Recaps

Welt sabotaged an elevator and ordered his subordinates to search for the Doctor before Schicksal could capture him. Zhao Bai found Fu Hua’s target, introduced himself awkwardly, and sat down with Crimson Cherry Blossom across his knees.

• Welt shot the elevator’s rollers, sending it crashing below.
• Welt told his subordinates to search the area and prevent Schicksal from capturing the Doctor.
• Zhao Bai put on a resin mask and slipped past two Venom Spider Mechs.
• Zhao Bai found Fu Hua’s target and introduced himself with an elaborate boast.
• Zhao Bai sat cross-legged on the bed with Crimson Cherry Blossom across his knees.

Zhao Bai warned the professor that Anti-Entropy planned to use the gem to trigger a massive Honkai eruption and create a Herrscher in a city. He left the professor to consider how much of his warning was true.

• Zhao Bai questioned the professor about Anti-Entropy's intentions for the stolen gem.
• The professor admitted that he had received no concrete intelligence about what would happen next.
• Zhao Bai told the professor that the gem would trigger a massive Honkai eruption and give birth to a Herrscher.
• The professor realized that the eruption would kill everyone in the city and struggled to process the warning.
• Zhao Bai ate his fries, then asked the professor how much of his account he believed.

Walter brought the professor to Anti-Entropy’s final destination, but the professor’s careless question about the next stop ruined Walter’s attempt to keep the plan mysterious. Walter dragged him away from the open window without explaining what would happen next.

• Walter warned the professor about the Venom Spider Mechs outside as the professor left to confirm something.
• Walter’s companion complained that Walter had smashed the elevator and explained that Anti-Entropy’s funds came from Einstein and Tesla’s concerts and Animation Inc.
• Walter doubted the funding explanation and saw the professor return looking grim.
• Walter threatened to jump from the window unless the professor revealed the next stop.
• The professor said there was no next stop and that this was Walter’s final destination, so Walter pulled him down from the windowsill.

Zhao Bai attacked Walter while disguising himself as the ninth disciple of the Shenzhou Guardian, leaving Walter bewildered. Fu Hua survived a fall down the elevator shaft, though her waist hurt.

• Zhao Bai sent a black-and-yellow sword through the door, cutting off Walter’s right hand.
• Zhao Bai introduced himself as the ninth disciple of the Shenzhou Guardian, then realized he had forgotten Cheng Lixue when naming the disciples.
• Walter questioned Zhao Bai’s Stars and Stripes mask and ancient Shenzhou manner of speaking.
• Fu Hua pressed the elevator buttons as the cables were shot apart and the elevator began to fall.
• Fu Hua timed a jump and roll to survive the fall, then rubbed her sore waist at the bottom of the shaft.

Fu Hua climbed out of the elevator shaft and reached the thirty-sixth floor, where she interrupted Zhao Bai’s confrontation by kicking the kneeling gunman. She realized the man had already been badly injured and had apparently given up all the information.

• Fu Hua climbed the slippery elevator cables toward the thirty-sixth floor.
• Fu Hua heard Zhao Bai speaking in an unusually arrogant, chuuni manner.
• Fu Hua kicked open the elevator doors and drove her foot into the gunman who had shot through the cables.
• The gunman rolled into the glass, and Fu Hua saw that one of his arms had already been severed.
• Walter said the information had been extracted and there was no need to keep the gunman alive.
• Fu Hua and Walter were left puzzled when the groaning gunman clutched his severed arm stump.

Zhao Bai and Fu Hua subdued Welt and the guards while Zhao Bai tried to reassure the professor that his feared disaster had not happened. They remained trapped in the building, and Zhao Bai proposed using the Venom Spider Mechs’ explosions to escape.

• Zhao Bai signaled Fu Hua, who knocked out Welt with a controlled chokehold while the Xuanyuan Sword kept the guards at bay.
• Zhao Bai pulled the professor to his feet and told him he could still make amends because the disaster he feared had not happened.
• Zhao Bai and Fu Hua moved into an adjoining bedroom with the professor, and the guards followed to avoid harming the hostages.
• Zhao Bai pointed out that the passageways were sealed and proposed detonating two Venom Spider Mechs to propel them toward a neighboring building.
• Fu Hua disapproved of the explosive escape plan but agreed to go along with it.

Kiana tried to escape the armed enemies with only her high heels, while Fu Hua and Zhao Bai rescued the professor during an explosion. The professor survived their dramatic escape, and Zhao Bai’s mask stayed on.

