Chapter Summaries

Luo Shu analyzed Vassago’s crystallized knowledge authority and discovered that the memories within it revealed the origin of the Calamity Messenger Class. He chose to pursue that Class and used the crystal’s calamity power as advancement material, leaving Kisara asleep in the hospital bed.

• Luo Shu ordered the system to archive Vassago’s memories and list Classes suited to him, then ruled out Wind Contractee and Knowledge Demon.
• Luo Shu viewed Vassago’s memory of answering a follower’s prayer in the Calamity King’s divine kingdom, where the Calamity King’s power injured him and left a fragment of calamity authority in the knowledge returned to him.
• Luo Shu deduced that the Calamity Messenger Class came from his divine kingdom and that the crystal held advancement material for both Knowledge Demon and Calamity Messenger.
• Luo Shu crushed the crystal, separated its knowledge and calamity powers, and chose to take in the calamity crystal.
• Luo Shu used a Wind Blade to cut a water bottle, dropped the crystal into the water, and drank it while Kisara remained in the hospital bed.

Luo Shu became a Calamity Messenger and used his new abilities to heal Kisara and give her everyday knowledge. Kisara woke and spoke, but her first question left Luo Shu regretting what he had taught her.

• Luo Shu advanced to Calamity Messenger and learned he could bestow, perceive, and absorb calamities.
• Luo Shu used his God's-Eye View to identify Kisara's wound, sedatives, and malnutrition, then absorbed all three by touching her hand.
• Kisara woke up, but could only make sounds, so Luo Shu decided to give her common knowledge using the Fragment of the Authority of Knowledge.
• Luo Shu bestowed common knowledge on Kisara, who soon opened her eyes and asked if he was her master.
• Luo Shu froze when Kisara asked if she could be his dog.

Luo Shu agreed to let Kisara stay by his side and began arranging to conceal her identity as a demon. He brought her out of the medical cabin to seek Lacus Clyne’s help, only to find the Action Team aiming their weapons at him.

• Kisara asked Luo Shu if she could be his dog, and he agreed while telling her to keep it secret.
• Luo Shu learned that Kisara remembered no name besides the one he had taught her and decided to help hide her identity as a demon.
• Kisara put on clogs and a hospital gown after removing her stone-like clothing.
• Luo Shu led Kisara out of the medical cabin, intending to tell Lacus Clyne about her.
• The Action Team aimed twelve laser sights at Luo Shu when he and Kisara reached the deck, leaving Kisara wondering who the real demon was.

Luo Shu brought Kisara to Lacus Clyne, where the First Action Team confronted him before Lacus explained she had authorized the visit. After Lacus agreed to arrange Kisara’s cover identity and entrust her to Luo Shu, Kisara declared she wanted to be his wife—or his dog, leaving Luo Shu mortified.

• Lacus Clyne told the First Action Team she had asked Luo Shu to bring Kisara, and the guards lowered their guns while keeping the pair separated from Lacus.
• Tachibana Kirika scolded Luo Shu for failing to give notice, and Luo Shu admitted his mistake while explaining that his ability could heal any injury that was not immediately fatal.
• The First Action Team realized Luo Shu’s healing ability made him valuable to Lacus, while Tachibana Kirika accused him of showing off for Lacus and hiding things from her.
• Lacus checked that Kisara was well and agreed to arrange a cover identity for her and keep her demon identity secret.
• When Lacus suggested Kisara could be given the identity of Luo Shu’s younger sister, Kisara insisted on being his wife, or his dog, and Luo Shu felt socially mortified.

Luo Shu and Tachibana Kirika discussed recruiting the Yukinoshita Family before learning that the Onmyoryo might reach them first. The chapter ended when Yukinoshita Yukino opened her father's hospital-room door to a mysterious black-haired girl in a school uniform.

• Luo Shu lamented his situation as Tachibana Kirika drove him and Kisara to the Temporary Pier.
• Tachibana Kirika reminded Luo Shu that he had promised to help recruit the Yukinoshita Family and explained that she wanted them assigned to his safer Direct Department.
• Luo Shu questioned Tachibana Kirika's recruitment methods and complained that she had sent him to the front lines when he was inexperienced.
• Tachibana Kirika warned that the Onmyoryo might contact the Yukinoshita Family if they waited, prompting Luo Shu to realize the Onmyoryo were involved in Chiba's lockdown.
• Yukinoshita Yukino answered the door of her father's VIP hospital ward and found an unfamiliar black-haired girl in a high school uniform.

