Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan leaves Bai Yu in the banquet hall and joins Su Yue, loading up on the buffet and setting aside food for his companions.
• He checks on Xilin, Luo Miaoyin, and Marée Alaira with Legendary Perspective. Xilin is reading manga, Luo Miaoyin is meditating, and Marée is asleep while Seliphina, confined to a doghouse-like enclosure, angrily plots revenge.
• Li Hongyou asks Bai Xuan about a woman in historical clothing who claims to know his sister. She says the woman is even stronger than she is, though Li insists she will eventually surpass her.
• Bai Yu returns from speaking with Director Liu Mufei and White Sea City officials. She says Liu appears to be making plans in Ninghang City, but she does not know what they are.
• Bai Xuan meets Mo Lan, the eccentric scientist who developed the Star-Love Demon Eye Suppression Device. Mo Lan studies Bai Yu and asks Liu about a new Investigator in White Sea City. Liu warns her not to pursue the matter.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan is relaxed and playful at the celebration, prioritizing food, checking on his team, and using Li Hongyou’s telekinesis to crack a crab leg. He also quietly stores food for Marée and the others.
• Li Hongyou displays her competitive streak when discussing the stronger historical-clothing woman, and remains blunt and prickly with Bai Xuan.
• Bai Yu’s conversation with senior officials hints that she may be involved in larger developments, though their plans remain unclear.
• Su Yue is surprised by Bai Xuan’s generous food haul and later explains who Mo Lan is.
• Mo Lan’s attention toward Bai Yu, followed by her question about a new Investigator, creates an uneasy sense that she has a particular interest in Bai Yu or someone connected to her.

Significant themes

• Comic everyday life amid supernatural danger: The characters’ eccentric routines and food-focused banter contrast with their work battling Anomalous Calamities.
• Competition and ambition: Li Hongyou’s determination to surpass a stronger rival reflects the chapter’s recurring focus on strength and status.
• Unfolding mystery: Liu Mufei’s unexplained plans, the historical-clothing woman’s connection to Bai Xuan’s sister, and Mo Lan’s interest in Bai Yu set up future intrigue.

Key plot points

• Mo Lan and Liu Mufei discuss Mo Lan’s research; Liu reminds her that she is in Ninghang City and must stick to their agreement. Mo Lan’s purpose at the banquet is to retrieve an item.
• Bai Xuan notices Su Yue watching the room where Mo Lan is. Though Su Yue doesn’t want to depend on Mo Lan, Bai Xuan persuades her to ask for information about her uncontrolled power, which has made everyone forget her.
• Mo Lan identifies the condition as the “Equation of Forgetting” and suggests finding a Mental Anchor: a spiritual presence attached to something that people believe in. A substitute anchor might help restore Su Yue, unless she has been completely erased from the world.
• Mo Lan tries to obtain information about Bai Yu’s power, hoping to study her. Liu Mufei intervenes and refuses. Mo Lan then hints that Bai Xuan himself seems unusual and asks to study him; Liu rejects that too.
• Bai Xuan returns to Bai Yu, and the siblings decide to leave the banquet. Liu lets them go, then quietly tells Bai Xuan to put on the ring she gave him when he gets home.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan supports Su Yue without pressuring her and helps her seek advice while framing it as gathering knowledge rather than relying on Mo Lan. He also firmly resists Mo Lan’s attempt to make Bai Yu a research subject.
• Su Yue is still wary of depending on Mo Lan, but her explanation about a substitute anchor gives her a possible direction to explore.
• Mo Lan is clever, curious, and ethically dubious: she offers useful expertise while immediately seeking new subjects for her research.
• Liu Mufei acts as a protective mediator, enforcing limits on Mo Lan and reassuring Bai Xuan that Bai Yu will not be studied.
• Bai Yu treats the banquet as work and readily offers to take Bai Xuan home, joking that he came mainly for the food.

Significant themes

• Memory, existence, and belief: The Mental Anchor concept suggests that belief and stories can sustain a being’s presence.
• Trust and independence: Su Yue’s reluctance to rely on Mo Lan contrasts with Bai Xuan’s view that seeking information need not mean dependence.
• Ethics and power: Mo Lan’s scientific curiosity clashes with others’ right to refuse being used as research subjects.
• Hidden significance: Mo Lan suspects Bai Xuan is more than an ordinary person, while Liu’s private reminder about the ring hints at an unresolved concern or plan.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Yu brings Bai Xuan home, warns him not to stay out overnight, then leaves. Su Yue suddenly gets an idea and rushes out, leaving Bai Xuan unsure what she plans to do.
• With Bai Xuan’s wife away, he travels to the frozen Church of Light to meet Isia, the Light Pope. She tells him that World Freeze cannot affect him because he comes from another world.
• Bai Xuan touches Isia’s cheek, awakening her from her frozen state. She then examines the Ice Curse Bow and teaches him basic Radiant Magic.
• When Bai Xuan tries to handle the bow, its intense cold begins freezing him. Isia intervenes and explains that he must use Radiant Magic to acclimate to its power gradually.
• Bai Xuan follows her advice, and the bow’s enchantment changes: its magic consumption becomes Ice Curse Dragon—Seliphina.

Character developments

• Bai Xuan discovers that he is immune to world-targeting magic from Aeria World and can awaken Isia with a touch. He also learns basic Radiant Magic and shows growing ability to adapt the Ice Curse Bow.
• Isia returns to consciousness and shifts from a distant, solemn figure to an active teacher, carefully guiding Bai Xuan despite his impulsiveness.
• Su Yue appears to have devised a promising plan, though its nature is not yet revealed.
• Bai Yu remains protective of Bai Xuan, insisting that he not spend the night away from home.

Significant themes

• Cross-world difference: Bai Xuan’s outsider status grants him unusual protection from Aeria World’s magic.
• Learning through control and patience: The Ice Curse Bow can only be handled safely when Bai Xuan works with its power rather than resisting it.
• Awakening and transformation: Bai Xuan’s touch wakes Isia, while his Radiant Magic changes the bow’s enchantment.

Character interactions

• Bai Yu fusses over Bai Xuan before leaving, while Su Yue’s sudden departure leaves him puzzled.
• Bai Xuan and Isia exchange playful, teasing remarks before settling into a teacher-student dynamic as she instructs him in Radiant Magic and helps him resist the bow’s cold.
• Isia’s intervention prevents Bai Xuan from being overwhelmed, and his successful adjustment leads directly to the bow’s new enchantment.

