Chapter Summaries

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.

Zhao Bai spoke with Bronya before cutting through the bank’s fortified door, which concealed a Honkai energy reactor and a gem. He entered carrying Black Abyss White Flower and confronted someone who had manipulated the professor.

• Bronya admitted she had wanted to know whether Zhao Bai had been with other women, then asked him to forget her words.
• Zhao Bai asked whether his attack on the bank would affect Bronya’s finances, and she revealed she had bought financial insurance on it.
• Zhao Bai ended the call and cut through the alloy door with his blade, melting its layers of defenses.
• Zhao Bai sensed intense Honkai energy, hurriedly took out Black Abyss White Flower, and entered the room.
• Zhao Bai taunted someone for manipulating the professor and said he would shatter their pride.

Zhao Bai exposed Walter’s role in Cocolia’s plan, killed him, and shut down the machine gathering Honkai energy around the crystal. As the energy began to subside, Fu Hua stepped outside and felt a fierce gust of Honkai energy behind her.

• Zhao Bai questioned Walter about their destination and revealed that Cocolia had bought accident insurance for him.
• Walter realized Cocolia had planned to discard him and asked Zhao Bai to set him free.
• Zhao Bai killed Walter with his blade.
• Zhao Bai shut down the machine surrounding the Honkai crystal, though the energy took time to fall.
• Fu Hua stepped out and felt a fierce wind of Honkai energy blowing from behind her.

Fu Hua and Kiana secured the area after Zhao Bai dealt with the Honkai energy. Otto then arranged an unusual air delivery of a package addressed to Fu Hua, leaving her to decide whether to approach it.

• Fu Hua dragged the fallen security guards indoors so the area looked normal.
• Kiana asked Fu Hua where Zhao Bai had gone, and Fu Hua said she had handed the job over to him.
• A B-2 bomber roared overhead and dropped a parachute package addressed to Fu Hua.
• Fu Hua kept her distance from the package while the bomber circled away with Otto in the cockpit.

Fu Hua evaded a tracking belt Otto had sent to force her into a transformation while Kiana watched with excitement. Zhao Bai safely sealed the gemstone after its Honkai energy reached zero and left the vault, thinking about how to help Bronya get more insurance money.

• Otto insisted Fu Hua would use the weapon he had prepared, regardless of her refusal.
• A crate trembled and shattered, releasing a belt that chased Fu Hua and tried to transport equipment onto her.
• Fu Hua dodged the belt while Kiana admired the spectacle and hoped to see her transform.
• Zhao Bai waited until the gemstone's Honkai energy index reached zero, then sealed it in an airtight container.
• Zhao Bai left the vault and considered how to help Bronya earn more insurance money.

Zhao Bai arrived as Kiana tried to use the Knight Belt, which rejected her and escaped toward Fu Hua. After learning that Otto had arranged the armor test, Zhao Bai eagerly agreed to fight, but insisted that Fu Hua strike a cool pose and shout “Transform!” first.

• Zhao Bai heard a commotion, put on his clown mask, and arrived as Kiana grabbed the Knight Belt.
• Kiana buckled on the belt and shouted “Transform,” but it shocked her and darted away toward Fu Hua.
• Fu Hua explained that the belt was a new armor model from headquarters and that Otto wanted to test Zhao Bai’s strength.
• Zhao Bai agreed to fight, then demanded that Fu Hua pose and shout “Transform” before he would participate.