Hey guys. Not a real Chapter, but 60 chapters in, I feel we're due for a summary. I should have done this at the 50 chapter mark, but eh.

It's gonna be super awk if this story only lasts another 5 chapters... lel.

I dunno.

Enjoy the recap.


1) Rock Howard gets rudely pulled out of Calculus lecture by Iori (his new employer. He had been employed for about a month prior to these events) to go on a musical Tour with Athena Asimaya. Tour begins in Aus.

2) Rock Howard packs his things with 2 hours left before the flight takes off - no time to explain to his father. Terry wakes up, and only catches view of his son running away from home with a suitcase of his belongings, and jumping into Iori Yagami's car. Terrible optics. He also left his cellphone.

3) Athena and Kensou have decided to pick up the remaining band mates from the Airport (they have arrived in Aus). Enter Shermie and Yashiro. Yashiro tries to get Iori to eat Vegemite. Iori gets mad and throws the jar randomly. Unbeknownst to him, the jar's contents splatter on Athena and Ken as they walk in.

4) Athena tries to control her temper. Iori doesn't know why she is covered in Vegemite and asks her why she is greeting him looking so gross. She throws him at the ceiling and he screams his lungs out. Meanwhile, Rock is calling his father with Iori's phone to explain the events in ch2 (why he ran from home).

5) Rock follows Iori around Sydney as they run errands for concert set up. Rock is extremely tired because he didn't sleep on the airplane.

6) (Concurrent with ch 5) Iori Yagami suspects that Yashiro gave Rock Howard drugs - and his behavior now is a result of being high (he was just tired). Rock gets lost again. Iori gets mad and resolves to drop him at the hotel.

7) Rock gets tackled and taken back to the hotel once Iori finds him. He falls alseep, but is woken a couple of hours later by Kensou reporting that Athena wants to talk to him. Athena (who is taking the upcoming performance very seriously) probes on his prior musical experience over dinner, and is upset when he has none. Reveals that Iori has touted Rock as a musical genius. She angrily tells him he is not allowed to screw up.

8) Iori arrives back at the hotel after finishing Set-up. When Rock doesn't pick up his phone after many calls (phone left in FL), Iori threatens the front desk, and demands to be given Rock's room key. They are about to call the police when Rock walks out of his meeting with Athena looking terribly depressed. Iori takes him to go eat BBQ, and learns about the missing cellphone.

9) Rock has gotten a new cellphone and a copy of Iori's bank card to spend as he pleases. All Iori insists on is that Rock stop taking drugs (he believed the events of ch 5-6 were due to substances sold by Yashiro). Rock confusingly agrees. They begin the first concert rehearsal and Rock is consumed by stress. He goes a little crazy and punches Iori in the face before running out of the building.

10) With Rock bailed, and Iori angrily raging, Ken comforts Athena and assures her the concert will be okay. He confronts Iori and tells him he's going to need to fill in Rock's guitarist position. Iori begrudgingly agrees and begins going through the sheet music. Meanwhile, whilst running, Rock realizes he had just punched Iori and begins fearing for his life. He hides in a Starbucks with the intention of flying home asap. Runs into Yashiro - who reveals that Iori had set up this entire tour just to train Rock Howard, and Yashiro was there to fix things in case Rock screwed up on the guitar. Rock calls Iori in an attempt to apologize and save his job.

11) Rock asks to stay in band. Iori thought he was going to ask to fly home, and is quite thrilled. Says he's happy enough to Kiss him. Rock heads back to rehearsal with Yashiro. Gets nervous again because he doesn't want kiss.

12) They arrive back to concert venue, and Iori angrily demands that Yashiro stop selling drugs to Rock Howard. Yashiro doesn't know what Iori's talking about. They continue rehearsal until everyone gets hungry. Iori lets them out, and unbeknownst to Rock, sets up a mini concert in a crowded bar him to practice performing in front of people.

13) Bar concert starts, Rock loses some of his nervousness. It's a good experience. Later on that night (3am), concert stress comes back and Rock can't sleep. Terry is on the phone and calls Iori to get Rock some NyQuil.

14) Iori busts into Rock's hotel room with sleeping meds, and begins rambling about concert stuff. Rock gets stressed again, and, thinking he's sick, Iori calls an ambulance. Rock stops him, demands he leave and Tries to punch again. Iori chokes him out, and (angrily) tells him he'll take care of the concert stuff, and it's not Rock's place to worry. The next morning, Yashiro sees the bruises on Rock's neck and makes sex jokes.

