Chapter Summaries

Charlotte Doyle tested whether he could repeat a blessing, then spent a week failing to receive one while checking the Ninja Shop. After the agreed week passed, he gave S.H.I.E.L.D. Wakanda’s location, leaving Natasha staring at the vast forest marked on the map.

• Charlotte Doyle tried to perform another blessing immediately, but it failed, so he decided to test blessings daily and bought available ninja fragments, including Hidan fragments.
• For seven days, Charlotte’s blessings continued to fail; he bought some Anko Mitarashi and Hidan fragments but still lacked enough to Star Upgrade Hidan.
• Charlotte called Natasha and told her he had found the target’s lair, then ordered Red Queen to send Wakanda’s true location.
• Natasha received the map at S.H.I.E.L.D. and confirmed the location, but wondered how they could search such a huge primeval forest.

Natasha confirmed that Target 084’s lair covered a huge area of Wakanda and reported it to Nick Fury, who ordered drone reconnaissance. Meanwhile, Wakanda formed two serum-enhanced squads and prepared to equip them, while S.H.I.E.L.D.’s first patrol found no suspicious units.

• Natasha called Charlotte Doyle, who confirmed the circled primeval forest was Target 084’s lair and said stealth technology shielded the entire area.
• Natasha showed Nick Fury the map, and he suspected Wakanda’s poverty might be deliberate before ordering drones to investigate.
• Wakanda selected ten Panther Warriors and nine Black Panther Guards, then injected all nineteen with the Physical Enhancement Serum.
• T’Chaka asked Shuri to design combat suits for both squads and continue working on a way to crack the serum.
• Three S.H.I.E.L.D. drones reached Wakanda and circled the forest without finding suspicious military units; the agent said a detailed scan would require flying lower.

Nick Fury tested Wakanda’s shield with three reconnaissance drones, while Shuri and T’Chaka responded to the impacts and secured the area. Nick Fury destroyed the final drone to prevent Wakanda from tracing it back to the U.S. military base in Afghanistan.

• Nick Fury ordered Bird 1 to descend in stages, and it crashed into Wakanda’s shield at 3,000 meters.
• Shuri identified the drone impact and warned T’Chaka that Wakanda might have been exposed, so T’Chaka ordered her to check the shield.
• Nick Fury reviewed Bird 1’s destruction and sent Bird 2 and Bird 3 to test the shield at high speed; both drones crashed and were dissolved.
• Wakandans evacuated toward shelters as an invisible Wakandan fighter jet watched the impacts, and Shuri ordered it to patrol before returning.
• Nick Fury ordered Bird 3 to crash into the shield, explaining to Agent Hill that letting it return could lead Wakanda to the U.S. military base in Afghanistan.

Nick Fury ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to investigate Target 084 and infiltrate Wakanda, while Natasha prepared to enter the region in disguise. In South Africa, Hidan recovered enough to leave with the others and continue their mission to perform more sacrifices.

• Hill told Nick Fury that Target 084's forces possessed advanced technology and were likely connected to Black people in Africa.
• Natasha proposed attacking Target 084 through the Ninja, but Nick Fury chose to investigate first and assigned her to infiltrate the region disguised as an African-American woman.
• Pierce learned that S.H.I.E.L.D. was investigating the hidden place and trusted Nick Fury to uncover its secrets.
• In South Africa, Hidan completed a sacrifice using the slain villagers' souls to weaken Bast's power and recover from his injuries.
• Itachi gave Hidan a replacement blade, and the group left the village on Deidara's clay owl after Deidara destroyed the site with a bomb.

Charlotte Doyle opened treasure chests, learned new ninjutsu, and collected Vibranium equipment and serums. He delivered the new Akatsuki uniforms and Hidan’s weapon, and the chapter ended with Hidan testing his upgraded scythe.

