Chapter Summaries

After the Phantom Spirits and Edmond Dantès departed, Fujimaru Ritsuka said goodbye to Moriarty and reunited with Jeanne d'Arc Alter. As the Singularity ended, Jeanne d'Arc Alter cut off contact with Chaldea and invited Ritsuka to dance with her.

• The Phantom Spirit detectives vanished after helping Fujimaru Ritsuka accuse Moriarty, and Father Brown wished Moriarty happiness before leaving.
• Moriarty understood Ritsuka's silent response, said farewell to his friend, and disappeared.
• Andersen and Shakespeare departed, then Edmond Dantès warned Ritsuka not to yield to unreasonable karmic retribution and promised to answer if Ritsuka called his name.
• Ritsuka hugged Jeanne d'Arc Alter and asked where the Britain woman was, prompting Jeanne d'Arc Alter to complain about Cavall II and the old black bastard.
• Jeanne d'Arc Alter struck Lawrence unconscious, shut off Ritsuka's communication device, changed into her formal dress, and asked Ritsuka to dance.
• Ritsuka took Jeanne d'Arc Alter's hand and agreed to dance with her.

Lawrence woke in Chaldea after the Shinjuku Spiritron Transfer, where Holmes revealed that four Demon God Pillars remained at large and were pursuing separate aims. Anno and Artoria returned to feed Cavall II before riding away, leaving Shinjuku behind as the anomaly endured.

• Lawrence woke in Chaldea's infirmary, and da Vinci confirmed that the Spiritron Transfer had ended while Holmes asked to stay and investigate.
• Holmes explained that four of the Six Pillars of the Envoys remained, having fled and scattered across different eras to pursue their own purposes.
• Holmes hinted at another concern but refused to explain it, then left to investigate the remaining mysteries.
• Anno and Artoria rode back to see Cavall II, exchanged teasing remarks, and gave the dog more food.
• Anno and Artoria rode away from Shinjuku as streams of light, while the anomaly and Cavall II remained behind.

As Japanese Servants and others began disappearing from Chaldea, Fujimaru Ritsuka and the staff tried to summon Sakumura Anno. The summoning brought forth a girl who claimed to be Sakumura, but she vanished immediately, leaving them with more questions.

• Oda Nobunaga complained from her head in Mash's arms that Nobukatsu had disappeared, while Leonardo da Vinci and Fujimaru Ritsuka discussed the growing number of missing Servants.
• Lawrence confirmed she had no leads, and Fujimaru Ritsuka decided to try summoning Sakumura Anno because his contract still felt intact.
• Lawrence used an item from Sakumura Anno's room as a catalyst while Leonardo da Vinci listed the many missing Servants, most of them Japanese.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka completed the summoning incantation and called for the Guardian of the Scales.
• A young girl appeared, introduced herself as Sakumura, and vanished at once; Lawrence remarked that she really had been a Sakumura.

Fujimaru Ritsuka arrived alone in a Japanese Singularity, where he encountered Hoshiguma Yuna and her enormous bear mother. He formed a contract with Yuna and set out to investigate the Singularity with her.

• Sheba detected a Singularity reaction after Sakumura Kanna disappeared, and Lawrence volunteered to accompany Fujimaru Ritsuka.
• The Spiritron Transfer ejected Lawrence unconscious, while Fujimaru Ritsuka arrived safely in a forest.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka encountered a giant bear and Hoshiguma Yuna, who said they were investigating Black River Mountain.
• The bear transformed into a beautiful woman, and Yuna identified herself by the name Hoshiguma Yuna rather than the Day-Hiding Demon.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka accepted Yuna's offer to form a contract, and their Command Spells flashed as it was established.

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Hoshiguma Yuna reached a village that Yuna did not recognize, where Li Shuwen insisted it had always been called Black River Upper Village. Ritsuka's contact with his contracted Servants remained blocked, and the chapter left him facing Sakumura Kanna, a Servant he had glimpsed earlier.

• Sakumura Anno brought chestnut kinton to Souji and Kanna, and the three planned to visit a shamisen performance in the village.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka learned that Hoshiguma Yuna and Bear Mama had only just been summoned, while Lawrence remained unconscious after the Singularity rejected her transfer.
• Ritsuka, Yuna, and Bear Mama went to a nearby village, where Yuna found a monument identifying it as Black River Upper Village rather than Black River Lower Village.
• Li Shuwen told Ritsuka that the village had always been called Black River Upper Village and did not remember meeting him, though he recognized Mash as familiar.
• Ritsuka asked Li Shuwen if they could stay, then saw Li greet Sakumura Kanna as the shrine maiden.

Fujimaru Ritsuka, Yukina, and the Great Brown Bear entered Black River Upper Village, where they found many familiar Chaldea Servants living peacefully. They stayed with Sakumura Anno, Souji, and Kanna, and learned that a kabuki performance and the village’s Mountain God Festival were approaching.

