Chapter Summaries

Yotsuba Mahiro rejected Mitsugi Yuuga’s invitation to join the Five Wings Society, which planned to use the Seven Stars’ Relic to summon a Stage Five and destroy the Tokyo Area. As Mahiro defeated Shikadake Jugo, Kayo fought Kurume Rika’s deadly tire weapons, which suddenly turned to dust.

• Mitsugi Yuuga killed Shogen Ikuma and invited Yotsuba Mahiro to join the Five Wings Society, threatening the Tokyo Area with a Stage Five summoned through the Seven Stars’ Relic.
• Seitenshi urged the operations headquarters not to give up and trusted Mahiro to save them.
• Mahiro refused Yuuga’s offer and challenged the Five Wings Society’s leader, Albrecht Grunewald.
• Shikadake Jugo attacked Mahiro from optical camouflage, but Mahiro overpowered and killed him.
• Kurume Rika attacked Kayo with her enchanted, blade-covered tires, and Kayo struggled to evade them.
• The tires suddenly turned to dust while Kayo was still battling Rika.

Mahiro defeated Mitsugi Yuuga and discovered that Seven Stars’ Legacy was a broken child’s tricycle used to summon the Zodiac Gastrea. As Scorpio descended on Tokyo, Seitenshi warned Mahiro to flee, but he chose to stay and asked whether Heaven’s Ladder could stop it.

• Mahiro destroyed Rika and Mitsugi Yuuga, then collected the mechanical remains of the modified soldiers.
• Mahiro and Kayo entered the abandoned church, where they found the opened case containing Seven Stars’ Legacy, a damaged child’s tricycle.
• Kayo asked Mahiro what they were fighting for, and he said he fought to protect children, the people he cared about, and her.
• Seitenshi called Mahiro to report that Scorpio had descended and urged him to flee the Tokyo Area.
• Mahiro refused to abandon Seitenshi and the Tokyo Area, and asked whether Heaven’s Ladder could be used against Scorpio.

Yotsuba Mahiro used strategic-class magic to freeze and restrain the Stage Five Gastrea Scorpio, then collected a sample of its blood and halted its mind with Lamenting Styx. After discovering Scorpio had once been one of twin sisters, Mahiro prepared to erase her body.

• Seitenshi told Mahiro that the Five Wings Society had destroyed the Sky Ladder, and Kisara said she believed Mahiro could create a miracle.
• At Tokyo Bay, Mahiro reassured Senju Kayo that she would see Arcadia again, then promised to show her a miracle.
• Mahiro used Information Dimension Search but could not process Scorpio's complex composition, so he activated the strategic-class magic Abyss.
• Mahiro's Ice Fog Domain froze Tokyo Bay and temporarily trapped Scorpio, prompting the command center to believe Tokyo was saved.
• Mahiro broke through Scorpio's shell with Molecular Divider, collected her blood in an ultra-holmium syringe, and learned she was the younger twin sister of Libra.
• Mahiro cast Lamenting Styx to freeze Scorpio's mind, but recognized that he still needed to erase her body.

Yotsuba Mahiro destroyed Scorpio with Ice Age and Fourth Phase Shift, then discovered that a young girl recovered from the sea was Scorpio reborn. Days later, he attended Seitenshi’s victory celebration, where Kisara helped him prepare for the ceremony and left them standing close together.

• Yotsuba Mahiro froze Tokyo Bay and Scorpio with Ice Age, then transformed matter into plasma with Fourth Phase Shift and destroyed Scorpio.
• Senju Kayo watched Scorpio perish at dawn and called the spectacle a beautiful miracle.
• Sumire Muroto examined the blue-haired girl Mahiro had rescued and concluded that she was Scorpio, whose vital signs were stable as her damaged brain began to heal.
• Mahiro told Sumire he would not show mercy to the Tokyo Area, left the girl and Scorpio’s blood in her care, and headed to Seitenshi’s victory celebration.
• Kisara greeted Mahiro at the ceremony venue, recalled how he had risked himself to protect them, and helped him put on a tie while standing close to him.

Mahiro attended the Tokyo Area victory banquet with Kisara, received a promotion to IP rank 134, and learned that Seitenshi wanted to speak with him afterward. He then pointed Kisara toward a possible Monolith connection in the conspiracy against her family, leaving her shocked by the implication.

• Kisara accompanied Mahiro to the Holy Residence and reminded him to keep his answers brief during the ceremony.
• Seitenshi praised Mahiro, confirmed his reward, and announced his promotion from IP rank 970 to 134 while keeping his rapid rise confidential.
• Seitenshi asked Mahiro to remain at the Holy Residence after the banquet, while he joined Kisara and the other guests for food and drink.
• Mahiro teased Kisara about her appetite and wiped cream from her mouth, but Kisara's mood darkened when she saw Tendo Kikunojo.
• Kisara said she needed stronger evidence to bring down the Tendo Family, and Mahiro suggested investigating how a Stage One Gastrea had crossed the Monolith's protective field.

