Recaps

Hoshino unlocked Yamabuki Armor’s shield and tested its defenses against Blaze, destroying the training room in the process. She granted Blaze a shield afterward, while Kal'tsit began considering how to keep Hoshino away from Rhodes Island.

• Hoshino carried the sleeping Cuora to the lounge, touched her shell, and unlocked Yamabuki Armor before Cuora woke confused and forgot who Hoshino was.
• Hoshino tested the armor’s golden force-field and learned that it protected her while allowing ordinary objects to pass through.
• After learning Skadi was away on a mission, Hoshino chose Blaze to test the shield and asked her to attack at full strength.
• Kal'tsit launched the training room away from Rhodes Island after seeing Hoshino and Blaze enter, but the room exploded midair.
• Hoshino pulled the unharmed Blaze from the wreckage and granted her a shield, while Kal'tsit considered limiting Hoshino’s time on the ship.

Kal'tsit assigned Hoshino a protection mission to find and escort the wandering doctor Lumen back to Rhodes Island, and Hoshino eagerly accepted. As Hoshino set off by air, a system notification revealed the mission's reward and a strict limit on hits taken.

• Kal'tsit arranged for Hoshino's file to be evaluated, and Human Resources rated her capabilities outstanding except for Originium Arts adaptability.
• Kal'tsit offered Hoshino a mission to rescue a frail wandering doctor whose desert vehicle had broken down and persuade her to join Rhodes Island.
• Hoshino accepted the mission and departed, while Nian wondered why she had agreed and tried to recruit the God of Snowy Mountain to watch the show.
• Hoshino declined to use a parachute and asked the aircraft to leave after dropping her off so she could escort Lumen back herself.
• Hoshino received a system mission naming Lumen as the prospective operator and offering Gate of the Other Shore if she eliminated threats while taking no more than one hit.

Hoshino went to rescue Lumen in Leithanien, but found that he had already fled a trap aimed at capturing him. As Hoshino faced a crowd transformed by witchcraft, Lumen worried that the rescue team would be endangered because of him.

• Hoshino promised the pilot she would bring Lumen back safely and handle the negotiations, then leapt down toward the stranded vehicle.
• Kal'tsit and Amiya discussed Hoshino's extraordinary shielding ability and her possible history with Lumen, and Amiya let her act as she wished.
• Hoshino found the vehicle empty and began searching for Lumen by calling out from a high place.
• Lumen, fleeing a capture squad after discovering a trap, heard the call but feared that going to the rescuers would put them in danger.
• A crowd surrounded Hoshino, and she recognized that black crystals and witchcraft had turned them into a hostile force before drawing her sword.

Hoshino met the amnesiac Lumen after defeating the crystal creatures and invited her to join Rhodes Island. As they set off together, the Scholar of Original Sin encountered Chaos Shadow and became its apprentice, prompting a boss-subjugation alert for Hoshino.

• Hoshino killed the crystal creatures, and the last one exploded into shards as Lumen approached.
• Hoshino questioned Lumen about identity and memory before declaring that their meeting was their first, then introduced herself as Rhodes Island Defender Operator Yae Sakura.
• Hoshino invited Lumen to join Rhodes Island and demonstrated her protective shield, but said she would need to observe Lumen before granting it to her.
• Hoshino and Lumen agreed to travel to Rhodes Island together while Hoshino made other arrangements for the Scholar of Original Sin.
• Chaos Shadow descended before the Scholar of Original Sin, who touched it and became its apprentice.
• Hoshino received a notification that boss Chaos Shadow had descended and needed to be subjugated.

The Scholar of Original Sin surrendered himself to Chaos and became Tonatiuh, Shadow That Devours the Sun. Meanwhile, Hoshino and Lumen headed toward Rhodes Island, but Tonatiuh appeared on the horizon, and Hoshino prepared to protect Lumen.

• The Scholar of Original Sin offered everything to Chaos and transformed into Tonatiuh, Shadow That Devours the Sun.
• Hoshino and Lumen packed their belongings and set out for Rhodes Island, discussing Lumen’s fear of change and his love of movies.
• An army of more than a hundred quantum collapse beasts approached, and Hoshino killed them all with her twin blades.
• Hoshino and Lumen found a settlement, obtained a vehicle, and Lumen drove them toward Rhodes Island.
• Lumen stopped when the sky darkened and Tonatiuh appeared on the horizon, declaring his power over Chaos.
• Hoshino stroked Lumen’s hair and told him to hide behind her as his Defender Operator.

