Chapter Summaries

Natasha led S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to The Continental Hotel to find Tony Stark, but withdrew after Nick Fury called and the hotel’s Assassins stood behind Winston. In the Magic World, Charlotte learned that the Ancient One and Odin had stopped Mephisto’s true body, while Thor destroyed the Bifrost and Loki fell into the Cosmic Abyss; the celebration ended with Charlotte planning to visit Asgard and Tony deciding to upgrade his armor.

• Natasha arrived at The Continental Hotel with twenty-seven S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and demanded that Winston produce Tony Stark, but Winston said Tony was not there and refused to allow a search under Lord Charlotte’s Rules.
• After Nick Fury called, Natasha told Winston he was lucky and led the agents out of the hotel.
• The Ancient One showed Charlotte how she and Odin had blocked Mephisto in the Hell Dimension and said Odin wished to meet him in Asgard after the banquet.
• Thor smashed the Bifrost to stop it from destroying Jotunheim, and Odin rescued Thor as Loki let go of Gungnir and fell into the Cosmic Abyss.
• At the celebration, Tsunade spent time with Wandering Samurai Tobirama Senju, while Tony told Charlotte he would return the next day to upgrade his armor.

After Thor’s battle with the Destroyer, S.H.I.E.L.D. learned that Norse gods had visited Earth, while Tony returned to his villa and resolved to upgrade his armor after facing overwhelming battles. The chapter left Nick Fury investigating the gods and Charlotte’s allies preparing to rebuild his destroyed Agency.

• Coulson questioned Jane Foster, Daisy Louise, and Erik Selvig, and Jane identified Thor, Loki, Sif, and the Warriors Three as figures from Asgard.
• Charlotte sent his companions back to the New York Continental Hotel, where Winston told them S.H.I.E.L.D. had tried to search the premises.
• Tony returned to his villa, watched footage of the Destroyer battle, and began planning armor upgrades with greater firepower for large-scale combat.
• Hill told Nick Fury that Tony had returned, and Coulson reported that Thor and the others were Norse gods who had visited Earth.
• Nick Fury ordered Coulson to invite Erik to the Tesseract project and to question Charlotte about the gods when he appeared.
• Balthazar and Dave decided to bring Mages to Earth to rebuild Charlotte’s Agency and protect it with magic arrays.

Charlotte Doyle traveled with Ancient One to Asgard, where Odin received them and discussed Charlotte’s role as the Prime Merlinian. While Charlotte met Odin, Thor learned that two important visitors from Midgard had arrived and hoped they could help him return to Earth.

• Balthazar and Dave took grand mages to Earth to restore the Agency and build magic arrays at Ginny’s request.
• Ancient One opened a portal directly to Asgard, and Charlotte Doyle traveled through it with her.
• Asgardian soldiers escorted Ancient One and Charlotte into the palace, where Odin welcomed them and Ancient One left to visit the broken Bifrost.
• Thor learned from Heimdall that the Sorcerer Supreme and Prime Merlinian were meeting with Odin, and Heimdall explained who they were.
• Odin told Charlotte that his manner resembled Merlin’s, and Charlotte showed him Merlin’s Robe and Merlin’s Staff before returning to his usual attire.

Odin asked Charlotte to join Thor in suppressing rebellions across the Nine Realms, offering treasures from Asgard’s treasury as payment. Charlotte toured the treasury, accepted a Light Stone as a gift and two additional treasures for the cost of magical travel, then attended a banquet welcoming him and Ancient One.

• Odin asked Charlotte to accompany Thor in suppressing rebellions in up to seven realms, and Charlotte agreed after negotiating a task commission for each realm.
• Odin showed Charlotte Asgard’s treasury, where Charlotte examined several magical treasures and discovered that many could be recharged.
• Charlotte found that familiar artifacts such as the Eternal Fire and Infinity Gauntlet were absent from the treasury he toured.
• Odin gave Charlotte a Light Stone as a welcoming gift and agreed to add two treasures to his payment because teleporting himself to Asgard would be costly.
• Odin welcomed Charlotte and Ancient One at a banquet, where the assembled gods toasted the Sorcerer Supreme and the Prime Merlinian.

