Chapter Summaries

Hitomi Sakuramiya learned that Spencer’s mother, Elvira, was coming to Linmen, then unlocked new Barrier abilities and confronted Personas representing her past self and conscience. She resolved to investigate Yan Huan and Spencer’s relationship and confess her feelings at the Training Camp, while Ye Shiyu and An Le each focused on their own desires involving Yan Huan.

• Sakuramiya Yuri told Hitomi Sakuramiya that the Golden Lion Group president was coming to Linmen and warned that she might support Spencer’s relationship with Yan Huan.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya’s Barrier leveled up, unlocking Persona and Connection, and two Personas appeared to criticize her past choices and urge her to act sincerely.
• After briefly connecting through a Barrier to the Student Council office, Hitomi Sakuramiya decided to learn what was happening between Yan Huan and Spencer and confess her feelings at the Training Camp.
• Ye Lan told Ye Shiyu she would be busy and returned her phone; Ye Shiyu then viewed the class group chat’s widely shared photo of Yan Huan kissing Spencer.
• Little Finger urged An Le to choose what she wanted, and An Le said she wanted to take Xiao Huan’s first time.

Spencer found the thin floor bedding too cold and climbed into bed with Yan Huan, where their argument over the quilt turned into a kiss. Spencer fell asleep beside him afterward, leaving Yan Huan overheated and asking Meow-chan to fetch him water.

• Yan Huan prepared a thin quilt and floor bedding for Spencer, who reluctantly agreed to sleep there despite the cold, rainy night.
• Unable to sleep in the chilly room, Spencer went to the bathroom, then climbed into bed beside Yan Huan and refused to give up the quilt.
• Yan Huan decided to give Spencer the bed and sleep on the floor, but Spencer grabbed his arm, and they kissed after meeting each other's gaze.
• Spencer asked Yan Huan to kiss her more, then said she was sleepy and shared the covers with him before falling asleep.
• Yan Huan struggled with the heat and thirst stirred up by the kiss, and he asked Meow-chan to bring him a glass of water.

An Le decided to pursue Yan Huan directly and planned to follow him home, while Bai Yi began organizing an alliance against Spencer. Yan Huan realized Spencer’s mother wanted her to prove she could follow through on her choices and prepared her to handle her school withdrawal paperwork alone.

• An Le told Little Finger she wanted to reach home plate with Xiao Huan and planned to learn where he lived before making her move.
• Bai Yi learned Elvira Spencer was arriving in Linmen and decided to seek help from Ye Shiyu and Hitomi Sakuramiya against Spencer.
• Yan Huan questioned Spencer about her mother’s refusal to let her stay with him and learned she had lived with her mother until coming to Linmen.
• Yan Huan inferred that Spencer’s mother was testing whether Spencer could follow through on her choices and explained how to change her withdrawal status.
• Spencer agreed to go alone to the Linmen Education Bureau the next day, then meet Yan Huan for food.

Yan Huan and Spencer overslept after falling asleep together, while he arranged a possible instructor for Totsuki’s required sex education course. The chapter revealed that Spencer’s mother, Elvira, was heading to Linmen, and Hitomi Sakuramiya began considering how to pursue Yan Huan.

• Yan Huan woke late with Spencer and discovered they had missed school, then found that Totsuki’s Infirmary teachers could not help with the required sex education course.
• Yatsuhashi Ki suggested inviting Sweet Parfait, a former gynecology nurse, to teach the course, and Yan Huan agreed to ask her.
• Spencer showed Yan Huan the documents in her wallet, and he realized they might help with her school and identity paperwork.
• Elvira watched footage of Spencer with Yan Huan, decided to fly to Linmen, and discussed sending a signal to those interfering with the Golden Lion Group there.
• Yuri teased Hitomi Sakuramiya about her rivals for Yan Huan, and Hitomi Sakuramiya dismissed Bai Yi and An Le while identifying Ye Shiyu as the main rival.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya considered using the required physiology course to make a move, but hesitated.

