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Hoshino destroyed the crystal giants and left Rhodes Island's operators to clean up and detain Leoni. Kal'tsit realized the Empress was using Yae Sakura's presence to frighten the Witch King's remaining worshippers, and told Red to remind the shrine maiden to charge for Rhodes Island's prestige.

• Hoshino cut down the crystal giants, set Leoni down, and left the battlefield for others to clean up.
• Forest Watchers detained Leoni as part of a joint Rhodes Island and Leithanien operation, while Schwarz and Red helped clear the scene.
• Hoshino recognized Forest Watchers, Schwarz, and Red as Rhodes Island operators and wondered at their grim, silent teamwork.
• Kal'tsit told Red that the Empress intended to use Yae Sakura to panic the Witch King's remaining worshippers.
• Kal'tsit instructed Red to remind Yae Sakura to charge for the use of Rhodes Island's prestige.

Red received a new mission to find Yae Sakura and help her collect payment from the Leithanien Empress. Hoshino confronted the Empress about the Witch King and discovered her younger sister, who appeared to be frozen in time and gravely ill.

• Schwarz and the Forest Watchers burned the corpses and guarded Leoni in a hotel room while Red listened to Kal'tsit’s call.
• Red told Schwarz and the Forest Watchers to find Yae Sakura, help her clean up afterward, and remind her to collect a large payment from the Leithanien Empress.
• Hoshino teleported to the tower and questioned the Empress about the Witch King and the necromancers pursuing her.
• The Empress said the first person to drive a sword into the Witch King was not her, and Hoshino inferred that it had been her sister.
• Hoshino entered the younger Empress’s chamber and found her lying motionless on a bed, with blackness where her eyes should have been.

Hoshino used Fenghuang Down to enter the Witch King's dream and command him to awaken in three days. Meanwhile, scholars watched footage of her sword strike and prepared their corpse-dragon research project, the Serpent of the Courtyard.

• Hoshino checked that Jizo Mitama would not appear as a boss for two more days, then used Fenghuang Down to draw the Witch King into a dream.
• Hoshino posed as Terra's will and tempted the Witch King with the All-Knowing Eye and the promise of endless knowledge.
• Hoshino commanded the Witch King to awaken three days later, then left the dream and returned to the princess's bedside.
• Scholars watched a recording of Hoshino's sword strike and called its brute force an insult to knowledge.
• The scholars considered using a combined spell and revealed their research subject, the corpse dragon called the Serpent of the Courtyard.

Scholars raised a colossal crystal serpent built from infected corpses and launched it as a weapon. Hoshino transformed into Memento and faced its attack after receiving a mission to destroy it.

• The scholars presented their crystal serpent, chose a pilot, and connected him to it with probes that worsened his infection.
• Three days later, Hoshino saw the enormous serpent rise from the ground near the city-state.
• Hoshino transformed into Memento and rushed to confront the serpent, spotting corpses tangled beneath its crystals.
• The system assigned Hoshino a mission to destroy the serpent and offered the Void Blade as a reward.
• The serpent revealed hundreds of crystal machine cannons and fired at Hoshino, flattening a mountain behind her as she dodged.

Hoshino fought the crystal serpent and discovered that the wizards piloted it by sacrificing one another. After destroying the construct and its cockpit, she burned the wreckage and the wizards in a grand cremation, while Red appeared behind her.

• Hoshino used Domain Expansion: Stasis to stop the serpent’s machine-gun fire, then changed forms to Goushinnso Memento and attacked through its flames and Soul Torrent.
• The serpent swallowed a new wizard pilot, and Hoshino realized that the previous pilot had been converted into nutrients.
• Hoshino climbed the flying serpent, cutting through its weapons and limbs while her sword set its body and the trapped wizards ablaze.
• Hoshino pierced the cockpit with her sword, bringing the serpent down onto the watching wizards.
• Hoshino watched the wreckage and wizards burn, told the others there was no need to clean up, and Red appeared behind her.

