Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan attacked Aria after hearing her boast about torturing and killing people, then defeated her guards with his blade and ability. Aria lost both hands and legs and begged Chen Fan not to kill her as he approached.

• Aria mocked Chen Fan and explained that she considered poor people livestock she could torture at will.
• Chen Fan severed Aria’s left wrist with a distant blade strike.
• Chen Fan cut off Aria’s right wrist and killed the guards who charged him.
• Chen Fan blocked the machine-gun fire with his ability, then killed the two guards who fled.
• Aria tried to escape, but Chen Fan had already severed her legs, and she begged him to spare her as he approached.

Chen Fan rescued Liya, killed the family responsible for her abuse, and returned her safely to her parents. Leone discovered the massacre with her team and suspected that Chen Fan had carried it out.

• Chen Fan killed Aria and the estate’s mistress and owner after learning about their cruelty and Liya’s abduction.
• Chen Fan brought the sleeping Liya back to her parents, asked them not to tell her about the abduction, and gave them money.
• Leone and Akame investigated the dark, bloodstained estate with their team and found its owner nailed to a wall.
• Brandt noticed that bullets had been gathered into one spot, while the team learned from the mistress’s diary that Liya’s rescue had led to the massacre.
• Leone connected the events to Chen Fan and exclaimed that he might be responsible, prompting the others to ask who she meant.

Leone recognized Chen Fan and left her group to approach him, while Akame and the others secretly followed to see who he was. Chen Fan was walking alone when someone covered his eyes and asked him to guess who it was.

• Leone denied that anything had happened between her and the man she met, though her companions teased her about him.
• Leone spotted Chen Fan and separated from Akame’s group to find out whether he was the man she had met.
• Lubbock persuaded Akame and the others to double back and watch Leone from a distance.
• Chen Fan walked through the city, and someone covered his eyes and asked him to guess who they were.
• Chen Fan smiled and guessed Kurenai or Xiaoli.

Chen Fan reunited with Leone in the Imperial Capital, admitted he had killed the Lais family, and learned she was an assassin with Night Raid. Leone asked him to join the organization, but Chen Fan said he had never heard of it.

• Chen Fan teased Leone about their relationship, and they sat together at a roadside café to talk.
• Leone accused Chen Fan of killing the Lais family after he saved a little girl, and Chen Fan admitted it.
• Chen Fan said the Lais family deserved to die, and Leone explained that she had gone there to kill them as part of Night Raid’s mission.
• Leone revealed that she was an assassin and invited Chen Fan to join Night Raid.
• Chen Fan said he had never heard of Night Raid and explained that he had ignored its wanted posters because bounty hunting paid too slowly.

Chen Fan met Leone and learned that her companions were members of Night Raid, who invited him to join their fight against the country's corruption. After recognizing Chen Fan's strength and hearing his willingness to join, the group prepared to bring him into the organization.

• Leone agreed to take Chen Fan gambling, while Lubbock and the others secretly watched them and speculated that they were dating.
• Chen Fan noticed the hidden companions, and Leone confronted them after they revealed they had followed her.
• Leone introduced Chen Fan to Night Raid, explained that he had slaughtered the guards while saving a little girl, and argued that the group needed talents like him.
• Mine threatened to kill Chen Fan if he refused to join, but Chen Fan also detected Brandt despite his invisibility.
• Akame asked Chen Fan for his answer, and he said he would join if Night Raid was truly fighting the wicked.

Chen Fan agreed to join Night Raid after seeing the danger Leone faced, and she brought him to the group’s mountain base. The chapter ended as Night Raid’s Boss, Nadjeshda, questioned his presence and Lubbock introduced him as Leone’s boyfriend.

• Mine confronted Chen Fan, and Leone introduced him to Mine, Sheele, Brandt, Lubbock, and Akame.
• Leone explained that Chen Fan had won a fortune gambling and that his background was unclear, while Akame welcomed him to Night Raid.
• Chen Fan told Leone he had joined partly because he did not want her to be in danger, and the group discussed their impressions of him on the way to the base.
• Leone led Chen Fan and the others to Night Raid’s hidden base ten kilometers north of the Imperial Capital.
• Nadjeshda asked who Chen Fan was, and Lubbock called him Leone’s boyfriend and said he wanted to join for her sake.

Chen Fan joined Night Raid after Leone vouched for him, and Nadjeshda welcomed him despite Mine's suspicions. The chapter ended with Leone showing Chen Fan his new room before Nadjeshda interrupted their flirtation.

• Leone struck Lubbock for teasing her, then told Nadjeshda that she wanted Chen Fan to join Night Raid.
• Mine told Nadjeshda that Chen Fan had wiped out the family they had been sent to investigate and questioned whether he was a spy.
• Nadjeshda trusted Leone's judgment and welcomed Chen Fan into Night Raid.
• Nadjeshda sent Leone to show Chen Fan his room, which was next to hers.
• Leone teased Chen Fan and he pulled her close, but Nadjeshda interrupted them, so Leone returned to her room and Chen Fan rested.

