Chapter Summaries

Aaron treated Stark and Potts to the Acupuncture Cactus, mango juice, and a meal at his shop, then offered them a free prophecy about Stark’s old Arc Reactor. The prophecy prompted Potts and Stark to request paid divination, but Aaron said he would divine for each person only once a year.

• Potts and Stark tried the Acupuncture Cactus, and Stark offered to buy it, but Aaron refused and charged them for the treatment.
• Aaron served Stark and Potts mango juice and beef with salmon roe, impressing them with the food’s restorative effects and flavor.
• Stark offered to invest in a better location for Aaron’s shop, but Aaron declined to move or pursue wealth.
• Aaron told Stark and Potts that Stark’s old Arc Reactor would save his life soon, and Stark wondered what danger was coming.
• Potts asked Aaron to divine for them, but Aaron explained that divination cost at least a hundred thousand dollars and that he would only divine for each person once a year.

Aaron divined that Tony Stark would have the Arc Reactor in his chest extracted and that Tony and Pepper Potts would eventually kiss, then advised Tony to keep the old reactor close and take precautions. Tony left with mango juice, while Aaron wondered whether Stark had noticed something unusual about him.

• Aaron charged Tony Stark for a divination and described a vision of someone extracting the Arc Reactor from Tony's chest.
• Aaron divined that Pepper Potts would kiss Tony on a rooftop, leaving Tony excited and Pepper skeptical.
• Tony admitted he liked Pepper and asked Aaron about a Love Potion, which Aaron said would be available in the shop in half a month.
• Aaron advised Tony to keep the old Arc Reactor nearby and prepare for someone to try to remove the one in his chest.
• Tony paid Aaron, ordered four cups of mango juice, and left; Aaron then wondered why Tony had taken an interest in him.

Tony prepared a redesigned Mark III Armor and invited Aaron to his charity ball, where Aaron sensed a powerful telepath probing his mind. He identified Professor Xavier and Jean as unusual and dangerous, then met Agent Phil Coulson, who questioned him about his shop and asked for a divination.

• Tony ordered J.A.R.V.I.S. to redesign the Mark III Armor in red and gold and decided to attend his charity ball.
• Aaron accepted Tony's invitation, changed into formal clothes, and rode his motorcycle to the ball without Abei.
• Aaron sensed someone using Legilimency on him and used the Cerebral Sealing Technique to hide his thoughts.
• Jean told Professor Xavier that Aaron's aura felt familiar, but Xavier found no X-gene when he probed Aaron's mind.
• Aaron recognized the disabled Professor Xavier and the dangerous Jean, then warned himself to keep his distance from them.
• Coulson asked Aaron about Gaius's Hundred Affairs Shop and requested a divination, but Aaron said he only worked for money and had not brought his tools.

After Tony Stark used the Mark III Armor to attack terrorists in Gumirra, Aaron watched the world grow more dangerous and expanded the Everything House’s medical supplies. On his way home, he found a badly wounded Man in Black who warned him that children had been kidnapped, and Aaron treated him so they could save them.

• Coulson asked Aaron about divination prices, learned Tony Stark had paid him two million dollars, and left without meeting Tony.
• Tony showed Aaron photographs of terrorists using Stark Industries weapons in Gumirra, then decided to take action; he used the Mark III Armor to defeat the terrorists, rescue refugees, and destroy the weapons before surviving an encounter with fighter jets.
• Aaron bought a Gator Crocodile, the Acupuncture Gun, Doctor Aloe, and Nurse Mascot Grass, then prepared food and stocked the Everything House’s recuperation area.
• Aaron encountered a bloodied Man in Black in an alley and learned that children had been kidnapped and were due to be taken to the docks the following night.
• Aaron brought the unconscious Man in Black to the Everything House and treated his numerous wounds with Muggle medical procedures and Doctor Aloe.

