Recaps

Kushina improved her swordsmanship under Hatake Sakumo and received Karn’s guidance on winning the Nine-Tails’ trust as the Child of Prophecy. Meanwhile, Karn learned that Danzo and the Third Raikage were plotting an attack in the Land of Waves, so he went there to prepare for them.

• Kushina trained with Hatake Sakumo for four days, learned from his White Fang Swordsmanship, and improved before he left.
• Karn told Kushina to change the Nine-Tails’ sealed environment, call him Kurama, and reveal that she was the Child of Prophecy; Kushina agreed to try.
• Shennong reported that he had isolated some substances in the Super Soldier Serum, and Karn arranged for Tsunade to analyze them.
• Yakushi Nonō told Karn that a Root ninja had overheard plans to go to the Land of Waves and bring the Cloud Ninja into the operation.
• Karn suspected Danzo and the Cloud Ninja were targeting his pharmaceutical factory and went to the Land of Waves with TNT and RPG rounds to prepare.
• Danzo and the Third Raikage exchanged intelligence and agreed to move against Karn in the Land of Waves.

The Third Raikage and Danzo's forces raided Karn's pharmaceutical factory, but Karn's shadow clone and explosive trap devastated them. Karn confronted the injured survivors, the Third Raikage escaped after a fierce clash, and Danzo's plan to capture Karn failed.

• The Third Raikage assigned Adam to seize the factory's medicine, equipment, and documents while Danzo secretly planned to capture Karn for the Extremis Virus.
• Dan Katō's Spirit Transformation Technique struck Karn's shadow clone, and the factory exploded, severely injuring Danzo's Root forces and the Third Raikage's men.
• Karn flew to the ruined factory and taunted Danzo, who ordered his forces to retreat.
• The Third Raikage burst from the ruins and struck Karn, while Danzo's subordinates restrained Karn with their clan techniques.
• Karn's rockets prevented the Third Raikage from reaching him, killed the Nara Clan ninja and a Yamanaka Clan ninja, and forced the Third Raikage to flee.

Karn recovered from the battle in the Land of Waves, seized Kumogakure’s Six Paths Tools, and arranged to infiltrate Root. Danzo returned to Konoha disgraced, but an explosion beneath the Shimura Clan’s compound left the Root Base collapsed and its casualties unknown.

• Karn extinguished the pharmaceutical factory fire, ordered it rebuilt, and decided to retaliate against Danzo.
• Construction workers uncovered five Six Paths Tools, which Karn collected before returning to Konoha.
• Karn asked Yakushi Nonō to arrange for a Root recruit to film the base’s layout, then fell asleep while she gave him a medical massage.
• Danzo lamented his losses and vowed to become Hokage after Hiruzen Sarutobi reprimanded him for crippling Dan Katō.
• An explosion collapsed the underground area beneath the Shimura Clan, and an ANBU reported that the Root Base was likely buried in the wreckage.

Tsunade investigated the explosion that devastated the Shimura Clan compound, then gave Karn her analysis of the Super Soldier Serum. Karn gained a breakthrough in his research, gifted Kushina the Bashosen, and left her flustered after teasing her.

• Tsunade heard about the Shimura Clan compound collapse and left Konoha Hospital to question Karn, suspecting he was involved.
• Karn welcomed Tsunade while Kushina was feeding him, and Tsunade questioned Kushina about his whereabouts during the explosion.
• Tsunade gave Karn her categorized research on the serum, and Karn handed her four bottles of two potions in return.
• Karn told Kushina the serum could make people stronger and gave her the Bashosen, explaining how to use the Six Paths Tool.
• Karn reminded Kushina that she owed him a request, but she misunderstood his teasing, then hurried away with the Bashosen scroll.

After a devastating explosion at Root, Hiruzen struggled to identify the culprit as urgent intelligence from the Land of Hot Water signaled a new conflict with the Cloud Ninja. In the Marvel Universe, Karn returned with Super Soldier Serum data, began arranging its replication, and received an invitation to a presidential banquet tied to a super-soldier squad’s battlefield deployment.

