Chapter Summaries

Sing Sing recovered from his injuries while Saeko Busujima kept watch, then learned that Ichirai Hisako’s inhibitor had stopped working and that Meimiya Akihiro had been found. He prepared to reunite Wolverine with his son and set out dressed in his signature suit.

• Sing Sing finished cultivating with about forty percent of his Inner Qi restored, and Shi Xiaoyan asked about his plans.
• Sing Sing said he would find Deadpool and then search for Meimiya Akihiro, while Shi Xiaoyan warned him about Omega Red and Shingen Yashida.
• Ichirai Hisako reported that Tennoji Hiroshi was dead, her inhibitor’s master control signal had stopped, and Meimiya Akihiro was hiding in a grove in the western suburbs.
• Sing Sing called Wolverine, told him he had found his son, and asked him to send his location.
• Sing Sing told Shi Xiaoyan to recover, left Saeko Busujima to look after her, and changed into his black suit before heading out.

Sing Sing and Ichirai Hisako found Logan reunited with Mariko and learned that Amiko was not his daughter, but Mariko had adopted her to protect her. They brought Logan to meet his biological son, Meimiya Akihiro, whose first response was to extend his bone claws.

• Sing Sing and Ichirai Hisako arrived at the Yashida Family safe house and found Logan and Mariko sharing an emotional reunion.
• Logan explained that Amiko was descended from a woman he had once saved, and Mariko revealed she had mistaken the child for Logan’s daughter and named her heir to protect her.
• Sing Sing realized that Shingen Yashida and Cornelius had pursued Amiko because of a false belief that she had Logan’s Healing Factor, while Amiko learned Mariko had protected and loved her.
• Sing Sing urged Logan to meet his biological son, and the group drove to the abandoned factory where Meimiya Akihiro was waiting.
• Logan approached Meimiya Akihiro, who turned toward him and extended bone spikes from his hands as the two met with killing intent.

Logan endured Daken’s attacks and heard how his absence had hurt Daken and his mother before the two reunited uneasily. Sing Sing left Logan and Daken at the Yashida Family safe house, then followed Deadpool’s tracker to Aoba Psychiatric Hospital.

• Meimiya Akihiro attacked Logan, who refused to fight back and let his son vent his anger.
• Meimiya Akihiro told Logan about his mother’s lonely life, his childhood waiting for his father, and why he had kept the name Daken; Logan apologized and held him as he broke down.
• Sing Sing urged Logan and Daken into the car, and Daken told Logan he wanted to be called Daken; during the drive, he fell asleep against Logan’s shoulder.
• At the Yashida Family safe house, Sing Sing left Logan and Daken with Mariko and took Ichirai Hisako away.
• Sing Sing checked Deadpool’s tracker, sent Ichirai Hisako to carry out errands, and followed its unmoving signal to Aoba Psychiatric Hospital.

Sing Sing found Deadpool in Omega Red’s hideout after Omega Red’s attempt to draw Deadpool’s blood infected him with cancer. Sing Sing incapacitated Omega Red, took Deadpool and his gear, and left the psychiatric hospital.

• Sing Sing broke into the psychiatric hospital and found Deadpool’s severed head taunting Omega Red, who was suffering from cancer after drawing Deadpool’s blood.
• Deadpool spotted Sing Sing and yelled for help, ruining Sing Sing’s attempt to sneak up on Omega Red.
• Sing Sing cut off one of Omega Red’s carbon-tungsten tentacles and wounded him until he lost consciousness.
• Sing Sing collected Deadpool’s swords, Desert Eagle, and damaged teleportation belt, then stored the gear in his Mini Dimensional Box.
• Sing Sing carried Deadpool’s head out of the hospital while Deadpool demanded a new body and joked about how it should look.

Sing Sing and his companions prepared to leave Japan after completing their mission, holding a farewell barbecue for their friends. At ten that night, they departed through a portal, leaving Liu Jianyi behind to continue undercover.

• Sing Sing brought Deadpool’s head and the unconscious Ueda Kenji to the safe house, where the group discussed their plans for the million-person evacuation at ten that night.
• Sing Sing asked Saeko Busujima to invite Ito Shinji, Serizawa Tamao, Kumiko Yamaguchi, Eikichi Onizuka, and others to a farewell barbecue at her home.
• At the barbecue, Sing Sing thanked his friends, while Mariko and Logan shared a reluctant goodbye outside the courtyard.
• Saeko Busujima asked whether she would see Sing Sing again, and he gave her a toy pig-butchering knife as a keepsake before leaving with Daken and Ichirai Hisako.
• At the safe house, Sing Sing said goodbye to Liu Jianyi, who stayed behind in Japan, then led the others through a blue-violet portal.

