Recaps

Su Chen, Sanemi Shinazugawa, Kyojuro Rengoku, and Inosuke Hashibira began a two-hour rescue competition at the Butterfly Mansion. Inosuke struggled to collect patients as the Hashira snatched them away, while Su Chen watched from above.

• Sanemi Shinazugawa, Kyojuro Rengoku, and Inosuke Hashibira joined Su Chen's wager, and the four became the competition's contestants.
• Shinobu Kocho explained the rules: contestants earned points for bringing patients to the mansion, had two hours, and surrendered their Nichirin Blades before starting.
• Shinobu Kocho declared the competition underway, and the four contestants raced out to find injured Demon Slayer Corps members.
• Inosuke Hashibira charged toward a patient, but Kyojuro Rengoku reached the man first and carried him away.
• Sanemi Shinazugawa knocked Inosuke Hashibira into roadside bushes as he tried to reach another patient, leaving Inosuke confused about what had hit him.
• Nearly an hour later, the two Hashira had swept up the injured people nearby, while Su Chen surveyed the area from the highest point of the Butterfly Mansion.

Su Chen used Bullet Domain to survey the mountain and spotted injured Demon Slayers and a village below, then left the competition route to investigate. He found a building packed with people wounded by demons and met Murata, who explained that demons had attacked the village the previous night.

• Su Chen activated Bullet Domain from the mansion roof, locating injured Demon Slayers on the mountain and a village with medicinal herbs below.
• Shinobu Kocho, Kanao Tsuyuri, and Aoi Kanzaki watched Su Chen disappear from the roof while Shinazugawa and Kyojuro continued bringing patients back.
• Su Chen followed his discovery down the mountain and entered a building filled with injured people, including Demon Slayer Corps members.
• Su Chen recognized Murata, and Murata confirmed that demons had injured the people in the village the previous night.

Su Chen arranged for the wounded villagers to receive treatment at the Butterfly Mansion in exchange for money or medicinal herbs, then led them up the mountain. He noticed the village chief had secretly removed his blindfold and decided the man could not be allowed to reach the Mansion.

• Murata explained that a demon attack had injured many villagers, while the local doctor lacked the skill and capacity to treat them.
• Su Chen proposed taking the wounded to the Butterfly Mansion, and the villagers agreed to contribute money or medicinal herbs for treatment.
• Su Chen and Murata organized the villagers into blindfolded lines and led them up the mountain with Demon Slayer Corps members guarding them.
• Su Chen caught the village chief secretly replacing his slipped blindfold and suspected the man posed a risk to the Butterfly Mansion.
• Su Chen halted the group after deciding he could not let the village chief reach the Mansion.

Su Chen kept the villagers together by sending the village chief and a barefoot doctor back, then had Murata follow them after noticing the chief’s resentment. As the competition neared its end, Su Chen returned to the Butterfly Mansion with a huge, blindfolded crowd of injured people, leaving Shinazugawa and the others stunned.

• Su Chen persuaded the villagers to send the village chief back with the barefoot doctor, then asked Murata to follow them after spotting resentment in the chief’s eyes.
• Shinazugawa led the scoreboard with nine points, ahead of Kyojuro’s eight and a half, while Inosuke’s score fell to negative ten after he deliberately injured a Corps member.
• Shinazugawa urged Shinobu Kocho to end the competition, but she reminded him he still needed Su Chen to ask about the Demon Slayer Mark.
• As the time limit ran out, Su Chen arrived with a large crowd of injured people wearing blindfolds and carrying copper coins, shocking everyone at the Butterfly Mansion.

Su Chen brought a crowd of injured villagers to the Butterfly Mansion, where Shinobu Kocho and Aoi Kanzaki collected payment and arranged their treatment. After Su Chen organized the chaotic admissions, Shinobu thanked him, then punched him when he teased her.

• Su Chen led the blindfolded villagers to the Butterfly Mansion and told them to follow the nurses’ instructions and pay for treatment.
• The villagers crowded Shinobu Kocho with copper coins, overwhelming her until she and Aoi Kanzaki opened separate checkout counters.
• Shinazugawa, Kyojuro, and Inosuke watched Su Chen’s success and accepted that he had won their contest.
• Su Chen gained insights into human resource management and devised a registration, payment, and treatment system that sorted villagers into a queue.
• The villagers paid with copper coins or medicinal herbs, and Shinobu Kocho thanked Su Chen before punching him for teasing her.

Su Chen dominated the first stage of the Rescue Competition with 199 points, then Shinobu Kocho began the treatment-based second stage at the Butterfly Mansion. Inosuke was knocked down before he could reach the easy cases, while Su Chen left the others to compete for them and prepared to act as a doctor.

