Recaps

After Bulat and Tatsumi defeated the Three Beasts, Bulat’s injuries forced him to give up using his Teigu, Demon Incursion, and pass it to Tatsumi. Tatsumi mastered the armor immediately and carried Bulat and Lubbock toward Night Raid’s headquarters.

• Tatsumi woke in the tavern and learned from Bulat that Wave had left and the Three Beasts were dead.
• Bulat revealed that Demon Incursion’s strain meant he could not use a Teigu again without undergoing Dragon Transformation.
• Bulat entrusted Demon Incursion to Tatsumi, who summoned the armor and spear without trouble.
• Bulat told Tatsumi to escort Lubbock away before the tavern’s illusion faded and Imperial Guards arrived.
• Tatsumi carried both Lubbock and Bulat from the tavern, using Demon Incursion’s invisibility as they headed for Night Raid’s headquarters.

Lin Feng entered the imperial palace and defended his execution of Dr. Stylish and Nyau with evidence, but Minister Honest persuaded the young emperor to order his execution. Esdeath stepped forward to carry out the order, eager to take Lin Feng for herself.

• A civil official told Esdeath that Lin Feng had been declared a wanted criminal and ordered killed on sight.
• Lin Feng entered the council chamber by turning from a shadow into a human body, startling Esdeath and Minister Honest.
• Lin Feng defended his actions to the emperor, presenting evidence that Dr. Stylish had experimented on Imperial Guards and Nyau had slaughtered commoners.
• The young emperor reviewed Lin Feng's evidence, but Minister Honest drew his attention to Lin Feng's shadow ability and urged him to order an execution.
• The emperor ordered Esdeath to execute Lin Feng, and she approached him with growing killing intent.

Lin Feng fought Esdeath in the imperial palace, where her ice attacks overwhelmed him and forced him to sacrifice a hand to escape. His rapid regeneration and shadow abilities kept him in the battle, but Esdeath broke through his illusion and continued her relentless assault.

• Esdeath trapped Lin Feng’s wrist in extreme ice and stabbed at his heart, forcing him to tear off his frozen hand to escape.
• Lin Feng regenerated his lost hand, surprising Esdeath, who guessed that he possessed shadow and regeneration Teigu abilities.
• Esdeath conjured a massive ice sphere and launched thousands of ice spears at Lin Feng, alarming the young emperor with the threat to his palace.
• Lin Feng used Form Transformation to become shadow and spread a blood-eyed illusion around Esdeath, but she dismissed it and pierced the eyes with an ice spear.
• Esdeath resumed her barrage of ice shards, demanding that Lin Feng submit.

Lin Feng and Esdeath fought until he trapped her between his shadow and his summoned hellhound, but Esdeath’s ultimate technique reversed the danger. Minister Honest stopped her from killing Lin Feng and declared that the empire needed his talent, leaving Esdeath puzzled by his change of heart.

• Lin Feng summoned a six-eyed hellhound, which shattered Esdeath’s ice spears while his shadow climbed toward her.
• Lin Feng wrapped his shadow around Esdeath, but she encased herself in frost and forced him back.
• Lin Feng revealed that the melting ice beneath Esdeath would leave her trapped between his shadow and the hellhound.
• Esdeath began to unleash Mahapadma, but Minister Honest ordered her to stop.
• Esdeath used Mahapadma to freeze the hellhound, then ended the fight after Minister Honest called it off.
• Minister Honest rejected Esdeath’s plan to keep Lin Feng as her prisoner and said the empire needed his talent.

After Lin Feng fought Esdeath before the emperor and Minister Honest, Honest protected him from punishment and secured his appointment as a royal palace lieutenant general. Lin Feng left with Seryu set to replace him as Imperial Guard captain, while Esdeath remained torn over her feelings toward him.

• Minister Honest decided to use Lin Feng as a counterweight to Esdeath and as a tool against Night Raid.
• Lin Feng reverted to his youthful form and reflected that he could not yet defeat Esdeath, though the fight had helped him display his strength before the emperor and Honest.
• Esdeath offered to finish Lin Feng, but Honest stopped her and persuaded the emperor to appoint Lin Feng lieutenant general instead of punishing him.
• Lin Feng accepted the appointment and asked for Seryu to take over his former post as Imperial Guard captain of District Thirteen, and Honest agreed.
• Lin Feng left the court unharmed as Esdeath struggled with her conflicting feelings about him.

