Chapter Summaries

Josen refused Fubuki’s invitation to join her hero group and continued avoiding public attention while collecting monster souls. After Fubuki repeatedly defeated monsters in Z City, she grew frustrated that Josen appeared at every scene without helping.

• Josen rejected Fubuki’s recruitment pitch and left her behind.
• Josen encountered Saitama on a night run and learned he had found temporary work.
• Josen flew to a train station where the Durian Monster was rampaging, but Fubuki killed it with Hell Gale before he could act.
• Josen collected the Durian Monster’s soul and flew away while Fubuki claimed victory and tried again to recruit him.
• Over the next half month, Fubuki repeatedly defeated monsters in Z City while Josen collected their souls and avoided her, leaving her feeling as though she was working for him.

Josen’s days became more leisurely after he gained a resident enforcer, and he reunited with Bang and Saitama for another hot pot fight. After using several accumulated card draws, he decided to give the Black Widow character card to Kyoko to improve her ability to survive the dangers ahead.

• Josen called Saitama after Bang returned to his dojo, and the three resumed their fierce hot pot rematch.
• Bang marveled at Saitama’s rapid growth and glared at Josen for failing to improve his martial arts.
• Josen used his card draws to obtain Veteran driver, Steel Muscle and Iron Bone, Instant Transmission, and the Black Widow character card.
• Josen requested a modified GTR police car for the Special Affairs Section, and Kyoko accused him of abusing his authority for personal gain.
• Josen decided to give the Black Widow card to Kyoko so she and the other desk officers could better protect themselves during future disasters.

Josen and Bang fished together before Fubuki visited to say goodbye and left Z City to assess a new recruit for the Fubuki Group. That evening, Josen met Kyoko at a café and began asking whether she knew about his psychic powers, leaving his purpose for the meeting unrevealed.

• Bang teased Josen about Fubuki's absence, and Josen said she had likely gone home because Z City was peaceful.
• Fubuki found Josen and Bang fishing, announced she was leaving to assess a recruit and build the Fubuki Group, then flew away.
• Josen caught a large fish and argued with Bang about whether he had cheated by using psychic powers.
• That evening, Kyoko met Josen at an upscale café, where he asked whether she craved power.
• Josen told Kyoko that he had psychic powers, and she said she had only seen censored footage of him in action.

Josen bestowed the Black Widow power on Kyoko, granting her exceptional abilities and extensive knowledge. After testing her new skills at the police station’s Training Ground, Kyoko amazed the staff with a record-breaking performance as Josen watched.

• Josen offered Kyoko a chance to become stronger and warned that he could grant or revoke her power.
• Josen used the Black Widow Fantasy Card on Kyoko, then left her to undergo the transformation at the restaurant.
• Kyoko woke the next morning with expert knowledge and extraordinary physical abilities, confirming that Josen’s gift was real.
• Kyoko went to the Training Ground and completed its tactical course in 58.3 seconds, beating the station record.
• Josen appeared at the Training Ground, handed Kyoko coffee, and praised the results of her training.

Josen watched Kyoko test her new psychic abilities, then left the police station and ran into Saitama selling hot dogs. After hearing about Mumen Rider’s recent heroics, Josen considered using character cards to help heroes grow stronger.

• Kyoko used her new abilities to charm a young police officer into retrieving her training results, and Josen warned her not to use them against him.
• The officer returned with the data and asked Kyoko out, leaving her to face the unwanted attention while Josen slipped away.
• Josen watched news reports about Mumen Rider and other heroes and considered strengthening heroes with limited potential.
• Josen found Saitama selling hot dogs, learned he had taken another part-time job after his previous employer closed, and bought two hot dogs.

Josen fused forty Limiter Fragments into an R-rank Limiter Breakthrough ACT3 card and used it to evolve Fantasy Card. The next morning, he discovered that his Stand had gained a fourth ability, Divine Draw.

• Josen fused forty Limiter Fragments into the R-rank Limiter Breakthrough ACT3 card.
• Josen gave the card to Fantasy Card, which began its second evolution and asked him to choose an attribute to break through.
• Josen selected an attribute for Fantasy Card, then went to bed while the Stand's evolution continued.
• The next morning, Josen checked Fantasy Card's updated panel and found it had gained the Divine Draw ability.
• Josen realized Divine Draw could target a card pool or type, but he had no Fate Draws available to use it.

Josen discovered that his evolved Fantasy Card had become a humanoid Stand resembling him, and he began adjusting to having the silent muscleman by his side. He named the Stand F Junior, who then cooked and cleaned while Josen enjoyed a break from chores.

• Josen examined his Stand's improved stats and was startled when Fantasy Card appeared as a floating, half-naked humanoid resembling him.
• Josen realized the figure was his evolved Stand, and Fantasy Card confirmed it with a spoken “YES!”
• Josen considered how the humanoid form might improve Fantasy Card's abilities and thought about asking Saitama about Consecutive Normal Punches.
• Josen asked Fantasy Card to make breakfast, and the Stand prepared ham, bread, eggs, and coffee just as Josen would have.
• Josen asked the Stand to choose a name, but after it chose “F,” Josen nicknamed it F Junior.
• F Junior cleared the table and washed the dishes before disappearing beside Josen.

Josen skipped work and visited the Hero Association to obtain a communicator that would alert him to disasters and criminals. As he set out for D City, Lanny decided to recommend him for the Association’s planned new S-Class position.

• Josen called Kyoko to say he would not come to the station, and she angrily accused him of playing hooky.
• Josen asked Lanny for a device that would deliver monster-disaster reports, and she arranged to give him a custom Hero Association walkie-talkie.
• Josen appeared in Lanny’s office in person, then spent half an hour updating his ability data before leaving with the communicator.
• Josen tuned in to the Association’s reports and chose to start by heading to nearby D City.
• Lanny watched Josen leave on the surveillance feed and began drafting a proposal to add him to the S-Class sequence.

Josen traveled to D City and defeated Pervert Wolf with help from F, earning a Fate Draw attempt before moving on. In A City, Fubuki’s fight with Evil Pitcher Plant was abruptly interrupted when the monster burst apart.

• Josen arrived in D City after hearing about a monster, while Saitama woke at the Flowing Water Dojo and wondered who was bad-mouthing him.
• Josen found Pervert Wolf rampaging through a lingerie store and listened as the monster bragged about stealing women’s lingerie.
• Pervert Wolf lunged at Josen, but F restrained the monster’s jaws and then killed him with a punch.
• Josen dismantled the monster’s R card for ten Speed points, gained a Fate Draw attempt, and left D City.
• In A City, Fubuki attacked Evil Pitcher Plant with Hell Gale, but the monster suddenly burst apart.

Josen raced between cities to defeat monsters and criminals, earning enough draws to activate his fourth ability. Back in Z City, he tried to use the new ability to draw a Devil Fruit Ability Card, but F-kid corrected his misunderstanding, and Josen challenged him with a question about Zanpakuto.

• Fubuki wondered whether a purple blur had destroyed the monster she had just defeated.
• Josen met Watchdog Man in Q City after destroying a monster, and Watchdog Man acknowledged him before bounding away.
• Josen defeated threats across several cities, gaining ten card draws while spending nearly twenty percent of his psychic power on Instant Transmission.
• The Hero Association's intelligence and publicity staff struggled to identify the heroes who had secretly defeated monsters in multiple cities.
• Josen returned to Z City, turned his walkie-talkie into a card with F-kid, and attempted to draw a Devil Fruit Ability Card.
• F-kid explained that Devil Fruits were Item Cards, prompting Josen to ask what type of card a Zanpakuto was.