Chapter Summaries

Spencer’s confrontation with Ye Shiyu and the others was interrupted when armed killers linked to the Sakuramiya Family appeared, revealing that Yan Huan was in danger at the shrine. As the girls rushed to save him, Tong Yingying learned the killers had targeted him too and drew her blade.

• Spencer saw through Bai Yi’s lie, and Hitomi Sakuramiya revealed that Ye Shiyu had been getting handsy with Yan Huan; Spencer declared that Yan Huan was hers.
• Ye Shiyu tried to hypnotize Spencer with Zero-Frame Start, but it had no effect, and Spencer knocked out a dagger-wielding attacker who reached for a gun.
• A radio message revealed that killers hired by the Sakuramiya Family were hunting Hitomi Sakuramiya and intended to kill Yan Huan, who remained unconscious in the shrine.
• An Le arrived after defeating another armed killer, and Spencer carried Hitomi Sakuramiya toward the shrine while Ye Shiyu and Bai Yi hurried after them.
• Tong Yingying learned that a killer had found Yan Huan and remembered how he had changed her life; she drew her blade and vowed that someone would die that night.

Yan Huan and An Le stayed at Divine Village’s shrine after a landslide isolated the village, while news revealed that Sakuramiya Ji had died in a fire caused by Yan Huan’s fireworks. As the shrine’s grannies asked them to watch two village children, Bai Yi and Hitomi Sakuramiya worried about where Yan Huan and An Le had gone, and Ye Shiyu blamed herself for using Hypnosis on Xiao Huan.

• Yan Huan inspected the landslide-damaged mountain road and returned to the shrine, where Granny Kamishiro told him An Le was changing into shrine clothes.
• Meow-chan said it had sensed fragments near the shrine, and Yan Huan watched a news report announcing Sakuramiya Ji’s death and Sakuramiya Youzhu and Sakuramiya Yuri’s public grief.
• An Le appeared in a shrine maiden outfit, and the grannies asked Yan Huan and An Le to look after two village children, Kazuya and Aika.
• In the Capital, Bai Yi and Hitomi Sakuramiya discussed Yan Huan and An Le’s disappearance, while Hitomi Sakuramiya said she could not determine where the President had fallen.
• Ye Shiyu remained shut in her room, blamed herself for using Hypnosis on Xiao Huan, and slapped herself as she sobbed.

Ye Shiyu, Tong Yingying, and An Le searched the forest for Yan Huan amid confusion over who the attackers were, while An Le’s fear for him pushed her powers toward a dangerous evolution. Yan Huan defeated the Sakuramiya killer with a fireworks attack, but Hitomi Sakuramiya’s attempt to save him unleashed an expanding Barrier that Bai Yi had to destroy, leaving Bai Yi badly hurt.

• Ye Shiyu hypnotized Xiao Chen to question him about Yan Huan, but Tong Yingying arrived, broke Ye Shiyu’s phone, and knocked her down before rushing toward a distant gunshot.
• An Le mistook Xiong Yan for an assassin and attacked him; fearing Yan Huan was in danger, she expanded her tentacles’ range and overwhelmed Xiong Yan despite Little Finger warning that further evolution could kill her.
• Tong Yingying severed An Le’s tentacles and stopped her from evolving further, then agreed to take the injured An Le toward Yan Huan after An Le told her where he was.
• Yan Huan fought the Sakuramiya killer, who drew a gun, but Yan Huan formed and launched a Sparkling Fireworks attack as Hitomi Sakuramiya deployed her Barrier to forbid gunfire.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya’s outdoor Barrier kept expanding and caused her to begin splitting apart, so Bai Yi activated Time Stop and destroyed the Barrier, stopping the splitting but leaving herself in severe pain.
• The collapsing Barrier pulled the killer and Yan Huan’s fireworks through a spatial opening to Sakuramiya Ji’s room, where the explosion engulfed Sakuramiya Ji and the room.

Yan Huan took An Le and two village children fishing, where a conversation about their past and her hidden help with his campaign led An Le to recall a childhood misunderstanding about marriage. After An Le lost her balance and Yan Huan carried her back to the Shrine, she mentioned seeing a temple that no one else remembered, leaving Yan Huan suspicious of her explanation that she had mistaken a house for it.

