Chapter Summaries

Mark discovered that Damir Royce and the Blackfire Gang were watching his film crew, while the gang had separately discussed kidnapping a boy to win the support of tycoon Mr. Epstein. Mark confirmed the gang's criminal background but had not yet decided how to protect the crew, and he did not know that he was their main target.

• Derek told Damir that Mr. Epstein would support the Blackfire Gang if they found and sent him a sufficiently attractive boy, and Damir eagerly offered to kidnap the boy in the photo.
• Mark continued filming with Rosalie as the crew made quick progress, and Roger reported that Stardew Valley had earned a million-dollar anonymous tip that Mark suspected came from Tony Stark.
• Mark decided to use his growing funds to upgrade the supercomputer running Alice, whose core had outgrown its current machine.
• Alice alerted Mark to a man spying on the hotel, and Mark recognized him as Damir, who had confronted the film crew two days earlier.
• Mark hacked a housing database and had Alice investigate Damir and the Blackfire Gang, learning about their violent history and crimes including human trafficking.
• Mark considered leaving New York but chose not to flee before confronting the gang, partly because Rosalie would not want to abandon her first chance at stardom.

Mark hired Global Security Company to protect Rosalie and the film crew from the Blackfire Gang, while Rosalie and Caleb arranged additional security. Mark then revealed Alice to Michael’s squad and connected her to their equipment, improving their ability to monitor the hotel.

• Mark called Global Security Company and hired a bodyguard team, then told Rosalie that the Blackfire Gang had targeted the film crew.
• Scott Davis arrived, and Rosalie signed a one-year contract and paid two million dollars for protection.
• Michael Green and his squad inspected the rooms, moved Mark into Rosalie’s room, and established security procedures.
• Rosalie told Caleb about the gang’s threat, and Caleb arranged for Bell Film Company to send its own security team while keeping the danger quiet from the crew.
• Mark introduced Alice to Michael and his team, who watched him connect her to their drones, communications equipment, and surveillance systems.
• Michael tested Alice by ordering a drone to scout south of the hotel, and Alice reported that the area was clear.

Mark used hacked cameras to gather evidence of Blackfire Gang crimes and sent it to the police, triggering raids and arrests. Derek suspected someone was targeting the gang as its plans to capture Mark stalled under heightened security.

• Faith Baldwin took command of the second bodyguard team protecting Mark and Rosalie, while Damir noticed the film crew had stopped shooting and reported it to Derek.
• Mark hacked Black Fire Company's records, then accessed computers at its venues and recorded a drug deal and an assault.
• Mark ordered Alice to send the videos and crime locations anonymously to the nearest police station.
• Chief Thompson obtained warrants and sent tactical officers to arrest Hoss and other gang members at a nightclub, then police raided a bar and arrested Eaton.
• Damir told Derek that Rosalie had hired two security teams and the film crew had suspended shooting, making it harder to reach Mark.
• After learning of the arrests, Derek ordered his legal department to seek bail and suspected someone was secretly targeting the Blackfire Gang.

Rachel revealed Rosalie and Mark’s security arrangements to a stranger, while the Blackfire Gang continued planning to seize Mark despite arrests and heightened protections. The crew’s filming seemed to settle into routine until hundreds of extras, incited to riot, surged toward them.

• Rachel accepted $1,000 from a suspicious man and told him what she knew about Rosalie and Mark’s security.
• Bell Film Company sent armed guards to join Rosalie’s security team, and Derek ordered Damir to keep pursuing the crew despite suspecting their plan had been exposed.
• Mark used Alice’s recordings to send evidence of Blackfire Gang crimes to Thompson, who secured warrants and arrested more gang members.
• Derek was ordered to deliver Mark to Mr. Epstein within a week and was promised help from someone who would arrive in a few days.
• The crew’s guards grew complacent while Rosalie and Mark’s bodyguards stayed vigilant, and Mark kept a drone and modified Electric Shock Guns ready.
• Hundreds of extras, incited to demand higher wages, rushed toward the crew, and Caleb called for security to stop them.

Blackfire Gang members attacked the set, forcing Faith, Rosalie, Mark, and the security team into a firefight. When five gangsters closed in on Rosalie and Mark, Mark used his Electric Shock Gun to knock all five unconscious.

