Recaps

After realizing the group could not safely cross at the checkpoints, Silver Fox guided the RV onto an abandoned forest road into Canada. At a fork marked for Alkali Lake, she chose to keep driving north, leaving her destination and the reason for her reaction unresolved.

• Sing Sing noticed the RV’s passengers would attract trouble at the border, and Silver Fox mapped out a route through an abandoned logging road.
• Silver Fox spotted the sign for Alkali Lake and became distracted, nearly drawing the group’s attention to the place.
• The RV jolted along the rough road, tossing the passengers and the captive Scatter around the cabin.
• At the fork, Silver Fox stared at the Alkali Lake sign, but Sing Sing said he would accompany her when she was ready.
• Silver Fox asked what gave Sing Sing the right to come with her, and he claimed her unpaid debt made him responsible for her well-being.
• Silver Fox drove north, leaving the turn toward Alkali Lake behind.

Sing Sing and his injured companions arrived at Alpha Flight headquarters and recovered while Colossus received a prosthetic arm and Moon-Boy reunited with Sing Sing. The chapter ended with Gambit waking after seven days unconscious.

• Sasquatch and Snowbird welcomed Sing Sing's group and brought the injured to the Medical Zone for treatment.
• Moon-Boy greeted Sing Sing and gave him a handmade five-pointed star.
• Sasquatch confirmed Colossus's severed shoulder could not regrow, and Guardian Hudson later provided him with a red-starred metal prosthetic arm.
• Li Qianhuan recovered, Scatter remained imprisoned, and Magik stayed unconscious as she recuperated.
• Sing Sing found Silver Fox looking south, but she declined his offer to visit Alkali Lake.
• Gambit woke after seven days unconscious.

Gambit explained how Miss Sinister forced him to work for her by threatening his friend Jacob, while Sing Sing offered Colossus and Li Qianhuan positions in the 749 Bureau. Colossus agreed to join, and Li Qianhuan agreed only to visit former X-Men and see how they were living.

• Gambit told Sing Sing, Li Qianhuan, and Colossus that Miss Sinister had transformed Jacob Gavin into Jacqueline and held him hostage to make Gambit work for her.
• Sing Sing offered Colossus a contract with the 749 Bureau and described roles suited to his skills; Colossus accepted.
• Sing Sing offered Li Qianhuan a job connected to fireworks, but she refused and questioned whether the bureau would treat mutants as disposable resources.
• Sing Sing showed Li Qianhuan examples of former mutants working and living comfortably, and explained the bureau's recruitment rules and benefits.
• Li Qianhuan agreed to visit Longneck, Geggebu, and Bailey to see their lives for herself, while Sing Sing reminded her to keep meal receipts.

Sing Sing persuaded Silver Fox to travel to China with the 749 Bureau so she could meet someone and try to recover her memories. The group prepared to leave, and Wandering Girl arrived to transport them.

• Sing Sing questioned whether to list Silver Fox as a recruit, then learned that Moon-Boy and Little Dino were ready to leave the hospital.
• Sing Sing found Silver Fox outside the base and explained that she could leave whenever she wanted, but offered to take her to China to meet someone who might help restore her memories.
• Silver Fox agreed to go with Sing Sing, and Li Qianhuan misread the situation as the start of a romance.
• Wandering Girl arrived at Alpha Base to take Sing Sing and the others back to China.

Wandering Girl transported the groups from the snowy base, struggling with the weight of Devil Dinosaur and the strain of repeated trips. Sing Sing’s group arrived at the medical reception area, where Director Wang was waiting.

• Wandering Girl complained about the bean-heavy cafeteria meal before inspecting Devil Dinosaur and agreeing to teleport him whole.
• Wandering Girl sensed a familiar feeling of space around the unconscious Illyana, and Sing Sing explained that Illyana could open portals to Limbo.
• Snowbird handed out ice crystals, and the groups were assigned for teleportation.
• Wandering Girl sent Colossus’s group and then Moon-Boy and Devil Dinosaur safely to their destination, but nearly fell asleep from exhaustion.
• Sing Sing silenced Scatter’s threats, carried Wandering Girl and Mondo’s remains, and led the final group through the purple pathway.
• Sing Sing’s group landed on the lawn near the medical reception area, where Director Wang greeted them as Wandering Girl fell asleep.

Sing Sing and the others underwent intake procedures and medical treatment after returning, while Li Qianhuan grew suspicious of the bureau’s unexpectedly kind welcome. Sing Sing learned that his companions were being settled in and began recovering during their adjustment period.

