Chapter Summaries

Lin Xiao tried to explain why he had returned from the ship’s emergency smelling of grilled seafood, but Kara exposed his hidden air-dried fish skin and began eating it. Sayuri Sawamura tasted the legendary delicacy, leaving her frozen in place.

• Yukino Yukinoshita confronted Lin Xiao about returning from the supposed rescue smelling of grilled squid, and he claimed he had grilled snacks for the crew using boiler heat.
• Kara returned after repairing the ship, smelled the fish skin in Lin Xiao’s pocket, and pulled it out in front of everyone.
• Kara ate nearly half the fish skin and raved about its flavor and the warmth it gave her.
• Sayuri Sawamura tasted a strip of the fish skin and froze.

After Lin Xiao served dried Bokurag meat aboard the Artemis, the guests who had survived the sea disaster gathered for a champagne celebration. Yukino, Eriri, and the others succumbed to the food, while Lin Xiao silently thanked Bokurag for its sacrifice.

• The diplomat's wife, Haruno Yukinoshita, and Eriri tasted Lin Xiao's roasted dried fish and were overwhelmed by its flavor.
• Lin Xiao slipped a piece of fish into Yukino Yukinoshita's mouth, and she enjoyed it despite scolding him for the sneak attack.
• Ai Haibara, Miko Yotsuya, and Kaguya Shinomiya sampled the fish and marveled at its taste and effects.
• Kogoro Mouri returned from the restroom as the survivors aboard the Artemis smelled the food and began celebrating with champagne.
• Lin Xiao watched the guests fight over the dried fish and silently thanked Bokurag for its sacrifice.

After the Artemis returned to Tokyo, Kara said goodbye to Lin Xiao and the heiresses, and the ship’s culprit was arrested. Lin Xiao’s hopes for an ordinary school life were shattered when Kaguya built a lavish headquarters for the All-Heavens Rescue Club and offered the Shinomiya Group’s resources, prompting Yukino to mock the clubroom.

• Inspector Megure and Officer Takagi escorted the confessed poisoning culprit off the Artemis while Kogoro Mouri boasted that he had solved the case and Conan Edogawa stared blankly at the sea.
• Kara hugged Lin Xiao goodbye, invited him to visit Metropolis, and left as Yukino Yukinoshita and Eriri reacted with jealousy and dismay.
• Two days later, the Shinomiya Group built an enormous, luxurious All-Heavens Rescue Club headquarters at Sobu High School, shocking Shizuka Hiratsuka and the students.
• Kaguya Shinomiya offered Lin Xiao control of the club along with unlimited Shinomiya Group funding, resources, and private jets.
• Yukino Yukinoshita arrived at the clubroom and derided its lavish decor as a gilded circus tent.

Yukino and Kaguya clashed over control of the club while Lin Xiao relaxed and handed out monster steaks in the Myriad Worlds Chat Group. The chapter ended with Tendou Souji criticizing the meat while secretly hiding the rest for his sisters, then denying that Lin Xiao's survival bothered him.

• Yukino challenged Kaguya over the Shinomiya Family's attempt to use money to secure the club's members, and Kaguya defended her offer as a show of strength and sincerity.
• Ai Hayasaka served Lin Xiao tea and treats while enjoying her comfortable position beside him as the heiresses argued.
• Lin Xiao announced the cruise team's return and sent ten packs of Bokurag monster steaks to the Myriad Worlds Chat Group, where Saitama, Emiya Shirou, and Tendou Souji claimed them.
• Saitama praised the steak, and Emiya Shirou thanked Lin Xiao for the gift.
• Tendou Souji criticized the steak's cooking in the group chat, then hid the remaining meat in his refrigerator for Hiyori and Juka's lunchboxes.
• Kaguya teased Tendou Souji about acting like a tsundere, and he insisted that Lin Xiao's safe return did not bother him much.

Tony Stark struggled to build an escape suit in an Afghan cave while imprisoned with Dr. Ethan when a mysterious chat group appeared before him. After Kaguya revealed knowledge of Tony’s situation and warned that Ethan would die, Tony realized the threat might be real and trembled beside him.

• Tony Stark hammered salvaged Jericho missile parts while Dr. Ethan urged him to drink water and recover from his fever.
• A chat window appeared before Tony, and he dismissed its members as kidnappers staging a prank.
• Kaguya identified Tony’s cave, chest electromagnet, missile scrap, and planned Mark I suit, convincing him she knew his secrets.
• Kaguya warned that the terrorists would attack early and Dr. Ethan would be killed buying Tony time to escape.
• Tony looked at the worried Dr. Ethan and began trembling as he faced the warning.

