introduce him to Wong Si Fu, then brought Xu Yue over after Wong Si Fu agreed to meet him.
• Wong Si Fu praised Xu Yue’s company as a future Miracle Stock, and Leung Foon realized Xu Yue was far more successful than he had assumed.

Xu Yue tested Wong Si Fu at mahjong and saw that the veteran gambler was sharp enough to avoid getting involved in his plans. Later, Xu Yue went to the Jun Du Hotel, where First Love joined him and rookie detective Leung Foon secretly began watching his room.

• Xu Yue played mahjong with Wong Si Fu, whose Thousand Techniques failed to affect the game and who recognized that Xu Yue controlled its rhythm.
• Wong Si Fu declined to get involved in Xu Yue's plans and decided to remain in prison rather than risk confronting Ferrari and Xu Yue.
• Xu Yue told He Jinyin that Wong Si Fu had wisely backed away, then assigned He Jinyin to deal with the school's fierce ghost that night.
• Xu Yue went to the reopened Jun Du Hotel, where First Love entered his room after mostly recovering.
• Leung Foon obtained Xu Yue's room number and hid in the fire escape to watch him, while Chan Ka Kui and Li Jie kept watch nearby.

Leung Foon was duped by First Love twice, while Xu Yue watched Ferrari’s scheme unfold. As the God of Cookery Group faced a coordinated media and business attack, Ferrari kidnapped the patriarchs of several powerful families.

• Chan Ka Kui and Li Jie watched First Love leave Xu Yue’s room and judged that Leung Foon was likely to be fooled, but probably safe.
• First Love won Leung Foon’s trust, learned his undercover plan, and tricked him into believing she had obtained evidence against Ferrari.
• Leung Foon’s first USB drive unleashed a virus that wiped police data, leading his superior to suspend him and release Ferrari; First Love then tricked him into publicly playing an embarrassing video of himself.
• Xu Yue watched Leung Foon’s humiliation and noted that the police system had been hacked, creating an opening for Ferrari to act.
• A lawyer threatened Stephen Chow with a full-scale blockade as hostile media reports targeted the God of Cookery Group, and Tang Niu held back from attacking the lawyer.
• Ferrari kidnapped several top families’ patriarchs overnight and imprisoned them in a dungeon he had prepared.

Wong Si Fu watched Ferrari’s market moves from prison while Xu Yue and Stephen Chow profited from the upheaval surrounding the ‘God of Cookery’ Group. After Xu Yue helped rescue the kidnapped tycoons, their accusations and contempt for the rescuers ended with one capitalist suddenly collapsing.

• Wong Si Fu read about Ferrari’s market moves and decided to stay out of the turmoil from prison.
• Xu Yue denied orchestrating the financial scheme as Stephen Chow worried that the huge profits would provoke powerful opponents.
• Xu Yue explained that Ferrari had profited from the upheaval but might face retaliation from top capital forces.
• Xu Yue and the Brave Detectives rescued several kidnapped tycoons, who thanked him while suspecting his motives.
• A resentful capitalist insulted Chan Ka Kui and the Miscellaneous Affairs Department, and Xu Yue tried to calm the rescuers and send the tycoons for examinations.
• The resentful capitalist clutched his chest and foamed at the mouth before he could finish threatening Xu Yue.