Recaps

Luo Shu explained how Utaha Kasumigaoka and Eriri could improve their abilities by training on dangerous Abyss Life held by the Secret Management Department. After Yukinoshita Yukino joined them, he handed Utaha and Eriri rings, told them to meet him at the school clubroom the next afternoon, and left them to clean the office.

• Utaha Kasumigaoka worried that improving her abilities would require hypnotizing Sorcerers as strong as or stronger than her, and Luo Shu said the department's imprisoned dangerous Abyss Life could provide practice targets.
• Luo Shu said he would request permission from the Supreme Chairman to let Utaha Kasumigaoka and Eriri train on the dangerous life-forms transferred to their department.
• Yukinoshita Yukino entered and reported that the third-floor office was mostly clean, then introduced herself to Utaha Kasumigaoka and Eriri.
• Luo Shu told everyone to finish cleaning, gave Utaha Kasumigaoka and Eriri rings, and asked them to meet him at the school clubroom after classes the next afternoon.
• Luo Shu went to handle the underground area, leaving Eriri, Utaha Kasumigaoka, and Yukinoshita Yukino to clean the remaining floors.

Luo Shu established the Secret Management Zone inside the Astronomy Club’s Divine Kingdom space, guarded its entrance with autonomous Ginn mobile suits, and invited Lacus Clyne, Tachibana Kirika, and Natsuki Minamiya to discuss business. Meanwhile, Eriri and Utaha Kasumigaoka finished cleaning in Akihabara, where a woman stopped Utaha with a maid cafe flyer.

• Luo Shu unlocked the underground facility and used a Haro to open the door guarded by six autonomous Ginn mobile suits.
• Luo Shu deployed the Secret Management Zone inside the alloy block, naming it and limiting access to himself, Lacus Clyne, and Tachibana Kirika.
• Luo Shu messaged Lacus Clyne that the Secret Management Zone was ready, and she invited him to Lycoris Cafe, where Tachibana Kirika and Natsuki Minamiya were waiting.
• Luo Shu saved Lacus Clyne’s selfie, realized the invitation was for business, and headed for the elevator while wondering when they would have a real date.
• Eriri complained to Utaha Kasumigaoka about Luo Shu, then panicked when Utaha teased her about the secret he knew.
• A woman holding a flyer approached Utaha Kasumigaoka and asked whether she wanted to visit a maid cafe.

Utaha Kasumigaoka encountered Maria Naruse, who recognized her as a fellow succubus and awakened her Psychic Power. Maria brought Utaha to Dreamland maid café and revealed her own demonic form, telling Utaha she had succubus blood.

• After Eriri hurried away, Maria Naruse stopped Utaha Kasumigaoka and identified her as one of her own kind.
• Maria used her Sensuality Index to awaken Utaha’s Psychic Power and suggested that Utaha was a Descent Species or an Abyss Descent Species.
• Utaha contacted Luo Shu secretly and tried to leave, but Maria’s words made her stop and agree to visit the maid café.
• Maria took Utaha to Dreamland maid café and arranged for them to meet in private room six.
• Maria entered the tatami room with horns and a heart-shaped tail and told Utaha that succubus blood ran through her.

Luo Shu watched Utaha Kasumigaoka meet Maria Naruse, a succubus who tried to recruit her into the succubi clan. The chapter ended with Utaha asking for the clan’s materials and Luo Shu wondering who she planned to use succubus techniques on.

• Luo Shu learned that a succubus was working at the maid café and marked it on his map for a future raid.
• Eriri called Luo Shu after Utaha disappeared, and he reassured her that Utaha was resting at a café.
• Maria Naruse offered Utaha a lollipop and explained that she wanted to bring her back into the succubi clan.
• Maria warned Utaha about the danger her uncontrolled bloodline could pose to an ordinary partner and offered knowledge, power, and protection.
• Utaha asked Maria to send materials so she could verify the clan’s claims, and the two traded insults.
• Luo Shu watched their conversation from a nearby parking lot, concluded Utaha was safe, and wondered who she planned to use succubus techniques on.