After Red confirmed that Hoshino had erased every trace of the battle, Hoshino accepted the Empress of Leithanien’s lavish reward and returned two days later to claim her mobile tower. She set out to remake it into a shrine and entered as smoke rose from its spire and something shattered in the capital.

• Red explained that she had been sent by Doctor Kal'tsit to find and clean up traitors, then waited with Hoshino until the flames erased the battlefield.
• Red delivered Doctor Kal'tsit’s message that the Empress of Leithanien had borrowed Hoshino’s power and should be charged more for it.
• Hoshino accepted three tons of red gold, a hereditary title, a mobile high tower, and sixty years of energy from the Empress, joking that she might demand the Empress’s position after her next deed.
• Two days later, Hoshino found that the tower fit over her burned-down shrine’s ruins and decided to alter it into a more suitable shrine.
• Hoshino saw smoke rise from the tower and heard something shatter across the capital, then entered with Jizo Mitama prominently displayed to exorcise the monsters inside.

Hoshino climbed the tower to confront the Witch King, using Jizo Mitama to break the soul-lines controlling the staff. She reached the boss room and faced the Witch King’s monstrous, line-covered form as it demanded Jizo Mitama.

• Hoshino rode the tower’s chain elevator upward and confronted a royal guard controlled by the Witch King.
• Hoshino summoned Jizo Mitama, which shattered the guard’s soul-lines and freed him from control.
• Hoshino and Jizo Mitama subdued the tower’s controlled support staff, catching them as they fell unconscious.
• A blonde maid recognized Jizo Mitama as her farewell gift from the world before Hoshino left her by the boss room’s door.
• Hoshino entered the boss room and found the Witch King transformed into a mass of black lines that demanded Jizo Mitama.

Hoshino tricked the Witch King into attacking Jizo Mitama, then used the Spirit-Commanding Blade’s Stasis ability to destroy Jizo Mitama with a strike that bypassed its defenses. She turned to the Witch King’s remaining mass of strands and prepared to attack its soul.

• Hoshino feigned retreat and ordered Jizo Mitama to hold the Witch King back, while Jizo Mitama vanished from sight.
• Hoshino removed Jizo Mitama’s restrictions, and the Witch King became enamored with its crimson armor and wrapped itself around it.
• Hoshino let Jizo Mitama attack itself, then confronted it during her fall from the tower.
• Hoshino used Stasis to freeze Jizo Mitama’s flames and struck through its defenses, shattering its armor.
• Hoshino stepped on the Witch King’s strands and threatened it with a sword that cut souls rather than flesh.

Hoshino destroyed the Witch King's remaining soul with the Taixu Divine Sword, rescued the princess, and fled the scene. The Empress reviewed the surveillance footage and learned that Hoshino had left in the mobile fortress.

• Hoshino summoned the Taixu Divine Sword, which shattered the Witch King's soul after it lamented its long pursuit of knowledge.
• Fu Hua saw a vision of a little girl studying and wondered about the question of where Originium came from.
• Hoshino confirmed the possessing soul was dead, tucked the princess back into bed, and fled after waving at a surveillance camera.
• The Empress reviewed the footage and concluded that Yae Sakura's shikigami had defeated the Witch King and rescued the princess.
• The Empress learned that Hoshino had driven away in the mobile fortress and suspected the shrine maiden did not want to meet her.

Red, Schwarz, and Forest Watchers returned from Leithanien without completing their cleanup assignment, while Hoshino transformed the mobile fortress into a shrine. Kal'tsit speculated about Leithanien's secrecy before Hoshino brought the renovated Yae Shrine to Rhodes Island and splashed hot-spring water onto its observation window.

