Chapter Summaries

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.

Wu Chen confronted Kingpin after Kingpin destroyed his front door to stop him from fleeing. Wu Chen entered Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and attacked, but Samehada revealed its ability to absorb Chakra as the fight began.

• S.H.I.E.L.D. celebrated Tobirama Senju beheading the Deva Path, and Tobirama aimed his Kunai at it again.
• Wu Chen changed into a tracksuit and left home, where he found Kingpin waiting with Samehada.
• Wu Chen fled to avoid damaging his house, but Kingpin chased him and smashed the front door with Samehada.
• Wu Chen stopped, entered Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, and attacked Kingpin with Famous Blade · Siming.
• Kingpin blocked Wu Chen's strike, and Samehada broke free of its bandages and absorbed some of Wu Chen's Chakra.
• Wu Chen leaped back from Samehada but decided to keep fighting Kingpin.

Wu Chen overwhelmed Kingpin with a rapid Ninjutsu assault, but Kingpin survived thanks to Samehada and recovered by absorbing Chakra. Wu Chen faced Kingpin again as he stood ready to continue the fight.

• Wu Chen used Spiraling Flash Super-Round Dance Howl Style Three to strike Kingpin repeatedly and finish with a Big Ball Rasengan that sent him flying.
• Nick Fury decided to personally deliver Wu Chen an Avengers invitation, while Maria Hill questioned his eagerness.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. agents revealed that Kingpin was still alive, and Wu Chen approached him to finish the fight.
• Samehada protected Kingpin and supplied him with Chakra after draining some from Wu Chen during their earlier contact.
• Kingpin's wounds healed within seconds, and he stood up holding Samehada as he admitted he had underestimated Wu Chen.

Kingpin fused with Samehada and created a vast sphere of water to trap Wu Chen, while the Six Paths of Pain tried to revive the fallen Preta Path. Tobirama Senju answered with an even larger water sphere and began a Water Dragon Bite Explosion against the Six Paths of Pain.

• Kingpin removed his Akatsuki uniform and fused with Samehada, transforming into a shark-man.
• Kingpin used Water Release: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave to create a huge sphere of water around Wu Chen.
• The Deva Path decided to end his fight with Tobirama Senju, while the Naraka Path revived the decapitated Preta Path with the King of Hell.
• Tobirama Senju created a water sphere nearly two hundred meters across, engulfing the Six Paths of Pain and nearby buildings.
• Tobirama Senju began using Water Release: Water Dragon Bite Explosion inside the water sphere.

Wu Chen defeated Kingpin with a Nine-Tails Rasengan and let him escape, while the Deva Path broke Tobirama Senju’s water sphere and prepared to unleash Shinra Tensei on New York City. The chapter ended as the Deva Path’s amplified repulsive force erupted above the city.

• Wu Chen formed a Nine-Tails Rasengan and struck Kingpin’s water clone, destroying the water sphere.
• Kingpin fled toward the beach, and Wu Chen deliberately let him escape because he could still make money from him.
• The Deva Path used Shinra Tensei to destroy Tobirama Senju’s water dragon and free the Animal Path.
• The Deva Path sent the Animal Path out of the city, summoned the other four Paths, and announced that New York would feel pain.
• The Deva Path activated the Tenfold Amplification Card and unleashed Shinra Tensei above New York City.

Kingpin fled into New York Bay after Wu Chen defeated him, while Deva Path Pain rose above Stark Tower and prepared to unleash an attack on New York. S.H.I.E.L.D. dismissed the threat until Nick Fury ordered an evacuation, but Pain’s Shinra Tensei began before they could act.

• Kingpin considered whether to wait or return to the leader, having abandoned the idea of capturing Wu Chen himself.
• Kingpin spotted the leader rising above Stark Tower and recognized his voice.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. watched footage of the battles and mocked Pain’s threat, while Nick Fury sensed danger.
• Nick Fury ordered everyone out of the area, but Deva Path Pain declared that the world would feel pain and used Shinra Tensei.