• Kanna welcomed Fujimaru Ritsuka, Yukina, and the Great Brown Bear into Black River Upper Village after Ritsuka asked whether anything unusual had happened.
• Ritsuka recognized familiar Chaldea Servants around the village, including Sen no Rikyū, while Kanna explained that the Mibu Police Station residents had moved there in recent years.
• Kanna brought the travelers to the Sakumura residence, where Sakumura Anno introduced Souji and Kanna as his wife and adopted daughter.
• Ritsuka introduced Yukina and the Great Brown Bear to Sakumura Anno, who showed no reaction to their connection to Black River Mountain.
• Souji told the visitors that Takasugi had arranged a kabuki performance for that night and that the Mountain God Festival would take place in a few days.

Fujimaru Ritsuka and her companions visited Yoshiro Tea House, where Sen no Rikyu hinted that unrest was approaching Black River Upper Village and that its fate would be decided from outside the village. Afterward, Ritsuka agreed to investigate the lake at Black River Mountain’s summit.

• Fujimaru Ritsuka, Yuna, and Bear Weaver contacted Chaldea and discussed whether Black River Mountain had a Mountain God.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka, Yuna, and Bear Weaver visited Yoshiro Tea House, where Sen no Rikyu served Ritsuka tea and Okita Souji Alter sat as a guest.
• Sen no Rikyu told Fujimaru Ritsuka that Black River’s unnatural peace meant turmoil was near and that the village’s fate should not be decided by the village itself.
• Okita Souji Alter said she would not intervene in the Singularity and described Yoshiro Tea House as a prison confining her.
• Bear Weaver and Yukina called Black River Mountain a place deserving divine punishment, and Yukina suggested investigating its summit lake.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka agreed to investigate the summit the next day, then encountered Sakumura’s family as they walked.

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Yukina’s family joined Sakumura at a village gathering, where they learned the village faced dangers at night and met its guards and former Shinsengumi members. Izumo no Okuni began a shamisen performance, while Takasugi eagerly prepared to join her.

• Takasugi taught Izumo no Okuni to play the shamisen and insisted she perform it at the gathering.
• Sakumura invited Fujimaru Ritsuka and Yukina’s family to the western side of the village, where they met Sakamoto Ryoma and Oryou-san.
• Sakumura explained that dangers appeared at night and that Li Shuwen and Ryoma guarded the village’s two approaches.
• Hijikata Toshizo challenged Sakumura to take up his sword again, but Sakumura refused and said swords no longer suited him.
• Izumo no Okuni began playing the shamisen, quieting the crowd as Takasugi readied his own instrument to join her.

Okada Izo interrupted Takasugi Shinsaku’s shamisen performance, but Hijikata Toshizo quickly knocked her out. Soon, strange fish-tailed “nobu” creatures attacked the village, and Sakumura Anno took up a sword to fight them as the villagers evacuated.

• Okada Izo leaped onto the stage to berate Takasugi Shinsaku, and Hijikata Toshizo chased her down and knocked her out.
• A strange fish-tailed creature attacked Hoshiguma Yuna, and Mama Bear flattened it with a punch.
• More “nobu” creatures surrounded the crowd, prompting the Mibu Patrol Corps and Takasugi Shinsaku to prepare to fight.
• Sakumura Anno told Sakumura Souji, Sakumura Kanna, and Fujimaru Ritsuka to evacuate the villagers while he and Mama Bear faced the creatures.
• Sakumura Anno borrowed Okada Izo’s sword and cut a nobu in half, while Sakumura Kanna led the villagers toward the mountain gate and Sakumura Souji watched him anxiously.

After the village endured a night of strange disturbances, Sakumura and Fujimaru learned that village chief Oda Nobunaga had been missing for several days. They set out with Hijikata and Fujimaru’s Servants to search for her on Black River Mountain.

• Sakumura returned home with the evacuated villagers and injured Okada Izo, then promised to protect everyone.
• The next morning, Sakumura took Fujimaru to meet the village chief, leaving Souji and Kanna at home.
• Oda Nobukatsu revealed that his sister, village chief Oda Nobunaga, had disappeared, and Chacha said she had gone to the mountaintop several days earlier.
• Chacha asked Sakumura and Hijikata to search for Nobunaga, and Sakumura explained that the mountain shrine was home to two shrine maidens, including Kanna.
• Fujimaru insisted on joining the search with his Servants, and the group of five headed for Black River Mountain.

Fujimaru Ritsuka, Sakumura, Hijikata, Bear Weaver, and Yukina reached the Mountain God Shrine on Black River Mountain, where they encountered a barrier credited to the shrine maiden and the Mountain God. Chaldea suspected the shrine’s priestesses were Himiko and Iyo, while Ritsuka noticed strange statues she could not see clearly.

