Recaps

After Loki sent the Destroyer to kill Thor, Minato Namikaze confronted the weapon in New Mexico. He used Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and faced its beam with the Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder, leaving the result unresolved.

• Minato Namikaze observed Loki deceive Thor, while Obito and Deidara spent the day playing games in the Kamui Dimension.
• Thor grew closer to Jane, then learned the truth from Sif and the other Warriors of Asgard when they arrived in town.
• Loki sent the Destroyer after Thor, and it attacked S.H.I.E.L.D.'s vehicles when it landed near Minato Namikaze and Coulson.
• Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique to save Coulson, then activated Nine-Tails Chakra Mode as the agents withdrew.
• Loki ordered the Destroyer to kill Minato Namikaze, who faced its magical beam and called out Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder.

Minato Namikaze tested his Ninjutsu against Loki’s Destroyer and used its own scorching ray to tear open its back. He then struck the damaged Destroyer with a Nine-Tails Chakra-infused Rasengan, leaving it smoking and badly damaged as it fell to the ground.

• Minato secretly planted a Three-Pronged Kunai behind the Destroyer before facing its scorching ray with Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder.
• Minato redirected the Destroyer’s scorching ray through a sealing formation, blocking its attack and surprising Loki.
• Minato activated the formation on the kunai behind the Destroyer, making its own scorching ray strike its back and tear it open.
• Minato used Spiraling Flash Super-Round Dance Howl Style Four to attack the Destroyer with a Shadow Clone, but the kunai attacks barely scratched it.
• Minato and his Shadow Clone struck the Destroyer’s damaged back and chest with Big Ball Rasengan infused with Nine-Tails Chakra, and the Destroyer fell to the ground.
• Coulson and Hawkeye ran over to Minato as the damaged Destroyer lay on the ground.

Minato Namikaze damaged the Destroyer, but its armor healed and it headed for the town. Thor realized Loki had sent it to kill him and prepared to sacrifice himself to protect Jane and the others, leaving the story as he approached the Destroyer.

• Hawkeye and Coulson saw Minato Namikaze defeat the Destroyer and thanked him for saving the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
• The Destroyer repaired its damaged back, so Minato Namikaze teleported Coulson and Hawkeye away and decided Thor was the one who had to face it.
• The Destroyer ran toward the town after it finished healing, while Thor and his friends completed the evacuation.
• Thor told Jane Foster he had a way to resolve the danger, kissed her, and set off to confront the Destroyer.
• Thor walked toward the Destroyer, unaware that Mjolnir would return his power once his life was in danger.

Thor regained Mjolnir and destroyed the Destroyer, then prepared to return to Asgard while Minato Namikaze waited for Obito Uchiha and Deidara. Their arrival on a white Wyvern startled Coulson and Minato, who recognized Tobi from the Akatsuki.

• The Destroyer struck Thor down, and Mjolnir returned to him as he neared death.
• Thor regained his powers, smashed the Destroyer, and agreed with Coulson to form an alliance.
• Thor told Minato Namikaze he hoped they could spar before leaving for Asgard.
• Minato Namikaze received a message from Obito Uchiha and Deidara saying they were moving out after one of them had fallen asleep.
• Obito Uchiha and Deidara arrived on a white Wyvern, and Coulson and Minato Namikaze recognized Tobi from the Akatsuki.

After the town evacuated, Minato Namikaze and Thor faced Tobi and Deidara, but the Akatsuki’s attacks badly wounded three of the Four Warriors of Asgard. Deidara enlarged and detonated a giant doll in the center of town, leaving the outcome unclear.

• Dr. Selvig warned Jane that the Akatsuki were dangerous and urged everyone to evacuate, and Coulson led the S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel and townspeople away.
• Tobi greeted Minato Namikaze and showed off his Akatsuki robe, while Minato placed a Flying Thunder God Mark on Thor’s shoulder.
• Thor charged at Tobi and Deidara but passed straight through the dragon they rode.
• Deidara sent Clay Spiders and a Number Eighteen doll toward the town; Minato saved Sif, but the spiders exploded and gravely wounded the other three Warriors of Asgard.
• Minato warned everyone to get down as the Number Eighteen doll grew to the size of a truck, and Deidara detonated it in the town center.

