Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: “Freedom”

Key Plot Points and Events

• During the team’s return from a mission, Daigo and Rena wonder whether the giant they encountered had been watching them. Munakata orders the Victory Hawks back to base.
• Takuya, irritated by being summoned to the command room, questions why he should remain at the Far East Base when his only real interest is fighting monsters. He ultimately turns around and leaves instead of reporting in.
• Captain Megumi Iruma initially orders Yazumi to track Takuya, but Director Sawai informs her that Takuya has already declined a personal meeting and finalized a new arrangement with him.
• Takuya officially quits the Victory Team, agreeing to respond only when monsters appear and refusing involvement in other team matters.
• The team is shocked by his departure, especially Daigo, who had recently begun settling into life with him. Rena comforts Daigo and insists on helping him retrieve Takuya’s belongings.
• Takuya begins living independently in an e-sports hotel, supported by the savings of his predecessor. He enjoys a carefree week of gaming until Sawai messages him about a monster attack.
• Takuya transforms and flies to the battle site, where Ultraman Tiga—Daigo— is fighting the humanoid monster Kyrieloid.
• After Tiga freezes Kyrieloid with the Tiga Freeze, Takuya accepts a mission to defeat it and fires a Dark Zeperion Ray, destroying the monster before Tiga can deliver the finishing blow.

Character Developments

• Takuya fully embraces his independence, abandoning the Victory Team and limiting his responsibilities to monster-related missions. He values freedom and personal convenience over military structure or teamwork.
• Daigo is deeply disappointed by Takuya’s departure, revealing that he had formed a personal connection with him and wanted to understand his reasons.
• Rena demonstrates concern for Daigo and a willingness to support him, stubbornly accompanying him despite his objections.
• Megumi Iruma becomes uncertain about how to handle Takuya but ultimately accepts Sawai’s decision not to pursue him.
• Director Sawai recognizes Takuya’s usefulness and negotiates an arrangement that allows him to operate independently.
• Takuya and Daigo’s relationship shifts from teammates to reluctant allies, with Takuya now appearing independently during monster attacks rather than fighting as part of the Victory Team.

Significant Themes

• Freedom versus duty: Takuya rejects military obligations and chooses to act only according to his own priorities.
• Individualism and cooperation: Although Takuya leaves the team, he continues helping humanity when monsters appear, showing that cooperation does not necessarily require formal membership.
• Emotional attachment and separation: Daigo’s disappointment shows that Takuya’s departure affects the team personally, not merely organizationally.
• Competition and self-interest: Takuya’s decision to steal the finishing blow from Tiga highlights his mission-driven pragmatism and disregard for conventional teamwork.
• Identity and power: The battle emphasizes the contrast between Tiga, a heroic defender operating within the team’s structure, and Takuya, an independent fighter motivated by rewards and personal choice.

Important Character Interactions

• Daigo and Rena: Daigo explains Takuya’s resignation, and Rena comforts him while volunteering to help retrieve Takuya’s belongings.
• Megumi and Yazumi: Megumi stops Yazumi from tracking Takuya after receiving Sawai’s instructions.
• Takuya and Sawai: Their negotiation establishes Takuya’s new status as an independent monster responder.
• Takuya and Tiga/Daigo: Takuya intervenes in Tiga’s battle with Kyrieloid and destroys the monster at the last moment, leaving Daigo stunned and effectively “stealing” his victory.

Chapter Summary: “Ligardon”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Daigo, revealed to be the human form of Ultraman Tiga, witnesses the black giant’s arrival after the Kyrieloid is destroyed. He considers approaching the giant to communicate, but his transformation is ending, forcing him to flee.
• Takuya, as Black Diga, also leaves after confirming the mission is complete. The Victory Team is left confused by the two mysterious giants.
• Daigo safely returns to the team after his aircraft crashes, having escaped by parachute. Rena is relieved and checks him for injuries, while Munakata is also reassured.
• A week passes without monster activity, leaving Takuya frustrated because each monster represents 50 Anime Points. He hopes to accumulate enough points to challenge more dangerous worlds such as One Piece or Reaper.
• Director Sawai reports a new monster sighting. Takuya transforms into Black Diga and travels to the battlefield.
• The monster is Ligardon, a huge, eyeless, black creature with a single yellow eye. It is already fighting Ultraman Tiga when Takuya arrives.
• Takuya waits until Tiga and Ligardon are weakened before intervening. He attacks Ligardon relentlessly, then finishes it with repeated Dark Palm Slashes that destroy its eye and seemingly kill it.
• Takuya immediately leaves after receiving mission-completion confirmation. Daigo attempts to follow and speak with him but once again fails before his transformation expires.
• The Defense Force discovers that Ligardon’s body has remained largely intact. Researchers become eager to study it, but before they can transport the corpse, they learn that Ligardon is still alive.
• The authorities seal off the city so the living monster can be examined, preventing evacuated civilians from returning.

Character Developments

• Takuya: Becomes increasingly focused on earning Anime Points and exploiting monster battles for his own advancement. He shows patience and tactical awareness by allowing Tiga and Ligardon to weaken one another before attacking, but also demonstrates ruthlessness by continuing to fire at Ligardon after it is nearly defeated.
• Daigo: Continues trying to understand and communicate with the mysterious Black Diga. His concern about accidentally harming Takuya shows caution and cooperation, while his repeated attempts to pursue Takuya reveal his growing curiosity.
• Rena: Shows strong concern for Daigo after his aircraft crashes and provides emotional support by personally confirming that he is unharmed.
• Victory Team and researchers: The team remains puzzled by the two giants, while the research institute becomes increasingly ambitious after receiving the rare opportunity to study a living monster.

Significant Themes

• Missed communication: Daigo repeatedly tries to speak with Black Diga, but circumstances—including expiring transformations and Takuya’s deliberate avoidance—prevent contact.
• Self-interest versus cooperation: Takuya treats the battles primarily as opportunities to gain Anime Points, while Daigo approaches them more as shared battles and potential opportunities for alliance.
• Scientific curiosity and control: The researchers’ excitement over Ligardon’s intact body highlights humanity’s desire to understand and exploit monsters, while the city’s quarantine shows the authorities’ attempt to control the situation.
• Power and opportunism: Takuya’s strategy of allowing others to weaken the enemy before intervening emphasizes his pragmatic and opportunistic nature.
• Uncertainty surrounding the giants: Black Diga’s mysterious identity and behavior continue to create suspense, especially as Daigo recognizes him but cannot establish contact.

