Chapter Summaries

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.

Luo Shu obtained the Metropolitan Police Department’s genuine report on the stolen corpse and left to investigate with Juzo Megure and the others. Yomi Isayama collected the Ministry of the Environment’s copy, then decided to follow Luo Shu.

• Kiyonaga Matsumoto and Hyoue Kuroda produced the genuine field report and arranged for Juzo Megure’s team to accompany Luo Shu.
• Luo Shu verified the report, noticed Shin Natsume and Maya Natsume’s names, and set off with Juzo Megure, Miwako Sato, Wataru Takagi, Tachibana Kirika, and Kisara.
• Hyoue Kuroda gave Noriyuki Iijima the Ministry of the Environment’s promised copy of the report for Ms. Jinguji.
• Yomi Isayama left the office, watched Luo Shu’s group, and chose to follow him.

Luo Shu and Kisara headed to the Ghoul corpse-theft scene while Yomi Isayama followed them, and Luo Shu considered recruiting Kisara into his Familia after the investigation. Meanwhile, Eto Yoshimura sought information about Luo Shu from Him but left when she learned the price.

• Kisara warned Luo Shu that Yomi Isayama was dangerous, then admitted she was jealous because Yomi matched Luo Shu's preferred type of girl.
• Luo Shu and Kisara got into Wataru Takagi's police car, and Luo Shu decided to treat the Ghoul investigation as an assessment for recruiting Kisara into his Familia.
• Juzo Megure and his colleagues drove toward Beika Town, followed by Noriyuki Iijima with Yomi Isayama in his BMW.
• Him told Eto Yoshimura that identifying Luo Shu and revealing his preferences or background would cost far more than the two million dollars Eto offered.
• Eto Yoshimura declined to pay the higher price and left Him's establishment.

Luo Shu learned that Eto Yoshimura had bought intelligence about him, then identified her as the One-Eyed King and Aogiri Tree’s strongest fighter. He began considering an extermination plan and arrived at a crematorium with Kisara.

• Him told Luo Shu that she had sold Eto Yoshimura intelligence about him for two million dollars and forwarded the transaction records and recordings.
• Luo Shu confirmed Him had transferred the full fee and learned she had sold the information to raise money for the Secret Management Department.
• Luo Shu recognized Eto Yoshimura as the One-Eyed King and revised his assessment of her threat level upward.
• Luo Shu considered wiping out the Ghouls, while keeping possible recruits and investigating whether they could be changed so they no longer needed to eat humans.
• Luo Shu planned to contact Sharon and join forces with her and Kisara to test Eto Yoshimura’s strength, then arrived with Kisara at a crematorium.

Luo Shu inspected Beika Funeral Home with Juzo Megure and learned that Ghouls had stolen about 170 bodies, killed six employees, and threatened the crematorium’s business. He negotiated with manager Guo Yi for money and information in exchange for helping stop the Ghouls and supplying replacement bodies, and Guo Yi agreed to fund the deal.

• Luo Shu, Kisara, and Juzo Megure met crematorium manager Guo Yi at Beika Funeral Home, where Guo explained the business’s daily surplus of corpses and its storage hotel.
• Luo Shu and Guo Yi privately bonded over their hostility toward Japanese people, while Takagi explained that the hotel housed corpses rather than living guests.
• Guo Yi showed Luo Shu and the others the damaged morgue and revealed that Ghouls had stolen about 170 bodies, left others mutilated, and killed six employees.
• Guo Yi offered Luo Shu four billion yen and a Metropolitan Police Department donation if he could persuade the police to take the Ghouls more seriously.
• Luo Shu demanded thirteen billion yen and an additional police donation, then offered to provide Ghoul bodies in exchange for eight billion yen and information from captured Ghouls.
• Guo Yi praised Luo Shu’s business sense and agreed that his company would provide the money.

Luo Shu interrogated the captured Ghoul Yamori at Beika Funeral Home, revealing his ties to Aogiri Tree and demonstrating his ability to extract memories. The Metropolitan Police Department officers witnessed the extraction as Yamori was left helpless in his restraints.

• Miwako Sato and Wataru Takagi speculated that Luo Shu and Juzo Megure were hiding evidence of man-eating monsters, but Megure sent Takagi and the other officers away and made Sato stay as a confidential witness.
• Luo Shu arranged for the captured Ghoul Yamori to be brought into a spell-protected alloy room, where Kisara lifted the coffin lid with extraordinary strength.
• Guo Yi tried to threaten Yamori into revealing who sent him to steal bodies, but Yamori mocked him and described eating his family; Kisara punched him to stop him.
• Luo Shu identified Yamori as an Aogiri Tree Ghoul and deduced that he had sabotaged another organization's operation, but Yamori refused to confirm the details.
• Luo Shu explained that he could extract memories, then pulled Yamori's memories from his mind in front of Juzo Megure, Miwako Sato, and Guo Yi, forming them into a white glass marble.