Luo Shu met Tachibana Kirika, Natsuki Minamiya, and Lacus Clyne at Café "Lycoris" after encountering a succubus-run maid café in Akihabara. They explained Akihabara’s role as a partially regulated hub for Abyssal Artifact trading, and Luo Shu suspected their meeting was also about the succubi.

• Luo Shu arrived late at Café "Lycoris" and joined Tachibana Kirika, Natsuki Minamiya, and Lacus Clyne in a private room.
• Tachibana Kirika revealed that authorities knew Akihabara was a problem area, while Natsuki Minamiya and Lacus Clyne described its international trade activity and Beika Town’s unregulated counterpart.
• Tachibana Kirika explained that authorities let dangerous traders blend in with otaku and that media stigmatized male otaku to help manage incidents.
• Lacus Clyne asked Luo Shu about the maid café he had visited, and Natsuki Minamiya warned that Lacus’s presence would frighten the succubi.
• Luo Shu realized Lacus might have invited him to discuss the succubi.

Luo Shu learned that Astronomy of Truth’s lust faction was interested in Kisara, whose pure blood likely came from Asmodeus, and that succubi might soon approach him. He discovered Utaha Kasumigaoka was negotiating with Maria Naruse, the Princess of Lust, and decided to visit her maid café.

• Tachibana Kirika explained that the lust faction was one of seven demon factions in Astronomy of Truth and that succubi were among the least harmful.
• Natsuki Minamiya said Kisara was likely descended from Asmodeus and that Luo Shu could serve as her inhibitor because she had first seen him after gaining intelligence.
• Natsuki Minamiya and Lacus Clyne learned that Utaha Kasumigaoka had been mistaken for a succubus and approached by Maria Naruse.
• Lacus Clyne identified Maria Naruse as the Princess of Lust, and Tachibana Kirika explained that she represented an unorthodox succubus school.
• Luo Shu asked whether they should stop Utaha’s negotiations, then decided to visit Maria Naruse’s maid café himself.

Luo Shu and Lacus discussed how to handle the succubi, then Natsuki Minamiya shared intelligence about Astronomy of Truth and Tokisaki Kurumi. Luo Shu explained Kurumi’s time-consuming angel abilities, leaving Natsuki and Tachibana Kirika suspicious about how he knew so much.

• Lacus Clyne advised Luo Shu to let the succubi stay in Akihabara if they kept themselves safe, and Luo Shu considered using the Demon Heart if they tried to take Kisara by force.
• Tachibana Kirika complained about Luo Shu and Lacus acting like a couple, while Natsuki Minamiya brought the group back to business.
• Natsuki Minamiya shared confidential files about Astronomy of Truth and Tokisaki Kurumi, describing the group’s factions and its competition with the Golden Dawn in Europe.
• Luo Shu identified Tokisaki Kurumi as an angel who controlled time by consuming people’s time and could summon versions of herself from other timelines.
• Lacus asked Natsuki and Tachibana not to question where Luo Shu learned about Kurumi, and Tachibana criticized Lacus for indulging him.

Luo Shu discussed Tokisaki Kurumi and other dangerous Spirits with Lacus Clyne, Natsuki Minamiya, and Tachibana Kirika, while agreeing to help the Action Department investigate them. He also learned that his department would receive five hundred million yen alongside its first Abyssal Artifacts, but hesitated to ask Lacus Clyne about funding his own investigations.

• Chisato Nishikigi delivered sundaes, and Luo Shu asked whether he had passed a test, which Natsuki Minamiya denied was taking place.
• Luo Shu described Tokisaki Kurumi as dangerous but potentially open to peaceful negotiations, and revealed that nine other beings like her might appear.
• Tachibana Kirika agreed to send out the Action Department to investigate the Spirits, and Luo Shu promised to send information to Lacus Clyne.
• Natsuki Minamiya offered to install Spatial Spell Formulas in Luo Shu's department, and Luo Shu asked for the cost to be charged to the department account.
• Tachibana Kirika promised five hundred million yen in funding when the Abyssal Artifacts were transferred, and Luo Shu agreed to help keep the surrounding area safe.

