Chapter Summaries

After Himiko confirmed that her and Iyo’s shared dream was prophetic, Fujimaru Ritsuka became separated from the others on Black River Mountain and climbed alone through a strange, storm-darkened realm. At the summit, a mysterious voice challenged his decision to resolve the Singularity, and he saw someone standing ahead.

• Kanna told Himiko about her dream of the Mountain God, a black lake, and the village engulfed in fire, and Himiko confirmed it was prophetic.
• Himiko told Kanna that the Mountain God was not angry and urged her not to fear whatever was coming.
• Sakumura explained to Takasugi Shinsaku that Kanna maintained a solemn attitude as a shrine maiden, while Fujimaru Ritsuka sensed that Black River Mountain felt wrong.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka found himself alone on an endless black mountain path, with Yukina, Bear Weaver, and his companions nowhere to be seen.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka chose to climb toward the summit despite the cold rain and the voice asking why he would disturb a world where everyone was happy.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka looked up and saw someone standing at the mountaintop.

Fujimaru Ritsuka’s group investigated Lake Kurokawa and a newly locked hut on the mountain, but found no answers before Black Yukina surfaced into a black sky and blazing sea of fire. A shadowy figure watched her from within the mist.

• Black Yukina dove into Lake Kurokawa to investigate and found no sign of the corpses that had once covered its lakebed.
• Takasugi Shinsaku and Sakumura broke the lock on the old thatched hut and found only a dusty straw mat inside.
• Black Yukina surfaced to find the scenery transformed into a black sky above a sea of fire.
• Black Yukina saw a vague figure concealed in black mist silently watching her.

Hoshiguma Yuna and the others searched Lake Kurokawa and the hut but found no clues, while Ryoma learned that the attacker had hidden itself from view and carried a fishy smell. On the mountain path, Sakumura, Takasugi Shinsaku, Mama Bear, and Yukina encountered drowned ghosts, and Mama Bear warned that more were approaching.

• Hoshiguma Yuna saw a shadowy figure on Lake Kurokawa, but it vanished from her attention when Fujimaru Ritsuka called to her from shore.
• Hoshiguma Yuna, Fujimaru Ritsuka, Sakumura, and Takasugi Shinsaku found nothing in the lake or the thatched hut and decided to search the shore further.
• Oryou-san told Ryoma that the attacker had a fishy smell and had used a method to keep her from seeing it clearly.
• Sakumura, Takasugi Shinsaku, Mama Bear, and Yukina encountered a drowned ghost on the mountain path, which Yukina recognized as one of her own kind.
• Takasugi Shinsaku's bullet enraged the drowned ghost, but Mama Bear split it apart with her axes and warned that more were near the lake.

White Yukina took control after Black Yukina was overwhelmed by the sight of the Chang Ghosts, and she helped Sakumura and Takasugi defeat them. She explained that the monsters were manufactured from drowned people, but their appearance in this world left her wondering who was behind them.

• Black Yukina panicked when more Chang Ghosts emerged from Lake Kurokawa, and White Yukina took over her body after an anxious call reached her.
• Sakumura and Takasugi joined White Yukina and Mama Bear in defeating the Chang Ghosts.
• White Yukina explained to Mama Bear that she and Black Yukina were split aspects of Hoshiguma Yuna, separated after Yuna's revenge drove her toward madness.
• White Yukina recognized the monsters as Chang Ghosts, creatures she had once made, and wondered why they existed in a world where she had no presence.
• Sakumura asked White Yukina about the monsters, and she told him they were manufactured from drowned people.
• Takasugi said no one in the village had gone missing except the village chief, and Sakumura concluded that someone had created the Chang Ghosts.

A mysterious figure caused Lake Kurokawa to turn completely black and summoned a storm that sealed off the summit of Black River Mountain. After Takasugi Shinsaku fired at the figure and Mama Bear was injured trying to cross the barrier, the group abandoned their investigation and headed to the shrine to question Kanna and the others.

• Nagao Kagetora drank at the village izakaya while Takeda Shingen complained that she was ignoring the village’s strange incidents.
• A shadow on Black River Mountain reflected on regret and scooped up water from the lake, causing the landscape to change.
• A sudden gale swept over the group, and Lake Kurokawa turned completely black.
• Takasugi Shinsaku spotted a silhouette in the storm and shot at it, but the figure did not move.
• Mama Bear touched the storm barrier and injured her hand, which Fujimaru Ritsuka healed.
• Takasugi Shinsaku and Sakumura concluded they could not investigate the summit further and went to the shrine to ask Kanna and the others what they knew.

