Chapter Summaries

Shen Fei investigated the Tsukuyomi Society and Yakushiji Family, treated Spencer and JJ, and rejected Madame Gao’s attempt to make him retract his assessment of ADDC9. After Kingpin’s men abducted him, Yakushiji Ryoko’s two French Maids attacked the warehouse where he was being held.

• Shen Fei learned that the Tsukuyomi Society was a legitimate religion and that the people connected to the earlier incident led back to the Yakushiji Family.
• Shen Fei examined Spencer’s mother, identified drugs in Spencer’s body, and gave Spencer and JJ medicinal treatments while discussing a plan for his mother.
• Madame Gao asked Shen Fei to withdraw his assessment of ADDC9, but Shen Fei refused and left the coffee shop.
• Kingpin’s men, led by James Wesley, abducted Shen Fei and took him to an abandoned warehouse.
• Yakushiji Ryoko’s two French Maids followed the abductors and opened fire outside the warehouse.

Shen Fei killed James Wesley, uncovered a lead connecting the Tsukuyomi Society to the attack, and discussed ADDC9’s deadly side effects with Yakushiji Ryoko. When Madame Gao assaulted Ryoko’s villa, Shen Fei recognized her as one of The Hand’s Five Fingers and revealed her connection to K'un-Lun, prompting her to flee.

• Shen Fei’s maids defeated James Wesley’s men, and Shen Fei shot James Wesley after one maid disarmed him.
• Shen Fei told Yakushiji Ryoko that a Tsukuyomi Society member had visited his home, then discussed his concerns about ADDC9 with her.
• Ryoko showed Shen Fei photographs of people found dead with their eyes gouged out, and he suspected they might have been ADDC9 test subjects.
• The Hand attacked Ryoko’s villa during dinner, and Madame Gao overwhelmed Marianne and Lucianne after they held off the other attackers.
• Shen Fei identified Madame Gao as one of The Hand’s Five Fingers and said she came from K'un-Lun, so she turned and charged for the exit.

Shen Fei defeated Madame Gao, learned why she had pursued the Elixir of Youth, and discovered her connection to Isurugi Ruriko and the Yakushiji Family. He then confronted Kingpin and told him that Madame Gao had poisoned Vanessa, leaving Kingpin alive to help expose his criminal accounts.

• Madame Gao ordered her ninjas to kill Shen Fei’s group and fled, but Shen Fei killed the ninjas, stopped her car, and defeated her with a lightning-infused knife.
• Madame Gao offered the Elixir of Youth as a bargaining chip, but Shen Fei rejected her offer and used Dual Mastery to examine her memories.
• Shen Fei learned that Madame Gao had pursued the Elixir of Youth because she feared death, and that she had targeted him on behalf of Isurugi Ruriko amid the Yakushiji Family’s long-running conflict with her.
• Shen Fei sent a Shadow Clone to handle Madame Gao’s wealth and antiques, then went to Kingpin’s villa in Hell’s Kitchen.
• Kingpin charged Shen Fei, who shattered his arm and revealed that Madame Gao had poisoned Vanessa and that Shen Fei had killed her.
• Shen Fei told Kingpin he could reunite with Vanessa after helping make his criminal ledgers public.

After exposing Kingpin’s ledger and confession, Shen Fei traveled to Japan and helped Yakushiji Ryoko expose ADDC9 as a dangerous fraud. He uncovered the truth behind the Elixir of Youth as well, then watched Ryoko’s forces battle Isurugi Ruriko’s in a staged military exercise that escalated when Ruriko deployed Tyrants.

• Shen Fei published Kingpin’s confession and distributed his ledger, plunging New York into chaos and keeping Matt busy with lawsuits and crimefighting.
• Shen Fei traveled to Kamurocho with Yakushiji Ryoko and her Maids, confirmed that ADDC9 contained potent toxins, and helped Ryoko expose the cover-up.
• Shen Fei met Ryoko’s former classmates, including her rival and Mafuyu, before leaving them to reunite.
• A Shadow Clone found that the Elixir of Youth was a catalyst that drained vitality and discovered that Isurugi Ruriko belonged to the secretive Shibakancho.
• Ryoko’s forces and Ruriko’s Self-Defense Force troops fought under cover of a military exercise, and Ruriko deployed Tyrants as her side fell behind.