Key plot points and events

• Isia gives Bai Xuan the Ice Curse Bow, whose enchantment lets him use it without spending mana.
• She examines his Dark Pearl and confirms that it can help resist the Breath of Darkness, though it is not powerful enough to defeat the Witch of the Evernight.
• Isia explains that her temporary release from Freeze is nearly over. She must remain in Aeria World to sustain its Super-Tier Magic, and touching her again will not free her without more accumulated Divine Power.
• She suggests that helping Xilin undergo a deeper evolution may give Bai Xuan a chance against the Witch. Before freezing again, Isia touches his forehead and gives him a mysterious boost: his X Ability increases by 200%.
• Bai Xuan returns home, where Marée Alaira and Seliphina are playing a video game. Marée wins by knocking Seliphina off her stool and pinning her down.
• Xilin notices Isia’s scent on Bai Xuan. She then asks him for help with discomfort in her chest, taking his hand and placing it against her breast; Bai Xuan is startled by the intimate gesture.

Character developments

• Bai Xuan gains a mana-free weapon, learns more about the Dark Pearl and the threat ahead, and receives a major but unexplained power increase. He remains focused on helping Xilin evolve.
• Isia shows confidence in Bai Xuan while acknowledging her own limits and dependence on him to save her world.
• Xilin appears increasingly vulnerable and willing to seek Bai Xuan’s personal attention, while her next evolution remains an important unresolved goal.
• Marée Alaira and Seliphina display a childish, competitive side, turning a video game into a physical scuffle.

Significant themes

• Power and preparation: Bai Xuan needs greater strength to face the Witch of the Evernight.
• Sacrifice and responsibility: Isia remains frozen to keep her world’s magic functioning.
• Unresolved evolution: Xilin’s deeper transformation may be essential to changing the outcome of the coming conflict.
• Comic contrast: Serious world-saving concerns give way to domestic, slapstick humor and an awkwardly intimate exchange.

Character interactions

• Isia and Bai Xuan discuss the Dark Pearl, the limits of her freedom, and the path to defeating the Witch; she then passes him her gift before freezing again.
• Marée and Seliphina’s playful gaming rivalry escalates into cheating and physical comedy.
• Xilin detects Isia’s scent on Bai Xuan and, after his explanation, asks him for help in a hesitant but intimate manner.

Plot points and events

• Bai Xuan notices that Xilin’s heartbeat is unnaturally weak and checks her status. A hidden warning says her “Heart-Pounding Value” is low and recommends stimulating her with extreme measures.
• Xilin asks whether anything happened between Bai Xuan and Pope Isia. Although relieved when he says no, she also seems disappointed.
• Isia explains that Xilin’s excessive loyalty, guilt, and eagerness to please make her submissive and prone to overthinking.
• Bai Xuan tests this by asking how Xilin would react if Isia wanted him to leave or serve her. Xilin insists she will protect him—but says she would beg Isia to be gentle, revealing that she is excited by the idea.
• At Isia’s prompting, Bai Xuan tells Xilin that the Pope gave him her Saintess Jade Pendant. Xilin’s heart suddenly races, and she concludes that Isia has claimed Bai Xuan and that she has failed to protect him.
• Xilin promises to ask Isia to treat Bai Xuan gently. A quest prompt appears: to advance Xilin’s character quest, Bai Xuan must engage in a pleasurable act of desire with Isia while Xilin watches.
• Bai Xuan awkwardly asks Isia to help him fulfill the condition, framing it as necessary for Xilin’s transformation and their effort to save the world. Isia agrees.

Character developments

• Bai Xuan is increasingly confused by Xilin’s reactions, then recognizes her unusual submissive and voyeuristic preferences. Despite his embarrassment, he directly asks Isia for help.
• Xilin shows a strong attachment to Bai Xuan, but her loyalty and guilt distort her idea of protecting him. The mention of Isia’s pendant triggers a dramatic rise in her heartbeat and reveals her excitement at the thought of Bai Xuan and Isia together.
• Isia understands Xilin’s psychology and deliberately guides Bai Xuan’s conversation, then agrees to his request.

Significant themes

• The chapter explores loyalty and self-sacrifice, showing how Xilin’s desire to please those she respects undermines her own judgment.
• It plays with the contrast between protection and submission: Xilin wants to protect Bai Xuan, yet her proposed solution is to defer to Isia.
• The status panel and quest system turn emotional and intimate dynamics into game-like objectives, mixing comedy with the characters’ supernatural responsibilities.

Character interactions

• Bai Xuan probes Xilin’s feelings about Isia; Isia interprets Xilin’s behavior and coaches him on what to say.
• Xilin responds to imagined and actual signs of intimacy between Bai Xuan and Isia with a mixture of jealousy, excitement, and resignation.
• Bai Xuan and Isia end the chapter with an awkward but consequential agreement tied to Xilin’s quest and transformation.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bai Xuan asks Isia about the Saintess Jade Pendant, but she avoids answering and instead informs him that the next time she will lift the freeze is at seven the following evening.
• Bai Xuan records a reminder to give Isia a back rub, establishing an awkward, mutually agreed-upon arrangement based on their previous “acting.”
• He visits Luo Miaoyin’s room but discovers through Legendary Perspective that she has returned to the Jade Cave Abode to meditate, apparently able to travel there freely.
• Returning home, Bai Xuan finds Su Yue asleep on the sofa. She reveals that she has obtained an adorable Rag Doll to serve as her “Mental Anchor,” following the scientist’s earlier advice.
• Bai Xuan initially misunderstands Su Yue’s request and jokes about using the doll to transmit his longing. She clarifies that he should carry it around, treat it as her, and introduce it to his acquaintances.
• They debate what identity to give the Rag Doll. Bai Xuan rejects the idea of calling Su Yue his younger sister because he is an orphan, then proposes introducing her as his childhood sweetheart. The suggestion embarrasses Su Yue but secretly delights her.
• In Sakura Country, the masked Spade 9 speaks with someone over the phone and learns that other operatives have failed. He agrees to return and work with Seven of Diamonds, demanding additional payment.
• Spade 9 recalls the destruction of Raccoon City, which was caused by a massive three-headed serpent named Da Qi. He believes the city’s souls are sufficient for their purpose and criticizes Six of Spades for failing in his mission.
• Spade 9 declares his intention to confront the mysterious woman opposing their organization, then departs through a spatial rift.
• News reports reveal that Raccoon City suffered a B-Rank Anomalous Calamity, resulting in thousands of deaths and enormous economic damage. The serpent escaped into the deep sea after the Sakura Country Investigation Bureau failed to stop it.
• Bai Xuan and Su Yue discuss the rarity and danger of B-Rank calamities. Their conversation is interrupted when Liu Mufei contacts Bai Xuan through the ring on his finger.

