Chapter Summaries

Shen He and Saiki helped Tony defeat the attackers, then went to Tony’s mansion, where Shen He revealed that one of their captured assailants was a Hydra agent. Fury demanded an explanation and was left confronting the possibility that Hydra had survived for decades.

• Shen He protected civilians while Tony fought the gangsters, and JARVIS identified them as members of the Skull Gang.
• Saiki returned to Shen He’s side and secretly helped with his psychic powers as Tony received Fury’s order to bring his companions to the mansion.
• Shen He and Saiki followed Tony to his mansion, where Shen He reflected on the civilians caught in the battle.
• Fury confronted Shen He about the street battle and civilian injuries, and Shen He produced a bound attacker he identified as a Hydra agent.
• Shen He told Fury that Hydra had survived Captain America’s defeat, leaving Fury shocked and asking who Shen He and Saiki were.

Shen He explained Chaldea’s role as an organization that observed humanity and revealed that a prophecy had driven it to act against a coming disaster. The chapter ended with Tony agreeing to let Chaldea use rooms in his mansion in exchange for studying Shen He’s mech.

• Fury questioned why he had never heard of Chaldea, and Shen He said the organization usually only observed humanity.
• Shen He explained that Chaldea aimed to preserve human history and described the Asgardian Gods and reclusive mages as other protectors of Earth.
• Fury pressed Shen He about why Chaldea had appeared, and Shen He said a seer had predicted a disaster beyond the protectors’ ability to stop.
• Shen He offered to let Tony study his mech in exchange for rooms in Tony’s mansion and predicted that Tony would play an important future role and attend his own wedding.
• Tony accepted the deal, hoping to examine the mech’s force field and possible antigravity technology.

Fury left with the Hydra agent to investigate whether Hydra still existed, while Shen He showed Saiki Kusuo around the mansion and prepared to make him coffee jelly. Saiki planned to return home, and Shen He challenged his belief that love had nothing to do with his life.

• Fury carried away the Hydra agent, and Coulson followed as Fury said they needed to investigate further.
• Shen He took Saiki Kusuo to choose a room in the mansion while Tony went to the laboratory with his armor.
• Saiki told Shen He he planned to return home but would come back if Shen He faced danger.
• Shen He offered to make Saiki coffee jelly and asked how far the story had progressed in Saiki's world.
• Shen He teased Saiki about Kokomi Teruhashi, then urged him to pursue ordinary happiness through love, family, and friends.
• Saiki firmly denied that he loved Shun Kaidou.

Shen He reassured Saiki Kusuo that he would eventually control his psychic powers and gave him coffee pudding before sending him home. Alone in Tony’s high-tech residence, Shen He asked JARVIS to help him search online so he could identify which Marvel Universe he was in.

• Shen He told Saiki Kusuo he would one day control his abilities and urged him to cherish ordinary feelings.
• Saiki Kusuo tasted Shen He’s coffee pudding and found it even better than an expensive version.
• Shen He explained the dungeon reset schedule and promised to notify Saiki Kusuo before summoning him unless it was an emergency.
• Saiki Kusuo took a bag of coffee pudding and requested to return home, and Shen He approved the request.
• Shen He returned to his room and asked JARVIS to help him search online to determine which Marvel Universe he was in.

Coulson uncovered signs that Hydra had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. after raids on Brooklyn gangs revealed poisoned witnesses and a compromised police commissioner. Fury kept the discovery quiet and told Coulson to keep it to himself.

• Coulson's agents stormed Brooklyn's gangs, but the Skull Gang boss had killed himself with poison, leaving no useful information.
• Coulson learned that the gangs' weapons were linked to the police commissioner, who had also died by poison before agents could arrest him.
• Coulson reported that the killings resembled Hydra's methods, though he considered that Shen He or another group might have staged them.
• Fury revealed that a captured Hydra agent had been trained by Hydra since childhood and had served as a Level Five S.H.I.E.L.D. operative.
• Coulson offered to undergo truth serum screening, but Fury said he trusted him and ordered him to keep the matter secret.

After four days of staying at Tony's villa to farm dungeons, Shen He met Pepper when she confronted Tony about neglecting Stark Industries. The chapter ended with Pepper learning that the mech pilot was Shen He, a male guest, while Tony focused on studying Mirage.

• Fury said S.H.I.E.L.D. needed to investigate Hydra secretly and that Shen He and the Chaldea member were not Hydra agents.
• Shen He spent four days at Tony's villa farming dungeons, but his leveling stalled because he lacked mana for Enhancement Stones.
• Pepper arrived at Tony's laboratory and scolded him for abandoning Stark Industries and ignoring the reporters gathered outside.
• Tony asked JARVIS to display recent news, which showed reporters speculating about Mirage's pilot and her connection to him.
• Tony introduced Shen He to Pepper, who discovered that the mech's pilot was a man staying as Tony's guest.