Ryoko and Shen Fei defeated Isurugi Ruriko’s attack, but Ruriko escaped by crumbling into ashes. They then witnessed the police raid on ADDC9’s laboratory, where lead researcher Ikuno injected himself with the drug and collapsed after Shen Fei explained its lethal flaw.

• A white Giant Serpent, green Monsters, and autonomous robots attacked Ryoko’s building, forcing Shen Fei, Ryoko, Marianne, and Lucianne to fight their way downstairs.
• Ryoko used special perfume to expose the weakness of Isurugi Ruriko’s Resurrection Technique, and Shen Fei killed the Giant Serpent with a sealed Rasengan bullet.
• Isurugi Ruriko crumbled into ashes after promising to meet Ryoko again, while Marianne and Lucianne defeated the remaining attackers.
• Shen Fei and Ryoko went to ADDC9’s laboratory, where a police High Command member took Ikuno hostage and Yagami was shot during the ensuing gunfight.
• Ikuno injected himself with ADDC9 to prove his research worked, but after Shen Fei explained that its therapeutic effect came from a toxic component, Ikuno collapsed with purple eyes.

Shen Fei uncovered how Ikuno’s ADDC9 research led to a chain of murders and cover-ups, then reviewed the origins of the Monsters and learned that Jurassic Park was about to open. He infiltrated General Ross’s military base, freed the Tyrants, and leaked footage of the ensuing battle, leaving Ross’s bioweapons program exposed to the consequences.

• After reading Ryoko’s documents, Shen Fei learned how Ikuno’s accidental death, the officer’s cover-up, and the prosecutor’s involvement had fueled the ADDC9 incident.
• Shen Fei reviewed research on the green Monsters and learned that Isurugi Ruriko had controlled them using mutated plant fibers and sound waves.
• Shen Fei read that Jurassic Park was preparing to open and decided to act before its dinosaurs could become a danger.
• Shen Fei returned to New York, disguised himself as doctor Charlie, and entered the military base where Jessica Syurawade was present.
• Shen Fei removed the Parasites controlling the Tyrants, set off alarms, and led the escaped Tyrants to weapons in the armory.
• The military destroyed the Tyrants after they caused heavy casualties, and Shen Fei sent footage of the battle to the public through a secret account.

After helping expose Ross and meeting Ryoko, Shen Fei joined her treasure hunt for Yamatai in the Dragon Triangle. The group reached the island amid supernatural storms, where Shen Fei discovered a young woman killing its inhabitants, and the chapter ended with Ryoko speaking to the survivor who called herself Laura.

• Shen Fei stored Isurugi Ruriko’s tree-and-sonic control research and met Mayfuyu Fujii and Takayuki Yagami after Ross lost power.
• Shen Fei spotted Isurugi Ruriko in a passing car but decided not to pursue her, believing she was a clone.
• Ryoko persuaded Shen Fei to sail with her and her two Maids toward Yamatai in the Dragon Triangle.
• A hurricane drove their yacht onto Yamatai’s shore, and Shen Fei protected the group with a Shield Charm as lightning brought down a plane.
• Shen Fei sensed a young woman slaughtering people on the island, and a mountain collapsed as the strange force surrounding Yamatai vanished.
• Ryoko approached two bedraggled women, and one introduced herself as Laura.

Shen Fei and Ryoko left Yamatai after Lara Croft defeated Queen Hiruko, then encountered the ghost ship Antonia Graza while sailing onward. A survivor named Jack offered them a hold full of gold, and Ryoko pointed her pistol at him.

