Recaps

Hawking killed Riot, arranged for Green Goblin to take over the Life Foundation, and used his newly available draw to obtain the template of sixteen-year-old Uzumaki Naruto. He considered how Naruto’s abilities and bloodline could strengthen him, leaving the template ready to load.

• Hawking burned the injured Riot to death and wondered whether he could access the Voldemort soul fragment inside Harry Potter to gain magical knowledge.
• Hawking told Peter and Jessica to handle the scene, warned Venom not to kill or reveal his identity without permission, and called Green Goblin about taking over the Life Foundation.
• Green Goblin agreed to pursue the Life Foundation, and Hawking urged him to focus on developing the Gravity Chamber.
• After returning to the Mutant School, Hawking waited until the next day to draw a new protagonist template.
• Hawking drew the sixteen-year-old Uzumaki Naruto template and considered how Naruto’s techniques, physique, and bloodline could complement his existing abilities.

Hawking loaded sixteen-year-old Naruto’s template and tested how its chakra and ninjutsu interacted with his Saiyan and wizard abilities. He successfully summoned Gamabunta, who questioned why the unfamiliar-looking boy had Naruto’s chakra.

• Hawking flew to a remote forest and loaded sixteen-year-old Uzumaki Naruto’s template, gaining Naruto’s memories and appearance.
• Hawking tested his enhanced strength, created a Shadow Clone, and formed a basketball-sized Rasengan.
• Hawking used the Summoning Technique and summoned Gamabunta, a giant toad from Mount Myōboku.
• Hawking greeted Gamabunta, who recognized Naruto’s chakra but asked who the unfamiliar boy was.

Hawking explained to Gamabunta that he was using Naruto’s abilities temporarily in another world and arranged for the toad to investigate Mount Myōboku and Naruto. After Gamabunta left, Hawking entered the sealed mental space and confronted the Nine-Tails, who realized he was not Naruto.

• Hawking told Gamabunta that he was not Naruto but had temporarily gained Naruto’s abilities and memories.
• Hawking asked Gamabunta to check Mount Myōboku’s summoning contract, consult the Toad Sages, and return at the same time the next day.
• Gamabunta tested Hawking’s strength and was sent flying by his punch, convincing him that Hawking was not Naruto.
• Gamabunta agreed to pass on Hawking’s questions, including whether the Nine-Tails was still inside Naruto, and then returned to Mount Myōboku.
• Hawking entered the Nine-Tails’ sealed mental space, where the beast recognized that he was not Naruto.

Hawking met the Nine-Tails in his mental space, then used Shadow Clones to train and found Voldemort’s soul fragment in Harry’s mental space. After Hawking left, Naruto discovered that the Nine-Tails had vanished from his cage.

• Hawking greeted the Nine-Tails and agreed that he might open its seal later, while the Nine-Tails offered him its power.
• Hawking created three thousand Shadow Clones and considered using smaller groups to help him train.
• Hawking loaded the Harry Potter Template, entered Harry’s mental space, and found Voldemort’s soul fragment beneath a station bench.
• Hawking left Shadow Clones to practice ninjutsu and flew to his company after the Harry Template ended.
• Naruto stopped while traveling with Yamato, Sakura, and Sai, then confirmed that the Nine-Tails was missing from its cage.

Naruto was reverse-summoned to Mount Myōboku after the Nine-Tails briefly vanished from him, and the Great Toad Sage confirmed that other worlds existed and the toads would honor Hawking’s contract. The next day, Hawking summoned Gamabunta and agreed to visit Mount Myōboku to investigate.

• Yamato ordered Sakura to examine Naruto, but she found nothing wrong before Naruto said the Nine-Tails had returned and vanished in a puff of smoke.
• Gamikichi reverse-summoned Naruto to Mount Myōboku, where Naruto learned that Jiraiya and the elders had also been summoned there.
• Naruto told Jiraiya that the Nine-Tails had disappeared for an hour, and the Great Toad Sage confirmed that other worlds existed and that the Toad Clan would honor Hawking’s contract.
• Hawking released his shadow clones, endured the rush of their training memories, and slept until the following afternoon.
• Hawking loaded Naruto’s Protagonist Template, summoned Gamabunta, and agreed to accompany him to Mount Myōboku.