• Mash contacted Fujimaru Ritsuka by message, while Lawrence woke from his coma and told Leonardo da Vinci that the Singularity was rejecting outsiders.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka and her companions reached the gate of Black River Mountain, where Ryoma and Oryou-san let them pass after receiving word from Nobukatsu.
• Leonardo da Vinci identified the shrine’s two priestesses as Himiko and Iyo, and Ritsuka wondered whether the Mountain God was behind the Singularity.
• Sakumura led the group up the eerie mountain path, while Yukina stayed close to Mama Bear and reflected on the other self sleeping within her.
• A tremor brightened the sky as the group approached the shrine, and Sakumura explained that a shrine-maiden’s barrier protected it from wild beasts.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka found that the animal statues along the road blurred whenever she tried to look at them.

Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others climbed Black River Mountain to investigate strange creatures and search for the village chief, Nobunaga. Ritsuka experienced a vision of a burning, rain-soaked mountaintop and a black figure who warned him not to come, then came to on the sunny summit beside the lake.

• Fujimaru Ritsuka learned that Chaldea could not observe the strange shrine statue, and Lawrence warned that the Singularity might expel her if she kept investigating it.
• Sakumura and Hijikata told Himiko and Iyo about the dangerous creature resembling Nobunaga and asked to climb the mountain; Himiko let them pass and wished them a safe return.
• The group climbed Black River Mountain, where Sakumura and Hijikata saw pleasant weather while Ritsuka felt oppressed and sensed many people around him.
• Ritsuka reached the summit in a vision of fire and torrential rain, saw a black figure standing on the lake, and heard it warn, “You shouldn't have come here.”
• Ritsuka came back to his senses under a clear sky and acted as though nothing had happened.

Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others inspected Lake Kurokawa, where Yuna faced memories of her death and found nothing unusual in the water. Chaldea’s communications went dead, and the group noticed a thatched hut that seemed out of place.

• Yuna descended to Lake Kurokawa with Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others, despite the lake stirring painful memories of her death.
• Yuna checked the lake and found no abnormalities, though the leyline node’s magical energy was depleted.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka discovered that Chaldea’s communications had been cut off.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka pointed out a thatched hut beyond the ridge, sensing that it did not belong there.

After failing to find Lady Nobunaga on Black River Mountain, Fujimaru Ritsuka returned to the village and learned that his communications had been cut off near the Mountain God Shrine. Chaldea suspected the Singularity’s creator had targeted him, and Ritsuka planned to investigate the village the next day.

• Sakumura, Hijikata Toshizo, Fujimaru Ritsuka, Mama Bear, and Hoshiguma Yuna searched around the chained hut but found no sign of Lady Nobunaga and descended the mountain at dusk.
• On the way down, Fujimaru Ritsuka wondered whether the Mountain God and the hut were connected, but could not identify a possible mastermind.
• The group fought Demonic Beasts on the road and returned safely to the village, where Fujimaru Ritsuka restored communications with Chaldea.
• Lawrence said communications had cut out when Fujimaru Ritsuka left the Mountain God Shrine, and he realized that he alone seemed to have lost part of his memory of the mountain.
• Leonardo da Vinci and Lawrence discussed possible suspects and concluded that the Singularity’s creator might have targeted Fujimaru Ritsuka.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka decided to investigate the village the next day, beginning with the police station and visiting Yoshiro Teahouse.

Fujimaru Ritsuka questioned Oda Nobunaga and Hoshiguma Yuna about the disappearances and Black River Mountain's mountain god before setting out to investigate the village. At Yoshiro Tea House, Sakumura Kanna revealed to Sen no Rikyu that she had been having nightmares about the Mountain God and feared that something was wrong.

• Fujimaru Ritsuka asked Oda Nobunaga whether she had clues about her disappearance, and Nobu said she did not know.
• Hoshiguma Yuna changed into Black Yuna and identified Bear Mama as Black River Mountain's mountain god.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka asked Bear Weaver to tell him the real story of Black River Mountain, and she agreed.
• Sakumura sent Kanna to show Fujimaru Ritsuka around the village while he and Souji investigated nearby.
• At Yoshiro Tea House, Kanna told Sen no Rikyu that her nightmares showed the Mountain God standing in a lake amid flames with a deeply uneasy gaze.
• Kanna admitted she doubted whether the being in her nightmares was truly the Mountain God and worried about what was happening to the village.

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Sakumura Kanna investigated the strange creatures and arranged to use Izumo no Okuni’s shamisen to lure them out. They arrived at the Patrol Bureau seeking Hijikata, only to find him in a pickled-radish-fueled frenzy.

