Arc 11The Voyager Crisis

Jilan and his companions attended Shadow’s weapons presentation aboard the Voyager, where the artificial Little Red Riding Hood became the target of a theft. As the ship’s systems failed and passengers searched for the thief, Jilan fought Isana and learned that he feared DIO.

  • Jilan met Himiko Toga at the casino and entered Shadow’s presentation, where he learned about the Quirk enhancer and saw the artificial Little Red Riding Hood unveiled.
  • Jilan and his companions explored the ship, gambled at the casino, and watched a dinner performance before an intruder disrupted the entertainment.
  • Isana confronted Jilan and the passengers while Little Red Riding Hood escaped Shadow’s guards, and Jilan offered himself as Isana’s hostage before being carried away.
  • Jilan fought Isana on the deck, using Hamon and Sheer Heart Attack to injure him, then learned Isana was hiding from someone stronger and heard him warn that DIO would pursue the rabbit director.
  • Toga and an ally disrupted the ship’s communications while attempting to steal Little Red Riding Hood, but Captain Barus briefly protected Toga and Holmes IV offered to help the escaped artificial human.
  • The Voyager lost communications and autopilot, and the second officer ordered the passengers to prepare for possible evacuation as Shadow offered a free product for the safe return of Little Red Riding Hood.
  • Adams agreed to help Alain find the thief in exchange for information about Shadow, and Alain explained that the prototype contained technology needed to reproduce artificial humans.
Chapters 254–278 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 254Himiko Toga

Jilan won money at the casino, then met Himiko Toga while playing pachinko. As the presentation was about to begin, they introduced themselves and revealed they had both come alone.

  • Jilan won a fiftyfold payout at oji and tipped the attendant who had given him his starting chips.
  • The attendant told Jilan that Himiko Toga had spent the day gambling and built a fortune worth a million.
  • Jilan played pachinko and accumulated a large number of marbles before Himiko approached him.
  • Himiko guessed that Jilan had come for the presentation, and they introduced themselves as Himiko Toga and Joseph Joestar.
  • The casino announced that the presentation was about to begin, and Himiko and Jilan prepared to go in.

Ch. 255Quirk Enhancer

At Shadow’s launch event, Jilan learned that Toga was a devoted follower of Stain and listened as buyers confronted Shadow over the dangerous Quirk enhancer. The werewolf warned them that Japan’s heroes made smuggling costly, and Jilan echoed that All Might had countless Pro Heroes behind him.

  • Jilan entered Shadow’s event with Toga and said he had come for weapons, especially ones like his favored Thompson.
  • Jilan asked Toga whether she had killed anyone, and she described killing a person before declaring herself a faithful believer in Stain’s ideals.
  • Mr. Wolf introduced the Quirk enhancer, and a rebel leader complained that it had driven users mad and destroyed his laboratory.
  • The rebel leader and a red-haired man demanded the drug producer’s contact information, but Mr. Wolf refused and warned them about Shadow’s risks.
  • A European gentleman named All Might as the hero Shadow feared, and Mr. Wolf said Japan had arrested more of Shadow’s employees than the United States and Europe combined.
  • Jilan concluded that All Might had countless Pro Heroes behind him.

Ch. 256Little Red Riding Hood

Werewolf presented Little Red Riding Hood to Shadow’s gathered customers, who protested when they realized she appeared to be a living girl rather than a doll. The girl collapsed after Werewolf let go of her, leaving the audience and Jilan to wonder what she was.

  • Werewolf mocked Kumara during negotiations, then left the room with him to speak privately.
  • Toga asked Jilan about Instagram, while a white-haired old gentleman explained that Kumara was seeking Quirk enhancers to build a guard and overthrow his father.
  • Werewolf returned and showed the audience Shadow’s promotional video featuring Little Red Riding Hood.
  • Werewolf brought a blonde girl in a red cloak onto the stage and introduced her as Little Red Riding Hood.
  • The audience accused Shadow of trafficking people, and Kumara dismissed the girl as unremarkable.
  • Werewolf let go of the girl, and she fell face-first to the floor without reacting.

Ch. 257Artificial Human

The werewolf revealed that Little Red Riding Hood was a lifelike artificial human made for sale, and Jilan considered what it meant for machines to have personhood. The demonstration ended with the crowd placing orders for customized dolls, while the bespectacled otaku was refused the prototype.

