Chapter Summaries

Jonas prepared to unite District 25’s factions against the Federation by revealing the Alt Conglomerate’s hidden, mass-produced Tactical Mecha. Chelsea visited him to sign the alliance agreement, reaffirmed her loyalty despite the danger, and shared an intimate exchange with him.

• Jonas recognized that the Alt Conglomerate needed overwhelming military strength to lead the alliance against the Federation, and relied on its hidden Tactical Mecha force.
• Using predecessor-civilization technology, the Alt Conglomerate developed cheaper, more mobile Tactical Mecha that it could mass-produce.
• Chelsea of the Nathen Conglomerate arrived to sign the agreement and teased Jonas about the enemies he had attracted.
• Jonas warned Chelsea that the Federation was targeting him and urged her to keep the Nathen Conglomerate out of danger.
• Chelsea insisted that she and the Nathen Conglomerate were committed to Jonas, and asked him to say that he loved her.
• Jonas promised to spend his life loving Chelsea, and they kissed.

Jonas took Chelsea to the Alt Conglomerate’s Security Department to reveal its secret tactical mecha production and training program, easing her fears about the Federation’s strength. Chelsea warned him that the Federation still had dangerous resources, including drone legions and space-based weapons, leaving Jonas convinced that trouble was coming.

• Jonas noticed that Chelsea was still worried about the looming war and brought her to the Alt Conglomerate’s Security Department training facility.
• Jonas led Chelsea to a hidden production floor where the Alt Conglomerate was mass-producing tactical mecha.
• Chelsea realized the virtual reality devices were for pilot training and estimated that the Alt Conglomerate had at least a hundred mecha.
• Chelsea relaxed when Jonas said the mecha were comparable to the Federation’s latest generation, but warned him not to underestimate the Federation’s other military resources.
• Chelsea named the Federation’s drone legions and space-based weapons as potential threats, and Jonas feared her reassurance had jinxed their prospects.

Rhein planned to let the Alt Conglomerate come under pressure before Senna Life publicly supported it, hoping to gain influence. Jonas secured the backing of most remaining factions by revealing the Alt Conglomerate could mass-produce Tactical Mecha, and he left Senna Life off the list.

• Rhein learned that only the Nathen Conglomerate had publicly supported the Alt Conglomerate and considered how Senna Life could profit from the crisis.
• Rhein decided Senna Life would wait until the Alt Conglomerate was under greater pressure before coming to its aid.
• Jonas reviewed the Alt Conglomerate's supporters after privately revealing its Tactical Mecha production capability to factions in District 25.
• Jonas learned Senna Life had not declared its position and told Eiffel to let Rhein come begging when the time came.

After learning that the Alt Conglomerate could mass-produce Fourth-Generation Tactical Mecha, Carol decided the Arbitration Bureau should pledge allegiance to Jonas rather than risk becoming cannon fodder for Dorothy’s Federation. She called it a temporary strategy, but welcomed the chance to oppose Dorothy.

• District 25’s factions changed their positions after news spread that the Alt Conglomerate had acquired Fourth-Generation Tactical Mecha mass-production technology.
• Carol received Federation orders and remained reluctant to break with the Federation despite hating Dorothy.
• Carol’s aide reported that the Alt Conglomerate could mass-produce Fourth-Generation Tactical Mecha with an output of 4457 WP.
• Carol laughed and declared that the Arbitration Bureau should pledge allegiance to District 25’s new leader, Mr. Jonas.
• Carol told her aide that supporting Jonas was only a temporary Drive the Tiger to Swallow the Wolf Strategy.

Rhein learned that Jonas’s Alt Conglomerate could mass-produce fourth-generation Tactical Mecha and realized her maneuvering had left Senna Life vulnerable, so she called Jonas to seek forgiveness. Jonas rejected a simple apology and told her he had mailed items to Senna Life, leaving their use in Rhein’s hands.

• Rhein’s secretary told her that the Alt Conglomerate’s mass-production technology for fourth-generation Tactical Mecha was confirmed news across District 25.
• Rhein realized Jonas had obstructed Senna Life’s intelligence channels and that her wait-and-see approach risked shutting the organization out of the alliance.
• Rhein decided to beg Jonas for forgiveness because Senna Life could not safely defect to the Federation or remain outside the alliance.
• Jonas received Rhein’s call, but he judged that her apology and offer to surrender decision-making power would not stop her from repeating her behavior.
• Jonas told Rhein he had mailed items to Senna Life and left it to her to decide whether and how to use them.