• Kiana realized the enemies’ actions were connected to her separation from Fu Hua and crept out from beneath the table.
• Kiana hid behind a marble pillar, took off her heels, and prepared to face the armed group.
• An explosion blasted through the building as the Xuanyuan Sword blocked the flying fragments.
• Fu Hua leaped through the glass into the opposite building while Zhao Bai dragged the professor and crashed through a lower-floor window.
• Zhao Bai checked that his mask remained on, and the professor complained about the reckless rescue.

Zhao Bai and Fu Hua left the storage room and discussed the mission, but Fu Hua realized his information only placed the gem somewhere in Singapore. As the Xuanyuan Sword circled nearby, the Professor remained tense about searching a city of millions.

• Zhao Bai arranged the storage room before taking the Professor to meet Fu Hua in the stairwell.
• Fu Hua criticized Zhao Bai for causing chaos, and he said he had smashed six computers during the mission.
• Zhao Bai told Fu Hua that the gem was hidden in Singapore, leaving her unsure how they could find it.
• Fu Hua called Zhao Bai her disciple, and he teased her about older-partner romance novels.
• The Professor watched Zhao Bai and Fu Hua talk casually while worrying about the search across Singapore.

Zhao Bai explained that he had spared the enemy so they would return to check for a supposed tracking device, allowing the group to follow them. Fu Hua and the others found Kiana unharmed after she had defeated a group of attackers, and Fu Hua took her out of the hotel.

• Zhao Bai told Fu Hua that he had claimed they had planted a tracking device, expecting the enemy to return and check.
• Zhao Bai said Bronya would provide remote technical support, and Fu Hua remembered that Kiana was still inside.
• Fu Hua and the others went downstairs and found the hotel entrance deserted behind its closed doors.
• Fu Hua broke through the glass and saw Kiana eating lobster noodles beside a heap of unconscious men, with bullet holes covering the walls.
• Fu Hua dragged Kiana out of the hotel, but Kiana hugged her before pushing her away in disgust.

Fu Hua and Zhao Bai encountered Kiana after climbing the elevator cables, and Kiana failed to recognize Zhao Bai beneath his mask. The group’s conversation ended with Kiana keeping her distance from the old professor, who said she reminded him of his granddaughter.

• Kiana noticed that Fu Hua’s hands were covered in engine oil, and Zhao Bai teased his master about washing them.
• Kiana did not recognize Zhao Bai, who introduced himself as Fu Hua’s disciple.
• The Xuanyuan Sword returned to sword form and circled Zhao Bai, catching Kiana’s interest.
• Fu Hua identified the old professor as the carrier of the mission’s target.
• The old professor told Kiana she reminded him of his granddaughter, but Kiana stayed wary of him.

Zhao Bai confronted the old professor about the danger he had caused and offered him a chance to join St. Freya. He then called Bronya for an update, briefly confusing her by using “Wife” as her codename.

• Zhao Bai acknowledged that Anti-Entropy had deceived the old professor but said that did not excuse him from putting millions of people in danger during the Great Honkai.
• Zhao Bai asked where the professor's imagined paradise was, and the professor said he would kill himself after everything was done.
• Zhao Bai suggested that the professor join St. Freya, gave him one of Theresa's business cards, and explained that Anti-Entropy had once also belonged to Destiny.
• Zhao Bai called Bronya to ask whether the target had moved and where they were heading.
• Bronya questioned Zhao Bai's unusual directness, and he explained that “Wife” was her codename because he could not use her name.

Zhao Bai told the others that their enemy had been hospitalized, delaying his plan and giving them another day to prepare. Fu Hua appeared on a wanted notice, while Kiana revealed she had broken her high heels during the fight.

• Bronya ended Zhao Bai’s flirtatious phone call and sighed at how difficult he was to handle.
• Zhao Bai told the group their enemy was in the hospital and that his plan was temporarily delayed.
• Zhao Bai pointed out Fu Hua’s face on a red wanted notice and reminded her that going unmasked had exposed her.
• Fu Hua accepted that the mission had become more complicated and walked on with Kiana.
• Kiana told Fu Hua she had broken her high heels during the fight and was walking barefoot.

Zhao Bai photographed Fu Hua carrying Kiana bridal-style, while Siegfried watched from nearby and struggled to find a chance to give Fu Hua an item. He contacted Einstein for advice but had not yet delivered it.

