Chapter Summaries

Wu Chen proposed that the heroes counterattack the Chitauri by attacking their king through the portal before shutting it down. The group agreed to send powerful bombs through the portal, and Deidara volunteered to make one.

• Dr. Selvig returned to normal and told Thor and the other heroes that Loki’s Scepter could shut down the portal device.
• Wu Chen recalled that the Chitauri army would die if their king was killed, and decided that closing the portal alone would not be enough.
• Wu Chen proposed attacking the Chitauri before closing the portal, and Thor, Tony, Black Widow, Hawkeye, and Captain America agreed.
• The heroes planned to throw bombs through the portal and then close it.
• Deidara arrived on a clay bird and offered to make the biggest, most powerful bomb ever.

Deidara made a massive bomb to send through the portal and destroy the Chitauri mothership. Wu Chen and Tony carried it toward the portal while Thor escorted them, and Hawkeye took Dr. Selvig up the wall to prepare to close it.

• The superheroes accepted Deidara’s offer to make a bomb rather than rely on the United States government.
• Deidara completed an egg-shaped C3. 30 bomb and said its blast could cover half of New York City.
• Wu Chen and Tony agreed to carry the bomb through the portal, while Thor promised to protect them and Hawkeye planned to take Dr. Selvig to the roof.
• Hawkeye carried Dr. Selvig onto a vertical wall and ran upward without using a rope.

Barton brought Dr. Selvig to the roof, where Selvig explained how to close the portal, while Wu Chen and Tony sent a giant explosive puppet through it toward the Chitauri motherships. The portal closed and the puppet destroyed the motherships, leaving the invasion halted.

• Barton carried Dr. Selvig to the roof, where Selvig told him to use the Mind Stone Scepter to close the portal.
• Wu Chen and Tony pushed the giant bomb puppet through the space-time portal toward the Chitauri motherships.
• Wu Chen and Tony returned to New York as Hawkeye thrust the Mind Stone Scepter toward the Tesseract.
• Deidara detonated the giant egg puppet, destroying the mothership and nearby ships as the portal collapsed.

After the Chitauri invasion ended, Wu Chen warned that the truce between Konoha and the Akatsuki was over. Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha left New York to fight, while their allies followed and postponed their own battle.

• The Chitauri collapsed and their aircraft lost control, prompting the people of New York and several Avengers to celebrate victory.
• Wu Chen reminded the Avengers that the Akatsuki had only allied with them against the alien invasion, and they found Konoha and the Akatsuki facing off.
• Hashirama Senju proposed fighting Madara Uchiha outside the city, and Madara accepted the challenge.
• Obito Uchiha said the others should stop fighting for the day and followed Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha with Deidara and the rest.
• Kingpin noticed the Akatsuki's restraint and kept his suspicions to himself.

As the group left New York, Deidara questioned Madara Uchiha’s dream plan and proposed ending wars through world unity and expansion into space. The group reached the coast, where Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju prepared to fight again.

• Deidara told Obito that Madara Uchiha’s dream plan would make life boring by taking away the real process of creating and enjoying explosions.
• Deidara proposed unifying the world and finding a common enemy to reduce wars, impressing the Avengers, Konoha, and the Akatsuki.
• Tony considered whether unifying writing and language could prevent conflicts and form a bold idea.
• The group reached the coast and found Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju waiting to face each other.
• Madara Uchiha charged at Hashirama Senju with the Uchiha Gunbai, and Hashirama Senju charged back with a kunai.

Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha fought in a rare Taijutsu duel before escalating to Susanoo and Wood Release. Their battle drew worldwide attention, while the Konoha and Akatsuki groups watched with concern for their leaders.