• Charlotte Doyle exchanged 300 Normal Treasure Chests for 30 Exquisite Treasure Chests, opened them, and learned five new ninjutsu after opening his accumulated scrolls.
• Red Queen told Charlotte Doyle that the Vibranium outfits and weapons and Orochimaru’s 100 Physical Enhancement Serums were ready, so Charlotte collected them from Warehouse No. 1.
• Charlotte Doyle gave Pakura the serums and reassured her that the leopard would contact her soon, then asked Itachi Uchiha to ensure Hidan recovered quickly.
• Charlotte Doyle gave Itachi Uchiha Vibranium Red-Cloud Cloaks for the Akatsuki and a Triple-Bladed Scythe for Hidan, warning him not to remove the clothes during battle.
• Itachi Uchiha returned with the boxes, and Deidara, Kisame, Hidan, and Itachi changed into the new uniforms.
• Hidan tested the Vibranium scythe, sliced through a boulder and a house with it, and excitedly named it the Bloody Triple-Bladed Scythe.

T’Challa briefed T’Chaka on Akatsuki and the four members who had attacked Wakanda, then proposed how Wakanda could respond. He left the meeting determined to assess possible allies while relying on Wakanda’s own growing strength.

• T’Challa returned to the palace and told T’Chaka that Akatsuki was a powerful organization of S-rank Missing-nin whose members’ numbers, leader, and base were unknown.
• T’Challa identified Itachi Uchiha, Hidan, Deidara, and Kisame Hoshigaki, describing their origins, abilities, and attacks; T’Chaka condemned Hidan’s attacks on people of African descent.
• T’Challa said he suspected the Ninja villages were hidden like Wakanda and had only recently begun appearing to the public.
• T’Challa proposed allying with the Ninja villages to hunt Akatsuki and considering the Avengers, but said he first needed to investigate whether they would threaten Wakanda and its Vibranium.
• T’Challa said his strength had been rapidly increasing through the Panther God Bast’s blessing.

T'Challa and T'Chaka planned how Wakanda would investigate and eventually eliminate the Akatsuki, while weighing whether to seek help from other groups. T'Challa had found no useful leads on the force behind the border-city attack, but T'Chaka comforted him and said he was proud of him.

• T'Chaka agreed that Wakanda should unite potential allies but warned that its own strength had to come first, and he told T'Challa to understand the Akatsuki before striking them decisively.
• T'Challa explained that he had avoided Sunagakure because of an unpaid order and the Charlotte Agency because Charlotte Doyle was hostile toward people of African descent; T'Chaka advised leaving the agency until last.
• T'Challa told T'Chaka that the mercenary groups behind the border-city attack had been absorbed by other forces and that Shuri had found nothing useful in their bank accounts.
• T'Challa said he had suspected S.H.I.E.L.D. but ruled it out because the force had used mercenaries, and he had no leads on a more powerful organization or the super-soldier squad.
• T'Chaka hugged T'Challa, reassured him that he was not disappointed, and said he was proud of his son.

T'Chaka prepared T'Challa and two elite squads to escort Wakanda's Vibranium for a trade with Sunagakure. Pakura set the deal for noon the next day on an Atlantic island, and Chiyo agreed to join the group for safety.

• T'Chaka told T'Challa that Wakanda had prepared one and a half tons of Vibranium and arranged aerial support and two armored squads for the trade.
• T'Chaka introduced the Black Panther Guard and Leopard Squad, then assigned T'Challa to lead them and bring everyone back safely.
• Chiyo harshly criticized Kankuro's puppet skills while Pakura watched, and Kankuro continued to seek Chiyo's instruction.
• T'Challa called Pakura, and they agreed to trade at noon the next day on an uninhabited Atlantic island.
• Pakura told Kankuro that Sunagakure would receive the Vibranium, and Chiyo insisted on joining the mission with the others.

T'Challa exchanged one hundred Physical Enhancement Serums for one and a half tons of Vibranium with Pakura and the Sunagakure Ninja. Chiyo secretly marked T'Challa's suit to track him, while Nick Fury gave Doctor Barry Felix Felicis to help him decode the serum.

