Chapter Summaries

Su Ming used his newly acquired mental ability to speak directly to Nick Fury, who had come to his base seeking help because of a traitor in S.H.I.E.L.D. Fury explained that he could no longer afford Su Ming’s fee, and Su Ming left the matter unresolved.

• Nick Fury warned Su Ming that listening devices were everywhere and revealed that S.H.I.E.L.D. had a traitor.
• Su Ming connected his mind to Fury’s and transmitted his voice silently, startling Fury and causing his nose to bleed.
• Su Ming explained that Silent Voice Transmission was a way to communicate without being overheard.
• Fury told Su Ming that the World Security Council was advancing Project Insight and that he could barely protect himself or pay Su Ming’s fee.
• Su Ming asked why he should cooperate and suggested they discuss it another time.

Su Ming sent Nick Fury to meet Captain America after noticing an ominous aura on Fury’s forehead and warning him not to die. Fury reached Steve Rogers’s home, where the two began communicating in riddles as danger struck.

• A news report revealed that a New York bank vault had been completely robbed, and Fury suspected Destiny might be responsible, though he did not realize Su Ming was the thief.
• Fury asked Su Ming to send him to Rogers, and Su Ming noticed a growing bluish-black aura on Fury’s forehead before warning him not to die.
• Fury insisted on finding out what was happening inside S.H.I.E.L.D., so Su Ming opened a portal to Steve Rogers’s home.
• Steve returned home after riding his motorcycle and declined his nurse neighbor’s offer to use her washing machine, then grew suspicious when she said his stereo was on.
• Steve entered through a window and found Fury on his sofa; as they exchanged coded questions, gunshots rang out and someone screamed.

Nick Fury was shot at Steve Rogers's home and died in the hospital despite emergency treatment. Steve and Natasha set out to learn what happened, while S.H.I.E.L.D. summoned Steve back.

• Nick Fury gave Steve a USB drive and warned him not to trust anyone before losing consciousness.
• Agent Kate identified herself as S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 13 and called for medical help, while Steve pursued the shooter and briefly confronted a masked man with a metal arm.
• Natasha and Agent Hill learned that the shooter had used bullets with no rifling marks, and doctors declared Fury dead at 1:03 a.m.
• Natasha decided to investigate Fury's death, questioned Steve about why Fury had visited his home, and heard Crossbones say that S.H.I.E.L.D. wanted Steve back.

Steve hid Fury’s flash drive from Natasha before returning to S.H.I.E.L.D., while Tony dismissed a warning about an unknown signal and left for Hawaii with Pepper. Su Ming exchanged away the Iron Man armor suits and tested a new talent that let him sense and influence people’s faith inclinations, discovering its sinister power.

• Steve concealed Fury’s flash drive inside a vending machine and went back to S.H.I.E.L.D. with Crossbones’s team.
• Tony accepted JARVIS’s warning that an unknown signal from beyond Earth was scanning Stark Tower, but chose to leave for Hawaii with Pepper anyway.
• Su Ming exchanged the remaining Mark Armor suits for money, completing his collection of every Iron Man armor suit.
• Su Ming exchanged for First Revelation Prophet Lv1 and was overwhelmed by the chaotic thoughts of people within range.
• Su Ming shouted for the voices to stop, silenced them, and realized he could influence nearby people’s thoughts.

Su Ming discovered that clearing the inner voices he heard also removed negative emotions from people nearby, then bought Doctor Strange’s Item Summoning talent to replenish his drinks. When he tried summoning money, every bill bore his own portrait, so he burned it and decided to upgrade the talent.

• Su Ming’s new ability inadvertently cleared the top student’s distractions and awakened remorse in the school beauty, while the top student rejected her apology and asked if they could date.
• Su Ming, exhausted by hearing nearby thoughts, used Item Summoning Lv1 to refill his refrigerator with drinks.
• Su Ming summoned a pile of banknotes, discovered every bill showed his masked portrait, and burned them all.
• Su Ming checked the talent’s upgrade levels and chose to upgrade Item Summoning.