  • After Little Red Riding Hood was injured, the werewolf revealed that she was an artificial human, and the white-haired gentleman guessed her nature.
  • The werewolf explained that Little Red Riding Hood had a humanlike body but could not think, speak, or act independently, and he rebuked the Afghan businessman for his lustful questions.
  • Jilan recalled a story about intelligent robots rebelling against humans and decided that Little Red Riding Hood, lacking thoughts, was only an object to him.
  • The werewolf put Little Red Riding Hood into a glass cabinet and told the crowd they could order customized artificial humans after disembarking.
  • The crowd eagerly requested figures including All Might, Queen Maeve, Panty, and Midnight, while the werewolf promised delivery in two months.
  • The bespectacled otaku asked to have Little Red Riding Hood, but the werewolf refused because she was the prototype and offered to make him a matching copy instead.

Ch. 258Morning on the Cruise Ship

Jilan concealed his Joseph Joestar disguise after considering the androids and his earnings from Camie Utsushimi. The next morning, he joined Ibara Shiozaki and the others for breakfast, where they discussed Kaminari’s encounter with a troublesome passenger and decided how to spend the day.

  • Jilan decided to buy an android after leaving the ship and erased his Joseph Joestar disguise.
  • Kaminari told Jilan and the others that he had shocked an inappropriate passenger unconscious, and the captain had locked the man in a heated sauna overnight.
  • Ibara Shiozaki spoke up during breakfast and agreed that the passenger deserved his punishment.
  • Nakiri asked the group what to do next, and Mineta suggested the swimming pool while Tsukimi Machi proposed the library.
  • Ueno pushed for a casino visit, and Jilan reluctantly agreed.

Ch. 259Cherish Life, Stay Away from Gambling

Jilan and his companions entered a casino, where Erina explained that their free chips were promotional tokens meant to draw visitors into gambling. Ueno ignored the warnings, gambled away her money, and begged Nakiri for more, leaving the group to continue without lending her any.

  • Jilan passed the casino’s Quirk test, and the waiter noted that his Quirk resembled another guest’s.
  • The group received free casino chips, and Erina demonstrated that they could not be exchanged for cash.
  • Jilan and Nakiri warned Ueno about gambling addiction, but Ueno insisted she had strong willpower and went to gamble.
  • Minoru Mineta and Kaminari lost their chips at slot machines while Jilan, Nakiri, and the others played cards.
  • Ueno won several times her starting money, then lost it on a bet and apologized to Nakiri before asking Jilan for more money.
  • Jilan stopped Ueno from invoking a streamer’s lucky story, and Nakiri refused to lend her money.

Ch. 260The Bracelet

Jilan and the others left the casino for dinner after Ueno lost her money again and accidentally triggered her Quirk. As they departed, Jilan noticed Himiko Toga was no longer wearing the bracelet, and a giant fish tail leaped from the sea.

  • Kaminari woke Minoru Mineta, and they hurried away after realizing they had spent hours in the casino.
  • Ueno lost nearly all of Tsukimi Machi’s winnings while trying to challenge the gambler who had beaten her before.
  • Jilan watched Himiko Toga repeatedly glance at the red door where Little Red Riding Hood was kept, while an otaku watched it from a sofa.
  • Ueno’s Quirk accidentally triggered her bracelet alarm, and the bodyguards let the group off with a warning.
  • Jilan noticed Himiko Toga had no bracelet as he and the others left the casino.
  • A huge fish tail leaped from the sea beneath the dark, starry sky.

Ch. 261Cirque du Soleil

A demoted chef blamed Jilan for his troubles before a giant shark killed him and swept his body into the sea. During a Cirque du Soleil performance, Nakiri asked Jilan about his circus experience, then hinted that she had learned about it through a secret source.

  • The demoted chef cursed Jilan and planned to drug his food, then calmed down and decided to apologize to the head chef and the others.
  • A giant shark leaped onto the deck and bit off the chef's head, and a wave swept away his body and the shark.
  • A soaked man appeared on the deck and walked into the ship.
  • At the Cirque du Soleil dinner performance, Nakiri asked Jilan how his old circus act compared with the show.
  • Jilan explained that his performances focused on animals, unlike Cirque du Soleil's human-centered acrobatics, and asked how Nakiri had learned about his past.
  • Nakiri called her source a secret, leaving Jilan to wonder whether Yaoyorozu had told her.

Ch. 262Terrorist Attack

A performance on the ship turned into a disaster when a steel block crushed the magician’s assistant, and the guests feared an attack. Meanwhile, a mysterious British detective investigated the captain’s computer and disappeared after giving a crew member his card.

  • During a magic act, a sliding door flew off and triggered the steel block to crash through the glass cabinet, apparently crushing the assistant.
  • Ueno clung to Jilan as the guests panicked, while Nakiri tried to calm them and Hisako prepared to protect Erina.
  • A crew member reported that an attacker had invaded the ship and attacked people on the way to the performance restaurant.
  • An elderly man calling himself a British detective said the attacker might have helped a thief succeed, then handed the crew member his card.
  • The crew member recognized the name on the card and called after the detective, but the man had vanished.