• Red, Schwarz, and Forest Watchers found the crime scene sealed by Royal Guards and worried that they had failed Doctor Kal'tsit's cleanup orders after the shrine maiden left without them.
• Hoshino ordered Heavy Bunny to renovate the fortress's aboveground sections into a shrine instead of improving its engines.
• Kal'tsit learned that the three-person squad had returned safely, then speculated that Hoshino had discovered a secret Leithanien was concealing.
• An alarm announced an unidentified fortress approaching Rhodes Island at extreme speed, and Kal'tsit recognized Yae Shrine on the reconnaissance screen.
• Hoshino's Yae Shrine drifted to a stop beside Rhodes Island, splashing hot-spring water onto the observation window as Kal'tsit waited for her debriefing.

Hoshino returned from Leithanien and told Kal'tsit that she had killed the immortal soul that had ruled the country, warning her that even gods could die. After the returning operators reported their failure, Kal'tsit sent Red to scout Yae Sakura.

• Hoshino arrived at Rhodes Island aboard Yae Shrine and told Kal'tsit she wanted to visit often and keep her dorm room.
• Hoshino revealed that Leithanien's rulers had all been the same soul, which she had killed and shattered completely.
• Hoshino warned Kal'tsit that even gods could die, leaving Kal'tsit shaken after she departed.
• Red reported that the operators' mission had failed and blamed herself for becoming less sharp.
• Kal'tsit assigned Red to scout Yae Sakura.

Kal'tsit sent Red to retrieve Hoshino's shrine, but Hoshino made the shrine fly, causing Red's mission to fail. The airborne Yae Shrine then returned to its former site in Lungmen, where Hoshino resolved to keep a lower profile.

• Kal'tsit questioned Red about her teammates and sent her to climb to the shrine as part of her mission.
• Hoshino activated the shrine's thrusters, and the airborne building shook Red off the cliff before she could reach it.
• Red returned to Kal'tsit and reported that she had failed the first stage of the mission.
• Ch'en and Swire argued in the Lungmen Guard Department before an alarm announced an unidentified flying object.
• Lungmen's citizens saw the flying Yae Shrine descend into place above the former shrine ruins, and Hoshino decided to keep a lower profile.

Hoshino settled the shrine on the mountain and resumed training Ch'en, then caught Red spying on their sparring. Red was left in Hoshino's hands as Hoshino noticed a change in her character card and considered a new idea.

• Hoshino landed the shrine, set out an empty offering box, and refilled its hot spring while checking her progress toward Dea Anchora.
• Ch'en visited the shrine, and Hoshino tested her swordsmanship before defeating her in their sparring match.
• Red watched the fight from the roof and was caught by Hoshino, who recognized that Doctor Kal'tsit had sent her.
• Hoshino carried Red down from the roof, prevented Ch'en from taking her to the Guard Department, and noticed an idea involving Lilia.

Hoshino kept Red at the shrine while Ch'en returned home unsettled, showing signs of a strange change connected to Crimson Sakura. As Hoshino waited for Red to return and pondered a shadowy boss, someone mysteriously appeared in Texas's car.

• Hoshino told Ch'en to go home and kept Red at the shrine, but Red slipped away while Hoshino waited for her to return.
• Ch'en realized her body had reacted to Red as if she were an assassin, then noticed a pink hair strand and redder pupils before collapsing into bed as her canine teeth began to grow.
• Hoshino saw that the previously blurry boss looked like a shadow with fox-like ears and wondered whether she would have to fight Hiyumaru.
• Texas and Exusiai drove toward a barbecue stand after work, then noticed someone had appeared in the back seat and was holding Texas's tail.

After escaping Red’s attack with Exusiai, Texas learned that Red had been testing her assassin skills and headed back to the Yae Shrine to challenge Hoshino again. Hoshino intercepted Red on the cliff and captured her, leaving Red bound at the shrine as she tried to free herself.

• Red attacked Texas in the car, but Texas and Exusiai fought back and escaped; Texas drove Exusiai to the staff dormitory to change clothes.
• Red regained confidence after attacking Texas and returned through Lungmen toward the Yae Shrine for another attempt.
• Red climbed the shrine’s cliff, but Hoshino jumped down and knocked her unconscious with a midair collision.
• Hoshino carried Red to the shrine, tied her up, and waited for her to wake while checking Lilia’s unlocking progress.
• Red woke, admitted she had failed again, and tried to free herself from Hoshino’s ropes.

