Recaps

Fang Cheng defeated Takeshi Takeyama’s illusion and discovered that he was a Monster called a Lying Ghost. After forcing Takeshi to reveal how to find the client who hired him, Fang Cheng used Takeshi’s own words to argue that he had broken his oath, leaving Takeshi facing his fate.

• Fang Cheng escaped Takeshi Takeyama’s illusion and subdued him with a barrage of punches.
• Fang Cheng interrogated Takeshi, who explained that his ability created illusions that became real when victims feared them enough.
• Fang Cheng exposed Takeshi as a Lying Ghost and asked how to identify the client who had hired him.
• Takeshi revealed that Fang Cheng could contact Tsukikage Hoshi through his black-market account, then gave up his address and bank details.
• Fang Cheng reminded Takeshi that he had sworn he would be less than human if he lied, and pointed out that Takeshi was not human.

After killing Takeshi Takeyama, Fang Cheng collected his Life Fragment, disposed of the body, and searched Takeyama’s apartment for money and information. He tracked down his stolen motorcycle and confronted the thief at Nangong Saya’s repair shop.

• Fang Cheng killed Takeshi Takeyama, absorbed his fragments, and gained another life.
• Fang Cheng disposed of Takeshi Takeyama’s body, cleaned the stairwell, and went to Takeyama’s apartment in the Fourth Layer.
• Fang Cheng found Takeyama’s savings and black-market account, took the tablet, and decided to pursue other Monsters for money and abilities.
• Fang Cheng discovered his motorcycle had been stolen by Komatsu Yukikawa.
• Nangong Saya ordered Komatsu Yukikawa to return the motorcycle, and Fang Cheng knocked him and the bike down with a brick.

Fang Cheng recovered his stolen motorcycle after defeating Nangong Saya and her crew, then continued toward Tsukikage Hoshi. Along the Edogawa River, he spotted Asaka Akie crying by the railing.

• Fang Cheng caught up with Komatsu Yukikawa and fought off the mechanics who attacked him, then defeated Nangong Saya despite her swordsmanship and powerful Mechanical Arm.
• Fang Cheng inspected Nangong Saya's Mechanical Arm, demanded payment for his stolen motorcycle, and left with the cash she gathered.
• Nangong Saya loaded her injured crew into the van and drove them to the nearest hospital, warning them to learn from the incident.
• Fang Cheng rode along the Edogawa River and spotted Asaka Akie crying while gripping the railing.

Fang Cheng found Asaka Akie on the verge of jumping into the Edogawa, stopped her, and took her on his motorcycle. He left her waiting outside an izakaya on Flower Street while he went inside wearing his Kamen Rider mask.

• Fang Cheng spotted Asaka Akie by the Edogawa and stopped her from climbing over the railing.
• Fang Cheng joked with Asaka Akie until she calmed down, then asked whether she had wanted to die.
• Fang Cheng saw the scars on Asaka Akie's arm, but she stopped him from removing her glasses.
• Fang Cheng took Asaka Akie toward her home on the Fourth Layer and said he had to stop somewhere along the way.
• Fang Cheng brought Asaka Akie to an izakaya on Flower Street, told her to watch the motorcycle, and entered wearing his Kamen Rider mask.

Fang Cheng visited Tsukikage Hoshi to uncover the identity of a black-market employer and haggled her fee down from twenty thousand to twelve thousand. Tsukikage Hoshi revealed the employer’s identity, which Fang Cheng found both expected and unexpected.

• Fang Cheng met the cat-eared girl at Tsukikage Hoshi’s izakaya and went through to the courtyard to speak with the landlady.
• Tsukikage Hoshi recognized Fang Cheng as a vampire by his scent and explained that she could read only thoughts related to herself.
• Fang Cheng asked Tsukikage Hoshi to identify the employer behind a black-market job posting he had found through Takeshi Takeyama’s account.
• Tsukikage Hoshi identified the employer and quoted a fee of twenty thousand, prompting Fang Cheng to haggle and offer his kidneys as payment.
• Fang Cheng and Tsukikage Hoshi agreed on a fee of twelve thousand, and she told him the employer’s identity.

Fang Cheng confirmed that Morishita Yamato had hired Takeshi Takeyama to kill him, then took Asaka Akie home. At her door, he encountered Nangong Saya and knocked her down with a punch.