• Zhao Bai persuaded Fu Hua to carry Kiana bridal-style, and she lifted Kiana carefully.
• Kiana obediently accepted Fu Hua’s explanation, and Zhao Bai took a photo of them.
• Siegfried watched Fu Hua and Kiana from nearby, worried about the clown and the difficulty of approaching Fu Hua.
• Siegfried contacted Einstein in North America and told her he could not find an opportunity to give Fu Hua the item.
• Einstein reminded Siegfried of his experience as a mission operative, and he took the item from his pocket.

Siegfried told Einstein that a clown was following the group carrying the Honkai-diluting device. Einstein recognized the description as belonging to a dangerous man and urged Siegfried to return, revealing that even Cocolia had become captivated by him.

• Siegfried asked Einstein about the clown following the group, and she requested a description.
• Siegfried described the clown's mask, height, Shenzhou appearance, and weapon: a little girl who could transform into an ancient sword.
• Einstein fell silent, then urged Siegfried to come back because the man was there.
• Einstein said the man had made Cocolia willingly accept a setback and recalled Cocolia asking about his lion-like eyes.

Siegfried watched Fu Hua and Kiana, then tried to question whether Fu Hua was suitable for his daughter. He encountered a transforming weapon and was ordered by Einstein to leave it alone.

• Siegfried saw Fu Hua carrying Kiana in a princess hold and decided to assess Fu Hua as a potential son-in-law.
• Siegfried looked through his binoculars again, but a flying sword rushed at him and sliced them in half.
• Siegfried complained that he could not even look at his daughter, and the sword responded that he had permission.
• The sword transformed into a girl, but Einstein ordered it to return and not communicate with people.
• Siegfried nervously backed away from the girl, unsure how to react to a child.

After Siegfried fled from Xuanyuan Sword, Zhao Bai explained its return to Kiana and Fu Hua, who tried to conceal how unusual the weapon was. The chapter ended with Zhao Bai deflecting Kiana’s questions about why he could use it in Singapore.

• Siegfried turned and fled after seeing his daughter, leaving Xuanyuan Sword confused about why anyone would dislike it.
• Zhao Bai recalled Xuanyuan Sword to his side and told Kiana that it had found someone watching them but detected no hostile intent.
• Kiana admired Xuanyuan Sword, and Zhao Bai claimed flying swords were commonplace in Shenzhou.
• Fu Hua backed up Zhao Bai’s claim by saying the weapons worked well only within Shenzhou, but Kiana pointed out that they were in Singapore.
• Zhao Bai called the explanation his secret and told Kiana not to pry into it.

Zhao Bai and Fu Hua arrived at an inn in masks while Kiana wore new high heels. As Zhao Bai tried to flirt with the receptionist, Bronya revealed that Heavy Cannon Rabbit had contacted her and called him filthy.

• Zhao Bai and Fu Hua checked into an ordinary inn, with Fu Hua wearing a V for Vendetta mask.
• Kiana bought and wore a new pair of high heels.
• Zhao Bai tried to flirt with the receptionist, who warned him to step back and threatened to call the alarm.
• Bronya told Zhao Bai that Heavy Cannon Rabbit had contacted her and said he was a filthy person.
• Zhao Bai insisted that Bronya should not believe Heavy Cannon Rabbit because he had a bad relationship with it.

Fu Hua and the others slept through the night while Bronya set an alarm to watch for Walter’s movements. In the morning, Fu Hua saw thick smoke rising from the Queen Hotel’s top floor.

• The receptionist assigned separate rooms to Fu Hua, Kiana, Zhao Bai, and the old professor.
• Bronya set an alarm to alert her when Walter began moving.
• After a quiet night, Fu Hua took off her mask and looked out the window.
• Fu Hua spotted thick smoke billowing from the Queen Hotel’s top floor.

After the fire, Fu Hua sensed a mysterious man watching her, while Zhao Bai and the others tried to rest. At four in the morning, Bronya woke Zhao Bai with an alarm because the target had left the hospital and begun moving.

• Firefighters arrived, but the blaze threatened to spread and Anti-Entropy faced another huge bill.
• Fu Hua sensed a scrutinizing male gaze that vanished after Zhao Bai sent the Xuanyuan Sword flying away.
• Fu Hua closed the curtains and rested, Kiana slept, and Zhao Bai went to bed after drinking hot milk.
• A professor worried about the safety of the city’s residents and struggled to sleep.
• Bronya’s alarm woke Zhao Bai at four in the morning and told him the target had left the hospital and started moving.

