Chapter Summaries

Sing Sing visited Luke Shaw in Korla, then traveled to the Guizhou construction site to assess Toad Mortimer and Sand Rat Miguel’s integration and work. He rejected Miguel’s attempt to serve him liquor but noted the workers’ progress, leaving Miguel hopeful about becoming a permanent employee.

• Sing Sing left Polaris at Jiuquan station and traveled to Korla, where he found Luke Shaw healthy and settled into agricultural research.
• Sing Sing arrived in Guizhou, where Sand Rat Miguel and Toad Mortimer picked him up and Miguel asked him to recommend him for permanent employment.
• At the construction-site canteen, Sing Sing refused Miguel’s corn liquor and ordered it sealed away as an allergen.
• Toad advised workers on safe construction practices, and Sing Sing marked the group-integration section of his follow-up form.
• Miguel returned with chicken legs and insisted he had been working hard, while Toad vouched for his efforts.

Sing Sing tried to save travel expenses by making his coworkers and Wolverine report through a group chat, but the chat’s red packet feature and the bureau chief’s intervention left him with less money and more follow-up work. He ended the chapter ordering Sand Rat to book him a train ticket to go find Wolverine.

• Sing Sing created a group chat and ordered everyone to send daily reports, hoping to replace in-person follow-ups and save on travel costs.
• Harry Kane, Martha, Polaris, and the others shared updates and food photos, while Wolverine posted a picture of himself scrubbing a black bear.
• Sing Sing sent a five-yuan red packet, but Deadly Scissor Legs claimed 4.20 yuan, leaving Sing Sing with just one fen.
• Sing Sing discovered that Blue Elf had invited Wang Pangzi into the chat, and Deadly Scissor Legs ordered him to transfer his ticket and lodging allowance to the bureau’s greening fund.
• Sing Sing asked Sand Rat to book him a hard-seat ticket, or even a standing ticket.

Sing Sing traveled north with homemade dry-tobacco cigars to give Logan, while Victor arrived in China hunting his brother. Sing Sing reached the snowy mountain region as Victor hunted nearby.

• Sing Sing refunded his expensive train ticket, bought strong local tobacco, and rolled it into fake Cuban cigars for Logan.
• Sing Sing rode north on a hard-seat train and joked that the tobacco would make Logan forget his cigar habit.
• Victor attacked a sailor at a northern port and received orders to find Weapon X, whom he identified as his brother Logan.
• Sing Sing arrived at a small station, met a forestry worker, and heard that something dangerous had appeared around Peach Mountain.
• Victor licked blood from a dead wild boar in the mountains and vowed to kill anyone who interfered with his hunt for Logan.

Sing Sing arrived at the sealed-off Linshengtun village and found Cao Dahua investigating two victims killed by precise, parallel cuts. Convinced that Wolverine was not responsible and that American pursuers had come for him, Sing Sing prepared to defend his bureau’s employee.

• Sing Sing used his 749 Bureau credentials to pass through the police line sealing off Linshengtun.
• Sing Sing found Cao Dahua at the investigation site, where Cao told him two people had been killed the previous night.
• Cao Dahua described the victims’ deep, parallel neck wounds, and Sing Sing examined the bodies.
• Sing Sing ruled out Wolverine, reasoning that his three claws and peaceful conduct did not fit the precise killings.
• Sing Sing suspected Stryker, the Silver Peak Consortium, or the Weapon X Cleanup Team had followed him to China and threatened Wolverine.

Sing Sing tracked Wolverine to a cabin on Peach Mountain and told him that two people had been killed with precise claw-like wounds. Wolverine identified the likely killer as his blood brother Victor Creed, and Sing Sing decided they had to find him before the search team entered the forest.

• Sing Sing took Cao Dahua's wool overcoat and dogskin hat before heading toward Peach Mountain.
• Sing Sing found Wolverine returning to the cabin with a wild boar and told him that two people had been killed at the mountain's foot.
• Wolverine said the killer's single-slash technique reminded him of Victor Creed, his blood brother.
• Sing Sing concluded that Victor Creed might attack ordinary people and said they had to find him that night.

