Chapter Summaries

Luca and Shamira survived a deliberate multi-car collision, and Luca used the Dominator to destroy the dump truck bearing down on them. Afterward, Shamira identified the surviving attacker, and Luca decided to wait for the police.

• A dump truck braked suddenly, triggering a pileup that trapped Luca and Shamira in their car.
• Luca realized the crash was deliberate when another dump truck charged toward him and the drivers of two vehicles fled.
• Luca activated the Dominator in Decomposer mode and blasted through the oncoming truck, pulverizing it while leaving himself unharmed.
• Shamira knocked the surviving driver unconscious and reported that the dump truck and side-car drivers had disappeared.
• Luca checked that the wrecked cars were safe, told Shamira to call the lawyer, and waited for the police.

After Luca Orange survived an assassination attempt, lawyer Foggy Nelson and senior partner Ms. Simpson argued that his use of an experimental weapon was justified self-defense. The police agreed to take Luca’s statement and investigate the attack, and Luca said he was happy to cooperate.

• Foggy Nelson arrived at the scene and asked Shamira to explain what had happened before police arrived.
• After emergency crews secured the scene, Foggy argued to Officer James that Luca had used legal self-defense against an assassination attempt.
• Foggy insisted that the attackers had trapped Luca and that the truck speeding toward him posed a grave threat to Luca and bystanders.
• Chief George Stacy proposed taking Luca’s victim statement and sending the weapon for technical examination.
• Ms. Simpson said examining the pistol required special authorization and advised Luca that cooperating with the police was his choice.
• Luca agreed to give a statement and cooperate with the investigation.

Luca thanked Ms. Simpson for helping with his inheritance case and offered Foggy a job as his personal lawyer, but Foggy declined. As Luca considered recruiting street-level heroes, Chief Stacy brought him a police report supplement and asked to speak privately.

• Luca thanked Ms. Simpson for her help and accepted her offer of future legal assistance.
• Luca offered Foggy a position as his personal lawyer, but Foggy declined because he wanted to continue studying and improving.
• Luca reflected that Matt had likely not yet become Daredevil and considered looking into the Punisher and Jessica Jones as potential recruits.
• George Stacy gave Luca a supplement to his police report and asked to speak with him alone.

After a suspected deliberate truck attack, Luca asked Chief Stacy to investigate whether his uncle Dragan was involved and returned home to prepare materials for his Synthesis Panel. He ended the chapter by asking Shamira to procure ten different vibrators alongside his other unusual supplies.

• Luca asked Chief Stacy about Orange Industries weapons, and Stacy explained that the truck driver had been drunk but likely used alcohol to cover up a premeditated attack.
• Stacy said the police could not yet confirm whether Dragan was connected to the attack, and Luca gave him his business card and asked him to pursue justice.
• After Stacy left, Luca decided to let the police investigate Dragan and rode home with Shamira, exhausted from the funeral and accident.
• Luca noticed the pale blue Synthesis Panel attached to his new prosthetic and asked Shamira to order grappling-hook guns, hydraulic rods, and several small therapy devices.
• Luca asked Shamira to get him ten different models and sizes of vibrators, leaving her stunned.

Luca had Shamira procure materials for a new invention and inspected a jumble of objects at the Orange Family’s Connecticut villa while searching for Core Components. He found a faintly glowing first-aid kit and turned to examine it alongside the custom equipment from Orange Industries.

• Luca told Shamira he needed a vibrator and other items for an invention, and she agreed to buy them herself.
• Luca thought about finding a dedicated assistant and gaining control of the company or curing Gina so he could move forward.
• At the villa, Luca asked Shamira to arrange materials and return with the team while he sorted through the collected objects.
• Luca inspected the assortment but found no Core Components, then considered searching malls or starting with characters from the story.
• Luca spotted a faintly glowing red first-aid kit and went to examine it beside the custom equipment from Orange Industries.

Luca tested the limits of his golden finger by synthesizing Baymax from a discarded medical kit and improvised materials. The synthesis succeeded, leaving a transformed red box at the center of the formation.

• Luca discovered that the discarded medical kit could serve as Baymax’s core component and hoped its medical knowledge might help his mother, Gina.
• Luca tested a palm-sized carbon-fiber robot frame and found that it qualified as a synthesis material despite its tiny size.
• Luca tried a Greninja inflatable toy, but it failed the test; an Ultraman figure passed instead.
• Luca placed the remaining medical and electronic materials into the formation, and each one passed its test.
• Luca activated the synthesis, and the white light contracted until only a transformed red box remained.

Luca activated Baymax and discovered that his synthesized robot obeyed him through a Zeroth Law that placed him above all other authorities. After Baymax scanned Luca and recommended rehabilitation exercises, Luca asked whether its database could treat Synaptic Cocooning Syndrome.

