Chapter Summaries

Wu Chen considered how to portray Superman and decided to test whether helping good people and protecting humanity would raise his role-playing progress. He began acting as Superman, confident that no one on Earth besides his portrayed characters and the Ancient One could threaten him.

• Wu Chen recalled how his Might Guy role-playing progress had unlocked the Eighth Gate and reached Skyfather-tier strength after he chose Tenfold Enhancement.
• Wu Chen reflected on Superman's loyalty to Earth and humanity, despite being viewed as a traitor by Kryptonians such as General Zod.
• Wu Chen guessed that helping good people and handling larger incidents as Clark Kent would increase his Superman role-playing progress.
• Wu Chen saw that his initial Superman role-playing progress was fifteen percent and decided to test his guess by helping people.
• Superman set out across the ground in his blue-gray suit and red cape.

Wu Chen made his debut as Superman in downtown New York, using his abilities to find people in danger. After saving a pregnant woman from a runaway truck, he raced off to help elsewhere, while a newspaper report about him appeared on Nick Fury’s desk.

• Wu Chen searched downtown New York for people needing help, using his super vision and super hearing across the city.
• Wu Chen spotted a runaway truck heading toward a pregnant woman on the sidewalk.
• Wu Chen sped in front of the truck and stopped it, leaving the pregnant woman and the driver unharmed.
• The onlookers applauded Superman, and he checked on the woman before racing off to find another person in need.
• At noon, Nick Fury had a newspaper article praising Superman on his desk aboard the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier.

Nick Fury assigned Coulson to contact Superman after S.H.I.E.L.D. confirmed the hero’s reported rescues were true. Coulson left with approved supplies, while Nick Fury worried that the world was changing faster than he could keep up.

• A newspaper reported that Superman had saved people across New York and a neighboring city, earning praise while raising questions about his origins and his absence during Madara Uchiha’s rampage.
• Nick Fury asked Coulson what he thought of Superman, and Coulson said they would need to meet him before judging his character.
• Nick Fury told Coulson that Team One had verified the newspaper’s reports and assigned him to contact Superman.
• Coulson accepted the assignment, obtained an approved supply list from Nick Fury, and left the office.
• Nick Fury looked out the window and reflected that strange new figures had appeared since Tony became Iron Man.

Nick Fury considered resigning as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and weighed possible successors. He ruled out Wu Chen and Tony, then favored Maria Hill over Phil Coulson because she was Wu Chen’s girlfriend.

• Nick Fury wondered who could succeed him as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• He considered Wu Chen and Tony but ruled them out because they were unlikely to accept the job and had weaknesses as leaders.
• Nick Fury narrowed the candidates to Phil Coulson and Maria Hill, both capable and devoted S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
• He favored Maria Hill because her relationship with Wu Chen could strengthen Wu Chen’s ties to S.H.I.E.L.D.

Nick Fury weighed Coulson’s trusted position against Hill’s stronger connections and assigned Coulson to build a relationship with Wu Chen, hoping to strengthen his future claim to lead S.H.I.E.L.D. Meanwhile, Wu Chen remained unaware of Fury’s calculations as he flew at supersonic speed.

• Nick Fury reflected that the Hydra infiltration had made him doubt everyone in S.H.I.E.L.D. except Phil Coulson, even imagining that Captain America might once have been turned into a Hydra agent.
• Fury decided Coulson was the person he trusted completely because they had known each other for years and Fury had trained him.
• Fury assigned Coulson to contact Wu Chen, the apparently good Superman, and hoped Coulson’s ties to superheroes would make him a stronger candidate than Hill to become director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Wu Chen flew through the sky at supersonic speed, unaware of Fury’s plans and enjoying the sensation.

Wu Chen, acting as Superman, flew to a bank robbery after helping an old woman, determined to handle everyday crimes as well as major threats. He arrived as the robbers forced a bank executive to open the vault and prepared to enter the bank.

• Wu Chen flew toward a neighboring city after hearing a bank robbery was underway.
• The robbers took bank employees and customers hostage and forced a bank executive to open the vault.
• The police arrived but held back because the robbers had hostages.
• The executive was shoved into the vault and forced to pack dollars and gold bars.
• Superman descended outside the bank, nodded to the police, and prepared to go inside.

Superman entered a bank robbery and quickly defeated the three robbers guarding the hostages. He headed for the vault to rescue the remaining hostage, while the last two robbers trapped themselves inside.

• A police officer told Superman that five robbers were in the bank, and Superman revealed he could see the two robbers in the vault holding a bank employee hostage.
• The three robbers guarding the lobby hostages shot Superman, but the bullets did not harm him.
• Superman knocked out the three robbers, and the police moved in to secure them and free the lobby hostages.
• Superman declined a police escort and headed toward the vault, with the officers following him.
• The two remaining robbers learned their accomplices had been defeated and locked themselves inside the vault with their hostage.

