Chapter Summaries

Zoro struggled to follow Natasha’s directions through the forest and drew out Magneto by slashing apart his hideout. He discovered Blackbeard allied with Magneto, and Fury decided to let Zoro test the newcomer while S.H.I.E.L.D. prepared to extract him.

• Natasha tried to guide Zoro through the forest, but he repeatedly went the wrong way and eventually decided to make his target find him.
• Zoro’s Normal Slash collapsed the mountain hiding Magneto, forcing Magneto and his subordinates into the open.
• Zoro spotted Magneto and attacked, but Magneto blocked his sword energy with metal before Blackbeard appeared.
• Blackbeard recognized Zoro as a fellow countryman and invited him to join his crew, but Zoro refused and took a Three Sword Style stance.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. detected Blackbeard and reported that its instruments could not see through his black mist.
• Fury ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to let Zoro test Blackbeard while preparing to extract him if he was in danger.

Zoro challenged Magneto, but Blackbeard intervened to absorb Zoro’s devastating sword strike and declared Zoro the winner. Magneto, furious at being underestimated, prepared to retaliate against the outsiders.

• Zoro told Blackbeard he had come to challenge Magneto, and Blackbeard proposed that the loser become the winner’s subordinate.
• Magneto accepted the challenge and used his power to seize Zoro’s swords and hurl metal spikes at him.
• Zoro unleashed Three Thousand Worlds · Frost-Returning Sacred Flame Dragon Slash, which destroyed Magneto’s metal defenses and threatened to tear him apart.
• Blackbeard transformed into black mist and swallowed Zoro’s sword strike, then declared Zoro the winner.
• Magneto accused Blackbeard of interfering and warned Zoro and Blackbeard not to act arrogantly in his world.

Magneto drew on a vast iron ore vein to overwhelm Zoro with an endless arsenal of metal attacks. Zoro charged through the assault, and the chapter ended with him pouring his memories and convictions into his swordsmanship as Magneto tried to wear him down.

• S.H.I.E.L.D. detected growing underground tremors, and Magneto unearthed an enormous iron ore vein to unleash his full power.
• Blackbeard recognized Magneto's strength and retreated rather than interfere.
• Magneto sent a storm of metal weapons at Zoro, who charged forward with Three Thousand Worlds.
• Natasha told Hawk Eyes that Magneto appeared to have the advantage as his attacks kept Zoro from reaching him.
• Magneto used his magnetic power to interfere with Zoro's swords and tried to exhaust him.
• Zoro kept swinging, drawing strength from the memories of his childhood companions and shipmates.

Zoro and Magneto continued their exhausting battle as dawn approached and powerful figures gathered to watch. Shokuhou Misaki reached Fury’s mind and told him that their world was just a game, leaving Fury alarmed and searching for what her words meant.

• Zoro kept attacking Magneto with every skill he had, while Magneto grew hungry and fatigued and struggled to avoid being caught.
• Fury learned that Whitebeard, Shokuhou Misaki, Charles, the X-Men, and other powerful figures had gathered near the battlefield, and he set out to find Charles and stop the fight.
• Charles sensed that Magneto was nearing his limit and considered intervening as Fury contacted him through a drone.
• Shokuhou Misaki found Fury despite his psychic defenses and revealed that she had been reading his thoughts through her agents and the Spirit Devourer's eyes.
• Fury transferred his authority to Coulson and ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to its highest alert, while Shokuhou Misaki told him that her group considered his world a game.

As Magneto fled after his battle with Zoro, Charles intervened to stop Zoro from pursuing him, and the fight ended. Fury lost his authority temporarily, while Tsunade examined Zoro and noticed the lingering power of Blackbeard.

• Magneto sent a Metal Dragon at Zoro as he escaped, but Zoro pierced the dragon and pursued him.
• Charles attacked Zoro's mind long enough to stop his pursuit, then withdrew after Magneto had escaped.
• Fury ordered Zoro brought back, but Natasha said Fury no longer had authority; Shokuhou Misaki then left Fury's consciousness.
• Coulson carried out Fury's order, and Tsunade determined that Zoro was merely asleep and needed meat rather than treatment.
• Tsunade sensed Blackbeard's lingering power and resolved to stay on guard against it.

