Recaps

After a long day, Luo Shu returned home and found Mira Tsubakihara asleep on his sofa. He carried her to the study bed without taking advantage of her, then realized she had been awake and pretending to sleep.

• Luo Shu reflected on his role in helping Sharon escape the SDS and police encirclement, and considered how he might use his connection to Yakushiji Ryoko.
• Luo Shu found Mira Tsubakihara asleep on the sofa and realized she had spent the day in his apartment.
• Luo Shu carried Mira to the study and tucked her into bed without undressing her.
• Mira revealed she had been awake and had used the situation to judge Luo Shu's character, then blushed at his restraint.
• Luo Shu realized Mira had been pretending to sleep and went to his bedroom to get ready for bed.

Luo Shu shared breakfast with Mira Tsubakihara, who asked to use his study and showed interest in visiting his SDS workplace. As Luo Shu prepared to leave for class, a private message from Sharon arrived through the system.

• Mira Tsubakihara made breakfast for Luo Shu and asked to borrow his study for another day.
• Luo Shu allowed Mira Tsubakihara to use the study and reassured her that she would be safe in the space.
• Luo Shu told Mira Tsubakihara about his SDS work, and she expressed curiosity about visiting the base.
• Luo Shu thanked Mira Tsubakihara for breakfast and got ready to leave for class.
• Luo Shu received a private message from Sharon through the system.

Sharon captured a Yakushiji Family operative but could not verify the information protected by a Spell Formula in his mind. Luo Shu ordered her to send the captive to the Astronomy Club's alternate space so Utaha Kasumigaoka could use her Mind Reading, then headed to find her.

• Luo Shu opened Sharon's forum message and saw her praying beside a bound, injured Yakushiji Family operative in a forest.
• Sharon told Luo Shu that a Spell Formula in the captive's mind prevented her from obtaining reliable information, and apologized for her failure.
• Luo Shu decided to bring in Utaha Kasumigaoka, whose Mind Reading he could strengthen with a material he possessed.
• Luo Shu ordered Sharon to offer the captive as a sacrifice, frightening the man into pleading that he would talk.
• Sharon teleported the captive into the Astronomy Club's alternate space, and Luo Shu headed to find Utaha Kasumigaoka.

Luo Shu visited Utaha Kasumigaoka and told her about recruiting Sharon, shooting Miss Yakushiji, and capturing a Yakushiji family member to investigate the sealed demon. Utaha felt regretful that she had missed what happened and wanted to go to the base, but Luo Shu revealed a glowing test tube of succubus blood and said they had another crucial step first.

• Luo Shu arrived at Utaha Kasumigaoka's apartment and asked to speak with her about something important.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka brought Luo Shu inside, and they discussed using the Astronomy Club's space to reach school quickly.
• Luo Shu recounted how he had recruited Sharon, shot Miss Yakushiji, and arranged an investigation into the sealed demon.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka summarized Luo Shu's actions, then felt regretful that she had not been there as events unfolded.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka asked Luo Shu to take her to the base, but he produced a glowing test tube of succubus blood and said they had another crucial step first.

Utaha Kasumigaoka drank the Succubus Blood and advanced her Mind Reading ability into excellent-grade Hypnosis, gaining a more alluring appearance and new insight into others’ minds. She and Luo Shu decided to test whether she could extract information from a target.

• Utaha Kasumigaoka asked whether she could safely drink the Succubus Blood, and Luo Shu reassured her that he had checked it carefully.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka drank the blood, choked, and then saw in her mirror that her appearance had become more alluring.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka received knowledge about hypnosis and mental influence, advancing into a fully fledged enchantress.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka assessed Luo Shu’s thoughts and concealed that she could read cues from his mental state, while Luo Shu sensed she was hiding something.
• Luo Shu suggested testing her ability on a target, and Utaha Kasumigaoka agreed.

Utaha Kasumigaoka used deep Mind Reading on Yakushiji Ken and uncovered his connection to Yakushiji Katsuhiko, who wanted to become a demon for perverse reasons. She learned that the Demon Sealing Ground was in Chiba Prefecture, leaving Luo Shu with the location of their next lead.

• Utaha Kasumigaoka searched Yakushiji Ken's memories and found him reporting to Yakushiji Katsuhiko.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka told Luo Shu that Yakushiji Ken was a senior executive tied to the Yakushiji Group and the Astronomy of Truth.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka identified Yakushiji Katsuhiko as Yakushiji Ryoko's second uncle and Yakushiji Ken's biological father.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka revealed that Yakushiji Katsuhiko wanted to become a long-lived woman to experience the pleasures of the other sex.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka told Luo Shu that the Demon Sealing Ground was in Chiba Prefecture.

