Chapter Summaries

Mark Mueller’s Silver Peak team tried to seize Stephen Chow at the Canadian checkpoint, but Snowbird refused to hand him over without Canadian authorization. After withdrawing, Mueller ordered an air assault to kill Stephen and recover the Cryptographic Key before daybreak.

• Mark Mueller arrived with armed Silver Peak personnel and demanded that Snowbird hand over Stephen Chow and the people he had rescued.
• Snowbird rejected Mueller’s documents, insisting that Silver Peak needed Canadian judicial authorization and could not take anyone from the checkpoint.
• When one of Mueller’s men reached for his weapon, Sasquatch warned him against forcing people into their vehicles, and Mueller ordered the team to withdraw.
• Sing Sing praised Sasquatch’s defense of the checkpoint and joked about recruiting him to the 749 Bureau, irritating Snowbird.
• Mueller told his squad leader to prepare an air assault with Nighthawk helicopters and ordered them to kill Stephen Chow and recover the Cryptographic Key before daybreak.

Sing Sing and his companions shared a meal with Snowbird and Sasquatch at the checkpoint, where Sing Sing tried to recruit Alpha Flight members. Snowbird sent them to White Horse City headquarters at the leader’s request, and they set off in their RV.

• Sing Sing complained about Snowbird and Sasquatch’s border post and tried to recruit them with promises of better working conditions.
• Sasquatch and Moon-Boy bonded over roasted meat and traded tips about caring for their fur.
• Snowbird gave Sing Sing a map and letter of passage and told him to report to Alpha Flight headquarters in White Horse City.
• Sing Sing accepted the invitation after hearing the headquarters cafeteria would feed them, while Darwin complained and drove the RV south.
• Snowbird watched the RV leave and thought Sing Sing was bold and interesting.

Sing Sing, Darwin, and Moon-Boy were ambushed by Silver Peak Consortium’s A-3 Special Operations Group while traveling to White Horse City headquarters. Sing Sing and Moon-Boy defeated the attackers, but Mueller’s warning about the key left the mystery unresolved as they continued toward their destination on foot.

• Sing Sing, Darwin, and Moon-Boy drove through a snowstorm toward White Horse City headquarters, but two Nighthawk Helicopters attacked their RV with rockets.
• Darwin survived the explosion through his mutant ability, while Moon-Boy was injured and Sing Sing emerged unharmed.
• The Silver Peak Consortium A-3 Special Operations Group arrived and identified Stephen Chow as the target to capture alive, with the others to be recovered as anomalous assets.
• Sing Sing defeated the flame-wielding and rock-armored mutants, while Moon-Boy overwhelmed the squad members with his deer leg bone.
• Sing Sing disabled one helicopter with a throwing knife and severed equipment from the other with his Pig Butchering Knife, ending the battle.
• Sing Sing questioned Mueller about the key, but Mueller warned him that he should not possess it; the group then realized they still had seventy or eighty kilometers to travel.

Sing Sing, Darwin, and Moon-Boy built a motorized snow raft and headed for the Alpha Flight base. Their raft was destroyed by a flying defender, who ordered them to surrender and identify themselves.

• Sing Sing forced the injured fire-powered Smith White to melt snow from pine trees, then cut the trunks into planks.
• Moon-Boy assembled a snow raft from the helicopter engine, wreckage, cables, and aviation fuel, while Darwin helped with the construction.
• Sing Sing and Darwin debated what to do with Smith White, but Moon-Boy killed him, saying he was a useless tool who would endanger the group.
• The three men rode the homemade raft through the blizzard toward the Alpha Flight base, but its engine began to fail as they neared the buildings.
• A flying man in a black-and-white combat suit struck the raft with a blast of force, then hovered above the survivors and demanded their identities and intentions.

Beichen intercepted Sing Sing, Darwin, and Moon-Boy, then brought them to Alpha Flight headquarters after Snowbird confirmed they were invited. Sing Sing tried to recruit Beichen for China’s 749 Bureau, but the arrival of Beichen’s boyfriend left him worrying about how to handle relocation benefits.

• Beichen confronted Sing Sing, Darwin, and Moon-Boy, then confirmed with Snowbird that she had invited them to headquarters.
• Sing Sing pitched Beichen a logistics job with China’s 749 Bureau as they traveled to the White Horse City headquarters.
• At the security checkpoint, Sing Sing argued that his Pig Butchering Knife was a family kitchen utensil, and Beichen allowed him to keep it.
• Beichen greeted Kyle with an embrace and a kiss, then left with him while Sing Sing and the others continued toward the supervisor’s office.
• A guard told Sing Sing that Kyle was Beichen’s boyfriend and personal assistant, prompting Sing Sing to wonder how the bureau would handle their relocation benefits.

