Chapter Summaries

Tony tested the physical techniques Kahn had taught him, discovering he could move at high speed and use Finger Pistol despite injuring his finger. When S.H.I.E.L.D. agents raided his lab to investigate the spatial energy incident, Tony defeated them without armor, leaving Nick Fury demanding to know what had happened to him.

• Tony used Shave to cross the laboratory in a burst of speed, then tested Finger Pistol on an alloy plate and dented it while hurting his finger.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. agents arrived in Stealth Quinjets, broke into Tony's lab, and ordered him to surrender for investigating an unregistered spatial energy incident.
• Tony dodged the agents' stun rounds, pierced their captain's alloy shield with Finger Pistol, and knocked him into a tool rack with a kick.
• Tony fought off the remaining agents using speed and bare-handed strikes, while Kahn melted a stun baton with Heat Vision.
• Nick Fury appeared through the captain's communicator, saw the defeated agents, and demanded to know what had happened to Tony.

Tony and Kahn confronted S.H.I.E.L.D. agents who had invaded Stark Tower, while Fury tried to determine who had authorized the operation. Meanwhile, Ace, Luffy, and Sabo arrived in Queens, where Luffy's hunger led him into a gunfight that left the armed men stunned by his immunity to bullets.

• Tony accused Fury of allowing an unauthorized raid on Stark Tower, and Fury denied ordering a forced arrest.
• When the agents refused Fury's command to disarm and one tried to destroy evidence, Tony crushed his wrist and Kahn melted the agents' weapons.
• Tony declared Stark Tower private territory and warned S.H.I.E.L.D. not to trespass, while Kahn threatened anyone who interrupted his meal.
• Ace, Luffy, and Sabo crashed into an alley in Queens after emerging from a spatial rift, and Luffy ran toward the smell of food.
• Luffy ate from a hot dog cart as armed men demanded protection money from its vendor, and one of them shot him in the forehead.
• The bullets bounced off Luffy and ricocheted around the street, and he complained that the gunmen were interrupting his meal.

Luffy, Ace, and Sabo stopped armed gangsters in the street, where Peter Parker witnessed Luffy’s powers and drew their attention. As police and aircraft approached, the three asked Peter to lead them somewhere safe, leaving him caught up in their escape.

• Luffy defeated the gunmen with a stretched-arm punch, and Sabo confirmed they were still alive.
• Peter Parker watched from behind a utility pole, but Sabo sensed him and approached.
• Peter introduced himself and denied having any abilities, while Sabo said he could tell Peter was unusual.
• Luffy offered Peter a hot dog, and Peter accepted as the group discussed Kahn and Tony Stark.
• With sirens and aircraft drawing near, Ace ordered Peter to lead them somewhere safe, and Luffy asked for a place with meat.

Peter Parker led Luffy, Ace, and Sabo through an alley to escape S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, but the agents cornered them and a fight broke out. As the agents requested heavy firepower support, Peter watched the three newcomers overpower the squad.

• Peter led Luffy, Ace, and Sabo into an alley while Sabo detected S.H.I.E.L.D. agents waiting nearby.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. agents surrounded the group and ordered Peter aside, but Sabo stopped Ace from attacking until the agents opened fire.
• Sabo dodged the tranquilizer rounds and disarmed agents, while Ace knocked an agent from a fire escape and Luffy hurled a restraint net back at the squad.
• The agents used a sonic grenade and metal cables, but Sabo endured the interference and broke the cables at their clasps.
• The agent captain requested heavy firepower support as Peter stared at the defeated agents scattered across the alley.

Tony analyzed Seastone and discovered its extraordinary hardness and ability to suppress superpowered beings, while S.H.I.E.L.D. intercepted the findings. After Kahn revealed that Wano Country held a mountain of Seastone, Tony proposed a partnership to seize it, and Kahn demanded a seventy-thirty split.

• Tony used JARVIS to analyze Seastone, learning that it resisted extreme heat and physical attacks and drained abnormal energy from mutants and metahumans.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. agents intercepted part of JARVIS's analysis and alerted Nick Fury to the mineral's potential against superpowered people.
• Kahn told Tony that Wano Country held a mountain of Seastone and had skilled craftsmen who could shape it into precise tools and ship hulls.
• Tony asked who controlled Wano Country, and Kahn identified Kaido, a powerful pirate with a vast force.
• Tony proposed that Eclipse take Wano while Stark Industries managed mining, refining, and sales; Kahn demanded seventy percent, prompting Tony to protest.

