Chapter Summaries

Director Zhou visited Riptide at the special service fire brigade and discovered that the former killer had become a polished deputy captain and lecturer. Riptide revealed that he was set to lead a new national rapid-response brigade at full division level, leaving Director Zhou stunned by the pay gap between them.

• Director Zhou arrived at the special service fire brigade and found Riptide teaching firefighters high-risk weather procedures.
• Riptide welcomed Director Zhou into his office, where they joked about his new bureaucratic habits and the gifts he had received.
• Riptide showed Director Zhou an official document proposing him to lead the National Special Meteorological Rapid Response Brigade at full division level.
• Director Zhou congratulated Riptide in his own teasing way, taking cigarettes and tea while approving of how he had settled into his role.
• Riptide estimated his monthly pay at over thirty or forty thousand yuan, and Director Zhou complained that two hundred and fifty yuan was being deducted from his paycheck.

Sing Sing returned to the 749 Bureau after visiting Riptide and learned that Nina and The Spot were away on assignments. A Le then brought him files on three recruits he had found, argued over his expenses, and left Sing Sing wondering where his tea and cigarettes had gone.

• Sing Sing took tea leaves, cigarettes, and wet wipes from Riptide and chatted with his rideshare driver on the way to the 749 Bureau.
• Sing Sing learned from Xiao Li that Nina had gone with Lingling Liu to catch a suspect and The Spot had gone to inspect a fighter jet.
• A Le barged into Sing Sing's office, drank his tea, and presented files for Jiafeite, Petra, and William Hannover.
• Sing Sing praised A Le's work but offered only a chicken leg as a reward, and the two argued over A Le's expenses.
• After A Le left, Sing Sing prepared another cup of tea and realized his tea leaves and cigarettes were missing.

Sing Sing interviewed Jiafeite, Petra, and William Hannover for jobs at the 749 Bureau, welcoming their hopes for ordinary lives without realizing William had been kidnapped into coming. He led the new hires to cultural adaptation training, where Daken spotted them as possible replacements for his grueling poetry lessons.

• Jiafeite told Sing Sing he could consume waste and convert it into energy, and Sing Sing promised him benefits and a special allowance.
• Petra introduced herself and explained that she had once been Deep Abyss's girlfriend but now wanted a peaceful life.
• Sing Sing apologized to William Hannover for taking so long to find him, while William remembered Lingling Jiu knocking him unconscious and kidnapping him.
• After interviewing the three newcomers, Sing Sing led them to the bureau's cultural adaptation training center.
• Daken and Ichirai Hisako emerged from their Tang-poem training, and Daken brightened when he saw the newcomers.

Sing Sing planned how to use Jiafeite, Petra, and Longneck’s abilities after bringing them into the bureau. He assigned each of them a job that he believed would benefit the country and the bureau.

• Sing Sing introduced Daken and Ichirai Hisako to Jiafeite, Petra, and Longneck, then sent Daken to teach the newcomers about Li Bai’s poetry.
• Sing Sing considered sending Jiafeite to a nuclear power plant to eat nuclear waste and generate electricity.
• Sing Sing planned to pair Petra with Deep Abyss on water-conservancy projects because she could manipulate geology.
• Sing Sing decided Longneck should work at the bureau welcoming and counseling new recruits.
• Sing Sing wrote down the three assignments and congratulated himself on matching each person to a suitable role.

Sing Sing learned that Wang Pangzi and Uncle Biao had approved his promotion to deputy division-level cadre, along with full division-level travel benefits, for his work recovering martyrs’ ashes and records. As he celebrated with plans for a late-night snack, his second brother returned from the United States.

• Xiao Liu told Sing Sing that Wang Pangzi had nominated him for promotion and granted him special travel benefits.
• Xiao Liu explained that Sing Sing’s actions at the biochemical base and his recovery of martyrs’ ashes and records had impressed the higher-ups.
• Sing Sing accepted the promotion and declared his loyalty to the 749 Bureau, then tried to claim a fifty-eight-yuan taxi fare.
• Sing Sing invited Cao Dahua and Yanzi to celebrate his promotion over a late-night snack.
• A tall man in a black leather trench coat entered, and Sing Sing recognized him as his second brother, freshly returned from the United States.

Yan Shuangying told Sing Sing how he used Deadpool as a human shield while escaping Silver Peak’s Colorado base, then joined the bureau’s celebration for Director Zhou’s promotion. The night ended with urgent news that Devil Dinosaur was injured and Stryker was close to capturing it.