Charlotte attended an Asgardian banquet, learned about the Nine Realms, and heard Thor lament that he could not return to Jane. Meanwhile, Balthazar and the archmages restored Charlotte’s Agency and its research materials on Earth; the next morning, Charlotte spent most of his Gold Coins buying Naruto, Kisame, and Sasori fragments.

• Charlotte sampled Asgardian food, met Thor, and learned that Ancient One would not send Thor back to Earth until the right opportunity came.
• Balthazar, Dave, Ginny, and four archmages restored the Agency and set up magical defenses, while Tsunade and Shizune confirmed that their experimental data and samples had survived.
• Charlotte warned Thor that Jane might not wait forever because humans had short lifespans, and Sif left the banquet before Frigga reassured her that she and Odin supported her marriage to Thor.
• Charlotte learned about the Nine Realms from Thor, drank until he passed out, and was carried to a guest room.
• Charlotte checked in for 300 Prestige, then spent 5,440 Gold Coins on eight Naruto, eight Kisame, and eight Sasori fragments, leaving him with 662 Gold Coins.

Charlotte began building a Merlin beacon in Asgard while S.H.I.E.L.D. investigated his restored Agency and a newly discovered fire-wielding street Magician. Thor worried that destroying the Bifrost would bring war to the Nine Realms, and Charlotte advised him to speak with Odin.

• Odin offered Charlotte the materials needed to build a magic circle, and Charlotte began constructing a Merlin beacon outside the palace.
• Nick Fury brought Tony Stark Avengers files, but Tony rejected the recruitment effort and said he would skip the medal ceremony.
• Coulson showed Fury a photo of Charlotte's Agency restored after its bombing and reported that Hong Kong street Magician Chen Haoran could create and control small flames; Fury ordered Chen brought to headquarters for study.
• Fury ordered Coulson to commission an intelligence task about Asgard once Charlotte's Agency reopened, while Mephisto's effort to draw threats toward Earth failed to interest other powerful beings.
• Thor offered to test Charlotte's magic circle, then worried that destroying the Bifrost would cause wars across the Nine Realms; Charlotte suggested he ask Odin for advice.

Charlotte returned from Asgard to Earth, replenished his resources, and spent Gold Coins to add a battle slot and manifest Sakura Haruno. Meanwhile, Coulson went to question Charlotte about Asgard under Nick Fury’s instructions, while Fury weighed what the Ninja forces knew about the gods.

• Thor asked Charlotte to protect Jane on Earth, gave him a Soul-Stabilizing Pearl, and watched him depart Asgard through the Merlin Array.
• Charlotte returned to New York, learned the agency had been restored, and checked in with Winston and Selene before returning to his room.
• Charlotte recharged magic materials and Asgardian items, killed the witch released from the Grimhold, and raised his Gold Coin total to 21,740.
• Charlotte spent 18,000 Gold Coins to add a battle slot and manifested Sakura Haruno, who recognized him and listened as he began explaining the new world.
• Coulson took a team and the Energy Block to consult Charlotte, while Nick Fury used the visit to test how much the Ninja forces knew about Asgard.

Charlotte welcomed Sakura Haruno and received an intelligence commission from Coulson about Thor, Asgard, and the Destroyer attack. He confirmed the identities and origins of the Asgardians, while Coulson agreed to pay for the information after receiving it.

• Charlotte earned the Original Team 7 title and a Ninja deployment slot after manifesting Sakura Haruno, then arranged for her to learn about the world.
• Coulson arrived at the Agency and asked Charlotte to investigate the gods and events shown in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s footage of the Destroyer attack.
• Charlotte quoted Coulson 600 Energy Stones for the intelligence and let him receive the answers before paying.
• Charlotte identified Thor, Sif, the Warriors Three, Destroyer Armor, and Loki, and explained that Asgard was one of the Nine Realms while Earth was Midgard.
• Charlotte said the Asgardians were powerful aliens with lifespans of up to five thousand years, not immortal gods.