Hoshino restrained Red at the shrine, but Red escaped and later attacked Lappland in an alley. Red called Doctor Kal'tsit to report that her mission would take a long time, then admitted she had no money.

• Hoshino teased and restrained Red at the shrine, and Red broke free and tried to flee.
• Hoshino caught Red before she escaped, then let her go after Lilia's unlock progress reached 26%.
• Red wandered through Lungmen and attacked Lappland in an alley, leaving Lappland shaken but intrigued by the city.
• Red called Doctor Kal'tsit and said her mission would take a long time because she lacked the ability to finish it quickly.
• Doctor Kal'tsit told Red to carry out the mission in her own way, and Red said she had no money.

Red went hungry after Kal'tsit’s call ended, so Kal'tsit arranged for Hoshino to provide her with money. After eating prison food and escaping detention, Red returned to the shrine and encountered a crazed Infected who said she wanted to protect her teacher.

• Red realized she had no money or food and decided to enter the detention center for a meal.
• Kal'tsit called Hoshino, who agreed to give Red money in exchange for Rhodes Island’s reimbursement.
• Red ate at the Lungmen Guard Department detention center and escaped that afternoon.
• Hoshino prepared a red envelope for Red and noticed that the Memory Battlefield boss’s silhouette had become clearer.
• Red returned to the shrine mountain at midnight and was attacked by a seemingly mindless Infected with a powerful blade and bite.
• Red asked the attacker her purpose, heard that she wanted to protect her teacher, and fled after suspecting the shrine was connected to a dangerous event.

Hoshino confirmed that mutated Ch'en was the Memory Battlefield boss after Ch'en chased Red through Lungmen, but she could not figure out how to stop her without hurting her. The next morning, Ch'en woke exhausted with no memory of the night before and went to work carrying Crimson Sakura.

• Ch'en, transformed by Crimson Sakura, relentlessly pursued Red, who identified her as Inspector Ch'en and fled rather than fight.
• Hoshino inspected the Memory Battlefield and concluded that Ch'en had mutated, possibly because the Demon Blade overwhelmed her mind and her feelings about Teacher were so strong.
• Red evaded Ch'en in a phone booth during heavy rain, then gave up on infiltration and reconnaissance when she realized she had no way to contact Doctor Kal'tsit.
• Ch'en woke with aching muscles and no recollection of what had happened the previous night, while Hiyumaru also complained of soreness.
• Ch'en fed Hiyumaru extra fried tofu, locked the dormitory, and left for the Lungmen Guard Department with Crimson Sakura slung over her back.

Lappland lured Red to End of the Earth, where Red defeated both her and Texas and took their wallets before demanding Texas’s bank card. Meanwhile, Hoshino considered asking Talulah to help her defeat Ch'en and planned how to draw Red closer so she could unlock Valkyrie Lilia.

• Red pursued Lappland through Lungmen as Lappland ran toward End of the Earth to provoke Texas into fighting alongside her.
• Texas went outside with a baseball bat, but Red defeated her and Lappland, leaving both wolves dazed and the bat cut in half.
• Red returned their IDs, keys, and keychains, then demanded Texas’s bank card and password so she could buy food.
• Hoshino considered asking Talulah to help her defeat Ch'en, but worried that Ch'en’s increased strength could put Talulah in danger.
• Hoshino decided that more chaos in Lungmen could help her lure Red closer and unlock Valkyrie Lilia.

Hoshino gave Red thirty thousand Lungmen Dollars and tried to teach her how to use a target’s offer to gain control, but Red interpreted the lesson in her own way. After unlocking Lilia and discovering the power of Sleeping Beauty, Hoshino set out for Chernobog to rescue Rozaliya, who sensed she was about to be captured.

