Chapter Summaries

After Hulk killed Abomination and escaped, Aaron avoided recruitment by both the military and S.H.I.E.L.D. while keeping a low profile and crafting magical defenses. Coulson later formally invited Aaron to join S.H.I.E.L.D., but Aaron condemned the agency for treating his life as expendable during the Blonsky incident.

• Hulk strangled Abomination, then fled after seeing a woman's worried face, while Tony and Aaron remained surrounded by military forces.
• Coulson negotiated with Ross over S.H.I.E.L.D.'s access to Abomination's corpse, and Ross tried to recruit Aaron into the military.
• Aaron declined Ross's offer, asked that the incident be kept out of the news, and left after Ross ordered the soldiers to let him go.
• Aaron returned home, released Abei and Fawkes, collected eight hundred Magic Points, and spent the following days crafting defensive Moonstone artifacts.
• Coulson visited Aaron and formally invited him to join S.H.I.E.L.D., citing his unusual abilities and divination skills.
• Aaron rejected Coulson's reasoning for putting him in danger during the Blonsky incident and challenged the agency's willingness to sacrifice a few people to save many.

Aaron negotiated a S.H.I.E.L.D. consultant position with Level 6 clearance, a salary, and the right to refuse dangerous assignments while keeping his shop. After building his business and crafting magical items, he was visited by Jessica, Trish Walker, and Luke Cage, who asked whether Kilgrave could control him.

• Aaron refused Coulson's first offer to join S.H.I.E.L.D. and argued that he had no reason to risk his life for the organization.
• Coulson explained that General Ross had investigated Aaron and offered him a tracking bracelet or S.H.I.E.L.D. protection, prompting Aaron to negotiate a consultant role.
• Aaron secured Level 6 clearance, a salary above ten thousand, the right to refuse dangerous missions, and permission to keep his shop, while demanding payment for his assistance.
• After joining S.H.I.E.L.D., Aaron sold the agency potions, crafted defensive magical artifacts, and prepared his first batch of Felix Felicis.
• Jessica arrived at Aaron's shop with Trish Walker and Luke Cage, and Jessica asked whether Kilgrave could control him.

Aaron refused to give Jessica, Luke, and Trish his blood for an antidote to Kilgrave, and Luke’s attempt to force him failed when Aaron wounded him with an enchanted bullet. The three stayed at the Hundred Affairs Shop as customers and tried to persuade Aaron to help, but the chapter ended with them eating his costly meal without reaching an agreement.

• Aaron admitted that Kilgrave could control him and refused to help until Trish pointed out that Kilgrave threatened him too.
• Jessica explained that Kilgrave’s father had left behind antidote equipment, but the final ingredient was blood from someone immune to Kilgrave’s power.
• Luke tried to knock Aaron out for a blood sample, but Aaron shot and wounded Luke with an enchanted bullet, then ordered the group out of his shop.
• Trish bought a Calming Draught, and the group browsed the shop before Jessica proposed making Aaron understand how dangerous Kilgrave was to him.
• Jessica, Luke, and Trish ate Aaron’s expensive Hankrila Bird meal, and Luke recognized the premium value of the brandy.

Aaron agreed to help Jessica, Trish, and Luke kill Kilgrave after accepting a mission, but charged Trish $100,000 and had her sign a contract. As Aaron gathered information about Kilgrave and the group, he learned about Kilgrave’s origin, Jessica’s investigation, and the tangled history between Jessica and Luke.

• Aaron accepted a system mission to kill Kilgrave and demanded $100,000 for helping Jessica, Trish, and Luke.
• Trish signed Aaron’s contract, and Kilgrave called to threaten Aaron and reveal that he had moved up his plan to kill him.
• Aaron asked the group to explain their leads and relationships, and Jessica described Kilgrave’s organ transplants, weakness to anesthetics, and his parents’ research into an antidote.
• Jessica said Kilgrave had taken his father and that his mother had died, while the group hoped to use Aaron’s blood to complete the antidote.
• Trish explained that Kilgrave had sent police to kill her, and Luke revealed that Kilgrave had controlled Jessica and made her kill Luke’s wife.

