Chapter Summaries

After Miyuki urged Tatsuya to pursue emotional recovery, Tatsuya acknowledged that Yunyi’s Kotodama Magic might be changing him. Meanwhile, Mayumi met with Kyoko Fujibayashi, and Yunyi learned that the New Soviet Union’s forces had advanced into Fukushima Prefecture and were nearing Japan’s defenses.

• Miyuki told Tatsuya she wanted Yunyi to do everything possible to restore his emotions, and she would not back down on the matter.
• Tatsuya admitted that he had changed while spending time with Yunyi and suspected Yunyi’s Kotodama Magic was affecting him.
• Yunyi returned to Tokyo with Mayumi and directed her to speak privately with Kyoko Fujibayashi in the basement.
• Yunyi reassured Kasumi and Izumi that Mayumi was safe while hidden guards protected the house.
• Mayumi brought Yunyi intelligence that the New Soviet Union’s army had entered Fukushima Prefecture and was about to face Japan’s defensive line.

Yunyi learned that Leonid had used Strategic-Class Magic to rush the New Soviet Union's army to Fukushima, disrupting Japan's defenses and evacuation plans. As the American fleet began its landing operation in Tokyo Bay, Japan faced attacks from both the north and the sea.

• Yunyi questioned how the New Soviet Union's forces had reached Fukushima so quickly, and Kyoko Fujibayashi explained that Leonid could use 'Tuman Bomba' to accelerate their advance.
• Mayumi Saegusa told Yunyi that Kyoko had come to gauge whether he would retaliate against the Fujibayashi Family over the Kudou Family, and Yunyi suspected Retsu Kudou had sent her to test the waters.
• Leonid led the New Soviet Union's army through the undersea tunnel and advanced toward Tokyo after finding no defenders in its way.
• Elliot Miller, Regulus Barth, and the American frontline commander decided to launch an attack rather than wait for Japan's other conflict to develop.
• The American navy breached Japan's defensive line outside Tokyo Bay, and its amphibious landing ships carried troops into Japan.

Lina attacked the American forces at Japan’s harbor after recognizing former STARS members among the Parasite Soldiers, while Yunyi protected her from retaliation. Exhausted by her Strategic-Class Magic, Lina fell from the sky, and Yunyi caught her.

• Yunyi watched the American Parasite Soldiers overwhelm Japan’s harbor defenses and stopped Lina from acting until he saw STARS members enter the battle.
• Lina concealed her identity with Parade and charged into the fight after recognizing her former STARS subordinates, whom the American military had turned into Parasite Soldiers.
• Lina unleashed Heavy Metal Burst across the battlefield, striking both Japanese defenders and American troops as Yunyi shielded her from their counterattacks.
• American commanders mistook Lina for someone using Sirius’s CAD and ordered their forces to eliminate her and recover it.
• Lina’s Psions ran low, and she fell toward the defensive line, where Yunyi appeared and caught her.

Yunyi helped Lina destroy the remaining Parasite Soldiers, then rushed to Fukushima, where the New Soviet Union’s powerful Tuman Bomba-enhanced army had broken Japan’s defensive line. He summoned the Heavenly Crusader to stop both armies, but as the New Soviet troops fought through the lightning beasts, Yunyi expanded Fool’s World and called on the Four Spirits of Heaven.

• After Lina silently agreed, Yunyi used Fool’s World to unleash a Heavy Metal Burst across the enemy position and kill the remaining defenders and Parasite Soldiers.
• Yunyi took Lina to Mayumi Saegusa, then transferred to Fukushima and found that the New Soviet Union had already smashed Japan’s defensive line.
• Yunyi suspected Tuman Bomba enhanced the New Soviet troops and their tanks, and he cast the forbidden spell Heavenly Crusader to summon an army of lightning beasts.
• The lightning beasts wiped out the retreating Japanese defenders, then attacked the New Soviet army, which fought back with tanks, artillery, magic, and explosive charges.
• After the New Soviet troops proved able to destroy the lightning beasts, Yunyi expanded Fool’s World and called on the Four Spirits of Heaven.