Hoshikagi Shirayuki visited the Yukinoshita family at the hospital to discuss the secrecy rules surrounding Demons. As she began to suggest the family could join the Onmyoryo, an uninvited visitor entered the lounge.

• Hoshikagi Shirayuki introduced herself to Yukinoshita Yukino as a special-grade onmyoji and asked to speak with her mother.
• Yukino denied knowing about Demons, but Shirayuki explained that the Onmyoryo and SDS had cooperated with the police and Garrison to lock down Chiba Prefecture.
• Shirayuki revealed that her family ran Hoshikagi Shrine, and Yukino realized the local priestly families had helped suppress information about supernatural incidents.
• Yukinoshita Haruno and her mother joined them, and Shirayuki explained that outsiders involved in supernatural incidents would have their memories sealed unless the Yukinoshita Family joined the Onmyoryo.
• An uninvited person entered the lounge just as Shirayuki began to explain the possibility of the family joining.

Luo Shu joined the discussion between Hoshikagi Shirayuki, Yukinoshita Haruno, and Yukinoshita Yukino about the Yukinoshita Family’s access to Hoshikagi Shrine’s sorcerous inheritance. After Shirayuki revealed her mother’s demands, Luo Shu offered the family a different route through SDS.

• Kisara accompanied Luo Shu into the room, where he identified himself as a member of SDS’s Secret Management Department and recognized Hoshikagi Shirayuki.
• Luo Shu revealed how much he knew about Shirayuki’s background and connected with her by saying he was Natsuki’s student.
• Shirayuki explained that her mother wanted to seal the Yukinoshita Family’s memories because political families were barred from joining the supernatural side.
• Shirayuki said her mother would grant access to Hoshikagi Shrine’s inheritance if the Yukinoshita Family paid one hundred million dollars and had a child adopted into the Hoshigami Family.
• Luo Shu offered the Yukinoshita Family an opening for someone to join SDS.

Luo Shu offered the Yukinoshita Family a position in SDS in exchange for its support of the planned Chiba Prefecture branch. Yukinoshita Yukino chose to join SDS, leaving her family’s supernatural involvement—and her own future—set on a new course.

• Luo Shu offered to recruit one member of the Yukinoshita Family in return for its influence supporting the SDS Chiba Prefecture Branch.
• Yukinoshita Yukino asked whether joining SDS would exempt her family from having their memories erased, and Luo Shu confirmed it.
• Yukinoshita Yukino concluded that she was the family member most likely to be sent into the supernatural world and told Yukinoshita Haruno she would make her own choice.
• Yukinoshita Haruno accepted Yukino’s decision, and Yukinoshita Yukino agreed to join SDS as Luo Shu’s junior.

Mrs. Yukinoshita accepted Yukino’s decision to join SDS after Haruno explained that the department was safe, while Hoshikagi Miyuki saw the choice as a chance to build indirect ties with SDS. Yukino left with Luo Shu, whose unlicensed driving soon terrified her.

• Mrs. Yukinoshita reprimanded Haruno for not steering Yukino toward Hoshikagi Shrine, then agreed to let Yukino join SDS and told Haruno to suspend her studies at Sobu High School.
• Haruno realized that her mother cared about Yukino as she left the hospital to handle the school arrangements.
• Shirayuki told Hoshikagi Miyuki that Yukino had chosen SDS, and Miyuki accepted the outcome and instructed Shirayuki to return home.
• Shirayuki confirmed that she had added Luo Shu’s contact information and ended the call after Miyuki complained about the Onmyoryo.
• Yukino questioned Luo Shu’s right-side driving, and he swerved into the left lane before admitting he had never taken a driving test.

Yukinoshita Yukino met Chisato Nishikigi and joined Luo Shu and Kisara at a celebration dinner, where she learned Luo Shu had become a department head only three days after joining. She began to suspect the real irregularity in SDS was Luo Shu himself.

• Luo Shu brought Yukinoshita Yukino and Kisara to a sukiyaki restaurant, where Chisato Nishikigi greeted them and welcomed Yukino as a newcomer.
• Chisato Nishikigi linked arms with Yukino and Kisara and led them into a party celebrating the mission and Yukino's arrival.
• Mizuki Nakahara was shocked to learn from Takina Inoue that Kisara would become their colleague in Luo Shu's department.
• Luo Shu revealed that Chairwoman Lacus Clyne had approved his new department two hours earlier, just three days after he joined.
• Mizuki Nakahara complained about Luo Shu's rapid promotion and declared she would make him pay for the meal and get him drunk.
• Yukinoshita Yukino concluded that Luo Shu, rather than SDS's recruitment process, was seriously unusual.