Aaron reasoned that Kilgrave could no longer control Jessica because of an antidote made with blood from someone beyond Kilgrave’s influence, and a call confirmed his suspicion. The group planned to use Jessica’s blood to develop more antidote before Kilgrave’s enhanced ability made their fight even harder.

• Luke told Aaron, Jessica, and Trish how Kilgrave had forced him to lure Jessica to the bar where he planned to kill Luke with a bomb.
• Aaron argued that Kilgrave had spared Jessica because he had developed a twisted possessiveness toward her, then called Kilgrave to test his theory.
• Kilgrave admitted that he wanted Jessica to fall in love with him willingly, and Aaron revealed that Jessica’s blood had produced the same result as his own in tests of an antidote.
• Kilgrave confirmed that he could no longer control Jessica, though he claimed his ability was about to become stronger.
• Jessica celebrated her freedom and urged the group to use her blood to make an antidote, while Aaron warned that their chance of success was slim and Kilgrave had powerful support.

Aaron told Coulson that he planned to kill Kilgrave, a mind-controlling criminal who had targeted him, and secured help with the legal aftermath. The next day, Aaron joined Jessica and Luke at the Delaney Theatre to investigate Kilgrave, but the surveillance recordings had been deleted.

• Aaron explained Kilgrave’s powers and weaknesses to Coulson, then asked for S.H.I.E.L.D. support and an FBI identity for dealing with the consequences of killing him.
• Coulson agreed to seek an operational report and apply for an FBI position for Aaron after Aaron mentioned developing a new medicine.
• Aaron met Jessica and Luke at the Delaney Theatre, where they planned to review footage that might reveal Kilgrave’s getaway car.
• Jessica posed as a plainclothes liquor authority officer and took cash from the theatre owner before insisting on seeing the surveillance recordings.
• The theatre owner opened the computer, but Jessica discovered that the video and audio files had all been deleted.

Aaron, Jessica, and Luke confronted Kilgrave at a theater, where Kilgrave used his control over Luke and hired snipers to protect himself. Kilgrave escaped, leaving Luke to attack Jessica while Aaron watched for an opening.

• Aaron and Jessica confronted Kilgrave, but Jessica persuaded Aaron to let her try to take him alive.
• Kilgrave revealed that Luke had been under his control and had reported on Jessica, while four snipers had been positioned around the theater.
• Aaron shot at the snipers through a wall, disabling three of them as Kilgrave and Luke moved toward an exit.
• Jessica lunged at Kilgrave, but Luke blocked Aaron's shot and helped Kilgrave escape through a side door.
• Luke attacked Jessica, and she fought back by throwing furniture at him before knocking him to one knee and slamming his head into a wall.

Jessica and Aaron struggled to stop Kilgrave’s mind-controlled Luke, and Aaron shot Luke in the head to knock him unconscious. At the hospital, they discovered Luke’s skin resisted treatment, while Kilgrave revealed he was nearby and could control the people around them.

• Jessica fought Luke while Aaron warned that she needed to shoot him in the head to stop him; Luke asked to be shot, and Aaron’s bullet knocked him unconscious.
• Jessica took Luke to a hospital, where doctors could neither pierce his skin with a needle nor drill into his skull.
• Aaron offered Jessica an All-Purpose Potion for one hundred thousand dollars, but she refused, and Claire helped move Luke toward Jessica’s home.
• Kilgrave called Jessica from the hospital, and Aaron warned her that Kilgrave could control the people there even though his ability did not work on them.
• Jessica suspected Kilgrave was in the surveillance room, while Aaron left and warned her that she would face a crowd if she pursued him.

