Chapter Summaries

Meng Fan met the Fire Devil at a burning temple, where the devil asked to accompany him and revealed that the Moore Family had tried to use him in a contract. Meng Fan offered to help the Fire Devil deal with the Water Devil in exchange for a small favor, but the Fire Devil refused to shake his hand.

• Himeno told Meng Fan that a Tokyo temple had burned and his name had been written at the scene, so Meng Fan went alone to investigate.
• Meng Fan found the Fire Devil at the temple, and the devil asked to join the Fourth Division; Meng Fan said he would have to obey his orders.
• Meng Fan took the Fire Devil through a Mirror Gate to Nido Cafe, where they discussed the Fire Devil’s destruction of the Pentagon.
• The Fire Devil explained that the Moore Family had tried to recruit him into a contract that would let them use his power without paying him.
• Meng Fan offered to help the Fire Devil get rid of the Water Devil in return for a small favor, but the Fire Devil declined his offered handshake.

Meng Fan secured Yeluski’s cooperation against the Water Devil, while Himeno and Aki Hayakawa tried to recruit Reze into the Fourth Division. The chapter ended with Himeno discovering that Yeluski was the Fire Devil and demanding to know about his partnership with Meng Fan.

• Yeluski agreed to cooperate with Meng Fan after Reze explained why shaking hands signaled a sincere partnership.
• Himeno and Aki Hayakawa visited Reze’s cafe to persuade her to join the Fourth Division, but Reze worried that Guinea Pig would endanger the division.
• Meng Fan promised to deal with Guinea Pig if its members came after Reze, and Reze agreed to consider joining.
• Himeno learned that the foreign man at the cafe was Yeluski, the Fire Devil, and questioned Meng Fan about their partnership as Yeluski enlarged a fireball.

John, a Flamethrower Devil and fellow Guinea Pig Organization weapon, tracked down Reze and insisted she was his fiancée, though she denied ever agreeing to marry him. As John confronted the group, Yeluski challenged him over his fire powers.

• Yeluski teased Himeno and Aki Hayakawa with unwanted nicknames while Meng Fan and Reze listened.
• A blond boy named John arrived and claimed Reze was his fiancée, but Reze rejected the claim.
• John revealed that he and Reze had been captured and modified by the Guinea Pig Organization, and that he had come with assassins to retrieve her heart.
• John explained that he had killed the other assassins and wanted to marry Reze, while Reze insisted their childhood pretend engagement had only been a game.
• Yeluski interrupted the argument to order coffee from Reze and identified John as a user of the Flamethrower Devil's heart.
• John confirmed that he wielded the Flamethrower Devil's heart, and Yeluski declared himself John's superior when it came to fire.

Meng Fan and the others discovered that Denji and Kana Ogura had disappeared together, and surveillance and a visit to Kana’s home suggested she had abducted him. After finding Kana’s dead husband and suspecting she was targeting Meng Fan, the group returned to headquarters while Meng Fan went to find someone.

• John left Reze’s café after warning Reze that he would return, while Himeno and Aki Hayakawa asked Meng Fan why Denji was missing.
• Himeno learned from Kobeni that Denji and Kana Ogura had both vanished from Public Safety Bureau headquarters, and Meng Fan dismissed the suggestion that they had run off together.
• Surveillance showed Denji getting into Kana Ogura’s car before she drove away, leading Meng Fan to suspect that Kana had taken him to obtain information about Meng Fan.
• Meng Fan and the others went to Kana Ogura’s home, where they found a ransacked interior and her decomposing husband’s body, which appeared to have been killed through a devil contract.
• Meng Fan concluded that Kana Ogura had been targeting him and had likely kidnapped Denji for information, then left through a Mirror Gate to find someone while Himeno and the others returned to headquarters.

Meng Fan sought help from Natsume Fan Zhi and a Tracking Devil contractor to find Denji, then discovered that Denji's heart had been ripped out. After killing the Ghost Devil, Meng Fan absorbed both it and the contractor.

• Meng Fan visited Natsume Fan Zhi, who found a real estate tycoon contracted with the Tracking Devil and sent Meng Fan his location.
• Meng Fan forced the tycoon to use his ability to locate Denji, then learned the tycoon wanted him to kill the Ghost Devil in return.
• Meng Fan followed the location to a basement and found Denji strapped to an operating table with his heart ripped out.
• The Ghost Devil killed the tycoon, turning him into a cup and shattering him on the floor.
• Meng Fan killed the Ghost Devil with his Blade Claw and absorbed both corpses.