• T'Challa met Pakura, Chiyo, and the other Sunagakure Ninja on an Atlantic island and presented the Vibranium for inspection.
• Kankuro confirmed the Vibranium's weight, and Pakura summoned a container holding one hundred Physical Enhancement Serums for the exchange.
• T'Challa asked Pakura about Missing-nin and their pursuit by Ninja villages, then left with Okoye and his guards after the trade.
• Chiyo revealed that she had placed a toxin marker on T'Challa's suit, but Pakura reminded her that Lord Charlotte had ordered normal transactions.
• Nick Fury gave Doctor Barry Felix Felicis, and Barry used it to accelerate his work decoding the Physical Enhancement Serum.

Nick Fury reviewed candidates for the Physical Enhancement Serum and ordered Barton to approach Venom, while Charlotte received a monthly blessing and used it for fifty ninja recruitments. Charlotte recruited Karui and gained her abilities, leaving him with 356 units of Chakra and plans to recruit again next month.

• Nick Fury chose Phil Coulson and Maria Hill as serum candidates, reserved another dose as an incentive, and decided not to use one himself.
• Hill identified Eddie Brock as Venom, described his vigilante attacks, and reported that S.H.I.E.L.D. did not know whether Charlotte Doyle knew about his abilities.
• Nick Fury sent Barton to contact Venom and recruit him only if he had not joined Charlotte Agency.
• Charlotte received a blessing and made five ten-pull ninja recruitments, gaining 25 Orochimaru shards along with shards for Konan, Zetsu, and other ninjas.
• Charlotte recruited Karui, inspected her lightning and sword techniques, and absorbed her Ninjutsu knowledge, bringing his Chakra total to 356 units.

Eddie Brock and Venom joined Hawkeye Barton to raid a Brooklyn warehouse trafficking young people, rescuing the captives and pursuing a gang member who might reveal the operation’s backers. They reached the East River to interrogate him, where Eddie threatened to eat him as Barton watched.

• Charlotte Doyle upgraded Shizune, then entered the system’s Training Ground to practice her newly obtained Ninjutsu.
• Eddie Brock and Venom agreed to patrol New York and stop criminals, with Eddie bargaining to limit Venom to three boxes of chocolate instead of eating heads.
• Eddie and Hawkeye Barton attacked a Brooklyn warehouse where a gang was holding thirty young people for trafficking, while the boss escaped through an underground passage.
• A gang member threatened the captives with a grenade, but Barton stunned him with an electric arrow and Eddie threw the grenade into the sky before it exploded.
• Barton called the Brooklyn Police Department, then joined Eddie in chasing the escaped boss’s subordinate to the East River for questioning.
• When the gang member refused to talk, Eddie threatened to eat him piece by piece, frightening him as Barton looked on.

Eddie Brock and Barton interrogated a 13K gang member, uncovered K. Redel’s secret human-trafficking operation, and raided the gang’s headquarters. They captured K. Brennan and learned K. Redel was hiding at the Continental Hotel, so they set out to find him.

• Barton used truth serum to learn that K. Redel, a 13K leader, had secretly run a human-trafficking business and that the gang was based in Hell’s Kitchen.
• K. Redel escaped to the Continental Hotel, where he checked into Room 603 using a gold coin and planned to wait until it was safe to return.
• Barton spoke with Eddie about his heroism while a scanner secretly recorded Eddie’s physical data.
• Eddie and Barton attacked 13K’s headquarters, subdued its guards, and captured K. Brennan in the safe house.
• K. Brennan called K. Redel and arranged for him to come to headquarters the next day, while K. Redel claimed he was at home.
• Barton knocked K. Brennan unconscious after telling him the police would arrest him, and he and Eddie left to pursue K. Redel.

K. Redel learned that 13K had collapsed and hid at the New York Continental Hotel, while Barton considered how to use the hotel to test Eddie Brock’s ties to Charlotte Doyle. After Tony Stark’s failed Mark Forty-Two test and a panic attack, Charlotte decided to pursue the Extremis Virus data and the real Ten Rings.

