Chapter Summaries

Minamoto Chisei met the three Cassell College agents arriving in Japan, but their rude behavior strained his patience. The arrival turned dangerous when Adam spotted the Fierce Ghost Association surrounding them in the darkness.

• Minamoto Chisei arranged a minimal welcome ceremony at a partially submerged runway while waiting for the agents.
• Sleipnir landed dangerously close to the welcome party, and Caesar Gattuso, Chu Zihang, and Adam Ankewelt disembarked.
• Caesar and Chu Zihang criticized the landing spot, and Caesar identified himself as the mission leader and signed a body disposal plan.
• Caesar demanded Japanese local entertainment, further angering Minamoto Chisei.
• Adam noticed dozens of Golden Eyes surrounding the runway, and Minamoto Chisei identified them as the Fierce Ghost Association.

Chu Zihang, Caesar, Adam, and Minamoto Chisei were ambushed by the Fierce Ghost Association while crossing the salt flats. After they escaped the first attackers, a swordsman split their Hummer in half and introduced himself as Kazama Ruri.

• Chu Zihang sensed Death Servants surrounding the group, but Adam calmed him before he lost control to his killing intent.
• Minamoto Chisei drove the Hummer across the salt flats while Sakura threw blades at the pursuing attackers, whom Minamoto identified as the Fierce Ghost Association.
• Adam warned that someone had appeared ahead on the highway, and the group saw a youth in stage costume draw a crimson sword.
• Caesar shouted for everyone to jump as the youth sliced the Hummer in half with a single strike.
• Minamoto Chisei recognized the swordsman as Minamoto Chimei, but the youth denied it and named himself Kazama Ruri.

Kazama Ruri confronted Adam Ankewelt on behalf of King General and demanded that he come speak with the Fierce Ghost Association. Chu Zihang and Caesar defended Adam as fighting broke out, while Adam discovered the ritual required for his promotion to Sequence 3.

• Kazama Ruri identified himself as the Dragon King of the Fierce Ghost Association and invited Adam Ankewelt to speak with King General.
• Adam denied knowing King General or the association, and Chu Zihang and Caesar stepped between him and Kazama Ruri.
• Kazama Ruri ordered his people to attack, sparing only Adam, while Minamoto Chisei apologized and charged at him with Spider-Cutter.
• Minamoto Chisei and Kazama Ruri clashed swords as Chu Zihang unleashed Lord's Flame against the attacking members of the Fierce Ghost Association.
• Adam saw his Sequence 3 promotion ritual: weave a false dream for a high-level lifeform, let it collapse, and consume the potion as the target's emotions spiraled out of control.

Inuyama Ga arrived during the battle, drove Kazama Ruri away, and swiftly killed the Fierce Ghost Association members. He apologized to the Cassell representatives and escorted them to a welcoming ceremony at Takamanohara.

• Minamoto Chisei and Kazama Ruri fought fiercely while Sakura supported Minamoto Chisei, and Caesar and Chu Zihang battled the transformed members of the Fierce Ghost Association.
• Inuyama Ga approached and gave Kazama Ruri thirty seconds to leave or die.
• Kazama Ruri retreated into the night after warning Adam Ankewelt that he would understand when they met again.
• Inuyama Ga unleashed a torrent of blade strikes that killed the remaining Fierce Ghost Association members.
• Minamoto Chisei introduced Inuyama Ga to Caesar and the other Cassell representatives, and Inuyama Ga apologized on behalf of Yamata no Orochi.
• Inuyama Ga invited the three special commissioners to a welcoming ceremony at Takamanohara.

After the Fierce Ghost Association attacked them, Adam, Caesar, and Chu Zihang questioned why the group had targeted Adam, while Minamoto Chisei arranged their luxurious welcome in Tokyo. Minamoto Chisei then returned to meet Yamata no Orochi’s representatives, suspecting the attack had a deeper purpose.

• Caesar, Chu Zihang, and Adam discussed the Fierce Ghost Association’s attack and Adam denied ever having contact with them.
• Caesar suggested the principal might have known Adam was connected to the group and sent him to Japan for that reason.
• Chu Zihang noticed their room was monitored, and Caesar openly invited whoever was listening to join them.
• Minamoto Chisei stopped monitoring the three agents and assigned Sakura to show them around Tokyo.
• Minamoto Chisei left with Yaksha and Crow after learning that Old Man had summoned Yamata no Orochi’s representatives.

