Chapter Summaries

Shimizu examined a mysterious parasite while officials weighed the response to a Japanese assassination attempt. Dongda announced Cold Condensation Nuclear Fusion and plans to station troops in Japan, and Shimizu later won the Nobel Prizes in Physics and Physiology or Medicine.

• Shimizu reassured Zhuge Gong that Zhuge Qing was safe and learned that Zhuge Qing had advanced in the Wuhou School's Samadhi True Fire.
• Researchers told Shimizu that the bug contained disordered genetic material and might alter a host's personality by influencing the brain.
• Old Zhao told Shimizu that Japanese right-wing forces had masterminded the assassination attempt, and Shimizu threatened to withhold further technologies until the government responded.
• The next day, Dongda announced Cold Condensation Nuclear Fusion and declared plans to station troops in Japan under the Potsdam proclamation to investigate war criminals.
• On October 2, Shimizu won the Nobel Prize in Physics and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Shimizu attended a gathering of world Otherworlder leaders as Nason Island’s succession crisis drew the powers’ attention. After Feng Baobao temporarily posed as the Nason King, she and the real king became entangled in attacks and arrests, while Zhao Fangxu and Shimizu prepared for the island’s likely downfall.

• Shimizu confronted Ishikawa Shin about the recent plot against him, then refused Ron Keller’s attempt to approach him without Zhao Fangxu’s approval.
• Zhang Chulan introduced Feng Baobao as the Nason King after she defeated the real king, and Shimizu learned that Nason Islanders had attacked Zhang Chulan and San'er first.
• Shimizu ordered the real Nason King and the Nason Guards detained if they appeared, and after Feng Baobao was attacked, authorities arrested them for three days.
• The Nason Queen explained that a broken branch of the Divine Tree had triggered a succession challenge, requiring Nason Island to open to the world while its king fought a challenger.
• Zhao Fangxu and Shimizu discussed Nason Island’s likely destruction and plans to evacuate Chinese-speaking islanders, send observers, and investigate Bi Youlong with help from Liu Zhenguo.

Shimizu learned that Bi Youlong was the traitor and suspected Qu Tong had used the All-Round Hands to alter his and others’ minds, prompting Zhao Fangxu to mobilize against her. In the Marvel World, Shimizu completed his powerful Electric Light No. 3 nano-armor, then welcomed Earth’s mystic factions to his Sorcerer Supreme succession ceremony and collected their gifts.

• Zhao Fangxu learned that Bi Youlong had illicit dealings with the Yaoxing Society and assigned Xu Si, Xiao Zizai, and the company security team to gather evidence.
• Shimizu connected Bi Youlong’s betrayal to Qu Tong’s All-Round Hands, which he suspected had altered Bi Youlong’s and Chai Yan’s consciousness and memories.
• Zhao Fangxu decided to notify the higher-ups and mobilize forces to capture Qu Tong, while Shimizu asked him to bring back Nason Island’s Divine Tree or a piece of it for study.
• Shimizu tested the newly assembled Electric Light No. 3, an S-minus nano-armor suit powered by an Arc Reactor, and considered accelerating Sunagakure’s technological progress.
• Shimizu arrived at Kamar-Taj for his Sorcerer Supreme succession ceremony, welcomed visiting magical factions, and accepted their gifts while arranging return gifts and lectures.

Shimizu welcomed Asgard’s royal family to his Sorcerer Supreme coronation and accepted a branch of the World Tree from Frigga. After agreeing to attend Thor’s coronation in Asgard, he tested Strange’s readiness to study The Book of Cagliostro by preparing to expose his astral body to its dangers.

• Shimizu delayed the coronation until Thor, Frigga, and Loki arrived, then accepted Thor’s ancient wine and Frigga’s World Tree branch as gifts from Asgard.
• Shimizu began the coronation, which lasted half a day, and learned that Thor would inherit the throne in one week.
• Frigga invited Shimizu to Thor’s coronation, and Shimizu agreed to travel to Asgard; he also demonstrated that his runic artifact could dispel Genjutsu.
• Wong told Shimizu that Strange had learned Astral Projection and wanted permission to read The Book of Cagliostro.
• Shimizu explained the dangers of the book’s magic and used the Eye of Wade and Mind Stone to test Strange’s astral defenses.

