Recaps

Hawking reassured Wanda that he liked mature women, prompting her to secretly plan to keep him away from romance until she grew up. At Doom Company's space base, Hawking and Wanda met Reed, Ben, and Susan as the team prepared for a shuttle launch.

• Hawking told Wanda he was a normal man who preferred mature women, and Wanda resolved to watch over his romantic prospects until she became an adult.
• Wanda claimed men should wait until they were over twenty to date, while Hawking wondered if someone at school had hurt her.
• Hawking and Wanda arrived at Doom Company's space base, where Ben refused to serve as Johnny's copilot because of Johnny's reckless behavior.
• Hawking introduced Wanda to Reed and Ben, then greeted Susan Stone and complimented her spacesuit.
• Wanda suddenly stepped between Hawking and Susan and introduced herself, while Susan sensed possible hostility behind Wanda's smile.

Mr. Hawking met Susan, Doom, and Johnny at the spacecraft launch base, where Johnny accepted an invitation to consider joining the Heroes Alliance after the mission. Wanda mistook Mr. Hawking’s interest in Susan for romantic feelings and decided to intervene.

• Wanda introduced herself to Susan as Mr. Hawking’s adopted sister and privately regarded her as a rival.
• Susan led Mr. Hawking, Wanda, Ben, and Reed to the VIP lounge, where Doom and Johnny were preparing for the space mission.
• Doom warmly greeted Mr. Hawking, and Johnny asked to join the Heroes Alliance.
• Mr. Hawking invited Johnny to visit the company after the mission and joked that Susan could join too.
• Wanda took Susan’s hand and asked her to go for another walk, resolving not to let Mr. Hawking have her.

Wanda took Susan on a walk around the launch facility and urged her to end her uncertain relationship with Reed. Susan accepted Wanda’s advice and began to let go of Reed, leaving their future together in doubt.

• Wanda persuaded Hawking to let her and Susan walk around the launch facility while he stayed with Doom and Reed.
• Wanda asked Susan about her love life, and Susan explained that she had dated Doom but still had unresolved feelings for Reed.
• Susan described Reed’s lack of romantic understanding, and Wanda assumed she was talking about Hawking.
• Wanda urged Susan to stop hesitating and leave a man who did not understand her, while a faint red glow appeared around Wanda.
• Susan decided that she and Reed might not be compatible and that she should let go of the past.

Wanda misunderstood Susan’s past relationship and accidentally encouraged her to give up on Reed and consider Hawking, then Susan teased Wanda into revealing her own feelings for him. As Susan and Doom departed aboard the space shuttle, Hawking noticed Wanda was distracted, and she asked whether he had attended the launch because he liked Susan.

• Susan clarified that she and Doctor Reed had been lovers in college, and Wanda realized she had mistaken Reed for Hawking.
• Susan joked that she might consider Hawking, and Wanda protested that he was only sixteen and underage.
• Susan revealed she had been teasing Wanda and asked whether Wanda liked Hawking; Wanda admitted she had never confessed because she feared ruining their closeness.
• Susan encouraged Wanda to pursue Hawking, but Wanda said her situation was different and changed the subject as it was time to leave.
• Susan and Doom boarded the space shuttle while Reed directed the launch remotely, and Hawking took the distracted Wanda to watch from the observation deck.
• Wanda asked Hawking whether he had come to watch the ceremony because he liked Susan.

Hawking watched Doctor Reed’s rocket launch with Wanda, then rescued Tony after his first Iron Man armor flight froze and began falling. The chapter left Tony suspended safely in the air with Hawking and Wanda beside him.

• Hawking and Wanda watched Doctor Reed’s rocket launch, and Hawking said he had come to follow Reed’s experiment and improve his Gravity Device.
• Hawking took Wanda toward an amusement park and promised to make up for breaking his earlier promise to go shopping with her.
• Hawking spotted a frozen silver figure falling from the sky and used Shock Absorption Speed Stop and Clean Sweep to halt its fall and clear the ice.
• Tony explained that he had built the Mark 1 Armor to surpass his father’s Hydra Stomper and launched it despite Jarvis’s warning.
• Tony flew higher to test the armor’s limits, but the cold froze its systems and sent him plunging toward the ground.
• Hawking slowed Tony’s fall and removed the ice, leaving Tony’s armor operational in midair.

