Chapter Summaries

Fang Cheng confronted Takeda Masumi and Nangong Saya about their secrets, learning that Saya was Masumi’s undercover agent and that Masumi had ties to Machine City. The two women were in Tokyo to rescue someone from the Underground Prison.

• Fang Cheng scolded Takeda Masumi for hiding her involvement and explained that he had come because Saya said both women were in danger.
• Fang Cheng noticed Saya and Masumi had been close for years despite pretending they had not been in touch.
• Takeda Masumi revealed that Nangong Saya was her undercover agent in Machine City and helped her stay in contact with her comrades.
• Takeda Masumi said she had sent some of the Cyborg forces to Machine City, where they could put their skills to use.
• Takeda Masumi revealed that she and her comrades had come to Tokyo to rescue someone held in the Underground Prison.

Takeda Masumi explained the origins of the second-generation cyborgs and their plan to rescue Nozawa Ritsu from the Underground Prison. After learning that 730 cyborgs had been discovered and surrounded, she asked Fang Cheng for help, and he teased her into using Nangong Saya to persuade him.

• Takeda Masumi explained that the Area 11 government abandoned its second-generation cyborg project, leaving most cyborgs without support and triggering an uprising.
• Nangong Saya revealed that researchers had deceived or forcibly mutilated many soldiers and interns to create cyborg test subjects, and that Nozawa Ritsu had killed the researchers before being imprisoned.
• Takeda Masumi told Fang Cheng that the cyborgs wanted to rescue Nozawa Ritsu and that the SOT Unit had raided their hideout after a traitor exposed them.
• Fang Cheng learned that 730 cyborgs had come to Tokyo and criticized Takeda Masumi for bringing such a large group without keeping their presence secret.
• Takeda Masumi asked Fang Cheng to help, and he teased her about showing cleavage, so she pulled the bewildered Nangong Saya toward him instead.

Fang Cheng agreed to help Takeda Masumi and Nangong Saya escape the SOT Unit, but the Cyborg leaders doubted him and challenged his authority. He quickly defeated them, then forced Ishiyama Keisuke to apologize to Nangong Saya, leaving Takeda Masumi to suspect the two were acting strangely.

• Takeda Masumi told Fang Cheng that the scattered Cyborgs needed help regrouping, not breaking prisoners out of jail.
• Fang Cheng joined Takeda Masumi and Nangong Saya in a basement to meet five Cyborg leaders, who questioned his identity and ability to overcome the SOT Unit.
• Nangong Saya defended Fang Cheng, but Ishiyama Keisuke and the other leaders continued to doubt him.
• Fang Cheng knocked down the Cyborg leaders, then grew over four meters tall and subdued Ishiyama Keisuke.
• Fang Cheng demanded that Ishiyama Keisuke apologize for yelling at Nangong Saya, and Takeda Masumi noticed Nangong Saya's lovestruck reaction.

Fang Cheng agreed to help Ishiyama Keisuke's group escape after overpowering him, while Takeda Masumi confronted Fang Cheng about his relationship with Nangong Saya. As the convoy prepared to break out, Fang Cheng summoned a vast flock of Blood Eagles to face the SOT Unit's drones.

• Ishiyama Keisuke apologized to Takeda Masumi and Fang Cheng, then gathered the cyborgs and equipment for the breakout.
• Takeda Masumi teased Fang Cheng about Nangong Saya, while Saya kissed Fang Cheng and decided she would pursue him.
• The cyborgs loaded more than a hundred people into a convoy, and Takeda Masumi went with them to keep everyone calm.
• Fang Cheng scouted the SOT Unit with a Blood Eagle and saw that it was launching a large number of drones.
• Fang Cheng drained his Tide of Blood to create hundreds or thousands of Blood Eagles, preparing to cover the convoy's escape.

Fang Cheng’s Blood Eagles routed the SOT Unit and helped the Cyborgs escape town. After parting ways with the Cyborgs, Fang Cheng teased Takeda Masumi and Nangong Saya about his relationships, leaving the question of how he would handle his girlfriends unresolved.