• Hashirama Senju deflected Madara Uchiha’s Gunbai strike and attacked his neck, but Madara dodged and counterattacked.
• Hashirama Senju drove Madara back in their Taijutsu duel as spectators and reporters watched and filmed from shore and the Helicarrier.
• Madara Uchiha summoned Susanoo and attacked Hashirama Senju with its massive fist.
• Hashirama Senju used Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique to meet Susanoo’s attack, unleashing a shock wave that staggered ordinary onlookers.
• The Avengers and other observers were struck by Susanoo’s power, while the Konoha and Akatsuki groups watched their leaders with concern.

Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha fought across the sea, with Hashirama eventually trapping Madara’s Susanoo in four Wood Dragons that drained its Chakra. The onlookers thought Hashirama had won, but Kingpin suspected Madara still had more strength to reveal.

• Wu Chen carefully acted out the appropriate emotions while watching the fight.
• Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha clashed at sea, and Kingpin and Tobirama Senju raised a Water Formation Wall to shield the shore from the battle’s aftermath.
• Hashirama Senju used a Wood Dragon to suppress Madara Uchiha’s Half-Body Susanoo, but Madara cut the dragon apart with his Susanoo’s giant sword.
• Madara Uchiha charged at another Wood Dragon and beheaded it, but Hashirama Senju sent four more dragons from the sea to coil around the Susanoo and absorb its Chakra.
• The spectators and livestream viewers sighed with relief at Hashirama Senju’s apparent victory, while Kingpin wondered whether Madara Uchiha had more strength to show.

Madara Uchiha broke free from Hashirama Senju’s Wood Dragons with his Perfect Susanoo, but Hashirama countered with the Wood Dragon-Man Technique and stopped its attack. As they fought to a stalemate at sea, the US president considered launching a nuclear bomb if Madara won.

• Kingpin and the Akatsuki remembered Madara Uchiha’s power and relaxed, while the Avengers realized Hashirama Senju was in danger but could not warn him.
• Madara Uchiha transformed his Susanoo into its Perfect form, broke the Wood Dragons, and attacked Hashirama Senju with four swords.
• Hashirama Senju summoned the Wood Dragon-Man Technique and caught the Perfect Susanoo’s blade, turning the fight into a stalemate.
• The Konoha and Akatsuki fighters shielded the shore from the battle’s shock waves as the fight churned the sea.
• The US president considered ordering a nuclear strike if Madara Uchiha won, though the fighters, spectators, and New York residents remained unaware.

Madara Uchiha mutated Perfect Susanoo and used Tengai Shinsei, summoning a gigantic burning meteor over New York. Hashirama Senju entered Sage Mode to prepare for the attack as the Avengers and everyone watching saw the meteor descend.

• Madara Uchiha severed the Wood Golem's arms with Susanoo's two-sword attack, but Hashirama Senju regenerated them and the fight remained a stalemate.
• Madara Uchiha rejected Hashirama Senju's offer of a truce and transformed Perfect Susanoo, giving it six arms that formed Hand Seals.
• Madara Uchiha's Susanoo vanished, and Hashirama Senju recognized the danger and entered Sage Mode.
• Nick Fury spotted something in the sky and warned the Avengers to look up.
• A huge burning rock emerged from the clouds and descended above New York's urban district.

Madara Uchiha summoned a meteorite toward New York City, forcing the Avengers and civilians to react as Hashirama Senju revealed his enormous Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands. The wooden statue rose nearly a thousand meters and turned toward the falling meteorite, with its hands clenched into fists.

• Madara Uchiha summoned a meteorite and aimed its landing point at the center of rebuilt New York City.
• Captain America and Tony urged the spectators to flee into the underground air-raid bunkers as the meteorite descended.
• Wu Chen called on Tony, Thor, and the others who could fly to attack the meteorite and break it apart.
• Hashirama Senju summoned Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, which rose from the sea as a towering wooden statue.
• Hashirama Senju made the statue look up at the meteorite and clench its enormous hands into fists.

Hashirama Senju used Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands to pulverize Madara Uchiha’s meteor before it could strike New York. Madara then summoned two more meteors, leaving Hashirama facing a much more dangerous attack.

