Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Lin Xiao gathers Kousei, Kaori, Gin, and Hotaru on a rooftop, saying he will take care of their regrets.
• He envelops Kaori and Gin in Gaia’s life-giving light, appearing to them as the giant Ultraman Gaia and declaring that he has brought them new life.
• Kaori’s illness and nerve damage disappear, restoring her strength. Gin becomes fully alive and can remain with Hotaru.
• The four thank Lin Xiao as he leaves. He privately congratulates himself on his dramatic entrance—until Kaguya mocks him in the group chat for using a blinding red flash to set up an Ultraman catchphrase.

Character developments and interactions

• Kaori and Gin move from lives shadowed by approaching death to renewed health and life.
• Kousei reacts with alarm at Kaori’s sudden transformation, then struggles to understand Lin Xiao’s intervention.
• Hotaru, who had been preparing to say goodbye to Gin, is overjoyed when she can touch and embrace him.
• Lin Xiao acts as a compassionate, irreverent rescuer: he dismisses the tragedy as an “eyesore,” but stages the miracle with theatrical flair.
• The reunion between Hotaru and Gin provides the chapter’s emotional center; all four recipients share a tearful, grateful farewell with Lin Xiao.

Significant themes

• Second chances and hope: seemingly irreversible illness and loss are undone.
• Love and human connection: Gin and Hotaru can finally be together physically.
• Compassion tempered by humor: a profound miracle is followed by playful teasing of Lin Xiao’s showmanship.

Key plot points and events

• Lin Xiao’s dramatic flash-and-healing performance is exposed as theatrical rather than necessary. The group chat mocks his attempt to look impressive, and Yukino catches him in the stairwell, teasing him about needing searchlights for his “entrances.” Embarrassed, Lin hurries everyone back downstairs.
• After HTT’s prize-winning concert, the club members are grieving because a senior member is due to move abroad with her family. During their farewell, she receives a call from her father: his company has been bought by Wayne Enterprises, so the family no longer needs to relocate.
• The news turns the tearful goodbye into a jubilant celebration. The girls resolve to keep HTT together and continue performing.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Xiao is briefly proud of his staged display, then becomes mortified when the group chat and Yukino recognize what he did. He tries to brush it off and escape further teasing.
• Yukino shows a playful, teasing side, needling Lin Xiao while keeping the group-chat explanation from the confused Eriri.
• Eriri is puzzled by the exchange and suspects Lin Xiao has done something foolish, but receives no explanation.
• Yui and Azusa are devastated at the prospect of losing their older clubmate; the rest of HTT shares their sadness. Once she can stay, they embrace her and celebrate their continued friendship and musical partnership.
• The departing senior’s father’s company acquisition unexpectedly prevents the family’s move, transforming a farewell into a reunion.

Significant themes

• Performance and embarrassment: Lin Xiao’s attempt to create a grand, godlike impression backfires when others see through the theatrics.
• Friendship and separation: HTT’s grief reflects how deeply its members value their bonds.
• Unexpected good fortune and reunion: Wayne Enterprises’ acquisition abruptly changes the senior member’s plans, offering the group a chance to remain together and keep making music.

Key plot points and events

• Komon Kazuki explains why he has been visiting Jun Himeya: TLT’s underground base has suffered repeated localized earthquakes, and all Space Beast signals have vanished. With no missions to handle, the Special Operations Group has been given an extended vacation.
• At the base, another tremor shakes the facility. Communications officer Mitsuhiko Ishibori realizes the quakes are centered beneath his chair and Administrator Matsunaga’s conference room.
• Ishibori believes the Earth is deliberately warning TLT for plotting to capture the host of Ultraman. He resents being caught in the fallout and blames both Lin Xiao and the planet.
• Lin Xiao wakes from a nap after sneezing, then receives a visit from the Native minister. The minister brings the first batch of completed Kamen Rider systems, including several mechanical insect devices and matching belts.
• Lin chooses the red rhinoceros-beetle device, Kabuto.

