Chapter Summaries

Tony uncovered that AIM’s Extremis subjects were suffering from an unstable serum and mistakenly believed Killian had sold it to the Mandarin, while Killian prepared an assault on Charlotte Doyle’s base. Maya Hansen began explaining how her research had fallen into Killian’s hands, leaving Charlotte and his companions with the truth still unfolding.

• Tony survived Savin’s attack, killed him with a Unibeam, recovered the file, and sent Harry home, but Savin’s Extremis healing revived him.
• The Mandarin broadcast a threat to President Ellis, killed Thomas Richards despite the president calling, and prompted the president to send Iron Patriot to Pakistan.
• Tony found AIM’s internal files showing that Extremis could heal injuries but sometimes misfired, and he wrongly concluded Killian had sold it to the Mandarin.
• Killian tracked Maya Hansen to Charlotte Doyle’s base and ordered Extremis-injected soldiers and disabled volunteers prepared for an attack.
• Charlotte questioned Maya about her connection to Tony and Killian, and Maya explained that Killian’s military-backed think tank had taken over her research.

Charlotte Doyle froze Killian’s Extremis Virus squad during its attack on the base, forcing Maya Hansen to agree to reveal what she knew. Elsewhere, Rhodey was ambushed and captured by an Extremis agent, Tony learned the Mandarin’s signal was in Miami and set out to repair Mark 42, while Jiraiya and Kankuro continued searching for him.

• Maya Hansen explained that her research could repair the nervous system and regenerate limbs, and Charlotte Doyle revealed that its flaw caused users to self-destruct when they lost control of their emotions.
• Killian’s nine-person Extremis Virus squad infiltrated Charlotte’s base, but the Werewolf soldiers found them and surrounded them.
• When the Extremis soldiers tried to self-destruct, Charlotte froze all nine in ice and ordered Lyle to send them to Orochimaru’s laboratory; Maya agreed to tell Charlotte everything she knew.
• Rhodey followed a false Mandarin signal to a sportswear workshop, where an Extremis agent burned through his armor and took control of the Iron Patriot.
• Jarvis traced the Mandarin’s broadcast signal to Miami, and Tony suffered an anxiety attack before Harry encouraged him to repair Mark 42; Tony then bought supplies for the job.
• Jiraiya, Kankuro, and Pakkun continued through the night toward Tony, with Pakkun reporting that Tony was moving and did not appear to have been kidnapped.

Killian gathered his forces after a failed attempt to rescue Maya Hansen, while Tony repaired Jarvis’s charging system and made weapons. At Charlotte’s base, Maya revealed the truth about the Extremis Virus and the Mandarin before Tsunade took her to study the research; Killian then turned his attention to dismantling the Iron Patriot armor.

• Savin returned to Killian’s base with the War Machine Armor, and Killian ordered it taken to the basement for dismantling.
• Gary reported that the mission to rescue Maya Hansen had failed, so Killian suspended the rescue plan and ordered all available forces to assemble.
• Tony repaired Jarvis’s charging issue in Harry’s storeroom and built improvised weapons while Mark 42 charged slowly.
• Maya Hansen told Charlotte and Pepper Potts that the Mandarin was an actor, the Ten Rings were a borrowed identity, and Extremis subjects exploded when they lost control of their emotions.
• Maya said she had sought Tony’s help to fix the virus, and Tsunade took her away to discuss the research.
• Killian brought Savin to the basement, where staff dismantled the Iron Patriot armor with electric saws.

Killian freed Rhodey from the Iron Patriot and sent Savin to capture the president, while Tony drove to Miami to investigate. Jiraiya, Kankuro, and Pakkun found Tony’s warehouse and followed his trail toward Miami as Killian’s forces prepared to move their captives to headquarters.