Kahn and Tony agreed to fund a Seastone-based project to fight Kaido while Kahn sensed unusual activity across New York. Peter brought Luffy, Ace, and Sabo to Aunt May’s home, where Sabo introduced them as friends from out of town.

• Kahn accepted Tony’s offer to split the profits from the Seastone project, and Tony began planning Dragon-Slaying Mining.
• Kahn heard police and S.H.I.E.L.D. activity, Luffy asking for pizza, and an unusual fluctuation from Peter Parker.
• Peter warned Luffy, Ace, and Sabo not to use their abilities or frighten Aunt May on the way to his apartment.
• Peter brought the three boys inside, and Aunt May was startled by the unexpected guests.
• Sabo politely introduced himself, Ace, and Luffy as Peter’s friends who had recently arrived in New York.

Peter brought Luffy, Ace, and Sabo home, where Aunt May welcomed them and served dinner. Her kindness eased the tension, leaving Peter to realize she had calmed the three newcomers more effectively than S.H.I.E.L.D. could.

• Luffy announced that he wanted meat, and Aunt May invited the hungry guests to sit while she checked the fridge.
• Sabo helped Aunt May move a cabinet, while Ace put down his iron pipe and apologized for bringing it inside.
• Aunt May enlisted Peter, Sabo, and Ace to prepare the dining room, and Luffy offered to help by eating.
• Sabo politely answered Aunt May's questions about their distant home, and she added extra meat to the pot.
• Luffy ate voraciously at dinner, so Ace gave him some of his meat and Sabo explained that their training made them hungry.
• Peter watched Aunt May's hospitality put his guests at ease and concluded that her invitation to dinner was a powerful force.

Luffy devoured Aunt May’s food and damaged Peter’s floor, prompting Ace to offer her a valuable golden armlet as compensation. Sabo explained that the armlet had been confiscated from Crocodile’s casino by Eclipse, leaving Peter alarmed by his friends’ dangerous past.

• Aunt May cooked steaks for Luffy, Ace, and Sabo, while Peter watched Luffy drool over the food.
• Luffy devoured the meal, bones and all, and insisted he was still hungry.
• Ace hit Luffy, sending him headfirst into the floor and cracking Peter’s wooden floor.
• Ace apologized and offered Aunt May a golden armlet to cover the food and damage.
• Sabo said the armlet was stolen property from Crocodile’s casino vault and had been legally confiscated by Eclipse.

After Sabo demonstrated his strength, he explained that Ace and the others were not short on money and had only wanted to repay Aunt May for her kindness. Peter asked the brothers about their world, and the next morning their walk through New York was interrupted when armed men stormed onto the street.

• Sabo bent a steel fork into an iron ball to show Peter his strength and explain that Ace was trying to repay a favor, not show off.
• Aunt May shared dinner with the brothers, while Luffy struggled to wait for his food and Ace and Sabo offered to repair the damaged floor.
• Peter took Ace, Sabo, and Luffy to his room and asked where they came from; Sabo described a world of pirates, marines, Devil Fruits, and Celestial Dragons, and Ace mentioned Kahn.
• The next morning, Peter walked through New York with the brothers as Luffy ate and Sabo noted the nearby shops and restaurants.
• An armored car screeched to a halt at a street corner, and seven or eight armed men shoved pedestrians aside while claiming the street belonged to them.

Luffy, Ace, and Sabo stopped a gold shop robbery after a gangster knocked Luffy’s ice cream to the ground, wrecking the robbers’ armored car in the process. Peter bought Luffy a replacement, while the gangsters were left beaten and unable to threaten anyone.

• Sabo recognized that the men attacking the gold shop owner were robbers, and they threatened him at gunpoint.
• A gangster knocked Luffy’s ice cream onto the ground, prompting Ace and Sabo to attack when the robbers threatened them.
• Ace and Sabo disarmed and beat the gangsters, and Ace’s iron pipe smashed their armored car.
• Sabo pinned the gang leader and took his ammunition while Luffy demanded to know what would happen to his ice cream.
• Peter promised Luffy three ice creams, then bought him a replacement as the gangsters lay defeated.