Hoshino protected Lumen from Tonatiuh, Shadow That Devours the Sun, and a Chaos Shadow that appeared during the fight. After both entities vanished, Hoshino and Lumen drove back toward Rhodes Island, whose aircraft watched overhead.

• Hoshino shielded Lumen as Tonatiuh used Chaos to strike at them, then warned her about hiding information from the rescuers.
• Hoshino switched to Goushinnso Memento and used Frozen Naraka to put Tonatiuh into a collapse state.
• A Chaos Shadow appeared, and Hoshino warned Lumen not to look into it or risk having her existence erased.
• The Chaos Shadow dragged Tonatiuh into the void, and Hoshino realized she might claim rewards for two bosses.
• Lumen drove Hoshino back toward Rhodes Island while Kal'tsit watched from the aircraft overhead.

Lumen drove Hoshino while struggling with his fear of relationships and danger, as Rhodes Island learned that Yae Sakura had driven back the cosmic monster without injury. When Tonatiuh returned, Hoshino prepared to summon Seele Vollerei to fight it.

• Lumen admitted that he traveled to avoid forming bonds with people, and Hoshino recognized his fear of losing them.
• A Rhodes Island pilot reported to Doctor Kal'tsit that a Catastrophe had briefly exposed him to an ocean of knowledge and that Yae Sakura had driven the monster back.
• Doctor Kal'tsit learned that Yae Sakura, Lumen, and the transport target were unharmed, with only the car's paint scratched.
• Hoshino stopped the car when Tonatiuh returned and told Lumen that his attacks could not hurt it.
• Hoshino used a special summon to call Seele Vollerei.

Seele killed Tonatiuh and brought the subjugation progress to 50%, while Hoshino told Lumen that she had died of old age after a long life. Bronya headed to the shrine to summon Seele as the shadow of chaos appeared in the sky.

• Seele fought Tonatiuh, severed its connection to the Chaos Shadow, and killed it as it entered its collapse state.
• Seele vanished after the battle, and Hoshino told Lumen that the subjugation progress had reached 50%.
• Hoshino told the aircraft pilot to ask Kal'tsit to visit the shrine and find Bronya, then continued with Lumen toward Rhodes Island.
• Lumen asked how she had died, and Hoshino said she had died of old age, smiling, after her memories faded.
• Bronya confirmed that she needed to summon Seele and charged Yae Sakura for the shrine-related debt.
• The shadow of chaos appeared in the sky, described as the all-knowing, all-powerful Lord of Before and Now.

As the Chaos Shadow descended upon Rhodes Island, Hoshino protected Lumen while Bronya prepared to confront the cosmic threat. Bronya summoned Stygian Nymph—Inner, which dragged the Chaos Shadow down in seconds, leaving Rhodes Island stunned.

• The Chaos Shadow opened its eyes above Rhodes Island, triggering the ship's alarms and terrifying everyone nearby.
• Kal'tsit told Bronya that a Leithanien mage had summoned the Chaos Shadow, though its response remained unpredictable and incomprehensible.
• Hoshino surrounded Lumen with a Honkai Energy barrier and sent him safely toward Rhodes Island.
• Bronya said she would leave if the Chaos Shadow threatened Seele, and Kal'tsit later explained that Bronya planned to endanger herself to draw out her protector.
• Bronya summoned Swallowtail Phantasm and fused it with the Seed of Time to become Stygian Nymph—Inner.
• Stygian Nymph—Inner's Deep tentacles dragged down the Chaos Shadow in seconds, leaving Rhodes Island operators stunned.

Hoshino defeated the Chaos Shadow and received Valkyrie Fragments, while Seele remained beside Bronya after the battle. Seele attacked Specter for interrupting her time with Bronya, and Bronya tried to calm her with a whispered suggestion.