• Killian overheated the Iron Patriot to free Rhodey, but Savin knocked Rhodey unconscious and Killian ordered Savin to repair the armor and take him to headquarters.
• Tony finished preparing his equipment, learned the Mark 42 needed four more hours to charge, and drove toward Miami, Florida.
• Jiraiya, Kankuro, and Pakkun arrived at Harry's Warehouse, where Jarvis told them Tony had already left for Miami.
• Jiraiya, Kankuro, and Pakkun followed Tony’s scent toward Miami while Jarvis remained behind to charge the Mark 42.
• Savin put on the repaired Iron Patriot and flew to capture the president, while Killian boarded a transport plane with his subordinates and headed to his cruise-ship headquarters.

Tony infiltrated the Mandarin’s villa and discovered that Trevor Slattery was only an actor playing the role. After Veritaserum exposed Killian’s scheme and revealed a lead on the captured Iron Patriot, Tony and his allies prepared to pursue Killian while Trevor remained tied up.

• Tony infiltrated the villa, subdued its guards, and found Trevor Slattery posing as the Mandarin.
• Trevor claimed the Mandarin and Ten Rings were fabricated, but Tony challenged him because he knew the Ten Rings had kidnapped him.
• Jiraiya, Kankuro, and Pakkun arrived, and Kankuro used Veritaserum to make Trevor reveal that Killian had staged the terrorist videos and captured the Iron Patriot.
• Trevor gave Tony an address connected to a coastal ship, and Tony ordered Kankuro to tie Trevor up until they dealt with Killian.
• Tony tried to summon his Mark 42, but it did not arrive, and Pakkun returned to the Summoning Realm.

Tony rescued thirteen people from Air Force One after Savin seized the president, but the Mark 42 was destroyed before Tony could reach Killian. He sent Kankuro toward the target and activated the House Party Protocol, while his Mark Series armors flew out from beneath the ruins of his villa to support him.

• Tony’s armor returned to him, and he set out with Jiraiya and Kankuro to find Killian while warning the vice president that the president was in danger.
• The vice president ignored Tony’s warning, and Savin used the Iron Patriot armor to attack Air Force One and abduct the president.
• Tony intercepted Savin aboard the plane, killed him, and rescued all thirteen people after Air Force One broke apart.
• Tony’s remote-controlled Mark 42 crashed into a truck, so he sent Kankuro onward and planned to confront Killian himself using the House Party Protocol.
• Mark Series armors emerged from beneath the ruins of Tony’s villa and flew off to support him.

Tony Stark, Jiraiya, and Kankuro attacked Killian’s harbor lair to rescue the president and Rhodey. They freed the captives as Tony’s Iron Man armors joined the battle, while Jiraiya’s attack ignited widespread fires across the harbor.

• Pepper Potts worried when Iron Man Armors flew from Tony’s villa, but Charlotte Doyle reassured her that Tony would be safe and that Killian would be dealt with that night.
• Killian brought the captured president aboard a Roxxon ship and prepared to kill him in a public execution alongside Rhodey.
• Tony Stark, Jiraiya, and Kankuro infiltrated the harbor and launched an attack after discovering the president and Rhodey were being held above an oil tank.
• Jiraiya fought the guards while Tony’s Iron Man armors arrived and attacked the Extremis Virus soldiers; Kankuro rescued the president and Rhodey and secured the War Machine Armor in a Sealing Scroll.
• Jiraiya coated five Extremis Virus soldiers with toad oil and set them alight, causing them to explode and spreading fires throughout the harbor.

Tony confronted Killian, but Killian overwhelmed him and nearly killed him before Jiraiya arrived to rescue him. Jiraiya battled Killian with Water Style while Tony obtained a replacement armor, and the fight continued inside a thick cloud of steam and mist.

• Tony located Killian in a container, but Killian breathed fire, disabled Tony's armor, and prepared to kill him.
• Jiraiya kicked Killian away, freed Tony from his damaged armor with a Vibranium kunai, and attacked Killian and five arriving Extremis warriors with Needle Hell.
• Jiraiya carried Tony clear of incoming oil-drum bombs, then headed back to fight while Tony called for the Mark 23 armor.
• Jiraiya used Water Style: Water Tornado to trap Killian, who breathed flames into the tornado as steam and mist obscured the fight.