Character developments and interactions

• Komon is sheepish about enjoying time off, while Jun is baffled that a monster-fighting unit can take vacations.
• Ishibori is increasingly frustrated and humiliated, convinced that Earth’s quakes are punishing TLT’s leadership—and him along with them.
• The Native minister remains intensely deferential to Lin Xiao, presenting the equipment as a means to protect him and flatteringly dismissing it as unnecessary beside his power.
• Lin Xiao shows interest in the new technology and confidently selects Kabuto.

Significant themes

• Nature pushing back against human interference: Earth’s targeted tremors serve as warnings against TLT’s plans to capture Ultraman’s host.
• Absurdity amid danger: The organization’s apparent crisis coincides with a quiet spell, giving its operatives a vacation.
• Power, technology, and loyalty: The Natives develop advanced equipment for Lin, while their minister’s devotion mixes practical support with excessive flattery.

Key plot points and events

• Lin Xiao chooses and receives a genuine Kabuto Zecter from the Native Race, whose minister assures him they will intervene if he is threatened. Lin Xiao thanks them and dismisses them.
• Delighted by the device’s craftsmanship, Lin Xiao photographs it and posts it in the multiverse chat group.
• Kaguya is ecstatic and jealous, while Batman asks to borrow the Zecter for research and destructive testing. Lin Xiao refuses, insisting it is protective gear and telling Batman to use the blueprints instead.
• A new member joins the group under the grandiose name “The Man Who Walks the Path of Heaven and Rules Over All.” Lin Xiao and Kaguya recognize the catchphrase as unmistakably belonging to Tendou Souji, Kamen Rider Kabuto.
• Tendou, newly pulled into the chat, suspects the strange voices are connected to Worms. He notices Lin Xiao’s photo and dismisses the Zecter as an imitation, saying it differs from ZECT technology.
• Lin Xiao realizes the twist: in Tendou’s world, seven years after the Shibuya meteorite, Tendou has only just reached the beginning of his story and is still waiting to obtain his Rider equipment.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Xiao is proud of his Zecter but protective of it, refusing Batman’s offer to take it apart. Tendou’s dismissal leaves him stunned.
• Kaguya reveals her intense enthusiasm for tokusatsu, loudly envying Lin Xiao’s Zecter and wishing she could transform.
• Batman approaches the device as a research opportunity, displaying his usual analytical curiosity and disregard for Lin Xiao’s attachment to it.
• Tendou Souji enters the group with characteristic self-assurance, invoking his grandmother’s wisdom and challenging the mysterious intrusion. Despite his bravado, he carefully recognizes the differences between the Zecters.
• The group members react to Tendou’s confident introduction: Batman reads it as confidence backed by ability, Naruto admires his style, and Aizen finds his arrogance amusing.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus authenticity: Tendou mistakes Lin Xiao’s genuine Zecter for an imitation because its craftsmanship differs from his world’s technology.
• Cross-world misunderstandings: The group’s characters interpret one another through their own worlds’ assumptions, creating both comedy and intrigue.
• Identity and timing: Tendou has joined the chat at a point before he has obtained his Rider gear, while Lin Xiao already possesses a counterpart from another world.
• Swagger and self-image: Tendou’s legendary confidence is established immediately through his grandiose name, catchphrase, and composed response to an impossible situation.

Key plot points and events

• Lin Xiao reveals that Tendou Souji is still at the beginning of Kamen Rider Kabuto and has not yet received his transformation device. The group jokes that a perfect replica has reached him before the genuine article.
• Tendou calmly dismisses the replica, insisting that an imitation cannot match the original. Immediately afterward, the real Kabuto Zecter smashes through his window and lands in his hand.
• Lin Xiao tells Tendou that a Worm is attacking Shibuya and that his sister, Hiyori, needs rescuing. He then uploads the complete story of Kamen Rider Kabuto to Tendou’s mind.
• The newly revealed future shocks Tendou: the Natives have manipulated ZECT and its Rider System, and plan to assimilate humanity. Most painfully, Hiyori’s biological parents were killed and replaced by Natives, meaning Hiyori herself has Native blood.