Deidara destroyed the evacuated town with a C3 explosion, then clashed with Thor and Minato after they provoked him into staying. The chapter ended with Thor unharmed by Deidara’s exploding Wyvern and attacking him with Mjolnir, while Minato and Obito began their own fight.

• Deidara’s C3 No. 18 destroyed the town, and he bragged to Obito that his art was an explosion.
• Thor tried to stop Deidara and Obito from leaving, but his lightning passed through them as they flew away on Wyvern.
• Minato appeared on Thor’s back and insulted Deidara’s art, prompting Thor to join in and provoke Deidara into fighting.
• Obito and Minato faced off on the ground while Thor confronted Deidara in the sky.
• Deidara blew up Wyvern as Thor charged, but Thor emerged unharmed and sent Mjolnir flying toward Deidara.

Deidara avoided using his deadliest techniques and instead targeted Thor’s companions to force Thor to shield them from repeated explosions. Thor protected Sif and the fallen Asgardian warriors, while Wu Chen’s Shadow Clone knew they would survive.

• Deidara dodged Thor’s hammer attacks and considered how to injure him without killing him.
• Deidara ruled out C4 Karura and C0 Self-Destruct, deciding to overwhelm Thor with many smaller bombs.
• Deidara taunted Thor about his companions and sent clay birds toward Sif and the others.
• Thor charged after the birds and used his body to shield Sif and the fallen Asgardian warriors from the explosions.
• Wu Chen’s Shadow Clone knew that Sif and the others would survive the blasts.

Thor endured Deidara’s bombs to protect the people below while Minato Namikaze and Obito Uchiha fought with Ninjutsu. Obito’s Kamui Shuriken forced Minato to use the Flying Thunder God Technique and left four enormous craters, alarming the watching S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.

• Thor shielded the people below from Deidara’s bombs as Deidara taunted him and kept attacking.
• Minato Namikaze and Obito Uchiha set aside their Space-Time Ninjutsu and fought with other techniques.
• Obito summoned an armored Susanoo and denied Minato’s accusation that he had betrayed Konoha.
• Obito launched four Kamui Shuriken that tracked Minato through space, forcing Minato to escape with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• The Kamui Shuriken struck the ground and erased large patches of earth, leaving Coulson and the other S.H.I.E.L.D. agents frightened by their power.

After Thor was defeated by Deidara, Minato Namikaze held off the Akatsuki while they headed for the One-Tail. He took Coulson and then Barton to witness what happened, leaving them stunned by what they saw.

• Thor fell from the sky after Deidara's final bird-bomb attack, and Jane and the others gathered around him.
• Minato Namikaze sent a Shadow Clone to fight Deidara and told an ally to prepare to release the One-Tail.
• The Akatsuki abandoned their fight with Minato Namikaze and flew toward the dunes to collect the One-Tail.
• Coulson told Minato Namikaze that S.H.I.E.L.D. would count the mission as complete and asked to accompany him.
• Minato Namikaze took Coulson to the dunes, then returned for Barton and brought him along; both men froze at what they saw.

Shukaku broke free and attacked Deidara and Tobi, but his air bullets repeatedly missed them. As Thor and the others returned to Asgard, Deidara dropped a massive C3 bomb on Shukaku, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Shukaku emerged from the crater and fired a barrage of Drilling Air Bullets at Deidara and Tobi, flattening hills but failing to hit them.
• Thor said goodbye to Jane and the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, then called for Heimdall to take him and the injured Warriors Three home.
• Shukaku fired at the Bifrost, but it vanished with Thor and the others before his attack arrived.
• Deidara dropped C3 No. 20 on Shukaku, who tried to shield himself with sand before the bomb exploded.

Minato Namikaze and the others witnessed Deidara and Tobi capture the One-Tail Shukaku, and Minato pursued them while Coulson and Hawkeye stayed to handle the destroyed town. When Thor returned to Asgard, he found Odin escorting Loki to banishment after Loki had tried to destroy Jotunheim.