Luo Shu explained to Utaha Kasumigaoka why they had no obligation to confront the Demon and revealed that he wanted supernatural knowledge and resources to help him grow. He sent information about the Demon to Sharon and arranged for Utaha to hypnotize Yakushiji Ken and secretly use him to practice her abilities.

• Luo Shu told Utaha Kasumigaoka that they had no reason to fight a Demon who had never harmed them, and she apologized for letting her preconceptions guide her.
• Luo Shu said he had partly investigated the Demon to help Sharon, while also hoping to gain useful knowledge and wealth for his own advancement.
• Utaha concluded they should give Sharon the information and monitor what happened, and Luo Shu agreed.
• Luo Shu passed the information to Sharon and instructed Utaha to hypnotize Yakushiji Ken so he could return safely without Yakushiji Katsuhiko noticing anything unusual.
• Luo Shu suggested Utaha turn Yakushiji Ken into a puppet to practice her abilities, and she agreed to try.

Sharon received Luo Shu’s instructions to travel to a limestone cave on the Boso Peninsula and capture a demon if a trade failed, while Natsuki Minamiya investigated the suspected demon and the Yakushiji Family. Natsuki assigned the demon matter to herself, then asked SDS to deal with a demon’s seal in Chiba, leaving Luo Shu astonished.

• Sharon heard Luo Shu’s instructions and set off from the forest toward the Boso Peninsula.
• Natsuki Minamiya reviewed the Onmyoryo’s intelligence linking a possible sealed demon to the Yakushiji Family.
• Natsuki dismissed the priests and said she would handle the demon matter.
• Natsuki gave Luo Shu documents asking SDS to deal with the demon’s seal in Chiba, and Luo Shu questioned whether she was sure.

Luo Shu accepted Natsuki Minamiya’s request to deliver documents to Tachibana Kirika’s SDS, which would handle a demon-related incident. When Eriri admitted that her mother had seen her transform into her, Luo Shu eagerly asked her to demonstrate the ability.

• Natsuki Minamiya asked Luo Shu to deliver documents to Tachibana Kirika and explained that SDS was unlikely to exploit a captured demon for illicit gain.
• Natsuki Minamiya canceled Luo Shu’s afternoon classes and told him to ask for a raise when he delivered her message about SDS funding.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka teased Luo Shu about getting involved and earning a bonus while Eriri Sawamura remained distracted.
• Eriri told Luo Shu that her mother had seen her use her ability to look like her the day before.
• Luo Shu asked Eriri to transform into Sayuri for a demonstration, leaving Eriri dumbfounded.

Eriri confronted Luo Shu about his interest in her mother, but learned that he wanted to see Eriri transformed to look like Sayuri and reacted with embarrassment. Luo Shu then went to deliver Teacher Nangong’s letter to Natsuki and walked in on Takina changing.

• Eriri accused Luo Shu of being interested in Sayuri, and Utaha admitted she had read Eriri’s mind.
• Luo Shu clarified that he wanted to see Eriri transformed into her mother, prompting Eriri to call him a pervert.
• Utaha urged Luo Shu to deliver Teacher Nangong’s letter, and he left with the bento.
• Eriri vowed to keep Sayuri away from Luo Shu, while Utaha considered using Sayuri to get at Eriri.
• Luo Shu visited the Lycoris café to deliver the letter for Natsuki, and Chisato ran to tell Takina about the job.
• Luo Shu saw Takina changing through an open doorway, and she screamed and called him a pervert.

After Chisato Nishikigi accidentally exposed Takina Inoue while she was changing, the group finalized its plan to assist headquarters in capturing the Demon. Luo Shu and Takina were assigned to work together, and the team prepared to leave for Chiba.

• Mizuki Nakahara teased Luo Shu about seeing Takina Inoue changing while Chisato Nishikigi apologized for barging in, and Mika scolded Chisato.
• Kurumi treated Chisato’s slap mark and reported that headquarters had deployed its Third Special Action Team to capture the Demon, with the Eastern Capital Branch assigned to assist and pursue criminals seeking demon power.
• Mika assigned Luo Shu to conduct on-site reconnaissance with Kurumi monitoring surveillance feeds, while Chisato was paired with Mizuki Nakahara.
• Mika assigned Takina to protect Luo Shu, then told everyone to prepare their equipment and meet again in half an hour before heading to Chiba.

