Recaps

Yunyi took Miyuki Shiba and Yuuka Tsukuba to the Parasites’ base on Tokyo’s outskirts, where all thirty-one Parasites had gathered. He sealed off the area’s Psion flow, and the Parasites charged at them as the hunt began.

• Yunyi told Miyuki Shiba and Yuuka Tsukuba that mental magic could eliminate the Parasites and urged them to act before Miyuki’s brother noticed she was gone.
• Yunyi flew Miyuki and Yuuka to the outskirts of Tokyo, where they prepared to attack the Parasites with mental magic.
• Yunyi cast Domain Expansion, Fool’s World, to seal off the Psion flow in the area.
• The Parasites sensed the Domain Magic, burst out of their warehouse, and charged toward Yunyi, Miyuki, and Yuuka.
• The Parasites’ base held all thirty-one who had come to Japan, including companions they had awakened after fleeing the park.

Yunyi and the two women fought the Parasites attacking them outside the warehouse. He left Miyuki and Fumiya to suppress the main Parasite while he charged at the possessed people to drive the Parasites out of their bodies.

• Yunyi sensed the Parasites and used magic to make the bullets fired at him, Miyuki, and Yuuka disappear.
• Yunyi lit up the darkness and struck the exposed hosts with Electric Light, but the main Parasite shielded them from the attack.
• Yunyi used Light Phosphorus to pierce the Parasite’s barrier and weaken its main body.
• Yunyi ordered Miyuki and Fumiya to attack the Parasite with Direct Pain while he dealt with the possessed people.
• Yunyi charged at the possessed people, intending to force the Parasites out and preserve their bodies for Lina’s sake.

Yunyi drove the remaining Parasites out of their STARS hosts and reunited them with the one he had banished, but the thirty-one merged Parasites resisted Miyuki Shiba and Yuuka Tsukuba’s magic. With Cocytus unavailable because of the seal on her brother’s abilities, Yunyi prepared to kill the Parasites as they attacked.

• Yunyi used his sword and protective magic to defeat the possessed STARS members, forcing their Parasites to flee their hosts.
• Yunyi released the Parasite he had banished to Imaginary Number Space, allowing all thirty-one Parasites in Japan to merge.
• The merged Parasites resisted Miyuki Shiba and Yuuka Tsukuba’s Mental Interference Magic and attacked them with a blast of energy, which Yunyi’s defensive magic blocked.
• Miyuki Shiba told Yunyi she could not use Cocytus without undoing the seal on her brother’s abilities, and Yunyi prepared a killing move against the Parasites.

Gu Jie sent Zhou Gongjin’s subordinates to capture the Saegusa Family’s daughters while Yunyi was away, despite Zhou Gongjin’s doubts. As the attack began, a Psion vortex and a beam of light struck the raiders outside Yunyi’s home.

• Gu Jie decided to exploit Yunyi’s absence and ordered an attack on the Saegusa Family’s daughters.
• Zhou Gongjin’s subordinates, including five Executors and several magicians, approached Yunyi’s mansion.
• The magicians hid in the darkness as the Executors prepared to break into the mansion.
• When the mansion’s second-floor lights went out, the Executors charged, and a vortex of Psions sent icicles raining down on them.
• A beam of white light shot from a second-floor window, pierced an Executor, and scorched the ground.

Mayumi Saegusa and Lina prepared to defend the mansion after detecting an armed group outside. When the attackers moved in, Mayumi used her Engraving Type to cast a powerful spell almost instantly, surprising Lina and herself.

• Mayumi Saegusa asked Lina how she had been injured, and Lina said Yunyi-kun had slapped her because their positions were opposed.
• Lina said she had to wait for orders from her superiors, while Mayumi Saegusa worried about Yunyi-kun hunting the Parasites.
• Lina detected sixteen people outside the mansion, including five modified humans, and Mayumi brought Kasumi Saegusa and Izumi Saegusa to the guest room.
• Mayumi proposed using the darkness to lure the attackers into moving, and she and Lina prepared to strike when Kasumi turned off the lights.
• Mayumi's Engraving Type spell pierced an executor who climbed over the wall, astonishing Lina with its speed and power.

Yunyi protected Miyuki Shiba and Yuuka Tsukuba from corpses detonated by a Necromancy Technique, while the Parasites fled into his barrier and found a possible way out. At home, Mayumi Saegusa and Lina dealt with the attackers as Yunyi’s guards intercepted the retreating magicians.

