Chapter Summaries

Nick Fury’s team argued over the Tesseract and Earth’s defenses while Loki’s influence heightened tensions, then Barton’s attack crippled the Helicarrier and Hulk rampaged through it. The team repelled the attackers and contained Hulk, but Loki killed Coulson before escaping to summon the Chitauri.

• Nick Fury revealed that S.H.I.E.L.D. had developed Tesseract weapons because of the threats posed by Thor and Charlotte Doyle’s ninjas, while Tony explained that Charlotte was an Earth-born guardian and that the Mages and ninjas came from separate worlds.
• Rogers and Tony argued under the Mind Stone’s influence until the Tesseract search program located its target, then Barton attacked the Helicarrier and destroyed Engine No. 3.
• Doctor Banner transformed into Hulk, and Chen Haoran used flames to drive him onto the deck, where his fire attacks knocked Hulk overboard before Chen Haoran collapsed.
• Barton sabotaged the Helicarrier’s systems while Brock Rumlow and Yakushi Kabuto fought the boarders, and Natasha freed Barton from Loki’s control and captured him.
• Loki tricked Thor into a cell, stabbed Coulson with the Scepter, and dropped Thor’s cage from the Helicarrier before escaping to summon the Chitauri; Thor broke free, but Coulson died from his wounds.

Tony Stark and Captain America assembled a team to stop Loki from opening a portal over Stark Tower, while Charlotte Doyle brought the Ninjas to support the fight. The Chitauri invaded New York, and as the Ninjas battled them, Ancient One reminded Charlotte that defending Earth from this kind of enemy was the Prime Merlinian’s responsibility.

• Nick Fury told Tony Stark and Steve Rogers about the Avengers Initiative and Coulson’s faith in heroes, prompting Tony and Steve to reconcile and prepare to fight together.
• Steve Rogers gathered Natasha, Barton, Brock Rumlow, Yakushi Kabuto, and Chen Haoran, while Tony repaired his armor; both groups headed toward Stark Tower.
• Charlotte Doyle answered Tony’s call and agreed to bring the Ninjas and Mage army to Stark Tower, claiming the Tesseract as his potential trophy.
• Tony attacked Loki’s device, failed to break its energy shield, and then fought Loki inside the tower; the Mark VII armor saved Tony after Loki threw him from the building.
• The Tesseract opened a portal, the Chitauri army poured into New York, and Charlotte ordered the Ninjas to protect civilians and fight the invaders.
• Charlotte searched the battlefield for other heroes before Ancient One told him that the Prime Merlinian, not the Sorcerer Supreme, was responsible for this kind of enemy.

Charlotte and the Avengers fought Loki’s Chitauri invasion of New York as the ninjas and their Summoned Beasts joined the battle. After Shukaku destroyed the Chitauri Escort Spaceship, falling wreckage threatened civilians, and Might Guy opened the Gate of View to intercept it.

• Thor confronted Loki on Stark Tower while Sasuke Uchiha struck Chitauri Soldiers with lightning, and Thor and Loki began fighting.
• Natasha, Barton, Steve Rogers, Yakushi Kabuto, Chen Haoran, and Brock Rumlow joined the battle, while Tsunade and Jiraiya killed a Chitauri Leviathan and Sasuke destroyed another with Kirin.
• Chitauri forces attacked Charlotte’s orphanages and bases, but the ninjas and other defenders held their positions as Charlotte left the Ancient One to join the fight.
• Loki tricked Thor with a dagger and escaped, while Banner arrived and transformed into Hulk to help Tony Stark destroy a Chitauri Leviathan.
• Charlotte summoned his Ninja Dogs, Blue Snake, Gamakichi, Ninja Turtle, Kamaitachi, and Shukaku, and Naruto Uzumaki summoned Gamabunta to attack the Chitauri forces.
• Shukaku’s Tailed Beast Bomb shattered the Escort Spaceship’s shield and destroyed the ship, and Might Guy opened the Gate of View as wreckage fell toward civilians.