Lin Xiao uploaded Iron Man 1, showing Tony Stark the betrayal that awaited him and Ethan’s death in the cave. Faced with the story’s confirmed truth, Tony swallowed his pride and begged the group to save Ethan.

• Lin Xiao uploaded the Iron Man 1 memory instance, and Tony saw Ethan die protecting him and Obadiah Stane arrange his assassination.
• Members of the group reacted to the story and urged Tony to prevent Ethan’s death and confront the betrayal.
• Bruce Wayne criticized Tony’s security and tactical failures, provoking an angry exchange with him.
• Tony noticed Ethan coughing and asked the group to save him, offering money, Stark Industries technology, and his own life in return.

Tony Stark and Dr. Ethan escaped the Ten Rings' cave after Lin Xiao healed Tony and the Dark Knight supplied graphene exoskeleton armor. Tony led a counterattack against the camp, shrugging off gunfire and an RPG as he charged the terrorists.

• The Dark Knight sent Tony emergency nanogel and graphene exoskeleton armor, while Lin Xiao gave him an enhanced Healing Light that restored his chest and strength.
• Tony put on the armor, armed himself with a forging sledgehammer, and told Ethan they would attack the Ten Rings camp.
• Tony and Ethan blasted through the cave door and emerged to confront the armed guards.
• The terrorists opened fire, but their bullets failed to damage Tony's armor, and an RPG blast left him unharmed.
• Tony charged through the flames and struck the rocket-launcher leader with an exoskeleton-powered punch, leaving Ethan stunned by the transformation.

Tony livestreamed his brutal fight against the militants, drawing praise from Daigo and criticism from Batman, before US forces found him and Ethan alive. After Rhodes reacted to Tony’s transformed physique, Tony asked him to arrange a private flight back to New York and hinted at a memorable gift for certain people.

• Tony fought the militants in his enhanced black exoskeleton while Batman criticized his tactics in the chat group.
• Daigo praised Tony’s hand-to-hand fighting and urged him to tear apart the militants’ armored vehicles.
• Tony defeated dozens of armed militants, and the explosions helped US rescue forces locate him.
• Rhodes arrived and found Tony and Ethan unharmed, with Tony noticeably muscular and eating captured rations.
• Tony told Rhodes to arrange a private plane back to New York for him and Ethan, promising a gift for certain people.

Tony Stark exposed Obadiah Stane’s crimes at a televised press conference, shut down Stark Industries’ weapons division, and secured Dr. Ethan’s future. After the chat group teased him about declaring “I am Iron Man,” Tony thanked them and promised a gift package.

• Tony introduced Dr. Ethan at the press conference and promised his family protection, political asylum, and financial support.
• Tony announced that Stark Industries would permanently shut down its weapons manufacturing division.
• Tony revealed evidence that Obadiah Stane had trafficked weapons with the Ten Rings and plotted Tony’s assassination.
• FBI agents and military police arrested Obadiah as reporters covered the uproar.
• Kaguya urged Tony to say “I am Iron Man,” but Tony joked that he had not built the armor yet.
• Tony laughed, left the podium, thanked the chat group, and promised everyone a Stark Industries gift package.

Tony Stark handed out advanced technology and money through the cross-world chat, expecting admiration, but the recipients treated his gifts as cooking tools, useless shopping cards, or flawed equipment. He ended the chapter furious after Bruce Wayne critiqued and improved his reactor design.

• Tony Stark uploaded an Arc Reactor, J.A.R.V.I.S. source code, weapons technology, and Black Cards, then sent Lin Xiao an exclusive card containing one billion dollars.
• Emiya Shirou used the Miniature Arc Reactor as a precise-temperature cooker for kombu dashi and praised its results.
• Saitama complained that Stark’s Black Card could not buy discounted groceries at his supermarket.
• Tendou Souji used Stark’s plasma torch to grill mackerel, criticized its effect on the fish’s flavor, and called the device industrial garbage.
• Bruce Wayne analyzed Stark’s technology, integrated J.A.R.V.I.S. into the Watchtower defenses, and sent Stark a report detailing flaws in the Arc Reactor and proposed improvements.
• Tony Stark broke down in anger, shouting that the group had no respect for science or his genius.

Tony Stark investigated the group members’ files and video records, discovering that their worlds defied the science he trusted. After accepting their reality, he singled out Bruce Wayne for comparison and mocked his methods, prompting Batman to challenge Tony’s reliance on weapons and automation.

