Chapter Summaries

Richard traveled to Wakanda to investigate its vibranium and found Mister Fantastic Reed there for a secret experiment. He revealed Wakanda’s hidden capital to Reed, leaving them outside its enormous energy shield.

• Richard decided to visit Wakanda and first asked Human Torch and Invisible Woman whether Reed had gone there for vibranium.
• Richard discussed the Charity Foundation with Invisible Woman and supported its plans to help mutants, while advising against publicizing past discrimination.
• Human Torch gave Richard Reed’s satellite number, and Richard called Reed, confirmed he was in Wakanda, and opened a Spatial Gate to reach him.
• Richard told Reed that vibranium was plentiful in Wakanda and learned Reed was conducting a secret experiment that could change the world.
• Richard brought Reed to Wakanda’s concealed boundary and struck its camouflaged energy barrier, revealing the shield around the true capital, Birnin Zana.

Richard destroyed Wakanda’s citywide energy shield with five punches, prompting T’Chaka to send T’Challa and Okoye to meet him while he prepared to consult the tribal elders. As Richard waited outside the capital, he warned Mister Fantastic not to defend American Justice or stand against him over it.

• Richard struck Wakanda’s energy shield five times, shattering it and detonating the nearby energy hub.
• T’Challa and Okoye concluded that Richard might intend an all-out war, and T’Chaka ordered them to greet him rather than start a fight.
• T’Chaka summoned the elders of the other tribes to the King’s Hall and waited for Richard.
• Richard dismissed Mister Fantastic’s concerns about Wakanda’s legal right to resist him and argued that victors define justice.
• Richard warned Mister Fantastic never to preach American Justice to him or oppose him over it, or he would suffer the same fate as Captain America Rogers.

Richard and Mister Fantastic arrived in Wakanda, where Richard killed Okoye and the Royal Guards after Okoye confronted him. At the King's Hall, T'Chaka offered vibranium and technology to avert war, but Richard rejected the offer and pressed him over his retreat from the threat.

• T'Challa and Okoye escorted Richard and Mister Fantastic from the landing site toward the King's Hall.
• When Okoye stopped the group and pointed her spear at Richard, Richard killed her and more than a dozen Royal Guards with wind blades.
• Richard threatened T'Challa, who suppressed his anger and continued leading them to T'Chaka.
• T'Chaka offered Richard vibranium and Vibranium Technology, but said Wakanda would fight to defend itself if Richard meant to conquer it.
• Richard invoked his magic and challenged Wakanda to war, but T'Chaka asked to negotiate instead.

Richard seized Wakanda’s capital and vibranium, expelled its people, and rebuilt the city as Silver City. He invited Magneto and Mystique to see it and asked Magneto to recruit mutants to populate it.

• Richard demanded all of Wakanda’s vibranium, killed a Tribal Elder who resisted, and forced T’Chaka to surrender the capital and its resources.
• A week later, Richard had the Wakandans driven from the capital and used his powers to transform it into Silver City.
• Richard moved into Silver City with White Queen and his household, then contacted Magneto to discuss bringing mutants there.
• Richard opened a portal and brought Magneto and Mystique to Silver City, explaining how he had taken over Wakanda’s capital.
• Richard asked Magneto to announce the new mutant city and call on mutants to move there, and Magneto agreed to discuss how he could cooperate.

Richard arranged for Magneto to manage Silver City's Outer City, then spent half a month transforming Scarlett and Emily into superhumans. After finishing, he saw a flood of missed calls and messages, including calls from Black Widow and Banner.

• Richard told Magneto that mutants could settle in Silver City's Outer City, assigned him its management, and offered him three Inner City estates.
• Richard sent Magneto and Mystique back to their headquarters, then brought Scarlett and Emily to his laboratory for superhuman transformations.
• After testing and modifying Compound V's effects, Richard gave Scarlett spider-like powers and Spider-Sense, while Emily gained Homelander-like physical abilities and telekinesis.
• Richard returned Scarlett and Emily to their palaces, organized his experimental records, and decided he needed an AI assistant like Jarvis.
• Richard took out his phone and noticed numerous missed calls and messages, including ones from Black Widow and Banner.

Richard learned that Grandmaster had sent aliens to capture Hulk and agreed to help Black Widow Natasha and Banner in exchange for Natasha fighting her alternate-universe self, Scarlett Natasha Romanoff. He then went to Stark Tower and traded vibranium to Tony for the AI assistant Wednesday.