Hawking and Wanda encountered Tony Stark during his first armor test flight, then spent the day at an amusement park. As they rode the Ferris wheel, Wanda tried to fall into Hawking, hoping to make him notice her feelings.

• Hawking stopped Tony Stark from crashing, but Tony insisted he could have handled the malfunction himself.
• Wanda scolded Tony for his rude response, and Hawking introduced himself before flying away with her.
• Tony thanked Hawking and asked Jarvis whether his armor looked ugly; Jarvis reassured him, and Tony returned to work on its color.
• Hawking and Wanda visited an amusement park, where Wanda took him on rides and told him the Ferris wheel kissing legend.
• Wanda pretended to trip in the Ferris wheel cabin and fell toward Hawking.

After Wanda kissed Hawking on the ferris wheel, he treated her supposed ankle injury and returned to training, then reconsidered how to raise his Combat Power and earn Justice Points. He concluded that his fused bloodlines might boost his potential, but shadow clones were too inefficient for farming Justice Points.

• Wanda kissed Hawking on the ferris wheel, then claimed she had twisted her ankle and asked him to rub it.
• Hawking healed Wanda with Rapid Recovery, carried her back to Mutant School, and went to the Combat Simulation Room to train.
• Hawking reflected that Goku's growth had depended on exceptional dedication, guidance, and life-or-death battles, so a Gravity Chamber alone would not make him equally powerful.
• Hawking reasoned that his fused Saiyan, Wizard, Hokage, and Shinigami Bloodlines could give him greater potential, while he continued developing other power systems for survival.
• Hawking dispelled his shadow clones, absorbed their training memories, and went to sleep.
• Hawking decided to stop using shadow clones to farm Justice Points because saving lives had unlocked his templates and ordinary good deeds would earn points too slowly.

Hawking learned that the Solar Storm experiment had failed, leaving Doom Company's Space Station damaged and the company on the verge of collapse. After checking on the injured team and finding Doctor Reed unable to help with the gravity device yet, Hawking went to Doom's office and offered to become the company's new investor.

• Hawking called Doctor Reed and learned that the Solar Storm had arrived early, leaving Ben, Susan, and Johnny unconscious and the Space Station severely damaged.
• Hawking visited the hospital, where Doctor Reed said the three had awakened and appeared to be recovering, but he needed to help Doom deal with the crisis before researching Hawking's gravity device.
• Hawking flew to Doom Company's office, intending to help Doom and secure Doctor Reed's assistance later.
• Doom's largest investor, Ned, announced he would withdraw his funds, and the shareholders threatened to remove Doom unless he found an investor or recovered the losses within a week.
• Hawking entered the conference room and offered to become Doom Company's new investor.

Hawking rescued Doom Group by investing in it and secured Doom’s help in having Doctor Reed develop the Gravity Chamber. Reed agreed to begin the work at Osborn Corporation, where Hawking planned to keep him isolated for three months until he produced a chamber that could reach ten times gravity.

• Hawking entered Doom Group’s conference room and offered to invest, prompting Doom to introduce him as the chairman of Hero Alliance International Company.
• Doom Group’s shareholders welcomed Hawking after learning who he was, and Hawking asked to speak with Doom privately.
• Hawking told Doom that he wanted Doctor Reed to research the Gravity Device, and Doom promised to send Reed to Osborn Corporation that day.
• Hawking returned to school and told Reed to bring supplies and notify his family because the research would require three months of isolation.
• Reed agreed to begin developing the Gravity Chamber at Osborn Corporation, while Hawking resolved not to release him until he built one capable of reaching ten times gravity.

Reed agreed to enter Osborn Corporation's sealed research base, while Susan ended her relationship with Victor and discovered she had become invisible after the Solar Storm. Hawking learned that Susan and Johnny had awakened powers and Ben had disappeared, so he set out to find Ben and invited the siblings to meet his specialists.

• Reed said goodbye to Susan, Ben, and Johnny, then left for Osborn Corporation's research base.
• Susan broke up with Victor and resigned, then discovered that she could turn invisible.
• Johnny awakened fire abilities while skiing, and Doom noticed electricity flickering between his fingers.
• Susan told Hawking that Ben had vanished after the Solar Storm, and Hawking agreed to find him and help the siblings control their powers.
• Hawking flew to Ben's girlfriend's home, believing Ben had gone there.