• An ANBU report told Hiruzen that seventy-three members of the Shimura Clan had died in the explosion, while Danzo and twelve others survived; Tsunade said Karn could not have been responsible because Kushina had stayed with him.
• Tsunade confronted Hiruzen over Danzo’s authority, Sakumo’s departure, and the explosion, but an urgent message from the Land of Hot Water prompted Hiruzen to call a jonin meeting.
• Karn returned to the Marvel Universe with Super Soldier Serum data and other gains, then ordered his shadow clone to check the news and examined the basilisk’s memories.
• Karn told Les to restart the serum project using the data, met the new researchers, and took Little Green and the research materials away from the Biological Research Center.
• General Ross invited Karn to a presidential banquet celebrating the super-soldier squad’s successful deployment, and Karn said he would contact Betty about attending.

Karn learned that Wall Street figures were interested in his pharmaceutical company and that Thaddeus Ross had ordered an unexpected batch of Extremis Virus Serum after heavy losses among his super soldiers. Betty returned to Washington with news of her father’s fear, while Karn prepared to investigate the people scheming around him and considered using a Super Soldier Serum deal to expand his influence.

• Carl warned Karn that Wall Street figures linked to Oscorp’s breakup were interested in pharmaceutical companies and might be targeting him.
• Karn contacted Betty, who said she would return the next day and might know more about the military’s hidden dealings.
• Karn met Betty at Washington International Airport and sent her Umbrella-trained bodyguards back to New York.
• Betty told Karn that Thaddeus Ross had unexpectedly ordered more Extremis Virus Serum because he was scared after heavy losses among his super soldiers.
• Karn suspected S.H.I.E.L.D. or Hydra might be behind the losses and planned to investigate the conspirators directly.
• Karn considered offering Thaddeus Ross the Super Soldier Serum and using military support to take over Oscorp.

At the president’s banquet, Karn confronted General Ross about the military’s heavy losses in the Middle East and demanded better terms for their partnership, revealing that he had made progress on the original Super Soldier Serum. The chapter ended with Senator Stern, a Hydra member, approaching Karn to propose business connections, leaving Karn interested in what Hydra might offer.

• Carl asked Karn whether Betty was his girlfriend, and Karn avoided explaining that he had stolen her from someone else.
• Karn warned General Ross that he knew the military had ordered more Extremis Virus Serum after suffering heavy losses in the Middle East.
• Karn told Ross that he had made progress on reproducing Captain America’s Super Soldier Serum and said they needed to renegotiate their benefits.
• Ross agreed to visit Karn at his hotel after the banquet to discuss their cooperation.
• Betty introduced Karn to Senator Stern, whom Karn recognized as a Hydra member, and Stern offered to connect Karn with business partners.

Karn secured Senator Stern’s cooperation and oversaw the successful first human trial of his Super Soldier Serum. The chapter ended with Roff becoming the first super soldier under Karn’s command.

• Betty questioned Karn’s decision to cooperate with Senator Stern, but Karn said Stern could provide access to valuable resources, and they finalized deals involving Oscorp and Karn’s biopharmaceutical company.
• After returning to New York, Betty pursued Oscorp’s acquisition while Karn planned to take over the company with Thaddeus Ross once the Super Soldier Serum was ready.
• Bruce Banner’s team failed to stabilize the Gamma Bomb, so Bruce stayed behind to try a new approach in the laboratory.
• Les told Karn that his team had replicated the Super Soldier Serum, and Karn approved human trials with retired soldiers Roff and Carrow.
• Karn started the serum trial on Roff, whose physical readings tripled as the injection succeeded, making him Karn’s first super soldier.

Karn demonstrated the Super Soldier Serum to Thaddeus Ross and negotiated Ross’s support for acquiring Oscorp in exchange for future super soldiers. Ross then showed Karn a recording of Hulk, but Karn refused to help capture him, warning that Hulk was too dangerous to contain.