• Lina helped Mayumi Saegusa defeat the Executors outside the house, and Mayumi detected the remaining magicians trying to retreat.
• Two masked guards wearing robes like Yunyi’s appeared in the magicians’ path and blocked their escape.
• Yunyi noticed something strange about two corpses and pulled Miyuki Shiba and Yuuka Tsukuba behind him before the corpses exploded.
• Yunyi identified the explosions as a Necromancy Technique and saw that the Parasites had fled the blast.
• The Parasites attacked Yunyi’s barrier but failed to break through, then spotted a ray of hope.

Tatsuya Shiba rushed toward the formation to find Miyuki, while Yunyi feared he would be caught by the Parasites. Yunyi unleashed Spatial Collapse to destroy the Parasites before Tatsuya could reach them.

• Tatsuya woke from Miyuki's Mental Interference Magic and sensed her location through their contract.
• Tatsuya sped toward the warehouse, unaware that Yunyi, Miyuki, and Yuuka were approaching the formation.
• Miyuki recognized Tatsuya, and Yunyi realized Tatsuya might charge into the Parasites.
• Yunyi gathered Psions and cast Spatial Collapse at the Parasites on the formation's edge.
• The magic shattered space and created a confined pseudo-black hole around the Parasites.

Yunyi destroyed the Parasite with an artificial black hole, then fled with Yuuka Tsukuba before Tatsuya Shiba could confront him. Back at his courtyard, he found signs of an attack and questioned his guard.

• The artificial black hole tore the Parasite apart, and Yunyi escaped with Yuuka Tsukuba through the Gate of Transfer.
• Tatsuya Shiba confronted Miyuki Shiba about going out late, and she weakly agreed to explain herself.
• Yunyi asked Yuuka Tsukuba to keep his magic secret, then left her bedroom through the Gate of Transfer.
• Yuuka Tsukuba realized Yunyi had not exchanged contact information with her and wondered if his offer to treat her was just a brush-off.
• Yunyi returned to his courtyard, noticed dark marks on the ground, and asked his guard whether someone had attacked the place.

After Zhou Gongjin escaped from the safe house, Yunyi ordered his people to withdraw and returned home, where he learned Kasumi and Izumi were sulking because Lina was staying the night. He explained the remaining Parasite threat to Mayumi Saegusa and Lina, then messaged Miyuki Shiba about the night’s events.

• Yunyi learned that Executors from Blanche had attacked his home and that Zhou Gongjin had escaped capture.
• Yunyi ordered the guards to withdraw from the safe house because Zhou Gongjin might retaliate.
• Kasumi and Izumi went upstairs sulking, and Lina said they were probably upset that she was staying the night.
• Yunyi told Mayumi Saegusa that Gu Jie had directed the Parasites to Japan and warned that others might remain in America or be summoned again.
• Yunyi asked Lina to have her deputy investigate Americans he had encountered, then sent her the location.
• Yunyi messaged Miyuki Shiba and told Mayumi Saegusa that Miyuki and the Tsukuba Family's eldest daughter had accompanied him while he hunted Parasites.

Yunyi learned that Kasumi and Izumi Saegusa opposed Lina living with them because they feared she would take him away, and he explained that he had no plans to leave or become a naturalized citizen. Lina remained in Japan after her failed Parasite-hunting mission, and she and Yunyi resumed bickering before Mayumi called everyone to breakfast.

• Yunyi questioned Kasumi and Izumi Saegusa about why they had skipped dinner and learned they disliked Lina moving into the house.
• Izumi Saegusa and Kasumi Saegusa admitted they feared Lina would take Yunyi away, and Yunyi clarified that they were only friends and he would not become a citizen of another country.
• Lina overheard Yunyi calling her silly and explained that she was still at First High School because her mission failed, STARS suffered heavy losses, and the military had issued no new orders.
• Yunyi advised Lina to leave the military before it used her up, and Lina angrily argued back.
• Mayumi Saegusa announced that breakfast was ready and called Kasumi and Izumi to help her.

After last night’s events, Yunyi reassured Tatsuya Shiba that he would protect Miyuki Shiba, though he acknowledged that their countries might one day make them enemies. The group arrived at First High School, where Yunyi and Miyuki sensed that something was wrong in class 1-A.

• Yunyi told Lina to stop sulking, and she joined the others for breakfast before leaving to meet Ben.
• Yunyi and Mayumi Saegusa met Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba at the automated car station, and Yunyi walked off with Tatsuya to speak privately.
• Tatsuya asked Yunyi not to take Miyuki out alone again, and Yunyi promised to keep her safe while warning that they might one day meet as enemies.
• Miyuki told Mayumi what had happened the previous night, and Mayumi advised her to tell Tatsuya if something similar happened again.
• Yunyi and Miyuki entered class 1-A and noticed that the atmosphere seemed unusual.

