Chapter Summaries

Xu Yue faced accusations from Takashiro Soichiro and the survivors over buying a hotel and a truck before the outbreak, while Miyamoto Rei and Tokugawa Jiro defended him. After the crowd turned hostile, Xu Yue used his gun to silence them, leaving the confrontation under his control.

• Xu Yue explained that he had spent thirty million dollars buying supplies and a hotel before trouble broke out, and Miyamoto Rei revealed that he was Chinese.
• Takashiro Soichiro accused Xu Yue of swindling a hotel from one of his subordinates, while Miyamoto Rei and Komuro Takashi argued that the purchase was legitimate.
• The former truck owner accused Xu Yue of buying his heavy truck and trapping him, prompting the crowd to condemn Xu Yue and demand the truck and supplies.
• Tokugawa Jiro defended Xu Yue, arguing that the seller had accepted a price far above the truck's value and that information was worth money.
• Xu Yue fired into the air, then shot a hidden gunman on the second floor after Takashiro Soichiro continued to challenge him.

After Xu Yue and Takashiro Soichiro nearly clashed, Takashiro Yuriko calmed the situation and the group settled into the manor. Yuriko recognized Xu Yue as the Chinese businessman who had bought a suburban hotel for thirty million dollars and decided she needed to learn more about him.

• Takashiro Yuriko intervened as Takashiro Soichiro faced Xu Yue, and Xu Yue holstered his gun after Takashiro Saya asked him to bear with her father.
• Takashiro Soichiro and Xu Yue set aside their dispute to focus on the crisis, while the manor's occupants collected the dead attacker from the second floor.
• Takashiro Yuriko took Takashiro Saya and Komuro Takashi aside, and Tokugawa Jiro asked Xu Yue to take him along if the group left.
• Busujima Saeko worried about Tokugawa Jiro's safety, while Xu Yue said the man was slippery and likely to play both sides.
• Takashiro Yuriko asked Komuro Takashi and Takashiro Saya about Xu Yue, then recognized him from reports as a Chinese businessman who had bought a suburban hotel for thirty million dollars.

Takashiro Soichiro tried to draw Busujima Saeko closer by offering her a treasured sword, but she refused it and stayed loyal to Xu Yue’s group. Takashiro Yuriko then negotiated with Xu Yue, who accepted the offer to become deputy commander and began cooking for her.

• Takashiro Soichiro offered Busujima Saeko the Meiji-era sword Murata, but she returned it and said she would keep her own sword.
• Takashiro Soichiro recognized that his attempt to separate Busujima Saeko and the others from Xu Yue had failed.
• Takashiro Yuriko told Takashiro Soichiro that she would approach Xu Yue to seek cooperation, and he agreed to set aside their grievances for now.
• Takashiro Yuriko apologized to Xu Yue and offered him the position of deputy commander of the base.
• Xu Yue accepted the position and invited Takashiro Yuriko to stay while he prepared food for her.

After stabilizing the Takagi family compound, Xu Yue set out with Takashiro Yuriko to bring the Reiwa Inn survivors over and merge the bases. Meanwhile, Koizumi Shinji and the other Reincarnators debated which people to cultivate, then learned that another group of Reincarnators had arrived.

• Xu Yue improved the Takagi family compound’s defenses and proposed dividing its safe zone into sealed sections.
• Xu Yue announced that he would return to Reiwa Inn to collect the survivors and merge the two bases.
• Takashiro Yuriko offered to accompany Xu Yue as the compound’s representative, and the two departed by bus.
• Koizumi Shinji, Novsky, Eunuch Liu, and Li Xian discussed raising affection with suspected favored characters, including Mr. Yue.
• A bleached-blond delinquent student reported that formidable disabled people had entered and defeated the guards, revealing that another group of Reincarnators had arrived.