Fujimaru Ritsuka met the mysterious presence inhabiting Kanna at the shrine, where she questioned how he viewed the Servants who traveled with him and showed him a vision of unreachable figures. He awoke to find Kanna herself at the table, while the presence’s identity and claim that the place was not a Singularity remained unexplained.

• Himiko directed Fujimaru Ritsuka to enter the shrine’s inner sanctum alone, where someone was waiting for him.
• A mysterious presence resembling Kanna told Fujimaru Ritsuka that the place was not a Singularity and asked what he thought of the Servants who accompanied him.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka acknowledged that Servants had lives and legends of their own, and the presence showed him distant figures he could never reach.
• A voice warned Fujimaru Ritsuka that choosing the path of a savior meant inevitable loss.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka awoke to find Sakumura Kanna asleep across the table, and she seemed confused about how he had arrived.

After speaking with a mysterious figure on the mountain, Fujimaru Ritsuka reflected on how little she knew about the lives behind Servants’ legends and tragedies. Chaldea questioned whether the place was truly a Singularity, and Ritsuka ended with her suspicions focused on the mountain peak.

• Kanna fell asleep against Sakumura as Takasugi Shinsaku asked Fujimaru Ritsuka what the mysterious mountain god had told her.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka considered the limits of what she knew about Servants beyond their legends and tragedies.
• A shadow by the lake apologized for causing suffering but admitted it could not let go of a fleeting happiness until it was satisfied.
• After descending the mountain, Fujimaru Ritsuka contacted Chaldea and told Leonardo da Vinci and Lawrence that Kanna had said the place was not a Singularity.
• Lawrence and da Vinci told Fujimaru Ritsuka to stay safe and investigate alongside Miss Hoshikuma while they examined the anomalies.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka suspected the mountain peak, where a great yokai was said to have lived, held the answer to the storm.

After Kanna warned that the truth would emerge at the Mountain God Festival, Sakumura and the village leaders prepared for the danger while Fujimaru Ritsuka struggled to understand the situation. Elsewhere, Leonardo da Vinci suspected the Singularity’s creator was preventing Chaldea from investigating, and Oryou-san recognized a familiar aura in Bear Weaver.

• Sakumura told the village leaders that Kanna predicted the gathering storm would dissipate and the root of the problems would reveal itself on the day of the Mountain God Festival, five days away.
• The leaders discussed whether a new kind of monster was attacking and assigned Hijikata Toshizo to guard the village, Sakamoto Ryoma to notify Li Shuwen, and Takasugi Shinsaku to inventory supplies.
• Sakumura agreed to ask Kanna whether the festival should proceed, while the village leaders continued preparations and Fujimaru Ritsuka admitted he could not find an answer to the crisis.
• Leonardo da Vinci told Lawrence that the Singularity’s creator might be rejecting them, after her attempt to reach Fujimaru Ritsuka through Spiritron Transfer failed.
• Sakamoto Ryoma met Hoshiguma Yuna and Bear Weaver as they came to help protect the village, and Oryou-san told Bear Weaver that her aura seemed familiar before declaring her a friend.

Fujimaru Ritsuka watched the sleeping Sakumura Kanna while Sakumura Anno and the others guarded the village against a possible attack. The mountain road remained quiet until the sound of flowing water put Ryoma, Oryou-san, Mama Bear, and Yukina on alert.

• Fujimaru Ritsuka reflected on Sakumura Kanna's youthful appearance and wondered about the place where they were staying.
• Sakumura Anno checked the mountain gates with Li Shuwen, then went west to check on Hijikata Toshizo and Souji.
• Sakumura Anno brought Souji pastries at the plaza, but Hijikata Toshizo kicked him off the platform and Nagakura Shinpachi and Saito Hajime scolded him.
• Hijikata Toshizo warned Sakumura Anno not to underestimate the monsters, and Sakumura Anno left to join Ryoma.
• Ryoma, Oryou-san, Mama Bear, and Yukina heard flowing water on the mountain road and immediately went on alert.

Ryoma and his companions confronted a huge horde of Chang Ghosts beneath the mountain gate. Yukina and Mama Bear unleashed Dark River Day-Hiding Wrath to destroy them, and Yukina vowed to find and punish whoever had created them.

• Ryoma, Oryou-san, Mama Bear, and White Yukina rushed outside and found over a hundred enormous Chang Ghosts approaching.
• Oryou-san shattered a fish-bone sword aimed at Ryoma, while White Yukina and Ryoma fought the advancing Chang Ghosts.
• Sakumura joined Ryoma, and Mama Bear transformed into a gigantic Great Brown Bear with White Yukina on her back.
• Mama Bear and the Day-Hiding Demon unleashed Dark River Day-Hiding Wrath, crushing the Chang Ghosts into foul-smelling remains.
• After calming Mama Bear, Yukina looked toward the storm on the mountaintop and vowed to tear the Chang Ghosts' creator apart.