After learning that Shun Morisaki had died, Yunyi received intelligence that Japan’s military might be preparing a move against his side. He questioned Tatsuya about whether he would deploy with the 101, then told Lina he would fight if Japan’s military attacked.

• Shizuku Kitayama told Yunyi and Miyuki Shiba that Shun Morisaki had died while on leave from school.
• Yunyi received a grave message, visited his former classmates in Class E, and took Tatsuya to the Public Morals Committee office.
• Yunyi showed Tatsuya intelligence from Liu Yunde about a possible Japanese military operation and asked what he would do if the 101 deployed.
• Tatsuya said he did not know whether he would deploy, and Yunyi warned that he would not hold back if they came into conflict.
• Lina told Yunyi that Colonel Virginia had reported Japan’s military might be targeting his side, and Yunyi said he would fight if necessary.

Yunyi wondered why the Japanese military was preparing for a conflict, unaware that it intended to use war to forcibly recruit him. Maya Yotsuba decided to arrange a meeting with Yunyi, while First High School’s Thesis Competition team struggled to find a replacement for an injured member.

• Yunyi considered the Japanese military’s sudden preparations and failed to realize that it planned to conscript him by force.
• Koichi Saegusa, Shingon Kudou, Retsu Kudou, and Katsuto Jumonji investigated the military’s mobilization, while Maya Yotsuba suspected it wanted to recruit someone.
• Maya Yotsuba decided to meet Yunyi despite Hayama’s objection and asked him to make the arrangements.
• Mayumi Saegusa and the others struggled to find a replacement for Kei Isori on First High School’s Thesis Competition team.
• Yunyi entered the Student Council office and learned that they were worried about replacing Kei Isori.

Suzune Ichihara proposed that Liu Yunyi join the Thesis Competition team, but he declined because he had not researched its topic, a Gravity Control Magic Sequence Thermonuclear Reactor. Mayumi Saegusa and Yunyi left the Student Council room, while Suzune and Miyuki went to meet their companions.

• Yunyi asked why Suzune Ichihara seemed unconcerned about finding a competitor, and Suzune said she had someone in mind.
• Suzune named Yunyi, explaining that his unconventional ideas, including his Closed-Loop Theory, could help the team despite his poor theory grades.
• Yunyi refused to take part, saying his Gravity Interference Magic research did not apply to the reactor-related topic and he had not studied it.
• Yunyi told Suzune that Lina was waiting in the Public Morals Committee office and that Miyuki could go to Tatsuya.
• Yunyi left with Mayumi, who asked whether he truly could not help Suzune; he confirmed that he could not and comforted her.

Yunyi and Mayumi Saegusa shared a comfortable evening at home while Mayumi sorted intelligence and Yunyi explored his Domain Magic. Meanwhile, Gu Jie left Gibraltar Military Base and planned a trip to Japan to observe Yunyi and possibly attack him from the shadows.

• Kasumi Saegusa and Izumi Saegusa happily welcomed Yunyi and Mayumi Saegusa home, then relaxed while the two prepared dinner.
• Mayumi Saegusa reviewed and categorized intelligence as Yunyi explored his magical domain, still searching for a third stage of Domain Magic.
• Mayumi Saegusa finished working, and Yunyi offered her a massage before they spent the evening together.
• After meeting American military officials, Gu Jie returned to his safe house and discussed his upcoming plan with Richard Sun.
• Gu Jie decided to travel to Japan to watch Yunyi from the shadows and possibly use the Corpse Manipulation Technique against him.

Mayumi Saegusa noticed suspicious American troop movements, and Yunyi concluded that Gu Jie might be using Parasites to secure American military support for an invasion of Japan. Yunyi ordered checks on the whereabouts of America’s Strategic-Class Magic users as he considered how the looming war and any additional Parasites might affect his plans.

• Mayumi Saegusa showed Yunyi intelligence about troop movements at the Gibraltar Military Base, and he created a soundproof barrier in their car.
• Mayumi Saegusa connected the movements to Gu Jie’s activities, and Yunyi considered whether America was preparing to invade Japan.
• Yunyi suspected Gu Jie had offered the American military control of Parasites and ordered intelligence agents to verify whether America’s Strategic-Class Magic users, especially Regulus Barth, were at their assigned bases.
• Yunyi told Mayumi Saegusa that he believed America was going to war with Japan, and she grew alarmed at the prospect of Parasite-possessed magicians joining the fighting.
• Yunyi weighed the danger of more Parasites reaching Japan against his expectation that Tatsuya Shiba and Japanese magicians could defeat the American forces.

