Recaps

Danzo proposed placing Naruto and Hawking under Root’s protection, but Hawking exposed Danzo’s hidden Sharingan by destroying his clothes. The chapter left Danzo facing accusations from Konoha’s leaders and clan heads over his implanted Sharingan and possible role in the Uchiha Clan massacre.

• Danzo proposed that Root take custody of Naruto and Hawking to protect them from Akatsuki, and Konoha’s advisors supported him.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Kakashi opposed Danzo’s proposal, while Danzo threatened Hawking by reminding him he depended on the Summoning Technique to reach Konoha.
• Hawking appeared behind Danzo and used Confringo to blow apart his clothes and bandages, exposing the Sharingan implanted in his arm.
• Tsunade, Konoha’s advisors, and Hiashi Hyuga demanded that Danzo explain why he had so many Sharingan.
• Hawking suggested that Danzo might have been involved with Akatsuki and the Uchiha Clan massacre, turning more accusations against him.

Tsunade stripped Danzo of his village positions and confined him to Root while an investigation proceeded, but could not punish him more severely. Hawking received the Flying Thunder God Technique scroll and planned to seek instruction from Minato as well as Genma Team.

• Danzo denied ties to the Akatsuki and claimed the Third Hokage had approved his use of Sharingan taken from dead Uchiha.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya challenged Danzo, but the advisors defended him and the jonin supported keeping Root available against the Akatsuki.
• Tsunade removed Danzo as advisor and Root leader, confined him to Root pending an investigation, and rejected his earlier proposal.
• Tsunade gave Hawking the Flying Thunder God Technique scroll and offered the help of Genma Team, who had learned the technique from the Fourth Hokage.
• Hawking decided he could also summon Minato through Naruto's sealing space for daily instruction, then encountered Danzo outside the Hokage Office and dismissed his threat.

Hawking planned to draw Sasuke back to Konoha to obtain Indra’s Chakra, while Jiraiya arranged for Naruto to train in Sage Mode at Mount Myōboku. Hawking struggled to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique and decided to study it alongside magic and spatial theory.

• Hawking reasoned that Sasuke would eventually return to Konoha to take revenge on Danzo, giving him a chance to obtain Indra’s Chakra.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade he planned to take Naruto to Mount Myōboku for final training so Naruto could learn Sage Mode and avoid Akatsuki.
• Genma Team warned Hawking that the Flying Thunder God Technique was exceptionally difficult to master, and Hawking made little progress during his first lesson.
• Hawking considered combining his study of the Flying Thunder God Technique with Apparition and research into quantum entanglement and spatial theory.

Hawking went looking for Phoenix to ask about spatial theory but accidentally discovered her with Cyclops in the locked infirmary. After leaving, he ran into Wanda, who claimed she had a stomachache and wanted painkillers from Phoenix.

• Hawking admitted he could not understand the spatial theory books and decided to seek Phoenix's guidance because Beast Hank was away.
• Hawking found the infirmary locked, entered in Shinigami Mode, and saw Phoenix and Cyclops together on the desk.
• Hawking retreated without disturbing them and left the infirmary, trying to calm himself afterward.
• Hawking ran into Wanda, who said she had a stomachache and had come to get painkillers from Professor Jean.
• Hawking started to take Wanda to the infirmary, then remembered what he had seen, and Wanda awkwardly said she could go by herself.

Hawking cared for Wanda when her period caused stomach pain, taking her back to the dormitory and easing her cramps. After Wanda fell asleep, he leaned toward her lips while she pretended to be asleep, leaving their feelings unspoken.

• Hawking realized Wanda's stomach pain was caused by her period and accompanied her to the locked medical room, where he chose not to interrupt Jean's experiment.
• Hawking carried Wanda back to her dormitory, reassuring her that caring for her mattered more than training and offering to get her medicine later.
• Hawking warmed his hand with qi and rubbed Wanda's stomach until her pain eased and she fell asleep.
• Hawking noticed Wanda's lips, bent down toward her, and failed to notice that she was awake and nervously pretending to sleep.