• Shinobu Kocho announced the first-stage scores: Su Chen had 199 points, Sanemi Shinazugawa had 9, Kyojuro Rengoku had 8.5, and Inosuke had -10.
• Shinobu Kocho led the competitors into the Butterfly Mansion and explained that they would earn one point for every patient they helped cure across four departments.
• Inosuke spotted the minor injuries in the Surgery room and rushed toward them, but Kyojuro Rengoku overtook him after following his lead.
• Sanemi Shinazugawa crashed into Inosuke, breaking a bone and sending his boar mask flying.
• Inosuke fell into despair, while Su Chen watched the others pursue the easy cases and chose not to join them because he was a doctor.

Su Chen joined Shinobu Kocho and Aoi Kanzaki in the gynecology room, where patients quickly flocked to his line and teased Shinobu about their relationship. The chapter ended with Su Chen examining a man with a broken leg and asking Shinobu for the precise supplies she had identified as necessary.

• Su Chen changed into his doctor’s clothes and joined Shinobu Kocho and Aoi Kanzaki in the gynecology room to help treat patients.
• Shinobu Kocho introduced Su Chen as a Butterfly Mansion doctor, and Aoi Kanzaki praised his treatments, drawing patients to his line.
• The village women teased Shinobu Kocho about her feelings for Su Chen, leaving her visibly blushing as she treated patients.
• The patients abandoned Shinobu Kocho’s line and gathered behind Su Chen after watching him bandage a woman with impressive speed and precision.
• Two men brought in a patient with a broken leg, and Su Chen examined the injured man using Bullet Domain.
• Su Chen asked Shinobu Kocho for alcohol and medicinal herbs, naming the same supplies she had determined were needed during her diagnosis.

Su Chen treated the injured villagers and Demon Slayer Corps members at the Butterfly Mansion, rapidly improving his medical skills and finishing with 198 points. Shinobu Kocho realized his lead had settled the rescue contest, while Kyojuro Rengoku and Sanemi Shinazugawa continued working in pediatrics.

• Shinobu Kocho and Aoi Kanzaki gathered the ingredients Su Chen needed, and Su Chen healed a villager's injured leg.
• Su Chen treated Inosuke's broken bones and bandaged his chest with a decorative bow.
• Su Chen treated patients alongside Shinobu Kocho and Aoi Kanzaki, while Kanao Tsuyuri recorded his score and his medical skills advanced.
• Village women teased Shinobu Kocho about Su Chen, and Shinobu fled with a Butterfly Dance.
• Su Chen finished treating the patients, and Shinobu Kocho saw that he had scored 198 points, ahead of Sanemi Shinazugawa's 18 and Kyojuro Rengoku's 17.

After winning the first two rehabilitation contests by a wide margin, Su Chen proposed new rules for the final round that allowed custom exercises, interference, and Breathing Styles. He hoped to learn Wind Breathing from Shinazugawa, but Shinazugawa overheard Shinobu Kocho’s whispered offer to arrange lessons, leaving Shinobu furious.

• Shinobu Kocho learned that Aoi Kanzaki and Kanao had given Inosuke a point for healing, leaving him with a score of -9.
• Shinazugawa saw Su Chen’s 198-point score and demanded a third round despite trailing by more than three hundred points.
• Su Chen proposed that contestants design rehabilitation exercises and compete by positive reviews, with interference and Breathing Styles allowed.
• Shinobu Kocho warned Su Chen that his opponents could stop him from finishing, while Shinazugawa realized he could use the new rules to his advantage.
• Shinobu Kocho quietly offered to arrange for Su Chen to learn Wind Breathing, but Shinazugawa overheard and loudly repeated her words.
• Shinobu Kocho glared at Shinazugawa, and Su Chen took her hand.

Shinazugawa offered to make Su Chen his Tsuguko, but Su Chen claimed he could learn Wind Breathing after one demonstration, and Kyojuro backed up his remarkable skill. As Shinazugawa prepared for the final Rehabilitation Training match, Su Chen taunted him and Shinobu Kocho stepped in to explain the rules.

