Chapter Summaries

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.

Talulah found Rozaliya gone but preserved the little tent she had built, while Hoshino carried a sleeping Ch'en back toward her dormitory. Red stumbled upon them at the shrine, and Hoshino teased her for looking away.

• Hoshino returned Talulah’s greatsword through a portal and teased her about imprisoning and keeping Rozaliya.
• Crownslayer brought Talulah clothes and found the rooftop intact, with Rozaliya’s handmade tent still standing.
• Talulah reinforced Rozaliya’s tent and wondered whether Rozaliya would return.
• Hoshino found Ch'en asleep at the shrine and carried her toward her dormitory before sunrise.
• Red tried to infiltrate the shrine, stumbled when Hoshino noticed her, and turned away after seeing Ch'en’s blanket slip.

Hoshino returned Ch'en to the Guard Department dormitory after undoing her corruption, while Red decided she wanted to leave the Shrine. Ch'en woke with gaps in her memory, learned that Hoshino had left her room, and confronted Hoshino at the Shrine, where Hoshino said she was trying to save her.

• Hoshino carried the unconscious Ch'en back to her dormitory, where Hiyumaru appeared asleep beside her after the corruption had been undone.
• Ch'en woke confused about having slept naked and recalled a hazy dream in which she fought and bit Talulah to death.
• Hoshiguma told Ch'en that she had seen a Shrine maiden leaving her room, and Ch'en fainted.
• Ch'en woke in the infirmary, pulled out her IV, and rushed to the Shrine, where she confronted Hoshino.
• Hoshino told Ch'en she was thinking about how to save her.

Hoshino told Ch'en that she had suffered qi deviation and warned that she had only two weeks to resolve the problem. Ch'en began listing the people she could not let go of, giving Hoshino a possible lead as the chapter ended.

• Ch'en questioned Hoshino about what had happened to her, and Hoshino admitted that her own negligence had caused Ch'en's current condition.
• Hoshino explained that Ch'en had suffered qi deviation, while Ch'en recalled saving Hoshino from the demon fox.
• Hoshino showed Ch'en a recording of her fox-eared self and said Talulah had been brought to awaken her conscience.
• Hoshino warned that Ch'en was as good as dead if she failed to solve the problem within two weeks.
• Hoshino asked Ch'en to name the people she could not let go of, and Ch'en listed Hoshino, Talulah, and Wei Yenwu.

Ch'en returned to work after Hoshino promised to watch over her, while Hoshino kept Fenghuang Down ready in case she needed to suppress Ch'en's foxified state. At night, Ch'en stormed into Wei Yenwu's manor and attacked his hidden guards, leaving Wei Yenwu facing his furious chosen heir.

• Ch'en left Yae Shrine for work, then told the Lungmen Guard Department infirmary to discard her remaining glucose.
• Hoshino considered Fenghuang Down as a last resort and waited for nightfall instead of following Ch'en during the day.
• Wei Yenwu watched Nikolai II's televised address and suspected the young emperor was concealing his real thoughts.
• The power went out at Wei Yenwu's manor, and he suspected an assassination attempt as his guards moved in the darkness.
• Ch'en arrived in a furious state, struck a hidden guard with one slash, and the hidden guard unit withdrew into the shadows.

Wei Yenwu fled Ch'en’s attack with Mrs. Fumizuki on her motorcycle, and they headed to Yae Sakura’s shrine to investigate Ch'en’s fox ears and crimson blade. Hoshino reached the Tenshukaku first and waited for them with tea.

• The shadow guard warned Wei Yenwu that Ch'en’s condition was abnormal and left him to handle the family matter.
• Wei Yenwu tried to teach Ch'en a lesson, but she cut his pipe in half with her katana and forced him to dodge her attacks.
• Mrs. Fumizuki arrived on her motorcycle, picked up Wei Yenwu, and sped away from Ch'en.
• Ch'en chased after Wei Yenwu and Mrs. Fumizuki, while Hoshino followed them.
• Wei Yenwu told Mrs. Fumizuki that Ch'en’s fox ears and crimson blade came from the shrine, so they decided to ask Yae Sakura for help.
• Hoshino used a portal to reach the Tenshukaku ahead of them and prepared tea before asking what they needed.