Duan Zhigui led a group of disabled Beiyang Reincarnators to the inn in Chukashiro City, where they confronted Koizumi Shinji’s group over the Favored Ones. Just as Duan Zhigui threatened to use grenades, a bullet killed him, leaving the standoff unresolved.

• Duan Zhigui reached the inn with his companions after traveling from the United States through Japan and deduced that a Favored One was there.
• Duan Zhigui’s group and Koizumi Shinji’s group emerged armed and realized they were rival Reincarnators.
• Koizumi Shinji proposed that the groups go their separate ways, but Duan Zhigui insisted his group stay and threatened them with grenades.
• A bullet passed through Duan Zhigui’s temple, killing him as he laughed.

Xu Yue returned to the Reiwa Inn, rescued Koizumi Shinji’s group from Beiyang attackers, and announced that the survivors should move to a larger base. Fujiwara Koichi rallied the students against leaving, but Xu Yue claimed the inn, its supplies, and the weapons as his property and produced receipts and documents to support his claim.

• Xu Yue shot and killed five armed Beiyang men who were threatening Koizumi Shinji and the others outside the inn.
• Xu Yue reassured Igo Eiei that Miyamoto Rei and the others were safe at Mrs. Takashiro’s home, where nearly a hundred survivors had gathered.
• Fujiwara Koichi argued that the students should stay at the inn and keep its supplies, and a blond delinquent and other students raised their weapons against Xu Yue.
• Xu Yue said the inn, supplies, and weapons belonged to him, then showed Fujiwara Koichi receipts and ownership documents.

Xu Yue confronted Fujiwara Koichi and the students over the supplies at the Reiwa Inn, but their vote and threats turned the dispute into a mob against him. Xu Yue shot them in the crotch rather than killing them, treated their wounds with quicklime, and left them in Eunuch Liu’s care, while the Reincarnators saw an opportunity to aid Fujiwara Koichi.

• Fujiwara Koichi argued that the old receipts no longer mattered and claimed the Reiwa Inn and its supplies for the students, who applauded and turned their weapons on Xu Yue.
• Inspector Tanaka and Igo Eiei defended Xu Yue, but the students also ordered them to leave and demanded that Takashiro Yuriko stay behind.
• Xu Yue fired at Fujiwara Koichi and the students, wounding them without killing them, then scattered quicklime over their injuries.
• Xu Yue handed the wounded over to Eunuch Liu, while the Reincarnators considered helping Fujiwara Koichi to build ties and demonstrate their goodwill.

Xu Yue forced the wounded students and Fujiwara Koichi to accept the merger, then brought their supplies and people to Takashiro Soichiro’s settlement, where he helped expand the safe zone and became deputy leader. Takashiro Soichiro offered Xu Yue his daughter Saya’s hand in marriage.

• Eunuch Liu treated the wounded students and Fujiwara Koichi, while Xu Yue arranged for the group to merge and move to the settlement.
• Eunuch Liu counseled Fujiwara Koichi, who began to see his injury as an opportunity and formed a basic bond with Eunuch Liu.
• Xu Yue transported the wounded and supplies to the settlement, earning enough prestige to become its deputy leader.
• Xu Yue and Takashiro Soichiro watched the settlement burn trapped dead bodies to expand its safe zone.
• Takashiro Soichiro offered Saya’s hand in marriage to Xu Yue, citing his abilities and the need to overcome his Chinese identity.

After a high-altitude nuclear explosion triggered an EMP that cut power and water to Takashiro Settlement, Xu Yue and Takashiro Soichiro considered sending an expedition to restore the systems at Honghu Dam. Xu Yue agreed to the mission and assigned Fujiwara Koichi and Koizumi Shinji to join it.