• Deidara's explosion left the One-Tail Shukaku badly shrunken, and Tobi sealed it in a scroll.
• Tobi and Deidara escaped, while Minato Namikaze left Coulson and Hawkeye behind and pursued them.
• Coulson and Hawkeye returned to town to manage the aftermath of its destruction.
• Thor returned to Asgard and saw Odin preparing to banish Loki for attempting to destroy Jotunheim.

Loki tried to destroy Jotunheim to conceal his Frost Giant heritage, but Odin stopped him and banished him into the void. Wu Chen reviewed the returned memories, saw his role-playing progress and ability-selection chances increase, and began choosing Minato Namikaze’s abilities.

• Loki used the Bifrost to attack Jotunheim, but Odin struck him down and freed Heimdall.
• Odin banished Loki into the void despite Thor’s protest, bringing the Thor Incident to an end.
• Wu Chen received memories from Obito, Minato, and Deidara and checked his updated system panel.
• Wu Chen saw that Minato’s and Obito’s role-playing progress had risen and that he had gained three ability selections.
• Wu Chen reviewed Minato Namikaze’s abilities and ruled out the ones he had already acquired or mastered.

Wu Chen chose Minato Namikaze’s Spiral Flash Series Ninjutsu, then discovered that selecting an ability he already possessed strengthened it. He gained more powerful Chakra and Obito Uchiha’s Wood Release before heading to the Stark Expo to investigate Ivan Vanko’s presence in New York.

• Wu Chen chose Minato Namikaze’s Spiral Flash Series Ninjutsu instead of Sealing Jutsu.
• Wu Chen selected Chakra from Obito Uchiha’s abilities and found that it increased his Chakra reserves and quality.
• Wu Chen selected Wood Release, revived a withered potted plant with a small amount of Chakra, and judged his Wood Release stronger than Yamato’s.
• Wu Chen decided to visit the Stark Expo in Flushing to confirm that Ivan Vanko had come to New York.
• Wu Chen recalled that Kingpin had failed to find Minato Namikaze and Tobirama Senju but had reported that Ivan Vanko had joined Hammer Industries.

Wu Chen attended the Stark Expo, where Justin Hammer unveiled Hammer Industries’ Iron Soldiers. Wu Chen confirmed that Ivan Vanko had joined Hammer and planned to attack Iron Man that night, but chose to leave the threat to Tony and stay ready to intervene.

• Wu Chen reached the Stark Expo and spotted Peter Parker and Mindy, but avoided greeting them because he had met them as Minato Namikaze.
• Wu Chen entered the Hammer Industries pavilion as Justin Hammer began a speech criticizing Tony Stark for withholding advanced technology.
• Justin Hammer revealed four rows of Iron Soldiers, which saluted the military audience and drew loud cheers.
• Wu Chen left the crowded pavilion, confirmed that Ivan Vanko had joined Hammer Industries, and learned that Vanko planned to take revenge on Iron Man that night.
• Wu Chen decided not to warn Tony because he could not explain how he knew, and trusted Tony to handle Vanko while remaining ready to use ninjutsu.

Wu Chen spotted Ivan Vanko at Tony Stark’s Stark Expo entrance and followed him after warning Tony that someone suspicious was present. Vanko returned to Hammer Industries, assembled his Whiplash Armor, and prepared to use his thirty-two Iron Soldiers.

• Wu Chen attended Tony’s Stark Industries event and noticed Ivan Vanko and Justin Hammer in the crowd.
• Tony made a flashy entrance in his Iron Man Armor and began removing it onstage.
• Wu Chen warned Tony about a suspicious person, then followed Vanko as he left the hall.
• Tony stayed at the event, confident that his upgraded armor would let him handle any trouble himself.
• Vanko returned to Hammer Industries, assembled his Whiplash Armor, and tested it alongside the thirty-two Iron Soldiers under his control.

Ivan Vanko unleashed his Iron Soldiers at the Stark Expo, but Tony and Wu Chen stopped them and rescued the crowd. Wu Chen followed Tony and Whiplash to a deserted park, where Tony was caught off guard and badly beaten by Whiplash’s electrified whips.