Ye Shiyu, Bai Yi, and Hitomi Sakuramiya formed an alliance against Spencer while each secretly planned to pursue Yan Huan for herself. Spencer completed the paperwork to return to Totsuki, and An Le followed Yan Huan to his home, where she saw Spencer reunite with him.

• Ye Shiyu discovered that the Hypnosis App was still malfunctioning and agreed to meet Bai Yi, who also invited Hitomi Sakuramiya to discuss Yan Huan and Spencer.
• Bai Yi proposed that the three women join forces against Spencer, and Ye Shiyu and Hitomi Sakuramiya agreed despite their private schemes against each other.
• Yan Huan helped Spencer navigate the process of ending her enrollment retention, while Hitomi Sakuramiya approached him in the Student Council office and he remembered the birthday fan she had given him.
• An Le followed Yan Huan's bus in a car, intending to learn where he lived, and Spencer called to tell him she had completed her paperwork.
• An Le watched Spencer greet Yan Huan outside his building and announce that she could return to Totsuki, leaving An Le stunned that her made-up excuse had come true.

Hitomi Sakuramiya learned that Spencer’s mother, Elvira, was coming to Linmen and unlocked new Barrier abilities that manifested as two opposing Personas. After deciding to investigate Yan Huan and Spencer’s relationship before confessing at the Training Camp, the chapter shifted to Ye Shiyu reclaiming her phone and An Le admitting what she wanted from Yan Huan.

• Sakuramiya Yuri told Hitomi Sakuramiya that Spencer’s mother, Elvira, was coming to Linmen and might support Spencer’s relationship with Yan Huan.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya’s Barrier rose to level four, granting her the Persona and Connection functions, and two versions of herself appeared: a ruthless past self and her Conscience.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya entered the Student Council office Barrier, recalled Yan Huan’s warm reaction to Spencer’s kiss, and resolved to learn what was happening between them before confessing at the Training Camp.
• Ye Lan agreed to return Ye Shiyu’s phone, and Ye Shiyu later opened the Totsuki Plane group chat and silently focused on Spencer’s kissing photo.
• Little Finger urged An Le to choose what she wanted, and An Le said she wanted to take Xiao Huan’s first time.

Yan Huan followed a suspicious man away from Spencer, leaving her alone when An Le confronted her about her feelings for Yan Huan. An Le attacked Spencer with Pleasure Manipulation, but Spencer’s horns resisted her and Yan Huan returned to find An Le gone and Spencer overcome by the attack.

• Yan Huan followed a man who claimed to have information about the Golden Lion Group, while Spencer stayed at the restaurant.
• Spencer heard a strange voice, then An Le appeared and confronted her about staying with Yan Huan and pursuing him despite An Le’s feelings.
• Spencer apologized, but An Le said she would no longer be merciful and used Pleasure Manipulation against her.
• Spencer’s golden horns disrupted An Le’s control over her, while An Le’s body transformed and an invisible tentacle reached toward Spencer.
• Yan Huan defeated the suspicious driver and rushed back, but found An Le gone and Spencer slumped over the table.
• Spencer fell into Yan Huan’s arms and kissed him hard.

An Le decided to pursue Yan Huan directly and planned to visit his home, while Bai Yi began organizing an alliance against Spencer. At home, Yan Huan encouraged Spencer to handle her school withdrawal paperwork on her own, setting up her independent trip to the Education Bureau the next day.

• An Le told Little Finger she wanted to go all the way with Xiao Huan and planned to learn where he lived before making preparations.
• Bai Yi learned Elvira Spencer was arriving in Linmen and decided to recruit Ye Shiyu and Hitomi Sakuramiya into an alliance against Spencer.
• Yan Huan asked Spencer about her mother’s refusal to let her stay, then realized the documents in her bag could let her remain in Linmen without her mother’s consent.
• Yan Huan taught Spencer how to change her withdrawal status and asked her to take the documents to the Education Bureau alone the next day.
• Spencer agreed to handle the paperwork herself after Yan Huan promised to meet her afterward and buy her food.