• Hoshino asked Red whether she would accept money from a target and advised her to take a target’s money before carrying out the job.
• Hoshino handed Red thirty thousand Lungmen Dollars, and Red decided she could still infiltrate Yae Shrine while keeping the money.
• Hoshino caught Red trying to escape her ropes, restrained her, and then allowed her to leave.
• Hoshino unlocked Lilia, felt overwhelming sleepiness, and tested the power of the greatsword Sleeping Beauty.
• Hoshino left a clone to guard the shrine and headed for Chernobog to rescue Rozaliya from the Reunion Movement.
• In Chernobog, Rozaliya sensed that she was going to be captured while putting on a show for Talulah.

Hoshino, calling herself Lilia, searched the moving Chernobog for her little sister Rozaliya and fought through Reunion soldiers who tried to stop her. W attempted to blow up the headquarters, but Aaron’s unexpected intervention left her plan thwarted.

• Rozaliya warned Talulah that she was about to be captured, then explained that her little sister was coming.
• Hoshino entered the wasteland near Chernobog, carrying a sketch of Rozaliya and asking Reunion soldiers if they had seen her.
• When a soldier attacked, Hoshino blocked the strike with blue light and knocked him away with her greatsword, then continued sending Reunion soldiers flying.
• W pinned Aaron down and detonated bombs she had planted in the temporary headquarters.
• Aaron asked W to curse at him, while another Reunion operator sliced out the bombs that were about to explode and threw them away.

Hoshino, disguised as Lilia, fought her way through Reunion and reached Talulah’s residence while searching for Rozaliya. Talulah met her with Rozaliya, but before they could settle their reunion, Hoshino prepared to knock Talulah out and carry her away.

• W kicked Aaron away and then charged Hoshino, who sent her flying with a sword strike.
• Hoshino showed Patriot Rozaliya’s portrait, said Rozaliya was her older sister, and accepted Talulah’s invitation upstairs without surrendering her weapons.
• W watched the elevator rise and regretted not being the one going up to confront Talulah.
• Talulah tried to reassure Rozaliya that she should act like the older sister, then worried over Hoshino’s strength as Hoshino approached in the elevator.
• Hoshino stepped out, raised her greatsword toward Talulah, and decided that knocking her out and carrying her away was the best option.

Hoshino knocked out Talulah and brought her to Lungmen, hoping her reunion with Ch'en would restore Ch'en's reason. Instead, Ch'en charged at Talulah in a rage, and the two began a fiery battle.

• Hoshino struck Talulah unconscious twice, then carried her away through a portal while Rozaliya remained behind.
• Hoshino brought Talulah to the shrine, transformed into Goushinnso Memento, and waited four hours for her to wake.
• Talulah awoke at night in Lungmen with her weapon and powers intact, but with no memory of what had happened at the tower.
• Ch'en charged toward Talulah with the Demon Blade: Crimson Sakura, declaring that she would forgive no one who had abandoned her.
• Talulah and Ch'en clashed amid blazing fire, engulfing the surroundings in flames.

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Hoshino stopped Talulah and Ch'en from fighting after their reunion turned violent, then discovered that Crimson Sakura resisted being taken from Ch'en. Talulah woke briefly under the Black Snake's influence, but Hoshino knocked her out and sent her back to Chernobog, where she awoke in a sweat.

• Talulah and Ch'en fought fiercely beneath the shrine, trading sword strikes and grappling as Hoshino watched.
• Hoshino ended the battle with a freezing shockwave and knocked both women unconscious.
• Hoshino examined their rapidly healing wounds and found that Crimson Sakura resisted leaving Ch'en's hands.
• Hoshino covered Talulah and Ch'en with blankets and opened a portal to send Talulah away.
• The Black Snake surfaced through Talulah, but Hoshino knocked her unconscious and tossed her through the portal onto Chernobog's tower.
• Talulah jolted awake on the tower, drenched in sweat.