Character Developments

• Bai Xuan remains curious and opportunistic, probing Isia for information while maintaining a playful, teasing relationship with Su Yue. His “childhood sweetheart” suggestion reveals his comfort with romantic teasing, even if he treats it casually.
• Isia continues to be emotionally unreadable and evasive, especially regarding the Saintess Jade Pendant. Her agreement to the back-rub arrangement suggests a willingness to cooperate despite her detached demeanor.
• Su Yue takes active steps to address her mental difficulties by obtaining a personal anchor. Her strong embarrassment and happiness over being called Bai Xuan’s childhood sweetheart reveal growing romantic feelings.
• Spade 9 is established as a confident, calculating antagonist who views the destruction of Raccoon City as a useful resource rather than a tragedy. He is willing to take over failed operations personally.
• Liu Mufei remains mysterious and powerful, but her sudden contact suggests that she may have urgent information or a new mission for Bai Xuan.

Significant Themes

• Emotional attachment and grounding: Su Yue’s Rag Doll represents the importance of personal connection and memory in maintaining psychological stability.
• Playful intimacy: The back-rub arrangement and the “childhood sweetheart” identity blend humor with increasing emotional closeness between Bai Xuan and Su Yue.
• Hidden motives and secrecy: Isia refuses to explain the jade pendant, while Spade 9’s organization operates through coded identities and concealed plans.
• Human cost of supernatural conflict: The destruction of Raccoon City demonstrates the devastating consequences of anomalous powers and the helplessness of ordinary people.
• Escalating danger: The appearance of Spade 9 and the B-Rank calamity indicate that larger forces and more serious threats are moving into the story.

Character Interactions

• Bai Xuan and Isia exchange awkward but cooperative remarks about their staged relationship and future back rubs.
• Bai Xuan and Su Yue share a teasing conversation over the Rag Doll, with Bai Xuan’s “childhood sweetheart” comment causing Su Yue considerable embarrassment and happiness.
• Spade 9 communicates with an unseen superior about failed missions and future cooperation, then addresses the giant serpent Da Qi before departing.
• Bai Xuan and Su Yue discuss the televised calamity and Liu Mufei’s abilities, just before Liu Mufei directly contacts Bai Xuan.

Key plot points and events

• Liu Mufei contacts Bai Xuan through the ring he received, telling him she will visit that night. Bai Xuan is puzzled but treats her carefully, since she knows his identity.
• At school, classmates Zhao Fan and Lu Meng excitedly discuss Ninghang City’s recent battle against the C-rank Ice Curse Dragon, praising the Investigators, mysterious allies, and a giant mecha dragon.
• The boys notice Su Yue’s cloth doll in Bai Xuan’s bag. Bai Xuan claims it belongs to a childhood friend, then embellishes the story by saying she once promised to marry him. His classmates are stunned.
• Next door, Su Yue practices her powers. She still cannot reverse Existence Erasure, but has developed Astral Spirit Sight, which lets her observe distant places. Looking into Bai Xuan’s villa, she sees two Young Dragons there and realizes the mysterious organization defeated the Ice Curse Dragon and recruited it.
• Su Yue’s viewing is disrupted by a mental force, giving her a headache. She suspects the organization has a mental Esper.
• Bai Xuan checks the World Book but finds no suitable missions against calamities above C-rank. He sends his legendary units on D-rank missions to advance the Mission Map.
• Luo Miaoyin tells him someone used spiritual sense to probe their home. Bai Xuan deduces it was Su Yue and reassures her that he knows who it was.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan keeps his secret identity protected while maintaining a friendly relationship with Liu Mufei. At school, he playfully invents a more romantic history with his “childhood friend,” amusing himself and confusing his classmates.
• Su Yue makes progress in controlling Astral Spirit Sight, though her mental strength remains insufficient to undo Existence Erasure. Her discovery of the Young Dragons raises new questions about the organization, but she has set aside thoughts of joining it.
• Luo Miaoyin alerts Bai Xuan to the surveillance attempt, and he responds calmly, showing that he can identify the likely observer.
• Zhao Fan and Lu Meng eagerly gossip with Bai Xuan and react with disbelief to his claim about a childhood friend who once promised to marry him.

Significant themes

• Secrecy and surveillance: Bai Xuan’s hidden identity and Su Yue’s remote observation create tension around who knows what.
• Power and its limits: Su Yue’s new ability is impressive, but using it strains her mind, and her central goal remains beyond reach.
• Humor and youthful romance: Bai Xuan’s teasing story sparks comic reactions from his classmates and contrasts with the chapter’s supernatural intrigue.

Chapter Summary: “What Great Legs! The Organization That Would Correct the World”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After school, Bai Xuan visits Su Yue in an empty classroom and wakes her from a nap caused by excessive mental-power use.
• Su Yue demonstrates progress with her Superpower by creating a floating blue star. Bai Xuan recognizes it as the same phenomenon she previously saw at Lakeside Villa. Although her power was thought to involve mental control, it appears to include a scouting or observation ability.
• Su Yue confirms that her attempt to convince Zhao Fan and Lu Meng that Bai Xuan has a “childhood sweetheart” succeeded. She implanted a Mental Anchor so they could retain the altered belief despite being unable to remember the girl’s name.
• At home, Bai Xuan contacts Liu Mufei through his ring. She emerges through a spatial rift and warns him about a B-rank Anomalous Calamity that appeared in Sakura Country.
• The Investigation Bureau suspects that the calamity has entered Huaguo, possibly with the assistance of an Evil Organization. Unlike most calamities, which act without clear motives, this incident appears to be part of a deliberate operation.
• Liu Mufei explains that the Evil Organization wants to “correct” the world by destroying existing systems and creating a new order ruled by strength. The Investigation Bureaus oppose them, both to prevent global collapse and to preserve the current power structure.
• The organization is expected to operate mainly in White Sea City. Because its members may target investigators’ families and have infiltrated official ranks, Liu Mufei asks Bai Xuan to secretly protect his older sister, Bai Yu, while the Bureau protects the other investigators.
• Liu Mufei specifically warns Bai Xuan to avoid Mo Lan, revealing that she is literally a monster rather than a human or even an ordinary animal, and that she formerly belonged to the Evil Organization.
• After returning to the White Sea City Investigation Bureau, Liu Mufei summons Bai Yu and presents her with a contract connected to restoring her body. The chapter ends as this new development begins.