• Hoshino completed the subjugation and received two Valkyrie Fragments, but the bonus objective was not completed.
• Hoshino learned that Lumen had become a normal character and that her unlock progress was available.
• Seele stayed beside Bronya, then defeated and restrained Specter when she appeared.
• Seele resisted Bronya's request to disappear, insisting she was not a war machine to summon and dismiss.
• A shrine maiden whispered a suggestion to Bronya, who blushed and gently kissed Seele's forehead.

Hoshino introduced Lumen to the Rhodes Island crew and brought her to the medical department for a checkup. Warfarin tried to bite Lumen to test her blood, but Lumen’s defensive field blocked her and damaged Warfarin’s teeth.

• Bronya vanished after an intimate encounter with Seele and left without greeting the shrine maiden.
• Hoshino told Kal'tsit and Nian that Seele came from the Deep and introduced Nian to Lumen as a notorious bad-movie director.
• Hoshino showed Lumen the new dormitory, conducted basic examinations, and checked her character unlock progress.
• Warfarin demanded to taste Lumen’s blood, and Hoshino explained that the doctor was a Vampire who analyzed patients’ blood.
• Lumen held out her arm, but her defensive field blocked Warfarin’s bite and nearly shattered two of the doctor’s canine teeth.

Lumen completed her Rhodes Island medical and personnel evaluations, then Hoshino showed her around the ship and brought her to Feater’s film class. The chapter left Hoshino and Lumen’s hair tangled together as they discussed one of Feater’s films.

• Warfarin examined Lumen, found her frail but free of significant Originium contamination, and recommended that she avoid fieldwork unless necessary.
• Lumen completed her Human Resources interview, and Hoshino showed her the cafeteria, reading room, entertainment hall, and dormitory.
• Hoshino touched Lumen’s unusual hair, which curled around her arm, and deliberately tangled their hair together.
• Hoshino brought Lumen to Feater’s film class, where the children were watching the science-fiction film 1984.
• Feater recognized that Hoshino and Lumen were tangled together, and Lumen recalled watching one of Feater’s action movies.

Hoshino helped Lumen break out of her sheltered routine by bringing her to Blaze, who agreed to take her skydiving. After learning that the hidden condition’s reward was the Hyperion, Hoshino struggled to contain her excitement and began considering how to complete the mission.

• Hoshino encouraged Lumen to try new experiences, and Lumen asked to go skydiving.
• Hoshino brought Lumen to Blaze, who eagerly agreed to jump with her after activating a defensive force field.
• Stygian Nymph was unlocked, and Blaze took Lumen toward the helipad to persuade the pilot.
• Hoshino considered the capabilities of the upcoming boss, RPC-6626, and asked the system about the hidden-condition reward.
• The system revealed that avoiding personally killing the target would earn Hoshino the Hyperion, provided no relevant personnel were killed.
• Hoshino returned to her dormitory and tried to plan the mission, but she could not stop thinking about the Hyperion.

Hoshino planned a future attack on an aircraft and summoned Ch'en to Rhodes Island under the pretext of sword practice. Amiya was called into a meeting about the danger of their sparring, while Ch'en arrived and chose Crimson Sakura.

• Hoshino considered using Angelina's Arts for an aircraft attack and realized she needed to stay away while someone else carried it out.
• Hoshino called Ch'en and invited her to Rhodes Island to practice swordsmanship, then sent Amiya away to prepare for their meeting.
• Kal'tsit and the Doctor showed Amiya the damage caused by Ch'en and Yae Sakura and proposed assigning someone to monitor their sparring or launching the training room away.
• Ch'en arrived at Rhodes Island, let Hiyumaru go play, and kept her hand on Crimson Sakura's hilt as she headed to practice.

Ch'en and Hoshino prepared to test how the Crimson Sakura affected Hoshino, while Kal'tsit, Amiya, and the Doctor tried to decide whether to eject the training room. After Hiyumaru caused a fire and Ceobe took her captive, Rhodes Island's leaders faced another emergency.

• Ch'en agreed to use the Crimson Sakura against Hoshino, who warned that the blade might weaken her swordsmanship.
• Kal'tsit, Amiya, and the Doctor voted to eject the training room, then pressed their randomly assigned buttons together.
• Hiyumaru wandered Rhodes Island until Ceobe grabbed her and tried to eat her.
• Hiyumaru's flames melted a hole in the corridor ceiling, triggering a fire alarm and disrupting the ship's water supply.
• Ceobe carried the unconscious Hiyumaru toward the cafeteria, and an alarm reported that Operator Saria was needed to subdue her.