After Lin Feng was promoted to lieutenant general, he returned to District Thirteen to tell Sheele she could move with him and to deliver Seryu’s appointment as captain. He left Seryu in charge of the district, promising to visit often.

• Minister Honest spread word that Lin Feng had been promoted to lieutenant general so he could use Lin Feng to keep Esdeath in check.
• Lin Feng rejected his new noble clothes, visited Sheele, and invited her to come live near the palace with him.
• Lin Feng returned to the District Thirteen office and reassured Seryu that he had killed Dr. Stylish and Nyau because he wanted to.
• Lin Feng gave Seryu the personnel transfer letter naming her the new captain of the District Thirteen Imperial Guard.
• Seryu worried that Lin Feng would no longer train with her, and Lin Feng promised to visit District Thirteen often.

Lin Feng moved into his luxurious lieutenant general’s residence with Sheele and suspected the palace had sent Chelsea to watch him. Chelsea revealed a shapeshifting ability and insisted on speaking with him, leaving Lin Feng startled by her powers.

• Lin Feng left the Imperial Guard, completed his checkout, gave savings to his former coworkers, and traveled toward the palace with Sheele.
• Lin Feng and Sheele arrived at his lavish new residence, where he arranged a room for her and reflected on the empire’s excesses.
• Chelsea arrived claiming she had been assigned as the residence’s maid, but Lin Feng accused her of being sent by Minister Honest and shut the door on her.
• Chelsea slipped a heart-marked paper under the door, transformed from it into human form, and surprised Lin Feng with her ability.
• Chelsea addressed Lin Feng by name and curtsied, while Lin Feng recognized that she was likely a Teigu user and listened to what she wanted to say.

Chelsea explained that her disillusionment with the Empire and Nyau’s death led her to seek out Lin Feng and ask to join him. After demonstrating her transformation ability, she earned Lin Feng’s trust and became his potential ally.

• Chelsea revealed that she had worked as a secretary and assassin for the Empire but had grown disgusted with the corrupt officials she was ordered to target.
• Chelsea said she had sought Lin Feng because he killed Nyau, whom her organization had been unable to reach.
• Chelsea explained that she belonged to the noble democratic faction and wanted to join Lin Feng in changing the country.
• Lin Feng asked Chelsea to show what she could do, and she transformed into Sheele to demonstrate her ability.
• Lin Feng considered how Chelsea could have used her disguise to attack him, then decided he trusted her.

Lin Feng accepted Chelsea as an ally and hired her to help manage his estate and teach Sheele to cook. At Night Raid headquarters, Najenda reported that Bulat’s injuries had ended his fighting career, while Mine blamed Lubbock for what happened.

• Lin Feng agreed to let Chelsea join his side after she offered to teach Sheele how to cook.
• Chelsea revealed that she had considered joining Night Raid, but chose Lin Feng after hearing he had killed Nyau.
• Chelsea called Sheele Lin Feng’s wife and offered cooking lessons, easing Sheele’s worries and smoothing over the awkward introduction.
• Lin Feng checked his Template System and saw that he had 34.59 experience points and 3 skill points.
• Najenda told Night Raid that Bulat could no longer fight and would train Tatsumi, the new wielder of Demon Incursion.
• Mine blamed Lubbock for Bulat’s injuries, but another member reminded her that they had not known the Three Beasts possessed those Teigu.

Najenda briefed Night Raid on Honest’s plan to control the Path of Peace through its assistant, Bolic, and ordered them to kill him before the sect’s uprising. Meanwhile, Honest assigned the Four Rakshasa Demons to protect Bolic, while Lin Feng learned from Chelsea that Honest was gathering allies to seize control of the capital’s local forces.