15) Enter Leona and Whip/Seirah. Leo has big crush on Iori, Whip decides she likes Rock and resolves to go meet him. Meanwhile, concert is finished, and Shermie begins her campaign of sexual harassment. After the concert Rock is eating dinner with Iori, and yag gets a call. Gets depressed. Starts drinking. Says he's going to Africa and heads to the hotel roof. Rock thinks he's being scammed by Nigerian princes and getting kidnapped.

16) It's revealed that the call was Iori being sent to go to go murder some people in an undisclosed location in Africa to save Chizuru Kagura (Ivory Coast. Actually, IKARI is just in deep shit cuz Leona went awol, and Chiz hired out Iori to bail them out.) He has internal turmoil over the possibility of Rock discovering he's got a really high K/D.

17) Rock has been stalked to a pier and is being followed by Shermie and Yashiro who are getting their kicks by making him miserable. He runs into Seirah and Leo.

18) Seirah asks Rock to sign her hat. Rock is actually pretty happy to find a fan, and he signs it - only for Shermie to zap it into nothing with lightning. Whip pulls a gun and shoots Shermie in the gut. Rock runs the hell out of there.

19) Evening. Dad calls and Rock tells him some chick shot Shermie in the gut. (Terry at this point hadn't remembered who Yash and Shermie were, so he didn't flip). That evening at like 3am, Iori Yagami's unconscious body gets delivered by CIA(KP) agents and Rock is asked to sign off on him like a package.

20) Shermie Staples herself up, and is pissed she didn't manage to kill either Whip or Leo. Iori has a nightmare and instinct wakes him up to dodge Rock Howard's epi-pen attack. Rock tells him he's been blubbering nonsense and eating the curtains off the wall.

21) We go slightly back in time to where the CIA drops Iori Rock's room. Rock's sleeping on the couch when Riot wakes up and stands over him creepily. Rock wakes, and surprised, tries to punch him. He thinks iori might be sleepwalking. Riot bodyslams him and tries to give him a tooth in a failed gesture of friendship. Rock stabs him in the leg with EpiPen and Riot falls asleep.

22) Next morning. Kensou gives some insight on his fevered devotion to Athena. He's given everything for her, and is willing to sacrifice the well being of others for her comfort. kinda scummy tbh. Apparently she's been particularly temperamental on this tour.

23) Flight from Sydney to HK. Rock stuck next to boss, and trying to piece together evidence as to who Yag is. Iori is drugged up and passed out next to him. Someone walks down the aisle and fires a gun at Iori's head, scaring Rock shitless. Athena catches the bullet, and Iori wakes up to yell at his potential murderer. Rock recognizes that Iori knows his assailant, and suspects he has mafia connections.

24) Rock and Yag arrive in Hong Kong and are eating dim sum. Iori is tired but too scared to sleep in case he gets murdered again. (Can't sleep normally b/c nightmares. Afraid to drug himself for fear of assassins). Someone smacks into the window next to him dressed in tactical gear. Yag books it.

25) The person who hit the window was Leona. She's stalking. Whip follows after her, sees Rock as she climbs through the window and behaves condescendingly toward him. About 30 mins later, Leo finds Iori. He asks her to guard him while he sleeps. She's happy to oblige.

26) At the Ivory Coast, Heidern reveals that Leona has gone AWOL. He fears she may have defected. Heidern is reluctant to sent kill orders for his daughter, so resolves to keep his forces searching for her instead. If Leona hadn't decided to leave at this critical time - the NESTS pincer movement (which Iori was called in to help resolve) would never have succeeded. Ralf was the one who flew Leona out to HK. He gets interrogated by the Commander is it is implied he spills the beans

27) Whip is tasked with finding Leona. She sees Rock, and decides that he is going to help her. (Leo probably with Iori, Rock might know where Iori is) Unfortunately, Rock is unhappy with being treated badly, and refuses to deal with her. She needs to change her attitude fast, and ends up revealing Iori is an IKARI operative in order to procure Rock's help.

28) Leona and Iori are in the hotel room. Yag is unconscious, Leona watching TV and doing pushups - disappointed that this experience wasn't as exciting as she hoped it to be. She is about to leave the room to make a phone call when somebody smashes through the window and lands on Iori. Later, Perspective switches to Rock and Whip. They are knocking on Iori's door in their search for Leona.

29) Iori wakes up to find Rock, Leona and Whip fighting in his room. Rock thinks Leona tried to Kill Iori and is trying to fight them off. Iori wakes up, yells at everyone and kicks Rock and Whip out.

30) Leona does some first aid. It is revealed that Leona had killed the assassin (Hizoku Luan), but Iori got poisoned first. She had sucked the poison out of his wound, and gets a swollen tongue as a result. Iori gets her takeout Chinese food as thank you.

31) Shermie corners Rock, and realizing he's spending more time with Whip - decides to use him to get information on her, to kill her. She leverages what she knows about Iori to squeeze details out of Rock - and dampening his suspicion by claiming she's only interested in the drama.

