Chapter Summaries

Fang Cheng stopped Kozaki Wataru from using his N5 signal transmitter, but Siye Yuta triggered his own. Sato Hayato and Kujo Yuri had already disabled the missile facility, and after the threat passed, Kanzaki Rin ordered Siye Yuta killed, marking the change of regime in Machine City.

• Fang Cheng took Kozaki Wataru's signal transmitter, but Siye Yuta revealed his own and pressed its button before Nozawa Ritsu could shoot off his arm.
• Sato Hayato dismantled the N5 and disabled the launch facility with Kujo Yuri, preventing the missile from being launched.
• After more than ten minutes passed without an explosion, Fang Cheng revealed that the N5 had been dealt with, and Kozaki Wataru surrendered.
• Siye Yuta kept pressing the transmitter until he crushed it, and Kanzaki Rin ordered Nozawa Ritsu to shoot him.
• The operation ended with Siye Yuta dead and Machine City's regime officially changed.

After Machine City’s rulers were captured, Fang Cheng returned home and watched Ugou Mirai’s attempts to become a maid go disastrously. That night, Kanzaki Rin assigned Asaka Akie and Qingxue to help with postwar work, and Fang Cheng left the household wondering what he meant by discussing parenting with Ugou Mirai and her mother.

• Fang Cheng returned to the apartment after helping capture Machine City’s enemy leaders, and Ugou Mirai greeted him dressed as a maid.
• Ugou Mirai tried peeling apples and helping with chores, but she ruined the fruit, nearly hit Qingxue with a knife, and broke dishes.
• Kanzaki Rin questioned Kamikawa Takumi about N5, and he explained that he had hidden the sealed container after Machine City turned it into a weapon.
• Kanzaki Rin told Asaka Akie and Qingxue to help her with postwar work, leaving Ugou Mirai and Sato Mai at home with Fang Cheng.
• Fang Cheng asked Ugou Mirai to come to his room, then said he would invite her mother to discuss parenting issues, drawing disapproving looks from everyone.

Isis learned that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse were pursuing her, then set out to swim from the Maldives toward the Japanese seed in Hokkaido. In Machine City, Fang Cheng welcomed Sato Hayato and his girlfriend Kujo Yuri, praised Hayato’s work, and teased him about proving to his sister that he was not gay.

• Isis learned that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse had branded her an incarnation of Satan and that the Death Knight was still at sea.
• Isis found that the Japanese seed had likely remained hidden in Hokkaido, abandoned plans to travel by transport, and swam toward it.
• Fang Cheng spent the morning gaming alone after Kanzaki Rin took the other women away from the apartment.
• Sato Hayato and Kujo Yuri visited Fang Cheng, and Hayato apologized for drawing attention and becoming involved with a girl during his Machine City mission.
• Fang Cheng praised Hayato for discovering N5 and disabling the launch base, then joked that Hayato could now prove to his sister that he was not gay.

Sato Hayato reunited with Fang Cheng and Kujo Yuri, who persuaded him to dress as Sato Hayako, then became captivated by his feminine appearance. Fang Cheng tested Hayako’s fighting skills, but Kanzaki Rin arrived, mistook the scene for an affair, and confronted them before meeting Kujo Yuri.

• Sato Hayato explained to Kujo Yuri that he had played female roles in a drama club, and Fang Cheng revealed that his sister had kept his old outfit and wig.
• Sato Hayato dressed as Sato Hayako, and Kujo Yuri praised his appearance and secretly held his hand while he recounted his adventures in Machine City.
• Fang Cheng tested Sato Hayako’s control and stamina in a sparring match, pinning him to the floor without damaging the furniture.
• Kanzaki Rin returned home, saw Fang Cheng pinning Sato Hayako, and attacked them with flames after mistaking the scene for infidelity.
• Fang Cheng extinguished Kanzaki Rin’s flames, and Kujo Yuri introduced herself to her as Kanzaki questioned what was happening.

