Chapter Summaries

Yota intervened when Hulk overwhelmed the Fantastic Four, then drained Hulk’s Gamma Ray energy and revealed Bruce Banner. After the energy was expelled in a blinding flash, both Yota and Bruce were gone, leaving the injured Fantastic Four to recover.

• Mister Fantastic speculated about Hulk’s Gamma Rays while Thing asked whether Reed could stop him, and Reed admitted he needed more time to devise a solution.
• Invisible Woman Sue struck Hulk with her energy shield, but Hulk barely reacted and her invisibility failed.
• Yota kicked Hulk into the sky and repeatedly struck him to keep him from bracing himself.
• Yota drained the Gamma Ray energy from Hulk until Bruce Banner appeared, then expelled the dangerous energy in a bright flash.
• Mister Fantastic guessed that Yota had used spatial teleportation to take Hulk away, while Sue told the injured Fantastic Four to seek medical care.
• Mister Fantastic said his healing device could treat the team at home, and the Fantastic Four prepared to recover.

After Bruce Banner woke on the beach, Yota offered him another new face and advised him not to contact his girlfriend. Meanwhile, Nick Fury ordered Hawkeye to investigate Banner’s altered identity and the unidentified Black Shadow Man, leaving S.H.I.E.L.D. to trace Banner’s movements through surveillance.

• Bruce Banner woke on the beach in boxer shorts and remembered the disaster caused by his transformation into the Hulk.
• Yota asked how General Ross had found Banner so quickly, then offered to give him another new face and advised him to avoid his girlfriend.
• Hawkeye gave Nick Fury S.H.I.E.L.D.’s report, which had failed to identify the Black Shadow Man.
• Nick Fury ordered Hawkeye to investigate Banner’s identity and find where he went after his plastic surgery.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. prepared to trace Banner’s past movements using surveillance footage and other records.

S.H.I.E.L.D. narrowed its suspicions about Hulk’s whereabouts to Kingpin and Yota, but avoided confronting them. Meanwhile, Yota turned his attention to Tony Stark, who was secretly building armor while his rescuers had nearly given up hope.

• S.H.I.E.L.D. traced Bruce Banner to Osborn Corporation but found the company’s many factions too difficult and dangerous to investigate further.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. identified Kingpin as a leading suspect and suspected that Yota’s identity as Kevin was connected to the Black Shadow Man, but left them alone.
• After settling Bruce Banner in, Yota shifted his attention to Tony Stark.
• The military gradually withdrew its search for Tony Stark, while Colonel Rhodes continued looking despite expecting little.
• Tony Stark disguised the armor components as missile parts, fooling the terrorists who could not read his blueprints or understand what he was making.

Yota secretly saved Tony Stark and Yinsen by frightening the terrorists away, allowing Stark to escape and later return to the United States. Yota kept the Mark I and recordings of Stark’s reactor and armor designs, while Kingpin profited from Stark Industries and began producing exoskeleton armor.

• Tony Stark faced imminent death as the Iron Man Armor finished activating, but Yota caused an apparent earthquake that drove the terrorists from the cave.
• Stark put on the armor, escaped with Yinsen, and defeated nearly all the terrorists while Yota watched over them and blew up the ammunition depot.
• Stark found a usable jeep and radio, took supplies, and left the Mark I behind except for its chest reactor.
• Yota examined the abandoned armor, kept it intact, and took recordings of Stark’s miniature Arc Reactor and armor designs before leaving the ruins.
• Kingpin bought Stark Industries stock during its decline and became a board member, while following Yota’s instructions to ignore the company’s internal struggles.
• Kingpin used Stark’s reactor and armor designs to make exoskeletons intended to fight Super Heroes.

Yota watched Punisher’s assault on Kingpin’s West Tower until Punisher retreated into his room and confronted him. Seeing Punisher as a threat to the business he controlled, Yota prepared to teach him a lesson.