Luo Shu prepared his handgun and Abyssal Artifacts for the mission while Takina Inoue helped him load magazines, prompting teasing from Chisato Nishikigi and Mizuki Nakahara. Mika then announced that leaked intelligence about the demon sealed in Chiba City had forced the team to move out ahead of schedule.

• Luo Shu prepared his handgun and gathered his Abyssal Artifacts for the operation.
• Takina Inoue brought Luo Shu twenty magazines and six hundred rounds, then helped him load the magazines.
• Chisato Nishikigi and Mizuki Nakahara teased Takina Inoue about helping Luo Shu load his magazines, and Takina Inoue hurried away in embarrassment.
• Mika told the team that new orders required them to leave ahead of schedule because someone had leaked news of the demon sealed in Chiba City.

Natsuki Minamiya and Tachibana Kirika discussed the leaked information about the Demon and the operation to seal it. As American forces imposed a three-day blockade on Chiba City, Luo Shu and the others followed a cleared route toward their destination.

• Natsuki Minamiya told Tachibana Kirika that she had received the leak five minutes before Kirika, and Kirika teased her about losing control of the shrine faction.
• Tachibana Kirika told the officers at the meeting that their new-style colony needed to be taught who the real emperor was.
• Mika played a news broadcast announcing that American forces would blockade Chiba City for three days, leaving Chisato Nishikigi and Takina Inoue shocked.
• Kurumi told Luo Shu that a traffic jam was ahead and that American troops had cleared a fast lane for them.
• Luo Shu relayed Kurumi's instructions to Mika, who turned the SUV right and followed the route cleared by armed vehicles.

Kannagi Ayano learned that a sealed demon in Chiba had drawn the attention of the U.S. government and demanded to go destroy it before it could harm anyone. Kannagi Jūgo agreed to send her with Kazemaki Ryūya and secretly arranged additional protection as she headed for Chiba.

• Kannagi Jūgo discussed the Chiba incident with Kazemaki Hyōe and ordered him to recall their people before the Cabinet barred them from going there.
• Kannagi Ayano confronted Kannagi Jūgo and insisted on going to Chiba to burn the sealed demon to ashes.
• Kannagi Jūgo agreed that Kannagi Ayano could travel with Kazemaki Ryūya, whose assignment was to eliminate Yakushiji Katsuhiko.
• Kannagi Jūgo asked Kazemaki Hyōe to keep Kannagi Ayano safe and assigned her uncle Genma to watch over her.
• Kannagi Jūgo called Chief Tachibana and arranged for Kannagi Ayano to receive support when facing the demon.

Mika, Chisato Nishikigi, Takina Inoue, Mizuki Nakahara, and Luo Shu joined Headquarters' Third Action Team in Chiba to help locate a sealed, high-ranking demon. Hilda revealed that they had narrowed Yakushiji Katsuhiko's hiding place to multiple locations, leaving the team with a difficult search ahead.

• Mika warned the others that Headquarters likely considered the sealed demon as dangerous as a level 3 abyssal artifact, capable of devastating a city.
• Mika brought Chisato Nishikigi, Takina Inoue, Mizuki Nakahara, and Luo Shu to a hotel conference room, where they met Hilda, captain of Headquarters' Third Action Team.
• Hilda explained that Kurumi had helped narrow the target's possible locations using surveillance footage and the level 2 abyssal artifact called the Electronic Map.
• Hilda tasked the team with searching the red-marked locations across Chiba Prefecture, capturing Yakushiji Katsuhiko, learning where the demon was, and retrieving it.
• The group agreed that Hilda's proposed search was far too difficult.

The Third Action Team prepared to search Chiba City and the rest of Chiba Prefecture for Yakushiji Katsuhiko and the demons he had set loose. Mika revealed that Miss Lux had told him not to force Luo Shu into dangerous work, and Hilda learned that Lux was coming in person.

• Chisato Nishikigi questioned whether the team would have to search every city in Chiba, and Hilda said they had to pursue Yakushiji Katsuhiko despite his decoys.
• Luo Shu suggested seeking intelligence from the Yakushiji Family, but Hilda said other factions had already crowded the family’s territory.
• Hilda told the Eastern Capital Branch to help search over the weekend, and Mika assigned Takina Inoue, Chisato Nishikigi, and the others to sweep Chiba City.
• After the team left, Mika told Hilda that Miss Lux had instructed him not to force Luo Shu to work on the mission.
• Hilda learned that Miss Lux was coming in person and exclaimed that Mika should have told her sooner.

Takina Inoue and Luo Shu set out by motorcycle to investigate suspected targets, with Takina driving while Luo Shu used his Wind Element for reconnaissance. The chapter ended with Yakushiji Katsuhiko watching news that identified him as a terrorist and assuring the Yukinoshita family that it was fake news.