Peter brought Luffy, Ace, and Sabo to his room, where they found and mocked his Spider-Suit. After Peter explained why he hid his identity, Sabo inferred that he feared enemies would target his loved ones.

• Peter warned Luffy, Ace, and Sabo not to touch anything in his room, but Luffy rummaged through the wardrobe and found the Spider-Suit.
• Luffy tried on the suit and mask while Ace and Sabo criticized its appearance, smell, and material.
• Luffy bounced around the room in the mask until Peter shouted that the suit represented his identity.
• Peter apologized and explained that he hid his identity because being exposed would bring trouble and put people close to him at risk.
• Sabo guessed that Peter feared enemies would target his family and friends, leaving Peter shocked by his insight.

Peter's secret identity as Spider-Man was exposed to Luffy, Ace, and Sabo, who turned his web-shooters into the center of a chaotic scene. His friends promised to keep his secret, and Peter relaxed enough to laugh with them before Luffy ran off with a web-shooter.

• Sabo and Ace pointed out that Peter's reactions and guarded cuffs revealed he was hiding something, and Peter showed them his web-shooters.
• Ace accidentally fired a web-shooter, leaving Luffy hanging from the ceiling while Peter tried to free him.
• Luffy begged to try the web-shooters, and Peter finally admitted that he was Spider-Man.
• Sabo promised not to reveal Peter's secret, while Ace and Luffy teased him about his suit.
• Peter laughed with his friends, but Luffy grabbed a web-shooter and ran for the door as Peter chased after him.

Ace and Sabo began training Peter on the rooftop, criticizing his erratic fighting style and exposing how easily they could exploit his weaknesses. Ace then overwhelmed Peter with killing intent, leaving him frozen as the lesson turned toward facing a real fight to the death.

• Luffy took Peter’s web-shooters, and Ace and Sabo invited Peter to the rooftop to train.
• Sabo and Ace told Peter that he relied too much on speed and webs and failed to coordinate his strength, reflexes, and danger sense.
• Peter attacked Ace, but Ace used Shave to appear beside him and knock him aside with a flick of his finger.
• Sabo struck Peter from his blind spot and explained that Peter focused too narrowly on sounds and movements.
• Ace released a killing intent that silenced Peter’s Spider-Sense and left him unable to move.
• Ace stepped in front of Peter and told him to watch carefully as he taught him to face reality.

Peter trained with Ace and Sabo, learning to fight with strategy rather than relying on instinct and retreat. He left exhausted but more confident, ready to keep training to become a capable warrior and Spider-Man.

• Ace knocked Peter down and pointed out several chances he had missed to counterattack, while Sabo criticized his predictable movements and fear of falling.
• Sabo told Peter to prioritize survival and make opponents stay down, and Peter asked to try again.
• Peter blocked Ace’s escape route with webbing, swung out of reach, and landed steadily after Ace struck his hand.
• Sabo explained that Peter needed to conserve his strength for the right moment, and Ace admitted they had avoided crippling him.
• Sabo ended the training, reminded Peter that strength did not mean he knew how to wield it, and told him to face his fear.
• Peter agreed to keep improving, and the group headed off to eat.

Kingpin ordered Bullseye to kill Ace and Sabo and capture Luffy after the boys destroyed his vehicles and attacked his men. Meanwhile, S.H.I.E.L.D. monitored the boys at Peter’s apartment, with no response from Stark or Kahn.

• Kingpin reviewed footage of Ace, Luffy, and Sabo defeating his men and learned they had entered Peter Parker’s apartment building.
• Kingpin ordered Bullseye to kill Ace and Sabo, capture Luffy if possible, and leave May Parker alone for now.
• Bullseye requested specialized weapons and agreed to pursue the boys, taking note of Ace’s Armament Haki.
• Nick Fury received a report confirming the boys were in Queens and that Stark Tower and Kahn had shown no signs of responding.

Bullseye attacked Peter with a poisoned crossbow bolt, but Ace caught it between two fingers before it could hit him. The group realized an assassin was outside, and Sabo told Peter to get down.