• Shinazugawa offered to teach Su Chen Wind Breathing and take him on as his Tsuguko so he could observe Su Chen's Demon Slayer Mark.
• Su Chen denied wanting to learn from Shinazugawa and said he could learn Wind Breathing after watching it once.
• Kyojuro confirmed that Su Chen had learned Flame Breathing in one demonstration, improved it, cured his leg condition, and created Blazing Breathing.
• Shinazugawa challenged Su Chen to begin the final round, and Shinobu Kocho explained that Rehabilitation Training involved helping patients recover through exercises and games.
• Su Chen pointed out Shinazugawa's deficit of over three hundred points and offered him a chance to change the rules, while Shinobu Kocho stopped Shinazugawa from erupting.
• Shinobu Kocho blushed after Su Chen gave her a warm smile.

Su Chen laid out the Rehabilitation Training match rules, and Kyojuro’s praise of the Butterfly Mansion encouraged Aoi Kanzaki. When the injured Corps members chose trainers, a crowd of women rushed to join Su Chen, prompting him to cultivate an elegant idol-like persona.

• Su Chen explained that each trainer could add an activity and that patients’ positive reviews would determine the winner.
• Kyojuro praised the Butterfly Mansion’s medical staff, and Aoi Kanzaki felt encouraged by his recognition and Su Chen’s words.
• Shinazugawa found that no patients had chosen him, while five chose Kyojuro and dozens crowded around Su Chen.
• Su Chen contemplated his popularity, ran simulations, and gained idol-related skills that changed his appearance and bearing.
• Su Chen touched his chin, sending the crowd into a frenzy.

Su Chen's admirers overwhelmed the Butterfly Mansion until Kanao restored order, while Shinazugawa struggled to recruit trainees and heard the Corps members gossiping about him. He selected four men, then learned they had been fighting demons alongside his brother Genya.

• The female Corps members crowded around Su Chen, and Shinobu Kocho struggled to keep them back until Kanao used Overlord Flower Breathing Style, Second Form: Overlord's Plum Blossom, to scatter them.
• Shinobu grew jealous after realizing Su Chen had taught Kanao the Overlord Flower Breathing Style, while the crowd at the Butterfly Mansion settled down.
• Kyojuro chose trainees and prepared a rehabilitation plan as Shinazugawa tried to select men for his intense training.
• After overhearing the Corps members' complaints, Shinazugawa pointed out four men and forced them to answer him with Wind Breathing, No Sword Form: Gale-Tengu.
• One of the four men criticized Genya for breaking team rules, and another slapped him to stop him from insulting Shinazugawa's younger brother.

Su Chen organized rehabilitation training at the Butterfly Mansion, choosing Shinobu Kocho as his fifth patient while Kanao Tsuyuri demonstrated the exercises. Shinazugawa, short one patient, returned with Inosuke and insisted he could join his team.

• Shinazugawa led Genya and three others into rehabilitation after Su Chen’s explanation that the group had been holding Genya back.
• Su Chen chose Shinobu as his fifth rehabilitation patient after Kanao revealed that Shinobu still wore a bandage he had tied.
• Kanao demonstrated stretching, a medicinal-broth reaction game, and a game of cat and mouse for the assembled members.
• Shinobu told Shinazugawa he would lose if he could not find a fifth patient, so he went into the wards to get one.
• Shinazugawa returned carrying Inosuke, with Aoi clinging to his clothes, and declared that Inosuke could join his team.

Shinobu Kocho let Shinazugawa take over Inosuke’s rehabilitation while Su Chen treated the other corps members and prepared to massage her. As Shinobu lay down nervously, Su Chen activated Bullet Domain and named his newly learned technique Shadowless Massage Hand.

• Aoi Kanzaki objected to Inosuke competing because he was unusually dejected, but Shinobu Kocho let Shinazugawa try to train him.
• Shinobu Kocho watched Su Chen massage four male corps members and saw his technique improve until his hands moved too quickly for her to follow.
• Su Chen told Shinobu he had washed his hands to avoid getting her sister’s clothes sweaty, easing her fears that he might take advantage of her.
• Su Chen prepared fresh bedding, asked Shinobu to lie on her stomach, and began massaging her as she nervously tried to relax.
• Su Chen activated Bullet Domain, and the system reported that he had named his newly learned technique Shadowless Massage Hand.

Su Chen gave Shinobu Kocho an intense massage that left her unable to walk, then carried her to a private ward to recover. He reminded her that winning his competition would bring money to the Butterfly Mansion, leaving Shinobu tempted to support him despite her playful wish that he lose.

• Su Chen used his Demon Hand Massage on Shinobu Kocho, whose body relaxed until she asked him to stop.
• When Shinobu Kocho could not stand, Su Chen carried her through the watching Corps members to an empty ward.
• Su Chen explained that the massage had loosened her stiff body and urged her to return for daily treatment.
• Su Chen told Shinobu Kocho to rest until she could move again, then reminded her that his competition could earn money for the Butterfly Mansion.
• Su Chen mentioned that Shinobu Kocho could not afford him a Nichirin Blade and asked whether she could still bear to see him lose.