An Le learned that Spencer’s behavior and her parents’ strange reactions were caused by Thumb, and Little Finger urged her to fight the other Modifiers to protect Yan Huan. As Yan Huan tried to bring an infatuated Spencer home, men in black suits surrounded them in an alley.

• An Le confronted Little Finger, who admitted that Spencer’s Thumb had affected her parents, clothes, and phone, then claimed the Modifiers were manipulating Spencer to prey on Yan Huan’s mental energy.
• Little Finger warned An Le about the dangers of opposing the other hosts, but she chose to fight them and asked for its help protecting Yan Huan.
• Little Finger explained that Thumb could strengthen Spencer and steal anything from others, but claimed it knew Thumb’s fatal weakness.
• Yan Huan carried the dazed Spencer toward home and suspected An Le had confronted her after Spencer kissed him in public.
• Yan Huan silenced a danger alert on Spencer’s phone, then saw suited men blocking both ends of the alley and surrounding them.

Ye Shiyu, Bai Yi, and Hitomi Sakuramiya formed an alliance against Spencer, each secretly planning to use the others for her own advantage. Meanwhile, Yan Huan helped Spencer withdraw her school-leaving procedure, but Spencer instead completed the paperwork to return to Totsuki, while An Le followed Yan Huan and saw Spencer reunite with him.

• Ye Shiyu found that the Hypnosis App still crashed, then went to meet Bai Yi and Hitomi Sakuramiya in Forest Park.
• Bai Yi proposed that the three girls unite against Spencer, and Ye Shiyu and Hitomi Sakuramiya agreed while privately plotting their own moves.
• Yan Huan spoke with Spencer by phone as she processed her school paperwork, then found Hitomi Sakuramiya waiting in the Student Council office and took the birthday fan she had given him.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya returned to the office after Yan Huan had left and discovered that he had taken her gift with him.
• An Le followed Yan Huan’s bus in a car, intending to find out where he lived, and saw Spencer waiting for him with paperwork to return to Totsuki.

Yan Huan tried to keep Spencer with him after Golden Lion Group staff attempted to take her away, then met her mother, Elvira Spencer. The chapter ended with Yan Huan discovering an invitation to become Spencer’s educational adviser at Totsuki Academy, while her enrollment remained unresolved.

• Heather told Yan Huan that headquarters did not know Spencer had run away and urged him to pretend nothing had happened, offering him a heavy case of money.
• Yan Huan told Heather that Spencer had restored her enrollment at Totsuki, then refused to accept the case and asked what would happen to her schooling.
• When the medical staff tried to take Spencer away, Yan Huan pulled her back and declared that she had something important to do with him.
• Elvira Spencer arrived, embraced her daughter, and took her to the hospital without answering Yan Huan’s questions about the academy.
• After everyone left, Yan Huan opened Heather’s case and found money and an invitation for him to become Aria Spencer’s educational adviser at Totsuki Academy.

Yan Huan left Spencer at a South District restaurant to speak with a suspicious man, while An Le confronted Spencer and attacked her with Pleasure Manipulation. An Le’s power was checked by Spencer’s Modifier, but An Le transformed and reached for her before Yan Huan returned to find Spencer collapsed and kissing him.

• Yan Huan followed a suspicious man into an alley after the man claimed to have something to discuss about the Golden Lion Group, leaving Spencer waiting at the restaurant.
• An Le appeared before Spencer, learned she had stayed at Yan Huan’s place, and accused her of betraying their friendship; Spencer apologized but admitted she would not give Yan Huan up.
• An Le used Pleasure Manipulation on Spencer, but Spencer’s golden horns weakened the attack and caused An Le’s clothes and phone to resist her.
• An Le transformed, grew an invisible tentacle, and reached toward Spencer just as Yan Huan shouted from the alley.
• Yan Huan returned after knocking out the suspicious driver and found An Le gone and Spencer collapsed; Spencer fell into his arms and kissed him.

Yan Huan received confirmation that Spencer would return to Totsuki and claimed the rewards from the Demon Shop, then welcomed Tong Yingying into his apartment. Tong Yingying found a long golden hair on his bed and grew suspicious that someone had been there.