Sabretooth confronted Wolverine at the forestry farm, expecting their usual blood-soaked showdown, but Wolverine and Sing Sing instead berated him over damaged trees, dead locals, and workplace rules. Sabretooth threatened to take Wolverine’s adamantium bones back to Stryker, and Wolverine charged at him.

• Sing Sing and Wolverine left the cabin after Wolverine smelled Sabretooth outside.
• Sabretooth approached Wolverine, but Wolverine scolded him for trampling saplings and making a scene in the cold.
• Sabretooth snapped a birch tree, and Sing Sing demanded fifty thousand yuan in compensation for the damage and the two people Sabretooth had killed.
• Sabretooth lunged at Sing Sing, but Wolverine blocked him with his adamantium claws and demanded justice for Linshengtun.
• Sabretooth accused Wolverine of becoming weak and threatened to take his iron bones to Stryker, while Wolverine and Sing Sing mocked his lack of a job and benefits.
• Wolverine charged Sabretooth and promised to show him the socialist iron fist.

Wolverine defeated Sabretooth using martial arts and careful tactics, then dragged him down the mountain for arrest. Sing Sing brought the captured Sabretooth to the Linshengtun village committee and ordered an interrogation room prepared.

• Wolverine dodged Sabretooth's attacks and used a shoulder throw, then fought him in the snow while worrying about his new coat and the winter wheat.
• Wolverine broke three of Sabretooth's claws and severed the tendons in his thighs, leaving him unable to stand.
• Wolverine dismissed Sabretooth's threats about Stryker and agreed with Sing Sing to hand the unconscious man over to the Serious Crimes Unit.
• Wolverine dragged Sabretooth to the Linshengtun village committee, where Sing Sing told Cao Dahua to set up an interrogation room.

Sing Sing, Cao Dahua, and Wolverine interrogated the captured Sabretooth and used fines and threats to pressure him into talking about the Weapon X Program. Sabretooth finally agreed to tell them everything, pleading to be kept away from Sing Sing.

• Sing Sing and Cao Dahua questioned Sabretooth while Wolverine explained that welded manganese-steel chains would hold him.
• Sabretooth called Wolverine his brother, but Wolverine refused and defended his government job and life at the forest farm.
• Sing Sing fined Sabretooth for his damage and calculated a five-million-yuan bill, while Cao Dahua demanded to know why he and Stryker had come to China.
• Sabretooth praised the Weapon X Program and threatened that Stryker's army would destroy the area, but Wolverine described the program's abuses and praised his new job.
• Sing Sing and Cao Dahua threatened to sell Sabretooth by the pound, and Sabretooth begged them to stop and promised to tell them everything.

Sing Sing learned that Stryker had sent Sabretooth to locate the missing test subjects and bring back Jimmy, but Sabretooth had come on his own to find his younger brother. Rather than kill or release him, Sing Sing decided to imprison him in a labor-reform facility, and Sabretooth was stunned by its strict but comfortable routine.

• Sabretooth told Sing Sing that Stryker was searching for the missing test subjects and had sent him to gather intelligence and retrieve Jimmy.
• Sabretooth admitted he had ignored Stryker's orders and come straight to find his otouto, while Wolverine refused to leave the forest farm.
• Sing Sing, Cao Dahua, and Old Jin agreed they could neither kill Sabretooth nor let him go.
• Sing Sing told the bound Sabretooth that he would face years of labor reform, describing scheduled meals and sleep, work, rest days, and limited spending money.
• Sabretooth was shaken by the prospect of regular meals, clothes, medical care, and time off.

Sing Sing called Director Wang about the captured Sabretooth and was ordered to hand him over to Lingling Liu before traveling to the United States to target Stryker’s base. Sabretooth watched Sing Sing leave and wondered whether everyone in the Chinese agency was abnormal.

• Sing Sing called Director Wang and reported that he had captured Sabretooth, who was wanted for murder.
• Director Wang rejected Sing Sing’s suggestion of killing Sabretooth and ordered him to hand the prisoner over to Lingling Liu.
• Director Wang sent Sing Sing an economy-class ticket and ordered him to travel to the United States to trouble Stryker and look for other Mutants in need of rescue.
• Sing Sing returned to the storeroom, cursed Stryker, and told Sabretooth he planned to tear down the base over the trouble it had caused him.
• Sabretooth doubted Sing Sing could take on Stryker’s heavily armed base and wondered if the Chinese agency’s people were abnormal.