• Extras rioted to distract the security personnel as armed Blackfire Gang members stormed the set from the north.
• Faith led Rosalie and Mark toward cover, then joined two bodyguards in fighting the gangsters from a dressing room.
• Captain Ross brought five security personnel to reinforce Faith, while the remaining guards kept the extras back.
• A drone exposed Rosalie and Mark's position, and five gangsters approached to capture Mark for a one-million-dollar reward.
• Rosalie fired at the gangsters but missed, while Mark waited for them to enter his Electric Shock Gun's range.
• Mark fired all five shock rounds in quick succession, knocking the five gangsters unconscious.

Mark fought off five gangsters with his modified Electric Shock Gun, but a Mutant ambushed Rosalie and abducted him. Bound in the Mutant’s van, Mark prepared to use a more powerful shock gun hidden in his satchel.

• Mark used his modified Electric Shock Gun to kill five gangsters, shocking Rosalie and the bodyguards.
• A Mutant appeared behind Rosalie and knocked her unconscious before Mark could warn her.
• Mark entered Bullet Time and shot the Mutant repeatedly, but the Mutant resisted the shocks, disarmed him, and grabbed him by the throat.
• The Mutant carried Mark away inside a bubble, then bound and gagged him in a van outside the amusement park.
• Alice sent the drone’s recording of Mark’s kidnapping and the van’s information to nearby police stations.
• Mark reached for a more powerful Electric Shock Gun in his satchel, hoping it could kill the Mutant.

After Mark was kidnapped by an invisible mutant, Tony Stark used JARVIS to locate the van and coordinate a citywide police response. The mutant was trapped by roadblocks, while Mark prepared to strike him with a modified stun gun.

• Chief Thompson received Alice's video of Mark's kidnapping and sent police to rescue him, but the mutant hid the van from their sight.
• Tony Stark learned Mark had been kidnapped, convinced Mayor Raymond to activate the Amber Alert Emergency Plan, and offered the city $100 million to cover the costs.
• JARVIS traced the video to Alice, took control of her connected devices, and used the drone's tracking signal to locate the invisible van.
• JARVIS directed police to block the roads around the van, trapping the mutant as he tried to evade the roadblocks.
• The mutant prepared to ram through the police cars, while Mark gripped his modified stun gun and readied an attack from behind.

Mark killed the Mutant who had kidnapped him and was rescued by police, then reunited with Rosalie and returned to the film crew. After learning Tony Stark may have helped arrange the rescue, Mark resolved to build a more powerful weapon to protect himself.

• Mark used an Electric Shock Gun to kill the Mutant after the van crashed into a police car, and officers rescued him from the vehicle.
• Tony Stark ordered JARVIS to erase traces of his intrusion into the police dispatch system, while the mayor ended the Amber Alert Emergency Plan.
• Rosalie reunited with Mark at the hospital, where Mayor Raymond and reporter Nisilei Winters asked them to appear on CBS for an interview, and Mark agreed.
• Mark returned to the Hilton Hotel and assured Caleb that he would continue filming.
• Mark watched Alice's drone footage and realized JARVIS had helped the police locate him, then suspected Tony Stark had prompted the citywide search.
• Mark checked his rising game earnings and ordered Electric Shock Guns, batteries, and components so he could build a stronger weapon.

Mark and Rosalie appeared on a live interview about his kidnapping and rescue, but host Nisilei abruptly accused him of killing the kidnapper and illegally modifying the weapon. Mark realized Nisilei might be targeting him and Rosalie on behalf of the same organization as the Mutant, and the chapter ended as Nisilei revealed a newspaper photograph of Rosalie with infant Mark.

• Mark and Rosalie reviewed Nisilei's interview questions before joining her on a live broadcast about his kidnapping and rescue.
• Rosalie described her acting career and film, and she and Mark thanked Mayor Raymond, the police, and the citizens who helped find him.
• Nisilei announced that police had found an illegally modified Electric Shock Gun in the kidnapper's vehicle and asked Mark whether he had killed the kidnapper and modified the weapon.
• Mark admitted that he had killed the kidnapper and modified the Electric Shock Gun himself, then explained how he had done it.
• Mark suspected Nisilei was trying to frame Rosalie and control him, while Nisilei praised his intelligence and revealed a newspaper photograph of Rosalie with infant Mark.

Mark uncovered the person behind Nisilei’s scheme and learned that Eric Epstein had ordered her to target him, while Tony Stark arranged the Blackfire Gang’s destruction by having mercenaries find its criminal records. After Rachel was arrested for selling Rosalie’s information and the film crew returned to Los Angeles, Mark gained enough Sunlight Value to bring his total to 16,839.