Charlotte Doyle and the Ninja helped defeat the Chitauri invasion, while Yakushi Kabuto recovered Loki's Mind Scepter and Nick Fury resisted the Security Council's order to nuke Manhattan. Charlotte sent the missile through the portal, closed it with the scepter, and the war ended with Loki arrested and the Tesseract and scepter in Charlotte's possession.

• Might Guy, Sasuke Uchiha, and Charlotte Doyle destroyed falling wreckage and a Chitauri Leviathan, while Minato Namikaze moved the burning beast into the Atlantic Ocean.
• Yakushi Kabuto secretly sealed Loki's Mind Scepter inside a scroll, and Nick Fury rejected the Security Council's plan to launch a Tactical Nuke at Manhattan.
• Charlotte Doyle and Yakushi Kabuto joined Natasha and Doctor Selvig on Stark Tower's rooftop, where Kabuto revealed he had recovered the scepter and identified himself as Charlotte's spy.
• After learning a Tactical Nuke was headed for Manhattan, Charlotte Doyle marked the missile with Flying Thunder God and sent it through the portal, where it struck a Chitauri spaceship.
• Charlotte's Wood Clone used the scepter to close the portal, shutting down the Chitauri forces on Earth, and Charlotte returned to announce that the war was over.
• The Avengers arrested Loki, Charlotte Doyle stored the Tesseract and Mind Scepter, and Natasha asked whether to call him the God of Ninjas or Prime Merlinian.

After the Battle of New York, Charlotte Doyle kept the Tesseract and Loki’s Scepter, agreed to send Thor and Loki back to Asgard, and let S.H.I.E.L.D. recover the Chitauri remains. The next day, Thor reunited with Jane Foster, Charlotte’s forces reported no major losses, and Natasha briefed Nick Fury on Charlotte’s power and Yakushi Kabuto’s defection.

• At Stark Tower, Charlotte Doyle allowed Thor to take Loki to Asgard for judgment but declared the Tesseract and Loki’s Scepter his spoils.
• Thor accepted Charlotte’s ownership of the Tesseract, and Charlotte agreed to use the Merlin Array to send Thor and Loki back to Asgard; Tony took Chitauri technology for study while S.H.I.E.L.D. claimed the remaining alien materials.
• The next day, Thor thanked Charlotte for protecting Jane Foster and asked to return to Asgard with Loki, and Charlotte arranged their departure for that afternoon.
• Ginny reported that Charlotte’s core operations suffered no losses, while Orochimaru had collected Loki’s blood for research.
• On the Helicarrier, Natasha told Nick Fury that Yakushi Kabuto had joined Charlotte’s command and reported Charlotte’s possession of the Tesseract and Scepter, his ties to the Magic World, and his ability to travel to Asgard.

Nick Fury reassessed Charlotte Doyle as a powerful ally he should avoid provoking, defended the Avengers and the ninjas before the Security Council, and ordered an investigation into Eddie’s Venom form. Charlotte Doyle then took Thor Odinson and Loki Odinson away through the Merlin Array, leaving Minato Namikaze behind to study it.

• Nick Fury raised Charlotte Doyle’s threat rating, decided to set aside conflicts with him, and planned to trade S.H.I.E.L.D.’s remaining Type One Energy Blocks for resources at Charlotte Agency.
• Nick Fury confirmed that Phil Coulson had been sent to Tahiti and defended the Avengers’ absence and the Tesseract’s loss during the Security Council meeting.
• Nick Fury told the Council that the ninjas preferred cooperation over joining S.H.I.E.L.D., highlighted the alien technology they had recovered, and received a mission and funding to win the ninjas over.
• Hill showed Nick Fury footage of Eddie transforming into Venom and rescuing people, prompting Nick Fury to order a file on him and an investigation into other newly revealed extraordinary individuals.
• Charlotte Doyle used the Merlin Array to take Thor Odinson and shackled Loki Odinson away, while Minato Namikaze stayed behind to examine the array.