• Roff completed the serum tests with extraordinary strength and endurance, and Karn arranged for Carrow to receive the serum as well.
• Karn decided to give the serum only to people bearing a Chakra Cursed Seal, which he believed would make them loyal super soldiers.
• Karn and Betty met Thaddeus Ross, and Karn showed him Roff and Carrow as proof that the Super Soldier Serum worked.
• Karn offered Ross a super-soldier partnership in exchange for help acquiring Oscorp, and Ross agreed to expedite the matter.
• Ross showed Karn footage of Hulk escaping a military squad, and Karn identified him as Bruce Banner and warned Ross not to try capturing him.

Karn consolidated his new company, assigned allies to key roles, and prepared to recruit Wanda and Quicksilver while planning his next world trip. In the Wizarding World, he reviewed Kettle’s growing business, addressed the Delacour Family’s suspected contract violations, and learned Hermione was using large amounts of Invigoration Draught.

• Karn renamed Oscorp the Pent Group, put Betty and Laura in charge of different responsibilities, and refused General Ross’s request to research Hulk.
• Karn sent Jayne and Umbrella members to Sokovia to find Wanda and Quicksilver, and planned to enhance more of his people with serums and magical creature genes.
• Karn visited Kettle’s expanding potions ingredients shop and learned that it had opened branches in France and Germany and signed eleven exclusive supply contracts.
• Kettle told Karn that the Delacour Family might be reselling ingredients in breach of contract, and Karn instructed him to gather proof before setting a trap.
• Kettle reported that Hermione had requested many ingredients for Invigoration Draught, and Karn suspected she might be using a Time-Turner.

Karn searched for alchemical items, reunited with Hermione, and received Nicolas Flamel’s alchemy notes from Dumbledore. Dumbledore also asked Karn to return to Hogwarts as Defence Against the Dark Arts professor for the Triwizard Tournament, and Karn agreed.

• Karn asked Borgin and Burkes to find genuine curse-defending and other alchemical items, then bought a book that recorded the Imperius Curse and an item that cursed souls.
• Hermione returned home after Hogwarts term ended and told Karn about the events at school, including Peter Pettigrew’s capture and Sirius’s case.
• Hermione invited Karn to the Quidditch World Cup, and he agreed to arrange tickets for her and her friends.
• Karn took Hermione to Romania, where she rode a dragon, and he hatched his hybrid dragon and prepared a magically expanded pocket to keep it.
• Dumbledore gave Karn worn alchemy books left by Nicolas Flamel and asked him to return to Hogwarts to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts during the Triwizard Tournament.
• Karn agreed to return to Hogwarts and called Hermione into the room as she waited outside with tea and refreshments.

At the Quidditch World Cup, Karn met with Ministry allies and watched Bulgaria defeat Ireland before Death Eaters attacked the VIP area. Karn defeated the attackers, while Hermione joined the fight, and the two were left assessing the aftermath.

• Karn brought Hermione to Devon and welcomed the Weasley family, Harry Potter, and Amos Diggory to his VIP quarters.
• Karn discussed opposing Fudge with Luwen Amoto and urged Arthur Weasley to help replace him as Minister.
• Karn humiliated Lucius Malfoy on the way to the match, where Bulgaria beat Ireland by more than a hundred points.
• After the match, Death Eaters attacked the camp and targeted Karn, who had blocked Apparition in the area.
• Karn repelled the Death Eaters and knocked them down, while Hermione said she had taken care of one attacker.
• Hermione checked Karn for injuries, and Karn told her not to take such risks again.

After Karn helped capture the Death Eaters who attacked the Quidditch Match, he experimented with alchemy and crafted defensive necklaces for Hermione. On the first day of term, he spoke with Dumbledore about the Ministry’s refusal to question the captured Death Eaters and warned that he would show them no mercy next time.