Character Developments

• Bai Xuan remains observant, composed, and willing to cooperate with the Investigation Bureau, though he is cautious about its motives and the growing threat. His protectiveness toward Bai Yu becomes central.
• Su Yue has improved her Superpower control but still cannot reverse Existence Erasure. Her ability is revealed to be more unusual and versatile than previously believed, now producing a star capable of reconnaissance.
• Liu Mufei acts as an informed intermediary between Bai Xuan and the Investigation Bureau. She reveals important information about the Evil Organization, its infiltration of official institutions, and Mo Lan’s true nature.
• Bai Yu is drawn directly into the larger conflict through Liu Mufei’s proposed contract, which may offer a way to restore her body.
• Mo Lan is recontextualized as a nonhuman monster and former Evil Organization member, making her a potentially dangerous figure.

Significant Themes

• Order versus revolution: The Evil Organization frames its actions as “correcting” the world, but its goal is effectively to overthrow existing systems and replace them with rule by strength.
• Moral ambiguity and power structures: Liu Mufei admits that the Investigation Bureaus’ opposition serves both to protect society and to preserve the current power hierarchy.
• Secrecy and infiltration: Neither side fully trusts the other, and both the Investigation Bureau and Evil Organization have infiltrated opposing institutions.
• Protection and responsibility: Bai Xuan is not asked to fight the calamity directly but to protect his sister, emphasizing personal duty amid a wider supernatural crisis.
• Identity and transformation: Su Yue’s uncertain Superpower and Bai Yu’s possible bodily restoration, along with Mo Lan’s nonhuman identity, reinforce the chapter’s interest in altered bodies and unstable identities.

Character Interactions

• Bai Xuan and Su Yue exchange playful teasing while discussing her Superpower and the success of their memory-manipulation plan.
• Bai Xuan and Liu Mufei maintain a familiar, humorous relationship, including jokes about her appearance, though their conversation quickly becomes serious when discussing the calamity and the Evil Organization.
• Liu Mufei entrusts Bai Xuan with protecting Bai Yu, showing her reliance on his abilities and personal connection to the case.
• Liu Mufei then meets Bai Yu privately and offers her a contract intended to restore her body, creating a new point of tension and anticipation.

Chapter Summary: “Liu Mufei’s Plan! Become Your Sister!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Liu Mufei asks Bai Yu to let her disguise herself as Bai Yu. The plan is intended to protect Bai Yu after investigators learn that the Evil Organization may have obtained the participant list from the “Ice Curse Dragon” battle.
• All investigators involved in that battle must hide their identities and avoid disaster missions for at least a week. Liu Mufei plans to impersonate Bai Yu and draw out enemy agents using her familiar deception tactic.
• Bai Yu agrees, provided she can still act with Li Hongyou and visit her younger brother, Bai Xuan, on weekends.
• Liu Mufei explains that copying another person’s ability requires a drop of their blood, though mastering the copied power requires additional practice.
• Bai Yu refuses Liu Mufei’s offer to arrange a position for Bai Xuan in the Investigation Bureau, insisting that he is an ordinary person and should not be drawn into that world.
• Liu Mufei draws Bai Yu’s blood and presses it to her forehead. Glowing golden, rune-like patterns spread across her body as she begins copying Bai Yu’s ability.
• After Bai Yu leaves to find Li Hongyou, Liu Mufei suddenly experiences intense, unprecedented pain. When she dismisses her clone, the pain becomes overwhelming.
• Bai Yu’s memories begin flooding into Liu Mufei’s mind, wrapping around her like suffocating threads. Liu Mufei uses ice crystals to lessen the physical pain, but the memories continue invading her consciousness.

Character Developments

• Bai Yu: Initially cautious and suspicious, Bai Yu ultimately agrees because she understands the plan is meant to protect her. Her strong sense of responsibility toward Bai Xuan is emphasized, as is her refusal to exploit Liu Mufei’s influence for his benefit.
• Liu Mufei: Reveals her ability to transform into others and use their Superpowers. She is confident and playful while arranging the plan, but becomes shocked and vulnerable when copying Bai Yu causes severe pain and an unexpected memory invasion.
• Bai Xuan: Although he does not appear directly, he is shown to be central to Bai Yu’s life. Their shared childhood as orphans and mutual dependence are highlighted.

Significant Themes

• Protection and sacrifice: Liu Mufei’s impersonation is intended to shield Bai Yu, while Bai Yu’s life has been shaped by protecting her brother.
• Family and mutual dependence: Bai Yu rejects the idea that she alone protected Bai Xuan, suggesting that he also protected her when they were children.
• Identity and boundaries: Liu Mufei’s ability to become others raises questions about individuality, memory, and the risks of taking on another person’s identity.
• The danger of power: Even Liu Mufei’s seemingly overwhelming copying ability has limits and unforeseen consequences, particularly when confronted with Bai Yu’s power.

Character Interactions

• Bai Yu and Liu Mufei negotiate the impersonation plan, with Bai Yu questioning its risks and practical details.
• Liu Mufei attempts to persuade Bai Yu by emphasizing her safety and offering help for Bai Xuan, but Bai Yu firmly declines.
• Their discussion reveals Bai Yu’s history with Bai Xuan and Liu Mufei’s curiosity about their relationship.
• After Bai Yu leaves, Liu Mufei is left alone with the consequences of copying her ability, turning a controlled experiment into a frightening personal crisis.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Erika Kujo, an elite member of the Evil Organization known as Seven of Diamonds, arrives in Huaguo from Sakura Country. She is tasked with confronting Liu Mufei and searching for the organization associated with the Female Knight.
• Erika is highly confident in her Demon Blade, believing that anyone whose combat power is lower than hers can be defeated with a single slash.
• Meanwhile, Bai Xuan is completing several D-Rank missions with the dragonkin Seliphina and Marée Alaira, using their battles to improve his Mission Map and evaluate their teamwork.
• During a fight against a giant turtle, Marée directs Seliphina, who freezes and destroys the creature. Although the battle is successful, Seliphina secretly resents Marée’s commanding attitude.
• After the mission, Erika locates Bai Xuan and the two dragons. She introduces herself as Seven of Diamonds and challenges them, activating the Demon Blade’s Ghostflame State.
• The Ghostflame allows Erika to read the combat power of living beings. She discovers that Seliphina has a combat power of 2000 and Marée has slightly more than 1800, both impressive but still below her own.
• When Erika examines Bai Xuan, however, she sees a shocking combat power of 9999. Terrified that she has been sent against an overwhelmingly powerful opponent, she abandons the confrontation and claims she has other business before letting them go.