Ch. 263Double Success

A drenched, powerful stranger stormed the theater and searched the audience for a rabbit, while Jilan and the others stayed quiet. On the eleventh floor, Little Red Riding Hood escaped her guards, and one transformed into a giant Werewolf to pursue her.

  • The stranger crushed the magician’s attack and warned the theater audience to remain silent while he searched for a rabbit.
  • Jilan told Nakiri to obey the stranger, and the stranger sent a man with glasses flying when he made a suggestive joke about being the rabbit.
  • Little Red Riding Hood escaped the room where Shadow’s men were holding her and fled down the eleventh-floor corridor.
  • The Werewolf reported that Little Red Riding Hood had been stolen and ordered her pursuer to capture her as an important hostage.
  • The pursuing guard transformed into a giant Werewolf and charged after Little Red Riding Hood.

Ch. 264Isana

Isana confronted Jilan aboard the ship, claiming to be the mortal enemy of the zoo director and demanding to know whether the director still ran his zoo. Jilan attacked to protect the passengers, but Isana blocked his strongest strike, leaving Jilan certain he could not defeat him alone.

  • Ueno and Nakiri speculated that Isana's reference to a rabbit meant Rabbit Hero Mirko, and Ueno volunteered to protect the others.
  • Jilan stopped Ueno and identified the person Isana sought as the zoo director.
  • Isana introduced himself and revealed that he and the director were mortal enemies who would fight until one of them died.
  • Jilan offered to reveal the director's location and become Isana's hostage, but Isana said he would not let the director rescue anyone this time.
  • Jilan attacked Isana with Sunlight Yellow Hamon Overdrive while Ibara Shiozaki shielded the other passengers with Vines.
  • Isana blocked Jilan's attack with a whale's tail, and Jilan realized his Killer Queen was ineffective against Isana's supernatural type.

Ch. 265Zoina's Threat

Zoina attacked Jilan, who secretly awakened Sheer Heart Attack while the others remained protected behind Ibara Shiozaki’s Vines. Jilan got back up, and Zoina gave him ten seconds to choose between surrendering and risking everyone nearby in a fight.

  • Zoina struck Jilan into a wall, leaving him dazed and seemingly unable to fight.
  • Jilan secretly ordered Sheer Heart Attack to target Zoina, but told it to wait.
  • Ibara Shiozaki withdrew her Vines, and Tsukimi Machi, Ueno, and Nakiri rushed to Jilan’s side.
  • Ueno threatened Zoina, while Nakiri claimed the ship’s captain Barus could stop him.
  • Isana noticed Jilan’s heartbeat was strong, and Jilan pulled himself from the wall and reassured Tsukimi Machi.
  • Zoina offered Jilan a choice between surrendering and leaving with him or continuing to resist as he counted down from ten.

Ch. 266Erina's Decision

Jilan agreed to go with Zoina to keep the restaurant’s bystanders safe, and Zoina took him away. Nakiri organized the girls into search pairs to find the captain while trusting Jilan to protect himself.

  • Nakiri urged Jilan to stall Zoina until the captain arrived, while the frightened bystanders pleaded for Jilan to leave them out of the conflict.
  • Jilan agreed to go with Zoina after seeing the civilians’ fear, explaining that they were not his companions; Ueno and the others reaffirmed their support for him.
  • Zoina seized Jilan with his fish tail and smashed him through a wall, then disappeared with him as the room filled with dust.
  • Nakiri stopped Tsukimi Machi from chasing after Jilan and organized the girls into pairs to search for the captain, assigning Ueno to prepare the weapons in her room.
  • Ibara Shiozaki told the bystanders to seek out the captain and anyone willing to face the enemy, then Nakiri led the girls out through the hole in the wall.

Ch. 267This Is Common Sense, My Dear Friend

Jilan escaped Zoina’s restraints and confronted him on the ship’s storm-lashed deck, where Zoina revealed his sperm whale Quirk and Jilan identified the ambergris that linked him to the director. As their duel began, Jilan unnerved Zoina by predicting the secret purpose of his helmet.

  • Zoina carried the bound Jilan through the ship while explaining that the director’s ambergris left a scent he could track.
  • Jilan deduced that Zoina was a sperm whale and that the director had taken his ambergris.
  • Jilan freed one arm and used Hamon to weaken Zoina’s tentacle, then recovered after Zoina struck him with his tail.
  • On the empty deck, Jilan challenged Zoina to a duel while the storm raged around them.
  • Jilan predicted Zoina would say he could remove his respirator, startling him because no one else knew what the helmet was.