Sing Sing defended bringing Darwin and Moon-Boy to Canada by presenting them as prospective government workers rather than stolen assets, while Guardian questioned them about the border incident. The dispute ended with Guardian speechless as Sing Sing demanded accountability for the injuries and damage caused by Silver Peak.

• Sing Sing led Darwin and Moon-Boy into Guardian's workshop, where Guardian questioned them about the border incident and China's reasons for bringing them to North America.
• Guardian showed Sing Sing evidence of the border destruction and said the United States accused them of attacking military facilities, taking test subjects, and stealing dangerous data.
• Guardian described Darwin's ability to adapt to threats, but Sing Sing argued that Darwin had not agreed to serve as a battlefield asset and outlined a possible emergency-response job for him.
• Sing Sing said Moon-Boy had signed on as a mechanical engineering maintenance consultant and that the 749 Bureau would help him find his companion.
• Sing Sing accused Silver Peak and the border defenses of causing a workplace injury and demanding compensation, leaving Guardian unable to respond.

Sing Sing and Guardian contacted Director Wang to discuss official cooperation and possible placements for Mutants, while Moon-Boy and Darwin ate at Alpha Flight headquarters. Darwin worried about reaching Los Angeles and leaving Margaret exposed in Alaska, and Sing Sing promised to protect her before an unexpected visitor appeared.

• Guardian questioned Sing Sing's plan to recruit powerful Mutants into regular jobs, then explained the legal and practical obstacles facing Darwin and Moon-Boy.
• Sing Sing called Director Wang, who spoke with Guardian through Da Vinci's translation device and offered to arrange suitable work for hard-to-place Mutants.
• Sing Sing took Darwin and Moon-Boy to Alpha Flight's dining hall, where Moon-Boy devoured a turkey and Sing Sing urged Darwin to eat more.
• Darwin said he wanted to reach Los Angeles and leave, but feared Silver Peak would pursue him if he returned to Alaska, where Margaret was alone.
• Sing Sing put steak on Darwin's plate and vowed to protect Margaret, then jumped when a familiar voice suddenly spoke beside them.

Darwin questioned why the 749 Bureau had made him drive through Canada’s storms instead of using Wandering Girl’s teleportation, prompting Sing Sing to explain the laws and safeguards governing her ability. The discussion ended with Wandering Girl affirming that she cooperated because the bureau treated her as a person, while Moon-Boy learned what oversight meant.

• Wandering Girl arrived at night, ate venison, and told Sing Sing that Director Wang had summoned her from bed.
• Darwin angrily challenged Sing Sing for making him drive through dangerous weather despite Wandering Girl’s ability to teleport.
• Sing Sing explained that teleportation consumed energy and that the bureau protected Wandering Girl’s labor rights while regulating cross-border missions.
• Sing Sing told Darwin that mission records, legal reviews, and ordinary criminal law governed teleportation, but that the bureau could not physically prevent Wandering Girl from leaving.
• Wandering Girl said she trusted the bureau because it provided her with documents, a job, and safety rules, and because its staff treated her like a person.
• Moon-Boy asked what oversight meant, and Wandering Girl told him not to chew on shared plates.

Sing Sing and his companions arranged to leave Canada, while Guardian agreed to help the 749 Bureau and learn from its approach to Mutants. Deadpool suddenly appeared at Alpha Flight headquarters searching for his promised government job and attacked Beichen.

• Beichen told Sing Sing that Guardian and Director Wang had agreed Alpha Flight would protect him from Silver Peak if he left Canada immediately.
• Wandering Girl relayed Director Wang's instructions: send Darwin to Alaska, bring Sing Sing and Moon-Boy to China, and visit Luke Shaw.
• Darwin chose to return to Alaska to protect Margaret, and Edith teleported him there after Sing Sing exchanged contact information with him.
• Guardian promised to use Alpha Flight's radar and satellites to search for Devil Dinosaur, and Wandering Girl teleported Sing Sing and Moon-Boy away.
• Guardian explained to Beichen that the 749 Bureau's use of social benefits to manage Mutants could offer a better model than building expensive mechas.
• Deadpool teleported into the office looking for his promised government job, then drew his swords and lunged at Beichen.

Sing Sing settled Moon-Boy into temporary quarters and brought him to the 749 Bureau for his physical and onboarding. He then learned that Nina had been seconded to a Ministry of Public Security major crimes task force, leaving the security officers upset about her being sent into danger.

