Recaps

Lin Xiao returned to the activity room and checked the Myriad Worlds Chat Group, where members celebrated the victory over Vought and discussed the new order in The Boys world. Just as Lin Xiao settled in to rest, two newcomers from the same world joined the group.

• Lin Xiao returned to the activity room, reassured Eriri, Yukino, and Miko, and said he had gone elsewhere to save some despair.
• The group announced settlement rewards for the operation that reshaped The Boys world, including 10,000 points for Lin Xiao.
• Bruce reported that the Justice League had taken over Vought's core assets and opened its super-prison, while Starlight Annie described new hero legislation and cleaner streets.
• Lin Xiao asked about the U.S. government's response, and Bruce said the White House and Pentagon had praised the Justice League and distanced themselves from Vought.
• Two new members, "Substitute Shinigami" and "Ruler of Las Noches," joined the group, prompting Naruto to ask whether they were a couple.

Ichigo Kurosaki and Aizen Sosuke watched a memory of their futures, exposing Aizen’s schemes and defeat. As the group debated how to respond to future villains, Kaguya declared that she would always side with Lin Xiao.

• Kaguya recognized Aizen’s friendly introduction as an act, and Lin Xiao uploaded a memory instance showing the futures of Ichigo and Aizen.
• Ichigo learned that Aizen had orchestrated Rukia’s execution crisis and manipulated Ichigo’s birth and rise as a Soul Reaper.
• Aizen saw his betrayal, defeat, and sealing in the memory, but insisted that knowing the future would let him avoid defeat.
• Lin Xiao warned Aizen that his power could overcome the Hogyoku, while Batman cautioned that Aizen’s hypnosis might not affect him.
• Kaguya asked which side the group would take if villains joined, prompting Naruto, Shirou, and others to support opposing evil and Batman to propose assessing new members.
• Kaguya said she would disregard justice and evil and fight wherever Lin Xiao directed.

After the chat group members shared introductions to their worlds, Aizen reconsidered his plans when he realized Ichigo could call on the overwhelmingly powerful group owner. He announced that he would use his power to help others and protect peace, leaving the group stunned.

• Aizen asked the chat group to share information about their circumstances and worlds, while Bruce urged everyone to trust one another and was mocked for his contingency plans.
• The group members posted introductions and story summaries, which Aizen read with eager interest.
• Ichigo challenged Aizen and vowed to stop him from hurting the others.
• Aizen imagined the group owner crushing Las Noches and decided he could not risk provoking the group.
• Aizen told Ichigo they should make peace and then declared that he would help others and protect the world, prompting Kaguya to call his sudden change an unimagined path.

Aizen appeared in the chat group and in person before Ichigo, claiming he wanted to atone and help protect Rukia, then offered to work with him. Back at the All-Heavens Rescue Club, Eriri awkwardly invited Lin Xiao to a Western painting exhibition the next day.

• Aizen claimed he had chosen to atone and told Ichigo that they were companions, while Batman warned that he was still dangerous.
• Aizen arrived through a hidden Senkaimon on Ichigo's rooftop and said he meant no harm.
• Aizen gave Ichigo a sealed order he had secretly changed so Rukia could remain safely in the Human World, and offered to help him.
• Ichigo told the chat group about Aizen's offer, and the members reacted with laughter and encouragement rather than intervening.
• Eriri invited Lin Xiao to the painting exhibition, insisting she was only allowing him to come along.

Lin Xiao agreed to take the club members to the Shinomiya Group’s art exhibition, turning Eriri’s hoped-for date into a group outing. At the museum, Lin Xiao spotted that the exhibition was jointly hosted by the Shinomiya and Suzuki Groups and feared the connection to Detective Conan’s world might bring trouble.

• Miko Yotsuya asked to join Lin Xiao and Eriri on their trip to the Tokyo art museum, and Yukino Yukinoshita also requested to go as a club activity.
• Lin Xiao agreed that the club would meet at Tokyo Station the next morning, disappointing Eriri, who had hoped for a date with him.
• Miko wondered why Shizuka Hiratsuka had stopped visiting the club, while Hiratsuka stayed away from embarrassment over Lin Xiao.
• The club members arrived at the art museum, where Miko felt safe from evil spirits near Lin Xiao and Eriri and Yukino drew attention from passersby.
• Lin Xiao noticed that the exhibition was jointly hosted by the Shinomiya Group and the Suzuki Group, and he worried about the ominous Detective Conan connection.