• Yan Huan brought An Le, Aika, and Kazuya to a stream, where An Le asked whether he remembered the last day of Training Camp and he reassured her.
• An Le admitted she had secretly made a campaign website for Yan Huan, and he told her that her work had helped him and that she was capable too.
• Aika and Kazuya spotted Mrs. Morita and Uncle Oura together in the woods, and An Le's question about marriage brought back a childhood memory of her mother explaining that only husbands and wives did what she had seen her parents doing.
• The adults were spotted, and as they fled, An Le fell and cut her hand; Yan Huan carried her back to the Shrine while she briefly saw a temple beside the road.
• Grandmother Kamishiro treated An Le's hand, and Aika suggested that Yan Huan and An Le share a lollipop because they were husband and wife, making An Le smile.
• An Le described the temple, but Grandmother Kamishiro and the others insisted there was none; An Le claimed she had mistaken a house, while Yan Huan noticed she was lying.

Yan Huan and An Le fell through the collapsing barrier into a storm, and An Le caught his hand as they vanished. They woke in a forest near Shingō Village, where a road collapse left them stranded and the village chief arranged for them to stay at the Shrine.

• As the barrier shattered, An Le tried to save Yan Huan and the others, but Tong Yingying fell away and Yan Huan plunged into the darkness; An Le jumped after him and caught his hand.
• Yan Huan and An Le awoke in a rainy forest, where Yan Huan struggled to remember what had happened after they left the barrier.
• Yan Huan and An Le met elderly villagers searching the area and learned they were in Shingō Village in Fukuoka Prefecture.
• The village chief told Yan Huan and An Le that the only road out had collapsed and repairs could take up to a week.
• The village chief arranged for Yan Huan and An Le to stay at the village Shrine with the elderly women who lived there.

Yan Huan suspected An Le’s Modifier was worsening her depression, so he used the village’s mistaken belief that they were a couple to reassure her and lift her spirits. The plan seemed to work, but Grandmother Kamishiro then arranged for them to share a bed at the shrine, and An Le agreed.

• Yan Huan watched An Le examine the cliff and wondered whether her Modifier’s side effects were causing her confusion.
• Yan Huan told a villager that An Le was his girlfriend, then decided to act on the assumption that their promised intimacy was keeping her going.
• An Le unlocked a new Modifier ability called Tentacle Purgatory, but Little Finger showed no reaction and warned her not to use its ability again for now.
• Villagers repeatedly called Yan Huan An Le’s boyfriend, leaving her flustered and delighted as she returned to the shrine.
• Yan Huan used An Le’s guilt about Memory Correction to suggest that their promise meant they were already in an intimate relationship, and An Le’s mood improved.
• Grandmother Kamishiro told Yan Huan and An Le to share a room and bed so Aika and Kazuya could use the other room, and An Le agreed.

Yan Huan and An Le stayed at Divine Village’s shrine after the landslide blocked the road, while the Kamishiro sisters asked them to watch two village children. In the Capital, Bai Yi, Hitomi Sakuramiya, and Spencer searched for answers about where Yan Huan and An Le had gone, as Ye Shiyu blamed herself for their disappearance.

• Yan Huan surveyed the damaged mountain road and learned it could leave the village isolated for longer than the chief expected.
• At the World Shrine, Meow-chan sensed at least three fragments nearby, and Yan Huan saw a news report that Sakuramiya Ji had died in a fire alongside an unidentified body.
• An Le appeared in shrine maiden robes, and the Kamishiro sisters asked her and Yan Huan to look after Kazuya and Aika during the festival preparations.
• Bai Yi, Hitomi Sakuramiya, and Spencer discussed the Barrier mishap and the uncertain whereabouts of Yan Huan, An Le, and the President.
• Ye Shiyu stayed locked in her room, blamed herself for hypnotizing Yan Huan, and repeatedly struck herself while sobbing.

Yan Huan spent the night with An Le, telling her a childhood story and comforting her, but he discovered that she could no longer feel her limbs and suspected her Modifier’s side effects had worsened. He dreamed of their childhood and remembered that his offer to play house had first drawn An Le out of her loneliness, ending with his younger self transforming into a White Giant Snake before her.

