Chapter Summaries

After Earth’s leaders granted Komachi Yoshikazu full authority to negotiate with Oguri Hayashi, the crew agreed to a three-month trial before Earth sent its first group of terminally ill patients to Mars. The chapter ended with the treatment-for-technology deal awaiting proof that Oguri Hayashi could cure them.

• Komachi Yoshikazu warned Earth’s leaders that Oguri Hayashi held the advantage and urged them to let him negotiate independently.
• Ten minutes later, the six nations authorized Komachi Yoshikazu to negotiate with Oguri Hayashi.
• Oguri Hayashi revealed that he knew Earth had settled the matter, and Michelle told Komachi Yoshikazu to meet with him.
• Komachi Yoshikazu tried to learn more about Oguri Hayashi’s group, but they gave him no useful information.
• Oguri Hayashi and Komachi Yoshikazu agreed to a three-month trial, after which Earth would send its first terminally ill patients to Mars if Oguri Hayashi proved he could treat them.

Oguri Hayashi concluded preliminary cooperation with the Terraformars world, then briefed the Five Kage and Three Ninja on the dangers of the Marvel world. He urged them to prioritize survival and prevent anyone from obtaining the Space Stone.

• Oguri Hayashi and Komachi Yoshikazu agreed to resume negotiations in three months, after the terminally ill patients had been cured.
• Oguri Hayashi warned the six officers that more Terraformars might remain, then vanished from the sealed room without explanation.
• Michelle calmed the officers, and they organized six combat teams to hunt down the remaining Terraformars from their landing-site base.
• Oguri Hayashi reflected on the value of cooperation between worlds and summoned the Five Kage and Three Ninja to discuss Marvel.
• Oguri Hayashi advised the ninjas to seek only survival in the Marvel world and ensure that no one else obtained the Space Stone.

Oguri Hayashi arrived in the Marvel world and settled into the reconnaissance team’s prepared safe house. After watching news coverage of anti-mutant protesters clashing with mutant supporters, he realized that the mutants would complicate his mission.

• Oguri Hayashi told the others to leave low-level Reincarnators to Kabuto and accepted responsibility for the Marvel side.
• Oguri Hayashi traveled directly to Marvel and entered the secluded villa the ninja reconnaissance team had prepared.
• Oguri Hayashi showered, changed clothes, and watched President George discuss Tony Stark’s disappearance in Iraq.
• Oguri Hayashi watched anti-mutant protesters and mutant supporters clash, with some mutants displaying dangerous powers.
• Oguri Hayashi considered the threat posed by Marvel’s mutants and worried about how troublesome they would be.

Oguri Hayashi traveled to Nepal to meet the Sorcerer Supreme and entered Kamar-Taj at her invitation. He arrived safely, though he wondered whether she might use the portal to cut him in half.

• Oguri Hayashi flew toward Nepal, then hid aboard a plane bound for Ukraine to shorten the journey.
• Oguri Hayashi reached a rooftop and watched a golden portal open before him.
• The Ancient One stepped through the portal, greeted Oguri Hayashi, and invited him into Kamar-Taj.
• Oguri Hayashi joked about being cut in half by the portal, then entered Kamar-Taj with the Ancient One.

Oguri Hayashi met with Ancient One at Kamar-Taj and warned her that an organization from other worlds was extending its influence into Earth. He claimed his world had uncovered the organization’s structure and found her because they had learned that they were characters in a comic.

• Ancient One invited Oguri Hayashi to share tea in Kamar-Taj’s main hall and asked his name and purpose.
• Oguri Hayashi described Earth’s future threats and suggested that Ancient One had used the Time Stone to glimpse what was coming.
• Oguri Hayashi told Ancient One that an organization from other worlds was secretly targeting Earth and that his world had already encountered it.
• Ancient One questioned how Oguri Hayashi had found her, and he replied that they had learned they were characters in a comic.