• Mark planted a listening device on Nisilei, recorded her affair with Jonas, and uploaded the recording to CBS’s website.
• Mark heard Nisilei apologize to Epstein for failing to frame Rosalie, and Epstein ordered her to suspend plans to capture Mark because Tony Stark had military connections.
• Police raided Blackfire Gang businesses and arrested Derek after mercenaries hired by Tony Stark found the gang’s ledgers and other criminal evidence.
• News reports revealed the Blackfire Gang’s crimes, and Rachel was arrested at the crew’s celebration party for selling the gang Rosalie’s information.
• The film crew finished filming and flew back to Los Angeles, where Mark gained 4,984 Sunlight Value and reached a total of 16,839.

Mark and Rosalie bought their rented house in Clem District, while Mark strengthened his weapons and endured a visit from a child psychology specialist. As Rosalie prepared a neighborhood party, Mark continued studying and gathering Sunlight Value.

• Faith warned Rosalie that the house was vulnerable, so Mark suggested buying it; Rosalie negotiated with the landlord and completed the purchase for $950,000.
• Rosalie celebrated becoming a homeowner by welcoming the neighbors and inviting them, Daphne, and her friends to a party.
• Mark modified five Electric Shock Guns, boosting their power and range, and tested one on a white mouse.
• Natalie Russell visited Mark at the New York Police Department’s request, and Mark pretended to be an ordinary child during their conversation.
• Over the next three days, Rosalie prepared for the party while Mark continued collecting Sunlight Value and studying online.

Rosalie hosted a party at her new home, where guests learned that Mark was Tony Stark’s son. The gathering ended with news that Mrs. Weston had been injured in a gang shootout, while Mark asked Faith to begin renovating the house.

• Rosalie welcomed her neighbors and friends to her new home, and Daphne admired the house she had bought with money from Mark’s games.
• Rosalie’s former coworkers expressed surprise at the expensive home, and Mark greeted them politely.
• Beatrice asked whether Mark was Tony Stark’s son, and Rosalie confirmed that he was.
• Mrs. Evans told the guests that Mrs. Weston had been caught in crossfire during a gang shootout and taken to the hospital.
• Mark noted the recent gang clashes near Clem District, then gave Faith a bank card with one million dollars to buy renovation materials and renovate the house.

After strengthening his home security and upgrading Alice with a powerful supercomputer, Mark accompanied Rosalie to her film premiere. There, he spotted a Chinese girl whose apparent magic revealed her ability to create plasma, and he ordered Alice to track her.

• After Mrs. Weston survived a shooting, Rosalie had Mark's family home rebuilt with reinforced walls, surveillance, and armed security.
• Mark bought a million-core supercomputer for Alice and upgraded its security systems and software.
• Rosalie invited Mark to attend the premiere of Dreamland Children's Park, where she starred as the female lead.
• At the premiere, Mark recognized that a Chinese girl performing magic was creating plasma and suspected she was a Mutant.
• Mark ordered Alice to follow the girl with a drone, then watched her leave after her performance.

Mark ordered Michael and the bodyguards to stop the Iron Blood Gang from attacking the Westons, and they killed or captured the gang members in a nighttime firefight. The police arrived as Michael withdrew his team, leaving Ross and one captured attacker at the scene.

• Mark recognized the armed men approaching the Westons as members of the Iron Blood Gang and ordered Michael to intervene if they entered the house’s yard.
• Michael positioned snipers around the Weston house and directed the bodyguards as the gang climbed over the fence.
• The snipers shot two attackers, while Sean and Hans attacked from behind, killing four and seriously wounding two.
• Two more gang members were shot while trying to escape, and Ross captured the last one outside the fence.
• Mark told Rosalie that the Westons were safe, while Michael withdrew the bodyguards as police arrived and surrounded Ross and the captured attacker.

After the police arrested the gang that attacked the Westons, Mark spotted a homeless young mutant stealing food and recognized her as the girl who had destroyed his drone in Hollywood. He offered her a job, and she accepted after he raised concerns about her living in the sewers.

• Ross explained to the police that he and his colleagues had come to protect the Westons, and Rosalie gave them drone footage of the armed gang.
• After the police left, Mark sent drones to check the area and spotted a girl climbing out of a supermarket with stolen food.
• Mark recognized the girl as the Chinese magician who had destroyed his drone and went to meet her in person with two bodyguards following discreetly.
• The girl warned Mark to go home, then became wary when he revealed that he knew she was a mutant and reminded her about the drone.
• Mark offered the girl ten thousand dollars a month, with food and lodging, but she initially refused and started to leave.
• Mark warned that living in the sewers could make her sick, and the girl asked what work he wanted her to do and when she could move in.