• Yan Huan left Aika and Kazuya to sleep together and went to An Le’s room, where she asked him to tell her a story from their childhood.
• After Yan Huan told An Le the story of the ugly duckling, she cried with happiness and he embraced her through the covers.
• Yan Huan’s attraction flared, but he stopped when An Le offered to go further, and he asked her to turn away and sleep.
• Yan Huan discovered that An Le did not react when he touched her arm and foot, but she claimed she had fallen asleep, and he dropped his questions when her dangerous aura emerged.
• An Le told Yan Huan that the night had been her happiest in a long time, and he eventually fell asleep thinking about her.
• Yan Huan dreamed of their childhood, watching his younger self offer to play house with a lonely An Le before transforming into a White Giant Snake as she accepted.

Yan Huan took An Le and two village children to a stream, where a conversation about his student election efforts stirred An Le’s memories and anxieties. After they fled from adults caught in an affair, An Le fell and was carried back by Yan Huan; she then described seeing a temple that everyone else insisted was not there.

• Yan Huan brought An Le, Aika, and Kazuya to catch fish and reassured An Le that he remembered the training camp’s final day.
• An Le admitted she had secretly built a campaign website for Yan Huan, and he told her that her work had helped him.
• Aika and Kazuya watched Mrs. Morita and Uncle Oura together in the hills, then were spotted and chased away with Yan Huan and An Le.
• An Le stumbled while fleeing and cut her hand, so Yan Huan carried her back to the shrine, where Granny Kamishiro bandaged her.
• An Le told the others she had seen a temple beside the road, but they denied that one was there, and Yan Huan noticed that An Le’s explanation was a lie.

After a nightmare, Yan Huan reflected on how he had become An Le’s desire and chose to stay with her rather than contact Sakuramiya about their disappearance. The next morning, he found a way to cure An Le’s condition, though the cure required him to kiss other Modifier Hosts, and Meow-chan recognized the keepsake statue from their childhood.

• Yan Huan woke from a nightmare beside An Le and realized his promise to marry her had become the desire behind her Modifier.
• Yan Huan met Grandmother Kamishiro by the peach tree, learned Sakuramiya was searching for them, and took a peach instead of the contact slip.
• Yan Huan ate the peach, which proved sweet, while An Le woke peacefully beside him the next morning.
• Yan Huan tested An Le’s sensation and remembered the Crab Medicine’s conditions: he had to kiss every other Modifier Host with consent to cure her.
• Meow-chan recognized the Moonlight Bodhisattva statue as An Le’s childhood keepsake and found a peach pit beside it.

Yan Huan suspected An Le’s Modifier was causing her distress and used a loophole in memory correction to convince her they were already in an intimate relationship. The plan lifted An Le’s spirits, but Grandmother Kamishiro then arranged for them to share a bed at the Shrine.

• Yan Huan watched An Le inspect the cliff and suspected her frequent Modifier use was causing serious side effects.
• Yan Huan pretended to a villager that An Le was his girlfriend, then decided to comfort her before investigating the cause of her distress.
• An Le received a new Modifier ability, Tentacle Purgatory, but Little Finger showed no awareness of it and warned her not to use its abilities for a while.
• Villagers treated Yan Huan and An Le as a couple, and An Le became flustered and pleased when she heard them call him her boyfriend.
• Yan Huan used An Le’s uncertainty about their promise to suggest they would become intimate beforehand, and An Le’s guilt and happiness confirmed his memory-correction theory.
• Grandmother Kamishiro told Yan Huan and An Le to share a room and bed so Aika and Kazuya could use the spare room, and An Le agreed.

During their stay in Shingō Village, An Le found peace with Yan Huan but realized that remaining there would trap her in a happiness built on Little Finger’s power. She contacted Hitomi Sakuramiya to arrange their return, and the chapter ended with An Le and Yan Huan making separate wishes at the village festival.

• An Le painted festival items with the villagers while Yan Huan helped the men prepare a wooden boat, and the villagers urged the couple to stay.
• Little Finger offered to help An Le and Yan Huan settle permanently in the village, but An Le refused because Yan Huan could not share a happiness sustained by her power.
• An Le called Hitomi Sakuramiya, gave her their location, and learned that help would be sent the following day.
• Meow-chan told Yan Huan about An Le’s call, and Yan Huan went with her to the village festival.
• An Le and Yan Huan made a shared festival wish, each hoping to resolve their powers and return the other to a better life.