• Takina Inoue asked Luo Shu to ride a motorcycle and proposed they split up to investigate suspected targets faster.
• Luo Shu agreed that solo reconnaissance suited him and planned to use the opportunity to reveal Yakushiji Katsuhiko's secrets to SDS.
• Takina Inoue recognized Luo Shu's Wind Element reconnaissance abilities, took over driving, and carried him toward their first destination.
• Yakushiji Katsuhiko watched a news report naming him as a terrorist leader while holding the Yukinoshita family captive.
• Yakushiji Katsuhiko told the terrified Head of the Yukinoshita family that the news was fake.

After the Garrison branded Yakushiji Katsuhiko a terrorist and locked down Chiba, he took refuge in the Yukinoshita home, leaving the family caught between physical danger and political consequences. Yakushiji Ken reported that SDS forces were approaching, but Katsuhiko claimed the Garrison had come to protect them.

• Yukinoshita Haruno and her parents realized that concealing Yakushiji Katsuhiko was their safest political option after he entered their home as a wanted man.
• Yukinoshita's mother welcomed Katsuhiko as a guest and offered the Yukinoshita Family's help, while Yukinoshita Haruno silenced Yukinoshita Yukino.
• Katsuhiko promised the family they could return to their lives after the weekend if they stayed quiet and did not interfere.
• Yakushiji Ken arrived and reported that SDS had sent its Third Action Team from Okinawa, led by Hilda's Red-Clad Elite Squad.
• Yakushiji Ken said the Garrison had sealed Chiba's land and air routes, but Katsuhiko insisted the Garrison was there to protect them.

Yakushiji Katsuhiko explained how the Garrison’s blockade kept the Onmyoryo out of Chiba while his group searched for the Demon Heart’s holder. After Yakushiji Ken identified the target, Katsuhiko used mental pressure to immobilize the Yukinoshita family and confronted Mr. Yukinoshita.

• Yakushiji Katsuhiko explained that the Garrison’s blockade hindered the Onmyoryo more than his group, and Yakushiji Ken agreed that it benefited them.
• Yukinoshita Yukino muttered that the Yakushiji men sounded like chunibyo, and Mrs. Yukinoshita made her apologize to Katsuhiko.
• Katsuhiko ordered Ken to release more lesser demons across Chiba and keep the Third Special Action Team busy while they searched for the Demon Heart’s holder.
• Yakushiji Ken recognized the target by a ruby ring on the right ring finger, and Katsuhiko told him to use bait to draw the target toward a nearby False Base.
• Katsuhiko immobilized the Yukinoshita family with mental pressure, then lifted Mr. Yukinoshita’s chin and asked whether he wanted Katsuhiko to bully his wife and daughters.

Luo Shu killed an imp in a detached house and used a fabricated scent discovery to direct the cleanup team toward Chiba's wealthy district, where he suspected Yakushiji Katsuhiko was hiding. The chapter ended with Luo Shu anticipating the surprise raid on Katsuhiko.

• Luo Shu shot and killed an imp while Takina Inoue covered the area from a nearby rooftop.
• Kurumi confirmed there were no other dangerous beings at the house and arranged for the cleanup department to collect the imp's corpse.
• Luo Shu received a map from Utaha Kasumigaoka containing Yakushiji Katsuhiko's likely location, gathered through Yakushiji Ken's hypnotically induced diary messages.
• Luo Shu claimed he had detected a strong imp scent in Chiba's wealthy district, prompting Kurumi to report the lead to Hilda.
• Kurumi said Hilda would likely surround the wealthy district, and Luo Shu wondered how Katsuhiko would respond to the raid.

Yakushiji Katsuhiko sensed danger closing in and tried to escape after disguising himself as Mr. Yukinoshita, but Mr. Yukinoshita’s escape and an SDS ambush thwarted his plans. Trapped by wind magic and struck down by a red-haired girl’s attack, Katsuhiko recognized the Kamiuri Clan and a hidden Wind Mage before he died.

• Yakushiji Katsuhiko sensed danger, warned Yakushiji Ken to withdraw, and realized his hideout was surrounded.
• Katsuhiko transformed himself to resemble Mr. Yukinoshita, but Mr. Yukinoshita jumped through a second-floor window to foil his impersonation plan.
• A sniper fired at Katsuhiko, who dodged the shot and evaded Wind Magic slashes as he fled through the house.
• Katsuhiko reached the yard after transforming into his demonic form and breaking through a wall, but wind chains restrained him.
• A hidden Wind Mage pierced Katsuhiko’s throat, and a red-haired girl attacked him as he identified the Kamiuri Clan and the Wind Mage before dying.

