Chapter Summaries

Agent O introduced Agent Su and Agent He as Chinese Men in White who would accompany K and J on assignments to study MIB operations. K led the group out for lunch, while J speculated about the visitors’ relationship.

• J asked K about the two Asian visitors, and K said he had heard no rumors about the Men in White.
• Agent O summoned K and J to her office and explained that the higher-ups had approved an exchange visit.
• Agent O introduced Agent Su and Agent He and assigned them to accompany K and J on their missions.
• Su praised K, and Agent O reaffirmed that K was the MIB’s ace agent.
• K led the visitors out, while J and Hermione each drew conclusions about their companions.

Su Ming and Hermione dined with Agents K and J, learning about MIB technology and sharing information before a Code Red assignment interrupted them. K took the pair to the crime scene, where Su Ming claimed he was an exceptional detective.

• Su Ming rejected the MIB cafeteria and took K and J to an expensive steakhouse, where he asked about the intercontinental subway beneath headquarters.
• K and J discussed their history, and J revealed details about MIB facilities and alien activity while Su Ming and Hermione listened.
• A dispatcher alerted K that a Code Red had occurred on the Upper East Side and ordered him to bring the guests to the scene.
• Su Ming paid for the meal, and K, J, Su Ming, and Hermione sped toward the assignment in the Black Supercar.
• K warned Su Ming and Hermione that the crime scene could be disturbing, and Su Ming replied that he was one of the best detectives in his hometown.

Su Ming, Hermione, and Agents J and K arrived at an upscale apartment building to investigate a murder and took over the scene from the local police. They reached the bloodied apartment on the third floor and prepared to enter, where an indescribable sight awaited them.

• K and J discussed their malfunctioning car as they drove to the crime scene with Su Ming and Hermione.
• K identified himself and his team as FBI agents and ordered the local police to clear the scene.
• Su Ming sensed a fishy blood scent and determined that the body was on the third floor.
• Su Ming found no clues in the lobby and suggested the killer might have entered from the rooftop.
• K led the group upstairs, where they found blood beneath a slightly open door and a shattered vase in the hallway.
• K drew his pistol and opened the apartment door, revealing an indescribable scene.

Su Ming, Hermione, J, and K investigated the slaughter of the Kabbalah Star ambassador’s family and concluded the killer had staged the scene as an invitation for them. They identified the song as a clue, but the missing wine left another detail unexplained.

• Su Ming and the others found three Kabbalah Aliens dissected and arranged as a meal in a room covered with strange water crystals.
• K identified the victims as the family of Kabbalah Star’s ambassador and discovered the crystals were solidified water that was not cold.
• Su Ming reasoned that the killer had brought in the table and chairs because the fish-tailed victims could not sit in them.
• Su Ming pointed out that four chairs had been set for the four investigators, showing the killer wanted them to find him.
• Hermione noted that wine was missing from the staged banquet, despite the variety of dishes.

K, J, Su Ming, and Hermione investigated a grisly alien murder scene but found too little evidence to identify the killer. As they headed to an informant, Su Ming privately warned Hermione that a superpowered lunatic might be targeting him and could have noticed their arrival in this world.

• K and Su Ming considered whether the killer lacked experience preparing food or choosing wine, but admitted they had too little evidence to identify a suspect.
• Hermione discovered that the broken crystals glowed in darkness, and K ordered samples collected to trace their source.
• K led the group toward an informant at an old clothing shop, while J worried aloud about the killer and joked about fighting back.
• Su Ming privately told Hermione that the victims had died instantly after hearing a finger snap and that the killer might be targeting him.
• Hermione cast protective magic as Su Ming speculated that their arrival through Sepulk might have attracted the attention of a lunatic.

Deadpool woke in Las Vegas with amnesia and discovered he had married Inez after a night with her and Domino. Inez sent him to steal a Russian nuclear bomb for a mercenary job while she returned to New York with their casino loot to buy an apartment.

• Deadpool woke with his body badly injured and learned from Inez that they had married the previous day.
• Inez explained that she and Deadpool wanted to keep seeing each other, while Domino said she had only joined in for fun and left to visit Utopia.
• Inez showed Deadpool a New York apartment she wanted to buy, and he agreed after she cried about his reluctance to purchase it.
• Inez directed Deadpool to accept a two-million-dollar job stealing a nuclear bomb from Russia and delivering it to DR Congo.
• Inez took the casino money and left for New York, while Deadpool dressed and headed out to complete the job.

Recorder entered Earth-0 from the Omniversal Void to investigate the multiverse and used the Omniversal Codex to absorb the Joker’s memories. After erasing the Joker and destroying the Hall of Justice’s robotic defenders, Recorder departed to continue its investigation.

• Recorder arrived in the underground prison beneath the Hall of Justice and identified himself to the Joker as an agent serving The Source.
• Recorder used the Omniversal Codex to absorb the Joker’s memories and update the multiverse’s records.
• Recorder killed the Joker with a beam that erased him from existence.
• Red Tornado confronted Recorder with security robots, but Recorder annihilated them all with Golden Light.
• Recorder declared that lower units could not harm him and vanished in Golden Light.