• Nick Fury and Maria Hill worried whether Hashirama Senju could stop the meteor, while Fury tried to reassure Hill.
• Hashirama Senju waited until the meteor entered range, then attacked it with the giant wooden statue’s countless fists.
• The repeated blows broke the meteor into dust, while Konoha and Akatsuki members stopped the resulting tsunami.
• Wu Chen and the others cheered Hashirama Senju, but Madara Uchiha summoned two more meteors.
• Hashirama Senju became furious but hesitated to attack Madara because the two meteors posed a greater threat.

Wu Chen roused New York’s despairing residents as Hashirama Senju struggled to stop two falling meteors. Hashirama hurled the stacked meteors into the sea, where Madara Uchiha and the Akatsuki stood together.

• Wu Chen angrily scolded the despairing people and urged them to take shelter, while Captain America questioned his harsh approach.
• Hashirama Senju used Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands to strike the first meteor as the second crashed into it.
• Hashirama Senju struggled to hold up both meteors as the wooden arms cracked under their weight.
• Hashirama Senju turned the wooden statue toward the sea and hurled the meteors away, preventing harm to New York City.
• Madara Uchiha laughed at Hashirama Senju, who looked over and saw Madara standing with the Akatsuki.

The Akatsuki escaped after Madara Uchiha warned Hashirama Senju that their conflict was not over, and the heroes celebrated their victory over the alien invasion. Wu Chen reminded everyone that Loki was still responsible for the invasion, so they surrounded him as he tried to sneak away.

• Madara Uchiha declared Hashirama Senju his rival, hinted at future plans, and escaped with the Akatsuki through Obito's space vortex.
• The people of New York celebrated, while Wu Chen and the Konoha group worried that the Akatsuki would return.
• Hashirama Senju reassured everyone that he was unharmed and urged them to face whatever the Akatsuki did next.
• Tony offered to treat everyone to kebabs, but Wu Chen reminded them that Loki still needed to be dealt with.
• The group surrounded Loki as he tried to escape, and Loki surrendered while S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel and people watching the broadcast cheered.

Thanos learned that the Chitauri had failed but chose not to pursue the Infinity Stones on Earth while Odin and the Ancient One remained there. After the Battle of New York, Thor took Loki and the Tesseract back to Asgard, while the Avengers stayed on the Helicarrier and some began training to support Konoha.

• Thanos told Ebony Maw that three Infinity Stones were on Earth but that he would claim them in time.
• Tony took the heroes to eat, where Tobirama Senju, Might Guy, and Hashirama Senju ate enormous amounts of barbecue.
• Thor decided to take Loki and the Tesseract to Asgard, and Wu Chen agreed that he should leave.
• Thor used Heimdall and the Bifrost to return to Asgard with Loki and the Tesseract.
• Captain America, Hawkeye, and Black Widow began training aboard the Helicarrier so they could support Konoha.

After the Battle of New York, Wu Chen agreed to help Nick Fury screen S.H.I.E.L.D. for spies while Minato returned to Konoha after receiving troubling news. Wu Chen left the Helicarrier using the Flying Thunder God Technique and sent a Wood Clone to work with Agent Hill.

• The Avengers offered Wu Chen help before leaving, and Minato read a scroll and vanished in a flash of golden light to return to Konoha.
• Wu Chen told Nick Fury and Agent Hill that he planned to return to Konoha, but Nick Fury asked him to help identify spies in S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Wu Chen agreed to Nick Fury’s offer and created a Wood Clone to conduct the screening while he used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave the Helicarrier.
• Nick Fury assigned Agent Hill to work with Wu Chen’s Wood Clone, and Wu Chen warned him to keep a close eye on the Mind Stone Scepter.

Wu Chen gave Nick Fury a subtle warning that Hydra might steal the Mind Stone Scepter, but Fury only slightly strengthened its guard. Wu Chen accepted that Fury might ignore him and began screening S.H.I.E.L.D. agents at the New York branch with Maria Hill.