Yunyi destroyed the New Soviet Union army in Fukushima with the Four Spirits Summoning-Vermilion Bird Spreads Its Wings, then returned to the battle at Tokyo Bay. Andreevich broke Japan’s second defensive line with Mist Dispersion, allowing American forces to enter Tokyo and overwhelm its defenses.

• Yunyi unleashed the Vermilion Bird’s firestorm, which burned the thunder beasts and the New Soviet Union army in Fukushima.
• Yunyi returned to Tokyo Bay, where American forces were held at Japan’s second defensive line by Japanese magicians and troops.
• Maya Yotsuba refused the military’s pressure to use Material Burst against the American fleet.
• After learning of the losses in Fukushima, Andreevich infiltrated the front near Tokyo Bay and attacked the Japanese defensive line with Mist Dispersion.
• American forces rushed through the breach and advanced toward Tokyo’s government centers, while Japan’s defenses collapsed into chaos.

Japan’s leaders tried to draw the New Soviet Union’s anger toward the Great Asian Alliance as American forces advanced into Tokyo. At a meeting of the Ten Master Clans, Retsu Kudou and government officials tried to stop the families from cooperating with Yunyi, but Yunyi arrived and offered to help.

• Japanese officers concluded that Andreevich had attacked Tokyo to tie Japan down while the New Soviet Union deployed reinforcements, and they decided to publicize Liu Yunyi’s role in the Fukushima battle to redirect Soviet attention toward the Great Asian Alliance.
• The heads of the Ichijou, Yotsuba, Saegusa, and other families met to discuss their next steps, but Retsu Kudou arrived with government and military officials to oppose their cooperation with Yunyi.
• Miyuki Shiba, Tatsuya Shiba, and Koichi Saegusa rejected Retsu Kudou’s intervention, and Koichi said that Mayumi Saegusa now led the Saegusa Family.
• A military official threatened to arrest Koichi for treason and activated an interference device, but lightning from outside struck and killed him.
• Yunyi entered the meeting with the three daughters of the Saegusa Family and offered to help Tatsuya Shiba, while two glowing spheres hovered beside him.

Yunyi gave Tatsuya and Miyuki rings engraved with Emotional Resonance to help restore Tatsuya’s emotions, then continued discussions with Retsu Kudou and a government official about his plans. News from outside revealed a hostile move, prompting Yunyi to condemn them and leave through a portal as lightning spears flew at the two men.

• Yunyi gave Tatsuya a pair of rings that he explained could connect Tatsuya and Miyuki’s emotions and help Tatsuya recover.
• Miyuki put a ring on Tatsuya’s finger, eager to support his recovery.
• Yunyi warned Retsu Kudou and the government official not to interrupt, then joined the ongoing discussion about his plans.
• Mayumi Saegusa received a message that darkened her expression and handed her terminal to Yunyi.
• Yunyi accused Retsu Kudou and the official of a despicable scheme, opened a dark-gold door in the window, and stepped through as lightning spears shot toward them.

Yunyi killed Retsu Kudou after the military broke the ceasefire with the Great Asian Alliance in Aichi Prefecture. As the family heads considered the military’s plans for a final battle in Tokyo, Tatsuya and Miyuki argued that Yunyi’s power and proposed new order could reshape the war and the world of magicians.

• Yunyi’s spear pierced Retsu Kudou’s heart, killing the last member of the Kudou Family and the government official beside him.
• Mayumi Saegusa told the family heads that radical military officers had attacked Great Asian Alliance forces in Aichi Prefecture during the three-day ceasefire, suffering heavy losses after Liu Yunde used Thunderclap Tower.
• Tatsuya Shiba explained that the military had provoked the Great Asian Alliance to divert the consequences of the Tokyo Bay defeat and might be preparing to make Tokyo the site of a final battle.
• Tatsuya Shiba said Yunyi’s Domain Magic could control the psions within its area and potentially devastate Tokyo, while Miyuki Shiba said Yunyi could change the course of the war.
• Koichi Saegusa suggested Yunyi might become the check on magicians required by his proposed new order, and Mayumi Saegusa revealed that Yunyi’s mother was close to completing research that could extend lifespans.