• Sen no Rikyu hinted that Fujimaru Ritsuka would find answers in time, while Komahime and Okita Souji Alter kept the Singularity’s secrets.
• Sakumura Kanna brought Fujimaru Ritsuka to the Patrol Bureau and met Takasugi Shinsaku and Izumo no Okuni.
• Sakumura and Okita Souji asked Okuni to play the shamisen that night to lure the strange creatures, and Okuni agreed after securing a chance to perform her soul-requiem dance.
• Sakumura left to contact the village chief and arrange safety measures, while Takasugi stayed behind to teach Okuni the shamisen.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka heard Hijikata shouting about pickled radish at the Patrol Bureau and asked Hoshiguma Yuna and Bear Weaver to calm him down.

Fujimaru Ritsuka questioned Hijikata Toshizo and Yamanami Keisuke about the village chief’s disappearance, then learned the Mibu Police Station planned to use Okuni’s shamisen performance to draw out the monsters. He suspected Oda Nobunaga had been transferred to the Singularity and that her body and head had somehow ended up in different places, and concluded that the thatched hut on the mountain might hold the answer.

• Black Yukina subdued Hijikata Toshizo’s pickled-radish rampage, and Yamanami Keisuke restored him with a jar of pickles.
• Yamanami Keisuke told Fujimaru Ritsuka that the village’s abnormalities began after the chief disappeared and that the monsters resembled the chief.
• Sakumura Souji reported that Okuni would perform in the village square that night, and the Mibu Police Station planned to protect the gathering and lure out the monsters.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka asked Leonardo da Vinci about Oda Nobunaga’s missing head and proposed that Nobunaga had vanished into the Singularity, leaving her body and head separated.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka identified the thatched hut atop the mountain as a likely source of information.

Fujimaru Ritsuka explored the village and joined Sakamoto Ryoma, Sakumura Anno, and Takasugi Shinsaku as they prepared to guard Izumo no Okuni’s performance from the blade-wielding creatures. As night fell, the three took hidden positions around the square and waited for the enemy to appear.

• Fujimaru Ritsuka toured the village with Kanna, spotted the Petrifying Izakaya and Ranmaru X’s general store, and found Chaldeans living as ordinary villagers.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka met Sakamoto Ryoma, Sakumura Anno, and Takasugi Shinsaku at the western plaza and imagined how Kido Takayoshi might be left out of a Four-Person Alliance celebration.
• Sakamoto Ryoma said Oryou-san was watching the mountain gate, while Sakumura Anno warned Takasugi Shinsaku not to disrupt Izumo no Okuni’s performance.
• Sakumura Anno checked on Souji after finding the priestesses’ dreams unhelpful and noticing Kanna acting strangely.
• As night fell, Sakumura Anno, Sakamoto Ryoma, and Takasugi Shinsaku took separate positions around the square to watch for the blade-wielding creatures.
• Sakumura Anno told Takasugi Shinsaku to put away his shamisen, but Takasugi insisted he could accompany Izumo no Okuni perfectly.

As Izumo no Okuni performed, monsters smelling of Lake Kurokawa attacked the village, and the group fought to protect the villagers. Black Yukina recognized the lake’s scent and unleashed her Avenger power, but Mama Bear knocked her out of her frenzy; the battle continued as Okuni played on.

• Sakumura and Ryoma tied up Takasugi Shinsaku to stop him from performing with Izumo no Okuni, then freed him when the Mibu Wolves detected danger.
• Izumo no Okuni played the shamisen as the villagers gathered, while the swordsmen prepared for an attack.
• Black Yukina recognized the fishy smell of Lake Kurokawa, and Mama Bear concluded that the problem lay at the mountain peak.
• Mermaid Nobus attacked, and Hijikata Toshizo ordered the group to defend the villagers.
• Black Yukina cut down the attackers with blades formed from her hair, but Mama Bear punched her out of her frenzy.
• Izumo no Okuni played more earnestly as the group protected the villagers.

After the villagers were attacked by mud-like monsters, the group suspected Lake Kurokawa and decided to investigate the untouched hut at Black River Mountain’s summit. Kanna led Sakumura, Takasugi, Fujimaru Ritsuka, and their companions up the mountain, where they approached the hut to uncover what lay inside.

• The group discussed the mud monsters, their fishy smell, and Ryoma’s report that Oryou had fought off something trying to pass through the mountain gate.
• Sakumura agreed with Hijikata Toshizo’s plan to investigate the hut at the summit, the only place they had not searched on their previous climb.
• After lunch, Fujimaru Ritsuka joined Sakumura and Takasugi Shinsaku for the ascent, while Hijikata Toshizo stayed in the village to maintain order.
• Kanna said the mountain god had ordered her to visit Himiko and Iyo, and offered to lead the group safely through the mountains.
• Kanna led the group up the mountain without any wild-beast encounters, and they continued toward the hut to discover what was inside.