After Mark tested the magician girl’s character, he learned she and her younger sister were being pursued and sent Sean to rescue them. The sisters arrived at Mark’s home, where Rosalie began arranging a place for them to stay.

• Residents of Clem District praised Rosalie’s family for protecting the Westons, and Mrs Weston thanked Rosalie in person.
• Mrs Kane invited Rosalie to join the community committee as an honorary member, and Rosalie accepted.
• Alice showed Mark footage of the magician girl and her younger sister fleeing two men, so Mark sent Sean to help them.
• Sean confronted the men, forced them to release the girls, and brought the sisters to Mark’s home.
• Mark introduced the magician girl as someone he had hired and asked Rosalie to arrange a place for the sisters to stay and get cleaned up.

Mark welcomed Li Qianhuan and her younger sister Li Qianle into his home, promised to protect them, and arranged their work and schooling. Meanwhile, Wyatt Miller ordered the Iron Blood Gang to attack the Payne Family that night, but Mark learned of their plan through a drone watching the gang's base.

• Mark questioned Li Qianhuan, who revealed that her parents had been murdered and that the Latin Gang had been pursuing her and Li Qianle after she investigated their deaths.
• Mark hired Li Qianhuan, promised to protect both sisters, and assigned her to learn plasma physics from Alice and help cool the household supercomputer.
• Mark arranged for his mother to secure foster care and school enrollment for the sisters, and Alice registered them as Level Two access holders.
• Wyatt Miller learned that the Payne Family's bodyguards had killed Iron Blood Gang members and ordered a retaliatory attack on the family that night.
• Mark's drone detected the Iron Blood Gang mobilizing, alerting him to their planned attack.

Michael and Mark’s defenders ambushed the Iron Blood Gang after Wyatt’s men attacked Mark’s fortified home. As Michael directed the battle, a wounded gang member broke into the room where Mark, Rosalie, Li Qianhuan, and Li Qianle were hiding.

• Michael rejected Mark’s suggestion to call the police and prepared his team to fight the approaching gang.
• Wyatt led more than a hundred Iron Blood Gang members to Mark’s home, but their explosives failed to breach the gate.
• Wyatt ordered his men to climb the wall, and Michael waited until more than thirty gang members entered the yard before opening fire.
• The defenders and snipers killed or wounded many attackers, while Michael used drone surveillance to direct the bodyguards against those trapped inside.
• A bloodied gang member smashed into the room where Mark, Rosalie, Li Qianhuan, and Li Qianle were hiding, and Mark fired his stun gun at him.

After Mark and his allies repelled the Iron Blood Gang’s attack, Hawks Game Publishing Company approached them to publish Stardew Valley overseas. With a deal signed, Mark began planning an online competitive game to replace the fading sales of his first game.

• Mark killed a gang member with his modified Electric Shock Gun, and Michael confirmed that all the attackers inside the yard had been eliminated.
• Wyatt ordered the surviving Iron Blood Gang members to retreat as police sirens approached.
• Rosalie showed police drone footage proving the gang had invaded first, and the officers collected the bodies and evidence.
• The residents of Clem District learned of the gang’s defeat, while the battle damage left Wesley Frank nervous when he arrived to discuss publishing Stardew Valley.
• Mark agreed to a 50-percent revenue share with Hawks Game Publishing Company, and Rosalie and Wesley signed the contract.
• After Wesley left, Mark decided to create an online competitive game and began planning its gameplay and content.

Mark completed Myth of Heroes with Alice’s help while caring for Li Qianle and dealing with JARVIS’s intrusion into his home computer. After learning about Mark’s troubles, Tony Stark decided to fly to Los Angeles, and Mark released the game online.

• Mark designed Myth of Heroes, balanced its characters, and began developing it with Alice.
• Rosalie arranged foster care for Li Qianhuan and Li Qianle, and Li Qianle became Mark’s classmate; Mark protected her from bullies at school.
• Tony Stark asked JARVIS to investigate Mark, and JARVIS overcame Alice’s defenses to access the home Supercomputer and report on Mark’s life.
• After hearing about Mark’s troubles, Tony Stark told JARVIS to prepare a plane for Los Angeles, though he had not decided what he would do there.
• Mark finished Myth of Heroes after a week of work, had Rosalie, Li Qianhuan, and the bodyguards test it, then uploaded it and promoted it on gaming forums.