• Shen Fei recognized Lara as Lara Croft, and Lara, Ryoko, and their companions finished investigating Yamatai before departing by yacht.
• Shen Fei used Alchemy to extract the island’s gold, and Ryoko’s group dropped Lara, her friend, and Jonah on an inhabited island before continuing their voyage.
• Shen Fei sensed an evil aura, and the group swerved to avoid colliding with the suddenly appearing Antonia Graza.
• Ryoko and the two maids boarded the ghost ship after hearing a distress call and found corpses beside crates of gold.
• Jack told Shen Fei and Ryoko that his salvage crew had killed one another over the gold, then offered them the treasure in exchange for rescue.
• Ryoko aimed her pistol at Jack and said she could kill him so no one would know she had taken the gold.

Shen Fei exposed Jack as a demon-bound killer, freed the souls trapped aboard the Antonia Graza, and destroyed its demonic gold. Back in New York, he learned that a Life Foundation spacecraft had crashed, raising his suspicions about the arrival of Venom.

• Ryoko and her Maids confronted Jack, and Shen Fei revealed that Jack was an evil spirit using demonic gold to exploit human greed.
• Shen Fei caught Jack with the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak and used Dual Mastery to discover that Jack had traded souls for a long life and an Undying Body; Jack then exploded when his soul was triggered by a demon contract.
• Shen Fei helped a little girl's soul see her mother's photograph, burned the demonic gold, and set the Antonia Graza ablaze, releasing the souls trapped aboard it.
• Ryoko asked Shen Fei about Mephisto, and after their cruise returned to Japan, she and Shen Fei parted ways.
• Shen Fei returned to New York and saw news that a Life Foundation exploration spacecraft had crashed, while its owner, Doctor Carlton Drake, evaded questions about the mission and its cargo.

Shen Fei tracked down and captured an alien parasite in Los Angeles, then froze it for study rather than cooperate with it. After reviewing evidence of the Life Foundation’s illegal human trials, he turned his attention to Carlton Drake, who ordered more test subjects after the first human trial failed.

• Shen Fei had Red Queen search Malaysian police records and traced the parasite’s trail from Malaysia to the United States.
• Shen Fei found the parasite in Los Angeles, pulled it into the Mirror Dimension, and separated it from its host with fire.
• The parasite offered cooperation and claimed humans could gain immortality, but Shen Fei refused, tested its regeneration with gunfire, and froze its liquid form for later study.
• Shen Fei reviewed evidence linking the Life Foundation to deaths among homeless people and discovered Drake was rushing into human trials of his cancer drug.
• Dora objected to starting human trials so soon, but Drake ordered the experiments to proceed, and he demanded another group of test subjects after the first subject died.

Shen Fei killed Carlton Drake after Drake bonded with a symbiote, then covered up the symbiote research and exposed the Life Foundation’s crimes. As Shen Fei studied the symbiotes, a new biohazard outbreak and public anger toward superheroes showed that the threats and blame surrounding them continued.

• Shen Fei entered the Life Foundation, restrained Carlton Drake, and used his memories to learn about the symbiote research and spare Dora.
• Shen Fei put Drake in the symbiote laboratory, where a symbiote bonded with him and gave him new powers.
• Drake attacked Shen Fei, but Shen Fei froze and shattered his body, killing him while leaving the symbiote alive.
• Shen Fei sent Shadow Clones to make other Life Foundation personnel forget the symbiotes, exposed Drake’s human experiments, and anonymously donated half the assets he seized.
• Shen Fei researched the symbiotes and learned about their powers and weaknesses, while a biohazard outbreak in Busan was contained with an existing antidote.
• Shen Fei arrived at Stark Industries for a memorial event and saw protesters blaming the Avengers for casualties from recent attacks.

Shen Fei warned Stark that a self-thinking artificial intelligence created to protect the world could turn against humanity, though he suspected Stark would continue researching it. Melinda then asked Shen Fei to treat her ex-husband Andrew Garner, the Inhuman known as Lash, and Shen Fei said he could restore Andrew’s appearance but not others like him.

• Shen Fei watched Stark struggle with guilt over the casualties while Stark promised support for victims’ families and reconstruction.
• Stark proposed a global defense system run by an artificial intelligence lifeform, but Captain and the others opposed the plan.
• Shen Fei warned Stark that an independent AI could rebel, prompting Stark to say he would reconsider, though Shen Fei doubted he would abandon the idea.
• Melinda contacted Shen Fei and asked him to treat a special patient.
• Shen Fei learned that the patient was Melinda’s ex-husband Andrew Garner, known as Lash, and said he could restore Andrew to normal but only him.