Hawking stopped himself from kissing Wanda and decided to wait before acting on his changing feelings, while Wanda realized he might feel the same way. After Hawking returned to her room with medicine, Wanda pretended to sleep and clung to him, leaving him struggling to control his attraction.

• Hawking stopped just before kissing Wanda, left her room, and considered his feelings and how Wanda's family might react if they became a couple.
• Hawking found the medical room locked, confronted Phoenix, and asked her for painkillers for Wanda; Phoenix used telekinesis to bring them to him while hiding Cyclops inside.
• Hawking warned Phoenix that students might hear through the soundproofing, and she realized he had caught on to her and Cyclops's encounter.
• Wanda, surrounded by Chaos Energy, realized Hawking's feelings might go beyond treating her as a sister and resolved to win him over.
• Hawking returned to Wanda's room with medicine, and she pretended to wake up, took it, and held onto him while he tried to calm himself.

Hawking reached the point where he could sense the Flying Thunder God Formula and decided to seek further guidance from the Fourth Hokage. On Mount Myōboku, he joined Naruto’s Sage Mode lessons and began considering how its principles could help him combine different kinds of energy.

• After a week of training with Genma Team and studying spatial knowledge with Phoenix, Hawking sensed the Flying Thunder God Formula and decided to ask the Fourth Hokage for help.
• Hawking arrived on Mount Myōboku and found Naruto learning from Fukasaku after Jiraiya had brought him there to prepare for Sasuke.
• Fukasaku agreed to let Hawking study Sage Mode theory alongside Naruto but said he would train Hawking only after Naruto had learned it.
• Fukasaku explained how natural energy was balanced with physical and mental energy to form senjutsu Chakra, while Hawking considered combining Chakra with other energies to develop new modes.

Hawking arranged for Minato to help him master the Flying Thunder God Technique in exchange for letting him meet Naruto. The next day, Hawking brought Minato’s consciousness to Naruto’s mental space, beginning their reunion.

• Hawking continued studying Sage Mode while Fukasaku taught Naruto to sense natural energy.
• Hawking explained Naruto’s life to Minato and convinced him to help with the Flying Thunder God Technique in exchange for meeting Naruto.
• Hawking told Naruto he would give him a dad, leaving Naruto confused.
• The next day, Hawking brought food to Mount Myōboku and sent Minato’s consciousness into Naruto’s mental space to meet him.

Hawking mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique and began training to enter Sage Mode at Mount Myōboku. As he absorbed natural energy with ease, Fukasaku suspected he was a natural-born sage.

• Hawking successfully used the Flying Thunder God Technique after a month of practice and planned to continue learning Apparition.
• Minato taught Hawking his ultimate Flying Thunder God technique, then asked him not to summon him again because he believed the dead should remain dead.
• Hawking learned that Naruto had mastered Sage Mode and that the Akatsuki conflict had unfolded differently, with no Fourth Shinobi World War declared at the Five Kage Summit.
• Hawking asked Fukasaku to begin Sage Mode training, and Fukasaku applied Toad Oil to help him sense and absorb natural energy.
• Hawking quickly drew natural energy into his body, astonishing Fukasaku, who wondered if Hawking was a natural-born sage.

Hawking achieved perfect Sage Mode and estimated that his vast Chakra and other powers would let him sustain it for hours. Back in the Marvel World, he learned that Doctor Reed’s Gravity Chamber had reached its technological limit at tenfold gravity, so he planned to recruit more scientists and find stronger metals.

• Fukasaku marveled that Hawking had entered perfect Sage Mode on his first attempt with Toad Oil.
• Hawking explained how his enormous Chakra reserves and other powers had helped him balance natural energy, and planned to experiment with ki, magic power, and Shinigami Power.
• Hawking returned to the Marvel World and learned from Doctor Reed that he had achieved tenfold gravity but could not increase it with current technology and materials.
• Doctor Reed proposed recruiting more scientists or finding stronger metal, and Hawking decided to pursue both approaches.
• Hawking considered asking Nick Fury for scientists and seeking Adamantium, Vibranium, or Uru Metal for the Gravity Chamber.