• Yan Shuangying told Sing Sing that Silver Peak’s Colorado base held Wolverine clones and that he had used Deadpool as a human shield when mercenaries attacked.
• Yan Shuangying said a woman escaped through spatial transfer and that he had left Deadpool to investigate her identity.
• Yan Shuangying returned to China after Director Wang summoned him, and Sing Sing offered to treat him to hotpot.
• Sing Sing, Yan Shuangying, and their colleagues celebrated Director Zhou’s promotion over a rowdy hotpot dinner.
• Sing Sing received a call warning that Devil Dinosaur was injured and Stryker would capture it within half a day.

Sing Sing rushed Moon-Boy and Wandering Girl to the Congo Rainforest to rescue Devil Dinosaur, but they found signs of Stryker’s forces and discovered a signal transmitter that revealed their arrival. The chapter ended with Sing Sing realizing the armed men had found them.

• Sing Sing learned that Stryker’s men had surrounded and wounded Devil Dinosaur in the Congo Rainforest, then recruited Moon-Boy to help rescue it.
• Sing Sing had Da Vinci send Wandering Girl with them through a portal to Snowbird’s coordinates.
• Wandering Girl left after they arrived, while Moon-Boy tracked Devil Dinosaur’s blood to a tree in the quiet rainforest.
• Sing Sing found a black disc bearing Stryker’s armed force emblem hidden beneath the tree’s roots.
• The disc began beeping rapidly, and Sing Sing realized it was a transmitter that had alerted Stryker’s men to their presence.

Sing Sing and Moon-Boy were confronted by Stryker’s disguised private troops in the rainforest, but Sing Sing defeated them and learned where Devil Dinosaur was being held. He headed for the abandoned mine to rescue the dinosaur before going after Stryker.

• Sing Sing took Moon-Boy behind a baobab tree when armed men approached, then recognized them as hostile despite their wildlife-protection vests.
• Sing Sing emerged, claimed ties to the Silver Peak Consortium, and brushed off the mercenaries’ threats.
• Sing Sing disarmed the two men who approached him, withstood gunfire, and knocked down the rest of the squad.
• Sing Sing exposed the blond leader’s skull-and-crossbones uniform and forced him to reveal that Devil Dinosaur was trapped in a pit at an abandoned mine ten kilometers northwest.
• Sing Sing learned that Stryker had gone to a command post at an abandoned colonial manor, then killed the mercenaries with flying branches.
• Sing Sing and Moon-Boy set off to bring Devil Dinosaur home before going after Stryker.

Sing Sing and Moon-Boy fought through Stryker’s traps and pursued the blood trail to Devil Dinosaur, whom Stryker had captured in a high-voltage enclosure. Surrounded by mercenaries, Sing Sing prepared to face Stryker as the chapter ended.

• Stryker revealed that Devil Dinosaur had been bait and that he wanted Moon-Boy’s prehistoric human gene to open an underground ruin.
• Sing Sing and Moon-Boy evaded poisoned nets and fought off mercenaries while Stryker’s forces blocked their communications and closed in.
• Sing Sing and Moon-Boy set off a grenade tripwire and unleashed a hornet’s nest to escape their pursuers.
• Moon-Boy followed Devil Dinosaur’s blood scent to a swamp, where they found the giant trapped behind high-voltage fencing and being lowered into an alloy cage.
• Stryker’s mercenaries aimed at Sing Sing and Moon-Boy, and Sing Sing shielded Moon-Boy and confronted Stryker.

Sing Sing fought Stryker’s forces while Moon-Boy reunited with Devil Dinosaur and escaped the electric fence. After Sing Sing dismantled all three Sentinels, Stryker unleashed more than a hundred mutant monsters, leaving Sing Sing surrounded.

• Devil Dinosaur broke free of the electric stakes, and Moon-Boy climbed onto his back as they charged through a gap Sing Sing opened in the electric fence.
• Stryker sent three Sentinels after Sing Sing while mercenaries captured Moon-Boy and held Devil Dinosaur down.
• Sing Sing emerged unharmed from the swamp fire and disabled all three Sentinels by attacking their armor seams and wiring.
• Stryker summoned mutant monsters, and more than a hundred of them poured onto the battlefield as Sing Sing advanced toward him.