Charlotte Doyle helped Thor return Loki to Asgard, lent Odin the Tesseract to repair the Bifrost, and accepted a commission to travel to Helheim after strengthening himself. Afterward, he refused Ancient One’s offer to become Sorcerer Supreme and returned to his room to study Odin’s book about using the Space Stone.

• Charlotte Doyle and Thor brought Loki before Odin, who sent Loki to prison while Thor warned that someone might have used him to test Asgard.
• Odin borrowed Charlotte Doyle’s Tesseract and used it to restore the Bifrost, then warned Charlotte about gathering multiple Infinity Stones.
• Odin commissioned Charlotte Doyle to travel to Helheim within three years after doubling his strength and gave him a book on using the Space Stone.
• Ancient One offered Charlotte Doyle the Sorcerer Supreme position and the Eye of Agamotto, but Charlotte refused and returned to his room using Flying Thunder God.
• The Vishanti urged Ancient One to keep trying to recruit Charlotte Doyle and offered to forgive one-third of his debt, while Charlotte began studying Odin’s book.

Charlotte Doyle recharged the Tesseract and drew Gold Coins from the remaining Space Stone, then used his VIP12 rewards to obtain Two-Tails Matatabi and strengthen his roster. He ended by purchasing Shadow of Evil Spirit Yakushi Kabuto, Drunken Fist Rock Lee, and Chiyo.

• Charlotte Doyle recharged the Tesseract to unlock the Seven-Star Sword, then drew 317,520 Gold Coins from the Space Stone while leaving the gem intact.
• Charlotte entered the System Space, reached VIP12, and received resources and permission to purchase Two-Tails Matatabi.
• Charlotte spent 108,000 Gold Coins to obtain max-level Two-Tails Matatabi, who appeared in the Summoning Realm and went to meet Shukaku.
• Charlotte bought 40 Shadow of Evil Spirit Yakushi Kabuto fragments to reward Yakushi Kabuto for his service.
• Charlotte bought 40 Drunken Fist Rock Lee fragments and purchased Chiyo, paying the additional cost to open a battle slot.

Charlotte recruited Drunken Fist Lee, Shadow of Evil Spirit Yakushi Kabuto, and Chiyo, then spent Gold Coins on recruitment scrolls and performed five ten-pulls under a magical blessing. He ended with 49 Minato Namikaze fragments, one C-rank Zaku Orange card, and no blessing left as he prepared to test his ordinary luck.

• Charlotte recruited Drunken Fist Lee, Shadow of Evil Spirit Yakushi Kabuto, and Chiyo, gaining fifteen chakra cards and a deployment slot from Kabuto.
• Charlotte bought 200 Ninja Recruitment Scrolls and performed a blessing ritual using the Space Stone, Scepter, Ice Crystal, and Heart of the Earth.
• Charlotte’s first three ten-pulls yielded 38 Minato Namikaze fragments in total, alongside many Young Minato Namikaze and Kisame Hoshigaki fragments.
• Charlotte’s fourth ten-pull produced a full C-rank Zaku Orange card and brought Minato Namikaze’s fragment total to 43.
• Charlotte’s fifth ten-pull brought Minato Namikaze’s total to 49 fragments, while the blessing faded and left him with 150 scrolls for future recruiting.

Charlotte spent recruitment scrolls and Gold Coins to recruit the three-star S-rank Minato Namikaze, gaining a major Chakra increase and the Yellow Flash title. He also recruited Naruto Shippuden—Rock Lee, and began considering how Star Upgrades and fusion might further strengthen him.