• K. Redel learned that 13K’s headquarters had been attacked, K. Brennan had been arrested, and the gang was falling apart, so he decided to lie low at the Continental Hotel.
• Barton tracked K. Redel to the Continental Hotel and planned to use the location to test whether Eddie Brock knew about Charlotte Doyle’s organization.
• Tony Stark’s Mark Forty-Two test went badly, and after watching the Mandarin’s broadcast, he met Rhodey to discuss the bombings and possible Ninja involvement.
• A child’s question about the alien invasion triggered Tony’s anxiety, and he flew away in his armor to check his condition.
• Charlotte Doyle decided to obtain Extremis Virus data and find the real owner of the Ten Rings.

At Christmas, Pepper Potts confronted Tony Stark about his anxiety and secrecy while a party at Charlotte Base brought gifts, romance, and a possible future match for Naruto Uzumaki. The chapter ended with Clint Barton calling Eddie to reveal a target’s location, but Eddie rejected the call to stay with his girlfriend.

• Happy reminded Stark Industries employees to wear their badges, then watched Pepper Potts meet Aldrich Killian and report his investment proposal to Tony Stark.
• Pepper Potts discovered Tony using his armor and brain sensors in secret, confronted him about spying and his sleeplessness, and invited him to join her in the shower.
• Kushina Uzumaki led the Charlotte Base Christmas party, where Minato Namikaze handed out gifts and Tsunade gave Charlotte Doyle her grandfather’s necklace and kissed him.
• Jiraiya learned that Shizuka Nadeshiko intended to honor her village’s marriage-match tradition with his disciple, and Kushina proposed Naruto Uzumaki as a future match before Naruto and Shizuka declined for now.
• Ginny exchanged gifts with Charlotte and hugged him, prompting Tsunade to react jealously, while the base’s guests continued their Christmas celebrations.
• Clint Barton called Eddie to share a target’s location, but Eddie rejected the call while spending Christmas with his girlfriend.

Tony Stark asked Charlotte to bring Tsunade to save Happy after an Extremis bombing left him critically injured. Tsunade healed Happy, while Tony publicly threatened the Mandarin and then asked Charlotte what he knew about the Ten Rings and whether ninjas were involved.

• Mark 42 grabbed Pepper Potts while Tony slept, and Pepper left after Tony shut the armor down.
• Happy saw Eric Savin pass a box to a man, stole an item from the man's spilled belongings, and fought Savin, whose injuries healed with Extremis.
• The recipient inhaled the item, erupted in flames, and caused an explosion that badly injured Happy; Savin survived and left the scene.
• Tony called Charlotte, who brought Tsunade to the hospital, and Tony announced his home address while challenging the Mandarin in front of reporters.
• Tsunade treated Happy's internal injuries and burns with the Mystical Palm Technique, and Tony asked Charlotte about the Ten Rings and possible ninjas behind the Mandarin.

Tony learned that the Ten Rings had a long history and decided to take revenge on them, while Charlotte suspected the group’s Ten Rings might be useful to him. After Tony investigated the Mandarin’s attacks and Maya Hansen arrived to warn him, a missile strike destroyed his villa, leaving Pepper to evacuate Maya as Tony stayed behind.

• Charlotte told Tony that the Ten Rings dated back a thousand years and that the terrorists he had defeated in Afghanistan were only one branch; Tony vowed to destroy the organization.
• Tsunade finished treating Happy, and Tony accepted Gold Coins from Charlotte so Happy could use the Continental Hotel’s Wax Bath to heal his fractures.
• Tony left to investigate the Mandarin and the Ten Rings, while Charlotte told Tsunade that he wanted to obtain the Ten Rings and had a story about Ta Lo Village.
• Tony used Jarvis to investigate the Mandarin’s explosions and traced a similar attack to Tennessee, then Maya Hansen arrived and warned him that he might not survive the weekend.
• A missile struck Tony’s villa, and Tony urged Pepper Potts to rescue the unconscious Maya Hansen while he stayed behind.