Jonas sent Rhein a bunny girl outfit as a condition for her apology, using the demand to rein in her tendency to act on her own before the Federation arrived. Rhein secretly came to the Alt Conglomerate wearing a tightly wrapped trench coat, leaving Jonas to wonder what she had on beneath it.

• Jonas called Rhein and argued that she could bring the bunny girl outfit and change at the Alt Conglomerate, leaving the choice to her.
• After Jonas ended the call, Rhein struggled with whether to accept his demand.
• Jonas considered how Rhein's self-directed actions could jeopardize their preparations against the Federation.
• Rhein called Jonas from the elevator and asked him to authorize her entry.
• Rhein arrived at the Alt Conglomerate alone in a tightly wrapped trench coat, and Jonas noticed her outfit.

Jonas made Rhein wear a Bunny Girl outfit as the price of accepting Senna Life into District 25's alliance, then took her to Senna Life's headquarters at night. Rhein's secretary spotted them sneaking through the chairman's private passage and feared she would be killed if she made a sound.

• Jonas reminded Rhein that Senna Life needed to join the alliance and insisted she fulfill his personal condition.
• Rhein swallowed her pride, took off her trench coat, and revealed the Bunny Girl outfit Jonas had chosen for her.
• Rhein demanded to know how Jonas had obtained her measurements, and Jonas said he had used a few tricks.
• Jonas asked Rhein to accompany him somewhere, and she agreed to visit Senna Life's headquarters after dark.
• Rhein's secretary saw Jonas and Rhein in the private passage and hid silently, afraid they would kill her if she was discovered.

Rhein’s secretary misread the reason the Alt Conglomerate had reconciled with Senna Life, while Jonas turned to organizing his company’s forces for the coming conflict. The chapter ended with Celine arriving at the Alt Conglomerate as Jonas reviewed its Psionics.

• Rhein’s secretary delivered the District 25 alliance documents and privately suspected Rhein had accepted Jonas’s humiliating demands.
• Rhein said she would contact Jonas herself, while her secretary decided not to ask any more questions.
• Jonas returned to the Alt Conglomerate and began assessing its forces, especially its scarce Psionics.
• Celine, a Psionic who rarely took part in company affairs, arrived while Jonas was reviewing the roster.

Jonas reviewed the Alt Conglomerate’s Psionics and discovered it lacked high-level combatants. When Celine visited, he concluded she was nearing a breakthrough to level five and began training her to stabilize her psionic energy, leaving her to attempt controlling two objects at once the next day.

• Jonas reviewed the conglomerate’s Psionics roster and finalized a team despite its shortage of powerful fighters.
• Celine confronted Jonas about another woman’s scent, and Jonas claimed he had made a necessary sacrifice for the District 25 Alliance.
• Celine described unstable telekinesis and physical discomfort, and Jonas judged that she might be close to advancing to level five.
• Jonas had Celine practice precise telekinetic control to stabilize her psionic energy, and she made progress despite her embarrassment.
• Jonas urged Celine to control two objects at once, and she agreed to try starting the next day.

Celine trained with Jonas to stabilize her psionic energy, then spent the afternoon gaming with him and kissed him. Esnie arrived after Celine had left and wondered whether she had come to ask Jonas for money to buy games.

• Celine lost focus while controlling the ball during training, made a mess, and cleaned it up before Jonas said her psionic energy had become more stable.
• Celine asked Jonas to spend the afternoon playing games with her, and he agreed.
• Jonas beat Celine repeatedly, and she later sat in his lap to distract him while they continued playing.
• Celine defeated Jonas while he was idle, demanded a kiss, and kissed him before suggesting they play a different game.
• Esnie arrived at Alt Tower after Celine had left, asked Jonas whether Celine had requested money for games, and Jonas glanced beneath the desk.

Jonas prepared to expand Tactical Mecha production while the Federation turned public opinion against District 25 and readied its invasion. After considering the Federation’s Space-Based Weapons, Jonas believed he had found a solution as Dorothy inspected the assembled army poised to attack.