• Charlotte used 200 recruitment scrolls, bought 100 more, and collected enough fragments to recruit Minato Namikaze and several other ninjas.
• Charlotte recruited three-star S-rank Minato Namikaze and examined his skills, noting their similarities to Young Minato Namikaze’s techniques.
• Charlotte claimed Minato Namikaze, gaining 50 Kakashi of Chakra for a total of 333 Kakashi, along with the Yellow Flash title and a battle slot.
• Charlotte recruited two-star B-rank Naruto Shippuden—Rock Lee and reviewed his Eight Inner Gates-based skills.
• Charlotte claimed Naruto Shippuden—Rock Lee, increasing his Chakra to 338 Kakashi and receiving his ninjutsu knowledge.

Charlotte Doyle recruited Cee, Zaku Orange, and Dosu Kinata, upgraded Kamaitachi to its maximum level, and assigned Ginny to find Wanda Maximoff and Pietro Maximoff. After Charlotte ordered a meeting with the Ninja, Nick Fury tasked Natasha with taking over work previously handled by Coulson.

• Charlotte recruited Cee, Zaku Orange, and Dosu Kinata, bringing his Chakra reserves to 341 cards and earning the Ninja Collector title with an extra Deployment Slot.
• Charlotte opened two more Deployment Slots, raised Kamaitachi to level 50, and unlocked Enma as a new contract summon.
• Charlotte told Ginny to find Wanda Maximoff and Pietro Maximoff, bring them back, and deal with anyone who obstructed her.
• Charlotte instructed Ginny to crack down on counterfeit merchandise, sell licensed Ninja products through the High Table's businesses, and reported that 200 kilograms of Vibranium were in stock.
• Charlotte asked Red Queen to summon all the Ninja for a meeting, while Natasha showed Nick Fury evidence that Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha, and Kakashi Hatake had become adults.
• Nick Fury explained that Charlotte's Ageing Potion could account for the Ninja's changed appearances and assigned Natasha to take over work Coulson had handled.

Nick Fury assigned Natasha to handle S.H.I.E.L.D.’s dealings with the Ninja and learned that the captured Chitauri and their equipment were unusable. Charlotte Doyle rewarded the Ninja for the Battle of New York, made plans for their training, and used the battle’s gains to upgrade several of them, leaving Minato Namikaze substantially stronger.

• Nick Fury handed Natasha the Ninja trade records and tasked her with negotiating with Charlotte Doyle for Physical Enhancement Serum and Felix Felicis.
• Hill told Nick Fury that the Chitauri equipment had been remotely locked and the captured Chitauri and giant beast had died, so he ordered autopsies and research.
• Charlotte Doyle rewarded the Ninja with Vibranium and shares of merchandise profits, promised to reassess their ranks, and warned them that stronger enemies would come.
• Charlotte Doyle assigned Tsunade to expand medical training and asked Orochimaru to study Frost Giant abilities with Haku of Kirigakure.
• Charlotte Doyle upgraded Sakura Haruno, Rock Lee, Naruto Uzumaki, and Minato Namikaze; Minato’s strength increased by about fifty percent, and Charlotte’s Chakra rose to 351 cards.

Charlotte fused Kabuto Yakushi, Rock Lee, and Minato Namikaze with their Future Selves, greatly increasing their strength and giving them memories of their futures. Minato learned about his family’s tragic past and thanked Charlotte for bringing them together, while Charlotte sent the three to prepare for a celebration.

• Charlotte sent Sakura Haruno and Naruto Uzumaki away, then told Kabuto Yakushi, Rock Lee, and Minato Namikaze he would fuse each of them with a Future Self.
• Charlotte fused Kabuto Yakushi with Shadow of Evil Spirit Yakushi Kabuto, and Kabuto returned with doubled Chakra and physical qualities.
• Charlotte fused Rock Lee’s cards, giving him an adult Jonin appearance, enhanced Taijutsu, and memories of his injuries and training; Charlotte urged him to train toward opening more of the Eight Inner Gates.
• Charlotte fused Young Minato Namikaze with Minato Namikaze, and Minato regained memories of becoming Hokage, Kushina Uzumaki’s death, and his own sacrifice during the Nine-Tails’ attack.
• Minato thanked Charlotte for reuniting his family and promised to make up for Naruto’s childhood; Charlotte told the three to prepare for a party.