Jessica, Aaron, and Claire treated Luke and tracked Kilgrave to a luxury high-rise, while Kilgrave underwent a painful experiment to strengthen his powers. Jessica and Aaron reached the apartment too late to find Kilgrave, his father dying, and a controlled survivor grinding up a severed arm.

• Aaron drew cerebrospinal fluid through Luke's eye, and he predicted Luke would wake within twenty-four hours.
• Jessica found that Luke's phone had called hedge fund broker Justin Burton, and she and Aaron planned to search his top-floor apartment.
• Kilgrave asked Albert to inject him with the remaining purple drug, then endured the agonizing experiment.
• Jessica asked Claire to stay with Luke, and Aaron advised her to learn combat and shooting skills.
• Jessica and Aaron found a corpse at Burton's apartment and discovered Kilgrave's father dying beside a controlled man grinding up an arm.
• Aaron knocked the controlled man unconscious and noticed that Kilgrave's father still had a breath left.

Aaron, Jessica, and Trish tracked Kilgrave to the Hudson River pier and tried to trap him, but Jessica’s ambush failed and Kilgrave escaped to a yacht surrounded by controlled people. Aaron confronted him alone, revealed that Kilgrave could not fire Snake Eater, and shot the human shields in the legs as Kilgrave prepared to flee.

• Jessica found Albert dying, and Albert warned her that Kilgrave had grown stronger before he died.
• Aaron identified a photograph of the Hudson River pier as the clue to Kilgrave’s location, while Jessica insisted on arranging a lawyer for Justin Burton.
• Jessica, Trish, and Aaron agreed on a plan to approach Kilgrave with Trish disguised as Jessica and Aaron pretending to be controlled.
• Kilgrave surrounded Aaron and Trish with armed police, exposed Trish’s identity, and ordered the officers to shoot Jessica, who was pinned down as Kilgrave escaped.
• Aaron and Trish found Kilgrave on a yacht with dozens of controlled people, and Aaron went out to confront him while Trish recorded the encounter.
• Kilgrave could not fire Snake Eater, so he used controlled people as a human shield; Aaron shot them in the legs as Kilgrave ordered the yacht prepared for escape.

Aaron killed Kilgrave at the dock, then claimed his mission reward and used the final Dark Spirit Stone to break through to Holy Magus. He summoned his subordinates to inspect the Mind Space project, which Ake reported was being built in the form of a planet.

• Aaron shot Kilgrave's limbs, then killed him with a soul-destroying bullet as Jessica arrived at the dock.
• The dock bystanders recovered, and Aaron left after telling Jessica not to bother him unnecessarily and reminding her about the money she owed him.
• Aaron claimed the reward for killing Kilgrave, raised his Magical Energy to twenty-five thousand, and bought the Nether Moon Stubborn Stone.
• Aaron devoured the final Dark Spirit Stone, broke through to Holy Magus, and gained mastery of the Dark Emperor's spells.
• Aaron summoned Ake, Naga Shatiel, Ramon Lancelot, and the others, then asked about construction of his Mind Space.
• Ake told Aaron that he had decided to build the Mind Space based on a planet.

Aaron reviewed the Mind World's shortcomings with Ake, Ramon, and Naga, then dealt with the police investigation into Kilgrave's death by revealing his Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division credentials and showing Samantha evidence of the mind-controlled victims. At Christmas, Aaron visited his hidden chamber, reflected on his distant family, and used Illusion Magic to project them for dinner.

• Ake described the Mind World's five regions and its cities, while Ramon and Naga pointed out that it was too small and lacked convincing skies and enough life.
• Aaron told Ake, Ramon, and Naga to keep developing the Mind World patiently and warned them not to enter the real world because of dangers described by his ancestors.
• Samantha and other officers arrived to arrest Aaron for shooting Kilgrave and injuring more than forty people, but Aaron showed Samantha his credentials and explained the classified mission.
• Aaron played Samantha Trish's recording of Kilgrave controlling the crowd, and Samantha agreed to keep his identity confidential and release Jessica Jones.
• At Christmas, Aaron opened his hidden chamber, looked at a photograph of his family, and used Illusion Magic to project them before dinner with Abei and Fawkes.