Mahiro accepted Seitenshi’s request to accompany her during the talks with Saitake Sougen after learning that Tendo Kikunojo’s security chief had designs on her. When Yasuwaki Takuto cornered Mahiro and threatened him, Mahiro’s warning provoked him to raise a fist.

• Mahiro met Seitenshi in her bedroom, where she asked him to serve as her bodyguard during Saitake Sougen’s visit.
• Seitenshi explained that Tendo Kikunojo’s assigned guard had impure intentions and that she feared being forced to produce an heir with him.
• Mahiro accepted Seitenshi’s request and spent the night in another room at the Holy Residence.
• The next day, Mahiro met the security unit led by Yasuwaki Takuto, who showed hostility toward him.
• Yasuwaki and his clique cornered Mahiro in a restroom, threatened him, and ordered him to stay away from Seitenshi and the escort mission.
• After Mahiro remarked that Yasuwaki should stay alive, Yasuwaki angrily raised his fist to punch him.

Yotsuba Mahiro eliminated Yasuwaki Takuto and his security team, then encountered the exhausted Tina Sprout outside Holy Residence. After rescuing her from her runaway bicycle, he tried to help her get home and discovered she relied on caffeine pills to stay awake.

• Yotsuba Mahiro froze Yasuwaki Takuto's men and erased Yasuwaki Takuto after he attacked him.
• Mahiro left Holy Residence and stopped Tina Sprout's runaway bicycle before it hit him.
• Tina repeatedly fell asleep while calling Mahiro her hero and savior, and he learned her name.
• Mahiro asked Tina where she lived, but she could not remember, so he cleaned her face at a nearby park.
• Tina reached for a bottle of caffeine pills, but Mahiro took it before she could eat a handful.

Tina Sprout, a Cursed Child assassin sent to eliminate Seitenshi, spent an unexpectedly kind day with Mahiro before returning to her mission. At the docks, her master revealed that Mahiro was also a target.

• Mahiro stopped Tina from taking addictive medicine and let her sleep against his thigh until evening.
• Tina thanked Mahiro, got his phone number, and left after telling him she had enjoyed the day.
• Tina reported to her master that she had infiltrated the Tokyo Area and repeated her mission to eliminate Seitenshi.
• Tina returned to her rundown apartment, wished to see Mahiro again, then followed her master's instructions to a dock near Tokyo Bay.
• Tina found an arsenal in a shipping container, where her master revealed that Yotsuba Mahiro was an additional target.

Mahiro visited Arcadia, reassured Kayo that he would return, and took Enju and Asaka home for hot pot. Their quiet dinner was interrupted when Miori and Kisara arrived sick and hungry, leaving everyone to eat together and bicker.

• Kayo told Mahiro that the Arcadia children missed him but were holding back so they would not trouble him, and he said they would meet Tina in a few days.
• Mahiro left Arcadia with Enju and Asaka, and the three saw a wrecked police car while bystanders blamed Cursed Children for the attack.
• Mahiro comforted Enju and Asaka, then prepared hot pot while they watched cartoons at home.
• Miori arrived sick with cold medicine and supplements, then fainted in Mahiro's arms; Kisara followed, fainting from hunger and asking him for food.
• Enju and Asaka carried Miori inside, and Miori and Kisara quickly recovered enough to eat the hot pot and argue over who should pay.

Mahiro explained his protection assignment to Kisara, Enju, and Asaka while Miori tried to recruit him and provoke Kisara. Two days later, Seitenshi confronted Mahiro about Yasuwaki Takuto’s disappearance, and he defended his ruthless approach as they traveled to the assignment.

• Mahiro told Kisara that Seitenshi had hired the agency to provide protection for twenty million yen, and that the work would begin within days.
• Miori offered Enju new combat shoes and Asaka custom weapons, while Mahiro assigned both girls to accompany him on the complicated protection mission.
• Miori tried to lure Mahiro away from Kisara’s agency with a one-billion-yen check and an offer to work for Shiba Heavy Industries, provoking a furious argument with Kisara.
• Mahiro ordered Kisara and Miori to stop arguing, warning that he would throw everyone out if they fought in his house.
• Three days after Yasuwaki Takuto disappeared with several security officers, Seitenshi asked Mahiro whether he had been responsible, and he admitted that he had removed them after Takuto threatened him.
• Mahiro argued that his actions could intimidate Seitenshi’s opponents and help her introduce the Gastrea New Law, but Seitenshi insisted that ruling through fear conflicted with her ideals.

