Chapter Summaries

Mei Terumi and the Kirigakure team confronted the Sound Four after they destroyed the Triskelion, while Mei and Guren began a fierce battle across the flooded island. Mei evaded Guren’s finishing strike with a substitution and counterattacked with a water whip.

• Charlotte watched the satellite footage as Mei Terumi arrived and the Crystal Release Barrier shattered.
• Sakon and Ukon collapsed a building, Tayuya killed agents with Phantom Sound Chains, and Jirobo wrecked the Triskelion before Guren withdrew with Kidomaru and the others.
• Mei assigned Ao, Haku, and Kimimaro to fight the Sound Four while she faced Guren; the building’s collapse destroyed nearly everything aboveground.
• Mei flooded the central island with Water Shockwave, and Kidomaru was swallowed by a python as Steve struggled toward shore.
• Guren attacked Mei with crystal weapons and clones, but Mei dodged her Jade Crystal Blade with a substitution and struck back with Water Whip.

Ao defeated Tayuya while Mei Terumi overwhelmed Guren, but Orochimaru and Kabuto appeared and stopped the battle. Kimimaro and the other Sound Ninja joined Orochimaru, leaving Mei Terumi outnumbered as she asserted that the Kaguya Clan belonged to Kirigakure.

• Ao used his Byakugan and Water Style to defeat Tayuya, then moved to help Haku.
• Mei Terumi countered Guren’s crystal dragons with Lava Style and Boil Style, shattering Guren’s barrier and injuring her.
• A snake attacked Mei Terumi, but she evaded it; Orochimaru and Kabuto then emerged from the smoke.
• Guren, Jirobo, Sakon and Ukon, and Kimimaro gathered beside Orochimaru, while Kabuto carried the unconscious Tayuya.
• Mei Terumi called Kimimaro back, but he joined Orochimaru, leaving Mei Terumi with only Haku and Ao.
• Mei Terumi challenged Orochimaru, insisting that the Kaguya Clan belonged to Kirigakure.

Mei Terumi and her allies withdrew after completing their mission, while Orochimaru escaped with Kimimaro and the Sound Four. With S.H.I.E.L.D. devastated, Nick Fury promised to get Steve Rogers back into action by the next day.

• Orochimaru used Many Snake Hands to cover his escape with Kimimaro and the Sound Four, and Mei Terumi left after S.H.I.E.L.D. reinforcements arrived.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. agents searched the central island, found Steve Rogers, and learned what had happened.
• At Slingshot Base, Nick Fury reviewed footage of Orochimaru's rescue and decided to send Coulson to Sunagakure for information.
• Charlotte celebrated the destruction of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Triskelion, considered retrieving ten 084 Objects with Mei Terumi, and continued mastering his Chakra.
• Nick Fury visited the injured Steve Rogers, who mourned Chen Haoran and apologized for losing, and promised to have him out of bed by the next day.
• Hill told Nick Fury that the Council had called an urgent meeting, and he asked her to handle one matter before he left.

Nick Fury persuaded the Security Council to consider Project Insight after S.H.I.E.L.D. suffered a costly attack from the Sound Ninja. Meanwhile, Coulson visited the Sunagakure Puppet Shop to buy intelligence from Chiyo.

• Nick Fury gave Hill a Continental Hotel treatment coin so Steve could receive a Wax Bath, then went to face the Security Council.
• Nick Fury argued that S.H.I.E.L.D. had learned explosive attacks could kill most Ninja and proposed Project Insight to monitor and eliminate threats.
• Nick Fury described building three Helicarriers equipped with Chakra Detectors and advanced weapons, and the Security Council requested a feasibility report while keeping him as director.
• Alexander Pierce told Nick Fury that he had supported him and revealed that Pierce had devised Project Insight with him.
• Coulson visited Chiyo's Sunagakure Puppet Shop and offered five hundred thousand dollars' worth of Secondary Adamantium for an Intelligence Puppet.
• Chiyo accepted the alloy, presented Coulson with a puppet and an hourglass, and gave him sixty seconds to ask questions.

Coulson learned that Orochimaru had become an S-rank Missing-nin after leaving Konoha, while Tony and Nick Fury assessed the fallout from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s battle with Otogakure. Three days later, Charlotte accompanied Mei Terumi to a S.H.I.E.L.D. warehouse, where he selected ten 084 Objects to take.

• Coulson learned that Orochimaru had left Konoha with Yakushi Kabuto and that Konoha had branded Orochimaru an S-rank Missing-nin.
• Tony visited Charlotte, discussed S.H.I.E.L.D.'s losses and Orochimaru's connection to Otogakure, then told Charlotte about his new idea and warned Nick Fury he would not clean up S.H.I.E.L.D.'s messes.
• Nick Fury concluded that S.H.I.E.L.D. had offended Orochimaru and put efforts to pursue Otogakure on hold.
• Three days later, Charlotte transformed into Ao and accompanied Mei Terumi to a S.H.I.E.L.D. base to choose 084 Objects as part of their commission.
• Charlotte checked the warehouse's boxes, skipped the alien weapons from the Battle of New York, and selected ten items using the system's notifications.