As war between America and Japan loomed, Mayumi Saegusa struggled to choose between her family and staying with Yunyi, who said he would support her decision but would not join the war. Yunyi arranged to meet Tatsuya Shiba at First High School, while Mayumi concealed her distress and went to class after they parted.

• Yunyi considered how the war might affect the Alliance and how he could use it to achieve his goal.
• Mayumi Saegusa weighed whether to stand with her family or remain by Yunyi's side.
• Yunyi called Tatsuya Shiba and arranged to meet him at the Public Morals Committee office.
• Tatsuya Shiba told Miyuki Shiba that Japan would likely suffer a devastating defeat if it went to war while Yunyi was involved.
• Yunyi told Mayumi Saegusa he would respect her choice but would not take part in a war between other countries.
• Yunyi and Mayumi arrived at First High School and separated, with Yunyi heading to meet Tatsuya and Mayumi going to class.

Yunyi warned Tatsuya Shiba that the American military might be preparing to invade Japan with Gu Jie and Parasite-possessed people, while Japan’s military might be planning to conscript magicians. Katsuto Jumonji informed Mayumi Saegusa that the military’s actions were driven by its desire to control Yunyi’s magic, and Mayumi decided to tell him about American military movements.

• Yunyi showed Tatsuya intelligence suggesting the American military might cooperate with Gu Jie and Blanche to invade Japan using people possessed by Parasites.
• Tatsuya agreed to verify the information, and Yunyi assured him he would not take part in a war between Japan and America.
• Katsuto told Mayumi that the Japanese military planned to use war as a pretext to forcibly conscript magicians and was still pursuing Yunyi’s immense-scale magic from Ogasawara.
• Katsuto hesitated to explain what he wanted Mayumi to do, concerned that the military’s actions could push Yunyi into opposing Japan.
• Mayumi decided to tell Katsuto about the American military’s movements.

Mayumi Saegusa warned Katsuto Jumonji that a US naval task force might be approaching Japan and revealed that Yunyi was allied with the Great Asian Alliance. After Mayumi told Yunyi about the possible invasion and the risk of his identity spreading, they prepared for the consequences, including the possibility of leaving Japan.

• Mayumi Saegusa told Katsuto Jumonji that a US naval task force might be approaching and confirmed Yunyi's alliance with the Great Asian Alliance.
• Mayumi met Yunyi at school and privately relayed Katsuto Jumonji's information, prompting Yunyi to order closer surveillance of the US fleet.
• Yunyi warned Mayumi that revealing his identity could unite the Ten Master Clans against him and force her to choose a side.
• Mayumi told Yunyi that she had no other choice, and Yunyi asked her to notify Lord Saegusa and prepare for what might come.
• Mayumi asked Yunyi to arrange protection for Kasumi and Izumi in case they had to leave Japan.

Mayumi Saegusa asked Yunyi to protect Kasumi and Izumi from being used in the Saegusa Family’s political marriages, and he proposed taking them along when they left. As they prepared for the Ten Master Clans’ response, Katsuto Jumonji revealed Yunyi’s identity and demanded an explanation from Koichi Saegusa.

• Mayumi Saegusa warned Yunyi that the Saegusa Family might sacrifice Kasumi and Izumi to preserve its interests, and asked him to help protect them.
• Yunyi suggested taking Kasumi and Izumi with them, and Mayumi said she believed her younger sisters would be happy to go.
• Yunyi ordered his subordinates to watch Kasumi and Izumi’s school, while Mayumi told the girls to come straight home and avoid returning to the Saegusa residence.
• Mayumi watched Yunyi leave and wondered whether choosing him had been worth it.
• Katsuto Jumonji revealed Yunyi’s identity to the Ten Master Clans and demanded that Koichi Saegusa explain his daughter’s involvement with a foreign Strategic-Class Magician.

After Katsuto Jumonji revealed Yunyi’s identity as a Strategic-Class Magician of the Great Asian Alliance, the Ten Master Clans demanded an explanation from Koichi Saegusa. Koichi described Yunyi’s motives and activities but had not yet explained why the Saegusa Family concealed his identity.