Hawking sent a Shadow Clone to Mount Myōboku to test whether Reverse Summoning could strand him in the Naruto World, then met Naruto, Jiraiya, Fukasaku, and Shima. He explained his connection to Naruto and confirmed that the Nine-Tails was temporarily sealed inside him, leaving the group to consider his account.

• Hawking created a Shadow Clone, gave it his Magic Ring, and asked Gamabunta to Reverse Summon the clone instead of his real body.
• The clone arrived at Mount Myōboku and flew to the temple, where it found Naruto, Jiraiya, Fukasaku, and Shima.
• Hawking greeted the group, declined Shima’s food, and used Transfiguration to make chairs so they could talk.
• Hawking told Fukasaku that he came from another world and could share Naruto’s memories for only an hour each day.
• Hawking confirmed to Jiraiya that the Nine-Tails was sealed inside him during that hour and would return to Naruto afterward.

Hawking built trust with the Toad Clan and returned to his Marvel body, then went home for Christmas with Wanda and Pietro. Magneto and Mystique arrived at his house to speak with him, while Elena reacted to Magneto as if she recognized him.

• Hawking told Naruto about his world, and Fukasaku named him a contractor of the Toad Clan.
• The Naruto Protagonist Template expired, sending Hawking's Shadow Clone back to his original body in New York.
• Hawking absorbed the clone's memories and decided to visit Mount Myōboku daily to build trust and learn ninjutsu.
• Hawking traveled home for Christmas with Wanda and Pietro, enjoying the family reunion with Elena and Oleg.
• Magneto and Mystique waited outside Hawking's house, and Elena recognized Magneto before insisting that Hawking return early.
• Hawking invited Magneto and Mystique to a nearby café to discuss their important business.

Hawking learned that S.H.I.E.L.D. had captured a mutant whose powers could suppress other abilities and developed weapons to neutralize mutants. Magneto urged Hawking to help destroy S.H.I.E.L.D. before it could act, but Hawking remained wary and left the proposal undecided.

• Magneto told Hawking that S.H.I.E.L.D. was preparing to deal with mutants.
• Mystique gave Hawking documents she had obtained by infiltrating S.H.I.E.L.D., revealing its capture of the power-suppressing mutant and its development of suppression weapons.
• Hawking questioned why Magneto had approached him instead of telling Professor X, and Magneto said Professor X would hesitate and warn Nick Fury.
• Magneto asked Hawking to join him in destroying S.H.I.E.L.D. before informing Professor X.
• Hawking said he would think about it, suspecting that Nick Fury would not risk starting a war so casually.

Hawking postponed Magneto’s request while investigating the threat to mutants and discovered that Magneto was Wanda and Pietro’s biological father. He sent a shadow clone to investigate S.H.I.E.L.D. as he prepared to spend the day with his family.

• Hawking told Magneto he would decide whether to cooperate in three days, and Magneto left with Mystique.
• Hawking returned home and secretly listened to his family, learning that Elena had conceived Wanda and Pietro after a one-night encounter with Magneto.
• Hawking decided to keep the truth about Magneto’s paternity to himself and to go easier on Magneto if he did not cause trouble.
• The next morning, Hawking created a shadow clone and sent it to investigate S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters while he stayed home to prepare for Christmas.

Hawking spent Christmas shopping and decorating with Wanda and her family, then received intelligence from his Shadow Clone that S.H.I.E.L.D. had developed anti-mutant weapons but was not planning an imminent attack. Unsure what Magneto was really pursuing, Hawking sent another clone to ask Professor X for advice.

• Wanda dragged Hawking outside to build a snowman, and Pietro teased her about how close she was to him.
• Elena imagined Wanda and Hawking marrying someday, while Oleg reminded her that they were still children.
• The family went Christmas shopping, and Wanda joked that she would create a world with Hawking in it if he were gone; Hawking urged her not to become extreme.
• Hawking and Wanda decorated the house with Pietro while Oleg and Elena sorted the food.
• Hawking received his Shadow Clone's report that S.H.I.E.L.D. had developed weapons and drugs targeting mutants but had no imminent plans to attack them.
• Hawking sent another Shadow Clone to Mutant School to ask Professor X what he thought of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Magneto.

Hawking told Professor X about Magneto’s plan to destroy S.H.I.E.L.D., then refused Magneto’s offer while leaving open the possibility of an alliance if Magneto proved he could win. Magneto kept his plan secret and warned Mystique that he would show Hawking no mercy when the time came.

