Chapter Summaries

Josen returned to Z City after the Metropolitan Police Department abandoned its training program, bringing back a new role as chief of the city's Special Affairs Section and a card that could send him to another world. He reunited with Saitama, who had just defeated a Carrot Monster, and asked why Saitama had been looking for him.

• Josen returned to Z City after gaining powerful psychic abilities and a red-and-gold armor formed from his AT Force Field.
• Josen recalled that a Demon-level Monster had devastated the police training camp, prompting the Metropolitan Police Department to cancel the program.
• Josen declined a leadership role in A City but accepted a position as chief of Z City's Special Affairs Section, with authority to command its police in emergencies.
• Josen examined a Black Box Shard card that allowed brief travel to another world and offered a return trip.
• Josen spotted Saitama chasing a Red Monster, followed them, and watched Saitama defeat a giant Carrot Monster.
• Saitama greeted Josen and explained that he had gone to Josen's home looking for him; Josen said he had been away on a work trip.

Josen set up the new Special Affairs Section, prepared to travel between worlds, and opened a portal using the Black Box Shard. He stepped into the Space-Time Gap and found himself being dragged downward by a force his psychic power could not resist.

• Josen turned down an interview with Hero News after defending Saitama, then invited him to register with the Hero Association, but Saitama refused.
• Josen selected officers and established the framework of the Special Affairs Section, assigning Kyoko to act as section chief while he was away.
• Josen informed Chief Xiong that he would be gone and stocked his fantasy card deck with supplies for the journey.
• Josen flew to a clearing outside Z City and activated the Black Box Shard to open a space-time portal.
• Josen entered the Space-Time Gap, where an immense force pulled him downward despite his psychic power.

Josen arrived in Marvel's Earth-1610 and discovered that the news had declared Spider-Man dead, even as Peter Parker appeared alive nearby. The two Spider-powered heroes recognized each other and agreed to talk, with Josen offering to take Peter somewhere suitable.

• Josen broke through the spacetime barrier and landed above Times Square in New York.
• Josen saw reports claiming Peter Parker had died and realized he had arrived in the Marvel Universe.
• Peter Parker appeared alive, questioned the reports, and met Josen on a nearby building.
• Josen told Peter that he belonged to the Hero Association and that they were outside their home universes.
• Josen and Peter sensed each other's spider powers, and Peter removed his mask before agreeing to talk.

Josen teamed up with Peter Parker, a Spider-Man from the MCU who had been pulled into Josen’s world, and gained Peter’s Spider Strength. After sending Peter to work off their meal, Josen went to Brooklyn to investigate the suspected man-made earthquake behind Spider-Man’s reported death and confronted a gang for information.

• Josen learned that Peter had been dragged from his universe into this one and discovered Peter could not pay for their meal because his money was unusable.
• Josen gained Peter’s Spider Strength and reasoned that the Brooklyn earthquake might have been staged to hide the truth about Spider-Man’s death.
• Josen told Peter to stay at the burger joint and work off the bill while he investigated the earthquake.
• Josen encountered five street toughs in Brooklyn, lured them into an alley, and insulted them to provoke a fight.

Josen investigated the Brooklyn earthquake and traced its epicenter to a secret Particle Collider beneath Fisk Tower. He discovered Kingpin and Dr. Olivia Liv Octavius overseeing the experiment, while Octavius sensed something unusual about his psychic surveillance.

• Josen stopped five armed robbers by freezing their bullets and took the money and phones they offered him.
• Josen searched the internet, identified Fisk Tower as the earthquake's epicenter, and found no sign of Daredevil or the Avengers in this world.
• Josen used his psychic power to survey Fisk Tower and discovered a hidden laboratory beneath an abandoned subway station.
• Josen identified the Particle Collider as the likely cause of the space-time disruption and earthquake.
• Dr. Olivia Liv Octavius told Kingpin the experiment was close to success, then sensed a strange, liquid-like presence around her.
• Josen monitored Octavius from the coffee shop and recognized that she had faintly detected his psychic power.