• Yan Huan read the Golden Lion Group's email confirming that Spencer would resume attending Totsuki and found that her belongings had been packed away.
• Yan Huan claimed the Demon Shop's rewards, including enhanced glasses and a compass, and considered whether to buy an item that would let An Le's Modifier penetrate 70% of his resistance.
• Yan Huan packed Spencer's forgotten clothes to return to her and began reviewing for the Midterm Exam before Tong Yingying arrived to check on him.
• Tong Yingying toured Yan Huan's tidy apartment, declined to pet Meow-chan, and noticed a long, curly golden hair on his bed.
• Tong Yingying studied the golden hair and sensed a faint scent of a cow in Yan Huan's bedroom.

An Le learned that Spencer and Yan Huan were being manipulated by Modifiers and agreed to fight their hosts with Little Finger’s help. As Yan Huan carried an overheated Spencer home, a crowd of suited men surrounded them in an alley.

• An Le confronted Little Finger, who admitted that Spencer’s Modifier had affected her parents and explained that Thumb was influencing Spencer to steal Yan Huan’s mental energy.
• Little Finger persuaded An Le that Thumb and the other Modifiers were endangering Yan Huan, and An Le agreed to oppose them despite the powerful hosts she would have to face.
• Little Finger explained Thumb’s ability to strengthen Spencer and steal anything its host wanted, then promised to exploit its weakness.
• Yan Huan carried Spencer home as she clung to him and repeatedly kissed him, while he realized An Le might also become a threat because she had a Modifier.
• Yan Huan noticed a dangerous-vital-signs warning on Spencer’s phone, acknowledged it, and saw crowds of suited men blocking both ends of the alley.

Tong Yingying reassured herself that the golden hair in Yan Huan’s room belonged to Meow-chan, then warned Yan Huan about Hitomi Sakuramiya before leaving for the Sakura Nation. While investigating an incident in the South District, she saw footage of a Totsuki student with a white snake that only she could see; meanwhile, An Le confronted Piao Shuwen at school and responded with an ominous chill after Piao Shuwen insulted Spencer.

• Meow-chan revealed a patch of golden fur on its belly, convincing Tong Yingying that the hair she found belonged to the cat.
• Tong Yingying told Yan Huan she was leaving for the Sakura Nation to investigate the suspect in Mama Bai’s murder, warned him to be wary of Hitomi Sakuramiya, and hugged him goodbye.
• Tong Yingying’s team found footage of a Totsuki student fleeing with a white snake around her shoulders, though her companions could not see the snake, so Tong Yingying ordered them to identify the girl before her flight.
• An Le recalled Little Finger’s advice to make Modifier hosts despair as she headed to her exam room.
• Piao Shuwen and her friends taunted An Le about Spencer being gone, and An Le grabbed Piao Shuwen’s finger and warned her not to mention Spencer again as an uncanny pink tinge seemed to color the sunlight.

Yan Huan confronted Heather and the Golden Lion Group staff after Spencer was found, refusing their attempt to pay him off and separate them. Elvira Spencer arrived and took her daughter to the hospital, leaving Yan Huan uncertain about Spencer’s enrollment but with an invitation to become her educational advisor at Totsuki Academy.

• Yan Huan questioned Heather, who explained that she had concealed Spencer’s disappearance from Headquarters and asked him to pretend it never happened.
• Heather offered Yan Huan a heavy briefcase of money, but he refused and asked what would happen to Spencer’s enrollment.
• When the medical staff tried to take Spencer away, Yan Huan pulled her back and declared that she had an important relationship with her.
• Elvira Spencer arrived, embraced her daughter, and took her to the hospital without answering Yan Huan’s questions about school.
• Yan Huan opened Heather’s abandoned briefcase and found cash along with an invitation to become Aria Spencer’s educational advisor at Totsuki Academy.

An Le used Little Finger’s power to overwhelm Piao Shuwen and her followers, then erased their memories and planned to use the same method against other hosts. At lunch, Yan Huan met Bai Yi to discuss her charity performance, but Ye Shiyu and then An Le joined them, leaving An Le seated beside Ye Shiyu in a tense standoff.

