Recaps

Fang Cheng endured a day of brutal training with Takeda Masumi, eventually landing a punch on her before they fought on. After Kanzaki Rin found him that night, she fed him at a barbecue restaurant and learned from Takeda that he had left her bruised too.

• Takeda Masumi knocked Fang Cheng down repeatedly, but he kept getting back up and demanded that they continue fighting.
• Fang Cheng tracked Takeda Masumi's movements, dodged her attack, and struck her with an uppercut, prompting her to charge at him again.
• Kanzaki Rin returned to Training Ground 05 that night, found Fang Cheng exhausted, and took him to a barbecue restaurant.
• Fang Cheng devoured the food, leaving Kanzaki Rin to pay for the meal without eating anything herself.
• Kanzaki Rin called Takeda Masumi and asked her to go easier on Fang Cheng, while Takeda treated her bruises and complained that he had hit her too hard.

Fang Cheng defeated Takeda Masumi after three days of combat training, then refused to stop fighting when she declared he had passed. Kanzaki Rin rushed to the Training Ground fearing the worst and found Takeda fleeing Fang Cheng.

• Fang Cheng broke free of Takeda Masumi's joint lock and knocked her into the ropes with a punch.
• Fang Cheng repeatedly defeated Takeda Masumi as his superior physical fitness and combat gains overcame her experience.
• Takeda Masumi declared Fang Cheng's training complete and tried to end the fight.
• Fang Cheng grabbed Takeda Masumi by the ankle and dragged her back when she tried to escape the ring.
• Kanzaki Rin hurried to the Training Ground with a stun gun and found Fang Cheng chasing a panicked Takeda Masumi.

Fang Cheng outmatched Takeda Masumi during training, while Kanzaki Rin bribed him with a barbecue dinner to end their fight. Takeda Masumi recognized Fang Cheng’s unusual talent and later tried to flirt with him, but he rejected her advances and she left with a teasing remark about helping Rin.

• Kanzaki Rin found Fang Cheng chasing Takeda Masumi around the training area and learned they had been fighting.
• Takeda Masumi asked Kanzaki Rin to stop Fang Cheng, but Kanzaki Rin persuaded him to quit by offering him as much barbecue as he wanted.
• Takeda Masumi told Kanzaki Rin that Fang Cheng’s fighting ability made him a remarkable talent and warned her to take care of herself.
• Takeda Masumi waited for Fang Cheng after his shower, flirted with him, and touched his chest, but Fang Cheng slapped her hand away and scolded her.
• Takeda Masumi watched Fang Cheng leave and said that was all her big sister could do for Kanzaki Rin.

After Kanzaki Rin began hunting Vampires with Fang Cheng, his Advanced Olfaction led them to a street stall in an area where mummified bodies had been found. The chapter ended with Kanzaki Rin joining him for food instead of confronting him about the scent he detected.

• Kanzaki Rin took Fang Cheng to barbecue, then told him they would begin searching for Vampires the next day.
• Fang Cheng wondered about Kanzaki Rin's maturity, exercised, and continued studying Vampire information while saving Asaka Akie's class notes.
• Kanzaki Rin picked Fang Cheng up with pig's blood and glass noodles, and they set off to search areas with disappearances and mummified bodies.
• Fang Cheng teased Kanzaki Rin about her scent during the drive, then used his heightened sense of smell to search the streets of Edogawa Ward.
• Fang Cheng told Kanzaki Rin to stop, got out, and ordered food at a street stall; Kanzaki Rin glared at the owner before ordering a serving too.

Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin tracked a vampire to an abandoned warehouse, where they discovered it was keeping captives as a food supply. The vampire left with a drained woman’s corpse, while the captives remained locked inside.

• Fang Cheng detected a moving vampire while he and Kanzaki Rin ate, then hurried her back to the car to pursue it.
• Kanzaki Rin launched miniature reconnaissance drones, and Fang Cheng used them to identify and track a masked driver in a black sedan.
• Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin followed the sedan from the city to an abandoned warehouse in the suburbs.
• The vampire carried a bound high school girl and bags of food into a locked room crowded with captives.
• The vampire came back out dragging a woman whose blood had been drained and dumped her body in a nearby ditch.

Fang Cheng rescued seven captives from a warehouse while Kanzaki Rin kept watch, but a flock of Bats and a returning Vampire disrupted their escape. They were still inside the warehouse as the Vampire came back.