Su Ming tested his upgraded Summoning Talent and sensed that Nick Fury had apparently died. He found Fury in the hospital, where Agent Hill was trying to move him before his fake death was exposed, and Fury called Su Ming for help.

• Su Ming upgraded his Summoning Talent, summoned gold, and learned that summoned items could not be exchanged and eventually vanished.
• Su Ming sensed Nick Fury’s apparent death, opened a portal to the hospital, and found Fury lying beneath a sheet.
• Agent Hill entered and tried to move Fury, who coughed as the tetrodotoxin’s effects were disrupted by Su Ming’s Word Becomes Law.
• Agent Hill realized Fury had woken too soon, while Su Ming recognized that Fury was enduring the pain of his wounds to keep up the deception.
• Nick Fury heard Su Ming and asked, “You’re here, little brother?”

Su Ming negotiated payment from Nick Fury in exchange for shelter, then rescued Fury and Agent Hill from Hydra agents in S.H.I.E.L.D. The trio escaped through a portal to Su Ming’s base, while a red-haired woman took Rogers’s hidden USB drive.

• Agent Hill kept Fury hidden beneath a hospital sheet while suspicious S.H.I.E.L.D. agents watched from outside.
• Su Ming offered Fury and Hill shelter at his base but demanded compensation for helping them.
• Fury agreed to pay Su Ming in money or goods once he uncovered what was happening inside S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Su Ming opened a portal, broke the handcuffs locking Fury’s bed with Magnetic Control, and sent Fury and Hill through to his base.
• Hydra agents broke into the hospital room and found Fury and Hill gone, while a red-haired figure took Rogers’s hidden USB drive.

Steve became a wanted man after Pierce framed Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. forces attacked him. He and Black Widow followed Fury’s USB drive to an old S.H.I.E.L.D. facility, where Doctor Zola revealed Hydra’s infiltration and began explaining Project Insight as a missile approached.

• Pierce showed Steve a video accusing Nick Fury of treason, but Steve remained unconvinced and left the meeting.
• Crossbones and special operatives attacked Steve in an elevator, and Steve escaped S.H.I.E.L.D. after destroying an aircraft pursuing him.
• Steve returned to the hospital, found Fury’s USB drive missing, and discovered that Black Widow had taken it.
• Steve and Black Widow decrypted the drive and followed its map to the site of Steve’s World War II training ground, where they found S.H.I.E.L.D.’s original office.
• Steve and Black Widow used Fury’s drive to access Doctor Zola’s computer, where Zola revealed that Hydra had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. and begun describing the Project Insight algorithm.
• A missile arrived above the facility as Steve and Black Widow questioned Zola about the algorithm.

Steve and Natasha escaped Dr. Zola’s attack, while Su Ming healed Nick Fury after Fury and Agent Hill reached his base. The chapter left Su Ming considering a trip to claim the three Project Insight Helicarriers, and Fury recovered enough to admit he was hungry.

• Dr. Zola activated the facility’s defenses, and Steve failed to keep the security doors open before missiles destroyed the building.
• Steve shoved Natasha into a sewer trench to protect her, then carried the unconscious Natasha to Sam Wilson’s home.
• Nick Fury and Agent Hill arrived at Su Ming’s base, where Fury ate while Hill worried about his serious injuries.
• Su Ming used the power of laws to heal Fury’s bullet wounds, and Fury sprang up from his hospital bed.
• Fury realized he was hungry after recovering, while Hill stared in disbelief.

Su Ming visited the Triskelion and unknowingly caused many Hydra workers to abandon Project Insight, but the unfinished Helicarriers remained non-exchangeable. Back at the base, Nick Fury and Agent Hill ate and tried Su Ming’s custom Aroma Aroma coffee.

• Su Ming left Nick Fury and Agent Hill to get food while Fury realized his injuries were only partially healed and recommitted himself to fighting the enemy.
• Su Ming reached the Triskelion and silenced the clamor of people’s desires in his mind.
• At the Project Insight workshop, many workers quit after their consciences awakened, while the designer prepared to destroy the three Helicarriers; Su Ming stopped him by arriving in time.
• Su Ming appraised the unfinished Helicarriers but found that none could be exchanged, then bought food and returned to Nick Fury and Agent Hill.
• Nick Fury ate several boxed meals and disliked Su Ming’s sweet coffee, while Agent Hill enjoyed it and learned Su Ming called it Aroma Aroma.