Meng Fan confronted Kana Ogura, who used Denji’s missing heart to force him into a contract requiring him to reveal his devil abilities while forbidding him from harming her. He stalled with lengthy explanations and made Kana Ogura reconsider her leverage, but the contract still protected her until he finished disclosing his abilities.

• Meng Fan tracked Kana Ogura to an unfinished construction site and attacked, but her remote detonations and threat to destroy Denji’s heart stopped him from killing her.
• Kana Ogura demanded Meng Fan reveal his secrets and contracted devils, so they made a contract requiring him to disclose them and preventing him from harming her until he finished.
• Meng Fan deliberately dragged out his explanations of the Fly Devil and other abilities, frustrating Kana Ogura and prompting her to demand shorter answers.
• Meng Fan continued listing abilities, mixing genuine information with jokes and a fabricated Cat Devil, until Kana Ogura threatened Denji’s heart again.
• Meng Fan stopped caring about the threat and refused to continue, causing Kana Ogura to soften her approach and offer to talk over drinks.
• Kana Ogura remained confident because the contract still protected her life until Meng Fan had revealed all his abilities.

Meng Fan recovered Denji’s heart, defeated Kana Ogura, and absorbed the Pressure Devil after clashing with the Trinity Devil. Back at Natsume Fan Zhi’s home, he asked where to find a devil corpse market, but Natsume refused because it was under his jurisdiction.

• Meng Fan revealed that his Mirror Person had stalled Kana Ogura while the Search Team found Denji’s heart, and Denji had returned to life after his cord was pulled.
• Meng Fan beheaded Kana Ogura, but her body attacked him before she transformed into the Trinity Devil alongside the Fox Devil and Pressure Devil.
• The Reality Devil and Poverty Devil escaped while the Pressure Devil pinned Meng Fan down; Meng Fan then used a mental attack to control and capture the Pressure Devil.
• Meng Fan chased the fleeing devils but found no sign of them, then absorbed the Pressure Devil and returned through the Mirror Gate to Natsume Fan Zhi’s home.
• Meng Fan asked Natsume Fan Zhi for the nearest devil corpse market, but Natsume refused because the market was under his jurisdiction.

Meng Fan confronted John over his betrayal of Reze and sought devil corpses to advance his powers. After absorbing three buried contractors, Meng Fan reached the fourth dream layer and gained a domain that made him immortal and immune to physical attacks; John agreed to find more corpses, but could not escape the domain.

• Meng Fan left Natsume Fan Zhi’s home through a wardrobe mirror after declining Natsume Nijo’s invitation to dinner.
• Meng Fan found John with another woman and confronted him about cheating on Reze.
• John transformed into the Flamethrower Devil and attacked Meng Fan, but Meng Fan emerged unharmed and crippled him.
• Meng Fan restored John’s limbs and made him lead the way to three buried Guinea Pig contractors, whose corpses Meng Fan absorbed.
• Meng Fan reached the fourth dream layer, gaining a wide-area domain where he was immortal and immune to physical attacks.
• John offered to collect more devil corpses for Meng Fan, but after running for over ten minutes, he found himself still in the same spot.

Meng Fan returned to the Fourth Division with Denji, whom Himeno and Aki Hayakawa had mistakenly believed was dead. The team gathered for barbecue, where Himeno revealed she had brought two extra stools, leaving it unclear who else might join them.

• Himeno mistook Meng Fan's news that Kana Ogura would not return for news that Denji was dead, and she sobbed in his arms.
• Meng Fan opened the Mirror Gate, and Denji emerged hungry; Himeno hugged him and invited him to barbecue.
• Denji reunited with Aki Hayakawa, teased him about getting a girlfriend, and Aki headed to the barbecue gathering.
• Power and Beam frightened customers at the restaurant, while Aki Hayakawa ordered food for the group.
• Himeno arrived with Denji and Meng Fan, asked for two extra stools, and said she had not invited Makima.

Meng Fan and the Fourth Division gathered for barbecue, where Reze joined them and they discussed Kana Ogura’s abduction of Denji and the devils behind her. Meng Fan revealed that two devils had escaped and that a stronger devil appeared to be directing them, then promised to screen future recruits in the Dream Interrogation Room.

• Meng Fan told Himeno to keep the dinner secret from Makima, while Kobeni pushed back against Power’s demands and Meng Fan fetched drinks with his powers.
• Arai arrived and thanked Meng Fan for a replacement weapon that restored his confidence and cured his impotence.
• Reze joined the group, and Himeno ordered the barbecue as the division shared dinner.
• Himeno asked Meng Fan about Kana Ogura and Denji’s disappearance, and Meng Fan explained that devils had controlled Kana and that two escaped after he killed the Pressure Devil.
• Aki Hayakawa scattered the onlookers who had gathered to hear Meng Fan’s story, and Meng Fan said he would interview future recruits in the Dream Interrogation Room.

