Recaps

Luo Shu’s buffet plan used a supposed hospital-body theft to direct Tokyo’s Ghouls toward food distributions, while he prepared to meet with the Metropolitan Police Department. At Anteiku, police briefly inspected the distribution, and Eto Yoshimura began a brutal selection among Ghouls at an abandoned warehouse.

• Luo Shu explained that the news report was meant to tell Tokyo’s Ghouls about the food supply, checked on Kisara’s awakened abilities, and said he would attend a meeting at Sakuradamon.
• Kogoro Mouri watched the crowd outside Anteiku and worried that a large Ghoul population could cause trouble.
• Touka Kirishima and Yoshimura distributed food to Ghouls at Anteiku, where Juzo Megure arrived with armed personnel to investigate a report about stolen bodies.
• Yoshimura told Juzo Megure that the aid event was registered, and Miwako Sato’s inspection found no problems, allowing the distribution to continue.
• Touka Kirishima noticed that most Ghouls in line had not helped during the police visit and doubted how many would make the whitelist.
• Eto Yoshimura announced rules to the Ghouls gathered in an abandoned warehouse, then triggered a violent battle among them.

Luo Shu arrived at the Metropolitan Police Department for a meeting with Him and met Iwanaga Kotoko, who revealed her connections to the monster world. The chapter left them approaching a gathering that included powerful factions amid rumors that an imprisoned Pureblood had escaped.

• Him met Luo Shu in the underground parking garage after asking Kisara to tell her when he left home, then hurried with him toward the conference room.
• Luo Shu and Him encountered Iwanaga Kotoko in the corridor, where Luo Shu learned that she used SdS prosthetic technology for her artificial eye and leg.
• Luo Shu's system identified Kotoko as a suspected demigod juvenile.
• Kotoko explained that Takayanagi Dōgen and Ichijō Matoi had come to the meeting, and mentioned that a Pureblood imprisoned by Matoi seemed to have escaped.
• Him introduced Kotoko as the human princess revered by monsters in Japan who had not joined the Hundred Demons.

Luo Shu joined the representatives gathering for a meeting between factions and learned about the rivalries among them. As the Cabinet officials arrived, the meeting was about to begin, while Natsuki Minamiya had exposed Luo Shu’s fake leave request to his entire grade.

• Iwanaga Kotoko explained that she represented the Lone Monsters and that the faction representatives would meet before drafting an operational plan.
• Nura Rikuo arrived, exchanged hostile looks with Takayanagi Dōgen, then greeted Iwanaga Kotoko and joked with Luo Shu and Him.
• Tachibana Kirika, Natsuki Minamiya, and Suzuka Dairenji arrived, and Natsuki confronted Luo Shu over his leave request claiming he was going home to marry his childhood sweetheart.
• Luo Shu presented Him as his childhood sweetheart, but Natsuki recognized her and revealed that she had posted his leave request in the teachers’ office.
• The Cabinet officials arrived, and Nura Rikuo announced that the meeting was about to begin.

Administrative Vice-Minister Akira Fukuda explained that Minister Daichi Fujiwara was expected to seek SdS funding for a ghoul extermination operation while keeping the department from becoming hostile. Daichi accepted that he was likely being set up to resign in exchange for his brother’s release, then greeted the arriving representatives as the meeting began.

• Akira Fukuda briefed Daichi Fujiwara on the representatives and explained that the Prime Minister wanted SdS to cover part of the ghoul-extermination costs.
• Akira Fukuda hinted that Daichi’s ministerial post was part of a deal to secure the release of Daichi’s brother, and Daichi accepted the arrangement.
• Daichi greeted Tachibana Kirika and Luo Shu, who warmly shook his hand while thinking about Daichi’s daughter, Chika Fujiwara.
• Iwanaga Kotoko explained that she stayed unnoticed to avoid being pressed into service and teased Him about being even better at hiding her role.
• The Public Security Commission representatives arrived, and Tachibana Kirika urged Luo Shu and the others to enter the conference room.

At a government meeting, officials reviewed SdS intelligence on the Ghouls and learned that their population in Tokyo was about 20,000, with each needing to eat an adult human monthly. The revelation left the officials confronting the scale of the threat and the burden of responding to it.