• Fang Cheng learned that Morishita Yamato was behind the contract on his life and asked Tsukikage Hoshi about Yamato’s family background, but she demanded a hundred thousand.
• Fang Cheng paid at the izakaya, teased the cat-eared girl at the counter, and left while Asaka Akie waited anxiously outside.
• Fang Cheng withdrew money from Takeshi Takeyama’s bank card at a self-service bank, then drove Asaka Akie home.
• Nangong Saya rushed out of Asaka Akie’s home and froze when she saw Fang Cheng, who struck her down with one punch.

Fang Cheng brought Asaka Akie home and learned that her mother mistook him for Akie's deceased younger brother, Asaka Makoto, who looked remarkably like him. Akie admitted she had a selfish reason for asking Fang Cheng to bring her home, but the chapter ended before she explained it.

• Fang Cheng mistook Akie's housemate Nangong Saya for a thief following him, punched her, then apologized after Akie explained they were both tenants.
• Fang Cheng warned Akie that Nangong Saya was a thief, and teased Akie about looking like she would have children easily.
• At Akie's home, her mother mistook Fang Cheng for Xiao Cheng, then realized he was someone else when she touched his face.
• Akie showed Fang Cheng the memorial altar and explained that the boy in the portrait was her younger brother, Asaka Makoto, who had died.
• Akie apologized to Fang Cheng and confessed that she had a selfish reason for asking him to bring her home.

Fang Cheng visited Asaka Akie’s home, where he learned why she had tried to make her mother mistake him for her late brother and distracted her with jokes about Grandma Matsuda’s religious recruitment. He warned Akie to stay home while he dealt with danger at school, but after he left, Grandma Matsuda revealed a threatening side and ordered Akie inside.

• Asaka Akie explained that she had hoped Fang Cheng’s resemblance to her dead brother would comfort her mother, and Fang Cheng chose not to press her about her suicide attempt or scars.
• Grandma Matsuda mistook Fang Cheng for Akie’s boyfriend and tried to recruit him into the Ultimate Bliss Cult, but he asked whether he could earn money from it until she sent him away.
• Akie laughed for the first time in a long while, and Fang Cheng urged her to stay home for a few days because danger might be connected to Morishita Yamato.
• Akie said she trusted Fang Cheng, and he promised to protect her and told her to call him if anything happened.
• After Fang Cheng rode away, Grandma Matsuda warned Akie not to be stubborn and told her to think of her mother and come inside.

Fang Cheng obtained detailed information about Morishita Yamato’s criminal family and considered eliminating them all, but struggled to find a way to do so without being discovered. At the training ground, Takeda Masumi misread his private worries as a sexual problem and offered to help him.

• Fang Cheng beat the underworld broker who tried to raise the price for information, took his cash, and left after stabbing him in the ass.
• Fang Cheng opened the encrypted file and learned about Morishita Kengo and Morishita Sayuri’s criminal histories, their powerful connections, and Morishita Yamato’s home address.
• Fang Cheng decided he would rather eliminate the entire Morishita family than face trouble from them one at a time, but worried their security would expose him.
• Fang Cheng remained distracted during training with Takeda Masumi because he was planning how to act without being caught.
• Takeda Masumi hugged Fang Cheng and, misunderstanding his reference to a private problem, suggestively offered to help him take care of it.

Fang Cheng tested whether his lack of sexual urges meant he had become like a vampire, then learned a folk remedy that might hide his scent from vampires. The chapter left him considering the garlic-juice method for his plan against Morishita's family.

• Fang Cheng rejected Takeda Masumi's advances, beat her in the ring, then kissed her to test whether his body still worked.
• Fang Cheng confirmed he still had physical urges before Kanzaki Rin interrupted him and Takeda Masumi.
• Kanzaki Rin warned Fang Cheng not to toy with Takeda Masumi's feelings, while Fang Cheng claimed they had nearly gotten carried away.
• Fang Cheng asked how to hide his scent from vampires, and Takeda Masumi suggested rubbing garlic juice over his body.
• Fang Cheng thanked Takeda Masumi and exchanged suggestive gestures with her about an ice pop.

Morishita Yamato waited for proof that Fang Cheng had been killed while Fang Cheng lured a Vampire toward the Morishita family’s Villa. Fang Cheng reached the Villa and attacked a security guard as Kiba Taishi pursued him.