• Esnie nearly discovered Celine hiding beneath Jonas’s desk, but Jonas covered for her, and Celine escaped before Esnie returned with a smart cleaner.
• Jonas reviewed factory and land proposals, considered the Federation’s Tactical Mecha, drones, and Space-Based Weapons, then fell asleep during Esnie’s massage.
• The Federation accused Jonas Weyan of secretly funding the Void Realm Church and used the accusation to stir support for taking District 25.
• Dorothy Misen inspected the Federation First Army’s forces and considered using Space-Based Weapons against District 25.
• Dorothy arrived at the army’s formations, where thousands of Tactical Mecha, soldiers, missiles, and drones stood ready to invade.

Dorothy ordered the Federation to prepare for its campaign against District 25 and began efforts to break apart the newly formed District 25 Alliance. Joseph George agreed to let the Alt Conglomerate use Santa Technologies’ factories, but a Federation agent then froze his accounts and demanded that he swear allegiance.

• Dorothy rejected a private invitation from the First Army commander and required a detailed plan for crossing the Wasteland.
• Lin Gong reported that Jonas Weiyan had united District 25’s conglomerates into an alliance and that the Arbitration Bureau had cut contact with the Federation.
• Dorothy ordered undercover operatives to bribe, threaten, or otherwise turn members of the District 25 Alliance.
• Joseph George agreed to let the Alt Conglomerate take control of Santa Technologies’ factories in exchange for its Omega-Class Nanomolecular Technology.
• A Federation agent told Joseph that his Federation Bank accounts had been frozen and demanded that he swear allegiance to the Federation.

Jonas interrogated Duncan and learned that Joseph George of Santa Technologies was expected to submit to the Federation, then planned to investigate suspected covert operatives and strengthen the District 25 Alliance. Yucas visited Jonas to offer help against the Peacekeeping Forces’ pro-Federation senior officers, but Jonas urged her to remain true to her convictions before they began a police-officer-and-capitalist roleplay.

• Jonas interrogated Duncan, who revealed Joseph George had not yet agreed to cooperate with the Federation and provided names of people he suspected were covert operatives.
• Jonas gave Eiffel the list to investigate and considered using Nora, Iris, and Miss Rhein to find traitors and gather information.
• Yucas visited Jonas and said the Peacekeeping Forces’ senior officers favored the Federation, offering to steal documents or spy on them for him.
• Jonas discouraged Yucas from compromising her principles, and she understood that he was looking out for her.
• Yucas and Jonas roleplayed a police officer arresting an evil capitalist, and Jonas pinned her to the desk and cuffed her.

Jonas arranged to use the Peacekeeping Forces as a common enemy while his agents investigated suspected Federation collaborators. After Nora left, Iris began hacking from Jonas’s lap, unaware that Nora had secretly returned and was using her spatial abilities to tease him.

• Yucas left Jonas’s office after he promised to deal with the Peacekeeping Forces, and Jonas sent his plan to loyal employees.
• Jonas assigned Esnie to lead an operation against the Peacekeeping Forces and summoned Nora and Iris to investigate suspected collaborators.
• Jonas directed Iris to search suspects’ networks for evidence while Nora pursued existing leads, and he warned them to put their safety first.
• After Nora left, Iris asked to sit on Jonas’s lap while she worked, and Jonas let her begin the investigation there.
• Iris sensed a faint ripple of Psionic Energy, but Jonas denied noticing anything as Nora secretly returned and began teasing him.

Jonas endured Iris’s well-intentioned but overwhelming massage while pretending his psionic energy was unstable. Meanwhile, Rhein considered District 25’s preparations for war before Dorothy contacted her and asked for help.

• Jonas told Iris that his psionic energy was becoming unstable, and Iris tried to ease his supposed pain with a massage that left him exhausted.
• Jonas told Iris her massage was excellent but warned her not to do it again.
• Rhein watched news of District 25’s united resistance to the Federation and reflected on Senna Life’s ties to the Delta Family.
• Rhein received a call from Dorothy Misen, who apologized for their past conflict and asked for her help.