• Takashiro Yuriko told Takashiro Saya that her father had arranged for her to marry Yue, and Saya angrily protested before resigning herself to his decision.
• A distant high-altitude nuclear explosion sent an EMP that disabled Honghu Dam's control systems, cutting electricity and water to Takashiro Settlement.
• Takashiro Soichiro and Xu Yue discussed whether to send experts to the dam or accept the loss of power, while the settlement's loudspeakers warned residents against causing trouble.
• Fujiwara Koichi urged the base to restore electricity and hoped Xu Yue would be put in danger, but Xu Yue agreed to lead the expedition and assigned Fujiwara to it.
• Koizumi Shinji supported Xu Yue's plan and offered to join the expedition with the disabled veterans.

Xu Yue led an escort team out of Takashiro Settlement to take two experts and dam spare parts to Hongshan Dam. On the road, Koizumi Shinji deliberately damaged the rear Humvee to create a chance to raise Fujiwara Koichi’s affinity, but the plan backfired and his affinity fell.

• After the power system failed, the settlement chose Xu Yue, Busujima Saeko, Fujiwara Koichi, four disabled veterans, and two experts for the escort mission to Hongshan Dam.
• Xu Yue and the others set out in two Humvees the next morning, with Xu Yue, Busujima Saeko, Novsky, and one expert scouting in the lead vehicle.
• Xu Yue warned the rear vehicle to avoid driving over zombies, while Koizumi Shinji, Eunuch Liu, and Li Xian discussed staging dangers to earn Fujiwara Koichi’s gratitude.
• Koizumi Shinji deliberately crashed the rear Humvee into a roadside car, shredding a tire and forcing the team to stop for repairs.
• Koizumi Shinji received a notification that Fujiwara Koichi’s affinity had decreased.

Koizumi Shinji and the others staged a zombie encounter to raise Fujiwara Koichi’s favorability, but Mr. Yue’s crossbow shot accidentally wounded and infected Eunuch Liu. The group cleared the nearby zombies, changed the Hummer’s tire, and set off again after Fujiwara’s favorability increased.

• Fujiwara Koichi panicked when the Hummer was surrounded by zombies, and Koizumi Shinji slapped him to calm him down.
• Koizumi Shinji changed the tire while the others fought nearby zombies and tried to create chances to earn Fujiwara’s gratitude.
• Eunuch Liu rushed to rescue Fujiwara, but Mr. Yue’s crossbow bolt killed the zombie and pierced Eunuch Liu’s chest.
• Eunuch Liu used Plot Points and a potion to survive, then removed the infection caused by the zombie-tainted bolt.
• Xu Yue drove the Hummer into the zombies, and the group cleared the area before Koizumi Shinji called everyone back into the vehicle.
• Eunuch Liu heard that Fujiwara’s favorability had risen and felt relieved as the group continued on.

Xu Yue and Koizumi Shinji’s group reached the dam and entered its factory, where armed Self-Defense Forces soldiers ambushed them. A middle-aged Reincarnator interrupted Captain Kobayashi and said he recognized some of the visitors.

• Xu Yue’s group found barricades near the dam and drove through after clearing nearby zombies.
• The group noticed the dam’s staff had not greeted them, then found dried blood handprints on the locked factory door.
• Someone unlocked the factory door from inside, and the group entered the dark building while sensing that many people were hiding there.
• The factory lights came on, and more than twenty Self-Defense Forces soldiers surrounded the group and ordered them to drop their weapons.
• Captain Kobayashi rejected Koizumi Shinji’s offer to repair the dam’s power system, but a middle-aged man with a cane asked him to pause and said he recognized some of the visitors.

Xu Yue and his companions met Zhang Xiaolin and Captain Kobayashi’s Self-Defense Forces squad at the dam and invited them to Takashiro Base. After hearing that the settlement had plenty of food, Captain Kobayashi grew eager to go there, while Xu Yue and Busujima Saeko suspected the squad was hiding something.