Important Character Interactions

• Daigo and Rena: Rena anxiously examines Daigo after his crash and relaxes only after confirming he is uninjured.
• Daigo and Black Diga: Daigo notices Takuya watching the battle and tries twice to approach or follow him, but Takuya repeatedly departs before they can speak.
• Takuya and Daigo during the Ligardon battle: Daigo becomes hesitant once Black Diga joins the fight, fearing he might accidentally injure him. Takuya ignores this concern and attacks at full force.
• Defense Force and research institute: The two organizations coordinate over Ligardon’s body, with the researchers successfully pushing for access before learning that the monster is still alive.

Takuya unlocks a save function on his game panel for 1,000 Anime Points, saves his progress in the Ultraman Tiga world, and returns to the main menu. The available worlds include several anime he wants to visit, but he has too few points to prepare properly for them. His remaining option is League of Legends Season 15, which sparks memories of the professional scene he followed before being transported.
He recalls cheering for NIP after star mid laner Big B returned to competition. The team surprised doubters by beating a favored IG roster and started the First Split strongly, but narrow playoff losses kept them from qualifying for the new international Global First Stand tournament. In the Second Split, NIP’s performance deteriorated: top laner Shanji struggled before finding better form, jungler AKI and support PPGOD were inconsistent, and ADC Leave dealt heavy damage but often overextended. Big B and Leave carried much of the team’s victories, while opponents could neutralize NIP by banning Big B’s champions.
Takuya is especially baffled and angry when NIP replaces Shanji—just as he begins improving—with SoloKill, while leaving AKI in place. He considers rumors about AKI’s protection unverified, and suspects the decision may have been motivated by money rather than performance. He imagines how he would rebuild the team himself: Big B mid, Leave supported by a strong partner, Kanavi in the jungle, and Bin or 369 top. In his fantasy, that lineup could contend for the world championship.
Character development and interactions: Takuya’s enthusiasm for esports and loyalty to Big B and NIP come through strongly. He evaluates each player’s strengths and weaknesses, but his frustration with the organization grows as he recounts its roster decisions. His imagined roster reflects his belief that coordinated support and jungle play, alongside several strong carry players, could turn NIP into a champion.
Themes: The chapter contrasts ambition with limited resources, as Takuya wants to enter appealing worlds but lacks the points to prepare. It also explores fandom, team synergy, and the tension between sporting merit and management decisions.

Key plot points and events

• Takuya reflects on the LPL’s disastrous season: Top Esports dominated the First Split but collapsed internationally, then missed MSI after losing to Team WE. NIP also struggled, narrowly losing several matches and failing to reach playoffs or win Knights’ Road.
• Takuya blames NIP jungler AKI for repeated costly mistakes, especially a game-ending error against FunPlus Phoenix. He also worries that NIP replaced top laner Shanji too late to build team synergy.
• Despite his earlier frustration with Leave, Takuya becomes a fan of the ADC’s later performances, particularly his damage output and visible determination. He imagines NIP succeeding with Leave and mid laner Big B if the team had stronger jungle and support players.
• Rumors suggest AKI has left and support PPGaD may follow. NIP brings in Hacker, whose reputation for fading after the early game disappoints Takuya. Meanwhile, Top Esports may be trialing FPX support Jwei, while Weibo’s stand-in support Erha is praised.
• Before Takuya can see NIP’s next season or its bid for Worlds, he is transported to the Naruto world and takes Uchiha Fugaku’s place as clan head.
• He notices the newly available League of Legends Season 15 world option. With 650 Anime Points remaining after unlocking the save function, he eagerly considers returning to the setting and correcting his regrets.

Character developments

• Takuya is an intensely invested League fan who vents about NIP’s failures, grows more sympathetic toward Leave, and remains devoted to Big B. Discovering the Season 15 option rekindles his hope of changing events.
• Leave is recast in Takuya’s eyes: once criticized for feeding, he earns admiration through strong performances, high damage share, and his determination to win.
• AKI is portrayed as a major liability whose poor decisions fuel Takuya’s frustration.
• Hacker arrives as NIP’s likely new jungler, but Takuya doubts he can solve the team’s problems.
• Jwei and Erha are presented as promising supports, though only through reports and commentary.

Significant themes

• Fan frustration and loyalty: Takuya harshly criticizes NIP while continuing to believe in Big B and Leave.
• Regret and second chances: Takuya’s disappointment at being unable to witness NIP’s next season turns into excitement when he finds a way back to the League world.
• Teamwork and timing: The chapter suggests that late roster changes and weak synergy can undermine individual talent.
• The gap between potential and execution: NIP’s close losses and AKI’s mistakes contrast with the team’s apparent potential.

Character interactions

• Most interactions are indirect, framed through Takuya’s reactions to players’ performances and online rumors.
• Takuya mentally defends and supports Leave while criticizing AKI and NIP’s management decisions.
• The chapter closes on Takuya’s encounter with the League world option, setting up a possible return to the setting he had left unfinished.

Key plot points and events

• Takuya unlocks a special League of Legends world as a reward from his gaming-helmet system and chooses to enter it.
• He wakes beneath a bridge, soaking wet, but the system immediately cures the health problems left by the previous host. He realizes the young man drowned and absorbs his memories.
• The previous host was an eighteen-year-old substitute jungler for RNG Academy. Though highly skilled and ranked among Korea’s top ten with several junglers, he had spent over a year benched.
• After repeated disciplinary talks, the Academy coach and manager confiscated his computer and arranged for teammates to ostracize him. When he tried to leave, they demanded three million yuan in contract penalties.
• Already unpaid for three months and burdened by conflict with his parents over his career choice, the young man became overwhelmed and jumped into the river.
• Takuya vows to use the young man’s identity to succeed professionally, then explores the system shop, which offers temporary peak-performance trial cards for professional players. He notices Milkyway’s card while browsing.

Character development

• Takuya shifts from excitement about the League world to recognizing the tragedy of his new life. He responds with sympathy for his predecessor and resolves to make the most of the opportunity.
• The previous host emerges as talented but hot-tempered, undisciplined, and increasingly desperate after prolonged benching, isolation, unpaid wages, and the threat of a crippling penalty.
• The Academy coach and manager are portrayed as controlling and seemingly willing to pressure the player into leaving on terms that benefit the organization.

Significant themes

• Exploitation and power imbalance: A young player’s contract and unpaid wages leave him with little freedom or recourse.
• Ambition and its costs: Pursuing a professional career strains the host’s family relationships and exposes him to severe setbacks.
• Second chances: Takuya inherits the host’s identity and intends to turn his abandoned dream into a successful career.
• Talent versus opportunity: Despite strong ability, the host is kept off the main stage, showing that skill alone does not guarantee advancement.