• Hawking told Professor X about Magneto’s offer and S.H.I.E.L.D.’s weapons and drugs, but concealed his Shadow Clone technique.
• Professor X revealed that Nick Fury had already discussed S.H.I.E.L.D.’s research with him and said he would side with the Brotherhood if S.H.I.E.L.D. attacked first.
• Hawking told Magneto that Professor X would support S.H.I.E.L.D. if Magneto started a war, but said he might consider joining Magneto if he had a powerful trump card.
• Magneto left the café with Mystique after promising to approach Hawking if the right moment came.
• Mystique asked why Magneto had not shared their plan with Hawking, and Magneto said he suspected Hawking was fishing for information and would receive no mercy when the time came.

Magneto and Mystique set their plan in motion by leaking evidence of Nick Fury’s Hydra investigation to Pierce, hoping to distract S.H.I.E.L.D. while Magneto reassured Apocalypse in Cairo. Pierce decided to eliminate Fury and ordered the Hydra Captain to lead the attack, leaving Sitwell poised to become the next director.

• Magneto abandoned his hopes of recruiting Hawking and told Mystique to begin their second plan by turning Hydra against Nick Fury.
• Mystique leaked evidence of Fury’s investigation to Pierce, while Magneto flew to Cairo to keep Apocalypse from revealing himself.
• Pierce discovered that Mystique had delivered the documents and ordered Agent Sitwell to come to his office.
• After learning Fury was at S.H.I.E.L.D.’s New York base and Captain Marvel was away, Pierce ordered the Hydra Captain to kill Fury and promised Sitwell the directorship.
• Pierce planned to use Hydra’s takeover of S.H.I.E.L.D. to accelerate Project Insight and later pit Magneto against the X-Men.

Nick Fury visited Hawking at the Maximoff home and offered to handle future government problems for Hawking’s company in exchange for a favor. Hawking agreed to hear him out, then learned Fury wanted him to secretly protect him from an expected assassination attempt the next day.

• Nick Fury arrived at the Maximoff home and asked to speak with Hawking.
• Hawking took Fury outside to talk, keeping him away from his family.
• Fury praised Hawking’s work and offered to handle future government problems affecting Hero Alliance International Company in exchange for a favor.
• Hawking asked what Fury needed and considered the benefits of the offer.
• Fury asked Hawking to secretly protect him from an assassination attempt expected the next day, and Hawking questioned whether he was joking.

Hawking agreed to help Nick Fury bait Hydra into attacking, then gathered his team to protect Fury and give them combat experience. The ambush began when Hydra agents disguised as police rammed and surrounded Fury's vehicle, while Hawking told the team to wait before intervening.

• Nick Fury explained that he suspected Hydra had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. and had kept Hawking's information out of its systems.
• Hawking agreed to help Nick Fury survive the planned assassination attempt.
• The next morning, Hawking gathered Peter, Eddie, Jessica, and the others on a rooftop to watch over Nick Fury and train against the attackers.
• Venom asked to eat the Hydra agents' heads, and Hawking allowed him to do so in moderation.
• Hydra agents disguised as police rammed Nick Fury's van and blocked it at an intersection.
• Hawking told his team to wait until Nick Fury was nearly overwhelmed before they intervened.

Hawking sent Peter, Venom, and Jessica to rescue Nick Fury from a Hydra ambush, and the three defeated the agents using coordinated tactics. Nick Fury recognized the strength of Hawking’s team as he watched them subdue Hydra, while the attack ended with the team in control of the battlefield.

• Hawking ordered Peter, Venom, and Jessica to intervene as Nick Fury was surrounded by Hydra agents.
• Venom attacked Hydra agents while Spider-Man Peter webbed others and freed Nick Fury from immediate danger.
• Hydra’s commander ordered the super weapon activated, but Jessica destroyed the cannon with metal javelins before it could fire.
• Peter, Venom, and Jessica coordinated their attacks, and Hawking told them to capture the remaining agents alive for Nick Fury to question.
• Hawking checked on Nick Fury, who complained about his broken ribs and admitted Hawking’s team could rival the X-Men.

Hydra deployed the Hydra Stomper, piloted by the brainwashed Steve Rogers, to kill Nick Fury, but Jessica, Peter, and Venom fought back. Tony Stark recognized the mech and drove toward the battle, arriving as the fight continued.