Dorothy Misen tried to recruit Rhein Delta by revealing that Jonas Wetting possessed Predecessor Civilization Technology, but Rhein refused to commit. Jonas then visited Rhein to discuss Alliance traitors, exposed his suspicion of her, and presented her with a humiliating costume as punishment for wavering.

• Dorothy told Rhein that Jonas had Predecessor Civilization Technology and offered the Delta Family a share of power if Rhein helped the Federation take District 25.
• Rhein rejected Dorothy's invitation and suspected that Jonas still had undisclosed trump cards.
• Jonas arrived at Rhein's office and invited her to dinner, which she arranged to have served in the Senna Life building.
• During dinner, Jonas named four leaders who had defected to the Federation and questioned Rhein about people considering betrayal.
• Jonas revealed that his hacker had identified Dorothy's private communications and accused Rhein of wavering before presenting her with a Western Dancer Costume.

Jonas Weiyan pressured Rhein Delta into binding Senna Life to the District 25 Alliance by offering its latest Nanomedical Robots technology, while making her wear a revealing dancer costume. After Jonas left, Rhein gave the chip to her secretary to verify, leaving the secretary with a mistaken impression about the bargain.

• Rhein threatened to pull Senna Life from the alliance, but Jonas revealed a chip containing advanced Nanomedical Robots technology and persuaded her to stay and follow the Alt Conglomerate's lead.
• Rhein agreed to gather Federation intelligence and information from Dorothy Misen in exchange for the chip, then reluctantly changed into the dancer costume Jonas had included with it.
• Jonas ordered Rhein to pose as his defeated captive, and she obeyed when he threatened to withhold the chip.
• Rhein's secretary secretly witnessed the scene and mistook Jonas's demands for a sacrifice Rhein made to save Senna Life.
• After Jonas left, Rhein returned to her executive clothes and gave the chip to her secretary to check.

Rhein received genuine nanomedical robot technology from Jonas and imagined Senna Life becoming District 25’s medical powerhouse, while her secretary mistakenly believed Rhein had traded sexual favors for it. As the Alt Conglomerate prepared District 25 for war, Joseph pledged himself to the Federation and Jonas set a trap to expose its spies, then turned his attention to Morton Paul.

• Rhein learned that the nanomedical robot files Jonas provided were genuine and praised their potential, while her secretary misread the deal as a sexual bargain.
• Over three days, the Alt Conglomerate rapidly converted factories into wartime production lines and supplied District 25 with advanced military equipment.
• Joseph George accepted Federation funds and agreed to monitor Jonas, then convinced himself that finding other Federation loyalists was a test.
• Jonas explained that he was keeping Joseph alive to draw out undercover operatives and asked Eiffel to move Morton Paul into a detention room.
• Jonas planned to use Yushua Delan’s dream psionic energy to question Morton Paul, whose cybernetic defenses resisted ordinary interrogation.

Jonas tested whether Yushua’s dream-based psionic power could help her advance while using it to investigate Morton Paul’s betrayal. After Yushua created a dream for him to question Morton in, Jonas learned that the Federation had recruited Morton and was planning an operation in District 25.

• Jonas told Yushua that resolving the desires revealed in her dreams might help her overcome her psionic advancement bottleneck.
• Jonas brought Yushua to the Detention Room and asked her to create a dream from which he could question Morton Paul about his betrayal and the Federation.
• Yushua used her dream psionic energy to create a dream around Morton, and Jonas entered it as Morton’s assistant, Lyle.
• Jonas overheard Morton confirm that he had deployed a machine and positioned personnel in the Western Suburb Wasteland for the Federation.
• A Federation representative told Morton that an elite squad would arrive in one week, and Jonas returned from the dream and praised Yushua’s power.

Jonas guided Yushua toward the final stage of a Psionic Energy advancement ritual, asking her to describe her natural dreams. Yushua agreed to use her ability on him, and the chapter ended as she began an intimate act.

• Jonas told Yushua that they could proceed to the final stage of her Psionic Energy advancement ritual.
• Jonas asked Yushua to describe her recent natural dreams, which had left her embarrassed and questioning her own desires.
• Yushua asked whether the method would work, and Jonas admitted that the ritual was still being tested and required her cooperation.
• After hesitating, Yushua agreed to continue and asked Jonas to close his eyes.
• Yushua discovered Jonas was peeking at her, scolded him, and then used her ability on him.