Sing Sing received Da Vinci’s compressed, bulletproof suit and tactical gear while Uncle Biao and Chan Ka-kui arrived to take Sabretooth back. After Wolverine removed Sabretooth’s chains at Ka-kui’s request, Sabretooth lunged at him.

• Sing Sing, Cao Dahua, and Wolverine ate Old Jin’s stewed goose while Sabretooth stayed chained and hungry.
• Uncle Biao arrived with Chan Ka-kui to escort Sabretooth and deliver Da Vinci’s new Dimension Box.
• Sing Sing opened the case, expanded its miniature suit, and discovered its protective features, hidden knives, and anesthetic spray.
• After the meal, Chan Ka-kui ordered Wolverine to remove Sabretooth’s chains, and Sing Sing agreed.
• Sabretooth was freed and immediately lunged at Chan Ka-kui with his claws extended.

Chan Ka-kui used improvised household objects and unorthodox tactics to defeat and restrain Sabretooth. Sing Sing then invited Ka-kui to travel to the United States and help confront Stryker, with the government covering his expenses.

• Chan Ka-kui evaded Sabretooth’s attack with a bench, quilt, hot tea, and a scallion, while Sing Sing watched and explained his tactics to Wolverine.
• Chan Ka-kui used an iron wok lid, stomped on Sabretooth’s foot, and threw him to the ground before binding him with a chain.
• Sing Sing explained to Wolverine that Chan Ka-kui’s fighting style made him unbeatable in a room full of furniture and household objects.
• Uncle Biao itemized the damage, and Sing Sing proposed deducting Sabretooth’s expenses from his future meal allowance during labor reform.
• Sing Sing invited Chan Ka-kui to go to the United States, offering government-paid food, lodging, and expenses.

Sing Sing prepared to travel to New York on Director Wang’s orders, while Uncle Biao left with Sabretooth in custody. Before departing, Sing Sing tried to recruit Mutants through the bureau’s group chat, but Director Wang shut down his plans to resell goods.

• Uncle Biao forbade Sing Sing from joining his trip and warned him not to cause trouble in America, while Chan Ka-kui sent Sabretooth away in the escort vehicle.
• Cao Dahua finished handling the aftermath of Sabretooth’s deaths in Li Shengtun and boasted about a local woman who had invited him to visit her cat.
• Sing Sing returned to the mountain cabin with Wolverine and complained about being sent to America in economy class without reimbursement for business class.
• Sing Sing used the bureau’s group chat to solicit Mutant referrals and proposed selling ice cream overseas, but Director Wang muted the group and ordered him to go directly to the New York contact point.
• Sabretooth rode in the escort vehicle, regretting that he had ever set foot in China.

Sing Sing arrived in New York and met Slug, who warned him that Stryker’s Reavers were hunting Mutants and had learned Sing Sing’s flight details. When the Reavers attacked their van, Sing Sing killed one pursuer by throwing a peanut and jumped out to confront the next SUV.

• Sing Sing stole food from the flight cart, changed into his black suit at the airport, and met Slug, who was holding a sign calling him a professional drain cleaner.
• Sing Sing paid Slug for the pickup with stolen airline food, and Slug drove him away in a battered van while explaining that Stryker’s Reavers were hunting Mutants and their associates.
• Two Reaver SUVs rammed the van, and one gunman opened fire at them.
• Sing Sing killed the gunman by throwing a nut into his forehead, then ordered Slug to stop as the second SUV mounted a machine gun.
• Jackal realized Sing Sing might be a Mutant, while the machine gunner ordered the Reavers to charge him.

Sing Sing effortlessly defeated Jackal and his mercenaries, then sent Slug to sell a recovered watch and evade any pursuers. He planned to teach Stryker a lesson for coming after him.

• Slug hid under the vehicle and panicked as a gunner fired a heavy machine gun at Sing Sing.
• Sing Sing deflected the bullets with his Pig Butchering Knife, then used Qi-Controlled Blade to split the Raptor SUV in half.
• Sing Sing incapacitated Jackal, the gunner, and the driver by destroying their motor nerve centers with blade qi.
• Sing Sing took Jackal’s mechanical watch and told Slug to sell it and buy bulletproof glass.
• Sing Sing ordered Slug to drive around the neighborhood to shake off pursuers and said he would teach Stryker a lesson.