Coulson learned from Charlotte that Asgard ruled Earth in name and that Thor’s arrival had been an Odin-arranged trial, then reported the intelligence to Nick Fury. Charlotte exchanged the commission for rewards, recruited Gaara, and sent him to Afghanistan to find Temari and Kankuro.

• Charlotte explained Asgard’s power and its claim over Earth, and told Coulson that Thor’s visit had been a trial arranged by Odin.
• Coulson paid Charlotte six hundred Energy Blocks for the intelligence, then returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters and reported what he had learned to Nick Fury.
• Charlotte exchanged the mission scrolls for A-rank rewards, recharged the Energy Blocks for 108,000 Gold Coins, and rose to VIP Level 10.
• Charlotte recruited B-rank Gaara, learned that he lacked the ability to transform into a Tailed Beast, and added him to the combat roster.
• Charlotte manifested Gaara in Afghanistan and sent him memories instructing him to find Temari and Kankuro before returning to Charlotte.

Gaara summoned Pakkun to help him find Temari while Charlotte bought and recruited Orochimaru, One-Tail Naruto Uzumaki, and Curse Mark Sasuke Uchiha. After unlocking a deployment slot, Charlotte manifested Orochimaru, who vanished from his parallel world alongside Tsunade, leaving Jiraiya behind.

• Gaara summoned Pakkun and followed him through the desert toward Temari.
• Charlotte found Orochimaru, One-Tail Naruto Uzumaki, and Curse Mark Sasuke Uchiha available for purchase and spent 50,400 Gold Coins to acquire them.
• Charlotte recruited the three ninjas, gained their abilities and Chakra, and unlocked a deployment slot for 20,000 Gold Coins.
• Charlotte manifested Orochimaru within three meters of himself.
• In a parallel Hokage universe, Tsunade disappeared, Orochimaru began fading, and he told Jiraiya to seal off the place before vanishing too.
• Jiraiya remained in the cave and cried out for Tsunade and Orochimaru.

Orochimaru manifested at the Charlotte Agency and joined Tsunade in learning about the new world, while Charlotte trained with his newly acquired ninjutsu. With the base complete, Charlotte announced that everyone would move there in a week and ordered his teams to finish their missions and return.

• Orochimaru appeared at the Agency with an intense chakra eruption, which Charlotte contained before Tsunade arrived and agreed to explain the situation to him.
• Tsunade brought Orochimaru to the Medical Laboratory, where he reviewed her research and began learning about the world and its threats.
• Ginny confirmed that the base and its data center were ready, and Charlotte arranged for the group to move in one week and asked her to find another storefront.
• At dinner, Charlotte announced the move and asked the teams away on missions to return after completing their work.
• Kakashi ordered Sasuke, Naruto, and Rock Lee to clear the remaining vampire strongholds within five days, while Neji, Hinata, and Temari planned to finish their sweep and return to New York.

Charlotte completed the move into the new Agency base, displayed several items in its Treasure Pavilion, and had Tony install a new artificial intelligence named Red Queen. Tony left with Pakkun to resume working on his armor, while Charlotte headed to the conference room.

• Gaara crossed into Pakistan with Pakkun, knocked down a border patrol with sand when they fired at him, and continued toward Myanmar.
• Temari's group used summoning techniques to bring Gaara to them, and the five-person squad later returned together to the Agency.
• Charlotte and Ginny arrived at the completed base, where Charlotte placed Stick's club, two Mark Armor suits, and a Vampire's Blood Core in the Treasure Pavilion.
• Tony installed an artificial intelligence in the base's data center, and Charlotte named it Red Queen and authorized it to control the base's equipment.
• Tony left with Pakkun to work on his armor, and Charlotte went to the conference room.

Charlotte arranged an independent Brooklyn base for Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara, giving them plans and funding to open the Sunagakure Puppet Shop, and assigned Ginny to protect Jane Foster. He fused new Ninja cards for Naruto and Sasuke, while in Asgard Odin let unrest in the Nine Realms develop; S.H.I.E.L.D. then prepared to contact the newly established Sand Ninja shop.