32) Leona got flown back to IKARI base, and is about to get interrogated by dad. Chiz had called (At Iori's request) to do some explaining, and hopefully reduce whatever terrible punishment Leo was going to endure for fking shit up. Meanwhile, Whip is still following the tour, and Rock is trying to dig info out of her for Shermie. Whip lets slip that Iori was at the Ivory coast (but won't say what he was there for), and Rock is shocked because he thought his boss was just bullshitting about Africa.

33) Athena reveals she had a god(ess) complex and is not happy being ignored by Iori during rehearsals in favour of Kensou. Bemoans the fact that Iori comes from a rich ass mafia family, and has a successful career despite not seeming to care that much - while she works really hard. Kensou also gets a ton of shit and is pretty much called a miserable dog.

34) Rock goes to catch dinner with Shermie to do info exchange. Reveals that Whip is going home soon (date/time), and she's proficient with whip and gun. In response Shermie tells Rock that Iori is a mass murderer. Rock protests, and is told that if Iori finds out what Rock now knows, then Rock may be killed.

35) HK Concert starting. Shermie is discussing her plan with Yash - in that she wants to use Rock to lure Whip away and then proceed to brutally murder her before she goes back to the heavily fortifed IKARI base. Shermie reveals the reason she gave out Iori's nasty secrets to Rock so easily, is because she wants Rock to be too wary of his boss to ask him for help, or otherwise share any of his suspicions with his employer. (as the only people Shermie sees as a real threat to her are Yag and Athena).

36) Kensou is getting fed up with Athena, and writes a letter to his Auntie Kam - who is pretty much his only family who hasn't disowned him. He outlines how he is treated like a servant, and despite being the secret 'boyfriend' is not allowed any of the privileges that title entails. Additionally, because everyone knows she treats him badly, everyone looks down on him.

37) Iori just finished concert cleanup. Rock played like absolute garbage, and Yag concludes that something must be bothering him. He realizes that there is tons of drama going on, but is too busy to get involved - so he phones Rock and asks him to come debrief. He's tired and orders some coffee before falling asleep on the lobby couch.

38) Rock is terrified that he now needs to confront his employer - who he has reason to believe is a mass murderer, and might kill him if he gets wind of what Rock knows. He enlists Whip to come with him and step in if anything gets hairy. She agrees, but only on the condition that he repay her with many favours. They find Iori asleep, and Rock wakes him.

39) Iori - now awake - questions Rock as to why he was off pitch during concert. Rock gives non-answers. Iori is getting annoyed because he's trying to help, and Rock won't talk to him. Instead, he gets mad, and accidentally slips that he knows Iori went to the Ivory Coast (Whip told him). Iori asks him why he knows that, Rock lies and gets caught in his lie. Iori is feeling much less benevolent, and tells Rock if he screws up the next concert, he's fired.

40) Yag calls Chizuru Kagura, and asks her what he should do with Rock. Chiz tells him to stop being a hardass, as it's expected to screw up the first time on a job. She advises him not to bring up his murder-y side jobs at all, and makes him realize that Rock only lied to him because he was afraid for his life. Chiz tells him to spend some time with Rock to teach him notes and stuff - and show that he cares.

41) Rock calls Terry and tells him he is in danger of losing his job, and possibly his life. He discusses with Terry his predicament. Terry tells Rock that he seriously doubts Iori is a serial killer with scary secrets, and just tells Rock to ask Iori about it. Then he fixates on CYS - recognizing them to be the same ppl who almost destroyed the world several years ago - and warns Rock to stay away from them. Rock brushes off the advice.

42) Mr. Kam is part of the Chinese Mafia and is talking to his boss. He explains the plan to collaborate with band insider (Shermie) to kidnap Rock Howard and lure Iori and kill him. It takes place tomorrow. His wife - Mrs. Kam, Kensou's aunt, is heavily pregnant and plans to meet Kensou tomorrow for lunch.

43) Band is flying from HK to Shanghai, on the plane, Iori is going over sheet music with Rock Howard. Yashiro agrees to help Shermie with her plan to get Whip by keeping Iori occupied, such that Whip went chasing after Rock and fall into the trap - not Iori.

44) Kensou meets his Aunt for lunch in a noodle shop. Complains about Athena and how she has been yelling at everyone ever since Rock screwed up HK. Aunt Kam reveals her unborn son's nickname is 'Xiao Bao zi" (small meat bun), as they hadn't decided on a name yet. Mr. Kam is running a mission right now - and Kensou and Kam wish for his safety, as the son will be born soon.