After learning about Earth and its powerful figures from Fury’s mind, Shokuhou Misaki took Whitebeard to Mutant Academy with a plan to protect the planet. Fury confronted them, but Shokuhou forced him to his knees and offered to safeguard his mind and Earth, and he refused.

• Shokuhou Misaki discussed traveling into space with Whitebeard, then asked him to take her to Mutant Academy.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. agents reported their destination, and Fury decided to go there despite political pressure and handed the director position to Coulson.
• Fury arrived at Mutant Academy and confronted Shokuhou Misaki and Whitebeard.
• Shokuhou used her Absolute King Domain to force Fury to his knees and urged him to give her his mind in exchange for her protection.
• Fury gritted his teeth and refused Shokuhou’s offer.

Shokuhou Misaki proposed building an Academy City where ordinary people could develop powers, persuading Charles and tempting Fury with its potential benefits. Fury brought her plan before the United Nations Security Council, whose members debated how to pursue it while containing the danger she posed.

• Shokuhou Misaki withdrew her power over Fury and asked Charles to consider a proposal, but Charles initially told her to leave to protect his companions.
• Shokuhou Misaki explained that her Power Development Ability could give ordinary people a chance to gain powers, and Charles listened despite recalling Magneto's failed attempt.
• Shokuhou Misaki described Academy City and showed Charles and Fury an image of a peaceful city where Ability Users studied and helped advance civilization.
• Shokuhou Misaki left after presenting her idea, while Fury convened a United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss it.
• The Security Council representatives weighed Academy City's benefits against the risk of Shokuhou Misaki gaining control and debated how to secure the technology and restrain her.

Shokuhou Misaki tested Academy City’s ability-development process in this world and successfully gave a middle-aged volunteer a regenerative ability, then launched a company to sell the technology. The announcement ignited worldwide debate and unrest, leaving Fury and Coulson trying to contain the fallout and negotiate for control.

• Shen Mo reasoned that ability development might work in this world because minds could influence reality, and found the possibility intriguing.
• Shokuhou Misaki ran ability-development experiments, and a thirty-year-old volunteer developed Body Regeneration with the potential to restore organs.
• Shokuhou Misaki protected the volunteer, promised medical care for his daughter, and established a company to promote Ability Development.
• Shokuhou Misaki held a press conference claiming ordinary people could gain superpowers, provoking a rival company and sparking intense public controversy and protests.
• Fury condemned Shokuhou Misaki’s uncontrolled publicity, while Coulson urged contacting her and accepting that the technology could no longer be stopped.

Coulson sought authorization to negotiate with Shokuhou Misaki, whose plans for an independent city of Mutants and Ability Users alarmed the United Nations Security Council. After talks collapsed over demands for control, Shokuhou Misaki prepared to meet influential people as she continued pursuing her objective.

• Coulson defended the Holy Light to Fury, who left him in charge of doing what he wanted.
• Coulson requested authorization from the United Nations Security Council while Shokuhou Misaki announced plans for an artificial island city for Mutants and Ability Users.
• The United Nations Security Council rejected using nuclear force and authorized Coulson to offer Shokuhou Misaki land, funding, researchers, and military support.
• Shokuhou Misaki ended the virtual negotiation by crushing the projector after Coulson's terms denied her control of the city.
• Coulson suspected Shokuhou Misaki might seek to rule the world and prepared for prolonged negotiations while considering how to exploit her plans.
• Shokuhou Misaki told Whitebeard that the world's rulers were short-sighted and decided to meet a famous scientist, billionaire, and playboy.

Tony Stark's insulting meeting with Shokuhou Misaki ended in a kidnapping when Blackbeard attacked his office. Blackbeard killed Pepper and the security team, then carried an unconscious Tony away.

• Tony Stark met Shokuhou Misaki by projection, mocked her, and had his projector crushed after she smiled at him.
• Blackbeard broke into Tony's office and bound him with black mist, ignoring Tony's offer of money.
• Pepper and Tony's security team attacked Blackbeard, but he deflected their weapons and destroyed the floor with a punch, killing Pepper and the guards.
• Tony vowed to kill Blackbeard, who took him away; Tony passed out from the force of Blackbeard's movement.