• An explosion shook West Tower, and Yota speculated that Punisher or Daredevil was attacking Kingpin again.
• Kingpin’s enhanced forces overwhelmed an unfamiliar Super Hero, who fell from a window but escaped by grappling to another floor.
• Punisher retreated into Yota’s room after Kingpin’s armored, serum-enhanced men forced him back.
• Punisher mistook Yota for an ordinary civilian and aimed his gun at him while asking whether he worked for Kingpin.
• Yota recognized Punisher and decided to retaliate because Punisher had attacked Kingpin’s business.

Yota told Kingpin the truth about The Hand, Black Sky, and the Dragon Bone after Kingpin revealed that The Hand had approached him. Kingpin realized The Hand was seeking the Dragon Bone and considered pursuing it and learning their qi cultivation method.

• Yota shot Punisher with lightning and had Kingpin's soldiers carry him away.
• Two days later, Kingpin told Yota that The Hand had approached him and that he was interested in their apparent power to grant immortality and resurrection.
• Yota explained that The Hand's longevity came from the Dragon Bone, while Black Sky's resurrected followers were largely soulless puppets and its power came at the cost of one's soul.
• Kingpin realized The Hand was searching for the Dragon Bone and considered beating them to it and acquiring their qi cultivation method.
• Yota decided qi cultivation would offer him little because he already had Chakra, while Kingpin had no internal cultivation system and might benefit from learning it.

Yota watched Hawkeye help Iron Man defeat Iron Monger, altering the expected course of the battle. Meanwhile, Punisher’s escape led S.H.I.E.L.D. to suspect Kingpin had stolen miniature Arc Reactor technology, prompting Tony Stark to investigate him in secret.

• Yota saw Hawkeye destroy Iron Monger during his fight with Iron Man, and S.H.I.E.L.D. arrested Obadiah.
• Hawkeye’s intervention stole attention from Tony Stark’s announcement that he was Iron Man, though Stark Industries’ stock rose and Kingpin benefited.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. rescued Punisher from Kingpin, and Punisher handed over a miniature Arc Reactor.
• Black Egg told Tony Stark about the reactor, and S.H.I.E.L.D. suspected Kingpin had stolen the technology from Stark Industries.
• Tony Stark secretly entered Kingpin’s territory in a redesigned Iron Man Armor to investigate the reactor.

Kingpin asked Yota to help deal with Iron Man, who had been disrupting his operations for over a month. Yota waited at Wilson Tower for Tony Stark’s next attack, then faced him as Iron Man launched a cautious punch.

• Iron Man and Kingpin continued their month-long conflict, each seeking to capture the other while avoiding a lethal confrontation.
• With Iron Man and other Super Heroes disrupting his operations, Kingpin went to Yota and asked for help.
• Yota paused his work on adapting the Super Soldier Serum and followed Kingpin back to Wilson Tower.
• Iron Man attacked Wilson Tower at night, but Yota appeared in midair before he could enter.
• Iron Man told Yota that electricity would not harm his suit, then rushed forward and punched him while holding back his strength.

Yota defeated Iron Man after Stark broke into Wilson Tower, then brought him before Kingpin. Kingpin revealed that Tony's father had developed a purer energy source that could save him from palladium poisoning.

• Iron Man punched Yota, but Yota grabbed his wrist and crushed the armor without hurting himself.
• Yota melted Iron Man's armor with flames, then shattered it with a wave of cold and captured Stark.
• Yota carried Stark into Wilson Tower, where Kingpin questioned him about his investigation and showed him a small Arc Reactor.
• Kingpin told Stark that his father had developed a purer New Element energy source and that it could save him from palladium poisoning.

Kingpin sent Tony Stark back to Stark Industries with advice on treating his palladium poisoning, then told Yota where The Hand was digging for the Dragon Bone. Yota traveled to the marked site in New York to find the buried skeleton.

• Kingpin revealed he knew about Tony Stark's palladium poisoning, advised him to search his Pops's documents and drink vegetable juice, and had soldiers escort him away.
• Kingpin showed Yota a map marking where The Hand was digging for the Dragon Bone, which could grant immortality.
• Kingpin asked Yota to obtain the Dragon Bone before The Hand could claim it, and Yota agreed to take most of it.
• Yota transformed into lightning, reached the building marked on the map, and determined that the Dragon Bone lay beneath it.

