Chapter Summaries

Zhao Bai reinstated the cafeteria’s no-alcohol rule, upsetting Himeko, and later agreed to consider internships for Rosaliya and Liliya. He checked the twins’ classified files and was shocked by their assigned tasks.

• Zhao Bai weighed the risks of serving alcohol and put the “No Alcohol Service” sign back up.
• Himeko confronted Zhao Bai, suspected he was criticizing her drinking, and reluctantly accepted his decision.
• Bronya told Zhao Bai that Rosaliya and Liliya also needed internships.
• Zhao Bai reviewed the twins’ files and began examining their assignments, then reacted with alarm to one of them.

Zhao Bai arranged an easy infiltration mission to steal an AI device, adding Seele to the assignment alongside Rosaliya and Liliya. After evening training, he watched the girls play games during the Hyperion’s morale-building activities.

• Zhao Bai questioned the assignment of an infiltration mission to Rosaliya and Liliya, and Bronya explained that Fu Hua had drawn the missions by lot.
• Zhao Bai saw that the mission involved stealing a singularity-level AI device from a consumer electronics factory, then added Rosaliya and Liliya to the mission.
• Zhao Bai added Seele because she had seemed down about not completing a mission while conscious, and he thought the infiltration would be easy if she avoided alcohol.
• After evening training, Zhao Bai watched the girls play cooperative esports games during the Hyperion’s morale-building activities.

Zhao Bai and Bronya settled into their shared dormitory aboard the Hyperion, where their first night together ended in an awkward exchange of glances. Bronya was left silently frustrated by Zhao Bai’s failure to say what she expected.

• Zhao Bai and Bronya chose the top and bottom bunks, with Zhao Bai giving Bronya the lower bed to accommodate her legs.
• After they washed up and turned out the lights, Zhao Bai listened to Bronya breathing beneath him and turned to look at her.
• Bronya pulled her blanket over her face, and she and Zhao Bai exchanged a tense, silent gaze.
• Bronya told Zhao Bai not to look at her that way, and he quickly turned back around without saying anything more.
• Bronya privately regretted that Zhao Bai had not invited her, though she could not bring herself to speak up.

Bronya lay awake all night, troubled that Zhao Bai had chosen Seele and the Vodka Girls for the mission but forgotten her. The next morning, she indirectly rebuked Zhao Bai while they waited for the others, then watched Rosaliya arrive carrying a sleepy Liliya.

• Zhao Bai realized he had forgotten to select Bronya for the mission after choosing the Vodka Girls and Seele.
• Bronya stayed awake beneath the stars, unsettled by Zhao Bai's attention to the other women and his failure to notice her.
• Zhao Bai noticed Bronya had not slept, and Bronya told him a joke that pointed out he had watched her all night too.
• Zhao Bai asked whether he had caused Bronya's bad mood as they waited on the deck for the Vodka Girls.
• Seele arrived rubbing her sleepy eyes, and Rosaliya arrived late carrying the drowsy Liliya over her shoulder.

Zhao Bai brought Bronya along on the mission, leaving her with mixed feelings as she boarded the airship with the others. During the trip, Liliya woke up and bickered with Rosaliya.

• Zhao Bai asked Bronya if she wanted to avoid the internship mission and told her not to underestimate him.
• Bronya suppressed her complicated feelings and followed the others onto the airship.
• Rosaliya repeatedly shook Liliya awake at seven in the morning.
• Liliya pushed Rosaliya away and said she should turn off the alarm after waking up.
• Rosaliya agreed and said she had learned that in class.

Zhao Bai used the spaceship to create a stage outside Zaya Corporation, planning to draw out its employees while he sneaked inside and destroyed the facility. He set up an idol performance and called Seele onto the stage.

• Bronya piloted the spaceship as Zhao Bai asked whether she had a plan.
• Zhao Bai commanded the cloaked spaceship to unfold into a brightly lit stage.
• Rosaliya excitedly jumped onto the stage, but found that the microphones had been put away.
• Zhao Bai told Seele to come over so he could show her something big.

Zhao Bai demonstrated how to evade Rosaliya using a banner with a microphone inside, then handed it to Seele and let her take over. Bronya and Liliya understood his plan, and Zhao Bai admitted that bullying an idiot was fun.

• Zhao Bai revealed the banner and used it to dodge Rosaliya's headbutts.
• Zhao Bai tossed the banner to Seele, who dodged Rosaliya's attacks and reached a stalemate with her.
• Zhao Bai asked Bronya and Liliya whether they understood the plan, and they nodded.
• Bronya asked Zhao Bai if bullying an idiot was fun, and he agreed.