Shimizu strengthened his body with the Extremis Virus and studied possible futures before traveling to Asgard. Odin asked him to ally with Asgard against Hela, offering the Tesseract and other rewards, and revealed that Hela would escape after his death.

• Shimizu helped Strange begin studying The Book of Cagliostro, then returned to his laboratory and received five doses of Banner's enhanced Extremis Virus serum.
• The serum enhanced Shimizu's body, qi, and fire affinity, while his System Panel showed that synchronizing the Extremis Virus required more Destiny Value than he had.
• Shimizu spent the night using the Time Stone to examine possible futures, then entered Asgard through Heimdall's transport and met with Odin.
• Odin asked Shimizu to ally with Asgard and act against an enemy, offering him the Tesseract and a chance to have the dwarves forge a divine artifact.
• Shimizu asked to learn the dwarves' forging craft, and Odin agreed before revealing that Hela would escape her seal after his death, while Thor had yet to master the power of the King of the Gods.

Shimizu and Odin agreed that Shimizu would protect Asgard, train Thor, and take Loki as his disciple in exchange for Asgard’s support and a new High Priest position. At Thor’s coronation, Odin named Shimizu High Priest and crowned Thor king, then sent Shimizu to Nidavellir as preparations for the coming threats began.

• Shimizu agreed to help Asgard prepare for Odin’s death and the threats of Hela, the Dark Elves, and time’s backlash by training Thor for five years.
• Odin offered Shimizu a Uru weapon, instruction in Asgardian lightning techniques and Runes, and Loki as his disciple; Shimizu secured the title of Asgard’s High Priest.
• At Thor’s coronation, Odin proclaimed Shimizu High Priest with status equal to Frigga and appointed Loki his assistant and student.
• Odin crowned Thor king of Asgard after Thor swore to defend the Nine Realms, maintain peace, and serve the kingdom.
• Odin took Thor and Loki to see the murals telling Hela’s story while Shimizu sent a Shadow Clone to Earth to organize preparations.
• Heimdall prepared to send Shimizu to Nidavellir at Odin’s command.

Shimizu demonstrated his Divine Machine Hundred Refinements and rune-forging skills to the dwarves, earning Eitri and Berg’s cooperation. After Thor and Loki arrived with news of Ragnarok, Shimizu used the Time Stone to accelerate training and forging, then began training Thor and Loki.

• Shimizu traded Earth liquor with Eitri for instruction in dwarf forging and asked him to repair the Destroyer.
• Shimizu enhanced mithril and several other metals with Divine Machine Hundred Refinements, impressing Eitri and Berg.
• Shimizu forged a rune-enchanted Dragonstone short sword, and Berg confirmed its quality before agreeing to exchange techniques.
• Thor and Loki arrived and said Odin had warned them of Ragnarok, requested a new weapon, and asked Shimizu to train them and modify the Ancient Winter Coffin.
• Shimizu used the Time Stone to create a fiftyfold time-acceleration field so the dwarves could finish the weapon and the brothers could train.
• Shimizu created Shadow Clones to help Eitri and Berg with forging and began teaching Thor to use lightning without Mjolnir, while preparing Loki for intense training.

Shimizu prepared Earth and Asgard for a coming crisis as Odin neared death and the Nine Realms approached a celestial convergence. He trained Thor to use his lightning without Mjolnir and taught Loki to manipulate minds, while Loki began deceiving a Dimensional Demon God.

• Shimizu told Loki that his cunning and talent could make him a great mage, then began teaching him mind manipulation and hypnosis.
• Shimizu briefed the Avengers on the Nine Realms' coming convergence at Greenwich and warned that Odin's impending death would unleash threats against Asgard and Earth.
• Shimizu assigned Hill, Stark, Wong, Coulson, Natasha, and Steve roles in preparing Earth's defenses, while Peter Parker was told to train and remain in reserve.
• The major powers deployed troops to Greenwich under Nick Fury's command, while Frigga sought reinforcements from Vanaheim and Asgard prepared for war.
• At Nidavellir, Shimizu trained Thor until he learned to use Palm Lightning without Mjolnir, though he had mastered only one move.
• Loki delighted in deceiving a Dimensional Demon God and displayed a mark of the Dark Dimension on his hand.

