Chapter Summaries

Kakashi’s team struggled against Hidan and Kakuzu, while Naruto nearly succumbed to the Nine-Tails’ chakra. Hawking’s arrival stopped the Nine-Tails’ escape attempt, and Naruto summoned him to help hold off the Akatsuki until reinforcements arrived.

• Kakashi’s team fought Hidan and Kakuzu, but Hidan’s immortality and Kakuzu’s five hearts and powerful masks left them badly outmatched.
• Hidan wounded Yamato with his Evil God ritual, Sakura treated him, and Naruto began to lose control of the Nine-Tails’ chakra.
• The Nine-Tails tempted Naruto to accept its power, but Hawking’s presence made the leaking chakra and the Nine-Tails vanish, clearing Naruto’s mind.
• Naruto used Afterimage Fist to evade Hidan and returned to Sakura and Yamato, then said someone could arrive before the other squads.
• Naruto summoned Hawking, who left Mount Myōboku as the Nine-Tails raged at him for interrupting its escape attempt.

Hawking arrived during Team 7’s battle with Kakuzu and Hidan, then overwhelmed the two Akatsuki members with his strength. After Kakashi explained their abilities, Hawking refused to follow the team’s plan and prepared to face them himself.

• Hawking caught Hidan’s scythe, pulled him close, and kicked him into Kakuzu, shattering one of Kakuzu’s masks.
• Naruto and Sakura were stunned by Hawking’s power, while Kakashi and Sai returned from their fight with Kakuzu.
• Kakashi asked Hawking to help and offered a reward from Tsunade, and Hawking agreed to capture Kakuzu and Hidan alive.
• Hidan told Kakuzu that Hawking was Naruto’s summoned beast, but Kakuzu doubted him and considered killing Hawking for the bounty.
• Kakashi warned Hawking about Kakuzu and Hidan and proposed splitting them up, but Hawking told everyone to rest and vanished.

Hawking used Hidan and Kakuzu as targets to test his magic, blocking and countering their attacks with spells. The battle continued as Kakuzu launched a sea of flames and Hawking answered with an equally powerful fire spell, trapping Hidan between them again.

• Kakuzu fired a powerful Lightning Release attack, but Hawking blocked it with Shield Charm and decided to test his spells on Hidan and Kakuzu.
• Kakuzu sent Hidan to attack, but Hawking disarmed and knocked Hidan back with Expelliarmus.
• Kakuzu unleashed Wind Release: Pressure Damage, and Hawking countered with Wind Whirlwind, trapping Hidan between the two storms.
• Kakashi identified Hawking's storm as magic, while Naruto regretted that magic required an inborn bloodline.
• Kakuzu attacked with Fire Release: Hard Working Head, and Hawking countered with Fiery Flames, burning Hidan between the two fire attacks.

Hawking used his newly developed tail magic to stop Hidan, then defeated Kakuzu with a Kamehameha before the Hidden Leaf support squads arrived. He captured both Akatsuki members for interrogation, leaving Kakashi and the others stunned by his strength.

• Hawking used his tail to cast the Tarantella Dance spell, stopping Hidan’s ambush and proving that his tail could cast magic.
• Kakuzu launched his fused Wind, Fire, and Lightning attack as two Hidden Leaf squads approached, and Hawking countered with a Kamehameha that overwhelmed it.
• Kakuzu recovered from the blast and tried to flee, but Hawking tore out his Fire Release heart and knocked him unconscious with a Stupefy Curse.
• Hawking stunned the still-dancing Hidan and handed both captured Akatsuki members to Kakashi for sealing and interrogation.

Hawking took Wanda to watch Doom and the others launch their spacecraft for a human evolution experiment, carrying her through the air after she took too long getting ready. During the flight, Wanda clung to him and nervously asked whether he liked boys.

• After Naruto's template entered cooldown, Hawking returned to the Marvel Main World and continued training while learning Sealing Techniques in Konoha.
• Hawking reminded Wanda that they were nearly late for Doom and the others' spacecraft launch, and she emerged after spending half an hour getting ready.
• Hawking carried Wanda into the sky with the Sky Dance Technique, and she initially screamed before settling into his arms.
• Wanda pretended she was still frightened so she could hold Hawking close, and he offered to take her down and catch a taxi.
• Wanda asked Hawking whether he liked boys because he ignored the girls at school who wanted to date him.

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.