Sing Sing returned to the new base with several people rescued from Japan and completed their reception arrangements. He asked Director Wang for a bonus and promotion, but Director Wang confronted him with Japan’s complaints and the diplomatic incident he had caused.

• Wandering Girl complained that Sing Sing kept using her as a teleportation service, then vanished.
• Sing Sing handed Ueda Kenji and Deadpool over to medical staff and arranged temporary accommodation for Logan, Daken, and Ichirai Hisako.
• Shi Xiaoyan left to rest, while Lao Zhou asked Anton to sort the original documents and cremated remains.
• Sing Sing went to Director Wang’s office and asked for a bonus and promotion for completing his mission.
• Director Wang showed Sing Sing Japan’s complaints about the violence and destruction he had caused, including a demand for 8.3 billion yen in compensation.
• Sing Sing called the compensation demand an international achievement, and Director Wang angrily told him he had caused a diplomatic incident.

Sing Sing escaped responsibility for the destruction at Toyo High School when Director Wang and Uncle Biao framed the incident as the work of a Korean agent. After docking his pay for the forged identity, the bureau turned to the mission’s recovered evidence and honored Gu Qingshan, whose remains Sing Sing had brought home.

• Director Wang confronted Sing Sing over the damage at Toyo High School and Japan’s protest, while Sing Sing insisted he had acted in self-defense.
• Uncle Biao showed Sing Sing a fabricated Korean passport identifying him as Park Gukchang, and Director Wang revealed that the bureau had leaked the false file to Japan and international media.
• Uncle Biao deducted 250 yuan from Sing Sing’s next month’s salary for creating the forged agent records.
• Old Zhou presented Morikawa Kiyoshi’s envelope of evidence, a silver USB drive, and a tin box containing Gu Qingshan’s remains.
• Director Wang and Uncle Biao bowed to Gu Qingshan’s remains, and Director Wang promised a burial ceremony with the highest honors at a martyrs’ cemetery.

Director Wang showed Sing Sing the Foreign Ministry's response to Japan and explained that the bureau would take the evidence to the United Nations. After Sing Sing demanded a bonus and promotion, Director Wang knocked him down, but later agreed to promote him to deputy division level before sending him to deal with the Americans.

• Director Wang played the Foreign Ministry spokesperson's statement, which revealed evidence of a secret human experimentation facility beneath a Japanese school and demanded that Japan protect the site and its victims.
• Director Wang told Sing Sing that the government would send the top-secret files to the United Nations, while Sing Sing tried to claim credit and ask for a bonus and promotion.
• Director Wang wrestled Sing Sing to the floor for demanding a promotion after causing costly damage and a diplomatic protest.
• Uncle Biao argued that Sing Sing's work and the bureau's expanding overseas operations warranted a higher rank, and Director Wang agreed to promote him to deputy division level with full division-level travel benefits.
• Director Wang told Sing Sing to take a few days off before dealing with the Americans.

Sing Sing visited Mayfly Luke after his six-stage cybernetic reconstruction and watched him complete a successful test flight. Luke asked to return to his assigned forest to control pests, leaving Sing Sing amazed that the Bureau’s new super soldier wanted to be a cyber forest ranger.

• Sing Sing watched Korean and Japanese officials trade accusations over the bombing while Ueda Kenji’s treatment continued and Ichirai Hisako and Daken struggled through their adaptation lessons.
• Sing Sing found Mayfly Luke in the recovery room with a mechanical arm, upgraded eyes, and steel wings after his reconstruction was complete.
• Professor Jiang Si explained that Luke had a low rejection response and demonstrated how his cybernetic upgrades worked.
• Luke completed a controlled test flight and showed that his mechanical eyes could analyze crop pests and provide pesticide-mixing formulas.
• Luke asked Sing Sing when he could return to work so he could check his assigned forest and spray for pests.

Sing Sing checked on Mayfly’s recovery, then returned Deadpool’s weapons and recruited him for an unofficial mission to the United States to find a person with spatial abilities. The briefing ended when Cao Dahua spotted Deadpool in a rabbit mask and drew his pistol.

• Sing Sing agreed that Mayfly could return to work after a week of observation, while Professor Jiang Si warned Sing Sing to eat fewer spicy strips.
• Sing Sing visited Deadpool in the hospital, where Deadpool begged for his equipment and got his swords, guns, and teleportation belt back.
• Sing Sing told Deadpool that the 749 Bureau had commended him but could not officially recruit him, and gave him a mission to find and recruit someone with spatial abilities in the United States.
• Deadpool accepted the mission as an unofficial operative and celebrated the chance to protect the world from the shadows.
• Cao Dahua entered to invite Sing Sing to hot pot, saw Deadpool in a rabbit mask, and drew his pistol.