Minamoto Chisei and the old man discussed the Fierce Ghost Association, the Forbidden Gate, and their plan to destroy the God Burial Ground before its secret was exposed. The old man then recalled a past meeting with Andrei, who reported that Subject Number One had encountered unexpected circumstances.

• Minamoto Chisei told the old man that the person resembling Chimei had appeared, but he vowed not to hesitate the next time they met.
• Minamoto Chisei confirmed that Molotov Cocktail could activate dragon blood and purify bloodline proportions, and the old man ordered him to stop the Fierce Ghost Association.
• The old man agreed to let Headquarters investigate the drug as a diversion while they prepared to bury the God Burial Ground and prevent Yamata no Orochi from returning.
• Minamoto Chisei agreed to help persuade the clan heads, then promised to visit Eriyi after learning she had run away with a purpose.
• The old man sent Minamoto Chisei away and sat down to rest, recalling a meeting in a northern underground fortress where Andrei reported trouble with Subject Number One.

Dr. Herzog investigated an incident at Black Swan Port, where Adam had broken free during an examination and killed several soldiers. The boy said he had only been playing, while Herzog reflected on the dragon frozen beneath the base and the experiments intended to recreate its power in humans.

• Andrei told Dr. Herzog that Subject No. 1 had caused unexpected trouble, and Herzog agreed to inspect the situation after finishing his vodka.
• Herzog found elite soldiers aiming their guns at a child in a reinforced enclosure and spotted bloody remains on his boot.
• Andrei explained that Adam had broken free during a routine examination and crushed several soldiers.
• Herzog ordered the colonel and his men to lower their weapons, and the soldiers obeyed.
• Herzog recalled the dragon frozen beneath Black Swan Port and the effort to reproduce its power in humans.
• Herzog asked Adam why he had attacked the soldiers, and Adam replied that he had only been playing.

Caesar gave the team two days off in Japan, while Adam went to Akihabara and met Uesugi Eriyi. Eriyi recognized Adam’s name from her dreams and happily introduced herself.

• Caesar decided the team would take two days off, and Chu Zihang planned to buy cosmetics for his mother while Adam headed to Akihabara.
• Sakura told Minamoto Chisei that Eriyi had gone to Akihabara, and he set out to bring her back himself.
• Adam spotted Eriyi in Akihabara, and she approached him after sensing a strange familiarity.
• Adam introduced himself as Adam Ankewelt, and Eriyi recognized the name from her dreams before writing that her name was Uesugi Eriyi.

King General explained that Adam was indispensable to reaching the Road to the Underworld and obtaining God's authority, while Kazama Ruri accepted that their course could not be reversed. The chapter ended with a black-haired youth recognizing the elderly Ramen Chef as the former Shadow Emperor, Uesugi Yue.

• King General met Kazama Ruri and said Adam was the key to God and essential to their plans.
• Kazama Ruri questioned whether targeting Adam was worth provoking Yamata no Orochi and Tachibana Masamune.
• King General argued that Yamata no Orochi would move against them regardless, and Kazama Ruri agreed there was no turning back.
• A black-haired youth visited a Tokyo ramen stall and recognized the Ramen Chef as Uesugi Yue, the former Shadow Emperor.

Sōgetsu revealed to Uesugi Yue that the Emperor’s bloodline had survived through three children conceived from Yue’s donated sperm. Yue learned that he had two sons and a daughter in their twenties, but Sōgetsu warned that they would not live much longer.

• Uesugi Yue awakened his former Shadow Emperor aura and demanded to know why Sōgetsu had come.
• Sōgetsu denied belonging to Yamata no Orochi or the Fierce Ghost Association and said he had come on his own behalf.
• As Sōgetsu left, he told Yue that the Emperor’s bloodline had never been severed, prompting Yue to destroy his noodle stall and stop him.
• Yue demanded an explanation, and Sōgetsu revealed that Yue’s sperm donation had produced three test-tube children: two boys and one girl.
• Sōgetsu told Yue that his children were in their twenties, then warned that they would not live much longer.

Sōgetsu told Uesugi Yue about his three children and their perilous fates, then offered him a way to act in exchange for a price. Uesugi Yue accepted a vial of mysterious blood and learned he had to drink it before he died.

