Chapter Summaries

Team 8 confronted Riot at the Life Foundation launch base as the rocket countdown continued. Hinata, Kiba, and Shino damaged and restrained Riot, but he fought back and destroyed most of Shino’s Kikaichū swarm.

• Hinata used Gentle Fist strikes and Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms to attack Riot, but he blocked her final blow and crashed through the bridge.
• Kiba and Akamaru struck Riot with Gatssuga, pinning him at the broken edge of the bridge, while Eddie watched and Venom warned that the attacks could not kill him.
• Riot attacked Kiba with a meteor hammer, scythe, and rising blades, but Kiba dodged and detonated explosive tags on thrown Kunai.
• Shino blocked Riot’s tentacle with an insect wall, then sent Kikaichū swarming toward him.
• Riot fired barbs from his back, shooting down more than half of Shino’s Kikaichū.

The Ninja Squad defeated Riot, and Eddie and Anne gathered evidence that helped bring down the Life Foundation before Ginny took control of it. As Charlotte’s forces gained another superhuman and studied Riot, Charlotte’s system update finally completed.

• Venom sided with the Ninja Squad, and Shino Aburame tore Riot from Drake with an insect storm while destroying the Life II spacecraft.
• Hinata Hyuga captured Riot in a Grimhold, and Eddie and Anne entered the Life Foundation to collect evidence.
• A week later, Ginny took control of the collapsing Life Foundation, while Eddie reconciled with Anne and continued working as a reporter and Venom.
• Orochimaru studied the imprisoned Riot in Charlotte Base, while Nick Fury reviewed intelligence about Venom and Charlotte’s growing influence.
• Coulson and Yakushi Kabuto continued searching the Arctic for Captain America rather than involving Konoha.
• Charlotte saw the system update reach 100 percent, and the system announced that the update had succeeded.

Charlotte examined the system update, which added new ninjas to the direct-purchase store and revised the recruitment pool with Minato Namikaze as its first S-rank ninja. With only 34,175 Gold Coins left, he left the recruitment interface to calculate his total wealth and consider releasing the Kirigakure prisoners.

• Charlotte found new C- and B-rank ninjas in the direct-purchase store, but the A- and S-rank categories were empty.
• Charlotte opened ninja recruitment and saw a preview of Young Minato Namikaze, then confirmed that Minato Namikaze was the S-rank recruit.
• Charlotte reviewed the updated prize pool, which included Kisame Hoshigaki, Cursed Seal Kimimaro, and ninjas from Kumogakure.
• Charlotte saw that he had 34,175 Gold Coins and left the recruitment interface to convert his rechargeable items into currency and assess whether he could release the people from Kirigakure.

Charlotte recharged his magical items, recruited Deidara, expanded his Deployment Slots, and sent four Ninja to begin the Kirigakure Emergence Plan. A week later, S.H.I.E.L.D. detected Deidara fighting Mei Terumi, Ao, and Haku over the Atlantic, and Nick Fury recognized their Akatsuki-style clothing.

• Charlotte recharged his equipment and artifacts, claimed his S-rank mission reward, and bought enough fragments to recruit Deidara.
• Charlotte recruited Deidara, gained 15 cards of Chakra, and unlocked three Deployment Slots, spending nearly all his Gold Coins.
• Charlotte manifested Deidara, Mei Terumi, Ao, Haku, and Might Guy, sending the first four to prepare for the Kirigakure Emergence Plan.
• A week later, Deidara fought Mei Terumi, Ao, and Haku over the Atlantic, using clay bombs against their Water Style and Ice attacks.
• Nick Fury watched satellite footage of the battle and recognized the clothing worn by Hidan and Itachi Uchiha.

Nick Fury ordered a Long Island evacuation as the battle between Deidara and the Kirigakure Ninja intensified the tsunami threat. As Natasha called Charlotte Doyle to ask what it would take for him to intervene, he watched the fight with his subordinates and anticipated S.H.I.E.L.D.'s request.