Kanzaki Rin confronted Kujo Yuri about her relationship with Sato Hayato, while Hayato secretly followed Yuri and overheard their conversation. After mistakenly believing Yuri was Kujo Go in disguise, Hayato learned she was a woman and rushed off to find her, unaware that Rin was withholding Yuri’s lesbian orientation.

• Kanzaki Rin reprimanded Fang Cheng for doubting his sexuality, then told Sato Hayato to report to her for government work.
• Kanzaki Rin held public trials that ended with Machine City’s former rulers sentenced to death and helped stabilize the city after the coup.
• Sato Hayato suspected Kujo Yuri was cheating and secretly followed her to an apartment, where he overheard her speaking with Kanzaki Rin.
• Kanzaki Rin questioned Kujo Yuri about her intentions, and Yuri admitted she had first approached Hayato for fun but had since grown to like him.
• Sato Hayato mistakenly concluded that Kujo Yuri was Kujo Go transformed into a woman and panicked about their relationship.
• Kanzaki Rin clarified that Kujo Yuri was Kujo Go’s cousin and a real woman, so Hayato hurried off to find her while Rin kept Yuri’s lesbian orientation secret.

After Machine City stabilized, Fang Cheng prepared to resume hunting monsters, but Tsukikage Hatsuka suddenly returned and found him petting Qingxue. The two monster cats fought over Fang Cheng, and he led the defeated, overweight Tsukikage Hatsuka away to give her a present.

• Kanzaki Rin arranged the women's days off in pairs to keep them from getting close to Fang Cheng while she secretly spent time with him herself.
• Qingxue shifted into her white cat form and settled on Fang Cheng's lap for him to pet.
• Tsukikage Hatsuka squeezed through the window, saw Fang Cheng petting Qingxue, and demanded to know why he had another cat.
• Tsukikage Hatsuka challenged Qingxue to a fight, but Qingxue swiftly beat her and left her sprawled on the floor.
• Tsukikage Hatsuka complained that Fang Cheng had forgotten their agreement, and Fang Cheng remembered he had neglected Fox Immortal House before offering her a present.

Fang Cheng put Tsukikage Hatsuka on a punishing exercise wheel and planned to take her and Qingxue out to train, but Kanzaki Rin refused to let them go. The chapter ended with Fang Cheng demanding that Rin agree unless he could convince her.

• Fang Cheng forced Tsukikage Hatsuka to exercise in a specially built wheel, using shocks, fire, cola, and dried fish to keep her running.
• Qingxue explained that she and Tsukikage Hatsuka disliked each other because their personalities clashed and they had grown up apart.
• Fang Cheng told Qingxue that he planned to take her and Tsukikage Hatsuka away to train and improve their combat strength.
• Kanzaki Rin and the other girls initially tried to free Tsukikage Hatsuka, but Qingxue mentioned her promise with Fang Cheng, prompting them to keep her exercising.
• Fang Cheng told Kanzaki Rin about his trip, but she refused because Qingxue and Fang Cheng were needed in Machine City.
• Fang Cheng demanded a final answer, and Kanzaki Rin told him to convince her if he wanted her agreement.

Qingxue and Tsukikage Hatsuka hunted Monsters in Hokkaido while growing stronger, then reunited with Fang Cheng for a meal and a brief rest before setting out again. As the sisters entered unexplored territory, monkey cries suddenly alerted Qingxue to danger.

• Qingxue and Tsukikage Hatsuka defeated a Monkey Monster near its den and carried their frozen Monster haul back toward their meeting place.
• Qingxue lured the exhausted Tsukikage Hatsuka into carrying their cage by promising Happy Water, dried fish, and games, while an unseen watcher observed them.
• The sisters followed a blood sparrow to Fang Cheng, who welcomed them at his camp and killed the Monsters they had brought him, gaining only eight lives.
• Fang Cheng admitted he had run out of Happy Water and dried fish, then offered Tsukikage Hatsuka Catnip; Qingxue declined it but curled up on his lap.
• After spending the night with Fang Cheng, the sisters departed and continued exploring Hokkaido, where monkey cries suddenly put Qingxue on alert.