Tony Stark visited Hundred Affairs Shop with his new assistant, Natalie Rossman, and Aaron treated his palladium poisoning with Nurse Mascot Grass and All-Purpose Potion. Tony left with medicine and a bottle of Felix Felicis, while Aaron accepted a mission to help him find a new element.

• Tony Stark introduced Natalie Rossman as his new assistant and ordered food at Hundred Affairs Shop.
• Tony felt better after eating, and Aaron noticed signs that he had been poisoned by palladium.
• Aaron put Tony inside Nurse Mascot Grass, which reduced his blood toxicity from 24% to 15%.
• Tony drank All-Purpose Potion, lowering his blood toxicity to 9%, and bought eight bottles from Aaron.
• Aaron accepted a system mission to help Tony Stark find a new element.
• Tony bought a bottle of Felix Felicis, while Natalie planned to report the potion and Aaron's treatment to Nick Fury.

Aaron helped Tony Stark divine the New Element’s discovery, treated his palladium poisoning, and agreed to make a weapon from Azban Iron. S.H.I.E.L.D. discussed Aaron’s unusual status and Tony’s situation, while Nick Fury decided to delay giving Tony his father’s inheritance and investigate Aaron’s medicines.

• Aaron showed Tony a glimpse of his future, agreed to help him find the New Element, and asked him to forge Azban Iron into a Knuckle Duster.
• Aaron told Tony and Natalie Rossman that S.H.I.E.L.D. employed him as a consultant, then warned Pepper about Tony’s condition and asked her to alert him if Tony planned to attend a race-car event.
• Natalie reported Tony’s treatment, Aaron’s medicines, and the Azban Iron to Nick Fury, who ordered her to keep observing Tony.
• Nick Fury told Coulson to organize Howard Stark’s inheritance but decided to withhold it until the right moment because Aaron was helping Tony.
• Nick Fury asked Coulson to check for new medicines and learn how many formulas Aaron possessed, while both men dismissed the possibility that Aaron was a wizard.

Aaron bought and shared an expensive Rainbow Fruit, then served Wilson Fisk at Hundred Affairs Shop and used his Crystal Ball to glimpse Wilson making tea with an ominous old woman. Wilson left after paying for the reading, impressed by Aaron’s shop and apparent divination ability.

• Aaron purchased a Rainbow Fruit, shared small portions with Abei and Fawkes, and diluted its juice into Rainbow Juice.
• Aaron watched Tony Stark announce the Stark Expo and worried that Tony had not solved his Palladium Poisoning.
• Wilson Fisk and Wesley visited Hundred Affairs Shop, where Wilson enjoyed Aaron’s meal and bought takeout for someone important to him.
• Wilson and Wesley looked around the shop, and Wesley bought one bottle of each medicine on display.
• Aaron divined that Wilson would make tea with a cane-carrying old woman who gave him a dark impression, prompting Wilson to pay and leave.

Wilson ordered his people to leave Aaron Gaius and the Hundred Affairs Shop alone after deciding Gaius was too dangerous to provoke. Matt Murdock arrived at the shop gravely wounded, and Aaron reluctantly let Claire treat him while learning that a Japanese ninja had ambushed him.

• Wesley told Wilson that Madam Gao wanted to meet him, and Wilson ordered his people not to disturb or provoke Gaius.
• Aaron examined a cracked, partially enchanted golden bullet before Abei alerted him to Matt Murdock's arrival.
• Matt entered the shop bleeding from numerous blade wounds and asked to rest and call Claire; Aaron reluctantly gave him the phone.
• The next morning, Claire stayed with Matt, and Aaron told her to find him proper clothes so he could leave once he could move.
• Matt told Aaron that a Japanese ninja had lured him into a trap, that he had burned the attacker, and that he escaped the mastermind by jumping into the river.
• Aaron asked Matt about other powerful beings in the city, and Matt mentioned rumors of vampires and an unusually resilient man.