• Najenda told Night Raid that Honest had placed Bolic inside the Path of Peace and intended to use its followers during the planned uprising.
• Najenda explained the sect’s widespread influence and ordered Night Raid to kill Bolic before Honest could take control of its forces.
• Honest dispatched Sten, Suzuka, Mez, and Ibara to protect Bolic when the riots began.
• Chelsea moved into Lin Feng’s residence as his personal housekeeper, teasing Sheele by calling her the mistress.
• Chelsea told Lin Feng that Honest was focused on the Path of Peace and would have little time to concern himself with the lieutenant generals.
• Lin Feng realized Honest sought control over the local forces and networks spread throughout the capital.

Lin Feng and Chelsea worked to exploit Minister Honest’s busy schedule while Chelsea infiltrated the palace council chamber. Honest then assigned Wave to the Jaegers Unit to protect Bolic alongside the Four Rakshasa Demons, leaving Esdeath and Wave uneasy about the arrangement.

• Chelsea told Lin Feng that the Path of Peace’s uprising was about to begin and that Honest planned to seize its forces.
• Lin Feng arrived at the palace with no documents and learned that Honest had postponed his appointments; he recognized Chelsea in disguise and she slipped into the council chamber to gather information.
• Chelsea listened as Esdeath questioned Honest about Lin Feng, then watched him summon Bols, Kurome, Run, and Wave.
• Honest ordered Wave to join the Jaegers Unit temporarily and protect Bolic alongside the Four Rakshasa Demons.
• Esdeath suspected Honest was trying to divide and weaken her forces, while Wave resented being sent to work with the Four Rakshasa Demons.

Wave struggled with being forced to work with the Four Rakshasa Demons and compared his compromises with Lin Feng’s pursuit of justice. Lin Feng urged Wave to choose his own path, but said he did not need to go so far as joining the Revolutionary Army.

• After Minister Honest assigned the Jaegers to work with the Four Rakshasa Demons, Run and Bols complained, while Wave waited alone in the corridor.
• Chelsea overheard the Jaegers’ conversation and went to find Lin Feng.
• Wave reflected on how he had obeyed corrupt orders before, despite wanting to uphold justice, and envied Lin Feng’s success.
• Lin Feng met Wave and revealed that he knew about his assignment and dissatisfaction with the Four Rakshasa Demons.
• Wave asked what Lin Feng would do in his place, and Lin Feng told him he could refuse to obey without giving up his rank and joining the Revolutionary Army.

Lin Feng enlisted Wave to give him an alibi while he opposed Honest’s plan against the Four Rakshasa Demons. At a Path of Peace stronghold, the leader healed and calmed a hostile follower, while Lin Feng and another observer suspected she was not a Teigu user.

• Lin Feng asked Wave to pretend he had not seen him while he went after the Four Rakshasa Demons and disrupted Honest’s plan.
• Wave agreed to turn a blind eye and hoped Lin Feng could accomplish what he could not.
• Bolic indulged in abusing female followers and schemed to seize control of the Path of Peace from its leader.
• The Path of Peace leader healed a follower’s self-inflicted wounds and calmed his anger with her powers.
• A man and a woman watching the leader remarked that she probably was not a Teigu user, like Lin Feng.

Chelsea and Lin Feng infiltrated the Path of Peace to reach its leader, while Night Raid moved to assassinate Bolic. Akame and Lubbock were intercepted by Ibara and Mez, leaving the two sides poised to fight.

• Lin Feng used Form Transformation to hide his identity as he and Chelsea approached the Path of Peace leader after the sermon.
• Chelsea asked the leader about Bolic, and the leader said he was her capable deputy and noted that many people had come looking for him.
• Najenda sent Leone and Mine to deal with Honest's informants while assigning Akame and Lubbock to assassinate Bolic.
• Akame and Lubbock crept toward Bolic's residence but encountered Ibara, who recognized Akame.
• Mez blinded Lubbock with a glob of viscous liquid and confronted him, while Ibara faced Akame.