Shen Fei calmed Andrew Garner’s mind and discussed treating the Lash transformation, while warning Melinda that the Advanced Threat Containment Unit could not be trusted. He then went to Gonzales’s S.H.I.E.L.D. warship to keep Coulson’s team from finding the Black Stone, but arrived as Hydra attacked.

• Melinda received orders to retrieve a newly awakened Inhuman but stayed with Shen Fei and Andrew Garner.
• Shen Fei used a soul spell to calm Andrew Garner and return him from Lash to human form, then warned Melinda about the Advanced Threat Containment Unit.
• Shen Fei explained that Andrew’s treatment would take time and sent him back to his research institute.
• Shen Fei decided to reach Gonzales’s warship before Coulson’s team could obtain the Black Stone.
• Shen Fei arrived at the warship during a Hydra assault and recognized that Stephanie was targeting Hive.

Shen Fei hid the Black Stone on the alien planet and considered opening the world to Earth’s powers as he met Rebecca for dinner in New York. When attackers targeted Leon at the restaurant, Shen Fei killed a biological weapon and tried to capture the weapon’s furious daughter alive.

• Shen Fei had Hydra take the Black Stone before destroying their transport, then stored the stone on the alien planet and planned to monitor the scattered pieces.
• Shen Fei considered inviting Stark and national powers to the alien planet, using its resources and possible access to space to gain influence and technology.
• At dinner with Rebecca, Shen Fei discussed Sherry’s departure from S.H.I.E.L.D. and the growing threat of bioterrorism, including the T-Abyss Virus.
• Leon arrived at the restaurant to meet someone, and Shen Fei and Rebecca left without learning whom he was meeting.
• Gunfire erupted as Shen Fei and Rebecca reached the parking lot, so they returned and found Leon under attack by a masked biological weapon and a brown-haired woman.
• Shen Fei shot the masked attacker dead, then switched to ordinary ammunition and moved to capture the woman after she attacked him in revenge.

Shen Fei uncovered Glenn Arias’s plan to trigger a Beast Virus outbreak in New York and joined forces with the Avengers to stop it. The outbreak was contained, Glenn’s research was destroyed, and the incident was reported as a terrorist attack.

• Shen Fei captured Maria Gomez and learned that Glenn Arias had developed the Beast Virus and planned to turn New York into another Raccoon City.
• Leon tried to take Maria into custody, but Glenn’s people rescued her; Shen Fei then discovered that Glenn had already begun his attack.
• Shen Fei contacted Natasha and brought the Avengers through an Arcane Gate to Glenn’s base, where Captain sent Stark, Wanda, and Pietro to destroy the oil tankers carrying the virus’s trigger medium.
• Shen Fei captured Glenn and Maria, while Banner and Shen Fei developed a vaccine from Glenn’s research materials.
• Captain agreed that the dangerous virus research should be destroyed, so Shen Fei burned the laboratory and the high-rise; Quicksilver destroyed the oil tankers, and officials classified the incident as a terrorist attack.

Shen Fei investigated reports of evil spirits in Springwood and uncovered the history of Freddy, a child-killing serial murderer who had returned as a spirit. He destroyed Freddy’s spirit and found its soul had been dwelling in a rusty metal claw.

• Shen Fei continued moving resources and production lines to the Giant world and Pirate World, then visited Wong at the New York Holy Temple.
• Wong gave Shen Fei three unverified reports of evil spirits, and Shen Fei traveled to Elm Street in Springwood to investigate the final location.
• Shen Fei used Red Queen and his own investigation to learn that Freddy had been a child-killing serial murderer burned alive by the town’s residents.
• Shen Fei uncovered Freddy’s suspicious origins and the connection between the mental hospital where his mother had been violated and the Mobius Corporation.
• After a student screamed, Shen Fei entered the room and killed Freddy’s manifested spirit with a golden longsword.
• Shen Fei followed Freddy’s black smoke to a rusty metal claw in the basement incinerator and destroyed the spirit’s chance to return.