Yota infiltrated The Hand’s underground tunnels and drained nearly all the energy from the Dragon Bone, discovering it was a divine dragon’s shed skin rather than its remains. He left a small amount of energy for Kingpin and wrote “Hail Hydra!” beneath the empty site before leaving.

• Yota used Earth Release to enter the tunnels and found a barrier protecting the Dragon Bone.
• Yota passed through the barrier with Kamui and discovered the Dragon Bone was a divine dragon’s shed skin.
• Yota absorbed nearly all the Dragon Bone’s life force, reducing it to ashes and refining the remaining energy into a pill.
• Yota left one percent of the energy for Kingpin and considered giving him an Artificial Human-Human Fruit.
• Yota wrote “Hail Hydra!” beneath the Dragon Bone’s former location and prepared to leave.

After learning K'un-Lun would not reconnect with Earth for at least ten years, Yota left The Hand and Kingpin behind and headed for Kamar-Taj to study Marvel's spatial magic. A fighter jet crashed into the woods near the road where police and soldiers had stopped him.

• Kingpin ate the She-Particle containing Artificial Human-Human Fruit flesh and felt his strength increase beyond the Human Limit.
• Yota found Madame Gao, defeated The Hand's ninjas, and forced her to reveal that K'un-Lun would not return to Earth for at least ten years.
• Yota spared Madame Gao and gave Kingpin the New York Sanctum's phone number in case Black Sky emerged.
• Yota decided to visit Kamar-Taj to learn about spatial magic and had Kingpin arrange a car for him.
• Police and soldiers blocked Yota's route because of a Multi-National Summit, and a fighter jet came crashing down toward nearby woods.

Yota encountered the X-Men near the Multi-National Summit and fought them after Wolverine tried to take his car by force. The chapter ended with Cyclops firing a laser beam at Yota.

• Yota spotted a black jet and drove over to investigate, discovering Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, and Jean Grey.
• Wolverine threatened Yota with his claws and tried to pull him from the car to take it.
• Yota shocked Wolverine with his electrical power when Wolverine grabbed his collar.
• Jean Grey attacked Yota with telekinesis, but Yota repelled her and sent her flying.
• Cyclops fired a red laser beam at Yota after he saw Yota strike Jean Grey.

Yota tried to stop Magneto from using Rogue to power a device that would expose the Multi-National Summit to a magnetic field, but Magneto sacrificed much of his life force to unleash it anyway. The summit fell into chaos as attendees suffered the effects of the radiation.

• Yota followed the X-Men and learned that Magneto was using Rogue's power-absorbing ability to activate his machine.
• Yota lifted the land beneath the Statue of Liberty into the air, but Magneto controlled the statue and flew toward the Totto Land Summit.
• Storm flew up and attacked Magneto's subordinates while the other X-Men struggled to reach the statue.
• Magneto drained his own life force to unleash a powerful magnetic field across the summit, destroying the machine.
• The magnetic field hit the summit attendees, leaving many dizzy, unconscious, or unwell as chaos spread.

Yota stopped the Statue of Liberty from crashing and revived Rogue and Magneto after the machine drained their vitality. Rogue woke aged and weak, while Magneto asked whether his plan had succeeded and Wolverine confronted him about the escaped senator.

• After Magneto collapsed and the Statue of Liberty began falling, Yota used the Float-Float Fruit to halt it, and Wolverine rushed to find Rogue.
• Yota said Rogue and Magneto were in suspended death, then revived them with Yang Release Chakra.
• Rogue woke aged and frail, and Magneto regained consciousness with little vitality left.
• Mystique told Magneto that the plan had turned everyone into Mutants, and he reacted with satisfaction.
• Wolverine kicked the machine aside and asked Magneto what had happened to the senator who escaped and had been used as an experimental subject.