Bronya hosted a bullfighting match between Seele and Rosaliya while Zhao Bai prepared to infiltrate. When Rosaliya called on Liliya to help, Bronya urged Liliya to join the fight, leaving her wondering why everyone was acting strangely.

• Bronya hid her amusement and took the hosting duties after Zhao Bai gave her a manual and Heavy Cannon Rabbit's amplification system.
• Bronya used the stage controls to coordinate the lights and music as the match drew spectators.
• Zhao Bai watched Seele evade Rosaliya's attacks before preparing to infiltrate.
• Rosaliya called for Liliya to help, but Liliya turned away and refused to acknowledge her sister.
• Bronya told Liliya to join the fight, and Liliya wondered whether the world could still be saved.

Liliya and Rosaliya carried out Zhao Bai’s plan to make Seele see through his heroic image, but Rosaliya then tried to resume their fight. The chapter ended with Bronya shielding Seele as Rosaliya dramatically challenged her.

• Liliya and Rosaliya staged a coordinated attack on Seele, drawing a crowd beneath the stage.
• Liliya bowed and waved to the spectators, forgetting Seele, while Seele escaped behind Bronya.
• Bronya admitted that Zhao Bai had devised the plan, and Seele realized her idealized view of him had been shattered.
• When the spectators began leaving, Rosaliya searched for Seele and called her out for another fight.
• Seele hid behind Bronya, who protected her as Rosaliya struck a dramatic pose and challenged Bronya.

Bronya turned the confrontation with Seele into a dramatic performance, while Zhao Bai crawled through the facility toward its core without realizing what was happening outside. As the judgment-themed battle began, Rosaliya and Liliya joined forces against Heavy Cannon Rabbit.

• Bronya realized the confrontation was for show and played along, declaring that she would defeat Seele.
• Bronya summoned Heavy Cannon Rabbit to shield herself and Seele, and Liliya agreed to fight beside her.
• The performance shifted to Beethoven’s “Pathétique” as Zhao Bai crawled through walls and ventilation ducts toward the core area.
• An automated playback program began the judgment, and Bronya advanced with Heavy Cannon Rabbit.
• Rosaliya and Liliya charged Heavy Cannon Rabbit together and prepared their combined ultimate technique.

Rosaliya pinned Bronya down after their fight and teased her, but Seele’s ominous approach interrupted her victory. Rosaliya fled as Seele advanced with a blade-less scythe and a frightening smile.

• Rosaliya flipped Heavy Cannon Rabbit and pinned Bronya to the ground, declaring victory.
• Rosaliya teased Bronya by tracing her face and undoing a button on her uniform.
• Seele’s rendition of the third movement of Beethoven’s "Moonlight Sonata" startled Rosaliya and revealed Seele’s murderous aura.
• Seele summoned a broken scythe and slowly approached Rosaliya without answering her question.
• Bronya warned Rosaliya to run, and Rosaliya flew away.

While Seele beat Rosaliya onstage, Zhao Bai explored Zaya’s underground passages and found the satellite wreckage hidden beneath an underground river. He identified it as the mission’s target but still needed to test it.

• Seele struck Rosaliya with her scythe as Bronya and Liliya watched and the audience applauded.
• Zhao Bai got lost in the ventilation ducts, then left them to search for a route.
• Zhao Bai followed the mission map coordinates to the underground river where Zaya’s failed satellite launch had left wreckage.
• Zhao Bai found a red-glowing, waterproof satellite core and decided to run a test on it.

Zhao Bai fought the Locust Monster, which emerged from the satellite Zeia, and cut off its head with Ice Blue Spark. When the Rider rose again, Zhao Bai realized that decapitating it had not defeated it.

• Zhao Bai saw the satellite's shell twist and the Locust Monster emerge.
• Zhao Bai put on his glasses and advanced as the monster gathered electricity and launched a spinning attack.
• Zhao Bai cut off the Locust Monster's head with Ice Blue Spark and started to leave to save Rosaliya.
• The headless Rider rose again amid flickering sparks, and Zhao Bai realized he had made a mistake.

Zhao Bai mocked the robot before attacking it again, while Seele continued to beat Rosaliya on Satellite Zeia. Liliya’s encouragement reignited Rosaliya’s resolve, and she rose to keep fighting.