• Richard read Black Widow Natasha and Banner's messages and learned that aliens had driven them to flee S.H.I.E.L.D. while hunting Hulk.
• Richard used a Spatial Gate to bring Black Widow Natasha and Banner from Canada to Silver Manor, then read their memories and identified Grandmaster as the one behind the aliens.
• Richard agreed to help them if Natasha fought Scarlett Natasha Romanoff, and he arranged guest rooms for Natasha and Banner.
• Richard traveled through a Spatial Gate to Stark Tower to trade vibranium with Tony for an AI assistant.
• Tony gave Richard a storage card containing Wednesday and advised him to prepare a suitable server and terminal.

Richard traded a ton of vibranium to Tony for an AI assistant, then returned to Silver City and installed the program in its underground control center, naming the assistant Tifa. The next afternoon, he brought Scarlett to meet Natasha for their planned sparring match, leaving the two Black Widows from different universes sizing each other up.

• Richard traded a ton of vibranium to Tony for the AI assistant’s complete program and briefly asked about Tony’s Anti-Richard Armor project.
• Richard visited Reed at the Baxter Building, traded for inventions, and received the Space Gem back after Reed finished analyzing it.
• Richard discussed the Charity Foundation with Human Torch and Susan, then used the Tesseract to return to Silver City.
• Richard trained in the palace’s vibranium-lined training room before installing Tony’s AI program in the underground control center and renaming the assistant Tifa.
• The next afternoon, Richard brought Scarlett to meet Natasha in the training room, where the two Black Widows from different universes sized each other up.

Richard watched Natasha and Scarlett fight to a draw, then had Tifa analyze their techniques and Compound V research. After learning that Wolverine and Sabretooth had been captured by Grandmaster’s mercenaries, Richard freed them and took them back toward Silver City with Natasha and Banner.

• Richard set rules for Natasha and Scarlett’s fight, and the two fought to a draw after using their combat skills and equipment.
• Richard reviewed the fight footage with Tifa and ordered her to record their techniques and analyze Compound V and superhuman enhancement data.
• Richard learned from the captured aliens’ memories that Wolverine and Sabretooth were being held in hibernation pods aboard one of their spacecraft.
• Richard freed Wolverine and Sabretooth, then killed the aliens after reading their memories.
• Richard took Natasha, Banner, Wolverine, and Sabretooth toward Silver City in a Vibranium Jet while five transport planes headed to retrieve the three alien spacecraft.

Richard welcomed Banner and Natasha to stay in Silver City, offered homes to Wolverine and Sabretooth, and agreed to let the X-Men relocate there. Over the following month, Silver City expanded its administration and built a Vibranium spacecraft, while Richard made decisions about its trade, diplomacy, and access for outsiders.

• Richard let Banner stay and research alien spacecraft technology on the condition that he share no results with S.H.I.E.L.D., while Natasha chose to remain temporarily.
• Richard offered Wolverine and Sabretooth homes in Silver City, and Phoenix told him that the X-Men also wanted to relocate there.
• Richard considered keeping Hulk in Silver City but decided to leave Banner's situation unchanged, then ordered animal testing for the Compound V optimization plan.
• Over the next month, Richard established Silver City's departments, appointed Magneto and Phoenix to manage Outer City affairs, and assigned White Queen to oversee the other departments.
• Banner and Tifa built the Vibranium spacecraft Fantasy, and Richard created Tifa 2 to serve as its artificial intelligence.
• Richard approved limited sales of civilian Vibranium products, rejected diplomatic engagement and visits from Ordinary People, and learned that Magneto had invited him to a dinner party.

Richard attended a private dinner at Magneto's estate, then entered a World Dungeon challenge and arrived in the Naruto Universe. He learned he had five years to defeat Kaguya Otsutsuki, with most of his supernatural abilities restricted.

• White Queen invited Richard to Magneto's private dinner, and he agreed to attend with her.
• Richard and White Queen dined with Magneto, Wanda, and Quicksilver; Richard later wondered whether Magneto had acted strangely.
• Richard considered an interstellar trip, then discovered that a new World Dungeon challenge was available and chose to enter it first.
• Richard told White Queen and the others he would go into seclusion, then activated the World Dungeon in the Private Training Room.
• Richard arrived in the Naruto Universe and learned he had five years to defeat Kaguya Otsutsuki, while only his template abilities and Plunder remained usable.