Luo Shu and Takina Inoue watched the Yukinoshita Family villa before the operation, and Luo Shu planned to use Kannagi Ayano as the front line against the demon. After Ayano killed it, Luo Shu persuaded her to accept a reward and called in the Elite squad to clean up.

• Takina Inoue explained that the Yukinoshita Family had no legal access to Abyssal Artifacts or sorcerers because its political standing was too low.
• Luo Shu told Takina Inoue to prepare to snipe and planned to use Kannagi Ayano to test the waters against the demon.
• Kannagi Ayano killed the demon with her family’s divine weapon, while Luo Shu approached and thanked her as if she had been outside assistance.
• Luo Shu praised Ayano as a hero and invoked the story of Zigong ransoming captives to convince her to accept a reward.
• Ayano hurried away, and Luo Shu told Takina Inoue the matter was settled before ordering the red-clad Elite squad to clean up.

Luo Shu arranged the cleanup after Kannagi Ayano defeated the Demon, while Takina Inoue watched him negotiate a bonus. Kannagi Ayano later learned from Kazemaki Ryūya that the Demon’s crystal was valuable and, realizing Luo Shu had kept it, erupted in fury and blew up their car.

• Luo Shu ordered his squad to secure the Demon’s corpse, investigate the villa, summon medics, and make sure Kannagi Ayano had left; he told Tachibana Kirika he would blame her if Ayano discovered the deception.
• Luo Shu noticed something odd about the Demon’s remains, then went with Takina Inoue to meet the people involved in the incident.
• Kannagi Ayano escaped the neighborhood blockade and reunited with Kazemaki Ryūya, telling him she had defeated the Demon and refused a cash reward.
• Kazemaki Ryūya explained that Demon Crystals were highly valuable, and Kannagi Ayano realized the SDS had not given her the crystal.
• Kannagi Ayano flew into a rage and set the car ablaze, forcing Kazemaki Ryūya to escape into the air before the vehicle exploded.
• Kazemaki Ryūya answered the Sect Master’s call and agreed to try to persuade Kannagi Ayano to return, lamenting his difficult job.

After Mr. Yukinoshita was injured in a Demon attack, Luo Shu and Takina Inoue explained how the incident would be handled. Mrs. Yukinoshita tried to keep the crisis from reaching the Cabinet and secretly offered Luo Shu a bank card, leaving him to say she was putting him in a difficult position.

• Medical personnel found that Mr. Yukinoshita had fractured ribs and prepared to take him to the hospital.
• Yukinoshita Yukino and Yukinoshita Haruno reassured Mr. Yukinoshita that nothing had happened, while Mrs. Yukinoshita told them to stop upsetting him and promised to handle matters.
• Luo Shu and Takina Inoue arrived, and Takina explained that a Demon attack would normally have an overwhelming chance of killing the whole family.
• Luo Shu introduced himself and Takina as agents of the Special Records Office and said they would report the incident to the Garrison and the Cabinet after securing a confidentiality agreement.
• Mrs. Yukinoshita asked Luo Shu to report only to the Garrison, and Yukinoshita Haruno slipped a bank card into his pocket.
• Luo Shu noticed the offer and told Mrs. Yukinoshita that she was putting him in a difficult position.

Luo Shu and Takina Inoue covered up the Yukinoshita Family’s demon incident as a robbery, while Luo Shu suspected the enemy had been too easy to defeat. Elsewhere, Yakushiji Ken’s hidden presence destroyed a psychic suggestion, and Utaha Kasumigaoka realized she had drawn the attention of a powerful target.

• Luo Shu and Takina Inoue arranged to report the supernatural incident as a home invasion and left the Yukinoshita mansion after assuring Mrs. Yukinoshita and Yukinoshita Haruno they were safe.
• Takina Inoue told Luo Shu that Chisato Nishikigi and the Chief treated bribes as supernatural contributions, and that he should share part of his payment with the Chief.
• Luo Shu told Takina Inoue that the enemy had seemed too easy to defeat as he thought of Utaha Kasumigaoka’s flashing system-forum avatar.
• Yakushiji Ken fled through a forest, where an insect egg hatched near his heart and a presence using his body revealed it had lost another spare body.
• The presence discovered a suggestion planted in Yakushiji Ken’s consciousness, destroyed the psychic power behind it, and continued deeper into the forest.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka received information about the Astronomy of Truth, the Baron, and the Mind Flayer, then used rainbow light to conceal her reaction from her classmates and teacher.