Charlotte collected payment for the Kirigakure mission, shared a brief embrace with Mei Terumi, and then recharged Energy Blocks and 084 Objects to build up his Gold Coins. Elsewhere, Killer B performed at a concert while S.H.I.E.L.D.'s convoy was attacked, revealing a Doctor hidden inside its cargo truck.

• Mei Terumi asked Charlotte for a hug as her reward, and Ao secretly watched them embrace.
• Charlotte recharged three hundred Energy Blocks and ten 084 Objects, bringing his Gold Coins to 140,000 before training his Chakra control.
• Killer B rapped and danced at a shoreline concert as Skye, Simmons, Ward, Fitz, and Coulson watched from the crowd.
• An unseen attacker sent S.H.I.E.L.D.'s escort vehicles and cargo truck flying, knocking Agent Mike unconscious.
• Soldiers cut open the truck's cargo compartment and revealed a Doctor with a briefcase behind a metal door, and he asked whether they had arrived.

After Killer B joined Coulson's team on a mission to rescue Doctor Franklin Hall, they investigated the attack on his convoy and discovered an object that could manipulate an electrostatic field. The team found three possible suspects connected to the equipment used in the attack and prepared to question them.

• Coulson summoned Killer B and the team to investigate the kidnapping of Doctor Franklin Hall, whose convoy had been attacked by invisible assailants.
• At the Highway 76 attack site, Killer B found no evidence of Ninja involvement, while Agent Mike suspected someone inside S.H.I.E.L.D. had leaked the convoy's route.
• Simmons and Fitz found that dust moved irregularly in midair, and Simmons recovered a gyroscope-like device that Coulson identified as trouble.
• Fitz began studying the device as Coulson and Mei considered whether the attackers had hacked S.H.I.E.L.D.'s communications or obtained information from a mole.
• Grant Ward traced tire treads associated with the device to three suspects, and Coulson decided the team would question them.

Coulson and Ward traced the excavator used to mine Gravitonium to Ian Quinn, who had taken Doctor Hall to Malta. Quinn showed Hall a sample of Gravitonium and revealed that he had found it.

• Skye learned from Ward that Coulson had never used truth serum, while Mei gave her files about Doctor Hall’s transfer to read.
• Coulson, Ward, and Killer B confronted the cowboy who sold the excavator, took his gold payment, and learned from the gold’s impurities that it came from Quinn Worldwide’s Daisy Mine in Tanzania.
• Fitz identified Ian Quinn as the owner of Quinn Worldwide, and Coulson recognized him as the company’s CEO.
• In Malta, Quinn apologized to Doctor Hall for having him tied up and explained that he had intercepted news of Hall’s transfer and brought him somewhere beyond S.H.I.E.L.D.’s reach.
• Quinn showed Hall a miniature sample of Gravitonium and said Hall had been right, then asked whether Hall had found it.

Fitz and Simmons identified the miniature device as Gravitonium, while Quinn persuaded Doctor Hall to help control a much larger supply. As S.H.I.E.L.D. prepared to rescue Hall from Quinn’s estate, Skye volunteered to infiltrate it using an electronic invitation.

• Fitz and Simmons explained that Gravitonium could randomly alter nearby gravity and linked it to Doctor Hall’s research and Ian Quinn.
• Quinn showed Hall a twelve-foot mass of Gravitonium and convinced him to help control its gravitational field.
• Coulson and Grant Ward discussed how to reach Quinn’s estate, whose laser dome blocked every approach and made a large assault too risky.
• Skye volunteered to enter Quinn’s estate as an inside operative, and Killer B urged the team to hear her plan.
• Skye revealed that she had an electronic invitation.

Coulson and Ward discussed Skye’s undercover mission and Killer B’s outlook as Coulson prepared to contact Yakushi Kabuto. Meanwhile, Charlotte planned for the coming Reality Stone crisis and future Cloud Ninja arrivals, while Ward’s training helped Skye take self-defense more seriously after Killer B demonstrated his speed.

• Coulson and Ward debated Skye’s readiness and loyalty, and Coulson urged Ward to help her think like an agent rather than rely on strict strategies.
• Ward told Coulson that Killer B was optimistic, uninterested in returning to the Ninja World, and eager for his next twelve concerts; Coulson planned to use him for missions while waiting for his squad.
• Coulson opened his computer to contact Yakushi Kabuto about the situation at headquarters, though Kabuto had not replied to his earlier messages.
• Charlotte considered visiting Odin during the Nine-Star Alignment to deal with the Dark Elf and retrieve the Reality Stone, while planning the arrival of two more Cloud Ninja.
• Charlotte refused Mei Terumi’s request for Kimimaro and Orochimaru’s interest in Haku, insisting that subordinates should serve their own villages.
• Ward trained Skye aboard the Helicarrier, and Killer B demonstrated how quickly he could disarm Ward before advising Skye to take her training seriously.

