Recaps

Luo Shu and Takina Inoue searched an empty villa for a demon-made Abyssal Artifact, and Luo Shu found the Demon Incantation hidden in a shoe cabinet. Their search ended with the arrival of Sharon the Pure, a Seven-Star Demon Hunter who demanded the artifact.

• Takina Inoue drove Luo Shu to the villa, and they entered the grounds by climbing the wall and opening the gate.
• Luo Shu and Takina Inoue split up to enter the villa while Kurumi monitored them through Luo Shu's chest camera.
• Luo Shu followed his Super Intuition and discovered an old sheet of paper hidden beneath the third drawer of the shoe cabinet.
• A woman in a nun's habit appeared in the hallway and asked Luo Shu to hand over the Demon Incantation.
• Kurumi recognized the woman as Sharon the Pure, a Seven-Star Demon Hunter who was supposed to have been deported.

Luo Shu faced Sharon the Pure, a powerful Seven-Star Demon Hunter who trapped him inside an alternate space with the Eye of the Mist. As Sharon seized the Demon Incantation and threatened to kill him, Luo Shu shouted a word in demon language and the incantation began glowing crimson.

• Kurumi warned Luo Shu that Sharon was a formidable sorcerer and urged him to retreat while Takina covered him.
• Sharon revealed that her nun's habit was a level-three Abyssal Artifact that could withstand sniper fire, and Kurumi identified the silver bracelet as the Eye of the Mist.
• Luo Shu noticed the artifact's limited range through Spirit Vision and fired beside Takina, prompting her to escape before the mist sealed off the hallway.
• Sharon used the Eye of the Mist to isolate Luo Shu, cut off his contact with Kurumi, and appear behind him while a decoy dissolved into mist.
• Sharon grabbed the Demon Incantation and threatened Luo Shu, but he shouted "Exchange!" in demon language, making the incantation glow crimson.

Luo Shu used the Exchange Contract to take control of Sharon’s body, then forced her to surrender her veil and the Eye of the Mist. Sharon escaped the villa, leaving Luo Shu with the artifacts as Takina Inoue arrived and he ordered her to inform Kurumi and the Chief.

• Luo Shu appraised the Exchange Contract and used it to make Sharon a controllable second body.
• Luo Shu made Sharon remove her veil and surrender the Eye of the Mist, discovering that the veil protected her from gunfire.
• Sharon used a hidden blade to injure herself and fled the villa, causing Luo Shu to feel her pain through their connection.
• Luo Shu retrieved the veil and the Eye of the Mist and sent them to the Astronomy Club’s base.
• Takina Inoue reported that Sharon had escaped, and Luo Shu told her to alert Kurumi and the Chief.

Tachibana Kirika arrived after Luo Shu and Takina Inoue survived Sharon the Pure’s attack, then accepted Luo Shu’s fabricated account of how he defeated Sharon with the Demon Heart. The Demon Incantation and a valuable level-three artifact were missing, and Luo Shu kept secret that Sharon had not escaped his sight.

• Tachibana Kirika comforted Takina Inoue, praised Luo Shu, promised him a bonus, and kissed his forehead.
• Luo Shu told Tachibana Kirika that he had used the Demon Heart to hypnotize Sharon, disarm her, and shoot her.
• Tachibana Kirika concluded that Sharon had resisted the hypnosis enough to escape with the Demon Incantation and the veil, while Takina apologized for failing to see what Sharon took.
• Tachibana Kirika blamed Natsuki for the losses and decided they would withdraw after the investigation.
• Luo Shu left the villa with Takina Inoue and Tachibana Kirika, concealing that Sharon had not escaped his sight.

Tachibana Kirika gathered her team and Metropolitan Police Department support to retaliate against Sharon the Pure after she ambushed one of their subordinates. The chapter ended with Kirika revealing the SDS Abyssal treasury’s level-three Kusanagi Sword, ready to confront Sharon.

• Tachibana Kirika told Luo Shu that they were not withdrawing and arranged for the Special Action Team to bring special rounds.
• Kirika let Luo Shu rest while inviting Takina Inoue to join the planned confrontation with Sharon the Pure.
• Chisato Nishikigi arrived, checked on Takina and Luo Shu, and teased Luo Shu about the lipstick mark on his forehead.
• Mizuki delivered a truck carrying a freezer, while Mika handed Takina a serviced Barrett Sniper Rifle and agreed to coordinate with the Special Action Team.
• Kirika opened the freezer and revealed the provisionally level-three Abyssal Artifact, the Kusanagi Sword, declaring that Sharon would face the force of an official organization.

Luo Shu, Mika, and Shiro Maki tracked Sharon the Pure to a hideout in Beika Town and prepared a heavily armed assault. Luo Shu realized Tachibana Kirika had brought the Kusanagi Sword, a powerful artifact capable of suppressing Sharon’s abilities, and wondered what to do about their demon contract.

• Luo Shu and Mika met Shiro Maki at the Police Box, where Mika introduced Luo Shu as the SDS recruit who had discovered and repelled Sharon the Pure.
• Tachibana Kirika instructed Kurumi to search Beika Town’s surveillance feeds while her team prepared a freezer truck operation.
• Mika used Sharon’s recent blood sample with the Blood Map, locating her inside an unfinished apartment building in Beika Town’s Third District.
• Tachibana Kirika ordered Shiro Maki to surround the hideout and authorized mortars, while the special operations team prepared heavy weapons.
• Luo Shu recalled that the Kusanagi Sword could seal Sorcerers and Abyssal Artifacts, then considered whether to silence Sharon or take her in despite their demon contract.

After recovering from her wounds, Sharon Holly Grail analyzed Luo Shu’s strange ability and learned that SDS had surrounded her temporary base. She suspected Luo Shu had deceived SDS and framed her, then prepared to fight her way out.

• Sharon Holly Grail used alchemical potions to heal her gunshot wounds and restore most of her stamina.
• Sharon recalled Luo Shu’s ability to use the demon incantation and anticipate her moves, and suspected he could foresee the future.
• Sharon received a warning that SDS had deployed and was told to retreat immediately.
• Sharon gathered her equipment, changed into a bulletproof nun’s habit, and heard fifteen people from the Special Action Team approaching.
• Sharon concluded that Luo Shu might be an Astronomy of Truth spy who had lied to SDS, then prepared to break through the encirclement.

Tachibana Kirika’s forces cornered Sharon, but she escaped after overpowering the Special Action Team. After learning that Sharon’s Stigma could suppress demonic powers, Tachibana prepared to lead Chisato Nishikigi and Takina Inoue in a direct assault.

• Tachibana Kirika coordinated the Special Action Team’s search, ordered exits sealed, and confirmed that traffic had been blocked.
• Sharon ambushed three Special Action Team members on the third floor and escaped after defeating them in close combat.
• Tachibana Kirika learned that Sharon’s Stigma could briefly bind demonic powers and understood how it had given Sharon an advantage against Natsuki Minamiya.
• Tachibana Kirika retrieved the Kusanagi Sword, activated it, and ordered Chisato Nishikigi and Takina Inoue to take Sharon down within ten minutes.