• Luca activated Baymax by pretending to be in pain, and the robot introduced itself as his personal healthcare companion.
• Baymax knew Luca von Orange’s name and explained that its Zeroth Law designated him as its highest authority.
• Luca realized his cheat had ensured Baymax’s absolute loyalty, though he could not copy that protection into creations made outside the system.
• Baymax scanned Luca, detected his mechanical prosthesis and mild anxiety, and projected rehabilitation exercises.
• Luca stopped the projection and asked Baymax whether it could treat Synaptic Cocooning Syndrome.

Luca asked Baymax how to treat his mother Gina’s Synaptic Cocooning Syndrome and learned that a targeted medication might help. Baymax stayed with Luca, who planned to examine its core program and modify its behavior.

• Baymax explained that nanorobots could remove Gina’s damaged proteins, but Luca learned the required medical devices were unavailable and Baymax had no manufacturing instructions for them.
• Baymax provided the targeted medication’s chemical structure and ingredient proportions, giving Luca hope that a laboratory could develop it.
• Luca thanked Baymax and hugged it, while Baymax noted that Luca’s anxiety symptoms had eased.
• Luca chose to keep Baymax powered on for company and planned to inspect its core program before adjusting its commands and conversational behavior.

Luca opened a living room full of packages with Baymax, hoping to find objects that could serve as Core Components. After many disappointments, he found glowing black half-rim glasses identified as a component for Conan World's Criminal Tracking Glasses.

• Luca asked Baymax to help open packages and taught him by example.
• Luca checked a pink wooden door resembling Doraemon's Anywhere Door, but it showed no sign of being a Core Component.
• Luca and Baymax opened dozens of packages without finding a useful item, and Luca's hopes dwindled.
• Luca spotted a faintly glowing pair of black half-rim glasses in a long case and identified them as a Core Component for Criminal Tracking Glasses.

Luca synthesized a pair of Criminal Tracking Glasses and discovered their many advanced functions, including thought-controlled tracking, listening, magnification, thermal imaging, and internet access. He was left astonished by the glasses’ capabilities and by Baymax’s ability to retrieve online information.

• Luca gathered the materials for the Criminal Tracking Glasses and synthesized them using a magic circle.
• Luca asked Baymax to scan the glasses, and Baymax searched online for information but found no manual or similar products.
• Luca put on the glasses and discovered that one temple button released a tiny tracker with a listening function.
• Luca pressed the other button and found that the glasses displayed magnified views and thermal images.
• Luca realized he could control the glasses’ functions with his thoughts while holding a temple button.

Luca tested his brain-controlled Criminal Tracking Glasses and continued unpacking inventions with Baymax, who scanned Shamira and assessed her old injuries. Luca then revealed that he hoped Baymax could help treat his mother Gina and planned to take it to the hospital to scan her symptoms.

• Luca discovered that the Criminal Tracking Glasses responded to his brain waves, bringing his Conan World item progress to 2/5.
• Luca continued unpacking deliveries with Baymax but found no other glowing items.
• Shamira encountered Baymax, which scanned her and listed her old injuries while Luca explained that it was a medical care robot.
• Luca instructed Baymax not to scan people or access networks and devices without his permission.
• Luca asked Shamira to accompany him to the hospital the next day so Baymax could scan Gina, saying her illness might be treatable.

Luca learned that the requested equipment and tactical team were on their way, then took Baymax to Herman’s basement laboratory to upgrade it. He ended the chapter preparing to begin the upgrade.

• Shamira told Luca that the Grappling Gun and Transmission Rod would arrive the next day, some Medical Devices might take longer, and Dun Shan’s tactical team would arrive by the day after tomorrow.
• Luca told Shamira to notify him when the Medical Devices arrived and said he still planned to check on his mother the next day.
• After Shamira left, Luca asked Baymax to bring its case and followed him down to the basement laboratory.
• Luca recalled memories of Herman in the lab and wondered whether he might someday bring his father back to life.
• Luca called Baymax over to the computer and announced that he was going to upgrade it.

Luca examined Baymax’s data and prepared combat upgrades and custom armor for him. After starting the chip upload and 3D printing, Luca reinstalled Baymax’s original chip and went upstairs to sleep.

• Luca told Baymax to stop carrying his storage case and let him scan Luca, with instructions to keep health information private unless there was an emergency.
• Luca copied Baymax’s motion-capture system onto a separate chip and loaded it with fighting techniques, firearm use, and special-forces tactics.
• Luca reviewed videos of Tadashi Hamada building Baymax and found that Baymax’s modular design allowed upgrades, though recreating him would take substantial work.
• Luca modeled armor for Baymax and sent the design to the home 3D Printer while combat videos uploaded.
• Luca reinstalled Baymax’s original green chip and called him upstairs to sleep.

Luca installed combat and tactical data in Baymax, turning him into Agent Baymax. He tested Baymax’s new abilities in the courtyard, where Baymax destroyed a costly redwood tree.