Aaron treated Matt Murdock, the Man in Black, and sent him away after asking him not to return, while Matt headed to rescue the kidnapped children. Meanwhile, Obadiah obtained the First-Generation Mark Armor wreckage and its blueprints from Yusuf, then seized the terrorist base and ordered his men to kill everyone.

• Aaron accepted a mission to treat the Man in Black and used Doctor Aloe bandages and Nurse Mascot Grass to heal Matt Murdock.
• Matt woke up, learned Aaron had healed him, and agreed not to seek him out as the Man in Black; Aaron waived his bill and served him breakfast.
• Matt left Hundred Affairs Shop after offering Aaron the services of his law firm, and Aaron claimed his reward of 500 Magic Points.
• Obadiah met Yusuf at a military base and learned Yusuf had recovered the First-Generation Mark Armor wreckage and its blueprints.
• Obadiah used a sound-wave device to incapacitate Yusuf, while his bodyguards took control of the base.
• Obadiah ordered his men to collect the armor and clear the battlefield, and gunfire killed the terrorists.

Aaron completed his All-Purpose Potion and prepared his shop, while the Book of Prophecy warned that Tony Stark’s prophecy would happen that night. Pepper uncovered Obadiah’s role in Tony’s kidnapping and sought help as Obadiah moved to strike first.

• Aaron added Fawkes’s tears to the All-Purpose Potion, bottled the first batch, and arranged to pay Fawkes with food for a weekly supply of tears.
• Aaron stocked his shop with potions, decided it needed a secret room, and learned from the Book of Prophecy that Tony Stark’s prophecy would occur that night.
• Tony asked Pepper to retrieve shipping records, and Pepper found evidence that Obadiah had arranged Tony’s kidnapping and designed an Iron Man Armor.
• Obadiah discovered that Pepper had copied the files, but she left with Agent Coulson before he could stop her.
• Pepper told Coulson what she had found, and Coulson promised to summon agents while Pepper called Rhodey to warn him that Tony was in danger.
• Obadiah’s engineers said they could not miniaturize the Arc Reactor, so Obadiah prepared to act against Tony himself.

Aaron rescued Tony Stark with the old Arc Reactor and a magical potion, then raced to Section 16 as Obadiah prepared to attack in Iron Monger. Aaron helped Pepper and Coulson escape the first assault, but Iron Monger burst through the ground and forced them to flee again.

• Pepper told Aaron that Obadiah was trying to kill Tony, and Aaron accepted a mission to help Tony and set out for Stark's home.
• Aaron found Tony near death, installed the old Arc Reactor, and gave him an All-Purpose Potion that restored some of his strength.
• Tony asked Aaron to protect Pepper, and Aaron sped toward Section 16 while Rhodey helped Tony prepare to retrieve his armor.
• Pepper and Coulson entered Section 16, where Coulson's agents blasted open the door and alerted Obadiah as he donned Iron Monger.
• Aaron warned Pepper and Coulson that Obadiah was ready to attack, and Coulson ordered his agents to retreat.
• Iron Monger attacked the agents, then broke through the ground outside; Aaron fired Xuguang to bring it down temporarily and urged everyone to run.

Aaron helped Pepper Potts and Coulson escape Iron Monger, then used his enchanted weapons to support Tony Stark in the fight against Obadiah. Tony prepared to confront Obadiah again after Aaron disabled Iron Monger’s rocket boosters, but the armor began recovering as the chapter ended.

• Aaron used Snake Eater to deflect Iron Monger’s cannon fire, then destroyed most of its right-arm weapon system with enchanted bullets.
• Tony arrived and fought Iron Monger while Aaron, Pepper, and Coulson watched from a rooftop; Pepper promised to reimburse Aaron for his expensive ammunition.
• As Tony and Obadiah battled high above the ground, Aaron noticed frost crippling Iron Monger and shot its rocket boosters after it began falling.
• Tony survived the fall, but Iron Monger’s systems started recovering, so Aaron gave Tony a Calming Draught and sent him back to create an opening.