Aaron met Tony Stark and Pepper in Monaco, where he warned Tony that his vision showed a whip splitting his race car in half. Tony decided to race anyway, while Aaron prepared to help him survive and pursue the promised reward for finding a new element.

• Aaron told Pepper that Tony's research on a new element had stalled and promised to help him.
• Pepper confronted Tony in Monaco about hiding his Palladium poisoning, and Aaron admitted he had told her about Tony's condition.
• Aaron warned Tony that Divination showed a whip splitting his race car, but said the danger could become worse if Tony avoided the race.
• Tony decided to compete, and Pepper told Natalie to prioritize the car's defenses while Aaron urged Tony to take Felix Felicis.
• Aaron explained that he needed money and offered Tony an enchanted bullet, but Tony declined to buy it.
• Justin Hammer arrived with Christine and arranged for her to interview Pepper for Vanity Fair.

Tony Stark survived Whiplash’s attack at the Monaco race track after putting on his Iron Man Armor, while Aaron and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents helped ensure he had backup. In prison, Whiplash revealed that his father, Anton Vanko, had made the Arc Reactor and warned Tony that palladium poisoning would kill him.

• At the Monaco race, Whiplash attacked the drivers with electric whips, and Happy brought Tony the case that let him assemble his Iron Man Armor.
• Tony fought Whiplash, defeated him, and removed the Arc Reactor from his chest as police arrested him.
• Tony asked Pepper to arrange an interview with Whiplash and bring Aaron, offering Aaron more money to attend.
• In prison, Whiplash named his father, Anton Vanko, as the source of his blueprints and accused the Stark family of destroying lives.
• As Tony left, Whiplash warned him that palladium poisoning was a painful way to die.

Aaron analyzed Ivan Vanko’s motives and warned Tony Stark that Vanko could be freed and given resources to attack him. Tony agreed to offer Iron Man Armor to the military to blunt political pressure, but the danger of Vanko’s revenge remained as Tony still needed to address his palladium poisoning.

• Aaron told Tony and Pepper that Vanko blamed the Stark family for his father’s death and sought revenge over the Arc Reactor.
• Aaron warned that Vanko’s public attack had exposed Tony’s technology and given politicians an opening to criticize him.
• Aaron advised Tony to offer the military a finished Iron Man Armor, and Tony asked Pepper to contact Rhodey about the gift.
• Tony offered Aaron a consultant job at Stark Industries, but Aaron declined and warned that Vanko could be broken out of prison and supplied with resources.
• Aaron explained that Vanko only needed enough power to kill Tony, leaving Tony afraid of a future attack.
• Pepper suggested asking Monaco police to guard Vanko, but Aaron warned that Tony’s palladium poisoning remained the most urgent problem.

Tony gave Rhodey permission to use the Mark II armor so he could help the military settle its dispute with Stark, while Aaron promised to help Tony find a replacement for the palladium poisoning him. Meanwhile, Justin Hammer brought Ivan Vanko to Hammer Industries, where Ivan agreed to help him build weapons to challenge Tony Stark.

• Nick Fury learned that Ivan Vanko’s burned corpse had been identified and decided to wait for Natasha’s message before meeting Aaron.
• Tony revealed to Rhodey that the palladium in his Arc Reactor was poisoning him, and Rhodey agreed to use the Mark II armor to help resolve Tony’s problems with the military.
• Tony said Aaron could help find a new element, but Aaron prioritized having Miss Potts bring his pets to the villa.
• Rhodey flew the Mark II to Edwards Air Force Base and told the officers that they needed to help Tony in return for accepting the armor.
• Justin Hammer brought Ivan Vanko to Hammer Industries, where Ivan quickly cracked the security system and inspected Hammer’s Iron Armor robots.
• Ivan agreed to help Hammer challenge Tony Stark and secure a long-term Department of Defense contract.