• Maya Yotsuba received Katsuto Jumonji’s message and decided to fly to Tokyo to meet Yunyi.
• The heads of the Ten Master Clans convened an online meeting, and Retsu Kudou demanded answers from Koichi Saegusa.
• Koichi admitted that Mayumi Saegusa had discovered Yunyi’s identity first and told him about it.
• Koichi said Yunyi had come to Japan to study its educational methods and later revealed his abilities after becoming disillusioned with the system and other events.
• Koichi said Yunyi had gathered useful information while undercover at First High School and began to explain why the Saegusa Family had hidden his identity.

At the Master Clans Conference, Koichi Saegusa explained why his family had concealed Liu Yunyi’s identity: they hoped to win him over and feared provoking a magician of his immense power. Maya Yotsuba challenged whether the Saegusa daughters would truly side with the other clans if relations with Liu Yunyi broke down.

• Koichi Saegusa said Mayumi’s information suggested Liu Yunyi had left the Great Asian Alliance to oppose its treatment of magicians and had traveled undercover before coming to Japan.
• Koichi admitted he hoped to persuade Liu Yunyi to join Japan and said that goal was one reason he had accepted Liu Yunyi’s relationship with Mayumi.
• Koichi cited Liu Yunyi’s strength, the department-store terrorist attack, and the Ogasawara incident as reasons the Saegusa Family had chosen to conceal his identity and monitor him instead of making an enemy of him.
• Koichi said he had arranged for Kasumi and Izumi to move in with Liu Yunyi so they could get to know him and possibly learn his Ancient Magic.
• Maya Yotsuba asked Koichi whether his three daughters would side with the other clans if their relationship with Liu Yunyi collapsed.

Maya Yotsuba deflected pressure from Koichi Saegusa by revealing the Yotsuba siblings’ connection to Liu Yunyi and discussing their favorable impressions of him. As the Ten Master Clans continued debating Yunyi’s identity, Katsuto Jumonji invited him to join the Thesis Competition security team.

• Maya Yotsuba suggested Mayumi Saegusa might not side with the Ten Master Clans because she was attracted to Liu Yunyi, and Koichi Saegusa’s reaction confirmed her doubts.
• Maya Yotsuba displayed records identifying Tatsuya Shiba, Miyuki Shiba, and Yuuka Tsukuba as Yotsuba children, and claimed Tatsuya was her son conceived using preserved eggs.
• Maya Yotsuba said Tatsuya suspected Liu Yunyi’s identity but had no proof, and added that Fumiya Yotsuba had developed affection for him.
• Retsu Kudou and the other clan heads recognized that Maya Yotsuba’s remarks had shifted pressure away from Koichi Saegusa, but kept their focus on Liu Yunyi’s identity.
• Katsuto Jumonji invited Liu Yunyi to serve as an on-site guard at the Thesis Competition.

Yunyi accepted Katsuto Jumonji’s invitation to join the security team, where he would train students and guard the competition venue, while weighing whether the American military might attack during the Thesis Competition. At the Student Council, Mayumi Saegusa discussed the difficulty of selecting participants, and Yunyi asked Miyuki Shiba and Tatsuya Shiba to help him arrange a meal with Yuuka Tsukuba.

• Yunyi questioned Katsuto Jumonji about inviting him despite the Master Clans Conference and accepted a role training students and securing the Thesis Competition venue.
• Yunyi considered whether the American military would still attack Japan during the Thesis Competition without the Great Asian Alliance’s planned operation.
• Yunyi entered the Student Council room and learned that Mayumi Saegusa was struggling to choose participants who could support Suzune Ichihara and Tatsuya Shiba.
• Suzune Ichihara lamented that Koharu Hirakawa had been implicated in her younger sister’s actions and glanced at Yunyi with reproach.
• Yunyi asked Miyuki Shiba and Tatsuya Shiba to help contact Yuuka Tsukuba so he could thank her with a meal.

Yunyi helped settle the Thesis Competition team and learned that Katsuto Jumonji had invited him to join the guard team. Miyuki Shiba then received word that Maya Yotsuba would arrive in Tokyo that evening and stay at the Shiba residence, leaving her alarmed about Maya’s purpose.

• Yunyi suggested that Azusa Nakajo join the Thesis Competition team as an assistant, and Suzune Ichihara and Tatsuya Shiba agreed.
• Yunyi pressured Azusa into accepting the role, and Mayumi Saegusa reassured her that she would have support.
• Yunyi told Mayumi that Katsuto Jumonji had invited him to join the guard team, and she was relieved he could stay with her.
• Mayumi explained that Mari Watanabe was handling temporary replacements for the injured Kei Isori and Kanon Chiyoda.
• Miyuki received a message from Hayama saying Maya Yotsuba would arrive in Tokyo that evening and stay at the Shiba residence.