• Zhang Xiaolin recognized Koizumi Shinji and agreed to cooperate with the Qing Court group against the Beiyang people.
• Zhang Xiaolin stopped Captain Kobayashi from attacking Xu Yue’s group, and Captain Kobayashi complained that he had wanted to assault Busujima Saeko.
• Xu Yue told Captain Kobayashi that Takashiro Base had over a hundred people and ample food, exciting the Self-Defense Forces squad.
• Busujima Saeko told Xu Yue she distrusted the squad, and Xu Yue pointed out that the dam workers were missing and the soldiers seemed too well-fed for their circumstances.
• Xu Yue introduced himself as Takashiro Base’s deputy commander, and Captain Kobayashi concealed his hostility as he shook Xu Yue’s hand.

Zhang Xiaolin decided Captain Kobayashi was expendable after learning that another man was likely the true Son of Destiny. At the dam, Captain Kobayashi tried to lure Xu Yue and Busujima Saeko into a storeroom to assault them, but Xu Yue cut off his and his men’s gun-holding arms.

• Several Reincarnators told Zhang Xiaolin that the deputy commander was likely the main Son of Destiny, so Zhang Xiaolin kept Captain Kobayashi as a backup and potential rival.
• Captain Kobayashi planned to seize control of the base and make its people his property after repairing the dam’s water and power systems.
• Xu Yue asked about the dam’s staff, and Captain Kobayashi falsely claimed they had all been infected and killed.
• Captain Kobayashi and two soldiers led Xu Yue and Busujima Saeko into a storeroom, where they revealed the people they had been keeping captive.
• Captain Kobayashi and his soldiers threatened Xu Yue and Busujima Saeko with guns, but Xu Yue severed all three men’s gun-holding arms with a flash of cold light.

Xu Yue confronted Zhang Xiaolin over the captive dam workers and how he had survived without food, while the Reincarnators tried to distance themselves from Captain Kobayashi and his men. Zhang Xiaolin’s hostile revelation ended their chances of avoiding a fight, and Xu Yue insisted on stopping him.

• Xu Yue’s attack left Captain Kobayashi and two soldiers mutilated, and Eunuch Liu scattered quicklime on Captain Kobayashi’s injury.
• Captain Kobayashi crawled to Zhang Xiaolin for help, but Zhang kicked him away and apologized to Xu Yue while Koizumi Shinji and the others blamed the soldiers.
• Xu Yue questioned Zhang about the captive dam workers and his survival without food, then offered Captain Kobayashi a chance to write the truth.
• Zhang Xiaolin mocked Xu Yue as a mortal-world protagonist who had survived by luck, prompting Koizumi Shinji and the others to shield Xu Yue and prepare for a fight.
• Zhang Xiaolin considered leaving peacefully, but Xu Yue declared that he would not let evil go unpunished.

The Self-Defense Forces and the Reincarnators clashed after Captain Kobayashi attacked Xu Yue’s group, and Zhang Xiaolin turned on Koizumi Shinji’s side amid the chaos. Zhang Xiaolin caught Xu Yue’s blade before it could kill Captain Kobayashi, and Xu Yue asked him to teach him what transcending the ordinary meant.

• The Self-Defense Forces surrounded Xu Yue and his companions, and one of them threatened to kill Fujiwara Koichi unless they surrendered.
• Zhang Xiaolin persuaded the Self-Defense Forces to release Fujiwara Koichi, then attacked Koizumi Shinji and his companions, knocking Novsky out.
• Xu Yue and Busujima Saeko charged the armed Self-Defense Forces, while Zhang Xiaolin fought Koizumi Shinji and the others.
• Xu Yue swung at Captain Kobayashi, but Zhang Xiaolin crossed the distance and caught the blade between his fingers.
• Busujima Saeko reacted in shock as Zhang Xiaolin dismissed them as ants, and Xu Yue asked him to teach him how to transcend the ordinary.

Xu Yue used Zhang Xiaolin’s memories and Counterattack Privilege to make him destroy the dam, then reversed the damage and collected the resulting profits. After time reset, the other three Intruders entered the same counterattack sequence and flooded the city again.