At a sukiyaki celebration, Luo Shu discussed his new department and Yukinoshita Yukino’s transfer with Mika, who warned him about becoming department head too soon. Luo Shu stood by his decision and asked Mika to help Yukino learn, while the gathering ended in a comic struggle over the Kobe Wagyu.

• Mizuki Nakahara tried to pour Luo Shu a drink, but Mika stopped her from encouraging a high school student to drink.
• Chisato Nishikigi learned from Tachibana Kirika that Yukinoshita Yukino was transferring to Luo Shu’s new department and lamented losing her to another team.
• Luo Shu and Mika discussed Yukino’s inexperience and the risks of Luo Shu becoming a department head before proper training.
• Luo Shu explained that Chairwoman Lacus Clyne and Chief Tachibana had supported his independent work, and he asked Mika to help train Yukinoshita Yukino.
• Chisato Nishikigi kept taking Kobe Wagyu from Mika’s reach and placing it in others’ bowls, prompting Luo Shu and Mizuki Nakahara to restrain him.

Luo Shu told Yukinoshita Yukino to report to the Lycoris Cafe in two days and begin training with the Secret Management Department. Afterward, he drove Kisara back toward Tokyo and learned that she had enjoyed meeting the others, though her teasing question about her body caught him off guard.

• Luo Shu told Yukinoshita Yukino to settle her affairs in Chiba City and report to the Lycoris Cafe on March 21 for three months of training.
• After Yukinoshita Yukino left, Luo Shu revealed that he had only pretended to be drunk at dinner.
• Luo Shu took over driving from Kisara and asked what she thought of the gathering and Yukinoshita Yukino.
• Luo Shu explained that Yukinoshita Yukino would likely help Kisara with daily needs and studying, including learning about periods.
• Kisara asked Luo Shu to check whether demons had periods, and Luo Shu put off the request before driving toward Tokyo.

Luo Shu brought Kisara to his apartment, where she met Mira Tsubakihara and declared that she and Luo Shu had promised each other a future together. As Mira and Kisara settled into the apartment, Luo Shu considered pursuing both of them, though he decided to restrain himself for the night.

• Luo Shu brought Kisara to Room 303, and Kisara asked if it would be their home and offered to cook for him.
• Mira Tsubakihara greeted Luo Shu and met Kisara, who claimed they had promised each other a future together.
• Luo Shu told Mira that Kisara was the demon Ishaha had pursued and that he would look after her.
• Mira and Kisara agreed that Kisara would take the second bedroom while Mira borrowed the study, leaving Luo Shu to realize Mira intended to move in too.
• Luo Shu imagined having both women and went to take a cold shower to restrain himself.

Luo Shu used Vassago’s knowledge authority fragment to learn how to draw on its knowledge and how a calamity messenger could grow stronger. He decided to bestow calamity on powerful secret organizations rather than ordinary people.

• Luo Shu discovered that the knowledge authority fragment could answer questions and bestow knowledge as a powerful attack.
• Luo Shu asked the fragment how to increase his power as a calamity messenger without relying on points.
• Luo Shu saw a vision of a traveler who absorbed and spread calamities, gaining power when others endured them.
• Luo Shu concluded that spreading calamity could strengthen him and that overcoming it could provide further power.
• Luo Shu decided to bestow calamity on the strong and on secret organizations that brought calamity to others.

Luo Shu shared breakfast with Kisara before leaving to meet Tachibana Kirika about his new department. Kisara went shopping with Mira while Luo Shu learned that his department had been established as the Secret Management Department and discovered Kisara had left lipstick on his cheek.

• Kisara made Luo Shu breakfast and told him she planned to shop with Mira that afternoon.
• Luo Shu gave Kisara his credit card and money for shopping, and Kisara gave him fare and lunch money before kissing his cheek goodbye.
• Tachibana Kirika picked Luo Shu up and told him his new department, the Secret Management Department, would manage dangerous items and harmful organisms and handle special targets.
• Tachibana Kirika teased Luo Shu about the lipstick mark Kisara had left on his cheek.

Luo Shu learned that SDS offered new members a custom-made gene serum that greatly enhanced their abilities, and Lacus Clyne explained its benefits and risks. The chapter ended with Lacus offering to keep Luo Shu’s genetic test report exclusively in her custody, and Luo Shu agreeing to take the test.

