Chapter Summaries

Shirou learned that Sanada Izou and Muto Nagahide were investigating strange phenomena and signs of rebellion, then asked them to buy newspapers. When they refused because of their mission, he offered to forge a sword in exchange for their help.

• Shirou questioned Sanada Izou and Muto Nagahide about political and military developments but found no clear sign of a historical disruption.
• Sanada Izou said they served Lord Yagyu Dan no Kami and had been sent to investigate demons, strange phenomena, and possible rebellion.
• Sanada Izou told Shirou that newspapers were available in Edo Castle, and Shirou asked him to buy some the next day.
• Muto Nagahide objected that buying newspapers would interfere with their mission and risk punishment.
• Shirou offered to forge a sword if they bought newspapers once every seven days for a month, and Sanada Izou suspected Shirou was a formidable swordsmith.

Shirou convinced Sanada Izou to let him demonstrate his swordsmithing skills and led him into the forge. He found it bare of supplies, but planned to project what he needed and begin practicing.

• Sanada Izou hesitated to risk losing a day of work each week to buy supplies, while Muto Nagahide doubted Shirou could forge swords.
• Shirou examined Muto Nagahide's sword and correctly guessed that he had never killed anyone, then reassured him that this was a good thing.
• Sanada Izou asked Shirou to forge a sword for him, and Shirou agreed after judging that Izou's blade had been used mostly on the battlefield.
• Shirou led Sanada Izou into the empty forge and prepared to project the materials he needed for a practice forging.

Shirou forged a blade for Sanada Izou, who doubted he deserved such a fine weapon, and promised to finish the sword he wanted within a month. A month later, Sanada Izou continued practicing under Shirou’s guidance while Shirou searched the newspapers for anything unusual, suspecting Alaya had deceived him.

• Shirou forged a blade with exceptional skill, but discarded it because he was dissatisfied with his work.
• Sanada Izou worried that he was unworthy of owning such a sword, and Shirou told him not to back out of their deal.
• Shirou promised to make Sanada Izou’s desired sword within a month.
• A month passed as Sanada Izou practiced swordsmanship under Shirou’s guidance.
• Shirou bought and read the era’s limited newspapers but found nothing unusual and began to suspect Alaya had fooled him.

Shirou kept Sanada Izou delivering newspapers and groceries by promising to teach him a powerful sword style, while finishing Izou’s sword. Gudako woke in the wilderness beside Miyamoto Musashi, confused about Mash’s disappearance and worried Musashi might eat her.

• Shirou reassured Sanada Izou about his swordsmanship and persuaded him that he needed a good sword before improving his skills.
• Shirou promised Sanada Izou the first form of the Nuclear Bomb Sword Style if he brought back the day’s groceries and newspapers, and said his sword would be finished that day.
• Gudako woke in the wilderness and realized that Mash was missing.
• Miyamoto Musashi explained that Gudako had suddenly fallen asleep while Musashi was trying to get food.
• Gudako asked whether Musashi planned to eat her, and Musashi checked her forehead and wondered if she had hit her head.

Gudako reunited with Musashi in a demon-haunted wilderness, where their search for a village was interrupted by an attack. Gudako protected a pair of siblings and samurai by punching one demon away and tearing another in half.

• Gudako recognized Musashi and clung to her, while Musashi offered to lead her to a nearby village.
• Musashi noticed that ominous clouds carried demonic aura and told Gudako to stay behind her.
• Two samurai and a young brother and sister called for help as a demon attacked them from behind.
• Gudako punched the demon away from the siblings, astonishing the samurai.
• Gudako grabbed a second demon and tore it in half, then said she was confident in her Baji Quan.

Gudako and Musashi helped Afeng and two samurai survive a demon attack, and Afeng invited them to Grandpa’s thatched hut for a feast. The group set off with the samurai’s food and supplies, leaving Gudako determined to make a more elegant impression next time.

• Gudako explained her fighting ability to Sanada Izou, then fought off the charging demons with her fists and kicks.
• Sanada Izou and Muto Nagahide watched in shock as Gudako defeated many of the demons.
• Afeng thanked Gudako and Musashi and offered them water.
• Gudako told Afeng that she and Musashi were looking for food, and Afeng invited them to Grandpa’s thatched hut for dinner.
• Musashi noticed the meat, ice, and tea in the samurai’s supplies and realized Sanada Izou and Muto Nagahide had been fleeing with Afeng while carrying them.

Gudako and Musashi found the yokai defeated and met Hozoin Inshun, who recognized their martial arts and questioned Musashi’s identity. The chapter ended with Musashi attacking Hozoin and Gudako trying to stop them.