• Sing Sing showed Moon-Boy his temporary room, reassured him about the physical and promised to search for Devil Dinosaur after the results came back.
• Moon-Boy repaired the room's door overnight, and Sing Sing promised him extra assessment points for his initiative.
• Sing Sing accompanied Moon-Boy to headquarters, where Xiao Liu had arranged his medical examination and an interpreter.
• Sing Sing went to the security department and found Zhang Tiehan and the other officers mourning Nina's absence.
• Zhang Tiehan told Sing Sing that Director Wang had approved Nina's secondment to a major crimes task force, whose officers had taken her to assist with an arrest operation.

Sing Sing and Wandering Girl learned that Luke Shaw had been severely burned while trying to stop a wildfire near a chemical storage station. Luke survived, but the doctors said his blindness, arm damage, and lost wings were irreversible, leaving his future uncertain.

• Sing Sing and Wandering Girl arrived at the hospital and learned that Luke had been brought there after a wildfire in the Seventh Windbreak Forest Zone.
• Wandering Girl explained that the fire had started unnaturally and that Luke had stayed behind to keep it from reaching a chemical plant's storage station.
• Sing Sing saw Luke severely burned in the hospital and asked Doctor Qiu about his injuries.
• Doctor Qiu said Luke was blind, his right arm might need amputation, and his wings would not grow back.
• Doctor Qiu said Luke's life was out of danger but warned that he might struggle psychologically with his condition.
• Sing Sing returned to Luke's bedside, where Luke continued breathing faintly but persistently.

Sing Sing used Inner Qi to stabilize Luke Shaw and assured him that the 749 Bureau would continue supporting him despite his injuries. As Luke began to accept that he still belonged, Da Vinci arrived with cultured wing tissue and claimed he might be able to help Luke fly again.

• Sing Sing entered Luke Shaw’s room and used Inner Qi to steady his heart and ease the tension in his surviving muscles.
• Luke asked about the burned forest, his lost wings and eyesight, and whether he would lose his right hand; Sing Sing explained the medical situation and let him know the amputation decision was his.
• Luke feared the Bureau would abandon him as useless, but Sing Sing described his work-injury benefits, possible future duties, and assured him he would always belong to the 749 Bureau.
• Luke asked whether he could still call Sing Sing Brother Zhou, and Sing Sing reassured him while urging him to recover.
• Da Vinci arrived with a pressure cooker containing cultured tissue and told Doctor Qiu that his experiments might let Luke’s wings grow back.

Sing Sing traveled to Los Angeles to pursue the Silver Peak Consortium’s local operations and found a shipment that appeared to contain living people. After scouting the compound and buying a spear, he sat down to eat and was confronted by someone in a red-and-black bodysuit.

• Sing Sing asked Wandering Girl to take him to Los Angeles, then parted ways with her in a secluded alley.
• Sing Sing searched corporate records and traced Silver Peak’s local companies to a compound in the Vernon Industrial District, where a refrigerated shipment was scheduled to leave at eleven that night.
• Sing Sing scouted the compound and noted its guards, loading passage, and sealed drainage outlet.
• Sing Sing bought a combat spear from a Chinatown shop, named it the Overlord Spear, and asked the shop owner for an invoice.
• Sing Sing ordered beef noodles at a Chinese restaurant, where someone in a red-and-black bodysuit accused him of stealing their money and costing them their job.

Sing Sing recruited Deadpool for a raid on a Silver Peak Consortium facility holding captives and dangerous medical samples, assigning him to draw fire while Sing Sing infiltrated the underground lab. Just as Deadpool was about to accept the risky practical assessment, his damaged teleportation belt activated and made him vanish.

• Deadpool recounted his assault on Guardian and worried that his actions had ruined his chances of getting a government job, while Sing Sing explained the seriousness of his misconduct.
• Sing Sing and Old Zhou briefed Deadpool on a raid at Deep Blue Bioremediation to rescue people held at the facility and secure evidence before destroying it.
• Deadpool revealed his past delivery to the facility, described its underground elevator and suppressant storage, and mentioned an unvisited B3 floor.
• Sing Sing assigned Deadpool to draw enemy fire at the main entrance while he entered through the loading passage, and laid out rules prioritizing people and evidence.
• Deadpool's damaged teleportation belt beeped, and he vanished in front of Sing Sing before he could respond to the assignment.

Sing Sing learned that Silver Peak Consortium had sent a self-destructing test subject to attack Mayfly in China, then prepared to retaliate at its Los Angeles base. He left his belongings in a mall locker and headed toward the industrial district to settle the score.

