Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo challenged X-Force to spar after defeating Wade, then demonstrated his gun skill against Agent Zero. The chapter ended with everyone stunned after Chen Mo intercepted Agent Zero’s bullets with shots of his own.

• Wade was left awestruck by Chen Mo’s speed and control after their sword spar.
• Chen Mo asked the remaining X-Force members to spar, and Agent Zero stepped forward to challenge him with pistols.
• Chen Mo replaced his Katanas with two M1911A1 pistols and faced Agent Zero from more than ten meters away.
• Agent Zero and Chen Mo fired at nearly the same time, and Chen Mo’s bullets collided with Agent Zero’s bullets in midair.
• The onlookers stared in shock at the twisted bullets on the ground, realizing Chen Mo’s interception was no coincidence.

Chen Mo demonstrated his strength by defeating Agent Zero, then sparred with John Wraith to observe his teleportation ability. John repeatedly teleported to attack, but Chen Mo detected each move and continued trying to catch him.

• Agent Zero admitted Chen Mo was stronger after Chen shot down his bullets, then returned to the group.
• William Stryker ordered John Wraith to spar with Chen Mo, and John reluctantly agreed.
• John Wraith set down his rifle and asked to fight hand-to-hand, while Chen Mo put away his pistols.
• John Wraith teleported behind Chen Mo and repeatedly changed positions to attack, but Chen noticed him each time.
• Chen Mo held back as he tried to catch John Wraith and study his rudimentary use of teleportation.

Chen Mo tested John Wraith’s teleportation and concluded that the ability could be devastating in his own hands, but he focused on why William Stryker’s mutant research team and X-Force mattered to his plans. He reflected on his long search for mutants and began explaining why he believed key events in this world could only be carried out by certain characters.

• Chen Mo studied John Wraith’s teleportation and determined that his own speed and reactions would let him defeat Wraith despite the ability’s strong defensive potential.
• Chen Mo imagined how teleportation combined with his strength and the King's Sword could make him nearly impossible to hit and deadly in combat.
• Chen Mo judged that X-Force was essential to Stryker’s mutant research because its members could capture mutants for the X-Weapon Project.
• Chen Mo recalled waiting more than a century for Stryker’s research team and arranging for Victor and James to join MACV-SOG in Vietnam.
• Chen Mo remembered searching for mutants before and after World War II without finding any, then connected that mystery to his experiences in other worlds and formed a theory about key characters.

Chen Mo considered how the movie world's plot favored key figures and decided to let William Stryker lead the X-Weapon Project without interference. He planned to monitor the project from within and wait for Stryker to develop a way to replicate mutant abilities.

• Chen Mo reflected on how plot momentum had allowed key figures such as Dr. Erskine and Tony Stark to achieve things no one else could.
• Chen Mo compared his major changes to the Captain America and Iron Man worlds with the way their main storylines had continued along their original courses.
• Chen Mo recognized that William Stryker's success in finding mutants came from his role as the X-Weapon Project's key figure, while Chen Mo's own searches had failed because mutants were rare and hidden.
• Chen Mo abandoned his plan to find mutants and form his own research team, choosing instead to let Stryker complete the X-Weapon Project.
• Chen Mo decided to remain close to the project and observe its progress without threatening Stryker's control, while waiting for the needed scientists and research to emerge.

Chen Mo studied John Wraith’s teleportation and caught him by predicting where he would reappear, leaving Wraith and the rest of X-Force in awe of his strength. William Stryker saw Chen Mo as the ideal candidate to command X-Force.

• Chen Mo considered the teleportation abilities of John Wraith and Nightcrawler but had not yet decided whose power he might copy.
• Chen Mo analyzed John Wraith’s teleportation, predicted his next arrival, and grabbed him by the throat before he could teleport away.
• Chen Mo released John Wraith once he was nearly unconscious, and Wraith returned to the team shaken and fearful.
• X-Force’s morale fell after John Wraith joined Wade and Agent Zero in defeat, while William Stryker welcomed Chen Mo’s strength.
• William Stryker recalled General Munson’s warning about Agent Zero’s CIA ties and considered Chen Mo the best choice to command X-Force.

William Stryker arranged for Chen Mo to spar with Fred, expecting the match to establish Chen Mo’s authority over X-Force. Chen Mo knocked Fred unconscious with one punch and turned his attention to Bradley, who looked to Stryker for help.

• William Stryker ordered Fred to spar with Chen Mo as Chen Mo recognized Stryker’s plan to establish his authority.
• Fred charged Chen Mo, confident that his powerful defenses would protect him.
• Chen Mo moved behind Fred and struck the back of his head, knocking him unconscious.
• The other members of X-Force watched in shock as Fred fell with a single blow.
• Chen Mo looked toward Bradley, who became frightened and turned to William Stryker for help.

William Stryker introduced Chen Mo as the new Commander of X-Force after Chen Mo defeated the team’s fighters and established his authority. The members accepted the appointment, and Stryker introduced Victor and James as Chen Mo’s subordinate mutant soldiers.