• Nick Fury learned that the battle had triggered a tsunami threatening Long Island and ordered Hill to evacuate the coast with help from S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents.
• Chen Haoran left the base for Long Island after receiving orders to respond.
• Mei Terumi, Haku, and Ao attacked Deidara over the ocean, and Ao's Water Bullet Rain struck after Deidara's Owl exploded and his winged bird was destroyed.
• Nick Fury told Natasha to contact Charlotte Doyle and learn what would persuade him to stop the danger as the tsunami grew to three meters.
• Natasha called Charlotte while he watched the fight with Tsunade, Orochimaru, Anbu Yamato, Might Guy, and Kurenai Yuhi, and he thought S.H.I.E.L.D. had taken the bait.

Natasha asked Charlotte to stop a battle between four Ninja in the Atlantic Ocean near Long Island, and he negotiated an S-rank mission for five hundred Energy Blocks and five 084 Objects. Charlotte sent his team to the scene, where Chen Haoran helped evacuate civilians as the tsunami threat grew.

• Natasha told Charlotte that four Ninja were fighting near Long Island and their battle had stirred up a dangerous tsunami.
• Charlotte negotiated with Natasha and Nick Fury, agreeing to take the mission for five hundred Energy Blocks and five 084 Objects.
• Charlotte announced the S-rank mission and ordered his team to travel together to Long Island by helicopter.
• Police and S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents began evacuating the beach while Chen Haoran urged tourists to move to higher ground.
• A man filming Chen Haoran doubted his tsunami warning, and Chen Haoran grew angry at the delay.

Deidara unleashed a powerful clay explosion over the Atlantic, creating a massive tsunami that threatened Long Island. Chen Haoran stopped the first wave but was knocked unconscious by the second, leaving Charlotte and his allies to intervene as the larger waves struck.

• A bikini-clad woman asked Chen Haoran to protect her, then evacuated with her companions and a security team while Chen continued helping people leave.
• Deidara used C3-18 against Mei Terumi and her companions, causing a huge explosion and raising towering waves, but Mei Terumi caught him with a water whip.
• Chen Haoran blocked the first tsunami wave with a wall of fire, but the six-meter second wave extinguished his flames and knocked him unconscious.
• Charlotte arrived with Tsunade and the others, and Anbu Yamato raised a wooden wall to stop the second wave.
• When a ten-meter wave approached, Charlotte replaced Yamato's defense with a thirty-meter wooden wall that absorbed and trapped the seawater.

Charlotte demonstrated genuine Wood Release as S.H.I.E.L.D. monitored the battle, while Hidan and Itachi arrived to rescue Deidara and uncovered the staged Kirigakure confrontation. Itachi recognized Charlotte, Tsunade, and Orochimaru approaching, and the Akatsuki members prepared to withdraw.

• Charlotte cast Wood Release, astonishing Yamato and Tsunade, while Nick Fury learned the detected Chakra intensity was S-rank and sent a reconnaissance drone.
• Hidan cut Mei Terumi’s Water Whip and freed Deidara, then identified himself as Akatsuki’s Santai as Mei and Ao faced the two newcomers.
• Itachi Uchiha arrived, put Ao in Tsukuyomi, learned from him that the fight was part of the Kirigakure Emergence Plan, and incapacitated him.
• Haku rescued the falling Ao, while Deidara questioned Hidan and Itachi about their absence and Hidan proposed attacking Mei Terumi.
• Itachi sensed Charlotte Doyle, Tsunade, and Orochimaru approaching and ordered the group to retreat, surprising Deidara and Hidan with Orochimaru’s name.

Charlotte and the Konoha ninja arrived after the battle on Long Island had ended, and the Akatsuki members retreated. Charlotte then spoke with Mei Terumi, helped S.H.I.E.L.D. remove his Wooden Wall, and gave Mei his contact information before returning to New York Base.