Hawking learned that Wolverine had gone to Tokyo to visit Shingen Yashida and realized Logan was in danger. He and Deathstrike flew to Tokyo to find him, and Hawking got Shingen’s residence location from Nick Fury.

• Hawking asked Deathstrike where Wolverine was, and she said Logan had gone to Tokyo with Yukio to visit Shingen Yashida.
• Hawking recognized that Shingen planned to steal Logan’s healing ability and ordered Deathstrike to prepare the X-Jet.
• Deathstrike piloted the X-Jet to Tokyo, and Hawking carried her into the city with the Sky Dance Technique.
• Hawking asked Deathstrike where Shingen’s residence was, but she did not know.
• Hawking called Nick Fury, who sent Shingen’s residence location and invited Hawking to the Triskelion; Hawking agreed to visit the day after tomorrow.

Hawking and Deathstrike went to the Yashida residence to find Shida Shingen, hoping to learn where Logan and Mariko had gone. After forcing their way inside, Hawking confronted Shida Shingen during a meeting with his allies.

• Hawking learned from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s intelligence that Logan had rescued Mariko after Shida Shingen's kidnapping attempt.
• Hawking and Deathstrike went to the Yashida residence, where Hawking used Memory Extraction on a guard to locate Shida Shingen.
• Hawking used Almighty Push to knock out the guards in the courtyard.
• Shida Shingen and Mori Nobuo discussed finding Mariko before Shingen Yashida's will was announced in three days.
• Hawking and Deathstrike entered the meeting after a guard crashed through the door, and Hawking used Universal Pull against Shida Shingen.

Hawking and Deathstrike killed Shida Shingen and his guards, then learned from Shingen’s memories where Mariko and Logan might be. They joined Yukio and flew toward them after destroying the Yashida residence to erase evidence.

• Hawking dragged Shida Shingen to him, disarmed him, and Deathstrike killed the guards who tried to intervene.
• Hawking extracted Shida Shingen’s soul and read his memories to find the ancestral residence’s address.
• Yukio arrived and attacked Hawking, but Deathstrike and Hawking recognized her as Logan’s friend and explained Shingen’s scheme against Mariko.
• Yukio agreed to help find Mariko and Logan, and Hawking flew away with her and Deathstrike.
• Hawking destroyed the Yashida residence with an Exploding Charm to erase evidence of the killings.

Hawking brought Yukio and Deathstrike to the remote Yashida ancestral home to hide for the night, then used magic to clean it and prepare a feast. The chapter ended with the three sitting down to eat after Hawking’s cooking magic turned a huge basket of ingredients into dishes in moments.

• Yukio and Midnight saw that the Yashida Family residence had been destroyed, then Hawking led them to the abandoned ancestral home to hide.
• Hawking used the Unlocking Charm to open the house and Clean Sweep to clean it instantly.
• When they realized they had no nearby food, Hawking used the Flying Thunder God Technique to travel to his school dorm and gather cafeteria ingredients.
• Hawking returned with an enormous basket of ingredients and used cooking magic to prepare a table full of food at remarkable speed.
• Hawking began eating, while Yukio and Deathstrike marveled at his cooking magic.

Hawking spent the night at the old house with Deathstrike and Yukio, who teased Yukio about being interested in him. The next day, Wolverine and Mariko arrived at the house, where they reunited with Yukio and found Hawking waiting.

• Hawking dismissed his Shadow Clones, slept while his soul continued cultivating, and overheard Deathstrike tease Yukio about his age and romantic prospects.
• Yukio blushed and pretended to sleep, while Hawking resumed cultivating without concern that she might learn more about him.
• Wolverine and Mariko arrived in town after Wolverine's healing ability weakened and his wounds had to be stitched up.
• Wolverine noticed signs that someone was inside the supposedly abandoned old house and cautiously backed away with Mariko.
• Deathstrike spotted Wolverine and Mariko from a window, Yukio rushed outside to greet her friend, and Hawking welcomed Wolverine into the house.

Mariko learned that her father and fiancé were dead, while Hawking warned Wolverine that Shingen Yashida might still be pursuing his healing ability. Hawking restored Wolverine’s healing factor, removed the device suppressing it, and planned to use Wolverine as bait to find Shingen Yashida’s secret laboratory.