• Sing Sing bought a moon-white scholar's robe and cap, then changed into the outfit with his Overlord Spear and Cold Iron Pig Butchering Knife.
• Sing Sing stored his suitcase in a mall locker and received a call from Ling Lingwu about the Mayfly case.
• Ling Lingwu told Sing Sing that the attacker was experiment SBT09, a disposable subject from Silver Peak Consortium's West Coast lab, who had entered China with an accomplice's help.
• Ling Lingwu warned Sing Sing to avoid causing an international incident, but Sing Sing hung up and decided to go after Silver Peak Consortium.
• Director Wang let Baldy know that the bureau would treat Sing Sing's retaliation as a jianghu feud, leaving the paperwork clean.

Sing Sing abandoned his plan to sneak into Deep Blue Bioremediation and fought his way through its guards and Mutant squad. As Mark Mueller ordered Test Subject Number Three released, Sing Sing and Deadpool prepared to push deeper into the facility.

• Sing Sing arrived at Deep Blue Bioremediation, where Mark Mueller recognized him and ordered the guards to open fire.
• Sing Sing deflected the bullets with the Overlord Spear, charged the guards, and knocked them down.
• Four Mutants attacked Sing Sing, who defeated them while Deadpool arrived on the wall and criticized the situation.
• Mark Mueller ordered Test Subject Number Three released, and alarms sounded as the loading bay doors opened and cold mist poured out.
• Sing Sing refused Deadpool's suggestion to retreat, and Deadpool followed him into the facility wearing a stolen bulletproof vest.

Sing Sing and Deadpool fought Test Subject Three at Mueller’s facility and destroyed the control ring that kept the creature enlarged, but the subject died and was revealed to be B-2117, a victim Sing Sing had seen in Avalanche’s files. Mueller escaped, and Sing Sing sent Deadpool after him while he searched the basement for evidence.

• Deadpool and Sing Sing confronted Test Subject Three after Mueller ordered it to attack them.
• Sing Sing and Deadpool attacked the creature, and Sing Sing discovered metal tubing beneath its stitched flesh and found its ribs moved beneath its skin.
• Sing Sing cut the creature open, broke the black control ring around its neck, and watched it shrink back into a thin young man who was already dead.
• Sing Sing recognized the tattoo B-2117 and remembered the victim’s file from Avalanche’s underground human experimentation facility.
• Sing Sing told Deadpool to pursue the escaped Mueller while he searched the basement for evidence.

Sing Sing rescued Bailey Hoskins and seven other captives from Silver Peak’s underground cold storage, but Mueller triggered the base’s purge sequence. The exits sealed as a three-minute countdown began, leaving everyone trapped underground.

• Sing Sing entered the underground cargo bay, defeated four retrieval team members, and learned that the captives were held in cold storage, zone three.
• Sing Sing found Bailey Hoskins and seven other people in cryogenic pods and freed them, identifying himself as Stephen Chow from China’s 749 Bureau.
• Deadpool crashed into the cold storage room with Mueller, who activated the base purge sequence with a remote control.
• Mueller taunted Bailey as the exits sealed and the countdown began, with only three minutes before the base was destroyed.

Sing Sing and Deadpool escaped a collapsing underground facility with eight rescued captives and Mueller, using Wandering Girl’s teleportation to reach X Academy. They left the survivors in the care of the academy while Mueller feared Charles Xavier would read his mind.

• Mueller announced that the building would collapse in two minutes, and Sing Sing called Wandering Girl for an emergency evacuation.
• Wandering Girl teleported the eight injured captives to X Academy after Sing Sing broke their collars and introduced her as Edith.
• Sing Sing questioned Mueller about SBT09 and kept him alive as a captive and witness while Deadpool restrained him.
• Wandering Girl returned to the basement just before the countdown ended and teleported Sing Sing, Deadpool, and Mueller to X Academy.
• Sing Sing checked on the eight captives and sent Deadpool to find Charles or Beast, while Mueller stared at the academy emblem and pleaded for Charles not to read his mind.

Sing Sing rescued eight Mutants from a Silver Peak Consortium laboratory and recovered his suitcase, then interrogated Mark Mueller about the consortium’s crimes. The Cryptographic Key exposed a network of twelve labs and other secrets, but its data could not be accessed without a missing Algorithm Component; Beast then told Sing Sing that Charles wanted to see him.

• Beast led the eight rescued Mutants away, while Sing Sing retrieved his suitcase from a Los Angeles Chinatown mall with Wandering Girl’s help.
• Sing Sing and Deadpool dragged Mark Mueller into an abandoned classroom and took the Cryptographic Key from the suitcase.
• Mueller revealed that the key held records of Mutant experiments across twelve laboratories, along with financial trails, political connections, and military contracts.
• Mueller said the key required a Specific Decoding Host and a separate Algorithm Component, whose whereabouts he did not know.
• Sing Sing ordered Deadpool to keep Mueller alive and imprisoned, then Beast told Sing Sing that Charles wanted to see him.