Chapter Summaries

Zhang Si transmigrated into the body of Richie, a six-year-old orphan and Experiment 700 in the Spy x Family world, and decided to be adopted alongside Anya by Twilight. He found Anya at the orphanage, discovered she could not hear his thoughts, and became her friend.

• Zhang Si awoke in a dilapidated orphanage and learned that he had taken over the body of Richie, a child with unlimited potential who had died of depression.
• Richie decided to meet Anya and persuade Twilight to adopt them both so he could gain a powerful family without separating Anya from her parents.
• Richie asked the caretaker where Anya was, and the caretaker reluctantly pointed him down the corridor.
• Richie found Anya sitting with her Chimera and silently struggled to think of a way to introduce himself.
• Anya said she could not hear Richie's voice, and Richie realized she could not read his mind.
• Anya asked Richie to be her friend, and Richie introduced himself and gladly agreed.

Richie arrived at the orphanage before Twilight and tried to persuade him to adopt both him and Anya. Twilight initially refused, but Anya said she liked Richie, leaving his adoption uncertain.

• Richie found Anya at the orphanage and realized Twilight was about to arrive to adopt her.
• Richie helped Anya use the newspaper crossword to demonstrate her intelligence to Twilight.
• Twilight chose Anya, and Richie rushed to ask him to adopt both children as a backup for Operation Strix.
• Twilight rejected Richie despite his arguments that he could solve the crossword and would be easy to care for.
• Anya told Twilight that she liked Richie and called him a special little brother.

Anya persuaded Twilight to adopt both her and Richie, and Richie argued that he should be Anya’s big brother. The Forger family settled into their new home, where Richie fell asleep while Anya watched television.

• Anya asked Twilight to adopt Richie alongside her, and the director agreed to let them both go.
• Twilight took Anya and Richie home and told them to pretend to be his biological children.
• Richie insisted he was older than Anya and should protect her as her big brother, and Twilight agreed.
• Anya and Richie introduced themselves awkwardly to an elderly neighbor as Loid Forger’s children.
• At home, Anya began watching Spy Wars while Richie thought about the plot and fell asleep on the sofa.

Richie and Anya avoided studying and teamed up to play with Twilight’s secret communicator while he was out. After they cleaned up, Anya looked close to tears, and Richie worried that Twilight was away and the people summoned by their messages might arrive soon.

• Richie asked Twilight to buy sunflower seeds and joked about wanting silent bombs and weapons as Twilight took Anya shopping.
• The next morning, Twilight tried to make Richie and Anya study for Eden Academy’s entrance exam, but both resisted.
• Twilight left without Anya, and Richie watched her hide from him while eating sunflower seeds until she was trapped inside.
• Richie and Anya opened Twilight’s locked case and found a secret communicator.
• Anya and Richie sent messages pretending Twilight was there and calling people over, then put the room back in order.
• Anya looked tearful, and Richie worried about how to handle her and the people who might arrive.

Richie comforted Anya by claiming they shared the ability to read minds, then prepared traps when he feared the researchers would find them. The intruders entered their home, set off Richie's bomb, and turned their attention to him after he fired and missed his target.

• Richie told Anya that he could read minds too and reassured her that she was not alone.
• Richie warned Anya that the researchers might come after them and prepared chili powder and traps for their arrival.
• Richie rigged a bomb with a tripwire and hung chili powder from the living-room light.
• A group of intruders broke into the house and triggered the bomb, which killed two men and scattered the others.
• Richie fired a pistol at the hanging chili powder, missed, and drew the intruders toward him.

Richie tried to outwit the men searching for Twilight, but they captured him and Anya and prepared to take them to their boss. Another knock at the door left their fate uncertain.

• Richie used a bullet to spill chili powder into the attackers’ eyes, then pretended to know how to treat them.
• When the neighbor knocked, Richie tried to stop the gang from mistaking her for Twilight, but she left before he opened the door.
• The gang accused Richie of signaling the neighbor, then found Anya in her room and decided to take both children to their boss as bait for Twilight.
• Richie reassured Anya that someone would save them before the gang tied them up.
• As the gang prepared to leave, someone knocked at the door again.

Anya and Richie were held hostage by kidnappers waiting for Twilight, but an old neighbor’s visit unsettled the criminals before Twilight rescued the children. Twilight sent them toward a police station with a note, and Richie and Anya ran off together.

• An old lady knocked at the Forgers’ door, then left when no one answered, making the kidnappers inside panic about the strange silence.
• The kidnappers took Anya and Richie to their hideout at the Flour Factory while some men stayed behind to wait for Twilight.
• Twilight arrived and carried Anya and Richie out of the Flour Factory, then reassured them with a made-up story about a game.
• Twilight gave Anya a note for the police and told Richie to protect his little sister while staying safe.
• Richie took Anya’s hand, and the two children ran toward the police station as Twilight pointed them down the road.

Richie and Anya passed Eden Academy’s entrance exam, but the second-round interview required both parents, prompting Twilight to search for a mother for the children. The chapter ended after Twilight rejected Franky’s attempt to disguise himself as one.