After Ben’s girlfriend rejected him because of his transformation, Hawking brought him to Mutant School and helped Susan and Johnny connect with its students and staff. Reed’s research also promised rapid upgrades to the gravity chamber, leaving Hawking eager to increase his combat power before facing powerful enemies from the Naruto World.

• Ben’s girlfriend returned his engagement ring and broke up with him, and he considered jumping from Brooklyn Bridge before Hawking found him.
• Hawking comforted Ben and took him to Mutant School, where he arranged a room for him.
• Susan and Johnny visited Mutant School, met its mutant students, and were introduced to Phoenix and Cyclops for help learning to control their abilities.
• Hawking offered Susan a senior role at Hero Alliance International Company, and she accepted.
• Green Goblin told Hawking that Reed could upgrade the gravity chamber to five times gravity immediately, while reaching ten times gravity would take several months.
• Hawking ordered the school’s gravity equipment upgraded as soon as the five-times-gravity technology was ready.

Hawking pushed his training in the fivefold Gravity Chamber and used his recovery periods to practice Bankai in Shinigami form. He also checked on the Gravity Chamber upgrade and the Heroes Alliance Company, leaving both efforts progressing under his staff.

• Hawking trained under fivefold gravity until his Combat Power approached 350, then used a Soldier Pill to recover.
• While his body rested, Hawking trained in Shinigami form and quickly mastered Bankai with Ichigo Kurosaki's memories.
• Hawking learned that the Gravity Chamber could reach six times gravity and told Green Goblin to upgrade the school's chamber.
• Hawking asked Invisible Woman for a company report after Susan, Ben, and Johnny had joined the Heroes Alliance Company in management, combat, and promotion roles.

Hawking reviewed plans for a hero-themed game and a global ability-user tournament, then visited Naruto and Jiraiya in Konoha. After learning that Sasuke was pursuing Itachi, Hawking considered how the coming events might let him intervene in Jiraiya’s mission to the Rain Ninja Village.

• Susan reported that Heroes Alliance Company had acquired a game company and was preparing proposals for Heroes Alliance and the World's Greatest Ability User Tournament.
• Hawking planned to use the game and tournament to build public support for ability users and strengthen his company.
• Hawking loaded the Naruto template and appeared beside Ichiraku Ramen, where Naruto and Jiraiya were discussing a mission to find Itachi and bring Sasuke back.
• Naruto explained that Sasuke had killed Orochimaru and was searching for Itachi, while Hawking recognized that Jiraiya might soon face Nagato in the Rain Ninja Village.
• Hawking encouraged Naruto and considered using Jiraiya’s mission as a chance to seize Nagato’s Rinnegan.

Hawking warned Jiraiya that he would likely die within days, but Jiraiya declined a detailed prophecy and asked Hawking to accompany him to see Tsunade. Hawking planned to use the coming danger to trade for the Flying Thunder God Technique, while Jiraiya prepared to discuss his Rain Ninja Village mission with the Hokage.

• After Naruto left, Hawking warned Jiraiya that a fatal calamity would likely befall him within days.
• Jiraiya connected the warning to his plan to infiltrate the Rain Ninja Village and learn the identity of Akatsuki's leader.
• Hawking began to offer another prophecy, hoping to trade the information for the Flying Thunder God Technique, but Jiraiya refused to make him pay with his lifespan.
• Jiraiya took Hawking to the Hokage Building to speak with Tsunade, who protested that she could not go drinking in public as Hokage.

At an izakaya, Jiraiya told Tsunade and Hawking that he planned to infiltrate the Rain Ninja Village to investigate Pain and Akatsuki. After Hawking predicted Jiraiya would die on the mission, Jiraiya asked him for emergency help, and Tsunade offered the Flying Thunder God Technique in exchange for saving him.

• Jiraiya told Tsunade that Pain was likely hiding in the Rain Ninja Village and said he planned to infiltrate it alone.
• Tsunade objected to Jiraiya going, but accepted that his intelligence mission was necessary to investigate Akatsuki.
• Hawking predicted that Jiraiya would not return from the mission, prompting Tsunade to forbid him from going.
• Jiraiya asked Hawking to help him escape if the mission went wrong, while declining a more detailed prophecy to avoid shortening Hawking's life.
• Hawking agreed to help in exchange for the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Tsunade promised to give it to him if he saved Jiraiya.