After Pepper's death, Magneto tortured the captured Tony and demanded that he develop weapons for the Mutants. Shen Mo strengthened his mental power while observing events, and Tony concealed his hatred as Magneto threatened to discard him if he could not help.

• Shen Mo reflected on Pepper's unexpected death and spent Trading Points to advance his mental power.
• Tony woke in a cave and confronted Magneto, who explained that Pepper's death mirrored the loss of his own mother.
• Magneto tortured Tony with iron fragments and told him that his wealth, intelligence, and influence were useless against Mutants.
• Magneto revealed that he had kidnapped Tony to make him research weapons for Mutants in response to Shokuhou Misaki's power-granting technology.
• Tony claimed he lacked expertise in genetic technology, and Magneto threatened that he was useless.

Magneto spared Tony after learning he could help with energy and machinery, while Tony resolved to find a way to gain power. As S.H.I.E.L.D. struggled to locate Tony, Coulson sought Shokuhou Misaki’s help in tracking Blackbeard.

• Tony persuaded Magneto to spare him by offering his expertise in energy and machinery, and Magneto warned him that only the powerful could contend in the changed world.
• Tony resolved to find a way to gain power after recalling how helpless he had seemed before the powerful girl who destroyed his virtual projector.
• News of Tony’s abduction and the destruction of Stark Tower sparked public outrage, caused Stark Industries’ stock to plunge, and gave Shokuhou Misaki’s company an opening to promote Espers.
• Coulson learned that Professor Charles could not locate Tony, and Tsunade suggested Blackbeard had hidden him in an alternate dimension using the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Coulson asked Shokuhou Misaki for help, and she said she could find Blackbeard but would not join the fight and would demand a high price.

Coulson struggled to find enough power to rescue Tony and considered Tsunade and Shokuhou Misaki’s refusals. The Holy Light ultimately guided him to seek help from former Director Fury.

• Blackbeard ate hamburgers while Magneto watched Tony work in an isolated base and warned Blackbeard not to underestimate their pursuers.
• Coulson asked Tsunade to help, but she refused and sent him flying when he pressed her; afterward, she considered leaving to avoid being drawn into the conflict.
• Coulson assessed that his available allies might force Blackbeard and Magneto to retreat but could not guarantee Tony’s rescue or deter their enemies.
• Agent Hill suggested that Coulson ask former Director Fury for help, and Coulson wondered why Fury had not approached him directly.
• Coulson felt the Holy Light restore his resolve, and it guided him to seek out Fury.

Coulson visited Fury, who was enjoying retirement, and asked for help protecting Earth. Fury introduced Captain Marvel as the strongest hero born on Earth, leaving Coulson shocked and skeptical.

• Coulson tracked down Fury at a beach villa and asked him to return as S.H.I.E.L.D. director or help guide him.
• Fury praised Coulson's work and explained that he had kept the Mages' existence secret to protect their power from those seeking to control it.
• Coulson asked whether Fury planned to recommend the Mages, but Fury said their responsibilities were separate from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s.
• Fury introduced the blonde woman beside him as Captain Marvel, the strongest hero born on Earth.
• Coulson questioned why he had never heard of Captain Marvel and whether she was truly a superhero.

Captain Marvel returned to Earth and agreed to help protect its people, while Fury questioned the Holy Light within Coulson. Coulson explained his more open-minded approach to visitors from other worlds, and Carol agreed with him.

• Captain Marvel told Coulson she had spent decades protecting lives across the universe, then demonstrated her power and agreed to help Earth.
• Fury asked Carol about the Holy Light inside Coulson, and she said the energy had a master despite being filled with light and love.
• Coulson reflected on Fury's secrets and stopped trying to imitate him, regaining his confidence as a future S.H.I.E.L.D. director.
• Coulson told Carol that Fury feared the Information Barrier, while he preferred to stay vigilant without rejecting visitors from other worlds.
• Carol agreed with Coulson that people should be judged by their actions and positions, not their origins.

Before the battle, Tsunade revealed that the Holy Light could protect Carol from the dangerous energy consuming her and invited her to believe in it. Coulson’s team planned to draw Blackbeard and Magneto toward the sea, and Accelerator urged them to attack directly.