• Medical staff admitted Magik, Gambit, and Sing Sing, and Professor Jiang Si treated the Death Factor in Sing Sing’s wound.
• Screening staff cleared Moon-Boy and Devil Dinosaur after adjusting the temperature detector, while doctors found residual mind-control commands in Sing Sing’s brain and ordered isolation.
• Director Wang issued temporary credentials to the group, and Li Qianhuan accepted congee while suspecting it might contain truth serum.
• Jiang Si injected Sing Sing with medicine to dissolve the Death Factor and unsuccessfully tried to persuade him to accept mechanical upgrades and blood tests.
• Jiang Si told Sing Sing that Magik was stable and that the one-armed giant guarded her, and Sing Sing settled in to recover during the group’s adjustment period.

Sing Sing returned from Seattle, reported Mondo’s death and the discoveries about Miss Sinister, Vanisher, and the Mojoverse Livestream Orb, then tried to settle back into bureau life. After the orb refused to leave him and Silver Fox received her rights notification, he called Wolverine to address the unresolved Silver Fox situation.

• Sing Sing told Director Wang about the Seattle trip, and Wang arranged Mondo’s burial in the bureau cemetery.
• Sing Sing submitted his expenses to Anton, who approved them quickly, then found the Livestream Orb would not leave his shoulder or enter evidence storage.
• Da Vinci tried to catch the orb, but Sing Sing left when he could not get it studied and collected a new claw-proof suit.
• At Silver Fox’s rights notification meeting, she considered requesting psychological support while Li Qianhuan struggled to understand her interpreter until they switched to English.
• Sing Sing called Wolverine about the Silver Fox matter, and Wolverine answered irritably while looking after a kid.

Sing Sing brought Silver Fox to meet Logan, who recognized her as Sif, his lost love, while Silver Fox remembered none of him. Logan’s question about a dog triggered painful images in her mind, and she collapsed before he could touch her.

• Logan trained Daken, Longneck, Jiafeite, Ichirai Hisako, and Petra at the stadium while refusing a visitor Sing Sing had mentioned.
• Sing Sing brought Silver Fox through the residential area to meet Logan at the stadium.
• Logan recognized Silver Fox as Sif, dropped and broke his stopwatch, and approached her as the stadium fell silent.
• Silver Fox said she did not recognize Logan, then recalled images of a dog and cabin after he asked whether she remembered the dog.
• Silver Fox clutched her head and collapsed to her knees, while Logan reached toward her but stopped short.

Logan recalled his life with Silver Fox until A Le arrived with Yukio, Mariko Yashida, and Saeko Busujima. Mariko and Silver Fox confronted each other over Logan, while Sing Sing was trapped nearby.

• Silver Fox's conflicting memories of Logan and their cabin overwhelmed her, and Logan comforted her by recounting their shared past.
• A Le brought Yukio, Mariko Yashida, and Saeko Busujima from Japan to surprise Sing Sing.
• Saeko Busujima showed Sing Sing the Pig Butchering Knife model and told him she had practiced with it every day.
• Mariko Yashida and Silver Fox saw each other, and Logan recognized Mariko as the tense reunion unfolded.
• Mariko pointed out that she had worn Logan's coat before, and Silver Fox answered with an insult while reaching for her knife.

Mariko confronted Silver Fox over her past with Logan, but Silver Fox challenged Mariko’s claim to him and defended her own independence. Logan dragged both women away, leaving Daken to ask how many stepmothers he had.

• Mariko reminded Logan of how she had pleaded for him after he rescued her in Kyoto and offered to help Daken through the Yashida family.
• Silver Fox asked what Mariko had done for Logan and argued that Mariko’s family had rejected him, while declaring that nobody could make decisions for her.
• Mariko insisted that Logan knew who was in his heart, and Logan ordered both women to be quiet before pulling them away by their arms.
• Daken asked Sing Sing whether his father’s behavior was normal and how many stepmothers he had.

Sing Sing learned that Mariko had arranged an international visit to pursue Logan and bribed A Le with a black card, while Saeko Busujima came seeking sword training. Saeko revealed she planned to attend university in China so she could keep learning from Sing Sing, leaving him unable to dissuade her.