Zhao Bai and the others set out to follow the enemy after learning it had begun moving, while Welt recovered from having his arm reattached and blamed a game for the clown mask he remembered. The group’s pursuit began as Welt rode away in a black car.

• Zhao Bai agreed with Bronya’s suggestion to follow the enemy and let it lead them to the larger threat.
• Zhao Bai woke the others and told them the enemy had started moving, prompting Kiana to warn him against raising a death flag.
• Kiana hid behind Fu Hua as Zhao Bai teased her, and Fu Hua shielded her from his advances.
• Fu Hua declined the hotel receptionist’s request for her number and left extra money before the group departed at dawn.
• Welt tested his reattached arm and decided to recruit programmers and Anti-Entropy artists to make a rival to Payday 2.
• Welt rode away in a black car during the early morning, hoping the hidden enemy would not notice him.

Zhao Bai and Bronya arrived at the Royal Bank, while Fu Hua watched the convoy and Zhao Bai's earlier terror of the clown remained vivid. Bronya reassured Zhao Bai about entering the bank, then told him their actions had caused the entire sector to hit its daily limit down.

• A man in the convoy feared the clown and cursed its mask, its maker, and the artists who designed it, but not the clown itself.
• Fu Hua stood on a streetlamp as the convoy stopped outside the Royal Bank.
• Zhao Bai said he wanted to enter the bank, and Bronya told him to go in because she was there.
• Zhao Bai asked Bronya whether their actions the day before had affected their money.
• Bronya explained that a major security incident had caused the entire sector to hit its daily limit down.

Zhao Bai and Fu Hua went to a bank in masks, relying on Bronya’s credentials to get inside. The guards confronted them, but the tension eased when Zhao Bai invoked their client’s name.

• Zhao Bai declined Bronya’s offer to teach him how to trade.
• Bronya gave Zhao Bai the account and password he needed to enter the bank.
• Zhao Bai and Fu Hua arrived at the bank wearing masks and were stopped by the security guards.
• Zhao Bai told the guards that their client had asked them to wear masks.
• The guards’ tension vanished when Zhao Bai spoke the client’s name.

Zhao Bai verified Bronya’s account to access her gold reserves, but Anti-Entropy’s hypnotic gas incapacitated the bank staff and professor. Fu Hua sent Kiana outside with the professor while Zhao Bai continued onward.

• Zhao Bai gave the bank staff Bronya’s account name and entered her account details without looking at them.
• Zhao Bai rode the elevator to inspect Bronya’s gold reserves.
• A staff member and the professor collapsed after hypnotic gas spread through the bank.
• Zhao Bai told Kiana to carry the professor outside, and Fu Hua told Kiana to follow his instructions.
• Kiana carried the professor outside and found that everyone there had also fallen unconscious.

Fu Hua learned that Otto was monitoring her through the red-rimmed glasses and had authorized her to test Zhao Bai. The chapter ended with Fu Hua crushing the glasses, though a red light still flickered from them.

• Kiana carried the professor away while Zhao Bai asked Fu Hua if she was ready for a great transformation.
• Otto spoke through the red-rimmed glasses and told Fu Hua to test Zhao Bai instead of the Herrscher of Death, without using Feather of Dust.
• Fu Hua asked Zhao Bai about his relationship with Otto, and Zhao Bai claimed Theresa was his tenant who owed him money.
• Fu Hua realized Otto had heard Zhao Bai and crushed the glasses beneath her foot.
• Zhao Bai noticed a deep red light flickering from the glasses as if they were transmitting.

Zhao Bai worried Otto had overheard him, then sent Fu Hua to check on Kiana while he handled the bank’s security. He discovered Bronya had been watching through the surveillance cameras and continued deeper into the bank with the Xuanyuan Sword.

• Zhao Bai dismissed Fu Hua’s concern and told her to go check on Kiana while he handled the remaining work.
• Fu Hua accepted Zhao Bai’s warning about his secrets and headed toward Kiana and the professor.
• Zhao Bai removed his mask and manifested the Xuanyuan Sword, which disabled the surveillance cameras.
• Bronya revealed she had been watching Zhao Bai through the cameras, and he asked whether she wanted to watch him that badly.
• Zhao Bai continued deeper into the bank with his blade in hand.