Chapter Summaries

Kurotsuchi chose a former S.H.I.E.L.D. base on Staten Island for Iwagakure, while the escalating conflict brought Barton and Eddie to Steve's side. Tony and his allies intercepted Steve's group at an airport, where Steve warned Tony that a psychiatrist was behind the events.

• Kurotsuchi agreed to Coulson's terms and selected the two-and-a-half-billion-dollar Staten Island property as Iwagakure's base.
• Barton arrived at the Avengers training base and persuaded Eddie to leave with him to help Steve, while Mei let them go and informed Tony.
• Natasha told T'Challa that Tony could locate Steve's group, and Tony had Pakkun track them by scent.
• Sharon Carter helped Steve's group with their gear, and Steve reunited with Peggy before driving Sam and Bucky to the airport.
• Barton introduced Steve to Eddie and Scott at the airport, but an evacuation announcement alerted them that Tony's team was approaching.
• Tony, Rhodey, and T'Challa stopped Steve's group from reaching a helicopter, and Steve warned Tony that the psychiatrist was behind the conflict.

Steve and his allies fought Tony’s team at the airport while Charlotte watched unseen from a spatial interlayer. The battle continued as Peter Parker captured Sam and Bucky, but Sam used a drone to drag Peter out through the terminal glass.

• Peter Parker webbed Steve’s hands, but Scott Lang grew to full size, knocked Peter down, and returned Steve’s shield.
• Steve fought T’Challa while Natasha and Scott battled nearby, and Peter attacked Sam and Bucky inside the terminal.
• Tony pursued Eddie and Clint Barton, but Eddie struck Tony with a javelin-like arm and drove him into a building.
• Rhodey attacked Steve, who blocked the blow with his shield, while Charlotte watched from above.
• Peter Parker webbed Sam and Bucky and pinned them, but Sam activated a drone that dragged Peter through the terminal glass.

Steve and Bucky’s team fought Tony and his allies at the airport as both sides tried to stop the other from reaching the Quinjet. The battle remained unresolved, with Steve moving on after outmaneuvering Peter Parker while the others continued fighting.

• Steve and Scott used a shrunken dart and a toy car to create an explosion that forced Rhodey, T'Challa, and Natasha to scatter.
• Steve’s group regrouped and ran for the Quinjet, but Mei’s cloaked aircraft blocked their way; Steve destroyed its machine gun and the two sides charged into battle.
• Natasha and Barton fought until Eddie interrupted them, while T'Challa nearly killed Bucky before Eddie flung him away.
• Peter Parker webbed Steve and kicked him down, but Steve later pulled Peter from the boarding bridge and sent him crashing into its wheels.
• Sam disabled Mei’s aircraft, and Scott entered Tony’s armor to sabotage its weapons before Tony’s fire-suppression system blasted him out.
• Steve cut the boarding bridge’s support, but Peter Parker caught the falling structure; Steve praised his courage, then ran off.

Steve and Bucky tried to escape the airport while the Avengers fought to stop them, but Sam’s plan and Scott’s giant form kept their allies occupied. Mei and Natasha switched sides to help Steve and Bucky reach the plane, while the fight left Scott exhausted and Peter Parker sprawled on the ground.

• Sam proposed using Scott to draw attention, and Scott grew giant to seize Rhodey and create an opening for Steve and Bucky.
• Sam kicked Tony away, Scott threw Rhodey, and Spider-Man caught Rhodey with a web before he hit the plane.
• Pakkun agreed to help Tony for rewards, while Scott, Rhodey, Spider-Man, and Barton battled T’Challa and one another.
• Eddie and Venom stopped Rhodey as Steve and Bucky reached the hangar, where Pakkun blocked their path.
• Mei and Natasha trapped Parker with an electric net and a sonic cannon, then let Steve and Bucky escape toward the plane.
• Tony, Peter Parker, and T’Challa bound Scott with webbing and cars, and Scott shrank back to normal as Peter fell to the ground.

Tony learned that Zemo had framed Bucky and traveled to the Raft to uncover Steve’s location, while Zemo prepared a trap in Siberia. Tony failed to persuade Sam to help, leaving him to seek another way to find Steve.

