Chapter Summaries

Meng Zu disguised himself as the building manager and confronted Leon and Matilda, but after testing them, he decided not to kill Leon and instead advised them to use the Continental Hotel to deal with the cop pursuing them. He left them bewildered, and they were left to relocate.

• Meng Zu knocked out the building manager, disguised himself as him, and went to Leon's room.
• Leon drew a hidden pistol when Meng Zu approached, but Meng Zu disarmed him and brought him and Matilda inside at gunpoint.
• Meng Zu made Leon and Matilda surrender their weapons, then claimed he had accepted a bounty to kill Leon.
• Leon offered Meng Zu his money in exchange for Matilda's safety, and Meng Zu pretended to shoot him before revealing the gun was unloaded.
• Meng Zu told Leon to use the Continental Hotel to deal with the cop pursuing them, then left as Leon and Matilda stared at each other in confusion.

Meng Zu bought a villa in Forest Hills and began preparing to move while Tony Stark publicly revealed that he was Iron Man. That night, Coulson visited Meng Zu and confronted him with evidence that he had frozen Obadiah.

• Meng Zu bought an unfurnished villa in Forest Hills for eight million dollars and began packing his belongings and preparing to move his teleportation point.
• Coulson and Colonel Rhodey brought Tony a prepared statement for the press conference about the battle between Tony and Obadiah.
• Tony ignored the prepared account and announced to reporters that he was Iron Man.
• After Meng Zu finished sorting through his basement, he found Coulson waiting in his living room and drew a gun on him.
• Coulson showed Meng Zu Tony's press conference and accused him of freezing Obadiah, claiming S.H.I.E.L.D. had video footage.

Coulson pressured Meng Zu into joining S.H.I.E.L.D. as an external contractor, and Meng Zu accepted while considering the Contract Points he could gain from future missions. He later told Winston about the arrangement and learned that John Wick had retired and Leon had killed Stanfield.

• Coulson showed Meng Zu surveillance footage and offered him a position as a S.H.I.E.L.D. external contractor, revealing that he knew Meng Zu was an assassin affiliated with the Continental Hotel.
• Meng Zu accepted Coulson's offer after learning he could refuse missions and receive help covering up the aftermath of completed assignments.
• At the Continental Hotel, Charon told Meng Zu that John Wick had retired after getting married and that Leon had completed a two-million-dollar contract on Stanfield.
• Meng Zu told Winston that S.H.I.E.L.D. had recruited him as an external contractor, and Winston confirmed the arrangement would not affect his hotel services but would end his chances of being recognized as a Legendary Killer.

Meng Zu refused Tony Stark’s payment for saving Pepper and instead gave him Blood Orchids to research in exchange for settling the favor. Tony took the flowers to Stark Industries, promising Meng Zu half the profits from any resulting products.

• Meng Zu arrived at his new home and found Tony Stark and Happy waiting for him.
• Tony offered Meng Zu fifty million dollars for saving Pepper, but Meng Zu refused the check and Tony’s offer to erase evidence of his past crimes.
• Meng Zu gave Tony a Blood Orchid and explained that it extended the lifespans of Mutant Anacondas, though the only known growing site had been destroyed.
• Tony agreed to research the flower, and Meng Zu revealed that he had twenty-seven more Blood Orchids in storage.
• Tony had Stark Industries bring a glass case for the flowers, promised Meng Zu half the profits from any products developed, and took the Blood Orchids away for research.

Meng Zu fought off a demonic attack at his new home and learned that the system could erase demons that tried to consume his soul. The next day, he discussed Stark Industries stock with Yang Hai while Peter Parker graduated from high school.

• Meng Zu saw Spider-Man leap across an alley while driving home from the supermarket.
• Three intruders entered Meng Zu's house, and he shot them when they reached the second floor.
• A Lesser Demon emerged from one corpse and entered Meng Zu, but the system erased it and awarded him 500 Contract Points.
• Meng Zu cleaned up the decomposing corpses and went back to sleep.
• At work, Meng Zu told Yang Hai that Tony Stark would not sell his armor and that Stark Industries stock could rise further.
• Peter Parker took a graduation photo with his classmates, teachers, and principal.

Peter Parker planned to work for the Daily Bugle during his graduation break to help pay for college, while Gwen Stacy chose to intern in Professor Curt Connors's lab. In Rio de Janeiro, Bruce Banner hid from the military and sought a job at a soda bottling plant.

• Peter Parker turned down Harry's invitation to go out, then told Aunt May he planned to earn money taking photos for the Daily Bugle.
• Aunt May reassured Peter that Uncle Ben's money could cover his college expenses and warned him to avoid dangerous places.
• George Stacy surprised Gwen after graduation, and she told him she had accepted Professor Curt Connors's invitation to work in his lab during the break.
• Bruce Banner hid in a Rio de Janeiro slum, exhausted from years of fleeing General Ross's military forces.
• Bruce Banner went to an employment agency and focused on a soda bottling plant job opening.

Meng Zu investigated a supposed cult, discovered it was a group of vampires, and hunted them down for a larger bonus from S.H.I.E.L.D. After he tried to leave a drunken woman somewhere safe, Peter Parker arrived and questioned him.

• Coulson asked Meng Zu to investigate a suspected cult, and Meng Zu accepted after negotiating a thirty-thousand-dollar reward.
• Meng Zu discovered that four vampires were behind the killings, killed one, and broke another's legs while the remaining two escaped.
• Coulson offered to triple Meng Zu's mission bonus if he eliminated the vampires, and Meng Zu pursued the escapees.
• Meng Zu shot one fleeing vampire with a Holy Light Bullet and chased Ryan, who attacked a drunken young woman for blood.
• Meng Zu killed Ryan before he could bite the woman, then lifted her to leave her where someone could find her.
• Peter Parker used webbing to pull the woman from Meng Zu's grasp and asked what he was doing with her.

Peter Parker sold his Spider-Man photos to the Daily Bugle, while Meng Zu encountered Spider-Man during a mission and later returned to his company. The chapter ended with Jessica Jones arriving drunk and Yang Hai confronting her about drinking again.

• Peter Parker persuaded J. Jonah Jameson to pay three hundred dollars for his Spider-Man photos, which appeared on the Daily Bugle's front page the next day.
• Peter began fighting crime during the day and encountered Meng Zu, who showed him an FBI badge and left a drunk woman in his care.
• Peter carried the woman to the police station, and Meng Zu gained two hundred Contract Points from the encounter.
• Meng Zu saw Jameson denounce Spider-Man on a plaza screen before returning to his company.
• Jessica Jones arrived at the company drunk, and Yang Hai asked why she had started drinking again after promising Uncle Yang she would quit.

After finishing work, Meng Zu went to a Sichuan restaurant for dinner, where two armed men began robbing the diners. The chapter ended with the white robber ordering everyone to hand their valuables to the waitress.

• Jessica returned to the office drunk, gave Yang Hai a cheap K-platinum ring to sell, and fell asleep on the couch.
• Frank returned with a completed assignment and told Meng Zu that Jessica had thrown up in his car on the way back.
• After lunch, Frank left for an investigation, Jessica slept until evening, and Yang Hai stayed behind to finish organizing files.
• Meng Zu drove to a newly opened Sichuan restaurant, ordered dinner, and put on earphones to block out the noisy diners.
• Two armed men entered the restaurant, and the white man ordered the diners to give their valuables to the waitress.