• Charlotte told Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara to establish a Sand Ninja station near the Brooklyn Bridge, gather future Sand Ninjas, and pursue missions and intelligence work under strict disclosure limits.
• Charlotte directed Kankuro to make non-Chakra-controlled puppet toys for the Sunagakure Puppet Shop, provided one hundred million dollars in startup funds, and asked Ginny to assign a team to protect Jane Foster.
• Charlotte fused Naruto's and Sasuke's Ninja cards; Naruto recognized his new memories as memories, Kurama sensed a small crack in his seal, and Sasuke went to the Training Room to test his power.
• Heimdall warned Odin that rebellions were forming across the Nine Realms, but Odin ordered him to record the conspirators rather than rush to repair the Bifrost.
• Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara moved into the Brooklyn shop, and Coulson reported their independence to Nick Fury, who ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to prepare contact and asked what a puppet shop was.

Nick Fury sent Coulson to investigate Sunagakure’s new puppet shop, where Temari sold him brief conversations about ninja history and villages. Coulson learned that Sunagakure wanted the Tesseract or a similar energy source for cooperation, leaving S.H.I.E.L.D. unable to meet its demand.

• Nick Fury ordered Coulson to watch the puppet shop and report any developments, while he wondered where the ninjas were hiding.
• Temari opened the Sunagakure Puppet Shop, and Coulson arrived with flower baskets to question her.
• Temari explained that ninjas had once belonged to clans, then formed hidden villages after the Senju and Uchiha founded Konoha.
• Temari told Coulson that roughly twenty-six shinobi villages existed and that Konoha and Sunagakure were among the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
• Coulson proposed cooperation between S.H.I.E.L.D. and Sunagakure, but Temari said they wanted the Tesseract or a similar source for Energy Blocks.

Coulson learned about Sunagakure and its leaders while buying puppet toys from Temari, and Gaara killed three attackers who assaulted a street performer in Brooklyn. Kankuro visited Tony Stark, where they began discussing his puppet techniques.

• Temari told Coulson that her father was the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, and explained which villages made up the Five Great Ninja Villages.
• Coulson paid Temari two hundred Energy Blocks for four puppet toys, then left without learning the puppets’ true purpose.
• Temari sent the Energy Blocks to Charlotte through Bashi and avoided contacting him by phone or internet because S.H.I.E.L.D. might intercept her message.
• Gaara accepted a Mickey Mouse balloon from a street performer, then killed three attackers who dragged the performer into an alley.
• Kankuro arrived at Tony Stark’s villa with Crow, explained that his face paint represented the puppet, and heard Tony praise his puppet techniques.

Tony showed Kankuro his armor and laboratory, then examined Crow and discussed ways to upgrade the puppet with stronger materials and weapons. Meanwhile, S.H.I.E.L.D. took over the scene where Gaara and the man dressed as Joker had killed three Moe, and Gaara returned to the puppet shop resolved to learn more about the race.

• Tony asked Kankuro about his age and ninja training, then took him to the underground laboratory.
• The man dressed as Joker left the alley after learning Gaara's name, and a resident discovered the three bodies and called the police.
• Hawkeye and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents took over the crime scene and removed the bodies and damaged wall.
• Gaara returned to the Sunagakure Puppet Shop, told Temari what had happened, and went to his room to research the Moe online.
• Tony scanned and dismantled Crow's design with Jarvis, and Kankuro demonstrated that its chakra-enhanced kunai could pierce thick granite.
• Tony proposed replacing Crow's wooden parts with stronger, lightweight materials, and Jarvis began testing them.

Tony helped Kankuro modify Crow with plans to use Gold-Titanium Alloy, while S.H.I.E.L.D. investigated Sunagakure’s abilities and assigned Hawkeye to investigate mass killings in Africa. Charlotte trained his Chakra control, drank Felix Felicis, and used a ten-pull recruitment before preparing to suppress a rebellion with Thor.