• Daichi Fujiwara opened the meeting on how to exterminate the Ghouls, which the United Nations had classified as a B-Rated dangerous race.
• Akira Fukuda asked Tachibana Kirika to share SdS's report, and Kirika signaled Luo Shu before Him distributed the documents.
• Fujiwara and Nura Rikuo reacted with alarm when the report stated that about 20,000 Ghouls lived in Tokyo and each needed to eat at least one adult a month.
• Director Ito and other police officials realized that the Ghouls could cause 240,000 deaths a year, overwhelming current police resources.
• Daichi Fujiwara worried aloud that the responsibility for handling the crisis was too much for him to shoulder.

Luo Shu and the other officials assessed how to eliminate Japan’s Ghouls, using SdS intelligence and a coordinated force of government and Mystical Side factions. After agreeing that the threat could be tackled, Daichi Fujiwara raised the unresolved question of who would pay for the operation, leaving Luo Shu and Tachibana Kirika to respond.

• Akira Fukuda confirmed that SdS could locate most Ghouls, and Luo Shu said his department had already pinpointed their whereabouts.
• Luo Shu presented battle footage and explained that Ghouls required full-power rifle ammunition, while Cursed Spirit Bullets were needed to restrain the strongest.
• Takayanagi Dōgen proposed combining Warriors, soldiers, Monsters, Vampires, and Onmyoryo forces to carry out targeted strikes against the Ghouls.
• Director Ito and Akira Fukuda recognized that the operation required cooperation from the major factions, while Daichi Fujiwara asked who would fund it.
• Luo Shu and Tachibana Kirika exchanged a glance and reached a tacit understanding as the meeting turned to the question of costs.

Luo Shu helped secure funding and approval for an operation to exterminate the Ghouls, then left with Tachibana Kirika and Him. Him revealed that they were heading to Luo Shu's home for a meal with Kisara, leaving Luo Shu worried about what she had planned.

• Luo Shu proposed accounting for SdS intelligence fees and suggested several ways Japan could raise its share of the extermination funding, while Akira Fukuda and Director Ito explained the limits of those schemes.
• The Nura Clan, Warriors Corps, Vampires, Onmyoryo, and Monsters agreed to supply personnel for the ten-thousand-person force, and Tachibana Kirika set a deadline for the plan and mobilization.
• After the meeting, Akira Fukuda questioned Daichi Fujiwara's conduct, and Daichi explained that he wanted to protect his family from the Ghouls and suspected Luo Shu and Tachibana Kirika had planned to cover the funding shortfall.
• Daichi Fujiwara asked Akira Fukuda about inviting Luo Shu to a private family dinner, and Akira suggested sending him an invitation.
• In the car, Tachibana Kirika teased Luo Shu before leaving him with Him, who revealed she had arranged a meal at Luo Shu's home with Kisara.

Nura Rikuo asked Iwanaga Kotoko how the Nura Clan should deal with Luo Shu and SdS, and she urged him to shelter half-demons. At Luo Shu’s home, Him provoked Kisara with stories about Luo Shu’s other romantic interests until Kisara vanished toward his unlocked room.

• Iwanaga Kotoko warned Nura Rikuo that Luo Shu was a terrifying monster but said his ideals and personality fit SdS.
• Iwanaga Kotoko advised Nura Rikuo to have the Nura Clan shelter half-demons and align itself with SdS, and he accepted that monsters still had a choice.
• Him visited Luo Shu’s home and teased Kisara during lunch before Luo Shu left to nap ahead of the ghoul operation.
• Him told Kisara about Luo Shu’s agreements and apparent connections with other women, then urged her to make a move before someone else did.
• Kisara disappeared toward Luo Shu’s room, leaving Him surprised and joking that she hoped Lacus Clyne would not mind.

Luo Shu treated his wounds while Him and Kisara teased him about their relationship, then received a report that the Third Angel, Tokisaki Kurumi, had arrived in Japan. Him suspected the Union had leaked information about the ghouls, and Luo Shu prepared to face whatever Kurumi’s arrival brought.

• Him treated the bite wounds Kisara had left on Luo Shu, and Luo Shu used his ability to transfer Kisara’s pain to Him before absorbing it again.
• Him teased Luo Shu about his relationships with Kisara and Mira Tsubakihara, while Kisara explained that she had poured desire into him and accidentally gotten carried away.
• Luo Shu received an email from Sharon reporting that the Third Angel was suspected to have secretly arrived in Japan.
• Him suggested the Union had leaked the ghouls’ danger-rating report and that Tokisaki Kurumi might have come to absorb their time.
• Luo Shu agreed Kurumi could be targeting the ghouls and resigned himself to dealing with the trouble ahead.