After the failed attack on the Multi-National Summit, Yota helped Rogue restore her life force and brought the Mutants back to X-Academy. Magneto arrived physically and mentally broken as governments began ordering the extermination of Mutants.

• Wolverine told Magneto and the Brotherhood that their escaped test subject had collapsed and that the attack had killed the leaders at the Multi-National Summit, bringing humans and Mutants closer to war.
• Yota used the Float-Float Fruit to restore the Statue of Liberty and carry the group away before the helicopters arrived.
• Yota took Rogue fishing and let her absorb the life force of thousands of tons of fish, restoring her health and greatly strengthening her.
• Magneto's failed plan left him near death and with most of his control over metal gone, while governments began targeting Mutants for extermination.
• Yota accompanied the group back to X-Academy, where Professor X, Charles, greeted the weakened Magneto and the academy remained under threat.

After the X-Men returned to X-Academy, Professor Charles briefed them and Yota on the danger facing Mutants and the military threat. Meanwhile, a group of persecuted Mutants followed a blind Egyptian precognitive into the desert to uncover the powerful Mutant he believed could save them.

• Professor Charles welcomed the returning X-Men with relief, then brought them and Yota to a meeting about the crisis.
• Yota suspected his earlier clash with the X-Men had delayed them and helped Magneto activate his machine at the Statue of Liberty.
• In Egypt, a blind precognitive Mutant led a group of survivors to a desert site, claiming a powerful Mutant was buried there.
• The old man explained that the military had killed his son and granddaughter during its purge of Mutants, and that his visions had revealed their last hope.
• A Mutant who controlled sand and soil helped the group dig a vast hole, and the Mutants descended underground.

A group of Mutants unearthed Apocalypse, who quickly learned about the modern world and strengthened his new followers. After they defeated the army pursuing them, the Old Seer offered his life to make one final prophecy.

• The Mutants found Apocalypse inside an underground pyramid and brought him to the surface, where he awakened and learned about the modern world through electromagnetic waves.
• Apocalypse declared himself king and enhanced a Mutant’s strength, winning over much of the group.
• When the Old Seer warned that an army was approaching, Apocalypse shielded the Mutants and led them against the pursuers.
• Apocalypse’s enhanced Mutants wiped out the Egyptian soldiers, while he judged the Old Seer to have only days left to live.
• The Old Seer offered to use his prophetic ability one last time, and Apocalypse pushed it to its limit, knowing it would kill him.

Apocalypse studied Old Seer’s intelligence, gathered Egypt’s Mutants, and overthrew the country, while the X-Men remained divided over how to respond. Yota anticipated Apocalypse’s attention turning toward the academy and considered removing his Ōtsutsuki bloodline.

• Apocalypse chose Professor X’s mind-control abilities as a target and planned to gather Mutants in Egypt before seeking recruits from Magneto’s Brotherhood and the X-Academy.
• Apocalypse rescued and strengthened Mutants held in Egyptian laboratories, then destroyed the military’s forces and transformed Cairo into a pyramid as he declared Mutant rule.
• A week earlier, Magneto suggested surrendering to protect the remaining Mutants, but Professor X persuaded him otherwise, and the academy’s meetings produced no plan.
• Apocalypse’s rise in Egypt drew most of the world’s attention away from the X-Academy, though Yota expected him to target it soon.
• Yota considered removing his Ōtsutsuki bloodline, believing his Chakra would remain at the Kekkei Mōra level even if it decreased.

Yota offered to extend Magneto’s life with Hashirama Cells, giving the frail mutant hope as Apocalypse’s rise eased pressure on mutants. Magneto accepted that a dozen more years would be enough, but questioned why Yota was helping him.

• Apocalypse’s growing power and the deaths of Magneto’s irradiated targets caused new human leaders to avoid confronting mutants.
• Magneto regained hope after seeing Apocalypse’s victories and believing mutants had become powerful again.
• Yota told Magneto that Hashirama Cells could extend his life by about a dozen years, though they could not restore him completely.
• Magneto accepted the offer and asked Yota why he was helping him, since Yota was not a mutant.