Aaron helped Tony Stark defeat Obadiah, then converted his payment into Stark Industries stock as Tony publicly revealed that he was Iron Man. Back at his shop, Aaron claimed his mission reward and bought Shape Magic, then refreshed the system shop to inspect its new offerings.

• Aaron used incendiary rounds to free Tony from Iron Monger, and Obadiah exposed his face after Tony destroyed the armor’s optical sensors.
• Aaron shot Obadiah with a golden bullet, then replaced Tony’s depleted Arc Reactor with the one from Iron Monger.
• Aaron asked Tony to convert his payment into Stark Industries stock, while Coulson offered S.H.I.E.L.D.’s help with the incident and its cover story.
• Tony abandoned the prepared statement at the press conference and revealed that he was Iron Man.
• Aaron claimed 800 Magic Points for completing the mission, bought Shape Magic, and tested it by enlarging Crispy Mushroom.
• Aaron refreshed the Magic Category shop and examined its new spells, including Freeze, Mind Reading, Extraction, Inferius, and Mediumship.

Aaron bought rare materials and sold Nick Fury on investigating his accurate divinations, so Coulson visited Aaron’s odd-jobs shop. Aaron foresaw Coulson’s team studying a silver hammer and advised him to stay away, then served him unusual food and led him into the shop’s strange recuperation area.

• Aaron spent Magic Points on Gillyweed, Werewolf's Tooth, and a Qilin Horn, then refreshed the listings.
• After hearing that Aaron’s predictions about Tony Stark and Obadiah had come true, Nick Fury sent Coulson to test Aaron’s divination and approved up to five hundred thousand dollars for the visit.
• Coulson paid Aaron for a divination, and Aaron foresaw him leading agents to evacuate a crowd before surrounding and studying a silver hammer that nobody could lift.
• Aaron advised Coulson not to go near the hammer, but Coulson said he would consider it and asked about the shop’s other services.
• Coulson ate Scale Strawberries and Gator Crocodile meat, then followed Aaron into the recuperation area and saw enormous Venus flytraps, humanoid cacti, and bandaged aloe plants.

Aaron introduced Coulson to the shop’s unusual healing plants and potions, then claimed to be Earth’s last Regenerator to explain his rare goods and abilities. Coulson agreed to help promote Hundred Affairs Shop in exchange for an All-Purpose Potion and bought several items, while Aaron raised Skele-Gro’s price after Coulson asked about severe fractures.

• Aaron showed Coulson Nurse Mascot Grass, Doctor Aloe, and Acupuncture Cactus, and Coulson tried the cactus before learning it was not for sale.
• Aaron claimed he was the last Regenerator, described his late master Gandalf Dumbledore, and explained that Regenerators revived rare or extinct creatures.
• Aaron told Coulson that the meal had been Gator Crocodile meat and described his specialized weapons and equipment, then offered to reveal his transport method for three million dollars.
• Aaron showed Coulson the All-Purpose Potion and offered him a bottle in exchange for arranging professional promotion for Hundred Affairs Shop without revealing Aaron’s Regenerator identity.
• Aaron raised Skele-Gro’s price from ten thousand to fifty thousand after Coulson asked whether it could treat a comminuted fracture.
• Coulson bought one bottle each of Calming Draught, Soothing Agent, and Draught of Living Death, along with a roll of Doctor Aloe bandages.

S.H.I.E.L.D. tested its options for recruiting Gaius while Aaron prepared rare potion ingredients, sold Matt Murdock medicine, and met clients drawn in by an exaggerated advertisement. The Slottmans asked Aaron to find someone, leaving him to learn the details of their case.