Jiraiya and Tsunade discussed conserving Hawking’s predictions before Jiraiya prepared to infiltrate Rain Ninja Village, leaving Tsunade afraid he might not return. Meanwhile, Hawking reviewed Susan’s plans and developed ideas for a League of Legends game and a global ability-user tournament.

• Tsunade questioned whether Hawking’s predictions truly cost as much as he claimed, but Jiraiya argued that Konoha should save his help and preserve valuable ninjutsu for future exchanges.
• Jiraiya planned to infiltrate Rain Ninja Village cautiously and retreat if he encountered trouble rather than immediately call on Hawking.
• Tsunade urged Jiraiya to come back alive, and Jiraiya joked about her grief before leaving Konoha without confessing his feelings.
• Hawking proposed adding heroes, tournament contestants, and defeated villains to the League of Legends game and expanding the characters into other media.
• Hawking suggested holding a globally livestreamed ability-user tournament near New York, with escalating prizes and a champion’s wish, and planned to participate as Saiyan Superman.

Jiraiya infiltrated Rain Hidden Village to investigate Nagato, but the Six Paths of Pain defeated him after he discovered Nagato’s plan. As Pain prepared to kill him, Hawking arrived and destroyed Asura Path Pain, leaving Jiraiya intent on escaping with the intelligence he had gathered.

• Jiraiya sneaked into Rain Hidden Village, where Pain detected him and sent Konan to search for the intruder.
• Konan found Jiraiya controlling a Rain Hidden genin, and Jiraiya learned that Nagato planned to use a superweapon to cause mass suffering in pursuit of peace.
• Jiraiya tried to flee, but Nagato sent all Six Paths of Pain to intercept him, and they badly wounded him despite his Sage Mode.
• As Asura Path Pain prepared to kill Jiraiya, Jiraiya summoned Hawking, who caught its attack and killed it with a single kick.
• Jiraiya asked Hawking to fly him away so he could return with the intelligence rather than risk fighting Nagato further.

Hawking fought the Six Paths of Pain while his shadow clone carried the injured Jiraiya toward Konoha. He destroyed Nagato’s summoned Yatagarasu and moved to stop the Pains from pursuing, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The Six Paths of Pain surrounded Jiraiya and Hawking, and the Naraka Path restored the damaged Asura Path.
• Jiraiya urged Hawking to escape and promised that Tsunade would teach him the Flying Thunder God Technique if he delivered Jiraiya’s intelligence.
• Hawking created a shadow clone to carry Jiraiya away, then attacked Deva Path Pain to interrupt its attempt to pull them back.
• Nagato sent the Yatagarasu after the fleeing pair, but Hawking’s shadow clone cut the summoned beast in two with a Destructo Disc.
• As the other Pains pursued Jiraiya and the shadow clone, Hawking rose above them and began his Prince Battle Method.

Hawking drove Jiraiya beyond the Six Paths of Pain’s reach, then headed to Rain Hidden Village to find Nagato before he could flee. He used Nine Tails Chakra Mode to draw Nagato out while destroying the village’s towers, leaving the Six Paths of Pain chasing him.

• Hawking’s ki barrage held back the Six Paths of Pain long enough for his Shadow Clone to carry Jiraiya beyond their attack range.
• Deva Path Pain threatened to kill Hawking, destroy Konoha, and reclaim the Nine Tails, while Hawking flew toward Rain Hidden Village to find Nagato.
• Nagato believed Hawking had walked into a trap and sent Deva Path Pain and Animal Path Pain after him, then had Animal Path summon the other Paths.
• Hawking entered Nine Tails Chakra Mode above Rain Hidden Village, surprising Nagato, who realized the Nine Tails was inside him.
• Hawking destroyed the village’s towers with chakra arms while taunting the pursuing Six Paths of Pain, hoping to force Nagato out without making him flee.

Hawking found Nagato and fought through the Six Paths of Pain and Konan, using a feigned soul extraction to catch his enemies off guard. He tore out one of Nagato’s Rinnegan, but Obito rescued Nagato by pulling him into the Different Dimension.