Character interactions

• The host’s conflict with the Academy coach and manager escalates from repeated reprimands to isolation and a proposed contract exit with a massive fee.
• His strained relationship with his parents is recalled: they wanted him to keep studying, while he left home to pursue esports.
• Takuya addresses the deceased host with compassion, promising to use his identity to reach the professional stage.

Key plot points and events

• Takuya considers whether NIP might recruit Milkyway, a talented jungler whose current form has declined on RNG. He concludes it is unlikely: NIP is stingy, and Milkyway would be expensive to acquire.
• He checks the system shop and discovers that temporary access to elite junglers is costly: Milkyway’s one-hour trial costs 50 Anime Points, while Oner’s costs 200. Takuya has only 650 points and worries that a short tryout could leave him without enough support for real matches.
• His player profile shows strong ratings overall—especially game sense—but only B grades in teamfighting and vision. He also recognizes that his predecessor’s temper and refusal to follow coaching likely held him back.
• Takuya buys Bronze and Silver champion-experience cards and uses them to improve Pantheon, one of his predecessor’s strongest picks. The Silver card visibly increases Pantheon’s proficiency, though progress appears gradual.
• He discovers that 650 Anime Points can be exchanged for roughly 3.5 million yuan—the amount needed to pay RNG’s breach-of-contract penalty. Determined to become a free agent and eventually join NIP, he spends all his points on the cash.
• The money arrives, but Takuya cannot check his phone. He returns to the bridge where his predecessor jumped into the river and finds the phone still lodged by the ledge.

Character development

• Takuya becomes more strategic about his limited resources, weighing expensive trial cards against longer-term preparation.
• He accepts that his predecessor had real skill but was not yet an elite LPL jungler, and identifies his poor temperament and lack of discipline as major weaknesses.
• Rather than rushing to force a move to NIP, Takuya decides to leave RNG first and wait for a better opportunity, showing patience and clear resolve.

Significant themes

• Talent versus discipline: Strong mechanics and game knowledge are not enough if a player cannot work with coaches or control his temper.
• Scarce resources and calculated choices: Takuya must balance system upgrades, practice, and the money needed to secure his freedom.
• Ambition and patience: He is committed to joining NIP, but recognizes that timing and preparation matter.
• Reputation versus current form: Milkyway’s past promise contrasts with his current struggles on RNG.

Character interactions

• No direct conversations occur. Takuya’s decisions are shaped by what he knows about RNG, NIP, Milkyway, and his predecessor’s history with the team and coach.

Key plot points and events

• Takuya retrieves his phone and confirms that the system has deposited money into his account. After showering and buying clothes, he hires a lawyer and goes to RNG to end his contract.
• Takuya pays RNG a three-million-yuan penalty, and the contract is officially terminated. He leaves the base feeling free and checks into an esports hotel to begin climbing the Korean Server rankings.
• His plan is to reach rank one, earn a tryout as NIP’s replacement jungler, and help the team win a series of major titles: the First Split, Global First Stand, Second Split, MSI, Third Split, and ultimately the 2025 World Championship. That final victory is tied to fulfilling his wish.
• Takuya logs into his old Korean Server account, which has not yet completed placements. Seeing that the top players are mostly professionals—and that first place has 1,561 LP—he recognizes how steep the climb will be.
• He wins all ten placement games, earning MVP in each and placing in Diamond III. He keeps playing and reaches Master after 25 consecutive wins, though LP gains decline as his rank rises.

Character development

• Takuya moves decisively from being bound to RNG to acting as a free agent, with a clear plan for his career.
• Playing on his predecessor’s account, he realizes he has inherited that player’s professional-level talent. His old inability to reach Challenger contrasts sharply with his new confidence and effortless dominance.
• His ambition is focused less on money than on winning championships and completing his goal.

Significant themes

• Freedom and self-determination: Ending his contract lets Takuya pursue the team and career he wants.
• Talent and transformation: Takuya’s new abilities reshape his view of what he can achieve.
• Ambition and persistence: His championship plan demands a long, difficult climb, which he begins immediately.
• Time and efficiency: He arranges clothes, food, and lodging to maximize his time in-game.

Character interactions

• Takuya and RNG negotiate a straightforward contract termination; both sides accept the agreed payment.
• Takuya consults a lawyer to protect himself during the process.
• His anticipated interactions with NIP are still in the future: he hopes a top Korean Server ranking will persuade the team to give him a tryout, especially if its current jungler struggles.

Plot and key events

• After reaching Master at 5 a.m., Takuya sleeps for about four hours, then resumes ranked play without pausing even to brush his teeth properly.
• His 31-game winning streak ends when he plays Sejuani and cannot compensate for badly performing teammates. He decides that in ranked he should favor champions capable of carrying games himself.
• The adjustment works: Takuya wins eleven more games, reaches 300 LP in Master, and faces longer queues. He passes the wait by browsing Weibo and rewatching LPL matches.
• The chapter shifts to streamer jjking (Liao Zhigang), who is one win from Challenger on the Korean server. He picks Fiora, but his team’s Teemo jungle pick—and the enemy team’s Zed jungle—makes him fear the game is lost before it begins.
• Unable to dodge without a penalty and a potentially costly delay to his Challenger attempt, Gangzi stays in the match. After chat mocks him, a supportive comment revives his confidence, and he vows to prove his Fiora skill.

Character developments and interactions

• Takuya shows intense discipline and ambition, but also learns to adapt: rather than relying on perfect play with a utility champion, he chooses picks with greater solo-carry potential.
• Gangzi swings from confident bragging to near-defeatism when he sees the team compositions, then regains resolve when challenged by viewers’ skepticism and encouraged by a fan.
• Gangzi and his team barely interact in champion select: he repeatedly asks whether they intend to dodge, but no one answers.
• Gangzi and his chat provide the chapter’s main social exchange. Viewers tease him about the likely loss, while one encouraging message helps him turn their mockery into motivation.

Significant themes

• Individual skill versus teamwork: Takuya’s loss shows that strong play cannot always overcome poor teammates, while his response emphasizes carrying through champion choice.
• Ranked play’s uncertainty: A match can feel doomed from its picks, but Gangzi ultimately has to play it out.
• Ambition and pressure: Both players are driven by rank goals—Takuya’s climb and Gangzi’s push for Challenger—and time, penalties, and public expectations shape their decisions.
• Confidence and audience influence: Gangzi’s bravado falters under pressure, but both ridicule and support from viewers spur him to action.