Oguri Hayashi revealed his martial power to Ancient One and proposed cooperating with Kamar-Taj. After they tested each other’s strength in the Mirror Dimension, Ancient One agreed to discuss terms, and Oguri asked to learn magic.

• Oguri Hayashi told Ancient One that the organization and its Reincarnators regarded their world as a book and proposed cooperation.
• Oguri revealed the power he had gained through martial arts and other forms of training, prompting Ancient One to move them into the Mirror Dimension.
• Oguri Hayashi and Ancient One exchanged displays of power, then withdrew them with mutual admiration.
• Ancient One poured Oguri another cup of tea and agreed to discuss the terms of their cooperation.
• Oguri Hayashi asked Ancient One to teach him magic.

Oguri Hayashi spent a month at Kamar-Taj learning magic and exchanging information about the Infinite Hall with the Ancient One. After leaving, he traveled to Russia to seek Natalia, also known as Black Widow.

• Oguri Hayashi offered the Ancient One information about the Reincarnators and the Infinite Hall in exchange for an alliance, and she welcomed him to Kamar-Taj.
• The Ancient One arranged for Oguri Hayashi to study magic in the mornings and discuss the Infinite Hall with her in the afternoons.
• During a month at Kamar-Taj, Oguri Hayashi focused on long-range transportation and alternate spaces, while repeatedly defeating Kaecilius and Mordo in sparring.
• Oguri Hayashi said farewell to the Ancient One and used Wong's ring to leave Kamar-Taj.
• Oguri Hayashi arrived in Russia, seeking Natalia, who was also known as Black Widow.

Oguri Hayashi appeared through a portal and rescued the wounded Natalia Romanov from people hunting her after the Soviet Union’s collapse. He took her from her room to the wilderness as pursuers broke in, leaving her separated from them on the other side of the closing portal.

• Natalia Romanov bound her gunshot wound and wondered where she could go after the Soviet Union collapsed and her own people hunted her.
• Oguri Hayashi opened a door of light and beckoned Natalia to come with him.
• Natalia aimed her pistol at Oguri and fired twice when he suddenly appeared in front of her, but the bullets bounced off his hand.
• As pursuers and barking dogs closed in, Oguri grabbed Natalia and pulled her through the portal into the wilderness.
• Natalia watched the portal close while the people searching for her broke into the room she had left behind.

Oguri Hayashi rescued Black Widow from the Hellfire Club’s pursuit and confronted White Queen and Red Devil. After they attacked him, he seized both Alpha-level mutants by the throat, leaving them helpless.

• Oguri Hayashi assessed Black Widow’s combat ability, and she asked who he was and what he wanted.
• Black Widow identified their location near Moscow and speculated that Oguri Hayashi’s power might belong to a mutant.
• White Queen and Red Devil appeared and told Black Widow that Oguri Hayashi’s power had nothing to do with mutants.
• Oguri Hayashi realized Red Devil had tracked him by sensing magic and challenged the Hellfire Club’s demand to hand over Black Widow.
• White Queen and Red Devil attacked Oguri Hayashi, but he crossed the distance instantly and grabbed them both by the throat.

Oguri Hayashi easily subdued the White Queen and Red Devil, then captured them again after they teleported away. He announced that he wanted all of them, leaving Black Widow and the two mutants at his mercy.

• The White Queen and Red Devil struggled against Oguri Hayashi, but he held them helplessly and cracked the White Queen's diamond neck.
• Red Devil and the White Queen pleaded for release, but Oguri Hayashi tossed them down beside Black Widow.
• The White Queen and Red Devil clasped hands and teleported away, prompting Black Widow to ask whether Oguri Hayashi would let them go.
• Oguri Hayashi immediately caught the fleeing pair and returned them to the same spot, ending their attempts to escape.
• The White Queen shouted at Oguri Hayashi, who said he had originally wanted only Black Widow but now wanted them all.