Tony appointed Pepper the new CEO of Stark Industries and decided to skip the gala, disrupting the expected events involving Ivan Vanko. When Pepper revealed that Coulson had brought Tony a box of his father's belongings, Shen He explained Howard's connection to S.H.I.E.L.D. and left Tony stunned.

• Tony praised Mirage's defensive force field and said he could adapt it for his next-generation armor.
• Tony made Pepper the new CEO of Stark Industries and told her to attend the gala in his place.
• Shen He realized Tony's decision might disrupt the expected car race and Ivan Vanko's introduction.
• Pepper told Tony that Agent Coulson had brought him a box of Howard Stark's belongings.
• Shen He told Tony that Howard had helped found S.H.I.E.L.D. and had been proud of him, leaving Tony in disbelief.

Tony opened his father’s keepsake box as Shen He explained its significance, while Ivan Vanko was captured and recruited by Hydra. After ten days in this world, Shen He prepared to draw cards, with Tony still searching his father’s keepsakes for answers.

• Shen He told Tony that his father’s keepsakes held the key to saving him, and Tony opened the box.
• Ivan Vanko waited in vain for Tony, surviving in a park until someone knocked him unconscious and captured him.
• A man in the shadows praised Ivan’s talent and offered him a new father: Hydra.
• Shen He prepared for a card draw after ten days in the world, while Tony continued researching his armor and his father’s keepsakes.

Shen He prepared carefully for a card draw and unexpectedly summoned an unnamed three-star Servant. The chapter ended as he and Saiki Kusuo opened the sack containing a battered, beautiful golden-haired girl.

• Shen He dressed and performed his usual ritual before starting the card draw while Saiki Kusuo watched.
• The first card summoned an unnamed three-star Servant, and the interface showed that she had agreed to be summoned.
• A sack appeared before Shen He, and Saiki Kusuo used telekinesis to untie it.
• Shen He and Saiki Kusuo found a bruised girl in filthy rags and an iron collar inside the sack.

Shen He summoned Shiki Ryougi, a four-star Servant, and recognized her as the version who had fallen into a coma after an accident. He carried her to bed and carefully laid her down.

• Shen He examined the mysterious girl's summoning evaluation and tried to identify her.
• The summoning circle announced that Shen He had summoned the four-star Servant Shiki Ryougi.
• Shen He realized Shiki was the character he had invested heavily in before being transported to this world.
• Shen He found Shiki unconscious in his arms and recognized her as the version in a coma after her accident.
• Shen He gently carried Shiki to the bed and laid her down.

Shen He recognized the summoned child as Violet Evergarden and learned that her potential could be upgraded. After she nearly attacked Tony, Shen He agreed to move out of Tony’s villa with her, while the other unconscious girl remained on the bed.

• Shen He recognized the first summoned girl as Violet Evergarden, triggering a True Name Release and Potential Upgrade.
• Tony entered the room and accused Shen He of kidnapping young girls when he saw Violet and the unconscious girl.
• Violet lunged at Tony, but Shen He ordered her to stop and Saiki Kusuo restrained her with telekinesis.
• Shen He explained that Violet had been picked up from a battlefield and was like a weapon that only obeyed orders.
• Tony objected to keeping Violet at his villa, so Shen He agreed to move out and explained that the other girl was unconscious after an accident.

Shen He decided to take responsibility for protecting his Servants and realized he needed a base of his own. While Tony worked on creating the new element, Shen He cared for Violet and saw how badly she had been wounded.

• Tony agreed to find doctors and nurses for Shiki on the condition that Shen He kept his Servants under control.
• Tony asked Saiki to help build a particle collider, while Shen He stayed behind to bathe Violet.
• Shen He recognized that he needed a base and perhaps a force of his own as he summoned more Servants.
• Shen He removed Violet’s ragged clothes and found her body covered in battle wounds, including bullet holes.
• Shen He cleaned Violet’s injuries and told her that her name meant she was no longer a weapon or a tool.

Shen He cared for Vellia, who began calling him “Master,” and tried to find a way to earn money in the Avengers film universe. He was startled when Saiki Kusuo and Coulson appeared in the room.

• Vellia called Shen He “Master” while he washed her, but she could not repeat her own name.
• Shen He gave Vellia strawberry cake, and she eagerly ate it.
• Shen He covered the sleeping Shiki and searched online for ways to make money, finding few useful options.
• Shen He considered taking control of gangs, and Saiki Kusuo said he had no objections.
• Shen He turned around and discovered Saiki Kusuo and Coulson in the room.

Coulson offered Shen He a fortune and asked him to investigate suspected Hydra weapons trafficking from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s armory. Shen He hesitated and said he would give Coulson an answer by the next day.

