Chapter Summaries

Su Yang and his companions arrived in Dongjin, where Honma Oko guided them to their luxury hotel and they checked in. After settling into their rooms, Su Yang tried to get close to Pan Ning, but she turned him down because they had too little time.

• Honma Oko led the group to two cars, and Su Yang chatted with driver Katsumura Yota about Dongjin’s food and attractions during the ride.
• The cars reached the Aman Dongjin Hotel in Qiandaitian District, where the group admired the lobby and checked in.
• Liu Bo admired the receptionists, but Su Yang told him to ask for their contact information himself if he wanted it.
• Meng Wenzhou sent everyone to their rooms to rest before going out, and Su Yang and Pan Ning went to their suite, Maple 07.
• Pan Ning asked about extending their hotel stay, and Su Yang offered to handle it before she rejected his attempt to get intimate because there was not enough time.

Su Yang and Pan Ning spent time together in their hotel room before joining their friends to find dinner on Island Yuan. Su Yang extended their hotel stay and learned that local convenience stores offered currency exchange as the group headed out.

• Su Yang and Pan Ning postponed showering and shared an intimate moment in their room.
• Su Yang sent ten Huazi gifts to A Hao during a livestream, boosting A Hao’s score and earning his thanks.
• Meng Wenzhou suggested that the group go out for dinner, and everyone agreed to meet in the lobby.
• Su Yang extended the group’s stay for one more day using a domestic payment app and learned where to exchange cash.
• Su Yang and the others left the hotel lobby and took the elevator down to the first floor.

Su Yang and the group explored Shinjuku, ate at a high-end restaurant, and agreed to visit Kabukicho that night and Mount Fuji the next day. They arrived at the entrance to Kabukicho Ichibangai, where the group’s night out was about to begin.

• Su Yang and the others withdrew the daily maximum of 100,000 Island Yuan each at a 7-Eleven ATM.
• The group wandered through Shinjuku, ate a variety of Island cuisine, and agreed to visit a nightclub in Kabukicho around ten.
• Meng Wenzhou suggested visiting Mount Fuji the next day after the women declined his idea of going to Anime Character Street.
• Su Yang, Meng Wenzhou, and Liu Bo discussed Kabukicho’s red-light district and nightlife as the group walked through the busy streets.
• The group passed modified JDM cars and luxury supercars before reaching the entrance to Kabukicho Ichibangai.

Su Yang and his companions explored Kabukicho Ichibangai, where Meng Wenzhou and Liu Bo explained the street’s establishments and warned the women away from an unsuitable shop. The group continued through the crowded district, and Su Yang explained that women standing with signs were promoting restaurants, bars, and nightclubs.

• Meng Wenzhou led Su Yang, Liu Bo, and the eight women into the crowded Kabukicho Ichibangai.
• Zhuang Mengli teased Liu Bo about the district’s establishments, and Liu Bo insisted he was only joking and was an honest man.
• Meng Qianyu, Su Qingci, Ren Lingxi, and Tang Ziyun nearly entered a shop before Su Yang convinced them it was unsuitable.
• Su Yang warned the women not to enter random shops or engage with strangers, and the group continued along the street.
• Lu Yun asked about women standing with signs, and Su Yang explained that they were promoting restaurants, bars, and nightclubs.

Su Yang and his companions went to WHATTOKYO nightclub, where Liu Bo had to pay extra to get past the appearance-based entry rules. After they settled into a booth, Meng Wenzhou explained the club’s different floors and the performances planned for the night.

• A street promoter offered Su Yang specialty services, but he declined while Liu Bo complained that he could not understand her.
• Meng Wenzhou led the group to WHATTOKYO, where they queued for tickets and went through strict identity and security checks.
• The guard refused Liu Bo entry unless he bought a VIP ticket, so Meng Wenzhou paid extra and made up an excuse about the club’s weight requirements.
• Liu Bo angrily complained about the discrimination, then declared that he would seriously start dieting tomorrow.
• The group entered the second-floor dance area, where Lu Yun reacted shyly to the revealing outfits and Liu Bo joked with Zhuang Mengli.
• After ordering more drinks at their booth, Su Yang asked about the club’s floors, and Meng Wenzhou described the dance performances and private rooms on the third floor.