Batwoman investigated Joker’s death and found that the surveillance footage showed no intruder, while Superman could offer no explanation. Meanwhile, K and J’s investigation into alien assassinations led them to a second crime scene at Feldspar Creek, where they found an Alien corpse.

• Batwoman told Superman that sixty Defense Robots had been lost, Joker was dead, and Red Tornado had been destroyed.
• Batwoman reviewed the prison footage and found no sign of an intruder, suggesting the murder had happened during a gap in time.
• K and J interrogated another informant and learned that the killer was likely among Aliens who had entered Earth earlier and remained there.
• Su Ming said the informants knew nothing, but K received a Code Red call about an Alien corpse at Feldspar Creek in New Jersey.
• K, J, Su Ming, and his apprentice reached the creek, questioned the fishermen, and erased their memories with a Memory Wiper.

Su Ming and the Men in Black investigated two alien women murdered at Feldspar Creek, linking their deaths to the earlier killings and recognizing the scene as another staged reception. They left to investigate ex-convicts while Su Ming suspected the killer would strike again.

• Su Ming, J, and K found two alien women’s bodies displayed in the creek beside four golden chairs.
• K identified the victims as Vaskahapang Star People and learned they had previously been reprimanded by the Men in Black.
• Su Ming determined the women had been abducted and killed before the diplomat’s family, making their deaths the first case.
• J noticed the victims’ shoes were missing, and Su Ming pointed out that the creekside scene also lacked a parasol.
• K bagged the bodies and cleaned the scene before the group headed into the city to investigate ex-convicts who held grudges against him or J.

K and J returned to New York with Su Ming and Hermione, who questioned J about Men in Black benefits and learned about his favorite superhero comics and hoped-for powers. K led the group into Hell’s Kitchen to investigate Minik’s Black Market, where J reassured them that the Aliens around the slum were mostly harmless.

• J told Su Ming that Men in Black agents received allowances and benefits, then shared stories about his father and the Rubber Man comics he had read as a child.
• Su Ming asked J what superpower he would choose, and J said he would prefer superhuman intelligence and deductive ability.
• K landed the car in an alley, and the group got out to continue investigating the case.
• K led Su Ming, Hermione, and J through Hell’s Kitchen toward Minik’s Black Market.
• J warned the group to stay alert but said the Aliens in the shantytown were mostly harmless and offered to protect Su Ming.

Su Ming, Hermione, K, and J stumbled upon an Alien human-trafficking deal and were pinned down in a shootout. Su Ming charged into the attackers alone, leaving J astonished at his abilities.

• K led the group into the Black Market nightclub to question his old acquaintance Minik about the two corpses.
• The group discovered Minik selling unconscious humans to Zerg slave traders, and the Aliens opened fire when they recognized the Men in Black.
• J admitted he could not hold off the attackers, while Su Ming warned that the Zerg were flanking them and their leaders might escape.
• Su Ming offered to defeat the Aliens and rescue the hostages if J agreed to a condition, then took a broken liquor bottle as his weapon.
• Su Ming charged through the nightclub and killed the Zerg attackers with the bottle, while Hermione told J that it was only his basic routine.

Su Ming helped K and J defeat the Aliens at the nightclub, then handed the surviving Mole, Minik, over for questioning. Minik was left insane from fear, and Su Ming claimed the lead was not dead.

• K stopped firing and watched as Su Ming killed the Aliens with a broken liquor bottle.
• Su Ming cleared the nightclub, captured Minik, and threatened him until the Mole Man lost his sanity.
• J asked Su Ming to teach him kung fu, and Su Ming promised to provide MIB with martial arts training methods.
• K questioned Minik, shot off one of his limbs, and cuffed him after he fainted.
• K said the lead was dead, but Su Ming disagreed.

Su Ming outmaneuvered the mysterious killer by staging a massacre that he believed would discourage the High-Dimensional Being from continuing its game. He then framed a bird-like Alien as the serial killer and followed K and J back toward headquarters with Hermione.

• Su Ming concluded that the crimes imitated serial-killer stories from other worlds and that a High-Dimensional Being was challenging him to a game.
• Su Ming slaughtered Aliens in the nightclub and used Fear Toxin to create a scene he believed the killer could not surpass.
• Su Ming pointed K and J toward a bird-like Alien he had seen watching the nightclub, and K went outside to investigate.
• Su Ming gave K a detailed sketch of the bird-like Alien, and K issued a wanted notice after the Alien had disappeared.
• Hermione asked Su Ming whether the bird-like Alien was innocent, and Su Ming admitted he was using him as a scapegoat before following K and J.

Su Ming used a cigar and a calm, misleading interrogation to make the birdman confess to murders and human trafficking. The chapter ended with the Men in Black agents applauding Su Ming’s successful interrogation.

• K and J failed to get the birdman to answer questions, so Su Ming offered to interrogate him.
• Su Ming asked the birdman whether he wanted water, food, or a cigarette, and Hermione brought him water and a hamburger.
• Su Ming gave the birdman a strange cigar, then asserted details about his crimes until the birdman agreed with each claim.
• Su Ming told the birdman to repeat the confession whenever questioned and returned to the observation room, where the agents applauded him.