• Sing Sing dismissed the recruits for half a day and hurried to his office with Yukio and Saeko Busujima.
• Yukio explained that Mariko had applied to visit China to see Logan and had given A Le a black card as a donation to the bureau.
• Sing Sing learned that Saeko had come for combat guidance during winter break and planned to move to China for university after high school.
• Saeko handed Sing Sing a university admissions brochure and said she had entrusted her family dojo to someone else.
• Sing Sing warned that the bureau was dangerous and its guards might mistake her for a spy, but Saeko said she would be happy as long as they lived in the same city.

After his treatment cleared the Death Factor and improved his Inner Qi, Sing Sing went to the Abnormal Human Research Center to find someone to spar with. The guard let him into the new center with warnings about its red- and black-tagged cells.

• Director Zhou gave Saeko Busujima a five-thousand-character study-plan assignment, while Sing Sing tried to delay her application by claiming he needed months or years of treatment.
• Professor Jiang Si and Da Vinci treated Sing Sing’s old wound, and Da Vinci’s malfunctioning microcurrent device helped clear the remaining blockage in his meridians.
• Sing Sing found his Inner Qi circulating faster after the Death Factor was cleared, then slipped out of the medical area.
• Sing Sing passed security checks and reached the underground Abnormal Human Research Center, where criminals and other dangerous detainees were held.
• The old guard gave Sing Sing the center’s keys and warned him not to open red-tagged cells and to sign a body donation form before opening black-tagged ones.

Sing Sing tested Sabretooth’s recovery by fighting him repeatedly, but Sabretooth eventually refused to continue. Da Vinci modified the Livestream Orb to advertise Chinese goods, and Secretary Xiao Liu summoned Director Zhou to the Medical Zone because Illyana had awakened.

• Sing Sing entered the Abnormal Human Research Center and challenged Sabretooth to a fight in the opened cell area.
• Sing Sing repeatedly defeated Sabretooth with martial arts, and Sabretooth’s regenerative ability healed him between attacks.
• Sabretooth stopped fighting, claiming he had recovered from a mental illness episode and had a counseling appointment.
• Da Vinci covered the Livestream Orb with equipment and turned its Mojoverse broadcast into advertisements for Chinese goods.
• Secretary Xiao Liu called Director Zhou to the Medical Zone after Illyana woke up.

Magik awoke possessed by a demonic force and attacked everyone in the medical isolation room, including her brother Colossus. Sing Sing used a talisman to shut down her portals and subdued her with martial arts, but Magik woke in his arms and slapped him.

• Magik woke in the isolation room surrounded by black mist and attacked Colossus and the medical staff with her Soulsword.
• Xiao Liu told Sing Sing that Magik had been possessed and that Colossus was refusing to fight her seriously.
• Sing Sing caught a talisman thrown down the corridor and used it to seal Magik's portals.
• Sing Sing fought Magik, restrained her, and forced the black mist back into her body.
• Magik woke in Sing Sing's arms, saw him holding her around the waist, and slapped him.

After Sing Sing revived Magik, he and Colossus welcomed her into the 749 Bureau and explained that Mondo had died during her rescue. Magik agreed to join the bureau as a spatial logistics specialist despite worrying that her education ended in kindergarten.

• Magik woke in the 749 Bureau medical center, apologized for slapping Sing Sing, and reunited with Colossus.
• Sing Sing brought Magik and Colossus to the cafeteria, where Da Vinci’s proposed dimensional-energy safety shorts angered Magik and got him thrown out.
• Sing Sing told Magik that Sugar Man had kidnapped her to use Limbo to break the dimensional barrier and that Mondo had died fighting him.
• Edith urged Magik to help with the bureau’s portal-based international logistics, and Sing Sing reassured Magik that her lack of formal education would not prevent her from being hired.
• Magik accepted the job and pressed her handprint onto an employment contract.

The 749 Bureau and its allies gathered to bury Mondo and honor his sacrifice. Sing Sing and Director Wang vowed to hunt down Miss Sinister and Silver Peak, leaving the conflict unresolved.

• Sing Sing stopped Storm and Riptide from using their powers to intensify the rain at Mondo’s funeral.
• Uncle Biao delivered a eulogy for Mondo, who had died protecting his comrades from Sugar Man.
• Colossus called Mondo a hero and saluted his tomb, while Wolverine left an unlit cigar as a tribute.
• Sing Sing admitted that Mondo’s death weighed on him, then told Director Wang that their enemies were still at large.
• Director Wang vowed that the 749 Bureau would hunt down Miss Sinister and Silver Peak for attacking their people.