• Morishita Yamato ordered his lackey to keep searching for Fang Cheng and considered using Asaka Akie to provoke him.
• Fang Cheng found a Vampire in a white car after spotting a woman thrown onto the road with puncture wounds in her neck.
• Fang Cheng raced through the city with Kiba Taishi, whose car crashed at a bend before he resumed the chase.
• Fang Cheng led Kiba Taishi to the Morishita family’s neighborhood, destroyed a drone and nearby security cameras, and hid his motorcycle.
• Fang Cheng vaulted into the Morishita family’s Villa, introduced himself as a passing Kamen Rider, and struck a security guard with a knife-hand attack.

Fang Cheng infiltrated the Morishita villa, killed guards and a young man in bed with Morishita Sayuri, and abducted her. He then encountered Morishita Yamato in the hallway after shooting the guards escorting him.

• Fang Cheng entered the villa, masked his scent with garlic juice, and searched the rooms while guards investigated the disturbance outside.
• Fang Cheng broke into Morishita Sayuri's room, shot her young lover, and subdued Sayuri when she tried to scream.
• Fang Cheng demanded that Sayuri pose for photos, then knocked her unconscious and carried her away.
• Morishita Yamato left his room with two guards, encountered Fang Cheng in the hallway, and watched Fang Cheng shoot both guards.

Fang Cheng interrogated Morishita Yamato about hiring a killer and learned that someone had manipulated him, though Morishita Yamato could no longer remember who. Fang Cheng knocked him unconscious just as the Vampire entered the Villa.

• Morishita Yamato recognized Fang Cheng, who punched him and shot him in the thigh before demanding to know why he had hired a killer.
• Morishita Yamato claimed someone had urged him to hire the hitman and supplied a black-market account, but he could no longer remember that person’s identity.
• Fang Cheng questioned Morishita Yamato about who had originally set him against Fang Cheng, but Morishita Yamato could not recall that name either.
• Morishita Yamato admitted that he regretted targeting Fang Cheng and begged to be spared, but Fang Cheng punched him unconscious.
• Fang Cheng sensed the Vampire entering the Villa.

Kiba Taishi followed Fang Cheng’s scent to the Morishita Family’s villa, where his hunger drove him to slaughter the security guards and Morishita Kengo’s party. He reached the main hall and tore open the figure that pounced on him from above.

• Kiba Taishi crashed through the villa gates and attacked the security guards, overpowering them despite their gunfire and special ammunition.
• Morishita Kengo fled with Sayuri and several guards, but Kuki Kei ran past them while fleeing Kiba Taishi.
• Kiba Taishi killed the guards and Sayuri, then slashed Morishita Kengo’s head and pursued Kuki Kei.
• Kiba Taishi killed Kuki Kei and followed Fang Cheng’s scent into the villa’s main hall.
• A figure dropped from above and pounced on Kiba Taishi, who plunged both hands into the attacker and tore it open.

Fang Cheng used Morishita Yamato and Morishita Sayuri to slow Kiba Taishi while escaping the villa, where the SAT Mobile Team nearly killed the vampire. Kiba Taishi fled through the sewers, only to run into Fang Cheng again.

• Kiba Taishi tore through people at the villa while Fang Cheng taunted him about his driving and threw bodies down at him.
• Fang Cheng tossed Morishita Yamato down the stairs, knocking Kiba Taishi over, then threw Morishita Sayuri at him and ran.
• Fang Cheng spotted two SAT Mobile Team soldiers approaching and escaped over the villa wall as they attacked Kiba Taishi.
• Kiba Taishi survived the soldiers' gunfire and drone search by crawling into the sewer, then climbed out and found Fang Cheng waiting nearby.

Fang Cheng fought Kiba Taishi, whose blood-control ability let him reshape his body and attack with a pursuing Blood Snake. Fang Cheng discovered Kiba Taishi had hidden his heart in his butt and killed him by stabbing it, then wondered how to handle the body.

• Fang Cheng charged Kiba Taishi and stabbed him with a silver dagger, but Kiba Taishi twisted Fang Cheng's arm with blood and counterattacked.
• Fang Cheng struck Kiba Taishi with punches and a Blood Blade, while Kiba Taishi healed and revealed his ability to control blood.
• Fang Cheng dodged Kiba Taishi's Blood Snake, then charged him when Kiba Taishi split it into three streams.
• Fang Cheng cut off his own leg to escape the blood streams and beheaded Kiba Taishi with a Blood Blade.
• Fang Cheng stabbed Kiba Taishi's hidden heart in his butt, killing him, and then wondered what to do with the body.