Sing Sing and Slug fled Stryker’s men into Westchester County, where the pursuers turned back, and their van ran out of gas near the abandoned School for Gifted Youngsters. Sing Sing entered the estate to claim its valuables and plan a business venture, then heard something moving inside the main building and called it out.

• Sing Sing and Slug escaped Stryker’s men after they spotted the Westchester County boundary marker and fled from the area.
• Slug’s van ran out of gas, leaving the two to walk until they reached a rusty gate marked with a large X.
• Sing Sing pushed open the gate and entered the abandoned School for Gifted Youngsters despite Slug’s warnings about its ghost stories.
• Sing Sing appraised a headless marble statue and imagined turning the estate into a farmstay.
• Sing Sing heard a noise inside the main building, drew his knife, and shouted for whoever was inside to come out.

Sing Sing fought Deadpool inside the building, trading blows and taunts until Deadpool drew his Desert Eagles. A huge blue-furred monster burst through a wooden door and ordered Wade to stop.

• Sing Sing entered the building and narrowly avoided Deadpool's surprise attack.
• Deadpool revealed himself, mocked Sing Sing, and charged him with two katanas.
• Sing Sing and Deadpool fought, and Deadpool complained that Sing Sing's knife had blocked his Adamantium swords.
• Deadpool pulled two Desert Eagles from his crotch as Sing Sing reached for throwing knives.
• A huge blue-furred figure smashed through a door and shouted at Wade to stop.

Sing Sing tried to persuade Deadpool to abandon William Stryker by pointing out that Stryker offered him no worker protections or reliable payment. After Deadpool turned against Stryker, Sing Sing introduced himself to Beast as a recruiter for China's 749 Bureau, leaving Beast stunned by the crude business card.

• Beast confronted Deadpool for working for Stryker, and Deadpool admitted he had been hired to capture Sing Sing alive.
• Sing Sing argued that Stryker was exploiting Deadpool and would likely cheat him out of most of his fee.
• Deadpool realized Stryker had offered only ten percent up front and the rest in supermarket gift cards, then cursed Stryker as a swindler.
• Beast asked Sing Sing who he was, and Sing Sing identified himself as a field operations supervisor and chief position planner for China's 749 Bureau.
• Beast stared at Sing Sing's crudely printed business card and asked whether he recruited workers for the government.

Sing Sing tried to recruit Deadpool and Beast into the 749 Bureau by promising stable work, benefits, and a place in the community. Deadpool eagerly accepted a neighborhood committee job, while Beast remained reluctant as Sing Sing pitched him on building railways.

• Sing Sing argued that the 749 Bureau offered better pay and benefits than working for Stryker, and Deadpool began to reconsider his life.
• Beast accused humans of exploiting Mutants, but Sing Sing insisted the Bureau could give them useful work and showed them its group chat.
• Deadpool recognized Logan among the Bureau's workers and was shocked to see him working as a forest ranger.
• Deadpool begged Sing Sing to recruit him, and Sing Sing suggested testing weapons or mediating neighborhood disputes.
• Deadpool chose to become a neighborhood committee director, while Sing Sing urged Beast to carry rebar by day and draw railway plans by night.

Sing Sing tried to recruit the X-Men into construction and community jobs, then discovered that Professor X could walk but had lost his telepathy. The chapter ended with Deadpool confirming that Hank’s serum had sealed Professor X’s powers.

• Sing Sing offered Beast a construction job, and Deadpool volunteered to haul bricks for the benefits.
• Professor X emerged from the ruins on a cane, surprising Deadpool and Sing Sing, who joked about his missing wheelchair and changed appearance.
• Professor X challenged Sing Sing’s plan to recruit Mutants, and Beast compared him to Stryker.
• Sing Sing offered Professor X a residents’ committee counseling job, but Professor X said he was powerless and could not help anyone.
• Deadpool explained that Hank’s serum restored Professor X’s ability to stand and walk but sealed his telepathy.