Wu Chen amplified Deva Path Pain’s Shinra Tensei until it swept across all of New York City. The attack overwhelmed the defenders and flattened the city, leaving Tobirama Senju, Wu Chen’s Shadow Clone, and the others unable to resist.

• Wu Chen found that his initial Shinra Tensei covered only a quarter of New York, so he spent forty-five million to buy a Fortyfold Amplification Card.
• Wu Chen amplified the Shinra Tensei and used two Copy Cards, successfully copying the powerful technique once.
• Deva Path Pain unleashed a Fiftyfold Super Shinra Tensei that covered New York City’s entire urban area.
• Tobirama Senju, Wu Chen’s Shadow Clone, S.H.I.E.L.D., Kingpin, and others used their strongest defenses, but the repulsive force swept them aside.
• The Shinra Tensei flattened the ground and destroyed the city’s buildings as the defenders were pushed backward by the impact.

Kingpin escaped the force that destroyed New York City and watched from the sea as the city vanished, leaving a vast barren crater. Seeing Deva Path Pain descend, Kingpin became fully convinced of the Akatsuki leader’s power, while the destruction signaled that the United States and the world would soon feel pain.

• Kingpin abandoned his resistance, spent his Chakra fleeing into the sea, and watched New York’s buildings collapse into the water.
• Kingpin climbed onto the surrounding ruins and saw that New York City, including Stark Tower, his building, the Triskelion, and Times Square, had disappeared.
• Kingpin dropped Samehada and submitted completely to the Akatsuki and its leader, the Six Paths of Pain.
• Kingpin looked up and saw Deva Path Pain descending as he recalled Pain’s words and considered New York’s importance to the United States and the world.

Deva Path Pain destroyed New York City, killing over eight million people and nearly wiping out S.H.I.E.L.D. Nick Fury demanded that Wu Chen bring Konoha's First Hokage to help kill Pain.

• A directing student filmed Deva Path Pain as he descended over the devastated city and surviving citizens regarded him as a god.
• Nick Fury rose from the rubble, called for S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, and received no response.
• Shadow Clone Wu Chen stood up with only minor injuries and helped the badly hurt Tobirama Senju to his feet.
• Nick Fury asked Wu Chen to summon Konoha's First Hokage and insisted Pain had to die.
• Nick Fury grabbed Wu Chen by the collar and shouted that over eight million people had died.

Wu Chen told Nick Fury that the First Hokage could not leave Konoha while Madara Uchiha remained a threat, then volunteered to fight the Six Paths of Pain. As Wu Chen rushed toward the Deva Path, he secretly used a Shadow Clone to preserve his disguise and continue playing Pain.

• Wu Chen explained that the First Hokage stayed away because Madara Uchiha might attack Konoha, and that only the First could stop him.
• Wu Chen volunteered to fight the Six Paths of Pain, arguing that Pain had spent much of his power destroying New York City.
• Nick Fury entrusted the battered Tobirama Senju to his care, and Wu Chen rushed toward the Deva Path.
• The Deva Path impaled Wu Chen's Shadow Clone, which vanished in a cloud of smoke.
• Inside the smoke, Wu Chen dropped his Pain disguise, made another Shadow Clone, and resumed playing the Deva Path.

Wu Chen used Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and Flying Thunder God-style movement to pressure Deva Path Pain, giving the watching survivors hope. The Six Paths of Pain then assembled on the battlefield, leaving Wu Chen to face all six.

• Wu Chen avoided chasing Deva Path Pain and attacked with Three-Pronged Kunai and Famous Blade · Siming while Deva Path Pain’s Shinra Tensei was on cooldown.
• Wu Chen repeatedly teleported between the kunai and struck at Deva Path Pain, whose black rod blocked his attacks as he fell behind.
• Nick Fury and more than a million surviving people climbed onto the city wall and cheered Wu Chen on.
• A figure appeared in the sky and used Summoning Technique to bring in the other Paths of Pain.
• The Preta Path, Human Path, Asura Path, Animal Path, Deva Path, and Naraka Path gathered together, silencing the crowd while Nick Fury continued to encourage Wu Chen.