Qingxue and Tsukikage Hatsuka were ambushed by a Bone Woman who tried to recruit them for Lord Nine-Tail. Qingxue escaped after fighting her, but the Bone Woman caught Tsukikage Hatsuka and threatened to cook her.

• Qingxue and Tsukikage Hatsuka defeated a group of Four-Armed Monkey Monsters, then the Bone Woman attacked them with a bone projectile.
• The Bone Woman offered them a place in Lord Nine-Tail's ranks, but Tsukikage Hatsuka refused, and Qingxue fought her.
• The Bone Woman trapped Qingxue in a forest of bones, but Qingxue broke out and fled while Tsukikage Hatsuka ran for help.
• Qingxue escaped ahead of Tsukikage Hatsuka, whom the Bone Woman caught and threatened to cook for Lord Nine-Tail.

Qingxue and Fang Cheng followed Bone Woman to a cave in the Hidaka Mountains, where they discovered a Nine-Tailed Fox who appeared to be Tamamo-no-Mae. Fang Cheng rescued Tsukikage Hatsuka, but the fox’s illusion ensnared Qingxue and Tsukikage Hatsuka while leaving him unaffected.

• Qingxue returned to follow Bone Woman after she captured Tsukikage Hatsuka, then told Fang Cheng that she had deliberately used Tsukikage Hatsuka as bait to investigate Lord Nine-Tail.
• Bone Woman carried Tsukikage Hatsuka to a cavern in the Hidaka Mountains, where they found a white-faced, golden-haired Nine-Tailed Fox resting on a mound of Yokai bones.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox threatened to eat Tsukikage Hatsuka’s relatives, and Tsukikage Hatsuka transformed into a giant cat before shrinking and pretending to be harmless.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox detected Fang Cheng’s disguise, so Fang Cheng broke into the cavern through its ceiling and rescued Tsukikage Hatsuka from Bone Woman.
• Fang Cheng asked whether the Nine-Tailed Fox was Tamamo-no-Mae, and she answered ambiguously before casting an illusion that affected Qingxue and Tsukikage Hatsuka but not Fang Cheng.

Fang Cheng fought the Nine-Tailed Fox after she refused to reveal whether she was Tamamo-no-Mae, while Qingxue and Tsukikage Hatsuka battled Bone Woman. The sisters defeated Bone Woman, and Fang Cheng continued his fight with the fox.

• Fang Cheng failed to negotiate with the Nine-Tailed Fox and flooded her cavern with blood before detonating it and collapsing the mountainside.
• Fang Cheng sent Qingxue and Tsukikage Hatsuka to fight Bone Woman while he attacked the Nine-Tailed Fox with cannons and Purifying Demon Fire.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox used Soul Control to send spirits after Fang Cheng, but he destroyed them with Dragon's Wrath and struck her in giant form.
• Bone Woman injured Qingxue and defeated Tsukikage Hatsuka until Qingxue unleashed a powerful freezing current and called her sister Chuxia to rise.
• Tsukikage Hatsuka grew stronger in Qingxue's freezing current and shattered Bone Woman's frozen skeleton until only one bone remained.

Fang Cheng defeated and captured the Nine-Tailed Fox with the Thunder-Strike Hammer, then questioned her about whether she was Tamamo-no-Mae. She confessed that she was one of Tamamo-no-Mae’s tails given form.

• Fang Cheng overwhelmed the Nine-Tailed Fox with his transformations and attacks, then sealed her with the Thunder-Strike Hammer until she shrank and passed out.
• Tsukikage Hatsuka and Qingxue returned after defeating Bone Woman, and Fang Cheng praised them before absorbing Bone Woman’s skull and fusing her abilities with his own.
• Fang Cheng healed Qingxue and doubted that the captured fox was Tamamo-no-Mae, while Tsukikage Hatsuka taunted the unconscious fox.
• More than ten hours later, the Nine-Tailed Fox woke bound to a tree, still weakened by the hammer’s sealing effect.
• Fang Cheng threatened the Nine-Tailed Fox until she admitted she was one of Tamamo-no-Mae’s tails given form.