Alisha discovered that Captain America and Natasha Romanoff had been captured, prompting Nick Fury to send Agent Hill to investigate. Su Ming decided to go with her.

• Alisha revealed that she had removed the thirty-nine listening devices in Su Ming's home, and Fury claimed traitors had planted them.
• Alisha teased Agent Hill about working for Su Ming, while Hill's interest in him grew.
• Fury asked where Captain Rogers had gone and explained that he had entrusted him with the only clues to the conspiracy.
• Su Ming asked Alisha to locate Captain America, but let her finish eating before she investigated.
• Alisha found that Captain America and Natasha Romanoff had both been captured, and Fury asked Hill to respond.
• Hill accepted the assignment, and Su Ming said he would go too.

Agent Hill and Su Ming set out to rescue Captain America, Natasha, and Sam Wilson, but paused at Hill’s safe house to pursue their mutual desire. Hill then disguised herself as a special forces officer and attacked the escort convoy, beginning the rescue.

• Nick Fury asked Su Ming to accompany Agent Hill and protect her during the rescue mission.
• Su Ming followed Hill through a portal to her safe house, where they abandoned mission preparations and spent half a day together.
• While Captain Rogers, Romanoff, and Sam Wilson were being transported toward headquarters, Hill attacked one of the escorting officers with an electric baton.
• Hill revealed herself to the prisoners, and Natasha recognized that Hill had just spent the past half day with Su Ming.
• Hill claimed she could keep going all day, then collapsed to her knees.

After Steve recognized Bucky and the group was captured, Maria Hill rescued them with Su Ming’s help. The chapter revealed that Fury was alive and ended with Steve and Natasha discovering him beside a lecherous-looking Su Ming.

• Steve recognized the Winter Soldier as Bucky Barnes, lost his will to fight, and was captured with the others.
• Falcon helped Steve and Natasha kidnap Sitwell, who revealed Hydra planned to use Project Insight and the Helicarriers to eliminate perceived threats within a week.
• Hill broke into the prison transport and freed the prisoners, while Steve and Natasha wondered how she had managed to arrive alone.
• Two hours earlier, Su Ming helped Hill infiltrate the convoy, moved the prison transport through a portal, and dealt with the other vehicles and guards.
• Steve and Natasha saw that Nick Fury was alive and standing with Su Ming, whose lecherous smile shocked them.

Nick Fury revealed that he had faked his death with a toxin, and Su Ming brought the group to his base, where he healed Natasha’s gunshot wound. Natasha was left wondering whether Su Ming’s healing could also treat sagging.

• Su Ming took Hill back to her safe house, where Hill launched a prolonged attempt to reclaim her dignity.
• Fury explained that Pufferfish Toxin B had slowed his heartbeat enough to make his assassination seem successful.
• Su Ming welcomed Steve, Natasha, and Sam to his base and offered to repair Sam’s Falcon flight gear.
• Su Ming checked on Hill, then returned to treat Natasha’s shoulder wound.
• Su Ming healed Natasha’s gunshot wound instantly, and Natasha wondered if he could treat sagging too.

Su Ming healed Natasha, who then asked him to examine her appearance, while Nick Fury gathered everyone to share intelligence. Elsewhere, Bucky’s memories resurfaced and Pierce ordered him brainwashed again, as Coulson’s team met above the Arctic and spotted something in the sky.

• Su Ming healed Natasha’s shoulder, and she asked him to assess her sagging breasts; he said Newton’s gravity made the issue impossible to cure.
• Sam questioned Natasha’s sudden recovery, and Nick Fury gathered the group to share their intelligence.
• Bucky remembered falling from a train, being captured by Hydra, and undergoing the Winter Soldier procedure.
• Pierce questioned Bucky about his mission, then ordered him brainwashed again when Bucky insisted he knew the man on the bridge.
• Coulson’s team flew above the Arctic to evade Clairvoyant’s surveillance and discuss how to expose the infiltrator.
• Coulson looked toward the sky and asked what he was seeing.