Chapter Summary: “What Are You Camping For? Nice Camp!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Gangzi enters a high-ranked game as Fiora, initially reassured that his team has a slight advantage in player skill.
• He dominates the top lane against K’Sante, nearly killing him at level one and forcing him to retreat under turret. Gangzi reaches level three while K’Sante remains level one.
• Unable to dive K’Sante alone because of his durability and defensive play, Gangzi recalls and buys two Long Swords, gaining an even stronger advantage.
• Teemo, his jungler, finishes a jungle camp but unexpectedly hides in the top-side brush instead of taking Scuttle Crab or continuing to farm.
• Gangzi assumes Teemo’s positioning is unnecessary and repeatedly pings him to leave, believing Teemo will not find an opportunity to gank.
• The enemy Zed jungler suddenly appears to attack Fiora, with K’Sante assisting. Gangzi pretends to retreat, intending to lure them toward Teemo.
• Zed lands his full combo and removes nearly half of Fiora’s health, but Teemo then reveals himself and blinds Zed with a poison dart.
• Fiora and Teemo chase Zed. Zed escapes with Flash, but Teemo follows with his own Flash and finishes him with an auto attack and another Q.
• Teemo abandons the fight immediately afterward, leaving the healthy K’Sante alone. Gangzi celebrates the successful countergank, despite having just complained about Teemo’s presence.

Character Developments

• Gangzi: Demonstrates strong laning fundamentals and confidence on Fiora, maintaining intense pressure over K’Sante. However, he initially misjudges Teemo’s intentions and becomes impatient with his jungler’s unusual strategy. His attitude changes instantly after Teemo secures the kill, revealing his practical, results-driven personality and humorous hypocrisy.
• Teemo: Appears passive and strangely positioned at first, silently waiting in the brush despite Gangzi’s warnings. His actions are later revealed to be deliberate: he anticipates the enemy’s attack and executes a successful countergank. His precise use of Blind and Flash shows patience and mechanical skill.
• K’Sante: After nearly dying at level one, he becomes extremely cautious and plays defensively under turret. He contributes to the gank but cannot prevent Zed’s death.
• Zed: Shows strong mechanical execution by punishing Fiora’s Q cooldown and landing his shurikens, but fails to account for Teemo’s hidden presence. His frustration after dying highlights his surprise at the countergank.
• The stream audience: Notices and mocks Gangzi’s immediate shift from criticizing Teemo to praising him.

Significant Themes

• Patience versus aggression: Teemo’s willingness to wait contrasts with Gangzi’s desire for immediate action and farming efficiency.
• Hidden strategy and misdirection: Teemo’s apparently irrational positioning is actually a calculated ambush, while Gangzi uses a fake retreat to lure the enemy into danger.
• Adaptability in competition: The fight depends on quick reactions, cooldown awareness, and changing plans mid-engagement.
• Humor and hypocrisy: Gangzi’s rapid change from “go farm” to “nice gank” creates the chapter’s central comedic moment.
• Teamwork despite misunderstanding: Although Gangzi and Teemo do not communicate effectively, their complementary positioning and execution produce a successful play.

Character Interactions

• Gangzi pressures K’Sante in lane while K’Sante avoids direct confrontation and relies on his turret.
• Gangzi repeatedly signals for Teemo to leave the brush, misunderstanding Teemo’s intentions.
• Zed and K’Sante coordinate an attack on Fiora, but Gangzi turns the encounter into a trap by drawing them toward Teemo.
• Teemo blinds and pursues Zed alongside Fiora, securing the kill while avoiding the much tankier K’Sante.
• Gangzi’s public praise of Teemo immediately after criticizing him becomes a source of amusement for his viewers.

Chapter Summary: “Give Teemo a Kowtow”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Gangzi’s team gains an early advantage when jungle Teemo counterganks and helps Gangzi kill K’Sante, while Gangzi also contributes to First Blood on Zed.
• The advantage is threatened when Gangzi’s bot lane, Caitlyn and Lux, are suddenly double-killed by Varus and Leona.
• Teemo dramatically shifts the game by invading the enemy jungle and solo-killing Zed at Red Buff while surviving with a third of his health.
• Afterward, Teemo repeatedly ganks bot lane, killing either Varus or Leona and stabilizing the previously losing lane.
• Orianna also begins contributing by solo-killing Yone in mid lane.
• Zed repeatedly targets Gangzi in top lane instead of responding to Teemo’s pressure elsewhere. Gangzi survives the harassment without rage-quitting or abandoning the game, joking confidently about the repeated ganks.
• Teemo completely controls the jungle, secures resources, and becomes the main force driving his team’s tempo despite jungle Teemo normally being vulnerable to Zed.
• Red Side reaches Soul Point, then secures the Infernal Dragon Soul.
• During the dragon contest, Zed fails a Smite fight, is caught by Lux’s binding and Caitlyn’s trap, and is killed.
• Red Side immediately takes Baron Nashor. Gangzi, who is split-pushing, teleports to assist—a notable change from his usual selfish split-pushing style.
• Empowered by Baron and the Dragon Soul, Red Side begins a 1-3-1 split push.

Character Developments

• Teemo: Revealed to be an exceptionally skilled jungle player. He uses intelligent counterganks, aggressive invasions, precise resource control, and effective ganks to dominate the early and mid game. His performance overturns the expected Zed-versus-Teemo matchup.
• Gangzi: Starts the game hopeful after winning top lane but becomes concerned when bot lane falls behind. Despite being repeatedly camped by Zed, he remains composed and continues playing rather than rage-quitting or going AFK. His willingness to teleport for Baron also shows improved teamwork and maturity.
• Zed/Junhao: Is heavily mocked for being solo-killed by Teemo and failing to create meaningful jungle pressure. His repeated focus on Gangzi proves ineffective while Teemo takes control of the rest of the map.
• Orianna: Quietly develops a mid-lane advantage and later solo-kills Yone, helping her team maintain momentum.
• Caitlyn and Lux: Recover from their early double death after Teemo repeatedly ganks bot lane. They later combine their crowd control and damage to kill Zed.
• Stream audience: Initially doubts Teemo and expects Gangzi’s team to lose, but gradually shifts into admiration for Teemo and ridicule of Zed.

Significant Themes

• Individual skill overcoming conventional strategy: Jungle Teemo is expected to be weak into Zed, but Teemo’s superior execution reverses the matchup.
• Map pressure and tempo: Teemo’s success comes from influencing multiple lanes, invading efficiently, and converting kills into objectives rather than simply farming.
• Teamwork versus selfish play: Gangzi’s teleport to Baron marks a meaningful shift toward cooperation, contrasting with his former habit of remaining in a side lane.
• Public judgment and changing perceptions: The chat quickly changes from mocking Teemo’s pick to praising him once his skill becomes undeniable.
• Resilience under pressure: Gangzi remains engaged despite repeated ganks, while his team recovers from an early bot-lane setback through coordinated play.