Richard reached Konoha, confirmed that Team 7 had left on the Land of Waves mission, and decided to visit Orochimaru’s Sound Village to study how to make his magic power imitate Chakra. The chapter ended as Orochimaru sensed trouble and ordered Kimimaro to check for an intruder, while Richard headed toward the village.

• Richard flew south after learning he was in the Land of Fire, paid three youths for directions, and found Konoha.
• Richard spotted the Third Hokage, Kakashi, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, and overheard that Team 7 had been assigned to escort Tazuna to the Land of Waves.
• Richard searched Konoha for other young ninja, then decided to imitate Chakra with magic power so he could pass as a native.
• Richard flew toward the Sound Village to investigate Orochimaru’s research and possibly meet Kimimaro.
• Orochimaru sensed a bad premonition, told Kimimaro to check for an infiltrator, and Kimimaro grew grave.

Richard arrived at the Sound Village seeking Orochimaru and fought off the ninja who tried to stop him. After overpowering Kimimaro, Richard was confronted by Orochimaru, who had come to investigate his growing unease.

• Orochimaru told Kimimaro to investigate an intruder while he continued his experiment in the laboratory.
• Richard reached the Sound Village and demanded to see Orochimaru, then killed several ninja who attacked him.
• Kimimaro confronted Richard, but Richard blocked Kimimaro’s Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets and appeared behind him with the Masamune Yamato at his neck.
• Orochimaru arrived, remarked on Richard’s sword, and drew Richard’s attention away from Kimimaro.

Richard met Orochimaru at his underground base and demanded all of his knowledge about Chakra, threatening him when he refused. Orochimaru challenged Richard to a fight, and their battle began on a grassland north of Sound Village.

• Richard asked Orochimaru to take him somewhere private, and Orochimaru brought him to his underground base.
• Orochimaru noticed Richard had no Chakra, while Richard explained that he wanted to learn everything Orochimaru knew about Chakra.
• Orochimaru refused to share his knowledge, and Richard threatened to kill him and revealed that he knew about the Eight Branches Technique.
• Orochimaru reacted with killing intent, but Richard proposed a fight and said Orochimaru could take his body if he won.
• Richard and Orochimaru traveled to a grassland north of Sound Village, where Orochimaru launched Wind Release: Great Breakthrough and Richard countered with Heat Vision.

Richard overwhelmed Orochimaru with his superhuman speed and strength, but Orochimaru survived by using his snake techniques. Richard then challenged him to a sword fight, and the chapter ended as Richard attacked with a magic Summoned Sword.

• Orochimaru evaded Richard’s Heat Vision with the Body Flicker Technique and dismissed Richard’s warning about holding back.
• Richard used Super Speed to strike Orochimaru, who escaped death by transforming into hundreds of venomous snakes.
• Richard used X-ray Vision and Heat Vision to find and hit Orochimaru’s real body, but Orochimaru escaped from the snake with the Great Snake Escape Technique.
• Richard drew Masamune Yamato and challenged Orochimaru to use one of his Grasscutter Swords, making Orochimaru wary of how much Richard knew about him.
• Orochimaru produced the Grasscutter Sword: Sword of the Sky from a snake, and Richard put away Masamune Yamato before summoning a magic sword.
• Richard used Super Speed to rush Orochimaru and swing the Summoned Sword at his head.

Richard tested Orochimaru’s swordsmanship, then pushed him to reveal the Eight Branches Technique. Orochimaru transformed into a colossal eight-headed serpent, and Richard answered by preparing Dimension Slash.

• Richard cut off Orochimaru’s left hand when he tried to use Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, then exchanged sword strikes with him until he sent Orochimaru flying.
• Richard used Octaslash with Masamune Yamato, cutting Orochimaru into pieces, but Orochimaru emerged from a snake and agreed to show his Eight Branches Technique.
• Orochimaru transformed into a massive white serpent with eight heads and tails, then declared that Richard would see his final Ninjutsu.
• Richard flew to Orochimaru’s height and unleashed Dimension Slash with Masamune Yamato.

Richard defeated Orochimaru’s Eight-Headed Serpent with Dimension Slashes, then obtained Chakra research materials from him in exchange for sparing him. After his first attempt to simulate Chakra with magic power failed, Richard tested his Plunder ability on three captured ninjas and gained enhanced Ninja Cells and Ninja Physique.