Peter Quill arrived in the Arctic to search for a Starcore Fragment, while Nick Fury’s team prepared to stop Hydra’s Helicarrier attack with Su Ming’s help. The chapter ended when Coulson reported an alien spacecraft in the Arctic.

• Peter Quill stole the Orb from the Kree on Morag and headed toward Earth to collect a Starcore Fragment for Taneleer Tivan.
• Quill arrived in the Arctic and wondered why Earth had become an ice ball.
• Coulson reviewed the Battle of New York and Su Ming’s S-class evaluation before spotting an unidentified spacecraft in the Arctic.
• Hill explained the Helicarriers’ targeting system, and Steve insisted that S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra both had to be stopped.
• Su Ming offered to handle the Helicarriers while the others cleared out their Hydra agents.
• Coulson called Nick Fury to report that an alien spacecraft had been discovered in the Arctic.

Quill returned to Earth and flew toward New York, while S.H.I.E.L.D. prepared to stop Hydra’s Helicarrier plan with Destiny’s help. The operation’s planning was interrupted when Peter Quill arrived at Destiny’s base alone, and Destiny went to meet him.

• Quill left the Arctic in his spacecraft, which S.H.I.E.L.D. tracked as it headed toward New York.
• Fury briefed the team on the alien ship, then approved Destiny’s plan to clear the Helicarriers and seize control of them.
• Alisha spotted a masked visitor at the base entrance, and Natasha recognized the Sony Walkman clipped to his belt.
• Su Ming identified the visitor as Peter Quill and went to meet him after telling the others to take a break.
• Hill joined Alisha for chips while Natasha watched them and resented their closeness with Destiny.

Quill reached Destiny’s base while Rhodey watched cautiously in Iron Patriot, and Su Ming went out to meet the alien visitor. Quill mocked Iron Patriot, prompting Rhodey to ask Su Ming if he could kick Quill’s ass.

• Natasha felt outdone and planned to use her seductive skills on Destiny to prove her professionalism.
• Quill flew the Milano to New York, evading attacks from Earth’s forces as Pierce ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to focus on Project Insight.
• Rhodey followed Quill to Destiny’s base, called Su Ming, and offered to help if needed.
• Su Ming invited Rhodey to join him in meeting the visitor, and Rhodey flew Iron Patriot over from his hiding place.
• Quill arrived near the base, dancing as he followed the compass toward the Star Core.
• Su Ming and Rhodey confronted Quill, who mocked Iron Patriot, and Rhodey asked if he could kick Quill’s ass.

Su Ming captured Star-Lord after Quill attacked, then exchanged the Milano for $4.2 billion and took the Orb containing the Power Stone. Quill was left watching his ship disappear as Su Ming seized the prize he had come to retrieve.

• Quill demanded that Su Ming and Rhodey hand over a glowing heirloom, then attacked them with his Element Guns.
• Su Ming absorbed one of Quill’s energy shots while Rhodey’s Ex-Wife missile was frozen and disabled by Quill.
• Su Ming caught Quill with an energy whip, pulled him close, and summoned the Milano.
• Su Ming exchanged the Milano for $4.2 billion, leaving Quill devastated as his ship vanished.
• Su Ming searched Quill and found the Orb, which contained the Power Stone, while Quill protested that it was worthless.

Su Ming defeated Quill, confiscated most of his equipment, and brought him back to his base. Meanwhile, Fury considered leaving Goose in Su Ming’s care, and Steve watched the capture with disapproval.

• Su Ming used Magnetic Control to strip Quill of his gear, appraised and redeemed it, but let him keep his Walkman and tapes.
• Su Ming invited Rhodey for a drink, but Rhodey declined and flew away after thanking him for resolving the threat.
• Su Ming carried Quill back to his base, where Quill accepted his capture after realizing he could not defeat Su Ming.
• Fury considered leaving Goose with Su Ming because the Flerken had consumed much of his retirement savings and injured him.
• Steve watched Su Ming capture Quill and judged his methods forceful but dishonorable.