• Coulson reported Gaius's Regenerator claims and brought back potions and bandages, and Nick Fury ordered them tested while S.H.I.E.L.D. promoted Gaius and considered recruiting him.
• Nick Fury assigned Coulson to visit Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters about a Level Three Mutant whose Laser Eyes had destroyed a classroom, while Agent Hill took the search for Hulk.
• Aaron processed Qilin Horn into potion and alchemical materials, then continued brewing a Lucky Potion.
• Matt Murdock bought Doctor Aloe bandages from Aaron, asked about his medicines, and left without buying the expensive potions.
• Aaron discovered Coulson's advertisement had exaggerated the shop's services and praise, then met Barbara Slottman and Bob, who asked him to find someone.

Aaron took a job to find Hope Slottman and quickly tracked her to a hotel, where he discovered Kilgrave was controlling her. Aaron proved immune to Kilgrave’s commands and confronted him at gunpoint, but he had not yet decided how to deal with him.

• Slottman told Aaron that Hope had left her apartment and the university track team, and Aaron agreed to find her within seven days for fifty thousand dollars.
• Aaron used Captain Jack's Compass to follow Hope’s photograph to a luxury hotel and found her in a room with Kilgrave.
• Aaron entered the room and learned that Hope was under Kilgrave’s mind control, though he initially mistook their situation for a consensual encounter.
• Kilgrave ordered Aaron to pick up a knife and fork and cut himself, but Aaron resisted the command and realized he was immune to Kilgrave’s ability.
• Kilgrave ordered Hope to pick up the weapons, and Aaron drew a revolver, warning Kilgrave that he could face legal consequences for killing him.

Aaron confronted Kilgrave over his control of Hope and forced him to release her without killing him. Kilgrave left wounded under Aaron’s warning, while Hope remained shaken and still subject to his control for three hours.

• Aaron resisted Kilgrave’s control and shot him in both arms and his left leg for threatening him and harming Hope.
• Kilgrave controlled Hope into holding a knife and fork to her neck, but Aaron refused to surrender his gun and recorded Kilgrave’s threats.
• Hope urged Aaron to kill Kilgrave, then admitted she wanted to live for her parents despite what Kilgrave had made her do.
• Aaron warned Kilgrave that a video and a tracking compass would expose and pursue him if he retaliated, and Kilgrave agreed to leave the city.
• Kilgrave released Hope from his control but ordered her to stay in the room for three hours, then dragged himself away.
• Aaron covered Hope with a coat, and she thanked him but said he should have killed Kilgrave.

Aaron and Jessica Jones found Hope Slottman and tried to keep her safe from Kilgrave, whose mind control was still affecting her. As Hope left with her parents, Kilgrave’s revenge surfaced in a shocking act of violence, leaving Jessica to realize he had engineered the rescue.

• Aaron deleted the recordings of Hope and warned her not to involve the police or tell her parents Kilgrave’s name.
• After several hours, Hope lowered the fork she had held to her neck, and Jessica Jones arrived searching for her and asking whether Kilgrave was nearby.
• Jessica took Hope and Aaron to her office, where she urged Hope to leave town and helped her understand that Kilgrave’s abuse was not her fault.
• Hope’s parents, Barbara and Bob, arrived, and Jessica told them to drive west with Hope while claiming Kilgrave had escaped.
• As the elevator doors closed, Jessica saw Hope pull a handgun and heard two shots, then realized Kilgrave had arranged for Hope to kill her parents as revenge.

Aaron rescued Hope Slottman from Kilgrave’s hypnosis and protected her parents, but he wanted to avoid getting drawn into a fight with Kilgrave. After Hope woke, she agreed to help keep Aaron’s involvement secret, while Jessica warned him that Kilgrave might come after him.

• Jessica found Hope injured and unconscious after Aaron stopped her from shooting her parents, and learned that Aaron had shot through Hope’s bullet and gun to wound her arm.
• Aaron treated Hope’s wound at Alias Investigations and explained that Kilgrave had left her with a command to attack her family when she saw them.
• Aaron kept watch over Hope overnight, claimed his mission reward, and waited until the hypnosis wore off.
• Hope woke the next morning and Aaron asked her to maintain a cover story that he had never met Kilgrave or injured him.
• Hope urged Aaron to stop Kilgrave, but he said he had no obligation to fight villains, and she agreed to keep his role secret.
• Hope reunited with her parents, while Jessica advised Aaron to leave town in case Kilgrave learned what he had done.