Jiraiya killed Killian with a powerful Fire Style and Rasengan combination, ending the battle at the harbor. After the survivors reunited at Charlotte Doyle’s base, the Mandarin incident was publicly resolved and the president awarded hero medals to Tony Stark, Jiraiya, and Kankuro.

• Jiraiya used wind, water, and lightning attacks to expose Killian and overwhelm him, then destroyed him with Fire Style: Great Flame Rasengan.
• Tony told Kankuro that the battle was over, and Kankuro arranged for Rhodey to take the president away while Tony and the others headed to Charlotte Doyle’s base.
• Tony reunited with Pepper Potts, who told him that Maya had tried to capture her and that Charlotte had taken Maya away and dealt with her.
• Tony ordered the remaining nine Mark Armors to self-destruct as a fireworks display for the group.
• Trevor and the vice president were arrested, and the president held a press conference where he awarded hero medals to Tony Stark, Jiraiya, and Kankuro.

Tony commissioned Charlotte to locate the real Ten Rings and bought a Physical Enhancement Serum for Pepper Potts, while Charlotte’s team prepared to track the organization through Trevor. A week later, Eddie and Shino Aburame began their prison interview with Trevor.

• Tony gave Charlotte twenty pieces of New Element for a Physical Enhancement Serum for Pepper Potts and commissioned him to find the Ten Rings, agreeing to prepare more suits for the supernatural threat.
• Charlotte assigned Eddie to interview Trevor and Shino Aburame to plant a Kikaichū on him and track him after his release.
• Tsunade explained that she and Orochimaru had split their Extremis Virus research into healing and offensive projects, with Maya Hansen working alongside Orochimaru.
• Charlotte recharged the New Element for 10,000 Gold Coins, then asked Red Queen to summon Shino Aburame and Eddie for a mission.
• A week later, Trevor initially questioned whether he could refuse Eddie’s prison interview, but agreed after a guard pressured him.
• Eddie and Shino Aburame waited in the interview room as the guard brought Trevor to them.

Eddie interviewed Trevor Slattery about his role as the Mandarin and learned that Trevor had not known about Killian’s plans or the real Ten Rings. Shino Aburame planted a tracking insect in Trevor, while Charlotte used his blessing and recruitment scrolls to unlock Konan, Zetsu, and Young Killer B.

• Eddie questioned Trevor about how Killian recruited him, and Trevor said he accepted the role for drugs, women, and luxury while serving as a scapegoat.
• Trevor claimed he had known nothing about Killian’s plans and was shocked to learn the Ten Rings were real.
• Eddie ended the interview, and Shino Aburame revealed that a Kikaichū had secretly burrowed into Trevor to track him.
• Charlotte completed five blessed ten-pulls, then spent more scrolls to gather enough fragments for Konan and Zetsu and to qualify Young Killer B for recruitment.
• Charlotte saw Konan, Zetsu, and Young Killer B lit up in the recruitment column, with only eight recruitment scrolls remaining.

Charlotte recruited Konan, Zetsu, and Young Killer B, gaining new abilities and Chakra before summoning Zetsu and Konan into his world. He promised Zetsu a chance to reunite with Kaguya if he served him, then gave the pair information and Vibranium Akatsuki cloaks as they prepared for future missions.

• Charlotte recruited Konan, Zetsu, and Young Killer B, increasing his Chakra to 387 cards and opening another Ninja slot.
• Charlotte manifested Zetsu, who learned that his original self remained in the Naruto World and that his plan to free Kaguya ultimately ended with her being sealed again.
• Zetsu begged Charlotte to bring Kaguya to this world, and Charlotte promised to consider it if Zetsu completed enough tasks and brought him what he needed.
• Charlotte manifested Konan, gave both Ninja information about the world and Vibranium Akatsuki cloaks, and said he hoped to assemble the full Akatsuki for a group mission.
• Konan questioned Zetsu about their new world, then attacked him with paper weapons when he began changing clothes in front of her.