Sing Sing fought off the mutant beasts surrounding him, rescued Moon-Boy, and helped Devil Dinosaur survive the attack. As the battle ended, an unseen assailant stabbed Sing Sing through the kidney.

• Stryker escaped by helicopter while Sing Sing, Devil Dinosaur, and Moon-Boy were surrounded by mutant beasts.
• The beasts wounded Devil Dinosaur and dragged Moon-Boy away as a helicopter attempted to capture them.
• Sing Sing unleashed his inner qi, destroyed the helicopter, and rescued Moon-Boy from the invisible beasts.
• Sing Sing and Devil Dinosaur defeated the remaining mutant beasts, and Moon-Boy reunited with the dinosaur behind a rock.
• After the battle, Sing Sing lit a cigarette, but an unseen attacker pierced his suit and stabbed him through the kidney.

Sing Sing was ambushed and badly wounded by Lady Deathstrike, who had come under General Stryker’s orders to kill him. Cornered and exhausted, he stopped her attack by asking for a swig of baijiu, then offered her the bottle.

• Lady Deathstrike stabbed Sing Sing from behind, but his Pig Butchering Knife flew from its sheath and forced her claws back.
• Sing Sing recognized Yuriko Oyama as Lady Deathstrike and tried to recruit her to the 749 Bureau, but she attacked him.
• Lady Deathstrike’s adamantium claws and Healing Factor overwhelmed Sing Sing, while Devil Dinosaur kept Moon-Boy out of the fight.
• With his back against a tree and Lady Deathstrike poised to strike, Sing Sing called for a time-out and pulled out a bottle of baijiu.
• Sing Sing offered Lady Deathstrike a swig and promised to send her off with the highest honors after he drank.

Sing Sing used Drunken Arhat Fist to defeat Lady Deathstrike after she stabbed him in the kidneys. Beichen and Sasquatch arrived to find the fight already over, while Sing Sing greeted them from the mud.

• Sing Sing drank a bottle of eight-year baijiu, and the bleeding from his wounds slowed.
• Lady Deathstrike attacked, but Sing Sing dodged her claws and struck her with slaps, sweeps, and dirty tricks.
• Sing Sing lured Lady Deathstrike into lowering her guard, smashed a bottle against her head, and then sent her crashing through trees with a palm strike.
• Beichen and Sasquatch arrived from Alpha Flight and found Lady Deathstrike defeated and Sing Sing lying in the mud.
• Beichen wondered if they had come for nothing, and Sing Sing teased him about arriving too late.

After Alpha Flight rescued Sing Sing and Moon-Boy from the Congo, Sing Sing woke up in a White Horse City hospital and learned how they had brought him back. Snowbird told him Devil Dinosaur had eaten an enormous amount of food, leaving Sing Sing horrified by the bill.

• Lady Deathstrike fled into the forest, while Beichen followed Guardian's order to prioritize the wounded and bring everyone back safely.
• Sasquatch carried the sleeping Sing Sing onto the plane, and Moon-Boy and Sasquatch chatted while Devil Dinosaur dozed during the flight to White Horse City.
• Sing Sing woke in a hospital room, found his wounds treated and belongings neatly arranged, and questioned how he had ended up in Canada.
• Snowbird explained that she had alerted Guardian to her suspicions about the Congo mission, prompting him to send Beichen and Sasquatch to rescue them.
• Snowbird told Sing Sing that Stryker had escaped and revealed Devil Dinosaur had eaten six cows, twenty sheep, and a truckload of potatoes, nearly making Sing Sing choke.

Sing Sing recovered in Alpha Flight’s medical pod, negotiated Devil Dinosaur’s treatment and the purchase of Silver Peak intelligence, and learned Beichen and Kyle were marrying. The chapter ended with Sing Sing worrying that Beichen had changed his clothes while he was unconscious.

• Snowbird gave Sing Sing a spare coat after his suit was ruined, and he admired his new appearance before meeting Guardian Hudson.
• Hudson told Sing Sing that Moon-Boy would recover quickly while Devil Dinosaur needed at least two weeks of care, and agreed to cover their medical and food costs.
• Sing Sing allowed Alpha Flight to analyze Devil Dinosaur’s shed scale fragments and discussed selling intelligence about Silver Peak to Hudson.
• Beichen invited Sing Sing to his wedding to Kyle in Vancouver, prompting Sing Sing to debate how much money to give and whether to bring Moon-Boy and Devil Dinosaur.
• Sing Sing stopped Snowbird on his way out and asked whether Beichen had changed his clothes while he was unconscious.