• Twilight emerged from the flour mill, and he and the children went home together.
• Richie and Anya took Eden Academy’s entrance exam, and both passed.
• The family received notice that the second round required both parents, with Anya’s and Richie’s interviews scheduled separately.
• Twilight realized he needed to find the children a mother and called Franky for help.
• Franky arrived in makeup as a proposed mother, but Twilight and the children rejected the disguise.

Mophead brought Twilight records of single women as Twilight searched for someone to pose as his wife, while Richie listened in and plotted to join Twilight’s smuggling-ring mission. The chapter ended with Twilight describing Richie as lazy and difficult to mold, prompting Richie to sprawl back across the sofa.

• Mophead brought Twilight a stack of records and complained that finding a suitable wife who could marry within forty-eight hours was nearly impossible.
• Anya worried that she was in the way, and Twilight reassured her; she then petted Richie’s hair until she pulled out several strands.
• Mophead suggested recruiting a female agent, but Twilight said the recent crackdown had left no suitable candidates and mentioned his smuggling-ring mission.
• Mophead advised Twilight to find someone with interests in common and a secret, or invent a reason to recruit them, while Richie planned to sneak along and give Twilight a ring for a proposal to Yor.
• Mophead criticized the children’s appearances, and Twilight said Richie was lazy and harder to mold than Anya; Richie immediately sprawled across the sofa again.

Richie and Anya tried to help Twilight and Yor get together while having their measurements taken at a tailor shop. The chapter left the four of them in a pile after Richie ran into Anya.

• Twilight reassured Anya that she would not be sold as long as she behaved, while Richie teased her.
• Twilight questioned Richie about his strange ideas, but Richie distracted him with an innocent look.
• Yor arrived to have her torn dress repaired, and Twilight introduced himself after admiring her beauty.
• Richie and Anya blurted out that Twilight liked Yor and that Yor was their mother, startling both adults.
• Anya pretended to be lonely without a mother, prompting Yor and Twilight to discuss their single lives.
• Richie rushed toward Anya, and Yor and Twilight tried to stop him, leaving all four piled together.

Richie helped set up a pretend family arrangement between Twilight and Yor, then learned about Twilight’s Saturday mission and planned to follow him. The chapter left Richie preparing to witness the mission’s explosive proposal while figuring out how to keep Anya at home.

• Richie’s antics caused Yor and Twilight to fall into a pileup while they caught the children, and Richie asked Yor to be his and Anya’s mother.
• Yor asked Twilight to attend a party as her boyfriend, and Twilight agreed in exchange for her playing the children’s mother.
• Twilight took Anya and Richie shopping, where they asked him to buy peanuts and sunflower seeds.
• Richie recalled that Twilight’s coin contained details about a Saturday mission to recover stolen artwork from Vidalys and decided to follow him.
• Richie planned to keep Anya occupied and prepare supplies to help Twilight during the mission.

Richie tricked Anya and the babysitter into believing he was asleep so he could secretly follow Twilight and Mophead on their art theft. After Mophead cleared the way and they loaded the artwork, Richie waited in their car, ready to surprise them.

• Twilight left Anya and Richie with a babysitter, and Richie tried to interest Anya in the Chinese Rings he had made.
• Anya rejected the puzzle, but later felt guilty and helped Richie appear to be asleep so the babysitter would not check on him.
• Richie escaped down a rope and hid in the car Twilight and Mophead were using, hoping to witness Twilight proposing to Yor and choose a gift for Anya.
• Twilight recruited Mophead to help steal valuable artwork, and Mophead agreed after Twilight offered him a large reward.
• Mophead defeated thirty-eight guards in 380 seconds and loaded the artwork into the vehicle.
• Twilight and Mophead got into the car, where Richie was waiting to surprise them.

Twilight escaped with Mophead and the stolen artworks, only to discover Richie hiding in the car. As attackers rammed them and shot at the windshield, Twilight tried to explain away the danger while Richie saw through his lies.

• Twilight drove away with Mophead and the artworks, then nearly crashed when Richie suddenly appeared in the back seat.
• Twilight scolded Richie for leaving home, but Richie cried and claimed he had sleepwalked into the car; Twilight believed him and comforted him.
• Richie chose a jeweled wand for Anya, while Twilight and Mophead argued over a diamond ring from the artworks.
• A small sedan rammed Twilight's car and its occupants shot out the windshield, so Twilight fought back while telling Richie the attackers were psychiatric patients.
• Richie pretended to believe Twilight's explanation as Mophead pulled out a handgun.

Twilight rushed to Yor’s party with Richie after surviving a car attack, and introduced himself as Yor’s husband and Richie’s father. The gathering was left tense when Camilla tried to humiliate Yor by spreading a rumor about her past.

• Mophead shot at a pursuing sedan, causing it to explode, while Twilight drove Richie toward Yor’s party despite his injuries.
• Richie pleaded to join Twilight at the party, and Twilight agreed before arriving late and introducing himself to Yor’s guests as her husband, Loid Forger.
• Twilight introduced Richie as his child, and Richie charmed the guests while calling Yor his mother.
• Camilla tried to throw a hot dish at Yor, but Yor caught it with a high kick and sent gratin flying onto Camilla’s nose.
• Camilla persisted in trying to embarrass Yor, corrected Twilight’s name mockingly, and began spreading a rumor about Yor’s former work.

