Chapter Summaries

Lin Shuo’s quiet life as a ramen-stall owner was upended when Lin You, a girl claiming to be his future daughter with Ukinami Yuzuha, appeared in his noodle pot. He agreed to shelter her and keep her origins secret, while the system bound him to care for her and win over Yuzuha; his next task was to obtain Lin You’s legal identification within seven days.

• Lin Shuo discovered Lin You standing in his ramen pot, and she claimed she had traveled back from the future as his daughter with Ukinami Yuzuha.
• The system assigned Lin Shuo a mandatory quest to care for Lin You and help her return, while forbidding him from revealing her identity or origin to anyone, including Yuzuha.
• Lin Shuo verified Lin You’s identity, agreed to take her in as a distant relative’s child, and brought her to his apartment for a bath and dinner.
• Lin You told Lin Shuo that his future self regretted waiting too long to admit his feelings for Yuzuha, and said she had come to help him and meet her young mother.
• Lin Shuo refused Lin You’s offer of future dating advice and insisted that he would decide for himself how to approach Yuzuha.
• The system displayed Lin Shuo’s next objective: obtain legal identification for Lin You within seven days.

Lin Shuo spent the day caring for Lin You and running his ramen stall, where she met Ukinami Yuzuha and urged him to join Spook Shack’s Hollow investigation. After a Hollow alert struck Lemnos Hollow, Lin Shuo accepted a side quest and agreed to help at Kaidan House, leaving him set to visit Scott Outpost with Lin You the next day.

• Lin Shuo stopped Lin You from cooking breakfast, then explained that he needed to get her a fake identity and planned to visit Scott Outpost the next day.
• Lin Shuo took Lin You to his ramen stall, where she met Ukinami Yuzuha and Komano Manato and quickly befriended Yuzuha.
• Yuzuha invited Lin Shuo to help Spook Shack investigate the midnight-crying legend in Lemnos Hollow, but he initially refused.
• A Hollow alert appeared at Lemnos Hollow, and Lin Shuo accepted the system’s side quest to assist Spook Shack’s investigation.
• Yuzuha invited Lin Shuo to a Kaidan House porcelain workshop, and he agreed to attend with Lin You; the system’s main-quest progress rose to 1.2%.

Lin Shuo secured a temporary identity for Lin You at Scott Outpost while learning that the Order was testing a dangerous potion near Lumina Square and that Lin You's biometrics resembled data in an encrypted file. As they returned home, Lin You looked forward to visiting Kaidan House the next day, while Lin Shuo's system marked the next key event as imminent.

• Lin Shuo brought Lin You to Scott Outpost, where Orphie Magnusson and Willowisp scanned her and noticed a brief anomaly in her data.
• Lin Shuo traded encrypted Helios research data to Luolan for a six-month temporary ID card naming him Lin You's paternal uncle.
• Luolan warned Lin Shuo that the Order was testing a new Sacrifice Potion version near Lumina Square and advised him to protect Lin You.
• Lin Shuo and Lin You left the outpost after greeting Trigger, Seed, and Soldier 11, and Lin You accidentally mentioned knowledge from the future.
• Yuzuha told Lin Shuo that the Kaidan House event had moved to ten the next morning, while an unknown sender warned that Lin You's biometrics were 42.7% similar to data in an encrypted file.
• Lin Shuo's system confirmed the identity mission was complete and announced that the Kaidan House invitation event would soon begin.

Lin Shuo summoned a juvenile Shukaku, who quickly bonded with Lin You, and the two joined Yuzuha and the Spook Shack crew at Kaidan House. After agreeing to help investigate the Midnight Cry cases, Lin Shuo learned from Lin You that Yuzuha had nearly died before he finally stopped avoiding his feelings for her.

• Lin Shuo summoned Shukaku in a fluffy juvenile form and let Lin You name him Little Shukaku.
• Lin Shuo and Lin You visited Kaidan House, where Yuzuha introduced them to Manato, Alice, Lucia, and Idhila.
• Yuzuha told Lin Shuo that the Midnight Cry investigation might be connected to The Order and a new Ethereal drug, and he agreed to investigate with the group next Wednesday.
• The Spook Shack crew finished their pottery workshop, and Yuzuha gave Lin You a gray porcelain tanuki hair clip while paying Lin Shuo three thousand Denny.
• Lin You asked to join the investigation, but Lin Shuo refused, and she revealed that Yuzuha had nearly died before he stopped avoiding her.
• Yuzuha watched Lin Shuo and Lin You leave, then sent Lin Shuo a message thanking him for helping at Kaidan House.