Su Yang and his friends drank and played games at a nightclub while four Western men repeatedly tried to approach the women at their table. After Su Yang firmly rejected their advances, Chris insulted the men, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Liu Bo noticed four Western men staring at Su Yang's group, and two of them came over to introduce themselves and seek drinks with the women.
• Meng Wenzhou and Su Yang drank with the visitors and sent them back to their table, but the men returned twice despite being told to leave the group alone.
• Chris and the other three men approached together with an opened bottle and demanded a drink with the women.
• Su Yang refused, told them to take their drinks and leave, and Chris mocked the men for bringing the women out.

Zhuang Mengli, Su Yang, Liu Bo, and their companions dealt with four foreign men who harassed them at the nightclub, then resumed partying after security confirmed the foreigners had started the trouble. At midnight, the club began its promised dance performance, and Su Yang waited to see what made it so hot.

• Zhuang Mengli splashed Chris with liquor twice, and Su Yang stopped the brown-haired man from grabbing her.
• Liu Bo slammed two of Chris's companions to the floor, while Meng Wenzhou told security the men had harassed the women.
• Security checked the surveillance footage and escorted Chris and his friends out for starting the trouble.
• Zhuang Mengli and Liu Bo resumed drinking with the group, and everyone continued partying until midnight.
• The female DJ announced a dance performance, and ten dancers in pink Japanese-style outfits took the stage.
• Su Yang thought the dancers' performance was still conservative, but Meng Wenzhou told him to wait.

At a nightclub, Su Yang and Meng Wenzhou were invited to dance with two bikini-clad performers. Su Yang learned that his partner was Jingchuan Minako, whose system profile showed she had no battle count, and they began dancing together.

• Ten dancers changed into black bikinis and performed an energetic routine, exciting the nightclub crowd.
• The female DJ sent the dancers onto the floor to party with the guests, and Liu Bo rushed out to join them.
• After the dancers began choosing partners, two invited Su Yang and Meng Wenzhou to dance, and both men accepted.
• Su Yang scanned his partner and learned her name was Jingchuan Minako, age nineteen, and that her battle count was zero.
• Jingchuan Minako asked Su Yang if he was from Huaguo, introduced herself, and invited him to dance.

Su Yang and Meng Wenzhou resisted flirtatious invitations while partying with their group, and the women eventually decided to return to the hotel. The three men agreed to escort them before coming back, leaving Liu Bo at the club to hold their seats.

• Su Yang danced with Minako, who confessed that she had fallen for him and invited him to go somewhere with her, but he stayed with the group.
• Meng Wenzhou flirted with his dance partner but declined her invitation to the third floor, while Liu Bo later returned from dancing and drinking with a woman.
• At one in the morning, several of the women felt drunk and nauseous, so Jiang Xiaotang suggested they return to the hotel.
• Meng Wenzhou proposed that the three men escort the women and then come back to the club.
• Liu Bo stayed behind to hold their seats while the others left.

After escorting the women back to the hotel, Su Yang and Meng Wenzhou returned to the nightclub and reunited with Liu Bo, who recounted his encounter with a Japanese woman. Minako and Matsumoto Kino joined them for drinks, and Su Yang learned that Minako and Kino had recently started working as dancers.

• Su Yang and Meng Wenzhou escorted the tipsy women to the hotel, then returned to the nightclub.
• Liu Bo admitted that he had gone to a restroom with a Japanese woman he met while dancing.
• Minako and Matsumoto Kino arrived to exchange contact information with Su Yang and Meng Wenzhou, then stayed to drink with them.
• Liu Bo left to find his friends after learning the two women had joined the group.
• Su Yang asked Minako about her work, and she explained that she and Kino had recently started dancing at the club.