Josen met Gwen Stacy, a Spider-Man from Earth-65 who was investigating Kingpin’s possible role in Spider-Man’s death, and recruited her as an ally. He later introduced Gwen to Peter, and the three Spider-powered heroes began getting acquainted.

• Josen spotted Gwen Stacy near Fisk Tower and followed her into an alley.
• Gwen attacked Josen, but he blocked her kicks and revealed that he and another Peter Parker had recently arrived in her world.
• Gwen explained that she was investigating the cause of this world’s Spider-Man’s death, and she joined Josen’s group.
• Josen gained the Spider Agility Fantasy Card when he and Gwen bumped fists.
• Josen introduced Gwen to Peter in Central Park, where they discovered that both were Spider-Men.

Josen, Gwen, and Peter planned to reach Kingpin’s collider and reverse its programming, while Miles and Peter Parker broke into Alchemax to steal a computer tower. Their search brought them to Aunt May’s house, where she revealed a hidden underground Spider-Man base.

• Josen, Gwen, and Peter discussed the collider beneath Fisk Tower and learned they needed a key to access its main computer.
• Josen suspected that other Spider-Men were involved, while Miles and Peter Parker fled Alchemax with a computer tower as Doctor Octopus pursued them.
• Josen, Gwen, and Peter visited Peter’s old home at 20 Ingram Street, where Aunt May recognized the MCU Peter as someone from a parallel universe.
• Aunt May led them into a concealed elevator beneath her backyard shed, revealing the Spider-Man hideout built by this world’s Peter Parker.

Josen and the Spider-Men prepared to attack Fisk Tower, waiting for Miles Morales to join them. Miles arrived with an injured middle-aged Peter, and Josen used his unique power to carry Peter to safety as Miles discovered Josen could also produce his electric power.

• Spider-Man Noir, Peni Parker, and Spider-Ham introduced themselves at the Spider Base, and the newcomers agreed to wait until night before attacking Fisk Tower.
• Josen spent the afternoon with the Spider-Men and gained Fantasy Cards for Spider Stamina, Spider Healing, and Combat Expert.
• Aunt May brought Miles Morales and a badly injured middle-aged Peter down to the base.
• Miles asked the Spider-Men for help, and Josen used an invisible force to lift the injured Peter onto a sofa.
• Miles revealed his electric power and was surprised that Josen could use it too.

Josen treated Peter from Earth-616 while Peni and Miles prepared a key and suits for their fight against Kingpin. Josen fused all seven Spider Powers cards into an SSR ability, and the Spider-Men set out to stop Kingpin from activating the Particle Collider again.

• Josen helped Aunt May treat Peter from Earth-616's wounds, and Peni Parker reproduced a Particle Collider control key with Miles Morales's damaged flash drive.
• Miles Morales chose a black suit with a red web pattern, Peter from Earth-616 took a classic red-and-blue suit, and Josen received the final Spider Powers card.
• Josen fused the seven Spider Powers cards into an SSR ability, which greatly enhanced his body and made common-grade Attribute Cards ineffective unless fused.
• Peter from Earth-616 told Josen that Miles's uncle had been Prowler and had turned against Kingpin to help them escape.
• Miles gathered the Spider-Men and led them toward Kingpin's Particle Collider, while Peter Porker urged the group to fight.

Josen and Gwen raced ahead to stop Kingpin’s Particle Collider, which Kingpin started before Doctor Octopus arrived. Josen carried Gwen straight through Fisk Tower’s upper floors and into the underground chamber, leaving them poised to confront Kingpin’s forces.

• Josen revealed his red-and-gold Spider Armor, stunning the other Spider-Men.
• Kingpin ordered the Particle Collider started immediately, and Doctor Octopus arrived to take control of the experiment.
• Josen told the Spider-Men that the collider was starting and offered to take one person ahead; he chose Gwen and flew off at supersonic speed.
• Gwen questioned Josen’s plan to charge into Fisk Tower, but he assured her they could handle Kingpin’s enforcers.
• Josen used an AT force-field drill to smash through five floors of Fisk Tower and burst into the underground level.