Lin Shuo prepared for a dangerous investigation at Lemnos Hollow by securing equipment and support from his old comrade Lao Mo, while Lin You learned more about his past and his feelings for Yuzuha. The chapter ended with the investigation five days away and Lao Mo quietly honoring his promise to Elidel.

• Lin You asked whether Lin Shuo might use his Half-Ethereal Transformation on the upcoming investigation, and he warned her that Lucia should not spend too much time near Little Shukaku.
• Lin Shuo took Lin You to Lao Mo’s fish stall, where he bought protective equipment and learned that Lao Mo would join the investigation against The Order.
• Lao Mo recalled how Elidel had died covering their retreat and revealed that Elidel had asked him to look after Lin Shuo.
• Lin Shuo agreed to let Lin You attend the investigation as long as she stayed beside him, and he told her that Yuzuha was worth opening his heart for.
• Lin Shuo checked the equipment and reminded Yuzuha to wear protective gear; the system reported that the investigation event was five days and twenty-three hours away.
• Lao Mo looked at an old photograph of himself, Elidel, and Lin Shuo before locking it away and returning to clean his guns.

Lin Shuo and his team uncovered the Order’s forced-crying trap in Lemnos Hollow, rescued three hostages, and destroyed a nascent Ethereal and its researcher. The Order’s larger plans remained unknown, while Lin You’s Sharingan evolved and Lin Shuo prepared for the threat ahead.

• Lin Shuo led Manato, Yuzuha, Alice, Lucia, and Idhila through the factory, where they disabled the sentries and found the basement entrance open as the crying began.
• The team discovered three hostages trapped in a ritual chamber and freed them while Lucia’s phantom Ethereals held back a nascent Ethereal.
• Lin Shuo defeated the Ethereal, interrogated an Order researcher about the P-07 Modified Type Sacrifice Potion, then killed him and burned the monster with Amaterasu.
• Lin You revealed she had followed the team and helped protect Yuzuha; Lin Shuo noticed her Sharingan had evolved to Two-Tomoe.
• The team evacuated the hostages and recovered the Order’s badge, which Lin Shuo crushed as he warned that he would strike back against anyone who threatened his family.

After returning from the dangerous commission, Lin Shuo explained the Sharingan’s risks to Lin You while hiding its true origin. Lin You teased him about his feelings for Yuzuha, and the chapter ended with Lin Shuo privately preparing for her next visit as his quest progress increased.

• On the ride home, Yuzuha asked Lin Shuo about his black flame, and he said it was a special ability with a price.
• At home, Lin You described how fear for her mother had awakened her Sharingan and how seeing a sentry threaten Yuzuha had given her two tomoe.
• Lin Shuo warned Lin You that the Sharingan could consume life force and that Mangekyō techniques could cause blindness, then promised to protect her even at the cost of his life.
• Lin You guessed that Lin Shuo was thinking about Yuzuha, and he remembered a rainy afternoon they had spent together at Kaidan House.
• After Lin You suggested he prepare for Yuzuha’s visit, Lin Shuo ordered a dark blue shirt, while Lin You resolved to help him marry her mother.
• The system reported that Lin You’s understanding of the Sharingan had updated and that progress on the quest to win Ukinami Yuzuha’s heart had reached 6.5%.

Lin Shuo and Lin You visited Kaidan House to help Yuzuha, where Lin Shuo met her adoptive father, Li Baorong, and promised to look after her. Yuzuha invited them on a seaside trip the following weekend, and the system registered Li Baorong’s approval and triggered a new side quest.

• Lin Shuo agreed to close his ramen stall early and take Lin You to help Yuzuha at Kaidan House.
• Lin Shuo packed the shop’s online orders while Yuzuha told him she trusted him and was not afraid of his past.
• Yuzuha cooked noodles for Lin Shuo and Lin You, and Li Baorong returned from Aerospace City to meet them.
• Li Baorong thanked Lin Shuo for looking after Yuzuha, and Lin Shuo promised to keep an eye on her.
• Yuzuha invited Lin Shuo and Lin You to collect gray porcelain materials by the seaside the following weekend, and Lin Shuo accepted.
• The system awarded Lin Shuo Li Baorong’s Approval, raised the romance quest progress to 7.9%, and triggered the Weekend Seaside Trip side quest.