Fang Cheng confirmed that the Nine-Tailed Fox was a clone of Tamamo-no-Mae, resisted her Charm by beating her unconscious-looking face, and questioned her about the imprisoned fox from eleven years earlier. The Nine-Tailed Fox revealed that her true body was badly injured, then recognized Fang Cheng’s ties to the Iron-Cast Palace and reacted with surprise when he said Ibaraki-doji was dead.

• The Nine-Tailed Fox explained that her nine tails could become separate clones and said she was one of them, while her true body and other clones remained alive.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox took human form and tried to Charm Fang Cheng, Qingxue, and Tsukikage Hatsuka; Fang Cheng gave in to her request to stay human, then punched her until her face was swollen.
• Fang Cheng asked whether the Nine-Tailed Fox had been captured by the Area 11 government eleven years earlier, and she said she had stayed in a cave for sixteen years while another clone might have been imprisoned.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox admitted that her true body had suffered serious injuries and had sent out clones to escape.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox asked about Fang Cheng’s connection to Ibaraki-doji, and Qingxue explained that Ibaraki-doji had been the Iron-Cast Palace’s previous Ghost Lord.
• Fang Cheng told the Nine-Tailed Fox that Ibaraki-doji was dead, and she briefly showed surprise.

Fang Cheng learned that the Nine-Tailed Fox had been injured by the War Horseman sixteen years earlier and captured her to help remove the Sessho-seki from Kanzaki Rin. He took her back to Machine City, where Area 11's spies were still searching for clues about him and his allies.

• The Nine-Tailed Fox said the War Horseman had branded Tamamo-no-Mae Satan's incarnation, defeated her, and forced her to escape as a clone sixteen years earlier.
• Fang Cheng told the Nine-Tailed Fox about Kanzaki Rin and demanded that she remove the Sessho-seki; she agreed to try after he threatened her.
• Fang Cheng left the Hidaka Mountains with the Nine-Tailed Fox and the two cats, using Blood Eagle to reach the outskirts of Machine City in less than half a day.
• Fang Cheng disguised himself, and the Nine-Tailed Fox wore Qingxue's clothes before they entered the city discreetly.
• Tsukikage Hatsuka complained about the Nine-Tailed Fox's figure, and the Nine-Tailed Fox teased her in response.

Fang Cheng brought the Nine-Tailed Fox back to Machine City, where her beauty caused a commotion before he revealed she was a clone of Tamamo-no-Mae. He and Kanzaki Rin then prepared to have the fox try to remove the Sessho-seki from Rin’s body.

• Fang Cheng and his companions returned to a Machine City undergoing rapid construction under Kanzaki Rin’s new policy.
• Sato Mai mistook the hooded Nine-Tailed Fox for another woman Fang Cheng had brought home, and the other residents reacted with suspicion.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox tried to provoke jealousy and then bewitched the group with her face, but Fang Cheng masked her and took her to a room with Kanzaki Rin and Kamikawa Takumi.
• Fang Cheng explained that the Nine-Tailed Fox was a one-tailed clone of Tamamo-no-Mae, and Kamikawa Takumi urged her to remove the Sessho-seki from Kanzaki Rin.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox placed a hand on Kanzaki Rin’s chest and prepared to attempt the removal while Fang Cheng stood by with the Thunder-Strike Hammer.

The Nine-Tailed Fox failed to remove the Sessho-seki from Kanzaki Rin, but offered to help find Tamamo-no-Mae and suppress the stone’s poison in exchange for absorbing its power. Fang Cheng, Kanzaki Rin, and Kamikawa Takumi discussed the risks and agreed to try working with her.