Lin Xiao’s art museum visit turned into a murder investigation after Conan Edogawa appeared, and Lin Xiao’s prediction of a crime came true. He unnerved Conan by revealing that he knew the boy was really Shinichi Kudo.

• Eriri and Yukino admired the exhibition while Lin Xiao spotted Conan Edogawa with Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki and feared trouble would follow.
• A woman screamed after a body was found hanging from a statue, and Conan rushed toward the crime scene as the museum was sealed off.
• Inspector Megure arrived and barred everyone from leaving while Kaguya Shinomiya ordered Ai Hayasaka to investigate the victim and limit damage to the groups’ reputations.
• Conan approached Lin Xiao to ask whether he had seen anyone suspicious, and Lin Xiao whispered that he knew Conan was Shinichi Kudo.
• Conan staggered back in terror, unable to respond to Lin Xiao’s revelation.

Lin Xiao’s teasing startled Conan into solving the museum murder at remarkable speed, while Kaguya Shinomiya and Ai Hayasaka watched from above. As they were asked to help verify the scene, an assassin disguised as a police officer shot at Kaguya, leaving her in immediate danger.

• Lin Xiao frightened Conan by implying he knew his secret, then claimed he had only been joking.
• Conan rushed through the crime scene, used a tranquilizer dart on Kogoro Mouri, and exposed the culprit with a deduction.
• Officer Megure had the culprit arrested as Lin Xiao, Yukino Yukinoshita, Eriri, and Miko Yotsuya reacted to Conan’s performance.
• A disguised assassin approached Kaguya Shinomiya and Ai Hayasaka, claiming Officer Megure needed Kaguya’s help.
• The assassin drew a suppressed pistol and fired at Kaguya, while Ai Hayasaka had no time to stop him.

Lin Xiao saved Kaguya Shinomiya from an assassin, prompting her to order Ai Hayasaka to investigate him, while his shopping trip with Yukino, Eriri, and Miko ended with them trapped aboard a ghost train. The train entered a crimson fog filled with ghosts, and Hayasaka realized it was hunting the passengers.

• Lin Xiao caught a bullet meant for Kaguya Shinomiya, defeated the disguised assassin, and told Ai Hayasaka to get Kaguya to safety.
• Kaguya ordered Hayasaka to investigate Lin Xiao's background and preferences.
• Yukino, Eriri, and Miko teased Lin Xiao over Kaguya's reaction, then made him carry their shopping bags around Akihabara.
• Lin Xiao and the others boarded an old train, unaware that Hayasaka had followed them.
• The train entered a crimson fog filled with ghostly faces, and Hayasaka concluded that it was carrying the passengers toward a monster's nest.

Lin Xiao let the ghost train carry him and the passengers to the monsters’ nest so he could destroy it at its source. There, he revealed his strength by slapping the White Bone Commander into the monster horde.

• Ai Hayasaka watched Lin Xiao and the others remain relaxed while the ghost train filled with blood mist and terrified passengers.
• Lin Xiao concealed his power and decided to ride the train to the monsters’ nest and wipe it out.
• The train stopped at a platform packed with monsters, where the White Bone Commander threatened the passengers.
• Lin Xiao walked out of the train and dismissed the nest and its monsters as unimpressive.
• The White Bone Commander attacked Lin Xiao, who slapped it into the horde and crushed many lesser monsters.

Lin Xiao wiped out the monsters on a ghost train platform with a burst of light from his chest, destroying the train and its demon barrier. After the passengers returned safely to a normal Tokyo station, Ai Hayasaka reported Lin Xiao’s powers to Kaguya Shinomiya, who refused to believe her.

• The White Bone Commander recovered from Lin Xiao’s slap and tried to analyze his strength while preparing its monsters for battle.
• Lin Xiao used Timer Flash, unleashing Pure Light of Gaia that evaporated the White Bone Commander and thousands of monsters in seconds.
• The ghost train and demon barrier collapsed, restoring the subway platform and leaving the passengers unharmed.
• Lin Xiao urged Yukino, Eriri, and Miko to hurry so they could reach the supermarket before its wagyu discount ended.
• Ai Hayasaka told Kaguya Shinomiya that Lin Xiao was an ordinary student who had destroyed the monsters with blue light from his chest, and Kaguya angrily accused her of making it up.