Character developments

• Tendou initially remains composed and supremely confident, even when others tease him about receiving a counterfeit Zecter. The genuine Zecter’s arrival reinforces his swagger—but learning the future finally breaks through his composure.
• Lin Xiao enjoys his advantage as group admin and uses his knowledge of the series to spur Tendou into action, then confronts him with the full truth.
• Kaguya gleefully teases Tendou over the absurdity of the counterfeit device arriving before the real one, while Batman comments on Tendou’s remarkable emotional resilience.

Significant themes

• Original versus imitation: Tendou’s confidence in the authentic Zecter is vindicated when it chooses him over its expected compatible user.
• Destiny and foreknowledge: Lin Xiao’s access to the complete story gives him—and now Tendou—knowledge that can alter how events unfold.
• Trust, identity, and betrayal: The revelation that the Natives have infiltrated human institutions and are tied to Hiyori’s origins turns the conflict into a deeply personal one for Tendou.

Character interactions

• The chat group trades jokes and admiration as Kaguya, Lin Xiao, and Batman react to Tendou’s unshakable bravado.
• Tendou answers the teasing with a grand declaration, then seals it by presenting the genuine Zecter’s arrival as proof.
• Lin Xiao cuts through the showmanship by reminding Tendou of the immediate danger to Hiyori; the uploaded memories then force Tendou to face a threat bound up with his sister’s identity and safety.

Plot points and events

• Tendou Souji is shaken by learning that his sister, Hiyori, is connected to the Natives and may not be fully human. Members of the Myriad Worlds Chat Group rush to reassure him and help him assess the situation.
• Bruce Wayne argues that the Natives’ plan depends on Worm-identification necklaces, while Aizen points out that Tendou’s foreknowledge—and the coming Hyper Zecter—give him the advantage over the conspirators.
• Tendou recovers his resolve: Hiyori is his sister regardless of what she is, and he vows to destroy anyone who tries to exploit or harm her.
• Lin Xiao reveals that some Natives in his own world have been peacefully integrated into society, suggesting that coexistence is possible. He also offers to help if Tendou’s opponents become a threat.
• Kaguya then proposes that Lin Xiao travel to Shibuya, use his imitation Kabuto belt to steal Tendou’s famous first appearance, and take Hiyori away. The group condemns the idea, and Tendou angrily warns Lin Xiao not to touch his sister.
• Though Lin Xiao rejects Kaguya’s crude suggestion, he admits he may visit Shibuya anyway—mainly because watching Tendou fight monsters sounds more entertaining than dealing with school drama.

Character developments and interactions

• Tendou moves from shock and doubt to renewed confidence, reaffirming his loyalty to Hiyori. His protective instincts flare when Kaguya suggests taking her.
• The chat group acts as Tendou’s support network: Bruce and Aizen offer strategic analysis, while the more emotional members affirm his bond with Hiyori.
• Lin Xiao reassures Tendou but also enjoys provoking the situation and considers visiting the coming battle.
• Kaguya deliberately stirs up chaos, while other members—including Shirou and Ichigo—rebuke her.

Significant themes

• Family over labels: Tendou insists that Hiyori’s nature does not change their sibling bond.
• Information and strategy: Foreknowledge turns the balance of power against the Native conspirators.
• Coexistence versus exploitation: Lin Xiao’s example suggests Natives can live peacefully, contrasting with the leaders’ schemes.
• Comedy and bravado: Tendou’s dramatic resolve is undercut by Kaguya’s outrageous teasing and Lin Xiao’s mischievous interest in stealing the spotlight.