2. Character Developments

• Bai Xuan remains calm and cautious. He does not recognize Erika’s abilities or intentions, but he correctly suspects she may belong to the Evil Organization and prevents the dragons from acting recklessly.
• Erika Kujo begins as arrogant and self-assured, convinced that her strength makes her nearly unbeatable. Her confidence collapses when she sees Bai Xuan’s combat power, revealing that her bravado depends heavily on perceived superiority.
• Seliphina outwardly obeys Marée’s commands but secretly harbors resentment and plans to retaliate against her humiliation.
• Marée Alaira enthusiastically takes the role of commander, directing Seliphina in battle and seeking Bai Xuan’s approval. Her confidence contrasts with her lack of understanding regarding Erika’s strange abilities.
• Bai Xuan continues testing the cooperation of the two dragons, discovering that Marée can effectively control Seliphina in combat despite their antagonism.

3. Significant Themes

• Hidden strength and misjudgment: Erika assumes Bai Xuan is weak because of his appearance, only to discover that his true power is extraordinary.
• Arrogance versus reality: Erika’s confidence disappears when confronted with an opponent far beyond her expectations.
• Power measurement and uncertainty: Combat power becomes a way of judging threats, but appearances and assumptions prove unreliable.
• Rivalry and forced cooperation: Seliphina and Marée dislike each other, yet their combined abilities function effectively under pressure.
• Comedic misunderstanding: Bai Xuan remains unaware of why Erika is terrified, interpreting her stunned reaction almost as if she has encountered a ghost.

4. Character Interactions

• Erika speaks with a mysterious male superior, who warns her that Liu Mufei is unusual and asks her to investigate the Female Knight’s organization.
• Marée commands Seliphina during the mission, while Seliphina obeys outwardly but internally insults and resents her.
• Bai Xuan observes the dragons’ teamwork and privately questions how easily Marée has managed to make Seliphina cooperate.
• Erika challenges Bai Xuan and the dragons, but her assessment of their power—especially Bai Xuan’s 9999 rating—causes her to retreat without fighting.
• Bai Xuan remains wary of Erika, while Erika leaves believing that confronting him directly would be suicidal.

Plot and Events

• Erika Kujo abruptly escapes her confrontation with Bai Xuan, leaving him and Marée Alaira baffled.
• Seliphina suggests Erika fled because she sensed Bai Xuan’s overwhelming strength. Bai Xuan suspects the World Book may be attributing the combat power of his summoned allies to him, though he cannot confirm it.
• Back at her hideout, Erika accuses Spade 9 of giving her bad intelligence: her Ghostflame showed Bai Xuan as having 9,999 combat power. Spade 9 doubts the reading, reasoning that someone truly that powerful would have posed an obvious threat—and Erika could not have escaped unharmed. Erika reluctantly considers that her ability may have been mistaken or interfered with.
• Spade 9 tells Erika to leave Bai Xuan alone for now and focus on several Investigators in White Sea City, targets whose details Hearts 9 will provide.
• Bai Xuan completes a mission and receives the blue character setting Puppeteer, which lets him control certain dolls. He thinks of the rag doll Su Yue gave him and equips the setting.
• Worried about facing Marée Alaira’s dangerous Seven of Diamonds blade, Seliphina secretly kneels before Bai Xuan and asks him to teach her how to defeat Marée. He accepts her pledge.
• The World Book announces that Seliphina has become loyal to Bai Xuan and reveals her powerful profile: an Epic, C-rank Ice Curse Dragon with S-grade attributes, immunity to ice magic, enhanced ice magic, and a reserve of additional magical capacity.

Character Developments

• Bai Xuan remains uncertain about why Erika fled, but begins forming theories about how the World Book affects his perceived strength. He also takes the threat posed by Marée seriously and gains a potentially useful new ability.
• Seliphina openly commits herself to Bai Xuan in exchange for the promise of strength. Though she presents herself as devoted, she privately hopes to surpass Marée and eventually triumph over her.
• Erika shifts from confidence in her Ghostflame reading to doubt after Spade 9 challenges her interpretation. Her anger at Bai Xuan remains, but orders force her to postpone confronting him.
• Spade 9 is cautious and pragmatic, questioning Erika’s report and prioritizing the organization’s new targets.

Significant Themes and Interactions

• Uncertainty and misperception: Erika’s combat-power reading may be wrong or disrupted, while Bai Xuan’s unusual connection to his summoned allies may make his strength hard to assess.
• Power and loyalty: Seliphina’s pledge shows how the promise of greater power can motivate allegiance, even when the pledge is mixed with rivalry and ambition.
• Rivalry: Seliphina’s desire to defeat Marée drives her appeal to Bai Xuan, setting up future conflict between the two dragons.
• Key interactions: Seliphina praises Bai Xuan after Erika’s escape, later pledges herself to him, and eagerly asks how to grow stronger. Meanwhile, Spade 9 disputes Erika’s account and redirects her toward the organization’s assigned targets.

Chapter Summary: “Doll Versus Demon Blade Girl! Combat Power 2000!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bai Xuan instructs Seliphina to be patient and grow stronger through repeated battles and trials. Seliphina enthusiastically vows to become strong enough to defeat Marée Alaira.
• Bai Xuan privately doubts whether Seliphina can surpass Marée, since Marée is also continuing to grow.
• Marée overhears Bai Xuan and Seliphina discussing how to “bully” her. She jokingly begs Bai Xuan to be gentle, but he bluntly refuses. Marée then blames Seliphina for corrupting him and attempts to “save” him by biting his elbow.
• The following day, Bai Xuan experiments with Su Yue’s Rag Doll during class. Using his new Puppeteer Character Setting, he makes the doll dance and considers whether it can wield the powerful Ice Curse Bow.
• Erika Kujo arrives at the school while searching for Bai Xuan. Guided by her Ghostflame ability and her perception of combat power, she identifies his location and declares that she will claim the bounty on him.
• Erika transforms by drawing her Demon Blade, causing pink flames to engulf her body. Her arrival triggers panic across the school, leading students to shelter in classrooms while police officers prepare to respond.
• Bai Xuan correctly realizes that Erika has come specifically for him. Su Yue volunteers to fight her, believing her Existence Erasure ability makes her impossible to detect or attack.
• Bai Xuan warns Su Yue that Erika can perceive combat values, allowing her to detect even someone whose presence has been erased. He also explains that Erika’s flames provide both offensive and defensive abilities, making her a difficult opponent.
• Bai Xuan sends the Rag Doll out of the classroom. Through his puppeteering, it flies toward Erika, astonishing Su Yue and the onlookers.
• The Rag Doll manifests the oversized Ice Curse Bow, creating a bizarre but intimidating sight. Erika notices its combat value and is stunned when it reads 2000.