After Luo Shu left, Lacus Clyne and Natsuki Minamiya discussed political pressure over the Chiba blockade and the possibility of offering Natsuki’s students a path into Luo Shu’s Secret Management Department. Lacus revealed that her father might meet Luo Shu, leaving Natsuki wondering whether the teasing about a future husband-and-wife operation was serious, while Luo Shu entered the Dreamland maid café.

• Luo Shu left to check that the Succubus’s maid café near the base posed no threat and to meet Utaha Kasumigaoka.
• Natsuki Minamiya warned Lacus Clyne that Congress and its arms dealers might distrust Luo Shu, but Lacus said she would cut ties with Congress if necessary.
• Natsuki Minamiya explained that the Onmyoryo and Public Security Agency objected to Lacus’s blockade of Chiba Prefecture, while Tachibana Kirika complained that other agencies were obstructing her Action Department.
• Lacus suggested that Natsuki offer her Onmyoryo students a route into Luo Shu’s Secret Management Department after graduation.
• Lacus said her father might meet Luo Shu, prompting Natsuki to wonder if the jokes about Lacus and Luo becoming partners were serious.
• Luo Shu arrived at the Dreamland maid café and went inside.

Luo Shu used his ruby ring to make the succubus maids lead him to private room six, where he found Utaha Kasumigaoka with Maria Naruse. He introduced himself as the head of SdS's Secret Management Department and asked Maria whether the Maid Café was legitimate.

• Luo Shu declined the blonde maid's offer of special service and used his ruby ring to make the succubus maids guide him to private room six.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka hurried to hide the books and have Maria Naruse change before letting Luo Shu into the room.
• Luo Shu entered, introduced himself as the head of SdS's Secret Management Department, and called Utaha Kasumigaoka his owner.
• Maria Naruse questioned Luo Shu's identity and asked what he wanted from her.
• Luo Shu asked Maria Naruse whether the Maid Café was a legitimate establishment, leaving her stunned by his question.

Luo Shu turned Maria Naruse’s attempt to hypnotize him back on her and forced the succubus to agree to cooperate. Maria ended the confrontation barking at his command, while Utaha Kasumigaoka watched.

• Maria Naruse tried to use eye contact to hypnotize Luo Shu and offered to make him protect her criminal operation.
• Maria told Utaha Kasumigaoka she had mind-controlled Luo Shu and ordered him to lick her toes, but Utaha asked her not to go too far.
• Luo Shu redirected Maria’s command so that she obeyed him and took his finger into her mouth.
• Maria discovered that she had hypnotized herself and could not control her limbs.
• Luo Shu asked Maria to become his pet dog, and she barked before he declared they had reached an agreement.

Luo Shu explained to Maria Naruse that SdS had opened a branch near her café and that he only wanted the Succubi to avoid crimes and run the café legitimately. Maria realized his branch was almost next door, while her returned mental suggestion still compelled her to obey him.

• Maria Naruse demanded to know why she could not undo the mental suggestion, and Luo Shu concluded that Calamity might have strengthened the control when it returned it to her.
• Luo Shu ordered Maria to sit, and she lay down obediently before blushing and threatening to get back at him.
• Luo Shu told Utaha Kasumigaoka that he had come to investigate the unregistered Succubus café because an Abyssal Artifact transfer operation was approaching.
• Maria learned that SdS had established a new branch near Fanglin Park, less than fifty meters from the café's back door.
• Luo Shu said the Succubi could keep operating if they avoided murder and other crimes, then put his belt around Maria's neck and patted her head.

Luo Shu explained that he had let Maria Naruse go to draw out the people behind her, while discussing Utaha Kasumigaoka’s potential abilities and Class. After Utaha backed out of Luo Shu’s flirtatious invitation and left for the subway, Luo Shu returned to the Secret Management Department headquarters and encountered an unexpected guest.