Hope told Jessica that Aaron was immune to Kilgrave’s control, while Aaron began preparing a defensive artifact and learned that he would meet Bruce Banner. As a destructive Hulk-like experiment rampaged nearby, S.H.I.E.L.D. debated whether to intervene and waited for help.

• Hope asked Jessica not to involve Aaron unless it was absolutely necessary, but also mentioned that another person might be immune to Kilgrave.
• Aaron fed Abei and Fawkes, ordered a Roast Whole Pig, and decided to make a defensive bracelet using Qilin Horn solution and Moonstones.
• The Book of Prophecy warned Aaron that he would meet Bruce Banner and have a brief battle, so Aaron took his pets out and bought Moonstones.
• Aaron heard explosions and gunfire and headed toward the disturbance as night fell.
• Nick Fury told Phil Coulson that the rampaging creature was a military experiment rather than Hulk, and said S.H.I.E.L.D. would not intervene without a plan.
• Maria Hill told Nick Fury that the Department of Defense and the United Nations wanted a video call, and he refused to answer.

General Ross’s forces fought Abomination as Nick Fury arranged to lure the monster toward Aaron, believing he could escape and help reduce casualties. Aaron rode away from the battle, unaware that soldiers had been ordered to steer Abomination after him.

• Ross saw footage of Abomination rampaging through 121st Street and realized the monster resembled Hulk and might be tied to military experiments.
• Aaron showed Abomination to Abei and Fawkes, warned them not to underestimate the world’s dangers, and rode away from the battle.
• Nick Fury negotiated with the Council for support, then spotted Aaron in the footage and told Ross’s soldiers to lure Abomination toward him.
• Ross ordered his soldiers to keep firing as they retreated and steer Abomination toward Aaron, while Bruce Banner offered to help but was told to wait.
• A soldier spotted Aaron riding past in his motorcycle, while Aaron sensed someone watching him and continued riding away.

Aaron fought Abomination while trying to protect civilians and conceal his abilities from the military and S.H.I.E.L.D. After exposing the power of his weapons and using a nerve-striking technique, he anesthetized Abomination, though the result of the fight remained uncertain.

• Aaron warned the soldiers that their rocket launcher could not hurt Abomination, but Abomination caught the rocket and attacked them, forcing Aaron to flee with the pursuing military vehicle.
• Aaron turned back to save a mother and child trapped in a taxi, using the Acupuncture Gun and Flintlock Gun to free them from Abomination's grasp.
• Aaron fought Abomination with Lycoris and Snake Eater while General Ross ordered his soldiers to stop attacking and requested Aaron's profile; S.H.I.E.L.D. intercepted the inquiry and Nick Fury sent Coulson to the scene.
• Aaron dodged Abomination's attacks, fired six Alchemical Bullets into his heart, then struck his nerve joints with the Acupuncture Gun and declared the anesthesia complete.

Aaron and Tony Stark watched Hulk battle Abomination, with Aaron providing precise sniper support when the fight turned dangerous. The chapter ended with Abomination bound in his own chain as Aaron explained that his weapons and training helped an ordinary person survive.

• Tony Stark attacked Abomination from the air, but his weapons caused only minor injuries and the fight reached a stalemate.
• Bruce Banner jumped from an armed helicopter and transformed into Hulk, who began fighting Abomination.
• Aaron accepted a mission to help Hulk and used a silver bullet to sever Abomination’s grip on the helicopter, allowing Hulk to gain the advantage.
• Abomination struck Hulk with a chained iron block, but Aaron fired three shots that cut the chain, hit the block, and staggered Abomination.
• The iron block fell on Abomination, and the chain wrapped around him as Aaron put down Eternal Night and told Tony Stark about his guns and training.