The Washuu family struggled to secure food and political influence in the new world as Washuu Tsuneyoshi demanded results from his relatives. Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Police Department and its allies prepared Operation Cleanup, which Director Ito began to announce.

• Washuu Tsuneyoshi ordered Kichimura Washuu and Washuu Matsuri to pursue Yoshiko Ozawa, and directed Kishou Arima to build connections at the University of Tokyo and join the Metropolitan Police Department.
• Washuu Souta reported that Aogiri Tree and Anteiku had raided hospitals, and said he had infiltrated both factions to locate their food stores while collecting five hundred portions for the family.
• Kishou Arima reflected that he had helped Eto Yoshimura infiltrate the V Organization and leak its crematorium plan, and considered the forces gathering to exterminate Ghouls.
• At the Metropolitan Police Department, Kiyonaga Matsumoto reported plans for a joint military exercise and diplomatic cooperation, while Director Ito ordered old grenades prepared for the operation.
• Nura Rikuo promised a large fireworks display, and Takayanagi Dōgen said Tokyo's gangsters were ready to take responsibility for incidents as Director Ito began announcing Operation Cleanup.

Yoshimura’s group struggled through a meal while he reflected on the Ghouls they had abandoned, as Eto Yoshimura prepared a test amid Aogiri Tree’s brutal selection. Meanwhile, Operation Cleanup began across Tokyo, and the assembled leaders learned that Luo Shu was preparing to confront an Angel from Astronomy of Truth.

• Yoshimura questioned whether he had been right to abandon most of the Ghouls Anteiku had supported, while Touka Kirishima and Hinami Fueguchi criticized Renji Yomo’s badly prepared green peppers.
• Eto Yoshimura learned that Tatara had found eighteen powerful Ghouls who had never hunted humans and ordered him to recruit eligible family members to bring their group closer to thirty-five.
• Eto explained that she had staged the slaughter to test how many monsters were in the city, leaving nearly a hundred murderous Ghouls gathered in the warehouse.
• Tokyo’s military units began Operation Cleanup, with squads sent to kill assigned Ghoul targets using detailed intelligence.
• Iwanaga Kotoko inferred that Luo Shu had gathered the Ghoul intelligence and learned from Tachibana Kirika that he was preparing to face an Angel from Astronomy of Truth.

Soldiers and special operatives carried out a cleanup of Ghoul targets in Nerima Ward while Shin Natsume watched his younger sister Maya work independently. Suzuka Dairenji then confronted Aogiri Tree at its warehouse and summoned twelve Shikigami to attack the assembled Ghouls.

• Three soldiers shot the S-Class Ghoul 'Wild Fox,' and a snow woman froze it before confirming the kill.
• Maya Natsume killed a Ghoul with a knitting needle and Needle Forging Art, then left the soldiers to clean up.
• Shin Natsume watched Maya leave and worried about apologizing to the Metropolitan Police Department and placating his team.
• Suzuka Dairenji entered Aogiri Tree's warehouse and identified herself as an Onmyoji.
• Suzuka summoned twelve Shikigami, which charged into the Ghouls and began slaughtering them.

Kishou Arima revealed that the Washuu Clan and Ghouls would be wiped out that night, while Kiryu Ichiru killed Washuu Souta with a Vampire Council bullet. The Nura Clan’s strike force eliminated Washuu Tsuneyoshi and the Washuu household, leaving the clan destroyed.

• Washuu Souta confronted Kishou Arima about arranging an encounter with an Aogiri Tree member and invited him to join forces against the Washuu Clan.
• Kishou Arima refused, saying the Washuu Clan and Ghouls would cease to exist after that night, then entered a hidden passage where Kiryu Ichiru was waiting.
• Kiryu Ichiru shot Washuu Souta with a Spirit-Possessed Bullet, whose brambles drained his life force and condensed it into a Life Crystal.
• Gyuki and the Nura Clan’s Monsters killed Washuu Tsuneyoshi and the other residents of the Washuu estate, then confirmed the targets were dead.
• Gyuki ordered Mezumaru to notify human headquarters that the estate could be cleaned up, as the Washuu Clan’s rule ended.