• Fang Cheng’s Blood Eagles overwhelmed the SOT Unit’s Drone Swarm and forced the troops blockading the town to flee.
• The Cyborg convoy escaped town, and Takeda Masumi told Ishiyama Keisuke to attack on the twenty-fourth to distract the guards while Nozawa Ritsu escaped prison.
• Takeda Masumi and Fang Cheng reunited after the Cyborgs departed for Machine City, and she admitted she regretted joining their plan.
• Takeda Masumi pointed out that Fang Cheng had Asaka Akie as well as Nangong Saya, but Fang Cheng dodged her question by suggesting a game to decide who would get him.
• Takeda Masumi complained about the double standard for men and women, and Fang Cheng privately decided he wanted all the women.

Fang Cheng returned to the city with Takeda Masumi and Nangong Saya, stopping at Saya’s home so the women could shower. Saya grew more forward with Fang Cheng, but Masumi’s interruptions and decision to stay over kept him from being alone with her.

• Fang Cheng brought Takeda Masumi and Nangong Saya to Saya’s home, where Saya showered first and Masumi questioned Fang Cheng about his feelings for women.
• Fang Cheng told Masumi he liked all the girls, including her, and joked that he would persuade them all by sleeping with them.
• Fang Cheng teased Saya about a family photo, and their flirtation began to turn intimate before Masumi called Saya into the bathroom.
• Masumi and Saya showered together, playfully teased each other, and Fang Cheng briefly shut off the water before Masumi ordered him to turn it back on.
• Fang Cheng showed off his physique after bathing, joked by meowing when Masumi asked him to show his animal side, and gave up on a night alone with Saya when Masumi insisted on staying.

Fang Cheng and Asaka Akie uncovered evidence that someone had abandoned similar-looking baby boys at orphanages and secretly funded their care, possibly as part of a hidden Socialized Rearing program. The chapter left them with Fujiwara Hirotetsu’s proposal as a lead to investigate, while Fang Cheng and Asaka Akie turned to a private experiment.

• Takeda Masumi stayed away from the Training Ground and spent her time at the auto repair shop with Nangong Saya, disrupting Fang Cheng’s plans.
• Sato Mai showed Fang Cheng her brother Sato Hayato’s searches about same-sex attraction and offered to carry on the Sato family line with Fang Cheng if Hayato got a boyfriend.
• Sato Mai and Asaka Akie used Kanzaki Rin’s resources to investigate whether Fang Cheng and Asaka Makoto had been adopted.
• Asaka Akie gave Fang Cheng records showing that he and Asaka Makoto had been adopted after being abandoned at orphanages, and that secret donations to those orphanages stopped after the adoptions.
• Fang Cheng and Asaka Akie connected the boys’ similar backgrounds to Fujiwara Hirotetsu’s Socialized Rearing proposal and considered investigating it.
• Fang Cheng proposed a private experiment, and Asaka Akie blushed and agreed.

The Integrity Agency celebrated its grand opening, but Fang Cheng's off-key song sparked a quarrel that ended with Kanzaki Rin and Yuguang Qingxue dragging Ye Yuqing away. Ugou Mirai asked to join Fang Cheng's survival team, and he began to reveal a hidden condition for membership.

• Fang Cheng hummed a song about orphans, drawing hostile stares from the agency's guests.
• Ye Yuqing defended Fang Cheng's singing and challenged Kanzaki Rin, while Sato Mai and Sato Hayato declined to help her.
• Ye Yuqing goaded Kanzaki Rin and Yuguang Qingxue into facing off, but the two teamed up to drag her to the Lounge instead.
• Ugou Mirai asked Fang Cheng to join the group he had formed with Asaka Akie and Sato Mai.
• Fang Cheng said the group had a hidden condition for joining.

Fang Cheng admitted Ugou Mirai to the Life Extension Society and continued running the Agency through a quiet stretch. A visitor named Gongyuan Hang arrived and revealed that Fang Cheng might be his half-brother, leaving their connection unresolved.