Sing Sing attended Beichen and Kyle’s wedding, where the ceremony and kiss made him so uncomfortable that he decided to leave immediately. Guardian lent him a car, while Moon-Boy gave him a modified gun, and Guardian hoped his departure would bring disaster to the United States.

• Sing Sing called Darwin to invite him to Beichen’s wedding, but Darwin told him to fuck off and hung up.
• Sing Sing arrived at the wedding and tried unsuccessfully to recruit several guests to work in China.
• Beichen and Kyle exchanged rings and kissed, leaving Sing Sing horrified while Snowbird laughed and Sasquatch watched approvingly.
• Sing Sing packed food into plastic bags, then asked Guardian for a car so he could leave before the reception ended.
• Guardian lent Sing Sing a modified Bricklin SV-1, and Moon-Boy gave him a burst-fire Whimsical Gun and a bag of lobster.
• Snowbird questioned Guardian about letting Sing Sing go, and Guardian said he hoped Sing Sing’s departure would bring a major disaster to the United States.

Sing Sing drove Guardian, a one-of-a-kind advanced car, across the Canadian border into the United States. He headed into Washington State, intent on confronting the Silver Peak Consortium’s hidden laboratories, Tunsley, and the woman behind the schemes.

• Sing Sing discovered that Guardian could speak and learned about its fusion core, defensive features, weapons, and onboard assistant.
• Sing Sing tried to arrange for the bureau to buy Guardian or hire its system, but Guardian refused both proposals and would not test its weapons.
• At Peace Arch, Sing Sing impressed other drivers with Guardian and crossed the border after a young car enthusiast recognized it as a Bricklin SV-1.
• Sing Sing entered Washington State and vowed to settle his outstanding debts with the Silver Peak Consortium, Tunsley, and the mysterious woman.

Sing Sing arrived in Seattle to investigate a Silver Peak Consortium stronghold and Tunsley Tate, but he found the city unnaturally deserted after dark. In a bar, he heard that young men were disappearing after accepting suspicious medical-testing jobs, with biochemical researchers suspected of taking them.

• Sing Sing bargained for a room at a Seattle motel and told the Guardian to monitor his car, but learned it lacked permission to attack intruders.
• Sing Sing reviewed the five Silver Peak strongholds already destroyed and marked the Seattle stronghold and Tunsley Tate as targets.
• Sing Sing noticed Seattle's streets were nearly empty after dark and saw missing-person notices offering a reward for information.
• An old man walking his dog warned Sing Sing to return to his motel and lock the door after nightfall.
• Sing Sing listened in a bar as dockworkers described young men disappearing after taking medical-testing jobs and suspected biochemical researchers in white coats.

Sing Sing investigated rumors that a white-haired Mutant hunter called Scatter was killing Mutants in Seattle and traced his lead to the Silver Peak Consortium. He ended the chapter with the suspected underground operation linked to Kellman Industries and the consortium.

• Sing Sing bought drinks for two dockworkers and a trucker, who told him Scatter had killed several Mutants and that Seattle’s authorities seemed to be covering up the attacks.
• Sing Sing visited a pawnshop and paid five hundred dollars for a lead about an underground site called the Core Zone beneath abandoned factory buildings.
• Sing Sing asked the Guardian to search municipal records for the Core Zone and underground freight.
• The Guardian found that an old cannery in South Harbor District was registered as the North Shore Warehousing Center, owned by Ringstar Logistics, whose parent company was Kellman Industries.
• Sing Sing learned that Kellman Industries shared its registered address with shell companies belonging to the Silver Peak Consortium.

Sing Sing watched armed Kellman Industries men pursue a wounded, self-healing woman from a cannery and rushed to help her. He charged toward the confrontation as the captain prepared to shoot her.

• Sing Sing hid the Guardian in a scrap-filled lot near the cannery and asked it to provide covering fire if he infiltrated the facility.
• A wounded woman stumbled out of the cannery, and five armed Kellman Industries men pursued her into a dead end.
• Sing Sing spotted the woman’s arm healing and heard the captain threaten to break her legs and take her back to be sliced up.
• The woman drew two short blades and charged the pursuers despite her injuries.
• The Guardian advised Sing Sing to call the police, but he refused and charged toward the battlefield as the captain aimed at the woman.