• Carol met Tsunade, who diagnosed the damage caused by the energy inside her and demonstrated that the Holy Light could suppress it.
• Tsunade offered to protect Carol’s soul and convictions through the Holy Light, and Carol said she would return to discuss it after the battle.
• Coulson proposed driving Blackbeard and Magneto toward the sea to limit the destruction and Magneto’s abilities.
• Charles volunteered to guard the city and said he could control Magneto if someone removed his helmet.
• Coulson suggested inviting Shokuhou Misaki under the pretext of discussing Superpower City, so her presence could deter the enemy.
• Accelerator questioned the complicated plan and argued that their group should simply surround and defeat Blackbeard and Magneto.

Accelerator and the World Guardians prepared to rescue Tony and capture Blackbeard and Magneto while avoiding civilian casualties. When the team approached Magneto’s hideout, he sensed the attack, seized Tony, and fled through a tunnel toward the city.

• Accelerator accepted the mission after learning that a victory would boost his reputation as a superhero, and Coulson assigned the team to rescue Tony and capture Blackbeard and Magneto.
• Carol and Coulson discussed the unusual abilities of Accelerator and other people from the New World.
• Three days later, Shokuhou Misaki attended a gathering of wealthy families while secretly observing the battlefield near Magneto’s hideout.
• Accelerator launched most of the metal from a nearby scrapyard toward the sea, prompting Magneto to sense the approaching enemies and pull back the metal still within reach.
• Magneto restrained Tony, sealed his mouth with metal, and escaped through a prepared underground tunnel leading to the city, while Blackbeard realized they had to leave.

Blackbeard and Magneto tried to escape, but Shokuhou Misaki exposed their location and Zoro cut off their tunnel. After Zoro overwhelmed Magneto with an illusion, Blackbeard invaded his body and soul, leaving Charles and the others scrambling to separate them.

• Blackbeard urged Magneto to stop fleeing and look for a chance to attack their enemies.
• Shokuhou Misaki sensed Magneto and Blackbeard escaping underground, then struck Blackbeard with Psychic Scream to reveal them.
• Zoro cut through Magneto's escape tunnel and repelled his metal drills with his swords.
• Zoro's Three Thousand Worlds illusion left Magneto stunned, allowing Blackbeard to invade his body and soul.
• Charles arrived and warned the others to remove Magneto's helmet so he could separate him from Blackbeard.

Blackbeard escaped underground after Carol’s attack failed, but Whitebeard forced him back to the surface. Accelerator then activated the Destiny Stage, separating Blackbeard from Magneto and trapping Carol, while Blackbeard tried to flee instead of fighting.

• Blackbeard enveloped Magneto in darkness, evaded Carol’s attack, and escaped underground despite Charles warning the others.
• Shokuhou Misaki offered to locate and force out Blackbeard for two billion dollars, and Coulson accepted.
• Whitebeard struck the ground from far away, forcing Blackbeard out of the earth and making him panic.
• Carol carried Accelerator to Blackbeard, and Accelerator activated the Destiny Stage, sending Carol upward and separating Magneto from Blackbeard.
• Accelerator attacked Blackbeard with a golden greatsword, but Blackbeard kept fleeing as Whitebeard’s attack had broken his will to fight.

After Blackbeard surrendered and Tony was rescued, Tony decided to meet Shokuhou Misaki and strengthen himself rather than treat her as a threat. As Shokuhou launched her Superpower City Project, Tony shocked the world by volunteering to be one of its first participants.

• Whitebeard stayed out of the fight, and Zoro and Accelerator forced Blackbeard to give up.
• Coulson saw that Tony had changed after his rescue, and Tony said he wanted to meet Shokuhou Misaki and make himself strong enough to face threats.
• Accelerator became famous for rescuing Tony and completed his first-stage mission, earning the right to buy five Level 4 Chests and enough points to purchase them.
• Shokuhou Misaki received an island and began the Superpower City Project, drawing business bids and the first volunteers.
• Tony volunteered for the first batch of superpower development participants, and Fury failed to reach him before his press conference.