Shen Fei arrived in the Sword Art Online world shortly before SAO’s launch and decided to enter the game to find its artificial intelligence lifeforms. He logged in with three Shadow Clones as the death game began, then tested whether he could log out before Kayaba Akihiko trapped the players.

• Shen Fei recognized Kayaba Akihiko’s SAO announcement and concluded that he had arrived only three hours before the game’s launch, too late to stop the death game.
• Shen Fei searched for Sugou Nobuyuki at Kayaba Akihiko’s research institute, found that Sugou was abroad, and took several Nerve Gears he found there.
• Shen Fei obtained identification for himself and his Shadow Clones, confirmed that a clone could log in, and prepared four accounts for the game.
• Shen Fei logged into SAO with three Shadow Clones and appeared in the Town of Beginnings as thousands of players entered the game.
• Shen Fei tested the game’s realism and tried to find a way to log out before Kayaba Akihiko began the death game.

Shen Fei mastered a way to log out while keeping his character in SAO, then explored the game's combat system before Kayaba Akihiko trapped thousands of players in a death game. After logging out, Shen Fei arranged for his Shadow Clones to level up and began planning to take control of Kayaba Akihiko's company and deal with Sugou Nobuyuki.

• Shen Fei learned to keep his character in SAO while his real body logged out, and tested the game's combat limits and sword skills.
• Shen Fei trained outside the Town of Beginnings until Kayaba Akihiko transported the players to the plaza and revealed that they could not log out.
• Shen Fei found his Shadow Clones, Nagato, Itachi, and Sasuke, and ordered them to gather information and level up.
• Shen Fei logged out and learned that the authorities were treating trapped players while trying unsuccessfully to breach SAO.
• Shen Fei decided to take control of Kayaba Akihiko's company and began a plan against Sugou Nobuyuki after Sugou returned to the country.

Shen Fei exposed Sugou Nobuyuki’s illegal human experiments, captured him and his accomplices, and turned them into a Philosopher’s Stone. As the players in SAO began recovering from the first wave of despair and preparing to clear Aincrad, Shen Fei installed safeguards on Asuna and Kirito and followed the game’s progress.

• Shen Fei uncovered Sugou Nobuyuki’s brain experiments and learned that Sugou had possessed a World Seed and planned to exploit Asuna and her family.
• Shen Fei confronted Sugou at his villa, struck him down, and used evidence of the experiments to prompt a police investigation.
• Shen Fei escaped as police arrived, while his Shadow Clone set fire to Sugou’s laboratory; the exposed crimes triggered public outrage and a warrant for Sugou’s arrest.
• Shen Fei captured Sugou and seven others, then used a Transmutation Circle to turn them into a Philosopher’s Stone.
• Shen Fei installed devices on Asuna’s and Kirito’s Nerve Gear to absorb electrical current and protect them from harm.
• After a month in SAO, the players’ deaths stopped rising, and Diabel gathered high-level players to discuss defeating the first-floor boss.

Shen Fei joined the first-floor Boss raid party with Asuna and helped expose Ya Wang’s attempts to interfere with the raid. After forcing Ya Wang’s group to surrender their equipment, the players entered the Boss room and began preparing to fight Kobold Lord Illfang.

• Ya Wang demanded that beta testers be held responsible for player deaths and share their equipment and resources, but Shen Fei challenged him and Diabel sent his group away from the raid.
• Diabel explained the first-floor Boss’s information and had the players form small parties, and Asuna accepted Shen Fei’s party invitation.
• Shen Fei offered Asuna seasoning while the players prepared for the raid, then the group gathered the next morning and traveled to the labyrinth tower.
• Shen Fei and Kirito discovered Ya Wang and three others following the raid party, and Diabel ordered them to leave their equipment behind.
• Ya Wang surrendered his equipment and fled with his group, after which Diabel led the raid party into the Boss room and assigned the shield users to the front.