Oguri Hayashi and White Queen raided a Soviet Hydra base to find the Winter Soldier, Bucky, while Oguri fought through the base’s defenders. They reached the cryogenic chamber, where Bucky remained frozen, as Oguri killed the Winter Soldiers guarding it.

• White Queen used her telepathy to uncover the location of a secret base training Winter Soldier subjects, and Oguri Hayashi led the assault.
• Oguri and White Queen entered the cryogenic chamber, where they found Bucky frozen among other Winter Soldier subjects.
• White Queen explained that she could not control the brainwashed Winter Soldiers, and Oguri accepted her explanation.
• The Winter Soldiers fired at Oguri and White Queen, but their bullets did not stop either of them.
• Oguri killed several Winter Soldiers with a powerful punch, then redirected two soldiers’ guns to kill the remaining defenders.

Oguri Hayashi confronted the newly activated Winter Soldier and demonstrated that he could easily overpower him. After taking control of the facility, Oguri ordered the scientists to undo Bucky’s brainwashing and considered turning the complex into a secret base.

• The real Winter Soldier emerged from the freezing chamber, and the Russian general ordered him to kill Oguri Hayashi.
• White Queen’s diamond form was cracked by Bucky’s punch, and her psychic attack failed to control him.
• Oguri Hayashi caught Bucky’s punch and kick, then knocked him unconscious with a single blow.
• White Queen controlled the scientists while Red Devil and Black Widow reported that they had cleared the rest of the complex.
• Oguri Hayashi ordered White Queen to have the scientists reverse Bucky’s brainwashing and summoned a snake while considering the facility as a base.

Oguri Hayashi brought Orochimaru to a secret facility where Winter Soldier’s brainwashing was being reversed and offered it to him as a research base. Three days later, Oguri Hayashi and his companions reached a glacier where Iron Man was believed to have disappeared, and he transformed into a narwhal to search underwater.

• Oguri Hayashi summoned Orochimaru and explained that the secret facility could become a base for studying its brainwashing methods.
• Orochimaru accepted the facility as a gift and examined Winter Soldier as the scientists reversed his conditioning.
• Oguri Hayashi and the others traveled to a glacier where Black Widow said Iron Man had disappeared after a salvage operation failed to find him.
• Oguri Hayashi leaped into the water in narwhal form while Bucky, Black Widow, White Queen, and Red Devil waited on shore and wondered about his plans.

Oguri Hayashi found and rescued Steven Rogers from the frozen sea, then sent Bucky to find Tony Stark in Kuwait and seek forgiveness for killing Howard Stark. The chapter left Bucky stranded in the desert, unaware that his mission was a trial for both him and Tony.

• Oguri Hayashi searched the seabed as a dolphin and narwhal, then surfaced as a blue whale with Steven Rogers in his mouth.
• Bucky recognized Rogers, and Oguri Hayashi brought them back to the base through a portal.
• Orochimaru had the scientists under Genjutsu, while Master Ancient One watched Oguri Hayashi use a portal and considered practicing Mystic Art.
• Oguri Hayashi showed Bucky the records proving that he had killed Howard Stark, and Bucky blamed his metal arm for his past crimes.
• Oguri Hayashi sent Bucky through a portal to Kuwait to find Tony Stark and ask Howard's son for forgiveness.
• Bucky found himself alone in the scorching desert, unaware that finding Tony was a trial for both of them.

Oguri Hayashi asked Master Ancient One to find the Sentry, then rejected the chance to take the Sentry Serum himself because he wanted to pursue his own power. He suggested giving the serum to Steve Rogers instead, and Master Ancient One considered whether Steve’s Super Soldier Serum might make him more likely to survive it.