Director Wang appointed Sing Sing to direct the 749 Bureau’s Spring Festival gala, and Sing Sing pitched several wildly dangerous programs before settling on an interstellar-themed space show. Sing Sing left to arrange the venue, while Director Wang worried the gala might not leave the bureau building intact.

• Director Wang told Sing Sing that he had to organize a gala featuring the bureau’s new overseas recruits and give him three days to submit a program list.
• Sing Sing eagerly accepted after Director Wang hinted that a successful gala could help him become a full division chief.
• Sing Sing proposed a bloody duel between Sabretooth and Wolverine, but Director Wang rejected it as unsuitable for New Year.
• Sing Sing pitched a weather-and-construction spectacle and a romantic X-Men stage drama, and Director Wang dismissed both plans.
• Sing Sing proposed an interstellar show featuring Magik, Devil Dinosaur, Moon-Boy, and fireworks, and Director Wang approved it with a warning not to cause a diplomatic incident.
• Sing Sing ran off to arrange the show and asked about his promotion, while Director Wang threatened to send him to guard the pond if he caused trouble.

Sing Sing organized a charity football match between the 749 Bureau and a team of Mutants, appointing Logan as the Mutants’ coach. Logan accepted the challenge after seeing Sing Sing’s kung fu team, while Sing Sing planned to get Wenxi to make special protective boots.

• Sing Sing realized he could combine Mutant powers and football into a profitable New Year Cup and summoned A Le and Old Goldhead to discuss it.
• Logan struggled to escape a tense confrontation between Silver Fox and Mariko, then rushed to Sing Sing’s office after hearing a false emergency announcement.
• Sing Sing told Logan he would coach Mutants United in a charity football match, and Logan objected to the proposed lineup and its family drama.
• Sing Sing described the 749 Kung Fu Football Team and challenged Logan, prompting Logan to accept the coaching job and promise to train the Mutants the next day.
• A Le worried that the Mutants would overpower the 749 Bureau, but Sing Sing said Wenxi would make special football boots and insisted the match would be decided on the field.

Li Qianhuan traded gossip about Magneto and the X-Men for braised eggs, while Sing Sing recorded the stories and plotted to use them for the 749 Bureau’s benefit. The chapter ended with Sing Sing planning to recruit Magneto and exploit his connection to Lorna for investment.

• Li Qianhuan told Sing Sing that Lorna was Magneto’s biological daughter, and Sing Sing considered using the revelation to approach Magneto.
• Li Qianhuan shared gossip that Cyclops wore his visor to hide a receding hairline and Iceman had once frozen his dormitory after wetting the bed, while Sing Sing wrote it down.
• Baobao panicked over the dangerous gossip and began glowing red, but Sing Sing stopped him by feeding him a hot braised egg.
• Sing Sing explained that he planned to use his notebook to pressure influential mutants for sponsorship money, and Li Qianhuan accused him of plotting blackmail.
• Sing Sing declared Magneto a family member of the 749 Bureau because Lorna worked there and vowed to recruit him for an investment project.

As the year-end turmoil eased, the 749 Bureau recruited Ueda Kenji and Gambit, repaired Colossus’s arm, and prepared for Logan’s trip to Canada. Deadpool reported that the Hellfire Club had allied with Silver Peak, while Yan Shuangying departed on a secret mission with Ling Ling Yi, leaving Director Zhou to focus on the New Year Cup and Spring Festival gala.

• American politicians disowned Silver Peak after its researchers exposed the consortium’s crimes, and Japan signed a costly compensation agreement with China before Mariko, Yukio, and Saeko Busujima left.
• Ueda Kenji recovered and signed on as a temporary 749 Bureau employee, while Gambit agreed to join if the bureau helped Jacqueline or Little Jacob Gavin escape Miss Sinister.
• Jiang Si repaired Colossus’s mechanical arm, adding a high-frequency blade but no grenade launcher.
• Director Wang approved Logan’s leave to visit Alkali Lake in Canada, and Logan ordered Daken to come with him after the New Year.
• Deadpool reported that Silver Peak had withdrawn to its remaining strongholds and teamed up with the Hellfire Club, and he said he knew Miss Sinister from a past job.
• Yan Shuangying revealed that he and Ling Ling Yi were partners on a top-secret mission, then left with Sing Sing’s tea; Director Zhou turned to the New Year Cup and Spring Festival gala.

The 749 Bureau’s New Year Cup brought its Kung Fu Football Team and Starfire Mutants United together for a chaotic match. Deadpool acted as referee, and the game began after he sabotaged the coin toss.