After a massive nighttime attack at the mountain gate, Fujimaru Ritsuka reported the situation to Hijikata Toshizo, who ordered a meeting and preparations for stronger defenses. Sakumura learned that Himiko and Iyo would stay in the village at night because the shrine was no longer safe.

• Yukina and Mama Bear defeated most of the Chang Ghosts, while Sakumura and Ryoma handled the remaining attackers.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka thanked Bear Weaver and Yukina, then learned from Sakumura that Kanna had awakened and wanted to speak with him.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka told Hijikata Toshizo that more than a hundred Chang Ghosts had attacked the mountain gate, while the village had remained undisturbed.
• Hijikata Toshizo ordered Fujimaru Ritsuka to summon Sakumura to a meeting after lunch and said they needed more guards at the mountain gate and protection for the shrine maidens.
• Himiko told Sakumura that the mountain god had warned them the shrine was unsafe, and Sakumura agreed to let Himiko and Iyo stay at his home at night.

Kanna struggled with her unrequited feelings for Sakumura and considered moving up the mountain to serve as a shrine maiden. At a meeting about Oda Nobunaga’s disappearance, Hijikata proposed guarding the mountain gate against the Chang Ghosts.

• Kanna told Sakumura that the Mountain God Festival should proceed as scheduled, then left in tears after he treated her affectionately as his adopted daughter.
• Himiko and Iyo comforted Kanna, and Fujimaru Ritsuka arrived to tell Sakumura that Hijikata wanted him at a meeting after lunch.
• Kanna reflected on her feelings for Sakumura and the sorrow she sensed in Souji, then considered moving up the mountain to live with Himiko and Iyo as a shrine maiden.
• At Oda Nobunaga’s home, Nobukatsu asked whether anyone had found news of his missing sister, and Sakumura said they could not reach the mountaintop.
• Takasugi reassured Nobukatsu that the truth would emerge after the storm cleared, while Hijikata proposed leaving one person in the village square and guarding the mountain gate against the Chang Ghosts.

Takasugi Shinsaku delivered supplies to the mountain shrine, where a mysterious figure declared that destruction was returning. At sunset, a huge horde of Chang Ghosts attacked the village, and Mibu Police Station fought to keep them out as Nagakura Shinpachi began recalling unfamiliar names.

• Mama Bear transformed into a massive bear, and Saito Hajime cautiously asked whether she was on their side.
• Takasugi Shinsaku and Himiko delivered supplies to the mountain shrine, and Takasugi sensed someone watching him on the way back.
• A blurry black figure at the shrine declared that destruction was returning.
• At sunset, a dense horde of Chang Ghosts appeared on the mountain path, and Mibu Police Station rushed to defend the village.
• Nagakura Shinpachi mentioned Serizawa and Niimi, then wondered why those unfamiliar names had come to mind as the fighting continued.

After the Mibu Wolves defeated another wave of Chang Ghosts, Chaldea realized the monsters were growing stronger as the Mountain God Festival approached. Fujimaru Ritsuka prepared to investigate the shrine with Himiko and Takasugi Shinsaku, while Lawrence worried that the village’s happiness was false.

• Saito Hajime, Ryoma, Yamanami Keisuke, and the others discussed how they had defeated around three hundred Chang Ghosts, whose remains vanished in the sunlight.
• Leonardo da Vinci warned that the Chang Ghosts would return stronger and urged the group to question whoever knew why the monsters grew stronger as the festival neared.
• Kanna comforted Fujimaru Ritsuka and assured her that the village would be protected, though confusion flickered in Kanna’s eyes.
• Lawrence told Leonardo da Vinci that the village’s happiness felt false and wondered whether the mastermind would reveal themselves or destroy it on the day of the festival.
• Leonardo da Vinci suggested that Fujimaru Ritsuka investigate the shrine with Himiko and Takasugi Shinsaku, and Ritsuka agreed before asking Kanna about her ritual-dance practice.

Fujimaru Ritsuka agreed to help Kanna check the foods planned for the Mountain God Festival and questioned Sen no Rikyu about the monsters. Rikyu confirmed the monsters were connected to Village Chief Oda Nobunaga and urged Ritsuka to do everything he could to stop the village from being devoured.

• Kanna asked Fujimaru Ritsuka to visit villagers and check what foods they planned to offer during the festival.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka visited Sen no Rikyu and asked what she knew about the monsters.
• Sen no Rikyu said the monsters were connected to Village Chief Oda Nobunaga, who had tried to stop the terror but had become part of it.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka said he wanted to protect the village's happiness despite knowing its world was false.
• Sen no Rikyu told Fujimaru Ritsuka to do everything he could to stop the village from being devoured.