Shimizu completed the forging of Stormbreaker and prepared for Thanos’s arrival, while Carol Danvers joined forces with him against the coming threat. After Odin died and Hela emerged, Carol confronted her as Thor and Loki faced a Dark Elf attack in Asgard and Thanos arrived above Greenwich.

• Shimizu and Eitri forged Stormbreaker, while Berg gave Loki a staff containing the Ancient Winter Coffin that Loki named Frostmourne.
• Carol Danvers warned Shimizu and Nick Fury that Thanos had destroyed Xandar and was seeking the Infinity Stones; Shimizu revealed that he possessed the Mind Stone and Time Stone, and Carol agreed to work with him.
• Odin died on the Norwegian coast after telling Thor to protect Asgard and Loki to protect their mother, then Hela emerged from a portal.
• Carol entered Binary form and charged at Hela, while Mordo left through a teleportation circle.
• Thor and Loki returned to Asgard as a Dark Elf warship approached, and the brothers led the Asgardian Guards into battle.
• Thanos arrived above Greenwich aboard Sanctuary One, where Shimizu waited in the Destroyer Armor with the Mind Stone and Time Stone embedded in it.

Shimizu fought Thanos across space and Muspelheim, then used the Space Stone to seal the battlefield and trap him. As the battle continued, they argued over how someone with the Infinity Stones should use that power.

• Shimizu intercepted Thanos's attacks above Earth, and their clash sent them through a spatial wormhole to Muspelheim.
• Shimizu and Thanos battled amid Muspelheim's lava as Thanos raised skeletal undead and Shimizu's clones attacked them.
• Carol kept Hela occupied at sea while Thor fought Malekith and the Cursed Warrior in Asgard, and Loki slaughtered Dark Elves with Frostmourne.
• Thanos tried to escape Muspelheim, but Shimizu revealed the Space Stone and sealed the wormholes, trapping him inside.
• Shimizu teleported around Thanos and pressed his attack as Thanos demanded to know what he wanted.
• Thanos and Shimizu debated the responsibilities and risks of wielding the Infinity Stones, with Thanos arguing that Shimizu's approach was inefficient and uncertain.

Shimizu failed to secure the Power and Soul Stones after Thanos destroyed them, but he killed Malekith and claimed the Reality Stone, bringing his total to four Infinity Stones. He returned to the war against Thanos's army, where his expanded senses took in the whole of Vanaheim.

• Thanos tried to destroy the Power and Soul Stones, and Shimizu escaped the blast before reversing time to restore them; Thanos destroyed them again, and Shimizu's attempt to look into the future revealed he could not obtain them for now.
• Shimizu arrived in Asgard and saved Thor from Malekith's Aether attack, then used the power of three Infinity Stones to defeat Malekith and extract the Reality Stone.
• Shimizu placed the Reality Stone in the Destroyer Armor, giving him four Infinity Stones, while Thor and Loki decided to travel to Earth to find Hela.
• Shimizu returned to Greenwich to aid the defenders against Thanos's army, which was still pressing its attack across several worlds.
• Shimizu's Mind Stone-enhanced senses expanded until they enveloped all of Vanaheim.

Shimizu helped defeat Thanos's forces and sealed Hela, then Carol invited him to protect people across the universe. He defended his record and claimed that he, Clear Wade, was the real MVP.