Aizen Sosuke interrupted Byakuya Kuchiki and Renji Abarai’s attempt to arrest Rukia by presenting a forged Central 46 order that revoked the warrant and allowed her to stay in the World of the Living. Byakuya and Renji returned to the Soul Society, leaving Ichigo and Rukia safe under Aizen’s arrangement.

• Ichigo prepared to fight Renji as Byakuya and Rukia watched in the rain.
• Aizen arrived and showed Byakuya a document claiming Central 46 had revoked Rukia’s arrest warrant and approved her continued stay in the World of the Living.
• Renji objected that Ichigo was an outsider, but Byakuya ordered him to sheath his sword and return to the Soul Society.
• Byakuya and Renji left through the Senkaimon, and Rukia collapsed in relief.
• Aizen told Ichigo that their cooperation had secured Rukia’s safety and made Ichigo’s use of his powers in the World of the Living legal.

Aizen Sosuke recruited Ichigo Kurosaki to bring him to Kisuke Urahara so they could prepare for Yhwach and the Wandenreich. Urahara struggled to believe Aizen had changed, but agreed to cooperate once he heard the warning about the coming war.

• Aizen told Ichigo that Yhwach and the Wandenreich were the coming threat and asked him to take him to Kisuke Urahara.
• Ichigo brought Aizen to Urahara Shop, where Urahara drew his sword and demanded to know what Aizen had done to Ichigo.
• Ichigo explained that Aizen had saved Rukia and claimed they were companions, leaving Urahara stunned and distrustful.
• Aizen told Urahara about the coming war and asked him to develop defenses against the Sternritter, Vollständig, and The Almighty.
• After considering Aizen’s warning, Urahara lowered his sword and agreed to work with him.

Emiya Shirou asked the chat group for help after his sister Illya became a magical girl and he upset her with a blunt comment about her age. Lin Xiao brought Aizen and his club members to Mitakihara City, where the magical girls reunited with him, condemned Shirou, and encountered Kyubey recruiting them.

• Shirou revealed that a talking wand had transformed Illya into a magical girl, then admitted he had called her a magical big sister because of her age.
• Shirou asked Homura Akemi if he could bring Illya to Mitakihara City, and Aizen requested to join so he could study the world's magical energy.
• Lin Xiao organized a trip with Eriri, Yukino Yukinoshita, and Miko Yotsuya; Miko eagerly agreed while Eriri and Yukino objected.
• Lin Xiao and the others arrived at Mami Tomoe's apartment, where Madoka Kaname, Sayaka Miki, Kyoko Sakura, and Homura Akemi welcomed him.
• Illya told the magical girls what Shirou had said, and they scolded him while Lin Xiao laughed.
• Aizen began examining the peaceful world, but Kyubey appeared and urged the group to become Light Magical Girls.

Aizen Sosuke resisted Kyubey’s magical-girl recruitment pitch, while Homura Akemi and the others explained that they now traveled to other planets for work. Kyubey then contracted Miko Yotsuya and transformed Eriri, leaving Yukino as the remaining girl it had approached.

• Aizen Sosuke asked whether Kyubey could be dissected after the group mocked the idea of him becoming a magical girl.
• Homura Akemi, Madoka Kaname, Mami Tomoe, and Sayaka Miki explained that they worked as interstellar rescue specialists on twice-monthly trips to collect hope energy.
• Kyubey offered Eriri, Yukino, and Miko Yotsuya a revised magical-girl contract with no soul extraction or life sacrifice and customizable outfits.
• Miko Yotsuya accepted the contract and transformed into a magical girl wearing a nun-and-kimono battle outfit with a cross-shaped staff.
• Kyubey transformed Eriri into a yellow-and-white magical girl with twin-tail ribbons and a paintbrush-themed wand, and Eriri hid in embarrassment.

Yukino accepted Kyubey’s contract and joined the magical girls, while Aizen studied the transformation system as if it were advanced technology. Lin Xiao then volunteered to act as the group’s final boss for a combat drill, leaving the magical girls facing his theatrical challenge.

• Kyubey persuaded Yukino to accept a contract by adding cat-themed details to her magical outfit, including furry ears and a Mr. Pan charm.
• Aizen recorded observations about the magical girls’ transformations and considered how their mechanics could improve his research and Las Noches’s defenses.
• Members of the Myriad Worlds Chat Group laughed at Aizen’s research, while Bruce Wayne offered to fund access to the technology and Clark objected.
• When Kyubey said Earth had no monsters for training, Lin Xiao offered to become the final boss and threatened Yukino, Eriri, and Miko with restroom-cleaning duty if they failed.
• Lin Xiao suppressed his power and delivered a dramatic villain speech, leaving Eriri embarrassed and Yukino covering her face.