Deadpool mistook Cao Dahua and Chan Ka-kui for enemies when they entered his hospital ward, but Sing Sing explained that they were all colleagues. Cao Dahua exploited Deadpool’s mistaken belief that he was a master assassin, and the group left for hot pot together.

• Deadpool drew his swords and panicked when Cao Dahua and Chan Ka-kui entered the ward, while Chan Ka-kui charged at him to settle their past score.
• Sing Sing stopped them and explained that Cao Dahua and Chan Ka-kui were colleagues at the bureau and that Deadpool was still on probation.
• Deadpool described Chan Ka-kui’s toughness and praised Cao Dahua’s supposedly expert shooting and stealth.
• Cao Dahua pretended he had deliberately held back and earned Deadpool’s admiration, while Chan Ka-kui tried to expose the truth about their last encounter.
• Lao Zhou pulled Cao Dahua aside and redirected the group toward hot pot, which Cao Dahua offered to pay for.

Deadpool shared a hotpot meal with Cao Dahua, Chan Ka-kui, and Sing Sing, then learned that Yu Suqiu could frighten Cao Dahua into obedience. Yu Suqiu dragged Cao Dahua away for a ten-thousand-word self-criticism, leaving Sing Sing to discover that Cao had skipped the bill.

• Deadpool enthusiastically ate hotpot and listened as Cao Dahua bragged about his supposed exploits, while Chan Ka-kui corrected his stories.
• Cao Dahua invited Deadpool and Sing Sing to a hostess karaoke club, but Chan Ka-kui declined because of morning training.
• Sing Sing called Director Yu and reported Cao Dahua's plans, making Cao Dahua panic.
• Yu Suqiu arrived, questioned Cao Dahua about the karaoke club, and dragged him away to write a ten-thousand-word self-criticism.
• Deadpool praised Yu Suqiu's power, and Sing Sing realized Cao Dahua had left without paying the bill.

Sing Sing sent Deadpool on a mission to disrupt Silver Peak’s remaining laboratories in the United States, giving him only 500 yuan and a hand-drawn map. After Deadpool teleported away toward an uncertain destination, Sing Sing went to check on Ichirai Hisako and Daken.

• Sing Sing paid the restaurant bill after Cao Dahua slipped away again, then returned to the base with Deadpool.
• Deadpool waited at the office building, eager to begin his first mission as an auxiliary agent.
• Sing Sing described the mission to infiltrate Silver Peak’s labs and gave Deadpool 500 yuan as the organization’s supposed test.
• Sing Sing handed Deadpool a map of suspected laboratories, and Deadpool teleported away before crying out that he had landed in the sky.
• Sing Sing called after Deadpool to swim east if he landed in the water, then headed to check on Ichirai Hisako and Daken.

Sing Sing arranged a trip to Northwest Shanxi to visit Storm, then arrived to find locals worshipping a statue that looked exactly like her. The chapter left him recognizing the statue as Storm while villagers prayed to Dragon King Grandma.

• Sing Sing praised Daken's mangled poetry but ordered him to keep studying Chinese before he could work in the field.
• Sing Sing told Daken that his father, Old Jin, planned to visit, leaving Daken awkwardly anxious and expectant.
• Sing Sing decided to visit Storm in Northwest Shanxi and persuaded Uncle Biao to approve three thousand yuan in travel expenses.
• Two afternoons later, Sing Sing arrived at a county railway station and saw villagers praying before a statue called Dragon King Grandma.
• Sing Sing realized the statue's features and pose belonged to Storm.

Sing Sing reached the provincial meteorological bureau and found officials from Shanxi and Qinghai fighting over Storm, whom locals worshipped as the Dragon Maiden Empress. After Storm introduced him as her superior, Sing Sing began bargaining over her transfer and urged her to make the most of her value.

• Sing Sing saw villagers worshipping Storm as the Dragon King Grandma and traveled to the provincial meteorological bureau.
• Sing Sing overheard Shanxi and Qinghai officials arguing over which province would keep Storm for its rainfall project.
• Sing Sing entered the meeting, mocked the officials, and reunited with Storm, who was dressed in hanfu.
• Storm introduced Sing Sing as Director Zhou of the 749 Bureau, and the officials immediately sought his favor.
• Sing Sing asked what the provinces would offer in exchange for Storm and told her to maximize her value.