Plot and key events

• Tendou Souji races toward an abandoned warehouse after the Kabuto Zecter chooses him, desperate to reach Hiyori. He doesn’t know that Lin Xiao can teleport and arrives by motorcycle too late to take the lead.
• Inside, Kagami Arata is badly injured, while Hiyori is about to be attacked by a Spider Worm. Lin Xiao suddenly appears and protects her with an invisible gravitational barrier.
• Tendou crashes through the warehouse doors, ready to transform and deliver his signature introduction. Lin Xiao interrupts, claiming the monster and equipping a Kabuto-style belt and a pristine red Zecter supplied by the Natives’ division chief.
• Lin Xiao transforms into Kabuto, Casts Off, and destroys the elite Spider Worm with a Rider Kick—even though the Worm is using Clock Up. The explosive finishing blow also wipes out several approaching grunt Worms.
• Afterward, Lin Xiao delivers Tendou’s famous “path of heaven” speech and poses as Kamen Rider Kabuto. Tendou is left holding the genuine Zecter, unable to finish his own entrance, and angrily questions whether Lin Xiao’s Rider is merely a “knockoff.”
• Kagami and Hiyori are baffled by the appearance of two Kabuto Riders. The Myriad Worlds Chat Group watches the scene, with Kaguya gleefully mocking Tendou for having his entrance, transformation, finishing move, and pose stolen.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Xiao demonstrates teleportation, a gravity-based defense, and formidable combat ability. He is confident, playful, and deliberately theatrical, relishing the chance to upstage Tendou.
• Tendou arrives with his usual swagger and determination to save Hiyori, but Lin Xiao’s intervention leaves him stunned and furious. His carefully rehearsed confidence is undercut when someone else performs his signature moves better—or at least gets to perform them first.
• Kagami is injured and helpless during the fight, then bewildered by the apparent existence of two Kabuto Riders.
• Hiyori narrowly escapes death thanks to Lin Xiao and watches the strange rivalry unfold in confusion.
• Lin Xiao and Tendou have no direct fight, but their unspoken contest over the Kabuto identity dominates the scene. Kaguya’s commentary turns Tendou’s humiliation into a public spectacle.

Significant themes

• Identity and legitimacy: Two people possess Kabuto-related equipment, raising questions about who truly embodies the Rider.
• Heroism versus performance: Both men act to protect Hiyori, but the scene also emphasizes style, signature lines, and the desire to control a dramatic entrance.
• Disruption and comedy: Lin Xiao’s sudden arrival overturns the expected sequence of events, turning a tense rescue into a comic clash of egos.

Plot points and events

• Lin Xiao stores the tribute beetle and calmly approaches Hiyori and the others. His soothing presence eases Hiyori’s fear and helps Kagami recover from his injuries.
• Hiyori calls Lin Xiao warm like “the real sun.” Tendou, already suspicious of Lin Xiao, becomes intensely jealous and protective because “the sun” is a title associated with himself and his grandmother’s teachings.
• Kagami thanks Lin Xiao for saving him and Hiyori, then wonders whether Lin Xiao belongs to a new ZECT unit. Lin Xiao dismisses ZECT’s ability to create equipment like his own and mysteriously reveals that he knows Kagami’s name.
• ZECT’s Mishima arrives with Ant Troopers. Despite Kagami’s attempt to explain that Lin Xiao and Tendou saved them, Mishima orders everyone—including the civilians—killed and the belts recovered.
• Lin Xiao responds with a single stomp, unleashing overwhelming force that crushes the warehouse floor and pins Mishima and the entire troop squad. The chapter ends with Mishima horrified by Lin Xiao’s power.

Character developments and interactions

• Hiyori shifts from fearful isolation toward unexpected trust and attachment to Lin Xiao, whose presence feels safe to her.
• Tendou becomes more guarded and possessive, shielding Hiyori and interpreting her praise of Lin Xiao as a personal challenge.
• Kagami remains earnest and grateful, defending Lin Xiao and Tendou despite his own injuries; Mishima’s disregard for him exposes how little ZECT values its people.
• Lin Xiao remains composed and enigmatic, offering quiet reassurance before revealing his immense power when threatened.
• Mishima demonstrates ruthless loyalty to ZECT’s interests, treating allies and civilians alike as expendable. His authority collapses when Lin Xiao effortlessly defeats his forces.