• Shimizu's lightning devastated Thanos's army, and Strange, Mordo, Hulk, Steve, and Tony fought the surviving enemies across several battlefields.
• Shimizu and Tony joined Thor, Loki, and Carol against Hela, and Shimizu's magic, Thor's lightning, Carol's blast, and Loki's Ancient Winter Coffin let them freeze and seal her.
• Shimizu told Thor and Loki to imprison Hela in Niflheim and strengthen their powers before the seal wore off, and Thor invited Wade to Asgard's victory feast.
• Carol asked Shimizu to help protect people across the universe and questioned whether he was ambitious, citing Nick Fury's account of his rise and influence.
• Shimizu rejected Carol's implication that his success came from scheming, listed the crises he had stopped, and declared that he, Clear Wade, was the genuine MVP.

Shimizu and the Third Kazekage discussed Sunagakure’s peace settlement with Konoha and Hanzo’s proposal to trade territory. Shimizu rejected Hanzo’s demands as excessive and proposed a smaller exchange that would give Sunagakure part of the Inland Sea while returning other land to Amegakure.

• Shimizu persuaded Carol to join his plan to build a cosmic version of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers, and she agreed to watch him and help recruit others.
• Shimizu set a short-term goal of uniting his allies and taking over the power left ownerless after Thanos’s death.
• Shimizu and the Third Kazekage’s forces had joined up and occupied more than a quarter of the Land of Fire, but the battlefront had stalled.
• Konoha paid Sunagakure gold, silver, and provisions, traded a forested region, and surrendered a Reaper Death Seal and the Shinigami Masks to reclaim some territory.
• Hanzo proposed trading the Inland Sea and a border mountain for more of the Land of Fire’s territory, aiming to expand Amegakure into a great nation.
• Shimizu proposed taking forty percent of the Inland Sea and giving Amegakure several cities near the Land of Rain and Land of Grass in return.

Shimizu discussed Sunagakure’s strategy with the Third Kazekage, who decided Shimizu should succeed him as Fourth Kazekage after returning from Iwagakure. Shimizu then entered another world through the black vortex and recognized it as the world of the Hero Association.

• Shimizu explained that Amegakure depended on Sunagakure’s support and that Hanzo’s demands had been too high.
• Shimizu and the Third Kazekage assessed Uchiha Fugaku’s strength and suspected that spies or an intelligence network had contributed to Kirigakure’s defeat.
• Shimizu said he would leave Sunagakure’s affairs to the Third Kazekage while he went to Iwagakure, and promised that new developments would soon accelerate the village’s growth.
• The Third Kazekage told Shimizu to prepare to become the Fourth Kazekage after his return, explaining that age and the village’s rapid development made it time to step down.
• Shimizu returned to his room, studied the black vortex, and sent a wisp of consciousness into another world.
• Shimizu awakened in a modern apartment, recognized posters of Vibejasa and Hellish Blizzard, and identified the world as the one with the Hero Association.

Shimizu assessed his new life in the One-Punch Man world, then returned to the Naruto world and joined Sunagakure’s northern front. After learning that Iwagakure had sent reinforcements including the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, he agreed with Chiyo to launch an immediate surprise attack.

• Shimizu checked the date, news, and hero rankings, then decided to build his strength and prepare for monsters in his new world.
• Shimizu used the Blood Demon Art version of Flying Thunder God to reach Sunagakure’s northern camp and asked Hotta about the front against Iwagakure.
• Karura asked whether Rasa’s hands could be restored, and Shimizu explained that retrieving their sealed souls would require a prohibitive sacrifice.
• Chiyo warned Shimizu that Iwagakure’s reinforcements likely included the Five-Tails Jinchuriki and proposed attacking before peace talks.
• Shimizu urged an immediate surprise assault, and Chiyo quickly assembled the main force and marched it toward Iwagakure’s position.

Shimizu led Sunagakure’s attack on Iwagakure and overwhelmed the two Tailed Beast Jinchuriki with his newly revealed Wind Release Chakra Mode. Iwagakure’s army retreated, and Shimizu began sealing the Five-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Chiyo ordered Sunagakure’s forces to attack Iwagakure’s barrier, and Shimizu countered the two Tailed Beast Balls with a combined assault.
• Shimizu fought Han and Roshi, using his puppets and Wind Release Chakra Mode to outpace and suppress the Four-Tails and Five-Tails.
• Karura and Chiyo helped break Iwagakure’s formation, while Sunagakure’s troops pushed through the camp.
• Roshi created a field of erupting magma to cover Han’s retreat, but Shimizu intercepted Han and used clones, chains, and sealing talismans to restrain the Tailed Beasts.
• Kitsuchi ordered Iwagakure’s army to retreat as Karura trapped the beasts in sand pyramids, and Shimizu sealed the Five-Tails’ Chakra, forcing it to revert to Roshi’s human form.