• Luo Shu told Utaha Kasumigaoka that Maria Naruse would remain under his mental suggestion and that letting her go was a trap to reveal her allies.
• Luo Shu explained succubi’s racial Class and abilities, and promised to find Utaha Kasumigaoka a more suitable Class.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka hinted that she wanted Luo Shu to help her as her boyfriend, but accepted his role as head of the Familia and hurried into the subway station.
• Luo Shu returned to the Secret Management Department headquarters using the Astronomy Club’s space as a transfer point.
• Luo Shu stepped out of the elevator on the third floor and spotted an uninvited guest leaning against a pillar.

Luo Shu met Him, the Intelligence Department head, and confirmed her identity through her Rain Ring and Dying Will Flames. Him revealed she had come to learn about Luo Shu and his confession to Lacus, then asked him to report on the Kabbalah Angel and the Succubus in Dreamland.

• Luo Shu confronted Him for entering the building without notice and recognized her as a fellow Vongola Ring bearer when she ignited Rain-attribute flames.
• Him introduced herself as the head of the Intelligence Department and demonstrated her flame-powered Air Treck skates.
• Him said she had come to see the person who confessed to Lacus and advised Luo Shu that pursuing the Chairman would take a long time.
• Him asked Luo Shu to provide the Chairman with information about the Kabbalah Angel and prepare a report on the Succubus in Dreamland.

Luo Shu gave Him detailed intelligence about the Spirits and their Angels, prompting her to offer him a position in the Intelligence Department. Him then revealed that Astronomy of Truth's Knowledge faction had withdrawn from East Asia, and that reports of Man-Eating Oni sightings had recently increased in Tokyo.

• Luo Shu compiled intelligence on the Spirits, especially Tokisaki Kurumi and Honjo Nia, and sent it to Him.
• Him praised Luo Shu's intelligence and offered him a job as head of the Intelligence Department, teasing him about serving as her secretary.
• Luo Shu asked Him to be serious, and she told him that the pursuit of Miss Kisara was a smokescreen for the Knowledge faction's withdrawal from East Asia.
• Him said SdS suspected that something dangerous had appeared in East Asia, though Japan had seen no major incidents beyond the operation to seal off Chiba Prefecture.
• Him told Luo Shu that Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department had been reporting frequent sightings of Man-Eating Oni.

Him explained the Abyssal Descent and tasked Luo Shu with assessing the newly discovered Ghouls, teasing him with a personal test and a promised reward. After Him flew away, Kisara caught Luo Shu with questions about the woman who had kissed him.

• Luo Shu asked Him about the different kinds of ghouls, and she described Vampire Species, Dead Apostle Species, and the newly discovered Ghouls.
• Him explained that Large-Scale Abyss Descents brought entire races, cities, or countries into the world and that a Level 5 Abyssal Artifact helped conceal them from ordinary people.
• Him told Luo Shu that the Secret Management Department was responsible for assessing the Ghouls and presented the task as her personal test of his ability to protect her.
• Him teased Luo Shu with the prospect of marrying him alongside Lacus Clyne, kissed his cheek, and flew away after promising a special reward if he completed the test.
• Kisara confronted Luo Shu about Him, and he sighed in resignation over the trouble her kiss had caused.

Him reported to Lacus Clyne after vetting Luo Shu as a potential husband, describing him as wary but full of hidden potential. They discussed their organization’s financial troubles and Him’s efforts to push Luo Shu into taking a test, before Lacus Clyne ended the conversation and they went to sleep.