• Uesugi Yue demanded proof that Sōgetsu was telling the truth, and Sōgetsu named Minamoto Chisei, Kazama Ruri, and Uesugi Eriyi as his children.
• Sōgetsu told Uesugi Yue that Eriyi was watched closely by Yamata no Orochi because she could not control her Word Spirit.
• Sōgetsu explained that Minamoto Chimei had killed someone, been executed by Minamoto Chisei, and later returned as Kazama Ruri, the Dragon King of the Fierce Ghost Association.
• Uesugi Yue questioned whether gathering Yamata no Orochi and Cassell could change the children’s fate, but Sōgetsu challenged him to try.
• Uesugi Yue asked what Sōgetsu wanted, and Sōgetsu gave him a vial of golden, rune-filled blood and told him to drink it before he died.

Minamoto Chisei confronted Adam after he returned from a nighttime walk holding Eriyi’s hand, but Eriyi defended Adam and asked him to visit again. Adam promised he would, leaving Eriyi hopeful for their next meeting while Minamoto Chisei seethed.

• Yaksha joked about Minamoto Chisei’s anger, and Crow warned him to keep quiet as they waited for Adam and Eriyi.
• Sakura spotted Adam and Eriyi approaching hand in hand, and Minamoto Chisei struggled to contain his fury.
• Minamoto Chisei threatened to break Adam’s hand after the mission, while Adam gently told Eriyi it was time to return.
• Eriyi held up her writing board to tell Minamoto Chisei not to hurt Adam, then asked Adam to visit her again.
• Adam promised to return, and Eriyi looked forward to meeting him again despite the loneliness of her long confinement.

King General appeared before Minamoto Chisei and declared war on Yamata no Orochi, revealing that he had awakened beings beneath the sea. Tachibana Masamune then reported that the Deadpools buried in Takamanohara had awakened.

• Minamoto Chisei and his companions encountered a masked stranger who identified himself as King General, leader of the Fierce Ghost Association.
• King General declared war and revealed that the Fierce Ghost Association knew Yamata no Orochi planned to destroy the God Burial Ground, suggesting a traitor had leaked the plan.
• Minamoto Chisei ordered Eriyi to attack King General, who was torn apart but continued speaking from the shadows.
• King General said he had awakened things beneath the sea and warned that the Eight Million Deities had returned.
• Tachibana Masamune called Minamoto Chisei and reported that Kaguya Ōtsutsuki had detected life awakening beneath the Japan Trench and that the Deadpools in Takamanohara had awakened.

Kazama Ruri sent Ryoma Shiro in the Diliyasite to destroy the Yamata no Orochi’s Lenin wreck in the deep-sea ruins. The submersible exploded and spilled Dragon Blood, awakening the ancient city as Kazama ordered his forces to retreat.

• Kazama Ruri seized the Sumizura offshore platform and prepared the Diliyasite for a dive to the Lenin wreck.
• Ryoma Shiro agreed to the mission because he wanted revenge on the Yamata no Orochi for imprisoning and testing him due to his unstable Lineage Factor.
• Ryoma Shiro piloted the Diliyasite down to the Extreme Abyss and discovered an ancient city surrounding a massive black tower.
• Ryoma Shiro drove the submersible into the Lenin wreck, causing an explosion that spilled Dragon Blood across the ruins.
• The ancient city began to tremble, and Kazama Ruri ordered his forces to retreat and leave the awakening threat to the Yamata no Orochi.

After King General revealed that a disaster had struck Tokyo Bay, Minamoto Chisei concealed Yamata no Orochi’s secret and rushed to defend the city from an invasion of Deadpools. The battle left the harbor’s defensive line close to collapse until Minamoto Chisei and Uesugi Eriyi joined the fight and helped stabilize it.

• King General taunted Minamoto Chisei about the crisis at Tokyo Bay, and Minamoto ordered Sakura and Eriyi to accompany him while confining Adam and his companions to the hotel.
• Minamoto Chisei ordered Kaguya Ōtsutsuki to cut off contact with Cassell’s Norma and seal information about the incident.
• Tachibana Masamune rallied Yamata no Orochi’s fighters as machine guns, torpedoes, and naval guns attacked the Deadpools surging toward Tokyo Bay.
• The Deadpools broke through the bombardment and pressed Yamata no Orochi’s defenders toward collapse, while Inuyama Ga fought them with his blade.
• Minamoto Chisei joined the battle with Spider-Cutter, and Uesugi Eriyi’s slashes helped stabilize the defensive line.