• Itachi, Deidara, and Hidan withdrew after Itachi said fighting Charlotte's group was not their mission; Deidara's Clay Bird destroyed a drone tracking them.
• Charlotte arrived with Tsunade, Orochimaru, Might Guy, Kurenai Yuhi, and Anbu Yamato, and said their mission to calm the battle had been accomplished.
• Mei Terumi asked Charlotte whether they were in the Ninja World, and he explained that they were on Earth.
• Nick Fury learned that Chen Haoran was safe and told Hill to ask Charlotte to remove the Wooden Wall and gather information about the returning ninja.
• Charlotte returned to Long Island with Mei Terumi, Ao, and Haku, retracted the Wooden Wall, and gave Mei his contact information.
• Charlotte led the ninja away from Long Island and returned by helicopter to New York Base.

Mei Terumi and her injured companions arrived at a S.H.I.E.L.D. base, where she learned about the ninja villages already on Earth and asked for a Kirigakure foothold. Meanwhile, Itachi and Hidan welcomed Deidara and assigned him to help search for mystical items for Lord Charlotte.

• Hill recognized Mei Terumi as the Fifth Mizukage and arranged for S.H.I.E.L.D. to take her, Haku, and the unconscious Ao to a New York base.
• On an unnamed Atlantic island, Deidara reunited with Itachi Uchiha and Hidan, and Itachi said their mission was to find mystical items for Lord Charlotte.
• Nick Fury met Mei Terumi and explained that Earth was one of many inhabited planets in the universe.
• Mei Terumi told Nick Fury that Deidara had destroyed the Formation that brought them to Earth, and she reviewed S.H.I.E.L.D.'s files on the ninja already there.
• Mei Terumi asked S.H.I.E.L.D. to provide a Kirigakure base, and Nick Fury proposed exchanging one for Physical Enhancement Serum, which she did not have with her.

Nick Fury agreed to provide Mei Terumi with a villa and a guide, while Charlotte used S.H.I.E.L.D.'s payment to recruit Jiraiya and Yamato. Meanwhile, Kakashi's team searched for the City of Gold and unknowingly encountered Gilgamesh, who recognized it as an alien spaceship.

• Nick Fury offered Mei Terumi a villa and assigned Natasha to teach her about the world.
• Natasha delivered 500 Energy Blocks and a task commission to Charlotte, who earned an S-rank reward and recharged the blocks for 90,000 Gold Coins.
• Charlotte recruited Jiraiya, completed the Legendary Sannin achievement, and gained a Deployment Slot.
• Charlotte recruited Yamato, increasing his Chakra and strengthening his Wood Release Kekkei Genkai.
• Kakashi, Naruto, Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke stopped at Gilgamesh's remote restaurant while searching for clues about the Crystal Skull and the City of Gold.
• Gilgamesh overheard the team's search and recognized the City of Gold as an alien spaceship still stranded on Earth.

Kakashi ate with Team 7 at Delicious Kitchen, where Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura finally saw his unmasked face. After Sena arrived, Sasuke recognized her resemblance to a woman he had seen killed, and Kakashi asked him about her as the team left.

• Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura tried to catch Kakashi removing his mask, so Sasuke activated his Sharingan and Naruto released the Nine-Tails' Chakra until Kakashi finally ate with his face uncovered.
• Sena entered Delicious Kitchen and joined Gilgamesh, while Sakura admired Kakashi and Sasuke and Naruto reacted with disappointment at his looks.
• Sasuke recognized Sena as resembling Fox from the Assassin Alliance, whom he remembered Rock Lee killing, and asked Sena if she had a twin sister.
• Sena teased Sasuke about hitting on women and left, while Sakura wondered whether Sasuke liked older women.
• Kakashi bought food to take away, left the restaurant with Team 7, and asked Sasuke what he thought of Sena.