• Him returned to Lacus Clyne’s villa and said Luo Shu seemed like a fledgling who might grow into someone formidable.
• Him and Lacus Clyne discussed their costly work protecting humanity from Abyss incidents and the organization’s growing deficit.
• Lacus Clyne said she was considering commercializing Virtual Reality Technology to raise funds.
• Him admitted she had hinted to Luo Shu that marrying Lacus Clyne would bring her along as part of the dowry and had given him the UN’s Species Hazard Level assessment for the Ghouls.
• Lacus Clyne warned Him not to use her body as a weapon and threatened to tell Luo Shu what Him had said.
• Lacus Clyne closed the windows and dimmed the lights, and she and Him wished each other good night.

Luo Shu arranged basic training and work for Yukinoshita Yukino, then invited Kisara to join him on an investigation the next day. Yukinoshita left to explain her situation to her family, and Luo Shu and Kisara went home to prepare for the next day's work.

• Kisara grew jealous after learning that Him had kissed Luo Shu on the cheek, and Yukinoshita Yukino entered the office after finishing her work.
• Yukinoshita told Luo Shu that her family had arranged an apartment in Chiyoda Ward and a transfer to Private Toyosaki Academy.
• Luo Shu scheduled firearms and Mystical Side lessons for Yukinoshita and other new members, along with equipment installation and physical examinations for the week.
• Luo Shu told Yukinoshita she could explain Dying Will Flames to her family, and she agreed before leaving.
• Luo Shu invited Kisara to join his investigation the next day, reassured her that she would not be a burden, and went home with her.

Luo Shu arranged for Mika and Takina Inoue to train three new recruits, including Yukinoshita Yukino, and discussed their rare abilities and SdS's departments. He left the cafe with Kisara to handle other work, where they found a white Lexus blocking the entrance.

• Mika objected to Luo Shu recruiting three high school classmates, but accepted the recruits after reading a report describing rare psychic and disguise abilities.
• Mika warned that the Intelligence Department might repeatedly request to borrow the recruits, and he explained that he knew little about SdS's department heads or internal structure.
• Luo Shu asked Mika to arrange the recruits' training and Coordinator Drug genetic testing, and Mika assigned Takina Inoue to teach firearms.
• Chisato Nishikigi emerged from the kitchen and argued with Mika about whether she should train the newcomers; Mika told her to prepare for genetic testing instead.
• Luo Shu received a text from Tachibana Kirika, left the training arrangements to Mika and Takina, and departed with Kisara.
• Luo Shu and Kisara found a white Lexus parked in front of the cafe entrance.

Luo Shu rode with Tachibana Kirika and Kisara while discussing his new assignment to obtain Ghoul intelligence from the Metropolitan Police Department. He learned how Ghouls were discovered and prepared to deal with the department’s likely resistance.

• Tachibana Kirika teased Luo Shu about Him assigning him work and admitted she had helped bring Him to visit him.
• Kisara glared at Tachibana Kirika and called Him a man-stealing cat.
• Tachibana Kirika explained that crematoriums had used machine guns to kill corpse thieves, leading to the discovery of Ghouls and the Metropolitan Police Department’s capture of some alive.
• Tachibana Kirika warned Luo Shu that retrieving the Ghoul intelligence could be difficult and advised him not to go too far when dealing with the police.
• Luo Shu said he would handle the assignment as a model student, while implying he might cause trouble if the Metropolitan Police Department refused to cooperate.

Inspector Juzo Megure asked Miwako Sato and Wataru Takagi to prepare a misleading report on the crematorium arson investigation after receiving an order from Superintendent Kuroda. Before they could finish, SdS arrived, and Megure took Sato and Takagi to face them.

• Juzo Megure asked Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato to prepare a normal-looking report on the crematorium arson case, following Superintendent Kuroda's order.
• Megure explained that the order was meant to placate a department under the Ministry of the Environment, and Sato agreed to help revise the report.
• A colleague warned Megure that SdS had arrived before the reports were ready.
• Megure brought Sato and Takagi along to meet the unexpected SdS visitors.

Juzo Megure explained SdS and other special departments to Miwako Sato and Wataru Takagi as they went to deliver their report on the crematorium case. He feared SdS would leave him responsible for public apologies and punishment, and the chapter ended with a young man greeting him as “my boy Megure.”