• The Nine-Tailed Fox admitted that only her original body could remove the Sessho-seki and offered to help locate her within half of Tokyo.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox offered to suppress the Sessho-seki’s poison, but Kanzaki Rin realized she also wanted to absorb its power, and Kamikawa Takumi bound her with his fountain pen.
• Fang Cheng saw through the Nine-Tailed Fox’s plan to use them to find Tamamo-no-Mae and gain access to the Sessho-seki, so he locked her in the room while they discussed the deal.
• Kamikawa Takumi supported taking the Nine-Tailed Fox along to find Tamamo-no-Mae, and Fang Cheng teased him about being attracted to foxes.
• Kamikawa Takumi brought up Fang Cheng’s relationships with various spirits and women, prompting Kanzaki Rin to warn him not to betray Xiangling and to question Fang Cheng about the Nine-Tailed Fox.
• Fang Cheng, Kanzaki Rin, and Kamikawa Takumi agreed to try working with the Nine-Tailed Fox as long as they could get the Sessho-seki removed.

Isis arrived in Machine City looking for Fang Cheng and found him away, so she went to the Government Building to wait. There she met Kanzaki Rin and the Nine-Tailed Fox, then asked Rin where Fang Cheng was.

• Isis and Eve reached Fang Cheng’s apartment in Machine City, found him absent, and decided to wait while having tea.
• Kanzaki Rin worked at the Government Building while the Nine-Tailed Fox played games and teased her about secretly going out with Fang Cheng.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox asked Rin whether Fang Cheng would return that day, and Rin continued working as she considered their plans for the revived Sessho-seki.
• Isis entered Rin’s office with Eve, and the Nine-Tailed Fox reacted with fear when she recognized the Blood Queen.
• Eve identified the Nine-Tailed Fox as a split-off of Tamamo-no-Mae, and Isis told Rin she was looking for Fang Cheng and asked where he was.

Isis revealed that she had come to reap Fang Cheng, and Kanzaki Rin struggled to find a way to warn him while keeping Machine City safe. After Isis blasted Sato Hayato out of the Government Building, Tamamo-no-Mae stepped in to shield Kanzaki, leaving Isis to question whether she would oppose her.

• Kanzaki Rin realized Isis intended to devour Fang Cheng and learned that Isis could read her thoughts, including Fang Cheng's whereabouts.
• Isis questioned Tamamo-no-Mae about her battle with Ophi, but learned nothing useful about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
• Kanzaki Rin tried to warn Sato Hayato away, but Isis's invisible attack shattered his Psychokinesis and sent him falling from the Government Building.
• Kamikawa Takumi caught Sato Hayato in a black net and tried to keep him alive while sending Minamoto Kaori a message.
• Tamamo-no-Mae stopped Isis from attacking Kanzaki Rin and insisted that she did not intend to oppose Isis.

Isis cornered Kanzaki Rin in the Government Building, but Kamikawa Takumi rescued her and tried to get her to safety while facing Isis himself. As Kanzaki Rin fled, Tamamo-no-Mae blocked Eve from pursuing her, choosing to protect the Sessho-seki despite the danger.

• Isis let Kanzaki Rin make the guards leave the Government Building, then black threads dragged Kanzaki Rin and her chair through a hole in the wall.
• Kamikawa Takumi met Kanzaki Rin on a rooftop, told her to evacuate and find Fang Cheng, and bound her with black threads when she refused to leave him.
• Isis appeared on the rooftop, so Kamikawa Takumi shoved Kanzaki Rin over the edge to help her escape while he stayed behind.
• Kanzaki Rin encountered Eve and called on Tamamo-no-Mae to help protect the Sessho-seki; Tamamo-no-Mae appeared and initially claimed she only wanted to watch.
• When Eve chased Kanzaki Rin, Tamamo-no-Mae blocked her with her tails and challenged her, giving Kanzaki Rin time to escape.

Kamikawa Takumi used his God's Pen to deceive Isis, survive her attack, and wound her from afar while trying to draw her away from the others. Isis recovered, tracked him down in Machine City, and confronted him as his escape route failed.

• Kamikawa Takumi provoked Isis to keep her occupied, but she burst the blood inside his apparent body and devoured it, discovering that he was a fake.
• The real Kamikawa Takumi revived through a self-portrait and drew Isis, using the image to slash her neck from a hidden room.
• Isis healed from the wound and pursued Kamikawa Takumi, while he escaped through doors he drew across Machine City.
• Kamikawa Takumi's next drawn door would not open, and Isis appeared nearby, telling him she had found him.