• Mariko accepted that her father and fiancé were dead, and Wolverine believed the danger to her had passed.
• Hawking pointed out that Wolverine’s gunshot wounds had not healed and suspected Shingen Yashida was still pursuing immortality.
• Mariko defended her grandfather, while Hawking said they would learn the truth in the next few days.
• Hawking used magic to restore Wolverine’s healing factor and summon a metal spider from his body; Deathstrike crushed it.
• Hawking planned for himself, Yuriko, and Yukio to hide while Wolverine stayed behind as bait to lead them to Shingen Yashida’s laboratory and its Adamantium.

Wolverine, Hawking, Deathstrike, and Yukio tracked Mariko to a hidden mountain village after Harada Kenichiro abducted her. Hawking rescued Mariko, but Kenichiro ordered the village’s ninjas to attack them.

• Wolverine saw two ninjas abduct Mariko and found an address they had left behind.
• Hawking and Wolverine followed the van to a hidden village, where Kenichiro revealed he had brought Mariko there on orders from her grandfather.
• Kenichiro summoned hundreds of ninjas and ordered Mariko taken to a secret research facility while he fought Wolverine.
• Hawking used the Flying Thunder God Technique and the Big Slap Technique to rescue Mariko from her guards.
• Wolverine defeated Kenichiro, Deathstrike and Yukio overcame another ninja, and Kenichiro ordered the remaining ninjas to attack as a group.

Hawking repelled an assault on Wolverine and the others, then used Chibaku Tensei to capture Kenshiro and the Yashida Family ninjas. The village was left beneath a huge sphere of earth as Hawking reflected on the sealing technique’s potential.

• Kenshiro ordered the ninjas to attack Hawking, Wolverine, and Deathstrike with arrows and swords while others prepared grappling hooks.
• Hawking blasted the arrows aside with his aura and used the Arrow Shooting Charm to kill the ninjas positioned on the rooftops.
• Mariko asked Kenshiro whether her grandfather was alive and had ordered the attack, and Kenshiro admitted it before urging her to hide.
• Kenshiro led the remaining ninjas in a charge, so Hawking activated Chibaku Tensei and pulled them, the village buildings, and the surrounding earth into a giant sphere.
• Hawking noted that his Chibaku Tensei was far smaller than the Sage of Six Paths’ but recognized its potential as a powerful sealing technique.

Hawking and his companions entered the Yashida research building to confront Shingen, after Hawking defeated Jian Ichiro and the ninjas. Shingen revealed himself in the Silver Samurai armor and attacked, while Hawking sent Deathstrike to help Wolverine fight him.

• Hawking told Mariko that her grandfather had brought the violence upon himself, and Wolverine reassured her that Hawking was a good person.
• Hawking explained that he had acted harshly to warn others against attacking the Hero Alliance, then opened the research building's electronic door with an Unlocking Charm.
• Hawking sensed only two living presences inside the building before Shingen appeared in a towering Silver Samurai armor.
• Shingen admitted to Mariko that he planned to steal Logan's regenerative abilities and pursue immortality, and he rejected her plea to stop.
• Wolverine charged Shingen, and Hawking sent Deathstrike to help him overcome the Adamantium armor and heated swords.

Hawking pursued Viper after she fled the research building and captured her before she could escape. After learning that she was senior Hydra agent Ophelia Sarkissian, he forced her to organize the research facility and report back to him.

• Hawking ordered Yukio to protect Mariko and flew after Viper, who was fleeing the rooftop in a flight suit.
• Viper jumped from the research building and tried to escape, believing Hawking would focus on Shingen Yashida.
• Hawking appeared above Viper after she landed, and she surrendered rather than resist.
• Viper revealed that her real name was Ophelia Sarkissian and explained her Hydra mission and abilities.
• Hawking took Viper back to the research building with the Flying Thunder God Technique and ordered her to organize everything and report to him.

Hawking helped Wolverine and Deathstrike defeat Shingen Yashida, then offered Mariko an alliance between the Yashida Family and Hero Alliance International Company. Mariko welcomed the offer as she faced the task of rebuilding her family’s power.