• William Stryker ended the sparring and excused Bradley from fighting because his powers were better suited to logistical support.
• William Stryker introduced Wade, Agent Zero, John Wraith, Fred, Bradley, and the other X-Force members to Chen Mo, and they acknowledged his strength.
• William Stryker described Chen Mo’s military record and abilities, then appointed him Commander of X-Force.
• Agent Zero felt disappointed about the appointment but accepted that Chen Mo was better qualified, while the rest of X-Force raised no objections.
• William Stryker introduced Victor and James as Chen Mo’s former First Special Operations Team subordinates and fellow mutants.

William Stryker introduced Victor and James as new members of X-Force and announced that Chen Mo’s First Special Operations Team would take over the base’s defenses. Chen Mo gained practical control over the X-Weapon Project while Stryker believed he was still in charge.

• William Stryker described Victor and James’s claws, bone spikes, enhanced physiques, and rapid healing, making X-Force wary of the pair.
• Stryker announced that Victor and James would join X-Force and that Chen Mo’s First Special Operations Team would handle base defense and routine missions.
• Chen Mo used the new arrivals and the team’s transfer to establish his authority over X-Force and the base’s armed forces.
• Stryker believed Chen Mo remained a trusted subordinate whose authority he could revoke, while Chen Mo quietly gained control of the X-Weapon Project.

After taking command of X-Force, Chen Mo agreed to teach Wade the Gun Fu swordsmanship Wade had admired during their fight. Wade learned quickly, and Chen Mo anticipated that his intervention would keep Wade from becoming the mindless Weapon XI.

• Chen Mo became X-Force's Commander, and Agent Zero, John Wraith, Fred, and the others accepted his authority while keeping their distance.
• Wade approached Chen Mo and asked him to teach him the swordsmanship he had used to defeat him.
• Chen Mo reflected on Wade's resemblance to the Deadpool he remembered and resolved that Wade would not be turned into a mindless killing weapon.
• Chen Mo taught Wade the improved Katana swordsmanship from Gun Fu, and Wade quickly began learning it.

Wade studied Chen Mo’s Gun Fu swordsmanship and became a more obedient, eager disciple, though his constant chatter kept causing clashes with Victor and James. X-Force received its first mission under Chen Mo’s command and departed for Lagos, Nigeria.

• Wade devoted himself to learning Gun Fu from Chen Mo and treated him like a master, while competing with Victor and James for his favor.
• Wade’s arguments with Victor and James repeatedly escalated into blade-drawing confrontations, but they refrained from using their superior strength against him.
• Major William Stryker gave Chen Mo full command of X-Force’s first mission.
• Chen Mo took the team to a nearby military base and then to a local bar, where the members grew more familiar with one another despite Wade’s chatter.
• The next morning, X-Force boarded a small military jet and flew from the United States toward Lagos, Nigeria.

On a turbulent military flight, Wade taunted Victor until their argument nearly turned into a fight, but a sudden conversation about Fred’s new tattoo broke the tension. Chen Mo then told Bradley to descend.

• James sat tensely beside Victor as Wade sharpened his katana in the quiet cabin.
• Wade joked that he brought the sword to his ex-girlfriend’s wedding, then mocked Victor and the others, prompting Victor to extend his claws and Wade to grip his katana.
• James tried to keep Victor from fighting Wade, worried they might damage the plane.
• Wade abruptly pointed out Fred’s new tattoo, and James recognized the tattooed woman as someone Fred had met at a bar the previous night.
• Fred said he loved the woman because she was a gymnast, breaking the standoff as Victor retracted his claws.
• Chen Mo told Bradley to descend.

Chen Mo’s X-Force flew to Lagos for a mission while James suffered from severe airsickness. The team arrived outside a heavily fortified building in the slums, where eight figures approached its gate.

• Bradley remotely piloted the plane as it dived, worsening James’s airsickness.
• James complained about flying, and John Wraith offered to get him a bucket, which James refused.
• Chen Mo announced that the plane was nearing Lagos and considered helping James overcome his fear of flying after the mission.
• The plane descended toward Lagos, Nigeria, and the scene shifted to a fortified gray building surrounded by slums.
• Eight figures in matching blue combat uniforms walked through the slums and stopped outside the building’s guarded perimeter.

Chen Mo brought James and Agent Zero to a heavily guarded building to find something, and Agent Zero began a sudden assault on its guards. The attack continued as Agent Zero charged through the gate and turned the mounted machine gun toward the enemy’s own position.

• James asked Chen Mo what they were doing at the building, and Chen Mo said they had come to find something before calling Agent Zero forward.
• Agent Zero approached the gate alone, drew two pistols while pretending to surrender, and shot the guards behind the firing slits.
• The remaining guards took positions at the sandbags, watchtowers, and mounted machine gun as Agent Zero charged toward the gate.
• Agent Zero shot the machine gunner, and the gun’s muzzle swung toward the sandbag fortification as the gunner fell.