• The Hydra agent in charge sent the Hydra Stomper after Nick Fury as Hydra's remaining agents were defeated.
• Nick Fury identified the mech as the upgraded Hydra Stomper, and Hawking suspected Hydra Steve Rogers was piloting it.
• The Hydra Stomper fired tracking missiles at Jessica, but Peter caught her after the blast knocked her from the sky.
• Jessica, Peter, and Venom attacked the mech, forcing it to land and use its weapons to repel them.
• Tony Stark recognized the Hydra Stomper as his father's experimental mech, drove past the police barricades, and reached the battle.

Hawking watched Steve use the Hydra Stomper to outmaneuver Peter, Jessica, and Venom, then stepped in after Steve incapacitated Peter and Jessica with sleeping gas. He destroyed the mech with a controlled Destructo Disc, leaving Nick Fury stunned by his strength.

• Steve used the Hydra Stomper’s flamethrower to exploit Venom’s weakness to fire, forcing Venom back into Eddie and out of the fight.
• Steve released sleeping gas with the smoke grenades, knocking out Peter and Jessica as they fought the mech.
• Hawking swept away the smoke with the Whirlwind Spell and used Zombie Levitation to bring Peter and Jessica to safety.
• Steve tried to attack Hawking and the others, but Hawking cut apart the Hydra Stomper with a Destructo Disc while leaving its cockpit intact.
• Hawking told Nick Fury that experience and strategy were futile before absolute power, and Fury was shocked by Hawking’s strength.

Hawking captured Hydra-controlled Steve Rogers alive and helped Nick Fury launch the next phase of the Hydra purge. Tony Stark left inspired to build a new suit of armor, while Hawking traveled to Mount Myōboku to continue training and visit his toad friends.

• Hawking blocked Hydra Steve’s attacks, then knocked him unconscious with a Stupefy Curse after Nick Fury asked him to spare Steve’s life.
• Hawking handed Steve to Nick Fury, awakened Peter and Jessica, and left with his team as Fury began Phase Two of the Hydra Purge Plan.
• Tony Stark called Pepper to cancel his engagements for two months so he could develop a miniaturized Arc Reactor and a close-fitting suit of armor.
• After reviewing the mission with his team, Hawking sent them home and traveled to Mount Myōboku using Naruto’s template.
• Hawking spent time with the toads and reflected that the Summoning Technique could not take him between worlds without the panel acting as a bridge.

Hawking strengthened his friendship with Naruto by teaching him the Double Afterimage Fist, then visited Konoha after Tsunade approved the meeting. He left Tsunade and Shizune impressed with gifts, as the village leaders examined their new visitor.

• Hawking taught Naruto the Afterimage Fist at Mount Myōboku, and Naruto mastered the Double Afterimage Fist.
• Naruto told Hawking that Tsunade had agreed to let him visit Konoha, so Hawking arranged to be summoned the next morning.
• Naruto summoned Hawking to the Hokage's office, where Hawking met Tsunade, Konoha's advisors, Danzo, Yamato, Sakura, Sai, and Shizune.
• Hawking gave Tsunade a slot machine, which delighted her, and gave Shizune a box of surgical tools, which captivated her.

Hawking toured the Hidden Leaf with Team 7, winning over its residents with gifts, magic, and food while keeping his connection to Naruto secret. After his one-hour visit ended, he vanished, intending to keep earning the village’s trust and eventually learn its ninjutsu.

• Hawking gave gifts to the Hokage's staff, and Tsunade decided to treat him as a guest while Danzo voiced suspicion.
• Tsunade ordered Yamato to monitor Hawking after Mitokado Hamura and Utatane Koharu recommended surveillance.
• Hawking changed his clothes with magic and explained that he was posing as a guest from Mount Myōboku to conceal his connection to Naruto.
• Naruto, Sakura, and Sai showed Hawking around the village, where he transformed Sakura's jacket into a dress and paid for over a hundred bowls of Ichiraku Ramen.
• Hawking said goodbye to Team 7 and vanished when his hour in the Hidden Leaf ended.

After Hawking left Konoha, Sakura and Naruto discussed the calm impression he made and his formidable strength. On Christmas, Magneto abducted Professor X, and Hawking flew with Storm to investigate.