At the nightclub, Su Yang and Minako were left alone after Meng Wenzhou took Muye home and Liu Bo accompanied Jiazi to the restroom. Minako led Su Yang to her private room, where they kissed and prepared to shower together.

• Liu Bo returned with Lin Youjiazi, and the six drank and played games together.
• Liu Bo took Jiazi to the restroom, while Meng Wenzhou later escorted Muye home.
• Minako asked Su Yang if he still wanted to go somewhere with her, then led him to her changing room on the third floor.
• Minako kissed Su Yang after locking the room, and Su Yang checked that there were no cameras.
• Minako showered first, then Su Yang took a shower and emerged to find her waiting.

Su Yang left Minako after spending time with her at the nightclub, returned to the hotel, and reunited with Meng Wenzhou. The group prepared to visit Mount Fuji, but Liu Bo was late after spending the night with a woman.

• Su Yang promised Minako they might meet again before taking a taxi back to Aman Hotel.
• Su Yang and Meng Wenzhou returned to the hotel and joked about their nights out while Liu Bo remained missing.
• Su Yang went to bed with Pan Ning, and the next morning the group agreed to meet at noon for a Mount Fuji trip.
• The group gathered in the hotel lobby and noticed Liu Bo was absent.
• Meng Wenzhou called Liu Bo, who said he had gotten a room with a woman, had sex four times, and was on his way back.

Meng Wenzhou’s group set off for a day trip to Mount Fuji, but their tour guide warned them that a typhoon was expected to reach the country in three days. She confirmed the trip could go ahead today, leaving the group reassured but concerned about the coming storm.

• Meng Wenzhou told everyone that Liu Bo would be joining them, and Liu Bo arrived after changing clothes.
• Meng Wenzhou led the eleven travelers downstairs to board two vans for their Mount Fuji trip.
• A tour guide received a call from her supervisor and told the group that Typhoon Mu Hai was expected to make landfall in three days.
• Su Qingci asked whether the typhoon affected their trip, and the guide explained that they could still visit Mount Fuji that day.
• Meng Qianyu worried that the typhoon might blow down their hotel, and Meng Wenzhou teased her for asking a silly question.

Su Yang and the tour group traveled from Tokyo to Yamanashi Prefecture to see Mount Fuji, but clouds and the looming typhoon disrupted their visit. After taking photos when the summit briefly cleared, they headed into town to explore and have dinner as the weather grew muggy and overcast.

• Meng Wenzhou told the tour guide to begin the trip, and the group rode in two vans from Tokyo toward Yamanashi Prefecture.
• Su Yang and the others chatted about the suburban scenery during the nearly two-hour drive.
• The group stopped at a viewpoint near a Lawson, but clouds covered Mount Fuji’s summit, so they went to lunch before returning.
• After lunch, the clouds cleared enough for the group to see Mount Fuji and take photos, though the summit had little snow.
• Su Yang suggested exploring the county town, and the group invited the drivers and tour guide to join them as they strolled downtown.
• By 5:40 p.m., the temperature had grown muggy and dark clouds had thickened overhead.

Su Yang and the group enjoyed dinner in Yamanashi Prefecture, then realized the approaching typhoon might arrive much earlier than forecast. They hurried toward the parking lot as thunder and lightning intensified, leaving them still halfway there beneath the storm clouds.

• Su Yang and the others toured downtown, then went to Matsuya Meat Shop for dinner and introduced themselves to guides Chiba Maki and Suzuki Aoi and drivers Aizawa Yūsha and Watanabe Akemi.
• The group ate dinner together, while the two drivers drank juice because they still had to drive.
• After dinner, the group found the sky dark and the air stifling, and thunder broke overhead as they left the restaurant.
• Chiba Maki said typhoons sometimes arrived earlier than predicted, and Su Yang concluded they needed to leave before the storm hit.
• The group jogged toward the parking lot as lightning and thunder grew more frequent and dark clouds covered Yamanashi Prefecture.

Su Yang and the others drove toward Tokyo as an unexpectedly early typhoon struck, forcing them to stop on the expressway when torrential rain made the road impossible to see. With the warning level rising to Level Four, Su Yang decided they would head for the nearest city instead.