• Kanzaki Rin changed the plan to rescue the captives first, while Fang Cheng used a drone to track the Vampire and entered the warehouse alone.
• Fang Cheng unlocked the captives’ room and freed a high school girl, then tried to lead all seven people out.
• Kanzaki Rin warned Fang Cheng to avoid the main entrance, where a dozen motorcyclists had gathered, so he led the captives toward the back.
• Bats burst from beneath a stairwell, frightening one woman into screaming.
• Kanzaki Rin warned Fang Cheng that the Vampire had returned.

Fang Cheng and his group were cornered by the Night King Gang, but he killed Kansai with a dagger before a mysterious vampire appeared. The newcomer decapitated the gang leader, leaving the surviving thugs and Fang Cheng’s group facing him.

• The Night King Gang surrounded Fang Cheng and his companions at the warehouse, and its leader ordered the men killed and the women kept for the gang.
• Fang Cheng proposed reversing the leader’s plan, then caught Kansai’s thrown dagger and killed him with it when Kansai charged on his motorcycle.
• A pale middle-aged man in a black trench coat appeared beside the gang leader and fixed his gaze on Fang Cheng.
• The gang leader ordered his men to be quiet, but the newcomer decapitated him before he could react.

Kuroishi Yuto slaughtered a gang of bikers and confronted Fang Cheng, revealing that Fang Cheng was a Vampire. He let the fleeing civilians go only to kill two of them in front of Fang Cheng, then prepared to kill the rest when Fang Cheng showed no anger.

• Kuroishi Yuto killed the Mohawk and slaughtered the fleeing bikers with his extraordinary speed and razor-sharp nails.
• Kuroishi Yuto recognized Fang Cheng as a Vampire and accused him of mixing with humans after Fang Cheng rescued the civilians.
• Fang Cheng urged Ugou Mirai and the others to escape, and Ugou Mirai shouted her name and told him not to die.
• Kuroishi Yuto snapped his fingers and caused two women among the fleeing civilians to burst out in blood-red spikes, but Fang Cheng remained expressionless.
• Kuroishi Yuto spread his arms and snapped his fingers again, preparing to kill the rest of the civilians.

Fang Cheng fought Kuroishi Yuto, a vampire who had fed on his own kind, while Kanzaki Rin coordinated the evacuation and prepared to intervene. Though Yuto overwhelmed Fang with his speed, Fang caught his hands and headbutted him, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Fang Cheng ambushed Kuroishi Yuto through a smoke bomb and smashed his face, giving the survivors time to flee.
• Kuroishi Yuto healed instantly and laughed off Fang Cheng's attacks, but Fang launched him with a Rising Dragon Strike.
• Kuroishi Yuto used his superior speed to dodge Fang Cheng and slash him repeatedly, while Kanzaki Rin held back the drones at Fang's request.
• Kuroishi Yuto tried to seize Fang Cheng's heart, but Fang caught his stabbing hand and grabbed his other hand as well.
• Fang Cheng yanked Kuroishi Yuto toward him and slammed his head into Yuto's face.

Fang Cheng fought Kuroishi Yuto, discovered that the Vampire could move his heart and form blades from his blood, then led him into a trap with Kanzaki Rin’s help. The chapter left Kuroishi Yuto cut in half by a laser hidden in the weeds.

• Fang Cheng battered Kuroishi Yuto with headbutts and punches, but discovered that Kuroishi had moved his heart elsewhere in his body.
• Kuroishi Yuto cut Fang Cheng’s wrist and chest with blood crystals, while both fighters healed their wounds.
• Fang Cheng told Kanzaki Rin that Kuroishi Yuto had moved his heart, and she told him to lure Kuroishi toward her position.
• Fang Cheng retreated into the weeds with Kuroishi Yuto chasing him, while Kuroishi slashed him repeatedly.
• Fang Cheng jumped when Kanzaki Rin warned him, and a hidden laser passed beneath him and sliced through Kuroishi Yuto’s waist.

Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin fought Kuroishi Yuto with traps and weapons, but his berserk transformation overwhelmed their defenses. The chapter ended as Kanzaki Rin charged him with a silver longsword, aiming for his head.