• Fang Cheng made an exception to the Society's orphan rule and accepted Ugou Mirai as a member.
• Nangong Saya decided to stay with Fang Cheng and fight for her happiness despite her jealousy and insecurity.
• Fang Cheng kept in touch with Iron-Cast Palace and the Fox Immortal House while the Agency received little work.
• Gongyuan Hang visited the Agency, and Ugou Mirai mistook him for Fang Cheng because they looked almost identical.
• Gongyuan Hang asked whether Fang Cheng's grandfather was Gongyuan Dapu, then said Dapu was his father.

Fang Cheng met Gongyuan Hang, an office worker who looked remarkably like him, and agreed to protect him from a wealthy man he suspected was targeting him. Fang Cheng secretly planted a mosquito on Gongyuan Hang to monitor him, since he doubted the meeting was a coincidence.

• Fang Cheng questioned Gongyuan Hang about his background and learned that his parents had died and he was an adopted orphan.
• Gongyuan Hang told Fang Cheng that he sensed malicious observers and feared someone was trying to kill him.
• Gongyuan Hang privately named Banjyo Taisei as his suspected attacker and explained that Taisei had stolen his girlfriend, who had AIDS.
• Gongyuan Hang asked the Agency to protect him while he prepared to leave Tokyo, and Fang Cheng accepted the job.
• Fang Cheng planted a tiny mosquito on Gongyuan Hang to protect him and investigate whether his story was true.

Fang Cheng reviewed investigation and kinship-test results while secretly watching Gongyuan Hang with Ye Yuqing. Ye Yuqing tried to make Fang Cheng jealous by claiming a man had smacked her in exchange for milk tea, but Fang Cheng returned from the shop rubbing his own butt.

• Fang Cheng read Asaka Akie's findings on Gongyuan Hang and Banjyo Taisei, along with a report confirming that Fang Cheng, Tamagawa Shu, and Gongyuan Hang shared a blood ancestor.
• Fang Cheng and Ye Yuqing continued their uneventful surveillance of Gongyuan Hang, and Ye Yuqing complained about Fang Cheng and Akie's affection.
• Ye Yuqing went to buy milk tea, where a handsome man in sunglasses flirted with her and offered her a cup in exchange for smacking her butt.
• Ye Yuqing told Fang Cheng the man had smacked her, making Fang Cheng hurry toward the milk tea shop to confront him.
• Fang Cheng returned holding milk tea and rubbing his own butt, leaving Ye Yuqing's smug smile frozen.

Fang Cheng discovered that a man in sunglasses was using a camouflaged military drone to surveil Gongyuan Hang, and suspected the man worked for the authorities. While he continued tailing the man, Ye Yuqing stayed by his side, and Fang Cheng introduced her to his gaming friend, Super Powerful Super Cute God.

• Fang Cheng realized Ye Yuqing had made up her excuse to get him to confront the man in sunglasses, then explained that the man had drawn his attention to Gongyuan Hang.
• Fang Cheng used a mosquito from the Blood Beast Nest to inspect the man's tablet and discovered drone footage of Gongyuan Hang.
• Fang Cheng followed the man in sunglasses toward Gongyuan Hang's home and wondered why the authorities were tracking him as Number 59.
• Ye Yuqing complained about waiting with Fang Cheng but refused to go home, while Asaka Akie teased her for wanting his attention.
• Fang Cheng invited Super Powerful Super Cute God to play a game and handed his phone to Ye Yuqing, who suspected the player was another vixen.

Fang Cheng discovered that the SOT Unit was secretly monitoring Gongyuan Hang, then witnessed masked gunmen take Gongyuan away as a firefight erupted. He followed the conflicting groups with Ye Yuqing, while Kanzaki Rin prepared to begin a mysterious operation with Takeda Masumi and Nangong Saya.