Yan Huan spent the night with An Le, comforted her with a childhood story, and discovered that she could no longer feel her limbs. In a dream, he remembered how he had first cheered up a lonely young An Le by suggesting they play house, while his younger self turned into a White Giant Snake before her.

• Yan Huan left Aika and Kazuya to sleep together and went to An Le's room, where she asked him to tell her a childhood story.
• An Le cried as Yan Huan told the story of the ugly duckling, and Yan Huan embraced her to comfort her.
• Yan Huan's arousal startled them, but he declined An Le's offer to help and told her to turn over and sleep.
• Yan Huan tested An Le's arm and foot and realized she could not feel his touch, but he stopped questioning her when Meow-chan warned him.
• Yan Huan fell asleep and dreamed of young An Le's lonely days in the South District, remembering that he had cheered her by suggesting they play house.
• In the dream, young Yan Huan became a White Giant Snake as young An Le agreed to play house, and Yan Huan realized his words had been a curse.

Yan Huan and An Le left the World Shrine after Fukuoka Prefecture cleared the road, while Meow-chan noticed the shrine’s jade-eyed clay dog statue. Hitomi Sakuramiya arrived to rescue them, but the villagers’ description of Yan Huan and An Le as a couple triggered her Modifier, leaving Yan Huan to find a way to defuse the confrontation.

• Fukuoka Prefecture’s crews cleared the road to Shingō Village, allowing Yan Huan and An Le to leave the Shrine after thanking Grandmother Kamishiro.
• Meow-chan looked back at the Shrine and saw a clay dog statue with green jade eyes before following Yan Huan and An Le.
• Yan Huan planned how to kiss Spencer, Hitomi Sakuramiya, Bai Yi, and Ye Shiyu within two hours to obtain the Crab Medicine for An Le.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya arrived in a hard hat after arranging the road-clearing crew, and she found Yan Huan and An Le holding hands.
• The villagers called Yan Huan and An Le a couple, prompting Hitomi Sakuramiya’s Modifier to surge as Yan Huan searched for a way to resolve the situation.

Yan Huan remembered how he had become An Le’s desire and chose to stay with her rather than contact Miss Sakuramiya about their disappearance. The next morning, he discovered that An Le’s loss of sensation was worsening and found a way to cure her, but the remedy required him to kiss every other Modifier host.

• Yan Huan woke from a nightmare beside An Le and realized that his childhood promise to marry her had become her desire.
• Grandmother Kamishiro offered Yan Huan a peach and told him that Miss Sakuramiya was searching for him and An Le, but he accepted the peach instead of her contact number.
• Yan Huan bit into the peach and found it sweet, while An Le woke after her first peaceful night in many days.
• Yan Huan tested An Le’s sensation with a good-morning hug and realized that her limbs no longer reacted to touch.
• Yan Huan recalled a Demon Shop item that could cure An Le but required him to obtain consent from every other Modifier host for a one-minute French kiss.
• Meow-chan found Yan Huan and An Le’s old Moonlight Bodhisattva statue and a peach pit beside it as a news report continued to announce that they were missing.

Yan Huan used Memory Correction to convince Hitomi Sakuramiya and An Le that both were his girlfriends, while An Le decided to erase the altered memories to address the growing contradictions. As they left the village for Tokyo, Hitomi Sakuramiya revealed that Sister Shiyu was doing very badly.

• Hitomi Sakuramiya confronted Yan Huan after seeing him hold An Le's hand, and Yan Huan claimed that An Le and Sakuramiya were both his girlfriends.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya and An Le realized Yan Huan's memories had been altered, while Yan Huan discovered that the Demon Shop would not reward him for using Modifier-related excuses to kiss its Hosts.
• An Le asked Little Finger to remove Yan Huan's abnormal memories, including the Memory Corrections, and agreed to let it act once they were on their way back.
• An Le and Hitomi Sakuramiya argued about An Le's intentions, and Yan Huan intervened by arranging for himself and An Le to sit together in the car.
• During the drive to Tokyo, Hitomi Sakuramiya told Yan Huan that Spencer, Bai Yi, and Ye Shiyu were there, then said Sister Shiyu was doing very badly.