• Hawking disarmed Shingen Yashida with magic and took his Adamantium swords, allowing Wolverine and Deathstrike to strip off his armor.
• Wolverine cut the machine sustaining Shingen Yashida, and Mariko told her grandfather that he had become a monster before he died.
• Wolverine noticed a convoy approaching, and Hawking explained that company personnel had come to retrieve the research equipment and liquid Adamantium.
• Hawking instructed Susan and Ben to collect the dangerous research materials and told them that Viper would assist.
• Mariko worried about inheriting a weakened family after her grandfather, father, and the family’s ninja clan were gone.
• Hawking offered Mariko an alliance with Hero Alliance International Company, and she eagerly considered accepting his help.

Hawking finished arranging cooperation with Mariko and returned to Washington after Nick Fury reminded him of their meeting. Fury offered gravity technology that could raise Hawking’s training chamber to around fifty times gravity, leaving Hawking eager to hear more.

• Mariko eagerly agreed to cooperate with Hawking, who left Susan to work out the details with her.
• Hawking marked Viper with a Flying Thunder God Formula, warned her not to run, and returned to his school dormitory.
• Hawking realized he needed to learn Legilimency, then headed to the Combat Simulation Room to train.
• Nick Fury called Hawking about their scheduled meeting, and Hawking flew to the Triskelion and marked its rooftop for future travel.
• Nick Fury offered technology that could help Doctor Reed raise Hawking’s gravity chamber to around fifty times gravity, and Hawking was thrilled by the prospect.

Hawking agreed to have the Super Heroes in his company help S.H.I.E.L.D. fight Hydra in exchange for the Fifty Times Gravity Room technology. Nick Fury was delighted, while Hawking concealed how much he wanted the technology and explained that Hydra had influenced Shingen Yashida.

• Hawking asked Nick Fury to state his terms for the Fifty Times Gravity Room technology.
• Nick Fury asked Hawking’s Super Heroes to help S.H.I.E.L.D. eliminate Hydra, describing the organization’s reach and S.H.I.E.L.D.’s weakened position.
• Hawking agreed to the deal, eager to obtain the technology for his gravity training.
• Nick Fury happily accepted Hawking’s agreement.
• Hawking said he had agreed because Hydra threatened world peace and cited its influence on Shingen Yashida during the mission to rescue Logan in Tokyo.

After Hawking agreed to cooperate against Hydra, Nick Fury changed his approach and ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to stop surveilling Hawking and his organizations. Hawking arranged for Doctor Reed to build a Fifty Times Gravity Room and promised to fund Reed’s other research, then learned Susan needed to discuss the World’s First Mutant Tournament.

• Hawking used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave Nick Fury’s office, and Fury decided Hawking was too powerful to control and worth keeping as an ally.
• Fury told Agent Hill to coordinate with Susan over gravity research materials and ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to withdraw surveillance on Hawking, Hero Alliance International Company, and X-Academy.
• Hawking told Doctor Reed that a special alloy could withstand the gravity room’s forces, and Reed promised to finish the Fifty Times Gravity Room within twenty days.
• Hawking offered to support Reed’s other research once the gravity room was complete, prompting Reed to eagerly accept the deadline.
• Susan stopped Hawking and said she needed his decision on matters concerning the World’s First Mutant Tournament, which he had forgotten about.

Hawking told Susan he would handle the island and construction for the Ability User Tournament, then traveled to Mount Myōboku to research Wood Release and seek Konoha’s records. He arrived to find Gamikichi bandaged and warning that something had happened in Konoha.

• Susan warned Hawking that buying and developing an island for the tournament would exceed the company’s budget and suggested postponing or downsizing it.
• Hawking rejected both suggestions and said he would take care of the island, then returned to the school dormitory.
• Hawking planned to use Shadow Clones to find an island, Portkeys to transport visitors, and Wood Release to build the tournament site.
• Hawking traveled to Mount Myōboku and planned to ask Tsunade for Konoha’s Wood Release research in exchange for valuable secrets.
• Gamikichi appeared bandaged and told Hawking that something had happened in Konoha.