Ch. 268The Battle on the Deck

Fang Ping woke up in 2008 and realized he had been reborn, but his classmates’ talk of martial arts exams and grandmasters made him suspect that the world was not the one he remembered. The chapter left him stunned by news that Grandmaster Ma had reached the Eighth Rank and challenged Google’s Taimu.

  • Fang Ping confirmed he had been reborn as a senior at Yangcheng No. 1 High School and began imagining how to use his second chance.
  • Yang Jian, Chen Fan, and another classmate discussed the costly martial sciences registration and whether to try for the exam.
  • Zhang Hao told the class that Grandmaster Ma had broken through to the Eighth Rank and challenged Taimu, Google’s Asia-Pacific president.
  • Fang Ping struggled to make sense of his classmates’ martial arts talk and realized the world had changed from what he remembered.

Ch. 269The Bridge Under Attack

A disguised attacker infiltrated the Voyager’s bridge while Captain Barus went to meet Isana, and killed the first mate after appearing to be knocked out. He reported to Toga that surveillance was under control and signaled for the next stage of the attack.

  • After Isana boarded the Voyager, a surveillance crewman reported an unarmed intruder to Captain Barus, who left the bridge to meet him.
  • The first mate spotted a scarred stranger in a crew uniform and warned the crewman that he was an enemy.
  • The first mate knocked the stranger down, then ordered the crewman to find Captain Barus after the bridge communications failed.
  • The stranger stabbed the first mate when he crouched to inspect him, then killed him in a struggle.
  • The stranger contacted Toga by walkie-talkie and said the surveillance was under control.

Ch. 270Toga's Chance

Himiko Toga carried out her debut League of Villains mission aboard a cruise ship, distracting the guards protecting a locked room while an ally prepared an electromagnetic pulse. After the pulse caused a disturbance, Toga seized her chance and injected the room’s boss with a syringe.

  • Himiko Toga gambled at the casino while waiting for her ally to take control of the surveillance system.
  • Toga and the man in the bridge discussed using a modified transmitter to disable Shadow’s communications, despite the risk of disrupting the cruise ship’s electronics.
  • Toga approached the guards at the red door and tried to provoke them into letting her enter, but their boss recognized her from the previous night.
  • The man in the bridge modified the transmitter, and a rumble and tremor shook the casino.
  • As the boss turned away to check on the disturbance, Toga signaled her ally, jumped onto the boss’s back, and injected his upper arm with a syringe.

Ch. 271Hunter Barus

Himiko Toga fled a Werewolf through the ship until Captain Barus intervened to protect her. Barus fought the Werewolf and told Toga to escape, while the ship’s communications remained down.

  • Toga escaped into an elevator and met Captain Barus, who had stopped it for her.
  • The Werewolf forced the elevator doors open and threatened to take Toga away.
  • Barus grabbed the Werewolf’s claw and refused to let him harm Toga.
  • The Werewolf used the communications outage to threaten Barus and suggest he was involved.
  • Barus knocked the Werewolf away and told Toga to leave, and she slipped out of sight.

Ch. 272Open Sesame

Werewolf captured Toga and brought her to the room where Shadow guarded Little Red Riding Hood. The guards found the crystal coffin undisturbed, but the man in the black suit revealed that an enemy had entered with them.

  • Werewolf attacked Barus rather than follow him to Shadow’s leader.
  • Werewolf recaptured Toga in the casino and said he would report her to the captain.
  • The man in the black suit persuaded the guards to let him check on Little Red Riding Hood.
  • The guards used their Quirks to retrieve the key and opened the red door.
  • The guards found Little Red Riding Hood in the crystal coffin, and the man in the black suit said an enemy had entered.

Ch. 273Little Red Riding Hood's Resurrection

A man in a black suit carried Himiko Toga away while two guards believed Little Red Riding Hood remained safe in her coffin, unaware that she had escaped. When explosions rocked the ship, Little Red Riding Hood revealed herself as Alice and attacked the guards, but Holmes IV intervened and identified himself.

  • The man in the black suit left the room carrying the bound Himiko Toga, while the two guards checked the coffin and mistakenly believed Little Red Riding Hood was still inside.
  • After the guards turned their backs, Little Red Riding Hood rose from the opened coffin and approached them with a syringe.
  • Explosions shook the ship, causing Little Red Riding Hood to fall and drop the syringe; she then told the guards she was Alice, not Little Red Riding Hood.
  • Little Red Riding Hood threw the syringe at a fleeing guard, but an elderly gentleman blocked it with his cane.
  • The gentleman introduced himself as addamsalanbrooke Adams Alan Brooke, also known as Holmes IV, and offered to help.