Character Interactions

• Teemo and Gangzi work together early to secure kills and establish top-lane control.
• Teemo’s bot-lane ganks rescue Caitlyn and Lux from their poor start.
• Zed repeatedly attacks Gangzi, creating a tense but humorous dynamic as Gangzi taunts him to keep trying.
• Orianna contributes by defeating Yone solo, reinforcing the team’s growing advantage.
• Lux and Caitlyn combine their abilities to catch and kill Zed after his failed dragon contest.
• Gangzi’s teleport to Baron demonstrates his growing willingness to support and coordinate with his teammates.

Key plot points and events

• Blue team’s defense collapses after Zed fails to steal the dragon and dies. Red team kills Varus, forces Yone to retreat, and destroys the inhibitor.
• Zed recklessly dives Teemo but barely damages him, then dies to Caitlyn’s trap. Leona also falls; K’Sante escapes, but red team destroys both Nexus turrets.
• Yone tries to turn the fight with an ultimate from the fountain, misses everyone, and is killed before returning. Red team wins.
• Gangzi celebrates the win and, with six minutes until midnight, expects to reach Challenger. He starts watching his Fiora highlight clips.
• Takuya reviews the match: his Teemo dealt the most damage. An SS-rank proficiency card had raised his Teemo skill from A to SS, making the champion feel almost instinctive to play.
• Takuya recognizes that his successful early countergank came from his own knowledge of the opposing jungler’s habits, while his predecessor’s memories and talent also contribute to his play.
• He queues again, picks Lillia to provide the team’s missing AP damage, and wins easily, extending his streak.
• Hours later, Gangzi looks up the Teemo player again and discovers he has climbed from 332 to 524 Master points. His history shows nine straight wins, most in short games, with repeated killing sprees.

Character developments

• Takuya grows more confident in the abilities he has inherited and in his own strategic judgment. The Teemo card’s effects confirm how powerful champion proficiency can be, but he also recognizes that not every good decision comes from it.
• Gangzi shifts from jokingly crediting Takuya with carrying him to genuine admiration—and disbelief—at the player’s extraordinary climb.
• Zed doubles down on a reckless, revenge-driven play, while Yone makes a desperate but ineffective attempt to save the defense.

Significant themes

• Skill and instinct: Takuya’s enhanced proficiency makes decisions feel automatic, while his countergank shows the value of study and independent judgment.
• Inherited talent and self-improvement: Takuya benefits from his predecessor’s abilities but must still make his own choices.
• Momentum and ambition: Takuya’s win streak accelerates his climb, while Gangzi remains focused on reaching Challenger before the day ends.
• Overconfidence and consequences: Zed’s failed dives help seal blue team’s defeat.

Character interactions

• Takuya’s Teemo devastates the opposing team, especially Zed, and supports the red team’s push to victory.
• Gangzi and his viewers react to Takuya’s match history with mounting surprise as his rank and win streak grow.
• Takuya adapts his champion choice to the team composition, filling the AP gap with Lillia and continuing his winning run.

Plot points and events

• Gangzi discovers that a player named Relife has won several games quickly, then finds himself matched with Relife again—this time on the same team.
• Gangzi boasts to his stream that he’ll carry Relife with Fiora, though viewers expect Relife to carry him instead.
• In game, Gangzi’s Fiora faces Gwen while Relife, playing Lee Sin, starts alone and clears toward top lane.
• Lee Sin arrives as the enemy Xin Zhao ganks Fiora. Gangzi baits Gwen and Xin Zhao into committing, then narrowly survives with a perfectly timed Fiora W and help from Lee Sin’s shield and damage.
• The chapter ends with Gwen and Xin Zhao suddenly under pressure as Lee Sin pursues them.

Character developments

• Gangzi is proud of his Fiora and wants to prove himself to his audience. Despite his bravado, he shows patience and precise timing under pressure.
• Relife/Takuya plays Lee Sin with calm judgment, recognizing the top-lane opportunity and arriving unseen to counter the gank.
• The enemy Gwen and Xin Zhao begin confidently, but their failed attempt to finish Fiora leaves them panicked and vulnerable.

Significant themes

• Boasting versus performance: Gangzi promises to carry, but the game quickly tests whether he can deliver.
• Teamwork and trust: Fiora’s survival depends on the coordination between Gangzi’s baiting and Lee Sin’s timely intervention.
• Skill under pressure: The turnaround hinges on careful positioning, ability timing, and resisting the temptation to act too early.

Character interactions

• Gangzi jokes with his viewers and challenges their doubts about his Fiora.
• He tries to chat with Relife, but gets no response.
• In the top-lane fight, Gangzi and Lee Sin coordinate their abilities to foil Gwen and Xin Zhao’s gank.

Chapter Summary: “Do We Have No Shame?”

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Gwen is critically weakened after Lee Sin and Fiora’s counterattack. Although Xin Zhao tries to shield him, Lee Sin lands a precise Q and executes Gwen with his second cast, securing the first kill.
• Xin Zhao attempts to trade his life for Fiora’s, but Gangzi anticipates the move and flashes preemptively. Fiora escapes, while Lee Sin catches and kills Xin Zhao, earning a double kill.
• Gangzi boasts to his livestream audience that he baited both opponents and survived. His fans spam “awkward,” while his critics point out that Lee Sin’s assistance was largely responsible for the success.
• Returning to lane, Fiora freezes the minion wave near her tower and completely suppresses Gwen. Gwen is forced to request jungle assistance from Xin Zhao to break the freeze.
• With Xin Zhao showing top side, Lee Sin and Neeko secretly move toward the enemy bot lane. Their sudden appearance catches Ezreal and Karma off guard.
• Neeko misses her initial binding, but Lee Sin predicts Ezreal’s escape and lands a Q immediately after Ezreal uses Arcane Shift. Lee Sin follows with a ward jump and ground slam, then pursues Ezreal through Flash to secure the kill.
• The mid laner also solo-kills the opposing mid laner. Takuya then takes an elemental dragon, further increasing the blue team’s advantage.
• Gangzi becomes convinced that the Lee Sin player is a professional jungler because of his flawless mechanics, predictive Qs, and exceptional game sense. He speculates about several famous players but cannot identify him.
• Despite going only 2–0, Gangzi claims that he carried the game. His black fans ridicule him, insisting that Lee Sin—who has twelve kills—is the true carry.

