On the edge of cyberpsychosis but determined to save Lucy, David storms into Night City as Arasaka plots to deploy their ultimate lethal weapon.

Faraday finds himself stuck between Arasaka and Militech. Lucy and Rebecca confront David about his change in behavior, but he refuses to listen.

Lucy’s captors learn about her secret mission and dark past. David and his team head out to complete Faraday’s job but realize that something is off.

The day they had been preparing for has finally arrived! The Forgers are fully prepared and head to the interview. As soon as they enter the school grounds, Loid feels…

Yoshiro Usuba tells Miyo about how her mother came to marry her father — and why she made a decision that changed her only daughter’s life forever.

Miyo wakes up to her sister and stepmother threatening her. Together with Koji, Kiyoka arrives at the Saimori home and demands to see his fiancée.

To surprise Kiyoka with a handmade gift, Miyo goes into town to shop for some material. Meanwhile, Kiyoka pays Miyo’s parents a visit.

Engulfed with jealousy, Kaya tries to thwart Miyo’s engagement to Kiyoka. Miyo leaves the house and forgets to bring the good luck charm Kiyoka gave her.

While Kiyoka takes Miyo out to town, he quickly notices that she behaves very differently from other wealthy daughters he’s encountered.

Determined to be of use, Miyo wakes up early and prepares breakfast, but Kiyoka accuses her of trying to poison him and refuses to take a bite.

No longer willing to keep running away from Lakan, Maomao decides to face off against him. She challenges him on his own turf, in a chess match.

Lakan must now choose a courtesan to buy out. As a high-ranking military official, he can afford to freely choose, even from one of the Three Princesses. Who will he…

Despised by her stepmother and sister, Miyo is treated like a servant in her own home. One day, her father calls her in to discuss her future.

Back at home, Maomao visits an annex building at the Verdigris House that hides one of the brothel’s secrets. Lakan continues to antagonize Jinshi as his connection to Maomao becomes…

A discussion with Lihaku about recent events leads Maomao to realize that the mysteries she’s helped to solve are connected. As the final piece of the puzzle falls into place,…

A shack, a chest of drawers, and a fishbowl are all that a talented metalworker leaves to his three sons upon his death. Maomao is assigned to investigate how these…

Maomao confronts Fengming about the dark secret she’s been hiding from her noble Lady Ah-Duo.

Discovering that Maomao’s kidnappers were connected to Fengming’s family, Jinshi is faced with a choice between keeping Maomao in the rear palace where he can be near her or releasing…

To Maomao’s surprise, Jinshi brings her directly to his house instead of taking her back to the rear palace, and tells her she’s to work in the outer court. Not…

An older acquaintance of Jinshi’s dies while drinking at a party. A servant’s body turns up in a moat. Both deaths are written off as self-inflicted, but Maomao’s keen observations…

Gaoshun goes to Maomao to get her help in resolving the events of the garden party. Later, Xiaolan explains the purpose of the hairpins Maomao was gifted, and Maomao makes…

Maomao’s peaceful morning at home is interrupted when she’s called in to investigate an apparent double suicide at one of the local brothels.

Maomao tries to settle into her promotion to lady-in-waiting and food taster, but struggles to fend off both boredom and the overly-familiar Jinshi. That is, until she gets an assignment…

After being kidnapped and forced to work as a servant in the rear palace, former apothecary Maomao inadvertently draws the attention of the higher ranks when she investigates what’s causing…