Team 7 continued searching for the City of Gold after Sasuke reported that a woman they encountered looked identical to someone he and Rock Lee had killed two years earlier. Meanwhile, Charlotte recruited Jiraiya and Asuma Sarutobi, fused two versions of Yamato, and sent the newly strengthened Yamato to test his Wood Release.

• Sasuke told Kakashi and Team 7 that the woman they had encountered resembled someone he and Rock Lee had killed two years earlier, and Kakashi said the High Table could investigate her identity.
• Kakashi reminded Team 7 that finding the City of Gold would fulfill their mission and earn them promotion to chunin, so the group resumed its search.
• Charlotte opened a Deployment Slot and manifested Asuma Sarutobi and Jiraiya, then assigned Orochimaru to teach Jiraiya about the new world and Shikamaru to guide Asuma.
• Charlotte recalled Anbu Yamato, fused his card with Jonin Yamato, and redeployed him as Yamato (Fused), whose absorbed memories revealed an astonishing future.
• Yamato thanked Charlotte for remaking him, and Charlotte sent him to Training Ground No. 2 to test whether his Wood Release had improved.

Yamato assessed his improved strength and repaired Training Ground No. 2, while Nick Fury gave Doctor Selvig Felix Felicis to aid Tesseract research. In the Arctic, Yakushi Kabuto found Steve Rogers frozen beneath the glacier, and Coulson’s team began excavating him.

• Yamato said he was stronger than in his memories, and Charlotte assigned him to repair the ruined training ground.
• Nick Fury gave Doctor Selvig Felix Felicis, which helped him find inspiration and consider using iridium to stabilize the Tesseract.
• Yakushi Kabuto sensed Steve Rogers beneath the Arctic ice and told Grant Ward and Coulson he had found the mission’s target.
• Coulson called over the excavation crew, and the agents began digging ten meters down toward Steve Rogers.

Yakushi Kabuto helped S.H.I.E.L.D. recover Steve Rogers alive beneath the ice, while Nick Fury and Hydra made plans involving Steve, Wakanda's Vibranium, and serum research. Charlotte introduced Jiraiya to Tony Stark, then left for S.H.I.E.L.D., leaving Jiraiya to join Tony's armor test and party.

• Yakushi Kabuto warned Coulson that Steve Rogers was alive and needed to remain frozen, so Coulson ordered the workers to excavate the ice around him as one block.
• On the Quinjet, Kabuto asked Coulson to help him obtain more Ninjutsu, and Coulson agreed to apply to the Director.
• Nick Fury learned that Steve Rogers had been found alive and considered using him for serum research and as a political bargaining chip.
• Alexander Pierce ordered Winter Soldier operatives to speak with T'Chaka about Wakanda's Vibranium and planned to take over S.H.I.E.L.D.'s failed Physical Enhancement Serum research.
• Charlotte introduced Jiraiya to Tony Stark, who invited him to test new armor and attend a swimsuit party.
• Charlotte left for S.H.I.E.L.D., while Jiraiya agreed to cooperate with Tony's armor test.

A Hydra squad led by Vail Wells tried to buy Vibranium from Wakanda by offering generous trade and financial deals. King T'Chaka refused, saying Wakanda had no Vibranium left and its existing agreements with the five major powers would end in five years.

• After recharging five 084 Objects, Charlotte received only 10,000 Gold Coins and decided to find another way to get more from S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Vail Wells arrived in Wakanda with orders and financial aid, planning to buy Vibranium through business or use force if negotiations failed.
• T'Chaka brought T'Challa, Okoye, and royal guards to meet Vail, who offered above-market purchases of Wakanda's grain and livestock.
• Vail asked to buy 25,000 grams of Vibranium and offered infrastructure assistance, loans, and a five-year trade deal.
• T'Chaka told Vail that Wakanda had no Vibranium remaining and that its existing Vibranium trade with the five major powers would end in five years.