2. Character Developments

• Gangzi/Fiora: Gangzi demonstrates strong anticipation and lane control, particularly through his preemptive Flash and freeze against Gwen. However, he remains boastful and eager to take credit, even when teammates contribute more significantly.
• Lee Sin: Lee Sin is established as an exceptionally skilled, possibly professional-level player. His predictive skill shots, flawless execution, quick reactions, and ability to coordinate with teammates dominate the game.
• Gwen: After being killed, Gwen is left helpless in lane and requires repeated jungle assistance. His confidence and ability to farm are severely undermined by Fiora’s freeze.
• Xin Zhao: Xin Zhao tries to protect Gwen and later salvage the situation by trading for Fiora, but both attempts fail. His inability to reach Fiora and Lee Sin’s follow-up leave him frustrated and ineffective.
• Takuya: Takuya contributes through a mid-lane solo kill and by securing the dragon, helping convert the team’s combat advantages into a broader strategic lead.
• Ezreal and Karma: Ezreal is overwhelmed despite having Flash and Arcane Shift, while Karma realizes that he narrowly avoided becoming the primary target.

3. Significant Themes

• Teamwork versus individual credit: The chapter repeatedly contrasts Lee Sin’s decisive teamwork with Gangzi’s self-centered tendency to claim credit.
• Skill, prediction, and game knowledge: Lee Sin’s ability to anticipate enemy movement is portrayed as nearly extraordinary, suggesting elite professional experience.
• Humor through shamelessness: The title reflects Gangzi’s exaggerated self-praise. His fans and critics mock his lack of shame, especially because his modest score contrasts sharply with Lee Sin’s twelve kills.
• Momentum and snowballing: Successful fights, lane pressure, jungle coordination, and objective control steadily shift the game in the blue team’s favor.
• Psychological pressure: Fiora’s positioning and lane freeze make Gwen feel unsafe even under his own tower, while Lee Sin’s relentless pursuit causes the enemy team to panic.

4. Character Interactions

• Lee Sin and Fiora work together to eliminate Gwen and Xin Zhao, with Lee Sin providing the damage and pursuit needed to complete both kills.
• Xin Zhao attempts to sacrifice himself for Fiora, but Gangzi reads his intention and escapes before Lee Sin finishes Xin Zhao.
• Lee Sin coordinates with Neeko and Kalista for a surprise bot-lane attack. Their combined pressure forces Ezreal into repeated escapes before Lee Sin finally kills him.
• Gangzi interacts with his livestream audience by boasting about his play, while viewers respond with praise, ridicule, and repeated “awkward” comments.
• Gangzi studies Lee Sin’s gameplay and develops admiration and suspicion, believing he is facing a hidden professional player.

Plot points and events

• After a strong game from Lee Sin, Gangzi sends the player, Relife, a friend request. Relife accepts, and Gangzi discovers he is Chinese and claims to be a pro.
• Gangzi learns Relife has just left RNG. A post from RNG confirms he was an Academy substitute jungler, which surprises Gangzi, who considers Relife’s performance exceptional.
• Gangzi encourages Relife to find a new team and start on a first team. Relife appreciates the message.
• Inspired to try Fiora again, Takuya switches to top lane and picks her in a new match. Gangzi, who wanted Fiora himself, chooses Renekton to counter her and boasts that he’ll teach his viewers how to win the matchup.
• Gangzi steps away to use the bathroom during loading. He returns after minions have spawned and finds his Renekton still at the fountain, rushing to join the game.

Character developments

• Gangzi is impressed by Relife’s skill and eager to connect with him, but remains confident—and showy—about his own Fiora expertise.
• Takuya/Relife is revealed as a former RNG Academy substitute jungler and free agent. Encouraged by Gangzi, he feels ready to revisit Fiora, a champion he once struggled to use in higher ranks.
• Takuya’s choice of Fiora reflects renewed confidence in his abilities.

Character interactions

• Gangzi praises Relife’s Lee Sin, asks about his professional status, and adds him on WeChat.
• Gangzi mistakenly views Relife’s departure from RNG as an escape from being overlooked and encourages him to seek a starting position.
• The two end up in the same match on opposing teams: Takuya picks Fiora, while Gangzi responds with Renekton and promises viewers a lesson.

Significant themes

• Skill versus status: Relife’s impressive play challenges assumptions about the difference between Academy substitutes and first-team professionals.
• Confidence and reinvention: Takuya returns to a champion he once couldn’t play successfully, believing his improved talent will change the outcome.
• Showmanship and comic irony: Gangzi’s confident pre-game boasting contrasts with his untimely bathroom break, which leaves him behind at the start.

Chapter Summary: “Has the Opponent Swapped Players?”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Gangzi buys Doran’s Shield and notices that his opponent, “Relife,” is playing Fiora in the top lane. He realizes Relife is actually Bro Blind, a professional jungler.
• Gangzi messages Relife, assuming he was autofilled. Relife explains that after watching Gangzi play Fiora in the previous game, he simply felt like playing Fiora himself.
• Gangzi tells his livestream audience that he is facing a professional player but keeps Relife’s identity secret.
• The lane begins with Gangzi playing Renekton against Fiora. At first, Relife’s Fiora appears competent but not exceptional, roughly at a Grandmaster level.
• After level six—and especially around level seven—Fiora’s performance suddenly improves. Her aggression, mechanics, and ability to pressure Gangzi become extraordinarily sharp.
• Gangzi, initially confident and playful, becomes increasingly serious and eventually stops speaking because he must focus entirely on surviving the lane.
• The viewers notice Gangzi struggling. Some fans become concerned, while high-ranked haters mock him for potentially losing to an “autofilled jungler.”
• The chapter reveals that Takuya, controlling Fiora, used the system to exchange for Gangzi’s “peak Fiora” experience card after recognizing that his own skill would not be enough to defeat Gangzi.
• Takuya chooses Gangzi’s inexpensive experience card instead of stronger cards belonging to professional top laners such as Bin, Zeus, or TheShy because he lacks enough Anime Points and wants to preserve resources.
• The card effectively transforms Takuya’s play into that of Gangzi at his absolute peak, giving him a realistic chance to defeat the Fiora specialist while beginning a system mission requiring twenty consecutive ranked wins.