• Tony watched a recording of Saitama punching a shock wave through the planet’s atmosphere and read Ultraman Gaia’s file, which listed his mass as forty-two thousand metric tons and his power as limitless.
• Tony read the files of Homura Akemi, Naruto, and Aizen Sosuke, then asked the group whether their extraordinary worlds were real.
• The group members confirmed that their worlds and abilities were genuine, leaving Tony shaken by the limits of his understanding of science.
• Tony read Bruce Wayne’s file and praised him as a fellow wealthy, armor-wearing mortal before mocking his playboy persona and countermeasure files.
• Tony claimed three thousand Stark drones could eliminate Gotham’s criminals, and Bruce replied that a flaw in Tony’s code could turn the machines against innocents, as Tony had seen in Afghanistan.

Tony Stark and Batman traded insults over their rival armor projects, until Lin Xiao warned Tony about future threats including Thanos and an alien attack on New York. Kaguya Houraisan tried to provoke them into fighting, and Tony ended the chapter angry but newly motivated to improve his armor.

• Batman taunted Tony about his recent torture and claimed his armor could disable Tony’s suit with an EMP.
• Tony threatened to build anti-Bat armor and destroy the Batmobile, but Lin Xiao warned him about future battles with Thanos and an alien fleet.
• Kaguya urged Tony and Batman to fight and proposed that the loser wear a cat-eared maid outfit and dance for the group.
• The chat group fell silent as its members reacted with discomfort to Kaguya’s challenge.
• Kaguya called Tony a coward, and his anger replaced much of his fear with a stronger drive to research and prepare.

Kaguya uploaded a chronicle of Tony Stark along with encrypted paid files, then revealed they contained explicit Iron Man and Batman doujinshi. Lin Xiao muted Kaguya and deleted the files, restoring peace to the group chat.

• Kaguya uploaded Tony Stark's chronicle and pixelated paid files, prompting Naruto to try to buy one before Lin Xiao stopped him.
• Kaguya revealed that the encrypted files contained adult Iron Man and Batman doujinshi, shocking the group members.
• J.A.R.V.I.S. explained the meaning of doujinshi, and Tony reacted with disgust while Bruce Wayne regretted not owning the group.
• Yukino confronted Lin Xiao over Kaguya's files, and Lin Xiao used his group-owner privileges to mute Kaguya for 24 hours and delete the files.
• Kaguya found herself muted in Eientei, while Lin Xiao sighed with relief as the chat fell quiet.

Tony Stark experienced the future in which he sacrificed himself to defeat Thanos, and the chat group honored his choice. Lin Xiao promised to protect Tony and challenged Thanos to come for his Gaia Supreme.

• Tony Stark read the Marvel Iron Man Chronicles and witnessed his future, including Peter Parker's death and his own sacrifice in the final battle.
• Tony returned to the present shaken by the vision of his family and his death, while the chat group fell silent.
• Members of the chat group praised Tony's courage, and Bruce Wayne paid tribute to him despite having prepared an anti-Stark armor file.
• Tony wiped away his tears and found new resolve as Lin Xiao reminded him that his future could still change.
• Lin Xiao vowed that Thanos and the New York wormhole would face his Gaia Supreme, and Tony replied with an ellipsis.

Tony Stark used his knowledge of Nick Fury’s fear of Flerken and S.H.I.E.L.D.’s HYDRA infiltration to terrify Fury and expose his own foreknowledge. The chapter ended with Fury shaken and demanding to know what Tony was.

• Tony started a livestream for the Myriad Worlds Chat Group as Nick Fury and Natasha Romanoff entered his laboratory.
• Tony held up an ordinary orange cat, prompting Fury to panic because he believed it might be a Flerken.
• Tony revealed that he knew Natasha’s identity and her planned infiltration of Stark Industries, leaving her rattled.
• Tony named Alexander Pierce, Brock Rumlow, and Jasper Sitwell as HYDRA members and gave Fury a greasy wrapper listing more infiltrators and their secrets.
• Fury read the wrapper and demanded to know how Tony had learned so much, while Tony celebrated his spoilers in the livestream.

Nick Fury launched a secret investigation into Alexander Pierce after finding HYDRA’s roster, while Lin Xiao received Tony Stark’s miniature arc reactor and brought it to the clubroom. Ai Haibara recognized its world-changing fusion technology, prompting Kaguya Shinomiya to seek control of it and Yukino Yukinoshita to block her, while Lin Xiao insisted it was merely a night-light.