Suzuka Dairenji attacked Aogiri Tree with her Shikigami, but Tokisaki Kurumi intervened and forced her to escape. Tokisaki pursued her to a hotel, where Luo Shu and Natsuki Minamiya confronted the Time Angel.

• Suzuka Dairenji used her Shikigami to overwhelm the Ghouls in the warehouse and corner Eto Yoshimura, Tatara, and Ayato Kirishima.
• Eto Yoshimura transformed into her Kakuja form and fled with Tatara and Ayato Kirishima, while Suzuka Dairenji trapped the remaining Ghouls behind a barrier.
• Tokisaki Kurumi appeared and began devouring the Ghouls with her City of Devouring Time, prompting Suzuka Dairenji to escape through a paper doll.
• Suzuka Dairenji reached a hotel and decided to seek information about Tokisaki Kurumi before fighting her again.
• Tokisaki Kurumi appeared in the hotel room, but Luo Shu aimed a pistol at her while Natsuki Minamiya declared that her tutoring of Suzuka Dairenji was over.

Luo Shu, Natsuki Minamiya, and Suzuka Dairenji tried to capture Tokisaki Kurumi, but her clones and spatial powers turned the ambush into a chaotic fight. Luo Shu’s Calamity Bestowal drove Kurumi’s clones away, and the encounter ended with Kurumi wary of him and her clones suffering mysterious stomach pain.

• Suzuka Dairenji blocked the window with Shikigami while Luo Shu and Natsuki Minamiya kept Tokisaki Kurumi surrounded.
• Tokisaki Kurumi revealed four more versions of herself, and Natsuki Minamiya used a Spatial Spell Formula to seal the City of Devouring Time.
• Luo Shu offered Kurumi a place in SdS in exchange for an equal contract, but she refused to sign one.
• Kurumi used a spatial quake to break Natsuki Minamiya’s barrier and send more clones into the room, but Luo Shu shot the first five and used Calamity Bestowal to force the others to retreat.
• Luo Shu, Natsuki Minamiya, and Suzuka Dairenji withdrew, while Kurumi’s clones collapsed in pain and Kurumi decided to avoid Luo Shu and target Ghouls instead.

After failing to capture one of Tokisaki Kurumi’s clones, Luo Shu discussed the Angel’s danger with Tachibana Kirika and Natsuki Minamiya, then devised a plan to lure her into the Secret Management Zone. The Ghoul extermination operation was nearly finished, and Luo Shu learned that the Metropolitan Police Department’s Warriors Corps had nicknamed him the “Black Reaper.”

• Luo Shu told Tachibana Kirika that he and the others had failed to capture Tokisaki Kurumi’s clone or agree on cooperation.
• Tachibana Kirika proposed that SdS members below club president rank withdraw from missions involving Tokisaki Kurumi, and asked Natsuki Minamiya to report on the Angel and assess a base barrier.
• Luo Shu realized he could lure Tokisaki Kurumi into the Secret Management Zone, but he used a misleading gesture to warn Tachibana Kirika and Natsuki Minamiya that her twelve clones were watching them.
• Natsuki Minamiya changed the subject to the Ghoul operation, and Tachibana Kirika said the forces at Sakuradamon were withdrawing after nearly routing the twenty thousand Ghouls.
• Tachibana Kirika told Luo Shu that the Warriors Corps called him the “Black Reaper” for ordering the extermination of twenty thousand Ghouls during his debut battle.

After the operation, Luo Shu learned that Suzuka Dairenji would be assigned to the Secret Management Department as an intern for two years. He left alone to draw Tokisaki Kurumi out and encountered someone waiting in a dark alley.

• Tachibana Kirika told Suzuka Dairenji that she would be sent from Onmyoryo to work as an intern at the Secret Management Department for two years, making Luo Shu her boss.
• Suzuka Dairenji worried that the assignment would disrupt her planned business selling Luck-Changing Talismans, while Luo Shu welcomed the prospect of having a capable new subordinate.
• Luo Shu, Tachibana Kirika, and Natsuki Minamiya discussed handling the operation’s aftermath, and Luo Shu joked with Tachibana Kirika about embezzling public funds.
• The Nura Clan held its Nura Fireworks Festival across Tokyo’s twenty-three wards to cover the sounds of the ongoing fighting and help preserve the Common-Sense Society.
• Luo Shu walked alone into a dim alley and found a figure waiting ahead, remarking that they had arrived quickly.