• Musashi’s remark brought the yokai back, but a spear-wielding fighter swiftly wiped them out.
• Muto Nagahide praised Gudako’s supposed divine might, and Gudako knocked him down.
• Musashi admired the spear technique and identified it as Hozoin spearwork.
• Hozoin Inshun introduced himself, and Gudako said her mother and Master Li had taught her to fight.
• Hozoin recognized Musashi but doubted that Musashi could be a woman, so Musashi attacked him and Gudako tried to stop them.

Gudako and her companions headed toward Grandpa’s hut to rest and obtain a sword, but a blood-red moon transformed the landscape and brought demons and monsters. Gudako led everyone into a bamboo grove, where they were soon surrounded.

• Gudako pinned Musashi down and scolded her for eagerly attacking Hozoin, then explained Chaldea to him.
• Musashi praised Gudako’s experience in countless battles, impressing Afeng and Asuke.
• Sanada Izou suggested they hurry to Grandpa’s hut, and Muto Nagahide and Musashi grew excited about the sword there.
• The sky turned blood-red beneath a crimson moon, the grass withered, and Gudako recognized the danger and urged everyone to run.
• Afeng led Gudako and the others into a bamboo grove, where fewer demons appeared but the group was soon surrounded.

Gudako and her companions fought demons growing stronger beneath an unnatural blood moon, then faced a group of powerful Heroic Spirit Swordmasters. Musashi’s slash severed one attacker’s head, but the figure did not die.

• Gudako fought off demons while she remained unable to connect to Chaldea.
• Hozoin and Musashi prepared to fight as Muto Nagahide and Sanada Izou guarded Afeng and Asuke.
• A powerful figure appeared, and Musashi recognized its dense demonic energy as greater than that of the demons.
• Hozoin deflected arrows from the approaching enemies as the group realized they were facing multiple Servants.
• Musashi slashed at one of the attackers and was shocked when it survived despite having its head severed.

Gudako, Musashi, and Hozoin fled as enemies surrounded them, and Gudako chose to keep running rather than risk Chaldea’s only combatant. Hozoin stayed behind to hold off their pursuers, preparing to face them alone.

• Gudako explained that her attempt to catch the enemies off guard had left them with no plan beyond running.
• Hozoin recognized Shirou as Gudako’s father and stopped to cover the group’s retreat as more enemies closed in.
• Gudako resisted leaving Hozoin behind but realized she had to survive as Chaldea’s only combatant.
• Gudako entrusted the rear guard to Hozoin and fled with Musashi.
• Hozoin faced the enemies pursuing them and asked if they were prepared to die.

Hozoin fought seven Heroic Spirit Swordmasters and managed to pierce the Sword Demon’s heart, but Caster used a magic spell to begin transforming him into one of them. The chapter ended with Hozoin screaming as the spell corrupted his Spirit Core.

• Hozoin stood his ground against the seven Heroic Spirit Swordmasters to protect those behind him.
• Hozoin pierced the Sword Demon’s heart after severing his arm, but the Sword Demon showed no fear.
• Caster cast My Shining Pentagram on Hozoin while the other Swordmasters surrounded him.
• Caster explained that Hozoin had been omitted from the summoning ritual and was being transformed into a Heroic Spirit Swordmaster.
• Hozoin cried out as the transformation began to affect his Spirit Core.

Gudako and the others fled through the bamboo forest after Hozoin Inshun stayed behind to face Caster, who began turning him into a new Heroic Spirit Swordmaster. Exhausted and worried, Gudako hoped Inshun could escape and return alive.

• Caster invoked his master and Satan who became Lucifer, then announced Hozoin as the new Lancer of Purgatory.
• Gudako, Musashi, Sanada Izou, and the samurai and children ran through the bamboo forest for over an hour.
• Gudako stopped to rest and wondered what had happened to Inshun, recalling Da Vinci's sacrifice in Jerusalem.
• Musashi surveyed the darkening forest and sheathed her swords as Sanada Izou voiced hope that Inshun had escaped.

Gudako and Musashi found Yagyu Munenori in the bamboo grove, but he warned them that he had been transformed into a Heroic Spirit Swordmaster. As the blood moon appeared and his eyes turned murderous, he urged them to flee before he caught up with them.

• Afeng soothed the crying Asuke while Musashi searched the bamboo grove for whoever was watching them.
• Yagyu Munenori emerged, and Gudako felt that something about him had changed despite his familiar appearance.
• Yagyu Munenori warned Musashi, Afeng, and Gudako to run and said his transformed self would pursue them.
• The blood moon appeared, and Yagyu Munenori became a Heroic Spirit Swordmaster with blood-red, murderous eyes.