Superman rescued a bank executive from two robbers trapped in the vault, demonstrating his strength and invulnerability. The robbers were defeated, and Superman stood unharmed after catching their exploding grenades.

• Superman tore the bank vault's alloy door off while the police officer watched in shock.
• Superman used heat vision to burn the robbers' guns, allowing the bank executive to escape.
• The robbers pulled grenade pins and tried to attack Superman, but he knocked them down and tossed them out of the vault.
• Superman caught both grenades and held them as they exploded, unharmed even when fragments struck his eyes.

Wu Chen discovered that Superman’s role-playing progress increased when he helped people, but only the first time he helped with each type of incident. By evening, he sat atop a skyscraper, disappointed by the limit as he considered how to continue raising his progress.

• Superman told the police and onlookers his name was Clark Kent, then flew away as the crowd and media celebrated.
• Wu Chen checked his system and saw that helping people in larger incidents earned more role-playing progress; his progress had risen from fifteen percent to twenty percent.
• Wu Chen spent the afternoon helping people, expecting to keep gaining progress and planning which ability to choose at fifty percent.
• After helping a second old lady cross the road and preventing another truck accident, Wu Chen gained no progress and tested more similar incidents.
• Wu Chen realized he could gain role-playing progress only once for each type of incident.

Wu Chen struggled with Superman’s good-deed rules, which punished him for ignoring anyone who needed help, so he left the roleplay to his Wood Clone. He waited on a rooftop for Phil Coulson, who brought him food and coffee before Superman asked why he had come.

• Wu Chen discovered that Superman roleplay progress dropped when he ignored someone needing help and was restored only after he helped her.
• Wu Chen decided to leave the demanding Superman roleplay to his Wood Clone.
• Wu Chen recognized Phil Coulson approaching and waited for him on a rooftop.
• Coulson offered Superman a hamburger and coffee, which Superman accepted and ate.
• Superman asked Coulson what he had come to see him about.

While questioning Superman, Coulson watched him fly off to stop another bank robbery, then ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to monitor him without making contact. Coulson remained wary of Superman’s power, though he hoped he was as trustworthy as he seemed.

• Superman spotted armed robbers preparing to attack a bank as evening fell.
• Superman told Coulson to wait for his answer and flew toward the robbery.
• Coulson ordered New York Agent Team Four to track Superman and avoid contact.
• Coulson reflected on Superman’s formidable abilities and worried about whether he could be trusted.

After stopping a robbery, Superman reassured Coulson that he wanted to use his powers to help people. Coulson introduced himself as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and offered to become friends, leaving Superman surprised by his trust.

• Superman quickly stopped a well-armed bank robbery and returned to Coulson.
• Coulson admired Superman for keeping his agreement and concluded that he was a kind hero.
• Superman told Coulson he had decided to use his powers to help others and said he knew about S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Coulson identified himself as Phil Coulson, a Level 8 Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and said introducing themselves was part of making friends.
• Superman asked whether Coulson feared his power, and Coulson asked whether he would use it to hurt innocent people.

Superman befriended Coulson, who realized the unemployed hero might be recruited by S.H.I.E.L.D. The pair’s conversation ended when Superman sensed a plane had lost control and rushed to save it.

• Coulson asked Superman to be friends, and Superman agreed, introducing himself as Clark Kent and saying he was unemployed.
• Coulson saw a chance to recruit Superman into S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Superman sensed a plane in trouble and launched into the sky to save it.
• Coulson checked the news and learned that Boeing flight 474-6589 had lost contact with hundreds aboard.
• Coulson wondered whether disasters had become more frequent since Superman appeared, while the narration clarified that Superman was detecting and preventing accidents as they occurred.

Coulson accepted that the evidence did not justify accusing Superman and suggested that S.H.I.E.L.D. treat him as it had treated Minato Namikaze. The Avengers saw news of Superman saving a passenger plane, leaving Captain America uneasy about being overshadowed by a hero who shared his qualities but far surpassed his strength.

• Coulson decided he could not accuse Superman based on coincidence and suggested treating him like Minato Namikaze.
• The Avengers saw news reports about Superman and debated whether anything about him seemed suspicious.
• Captain America grew uncomfortable because Superman shared his upright character and handsome appearance while being much stronger.
• Hawkeye alerted the Avengers to news that Superman had stopped a passenger plane that was plunging out of control.
• The Avengers viewed an image of Superman holding the plane steady beneath its nose.

Wu Chen delegated the Superman role to a Wood Clone while he researched combining Six Paths Mode with the Eight Gates Released Formation. After five days without finding Madara Uchiha, the Avengers ended their search and left the task to S.H.I.E.L.D., while Wu Chen met with his Black Zetsu-playing Wood Clone in the Kamui Dimension.