• Kanzaki Rin's laser severed Kuroishi Yuto, and Rapid Condensation Machines trapped his upper body in hardening foam.
• Kuroishi Yuto transformed and burst through the foam with red crystals, impaling Fang Cheng and piercing the car Kanzaki Rin drove at him.
• The car pinned Kuroishi Yuto against an embankment, but he cut it apart and lunged at Kanzaki Rin.
• Kanzaki Rin's drones trapped Kuroishi Yuto in nets, and she attacked him with a stun gun and flames.
• Kuroishi Yuto cut through the nets and leaped at Kanzaki Rin, who drew a silver longsword and thrust it toward his head.

Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin killed Kuroishi Yuto by driving Kanzaki Rin’s silver sword through Fang Cheng and into Kuroishi Yuto’s heart. Fang Cheng appeared to die, but Kanzaki Rin revived him with medicine, and he woke to ask to touch her breasts.

• Fang Cheng rescued Kanzaki Rin and battered Kuroishi Yuto until he seized Kuroishi Yuto’s heart.
• Kuroishi Yuto transformed into a crystal-covered sea urchin, trapping Fang Cheng and blocking Kanzaki Rin’s attack.
• Fang Cheng told Kanzaki Rin to strike through him, and she pierced his heart and Kuroishi Yuto’s with her silver sword.
• Kuroishi Yuto turned to black dust, while Fang Cheng stopped breathing and Kanzaki Rin feared he was dead.
• Kanzaki Rin injected Fang Cheng with medicine, and after he revived, he asked to touch her breasts before he died.

After Kanzaki Rin and Fang Cheng defeated Kuroishi Yuto, Fang Cheng looted the Vampire’s heart and gained new abilities and an extra life. They survived the battle but were left with damaged equipment to pay for, and Fang Cheng collapsed against Kanzaki Rin as they prepared to leave.

• Kanzaki Rin angrily attacked Fang Cheng after he joked about wanting to touch her breasts, and he defended himself before looting Kuroishi Yuto’s corpse.
• Fang Cheng absorbed Kuroishi Yuto’s heart and gained Life, Short-Range Dash, Steel Blood, a Life Fragment, and Blood of Madness fragments.
• Kanzaki Rin noticed Fang Cheng’s fatal wound had healed and questioned why silver weapons did not affect him, but he claimed he was resistant to them.
• Kanzaki Rin realized their car and one Rapid Condensation Machine had been destroyed and worried she would have to pay the Countermeasure Department.
• Fang Cheng offered Kanzaki Rin a fifty-cent coin as payment, then collapsed against her and asked her to carry him back.

After killing Kuroishi Yuto, Fang Cheng tested the new abilities he had gained and discovered he could train them to improve. When Kanzaki Rin visited the next day, she told him their vampire hunts might be put on hold indefinitely.

• Kanzaki Rin gave the starving Fang Cheng ration bars and energy bars, then stayed behind to contact the Disaster Countermeasure Department while he rode a gang member's motorcycle home.
• Fang Cheng tested Short-Range Dash and Steel Blood, earned training notifications for both, and realized Steel Blood had significant potential but required precise control.
• Fang Cheng exercised until he gained a stamina point, then slept through the day and night.
• Kanzaki Rin visited Fang Cheng with duck blood and began preparing Japanese-style duck blood and glass noodle soup.
• Fang Cheng asked when they could resume hunting vampires, and Kanzaki Rin said they would have to pause and might never need to act again.

Fang Cheng learned that Kanzaki Rin and the Countermeasure Department were beginning a vampire hunt, and he spent the following days training while she was away. On the fourth morning, two young men in combat gear appeared at his door instead of Kanzaki Rin.

• Kanzaki Rin told Fang Cheng that the Countermeasure Department was mobilizing to exterminate Tokyo’s vampires, and he asked her to bring him a vampire heart for a test.
• Kanzaki Rin stopped visiting Fang Cheng while she took part in the hunt, and Fang Cheng followed a strict training and study schedule at home.
• Asaka Akie continued sending Fang Cheng class notes and explaining them, while thinking of him as a younger brother.
• On the fourth morning after Kanzaki Rin’s disappearance, Fang Cheng opened his door to find two young men in full combat gear.

Maeda Kenichi and Kujo Go investigated Fang Cheng after a report of a monster in his apartment building, and Fang Cheng’s strange answers nearly made them suspect he was a Vampire. Kanzaki Rin rushed to protect him but found the investigators eating Mao Xue Wang with him.