• Fang Cheng followed Kishibe Yoshikatsu to an underground SOT fortress, where Nakajima Tomoya said their seven-day surveillance of Number 59 had found no suspicious targets.
• Ye Yuqing complained that a troll teammate had made her lose more than ten games on Fang Cheng’s account, and Fang Cheng quit the game after seeing his rank drop.
• Fang Cheng saw masked gunmen take Gongyuan Hang from his home while the Intelligence Division officer watching him was shot dead, and Nakajima Tomoya mobilized the SOT Unit.
• Fang Cheng and Ye Yuqing put on their Blood Battle Suits and followed the gunmen, while Fang Cheng called Kanzaki Rin for help and she refused because she was busy.
• Kanzaki Rin switched off her phone and told Takeda Masumi and Nangong Saya that Fang Cheng had taken the bait and they needed to begin.

Fang Cheng and Ye Yuqing followed Gongyuan Hang after an armed group escaped with him through Tokyo’s sewers, while SOT tracked him with an implanted device. The trail led to a heavily defended estate, where seventy men resembling Fang Cheng were gathered.

• Fang Cheng and Ye Yuqing watched the armed group take Gongyuan Hang through a sewer in a motorized waterproof capsule and disperse under cover of electromagnetic jamming.
• Fang Cheng tracked Gongyuan Hang with his Blood Beast Nest, while Nakajima Tomoya revealed that SOT had implanted a tracking device in him and Kishibe Yoshikatsu realized SOT had accepted its agents’ deaths as necessary sacrifices.
• Mysterious people pulled Gongyuan Hang from the sewer, hooded him, and drove him from Tokyo to an abandoned village estate guarded by hundreds of armed personnel.
• The captors brought Gongyuan Hang and sixty-nine other hooded prisoners into a room, then removed their hoods and restraints at a man’s command.
• Fang Cheng saw that all seventy prisoners had faces identical to his.

Hasegawa Kohei told the seventy captives that they were products of Fujiwara Hirotetsu’s Gene Editing Project and explained that his resistance group had rescued them from the SOT. Before he could finish, SOT forces launched an artillery strike on the village, leaving Nakajima Tomoya watching the attack from nearby.

• Hasegawa Kohei introduced himself and told the captives that Fujiwara Hirotetsu had created them through the Gene Editing Project and placed them in orphanages across Tokyo.
• Hasegawa Kohei explained that Fujiwara Hirotetsu had used natural selection to find geniuses and that the resistance planned to evacuate the captives from Tokyo.
• Hasegawa Kohei described his group as a resistance organization and invited the captives to join.
• An artillery shell struck the village, shaking the building and injuring captives with flying glass.
• Nakajima Tomoya watched the attack through a drone feed as SOT soldiers set up a position outside the village.

As the SOT Unit bombarded the Resistance Organization’s village, Fang Cheng rescued Gongyuan Hang, Hasegawa Kohei, and several experimental subjects. The SOT Unit surrounded Fang Cheng in the sky and ordered him to release Hasegawa and leave.

• The SOT Unit began shelling the village, scattering the experimental subjects and pinning down the Resistance Organization’s fighters.
• Fang Cheng transformed a mosquito into a tyrannosaur, carried Gongyuan Hang out of the village, and sent blood eagles to find Hasegawa Kohei and rescue the subjects.
• A blood eagle snatched Hasegawa Kohei as he fled toward an underground escape route and brought him to Fang Cheng and Ye Yuqing.
• Hasegawa Kohei recognized Fang Cheng and asked him to save the Resistance Organization, but Fang Cheng refused to get involved and focused on rescuing the experimental subjects.
• The SOT Unit surrounded Fang Cheng’s giant blood eagle with drones, and Nakajima Tomoya ordered Fang Cheng to release Hasegawa and leave.

Fang Cheng refused Nakajima Tomoya’s demand to surrender Hasegawa Kohei and Gongyuan Hang, then destroyed SOT’s drones with his Great Might Heavenly Dragon skill and unleashed his Blood Eagle swarm. Nakajima deployed six Bishamonten war machines against him, and Fang Cheng left Ye Yuqing to watch the others while he went to face them.