• Nick Fury ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to observe Bullseye's attack without exposing themselves or intervening unless civilians were in danger.
• Peter practiced fighting with Ace and Sabo while Luffy slept in the apartment.
• Bullseye aimed at Peter from a rooftop and fired a poisoned crossbow bolt through the window.
• Ace caught the bolt between his index and middle fingers less than ten centimeters from Peter's eye.
• Ace confirmed that an assassin wanted Peter dead, and Sabo told Peter to get down.

Ace and Sabo used Observation Haki and their combat skills to foil Bullseye’s assassination attempt on Peter and Luffy. They overwhelmed Bullseye on a nearby rooftop, leaving Peter stunned by the fight.

• Ace and Sabo intercepted Bullseye’s crossbow bolts and concealed weapons, explaining that they sensed his killing intent and movements.
• Bullseye launched a barrage of custom throwing needles, but Ace and Sabo deflected them while Luffy woke up and mistook the attack for someone stealing his meat.
• Ace and Sabo leaped from Peter’s apartment to confront Bullseye on the rooftop, where Ace caught another poisoned bolt.
• Bullseye attacked with throwing knives and his crossbow, but Ace shattered the knives and Sabo destroyed the weapon with a kick.
• Ace prepared to settle the score for Bullseye targeting his little brother, while Peter watched in disbelief and Bullseye realized his assassination skills were useless against Observation Haki.

Ace and Sabo overwhelmed Bullseye on the rooftop, dismantling his weapons and attacks while Peter and Luffy watched. Bullseye was left beaten and disarmed as Luffy explained that Ace and Sabo had only been warming up.

• Ace and Sabo cornered Bullseye after Sabo read his attempt to retreat.
• Bullseye unleashed darts, cards, needles, and a hidden blade, but Sabo dodged the barrage and Ace broke the blade against his face.
• Bullseye fired poisoned explosive bolts from two crossbows, but Ace's Armament Haki stopped them.
• Ace slapped Bullseye across the rooftop and sent his gun and knife flying.
• Bullseye activated cutting wires and raised an alloy crossbow, but Sabo crushed the weapon and broke the wires.
• Peter watched in disbelief as Luffy said Ace and Sabo were only warming up.

Ace and Sabo defeated Bullseye after he tried to target Peter, then warned Kingpin through the assassin’s communicator to stay away from Peter and Aunt May. As the group settled back into the apartment, S.H.I.E.L.D. arrived outside under Nick Fury’s command.

• Bullseye fired a poisoned needle at Peter to distract Ace and Sabo, but Sabo deflected it and Ace subdued Bullseye.
• Sabo used Bullseye’s communicator to address the person listening, and Ace warned Kingpin not to target Peter, Aunt May, or the building again.
• Ace broke Bullseye’s wrist in retaliation for aiming at Peter, while Luffy asked whether they could have a midnight snack.
• Aunt May checked that Peter, Ace, and Sabo were safe, then agreed to feed Luffy and noted that the damaged wall needed repairs.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. vehicles arrived outside the apartment, and Peter identified them as Nick Fury and his agents surrounded the building.
• Nick Fury ordered his agents not to open fire first.

Kahn arrived through a spatial rift just as Nick Fury prepared to use nonlethal force against Luffy, Ace, and Sabo in Aunt May’s home. He assessed the room and learned that S.H.I.E.L.D. had come to arrest them, while Fury demanded to talk.

• Nick Fury arrived with armed S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and demanded that Aunt May hand over Luffy, Ace, and Sabo.
• Ace and Sabo challenged Fury over S.H.I.E.L.D.'s failure to stop the assassin who had attacked Peter, while Luffy mistook Fury for a pirate.
• Aunt May refused to let the agents enter with their guns and demanded they show official paperwork or speak properly.
• Fury called for backup and nonlethal equipment as Ace, Sabo, and Luffy prepared to fight.
• A spatial rift opened in the living room, and Kahn arrived as the lights burst and the agents' communicators filled with static.
• Kahn surveyed the damage, asked Luffy if he had caused trouble, and heard from Ace and Sabo that Fury's agents had come to arrest them.