Character Developments

• Bai Xuan demonstrates increasing strategic creativity. Rather than confronting Erika directly, he uses the Rag Doll as an unexpected weapon and explores how his Puppeteer ability can enhance it.
• Seliphina remains highly motivated and battle-hungry, confidently aiming to defeat Marée, though Bai Xuan recognizes that her rival is also improving.
• Marée Alaira continues to provide comic relief through her childish reactions and playful dependence on Bai Xuan.
• Su Yue shows confidence in her own abilities but learns that her usual invisibility-like advantage is not foolproof against Erika.
• Erika Kujo is established as a determined bounty hunter and a dangerous opponent whose combat-value perception makes her especially effective against concealed enemies.

Significant Themes

• Growth through struggle: Bai Xuan emphasizes patience, training, and learning through battle rather than seeking instant strength.
• Strategy over brute force: The confrontation with Erika highlights the importance of exploiting unusual abilities and unconventional tools.
• Rivalry and competition: Seliphina’s ambition to surpass Marée mirrors the broader contest between growing powers.
• Perception versus concealment: Su Yue’s existence erasure is challenged by Erika’s ability to detect combat power, showing that no defensive ability is universally effective.
• Unexpected power in ordinary objects: The Rag Doll, normally harmless and weak, becomes a potentially formidable combatant when controlled by Bai Xuan and equipped with the Ice Curse Bow.

Character Interactions

• Bai Xuan mentors Seliphina while teasing Marée about defeating her.
• Marée playfully accuses Seliphina of turning Bai Xuan against her.
• Bai Xuan and Su Yue discuss how to counter Erika, with Bai Xuan correcting Su Yue’s overconfidence.
• Bai Xuan reassures Su Yue to trust his plan, then uses her Rag Doll as a weapon.
• Erika directly challenges Bai Xuan from the school grounds, while the students and police react to the threat.
• The chapter ends with Erika confronting the unexpected Rag Doll and reacting in shock to its combat power of 2000.

Plot points and events

• Erika Kujo dismisses Su Yue’s Rag Doll as a fake threat, but Bai Xuan uses it to block her Demon Blade with an Ice Curse Bow.
• The Rag Doll overwhelms Erika with a volley of freezing arrows. She escapes under cover of a smoke bomb, though Bai Xuan’s arrow wounds and partially freezes her first.
• The students celebrate the Rag Doll’s defense of the school. Bai Xuan tells his friends that Su Yue is an Esper and that the doll is a manifestation of her power.
• Su Yue notices that people are beginning to remember her again, at least as Bai Xuan’s childhood friend.
• After school, Bai Xuan teleports Su Yue to her villa and prepares to reveal his secret. Before he can explain, Su Yue guesses that he is the man in the Slime Mask, and he confirms it.

Character developments

• Bai Xuan shows the Rag Doll’s unexpectedly powerful combat abilities and becomes more open with his classmates about Su Yue’s identity. He also decides to reveal his own secret to her.
• Su Yue is increasingly curious about Bai Xuan and the source of the Rag Doll’s power. As her presence returns to people’s memories, she begins connecting Bai Xuan to the Slime Mask.
• Erika Kujo is forced to acknowledge that Bai Xuan’s reported combat power may be genuine, but retreats rather than concede defeat.

Character interactions

• Bai Xuan and Erika clash through the Rag Doll and her Demon Blade, with the students cheering the doll on.
• Zhao Fan and Lu Meng question Bai Xuan about the doll; he tells them Su Yue is an Esper and created it through her power.
• Su Yue silently follows Bai Xuan after school, then confronts the implications of his teleportation ability at her villa before correctly identifying him.

Significant themes

• Hidden identities and revelations: Su Yue’s powers and Bai Xuan’s masked persona come closer to being openly understood.
• Recognition and belonging: Su Yue’s gradual return to others’ memories suggests that her isolation may be ending.
• Appearances versus reality: A seemingly harmless Rag Doll proves formidable, just as Bai Xuan’s ordinary school life conceals extraordinary abilities.

Plot points and events

• Bai Xuan reveals to Su Yue that he is the leader of the organization she hoped to join. He explains that he had been checking a few things rather than deliberately deceiving her, then formally invites her to join.
• Su Yue accepts, recognizing that she has become deeply dependent on Bai Xuan and sees no viable alternative. She asks about the organization’s purpose; Bai Xuan says it is a mixture of ideals and goals, though his original motive was simply to protect those close to him.
• Bai Xuan tells Su Yue that her Psychic Esper Ability makes her valuable, even though its side effect causes people to forget her. He encourages her to master her power so she can live freely, and arranges for her to stay at Lakeside Villa.
• Bai Xuan explains that he disclosed his identity because he trusts Su Yue and because the Evil Organization may already know about him. Erika Kujo’s arrival and Liu Mufei’s knowledge have made secrecy less useful.
• Luo Miaoyin cannot see Su Yue, but senses her faint presence, suggesting Su Yue’s efforts and the Mental Anchor are helping restore it. Bai Xuan confides that he fears the Evil Organization is targeting them; Luo Miaoyin comforts him and promises to protect him.
• Bai Xuan returns home after receiving a message that his sister Bai Yu is coming back early. He finds her exhausted from work, but she beckons him over with a sly smile, setting up the next scene.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Yue moves from shock and uncertainty to accepting membership and trusting Bai Xuan. Her vulnerability and dependence on him remain clear, but she is also pursuing greater control over her abilities.
• Bai Xuan shifts from playful teasing to sincere reassurance. He recognizes Su Yue’s potential and begins treating her as an ally, while openly acknowledging the growing threat to his circle.
• Luo Miaoyin shows perceptiveness and tenderness: she detects Su Yue despite being unable to see her, then supports Bai Xuan emotionally and offers protection.
• Bai Yu appears worn out by work, though her playful invitation to Bai Xuan hints that she may have something to say or ask.