Saria ended Ceobe’s cafeteria brawl and arranged for Ceobe and Hiyumaru to be taken for rehabilitation and treatment, while Hoshino trained Ch’en with both swords until their clash destroyed several training rooms. In Chernobog, Talulah returned from giving a speech and found Rozaliya busy behind a closed door, but took comfort in hearing her sing.

• Saria suppressed the cafeteria disturbance, learned Ceobe had melted the kitchen door, and sent Ceobe to Bagpipe’s reform farm while taking Hiyumaru to the medical department.
• Nian took an interest in Hiyumaru’s unusually weak godly power and offered to give her psychological counseling.
• Hoshino told Ch’en to use both Chi Xiao and Crimson Sakura, then began a serious two-sword training match with her.
• Ch’en and Hoshino’s clash caused an explosion that destroyed their training room and three neighboring rooms, prompting Kal’tsit to crush her teacup.
• Talulah returned to the tower after her speech and found Rozaliya’s door closed with a note saying she was designing a new sawbook.
• Talulah listened to Rozaliya singing through the door and felt reassured.

Emperor Nikolai II saw the Great Wall of fire and ordered a special affairs committee to search for Durandal. At Rhodes Island, Kal'tsit investigated an approaching unknown signal, while Theresa arrived with Angelina and demanded to meet Yae Sakura.

• Nikolai II traveled to the Great Wall of fire, admired it, and ordered a special affairs committee to find Durandal.
• Kal'tsit received a report of an approaching signal that absorbed energy and ordered a drone to investigate.
• Theresa traveled toward Rhodes Island with Angelina, refusing to let Angelina lighten the cross she carried.
• A Rhodes Island drone confronted Angelina and asked for their purpose.
• Theresa summoned thirteen dark-gold spears and demanded that Yae Sakura come out to meet her.

Theresa arrived at Rhodes Island after settling the shrine’s troubled girls, and Hoshino arranged for her to be processed as a visitor. A recorded conversation revealed that Theresa had come to Rhodes Island for a break, while Angelina described how she had first met her.

• Theresa waited outside Rhodes Island until Hoshino recognized her and allowed her to enter.
• He Chou registered Theresa, confirming her obscured age and recording her occupation as bishop and family head.
• Theresa met with Hoshino, who had transformed into Yae Sakura, and explained that she had settled the girls and wanted a few days off.
• Kal'tsit realized Theresa intended to stay at Rhodes Island after hearing the recorded conversation.
• Angelina told the conference room that she had met Theresa while offering to help with the heavy cross she was carrying.

Kal'tsit and the others struggled with the consequences of Theresa's visit, while Angelina accidentally sent Judas onto the ceiling and Warfarin drank Theresa's unusual blood. That night, Luna Kindred lured Myrtle into accepting a dangerous offer.

• Kal'tsit planned to launch her room into space if anything went wrong, but Hoshino advised getting a checkup, and Angelina brought Theresa to Dr. Warfarin.
• Angelina tried to lift Judas with her Arts and sent it onto the ceiling, where it would take a week to fall back down.
• Kal'tsit panicked over Theresa's extended stay, while Warfarin drank Theresa's blood and suffered strange effects.
• After Nian's film class, Myrtle walked alone through a dark hallway and encountered Luna Kindred.
• Luna Kindred offered Myrtle a red rose in exchange for singing beneath the moon and giving her blood, and Myrtle agreed under her influence.

Myrtle woke after Luna Kindred secretly drew her blood and became infatuated with the elegant vampire, then tried to identify her with Amiya. Warfarin concluded that her own drunken blackout self had visited Myrtle, leaving the real identity of the mysterious vampire unresolved.

• Luna Kindred caught Myrtle as she fainted and drew blood from her with a syringe and straw.
• Myrtle woke feeling weak, noticed a puncture wound on her arm, and decided to report the strange encounter.
• Myrtle passed Warfarin amid the wreckage of the Hematology Department and left after comparing her unfavorably with the mysterious vampire.
• Amiya helped Myrtle search operator files for the white-haired vampire, but they found no match and Myrtle insisted it was not Warfarin.
• Warfarin heard rumors about the elegant vampire and deduced that her drunken, blackout self must have visited Myrtle.
• Warfarin delighted in imagining herself as elegant and repeated, "Would you like a red rose?"