• Karn deterred the Aurors until Luwen Amoto identified him, then let them take the captured Death Eaters while Xenophilius Lovegood photographed the scene.
• Karn returned to the campsite with Hermione, where Phil and Isaac stopped blaming themselves after Karn told them to pack up.
• Karn used Shadow Clone Technique to help craft a defensive necklace, tested it on Hermione, and later made her a stronger necklace from Mithril, Adamantine, Unicorn Tail Hair, Phoenix Feather, and a green gemstone.
• Karn gave Hermione the finished necklace on the day Hogwarts started and sent her to the Hogwarts Express before going to the school himself.
• Dumbledore told Karn that Cornelius and other Pure-blood families opposed using Veritaserum on the captured Death Eaters, and Karn warned that he would not show them mercy again.

Karn studied the Sorting Hat and investigated Harry’s unexpected selection as a fourth Triwizard champion, while Fleur Delacour approached him about her family. After Harry told Karn about recurring nightmares involving Voldemort and Death Eaters, Hermione saw Fleur heading toward Karn’s office late at night.

• Dumbledore announced Hogwarts would host the Triwizard Tournament, and Karn borrowed the Sorting Hat to study its runes.
• Karn let a black cat stay in his office, studied the Sorting Hat’s runes, and learned that Fleur wanted to speak with him about the Delacour Family.
• The Goblet of Fire selected Fleur Delacour, Viktor Krum, Cedric Diggory, and then Harry Potter as a fourth champion.
• Hermione brought Harry and Ron to Karn, who explained that Harry had been entered by someone else and advised him to learn Occlumency after hearing about his nightmares.
• On their way back, Harry and Ron saw Fleur near Karn’s office, and Hermione hurried after her.

Fleur Delacour visited Karn to plead for her family, but he refused to waive the compensation owed under their contract. With the Delacour family facing a final deadline, Fleur copied a Love Potion recipe from a restricted book, hoping to use it to resolve the crisis.

• Fleur visited Karn’s office and asked him to spare the Delacour family from its compensation, but Karn refused and urged her to sell the family’s treasures.
• Karn sent Fleur away, then resumed work on an earring designed to defend against attacks on the soul while the black cat slept nearby.
• Karn’s shadow clone tested a Revealing Charm on Moody, confirmed he was the real Mad-Eye, and Karn apologized; Moody accepted and agreed to watch for suspicious people at Hogwarts.
• Hogwarts remained peaceful as students prepared for the First Task, while Hermione stayed busy and students avoided provoking her because of her connection to Karn.
• Fleur found a Love Potion recipe in Moste Potente Potions, copied the ingredients, brewing method, and antidote, and left the Restricted Section with her plan to bewitch Karn.

Hermione brought Harry and Ron to Professor Pent for advice about the Triwizard Tournament’s fire-dragon task, while Karn developed a theory about creating a Source of Magic within his body. During the first task, Karn searched the Forbidden Forest for a unicorn, fought centaurs protecting it, and harvested some of the creature’s materials before returning to Hogwarts.

• Harry and Ron found Hermione in the library, and she explained that Harry needed advice about the fire dragons in the first Triwizard task.
• Hermione, Harry, and Ron visited Professor Pent, where Karn showed them his enormous half-blood fire dragon inside a Pet Pouch and encouraged Harry to overcome his fear through practice.
• Karn let Hermione rest in his office and continued researching Ancient Runes and his idea of constructing a Source of Magic within his body.
• When the first task began, Karn stayed away from the champions and sent fifty Shadow Clones into the Forbidden Forest to search for a unicorn.
• Karn found centaurs moving the unicorn and attacking his Shadow Clone, then drove them off with Incendio and pursued the unicorn.
• Karn restrained the unicorn, took some flesh, blood, tail hairs, and half its horn, healed its other injuries, and returned to Hogwarts.

Karn integrated Unicorn genes, gaining stronger magic, a cursing property, and an easier way to construct Ancient Runes. After discussing a Horcrux and the Death Eater investigation with Dumbledore, he discovered he could Apparate through runes, while students wondered about Pheobe's visits to his office.