Mahiro accompanied Seitenshi to meet Saitake Sougen, whose ambition to rule the world and knowledge of Mahiro’s shelter for Cursed Children raised suspicions. After Mahiro refused Saitake’s offer and recognized the Five Wings Society’s mark on him, he struck Saitake’s subordinate for insulting him, while Seitenshi remained composed.

• Mahiro told Seitenshi that her merciful ideals were wrong for the violent era, and she suspected he hated the people of the Tokyo Area.
• Mahiro and Seitenshi arrived at the hotel, where she asked him not to threaten Saitake and to respect her as head of state.
• Saitake Sougen invited Mahiro to move Arcadia to the Osaka Area and join his plan to conquer the world with an army of Cursed Children.
• Mahiro refused and spotted the Five Wings Society’s tattoo on Saitake, linking him to those who had summoned Scorpio against the Tokyo Area.
• After Mahiro mocked Saitake, a subordinate threatened him, and Mahiro struck the man across the room while warning Saitake to control his guards.

After talks with Saitake Sougen ended with his declaration that he would seize power, Mahiro explained to Seitenshi why he despised the Tokyo Area’s citizens and urged her to investigate their crimes. On the drive back, a sniper attacked their car, and after Asaka and Enju defended Seitenshi, the sniper called Mahiro and asked to meet.

• Seitenshi and Saitake Sougen held talks that ended with Saitake declaring his intent to become Japan’s sole ruler, while Mahiro rejected his invitation.
• In the car, Mahiro told Seitenshi about the abuse and murders he had witnessed in the Tokyo Area, and she vowed to investigate and punish those responsible.
• At a red light, Mahiro spotted a sniper and ordered the car to stop before destroying an incoming sniper grenade with his handgun.
• Asaka and Enju evacuated Seitenshi while Mahiro shielded them from five more exploding rounds.
• Asaka cut an anti-tank sniper round apart with her sword, and Enju deflected another with a kick.
• The sniper stopped firing and called Mahiro, identifying herself as Tina and asking to meet him.

Tina revealed that she was the assassin sent to kill Mahiro and asked him to kill her, but they postponed their fight until the next day. Before meeting for their duel, Tina spent the day with Mahiro and confessed that she loved him, then led him to an abandoned factory as night fell.

• Tina recognized Mahiro as the Zodiac Killer and admitted she was the assassin assigned to kill him, but she could not bring herself to attack him.
• Mahiro and Tina agreed to fight to the death the next day.
• Tina met Mahiro in the daytime, asked him to buy her takoyaki, and accepted his kindness as he fed her.
• Tina confessed that she liked Mahiro as a girl liked a boy and kissed his cheek.
• Tina led Mahiro to an abandoned factory at dusk, where her assassin persona awakened and she prepared for their fight.

Yotsuba Mahiro defeated Tina Sprout in their final battle, then granted her wish to die by firing his CAD at her. Sumire Muroto reacted furiously to the news, leaving the cause of her anger unresolved.

• Tina Sprout declared her identity and challenged Yotsuba Mahiro to a decisive battle.
• Tina attacked Mahiro with machine guns, remote sniper rifles, and piano wire, but he disabled the weapons and overpowered her.
• Tina explained that she had wanted one more day with Mahiro and asked him to kill her so he could take her body to Seitenshi and claim the bounty.
• Mahiro pressed his CAD to Tina’s forehead and fired, and Tina said goodbye to him.
• Sumire Muroto slammed the lab table and shouted in anger.

Mahiro exposed Ayn Rand and Saitake Sougen’s role in the attacks and prepared to retaliate, while Tina became his prisoner and a mysterious blue-haired Cursed Child attached herself to him. As Saitake fled the Tokyo Area, Material Burst activated aboard his plane and sent it shaking violently.

• Sumire Muroto condemned Ayn Rand for betraying the doctors’ oath, and Mahiro vowed to pursue him and Albrecht Grunewald.
• Mahiro revealed that Tina had survived and removed her biological chip, while a blue-haired Cursed Child who remembered him as her father clung to him.
• Tina accepted Mahiro’s claim over her as his captive and promised to serve him.
• Seitenshi told Mahiro that Saitake Sougen had hurriedly left the Tokyo Area, and Mahiro inferred that Saitake was fleeing after his failed plans.
• On his plane, Saitake admitted that he had arranged the attacks involving Hiruko Kagetane, Mitsugi Yuuga, Scorpio, and the Sky Ladder, then raged over his repeated failures.
• Material Burst activated aboard Saitake’s plane, triggering an alarm and violently shaking the aircraft.