• Tachibana Kirika brought Luo Shu to Kamijo Private Hospital’s Underground Hospital, where he met Lacus Clyne.
• Lacus explained that SDS’s sixth-generation gene serum could increase physical and mental capabilities eight- to tenfold, with only a small reduction in fertility.
• Tachibana revealed that she and Lacus had received first-generation serum, while Lacus kept the truth about her origins from Tachibana.
• Lacus and Tachibana explained why SDS would not mass-produce the serum, citing safety risks and the need to protect the department’s interests.
• Lacus offered to keep Luo Shu’s genetic test report confidential, and Luo Shu said the test sounded interesting.

Dr. Verde objected to the resources spent examining Luo Shu, but Tachibana Kirika explained that Luo Shu might possess abilities linked to a Level 4 Abyssal Artifact. Verde agreed to proceed, and the examination produced readings he declared impossible for a human.

• Dr. Verde complained to Lacus Clyne that bringing Research Laboratory Zero to Japan for Luo Shu’s examination wasted resources and risked the team’s memories.
• Tachibana Kirika told Verde that Luo Shu was an unaffiliated awakened ability user with powerful mental strength, wind magic, and potent healing abilities.
• Verde recognized that Luo Shu might be connected to a dangerous inheritance-type Abyssal Artifact above Level 3 and agreed that the examination was worth conducting.
• Verde started the examination after Luo Shu lay in the apparatus, then noticed Luo Shu seemed able to look through a window designed to block mental power.
• Verde saw the examination results and cried out that the readings were impossible for a human.

Verde discovered that Luo Shu’s physical and mental readings far exceeded human and demon norms and might mark him as a hereditary Newtype. Lacus Clyne ordered the data protected, agreed to tell Luo Shu the results, and privately considered Verde’s proposal to secure the Clyne Faction’s future through Luo Shu’s descendants.

• Verde examined Luo Shu’s readings, found his strength was still increasing, and asked Tachibana Kirika to collect genetic material for testing.
• Lacus Clyne demanded that Verde destroy the data and keep it from leaking, and Verde agreed to submit to the Memory Maze’s mental controls.
• Verde proposed that Lacus marry Luo Shu and bear his children if his traits proved hereditary, arguing that the Clyne Faction needed to secure the next generation’s power.
• Lacus Clyne told Tachibana Kirika that Luo Shu had acted out of trust in her, while Tachibana Kirika joked that he had been trying to win Lacus over.
• Verde recommended keeping Luo Shu in a safe department and cooperating with him, and Lacus ordered that he receive all the data about his body while asking them not to mention the marriage proposal.

Verde completed Luo Shu’s examination and gave Lacus Clyne the full report along with ordinary-looking results to conceal his condition. Verde then endorsed Luo Shu as a suitable supporter and potential partner for Lacus, leaving Luo Shu to read his medical data.

• Luo Shu met Verde, learned he led the SDS Research Laboratory, and teased Tachibana Kirika about understanding why he had kept his condition secret.
• Lacus Clyne asked Verde for the complete results and a misleading version to pass off as normal test results.
• Verde warned Luo Shu not to masturbate and offered to arrange an adult actress, prompting Lacus Clyne to rebuke him.
• Luo Shu secretly used the Fragment of the Authority of Knowledge to plant knowledge in Verde’s mind as a contingency, and Verde sensed the change.
• Verde asked whether Luo Shu was courting Lacus Clyne and said he would recommend him to Mr. Siegel as a fitting match and supporter for her.
• Luo Shu accepted Verde’s compliment and began reading his report.

Verde examined Luo Shu and explained that his body was transforming beyond human limits, then secured approval to use Coordinator Drug components to accelerate his growth. He also introduced the Nutrition Detector and presented Luo Shu with a special ring, which Luo Shu recognized as a Vongola Ring.

• Verde used a device to assess Luo Shu's physical condition and predicted that his strength would continue increasing as his body transformed.
• Verde offered to collect Luo Shu's genetic information, but Luo Shu mocked him and refused the test tube.
• Verde explained that Coordinator Drug components could serve as nutritional supplements, and Lacus Clyne approved their use to double Luo Shu's rate of growth.
• Verde arranged to examine Luo Shu weekly and obtained Lacus Clyne's approval to equip department members with Nutrition Detectors that could also track their locations.
• Verde showed Luo Shu a special Nutrition Detector ring, and Luo Shu identified it as a Vongola Ring.