• Zhang Xiaolin unleashed his full power against Xu Yue, destroying the dam and flooding the city before realizing he had been caught in a recreation of his previous death.
• Xu Yue reversed the flood and rebuilt the dam, while Zhang Xiaolin regretted not offering himself as collateral before the Mission Space rejected his loan and he vanished.
• Time reset, and Koizumi Shinji and the other two Intruders revived with Counterattack Privilege and attacked Qiao Feng, Ancestor Sunflower, and the martial arts heroes in their dreams.
• The three Intruders used their greatest techniques on the restored dam, breaking it and flooding the city again.
• Xu Yue welcomed the disaster as an opportunity to profit by using the Intruders’ abilities, skills, potential, and futures as collateral.

Xu Yue restored Hongshan Dam’s power, returned to the base, and finished raising the favorability of the other Favored Ones before leaving the mission. Back in the Punishment Space, he assessed his gains and planned to begin building his ninja army.

• Xu Yue let Koizumi Shinji, Eunuch Liu, and Li Xian be reclaimed by the space after their failed attack, while Novsky remained behind.
• Xu Yue rescued the dam staff, repaired the system with two electrical experts, and restored Hongshan Dam’s power supply.
• The dam staff mourned three supposed disabled heroes and returned to the base with Xu Yue, carrying weapons and ammunition.
• Takashiro Soichiro welcomed the group and grieved when he learned that fallen Self-Defense Forces had killed the three men.
• Xu Yue raised the other Favored Ones’ favorability to complete obedience, then returned from the mission.
• Xu Yue gained 1 SS-Rank Plot Point and 10 S-Rank Plot Points, assessed his improved will, and planned to start his ninja army.

Xu Yue assembled a large force of ninjas from Naruto to strengthen the Penguin Merchant Guild as Beiyang and the Sino-Japanese Alliance renewed their conflict. As Japanese troops landed on the peninsula and Mao Xiong moved forces toward the Far East, war clouds gathered over China.

• Zhang Xiaolin learned that his punishment mission had left him trapped in debt, while Eunuch Liu, Li Xian, and Koizumi Shinji left their legions and prepared to repay theirs.
• Xu Yue and Orochimaru discussed the difficulty of bringing their teacher out of the sealed garrison space, while Jiraiya looked forward to visiting another world.
• Shikaku Nara reported that the assembled force was ready, and Xu Yue departed with him to lead one thousand Genin, two hundred Chunin, twenty Jonin, Shikamaru, Jiraiya, and Kabuto.
• Itachi, Shisui, and the No. 1 and No. 4 Arrancar guided the newly summoned ninjas as the Penguin Merchant Guild began building its fighting force.
• Beiyang abandoned its defensive posture and pushed the Sino-Japanese Alliance back, while its supporters rejected Qing Court policies and worked to weaken the nation's Dragon Qi.
• Japanese forces landed on the peninsula in large numbers, and Mao Xiong transported troops toward the Far East as war threatened China.

Japan and Mao Xiong entered the conflict against Beiyang, but Yuan Shijia and Sun Wu negotiated a restriction preventing the sides’ highest-level fighters from joining the battles. As Beiyang faced likely defeat, Zhang Xun doubted the Qing Court could survive, while Shirley chose to keep supporting Beiyang and prepare a major attack.

• Japan and Mao Xiong deployed troops against Beiyang, prompting Yuan Shijia and Sun Wu to secure an agreement barring the highest-level combatants from entering the field.
• Zhang Xun worried that Beiyang’s collapse could also bring down the Qing Court and considered changing his allegiance.
• Guang Jing welcomed the prospect of using foreign powers to destroy Beiyang and the Penguin Merchant Guild.
• Shirley decided to continue supporting Beiyang despite unrest at home, and Henri Philippe Pétain and Béton agreed to launch a major strike alongside it.