Leone showed Chen Fan around the base, where he met Akame and Brandt. When Brandt challenged him to spar, Chen Fan’s sword stance revealed his immense skill, and he began effortlessly dodging Brandt’s attacks.

• Leone woke Chen Fan and introduced him to Akame in the kitchen, where she was preparing breakfast.
• Leone introduced Chen Fan to Brandt, who invited him to spar with wooden weapons.
• Chen Fan accepted Brandt’s challenge and gripped a wooden sword, making Leone and Brandt recognize him as a formidable expert.
• Brandt attacked with his staff, but Chen Fan evaded each strike as the blows smashed up the training field.

Chen Fan joined Night Raid, met its members, and learned that the group served the Revolutionary Army in its fight against the Empire. When intruders approached their base, he volunteered to deal with them.

• Chen Fan defeated Brandt in a sparring match, impressing Leone and the others.
• Chen Fan ate breakfast with Night Raid and got acquainted with Akame, Sheele, Martha, and Lubbock.
• Nadjeshda explained that Night Raid gathered intelligence and carried out assassinations for the Revolutionary Army, which sought to overthrow the Empire.
• Lubbock reported that eight intruders had entered the area around the base.
• Chen Fan offered to handle the intruders, and Nadjeshda ordered him to kill them to protect the base's secrecy.

Chen Fan used the Navy Six Styles to slaughter the nonhumans who attacked him after discovering Night Raid’s base. As one survivor fled to report the location, Chen Fan appeared to pursue him.

• Three nonhumans mistook Chen Fan for a Night Raid member and attacked him, but he killed them with Soru, Tempest Kick, and Finger Pistol.
• Chen Fan reached another location and killed two attackers with a Vacuum Slash, then shot a third through the chest with Finger Pistol.
• Chen Fan killed a wolf-faced nonhuman with a blade while another nonhuman fled to report Night Raid’s base.
• A shadow followed the fleeing nonhuman, and he turned to see a white blade appear.

Chen Fan killed the Empire’s intruders and returned to Night Raid after defeating a Danger Beast on the way. Nadjeshda offered him a weapon and assigned him to spend time with Akame, whose excitement over the beast’s meat left a strong impression on him.

• Chen Fan threw a blade and killed the fleeing intruder while Night Raid watched through binoculars.
• Nadjeshda and the others praised Chen Fan’s combat skills, and Akame and Brandt described his swordsmanship.
• Chen Fan killed a giant turkey-like Danger Beast with a kick and carried its body back to the base.
• Akame eagerly claimed the Danger Beast for its meat, and Nadjeshda offered Chen Fan a weapon as thanks for protecting the base.
• Nadjeshda suggested Chen Fan spend time with Akame, and Chen Fan agreed after she mentioned Brandt.

Chen Fan accepted Night Raid’s commission to kill Ouka and Jamal after Leone confirmed they had framed a woman’s fiancé. Chen Fan killed Ouka in the Imperial Capital and left Jamal as the remaining target.

• Nadjeshda teased Chen Fan about his quiet barbecue with Akame, then asked Leone to report on a commission.
• Leone said Ouka and Jamal had conspired to frame the client’s fiancé, and confirmed the client’s accusations after investigating.
• Nadjeshda assigned Chen Fan to punish the two men, and he agreed.
• Chen Fan confronted Ouka in an alley and heard him boast about framing and abusing the woman.
• Ouka charged Chen Fan with his blade, but Chen Fan evaded the strike and killed him with Finger Pistol.

Chen Fan and the others returned from their missions, and Leone took him to his room after learning the Boss was away. They embraced and kissed, and Leone’s clothes were shed as their intimacy began.

• Chen Fan returned to the base and found Sheele reading a book about correcting airheadedness.
• Leone and Akame returned and reported that they had completed their mission; Akame checked that Chen Fan was unharmed.
• The group realized the Boss was away, and Leone pulled Chen Fan to his room.
• Chen Fan and Leone embraced and kissed, then undressed by the moonlight.

Chen Fan spent the night with Leone, then learned from Nadjeshda that Esdeath might return to the Imperial Capital sooner than expected. Nadjeshda explained Imperial Arms to Chen Fan, leaving him curious about the Empire’s powerful weapons and fighters.

• Leone woke beside Chen Fan after their night together, and they later joined Akame and Nadjeshda for breakfast.
• Nadjeshda said she had exchanged information with the Revolutionary Army and learned that the northern tribes Esdeath was suppressing were collapsing, meaning Esdeath might soon return to the Imperial Capital.
• Leone and Nadjeshda described Esdeath as the Empire’s youngest and strongest general, while Chen Fan asked what Imperial Arms were.
• Akame showed Chen Fan her sword, and Leone demonstrated her [Beast King Transformation].
• Nadjeshda explained that Imperial Arms were unique weapons and equipment created by the First Emperor, and described the abilities of Leone’s and Akame’s Imperial Arms.