• Fang Cheng checked Maeda Kenichi and Kujo Go’s credentials before telling them about strange noises from the apartment above his.
• Fang Cheng described the noises as men shouting suggestive phrases, irritating Maeda Kenichi and embarrassing Kujo Go.
• Maeda Kenichi spotted duck blood in Fang Cheng’s kitchen, drew his gun, and accused him of having human blood.
• Kanzaki Rin learned that an anonymous report had identified Fang Cheng’s address as a possible Vampire’s home and raced there to warn him.
• Kanzaki Rin entered Fang Cheng’s apartment and found Fang Cheng, Maeda Kenichi, and Kujo Go eating Mao Xue Wang together.

Fang Cheng convinced Maeda Kenichi and Kujo Go that he was not a vampire by showing them his wound and cooking Mao Xue Wang, which they eagerly ate. Kanzaki Rin arrived to find them sharing breakfast and was left scrambling to explain why she had rushed to Fang Cheng's home.

• Maeda Kenichi confronted Fang Cheng with a gun, and Fang Cheng offered to prove the blood was duck blood by cooking Mao Xue Wang.
• Fang Cheng cut his finger, and Maeda Kenichi and Kujo Go watched as the wound kept bleeding, concluding he was not a vampire.
• Maeda Kenichi tasted the Mao Xue Wang, enjoyed it, and persuaded Kujo Go to join him for breakfast with Fang Cheng.
• Kanzaki Rin arrived and found the three men eating, then struggled to explain why she had come and how she knew where they were.
• Fang Cheng spoke as Maeda Kenichi and Kujo Go waited for Kanzaki Rin to answer.

Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin fooled Maeda Kenichi and Kujo Go into believing Rin was Fang Cheng’s devoted partner, then discussed an anonymous tip that may have exposed Fang Cheng’s identity. Rin also revealed that a vampire-hunting operation had failed after someone warned the targets.

• Fang Cheng told Maeda Kenichi and Kujo Go that he and Kanzaki Rin were ordinary friends, while Rin played along and washed his dishes.
• Maeda Kenichi and Kujo Go left convinced Rin willingly acted like Fang Cheng’s pathetic simp, and Rin asked them to keep the encounter secret.
• After her coworkers left, Kanzaki Rin confronted Fang Cheng for making fun of her, and he said he had been helping her out of a tight spot.
• Kanzaki Rin said an anonymous report had brought the men looking for a Vampire and warned that Fang Cheng’s identity might have been exposed.
• Kanzaki Rin said her vampire-hunting operation had failed because someone tipped off the Vampires, who had since gone into hiding.

Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin discussed the Countermeasure Department’s vampire leak and agreed to wait before hunting again, then traded insults over a computer virus and backed-up photos. The chapter ended with a mysterious visitor offering Hiya Kyohei a deal after revealing that the Disaster Countermeasure Department was watching him.

• Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin suspected there might be multiple moles in the Countermeasure Department, and Kanzaki Rin said they would wait no more than half a month before dealing with the vampires.
• Fang Cheng learned Kanzaki Rin had infected his computer with a virus, revealed he had backed up her photos, and watched her storm out after throwing a chair at him.
• Hiya Kyohei fed his captive family and drank blood from Ami, warning himself that she must not die.
• A masked visitor told Hiya Kyohei that the Disaster Countermeasure Department was watching him and offered him a mutually beneficial deal.
• Hiya Kyohei let the visitor into his apartment and shut the door.

Fang Cheng returned to Kashima Academy after Kanzaki Rin ordered him back, and he found Asaka Akie being bullied by three girls. Sato Hayato tried to protect her but was beaten, so Fang Cheng stepped in with a branch.

• Kanzaki Rin told Fang Cheng to return to school or risk losing his diploma, and he bargained with her for barbecue and hot pot in exchange for deleting her photo.
• Fang Cheng returned to Kashima Academy, where Asaka Akie greeted him and Sato Hayato asked him for the adult comics he had mentioned.
• During lunch, Fang Cheng followed Sato Hayato as three girls led Asaka Akie away and began bullying her.
• Sato Hayato confronted the girls, then begged them on his knees to hurt him instead of Asaka Akie.
• The girls knocked Sato Hayato down and beat him, so Fang Cheng snapped off a tree branch and walked over.

Fang Cheng intervened when Watanabe Junko and two other girls attacked Sato Hayato and Asaka Akie, but Asaka fled after Junko accused her of starting a fight the day before. Fang Cheng left Sato to investigate while he headed home, where a pretty high school girl suddenly appeared.