Significant themes

• Trust versus suspicion: Hiyori and Kagami respond to Lin Xiao’s kindness, while Tendou and ZECT view him as a threat.
• Institutional cruelty: Mishima’s order shows ZECT prioritizing secrecy and assets over human life.
• Power and authority: Lin Xiao’s single action renders ZECT’s weapons, armor, and command structure useless.
• Competing ideas of the “sun”: Hiyori’s description of Lin Xiao challenges Tendou’s identity and pride.

Plot points and events

• Lin Xiao confronts the defeated Mishima Masato and reveals classified ZECT plans: its leader, Negishi, is a Native, and ZECT intends to use anti-Worm necklaces to forcibly assimilate humanity.
• Lin Xiao also tells Kagami that his father, ZECT’s superintendent general, knew the truth about the Natives and secretly placed a berserk program in the Rider Systems that could kill all insect species indiscriminately.
• Kagami reads the documents and is devastated, struggling to reconcile ZECT’s revelations with the organization he believed existed to protect people.
• Lin Xiao releases the crushing gravity pinning everyone down. Terrified, Mishima orders a retreat, and ZECT’s surviving troops flee.
• Tendou rebukes Kagami for avoiding the truth but gives him medical gauze. Kagami steadies himself, thanks Lin Xiao for saving him and Hiyori, and invites everyone to eat at Bistro la Salle.
• Tendou eagerly accepts the invitation, turning the gathering into a challenge over cooking. Lin Xiao agrees to join him.

Character developments

• Kagami loses his certainty in ZECT and his father, but remains earnest. Despite his confusion, he finds a renewed purpose in gratitude and responsibility.
• Mishima is exposed as frightened and self-serving; faced with Lin Xiao’s power, he abandons the scene.
• Tendou shows concern for Kagami beneath his harsh criticism, then quickly regains his confident, competitive persona when food is mentioned.
• Lin Xiao demonstrates overwhelming strength and knowledge, while remaining relaxed and amused by Tendou’s culinary rivalry.

Significant themes

• Truth and disillusionment: Classified evidence shatters Kagami’s idealized view of ZECT.
• The corruption of institutions: An organization claiming to protect humanity plans coercive assimilation and indiscriminate slaughter.
• Responsibility after betrayal: Kagami must decide how to act despite not yet knowing whom to trust.
• Care expressed through bluntness: Tendou’s criticism is paired with practical help.

Character interactions

• Lin Xiao exposes ZECT’s secrets to Mishima and Kagami, then frees them from his gravitational force.
• Tendou challenges Kagami to face the truth but quietly provides gauze; Kagami responds by thanking Lin Xiao and inviting the group to dinner.
• Tendou and Lin Xiao trade barbs over who is the better cook, shifting the mood from crisis toward playful competition.

Key plot points and events

• Tendou Souji throws himself into cooking an elaborate meal at his family’s restaurant, determined to win back his sister Hiyori’s affection from Lin Xiao. Lin livestreams the spectacle to the Myriad Worlds Chat Group, where Shirou admires Tendou’s technique and Saitama laments that he cannot eat the food.
• Hiyori enjoys Tendou’s dishes, but her attention quickly turns to Lin. She pours him water, wipes sweat and sauce from his face, and peels shrimp for him—leaving Tendou feeling ignored despite having prepared the entire feast.
• Kagami, still reeling from the revelations in the secret files about his father, his brother’s death, and ZECT’s orders, tries to hide his pain so as not to upset Hiyori. He praises the food with a strained smile and tears in his eyes.
• Tendou’s jealousy gives way, briefly, to concern for Kagami. He tells him not to force himself to eat and says Kagami’s fake smile insults his cooking.