Josen and Gwen fought Kingpin’s villains inside the underground collider while Spider-Men from other dimensions arrived to reinforce them. The battle turned in the Spider-Men’s favor, though Kingpin’s collider and weapons remained active.

• Gwen drew the Green Goblin away while Josen stopped Scorpion, Tombstone, and Doctor Octopus from pursuing her.
• Josen stunned all three with lightning, then knocked Scorpion out of the fight with a barrage of punches.
• Josen’s force field halted Tombstone’s bullets and blocked Doctor Octopus’s tentacles, so Doctor Octopus ordered the researchers to activate the collider and attack.
• The researchers fired high-energy weapons at Josen, forcing him to dodge as Gwen struggled to evade the Green Goblin’s fireballs.
• Miles Morales and seven other Spider-Men appeared, and Josen called on them to join the fight.
• The Spider-Men attacked, giving the villains multiple opponents and turning the tide of battle.

Josen helped the Spider-Men defeat Kingpin’s forces, secretly looted the weapons warehouse, and watched the visitors from other universes return home. Left behind with Miles Morales, he wondered how he could get back to his own world without revealing his Stand Ability.

• Peter fought Kingpin until Miles Morales asked to handle him, and the Spider-Men gained control of the battle as Gwen Stacy took the collider’s control USB drive.
• Josen slipped away to the weapons warehouse, blasted through its wall with Green Goblin’s flames, and telekinetically took all the weapons, gaining the Private Armory card.
• Josen returned to find the villains webbed up and the collider under the Spider-Men’s control, then joined them as they prepared to go home.
• Miles Morales opened the Space-Time Portal, and the Spider-Men from other universes leaped through it one by one.
• Gwen Stacy said farewell and entered the portal, while Josen stayed behind with Miles Morales and wondered how to return to his own world.

Josen returned from Miles Morales's world through a spacetime portal and found that only three minutes had passed in the One-Punch world. After checking on the Flowing Water Dojo, he returned to his police office with food for his staff and hinted that his latest work would bring the Special Affairs Section a reward.

• Josen opened a portal with the Black Box Shard, said goodbye to Miles Morales, and returned to his own world.
• Josen called Commissioner Serizawa to report that he had seized advanced equipment and arranged for its transfer in Z City.
• Josen visited the Flowing Water Dojo, learned that the master had gone to do hero work, and teased Charanko about becoming the master's final disciple.
• Josen returned to the Special Affairs Section, treated his staff to lunch, and told Kyoko that headquarters would soon reward their work.
• Kyoko scolded a policewoman for swooning over Josen, then privately admitted that the young woman had a point.

Josen flew off to confront the 170,000-Year Cicada Larva as civilians and defeated heroes crowded into Z City's Seventh Shelter. Inside, an unremarkable black-haired young man looked for a way out so he could find a monster to fight.

• Lanny learned that headquarters had finalized the names and rankings of two promising heroes, then sent staff to find Josen.
• A Demon-level monster attacked Z City, and Josen left the Hero Association staffers to fly toward it.
• Student, Red Scarf Fighter, and Dark Flame Dragon Blade Wielder failed to defeat the 170,000-Year Cicada Larva and retreated with civilians into the Seventh Shelter.
• People in the shelter criticized the heroes, while Red Scarf Fighter said they might have to wait for the monster to die of old age.
• A black-haired young man asked an office worker whether the shelter doors could open, then pushed through the crowd toward them.

A black-haired young man tried to leave the shelter, but the crowd restrained him and staff explained that its sealed defenses had no bathrooms. Josen arrived and crushed the 170,000-Year Cicada with a collapsing gravitational force field, leaving the shelter safe for the moment.