• Tony stopped chasing Steve to save Rhodey, allowing Steve to escape with Bucky; Ross later arrested Sam, Barton, Scott, and Eddie.
• Natasha warned Tony that he was pushing Steve too far, and Tony learned from Hill that Zemo had impersonated Dr. Broussard and framed Bucky.
• Zemo reached Hydra’s Siberian base, killed the five sleeping Winter Soldiers, and prepared a videotape to destroy the Avengers from within.
• Tony went to the Raft, where Barton confronted him about imprisoning them and Sam refused to reveal where Steve had gone.
• Tony muted the cell monitors and showed Sam evidence of Zemo’s deception, but Sam still refused to trust him, so Tony said he could get Steve’s location from someone else.

Tony sought Charlotte’s help to find Steve and stop Zemo, then joined Steve and Bucky at the Siberian Hydra base. Zemo revealed footage of Bucky killing Tony’s parents, and Tony attacked Steve after learning Steve had known about it.

• Tony left Ross and contacted Charlotte, asking him to help locate Steve and stop Zemo’s plan.
• Charlotte opened a portal that brought Tony to Steve and Bucky at the Siberian base, where the four began searching for Zemo.
• Steve, Bucky, Tony, and Charlotte found the five Winter Soldiers dead in their freezing chambers, while Zemo revealed he had lured them there.
• Zemo showed Tony footage of Bucky killing Howard and Tony’s mother, and Steve admitted he had known about it.
• Tony shoved Steve away and slapped him hard enough to send him flying.

Tony killed Bucky in the Siberian base while Steve was unable to stop him, and Charlotte helped Tony prevent Steve from interfering. Zemo was imprisoned after T'Challa stopped his suicide attempt, but Zemo's final smile suggested he believed his plan had succeeded.

• Tony and Bucky fought through the collapsing Hydra base while Steve tried to stop Tony from pursuing him.
• Charlotte blocked Steve from intervening, took his shield, and immobilized him while Tony caught Bucky and crushed his throat.
• Tony confirmed that Bucky was dead, and Steve broke free to grieve over Bucky's body.
• T'Challa stopped Zemo from killing himself and said he would face justice, while Zemo explained that he had sought revenge by making the Avengers turn against one another.
• Charlotte took Tony back to Konoha Base and healed him, and Tony thanked Charlotte for supporting him against Steve.
• Everett K. Ross taunted Zemo in prison, but Zemo smiled and asked whether he had really lost.

Tony accepted that the Avengers had lost over the Accords and sent Steve a letter and shield that led to Steve and S.W.O.R.D. rescuing their imprisoned companions. Meanwhile, T'Challa prepared to seek Bast's blessing, and Charlotte received Tony's gift, recharged valuable items, and began another Ninja recruitment.

• Tony told Rhodey that the Accords had lost, set aside Captain America's shield, and decided to scrap the Accords while leaving Steve alone for now.
• Peggy and Steve buried Bucky, and Peggy told Steve that S.W.O.R.D. would rescue Eddie, Sam, Barton, and Scott from The Raft.
• Steve received Tony's letter and a repainted shield, then joined Peggy and Mei in leading the breach of The Raft and freeing their companions.
• T'Challa and T'Chaka discussed the Avengers' collapse and Wakanda's need for help against Akatsuki, and T'Chaka urged T'Challa to seek Bast's blessing as the new king.
• Charlotte received thirty portions of Tony's new Arc Reactor element, recharged them and the Reality Stone for Gold Coins, and began a blessed hundred-pull Ninja recruitment.

Charlotte recruited Kakuzu, Three-Tails Jinchuriki - Yagura, and five other ninjas, increasing his Chakra past one thousand cards without triggering a bloodline evolution. He brought Kakuzu to the Summoning Realm, where Deva Path Pain arrived as Charlotte began welcoming another Akatsuki member.