• Ivan Vanko controlled the Iron Soldiers, sending them to attack the Stark Expo and its visitors.
• Tony stalled the Iron Soldiers while donning his armor, then blasted the robots and flew away to keep others out of danger.
• Wu Chen entered Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, rescued civilians, destroyed the Iron Soldiers, and gathered their remains.
• Wu Chen pursued Tony and Whiplash to a deserted park outside the expo grounds.
• Whiplash caught Tony off guard with his electrified whips and beat him badly.

Wu Chen saved Tony from Whiplash by destroying him with a Rasenshuriken, then prevented an explosion at the expo from harming the crowd. He returned home afterward, lamenting his loss.

• Tony used a one-time laser to sever one of Whiplash Ivan Vanko's arms, but Whiplash kept him trapped with an electric whip.
• Wu Chen entered Perfect Sage Mode, threw a Rasenshuriken, and told Tony to duck so it could cut the whip.
• The Rasenshuriken struck Whiplash and vaporized him and his armor, while Tony escaped to Wu Chen.
• Wu Chen returned with Tony to the expo and used Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder to absorb the Iron Soldier wreckage's explosion into his sword.
• Wu Chen threw a Three-Pronged Kunai into the sky to create a firework, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return home and lament his loss.

After Tony rewarded Wu Chen with $20 million, Wu Chen prepared to begin his plan for New York by deploying the Six Paths of Pain. The Animal Path entered Fisk Tower to collect Kingpin’s intelligence on the people Konoha had left in New York, signaling the start of the coming calamity.

• Tony told Wu Chen that he and several expo companies had given him $20 million and that Washington planned to honor him and Tony.
• Wu Chen received the money and planned his next move for the following day.
• Wu Chen created seven Shadow Clones, assigned one to run his food truck, and used the others to take on Nagato Uzumaki and the Six Paths of Pain.
• Wu Chen’s Pains moved Nagato to a villa outside New York and gave him Konan’s Summoning Card for protection.
• The Animal Path arrived at Fisk Tower, where Kingpin recognized her as the leader and offered the intelligence he had gathered on Konoha’s people in New York.

Animal Path summoned the Six Paths of Pain, who met with Kingpin and learned that Wu Chen was exposed and relatively unprotected. The Deva Path decided to capture Wu Chen himself.

• Animal Path summoned the Six Paths of Pain in a corridor as Kingpin walked with him.
• Kingpin recognized the six figures as the Six Paths of Pain and waited quietly while the Deva Path read documents in his office.
• The Deva Path said Minato Namikaze was pursuing Tobi and Deidara, leaving Wu Chen with only Tobirama Senju nearby.
• Kingpin urged the Deva Path to capture Wu Chen while he was selling hamburgers in front of Stark Tower.
• The Deva Path rejected Kingpin's suggestion to slip over and declared that he would capture Wu Chen himself.

Asura Path threw Animal Path onto the roof of Stark Tower, while Kingpin left for the headquarters in an Akatsuki uniform as the organization became public. At Stark Tower, Wu Chen continued selling burgers and declined Tony's invitation to travel to Morocco, leaving Tony to take Pepper Potts on their honeymoon.

• Asura Path hurled Animal Path through Kingpin's office window, sending her onto the roof of Stark Tower.
• Kingpin changed into the Akatsuki uniform in his car and told the startled driver that Akatsuki was his favorite.
• The government publicly revealed Akatsuki and S.H.I.E.L.D., prompting widespread discussion and interest in Akatsuki uniforms.
• Shadow Clone Wu Chen limited each customer to one Delicious Krabby Patty per day as the crowd at Stark Tower grew.
• Wu Chen declined Tony's invitation to Morocco, and Tony left with Pepper Potts for their honeymoon.

Tony took Pepper Potts on a honeymoon trip to Morocco, while Wu Chen stayed behind to sell hamburgers. The Animal Path arrived at Stark Tower and demanded that Wu Chen surrender, claiming his death could bring peace, leaving Wu Chen and Natasha Romanoff confused as she began explaining why wars happened.