Character developments

• Tendou remains proud and competitive, but his irritation at being overlooked is checked by compassion when he recognizes Kagami’s grief.
• Hiyori shows how much she trusts and cares for Lin, treating him with easy tenderness and gratitude.
• Lin accepts Hiyori’s care warmly; the scene presents their growing closeness as natural and intimate.
• Kagami struggles to contain the shock and sorrow caused by the files, putting on a cheerful front for Hiyori despite his emotional distress.

Significant themes

• Care and connection through food: Tendou sees cooking as a way to reach people, while the meal also becomes the setting for more personal bonds.
• Jealousy and unreturned effort: Tendou’s lavish work fails to earn the attention he hoped for.
• Concealed grief and compassion: Kagami hides his anguish, but Tendou sees through him and responds with blunt concern.
• Chosen warmth amid painful truths: Hiyori’s ordinary kindness and shared meal contrast with the violence and betrayal Kagami has learned about.

Character interactions

• Tendou cooks to impress Hiyori and outshine Lin, but Hiyori instead tends to Lin, intensifying Tendou’s jealousy.
• Lin and Hiyori share affectionate, comfortable gestures that make their closeness obvious to Tendou and Kagami.
• Kagami tries to keep the mood light by praising Tendou’s cooking; Tendou answers sharply but recognizes the pain behind Kagami’s smile.

Key plot points and events

• Lin Xiao quietly heals Kagami Arata’s injuries with Gaia’s Earth Protection, restoring his health and strengthening his physical potential. He offers no explanation, letting Kagami come to terms with his troubles himself.
• Tendou Souji notices Kagami recovering and awkwardly invites him to breakfast, disguising his concern with an insult.
• Lin Xiao uses the Myriad Worlds Chat Group to send Tendou’s leftover Red Wine Beef and miso-grilled mackerel to Saitama. Saitama is overwhelmed by the meal and declares Tendou his “own brother.”
• Hiyori Kusakabe sees the dishes vanish. Lin Xiao calls it “magic,” impressing her—and provoking Tendou, who is furious that Lin Xiao has taken food he cooked.
• In the group chat, Yukino and the Wisteria Flowers tease Lin Xiao about his popularity with girls. Tendou asks if Lin Xiao is a “scumbag” who juggles several women. Kaguya jokingly defends him as someone who loves cute girls across every universe.

Character developments and interactions

• Kagami regains strength and hope through Lin Xiao’s kindness and Tendou’s clumsy invitation.
• Tendou shows rare concern for Kagami while maintaining his abrasive, proud manner; his generosity to Saitama also earns him an enthusiastic admirer.
• Lin Xiao helps others through quiet healing and playful, casual use of the chat group, while remaining unfazed by the teasing.
• Hiyori is amazed by Lin Xiao’s apparent “magic,” and Saitama responds to Tendou’s cooking with dramatic gratitude.

Significant themes

• Compassion can be expressed through practical help, even when the giver hides it behind pride or jokes.
• Small acts of kindness restore hope and build unexpected bonds.
• Lin Xiao’s cross-world influence—and his effortless charm—continues to blur the line between sincere generosity and the group’s teasing image of him as a womanizer.

Plot points and events

• In ZECT’s hidden command center, injured Mishima Masato reports the Shibuya incident to Commissioner General Kagami Riku.
• Mishima explains that the Kabuto Zecter’s deviation and the destruction of an ant-trooper squad were not caused by the Worms. An apparently ordinary high-school student overwhelmed the squad with a single stomp, producing a force that crushed their armor and exoskeletons.
• The stranger also gave Mishima documents revealing two highly classified ZECT projects, including the secret purge program and its execution directive. He knew the name of Negishi and exposed plans only a handful of people were meant to know.
• Kagami realizes neither the Natives nor any foreign power seems capable of obtaining the information. He is left asking where the stranger came from—and worries that his son, Arata, has seen the secrets too.