Skye infiltrated Quinn Estate to help the rescue team reach Quinn’s underground facility, while Coulson dismissed Mei’s concerns and joined the operation himself. At the party, Skye met Ian Quinn and learned he had detected her invitation hack and wanted to hire her.

• Coulson briefed the team on the laser grid and the compact Skye would use to signal when she gained computer access.
• Mei warned Coulson that the rescue operation was dangerous, but he explained that Hall was in trouble and he would join Grant Ward and Killer B.
• Skye used her electronic invitation to enter Quinn Estate and, with Mei’s help, chatted with Qasim Zaghloul.
• Skye approached Ian Quinn, who revealed that Quinn Worldwide had detected her hack and invited her to work for him.
• Quinn began his conference speech before he could continue discussing the job, while Skye told Mei that things were going well.

Quinn unveiled Gravitonium at a shareholder gathering while Skye tried to access his office and Coulson’s team approached the island. Skye gained entry to Quinn’s office, cut off S.H.I.E.L.D.’s surveillance, and admitted that she had been gathering intelligence but would not help them this time.

• Quinn introduced Gravitonium to the shareholders, claiming it could let people control gravity.
• Skye slipped away from the gathering to reach Quinn’s office as Coulson, Grant Ward, and Killer B landed on the island by raft.
• Quinn caught Skye outside his locked office, but she warned him that S.H.I.E.L.D. was listening, prompting him to invite her inside.
• Skye removed her earpiece and dropped it into a champagne glass, cutting off her signal to S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Skye told Quinn that S.H.I.E.L.D. had recruited her after a crisis in Los Angeles and said she would not provide them with inside information this time.

Skye listened as Quinn tried to recruit her, while Coulson, Grant Ward, and Killer B attempted to reach Doctor Hall through a lethal laser grid. After Killer B defeated a patrol, Skye revealed that S.H.I.E.L.D. had sent her to get inside and make Quinn talk.

• Skye asked Quinn why S.H.I.E.L.D. had sent her on a secret operation, and Quinn said he liked having multiple choices.
• Killer B tried to cut through the laser grid with a lightning-covered Kunai, but the weapon shattered; Coulson offered to seek a Secondary Adamantium blade.
• Skye asked why Quinn wanted to recruit her, and he said S.H.I.E.L.D. used her loneliness and lack of family to offer her a place to belong.
• Killer B swiftly killed the approaching patrol, while Coulson and Ward discussed his speed and the Physical Enhancement Serum.
• Quinn continued recruiting Skye and asked what S.H.I.E.L.D. had sent her to do; Skye revealed that she was supposed to get inside and make him talk.

Coulson and his team infiltrated Quinn’s estate to rescue Skye and Doctor Hall, but Hall revealed that he had deliberately put himself in Quinn’s hands to use the Gravitonium. Hall activated the enormous gravity generator, trapping Coulson and Ward in an inverted room as the device accelerated.

• Fitz hacked the laser network, allowing Coulson, Ward, and Killer B to pass through the security grid before it rebooted.
• Coulson sent Killer B to rescue Skye and took Ward to the Laboratory to retrieve Doctor Hall.
• Quinn discovered Skye’s compact was a signal device, destroyed it, and aimed a gun at her.
• Hall admitted he had leaked his own whereabouts and intended to bury the Gravitonium and Quinn beneath the ocean.
• Hall activated the gravity generator, flipping the Laboratory and trapping Coulson and Ward against the ceiling.
• Coulson told Hall that his team could help and promised to set everything right as the Gravitonium accelerated.

Skye escaped Quinn and was rescued by Killer B while Coulson and Grant Ward confronted Hall in the unstable Gravitonium laboratory. After Quinn fled, Coulson disarmed Hall and cut the power, but the generator kept running as Fitz and Simmons told him to find the catalyst.

• Quinn held Skye at gunpoint, but she disarmed him and jumped from the balcony into the swimming pool as the building shook.
• Quinn recognized the floating steel plates as a sign of the Gravitonium crisis and escaped by helicopter.
• Hall accused S.H.I.E.L.D. of causing disasters while Coulson argued that the Gravitonium was too powerful for anyone to control.
• Killer B rescued Skye from Quinn's guards and gave her a lollipop before they headed toward Coulson and the others.
• Coulson knocked Hall down, took his pistol, and cut the laboratory's power, but Fitz told him the generator needed its catalyst to stop.