The magical girls fought Lin Xiao in a combat drill, but he effortlessly resisted their attacks and even moved during Homura’s time stop. Madoka’s gentle arrow finally made him pretend to lose, leaving the girls stunned.

• Eriri and Yukino attacked Lin Xiao, but he shrugged off their magic and taunted them.
• Miko surrendered in fear, so Mami, Kyoko, and Sayaka joined the fight against Lin Xiao without making a dent.
• Homura stopped time and aimed an RPG at Lin Xiao, but he moved freely and explained that an Ultraman could turn the impossible into possible.
• Mami fired Tiro Finale, but Lin Xiao redirected the magical beam into the sky with a casual swipe.
• Madoka fired a soft pink arrow that touched Lin Xiao’s chest, and he theatrically collapsed and declared defeat.

After Lin Xiao’s theatrical defeat during the Demon King drill drew laughter and criticism, he invited Aizen Sosuke to spar. Aizen accepted, hoping to test whether Kyoka Suigetsu could deceive the senses of a being of light, and began releasing his Zanpakuto.

• Eriri, Kyoko Sakura, and Yukino criticized Lin Xiao for pretending to fall to Madoka’s ordinary arrow, while Aizen praised his supposed manipulation of their emotions.
• Lin Xiao explained that he had gone easy on Madoka, and Madoka, Sayaka Miki, and Kyoko laughed as the tension disappeared.
• Kaguya complained in the Myriad Worlds Chat Group that the drill lacked defeat scenes, and Lin Xiao rebuked her for demanding erotic material.
• Lin Xiao challenged Aizen to spar, and Aizen accepted to investigate whether Kyoka Suigetsu could affect the senses of a being of light.
• Aizen drew his Zanpakuto and released Kyoka Suigetsu, beginning the duel.

Aizen Sosuke tried to use Kyoka Suigetsu against Lin Xiao, but the universe itself rejected him and protected Lin Xiao. After Aizen accepted defeat, Lin Xiao spent a warm afternoon with the others at Mami Tomoe’s apartment before remembering he needed to return to reality.

• Aizen Sosuke activated Complete Hypnosis and tried to step toward Lin Xiao, but froze under the world’s killing intent.
• Kyubey explained that the universe had awakened and was protecting Lin Xiao because he had spread the power of hope throughout its past and future.
• Aizen Sosuke sheathed his Zanpakuto, accepted defeat, and acknowledged Lin Xiao as the world’s savior.
• At Mami Tomoe’s apartment, Mami served Lin Xiao tea, and he praised her brewing and homemaking skills.
• Lin Xiao said goodbye to Madoka Kaname, Homura Akemi, Mami Tomoe, and the others, then prepared to return to reality.

Illya decided to stay in Madoka Kaname’s world, and Kyubey tried to recruit her into the magical girl system. Emiya Shirou brought Heracles over to protect her, only for Kyubey to offer him a contract too, before Lin Xiao and Aizen left through the portal.

• Illya refused to return with the others and chose to stay with Madoka Kaname and Mami Tomoe, while Kyubey persuaded her to sign up as a magical girl.
• Illya tossed Magical Ruby aside and asked Madoka Kaname where they would go shopping, prompting Emiya Shirou to return to Fuyuki City for help.
• Emiya Shirou brought Heracles to the apartment to guard Illya, frightening Madoka Kaname, Sayaka Miki, and Mami Tomoe.
• Kyubey approached Heracles and asked if he wanted to become a magical girl, leaving him confused and making Lin Xiao laugh.
• Kaguya laughed at Kyubey’s sales pitch, Aizen left through the portal, and Lin Xiao took Shirou with him.

Haruno Yukinoshita visited the Myriad Realms Rescue Club to question Lin Xiao about his relationship with Yukino and the club's activities, but his sincere claim that they saved the world unsettled her. After Haruno left, an emergency news alert revealed a gigantic eyeball embedded in a ruined mountain range.

• Haruno Yukinoshita confronted Lin Xiao and questioned whether the club was an excuse to spend time with Yukino and Eriri.
• Lin Xiao told Haruno that the club saved the world and that its members had just returned from another world filled with magical girls.
• Haruno realized Lin Xiao seemed serious, left the clubroom, and warned Yukino to protect herself.
• Eriri laughed about Haruno being taken aback, while Lin Xiao said sincerity was the best finishing move.
• An emergency alert showed a massive eyeball in the ruins of a mountain range on the border between Yamanashi Prefecture and Shizuoka Prefecture.