• Karn injected the Unicorn gene serum after testing it, and the Extremis Virus stabilized the new genes in his body.
• Karn found that his magic carried a powerful cursing property, that Ancient Runes came more easily to him, and that his blood shimmered with gold.
• Hermione told Karn that Dumbledore wanted to see him, and Karn reached the Headmaster's Office after threatening its statue with Fiendfyre.
• Dumbledore showed Karn a Horcrux ring and discussed Tom's other Horcruxes, the Centaurs' protest, and the Death Eater believed to be hiding among the students.
• Karn used Ancient Runes to Apparate inside Hogwarts, surprising nearby students who believed the school's protections made it impossible.
• In the Great Hall, Ron explained the Christmas ball and said students suspected Pheobe was visiting Karn for information; Hermione abruptly left for the library.

Karn taught Pheobe about defending against dark magic, then prepared to attend the Christmas Eve ball with Hermione after agreeing to be her dance partner. As they headed to the Great Hall, Karn still wondered why the student who owned the black cat had stopped bringing it to his office.

• Karn advised Pheobe that seeking help from wealthy pure-blood families would not save the Delacour family's business, then answered her questions about curse magic.
• Karn discovered that the visiting black cat was Hermione in her Animagus form, but she fell asleep in his office while he worked on constructing a source of magic.
• Karn drove centaurs away from Hogwarts after they attacked him, and Hermione defended his actions when students discussed the incident.
• Hermione arrived dressed for the ball and told Karn she had no dance partner, so he agreed to accompany her.
• Karn gave Hermione protective earrings that also held cleaning, revival, and Disillusionment-like magic, and they walked toward the Great Hall together.

At the Hogwarts Yule Ball, Hermione Granger dazzled the school and danced with Karn, while Fleur Delacour tried to use a Love Potion to make Karn cancel the Delacour family’s trade contract. Karn resisted the potion and offered Fleur a way to keep the incident quiet, as Hermione learned Fleur had been pursuing him with desserts.

• Hermione Granger arrived at the ball transformed and drew astonished reactions from Harry, Ron, Lavender and the other students.
• Karn and Hermione ordered dinner, danced together, and used Hermione’s enchanted necklace and earrings to heal her feet and restore her stamina.
• Fleur Delacour followed Karn to his office and offered him desserts laced with a Love Potion while asking him to cancel the Delacour family’s magical trade contract.
• Karn resisted the Love Potion, exposed Fleur’s attempt, and gave her the choice of facing an investigation or keeping the incident secret in exchange for a personal sacrifice.
• Hermione returned to Gryffindor Tower and heard Katie Bell complain that Fleur had beaten her to bringing Karn desserts, so Hermione left the dormitory saying she was going to the bathroom.

Karn completed the Magic Vortex, greatly increasing his magical power, and gave Pheobe a contract offering the Delacour family one last chance. As the third Triwizard task approached, Dumbledore and Karn discovered Death Eaters tampering with the trophy Portkey, leaving Karn prepared to confront Voldemort if he appeared.

• Hermione gave Karn a bottle of Felix Felicis, and Karn told her where to find Snape's old Advanced Potion-Making notes.
• After the second task, Karn parted the lake with magic to show Hermione how powerful his spells could be.
• Karn used Felix Felicis to construct the Magic Vortex inside the Pet Pouch and sensed Hogwarts and its hidden passages with his amplified magic.
• Pheobe asked Karn to give the Delacour family a chance, and he gave her a magical contract to take to her father.
• Alastor Moody caught Goyle and Crabbe tampering with the third task's trophy Portkey, but Dumbledore stopped him and placed an imprint on the trophy; Karn placed one as well.

Karn and Dumbledore let Voldemort resurrect at the Riddle House, then Karn defeated him and transformed him into a caged black cat. They returned to Hogwarts with Harry, planning to reveal Voldemort’s capture and pressure the Ministry to replace Fudge.

• Dumbledore and Karn agreed to confront Voldemort at the Portkey’s destination while Moody stayed behind to protect Hogwarts during the Triwizard Tournament.
• When the Portkey transported Harry away, Karn and Dumbledore followed him to the Riddle House and watched Barty Crouch Jr. resurrect Voldemort.
• Dumbledore trapped the area with an Anti-Apparition Jinx, and Karn rescued Harry before attacking Voldemort and the three Death Eaters.
• Karn’s barrage killed the Death Eaters and left Voldemort badly injured, after which Karn turned him into a black cat and locked him in a prepared cage.
• Karn gave Dumbledore the cage’s key and returned to Hogwarts with Dumbledore and Harry, who had photographed Voldemort’s defeat.