Character Developments

• Gangzi: Starts confident that his Fiora knowledge and Renekton experience will let him compete with a professional jungler. As the match progresses, he recognizes that Fiora’s skill is far beyond what he initially expected. His confidence turns into concentration, pressure, and concern as he faces a version of Fiora as strong as his own peak form.
• Takuya: Demonstrates strategic judgment by initially testing Gangzi rather than immediately revealing his full strength. When he realizes ordinary play will not be enough, he uses the system’s experience-card mechanic. His decision shows both resourcefulness and determination to complete the twenty-game win-streak mission.
• Relife/Bro Blind: Though presented as a professional jungler, he is also capable of playing other roles and appears confident enough to choose Fiora after observing Gangzi’s performance. His identity creates excitement among Gangzi’s viewers.

Significant Themes

• Hidden strength and mistaken assumptions: Gangzi assumes that Relife’s off-role Fiora will be weaker, but the match reveals that appearances and official positions do not always reflect a player’s true ability.
• Adaptation and growth: Both players adjust rapidly. Takuya learns from Gangzi’s previous game, while Gangzi changes from casual play to full concentration once Fiora’s skill becomes clear.
• Peak potential versus natural ability: The experience card raises Takuya’s performance to Gangzi’s highest level, emphasizing the difference between ordinary skill and a player’s absolute peak.
• Competition and pride: Gangzi’s pride as a renowned Fiora specialist prevents him from treating the match casually, while Takuya’s desire to maintain his winning streak motivates him to use valuable system resources.
• Public perception versus reality: The livestream audience mocks Gangzi based on what they see superficially, unaware that he is facing an artificially enhanced version of his own peak skill.

Character Interactions

• Gangzi and Relife exchange friendly messages, with Gangzi asking whether Relife was autofilled and jokingly requesting mercy.
• Gangzi addresses his viewers directly, teasing them about the identity of the professional player and presenting the match as a lesson in Renekton-versus-Fiora laning.
• Gangzi’s interaction with Fiora shifts from casual probing to intense combat as he realizes the opponent is improving dramatically.
• The livestream chat contrasts with Gangzi’s experience: viewers joke and criticize him, while Gangzi is too focused on the lane to respond.
• Takuya’s internal interaction with the system leads to his decision to borrow Gangzi’s peak Fiora ability, setting up the larger twenty-win mission.

Key plot points and events

• Takuya (Relife) uses Fiora to repeatedly solo-kill Gangzi’s Renekton, take the first turret, and dominate the top lane. His team also wins across the other lanes, secures Infernal Dragon Soul, and easily finishes the game.
• Gangzi’s livestream chat mocks him as he struggles, then blames his teammates before surrendering. After the defeat, he privately asks Relife how his Fiora was; Relife says he picked up a few tricks from Gangzi.
• Takuya switches to jungle to pursue his twenty-game win streak, believing he can influence matches more reliably from that role than from top lane.
• He completes the streak despite an ADC going AFK in the nineteenth game. Playing Graves, he builds a huge lead, carries a two-versus-five fight with Yuumi, and wins after the ADC reconnects. His Korean Server score reaches 1,072.
• Exhausted from grinding and sleeping only a few hours a day, Takuya buys and drinks a stamina potion, which immediately restores his energy.

Character developments

• Takuya/Relife shows rapid mastery of Fiora and strong game sense, then makes a strategic choice to jungle for more dependable wins. His success fuels his confidence, though his relentless grinding is pushing his physical limits.
• Gangzi goes from confident streamer to stunned loser, struggling to accept how thoroughly he was beaten. Relife’s message lets him reinterpret the defeat as a compliment to his own Fiora skills.
• Gangzi’s audience shifts between celebrating his losses and sarcastically defending him, adding pressure and humiliation to the defeat.

Significant themes

• Skill, imitation, and mastery: Relife’s Fiora resembles Gangzi’s style, but he adapts the techniques well enough to surpass him.
• Strategic teamwork and control: Takuya favors jungling because he can set the pace and support the whole team, rather than relying on a single lane.
• The cost of ambition—and supernatural shortcuts: Takuya’s streak demands punishing hours, while the stamina potion and game-enhancing system help him keep going.

Character interactions

• Relife decisively defeats Gangzi in lane, then messages him in a teasing, self-deprecating way. Gangzi responds with praise and renewed enthusiasm.
• Takuya’s teammates rely on his lead during the AFK game, while Yuumi remains attached to him and supports his decisive team fight.

Plot points and events

• Four days after Takuya began climbing the Korean Server ladder, Gangzi checks Relife’s match history during his stream and is stunned by the near-constant winning streak.
• Relife has reached 2,123 points and fourth place on the solo/duo leaderboard. Gangzi’s viewers recognize him as the jungler who carried Gangzi in two games and ask who he is.
• Gangzi messages Takuya to ask permission to reveal that he was formerly an RNG Academy substitute and is now a free agent. Takuya is busy in a match and doesn’t see the message, so Gangzi tells viewers he’ll wait for approval.
• Takuya plays Xin Zhao in a high-stakes game against the player ranked third. His team wins a fight near Baron, kills the enemy jungler, secures the objective, and groups to push. A victory would move Takuya into third place.

Character developments

• Takuya continues his extraordinary rise, displaying confidence and control in a crucial match. He remains detached from his former RNG Academy teammates, noting that none contacted him after he left, but is content to keep his distance.
• Gangzi is impressed by Takuya’s skill and success. He is careful not to disclose personal information without permission, even as his audience presses him for answers.

Character interactions

• Gangzi’s viewers enthusiastically question him about Relife, prompting him to contact Takuya for consent before sharing anything.
• Takuya’s teammates coordinate effectively around Baron, preventing the enemy jungler from contesting it.
• Takuya notices that jjking is the only person who has messaged him recently; the chapter ends as he opens the message.

Significant themes

• Ambition and achievement: Takuya’s rapid climb reflects his determination to reach the top of the Korean Server.
• Privacy and boundaries: Gangzi seeks Takuya’s approval before revealing his identity, while Takuya prefers distance from people he does not know or trust.
• Isolation and connection: Takuya’s lack of contact with his former teammates contrasts with his emerging connection to jjking.

Key plot points

• After the team wins a Baron-powered push, the enemy Alistar catches their ADC, but Takuya’s surviving teammates counterattack and wipe most of the opposing team. They destroy the Nexus, and Takuya climbs to third place on the Korean Server.
• Takuya considers streaming to raise his profile, but recognizes that a new channel would need an audience. More importantly, he wants a tryout with NIP, ideally through Doinb, whose connections could help him get noticed.
• He studies NIP’s players and their Korean Server ranks, concluding that meeting Doinb in a game is unlikely because their ratings are far apart. He decides to focus on reaching first place instead.
• The task system rewards further ladder progress: 200 Anime Points for second place and 300 for first.
• Takuya continues climbing with a small pool of junglers—Naafiri, Xin Zhao, Lee Sin, Pantheon, and Skarner. He raises his Naafiri proficiency to S rank and plays intensely for a week, though long queue times limit him to fewer than ninety matches.