Significant themes

• Belonging and trust: Su Yue’s invitation gives her a place in Bai Xuan’s group, while his disclosure marks a deeper level of trust.
• Identity and presence: Su Yue’s fading existence is a continuing danger, but her progress suggests that her presence can be strengthened.
• Protection and responsibility: Bai Xuan’s desire to protect those close to him now conflicts with the threat posed by the Evil Organization, drawing his allies closer together.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Yu unexpectedly acts unusually affectionate toward her brother, Bai Xuan, and asks him to help relieve her stress. She bites his arm, then asks him to make noodles.
• Bai Xuan cooks for her, but notices the noodles are sweet rather than spicy—the opposite of his real sister’s preferences. He realizes that the woman posing as Bai Yu is actually Liu Mufei, but chooses not to reveal that he knows.
• Elsewhere, the injured assassin Erika Kujo recovers in her hideout. Still shaken by her defeat at the hands of the masked man, she concludes that Huaguo is too dangerous and wants to escape.
• Hearts 9 tells Erika she cannot return to Sakura Country until she completes her mission. He orders her to work with Spade 9 to kill Liu Mufei, promising to arrange her return afterward. Furious, Erika smashes her phone.
• That night, after Bai Xuan goes to bed, he senses someone on top of him, opens his eyes, and finds the apparent Bai Yu sitting on him in pajamas.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Yu / Liu Mufei: The disguised woman plays at sibling intimacy, biting Bai Xuan and enjoying the meal he prepares. Her relaxed, affectionate behavior contrasts with the possible danger of her disguise; her purpose remains unclear.
• Bai Xuan: He indulges his sister’s apparent request for comfort, but carefully notices clues that reveal the impostor’s identity. Rather than confront Liu Mufei, he watches and waits to learn her intentions.
• Erika Kujo: Her confidence collapses after her defeat. Though desperate to flee, she is trapped by the organization’s demands and forced toward another mission.
• Hearts 9: He treats Erika’s situation as an order of business, enforcing the organization’s control while offering a conditional route home.
• The chapter emphasizes contrast between Bai Xuan and the disguised Liu Mufei’s intimate, domestic exchange and Erika’s violent, coercive entanglement with the organization.

Significant themes

• Deception and hidden identities: Bai Xuan recognizes that the woman before him is not his sister, while Erika discovers that the intelligence she received was misleading.
• Family and belonging: Bai Yu’s mention of their shared orphanhood frames their closeness as a substitute for lost family support; Liu Mufei’s apparent enjoyment of the meal hints at her own response to that warmth.
• Power and coercion: Erika’s defeat exposes the organization’s control over its members and the danger of underestimating its opponents.
• Suspense: Liu Mufei’s unexplained disguise and the final bedside reveal set up an imminent confrontation or revelation.

Chapter summary

Key plot points

• Liu Mufei visits Bai Xuan at night disguised as his sister, Bai Yu. Bai Xuan recognizes that something is unusual but pretends to be confused.
• Liu Mufei’s transformation ability makes her imitate not only Bai Yu’s appearance and mannerisms but also her feelings. She discovers that Bai Yu has intense, hidden, possessive affection for her brother—feelings that begin influencing Liu Mufei.
• In character as “Bai Yu,” Liu Mufei teases and provokes Bai Xuan, while he warns her not to take things too far. Their flirtatious, competitive exchange escalates into a playful contest of nerve.
• Bai Xuan eventually makes clear that he knows the woman before him is Liu Mufei. She stays disguised, convinced that he is enjoying the game as well.
• The chapter ends with Liu Mufei offering to show him “something even more fun,” but only if he agrees to a condition.

Character developments

• Liu Mufei discovers an unexpected risk in her transformation power: taking on someone’s blood can expose her to that person’s emotional attachments. Bai Yu’s suppressed feelings affect her, though Liu Mufei also enjoys teasing Bai Xuan and refuses to back down.
• Bai Xuan quickly works out that the apparent Bai Yu is Liu Mufei. He responds with a mix of caution, wit, and competitive bravado rather than simply ending the encounter.

Significant themes

• Identity and emotional influence: Transformation blurs the boundary between imitating someone and experiencing their feelings.
• Hidden desires: Bai Yu’s outwardly concealed attachment is revealed through Liu Mufei’s transformation.
• Power and control: Liu Mufei tries to dominate the situation, but Bai Xuan’s composure and teasing turn it into a contest of wills.
• Playful provocation: Both characters use jokes, challenges, and feigned innocence to test each other’s reactions.

Character interactions

• Liu Mufei performs the role of Bai Xuan’s “big sister,” while Bai Xuan plays along despite recognizing her.
• Their exchange shifts between Liu Mufei’s flirtatious teasing and Bai Xuan’s warnings, dry comebacks, and challenges.
• Liu Mufei’s pride turns the encounter into a competition, while Bai Xuan’s apparent willingness to continue encourages her to keep the disguise—and the game—going.

Key plot points and events

• Liu Mufei offers Bai Xuan a place in the White Sea City Investigation Bureau, asking him to help uncover moles while she protects his identity and handles his assignments. Bai Xuan agrees, tempted by her influence and support.
• Their flirtation turns physical, and Liu Mufei is stunned by Bai Xuan’s extraordinary stamina and strength. She then offers him a “fun” experience using a double that looks like Bai Yu.
• Liu Mufei briefly creates both her own appearance and Bai Yu’s, prompting Bai Xuan to dodge her teasing question about which woman is more beautiful.
• Liu Mufei sits back while the Bai Yu-like double approaches Bai Xuan. When he embraces her, Liu Mufei protests that the double shares her senses and that she never consented to crossing that boundary.
• Bai Xuan seizes on the sensory-sharing revelation and prepares to continue, teasing Liu Mufei that he will no longer hold back.

Character developments

• Bai Xuan accepts Liu Mufei’s recruitment offer, seeing her as a powerful potential ally. He remains bold, opportunistic, and eager to exploit the situation.
• Liu Mufei shifts between playful confidence, shock at Bai Xuan’s capabilities, and growing unease as she realizes the double’s shared sensations make the encounter affect her too. Her attempt to regain control comes late.
• The Bai Yu-like double appears emotionally and physically responsive to Bai Xuan, though the chapter establishes that her sensations are shared with Liu Mufei.

Significant themes

• Power and ambition: Bai Xuan’s agreement is motivated partly by the security and influence Liu Mufei can offer.
• Control and consent: Liu Mufei’s playful offer becomes complicated when Bai Xuan acts beyond the limits she intended.
• Identity and embodiment: The double’s connection to Liu Mufei blurs the distinction between separate bodies and shared experience.
• Teasing and escalation: Flirtatious banter repeatedly pushes the encounter into increasingly uncomfortable territory.