• Tony left on a world trip with Pepper Potts, and Wu Chen declined to join them.
• The Animal Path appeared at Stark Tower and ran down its outer wall as onlookers gathered to watch.
• The Animal Path landed in front of Wu Chen's Food Truck and asked whether he was Wu Chen.
• Natasha Romanoff identified herself as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and challenged the Animal Path about her intentions.
• The Animal Path demanded that Wu Chen surrender, saying his death could advance peace.
• The Animal Path asked why wars happened, and Wu Chen suggested they were caused by conflicts of interest.

The Animal Path explained the Akatsuki’s plan to end wars through overwhelming pain and revealed that it needed the Tailed Beasts to create the Ten-Tails. After summoning the other Pains, the Deva Path demanded that Wu Chen contribute to their cause, while Natasha tried to protect him and alerted S.H.I.E.L.D.

• The Animal Path told the livestream audience that humans were driven to war by their inability to understand one another and could learn peace only through pain.
• The Animal Path revealed that the Akatsuki planned to use a weapon capable of destroying a great nation to deter future wars.
• The Animal Path said the Akatsuki needed the Tailed Beasts to form the world-destroying Ten-Tails and bring peace under Pain’s guidance.
• The Animal Path summoned the other five Pains, and the Deva Path demanded that Wu Chen contribute to peace.
• Natasha warned Wu Chen not to believe the Deva Path, urged him to leave, and transmitted the confrontation to S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters.

The Six Paths of Pain and Kingpin appeared at Stark Tower to capture Wu Chen, prompting Nick Fury to call Tobirama Senju for help. Tobirama got Wu Chen to leave and prepared to draw the Akatsuki away, but the Deva Path suspected Wu Chen had gone home.

• Nick Fury contacted Tobirama Senju and commissioned him to protect Wu Chen from the Akatsuki.
• Tobirama Senju arrived beside Wu Chen at Stark Tower, where Natasha and the onlookers welcomed his support.
• Kingpin arrived with Samehada and joined the Six Paths of Pain, bringing the Akatsuki's force to seven.
• Tobirama Senju ordered Wu Chen to leave, arguing that his presence would endanger innocent people.
• Wu Chen vanished in a streak of golden light, and Tobirama Senju told Natasha to evacuate the crowd while he lured the Akatsuki away.
• The Deva Path said that Wu Chen had gone home.

Tobirama Senju held off the Six Paths of Pain while Kingpin fled to capture Wu Chen, protecting civilians as he searched for a way around the Preta Path’s defenses. The battle continued as Tobirama Senju used a Kunai to get past the Preta Path and attack the Pains behind him.

• The Deva Path ordered Kingpin to capture Wu Chen while he stayed to fight Tobirama Senju, and Kingpin escaped with Samehada.
• The Asura Path attacked the crowd with missiles, but Tobirama Senju shielded the civilians with a Water Formation Wall and stayed behind to protect them.
• Natasha evacuated the crowd and watched the battle, hoping to see powerful ninja and learn whether she could cultivate Chakra.
• Tobirama Senju summoned a Water Dragon Bullet, but the Preta Path absorbed it, so he smashed nearby fire hydrants to create water.
• Tobirama Senju formed a Hard Vortex Water Blade, used a flying Kunai to get past the Preta Path, and hurled the blade at the Pains behind him.

Tobirama Senju learned that the Six Paths of Pain shared vision and that Deva Path could repel attacks, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to kill Preta Path. The remaining Pains still faced him as the fight continued.

• Tobirama Senju’s water spear was repelled by Deva Path’s Shinra Tensei, and the Six Paths of Pain returned to their positions.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. concluded that Pain’s paths had distinct abilities and shared their fields of vision, then ordered the intel sent to Natasha and Tobirama Senju.
• Nick Fury sent a drone to Wu Chen’s house to monitor the possible fight there.
• Natasha relayed the intel to Tobirama Senju, set up the camera, and moved away from the battle.
• Tobirama Senju used the Flying Thunder God Technique to appear beside Preta Path and sever his neck.