Yotsuba Mahiro used Material Burst and Starfall to destroy targets in Japan and the USNA, then returned with Tina’s sisters and brought Tina to work at the Tendo Agency. There, Kisara revealed an inspection report showing that Monolith No. 32 had been built with substandard materials, giving her leverage against the Tendo Family.

• Yotsuba Mahiro destroyed an aircraft with Material Burst and struck the North American continent with a meteor using gravity magic.
• Yotsuba Mahiro returned from the USNA with Tina’s sisters, including Rita Sothberry, and subdued the hostile children.
• Kisara told Yotsuba Mahiro that she had bought out Tina’s contract and hired her at the agency, prompting Tina to call herself his slave and Kisara to misunderstand their relationship.
• Kisara handed Yotsuba Mahiro an inspection report documenting defects in Monolith No. 32 and said she had found the Tendo Family’s weakness.

After Kisara Tendo collapsed from skipping dialysis, Mahiro urged her to heal before pursuing revenge and promised to destroy the Tendo Family within half a year. Back at Arcadia, he met Seitenshi, who had come to discuss something with him.

• Kisara Tendo collapsed after learning that Kazumitsu Tendo had commissioned Monolith No. 32, then woke in the hospital receiving dialysis.
• Mahiro warned Kisara that her evidence and weakened body could not bring down the Tendo Family, while Kisara revealed she meant to use the evidence to get a chance to kill Kazumitsu Tendo.
• Mahiro promised to destroy the Tendo Family within half a year if Kisara trusted him and worked to heal her body.
• Mahiro left the hospital with Tina and returned to Arcadia, where he found Seitenshi playing with the children.
• Seitenshi met Mahiro at a café in District 39 and said she had something to discuss with him.

Mahiro showed Seitenshi how the children had built a community in Arcadia, then introduced her to Fuse Midori and Tina Sprout. As Seitenshi pressed him about his powers and origins, Mahiro revealed that he was not from her world.

• Mahiro explained that Kayo and the other children had built Arcadia’s shops and café themselves, and Seitenshi thanked him for giving them a safe refuge.
• Seitenshi admitted that her investigation had uncovered suspicious reports connected to Shihara Senichi, but she lacked evidence to act against the Guijian father and son.
• Mahiro met Fuse Midori, a timid cat-type Cursed Child who had come to Arcadia with Seitenshi, and discovered that her corrosion rate was 45.32%.
• Tina Sprout apologized to Seitenshi for her attempted assassination, and Seitenshi forgave her and assigned her to help Mahiro manage Arcadia.
• As Mahiro and Seitenshi walked toward the Holy Residence, he confirmed that he had killed Ayn Rand and caused the meteorite strike in North America.
• When Seitenshi demanded to know who he really was, Mahiro told her that he came from another world.

Mahiro challenged Seitenshi’s faith in humanity, then showed her the suffering of a blind Cursed Child begging on the street. Seitenshi was left questioning whether her efforts as head of state had made any difference.

• Mahiro told Seitenshi he despised humanity and argued that the majority’s cruelty made the species beyond saving.
• Mahiro and Seitenshi followed singing to an overpass, where they found a blind Cursed Child begging for money to feed her little sister.
• The girl told Seitenshi she had blinded herself because her mother hated her red eyes, then was abandoned and forced to beg.
• The girl recognized Seitenshi by her voice, thanked her for helping Cursed Children, and described being increasingly beaten and cursed by passersby.
• Two people mocked the girl by dropping a soda-can pull tab into her bowl, and Seitenshi silently questioned whether her past efforts had mattered.

Yotsuba Mahiro rescued a blind Cursed Child and promised her a place in Arcadia, while Seitenshi grew more forceful in governing the Tokyo Area. Later, Sumire Muroto developed a powerful Gastrea-virus drug, and Mahiro injected it himself; after surviving its painful effects, he faced Sumire as she approached him in a state of undress.

• Yotsuba Mahiro used the Ichijo Family's Burst magic to kill two men, then promised a blind girl and her younger sister a place in Arcadia.
• Seitenshi asked Yotsuba Mahiro what she should do, but later stopped visiting him and began taking harsher political actions, including imprisoning the Kabinami pair and pushing the New Gastrea Law.
• Yotsuba Mahiro expanded Arcadia, gathered Cursed Children there, and rebuffed the IISO's attempts to negotiate over them.
• Sumire Muroto unveiled the AGV Experimental Drug, which could greatly enhance and heal its user but carried a 1.26 percent risk of turning them into a Gastrea.
• Yotsuba Mahiro injected the drug, endured a brief episode of intense pain, and emerged stronger as Sumire Muroto approached him in revealing clothing.