• Richard trapped Orochimaru’s Eight-Headed Serpent in a huge Dimension Slash and cut its body into hundreds of pieces.
• Orochimaru escaped the wreckage, accepted that he could not defeat Richard, and agreed to provide Chakra information while recovering the serpent’s remains.
• Back at the Sound Village Underground Base, Richard read Orochimaru’s books and scrolls, then failed in his first attempt to simulate Chakra with magic power.
• Richard asked Kimimaro to provide living ninjas and a fully equipped laboratory, then had Kimimaro bring three captured ninjas from Takigakure, Kusagakure, and Hot Spring Hidden Village.
• Richard killed the three ninjas and used Plunder to obtain and fuse the abilities Ninja Cells and Ninja Physique.

Richard strengthened his Ninja Cells and Ninja Physique by killing Orochimaru’s captive ninjas, studied more than a hundred ninjutsu, and traded Orochimaru an Eternal Flame for ten Sharingan. He then left for Kirigakure to meet Fifth Mizukage Mei Terumi, while Orochimaru suspected Richard knew about his plan to attack the Leaf Village.

• Richard burned the three bodies in the laboratory, then asked Kimimaro for ninjutsu scrolls and a place to live above ground.
• Over the next half month, Richard learned more than a hundred ninjutsu and killed several dozen captive ninjas to strengthen his Ninja Cells and Ninja Physique.
• Richard asked Orochimaru for ten Sharingan and gave him an Eternal Flame in exchange.
• Orochimaru handed Richard a jar of ten Sharingan, and Richard said he would see him in the Leaf Village before leaving.
• Richard flew toward Kirigakure, intending to meet Mei Terumi, the Fifth Mizukage.

Richard diverted to the Land of Waves to observe Zabuza and Haku’s battle, intending to save them before they died. He stopped Kakashi from killing Haku, killed Gato and his men, and offered Zabuza a chance to return to Kirigakure as his subordinate.

• Richard changed course for the Land of Waves and watched Naruto, Sasuke, Haku, Kakashi, and Zabuza fight on the Great Naruto Bridge.
• Sasuke awakened his Two-Tomoe Sharingan, and Naruto released the Nine-Tails Chakra, overpowering Haku and breaking his ice mirrors.
• Kakashi trapped Zabuza with his ninja hounds and prepared to strike him with Lightning Blade as Haku rushed to protect Zabuza.
• Richard caught Kakashi’s Lightning Blade and halted the fight, then pointed out that Gato and his thugs had arrived.
• Gato revealed he had never planned to pay Zabuza and ordered his men to attack, so Richard killed Gato and the thugs with Wind Blade Dance.
• Richard offered Zabuza a chance to return to Kirigakure openly if he became Richard’s subordinate.

Richard defeated Zabuza and Haku, took Kubikiribōchō, and flew to Kirigakure to meet Mei Terumi. After Mei Terumi attacked him, he overwhelmed her with electric shocks and left her unable to resist.

• Richard caught Zabuza’s Kubikiribōchō, kicked him away, and used the sword to knock Haku aside.
• Kakashi evacuated Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke from the bridge, while Richard took Kubikiribōchō and told Zabuza to come find him in Kirigakure or Konoha.
• Richard flew to Kirigakure and entered Mei Terumi’s office after catching the kunai she threw at him.
• Mei Terumi prepared to use Lava Release after Richard mentioned Yagura’s death, the Fifth Mizukage, and Isobu.
• Richard used his super speed and an electric shock to interrupt Mei Terumi’s attack, then shocked her again until she could no longer resist.

Richard confronted Mei Terumi, declined to join Kirigakure, and left to recruit the Three-Tails as his Summoning Beast. After surviving the Three-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb without a scratch, he prepared to force it to submit.

• Richard neutralized the current in Mei Terumi's body, explained that he meant her no harm, and refused her offer to join Kirigakure.
• Richard left the Mizukage's office when Ao, Chojuro, and Genji arrived, then flew to the lake where the Three-Tails was sleeping.
• Richard provoked the Three-Tails, blocked its Water Ball with an Ice Mirror, and demanded that it sign a Summoning Contract or be beaten into doing so.
• The Three-Tails fired a Tailed Beast Bomb, and Richard endured the explosion without injury.
• Richard told the Three-Tails that it had chosen the second option and that he would end the battle soon.