• Fang Cheng chased off Watanabe Junko and the other two girls with a tree branch, then asked why they had been bullying Asaka Akie.
• Watanabe Junko accused Asaka Akie of hitting her the previous day, and Asaka denied it before running away.
• Fang Cheng called Asaka Akie after school, and she thanked him while telling him to thank Sato Hayato as well.
• Sato Hayato decided to investigate what had happened to Asaka Akie, while Fang Cheng declined to join him and left school.
• A pretty high school girl leaped out near the subway station and greeted Fang Cheng.

Ugou Mirai tried to thank Fang Cheng for saving her, but their awkward meeting ended with her arranging dinner and exchanging contact details with him. After her bodyguards took her home, Fang Cheng went to the Training Ground at Kanzaki Rin's summons and was shocked by what he saw there.

• Ugou Mirai waited outside Fang Cheng's school, and he accidentally knocked her down when she startled him.
• Ugou Mirai reminded Fang Cheng that he had saved her, and she explained that she had tracked him down to thank him.
• Fang Cheng questioned Ugou Mirai about his Countermeasure Department identity, then teased her for having no money to buy him a thank-you gift.
• Ugou Mirai offered to treat Fang Cheng to dinner the next day, and they exchanged contact details.
• Ugou Mirai's bodyguards escorted her home, where she asked Qingxue to lend her money despite already owing her 150,000.
• Kanzaki Rin summoned Fang Cheng to the Training Ground, where he arrived by motorcycle and exclaimed in shock after stepping out of the elevator.

Fang Cheng survived Kanzaki Rin’s surprise attack with a training version of the Individual Combat System, then learned he would receive specialized combat training. After Takeda Masumi admitted she was interested in Fang Cheng, Kanzaki Rin warned her that he was no ordinary person.

• Kanzaki Rin ambushed Fang Cheng with the Individual Combat System, and he dodged her attacks until he realized the weapons were firing harmless training rounds.
• Takeda Masumi praised Fang Cheng’s speed, while Fang Cheng examined Kanzaki Rin’s exoskeleton and provoked her into a near fight.
• Kanzaki Rin explained that she had secured the training system under Takeda Masumi’s name and planned to teach Fang Cheng firearms, Swordsmanship, Stealth, and Intelligence Gathering.
• Fang Cheng asked Kanzaki Rin to investigate Ugou Mirai, then tried the exoskeleton’s flight system and ended up aiming its barrel at Kanzaki Rin and Takeda Masumi.
• Takeda Masumi asked Kanzaki Rin whether she was dating Fang Cheng and said she wanted to pursue him; Kanzaki Rin warned her he was not ordinary, but Takeda Masumi remained interested.

Fang Cheng continued training with Kanzaki Rin and Takeda Masumi while trying to shake off Ugou Mirai, whose identity remained hidden. After Fang Cheng rejected Ugou Mirai’s advances, a mysterious man appeared in the darkness and caused Fang Cheng’s left middle finger to fall off.

• Fang Cheng trained with Takeda Masumi and Kanzaki Rin, gaining proficiency in various combat and covert skills.
• Kanzaki Rin told Fang Cheng that Ugou Mirai’s records were concealed and confirmed she was not the person they were seeking.
• Fang Cheng mocked Kanzaki Rin’s chest, and she attacked him in the Individual Combat System.
• Ugou Mirai arranged another encounter and offered to treat Fang Cheng to dinner, but he took half the money in her wallet and told her not to approach him again.
• Ugou Mirai complained to her maid Qingxue that she had failed again.
• A mysterious man in a pink suit appeared in the darkness near Fang Cheng’s apartment and said his left middle finger would break before it fell off.

Takeshi Takeyama used his ability to inflict horrific wounds on Fang Cheng, who discovered the attacks could not truly kill him and repeatedly revived without losing a life. As Takeshi's power weakened, Fang Cheng closed the distance and struck him, causing the surrounding darkness to recede.

• Takeshi Takeyama introduced himself as a magician and used his words to sever Fang Cheng's limbs and behead him.
• Fang Cheng revived unharmed with his remaining revival count unchanged, realizing the attacks had not truly killed him.
• Takeshi repeatedly attacked Fang Cheng, but Fang Cheng kept recovering while Takeshi's power weakened and the distance between them shrank.
• Takeshi panicked and demanded to know why Fang Cheng was not afraid.
• Fang Cheng ripped off his partly attached arm and swung it into Takeshi's face, sending him flying as the darkness receded.