• Wu Chen warned Nick Fury that the Mind Stone Scepter was powerful, but Fury dismissed the possibility of anyone stealing it and planned to add guards.
• Wu Chen considered that Hydra spies had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. and might take the scepter, which Hydra could use to create Scarlet Witch Wanda Maximoff and Quicksilver Pietro Maximoff.
• Wu Chen decided to let events determine whether the twins came into being and moved on to more pressing work.
• Wu Chen and Agent Maria Hill began screening agents at the New York branch before checking the Helicarrier.
• Nick Fury said they would screen the Helicarrier agents after it landed to refuel, to avoid a disturbance in the sky causing greater problems.

Wu Chen gave Minato Namikaze a Senzu Bean and taught him powerful techniques to prepare him for future danger. Minato left determined to grow stronger and assist Wu Chen, who then checked his system status.

• Wu Chen discussed his plan with Minato Namikaze, who agreed he might act as Wu Chen had described.
• Wu Chen gave Minato Namikaze a Senzu Bean and explained its healing and restorative powers.
• Wu Chen taught Minato Namikaze Wind Release: Rasenshuriken and a new way to use Sage Mode.
• Minato Namikaze thanked Wu Chen, resolved to help him, and began studying the techniques.
• Wu Chen checked his system panel and reviewed his character progress and remaining draws.

Wu Chen celebrated the role-playing progress gained from recent events and used his new chances to select abilities. After choosing the Senju Clan Sage Body and the Eight Gates Released Formation, he expected to combine Hashirama Senju’s body with his existing powers to bring his Wood Release close to Sage Hashirama’s.

• Wu Chen reviewed the characters’ progress gains, which earned him several ability selections and new character draws.
• Wu Chen selected Wood Release from Obito Uchiha, Chakra from Tobirama Senju, and talent for Dust Release from Deidara.
• Wu Chen chose the Senju Clan Sage Body from Hashirama Senju and the Eight Gates Released Formation from Might Guy.
• Wu Chen planned to combine Hashirama Senju’s Sage Body with his Uzumaki Clan Sage Body and Sage Mode to strengthen his Wood Release.

Wu Chen tested the abilities he had gained from choosing Hashirama Senju and Might Guy, discovering that his Chakra reserves rivaled Hashirama Senju’s and that even the first gate made his Front Lotus enormously destructive. He planned to test Wood Release next and train in Dust Release after choosing another character.

• Wu Chen chose to strengthen his Wood Release, Sage Body, Chakra, Dust Release aptitude, and Gate of View, reasoning that Might Guy’s Eight Gates Released Formation could provide tremendous power.
• Wu Chen entered the Kamui Dimension to test his new abilities and found that his Chakra reserves rivaled or slightly surpassed Hashirama Senju’s.
• Wu Chen opened the Gate of Opening and created a wooden target with Wood Release.
• Wu Chen used Front Lotus on the target, smashing it into splinters and leaving a huge crater.
• Wu Chen resolved to pay more attention to Taijutsu after seeing how powerful the technique was in his hands.

Wu Chen tested his Taijutsu and strengthened Wood Release techniques in the Kamui Dimension, then successfully used Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands. He realized his normal-state combat power had reached Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha’s level, while Minato Namikaze watched with delight.

• Wu Chen tested Reverse Lotus and Morning Peacock, then decided to devote more effort to Taijutsu.
• Wu Chen used Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique and Wood Release: Wood Golem Technique, forming a towering Wood Dragon Golem.
• Wu Chen entered Perfect Sage Mode and summoned Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, a wooden statue nearly a thousand meters tall.
• Wu Chen concluded that his normal-state combat power had reached Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha’s level.
• Minato Namikaze came to see the enormous statue and felt happy that Wu Chen was closer to controlling his own fate.