After killing Kiba Taishi, Fang Cheng acquired Tide of Blood and completed Blood of Madness, then disposed of the evidence. At the Morishita Family's Villa, Kanzaki Rin and Aoki Yusuke investigated the aftermath before Kamikawa Takumi arrived.

• Fang Cheng looted Kiba Taishi's heart, gaining an extra life, Tide of Blood, and the final fragments needed to obtain Blood of Madness.
• Fang Cheng used Tide of Blood to move the remaining blood into the sewer, discarded Kiba Taishi's corpse and his own severed limbs, and left the scene.
• Kanzaki Rin and Aoki Yusuke arrived at the Morishita Family's Villa, where the Countermeasure Department was investigating the Vampire killings.
• Arai Yamataka questioned whether Kiba Taishi had been the only Vampire and noted that cameras and Patrol Drones had been deliberately damaged.
• After Kanzaki Rin called him, Kamikawa Takumi arrived by drone, floated into the courtyard, and entered the Villa carrying milk tea and bread.

Kamikawa Takumi visited the villa, where Arai Yamataka asked him to hunt the vampires Isis had left in Tokyo. After bargaining for two superpower training sessions for Kanzaki Rin, Takumi agreed, while Aoki Yusuke stayed behind to mourn Morishita Yamato and promise revenge.

• Kamikawa Takumi greeted Kanzaki Rin and brought her milk tea and bread, then joked with Arai Yamataka about ignoring his calls and pulled off his wig.
• Arai Yamataka explained that the Countermeasure Department needed Takumi to deal with Isis's vampire creations because a mass murder case had drawn pressure from the Cabinet Office.
• Kamikawa Takumi refused until Arai Yamataka offered to recommend Kanzaki Rin for two internal superpower training sessions, and Takumi agreed to hunt the vampires.
• Kamikawa Takumi and Kanzaki Rin left the villa together, while Aoki Yusuke opened Morishita Yamato's body bag, closed his eyes, and vowed to avenge him.

Kanzaki Rin learned that Kamikawa Takumi had been ordered to clear the vampires from Tokyo, while Fang Cheng discovered that Blood of Madness made him more attractive instead of ugly. Kanzaki Rin confronted Fang Cheng over his attack on Morishita Yamato and his family, revealing that she had spent the night deleting surveillance footage for him.

• Kamikawa Takumi told Kanzaki Rin that Arai Yamataka had asked him to clear the vampires from Tokyo, though he planned to wait until after playing his new games.
• Fang Cheng caught a thief trying to steal his motorcycle, knocked him unconscious, and rode home.
• Fang Cheng combined Tide of Blood with Steel Blood to create and harden blood constructs, then tested Blood of Madness and found that it transformed him into a handsome, charismatic figure.
• Kanzaki Rin arrived at Fang Cheng's home, and he tried to photograph her before she accused him of attacking Morishita Yamato and his family.
• Kanzaki Rin revealed that she had spent the previous night deleting surveillance footage to keep Fang Cheng from being caught.

Fang Cheng denied to Kanzaki Rin that he had acted against the Morishita family, while she warned him that the Countermeasure Department was sending Kamikawa Takumi after him. When Fang Cheng proposed hunting other Monsters instead of Vampires, Kanzaki Rin asked whether he could gain something from their corpses.

• Kanzaki Rin confronted Fang Cheng about acting alone, but he denied responsibility and demanded to know how she had learned about his nighttime activities.
• Kanzaki Rin revealed that a drone had spotted Fang Cheng killing a Monster on the night of the sixteenth and explained that she objected to his risky methods, not his revenge on the Morishita family.
• Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin scuffled after he joked about hiring an escort, damaging two cushions.
• Kanzaki Rin warned Fang Cheng to stay home because the Countermeasure Department had sent Kamikawa Takumi, the famous psychic and hentai artist, to deal with him.
• Fang Cheng suggested they hunt other Monsters instead of Vampires, prompting Kanzaki Rin to ask whether he could gain something from Monster corpses.

Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin discussed the threat against him, while Aoki Yusuke met with Hiya Kyohei and learned they had to delay their plans because God's Pen was hunting Vampires. Aoki left determined to kill Hiya Kyohei and his sister, then thought of Rin as he drove away.

• Fang Cheng pinned Kanzaki Rin down after their fight, then released her when she agreed not to pursue the Morishita Family over what happened to them.
• Fang Cheng told Kanzaki Rin that Morishita Yamato might have been hypnotized into targeting him, and Kanzaki Rin agreed to investigate.
• Aoki Yusuke visited Hiya Kyohei at an abandoned village and found him testing a blood-red wolf created with his new ability.
• Aoki Yusuke told Hiya Kyohei to stay hidden because God's Pen had been sent to deal with Vampires, and Hiya Kyohei warned him not to scheme against him or show interest in Ami.
• After leaving the village, Aoki Yusuke cursed Hiya Kyohei and vowed to kill him and Ami before wondering whether Rin would understand him.

Fang Cheng rejected Ugou Mirai after she admitted she liked him, citing her small chest as the reason. Yuguang Qingxue reported Fang Cheng's background to Ugou Mirai's mother, who ordered her to keep him away from the family, but Mirai's heartbreak showed that the rejection had already happened.

• Fang Cheng continued training, attending school, and hunting monsters with Kanzaki Rin while Ugou Mirai approached him after school.
• Ugou Mirai asked Fang Cheng to choose a nickname, and he told her to call him Daddy.
• Fang Cheng asked if Ugou Mirai liked him, then rejected her when she admitted she did, saying her chest was too small.
• Yuguang Qingxue told Ugou Mirai's mother that Fang Cheng was a vampire who had worked with Kanzaki Rin, and her mother ordered her to watch him and keep him away from the family.
• Ugou Mirai cried to Yuguang Qingxue about Fang Cheng rejecting her and pleaded for some of her bust.

Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin teamed up to hunt a Giant Toad in the Fourth Layer, but their poor coordination led them to approach it separately. Kanzaki Rin cornered the monster, and a red crystal javelin struck it as it fled.

• Kanzaki Rin equipped Fang Cheng with Countermeasure Department gear and led him into the Fourth Layer to hunt a Giant Toad.
• Fang Cheng misunderstood Kanzaki Rin’s silent instructions, and she used drone footage to clarify that they should flank the monster from both sides.
• Kanzaki Rin entered an alley and found a middle-aged man eating a disemboweled young man.
• Kanzaki Rin fired her stun gun at the monster, but it dodged and fled around a corner.
• A red crystal javelin struck the fleeing monster in the belly and pinned it to a wall.

Fang Cheng fought the Giant Toad, which revealed its intelligence and skill with a spear, and defeated it by suddenly using a pistol. He left the barely living Monster for Kanzaki Rin to kill.

• Fang Cheng attacked the middle-aged man with hardened blood javelins, prompting him to transform into a Giant Toad and vanish using camouflage.
• Fang Cheng refused Kanzaki Rin’s offer to come help, then exposed the Giant Toad’s hiding place by splashing blood across its face.
• Fang Cheng and the Giant Toad fought with spears, and the Monster demonstrated precise martial arts before explaining that Monsters could learn human skills.
• Fang Cheng acknowledged Monsters as intelligent beings, but the Giant Toad insisted they had to settle their conflict by fighting.
• Fang Cheng surprised the Giant Toad with a pistol, shot it repeatedly, and impaled it with his spear.
• Kanzaki Rin arrived and questioned Fang Cheng about his gun, and he pulled out the spear and offered her the chance to kill the Giant Toad.

Fang Cheng tested whether he could absorb fragments from a Monster killed by someone else, then began looking for ways to get access to more Monster corpses. He left Kanzaki Rin uneasy as he turned to her with a new idea.

• Fang Cheng persuaded Kanzaki Rin to kill the Giant Toad while pretending he wanted to protect small animals.
• Kanzaki Rin killed the Giant Toad, and Fang Cheng absorbed a Life Fragment and a Leatherworking fragment from its corpse.
• Fang Cheng asked Kanzaki Rin about the Countermeasure Department’s Forensic Identification Division and learned he could not easily get a job or sneak inside.
• Fang Cheng considered paying the black market to collect Monster corpses, then looked at Kanzaki Rin and said he had a bold idea to discuss.