Musashi beheaded Lancer Purgatory, but he reattached his head and revealed that ordinary weapons could not kill him. Meanwhile, Shirou finished forging the sword he had promised.

• Musashi struck Lancer Purgatory with a surprise Drawing Slash and cut off his head.
• Lancer Purgatory picked up his head, reattached it, and declared that Heroic Spirit Swordmasters could not be harmed by mortal weapons.
• Musashi analyzed Lancer Purgatory's abilities as he threatened her, Gudako, and the children.
• Musashi told Lancer Purgatory to get lost and urged Gudako to run.
• Shirou completed the promised sword in the forge.

Shirou finished forging a sword but left its name for Sanada Izou to choose. Meanwhile, Musashi and Gudako fled from Lancer Purgatorium and hid near a village, uncertain whether its residents were in danger.

• Shirou admired the forged sword and decided to let Sanada Izou name it.
• Shirou fitted the sword with a spare sheath and wondered when the others would return.
• Gudako worried that Lancer Purgatorium might attack the village ahead.
• Musashi led Gudako and the others into roadside grass to hide, saying it would at least protect them.

Lancer attacked the village, and Muto Nagahide broke cover to protect a villager despite the danger. Sanada Izou joined him as Lancer’s spear threatened to kill them.

• Sanada Izou restrained Muto Nagahide while the group debated whether to intervene, and Musashi and Gudako agreed that fighting Lancer could doom them all.
• Muto Nagahide said Grandpa had prepared a formation that could buy time until he arrived.
• Lancer entered the village disguised as a monk, and the unguarded villagers welcomed him.
• Muto Nagahide rushed out and blocked Lancer’s spear, but Lancer pierced both his arms with successive strikes.
• Sanada Izou, struck by Muto Nagahide’s courage, drew his sword and deflected Lancer’s spear just before it could kill him.

Shirou arrived as Sanada Izou lay dying and Muto Nagahide was injured, while Gudako sent Afeng and Asuke to seek help. Afeng mistook Shirou for her grandfather and begged him to save Sanada, leaving Shirou to comfort the frightened children.

• Sanada Izou died after the lancer pierced his heart, and Muto Nagahide caught his collapsing body with injured hands.
• Musashi drove Muto Nagahide and Sanada Izou away from the fight and blocked the lancer’s spear.
• Gudako examined the two men and told Afeng and Asuke to find Grandpa, assuring Afeng that he could save them.
• Shirou drew his sword and prepared to test it against the lancer.
• Afeng mistook Shirou for her grandfather and pleaded with him to save Sanada, while Shirou tried to comfort her and Asuke.

Shirou intervened when Musashi was overwhelmed by Lancer, whose body and spear skills belonged to Hozoin Inshun. After dodging Lancer’s techniques, Shirou borrowed Musashi’s sword and destroyed Lancer with a brilliant Drawing Slash.

• Musashi was knocked open by Lancer, but Shirou’s thrown scabbard shattered Lancer’s upper body.
• Lancer revived and targeted Shirou while Gudako moved the wounded Sanada Izou and Muto Nagahide away from the battle.
• Shirou dodged Lancer’s Crossed Scythe Spear and other attacks without being harmed.
• Shirou told Musashi to give him a sword, and she tossed him one.
• Shirou used a blood-red Drawing Slash to shatter Lancer’s body completely.

Shirou used Musashi’s sword to kill Lancer by cutting the distant karmic thread connected to his Spirit Core. He then addressed Sanada Izou’s fatal wound, leaving everyone stunned after claiming that a person could live without a heart and slashing through him without injury.

• Shirou told Musashi she could not draw her sword properly, then took it and killed Lancer by cutting his karmic thread.
• Musashi mourned Lancer and admired Sanada Izou for protecting Muto Nagahide and the villagers.
• Shirou asked how Sanada Izou had died, and Muto Nagahide explained that his heart had been pierced while he protected her.
• Shirou claimed that a person could live without a heart and slashed through Sanada Izou without wounding him.

Shirou welcomed Musashi and Gudako into his hut and served them a meal. Gudako recognized the taste as her father’s cooking and remembered how long she had been away from home, while Shirou learned she came from Chaldea.

• Shirou led Musashi and Gudako into his hut and served them tea and food.
• Musashi eagerly ate, and Shirou told her he would not criticize her appetite because she had protected Afeng and the others.
• Gudako tasted the food, recognized it as similar to her father’s cooking, and remembered that she had been away from home for over a year.
• Shirou asked the visitors to introduce themselves, and Gudako explained that she was from Chaldea, an organization working to preserve humanity.
• Shirou listened to Gudako’s explanation but decided Chaldea’s affairs had nothing to do with him.