Akame faced Ibara while Lubbock fought Mez, one of the Four Rakshasa Demons. Mez’s sweat neutralized Lubbock’s threads and left him badly injured, but his returning knives struck both her Achilles tendons, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Ibara taunted Akame and prepared to fight her, while Mez attacked Lubbock nearby.
• Mez knocked Lubbock into a tree, and he trapped her with his steel-hard threads.
• Mez’s sweat weakened and weighed down the threads, allowing her to break free and injure Lubbock with sweat projectiles and a punch.
• Mez dodged Lubbock’s hidden throwing knives and grabbed his hand, but two returning knives pierced the Achilles tendons in both her feet.

Lubbock defeated Mez with his threads and throwing knives, while Ibara disarmed Akame by stealing Murasame. The sword began glowing purple in Ibara’s hands, leaving Akame facing him without her weapon.

• Lubbock blocked Mez’s sweat projectiles with Cross Tail and revealed that his protective mesh was connected to throwing knives around her.
• Lubbock pulled the threads, driving the daggers into Mez and killing her before closing her eyes.
• Akame drew Murasame against Ibara, who stretched and reshaped his body to attack her from a distance.
• Ibara caught Murasame with his sticky hands and wrenched the sword from Akame’s grasp.
• Akame warned Ibara that Murasame would not recognize him, and the sword began to glow purple in his hands.

Akame defeated Ibara with Demon Sword Murasame and hurried to find Lubbock. Meanwhile, Lin Feng infiltrated Bolic’s residence and discovered two concealed members of the Four Rakshasa Demons inside.

• Akame explained that Ibara’s distracted heart prevented the demon sword from accepting him, then exploited his pain to reclaim her weapon and slash him with Murasame.
• As Ibara turned to ashes, he confessed his love to Akame, who wished that the people he had loved would find peace in their next lives.
• Lin Feng approached Bolic’s residence disguised as a young man and met Wave, who let him pass into the grounds.
• Lin Feng slipped into Bolic’s room and found a burly, stubbled man and a bandage-wrapped woman whose presences he had been unable to detect.

Lin Feng confronted Sten and Suzuka in Bolic’s room, using his Casull and powers to overcome Sten’s formidable body. He left Sten unconscious and trapped Suzuka with a shadow, but her delighted reaction puzzled him.

• Bolic panicked at Lin Feng’s arrival and called for protection while the girls hid from his killing intent.
• Lin Feng identified Sten as one of the Four Rakshasa Demons and shot him with his Casull, wounding him despite his hardened body.
• Sten rushed at Lin Feng, but Lin Feng’s power pulled his consciousness into a river of the dead, leaving him collapsed and terrified.
• Lin Feng sent a shadow across the ceiling and wrapped it around Suzuka’s neck.
• Suzuka smiled with excitement as Lin Feng tightened the shadow, leaving him confused by her reaction.

Lin Feng escaped Sten’s attack and summoned Zanku and Nyau to help overpower him. After wounding Sten, Lin Feng dismissed his undead allies and released his shadow restraints, deciding to defeat Sten with raw physical strength.

• Lin Feng released Suzuka and dodged Sten’s powerful punch, while Bolic fled through a secret passage with Suzuka and the other girls.
• Sten broke free of Lin Feng’s illusion, and Lin Feng summoned Zanku and Nyau to fight him.
• Sten attacked Zanku and Nyau with his Hundred Rending Fists, but Lin Feng bound his wrists with shadows.
• Zanku predicted and dodged Sten’s kick before stabbing him, and Nyau battered Sten’s wounded abdomen.
• Lin Feng dismissed Zanku and Nyau and released Sten, declaring that he would defeat him through physical strength.

Lin Feng defeated and killed Sten with Alucard’s power, then pointed Akame and Lubbock toward Bolic’s escape route. Akame and Lubbock pursued Bolic through the secret passage while Lin Feng left, keeping his identity hidden.

• Lin Feng used Alucard’s power to overpower Sten, break his bones, and cripple him.
• Lin Feng shot Sten with the Jackal, blasting a massive hole through his body.
• Akame and Lubbock followed the red glow and found Lin Feng beside Sten’s corpse.
• Lin Feng told Akame and Lubbock that Bolic had escaped through a secret passage with his women, but concealed his identity.
• Akame and Lubbock entered the passage to pursue Bolic while Lin Feng walked away.

