Chapter Summaries

Hawkeye Barton watched Minato Namikaze use the Flying Thunder God Technique and realized that quick reactions were essential to mastering Space-Time Ninjutsu. Minato then moved Mjolnir slightly, astonishing S.H.I.E.L.D., while Coulson chose not to question him.

• Hawkeye Barton wondered whether he could learn Chakra and Ninjutsu as Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring them above Mjolnir.
• Hawkeye Barton panicked during the landing and needed Minato Namikaze's help, then recognized the importance of reaction speed for using Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Minato Namikaze gripped Mjolnir and shifted its handle from a forty-five-degree angle to a fifty-degree angle.
• Coulson confirmed that S.H.I.E.L.D. had recorded Mjolnir moving and decided not to question Minato Namikaze.

Minato Namikaze moved Mjolnir slightly, astonishing Hawkeye, who then asked if he had the talent to cultivate Chakra. Minato told Barton he had little talent but offered to help him cultivate normally in exchange for a million once the crisis was over.

• Minato Namikaze shifted Mjolnir slightly before withdrawing his hand, leaving Hawkeye stunned.
• Hawkeye asked Minato whether he had any talent for cultivating Chakra because he wanted to become stronger and control his own future.
• Minato considered Hawkeye and Thor potential allies who could help Wu Chen join the Avengers without being isolated.
• Minato told Barton that he had only slightly more Chakra talent than an ordinary person and would not accomplish much through cultivation alone.
• Minato offered to use his connections to help Barton cultivate normally if Barton brought him a million after the matter was over.

Minato made Barton his second disciple after offering him a Chakra Seed, and assigned him to protect Wu Chen. He refused to take any more disciples, leaving Coulson disappointed but Barton eager to begin training.

• Minato offered Barton a Chakra Seed at cost if he became Minato's disciple and agreed to protect Wu Chen, and Barton accepted both conditions.
• Barton knelt and declared Minato his Master, while Coulson reacted with surprise.
• Minato explained that only a few people had talent for cultivating Chakra and said he would take no more disciples because he had reached his limit of two.
• Barton asked whether Kushina was Minato's wife, and Minato confirmed it and promised to introduce them.
• Barton silently decided to talk to Natasha when he returned.

S.H.I.E.L.D. located One-Tail’s sealing site and sent Minato Namikaze, Hawkeye, and Coulson to investigate while another team seized the scientists’ research on the fallen hammer. After losing her work, Jane spotted Thor and went after him.

• Coulson told Nick Fury that Hawkeye had become Minato Namikaze’s disciple and that S.H.I.E.L.D. had found One-Tail’s sealing site; Fury prioritized checking the seal before investigating the hammer.
• Coulson, Minato Namikaze, and Hawkeye drove toward the sealing site as another S.H.I.E.L.D. team headed to the town to take the scientists’ research.
• Jane and her companions found Thor after accidentally backing their vehicle into him, then took him in and fed him.
• Thor heard about the fallen hammer at a café and left Jane and her companions to seek it.
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. seized Jane’s equipment, data, records, and notebook despite her protests.
• Jane spotted Thor after the agents left and went after him, telling Selvig she was only going for a walk.

Minato made S.H.I.E.L.D. believe he had sealed the One-Tail beneath a barren hill, then watched Thor arrive at the camp and fail to lift Mjolnir. Thor was left kneeling in despair as Mjolnir remained unmoved.

• Jane found Thor in a pet shop, and they agreed she would drive him to Mjolnir while he helped her recover her research.
• Minato used Chakra and a harmless sealing array to convince Coulson and Hawkeye that the One-Tail was sealed beneath the hill, then left a Flying Thunder God Mark and returned to the camp.
• Minato saw Thor arrive at the S.H.I.E.L.D. camp and fight his way through the agents to Mjolnir.
• Coulson ordered Hawkeye to stand down as Thor reached for Mjolnir, but Thor could not lift it despite summoning thunder and rain.
• Thor fell to his knees, overwhelmed by despair at his failure to lift Mjolnir.

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.