• Hawking located Nagato’s tower and approached him while warning that he was not a Hidden Leaf ninja.
• Nagato sent the Six Paths of Pain and Rain Hidden Village ninjas to attack Hawking, but their attacks passed through his afterimage.
• Hawking destroyed the Preta Path and stunned Konan with Stupefy.
• Hawking let the Human Path extract his soul, then used Getsuga Tensho to cut it in two before returning to his body.
• Hawking unleashed Solar Flare, blinded Nagato and Obito, and tore out one of Nagato’s Rinnegan.
• Obito appeared beside Nagato and dragged him into the Different Dimension.

Hawking took one of Nagato’s Rinnegan and used the Kikoho to break free of Nagato’s Chibaku Tensei, then left the Rain Hidden Village. Obito chose to stay in the shadows and ordered Zetsu to investigate Hawking.

• Hawking placed one Rinnegan in a bottle, explaining that he wanted to keep an eye for the Great Ape Transformation and leave Obito and Zetsu able to pursue their plans.
• Nagato regained control of the Deva Path and used Chibaku Tensei to try to seal Hawking.
• Hawking fired the Kikoho, dispersing the black sphere and vaporizing several summoned beasts in a huge explosion.
• Hawking warned the Rain Hidden Village ninja before flying away, leaving Obito and Nagato shocked by his strength.
• Obito considered killing Hawking and taking back the Rinnegan, but decided to let Nagato remain in charge and ordered Zetsu to find out who Hawking was.

Hawking confirmed that Jiraiya was safe, then implanted Madara Uchiha’s Rinnegan and gained access to its powers. He explored how he might eventually awaken his own Rinnegan before reading Voldemort’s memories, leaving him with over a thousand spells to study.

• Hawking’s Shadow Clone ended its flight and left Jiraiya to return to Konoha on his own.
• Hawking confirmed Jiraiya was unharmed, then implanted the Rinnegan and discovered he could use its powers.
• Hawking considered ways to awaken a Rinnegan of his own, but dismissed using a Divine Tree Fruit that would consume a planet’s life.
• Hawking loaded the Harry Potter template and used the Rinnegan’s Human Path to read Voldemort’s memories.
• Hawking gained knowledge of Voldemort’s magical studies and more than a thousand spells, including Time Magic.

Hawking responded to a company Super Hero who had murdered a passerby and concealed the crime, promising the victim’s parents that the killer would be punished. He left them with one condition: they must never tell anyone that the murderer had been a Super Hero from his company.

• Susan summoned Hawking to the company after one of its Super Heroes killed a passerby and lied about her death.
• Hawking ordered Susan to bring the victim’s parents to him and summon the company’s official Super Heroes for a meeting.
• The victim’s parents confronted Hawking, but his pressure stopped them from approaching.
• Hawking offered the parents five million dollars, then assured them he would punish the killer with a life for a life.
• The parents agreed to witness the punishment, and Hawking demanded that they never disclose the killer’s connection to the company.

Hawking sentenced Jumper to death for intentionally murdering a girl, using the case to warn the company’s Super Heroes to obey its rules. After presenting the evidence and the victim’s parents, he left the execution to Venom.

• The victim’s parents agreed to Hawking’s offer of compensation and accepted that Jumper would be executed.
• Hawking ordered an investigation into whether anyone had deliberately orchestrated the incident, then studied basic magic while waiting for the Super Heroes to arrive.
• Hawking showed the gathered Super Heroes the evidence of Jumper’s murder and warned them to leave the company if they could not follow its rules.
• Hawking sentenced Jumper to death under company regulations and ordered Venom to carry out the execution.
• Venom eagerly accepted the assignment, drooling at the prospect of the execution.

Hawking reported his encounter with Nagato to Konoha’s leaders and revealed that he had taken one of Nagato’s Rinnegan. Tsunade won approval to convene a Five Kage Summit, while Danzo’s attempt to replace her as Hokage was rejected.

• Hawking received Susan’s report confirming that the leaked video had surfaced by accident, then returned to training and entered Mount Myōboku.
• Jiraiya summoned Hawking to a meeting of Konoha’s leaders, where Hawking recounted his escape from Nagato and showed them the Rinnegan he had taken.
• Tsunade announced plans to convene a Five Kage Summit to unite the villages against Akatsuki, which had already gathered seven Tailed Beasts, and Konoha’s leaders approved.
• Danzo argued that Tsunade should be removed as Hokage and that he should represent Konoha at the summit, but the advisers backed Tsunade.