• Oguri Hayashi reflected on the dangers facing Tony Stark and Steve Rogers and sent Winter Soldier to Kuwait to protect Stark.
• Oguri Hayashi visited Master Ancient One and asked her to trace the Sentry’s current whereabouts.
• Master Ancient One offered Oguri Hayashi the chance to become the Sentry by using the Time Stone to find an outcome in which he survived the serum.
• Oguri Hayashi refused, saying he wanted his own power rather than artificial strength from a drug.
• Oguri Hayashi proposed that Steve Rogers take the Sentry Serum, since it shared an origin with the Super Soldier Serum.

A team of Reincarnators tracked Tony Stark through a Kuwaiti sandstorm and found the canyon where terrorists were holding him. They began an assault led by Old Joe’s White Fang, while the rest scattered to exploit the chaos.

• Old Joe said his Stand had followed the scent of Stark’s clothes to locate him.
• The Reincarnators discussed their competing goals, including obtaining Stark’s Mark I blueprints, building a relationship with him, or killing him for rewards.
• Old Joe spotted the terrorist base in a canyon and ordered White Fang to charge while the others adapted to the situation.
• White Fang killed two sentries and rushed deeper into the canyon, drawing the terrorists’ attention.
• Five cloaked Reincarnators charged in alongside White Fang, and the terrorists mistook them for their own people.

The Reincarnators stormed the terrorist base, using White Wolf and explosions to create chaos as they raced to find Tony Stark. Stark hid from the terrorists, but a black-robed man and his shadow creatures found him, leaving him to vomit at the sight of them.

• White Wolf slaughtered terrorists until a barrage of weapons overwhelmed it, and the Reincarnators set off explosions throughout the base.
• The Reincarnators entered the caves and competed to reach Stark first, while Winter Soldier and others also converged on his location.
• Stark hid in a cave’s blind spot as terrorists searched for him, then stayed hidden after they left.
• A black-robed man found Stark with two shadow creatures that were tearing apart terrorists, and Stark vomited at the sight.

A black-robed mage stole the Mark I components before a white wolf killed him and chased Tony Stark. As Joe attacked Tony and defeated Lin Dong, a two-meter-tall man burst through a wall and grabbed Joe.

• The black-robed mage hid the Mark I components with magic, then was killed by a white wolf that began hunting Tony Stark.
• Tony Stark dodged the wolf through the room as Lin Dong rushed in and confronted Joe.
• Joe revealed that he intended to kill Tony Stark for a greater reward and crushed Lin Dong’s fingers.
• Joe killed Lin Dong with a finger-pointing attack, but a two-meter-tall man burst through the wall and locked him in a bear hug.

Joe fought Vincent while the ponytailed Katana Boy rescued Tony Stark from the cave. Joe intercepted them at the exit, but Winter Soldier arrived and blocked the White Wolf’s attack with his metal hand, leaving the stone arrow lodged in his palm.

• Joe ordered the White Wolf to attack Vincent, but the ponytailed Katana Boy cut off one of its legs and then severed its remaining limbs.
• The ponytailed Katana Boy grabbed Tony Stark and led him toward the cave exit while Vincent fought Joe.
• Joe defeated Vincent, then waited outside the cave and threatened to kill Tony Stark.
• Winter Soldier crashed down in front of Joe, and the ponytailed Katana Boy recognized him.
• The White Wolf attacked Winter Soldier, who blocked the stone arrow with his metal hand.

Joe's gamble with the Meteor Arrow failed when the Winter Soldier overcame him and took his Stand. The Winter Soldier left Joe helpless, and the mission was declared complete.

• Joe used the Meteor Arrow against the Winter Soldier, hoping to disrupt him or awaken a Stand.
• The Winter Soldier crushed Joe's hands in close combat while Joe repeatedly regenerated and fought back.
• The Winter Soldier forced the Meteor Arrow into Joe's forehead, and Joe expected his Stand to evolve.
• The Winter Soldier's White Wolf appeared behind him, and Joe realized his Stand had vanished and been taken.
• The Winter Soldier gripped Joe's neck and declared the Stand was his before snapping it; the mission was accomplished.