Meng Fan showed the Fourth Division the dream space, taking them through fantastical worlds powered by his immense mental strength. The group woke up amazed and wanting to return, while Meng Fan had spent a considerable amount of mental power.

• Meng Fan offered to let the Fourth Division experience his dream interrogation room, and everyone eagerly agreed.
• After Power finished eating, Meng Fan brought the group through the Mirror Gate into a dream space where cats and other animals appeared from the clouds and trees.
• Meng Fan changed the dream space into Charlie's Chocolate Factory, where the group tasted real chocolate and Power was swept away by a chocolate waterfall.
• Meng Fan took the group through a stormy Pirates of the Caribbean theme, then showed them Avatar, apocalypse, Cyberpunk, and Harry Potter worlds.
• Meng Fan explained that his four layers of dreams supplied the mental power needed to create lifelike dream worlds, and he woke the group after spending much of it.

After the dream space left the Fourth Division exhausted, Meng Fan gave them a month to recover, then arranged a free trip to Mount Fuji during Tokyo’s unusually peaceful stretch. The group reached a snowy mountain lodge, where Meng Fan was struck by how much it resembled the setting of a murder case.

• Power showed that the dream space had been real when her chocolate-filled stomach bulged, and Himeno found chocolate on her shirt.
• Meng Fan warned everyone that entering the dream space consumed mental energy and said they would have to wait a month before returning; he then sent them home to sleep.
• Meng Fan learned from Reze that John had cared for her in the laboratory and decided to spare him for now.
• Meng Fan gave each person a pleasant dream, while Tokyo went more than two weeks without a devil attack and the Fourth Division passed the time playing cards.
• Meng Fan proposed a free trip to Mount Fuji, and the group traveled through his Mirror Gate to Happo Pond Mountain Lodge.
• Everyone hurried into the lodge, but Meng Fan remained outside, reminded of a snowy mountain lodge murder case from the Conan anime.

Meng Fan and the Fourth Division arrived at Happo Pond Mountain Lodge for a vacation, only to learn that a devil had been reported there amid unexplained snowfall. Meng Fan found no devil nearby, arranged to monitor the area, and negotiated free lodging while he investigated.

• The Fourth Division checked into the lodge, where the owner said he had reported a devil two days earlier.
• The owner explained that snow had trapped guests and that people who went outside had not returned.
• Meng Fan and Denji went outside, but Meng Fan's wind detected no devils within ten kilometers and revealed that a fallen cell tower had cut off their signal.
• Meng Fan used the Mirror Gate to check the local weather, returned to the lodge, and said he would monitor the area with snow mice.
• Meng Fan persuaded the owner to let the whole Fourth Division stay for free while they dealt with the devil, and offered to evacuate the stranded guests through the Mirror Gate.

Meng Fan took the Fourth Division skiing at the lodge, where they discovered that attempts to leave led them back to the mountain. He organized a snowball fight that Aki Hayakawa unexpectedly enjoyed, though it stirred painful memories of his younger brother’s death.

• Power threw an eavesdropping guest to the floor, and Himeno questioned him before Meng Fan sent him away.
• Meng Fan led the Fourth Division through a Mirror Gate to a ski slope, where Power showed off her skills and the others began practicing.
• Three stranded guests appeared and explained that they had been unable to leave the lodge; Himeno, Aki Hayakawa, and Kobeni confirmed they kept returning to it.
• The guests helped the Fourth Division improve at skiing, while Aki Hayakawa stayed behind at the lodge.
• Meng Fan turned Aki Hayakawa’s snowball exchange with Denji into a group training exercise, and the Fourth Division played until exhausted.
• Aki Hayakawa admitted that the snowball fight was fun, then remembered sending his younger brother inside for a ball shortly before the Gun Devil killed his family.

Meng Fan confronted the Blizzard Devil, who had used an illusion to trap the Fourth Division at Happo Pond Mountain Lodge while seeking information about Meng Fan's strength. Meng Fan killed the devil and returned to the unaware group, warning them to kill anyone who asked about his abilities.

• At dinner, the three ski instructors pried into Himeno's and Meng Fan's abilities, and Aki Hayakawa told them to leave.
• After the lodge owner reported a devil, Meng Fan pursued it into a blizzard and found the lodge seemingly gone.
• Meng Fan used his Dream Domain to expose the illusion and identify the devil as the Blizzard Devil, who had captured the lodge's occupants with his powers.
• The Blizzard Devil could not name the person behind the attempts to learn about Meng Fan, so Meng Fan killed him.
• Meng Fan returned to the Fourth Division and revealed that the people they had met at the lodge were already dead.
• Meng Fan told the group that anyone asking about his strength should be killed.