• Charlotte reviewed the hundred-pull results, found several ninjas ready for recruitment, and considered how collecting the Jinchuriki might help him reach Six Paths power.
• Charlotte bought Naruto Shippuden - Kankuro, Naruto Shippuden - Temari, and Suit Iruka Umino, then recruited Kakuzu and Three-Tails Jinchuriki - Yagura along with Izumo Kamizuki, Dosu Kinuta, and the three purchased ninjas.
• Charlotte gained the Three-Tails and watched his Chakra total rise to 1004 cards, but reaching one thousand cards caused no bloodline evolution.
• Charlotte assigned deployment slots to Kakuzu and Three-Tails Jinchuriki - Yagura, then used Reverse Summoning Jutsu to go to the Summoning Realm.
• Charlotte materialized Kakuzu, gave him the Akatsuki's new Vibranium uniform, and told him that most Akatsuki members had been brought to this world.
• Deva Path Pain arrived after seeing Kakuzu appear and stood beside Charlotte.

Charlotte ordered the Akatsuki to prepare for a full assault on Wakanda and assigned preparations to Pain. He also brought Yagura, Temari, Kankuro, and Umino Iruka together with their Future Selves, while the Akatsuki members gathered for a meeting in Africa.

• Charlotte ordered Pain to notify the Akatsuki that they would attack Wakanda in one month and told Black Zetsu and White Zetsu to investigate its entrances.
• Charlotte sent Kakuzu with Pain to learn about the Akatsuki and brought Yagura to Kirigakure under Mei Terumi's authority.
• Charlotte fused Temari and Kankuro with their Future Selves as a reward for obtaining Pym Particles, and Pakura agreed to continue the existing plan.
• Charlotte fused Umino Iruka with his Future Self at the orphanage and school office.
• Pain summoned the Akatsuki for a meeting in Africa, and Orochimaru joined after receiving the Kuuchin ring's message.

The Akatsuki prepared to invade Wakanda and destroy it, while Wakanda readied itself for T'Challa's succession and Shuri developed new technology. The succession ceremony began with the tribes declining to challenge T'Challa, but the Jabari Tribe arrived as an unexpected challenger.

• Deva Path Pain ordered the Akatsuki to wipe out Wakanda, gave them a month to collect their current Blood Cores, and assigned Zetsu to investigate Wakanda's defenses.
• Orochimaru welcomed the chance to fight the gods of this world, while Sasori worked on modifying Abomination.
• Shuri showed T'Challa her upgraded communication device and Black Panther Suit, asked to design Vibranium suits for the Royal Guard, and explained that she could not replicate the Physical Enhancement Serum's X-Gene.
• Erik Killmonger saw news of Wakanda's king and considered using the arms dealer Ulysses Klaue to return to Wakanda and claim his royal inheritance.
• At T'Challa's succession ceremony, the tribes declined to challenge him, Shuri joked about becoming queen, and the Jabari Tribe arrived.

T'Challa defeated M'Baku, inherited the throne, and received Bast's blessing in the Ancestral Plane. Meanwhile, Erik Killmonger and Ulysses Klaue staged a heist at the British Museum to steal a Wakandan Vibranium artifact.

• T'Challa accepted M'Baku's challenge and defeated him, then M'Baku surrendered to protect his people.
• Zuri declared T'Challa king and Black Panther, and T'Challa led Wakanda in saying, "Wakanda forever."
• T'Challa took the Heart-Shaped Grass, met T'Chanda and Bast in the Ancestral Plane, and returned with the Panther God's blessing.
• Erik identified a British Museum artifact as Wakandan Vibranium and poisoned a staff member to distract the guards.
• Ulysses Klaue and his accomplices killed the guards, while a staff member's prepared footage concealed the heist from the monitoring room.

Erik and Ulysses Klaue stole Vibranium artifacts and planned to trade them for Physical Enhancement Serum, while Wakanda prepared to intercept Klaue in New York. Meanwhile, Charlotte ordered Ginny to plan a massive Ninja competition arena in downtown New York, and the chapter ended with her beginning the arrangements.