Character developments

• Takuya becomes more strategic about building a professional career. He is willing to accept little or no salary because his goal is to play for NIP and support Doinb and Leave, not to earn money.
• His confidence grows as he rises through the Korean ladder, but he remains practical: he knows rank alone may not secure a tryout and understands the value of introductions and visibility.
• He is eager to play Pantheon himself, believing he can do better than aki, whose Pantheon play he remembers as poor.

Significant themes

• Recognition and opportunity: Talent may not be enough; exposure and personal connections can open doors.
• Ambition and sacrifice: Takuya is willing to stream, grind the ladder, and forgo a salary to pursue his pro-play goals.
• Progress through persistence: His rank and champion proficiency improve through sustained effort, even as matchmaking slows his climb.

Character interactions

• Takuya and jjking: jjking asks whether Takuya can reveal his identity. Takuya agrees, seeing the streamer’s reach as a possible way to gain attention.
• Takuya and NIP’s players: Takuya considers approaching Doinb for help securing a tryout and tracks the ranks of Doinb, Leave, Shanji, ppgod, and aki. His interest in the team is tied particularly to Doinb and Leave.
• The match’s teams: The enemy Alistar’s risky engage kills Takuya’s ADC, but Takuya’s remaining teammates counterengage and win the fight, sealing the game.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• After more than eighty games, Takuya’s win rate settles around 60%, reflecting the increasing difficulty of competing against professional players and elite one-tricks on the Korean server.
• Despite relying on teammates and not having all his attributes fully developed, he completes a week-long grind and reaches first place on the Korean Server.
• His achievement attracts widespread attention. Promotional accounts publicize him as former RNG Academy jungler Relife, causing clubs across the LPL to contact him with offers.
• RNG’s manager attempts to bring him back, offering him a starting position on the academy team. Takuya dismisses the offer with “Get lost!”
• Furious and regretful, the RNG manager reprimands the academy coach for failing to recognize Takuya’s potential.
• The coach is shocked by Takuya’s achievement. He had previously viewed Takuya as talented but too selfish and unwilling to follow team calls, believing he could reach only around the Korean server’s top fifty.
• Takuya is disappointed that NIP, the team he most wants to join, does not contact him. He rejects the other offers and begins looking for a way to join NIP.
• He analyzes NIP’s current trajectory: the team has been dominant, beating IG and FunPlus Phoenix, and is expected to sweep RNG before later losing to Anyone’s Legend and then Top Esports in the knockout stage.
• Although NIP is unlikely to make changes during the first stage, Takuya realizes their later defeats may create an opportunity for him.

Character Developments

• Takuya demonstrates that he has grown substantially since leaving RNG, proving himself capable of competing with the strongest players on the Korean server. His confidence and independence remain prominent, but he is now more strategic about his professional future.
• RNG’s manager shifts from taking Takuya for granted to regretting the club’s decision to let him go. He realizes that Takuya’s potential was seriously underestimated.
• The RNG Academy coach is forced to reconsider his former judgment. Although he still remembers Takuya’s selfish playstyle, Takuya’s rank-one achievement makes him wonder whether the player had been improving—or deliberately hiding his true potential.
• NIP is portrayed as a rapidly improving powerhouse, particularly after doinb joins and helps jungler aki evolve, making the team highly competitive and difficult for Takuya to enter immediately.

Significant Themes

• Recognition and regret: Takuya’s success exposes how badly RNG misjudged him, while the manager and coach can only regret their earlier decisions.
• Individual talent versus teamwork: High-level success requires coordination, but Takuya’s exceptional individual strength allows him to stand out even in difficult matches.
• Opportunity and timing: Reaching rank one earns Takuya attention, but joining his preferred team depends on finding the right moment rather than merely being talented.
• Revenge and proving oneself: Takuya’s refusal to return to RNG reflects his desire to surpass the organization that once restricted and underestimated him.
• Competitive ambition: His goal is not simply to join any professional team; he specifically wants a place on NIP, showing that his ambitions have become more selective.

Character Interactions

• Youth-team representatives and LPL clubs contact Takuya after his rise to the top, offering recruitment opportunities.
• RNG’s manager personally asks Takuya to return and promises him an academy starting position, but Takuya rejects him bluntly.
• The manager then angrily confronts the academy coach, who learns that Takuya has reached first place and is stunned by the news.
• The coach reflects on his past treatment of Takuya, realizing that he might have supported Takuya’s selfish style if he had known how strong he truly was.
• Takuya’s lack of contact with NIP becomes the chapter’s main source of frustration, but his analysis of NIP’s future losses gives him hope that he may eventually find a path onto the team.

Plot points and events

• After his esports run ends before the Global First Stand, Takuya decides to save enough Anime Points to buy himself a chance at a NIP tryout before the elimination matches. Since he cannot earn points through professional-match missions, he returns to the Ultraman Tiga world to fight monsters.
• He saves that world for only ten days, making the deadline urgent.
• A zombie monster, Silizan, attacks a natural-gas station. Takuya transforms into Dark Diga and waits until Daigo’s Diga is occupied before striking with a Dark Zeperion Ray. The blast ignites the gas and kills Silizan.
• Takuya leaves before anyone can confront him. Daigo sees him flee and remains uncertain whether the black giant is a protector or a threat, since he has both killed and spared monsters.
• The following day, Takuya hurries to another battle, hoping to secure the reward before Daigo does. He finds Daigo already fighting Gazort; their struggle is evenly matched, and nearby apartment towers collapse amid the destruction. The Victory Team had evacuated the area beforehand.

Character developments and interactions

• Takuya is driven by his goal of returning to competitive play and treats monster missions as a way to earn points quickly. He acts opportunistically, attacking Silizan while Daigo is distracted, then avoids contact afterward.
• Daigo grows more determined to understand the black giant. He recognizes Takuya’s role in defeating Silizan and tries to pursue him, but loses him before they can speak.
• Takuya’s hidden interventions repeatedly overlap with Daigo’s battles, creating an unresolved tension: Daigo wants an explanation, while Takuya keeps his identity and motives concealed.

Significant themes

• Ambiguous morality: Takuya’s inconsistent choices leave Daigo unsure whether Dark Diga is good or dangerous.
• Urgency and ambition: Takuya’s short save period and career goal push him to pursue monster missions aggressively.
• Collateral damage: Even when the Victory Team evacuates civilians, the fight with Gazort shows how battles threaten people and their homes.