• Sakura and Naruto reflected on Hawking’s kindness and strength, while Sai noted ways to strengthen friendships in his notebook.
• Hawking spent Christmas with the Oleg family, opening presents and helping prepare the holiday feast.
• Storm arrived at Hawking’s home and told him Magneto had forcibly taken Professor X from the school.
• Hawking told Pietro he might not return for dinner, then flew with Storm toward the school.

Hawking learned that Magneto had abducted Professor X with help from the ancient mutant Apocalypse, whose powers made him a major threat. After explaining Apocalypse’s history and abilities to the X-Men, Hawking prepared to seek help from Nick Fury and rescue Professor X.

• Storm told Hawking that Magneto had appeared at the Mutant School with a blue-skinned mutant who called himself the God of Mutants, stripped Professor X of his abilities, and took him through a spatial wormhole.
• Hawking identified the blue-skinned mutant as Apocalypse and worried that Magneto’s plan and enhanced power were more complicated than they seemed.
• Hawking decided to rescue Professor X before Apocalypse could gain his psychic abilities.
• At the Mutant School, Beast said Magneto had destroyed the tracker on Professor X’s wheelchair, while Wolverine demanded to know why the professor had been taken.
• Hawking told the X-Men about Apocalypse, and Professor Hank suspected the group was hiding in an Egyptian city.
• Hawking called Nick Fury and warned him that humanity was doomed.

Mr. Hawking warned Nick Fury that Apocalypse and Magneto threatened humanity, but Fury hesitated to divert S.H.I.E.L.D. from Hydra’s attacks. Hawking then summoned allies and reporters, planning to use the coming fight to establish Hero Alliance International and present the X-Men as its mutant Super Heroes.

• Mr. Hawking told Nick Fury that Magneto had taken the Professor and explained Apocalypse’s threat to humanity.
• Nick Fury said Hydra’s worldwide terrorist attacks had tied up S.H.I.E.L.D. and offered to locate Magneto while sending Captain Marvel when possible.
• Mr. Hawking ended the call, suspecting Fury would delay sending Captain Marvel until the battle was nearly over.
• Mr. Hawking called Peter, Venom, and Jessica to join him, then asked Jonah Jameson, Green Goblin, the public relations director, and reporters to publicize and cover the crisis.
• Mr. Hawking told the X-Men to present themselves to reporters as mutant Super Heroes who had recently joined Hero Alliance International.

Hawking led the X-Men and Hero Alliance members to Cairo to confront Apocalypse, while presenting mutants to reporters as potential Super Heroes. Apocalypse used Professor X to launch the world’s nuclear weapons into space and began building a pyramid in Cairo, as Magneto secretly planned to destroy human civilization and later kill Apocalypse.

• Hawking received word from Nick Fury that the Brotherhood of Mutants had gathered in Cairo and took the X-Men, Hero Alliance members, and reporters there by X-Jet.
• Hawking told the reporters that Apocalypse threatened the world and introduced the X-Men as newly recruited Super Heroes.
• Apocalypse used Professor X’s powers to launch every nuclear missile into space, leaving Earth without nuclear weapons.
• Apocalypse transformed much of central Cairo into a gigantic pyramid and flew there with the unconscious Professor X to begin his ritual.
• Magneto told Mystique to preserve their strength, then secretly used his powers to disrupt the magnetic field while planning to kill Apocalypse after he had served his purpose.

Magneto altered Earth’s magnetic field as Apocalypse’s threat drove the world into panic, while governments could only rely on the heroes heading to Cairo. Hawking and Nightcrawler rescued Professor X from Apocalypse’s interrupted consciousness transfer, but Apocalypse survived Hawking’s attack and pursued him out of the pyramid.

• Magneto changed Earth’s magnetic field, causing disasters and panic worldwide as governments learned ordinary weapons could not enter Cairo.
• Hawking and the heroes arrived in Cairo, where Mystique’s Brotherhood of Mutants engaged Storm and the others while Hawking and Nightcrawler entered the pyramid.
• Nightcrawler rescued Professor X during the consciousness transfer, interrupting Apocalypse’s ritual.
• Hawking struck Apocalypse’s neck with a Destructo Disc, but Apocalypse absorbed it and regenerated.
• Apocalypse attacked Hawking with stone spears, and Hawking broke them with the Adamantium Alloy Rod as he flew out of the pyramid.