• Erik revealed that fifteen kilograms of Vibranium could be exchanged for a Physical Enhancement Serum, then told Ulysses Klaue where to find more Vibranium artifacts.
• Erik and Ulysses Klaue's gang robbed two more museums, stealing artifacts from their collections.
• Nakia urged T'Challa to open Wakanda to foreign aid and refugees, but T'Challa and W'Kabi disagreed over the risks.
• Okoye reported that Ulysses Klaue had stolen three Wakandan artifacts and was expected in New York, and T'Challa promised W'Kabi he would bring Klaue back alive.
• Charlotte told Ginny to build a large Ninja competition arena in downtown New York, with plans for Magic Barriers and future promotion exams.

T'Challa, Okoye, and Nakia pursued Ulysses Klaue after he traded Vibranium for a Physical Enhancement Serum, while Klaue led them toward an ambush. T'Challa and Shuri raced to intercept the convoy, and T'Challa tilted their car onto two wheels to squeeze through a narrow alley.

• Charlotte ordered the construction project accelerated by bringing in the world's top construction companies and construction groups from the East.
• T'Challa recruited Okoye and Nakia for the mission, gave Nakia a dose of Physical Enhancement Serum, and authorized Shuri to design suits for enhanced guards.
• Ulysses Klaue traded three pieces of Vibranium to Kankuro for one Physical Enhancement Serum at the Sunagakure Puppet Shop.
• T'Challa's group followed Klaue's convoy, and Klaue ordered his men to shoot at Nakia and Okoye's Vibranium car after they crossed the Brooklyn Bridge.
• Okoye destroyed one of Klaue's cars with her Vibranium Spear, while Klaue contacted Erik and continued toward the ambush site.
• Shuri drove T'Challa toward the convoy, and T'Challa used his Black Panther Suit claws to tilt their car onto two wheels and pass through a narrow alley.

T'Challa and his allies captured Ulysses Klaue and recovered an unused dose of Physical Enhancement Serum, while T'Challa recognized Erik's royal ring and brought him back to Wakanda. After Black Zetsu and White Zetsu secretly sent spores through the barrier, T'Challa went to consult his still-living father, T'Chaka.

• T'Challa, Okoye, and Nakia fought through Klaue's ambush, and T'Challa knocked Klaue unconscious and seized his Sonic Arm Cannon.
• T'Challa noticed Erik's royal ring, spared him during the fight, and ordered Nakia to bring him along with Klaue.
• T'Challa found an unused dose of Physical Enhancement Serum in Klaue's car and returned to Wakanda with both prisoners.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu sent spores into Wakanda through the barrier to monitor the kingdom.
• T'Challa told W'Kabi that Klaue would face a public trial and execution, then ordered Okoye to keep both prisoners alive.
• T'Challa went to the Royal Palace to speak with T'Chaka, who congratulated him on capturing Klaue.

T'Chaka told T'Challa how N'Jobu had betrayed Wakanda and died, and the two confronted N'Jobu's son Erik in prison. T'Challa spared Erik for now and turned to the coming trial of Ulysses Klaue, while a worldwide contest to design a superhuman tournament venue drew attention.

• T'Chaka explained that N'Jobu had helped Ulysses Klaue steal Vibranium and that he killed N'Jobu when his brother threatened Zuri.
• Peggy Carter and Steve discussed negotiating with Wakanda for Vibranium in exchange for help against Akatsuki, while Ginny announced a major venue design contest.
• T'Chaka and T'Challa visited Erik, who identified himself as N'Jadaka, son of Prince N'Jobu, and accused T'Chaka of murdering his father.
• T'Challa argued that N'Jobu had planned a global war and said he would not kill Erik, ordering him held in prison for now.
• T'Challa told T'Chaka that Ulysses Klaue would face trial and execution, and T'Chaka urged him to protect Wakanda and himself.

S.W.O.R.D. discussed Charlotte Doyle’s planned Superhuman arena and the risks surrounding its first Ninja Village Joint Tournament, while Nick Fury privately considered placing the Skrulls on Charlotte’s satellite. In Wakanda, Ulysses Klaue was executed and T’Challa vowed to punish Akatsuki; nearly a month later, Akatsuki gathered to deliver Blood Cores and Pym Particles and review intelligence on Wakanda.