Akatsuki members in South Africa learned that Konan and Zetsu had arrived in the world, while Trevor Slattery was abducted from prison by Jackson Norris and the Ten Rings. Charlotte sent Shino Aburame to track Trevor and contacted Tony Stark to prepare for a strike against the Ten Rings.

• Itachi Uchiha told Hidan, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Deidara that the rings for White Tiger and Black Tortoise had appeared, and the group sensed Konan and Zetsu's arrival.
• Trevor Slattery's interview aired, and the Ten Rings became angrier when he claimed credit for bringing Mandarin to life.
• Jackson Norris revealed his Ten Rings allegiance, killed Trevor's prison butler, and arranged for an armed team to abduct Trevor and take him away from New York.
• Shino Aburame reported Trevor's movement to Charlotte Doyle, who ordered him to track the Kikaichū and locate the Ten Rings' destination without being discovered.
• Charlotte Doyle contacted Tony Stark, who described his taijutsu training with Guy Team and said he had built several suits of armor for his revenge against the Ten Rings.

Trevor Slattery was brought to Xu Wenwu’s Ten Rings headquarters, while Shino Aburame located the base and reported its coordinates to Charlotte. Tony Stark launched an attack with his Mark 42 armors as Charlotte gathered Akatsuki for a mission to kill Xu Wenwu and recover the Ten Rings, leaving the battle underway outside the compound.

• Xu Wenwu exposed Trevor Slattery as an impostor, then kept him in the dungeon to entertain the Ten Rings members.
• Shino Aburame confirmed the Ten Rings headquarters, planted a Flying Thunder God Kunai nearby, and returned to Charlotte’s base.
• Charlotte sent Tony the headquarters coordinates, and Tony deployed thirteen Mark 42 armors toward the compound.
• Charlotte assembled Kisame, Itachi Uchiha, Hidan, Deidara, Konan, and Zetsu for a mission to kill Xu Wenwu and retrieve the Ten Rings, adopting the identity God of Otsutsuki.
• Xu Wenwu ordered the Ten Rings to prepare for battle as Tony’s armors reached the base and attacked its anti-air defenses.
• The Ten Rings fired on the incoming armors, but Tony’s forces destroyed some defenses and brought down an armed helicopter while Charlotte watched from a nearby mountain.

Xu Wenwu joined the battle at the Ten Rings headquarters and used his Ten Rings to destroy Tony Stark’s Mark Armors while Tony’s forces attacked the base. The chapter ended with Xu Wenwu defeating the ten suits sent to surround him.

• Charlotte watched the Ten Rings’ weapons fail to impress her as Tony’s Iron Man Armors fought at the base.
• Xu Wenwu emerged and blocked a missile with a shield formed by his Ten Rings, then destroyed a Mark 42 by piercing its Arc Reactor.
• Xu Wenwu ordered the Ten Rings soldiers to attack, while Tony sent ten Mark Armors to surround Xu Wenwu and began destroying the base’s heavy weapons.
• Jarvis’s Mark Armors fired beams at Xu Wenwu, but his Ten Rings shield blocked their attacks until the suits increased their power with chest Unibeams.
• Xu Wenwu sent the Ten Rings against the beams, forced them back, and shattered the Arc Reactors in all ten Mark Armors.

Tony Stark attacked Xu Wenwu with his Mark 42 armors but was unable to defeat him. After Xu Wenwu destroyed the remaining armor parts and injured Tony, he prepared to kill him.

• Tony Stark used a missile against Xu Wenwu, who blocked it with a barrier and smashed Tony's armor into the ground with the Ten Rings.
• Tony hid outside the armors, then used their parts to trap Xu Wenwu and trigger a self-destruct explosion that left Xu Wenwu alive but stripped of his clothes.
• Xu Wenwu destroyed the armor parts Tony tried to assemble while Jarvis reported that three more suits needed thirty minutes to finish.
• Tony tried to kick Xu Wenwu, who dodged and struck him hard enough to send him crashing into a wall.
• Tony blamed Trevor's abduction for revealing the Ten Rings' headquarters, and Xu Wenwu prepared to kill him.