After Karn captured Voldemort and established himself as a leading wizard, the magical world dealt with the aftermath of the Triwizard Tournament’s collapse. As the term ended, Karn planned his return to the Marvel Universe and discovered Hermione had been secretly turning into a cat.

• Dumbledore announced Voldemort’s resurrection and capture, while Moody, McGonagall, and Sirius subdued the Death Eaters who had impersonated Goyle and Crabbe.
• Karn verified Voldemort’s identity before the Wizengamot, transformed him back into a frail black cat, and intimidated officials who objected.
• Kettle expanded Karn’s potion-ingredients business, while Harry recounted the capture and shared his photograph with magical newspapers.
• The Delacour Family pledged to follow Karn, and Pheobe asked him for summer training before agreeing to manage his potion shop.
• Karn studied Hogwarts’s alchemical structures and planned to rebuild his home in the Marvel Universe; he then recognized Hermione’s Animagus cat form and invited her to visit Hogsmeade with her parents.

Karn planned to expand his companies and build a concealed underground base while discussing new-energy weapons with Anton Vanko and Ivan Vanko. After meeting Senator Stern, he prepared to negotiate with Gideon Malick and insisted Betty accept a private jet.

• Karn planned to expand Umbrella and the Pent Group, and called Betty to arrange dinner with Senator Stern.
• Anton Vanko and Ivan Vanko presented a new-energy suit, and Karn ordered them to develop both piloted suits and remote-controlled war machines while prioritizing civilian energy technology.
• Karn proposed linking the Pent Group Tower, his home, and Umbrella through underground passages to create a protected research base, and assigned the project to Anton Vanko and Ivan Vanko.
• Karn and Betty left Washington after meeting Stern and planned to discuss cooperation with Gideon Malick at his daughter's birthday ball.
• Betty offered to choose a gift for Malick's daughter, and Karn told her to buy an expensive one rather than overthink it.
• Karn told Betty to order two private jets after the banquet, but she objected that Umbrella needed the money, and Karn insisted she needed the jets.

Karn arranged a deal with Malick and Stern to sell his gold, then directed Betty to expand the Pent Group and search for the Maximoff siblings. He prepared to travel to the next world while warning Betty that Wanda could become a catastrophic threat if Hydra recruited her.

• Karn left Malick Manor after Malick agreed to verify the Wakanda intelligence and help sell Karn's gold.
• Karn ordered private aircraft, revealed eighteen tons of gold to Betty, and asked her to acquire a construction company and arrange renovations.
• Betty reported that Umbrella's charity workers were searching Sokovia for Wanda and Quicksilver, and Karn told her to keep the search discreet.
• Karn warned Betty that Wanda's Chaos Magic could destroy the world and said Hydra gaining her allegiance would be extremely dangerous.
• Karn told Betty to send a new assistant to Sokovia as a cover while Umbrella personnel continued the search.
• Karn stocked alchemical items, supplies, and munitions as he prepared for trade in the next world.

Karn learned that James Marcus had died and that Alicia was now vulnerable to Alexander Isaac’s control, so he went to Umbrella’s villa to make her his trading partner. Alicia accepted his protection agreement, and Karn left her as his goddaughter with the world trading coordinates in place.

• Karn investigated Umbrella and decided he wanted to obtain its artificial intelligence and the T-virus.
• After hearing that James Marcus had died and Isaac might become Alicia’s guardian, Karn chose Alicia as his trading partner.
• Alicia hid in her room and cried for her father while Wesker’s guards watched over her.
• Karn entered Alicia’s room, calmed her, and promised to protect her, cure her illness, and help her inherit Umbrella.
• Alicia signed Karn’s protection agreement and paid him one dollar, completing the trade.
• Karn placed the world trading coordinates on Alicia and declared her his goddaughter.