Luo Shu and Sharon confronted Tokisaki Kurumi, who had secretly followed them after Sharon captured one of her clones. After Luo Shu revealed that his Calamity Bestowal had transferred a lover’s intimate pain to Kurumi, her composure finally crumbled.

• Sharon arrived to meet Luo Shu, asked for paid leave, and agreed to spend Sunday afternoon with him.
• Sharon revealed that she had captured a Tokisaki Kurumi clone, but Luo Shu deduced the clone had been created after his earlier fight with Kurumi.
• Kurumi’s clones surrounded Luo Shu and Sharon, and Sharon admitted that Kurumi had altered her memories with an Abyssal Artifact.
• Luo Shu trusted Sharon because he could sense through their Familia bond that she was not under Kurumi’s control, and Kurumi conceded that he and Sharon could take the clone.
• Kurumi asked Luo Shu why his ability had caused her clones stomach pain, and he explained that he had transferred the pain from his lover.
• Luo Shu revealed that the pain came from a lover who knew his body intimately, and Kurumi lost her composure after her clones suggested what he meant.

Luo Shu negotiated with Tokisaki Kurumi after restraining her, letting her clones shoot him before they departed and leaving one Kurumi behind. He assigned the captive to work as a confined secretary at the Secret Management Department, then explained his only available restraining trick and earned her furious disapproval.

• Tokisaki Kurumi demanded to withdraw her clones, but Luo Shu negotiated to keep one behind as a communication officer.
• Tokisaki Kurumi’s clones fired thirteen shots into Luo Shu’s left leg, but he remained unharmed, and the clones departed with a warning that she would return.
• Luo Shu told the remaining Tokisaki Kurumi that she would work as a secretary confined to the Secret Management Department’s base.
• Luo Shu revealed that his crude ability had been his only available way to restrain Tokisaki Kurumi, prompting Sharon to keep her distance.
• Tokisaki Kurumi told Luo Shu that no girl would ever like him.

After Operation Cleanup, officials agreed to conceal the Self-Defense Forces’ heavy casualties to preserve political support and funding. At Lycoris Cafe, Tachibana Kirika negotiated how to use the remaining Ghoul-operation funds with Luo Shu and Him, then raised the matter of Luo Shu’s newly recruited angel secretary.

• Daichi Fujiwara learned that the Self-Defense Forces had suffered 117 deaths despite receiving accurate Ghoul intelligence, and that an earlier report concealed the true losses.
• Akira Fukuda, Takayanagi Dōgen, and Director Ito explained that the Self-Defense Forces hid their casualties to maintain soldiers’ confidence and proposed inflating the number of Ghouls still at large.
• Daichi Fujiwara agreed to cover up the losses after Akira Fukuda reminded him that the Self-Defense Forces could provide 300,000 votes each year.
• At Lycoris Cafe, Luo Shu told Tachibana Kirika and Him that about 13.2 billion yen remained after paying for Ghoul modifications, and Him offered to handle the funeral industry arrangements.
• Tachibana Kirika proposed reserving three billion yen for the Ghoul situation and using the rest for equipment, but Luo Shu argued that he could suppress Abyssal Artifacts himself.
• Tachibana Kirika withheld the agreed Abyssal Artifacts and equipment until Luo Shu proved his method worked, then asked about the angel secretary he had recruited.

Tachibana Kirika questioned Luo Shu about keeping Tokisaki Kurumi at the Secret Management Department, but agreed to let him continue cautiously while warning him to protect SdS. At the Base, Luo Shu welcomed several recruits, only for Eriri to realize that everyone present was new.

• Tachibana Kirika challenged Luo Shu over making Tokisaki Kurumi his secretary and letting her move around the Base.
• Luo Shu argued that Kurumi might be brought over to their side, while Kirika urged him to restrict her access to confidential information and eliminate her if she threatened SdS.
• Kirika told Him to keep Natsuki Minamiya from learning how Kurumi's clone had been captured and wondered how Sharon had become Luo Shu's covert subordinate.
• Luo Shu gathered Yukinoshita Yukino, Utaha Kasumigaoka, Kisara, Tokisaki Kurumi, and Eriri at the Base to welcome the new members.
• Eriri realized that everyone at the welcome party was new.