Adam, Caesar, and Chu Zihang were trapped in the Peninsula Hotel after Yamata no Orochi cut off contact with Norma. King General attacked, revealing that Adam was his real target and that he could use Adam to control the two Cassell students.

• Adam told Caesar and Chu Zihang about meeting Eriyi and learning of the Fierce Ghost Association from King General.
• Caesar and Chu Zihang suspected Yamata no Orochi was hiding information, but Adam discovered they could not contact Norma.
• The hotel lost power, and Caesar sensed that the guards outside had been attacked.
• A masked intruder appeared behind Adam, and the trio realized it was King General, leader of the Fierce Ghost Association.
• King General used a gourd rattle to control Adam, who then immobilized Caesar and Chu Zihang.
• Caesar recognized that King General had lured Yamata no Orochi away to target Adam Ankewelt.

King General revealed that Adam Ankewelt carried a Word Spirit inherited from the White King and tried to take him away. Caesar and Chu Zihang fought to stop him, but Adam's power knocked Chu Zihang unconscious as King General prepared to leave with Adam.

• Chu Zihang activated Blood Rage and briefly resisted Adam's control, but King General struck his gourd rattle and restrained him again.
• King General told Caesar that Adam's Word Spirit came from the White King, explaining why he had gone to such lengths to capture him.
• As King General led Adam toward the door, Caesar activated Blood Rage and attacked with Blood Scythe while Chu Zihang advanced in his second stage.
• Adam ordered them to stop and unleashed a mental assault that overwhelmed Chu Zihang, who collapsed after murmuring, "Dad."

Yamata no Orochi struggled to hold Tokyo Bay against successive Deadpool attacks, with Uesugi Eriyi and Minamoto Chisei keeping the defensive line from collapsing. King General arrived behind the exhausted defenders, revealing a familiar face and leaving his intentions unclear.

• Minamoto Chisei fought off Deadpools with Spider-Cutter and ordered his retainers to hold the last defensive position.
• Uesugi Eriyi used her Word of Power: Judgment to slaughter hundreds of Deadpools and stabilize the line.
• Miyamoto Shio reported that the seventh wave had passed, two more waves were approaching, and Tachibana Masamune remained missing.
• Inuyama Ga warned Minamoto Chisei that Yamata no Orochi could not keep fighting, but Chisei said he believed in Tachibana Masamune.
• Miyamoto Shio announced that someone had entered the restricted zone, and Minamoto Chisei recognized King General's gourd rattle.
• King General approached from behind Yamata no Orochi, removed his Kuge Mask, and revealed a familiar face.

Minamoto Chisei and Inuyama Ga discovered that King General was Jung von Herzog, who had posed as Tachibana Masamune and plotted to reach the power of God. As Chisei vowed to kill Herzog, Kazama Ruri appeared and challenged his brother to a final fight.

• King General removed his mask and revealed the face of Tachibana Masamune, shocking Minamoto Chisei and Inuyama Ga.
• Herzog explained that he had orchestrated the conflict to weaken Yamata no Orochi and pursue the Road to the Underworld and God's power.
• Minamoto Chisei realized the real Tachibana Masamune was dead, and Herzog revealed his true name as Jung von Herzog.
• Minamoto Chisei invoked Royal Authority, increasing gravity around him and declaring that he would slay Herzog.
• Kazama Ruri arrived with a crimson blade and challenged Minamoto Chisei to end their conflict.

Minamoto Chisei fought his younger brother Kazama Ruri, who drank the last Molotov Cocktail and transformed into a powerful ghost. After Kazama Ruri defeated Chisei, a mysterious Ramen Chef arrived and faced him.

• Kazama Ruri asked Minamoto Chisei if he still wanted to claim the throne, then dismissed their childhood story about the Monkey King and drank the last Molotov Cocktail.
• Kazama Ruri transformed into an inhuman ghost and clashed with Minamoto Chisei in a fierce sword fight.
• Minamoto Chisei used King's Authority and unleashed his strongest strike, but Kazama Ruri overpowered him and knocked him away from Spider-Cutter.
• Sakura and Inuyama Ga moved to help Chisei, but froze when a Ramen Chef suddenly appeared on the battlefield.
• Kazama Ruri questioned the newcomer, who said he was just a passing Ramen Chef.