• After saving a passenger plane, Wu Chen said goodbye to Coulson, accepted a phone, and stopped playing Superman in a secluded spot.
• Wu Chen checked that the phone had no tracker, then entered the Kamui Dimension to study Six Paths Mode and the Eight Gates Released Formation with a Wood Clone.
• The next day, Wu Chen sent a Wood Clone out to play Superman while he continued his research.
• After five days of searching without finding Madara Uchiha, the Avengers stopped looking and left the search to S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Thor left to see his girlfriend, Tony returned to New York for company business, and Hawkeye, Captain America, and the others returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters.
• The Konoha and Akatsuki members returned to the Kamui Dimension, where Wu Chen spoke with the Wood Clone playing Black Zetsu.

Wu Chen discussed how to make Black Zetsu take the fall and decided to give him White Zetsu's Mayfly Technique. He summoned a White Zetsu and activated it with Chakra, leaving it awake and recognizing him as its master.

• Black Zetsu asked Wu Chen when he would let him take the fall, and Wu Chen explained that Eight Gates Guy's strength had disrupted his original plan.
• Wu Chen proposed that Black Zetsu reveal himself, control others with Yin-Yang Release, and escape using the Mayfly Technique.
• Black Zetsu pointed out that he could not use the Mayfly Technique because it belonged to White Zetsu.
• Wu Chen used a Wish Card to exchange for White Zetsu and injected it with Chakra.
• White Zetsu opened his eyes and recognized Wu Chen as his master.

Wu Chen learned that White Zetsu could use the Spore, Impersonation, and Mayfly Techniques, including creating vast numbers of physical clones. The chapter left Wu Chen planning to connect White Zetsu’s chakra source to the Ten-Tails so he could produce those clones.

• White Zetsu revived, confirmed Wu Chen was his master, and greeted him with an elaborate show of respect.
• Wu Chen asked about White Zetsu’s abilities, and White Zetsu listed the Spore, Impersonation, and Mayfly Techniques.
• Wu Chen recalled that the Spore Technique could create hidden clones that attached to people, absorbed and transferred chakra, and monitored their surroundings.
• White Zetsu said he could create a hundred thousand physical clones but lacked the chakra to do so.
• Wu Chen said he would connect the technique’s chakra source to the Ten-Tails, and White Zetsu thanked him.
• Wu Chen asked about the other two techniques and confirmed they were as capable as he had expected.

Wu Chen combined Black Zetsu and White Zetsu into Zetsu so he could use the Mayfly Technique and infiltrate the superheroes' lives to gain acting progress. He sent Zetsu out with orders to follow Black Zetsu's lead and avoid being caught.

• Wu Chen reviewed White Zetsu's impersonation and Mayfly abilities and decided they were valuable.
• Wu Chen stopped White Zetsu from resisting while Black Zetsu used Mental Possession to merge with him.
• Wu Chen gave Zetsu a black robe and ordered White Zetsu to follow Black Zetsu's orders.
• Black Zetsu agreed to provoke the superheroes and take the blame to gain acting progress.
• Wu Chen warned Zetsu to leave no clues because Konoha and Akatsuki had allied, then had Obito release Zetsu from the Kamui Dimension.

After Obito reached one hundred percent Roleplay Progress, Wu Chen chose Permanent Stay for him, allowing the real Obito to remain in the Marvel Universe. Obito reunited with Rin and asked Wu Chen for a way to let her stay permanently and grow up, so Wu Chen prepared two potions.

• Obito told Wu Chen that the search for Madara Uchiha had ended without success and asked whether Wu Chen had stopped roleplaying Madara.
• Wu Chen explained that Obito had reached one hundred percent Roleplay Progress and that he had chosen Permanent Stay rather than Tenfold Enhancement.
• Obito asked Wu Chen to release Rin, and Wu Chen let Rin Nohara out so Obito could embrace her.
• Wu Chen suggested letting Rin stay permanently, and Obito asked whether there was a way to help her grow up faster.
• Wu Chen took out a Permanent Potion and an Age Potion for Rin.

Wu Chen let Rin Nohara stay in the Marvel Universe permanently and gave her two possible age forms, then decided the other half of the Age Potion could ease Hill’s worries about their age difference. He also confirmed that Superman was his new role and said Tony and the others might meet him only if fate allowed.

• Wu Chen split the Age Potion so Rin Nohara could choose between two ages, and she drank half along with a Permanent Potion to remain in the Marvel Universe.
• Rin Nohara chose a mature form, and she and Obito embraced as Wu Chen envied their good fortune and decided to give the other potion half to Hill.
• Wu Chen sent Obito and Rin Nohara away, then confirmed to Minato Namikaze that Superman was his new role and refused to arrange a meeting with Tony and the others.
• Wu Chen reflected that his Wood Clone had raised Superman’s role-playing progress to forty percent in five days, though further progress would be harder.