• Nick Fury ordered Malibu surveillance records sealed and activated a top-level investigation into Alexander Pierce.
• Tony Stark gifted Lin Xiao a fully loaded miniature arc reactor through the group chat.
• Ai Haibara tested the reactor, identified its room-temperature nuclear fusion, and reacted with disbelief at its capabilities.
• Kaguya Shinomiya offered the Shinomiya Family’s resources and even a possible marriage arrangement to secure exclusive rights to the technology.
• Yukino Yukinoshita stepped between Kaguya and Lin Xiao, rejected her attempt to claim the reactor, and told her to follow the club’s rules.
• Lin Xiao called the reactor a night-light, asked the others to sit and have tea, and left Ai Haibara burying her face in the sofa.

Eriri interrupted Lin Xiao and the others to claim the rightful-wife position, but Shizuka Hiratsuka’s inspection was derailed when Ai Haibara warned her that the Arc Reactor could destroy Chiba. Shizuka fled after declaring the club’s attendance perfect, yet ordered Lin Xiao to make up his missed participation points at the Autumn Joint School Sports Festival.

• Eriri burst into the suite and accused Kaguya of using her family’s money to claim the rightful-wife position, insisting that it belonged to Lin Xiao’s childhood friend.
• Shizuka arrived to check the club’s attendance and inspect the tower, then reached toward the glowing Arc Reactor with her baton.
• Ai Haibara warned Shizuka that disturbing the reactor could trigger a fusion storm that would erase Sobu High School and the surrounding area.
• Shizuka carefully backed away, declared the club’s attendance perfect and its facilities safe, and prepared to flee.
• Shizuka ordered Lin Xiao to represent his class at the Autumn Joint School Sports Festival and earn back his lost participation points before escaping down the corridor.

Lin Xiao escaped the tense competition between Yukino, Kaguya, and Eriri, then discovered that David Martinez from Night City had joined the Myriad Worlds Chat Group. He uploaded a complete memory copy of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners to show David the future awaiting him.

• Lin Xiao made an excuse to patrol Sobu High School and fled the suite, leaving Yukino, Kaguya, and Eriri behind.
• Lin Xiao ignored Kaguya Houraisan's private pleas to end her mute and saw that a new member had joined the chat group.
• David Martinez prepared to take his military-grade Sandevistan to a ripperdoc after losing his mother and being expelled from Arasaka Academy.
• David mistook the chat group's screen for a hacking attack, while Tony Stark assured him that the group could keep him alive.
• Lin Xiao uploaded a complete memory copy of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners for David.

David relived his tragic future in Night City, prompting Tony Stark, Bruce Wayne, and Lin Xiao to vow to help him. When David revealed he could not afford his mother’s morgue fees, Bruce and Tony sent him physical precious-metal supplies, leaving him stunned by the valuable package on his repair table.

• David relived his future as an edgerunner, including Maine’s death, Rebecca’s death at Adam Smasher’s hands, and his own murder.
• Tony Stark condemned Night City’s cyberware and offered to help David, while Bruce Wayne blamed the city’s corporate rule and began planning against its networks.
• Lin Xiao promised to visit Night City and show its inhabitants the fury of the earth.
• David told the group he could not afford his mother’s morgue fees, and Bruce explained that electronic funds would expose him to NetWatch and Arasaka.
• Bruce sent David gold bars in a shielded toolbox, and Tony sent him a high-purity palladium module.
• David found the supplies on his repair table and recognized them as valuable, untraceable hard currency in Night City.

After Tony Stark and Batman warned David Martinez against installing the Sandevistan, Lin Xiao gave him Gaia’s natural life origin, healing and empowering him, while Emiya Shirou sent him a hot meal. David left to buy his mother a burial plot and vowed to fight Arasaka without cyberware.

• David Martinez thanked the group for the gold and said he planned to install a Military-Grade Sandevistan for protection.
• Tony Stark warned David that the Sandevistan would irreversibly damage his central nervous system, and Batman urged him to reject the corporations’ dependence on cyberware.
• Lin Xiao sent David Gaia’s Natural Life Origin, which purified and strengthened his body and gave him superhuman speed without machinery.
• Emiya Shirou sent David a pork cutlet rice meal, and Naruto encouraged him as he ate and cried.
• David packed the uninstalled Sandevistan as bait, took the gold and palladium to buy his mother a burial plot, and vowed to destroy Arasaka.