• Nick Fury, Peggy Carter, Steve Rogers, and Phil Coulson discussed the arena, the tournament, and the satellite, while Steve and Peggy deferred further satellite plans and agreed to revisit the tournament later.
• Nick Fury considered asking Charlotte Doyle to let the Skrulls settle on the satellite, believing their presence could benefit him while limiting the risks to Earth.
• Zuri sentenced Ulysses Klaue to death, and W’Kabi beheaded him as Wakandans celebrated T’Challa’s capture of the man who had stolen Vibranium.
• T’Challa promised the Wakandans that Akatsuki members who had committed crimes in Wakanda would also be brought to justice, while a White Zetsu recorded the execution.
• T’Chaka offered Erik a chance to challenge T’Challa for the throne, but Erik refused and said he hoped other Wakandan children would not have to grow up as he had; T’Chaka then ordered guards to keep him confined.
• Nearly a month later, Akatsuki gathered in the Summoning Realm and handed Pain their Blood Cores; Orochimaru gave him a scroll containing Pym Particles, and Zetsu reported Wakanda’s changes and suspected T’Challa had gained the Panther God Bast’s power.

Charlotte Doyle spent the Blood Cores and rewards from a major top-up to advance his Wood Release Madara sign-in, purchase two Tailed Beasts, and recruit powerful ninjas. He recruited Susanoo—Itachi Uchiha and Sage Mode—Naruto Uzumaki, strengthening himself ahead of the planned attack on Wakanda.

• Charlotte chose an Eight Trigrams Formation-inspired design for the competition venue and ordered Ginny to secure land and begin construction.
• Pain and Konan delivered twenty thousand Blood Cores and Pym Particles to Charlotte, who set the attack on Wakanda for three days later.
• Charlotte topped up the Blood Cores for 1.2 million Gold Coins, advanced Wood Release Madara’s sign-in by a hundred days, and bought Seven-Tails Chomei and Eight-Tails Gyuki.
• Charlotte performed a hundred ninja recruitments and obtained enough fragments to recruit six ninjas, including Susanoo—Itachi Uchiha and Sage Mode—Naruto Uzumaki.
• Charlotte recruited three-star S-rank Susanoo—Itachi Uchiha, gaining Chakra and strengthening his Uchiha bloodline and Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Charlotte recruited two-star A-rank Sage Mode—Naruto Uzumaki.

Charlotte recruited several more Ninjas, gained the Ambition of Akatsuki title, and tested the power of his complete Susanoo combined with Sage Mode. Preparing for the Wakanda operation, he fused Itachi Uchiha with his future self, awakening Itachi’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Charlotte recruited Sage Mode Naruto Uzumaki and four other Ninjas, then refreshed the recruitment pool and recruited Tobi, Naruto Shippuden Gaara, and Kurenai Yuhi.
• Charlotte gained the Ambition of Akatsuki title after assembling the Akatsuki members, and discovered that the two Shukaku within him had fused and doubled in strength.
• Charlotte tested his complete-body Susanoo and Sage Mode in the Training Ground, finding that Sage Mode greatly enhanced Susanoo’s power.
• Charlotte summoned Itachi Uchiha and explained that the Wakanda operation would involve a god, then fused Itachi with his future self’s Ninja Card.
• Itachi Uchiha received his future memories and discovered that his Sharingan had evolved into the Eternal Mangekyō, leaving him excited about the operation and hopeful for Sasuke.

Charlotte brought several future selves and companions from the shinobi world, strengthening Gaara and Naruto and reuniting Hayate with Uzuki Yugao. The chapter ended with Charlotte fusing Obito Uchiha's card with Tobi's, hoping the future self would give Obito new ideas.

• Charlotte fused Gaara with his future self, and Gaara learned he had become Sunagakure's Fifth Kazekage while Shukaku's power had more than doubled.
• Naruto received memories of his battle with Pain and Hinata's apparent death, but Charlotte reassured him that Konoha survived without casualties.
• Charlotte brought Uzuki Yugao to the Summoning Realm, and Hayate Gekko left with her.
• Charlotte brought Kurenai Yuhi's future self to the Summoning Realm, and Asuma Sarutobi thanked him for the reunion.
• Charlotte fused Obito Uchiha's Ninja Card with Tobi's after Obito admitted he had made no progress.