Character interactions

• Liu Mufei recruits Bai Xuan by promising secrecy and protection; he accepts in an exaggerated, suggestive manner.
• Liu Mufei alternates between teasing Bai Xuan and reacting with amazement to his abilities.
• Bai Xuan responds to her provocations with confident jokes, then embraces the double.
• Liu Mufei tries to stop him once she explains the sensory link, but Bai Xuan treats that revelation as an invitation to press further.

Chapter Summary

• Bai Xuan and Liu Mufei’s experiment escalates: Because Liu Mufei and her double share sensations, Bai Xuan’s passionate encounter with the double affects Liu Mufei directly. Though she protests and realizes the situation is getting out of hand, she had previously encouraged him to try something “more fun.” Afterwards, she is exhausted, sore, and unable to stand.
• Bai Yu grows uneasy: At home, Bai Yu tells Li Hongyou she has felt unsettled since signing a contract with Director Liu. Li jokingly suggests Liu might use Bai Yu’s appearance to tease Bai Xuan, which alarms Bai Yu. Li reassures her that Liu is timid, but also warns that Investigators have recently been attacked and advises Bai Yu to stay indoors.
• A new threat is discussed: Bai Xuan tells Liu that Erika Kujo—the Seven of Diamonds—may have discovered his identity and followed him to school. Liu says she can handle Erika, though she gives no details.
• Liu is taken to bed: Unable to leave under her own power, Liu initially fears Bai Xuan intends to continue their encounter. Instead, he carries her to Bai Yu’s room and leaves her to sleep. Relieved, she soon realizes her double is still in Bai Xuan’s room—and panics at the implication.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Bai Xuan shows a teasing, confident side, while also demonstrating consideration when he carries the exhausted Liu to bed and stops pursuing her.
• Liu Mufei shifts from bold experimentation to regret and vulnerability, though her final realization suggests she may face further trouble.
• Bai Yu is protective of Bai Xuan and increasingly anxious about the contract’s consequences.
• Li Hongyou acts as Bai Yu’s blunt confidante, mixing reassurance and warnings with provocative teasing.

Significant Themes

• Shared sensation and blurred boundaries: Liu’s connection to her double makes the experiment affect her personally, complicating control and consent.
• Trust and vulnerability: Liu’s confidence gives way to dependence on Bai Xuan, while Bai Yu worries about the risks of trusting Director Liu.
• Comedy through misunderstanding and regret: The chapter’s humor comes from Liu’s overconfidence, Bai Yu’s alarm, and Liu’s belated realization that her double remains with Bai Xuan.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan wakes beside Liu Mufei, who is still disguised as his sister, Bai Yu. She tells him to come with her to deal with people targeting his sister and insists he skip class.
• After breakfast, they drive away while an Evil Organization watcher tracks them.
• Bai Xuan remembers that he forgot to help the goddess Isia recover her Divine Power the previous night. Isia says she saw what he was doing with Liu Mufei, but reassures him that he can help her later.
• Liu Mufei explains that the Investigation Bureau has infiltrated the Evil Organization, though confronting its powerful Face Cards will take careful planning.
• She reveals their destination is a couples’ hotel. Their watcher reports this to the organization, where Erika reacts with alarm and jokingly calls it an incest plot.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan remains playful and unembarrassed, teasing Liu Mufei and casually accepting her instructions. He is also more observant than he first appears, spotting the watcher from the car.
• Liu Mufei takes charge of the outing and shows concern for Bai Xuan’s sister, while maintaining her sharp, teasing manner. Her disguise reproduces Bai Yu’s habits and even her driving style convincingly.
• Isia is irritated that Bai Xuan forgot their arrangement and watched his private activities, but ultimately lets the matter go.
• The watcher and Erika provide a comic contrast: they interpret the couple’s-hotel destination as suspicious and potentially scandalous.

Significant themes

• Disguise and mistaken appearances: Liu Mufei’s convincing transformation blurs the line between her and Bai Yu.
• Humor through misunderstanding: The hotel’s real purpose is not explained, leaving the watcher and Erika to jump to scandalous conclusions.
• Institutional secrecy and danger: The Investigation Bureau’s infiltration of the Evil Organization is constrained by the strength of its members and the need for careful strategy.

Key plot points and events

• Liu Mufei checks Bai Xuan into a lavish couples’ hotel suite. There, Bai hears an unseen woman introduce herself as Ye Xinxue, who can choose whether to interact physically with the world. Her unusual ability convinces Bai that Liu’s visit has a hidden purpose.
• Liu reveals that an operation is underway: they are waiting for the Evil Organization to make its move. Bai is told to stay put, while Ye jokingly warns him not to take her seat.
• Outside, Erika Kujo—code-named Seven of Diamonds—is told that Investigator Bai Yu is in the hotel with Bai Xuan, whom the organization believes is an ordinary student. Erika senses two powerful combat signatures and doubts the assignment, but Nine of Hearts orders her to proceed and threatens her if she refuses.
• At the White Sea City Investigation Bureau, Liu Mufei’s real body attends a meeting, apparently confirming the organization’s intelligence that she is elsewhere. A sunglasses-wearing Investigator secretly communicates with Nine of Hearts, who plans to capture Bai Yu and dispose of Erika after the mission.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan is curious and unsettled by Ye’s apparently otherworldly ability, then realizes Liu Mufei’s hotel visit is part of a planned operation. He remains cooperative, despite not knowing the full plan.
• Liu Mufei acts calmly and keeps the operation’s details close, while her real body privately resents Bai Xuan for spanking her.
• Ye Xinxue demonstrates that she can be unseen yet selectively tangible, and adds a teasing, playful note to the waiting operation.
• Erika Kujo is wary and increasingly suspicious, but pressure from Nine of Hearts forces her to continue.
• Nine of Hearts manipulates both the mission and Erika, concealing the plan to sacrifice her. The disguised Investigator is complicit in the organization’s scheme.

Significant themes

• Deception and misdirection: The organization believes Liu is at the bureau, while her presence in the hotel is represented through Ye; meanwhile, a hidden agent feeds the organization information.
• Trust and manipulation: Erika is coerced into a mission under false or incomplete assurances, and is secretly marked for disposal.
• The unseen and the unknown: Ye’s selective presence and the unexplained combat signatures unsettle the characters and hint that the operation is more dangerous than expected.