Chen Fan and Mine carried out an assassination for Night Raid, with Mine killing their target while Chen Fan guarded her. On the way to their rendezvous, Chen Fan warned Mine that she might not survive if she stayed after the Revolutionary Army established a new country.

• Nadjeshda explained that the Empire's forty-eight Imperial Arms were ancient and irreplaceable, but Chen Fan said he did not need one.
• Chen Fan and Mine received an assignment to kill a minister's relative and his five guards, and Mine grumbled about being paired with him.
• Mine shot the fat, middle-aged target through the forehead with her Imperial Arm as he stood outside his mansion.
• Mine told Chen Fan about her discrimination-filled childhood and her hopes of a new order, fame, and a generous reward from the Revolutionary Army.
• Chen Fan warned Mine that even if her hopes came true, she should leave after the new country was established or she would die.

Chen Fan rescued Mine from an ambush by a Royal Fist Temple fighter sent to capture them for killing the Minister’s relative. He faced the fighter while Mine watched, and the chapter ended as Chen Fan countered a sweeping kick with a kick to the chest.

• Chen Fan told Mine that Night Raid might disappear if the nation became stable, though he admitted other outcomes were possible.
• A man suddenly attacked Mine, but Chen Fan moved her out of the way and dodged a second attack that left a crater.
• Mine fired at the attacker, who dodged the bullets and tried to seize her so he could take her back to the Minister.
• Chen Fan struck the man and set Mine down, then told her to watch while he handled the fight.
• The attacker charged Chen Fan with a flurry of punches, but Chen Fan evaded them with Taijutsu and kicked him in the chest after dodging his sweeping kick.

Chen Fan defeated and killed a Royal Fist Temple assistant instructor, then returned to Night Raid as Headhunter Zank began killing in the Imperial Capital. Nadjeshda assigned Night Raid to hunt Zank, who spotted several members on patrol and prepared to choose his first target.

• Chen Fan broke the Royal Fist Temple assistant instructor’s limbs and killed him before he could finish his last words, while Mine watched.
• Leone and the others returned after defeating the pursuers, and Night Raid regrouped at its base.
• Headhunter Zank killed two Security Force members who challenged him in the Imperial Capital, then disappeared into the night.
• Over the next three days, Chen Fan grew familiar with Night Raid, and he and Leone continued their relationship.
• Nadjeshda told Night Raid that Headhunter Zank was responsible for the street killings and ordered the group to hunt him, warning them that he carried an Imperial Arm.
• From a rooftop, Zank spotted Akame, Brandt, Sheele, and Nadjeshda among the Night Raid members and considered whom to attack first.

Chen Fan and Leone lured Headhunter Zank into a trap while posing as a couple on a nighttime stroll. After Zank revealed that his All-Seeing Eyes could read thoughts, Chen Fan confirmed he intended to kill him.

• Chen Fan and Leone walked affectionately through the empty streets as bait for Headhunter Zank.
• Zank ambushed them, but Leone and Chen Fan reacted in time and recognized him.
• Leone confronted Zank and called him a pervert, while Chen Fan offered to fight him so she would not get hurt.
• Zank explained that his All-Seeing Eyes let him read thoughts through Clairvoyance.
• Chen Fan asked Zank to read his thoughts, and Zank correctly identified his intent to kill him.

Chen Fan fought Headhunter Zank, whose [All-Seeing Eyes] let him read movements and thoughts, and overwhelmed him with killing intent and swordsmanship. After Chen Fan’s Vacuum Slash split the ground and cleaved a house in two, Headhunter Zank realized he was facing a monster, while Chen Fan wondered why he had dodged the attack.

• Chen Fan told Leone to stand back and confronted Headhunter Zank with a blade commissioned by Nadjeshda.
• Chen Fan’s killing intent frightened Headhunter Zank, who then charged at him, delighted by the prospect of fighting someone so dangerous.
• Chen Fan and Headhunter Zank exchanged sword blows as Zank claimed his [All-Seeing Eyes] could predict Chen Fan’s actions.
• Chen Fan cut Headhunter Zank’s shoulder while he was talking, then forced him to dodge a powerful downward strike.
• Chen Fan’s Vacuum Slash split the ground and cleaved a distant house in two, leaving Headhunter Zank shaken.

Chen Fan defeated Headhunter Zank after overpowering him in battle and reflecting the Imperial Arm’s Illusionary Vision. He and Leone left after completing their mission, while the Security Force arrived to find Zank dead.

• Chen Fan repeatedly wounded Headhunter Zank, who realized Chen Fan was stronger but continued fighting.
• Leone explained that Zank was losing because Chen Fan surpassed him in strength.
• Headhunter Zank activated Illusionary Vision and charged, but Chen Fan’s Rinnegan reflected the illusion and left Zank open to attack.
• Chen Fan slashed Headhunter Zank’s neck, killing him as the All-Seeing Eyes Imperial Arm closed.
• Leone collected the Imperial Arm, and Chen Fan told her to inform the others that the mission was complete.
• After Chen Fan and Leone left, the Security Force arrived and found Zank’s body and a massive slash mark.