The Fourth Division split up to climb Mount Fuji, where Denji waited for Reze and shared a tender moment with her, while Meng Fan uncovered and absorbed the Fraud Devil’s copying ability. After everyone else reached the summit, they learned that a man had jumped into the volcanic crater, and Meng Fan was still missing.

• The Fourth Division split into three groups and took different trails up Mount Fuji.
• Denji slowed down to wait for Reze, picked her a flower, and took a photo with her.
• Arai and Kobeni walked ahead of Himeno and Aki, while Arai asked Kobeni about finding a girlfriend.
• Meng Fan interrogated the fake Makima, discovered she was the Fraud Devil, killed him, and absorbed his ability to copy appearances.
• Power reached the summit first and waited for praise as the rest of the Fourth Division arrived.
• The group heard that a man had jumped into the volcanic crater, and Meng Fan was nowhere to be seen.

Meng Fan reunited with the Fourth Division on Mount Fuji, then took Power, Reze, and Denji to Fuji-Q Highland while the others visited a museum. Their first roller-coaster ride ended with Power vomiting onto Denji, and the group’s visit to the amusement park continued.

• Meng Fan told the group he had killed Makima, then Himeno clarified that he had killed a stand-in and that the real Makima was still alive.
• The Fourth Division visited Oshino Hakkai, where Meng Fan dismissed its reputation as the Island Nation’s Jiuzhaigou and suggested going to Fuji-Q Highland.
• Himeno, Aki Hayakawa, Kobeni, and Arai chose to visit a museum, while Meng Fan, Power, Reze, and Denji headed to the amusement park through the Mirror Gate.
• After fans recognized Meng Fan at Fuji-Q Highland, he scared them off and led his group to the front of a roller-coaster line.
• Meng Fan switched seats with Denji, placing Denji in front of Power, and Power vomited onto the back of Denji’s head as the roller coaster plunged downhill.

Meng Fan defeated the Roller Coaster Devil at Fuji-Q Highland and agreed to help Kanagawa Prefecture Public Safety investigate a mass disappearance. The case involved every student in Tsurumi University's second-year third class, who had vanished three days earlier, and Meng Fan learned that Yeluski had prevented Kanagawa's chief from reaching him.

• Power refused to ride another roller coaster after vomiting on Denji, while Meng Fan and the others tried the remaining rides at Fuji-Q Highland.
• A roller coaster derailed and flew through the sky, throwing passengers out; Meng Fan caught them safely and boarded the coaster with Reze and Denji.
• Meng Fan subdued the Roller Coaster Devil and killed it, then heard two Kanagawa Public Safety Devil Hunters ask for his help.
• Meng Fan examined a victim whose mouth had been cut open and learned that similar deaths had occurred in Kanagawa Prefecture.
• The Devil Hunters told Meng Fan that Tsurumi University's entire second-year third class had disappeared during an exam three days earlier, and that Yeluski had repeatedly diverted their chief's attempts to contact him.

Meng Fan, Denji, and Reze went to Tsurumi University to investigate the disappearance of an entire class, while Midorai guided them. After Meng Fan suggested that Midorai had put two students to sleep, Denji wondered whether she had contracted with the Dream Devil too.

• Midorai welcomed Meng Fan and the Fourth Division to Kanagawa, and Meng Fan agreed to investigate the school devil before accepting her hospitality.
• Midorai drove Meng Fan, Denji, and Reze to Tsurumi University and explained that Second-Year Class Three and their exam proctor had vanished two days earlier.
• Meng Fan changed his appearance to avoid attention, but students recognized Denji and teased him about having only one ball.
• Meng Fan made the students' pants fall down, and both men fell asleep when they tried to punch him.
• Meng Fan told Reze he had not used his ability to put the men to sleep, suggesting that Midorai had done it, and Denji asked whether she had contracted with the Dream Devil.

Meng Fan identified the Exam Devil as the cause of the students’ disappearance and began an exam to enter its deadly enclosed space. After he submitted his paper, he, Reze, and Denji vanished from the classroom.

• Midori explained that her Insomnia Devil could put people to sleep and gather information from their sleep-talking.
• Meng Fan examined the empty classroom and concluded that the Exam Devil had trapped the missing students in a life-or-death exam governed by rules.
• Meng Fan asked Midori to bring three exam papers and pens, then sat down to take an exam with Reze and Denji.
• Denji fell asleep while Reze answered the questions, and Meng Fan completed his paper and placed it on the teacher’s desk.
• Midori watched Meng Fan, Reze, and Denji disappear from the classroom.