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Hoshiguma Yuna investigated the Chang Ghosts and learned that they seemed to have been summoned, while Oda Nobunaga speculated that her body and head might have been separated. That night, more than five hundred strengthened ghosts attacked, and Yuna and Mama Bear fought to hold them back as the swordsmen joined the battle.

• Da Vinci reported that the Chang Ghosts had no traces of humanity, and Fujimaru Ritsuka planned to tell Hoshiguma Yuna they might have been summoned.
• Oda Nobunaga guessed that her body might have been separated from her head during the Singularity and discussed the possibility of Spiritron Transfer with Fujimaru Ritsuka.
• Over five hundred Chang Ghosts attacked the mountain gate, and Hoshiguma Yuna unleashed her Noble Phantasm against them.
• Hoshiguma Yuna considered regaining her former power, but Mama Bear warned her never to do so, and Yuna apologized.
• Mama Bear held back the ghosts while Yuna ordered the swordsmen to fight without holding back, and Saito Hajime advanced to attack.

Fujimaru Ritsuka walked through the village with Sakumura Kanna as they discussed the Mountain God Festival, the monster threat, and Kanna’s future. Ritsuka recognized that Kanna’s path toward becoming a teacher remained unchanged, while the shadow revealed that the Singular Point existed only through its own wishful thinking.

• Fujimaru Ritsuka told Sakumura Kanna that she would return to the mountain gate that night to help Yukina and Bear Weaver fight the monsters.
• Kanna reacted with surprise when Ritsuka mentioned Edo and Mr. Sakumura, then brushed off her reaction and continued walking.
• Ritsuka asked Kanna what she might become when she grew old, and Kanna said she might eventually become a teacher.
• Ritsuka recognized Kanna as the same teacher he remembered and resolved to do his best to understand the history behind the Singular Point.
• A shadow reflected on Ritsuka’s determination and declared that the Singular Point was nothing more than the result of its own wishful thinking.

Fujimaru Ritsuka joined the defenders at the mountain gate and prepared to direct the battle as the Chang Ghosts attacked. During the fighting, Mash detected an unknown figure watching from the shrine, and Sakumura rushed uphill to investigate.

• Fujimaru Ritsuka arrived at the mountain gate with the simplified Divine Authority Seal and explained that he had only twenty gemstone rounds left.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka wondered whether his orders could awaken the villagers’ abilities as Servants.
• The Chang Ghosts attacked after sunset, and Mash counted 576 of them, one fewer than the number Hoshiguma Yuna had created.
• Mash detected a human-sized creature near the shrine, and Fujimaru Ritsuka sensed that it was watching her.
• Sakumura drew Crane Feather and leaped up the mountain toward the shrine to investigate.

Sakumura was hurled back by a mysterious enemy, and Fujimaru Ritsuka ordered Mama Bear and Hoshiguma Yuna to attack it. The figure revealed himself as Kurokawa Hideo, defeated them, and turned his attention to the mountain god’s shrine.

• A hidden presence struck Sakumura into the mountain gate, and Fujimaru Ritsuka healed him while Ryoma asked what he had seen.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka ordered Avenger to unleash her Noble Phantasm, and Mama Bear and Yukina charged up the mountain path.
• Kurokawa Hideo stopped Mama Bear with objects thrown from his arms and recognized Hoshiguma Yuna and Bear as Heroic Spirits.
• Hoshiguma Yuna attacked Kurokawa Hideo with her hair and magical swords, but he blocked her attacks and knocked her and Mama Bear down the mountain.
• Kurokawa Hideo declared that the village was his Black River Lower Village, then flew toward the shrine and the mountain god’s sacred body.

Mama Bear explained how Kurokawa Hideo murdered her and Yuna, leading their resentment to transform them into demons who later took revenge on the village. With Kurokawa Hideo now back on Black River Mountain and wielding terrifying power, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Chaldea prepared to confront him.

• Hoshiguma Yuna woke up and recognized Kurokawa Hideo as the man who had attacked her and Mama Bear.
• Mama Bear told Fujimaru Ritsuka how she found and raised Yuna, then described Kurokawa Hideo killing them both and hiding their bodies in Lake Kurokawa.
• Mama Bear explained that the Leyline beneath the lake transformed their lingering fury and resentment into the Day-Hiding Demon and the Great Brown Bear Demon.
• Mama Bear revealed that she and Yuna had taken revenge on Kurokawa Hideo and his allies, then killed 577 other people.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence suspected Kurokawa Hideo had obtained the Holy Grail, and Chaldea began planning an operation against him.