Lin Shuo, Yuzuha, and Lin You spent a day at Dreamweave Resort, where a beach outing brought Lin Shuo and Yuzuha closer. After they shared their painful childhoods, Lin Shuo opened his heart to Yuzuha for the first time, and his quest progress increased to 15.3%.

• Lin You woke Lin Shuo early and insisted they prepare for a beach trip with Yuzuha.
• Lin Shuo, Yuzuha, and Lin You traveled to Dreamweave Resort, where they surfed, ate lunch, and walked along the coast.
• Yuzuha told Lin Shuo how she had feared the sea after drifting ashore with no memories, and he reassured her.
• Lin Shuo told Yuzuha about being used as a test subject by his researcher parents, and Yuzuha revealed her own past as the sole survivor of the ES-07 experiments.
• Yuzuha told Lin Shuo they were alike and gently touched his arm; the system recorded his first heart-to-heart with her and raised her affection and his quest progress.
• Lin You watched Lin Shuo and Yuzuha from afar with her Two-Tomoe Sharingan and celebrated their growing closeness with Little Shukaku.

After their beach outing, Lin You teased Lin Shuo about his feelings for Yuzuha and admitted she wanted to help her parents reach the happiness she remembered from the future. Lin Shuo told her to stop interfering and let their relationship develop naturally, but his growing feelings became clear as the system quest advanced and he went to bed thinking of Yuzuha.

• On the ride home, Lin You teased Lin Shuo about not holding Yuzuha's hand, and Yuzuha quietly smiled as she listened.
• After dinner, Lin You embarrassed Lin Shuo with stories about their future married life, so he doubled her training and forbade her from meddling in his and Yuzuha's private lives.
• Lin You explained that she wanted to help because she remembered Lin Shuo and Yuzuha building a happy home together, and Lin Shuo comforted her while telling her to let their relationship take its natural course.
• The system reported that Lin Shuo's emotional certainty toward Ukinami Yuzuha had increased, issued an Ōtsutsuki Fragment and limited-time Memory Recall ability, and raised the quest progress to 38.7%.
• Lin Shuo watched Yuzuha's lit window, dreamed of her, and later struggled to sleep while Lin You dreamed of their future family; the quest progress quietly reached 39.1%.

Lin Shuo and Lao Mo attacked an Order laboratory in Aerospace City, where miners were being turned into Ethereals. They destroyed the facility and rescued 27 miners, but Lin Shuo’s Mangekyō use permanently reduced his vision and increased the Order’s hostility.

• Lin Shuo left Lin You at home with Little Shukaku and met Lao Mo at the cable car station to investigate the Order’s laboratory.
• Lin Shuo and Lao Mo found 32 miners, six researchers, and 16 guards in the mine, and Lao Mo planted explosives while Lin Shuo began freeing the captives.
• Lin Shuo destroyed the laboratory’s data terminal and fought three fully transformed Ethereals, using Kagutsuchi and Susanoo when more began to awaken.
• Lin Shuo ordered Lao Mo to detonate the explosives, then escaped the collapsing mine with the surviving miners as Lao Mo’s backup explosion destroyed the laboratory.
• Lin Shuo and Lao Mo led 27 rescued miners back toward the cable car, and the system reported that Lin Shuo’s vision had permanently worsened by 2% and the Order’s hostility had increased.

Lin Shuo accepted Yuzuha’s help treating his ether-corrupted wound and confessed that she was more than a friend, leading them to agree to a date once he healed. With The Order threatening students and Lin You uncertain about returning to her timeline, Lin Shuo resolved to grow stronger to protect those close to him.

• Yuzuha visited Lin Shuo, gave him a neutralizing agent for his wound, and warned him that The Order had caused two students with ether aptitude to disappear.
• Akame’s antics caused Yuzuha to fall into Lin Shuo’s arms, where Lin Shuo thanked her, confessed his feelings, and asked her on a date after he recovered.
• Lin Shuo cooked dinner for Yuzuha and Lin You, then walked Yuzuha home and agreed to tell her if he needed help against The Order.
• Lin You told Lin Shuo she wanted to return to her own timeline but also wanted to stay with him and see him marry Yuzuha; Lin Shuo reassured her that she was his daughter and this was her home.
• Lin Shuo learned that his three Ōtsutsuki Fragments could enhance his physique by fifteen percent, but chose to save them toward collecting ten fragments and unlocking stronger abilities.