45) Rock wakes up early to work out, because the concert had been terrible to his physique. Iori is in the gym with a whole bunch of bodyguards his family sent to follow him around, and they point their guns at Rock before kicking him out of the gym. Rock decides to go running instead.

46) Shermie is lying in wait for Rock Howard with her Mafia people planted and ready to kidnap him. She shares that getting shot in the stomach is not the only reason she wants to kill Whip - but also because IKARI has hunted and killed herself and Yashiro many times already. The only reason she's been able to live a relatively normal life now was because Iori told IKARI to fk off while CYS is with him. After some time, Rock returns from his run, walks through the hotel doors, and is promptly tranqued and captured. Whip is still on the airplane and will be landing soon.

47) Iori and Yashiro are in the taxi running around trying to set up concert. They argue with each other for a bit, before the conversation turns and Iori attempts to call Rock to assure him he is not interested in a romantic relationship with him. Yashiro stops him by telling him Rock is underaged, and breaking his phone.

48) Whip lands in Shanghai and is upset that Rock isn't there to pick her up after he promised to. Whip reveals a little bit of why she likes Rock, then hops in the taxi resolving to find him and kick his ass for failing to pick her up.

49) Whip is tracking Rock's phone GPS and finds herself in a shipyard. She is spotted by Mr. Lim (Mafia). Mr. Lim is pretty annoyed that they are wasting time trying to kill Iori (who he only knows as some pop star with Yakuza family ties). Kam tells him that they are trying to curb Yakuza power by killing their head, it is revealed that Luan was sent by them. Lim is sent to go investigate Whip and ask her to leave. She ends up getting surprised by him, and slitting his throat. It puts Kam on alert.

50) Rock wakes up locked in a shipping container and proceeds to scream his head off in order to attract attention and hopefully get let out. His behavior pisses off the guards watching over him, and they resolve to kill him right now so he shuts up.

51) Whip is sneaking silently through the building picking off members of the mafia. She feels a presene following her, but as it is dark, is relying on her thermal goggles only. Shermie has been following her, and since she's dead she has no body heat. Whip gets suplexed and taken away - but not after stabbing Shermie in the eye.

52) The container guards who were guarding Rock just shot up the side of the container in hopes of killing it's occupant. Rock had avoided the gunshots by pure luck, and gets so angry, he taps Geese's blood. He kills a few guys and resolves to go after Shermie.

53) Rock finds Shermie in a dark room and goes on edge. Shermie asks him if he's here to save Whip - Rock tells her he doesn't know what she's talking about, and he's here to get revenge for being kidnapped. Shermie tells Rock to kill her, before she kills Whip and flicks on the light. Duckling attacks.

54) Enter Leona. Her punishment for going AWOL was peeling thousands of potatoes. She got Whip's call for backup and is now getting flown in by Ralf. She lands on site, and starts working. Her mission is the put down hostiles and extract Whip.

55) Rock has blown Shermie into two halves and is freaking out because Whip has been tortured and got her eyes gouged out. Shermie is laughing at him as she dies. She tells him they had a Good Game, and that she'd see them next time she came back to life.

56) Leona has killed 17/18 soldiers. Mentions that most of the soldiers were strangely guarding an empty box. (Kam did not debrief them). Leona finds Rock's cellphone and Iori calling (Iori bought a new phone). She pockets it and continues searching for Whip and her last target.

57) Rock is trying to sneak out of the building undetected, when he hears a man yelling in Chinese and running down the hallways. He hides in a room, but a trail of blood leads the Chinese man to his location. The man is a medic who was tasked with guarding the box (Iori Yagami was supposed to go there and get shot) and freaks out when he sees Whip - thinking they are just two kids who got caught in the crossfires. He administers first aid before being killed by Leona.

58) It is evening and Rock is on the way back to the hotel. He reflects on the events in the shipyard. He develops a fear of Leona - who he sees as an emotionless killer. Leona takes Whip and leaves for the helicopter. Rock is left there until the ambulance (which medic called) arrives and brings him to hospital (he got shot in the shoulder and stitched up).

59) Iori and Yashiro get back to the hotel. Yashiro looks for Shermie - expecting her to be back by now - while Iori gets drunk. He sees Rock walk through the doors and apprehends him at the elevators just as Yashiro comes down. Yashiro is suspicious of Rock, and Rock is scared of what Yashiro might to if he found out Rock killed Shermie. Iori drags them all to go eat dinner together.

60) Kensou is still out and about by evening getting bombarded by calls from Athena. He is reluctant to return to her side. Aunt Kam calls, crying, and delivers news that Mr. Kam has been strangled (Whip's whip). She then proceeds to attempt suicide by taking pills. Kensou calls Athena and begs her to help.


Right. Next chap is back to our regular chaos.

Stay safe everyone