• Soft Serve Amy and Wandering Girl Edith sold snacks to the packed crowd at the stadium.
• Director Wang rallied the 749 team, whose players vowed to fight without holding back, while Wolverine Logan urged the mutants to unleash their powers.
• Sing Sing and Riptide faced off in the tunnel before Deadpool crashed onto the field and announced himself as referee.
• Commentators Zhan and Zhang introduced the teams’ lineups, including Yan Shuangying in goal for the 749 team and Geggebu for the mutants.
• Deadpool tossed a gold watch that sank into the mud, then blew his whistle to start the New Year Cup.

Deadpool imposed absurd new rules on the soccer match, turning it into a superpowered brawl between the Kung Fu Team and Starfire Mutants United. With the first half nearing its end and the score tied 10-10, Sing Sing prepared to show the visiting team what the Kung Fu Team could do.

• Deadpool banned ordinary foot passes, and Toad Lao Mo and Mayfly Luke Shaw scored for Starfire Mutants United within seconds.
• Sing Sing equalized with a powerful internal-energy volley, after which Deadpool required goal celebrations and disallowed Chan Ka-kui’s goal when he refused to dance.
• Ororo scored with lightning, Shi Xiaoyan curved a shot into the goal with her umbrella, and Sif Veer won a penalty by faking a foul.
• Players from both teams traded attacks as the score climbed to 10-10, while Deadpool scattered banana peels and antipersonnel mines across the field.
• Sing Sing slipped on a banana peel, brought Daken down with Deadly Scissor Legs, and focused on Li Qianhuan with one minute left in the first half.

Yan Shuangying caught Mutants United’s final attack, then dribbled through their defense and scored the winning goal just before halftime. Deadpool controversially allowed the goal, and both teams went into the break furious.

• Yan Shuangying caught Lao Mo and Luke Shaw’s powerful shot with one hand.
• Yan Shuangying sprinted up the pitch, evaded Riptide and the other defenders, and reached Mutants United’s penalty area.
• Yan Shuangying beat Colossus and Daken before shooting past Geggebu to put the Kung Fu Team ahead 11–10.
• Deadpool threatened to deduct points because Yan Shuangying did not dance, then exempted him and ended the first half.
• Sing Sing complained to Director Wang about Deadpool’s refereeing, while Wolverine berated Mutants United in their locker room.

Both teams made halftime substitutions and resumed their chaotic match, which turned on Sing Sing’s failed shot after Polaris moved the goal. Deadpool ruled the goal stood and deducted a point from the Kung Fu Football Team, while Wolverine prepared to sub himself in.

• Both teams sent six substitutes onto the field, including Li Hongqi, David, Duan Shuiliu, Tony, Hua Xinwu, Madam Hu, Petra, Harry Kane, Wandering Girl, and Magik.
• David stole the ball from Riptide, but Magik, Duan Shuiliu, Petra, and Harry Kane helped send it back and forth through the field.
• Madam Hu directed Tony to confront Colossus and Hua Xinwu to pressure Wandering Girl as the ball changed hands amid the brawl.
• Sing Sing distracted Polaris with a cheesy pickup line, dribbled past her, and fired at the open goal.
• Polaris lifted her team’s goal out of the ground, sending Sing Sing’s shot into the stands and smashing Gambit’s betting table.
• Deadpool ruled that the goal stood, deducted a point from the Kung Fu Football Team after Duan Shuiliu insulted him, and Wolverine demanded to substitute himself into the match.

Logan joined the football match and helped turn it into an increasingly chaotic contest between Mutants United and the Kung Fu Team. Sing Sing and Polaris scored simultaneously in the final moments, leaving the game tied at 20–20 as the exhausted players celebrated.

• Deadpool substituted Logan for Daken, and Logan charged upfield with the ball despite handling it.
• Ororo flooded the right wing with rain, but Duan Shuiliu kicked the ball back toward Mutants United's half and Madam Hu scored to tie the match at 12–12.
• The teams traded goals as the match descended into a brawl, and the score reached 19–19 with one minute remaining.
• Yan Shuangying blocked Logan's powerful shot, sending the ball to Sing Sing, who blasted it through Mutants United's defenses and into the net.
• Polaris used her powers to lift Mutants United's goal and send it crashing into the Kung Fu Team's goal, scoring at the same time as Sing Sing.
• Deadpool ended the match at 20–20, and the players from both teams laughed together while Director Wang praised the match as team building.