• Wataru Takagi asked Miwako Sato what SdS was, and Juzo Megure told her to explain what she knew.
• Miwako Sato said Inspector Luo belonged to the Special Data Management Office, which operated above the Metropolitan Police Department.
• Juzo Megure described the powers and reputation of SdS, the Special Organized Crimes Division, the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau, and the Onmyoryo.
• Juzo Megure told Wataru Takagi that SdS kept the department's bonuses intact but left the Metropolitan Police Department to cover up its violent operations and apologize publicly.
• Juzo Megure, Miwako Sato, and Wataru Takagi entered Administrator Kuroda's office to deliver their report, where a young man greeted Megure as “my boy Megure.”

Juzo Megure and his colleagues met with Tachibana Kirika, Kiyonaga Matsumoto, Hyoue Kuroda, and the newly promoted Superintendent Luo Shu to discuss a corpse theft case. Their meeting was interrupted by an unexpected visitor from the Ministry of the Environment’s Disaster Countermeasures Office.

• Juzo Megure, Miwako Sato, and Wataru Takagi entered the office and saluted the senior officials and Luo Shu.
• Kiyonaga Matsumoto questioned Megure’s connection to Luo Shu, but Takagi’s surprise at Luo’s sudden promotion eased his suspicion.
• Tachibana Kirika called Luo Shu’s mistaken arrest a minor scrape, and Luo Shu complained that his police credentials had not yet been made.
• Luo Shu asked Megure about the crematorium corpse theft case, and Matsumoto prompted Megure to confirm whether his reports were finished.
• An inspector reported that an investigator from the Ministry of the Environment’s Disaster Countermeasures Office had arrived to meet Matsumoto, prompting Kirika to remark on their keen noses and Matsumoto to answer that perhaps it was spring.

Luo Shu uncovered that a Divine General had leaked Tachibana Kirika’s movements and recognized the Metropolitan Police Department’s plan to pit SdS against the Ministry of the Environment. He agreed to meet the Ministry’s representatives alongside Kiyonaga Matsumoto, and Tachibana Kirika immediately challenged their introductions.

• Luo Shu used the Occult Studies Encyclopedia to discover that Suzuka Dairenji, the Divine General Taiyin, had predicted Tachibana Kirika’s objective and informed someone in the Metropolitan Police Department.
• Luo Shu deduced that the Metropolitan Police Department’s senior officials wanted SdS and the Ministry of the Environment to clash while they reaped the rewards.
• Luo Shu asked Kiyonaga Matsumoto whether Taiyin had supplied his story about stray dogs, making Matsumoto suspect SdS had anticipated the department’s scheme.
• Luo Shu proposed meeting the Ministry of the Environment’s representatives, and Kiyonaga Matsumoto agreed despite his unease.
• Noriyuki Iijima and Yomi Isayama arrived from the Disaster Management Office and introduced themselves to Tachibana Kirika.
• Tachibana Kirika dismissed the Iijima Family as insignificant and invited Yomi Isayama to join SdS as an investigator.

Luo Shu recognized the immense calamity surrounding Yomi Isayama and told her she was close to death, drawing suspicion after his warning caused Noriyuki Iijima to slip. Yomi wondered whether Luo Shu could read people’s fates, and he turned the group’s attention back to business.

• Luo Shu saw that Yomi Isayama was enveloped in calamity and considered absorbing it for experience, though doing so would require physical contact.
• Tachibana Kirika tried to recruit Yomi, but Yomi refused to leave the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau.
• Luo Shu warned that Yomi would die within a month and that people she cared about would suffer calamity, prompting her to threaten to report his claim to Superintendent Jinguji.
• Luo Shu noticed calamity on Noriyuki Iijima, warned him about the slippery floor, and stirred his calamity; Iijima immediately slipped and fell.
• Yomi asked whether Luo Shu was a divining sorcerer who could read people’s fates, and Luo Shu redirected the group to business with Kiyonaga Matsumoto.