Lin Xiao recognized the dormant giant eyeball near Mount Fuji as Eye Q and went to investigate whether he could recruit it. After Earth’s Will rejected the creature, Gaia appeared ready to destroy it, but a government envoy intervened to protect it for research.

• Lin Xiao identified the giant eyeball as Eye Q, a resentment-based kaiju that absorbed energy, and suspected it could be part of a sequence leading to Five King.
• Yukino explained that a group of men, including Iori Kitahara, had accidentally discovered Eye Q while camping in Yamanashi Prefecture.
• Lin Xiao secretly reached the sealed site and tried to establish a psychic connection with Eye Q, but Earth’s Will reacted with disgust and rejected the creature.
• Lin Xiao transformed into Ultraman Gaia and prepared to blast Eye Q apart.
• A government envoy arrived by helicopter and begged Gaia to spare the dormant creature for its research value.

After the officials drove Gaia away, their attempt to seal Eye Q failed, and the monster overwhelmed their forces. Lin Xiao returned under cover and destroyed Eye Q with a surprise attack, leaving Shadow Mage stunned.

• Gaia withdrew after the officials demanded that he leave Eye Q to them, while Shadow Mage watched and mocked him.
• Japanese onmyoji and priests tried to seal Eye Q, but it absorbed their spell energy and transformed into a rampaging monster.
• The officials ordered missiles fired at Eye Q, but it swallowed them and forced the officials to beg Gaia for help.
• Lin Xiao secretly reappeared behind Eye Q and killed it with a Gaia Photon Ice Blade strike.
• Shadow Mage watched Gaia's surprise attack and was horrified that the Light Giant had used such an underhanded tactic.

After defeating Eye Q, Lin Xiao found a feverish little girl in the rain and accidentally terrified Shiho Miyano by calling her “Sherry.” He took her to the All-Heavens Rescue Club, where the others suspected him of kidnapping her, and used Gaia’s light to stabilize her condition.

• Ultraman Gaia defeated Eye Q with a surprise attack, forcing Shadow Mage to flee.
• Lin Xiao returned to Chiba Prefecture and found Shiho Miyano collapsed beside a trash can in the rain.
• Lin Xiao called the dazed Shiho “Sherry,” causing her to faint in terror.
• Lin Xiao carried Shiho to the All-Heavens Rescue Club, where Yukino, Eriri, and Miko accused him of kidnapping her.
• Lin Xiao healed Shiho with the Light of Gaia, and she regained color and fell asleep on the sofa.

Shiho Miyano woke in Sobu High’s clubroom after Lin Xiao rescued her, then tried to leave to keep the Black Organization from endangering the students. Lin Xiao and the others dismissed the threat by comparing it to monsters, and Shiho was left stunned as they insisted she would be safe there.

• Shiho Miyano woke in the clubroom feeling healthy and learned from Lin Xiao that he had found and cared for her.
• Shiho thanked Lin Xiao but said she had to leave because the people pursuing her would endanger everyone around her.
• Miko Yotsuya insisted the clubroom was the safest place in the universe, while Shiho warned that the Black Organization was a powerful international criminal group.
• Eriri asked whether the organization was as dangerous as giant monsters, and Shiho explained that its members were only human criminals.
• Lin Xiao told Shiho to stay and promised she need not fear the Black Organization, while Yukino Yukinoshita agreed she was safe with them.

After the girls agreed to shelter Shiho Miyano, Lin Xiao arranged for her to stay at his apartment and gave her the alias Ai Haibara. The chapter ended with Ai Haibara sharing a homemade Chinese dinner with Lin Xiao in Chiba Prefecture.

• Lin Xiao suggested taking Shiho Miyano to his spacious apartment after Eriri, Yukino, and Miko said they could not explain bringing her home.
• Yukino and Eriri warned Lin Xiao not to behave inappropriately toward the seven-year-old, and he dismissed their suspicions.
• Lin Xiao said Shiho needed an alias because the Black Organization was searching for her, then suggested the name Ai Haibara.
• Shiho accepted the name Ai Haibara and declared that she would use it from then on.
• Lin Xiao took Ai Haibara to his apartment, where she ate his Chinese cooking and quietly admired his skills.