Shinobu Kocho reluctantly agreed to come out after Su Chen left, while Shinazugawa’s brutal massage training ended with Tomioka Dairo unconscious and dislocated. The three remaining Tomioka brothers huddled together, afraid that one of them would be next.

• Shinobu Kocho clenched her fists, agreed to come out, and watched Su Chen return to the competition area.
• Shinazugawa massaged Tomioka Dairo and scolded the four Tomioka brothers for watching Su Chen and Kyojuro’s training.
• Shinazugawa increased the force of his massage as Tomioka Dairo tried to relax, then dislocated his shoulder and knocked him unconscious.
• Aoi Kanzaki examined Tomioka Dairo, blamed Shinazugawa for using too much force, and wheeled him away.
• Tomioka Jiro, Tomioka Saburo, and Tomioka Kotaro huddled in a corner, terrified of being chosen next.

Su Chen stopped Shinazugawa from forcing the Tomioka brothers through his reckless training and explained that a doctor should prioritize patients’ recovery over winning a competition. Shinazugawa reflected on Su Chen’s advice while the patients praised Su Chen and felt grateful for his care.

• Shinazugawa tried to make Tomioka Jiro undergo a painful massage, but Su Chen appeared and stopped him.
• Su Chen questioned Shinazugawa’s harsh rehabilitation method, and Shinazugawa revealed that he had devised Infinite Onslaught Training.
• Shinazugawa saw that Su Chen’s patients had progressed through their exercises while his own patients were frightened or injured, and he asked how Su Chen had managed it.
• Su Chen told Shinazugawa to treat his patients sincerely and focus on their recovery rather than the competition.
• Shinazugawa pondered Su Chen’s advice as the Corps members and Tomioka brothers praised Su Chen and felt moved by his concern.

Inosuke regained his confidence after seeing Su Geng confront Shinazugawa, while Shinobu Kocho returned from treatment feeling stronger. Su Chen began a fourth stage of rehabilitation focused on meditation and concentration, preparing to distract the trainees with an iron rod and dustpan.

• Inosuke remembered the wild sow who had raised him, saw her strength and gentleness in Su Geng, and stood up to challenge Shinazugawa.
• Shinobu Kocho emerged from the ward feeling lighter and stronger, and thanked Su Chen for helping her.
• Su Chen told Shinazugawa that his advice also applied to his younger brother, then left with Shinobu Kocho to resume training.
• Su Chen explained that the fourth stage trained the patients to focus and think by meditating for an hour.
• Su Chen gave Shinobu Kocho an iron dustpan taken from Aoi's cart and planned to strike it with an iron rod to distract the meditating patients.

Su Chen tried to train four patients in resisting distractions, but Shinobu Kocho disrupted them with her sweet voice. He turned the lesson on Shinobu, who lost her composure when he teased her with an intimate “Sister Shinobu” before she apologized and moved away.

• Shinobu Kocho distracted Su Chen’s four patients with her gentle greetings, causing them to abandon their meditation and apologize to him.
• Su Chen decided to train Shinobu Kocho in distraction resistance and seated her for meditation.
• Su Chen whispered “Sister Shinobu” near Shinobu Kocho’s ear and blew her a kiss, making her lose her composure.
• Shinobu Kocho admitted she was wrong, regained her composure, and moved away from Su Chen.

Su Chen began a concentration exercise with four patients while Shinazugawa, worried about losing their competition, prepared to disrupt them. The chapter ended as Shinazugawa launched a bladeless Wind Breathing technique toward Su Chen and the meditating group.

• Su Chen discovered that nibbling Shinobu Kocho’s ear and calling her “Sister Shinobu” flustered her, then coached four patients in concentration and meditation.
• Inosuke collapsed after landing 101 attacks on Shinazugawa, who approved of his grit and considered him a potential Wind Hashira Tsuguko.
• Shinazugawa noticed Su Chen and the five patients meditating calmly and feared losing the competition and his chance to learn about the Demon Slayer Mark.
• Shinazugawa decided to interfere by whipping up gales, took a sword stance without a blade, and used Wind Breathing, Bladeless Form-Claws: Purifying Wind.

Su Chen used Shinazugawa’s distraction to help his patients and Shinobu Kocho meditate, while Shinazugawa disrupted Kyojuro’s rehabilitation training to keep the competition from ending. Shinazugawa then challenged Kyojuro to a one-on-one contest, determined to win the method for awakening the Demon Slayer Mark.