During their stay in Shingō Village, An Le was tempted by Little Finger’s offer to remain there with Yan Huan, but she chose to contact Hitomi Sakuramiya and return to the conflict. As the village festival began, An Le and Yan Huan made a shared wish before preparing to leave.

• An Le helped the villagers prepare festival decorations while Yan Huan worked with the men, and the women suggested the couple stay in the village.
• Little Finger offered to use his power to keep An Le and Yan Huan there forever, but An Le refused because that happiness was hers alone and Yan Huan could not spend his life in the past.
• An Le called Hitomi Sakuramiya, gave her their location, and learned that people would likely come the next morning to clear the road.
• Meow-chan told Yan Huan that An Le had contacted Hitomi Sakuramiya, and Yan Huan went with Meow-chan to the village festival.
• Yan Huan and An Le held a painted ema together and wished to resolve their struggles and restore the life they wanted.

Yan Huan flew to Tokyo with An Le and Hitomi Sakuramiya, whose Memory Correction erased his memories of their intimacy while leaving him with unexplained bodily sensations. After learning Ye Shiyu had isolated herself, he went to her hotel room and found her unconscious and injured; she began to wake as he called to her.

• Hitomi Sakuramiya told Yan Huan that Spencer had gone to the Golden Lion Group, Ye Shiyu had disappeared after isolating herself, and the others had reached Tokyo.
• On the plane, An Le used Memory Correction to remove Yan Huan’s memories of their intimacy and of being transported to Divine Village, then he fell asleep in Hitomi Sakuramiya’s arms.
• Yan Huan woke in Tokyo, realized his memories had been altered, and grew concerned about Hitomi Sakuramiya’s declining health and the danger of the Modifier.
• Yan Huan borrowed Hitomi Sakuramiya’s phone, learned Ye Shiyu was staying at the Mitsui Garden Hotel, and sent her a voice message asking where she was.
• After Ye Shiyu replied with her room number, Yan Huan and the others went to room 0511, where hotel staff warned them about razor blades and a frightening voice.
• Yan Huan used a master key to enter and found Ye Shiyu unconscious with a razor blade in her hand and blood on it; she stirred and slowly opened her eyes when he called to her.

Yan Huan and An Le left the World Shrine after the road to Shingō Village reopened, and Yan Huan planned how to kiss four Modifier Hosts to obtain the Crab Medicine. Hitomi Sakuramiya arrived with the road-clearing crew and found Yan Huan and An Le holding hands, triggering a dangerous misunderstanding that Yan Huan prepared to address.

• Fukuoka Prefecture workers cleared the blocked road, and Grandmother Kamishiro bade Yan Huan and An Le farewell as they left the Shrine.
• Meow-chan paused at the torii to look back at the World Shrine's clay dog statue before following Yan Huan and An Le down the mountain.
• While waiting for the roadwork to finish, Yan Huan planned a sequence of meetings with Spencer, Hitomi Sakuramiya, Bai Yi, and Ye Shiyu to obtain the Crab Medicine by kissing them.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya arrived in a hard hat after flying to Kyushu Island overnight to bring workers and vehicles, then saw Yan Huan and An Le holding hands.
• Villagers told Hitomi Sakuramiya that Yan Huan and An Le were a well-matched couple, causing her Modifier to surge and putting Yan Huan under pressure.
• Yan Huan realized he had to resolve the misunderstanding without undoing his support for An Le, steadied himself, and began to speak.

Yan Huan visited Ye Shiyu in the hospital after she injured herself, then used his changing expressions to unsettle her and make her believe he might care for her. Ye Shiyu agreed to explore Tokyo alone with him, mistaking the invitation for a date.

• Yan Huan found Ye Shiyu injured in her hotel room, called an ambulance, and accompanied her to the hospital while An Le and Hitomi Sakuramiya lost track of where they were taken.
• At the hospital, Ye Shiyu explained that she had cut herself to feel something after Yan Huan went missing, and Yan Huan suspected the Modifier had caused her emotional numbness.
• Yan Huan pretended to react with fear and disgust whenever Ye Shiyu touched him, then claimed his body feared she might do something terrible to him, frightening her and disrupting her attempt to use hypnosis.
• Yan Huan’s vague remarks led Ye Shiyu to believe he secretly liked her, and he invited her to explore Tokyo with him alone.
• Ye Shiyu accepted the invitation, believing it was a date.