Twilight, Yor, and Richie fled the remnants of a smuggling gang while Twilight pretended the attackers were mentally ill patients receiving treatment. Yor saved Twilight from an ambush, then asked him to marry her, leaving him stunned and Richie thrilled.

• Twilight praised Yor for the sacrifices she had made for her younger brother, and the two left with Richie and the artwork.
• The remnants of the smuggling gang chased Twilight's van, and Twilight tried to escape while telling Yor the attackers were his patients.
• Twilight fought the gang members in an alley and called his attacks a new form of treatment, while Yor admired his work.
• Yor knocked out an attacker who had leapt at Twilight, and Twilight thanked her for saving him.
• The gang opened fire, and Yor asked Twilight whether they should get married; Twilight collapsed and Richie was thrown to the ground.

Twilight and Yor agreed to marry and exchanged vows in an alley while Twilight fought off their enemies. Afterward, Twilight carried the sleeping Richie home, where Anya mistook him for a second Richie and decided to take advantage of his supposed sleepwalking.

• Yor asked Twilight to make their marriage real and start a family, and Twilight agreed to register their marriage immediately.
• Richie returned the diamond ring he had taken from Twilight, and Twilight placed it on Yor’s finger while proposing amid an explosion that defeated their pursuers.
• Yor accepted Twilight’s proposal, and the couple parted ways after the fight.
• Twilight returned home carrying the sleeping Richie, and Anya thought she saw two Richies when she noticed another Richie already asleep.
• Anya realized Twilight believed Richie sleepwalked and gleefully planned to have fun with him.

Yor moved into Twilight’s home, completing the fake Forger family as they prepared for Anya’s Eden Academy interview. After sharing cookies, the family began a mock interview, which exposed Anya’s and Richie’s unusual answers.

• Yor arrived with her belongings, and Twilight explained that they would use separate bedrooms and had forged their marriage date to a year earlier.
• Anya welcomed Yor and introduced her to Richie, who sleepily greeted her before returning to the sofa.
• Yor quickly unpacked while Twilight brought in her luggage, then the family shared cookies and drinks together.
• Twilight began a mock Eden Academy interview and reminded Richie to sit up properly and behave himself.
• Anya gave confused answers about the family’s address and her days off, and Richie began an unexpected answer about treating mental illness with Father.

Twilight took Yor, Anya, and Richie on an outing to prepare them for Eden Academy’s upper-class expectations after their disastrous practice interview. Their attempts at refinement went poorly at the opera and art museum, where Anya and Richie slept through the music and made blunt comments about the paintings.

• Richie described Father proposing to Mother beside an exploding land mine, and Yor struggled to answer Twilight’s interview questions about enrolling and educating the children.
• Twilight decided the family should go out to learn about upper-class life, and Anya eagerly sang about the outing while Richie asked to be carried.
• Anya heard Yor think about accidentally breaking Yuri’s ribs with a hug and fled from Yor, while Richie tried not to laugh.
• Twilight took the family to an opera performance, where Anya and Richie fell asleep and Yor struggled to follow the music.
• At an art museum, Anya and Richie loudly commented on nude and violent paintings before the family gathered around a painting that had caught Yor’s attention.

Richie poured his pent-up emotions into a painting that stunned the Forgers and a renowned painter, who arranged to exhibit it and find its artist. The family collected their formalwear, while Richie fell asleep from exhaustion and Twilight continued preparing the children for Eden Academy’s second-round assessment.

• Yor became entranced by a painting of a guillotine, while Anya and Richie drew at the gallery’s rest area.
• Richie channeled his hardships into a remarkable painting, and Twilight, Yor, and Anya were amazed by his talent.
• Anya covered her drawing to hide her secret, but Twilight mistook its figures for characters from cartoons and stories.
• A veteran painter discovered Richie’s work, arranged for the gallery to exhibit it and offer a reward for finding its artist, and was revealed to be an Eden Academy interviewer.
• Twilight carried the exhausted Richie to the clothing shop, where the family tried on their formalwear and Richie came up with an idea.

Richie and the Forger family took a portrait and attended a patriotic speech, where Anya became overwhelmed by the thoughts she heard in the crowd. Richie seemed to awaken mind-reading as he helped her, then accidentally revealed he could hear Twilight’s thoughts, leaving him afraid Twilight would suspect him.

• Richie suggested that the family take a photograph, and Twilight, Yor, Anya, and Richie posed together at a photo studio.
• Twilight took Anya and Richie to a patriotic speech, where Anya became distressed by the crowd’s hostile thoughts and began to collapse.
• Richie caught Anya and urged Twilight to take her away; in the quiet, Anya recovered, while Richie wondered if he had awakened a mind-reading talent.
• At a restaurant, Anya ate ravenously, Yor admired a knife and fork, and Richie fell asleep from exhaustion.
• Twilight planned to prepare the family for their interview, and Richie repeated Twilight’s unspoken thoughts, realizing he might have exposed his ability to him.