Ch. 274Art is explosion

Jilan and Sheer Heart Attack battered Isana with repeated explosions and a Hamon-powered kick, leaving him badly wounded but alive. Isana emerged still defiant, while Jilan—unable to deliver a fatal blow—taunted him and hoped he would surrender or leave.

  • Isana dismissed Sheer Heart Attack’s first explosion as useless and charged at Jilan.
  • Sheer Heart Attack exploded again behind Isana, letting Jilan land a Hamon Overdrive punch that sent Isana crashing into the cabin.
  • Sheer Heart Attack’s nonstop explosions shook the cruise ship until Isana struck it with his fish tail and sent it flying toward the sea.
  • Jilan used Hamon Overdrive: Shooting Style to kick Sheer Heart Attack into Isana’s raised tail, breaking through his defense and injuring him.
  • Jilan stopped Sheer Heart Attack from pursuing Isana and explained that he could not kill him, then taunted the battered Isana to surrender.

Ch. 275Whale Rising

Jilan tried to stop Isana from abandoning his human body, suspecting that he was hiding from DIO, but Isana fell into the sea and transformed into a gigantic sperm whale. The whale attacked Jilan aboard the ship, leaving him clinging to the hull and wondering how powerful the person Isana feared must be.

  • Jilan questioned Isana about the limiter in his breathing mask and learned that Isana was hiding from someone even stronger than himself.
  • Jilan offered to help Isana, suspecting he had defected from DIO, but Isana warned that DIO would also come after the rabbit director and fell into the sea.
  • Jilan lost his chance to question Isana as bubbles and violent waves surged beside the ship.
  • Jilan recalled Sheer Heart Attack and escaped the deck as an enormous sperm whale leaped from the sea and crashed down where he had stood.
  • The transformed whale spotted Jilan and thrashed violently, forcing him to cling to the ship while he wondered why Isana feared DIO.

Ch. 276Emergency Measures

After finding the first officer murdered and the bridge’s communications and autopilot destroyed, the second officer took temporary command and prepared the crew and passengers for an emergency. The passengers returned to their rooms to put on life jackets while Barus headed toward the deck to confront the rampaging whale.

  • The second officer found the first officer dead on the bridge and suspected that a strange passenger with a stitched-up face had killed him.
  • Crew members reported that the communications equipment and autopilot had been destroyed, and the second officer took temporary command of the bridge.
  • The second officer ordered the crew to check the lifeboats, find the helicopter pilot, and prepare to abandon ship if necessary.
  • The second officer watched Barus head toward the deck while dragging someone and hoped the captain could stop the situation from worsening.
  • The second officer used the ship’s loudspeakers to explain the danger and told passengers to return to their rooms, put on life jackets, and wait.

Ch. 277Alain the Model Maker

After Little Red Riding Hood was stolen, Alain and detective Adams used the ship’s passengers to search for the thief. Adams revealed that he had caught the girl disguised as Little Red Riding Hood and asked Alain for information about a separate case linked to Shadow.

  • Shadow distributed a message offering a free product to anyone who caught the thief and returned Little Red Riding Hood unharmed.
  • Passengers seeking leverage with Shadow ignored the instructions to return to their cabins and began searching the ship.
  • Alain heard that the passengers and invited guests were looking for the thief disguised as the wolf.
  • Adams, who had caught the girl in the casino, told Alain that his help with the theft was in exchange for information about Shadow’s connection to his investigation.
  • Alain admitted Shadow was connected to Adams’s case and offered to name an executive, while Adams explained that the thief’s attempt to take Little Red Riding Hood had drawn his attention.

Ch. 278Alain's Backup Plan

Alain explained that the fake Little Red Riding Hood carried research traces that could expose his artificial-human technology, and Adams agreed to help find the real girl. With rescue approaching and the ship in danger, Alain warned he would destroy the technology if necessary, while Adams examined the bound impostor and noticed her unusual reactions to the film.

  • Adams asked Alain why Little Red Riding Hood mattered, and Alain explained that the first unit retained traces that could help other researchers reproduce his artificial-human technology.
  • Adams concluded that finding the thief would protect the technology from falling into the wrong hands and agreed to help Alain.
  • Alain said he would destroy the artificial human if the thief was not found before the rescue team arrived, noting that the cruise ship's signal had been missing for nearly twenty minutes.
  • Adams sat beside the bound fake Little Red Riding Hood and saw that she looked identical to the real one but reacted to the film with excitement and growing physical arousal.
Arc 11 of 18
Arc 11 of 18