• Tony discussed puppet weight with Kankuro, who removed several hidden weapons from Crow and selected the parts to replace with Gold-Titanium Alloy.
• Coulson reported Temari’s intelligence to Nick Fury, who rejected Sunagakure’s demand for the Tesseract and ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to seek other ways to build ties with the ninja.
• Hawkeye reported that Gaara had killed three men in Brooklyn, and Fury ordered the puppet dolls examined and agents to gather more information about the ninja.
• Fury assigned Hawkeye two teams to investigate massacres in African villages, and Hawkeye began searching S.H.I.E.L.D.’s database for matching sacrificial symbols.
• Charlotte practiced Medical Ninjutsu and Fireball Jutsu, reviewed his recent rewards and Blood Cores, then drank Felix Felicis before a ten-pull ninja recruitment.
• Charlotte’s recruitment yielded fragments for Itachi Uchiha, Gaara, Killer B, Kimimaro, Sakura Haruno, Jirobo, and Tenten.

Charlotte spent heavily on Ninja Recruitments but gained few Itachi Uchiha fragments, then recruited Naruto Shippuden Tenten and Kimimaro. Kimimaro’s Shikotsumyaku began fusing with Charlotte’s other bloodlines, enveloping him in a cocoon of Chakra.

• Charlotte tallied his Ninja Recruitment results and spent Gold Coins on five ten-pulls, but ended with only 37 Itachi Uchiha fragments and insufficient fragments for any of the three A-rank Ninjas.
• Charlotte found that Kimimaro, Naruto Shippuden Tenten, Shino, and Tayuya had enough fragments to be recruited.
• Charlotte recruited Naruto Shippuden Tenten, gained her ninja-tool techniques and five cards’ worth of Chakra, and saw his Chakra control return to its previous state.
• Charlotte recruited Kimimaro and gained his skills, Shikotsumyaku, and five cards’ worth of Chakra.
• Kimimaro’s Kaguya bloodline began fusing with Charlotte’s other bloodlines, and a cocoon-like sphere of Chakra formed around him.

Charlotte Doyle underwent a mysterious bloodline transformation inside a Chakra cocoon, leaving Tsunade and the others unable to see or reach him. As Tsunade guarded the cocoon, a Werewolf squad reached Jane Foster’s temporary residence to contact her.

• Charlotte Doyle’s transformation began after he gathered five bloodlines inherited from Kaguya Otsutsuki, and the cocoon’s Chakra sent a powerful pressure through his base.
• Orochimaru and Tsunade investigated the disturbance, found Charlotte encased in a destructive Chakra cocoon, and could not identify its contents with sensory techniques, Sharingan, or Byakugan.
• Orochimaru’s snakes were destroyed when they touched the cocoon, so Tsunade ordered the room sealed and had Red Queen confirm that Charlotte was inside and that the cause remained unknown.
• Tsunade stayed behind to guard Charlotte while Kakashi and Yamato secured the area and the others left.
• Moses Leonard led Ginny’s elite Werewolf squad to Jane Foster’s temporary residence in New Jersey and ordered a member to knock.

Yaan and Moses’s team rescued Jane Foster from a S.H.I.E.L.D. attack and evacuated her with her equipment. Meanwhile, Barton prepared an armed mission to Africa, and Kankuro completed a new Gold-Titanium Alloy Crow puppet for testing.

• Yaan knocked out the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents watching Jane’s house, then told Jane that Charlotte had sent them to protect her on Thor’s behalf.
• Twelve S.H.I.E.L.D. agents arrived and opened fire, but Moses and two teammates suppressed them while Yaan sheltered Jane inside.
• After the firefight, Moses’s team loaded Jane’s equipment into her vehicle and evacuated with her before Crossbones and reinforcements arrived.
• Crossbones’s team found the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents who had been knocked out alive, while the others at the scene were dead.
• Barton found no useful records about the ritual symbols, then equipped two special operations squads and flew with them to Africa.
• Kankuro assembled and controlled a new Gold-Titanium Alloy Crow puppet, and Tony arranged a security perimeter so they could test it outside.