Tony Stark survived the destruction of his seaside villa and woke in Tennessee after Jarvis flew him there, while Pepper Potts asked Charlotte Doyle for help finding him. Charlotte and his allies reached the wreckage, where Kankuro searched the sea but found no sign of Tony.

• Armed Helicopters attacked Tony's villa, and Tony escaped the sinking building in Mark 42 before he and the armor fell into the sea.
• Jarvis rescued the unconscious Tony and flew him toward Rose Hill, Tennessee, but the damaged armor crashed nearby after its power ran low.
• Tony woke in the snow, learned Jarvis had taken him to Tennessee, and left Pepper a message before setting out to find repairs for Mark 42.
• Pepper called Charlotte Doyle for help, and Charlotte set off for the villa with Tsunade and Jiraiya as Kankuro also headed there.
• Kankuro searched the submerged wreckage with his puppets but found no sign of Tony, then Charlotte arrived and reporters surrounded him.

Charlotte reassured Pepper that Tony was alive after Kankuro searched the sea and found his helmet, which played Tony’s message saying he was pursuing the mastermind. Charlotte sent Jiraiya and Kankuro to help Tony while taking Pepper and Maya Hansen to his base, where Maya revealed her boss was Aldrich Killian.

• Charlotte faced reporters and insisted Tony was alive, then comforted Pepper when she said Tony was missing.
• Kankuro returned from searching underwater with Tony’s helmet and confirmed Tony was not in the sea; Pepper heard Tony’s recorded message and learned he was hunting the mastermind.
• Charlotte invited Pepper to stay at his base for safety, and Jiraiya and Kankuro volunteered to find and protect Tony.
• Pepper worried that Kankuro was too young to help, but Charlotte approved sending him with Jiraiya to deal with the mastermind.
• Charlotte, Tsunade, Pepper, and Maya left for the base with John Wick driving, while Jiraiya and Kankuro stayed behind.
• Maya told Pepper that her boss, Aldrich Killian, was working for the Mandarin, and Charlotte privately decided Maya would not be leaving his base soon.

Tony met Harry while hiding from the authorities, investigated the apparent suicide of Chad Davis, and discovered that Davis had been used as a weapon. The woman Tony encountered outside the bar revealed herself as the person he had been expecting and arrested him.

• Tony met Harry, gave him a defensive weapon, and asked him to gather supplies while he repaired the damaged Mark 42.
• Killian learned that his men had failed to find Tony, then oversaw a staged Mandarin recording.
• Jiraiya summoned Pakkun, who tracked Tony to a location outside New York, and Jiraiya and Kankuro followed him.
• Tony and Harry visited the site of Chad Davis’s bombing, and Tony became overwhelmed while discussing the New York attack.
• Tony met Ms. Davis at a bar, examined her classified file, and told her that someone had used her son as a weapon.
• The red-haired woman from outside the bar claimed to be the person Ms. Davis had been waiting for, then restrained and handcuffed Tony.

Tony Stark fought Ellen Brandt after she revealed herself as an impostor from the Department of Homeland Security and attacked him in a bar. Ellen’s heat-based powers healed her injuries, and she exploded while pursuing Tony, blasting him outside.

• Ellen Brandt showed the sheriff her Department of Homeland Security credentials, then burned his face and seized the deputy’s pistol.
• Tony broke his handcuffs, kicked Ellen Brandt through the bar, and retrieved the documents Ms. Davis had hidden.
• Ellen Brandt fired at Tony and cut a stool apart with her heated hand, while Tony dodged and broke her lower leg with a punch.
• Ellen Brandt healed her injuries and repeatedly attacked Tony, burning him through his shoe as he fought back.
• Ellen Brandt charged after Tony and exploded inside the bar, blasting him outside.