Coulson stopped the Generator by letting Hall fall into the Gravitonium, then had the dangerous substance secretly sealed in deep storage. As Skye and Killer B bonded over their families, an unseen hand reached out from the supposedly secured Gravitonium.

• Coulson lowered his gun after understanding Hall’s resolve, then shot the glass floor so Hall fell into the Gravitonium and stopped the Generator.
• Coulson refused to treat the Gravitonium as a trophy and arranged to seal it away, while promising Killer B a Secondary Adamantium longsword as a reward.
• On the Helicarrier, Coulson concealed the Gravitonium’s storage and spoke with Mei, who insisted on joining future field missions.
• Coulson and Grant Ward discussed the unknown power of Iwagakure’s gravity Ninjutsu and agreed they needed more preparation.
• Skye gave Killer B a lollipop, and the two shared that they had both lost contact with their families.
• An agent sealed the Gravitonium in underground cold storage, but an unseen hand reached out from inside before disappearing.

Nick Fury reviewed intelligence about Iwagakure and turned his attention to Project Insight while Killer B performed at the Firestone Music Festival. Meanwhile, Coulson met Yakushi Kabuto, who set aside the conflict between S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Sound ninjas and asked to use S.H.I.E.L.D.'s channels for matters he wanted kept secret.

• Nick Fury read Coulson's report on Iwagakure's gravity-controlling Ninjutsu and filed it for future reference before focusing on Project Insight.
• Killer B performed his rap and demonstrated his ninja weapons at the Firestone Music Festival, drawing cheers as Skye, Simmons, Grant Ward, and Fitz watched.
• Grant Ward memorized details from Killer B's lyrics about his identity, abilities, and ties to the AB Combo.
• Coulson met Yakushi Kabuto at a Japanese restaurant and asked about his departure from Konoha and his future with Orochimaru.
• Yakushi Kabuto said he would remain with Orochimaru, proposed setting aside the mutual destruction of their bases, and asked Coulson to lend him S.H.I.E.L.D.'s channels.

Yakushi Kabuto offered Coulson the Sound Ninja’s Fire Cursed Seal, a flame-granting enhancement developed by Orochimaru, and explained its limits and price. Coulson agreed to S.H.I.E.L.D.’s purchase terms, but asked Kabuto to clarify the color-coded supply list before they proceeded.

• Yakushi Kabuto showed Coulson a video of a man using the Fire Cursed Seal to unleash flames and enter a stronger but exhausting second form.
• Yakushi Kabuto explained that the Fire Cursed Seal had no major side effects, could not be combined with a Physical Enhancement Serum, and lacked self-healing abilities.
• Yakushi Kabuto offered three doses: two in exchange for materials worth six hundred million US Dollars and one for one billion US Dollars.
• Yakushi Kabuto showed Coulson a list of restricted and experimental supplies, and Coulson asked what the red, yellow, and blue markings meant.

Coulson and Yakushi Kabuto agreed that S.H.I.E.L.D. would trade restricted materials for Otogakure’s Fire Cursed Seal, while keeping their cooperation limited. After Nick Fury began preparing the supplies, Charlotte learned about gravitonium and considered how Otogakure could use the new drug to acquire resources.

• Yakushi Kabuto refused Coulson’s offer to use the Fire Cursed Seal as a deposit and agreed to collect the requested materials once they were ready.
• Coulson told Nick Fury that Yakushi Kabuto had joined Otogakure and shared the Fire Cursed Seal video and materials list.
• Nick Fury ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to prepare the supplies for three Fire Cursed Seals and arranged for the tablet to be destroyed.
• Charlotte learned from Killer B’s intel that S.H.I.E.L.D. had found and concealed gravitonium, and he expected Doctor Hall to return alive.
• Charlotte watched Killer B perform at the Firestone Music Festival and planned to let Orochimaru sell the Fire Cursed Seal to obtain resources for Otogakure.

Charlotte sent Karui and C to the Inca Temple in Peru, where the Cloud Ninja arrived searching for Killer B. After Karui knocked Barton down and threatened him, S.H.I.E.L.D. showed them a broadcast confirming Killer B was in their world, and C agreed to move elsewhere to talk.

• Charlotte used the Space Stone to deploy Karui and C inside the Inca Temple in Peru.
• Karui and C materialized, blinded the people in the Temple with C's Lightning Flash, and learned their mission was to find Killer B.
• Barton rushed into the Temple and Karui kicked him into a wall, then held her blade to his neck while demanding to know whether S.H.I.E.L.D. had taken Killer B.
• C recognized that Barton and the agents were not a threat, and Barton explained that he knew of Killer B but had not seen him.
• Sitwell showed Karui and C a broadcast of Killer B performing at the Firestone Music Festival, and they confirmed he was the person they sought.
• C agreed to leave the Temple and talk elsewhere, warning everyone not to damage anything.