Sing Sing negotiated an alternating schedule for Storm between Shanxi and Qinghai, then celebrated with provincial officials before returning to their courtyard residence. As Storm described her work and a frightening local act of worship, Sing Sing received a coded call ordering Agent Ling Ling Qi to arrest an information leaker at Emei Peak.

• Sing Sing secured an agreement for Storm to alternate between Shanxi and Qinghai each month after the bureau chiefs offered her benefits.
• Li Bureau Chief hosted a lavish banquet, where Sing Sing drank heavily and advised him to charge the drinks to the project budget.
• Storm told Sing Sing she liked her rainfall work, had helped Oasis and Flower Bud, and had been frightened by a doll made in her likeness with paper offerings.
• A caller gave Sing Sing a coded order to arrest the person who leaked information and said the address was Emei Peak.

Huang Gou paid Du Ji for bureau information, but Sing Sing and Storm caught them meeting at a restaurant and exposed their corruption. The pair were arrested after Storm electrocuted them, while Sing Sing reassured the restaurant staff and left with her.

• Huang Gou gave Du Ji an unregistered card containing $300,000 and another card with $50,000 of his own money for a tip about the bureau.
• Du Ji told Huang Gou that 749 was making discreet inquiries and that Wolverine had a son, but they stopped talking when the waiter arrived.
• Sing Sing joined Huang Gou and Du Ji at the restaurant, recognized Du Ji, and introduced Storm as the Dragon Maiden Empress.
• Storm stood and fired lightning at Huang Gou and Du Ji, while armed personnel sealed the restaurant exits.
• Sing Sing showed his credentials to the floor manager, and the personnel carried the smoking Huang Gou and Du Ji away.

Sing Sing interrogated Huang Gou and Du Ji over their role in Mayfly’s injuries and a smuggling operation, then executed them after they confessed to espionage and corruption. He left Storm to accept his actions and ordered the deaths recorded as suicides.

• Sing Sing brought Huang Gou and Du Ji to a secret base and tortured them for information about the attack that injured Mayfly.
• Du Ji revealed that Tunsley Tate, also known as Vanisher, had teleported the firestarter into the country, while Huang Gou had arranged the contact.
• Under interrogation, Huang Gou and Du Ji confessed to espionage, embezzlement, and other crimes.
• Sing Sing pronounced a sentence and shot Huang Gou and Du Ji, then packed up the recording equipment and counted the ammunition.
• Sing Sing told Storm he understood her X-Men rules and ordered the others to collect the bodies and report the deaths as suicides.

Zhou visited Oasis and Flower Bud at a desert seedling base, where he helped move saxaul seedlings and learned that their work was nearly complete. As he prepared to leave for their next stop, Lao Zhao rushed to invite him to a lavish farewell banquet.

• Li Bureau Chief asked Storm to bring rain to drought-stricken townships, and Zhou left rather than accompany her.
• Zhou took a hard-seat train west and arrived at the seedling base, where Flower Bud and Oasis welcomed him.
• Zhou helped carry saxaul seedlings while Oasis improved their survival rate, and Flower Bud reported that the latest batch's germination rate had risen five percent.
• Agricultural Academy staff told Oasis that new crop conservation posts had been approved, and she agreed to move on with Flower Bud after finishing their work.
• Flower Bud told Zhou she wanted to see seedlings grow in more places, and he promised to help her.
• Lao Zhao caught Zhou as he tried to leave and invited him to a farewell banquet at the county's biggest restaurant.

Zhou visited the projects where Geggebu, Baobao, Harry Kane, Lao Mo, Sand Rat, Polaris, and Soft Serve were working, avoiding alcohol and offering Sand Rat dubious reimbursement advice along the way. At the Qiongzhou Strait, Polaris secretly prepared a seafood feast for him, but Zhou focused entirely on eating it.

• Zhou avoided drinking at Old Zhao's farewell feast and safely boarded the train south with his ticket secured.
• At Ankang Farm, Zhou saw Geggebu hatch chicks and learned that Baobao had blasted a tunnel for transporting eggs and wanted to export braised eggs to America.
• At the Yellow River project, Zhou drank cola instead of alcohol while Harry Kane described his work inspecting the underground river.
• In Guiyang, Zhou found Sand Rat sorting old receipts and advised him to label questionable expenses as disaster relief supplies or office supplies.
• At the Qiongzhou Strait project, Zhou watched Polaris and Soft Serve work and learned that Polaris had ordered seafood for his visit.
• Polaris denied caring about Zhou while Xiao Ruan served him ice cream, and Zhou eagerly devoured the seafood feast.