• An Le asked Piao Shuwen whether she would give up everything to feel the pleasure again, then had Little Finger erase the memories of Piao Shuwen and her two followers.
• An Le told Little Finger she planned to use pleasure and memory alteration to stop the hosts from hurting Xiao Huan, and chose to deal with Ye Shiyu first.
• Yan Huan spoke with Spencer by phone, then met Bai Yi, who asked him to attend her charity performance at a hospital.
• Ye Shiyu arrived at the milk tea shop and sat with Yan Huan and Bai Yi, whose mention of Spencer eased Ye Shiyu’s anger.
• An Le arrived and, despite Yan Huan’s attempt to turn her away, brought over a chair and sat beside Ye Shiyu, asking whether she minded.

Yan Huan received rewards from the Demon Shop after sharing a bed with Spencer, then prepared to return her forgotten clothes and study for the Midterm Exam. Tong Yingying visited his apartment and found a golden strand of hair that made her suspect something was amiss.

• Yan Huan confirmed Spencer would return to Totsuki Academy and found the money and White Card left for him, along with Spencer's clothes forgotten outside his window.
• Yan Huan claimed a free Demon Shop reward and received Black-Frame Glasses and the Compass of Love, while considering whether to buy a Modifier Fragment Refiner that would make An Le's Modifier more effective against him.
• Yan Huan packed Spencer's clothes to return them, then prepared to study for the Midterm Exam and test his new glasses.
• Tong Yingying visited Yan Huan's apartment, teased him, and looked around while he prepared hot water.
• Tong Yingying found a long golden strand of hair on Yan Huan's bed and began to suspect something unusual about his apartment.

An Le joined Yan Huan, Ye Shiyu, and Bai Yi for milk tea, where her childhood memories with Yan Huan provoked Ye Shiyu’s jealousy and revealed a dangerous power she could use against her. An Le agreed to attend Bai Yi’s hospital charity performance with Yan Huan, then grew suspicious that Bai Yi might be connected to one of Little Finger’s missing kin.

• Ye Shiyu let An Le sit beside her, but An Le’s claims that Yan Huan had cared for her as a child and that they had played husband and wife unsettled everyone at the table.
• An Le’s remarks about their childhood bond angered Ye Shiyu, and An Le secretly warned her off with a hand that Ye Shiyu sensed would be dangerous to touch.
• An Le left the shop, and Yan Huan followed to invite her to Bai Yi’s charity performance that weekend; An Le happily accepted.
• Little Finger explained that An Le’s provocations were meant to draw Ye Shiyu and Index Finger into a confrontation, while warning An Le that Ye Shiyu was powerful.
• After returning to school, An Le noticed Piao Shuwen’s strange reaction to her and asked Little Finger about Bai Yi, learning that the other missing hosts might be at Totsuki Academy.
• An Le became suspicious of Bai Yi and tucked a strip-like blindfold from her schoolbag into her pocket.

Tong Yingying visited Yan Huan before leaving for Sakura Nation, warned him about Hitomi Sakuramiya, and discovered surveillance footage of a girl with a white snake that only she could see. At school, An Le confronted Piao Shuwen after she taunted her about Spencer, and the scene ended with an eerie change in the sunlight.

• Tong Yingying mistook a golden tuft of Meow-chan’s fur for evidence that a woman had visited Yan Huan, then learned the fragment belonged to the cat.
• Tong Yingying told Yan Huan she was leaving for Sakura Nation to investigate Mama Bai’s killer, warned him about Hitomi Sakuramiya, and hugged him goodbye.
• Tong Yingying reviewed footage of a Totsuki student carrying a white snake that her companions could not see, then ordered them to identify the girl before her flight.
• An Le recalled Little Finger’s advice about making Modifier hosts despair as she headed to her exam room.
• Piao Shuwen taunted An Le about Spencer, and An Le seized her finger and warned her not to mention Spencer again.