Lin Shuo told Yuzuha that Lin You was their daughter from the future, and Yuzuha believed him after Lin You revealed private memories and showed her Sharingan. Yuzuha accepted Lin You and admitted she was ready to build a family with Lin Shuo, while the system rewarded the confession and urged them to find a way to send Lin You back.

• Before their date, Lin Shuo told Lin You he would reveal the truth to Yuzuha and said she was part of it.
• At Dreamweave Resort, Lin Shuo confessed that Lin You was his daughter and that Yuzuha was her mother in the future.
• Lin You shared private details about Yuzuha, and Lin Shuo and Lin You showed her their Sharingan as proof.
• Yuzuha accepted Lin You as her daughter, embraced her, and told Lin Shuo she believed him and was ready to take their relationship slowly.
• Yuzuha and Lin Shuo shared a kiss as the sun set, and Lin You teased them before they headed home together.
• The system marked the confession complete, raised Yuzuha's acceptance to 98% and mission progress to 78.5%, issued an Ōtsutsuki Fragment, and recommended finding a way to return Lin You to the future.

Lin Shuo, Yuzuha, and Lin You met the Fox Thiren writer Old Tang at a bookstore, where his romance advice helped Lin Shuo think about how to care for his relationship with Yuzuha. The chapter ended with the family sharing a warm day together and Lin Shuo’s system progress reaching 81.2%.

• Lin Shuo coached Lin You in shurikenjutsu at home while Yuzuha arrived with chicken soup and said her school suspension had been extended.
• Yuzuha invited Lin Shuo and Lin You to meet Old Tang, a novelist and comic artist who was wanted by Hollow Special Operations Section 6.
• Lin Shuo asked Old Tang for relationship advice, and he suggested finding shared activities and gave the couple a booklet of romance tips.
• Lin Shuo, Yuzuha, and Lin You read Paper Bride together, and Yuzuha told Lin Shuo she was trying to be a good girlfriend and a mother to Lin You.
• Yuzuha kissed Lin Shuo goodbye, and Lin You encouraged him to use Old Tang’s tips to plan surprises and shared hobbies.
• Lin Shuo thanked the system, and it reported that the bookstore encounter was complete, Yuzuha’s affection had increased, and his emotional stability had improved.

Lin Shuo received an emergency summons from Obsidian Camp and left Lumina Square, entrusting Lin You to Yuzuha and Lao Mo. At Scott Outpost, he discovered a mysterious girl with the Three-Tomoe Sharingan who recognized him as her father, leaving him to face questions about her identity and origins.

• Willowisp summoned Lin Shuo to Scott Outpost, warning that New Eridu’s survival was at stake after an unusual discovery in Lemnos Hollow.
• Lin Shuo closed his ramen stall early, arranged for Yuzuha and Lao Mo to protect Lin You, and promised Yuzuha he would return safely.
• Lin Shuo reported to Scott Outpost, where Willowisp explained that a girl had been found asleep in an Ether-crystal hibernation pod and had called Orphie “Mommy.”
• Lin Shuo entered the lounge, where the girl recognized him, called him “Daddy,” and clung to him while crying.
• Lin Shuo promised the girl he would not leave her behind and asked Willowisp to let them speak alone as his former comrades demanded an explanation.

Lin Yue arrived from a doomed parallel spacetime and revealed that Lin Shuo and Orphie were her parents there. Lin Shuo accepted responsibility for her and rejoined the unit while seeking a way to save her and return her home.

• Lin Yue told Lin Shuo that she came from the future and recognized Orphie as her mother.
• Lin Yue revealed a container holding another Lin Shuo's Mangekyō Sharingan, and her memories suggested that Lin Shuo and Orphie had raised her together.
• Lin Shuo learned that Lin Yue came from a parallel spacetime where he had died and that she would disappear within 72 hours unless he accepted her and built a bond with Orphie.
• Lin Shuo agreed to care for Lin Yue and temporarily rejoin the unit, while Willowisp assigned Orphie to look after the girl.
• Lin Shuo asked Soldier 11 to investigate spacetime anomalies and The Order's ritual to bring about the Primordial One's descent.