Character developments

• Mishima, usually controlled and efficient, is visibly shaken and admits the stranger could have killed him and his entire squad.
• Kagami’s confidence gives way to fear and confusion as he confronts a force and an intelligence breach beyond ZECT’s understanding.

Character interactions

• Mishima delivers a candid, detailed account to Kagami, emphasizing both the stranger’s overwhelming physical power and his knowledge of ZECT’s secrets.
• Kagami questions Mishima’s handling of the incident, then reacts with alarm as the full implications emerge.

Significant themes

• Power beyond human limits: The stranger’s apparent biological strength defies known science.
• Secrets and vulnerability: ZECT’s most guarded plans have been exposed, undermining the organization’s sense of control.
• The unknown: The stranger’s unexplained origins and abilities leave even the highest authorities without answers.

After the Worm attack, Lin Xiao accepted Tendou Souji’s invitation to stay at the Tendou residence, where Tendou’s younger sister Tsuruka immediately warmed to him. Tendou watched in alarm as Lin Xiao’s presence captivated another member of his family.

• Hiyori worried that Lin Xiao had nowhere to stay, so Tendou Souji invited him to the Tendou residence.
• Tendou escorted Hiyori home safely before taking Lin Xiao to his house.
• Tsuruka greeted Tendou and noticed Lin Xiao, whom she said felt warm like a huge sun.
• Tendou tried to pull Tsuruka away from Lin Xiao, but she brushed him off and welcomed Lin Xiao inside.
• Lin Xiao ruffled Tsuruka’s hair, and she happily went to prepare fruit while Tendou watched in frustration.

Lin Xiao relaxed at the Tendou House while Juka doted on him and Tendou Souji grew jealous, until Yaguruma Sou and Shadow operatives invaded to seize an unregistered belt. Lin Xiao stopped TheBee Zecter with a finger snap, leaving Yaguruma convinced that his ideal of perfect harmony had collapsed.

• Juka fawned over Lin Xiao while Tendou Souji warned her about welcoming strangers and glared at him.
• Shadow operatives surrounded the Tendou House, and Yaguruma Sou ordered Tendou and Lin Xiao to surrender the unregistered belt.
• Tendou Souji insulted Yaguruma Sou's ideal of perfect harmony and ordered the unit to leave his courtyard.
• Yaguruma Sou summoned TheBee Zecter, but Lin Xiao stopped it in midair with a finger snap.
• Yaguruma Sou lost faith in being chosen and declared that harmony had collapsed.

Lin Xiao disabled Yaguruma Sou’s transformation ability, causing the elite captain to collapse into despair, then taunted Kageyama Shun with a joke about Nexus. After Tendou Souji sent the Shadow Squad away, Juka cheerfully brought Lin Xiao inside, leaving Tendou determined to evict him the next morning.

• Yaguruma Sou broke down after losing access to his transformation ability, while Kageyama Shun tried to snap him out of it.
• Lin Xiao told Kageyama Shun that he would need to transform into Nexus to win, then added that even Junis Blue would not be enough.
• Juka asked whether Lin Xiao had used magic to break Yaguruma Sou’s brain, and Lin Xiao claimed the captain had discovered the meaning of life.
• Tendou Souji insulted the Shadow Squad’s resolve and ordered them to leave his yard, so Kageyama Shun and the others carried Yaguruma Sou away.
• Juka took Lin Xiao inside to have fruit, and Tendou resolved to drive Lin Xiao out of his house the next morning.

Lin Xiao urged Tendou Souji to tell Hiyori the truth about her Native origins and offered to remove the alien traits from her body. Hiyori chose to live as a human with her loved ones, and Lin Xiao used Gaia's light to cleanse her Native nature.