Wade and Inez moved into their newly renovated home, while Domino and Inez adjusted their plan to get close to Deadpool. In the Spectre Universe, Gin buried the Ord couple, and Brainiac 21 encountered a mysterious Omniverse Recorder.

• Wade objected to Inez's orange-and-black decor, then fled when she pretended to be hurt.
• Inez called Domino and invited her to move in with them, while Domino suggested they approach Deadpool's friends instead.
• Gin explained to Brainiac 21 that Deathstroke had arranged for the Ord couple to be buried together.
• Brainiac 21 tried to get Gin to help her understand human emotions, but Gin evaded her request and left to meet Diana.
• A flaming-faced figure emerged from the burial mound and asked Brainiac 21 to share her information stream.

Deathstroke met a young Beyonder in Central Park, who warned him that the Ivory Kings planned to destroy superhero worlds and urged him to stay in the Men in Black Universe. Deathstroke refused to abandon humanity’s fate, then returned to Men in Black headquarters and found Hermione waiting for him.

• Deathstroke watched drug dealers exchange drugs from swan pedal boats in Central Park.
• A young Beyonder approached Deathstroke and revealed that he belonged to the Beyonders, who had created the stars and worlds as figments of their imagination.
• The Beyonder warned Deathstroke that the Ivory Kings planned a destructive experiment on superhero worlds and urged him not to return.
• Deathstroke rejected the offer to stay, saying humanity’s destiny should be decided by humanity, and asked the Beyonder’s name.
• The Beyonder vanished, and Deathstroke discussed the encounter with his Symbiote before returning to Men in Black headquarters.
• Deathstroke went back to his dormitory, where Hermione waited for him.

Will, Gared, and Ser Waymar pursued Savage tracks through a blizzard beyond the Wall and discovered that the Savages had left their camp unlit. Dozens of Others attacked them, and Ser Waymar’s steel sword shattered against one of their ice weapons.

• Ser Waymar rejected Gared’s suggestion to turn back and ordered the party to follow the Savage tracks.
• Will, Gared, and Ser Waymar crossed a ridge and found a fresh Savage campsite with an unlit fire pit.
• Ser Waymar ordered Will to climb a tree and search for signs of firelight.
• Dozens of Others emerged from the blizzard and attacked the Night’s Watchmen.
• Ser Waymar shouted in defiance and struck an Other, but his sword broke and an ice blade cut through his armor.

Su Ming brought Hermione to The North, where she practiced skiing and shooting by attacking White Walkers. After Hermione defeated them, the dead rose again with glowing blue eyes, revealing that the creatures could turn their victims into undead servants.

• Hermione complained that Su Ming had brought her to watch a massacre, while he considered Adjutant's report about the powerful All-Powerful Recorder.
• Su Ming promised Hermione a flying car if she learned to shoot while skiing, and she eagerly set off downhill with a rifle.
• Hermione fired while skiing and knocked down the White Walkers, whose bodies broke apart like ice.
• Su Ming explained that the White Walkers were magical creatures vulnerable to obsidian, Valyrian Steel, and possibly dragonfire.
• The three victims of the White Walkers rose as blue-eyed undead, and Hermione cut them apart with Sectumsempra.

Su Ming and Hermione traveled north across the icy lands after investigating the White Walkers, aiming to contact and recruit an ancient god representative. They passed through Thenn territory and continued toward a remote forest of trees carved with human faces, where the Cloak sensed magic ahead.

• Su Ming examined the destroyed White Walkers with Strangle and the Cloak, which found traces of Emotional Spectrum energy in their ice and weapons.
• Su Ming told Hermione they were traveling to the Arctic to find and recruit an old god representative, and the two flew northwest.
• Su Ming and Hermione passed Frostfang and reached Thenn Encampment, where Hermione found little of interest.
• Su Ming and Hermione continued northeast toward a nameless mountain, lake, and forest whose trees bore carved human faces.
• The Cloak sensed magic ahead, and Su Ming recognized the presence of an ancient god.

Deathstroke and Hermione reached a warm lake and crimson Weirwood forest in the frozen North, where Deathstroke explained the Old Gods, Greenseers, and Children of the Forest. A Child of the Forest named Leaf confronted them, and Deathstroke introduced himself and asked to see the Three-Eyed Raven.

• Deathstroke and Hermione landed beside a warm lake, and Deathstroke had Strangle catch a fish as a gift for the Druid they planned to visit.
• Deathstroke explained that the Weirwood forest had been planted by the Children of the Forest after the Greenseers retreated north.
• As they walked, Deathstroke told Hermione about Weirwoods, the Old Gods, Greenseers, and the Children of the Forest.
• Leaf appeared from a Weirwood and ordered the humans to leave her people's territory.
• Deathstroke stopped Hermione from drawing her pistol, handed her the fish, and asked Leaf to take him to the Three-Eyed Raven.