• Luca woke to find Baymax watching over him and learned the robot had been waiting to treat him after detecting a cry of pain in his sleep.
• Luca inserted the completed combat-data chip into Baymax and explained that the new skills would help protect him.
• Luca brought Baymax to the courtyard and ordered him to demonstrate his military boxing moves.
• Luca told Baymax to attack a tree, and Baymax punched it apart before catching its falling crown and setting it down.
• Shamira told Luca the redwood tree had probably cost around twenty thousand dollars.

Luca visited his unconscious mother, Gina, at Wellhaven Hospital and learned that an experimental expert team might treat her condition. Dr. West could not say who proposed the team, leaving Luca suspicious as he prepared to spend time alone with Gina.

• Luca considered Baymax’s combat capabilities and the cost of finishing its armor before leaving for the hospital.
• At Wellhaven Hospital, Shamira asked Dr. West about Gina’s condition while Luca watched his mother.
• Dr. West explained that the hospital was assembling an expert team to try experimental treatment for patients with severe conditions like Gina’s.
• Dr. West said Stephen Strange and other leading neuromedicine specialists would be invited, but he did not know or could not reveal who proposed the team.
• Luca thanked Dr. West, asked to be left alone with Gina, and brought out Baymax’s medical case.

Luca learned that Gina had an 87.6% chance of recovery with more than twelve weeks of targeted treatment, so he planned to secure funding and find a biopharmaceutical lab. On the way home, Shamira reported that Dragan’s debts had been taken over by an unknown group and that two trucks used in the attack belonged to United Construction.

• Baymax confirmed that Gina’s condition was stable and said targeted medication could treat her, though the treatment would take more than twelve weeks.
• Luca asked Shamira to contact the lawyers and family trust about accessing his assets and to investigate who had sponsored the hospital’s expert panel.
• Luca and Shamira left the hospital, and Shamira later told him investigators had traced Dragan’s movements but had not found him.
• Shamira said Dragan had lost his money in Las Vegas, accumulated debts, and then disappeared after an unknown group paid off or took over his debts.
• Shamira revealed that both large trucks involved in the attack belonged to a shell company called United Construction.

Luca investigated the suspicious United Construction deal and suspected someone might be targeting him, though he refused to assume Kingpin was behind it. After finishing Baymax’s armor in his basement lab, Luca learned that armed intruders were approaching the villa and revealed his hidden weapons rack.

• Luca and Shamira discussed the private detective’s findings about United Construction and its reconstruction deal in Hell’s Kitchen.
• Luca decided to have the detective locate Dragan before settling on a suspect or provoking Kingpin.
• Luca finished inspecting Baymax’s new armor and said he would wait for Shamira’s tactical team to help find a new Core Component.
• Shamira reported seeing two vans bring more than a dozen suspicious people toward the villa and warned Luca that intruders were outside.
• Luca opened a concealed weapons rack and told Shamira to avoid using the unlicensed guns on the right.

Luca used Baymax in Destruction Mode to confront sixteen armed intruders surrounding the mansion. Baymax quickly incapacitated the four attackers who entered the courtyard, but gunfire spread as the other intruders began shooting at the house.

• Luca checked the mansion’s surveillance feeds and spotted sixteen masked intruders approaching in four groups.
• Luca connected the Tracking Glasses to Baymax, activated Destruction Mode, and sent him upstairs while Shamira followed.
• Baymax burst into the courtyard and knocked out the four intruders approaching from the west within seconds.
• The gunfire alerted the other intruders, who abandoned stealth and began firing at the mansion.
• Luca cursed as bullets struck his house.

Luca and Shamira fought off the intruders attacking Luca’s villa, with Baymax and Shamira quickly defeating most of them. Luca let one attacker escape with a tracker attached and decided to pursue him after securing their car.

• Luca ordered Baymax to throw a redwood trunk at the intruders approaching from the south, then told Baymax to knock out the four men who survived the impact.
• Luca directed Shamira to attack the four intruders at the north entrance while they were reloading, and she killed them.
• Baymax defeated the four intruders at the east garden, but Luca stopped Shamira from shooting the one who fled because Baymax had planted a tracker on him.
• Luca shot the intruder hanging from a tree, then told Shamira to get the car so they could pursue the tracked man.

Luca and Shamira prepared to follow the surviving intruder to find the mastermind behind the attack. After discovering Baymax had incapacitated rather than killed the other intruders, Luca chose to keep Baymax from taking lives, and they drove toward Manhattan.

• Shamira warned Luca against pursuing the escaped intruder, but he persuaded her to follow from a distance.
• Luca left two intruders alive for possible questioning and found that Baymax had only knocked out the others.
• Luca deactivated Baymax’s Destruction Mode and reassured him that he had acted to protect Luca.
• Luca decided Baymax should focus on protecting him rather than killing, then removed some of Baymax’s armor so he could fit in the car.
• Shamira drove Luca and Baymax toward Manhattan in the bulletproof Cadillac.