Warfarin dressed as a vampire for Halloween and tried to charm people into giving her blood, but her attempt to hunt Ceobe ended with her embedded in a wall. After recovering, she approached Hoshino, who rejected her and continued preparing to begin her own performance.

• Warfarin chose Ceobe as a target because her blood had not been sampled, but Ceobe mistook Warfarin's approach for an enemy attack and smashed her into a corridor wall.
• The engineering crew spent three hours rescuing Warfarin, whose ribs healed before they freed her.
• Warfarin decided her charm was not the problem and set off again in a damaged costume, wrapped in bandages.
• Hoshino welcomed Warfarin, who recited romantic words and asked for one of Hoshino's arms to drink from.
• Hoshino rejected Warfarin with a quotation from The Nightingale and the Rose, and Warfarin left as Luna Kindred bared her fangs.
• Hoshino declared that every saint had a past and every sinner had a future, beginning her performance.

Warfarin was charmed and attacked by Luna Kindred aboard Rhodes Island, then helped Amiya investigate the vampire’s other attacks. The search continued under the cover of a major cleanup and reached Hoshino.

• Warfarin encountered Luna Kindred, who pinned her down and took blood from her lips before leaving her unconscious in the hallway.
• Amiya questioned Warfarin about reports that Luna Kindred had attacked Myrtle and Meteor and that Warfarin had harassed Yae Sakura.
• Warfarin told Amiya that Luna Kindred was a powerful vampire whose charm could affect people’s memories.
• Rhodes Island began searching for Luna Kindred under the guise of a major cleanup, while Closure commented on the ship’s growing number of vampires.
• Investigators found that operators attacked by Luna Kindred felt unusually fond of her, and the questioning eventually reached Hoshino.

Amiya confronted Theresa about Luna Kindred and learned that Theresa’s hidden Vampire identity surfaced after she fled into her room. The encounter ended with Luna Kindred rejecting Amiya’s blood, leaving the mystery of Theresa’s divided selves unresolved.

• Amiya questioned Theresa about Luna Kindred, but Theresa denied knowing her.
• Yae Sakura interrupted Theresa’s diplomatic explanation, and Theresa ran away.
• Yae Sakura told Amiya to wait outside Theresa’s room, explaining that Theresa might be regressing under stress.
• After waiting until night, Amiya heard Theresa sobbing and saw Luna Kindred emerge from the room.
• Amiya offered Luna Kindred her blood, but Luna Kindred sniffed it and said it did not taste good.

Amiya followed Luna Kindred as the vampire hunted Savage, while Hoshino urged Angelina to help Theresa with Judah. Savage’s explosive counterattacks turned the hunt into a dangerous chase through Rhodes Island.

• Luna Kindred rejected a meal and stalked Savage, with Amiya following close behind.
• Hoshino told Angelina that Theresa valued her and urged her to help Theresa with Judah.
• Savage sensed Luna Kindred approaching and struck the ground with her impact hammer, triggering an explosion.
• Luna Kindred survived the blast and attacked Savage, but Savage used another hammer strike to hurl them apart.
• Luna Kindred pursued Savage through Rhodes Island’s corridors as her hammer blasts threatened the construction crew’s work.

Amiya used Savage as bait to capture the rampaging Luna Kindred, who had taken Theresa’s form, and later spoke with Theresa after she woke. Theresa revealed her shame and distress about Luna Kindred, leaving Amiya concerned about how little support Theresa had received.

• Amiya ordered Rhodes Island to lock down the ship and direct Savage toward the medical room as bait for Luna Kindred.
• Savage led Luna Kindred into the glass chamber, where anesthetic gas put both of them to sleep.
• Theresa woke the next morning and found Amiya waiting outside the chamber; Amiya admitted she knew about Luna Kindred but had kept it private.
• Theresa called Luna Kindred ugly and described her as a manifestation of sin, while Amiya reassured her and worried that Theresa had been left without psychological support.