Hoshino spoke with Wei Yenwu and Madam Fumizuki about Ch'en's demonic madness and who might still reach her. Madam Fumizuki asked Hoshino to save Ch'en, and Hoshino promised she would not let go of her hand.

• Hoshino accepted responsibility for Ch'en's condition and told Wei Yenwu that she would try to help her.
• Hoshino explained her efforts to reach Ch'en, including sending children into the Reunion Movement's headquarters to capture people.
• Wei Yenwu suggested that Ch'en would listen to Hoshino, though Hoshino doubted that he understood his niece as well as he claimed.
• Madam Fumizuki compared Ch'en to Wei Yenwu in his youth and called the Wei family a family of hot-blooded fools.
• Madam Fumizuki asked Hoshino to help Ch'en, and Hoshino promised not to let go of her hand.

Hoshino accepted Wei Yenwu’s request to become Ch’en’s guardian, then stopped the transformed Ch’en from reaching him and took Crimson Sakura from her. She carried the unconscious Ch’en into the Tenshukaku and decided to give her a Void Blade as compensation.

• Lady Fumizuki questioned Wei Yenwu’s decision to entrust Ch’en to Hoshino, while Wei Yenwu relaxed after making the request.
• Hoshino realized she had been tricked into accepting responsibility for Ch’en and waited for her to arrive at the shrine.
• Ch’en charged toward the Tenshukaku in her fox-transformed state, smashing through walls as she searched for Wei Yenwu.
• Hoshino blocked Ch’en and ordered her to hand over Crimson Sakura; Ch’en obeyed, and the sword’s karmic fire went out.
• Hoshino carried the fainted Ch’en into the Tenshukaku, passed Wei Yenwu and Lady Fumizuki on the stairs, and chose to give Ch’en a Void Blade.

Hoshino waited for Ch'en to wake after taking away her demon blade and giving her a replacement. Meanwhile, Red reported her encounter with Yae Sakura to Kal'tsit, who was horrified by what she heard, and Ch'en woke at the shrine to find the Void Blade beside her.

• Hoshino watched over the unconscious Ch'en and gently moved a strand of hair from her face.
• Red returned to Rhodes Island and awkwardly told Kal'tsit that Yae Sakura had tied her up, touched her, and fed her.
• Red told Kal'tsit that she had seen Yae Sakura holding a naked Ch'en wrapped in a blanket on a cliff and waving Red over.
• Kal'tsit reassured Red, praised her for returning, and warned her to keep the top-secret mission confidential.
• Ch'en woke at the shrine, recognized the Void Blade, and agreed to use it instead of the demon blade.

Hoshino taught Ch'en how to use the Void Blade, a weapon that created a six-second time-space deceleration field, and Ch'en brought it to work at the Lungmen Guard Department. When a shootout broke out at Penguin Logistics’ End of the Earth Bar, Ch'en arrived and activated the blade’s power against Lappland.

• Hoshino demonstrated the Void Blade’s time-slowing field and explained its six-second limit to Ch'en.
• Ch'en took the Void Blade to the Lungmen Guard Department, where Swire admired it and watched Ch'en demonstrate its power.
• The Guard Department received a report of a shootout at the End of the Earth Bar, Penguin Logistics’ base.
• Lappland and Exusiai exchanged fire while Lappland explained that she was trying to rob Texas for travel money.
• Ch'en arrived and slowed time around Lappland, announcing that one second had passed.

Ch'en used her time-stopping sword to arrest Lappland, Exusiai, and Texas, while Hoshino received a main quest to kill the Ursus Emperor and uncover why he wanted Durandal. The newly enthroned Nikolai secretly arranged a body double and set out to investigate Durandal and the Reunion Movement himself.

• Ch'en used Void Blade to subdue Lappland, then caught Exusiai and Texas as they tried to flee and ordered all three taken away.
• Hoshino received the main quest to kill the Ursus Emperor and learned that the emperor wanted something from Durandal.
• Nikolai ordered his secretary to find a convincing body double so he could secretly investigate Durandal and the Reunion Movement.
• After a week of training the double, Nikolai set out to find Durandal, curious whether the double might rebel.