Lin Shuo struggled to care for Lin Yue and build her bond with Orphie without betraying Yuzuha, while a letter from his counterpart warned him not to repeat past mistakes. He decided to investigate spacetime research and planned to speak with Yuzuha in person, though he still had no answer.

• Soldier 11 told Lin Shuo that his counterpart had likely sacrificed his eyes before dying, and Lin Shuo wondered why he had chosen to do so.
• Orphie trained with Lin Yue, who revealed that her mother had confessed to Lin Shuo in their timeline and that they had become a family.
• Soldier 11 showed Lin Shuo a letter from his counterpart, who urged him not to repeat his mistakes and said some choices did not require a price.
• Lin Shuo asked Soldier 11 to investigate spacetime stability and told Orphie that spending time with Lin Yue would help her remain stable in this timeline.
• Lin Shuo told Orphie that he loved Yuzuha and regarded this timeline’s Orphie as a comrade, leaving Orphie quietly hurt.
• Lin Shuo planned to visit Lumina Square and speak with Yuzuha face-to-face, while Lin Yue’s bond progress continued to rise.

Lin Shuo told Yuzuha about Lin Yue, the other spacetime, and his responsibility to care for the child, leaving Yuzuha hurt and jealous but still committed to their relationship. He returned to Scott Outpost knowing he had to balance caring for Lin Yue and protecting his relationship with Yuzuha.

• Lin Shuo told Yuzuha he would explain Lin Yue’s origins and his connection to Orphie when he visited Kaidan House that evening.
• Lin Yue completed an ability assessment at Scott Outpost, impressing the soldiers with her Sharingan, Taijutsu, and tactical awareness.
• Lin Shuo explained Lin Yue’s arrival and the need to build an emotional bond with her and Orphie, and Yuzuha admitted she feared being left behind.
• Lin Shuo reassured Yuzuha that his promises to her had not changed, and she hugged him and confessed that she was very jealous.
• Yuzuha kissed Lin Shuo before he left, vowed she would not give up, and Li Baorong encouraged her to trust Lin Shuo and herself.
• The system recorded Yuzuha’s affection at 86.3%, Orphie’s at 71%, and 58 hours and 10 minutes remaining on Lin Yue’s quest.

At seven, Lin Shuo discovered that his parents and their laboratory treated him and the volunteers as experimental subjects, despite presenting the tests as care. After learning Qian An was about to undergo a dangerous potion trial, Lin Shuo resolved to escape with him and began searching the archives for a plan.

• Lin Shuo’s parents celebrated his seventh birthday in the laboratory, then prepared him for an experiment instead of letting him go outside.
• Lin Shuo underwent a Half-Ethereal Transformation test and successfully controlled a partial transformation of his left hand.
• After the test, Lin Shuo found records showing that Qian An was a volunteer with a projected service life of three months, and that TOPS and The Order were involved in the experiments.
• Lin Shuo overheard his mother praise his test results for their research value and realized that more funding would bring more experiments and volunteers.
• Lin Shuo learned that Qian An was being considered for a dangerous Type P-07 Potion test, so he decided to escape with him and searched for building plans and security manuals.

Lin Shuo helped Qian An escape the laboratory, then killed Yuejian to spare her from completing her Ethereal transformation and survived a full dose of the Type P-07 Sacrifice Potion after the system granted him the Three-Tomoe Sharingan. He received an eight-year quest to escape and gather evidence of his parents’ crimes, while Qian An fled New Eridu carrying grief over Yuejian and fear for Lin Shuo.

• Lin Shuo used laboratory records to plan an escape through a damaged ventilation duct and told Qian An to be ready before the next test.
• Lin Shuo led Qian An through the laboratory and into the duct, then returned to the confinement room to cover his escape.
• After Yuejian transformed, Lin Shuo told her Qian An had escaped and used his Half-Ethereal power to end her life before she lost herself completely.
• Lin Shuo’s parents discovered Qian An’s escape and ordered Lin Shuo to take a full dose of P-07; the system activated and granted him the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, which let him reverse the transformation.
• Lin Shuo rejected further testing, while Qian An escaped into New Eridu and chose to keep living for Yuejian; the system issued Lin Shuo an eight-year quest to escape and collect evidence of his parents’ experiments.