• Coulson found Shen He browsing children's books and asked whether Vellia was his daughter.
• Shen He explained Vellia and Shiki Ryougi's identities, then asked what S.H.I.E.L.D. wanted from him.
• Coulson offered Shen He a concealed identity and the assets of a wealthy Chinese businessman if he helped S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Coulson explained that S.H.I.E.L.D. suspected weapons were leaking from its armory through infiltrated subordinates or military connections, but did not suspect Agent Hill.
• Coulson asked Shen He to inspect a suspected weapons site and destroy any weapons he found, while promising a trustworthy agent to assist him.
• Shen He recalled that Agent Hill was not Hydra and, unsure about taking on an investigation outside the plot, said he would decide by the next day.

Shen He accepted S.H.I.E.L.D.'s employment offer after discussing Saiki Kusuo's reluctance to kill and deciding he needed to become stronger for his companions. Tony invited Shen He to his lavish birthday party and proposed an armored showdown.

• After Coulson left, Saiki Kusuo asked Shen He what worried him, and Shen He questioned whether Saiki could kill someone in their dangerous world.
• Saiki Kusuo admitted he could not kill and asked Shen He to keep him in a defensive role; Shen He was grateful that Saiki stayed by his side.
• Shen He decided to accept S.H.I.E.L.D.'s employment offer so he could grow strong enough to meet his companions' expectations.
• Tony invited Shen He to his birthday party and challenged him to an armored showdown, but Shen He suggested fighting without armor.

Shen He prepared for a mission with S.H.I.E.L.D. and brought Saiki Kusuo and Violet to a warehouse outside New York. He met Natasha Romanoff, the agent assigned to assist him, and she greeted him with a flirtatious touch.

• Shen He agreed to leave Tony Stark's birthday party early for a mission scheduled on the same evening.
• Shen He spent the following days training Violet, making pastries, and keeping watch over the comatose Shiki Ryougi.
• Shen He took Violet into Dungeon instances and used Saiki's fodder to raise her combat ability.
• Shen He and Saiki Kusuo arrived early at a warehouse on the outskirts of New York with Violet.
• Saiki Kusuo sensed Natasha Romanoff hiding behind a shipping container, and Natasha emerged and introduced herself as the agent assigned to help with the mission.
• Natasha shook Shen He's hand and brushed her little finger across his palm.

Shen He, Natasha, and Saiki Kusuo bypassed the warehouse’s defenses and reached its hidden underground facility, where Natasha searched for weapons records. Shen He then noticed a large control console in the darkened area.

• Natasha showed Shen He the warehouse layout and explained that its heavily guarded center likely concealed an underground facility.
• Saiki Kusuo used Clairvoyance and said there were only a few guards inside, then teleported the group into the facility.
• Saiki Kusuo knocked out the guards with telekinesis before they could trigger the alarm.
• Shen He opened a crate of guns and ammunition while Natasha began hacking into the central control system for shipment records.
• Shen He wandered through the facility and spotted a large control console.

Shen He discovered that Hydra was using Ivan Vanko to manufacture Tony's armor and rushed back to Tony's villa, where a Viper Missile was approaching the party. The chapter left Tony facing the incoming missile as he fired a repulsor blast.

• Natasha identified the warehouse as an experimental facility where someone was making Tony's armor.
• Shen He realized Shiki was at Tony's birthday party and flew back in Mirage with Saiki and Violet following.
• Tony hosted a mech battle at the villa while wearing his armor and entertaining the guests.
• JARVIS warned Tony that the fireball approaching the villa was a Viper Missile.
• Tony sobered up, saw Pepper among the crowd, and fired a repulsor blast at the missile.

Tony and Pepper escaped the villa as armed troops attacked, but an electric whip knocked Tony down and Pepper fell toward the flames. Mirage caught her after Shen He called out, leaving her safe while the attack continued.

• Tony’s repulsor blast destroyed the incoming missile, but the shockwave shattered the villa’s windows and sent the guests fleeing.
• Tony rushed outside with Pepper, and two rockets struck the villa as armed troops stormed inside and opened fire.
• Tony tried to fly Pepper to safety, but an electric whip coiled around his leg, and Pepper fell toward the flames.
• Mirage caught Pepper, and Shen He called out to Saiki that she was safe.

Shen He and Violet fought off the attackers at the villa as enemy forces deployed a formation of imitation armored suits. Shen He unleashed Mirage’s ultimate cannon to destroy the assault, leaving Tony protected and Ivan Vanko alive but badly damaged.

• Saiki Kusuo informed Shen He that he had reached the infirmary where Shiki Ryougi was, and Shen He set Pepper down before ordering Violet to kill.
• Violet ambushed the enemies entering the infirmary, then hunted down and killed the attackers throughout the villa.
• Shen He defended the villa from outside while the enemy deployed mass-produced armored suits built by Ivan Vanko with Hydra’s resources.
• Shen He told Tony to activate the defensive force field and fired Mirage’s Diffusion-Structure Phase-Shift Cannon.
• The cannon destroyed the attackers and their vehicles, leaving Tony protected and Ivan Vanko alive without either lower leg of his mech.