• A black-haired young man tried to go outside, but shelter occupants piled onto him and stopped him.
• Association staff told the crowd that the shelter's defenses sealed its doors and that it had no bathrooms.
• Josen flew across Z City and found the 170,000-Year Cicada destroying buildings near the shelter.
• Josen trapped the insect monster in a Force Field Barrier and blocked its advance.
• Josen transformed the barrier into a Gravitational Force Field and crushed the 170,000-Year Cicada.

Josen defeated the 170,000-Year Cicada Larva, and the Hero Association announced him as the hero who had saved Z City. After spotting Saitama leaving a shelter, Josen invited him to a barbecue and secretly captured a newly formed Limiter Fragment.

• Josen killed the 170,000-Year Cicada Larva, collected its Fantasy Card, and dismantled it for limited stat boosts.
• The shelter’s residents learned that Super Police Josen had defeated the Demon-level threat and watched promotional footage of his battles.
• Saitama hurried out of the shelter to find a restroom while Josen heard the broadcast and recognized him from above.
• Josen approached Saitama after he left the restroom, then invited him to a barbecue and secretly caught a Limiter Fragment with Psychic Power.
• Saitama accepted the invitation, and Josen told him to wash his hands.

Josen and Saitama held a long barbecue battle before Josen left to meet a specialist sent by A City Headquarters. Specialist Katherine asked him to hand over the Energy Weapons from his report, surprising Kyoko.

• Josen and Saitama grilled and ate meat while talking about Josen’s Hero Name and hero allowance.
• Josen received a call from Kyoko and left the barbecue to meet the Headquarters specialist, leaving Saitama to clean up.
• Josen met Specialist Katherine, who said the Director had sent her to take charge of the team.
• Katherine asked Josen where the batch of Energy Weapons was, and Kyoko blurted out her surprise.

Josen delivered his hidden arsenal to Commissioner Katherine, then returned home with breakfast for Saitama. Meanwhile, Blizzard arrived in Z City and went to the police station seeking Josen, setting Kyoko’s suspicions on edge.

• Josen revealed his stored weapons in the police station parking lot, and Katherine’s subordinates loaded them into her transport vehicle.
• Josen returned home after working through the night and brought breakfast for Saitama.
• Blizzard arrived in Z City, took a taxi to the police station, and asked to see Josen.
• Kyoko answered reception’s call about Blizzard and worried that another woman had come looking for Josen.

Josen received his official appointment as chief of the Z City Special Affairs Section, then dodged Fubuki by leaving work early and fighting a Soap Monster elsewhere. Fubuki learned he had left at noon and set out to confront him, while Josen ended the night enjoying his new fame as a hero.

• Kyoko told a caller that Josen was unavailable, and Fubuki decided to wait for him at the police station.
• Josen received official papers promoting him to assistant inspector and appointing him chief of the Z City Special Affairs Section.
• Josen cleared the section’s backlog, slipped out while Kyoko was away, and left work early.
• Fubuki learned from the officer on duty that Josen had left at noon, lost control of her psychic power, and then went to find him.
• Josen defeated the Soap Monster with a summoned Road Roller and struggled to escape the crowd of grateful fans.
• Josen tried to enhance the Soap Monster card, but his Stand reported that its base stats were too low.

Fubuki attacked Josen, then recruited him into the Fubuki Group after he agreed to treat her to dinner. Over their meal, she explained that working alone could cost him public attention, leaving her recruitment pitch unfinished.

• Josen dodged a pebble attack and deflected Fubuki's barrage of psychic stones.
• Fubuki emerged and offered Josen the position of deputy leader in the Fubuki Group, but he initially refused.
• Josen realized Fubuki had come because Kyoko had concealed her earlier visit, and he agreed to buy her dinner as an apology.
• Josen and Fubuki ate at an izakaya, where he teased her for being unable to handle spicy food and she nearly started a fight.
• Fubuki explained that the Fubuki Group could help Josen avoid losing public attention to newer heroes if he continued working alone.