Akame questioned Bolic’s surviving consorts and learned that Suzuka had escaped, then reported the risk to Lubbock. In the palace, Honest confronted the Jaegers over Bolic’s death, while Wave took responsibility for their failure to stop Night Raid.

• Akame questioned Bolic’s consorts and learned that a bandaged woman with bells in her hair had escaped.
• Akame told Lubbock that Suzuka had escaped and explained that her skills in reconnaissance made her a future threat.
• Honest recalled the Four Rakshasa Demons and the Jaegers to the palace after Suzuka reported Bolic’s death, but only five people appeared.
• Wave claimed the Jaegers had been distracted by Night Raid’s attacks in the west and said they found Bolic and Sten dead after the fighting.
• Honest accepted that the Jaegers could not be blamed for failing to protect Bolic, unwilling to provoke Esdeath.

Minister Honest questioned Suzuka about the failed mission and the deaths of the Four Rakshasa Demons, while Lin Feng concealed his role in the attack. Wave accused Suzuka of killing Sten, leaving her isolated as Honest accepted Lin Feng’s alibi.

• Honest questioned Suzuka about her missing companions and learned that Sten and Mez were dead, while Ibara’s body was missing.
• Suzuka said a shadow-controlling opponent had restrained her during the attack, prompting Honest to summon Lin Feng.
• Suzuka recognized Lin Feng’s gaze as resembling the man who had fought her, but Lin Feng claimed he had spent the previous day handling official duties at home.
• Wave claimed he had seen Suzuka poison Sten with tea and later watched Bolic escape through a secret passage.
• Suzuka accused Lin Feng of killing Sten, but Lin Feng challenged her and Honest said he could provide an alibi for Lin Feng on the western side.

Honest ordered Esdeath to execute Suzuka after rejecting her claims and deciding she was a traitor. As Honest discussed replacing the fallen Four Rakshasa Demons, his son Syura returned to the council chamber.

• Honest questioned Suzuka’s credibility and ordered Wave to summon Esdeath.
• Esdeath froze Suzuka and shattered her body with a kick, killing her without torture.
• Honest lamented losing control of the Path of Peace after Bolic’s death and said he could replace the Four Rakshasa Demons.
• Honest said his son Syura was returning, and Syura burst into the council chamber.

Minister Honest introduced his son Syura to the officials, and Syura challenged Lin Feng after taking offense at his indifferent gaze. Lin Feng’s stare left Syura terrified and weak, and Syura was helped back to his room, unsure whether he had hallucinated.

• Minister Honest praised Syura’s martial skill and announced that he had returned to join the Empire’s fighting force.
• Syura dismissed Honest’s former Four Rakshasa Demons and said he would form his own team with people and Teigu he had gathered abroad.
• Syura noticed Lin Feng among the officials, asked Honest who he was, and challenged him to a martial contest.
• Lin Feng looked at Syura, who suddenly felt weak and saw a terrifying vision of the officials as flesh and blood closing in on him.
• Syura came to his senses, blamed his condition on fatigue, and limped back to his room with support from the officials.

Lin Feng returned home after the meeting and found Sheele cooking a stew with Chelsea’s guidance. As Chelsea praised Sheele’s insight into Lin Feng and Lin Feng praised Chelsea’s help with the Path of Peace mission, their companions shared a warm moment at the lieutenant general’s residence.

• Wave asked Lin Feng whether he had caused Syura’s sorry state, and Lin Feng gave an ambiguous answer.
• Lin Feng returned home and found Sheele making stew while Chelsea watched over her.
• Lin Feng doubted Sheele’s cooking, but she insisted that the stew was her signature dish, and Chelsea teased her about his reaction.
• Sheele explained that Lin Feng had stayed true to himself despite rising from poverty to a high position in the Empire.
• Chelsea nearly let the stew burn while listening to Sheele, then left the kitchen as Lin Feng relaxed on the sofa.
• Lin Feng sincerely praised Chelsea’s intelligence and planning for the Path of Peace mission, leaving her flustered.