Agent Zero charged toward the gate under fire and performed a flashy magazine change while running. As he fought ahead, the members of X-Force mocked his act and traded insults behind him.

• A dead machine gunner's falling weapon swept bullets across the sandbag fortification, hitting four armed men and giving Agent Zero an opening to keep charging toward the gate.
• Rooftop gunmen fired at Agent Zero, who reloaded both pistols by tossing the magazines into the falling weapons while running.
• John Wraith, Bradley, Fred, and Wade admired Agent Zero's performance, while Victor and James dismissed it as a circus trick compared with Chen Mo's gun skills.
• James joked that Agent Zero needed higher-capacity magazines, and Wade compared the reload to a clown's act.
• Victor and Wade traded insults, with Victor threatening that the audience would watch wild beasts tear Wade apart as Agent Zero continued fighting ahead.

Agent Zero cleared the gate and killed the enemies in a flashy display, but the X-Force members paid more attention to Victor and Wade trading insults. The chapter ended with Agent Zero’s proud pose going unnoticed as Victor and Wade continued their argument.

• Chen Mo reflected on how his care had changed Victor and James, while James mocked Agent Zero’s rapid reloading technique as a clown performance.
• Victor and Wade traded barbs, surprising the X-Force members with Victor’s sharp tongue.
• Agent Zero leaped over the gate, fired at the rooftop and watchtowers, and killed four enemies.
• Agent Zero struck a pose for the X-Force members, but they ignored him and watched Victor and Wade argue.

Agent Zero opened the gate after eliminating the defenders, while Wade and Victor argued about the legendary King's Sword and Chen Mo's connection to it. The group spotted a surviving gunner hiding in a tank behind concrete barriers, leaving them unable to reach him easily.

• Agent Zero opened the gate after clearing most of the defensive forces outside the building.
• Wade challenged Victor's claim that an indestructible divine weapon existed, then guessed it was King Arthur's King's Sword.
• Victor confirmed that the King's Sword was real and explained that he and James had tested its ability to cut through iron and marble.
• Wade asked where the sword was, and Victor looked to Chen Mo instead of answering.
• Chen Mo and the others noticed a surviving gunner duck into a tank, where its armor protected him from Agent Zero and the rest of the group.

Victor used the King's Sword to slice open a tank's turret and kill its gunner, leaving Wade amazed by the weapon. James challenged Wade's belief that the King's Sword was only a myth and legend.

• Chen Mo handed the King's Sword to Victor and ordered him to destroy the tank.
• Victor dodged the tank's cannon and leaped onto the turret.
• Victor cut through the turret's front half and detached the cannon before the gunner could fire.
• Victor pulled the gunner from the tank and hurled him to his death.
• Wade stared at the King's Sword, and James asked whether he still thought it was just myth and legend.

Wade coveted the King's Sword until Chen Mo explained it was unsuitable for his fighting style and promised to forge him two powerful katanas. After Victor demonstrated the legendary sword's power, Agent Zero and the others wondered at Chen Mo's mysterious background.

• Wade admired the King's Sword, but James told him it belonged to Chen Mo and was his personal weapon.
• Chen Mo asked if Wade wanted the sword, then explained that Wade's speed and dual-blade style made the heavy weapon a poor fit.
• Chen Mo promised to forge Wade two katanas that could cut through iron and steel, and Wade eagerly asked when he would get them.
• Chen Mo said the operation was intended to find the materials for the weapons and assured Wade he would receive them.
• Agent Zero, John Wraith, Fred, and the others stared at the King's Sword and wondered how Chen Mo had obtained it.

Chen Mo and X-Force reached the top floor, where a diamond-sorting operation was guarded by armed men. After the manager stopped their elevator, Bradley restored its power, and the guards opened fire as the doors began to open.

• Chen Mo led James and the others into the building and toward the top floor.
• The middle-aged Black man saw X-Force approaching on the monitors and stopped their elevator on the fourth floor.
• Wade annoyed the team with his chatter until Chen Mo told him he was next, making him fall silent.
• Chen Mo ordered Bradley to get them to the top floor, and Bradley restored the elevator's power.
• The middle-aged Black man ordered eight guards to surround the elevator, and they fired as its doors opened, but two spinning blades deflected the bullets.

Wade charged out of the elevator, deflecting the armed men’s gunfire, but a ricochet nearly killed Agent Zero. Chen Mo saved him with the King's Sword, and the group remained alert as Wade fought outside.

• Wade rushed from the elevator and used his twin blades to block the eight armed men’s bullets, while two attackers fell after being hit by deflected shots.
• A bullet ricocheted into the elevator and flew toward Agent Zero’s eye.
• Chen Mo used his Spatial Ability to take the King's Sword from Victor and summon it in time to block the bullet.
• Agent Zero thanked Chen Mo for saving his life, and Chen Mo stayed focused on the gunfire outside.
• John Wraith and Bradley moved beside Chen Mo, trusting him more than the elevator’s blind spots as Wade continued holding off the attackers.