• Zhao Bai mocked the robot’s threat and decided to disable it by cutting off its limbs and joints.
• Seele continued to bully Rosaliya on Satellite Zeia as Liliya urged her sister to fight for the audience.
• Bronya moved farther away, uneasy about Liliya’s encouragement.
• Rosaliya wiped the dust from her face, stood up, and stopped Seele’s momentum with her scythe.
• Rosaliya declared that she would keep fighting.

Rosaliya defeated Seele with a headbutt, but collapsed from exhaustion after claiming victory. As she spotted the microphone beside her, she remembered why she had taken the stage.

• Rosaliya declared that she would fight for Liliya, the audience, and everyone's smiles.
• Seele attacked Rosaliya with her scythe, but Rosaliya blocked it with her horn and shattered the weapon with a headbutt.
• Rosaliya struck Seele's chin and followed up with an assault that knocked Seele unconscious.
• Rosaliya raised her hand in victory, then collapsed onto the stage as flowers showered the venue.
• Bronya considered checking on Seele, while Rosaliya noticed the nearby microphone and remembered she had come to the stage for another reason.

Zhao Bai ended the mission after Rosaliya’s singing knocked out nearly everyone in the factory. As Seele began to wake aboard the ship, Zhao Bai waited beside her and Bronya.

• Rosaliya’s roar-like singing knocked Bronya and Seele unconscious, while Liliya remained standing.
• Zhao Bai emerged from the explosion and found that only he and the twin girls were still awake.
• Zhao Bai carried Bronya and Seele off the stage, packed it away, and told Rosaliya to hand over the microphone because the mission was over.
• Liliya took Rosaliya to change her torn stockings while Zhao Bai watched over the sleeping girls.
• Seele, affected by her second personality, was the first to wake up.

Seele and Rosaliya reconciled after their battle, while Zhao Bai worried about Bronya’s health. Once Bronya woke at Hyperion’s home port, she confronted Rosaliya and Zhao Bai began voicing over her punishment.

• Seele asked Zhao Bai what had happened after she lost consciousness, and he told her Rosaliya had won and been punished.
• Seele tried to make amends with Rosaliya, who assured her she was fine and avoided her out of embarrassment.
• Zhao Bai worried that the shockwaves had injured Seele and Bronya and planned to have them examined at St. Freya.
• Bronya woke when the vessel reached Hyperion’s home port and immediately beat Rosaliya, who did not resist.
• Zhao Bai gave Rosaliya a stern voice-over about St. Freya and asked what she had done to make him feel disrespected.

Zhao Bai, Bronya, and Seele returned to Hyperion, where Bronya gave Seele a light forehead flick and Seele asked for a harsher punishment. Zhao Bai hurried them to the medical bay for checks, leaving Himeko confused about their intentions before she learned they were checking for injuries.

• Zhao Bai awkwardly recited lines from The Godfather, and Bronya's reaction made him stop.
• Bronya flicked Seele on the forehead, and Seele asked her to punish her more because she felt guilty about her second personality.
• Zhao Bai interrupted the awkward exchange and guided the small airship back to Hyperion.
• Himeko greeted the group, and Zhao Bai hurried Bronya and Seele toward the medical bay for permission to use it.
• Himeko mistakenly wondered if the sisters needed a pregnancy test, then learned they were checking for damage to their eardrums and internal organs.

Himeko confronted Zhao Bai for sending interns off on their own during a mission and challenged him to reflect on his leadership. She recognized that his carefully reasoned defense avoided the real issue and decided he needed guidance.

• Himeko realized Zhao Bai had allowed students to act alone and took him to her office after Seele and Bronya were sent for medical care.
• Himeko explained that she had been tasked with improving Zhao Bai's leadership and organizational skills.
• Zhao Bai argued that using the others as a distraction while he infiltrated alone was the fastest and strategically correct approach.
• Himeko disliked Zhao Bai's polished defense and recognized that he felt guilty, but still needed guidance.

Liliya and Rosaliya wandered around the Hyperion, where the Valkyries crowded around to touch their horns, heads, and tails. Liliya retreated with Rosaliya to their room, and the sisters wondered whether they had broken anything.

• Rosaliya asked Liliya why no one had come to examine them, and Liliya asked whether she really wanted an examination.
• Liliya warned Rosaliya not to touch anything on the Hyperion, and Rosaliya whispered that Liliya should not break anything either.
• The Valkyries they met crowded around Rosaliya and Liliya, touching their horns, heads, and tails.
• Liliya declared a strategic retreat and dragged Rosaliya back to their room, where they wondered if they had broken anything.