• Fang Cheng told Nakajima Tomoya he would take both Hasegawa Kohei and Gongyuan Hang, rejecting Nakajima’s threats and ultimatum.
• When Nakajima ordered a warning shot at the Blood Eagle, Fang Cheng used Great Might Heavenly Dragon to destroy hundreds of nearby drones.
• Fang Cheng’s Blood Eagle swarm swept through the village and overwhelmed SOT’s remaining drones and air-defense positions.
• Nakajima ordered six Bishamonten units deployed to capture Fang Cheng, while Fang Cheng watched them through a mosquito on Kishibe Yoshikatsu.
• Fang Cheng left Ye Yuqing with Hasegawa Kohei and Gongyuan Hang and flew off to confront the Bishamonten units.

Fang Cheng tested the Bishamonten machines and nearly succumbed to their virus missiles before purifying the infection and destroying all six machines. He landed in front of Nakajima Tomoya and Kishibe Yoshikatsu as they tried to flee, asking them to surrender.

• The six Bishamonten machines attacked Fang Cheng with lasers, bombs, and Funnels, but he endured their fire and tore the Funnels apart with a burst of pressure.
• The machines hit Fang Cheng with Poison King Bee missiles, dissolving his Blood Battle Suit and body until he used Purification to stop the virus and recover.
• Fang Cheng unleashed his full power, shattered one Bishamonten machine with his golden Buddha form, and destroyed the other five in the ensuing exchange of fire.
• Nakajima Tomoya panicked over the machines’ destruction and blamed the Intelligence Division for failing to report Fang Cheng’s strength, while Kishibe Yoshikatsu urged him to escape.
• Fang Cheng landed in front of Nakajima Tomoya and Kishibe Yoshikatsu and asked them to surrender.

Fang Cheng defeated the SOT force, rescued the Resistance Organization, and questioned Hasegawa Kohei at its hidden base. Nakajima Tomoya secretly feigned death to gather intelligence as Fang Cheng asked how the Resistance had learned about him.

• Nakajima Tomoya requested prisoner-of-war treatment, but Fang Cheng punched him and beat Kishibe Yoshikatsu for teasing his little bear cub.
• Fang Cheng took Hasegawa Kohei, Gongyuan Hang, and Nakajima Tomoya to the Resistance Organization’s hidden base while Ye Yuqing shaved Kishibe Yoshikatsu’s head and left him with the prisoners.
• Ye Yuqing thought Nakajima Tomoya had died from his head wound, but he used his Feigned Death ability to fool Fang Cheng and secretly listen.
• Hasegawa Kohei told Fang Cheng that an unidentified woman secretly funded the Resistance Organization and that Nozawa Hana, a woman from Machine City, currently led it.
• Hasegawa Kohei explained that the Resistance Organization had more than three thousand members and mainly sought to survive, while Nakajima Tomoya secretly gathered its information for SOT.
• Fang Cheng asked Hasegawa Kohei how the Resistance Organization had learned about him.

Fang Cheng interrogated Nakajima Yuya about the test-subject project and discovered that someone might be manipulating the conflict between SOT and the resistance organization. Nakajima Yuya offered to reveal a secret involving Fujiwara Hiroaki in exchange for safe release, and Fang Cheng swore to meet his demands before hearing it.

• Hasegawa Kohei said Nozawa Hana had told him about the test subjects and helped him rescue them, while Miyamoto Wataru admitted someone had secretly directed him to Fang Cheng's agency.
• Fang Cheng exposed Nakajima Yuya's act of playing dead, pinned him down with steel needles, and questioned him about the experiment.
• Nakajima Yuya said Fujiwara Hiroaki oversaw the project, Kitaryu Shingen had been Number One, and the government began retrieving test subjects after Kitaryu Shingen went missing.
• Hasegawa Kohei and Nakajima Yuya blamed each other's groups for abducting or retrieving test subjects, and Fang Cheng suspected someone was provoking their conflict.
• After learning that each Bishamonten cost over five hundred million, Fang Cheng prepared to leave, but Nakajima Yuya offered a secret about Fujiwara Hiroaki in exchange for safe release.
• Fang Cheng swore by Amaterasu to meet Nakajima Yuya's demands, and Nakajima Yuya began revealing his secret.