Luo Shu’s department gathered for a meal, but Tokisaki Kurumi’s teasing turned it into a tense confrontation over Kisara’s claim that she was Luo Shu’s wife. Luo Shu admitted Kisara had drugged him and that he had not resisted, leaving Utaha Kasumigaoka bitterly regretting her earlier hesitation before Him arrived with liquor and found the room silent.

• Eriri complained that Luo Shu had invited everyone to eat without letting them help prepare, then called him a harem guy because the department consisted entirely of young women.
• Tokisaki Kurumi teased that the women might have to call one another sisters, and Kisara insisted she was Luo Shu’s wife, prompting Utaha Kasumigaoka to demand an explanation.
• Luo Shu revealed that Kisara had ambushed him with a demon aphrodisiac and that he had gone along with it, while Kisara said he had given her all her knowledge of humans.
• Yukinoshita Yukino recognized that Tokisaki Kurumi had deliberately provoked the conflict, while Utaha Kasumigaoka regretted missing her chance with Luo Shu.
• Him arrived carrying strong liquor, announced that everyone should drink, and wondered why the gathering felt like a company criticism meeting.

Luo Shu’s gathering turned into a chaotic round of teasing as Him revealed her role in SdS and discussed the Mystical Side’s interest in Luo Shu’s genetic material. After Luo Shu exposed how he had transferred Kisara’s pain to Tokisaki Kurumi, Kurumi desperately tried to stop him from revealing what she had learned during their fight.

• Him sat on Luo Shu’s lap until Utaha Kasumigaoka and Kisara dragged her onto the sofa and identified her as SdS Intelligence Department head.
• Tokisaki Kurumi remarked that Him’s identity was worth thirty million US dollars on the black market, while Him and Kisara joked about keeping Luo Shu’s genetic material for themselves.
• Tokisaki Kurumi teased Luo Shu about his relationships, prompting him to reveal that the Research Department’s Verde had repeatedly sought his genetic material.
• Luo Shu revealed that he had transferred the pain Kisara suffered when she forced herself on him to Tokisaki Kurumi during their fight.
• Tokisaki Kurumi begged Luo Shu to stop, but he declared that she was the woman who knew his shape better than anyone else in the world.

At the Secret Management Department’s new-member barbecue, Luo Shu ended the girls’ romantic arguments by accepting money for three nights with Utaha Kasumigaoka, Him, and Kisara. Afterward, Utaha warned Eriri that she was unprepared for the dangers of their world, and the chapter ended with Utaha moving her night with Luo Shu forward and agreeing to go to her place.

• Luo Shu jokingly offered to spend a night with anyone who paid him two hundred thousand yen, then accepted money from Utaha Kasumigaoka, Kisara, and Him and assigned them successive nights.
• Luo Shu silenced the gathering’s disputes and welcomed the girls to the Secret Management Department before the barbecue ended.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka confronted Eriri about neglecting her training and warned her that Ghouls made their world dangerous, prompting Eriri to run off in tears.
• Luo Shu told Utaha Kasumigaoka he would visit the Sawamura family and admitted he felt responsible for bringing Eriri into their world.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka stopped Luo Shu near a love hotel, refused a refund, and asked to move their night up; Luo Shu suggested going to her place in Ikebukuro, and she agreed.

At Utaha Kasumigaoka’s apartment, Luo Shu paid out points to the people who helped with the operation against Ghoul and explained the costly requirements for advancing to the Hero Rank Class Temple Guardian. Utaha worried that she was falling behind Kisara and Sharon, while Luo Shu noted that his own advancement path was difficult too.

• Utaha Kasumigaoka teased Luo Shu about going home to comfort Kisara, then encouraged him to focus on taking over Ghoul’s remaining forces.
• Luo Shu awarded 1,000 points to each person who helped search for intelligence during the operation against Ghoul.
• Luo Shu checked his system rewards and saw that eliminating Ghoul had earned him 80,000 points, though he kept his nearly 210,000-point total from Utaha.
• Luo Shu explained the expensive materials and dangerous ritual required to advance to the Hero Rank Class Temple Guardian.
• Luo Shu told Utaha that Sharon had gathered nearly all the materials needed for her advancement, prompting Utaha to worry about her usefulness to him.
• Luo Shu reassured Utaha that Sharon had started from a higher position and showed her his own Class, Calamity Priest (Hero Rank).