Vail failed to persuade T'Chaka to sell Vibranium and ordered his Winter Soldiers to capture the king and T'Challa, but Wakanda's defenders fought back. As T'Challa protected his father from a missile strike, two Royal Guards died and four others were badly injured.

• Vail offered T'Chaka a higher price for Vibranium, but T'Chaka refused and told him to buy from the five major powers instead.
• Vail ordered three Winter Soldiers to capture T'Chaka and T'Challa, and T'Challa revealed his Black Panther suit beneath his disguise as he fought Winter Soldier No. 1.
• Okoye fired her Vibranium spear's laser at Winter Soldier No. 3, and the Royal Guard killed him with their weapons.
• Vail called for support as T'Chaka's forces fought his men, and T'Chaka ordered T'Challa to capture Vail.
• An armed helicopter fired a missile at the building, and T'Challa shielded T'Chaka from the blast while two Royal Guards died and four were badly injured.

After Hydra’s attack on Wakanda’s meeting, T’Challa captured Vail and questioned him with a device developed by Shuri. Vail revealed that he served Hydra, leaving T’Challa shocked that the supposedly destroyed organization still existed.

• An aircraft shot down the enemy helicopter, and T’Challa ordered the guards to capture an attacker alive.
• Okoye killed Winter Soldier No. 2, while T’Challa caught Vail outside and knocked him unconscious.
• Shuri confirmed T’Chaka was unharmed, and T’Chaka ordered T’Challa to find out who the attackers were and why they wanted Vibranium.
• T’Challa confronted Vail, revealed that Wakandans had removed his tracking chip, and used Shuri’s truth-inducing device on him.
• Under the device’s influence, Vail said he came from America, described Hydra’s mission to rule Earth, and shouted “Hail Hydra,” stunning T’Challa.

Prince T'Challa learned from Vail that Hydra had targeted Wakanda’s Vibranium to obtain Physical Enhancement Serum, then investigated the forces connected to the serum. Alexander Pierce planned another move against Wakanda as Hydra’s serum research stalled, while Hill and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents flew there to negotiate for Vibranium quotas.

• Prince T'Challa questioned Vail about the Winter Soldiers and learned that Hydra planned to trade or seize Vibranium for Physical Enhancement Serum before Vail died.
• Prince T'Challa asked Shuri to investigate Charlotte Doyle, the Charlotte Agency, the Sunagakure Puppet Shop, Ninjas, and Hydra, then studied the results through the next day.
• Alexander Pierce learned that Hydra’s Wakanda mission had failed and that three Winter Soldiers had been lost.
• Dr. Zola told Pierce that Hydra’s serum research had identified Werewolf blood cells as a key ingredient but still needed more serum for research.
• Pierce ordered the research accelerated and considered conquering Wakanda and backing an armed resistance faction to obtain Vibranium.
• Hill and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents flew to Wakanda to negotiate for Vibranium quotas, while S.H.I.E.L.D. arranged to provide Britain’s branch with Physical Enhancement Serum.

T'Challa told T'Chaka that Hydra might have resurfaced and suggested Wakanda use the Physical Enhancement Serum. When S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Hill arrived to discuss Vibranium, T'Chaka agreed to meet her under heavy security.

• T'Challa reported his findings about Charlotte Doyle, Hydra, and other powerful figures to T'Chaka.
• T'Challa and T'Chaka discussed trying the Physical Enhancement Serum to strengthen Wakanda.
• Zuri told T'Chaka that agent Hill had come to discuss Vibranium, and T'Chaka agreed to meet her despite T'Challa's concerns.
• T'Challa arranged for T'Chaka to wear the Black Panther Suit and be escorted by the Royal Guard and aircraft.
• Hill learned that terrorists had attacked Wakanda's foreign reception hall the previous day.
• T'Chaka and T'Challa met Hill in the guarded banquet hall, where Hill said she had important business to discuss.