• Chiba checked a weather app and discovered that the typhoon was approaching much earlier than forecast, with a Level Three warning in effect.
• Su Yang’s group left Yamanashi Prefecture and entered the expressway toward Tokyo as the rain and wind grew stronger.
• Torrential rain suddenly obscured the windshield, and Watanabe Akemi braked sharply; Su Yang steadied the steering wheel and helped her stop on the emergency lane.
• Chiba checked the app again and reported that the typhoon was making landfall and the warning level had risen to Level Four.
• Su Yang asked Watanabe for the nearest city, learned it was Great Leap City, and told her to switch the navigation there.
• When Watanabe warned that driving was too dangerous in the poor visibility, Su Yang told her to take the passenger seat and said he would drive.

Su Yang led the two cars through Typhoon Muhai toward a residential area in Great Leap City, where he planned to seek shelter from local residents. He left his passengers in the car and ran to a nearby house to ask for help.

• Su Yang told Meng Wenzhou to take over driving Yūsha's car and follow him toward Great Leap City while he switched seats with Watanabe.
• Su Yang and Meng Wenzhou drove slowly through the storm and reached the highway exit, where a crosswind lifted their cars and frightened the passengers.
• Chiba reported that Typhoon Muhai had made landfall in Shizuoka Prefecture and intensified into a super typhoon as the group continued toward shelter.
• Su Yang drove both cars into a dark residential area in Great Leap City and stopped beside a two-story house.
• Su Yang told everyone to stay in the car, asked Meng Qianyu to warn her brother not to get out, then ran through the gale to ask the nearest residents for help.

Su Yang tried to shelter his group from the typhoon by finding a nearby home willing to take them in. As the group crowded through the doorway, he shoved Pan Ning and Zhuang Mengli to safety but was swept away by the gale.

• Su Yang knocked on several houses before two young women agreed to shelter him and his fifteen companions.
• A powerful gust knocked Su Yang down and sent the group’s cars crashing into each other, so Zhuang Mengli got out to help.
• Su Yang and Zhuang Mengli gathered everyone and led them through the typhoon toward the open house.
• As a monstrous gale struck the crowded entrance, Zhuang Mengli pulled Pan Ning inside and Su Yang shoved both women through the doorway.
• The wind hurled Su Yang into a utility pole and swept him away, while Zhuang Mengli held Pan Ning back and the homeowner shut the door.

Su Yang was blown away by the typhoon and became separated from his friends, but he called Pan Ning to tell everyone he was safe. He found shelter in a woman's house and learned that his rescuer was Yoshida Mie, a divorced teacher.

• Su Yang was repeatedly hurled through the storm before clinging to a courtyard gate and calling Pan Ning to reassure his friends.
• Su Yang told Pan Ning and the others not to search for him and said he would wait out the wind in a nearby house.
• A woman inside the house signaled for Su Yang to come in, and he crawled through the courtyard to reach the door.
• Su Yang entered the house, thanked the woman for sheltering him, and introduced himself as a tourist from Huaguo.
• The system identified the woman as Yoshida Mie, age 34, a divorced teacher.

Su Yang took shelter with Yoshida Mie during the typhoon while his friends stayed with the Kawashima sisters. With the storm still raging and phone signals out, the group realized they would have to wait out the night; Su Yang learned that Mie was divorced and lived alone.

• Yoshida Mie gave Su Yang a towel, and they introduced themselves while he dried off and changed out of his wet clothes.
• Mie returned and stared at Su Yang before taking his wet clothes to wash; Su Yang found that the storm showed no sign of letting up.
• Pan Ning and the others stayed with the Kawashima sisters, changed into dry clothes, and learned their vans had been blown away by the wind.
• Pan Ning worried about Su Yang, but Meng Wenzhou and Lu Yun reassured her that he would be safe.
• Mie returned with warm water and chatted with Su Yang, telling him she worked as a middle school teacher and lived alone after her divorce.