• Su Chen stayed calm as Shinazugawa unleashed a wind attack, and all six people meditating remained focused.
• Su Chen’s Bullet Domain recorded his progress in meditation, focus, physical training, and analyzing Shinazugawa’s movements.
• Kyojuro helped a fourth patient learn to use breathing to stop wounds from bleeding, leaving only one patient unfinished.
• Shinazugawa attacked Kyojuro with his Wooden Sword and interrupted Kyojuro’s final patient’s training.
• Shinazugawa proposed replacing the rehabilitation competition with a one-on-one tournament and handed Kyojuro a Wooden Sword.

Kyojuro Rengoku intercepted Sanemi Shinazugawa as their fierce fight sent dangerous aftershocks through the hall. Su Chen protected the meditating Shinobu Kocho from one strike, was injured and fainted, and Shinobu ordered Kanao Tsuyuri to take him away as she drew her Nichirin Blade.

• Kyojuro Rengoku blocked Sanemi Shinazugawa’s attack and challenged him, then the two Hashira exchanged rapid Breathing Style strikes.
• Kanao Tsuyuri neutralized an aftershock headed toward Su Chen and the patients, but another attack flew toward Shinobu Kocho.
• Su Chen stepped in front of Shinobu Kocho and used Blazing Breathing, Third Form: Three Thousand Blazing Flames to stop the attack.
• Su Chen’s weakened body suffered severe backlash, and he collapsed unconscious with blood at the corner of his mouth.
• Shinobu Kocho woke and learned that Su Chen had been injured protecting her, then ordered Kanao Tsuyuri to take him away while she drew her Nichirin Blade.

Shinobu Kocho stopped Shinazugawa’s fight by paralyzing him with her blade and blamed him for injuring Su Chen and damaging the Butterfly Mansion. She went to check on Su Chen, but Aoi Kanzaki could not explain why he remained unconscious despite having no unusual injuries.

• Shinobu Kocho rushed into the fight and stabbed Shinazugawa in the kidney, paralyzing him with her blade’s poison.
• Shinobu Kocho confronted Shinazugawa for fighting inside the Butterfly Mansion and warned him she would hold him responsible if anything happened to Su Chen.
• Shinobu Kocho broke down over Shinazugawa’s damage to her sister’s home, then calmed herself and went to check on Su Chen.
• Aoi Kanzaki told Shinobu Kocho that Su Chen’s body seemed ordinary, but she could not explain why he remained unconscious.

Su Chen recovered at the Butterfly Mansion and developed a stronger Breathing Technique, Total Concentration: Hundred Refinements. Shinobu Kocho told him that the Butterfly Mansion had gained three Hashira admission slots, including one gifted by Rengoku, leaving Su Chen expected to visit the Rengoku Family and repay the favor.

• Shinobu Kocho examined Su Chen and discovered that his injuries had healed.
• While asleep, Su Chen used Total Concentration: Focus to recover and comprehended Total Concentration: Hundred Refinements.
• Su Chen woke to find Shinobu Kocho asleep beside his bed after watching over him through the night.
• Shinobu Kocho told Su Chen that Shinazugawa conceded his admission slot after breaking the rules and damaging the Butterfly Mansion.
• Shinobu Kocho explained that Rengoku had also given his slot to the Butterfly Mansion as a gift for Su Chen and invited him to visit the Rengoku Family.

Su Chen learned that Shinazugawa’s blood was the only blood compatible with his unusual constitution, and Shinobu Kocho shared her research into its effects. As Su Chen prepared for the day’s match, Shinobu gave him a Demon Slayer Corps uniform and a new Nichirin Blade to try.

• Shinobu Kocho told Su Chen that Inosuke had wanted to become his Tsuguko, Kanao had stayed by his side, and Shinazugawa had conceded after she stabbed him with an anesthetic-coated Nichirin Blade.
• Shinobu Kocho explained that Su Chen had rejected transfusions from Inosuke, Kanao, and herself, while Shinazugawa’s blood had proved compatible.
• Shinobu Kocho showed Su Chen the buckets of Shinazugawa’s blood she had collected and described her research into its effects, including a possible link to Genya Shinazugawa’s demon eater constitution.
• Su Chen asked Shinobu Kocho for a Nichirin Blade ahead of the day’s match, and she brought out a uniform and blade issued by Oyakata-sama.
• Shinobu Kocho tried the uniform on Su Chen, but it was too tight, so she hurriedly removed it and offered him the Nichirin Blade to try.