Akatsuki attacked Xu Wenwu to take his Ten Rings, while Tony Stark watched from the sidelines. Xu Wenwu withstood their attacks and countered, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Tony Stark used a sonic attack against Xu Wenwu, but the Ten Rings blocked it and Xu Wenwu knocked him away.
• Kisame Hoshigaki intervened, and Charlotte Doyle arrived with the other Akatsuki members and ordered them to take the Ten Rings.
• Hidan, Deidara, and Konan attacked Xu Wenwu, but he used the Ten Rings to defend himself against their assaults.
• Itachi Uchiha added Amaterasu to the attack, and Xu Wenwu burst through his barrier, scattering the black flames across the Ten Rings headquarters.
• Kisame Hoshigaki unleashed the Great Waterfall Technique, but Xu Wenwu split the wave with the Ten Rings as Hidan followed with another strike.

The Akatsuki sealed Xu Wenwu in a Chibaku Tensei, but he broke free with the Ten Rings and resumed fighting. Itachi Uchiha trapped Xu Wenwu in Tsukuyomi, where he began crushing his mental will beneath a falling moon.

• Pain trapped Xu Wenwu inside a Chibaku Tensei, but Zetsu stopped supplying Chakra and Pain vanished before the seal could fully crush him.
• Xu Wenwu used the Ten Rings to blast his way out, destroying the Chibaku Tensei and emerging bloodied from the falling rubble.
• Xu Wenwu attacked the Akatsuki, and Hidan fought him with his Triple-Bladed Scythe without either fighter landing a decisive blow.
• Itachi Uchiha activated Tsukuyomi and trapped Xu Wenwu in a mental world, where he made a red moon fall on him.

Akatsuki defeated Xu Wenwu, took the Ten Rings and his corpse, and escaped while Tony Stark watched. Charlotte later tasked Hidan with infecting Moe with a Vampire before sacrificing them, limiting the infection to Moe.

• Hidan used Xu Wenwu’s blood to wound himself through Jutsu: Death Controlling Possessed Blood, killing Xu Wenwu and gaining a powerful blessing from Jashin.
• Itachi Uchiha sealed the Ten Rings and Xu Wenwu’s corpse, then Charlotte Doyle ordered Akatsuki to retreat.
• Tony Stark called Charlotte Doyle, reported Akatsuki’s attack, and asked him to investigate the organization and help him find a way to hire them.
• Charlotte told Tony that Akatsuki’s goals were unknown and declined to trade Vibranium because he had none to spare.
• Charlotte gave Akatsuki a Vampire created from Catherine’s bloodline and ordered Hidan to infect Moe before sacrificing them, without letting the infection spread.

Charlotte explained that Earth was incubating a Celestial whose birth could destroy the planet, and ordered Akatsuki to begin a controlled Blood Core Operation to delay its emergence. Back at his base, Charlotte stored the Ten Rings and upgraded his equipment, while Razor Fist led the surviving Ten Rings members to find Shang-Chi and Xialing.

• When Itachi questioned the sacrifice of Black People, Charlotte revealed that a Celestial was gestating inside Earth and could emerge in a little over ten years, destroying the planet.
• Itachi apologized and asked how slaughtering Black People might delay the emergence; Charlotte said he needed time and useful energy, but refused Zetsu's suggestion to spread vampirism beyond Moe in Africa.
• Charlotte named the mission Blood Core Operation, returned to his New York base, and stored the Ten Rings after refusing to recharge them.
• Charlotte spent 600 million Gold Coins upgrading his six Jonin items to Kage-level equipment, then entered the Training Ground to test them.
• Razor Fist emerged from the Ten Rings headquarters ruins, found neither Xu Wenwu's body nor the Ten Rings, and ordered his followers to find Shang-Chi and Xialing so they could avenge Xu Wenwu and prevent internal chaos.