After Sunagakure captured Roshi and Han, Ōnoki sought peace through Konoha while Shimizu decided to keep the tailed beasts for Sunagakure. Shimizu returned home with Iwagakure prisoners to a public welcome, as preparations began for his succession as Fourth Kazekage and peace talks continued.

• Kitsuchi reported that Sunagakure had captured Roshi and Han, and Ōnoki decided to seek peace through Konoha.
• Shimizu and Chiyo agreed to keep the captured tailed beasts, and Chiyo told him to oversee their transfer into new vessels alongside Bunpuku and Ayane Uzumaki.
• Shimizu learned that the Third Kazekage had approved a succession ceremony for him, likely to take place in two or three months.
• Iwagakure sent an envoy to request peace talks and the return of its captured shinobi, but Shimizu had already begun the weeklong journey home with several hundred prisoners.
• Shimizu arrived near Sunagakure to a public welcome, while the Third Kazekage and Rasa stayed in the newly occupied territory to negotiate with Konoha and establish Sunagakure's administration and defenses.

Shimizu and Ebizo discussed how Sunagakure could select and train Jinchuriki without relying on deliberate persecution, and Shimizu proposed using spiritual cultivation and mental defenses to resist tailed beast malice. Ebizo put Shimizu in charge of finding candidates and preparing the transfers, then handed him a backlog of Kazekage paperwork.

• Shimizu followed Pakura to the neighboring house, where she showed him a wardrobe of outfits, and the two spent the night together.
• Shimizu and Pakura trained the next morning, then went to the Kazekage's Office Building, where Pakura accepted a B-Rank Mission.
• Ebizo explained the demanding qualities needed in Jinchuriki and how villages used malice and bonds to control them.
• Shimizu proposed strengthening Jinchuriki's minds through spiritual cultivation and protective artifacts, and Ebizo agreed to let him pursue the approach.
• Ebizo told Shimizu to find the remaining two Jinchuriki candidates and revealed that Shimizu would soon become the Fourth Kazekage.
• Ebizo stopped Shimizu from leaving and handed him a large backlog of Kazekage documents to handle.

Shimizu processed Ebizo’s documents, trained and built the Black Samurai puppet in the One-Punch Man world, then went to the Hero Association’s City D selection. The chapter ended as he asked whether he could use his special equipment during the test.

• Shimizu used more than twenty Shadow Clones to process Ebizo’s documents and planned to focus his efforts on tailed beast transplants and technological development.
• Shimizu trained at a City D gym, spoke with Reiko, and exchanged contact information with her.
• Shimizu inspected his newly built Black Samurai puppet and judged it capable of helping him survive high-level disasters.
• Shimizu traveled to the City D Hero Association branch to take part in its final-day hero selection.
• Shimizu showed a staff member his modified watch and asked whether he could use special equipment during the test.

Shimizu passed the Hero Association’s selection with a score of 97 and was assigned B-Class Rank 10, then signed the professional hero contract. The next day, Reiko hurriedly left City D for M City after learning Shimizu was a hero and fearing her hidden identity might be exposed.

• Shimizu used his watch to summon the Black Samurai armor and scored 97 across the physical and written tests.
• Sitch reviewed Shimizu’s results and recommended that the Association consider his high potential despite his lack of prior hero activity.
• The City D branch assigned Shimizu B-Class Rank 10, while Lily and Kawata became C-Class heroes.
• Shimizu rejected Kawata’s offer to cooperate, then signed the Association contract and completed his promotional photos.
• Reiko dressed and rushed to leave for M City, worried that her hidden identity might be exposed now that Shimizu had become a hero.