• Tendou Souji tried to send Lin Xiao away with a lavish breakfast and a pink-ribboned bento, but Lin Xiao stayed after sensing Earth's welcoming will.
• Lin Xiao confronted Tendou in the kitchen about hiding Hiyori's Native identity and explained that Gaia's light could remove the risk of her transforming.
• Tendou accepted Lin Xiao's help and revealed to Hiyori that their parents had died and that she carried Native blood.
• Hiyori broke down, but Kagami Arata, Juka, and Lin Xiao reassured her that she was not a monster.
• Hiyori said she wanted to be human and stay with her family and friends, and Lin Xiao cleansed her alien traits with Gaia's light.

Tendou Souji asked whether Jin Kagami, a Scorpion Worm who believed himself human and protected others, should count as human or monster. Lin Xiao shared the question with the Myriad Worlds Chat Group, where its members debated the issue before he muted the chat after a comic misunderstanding.

• Hiyori left with Tendou Juka to wash up and change, while Kagami Arata cleaned the spilled tea.
• Tendou Souji asked Lin Xiao whether Jin Kagami was human or monster, and Lin Xiao explained that ZECT would eventually give Jin the fourth Rider System.
• Emiya Shirou and the Victory Team member argued that Jin’s conscience and choices made him human, while Batman warned that his Worm instincts made him dangerous and Aizen called his self-deception a rare work of art.
• Lin Xiao compared Jin’s situation to a handsome man surnamed Yang, prompting Kaguya to mistake him for Erlang Shen, Yang Jian.
• Lin Xiao clarified that he meant Yang Jian from The Mysterious Revival, argued with Kaguya, and muted the group chat.

Lin Xiao and Tendou Souji went to the Kamishiro estate to meet Jin Kagami, where Tendou challenged the boastful young swordsman to a fight. Meanwhile, Lin Xiao discovered that the supposedly grand household was in dire financial trouble.

• Tendou reassured Hiyori and Juka before leaving with Lin Xiao and Kagami Arata.
• Lin Xiao, Tendou, and Kagami arrived at the Kamishiro Family estate and met Jin Kagami proclaiming himself the pinnacle of every field.
• Tendou insulted Jin's swordsmanship, and Jin challenged him to a duel in the garden.
• Tendou fought Jin with a frying pan while Kagami Arata worried about the damage and compensation.
• Lin Xiao and Kagami found the elderly butler crying over unpaid bills and the household's inability to afford food.

Lin Xiao offered to rescue the deeply indebted Kamishiro Family, and its desperate old butler pledged himself to him. After Jin Kagami finished sparring with Tendou Souji, he sensed Lin Xiao’s strange, powerful aura and challenged him to a match.

• Kagami Arata discovered that the Kamishiro Family owed 420 million yen.
• Lin Xiao offered financial support, producing a gold bar and an unlimited black card, and the old butler knelt and called him a savior.
• The old butler revealed that the family’s utilities had been cut off and Jin Kagami’s fencing outfit was rented.
• Jin Kagami and Tendou Souji ended their fencing match, with Tendou acknowledging Jin’s strength.
• Jin Kagami sensed a powerful, contradictory aura from Lin Xiao and challenged him to spar.

Lin Xiao knocked Jin Kagami unconscious and used the Light of Gaia to purify the Scorpion Worm within him, restoring him to a true human. Jin woke believing Lin Xiao had admired his swordsmanship and invested in his family, leaving the estate with his bloodthirsty urges gone and his new life beginning.

• Jin Kagami challenged Lin Xiao to a duel, but Lin Xiao quickly slapped him unconscious.
• Lin Xiao purified the Scorpion Worm and erased Jin's alien genes, restoring his human body and vitality.
• The Old Butler hid the overdue bills and improvised a story that Jin had demonstrated his swordsmanship and Lin Xiao had invested in the family's foundation.
• Jin accepted the story, named Lin Xiao an honored guest under his protection, and ordered the Old Butler to serve tea.
• Jin felt refreshed after drinking tea and realized his bloodthirsty urges and lingering chill had vanished.