Charlotte manifested Chiyo, Zaku Orange, Dosu Kinata, and Shizuka Nadeshiko, assigning the first three to study in the Summoning Realm and placing Shizuka with Ginny. At the party, Tsunade asked Charlotte to bring her younger brother Nawaki to safety if possible, then kissed him and passed out drunk.

• Charlotte manifested Chiyo, Zaku Orange, Dosu Kinata, and Shizuka Nadeshiko, sending the first three to the Summoning Realm and bringing Shizuka to Ginny.
• Charlotte trained until Tsunade came to fetch him for the party, where Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina Uzumaki joined them.
• Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki thanked Charlotte for giving them a second life and letting them care for Naruto, and Charlotte warned that Naruto might grow up quickly if he fused with his Future Self during the great war.
• Tsunade challenged Charlotte to drinking games, lost repeatedly, and grew drunk while the others left to visit Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha.
• Tsunade asked Charlotte to bring her younger brother Nawaki to safety if he could, kissed Charlotte on the cheek, and passed out.

T'Challa prepared to buy more Physical Enhancement Serums from the Sunagakure Puppet Shop after T'Chaka ordered him to strengthen Wakanda's Royal Guard. He arrived in New York with Vibranium and a large escort, but S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra learned of the transaction as he entered the shop.

• Charlotte Doyle spent the week training his Chakra control and managing his increasing strength, while system check-ins gave him rewards.
• T'Chaka ordered T'Challa to buy as many Physical Enhancement Serums as possible for the Royal Guard, but warned that limited supply and the risks of trading Vibranium made nationwide use unrealistic.
• T'Challa confirmed that S.H.I.E.L.D. agents had attacked him and agreed to travel with Okoye and a large escort of Royal Guard members and Stealth Fighters.
• Shuri told T'Challa she could not decipher the Sealing Scroll, though it had inspired ideas for portable equipment.
• T'Challa flew to New York with 450 kilograms of Vibranium and twenty Royal Guard members, then drove to the Sunagakure Puppet Shop in a convoy of five Maybachs.
• Agents Rena and Eli reported T'Challa's arrival and suspected second transaction, alerting both S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra before T'Challa and Okoye entered the shop, where Pakura was on duty.

Nick Fury sent Natasha, Barton, Chen Haoran, and Brock Rumlow to capture Black Panther after he returned to the Sunagakure Puppet Shop, while Hydra monitored the operation. At the shop, T'Challa traded 450 kilograms of Vibranium for thirty Physical Enhancement Serums and asked Pakura about placing a larger advance order.

• Nick Fury ordered Natasha, Barton, Chen Haoran, and Brock Rumlow to intercept Black Panther and capture him dead or alive.
• Hydra learned that S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were moving to intercept the target and decided to let them act.
• T'Challa told Pakura he wanted thirty Physical Enhancement Serums and opened a case containing 450 kilograms of Vibranium.
• Pakura brought out thirty Serums from Sealing Scrolls, and Okoye packed them into T'Challa's custom case.
• T'Challa asked Pakura whether he could order more Serums in advance, and she asked how many he wanted.

Pakura arranged a future order for one hundred Physical Enhancement Serums in exchange for T'Challa's Vibranium, then secretly prepared to track and rob him after reporting to Lord Charlotte. As S.H.I.E.L.D. intercepted T'Challa's convoy, Wakanda's guards fought back, and Barton's Quinjet was struck by a Stealth Fighter and spiraled toward the ground.

• T'Challa agreed to provide his contact information for a future exchange of one hundred Physical Enhancement Serums for Vibranium, and Okoye packed the serums they had purchased.
• Pakura summoned Pakkun to memorize T'Challa and Okoye's scents, then planned to report to Lord Charlotte before deciding whether to track them and seize their Vibranium.
• T'Challa ordered his convoy to retreat, while Rena and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents followed and prepared to intercept them near the Brooklyn Bridge.
• After S.H.I.E.L.D. agents blocked the road and fired on the convoy, Doraka rammed through the checkpoint, and Okoye escaped a grenade blast that damaged T'Challa's car.
• A Royal Guard member used a spear's laser to destroy the three Cadillac SUVs pursuing the convoy, prompting S.H.I.E.L.D. to report suspected alien weapons.
• Natasha aimed the Quinjet's heavy machine gun at T'Challa's convoy, but a Wakandan Stealth Fighter blasted one of its engines, sending Barton's aircraft spiraling toward the ground.

T'Challa's convoy destroyed S.H.I.E.L.D.'s roadblock with help from a hidden Wakandan Stealth Fighter, leaving Barton and his team to find the wreckage. At the Triskelion, Nick Fury and Hill realized the enemy had advanced stealth and laser technology, while the convoy continued toward its stronghold.

• Barton, Natasha, Chen Haoran, and Brock Rumlow escaped their crashed Quinjet and pursued T'Challa's convoy, suspecting an aerial attacker had shot them down.
• Okoye told T'Challa that S.H.I.E.L.D. had set up a roadblock ahead, and T'Challa ordered the unit in the sky to destroy it.
• The Wakandan Stealth Fighter bombarded the checkpoint, killing or wounding nearly all the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and Task Force members before Doraka drove the convoy onward.
• Barton and his team reached the ruined checkpoint, searched for survivors, and Natasha reported the attack to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters.
• Hill ordered more Quinjets and support units to pursue the convoy, then told Nick Fury that the attackers had undetected stealth technology and Chitauri-like laser weapons.
• Nick Fury concluded that T'Challa's group had likely escaped aboard a Stealth Fighter.

S.H.I.E.L.D. investigated the group that had escaped with T'Challa and the Physical Enhancement Serum, while T'Challa suspected the agency had targeted the serum and planned to contact the Avengers. After Doraka detonated bombs beneath five cars to foil S.H.I.E.L.D.'s search, Pakura delivered 450 kilograms of Vibranium to Charlotte and reported Wakanda's order for 100 doses of serum.

• Nick Fury called off Barton's team, ordered an investigation, and decided not to recall the Avengers.
• T'Challa evacuated the Wakandan spies from the exposed stronghold, and his fighters left New York with the Physical Enhancement Serum.
• T'Challa told Okoye he suspected S.H.I.E.L.D. had targeted the serum and planned to find out whether the Avengers had been misled.
• Nick Fury sent a task force to inspect the stronghold, but Doraka remotely detonated bombs beneath five Maybachs and damaged the team's vehicles and feed.
• Pakura gave Charlotte a scroll containing 450 kilograms of Vibranium and reported that Wakanda had ordered 100 doses of Physical Enhancement Serum.

Charlotte rejected Pakura’s plans to seize Vibranium and told her that Chiyo had arrived in this world. Chiyo reached the Sunagakure Puppet Shop after a robbery, where she reunited with Pakura, whose hostile greeting left their conflict unresolved.

• Pakura proposed tracking Black Panther T'Challa with Ninja Dogs or detaining him during a trade, but Charlotte told her to proceed with the transaction and said he had other plans.
• Charlotte told Pakura that Chiyo had been brought to this world and was heading to the Sunagakure Puppet Shop.
• Chiyo let a robber knock her down, secretly marked him with medicinal powder, and accepted Hope van Dyne’s offer of a ride to the shop.
• Hope drove Chiyo to the Sunagakure Puppet Shop, then left after Darren Cross called her back to work; S.H.I.E.L.D. agents recorded their arrival.
• Chiyo entered the shop walking upright and confronted Pakura, who greeted her with insults and questioned whether she could still be useful to Charlotte.