Chapter Summaries

Xia Zuo, a reincarnated child in 1990s America, realized he had landed in the Marvel Universe and needed power to survive its dangers. He examined the mysterious twelve-ring totem on his forehead and tried to contact it, but approaching footsteps interrupted him.

• Xia Zuo reflected on waking up as a five- or six-year-old orphan in America after living in the China.
• Xia Zuo learned that his new world was the Marvel Universe and recognized the danger posed by its powerful villains and threats.
• Xia Zuo revealed the twelve-ring eye totem on his forehead, which had appeared after he bought a strange eye-shaped stone in his previous life.
• Xia Zuo wondered whether the totem caused his gold-and-purple eyes or whether they came from an X-Gene, and he called on the totem to explain his bodily changes.
• Footsteps approached the orphanage courtyard as Xia Zuo tried to contact the unresponsive totem.

Xia Zuo met Natasha Romanoff, who was undercover as Mrs. Steve at his orphanage, and discovered that his eye totem was an immature Ultimate Eye. He learned that emotional changes could unlock its twelve eye techniques, leaving him eager to gain the powers he would need to survive in the Marvel Universe.

• Director Mary brought Xia Zuo to meet Mrs. Steve, who was visiting the orphanage to adopt a child.
• Xia Zuo recognized Mrs. Steve as Natasha Romanoff, who was secretly investigating a planned bank robbery near the orphanage.
• Natasha picked Xia Zuo up, and the emotional rush caused his eye totem to pulse.
• Xia Zuo learned that his totem was an immature Ultimate Eye that could unlock twelve eye techniques when he fulfilled their conditions.
• Xia Zuo learned that unlocking every technique would evolve the totem into the Ultimate Heterochromatic Eye.

Xia Zuo clung to Natasha to build the emotional fluctuations needed to unlock his first Dōjutsu. After Natasha ran off toward gunfire near the bank, Xia Zuo unlocked the Geass Eye and gained Absolute Command.

• Xia Zuo sought to unlock the First Eye Ring by staying close to Natasha and drawing on his emotional reactions.
• Natasha asked Xia Zuo to get down, but he refused and clung to her, while Director Mary eventually pulled him away.
• An explosion and gunfire sounded near the bank, and Natasha abandoned her disguise and hurried toward the trouble.
• Xia Zuo unlocked the First Eye Ring as he left Natasha's embrace, and the Ultimate Eye activated the Geass Eye in both of his eyes.
• Xia Zuo realized his new ability was Absolute Command, which let him impose one command on a target through eye contact.

Xia Zuo discovered Hydra robbers had broken into the orphanage to take its children hostage, so he used his newly awakened Geass on their leader. The chapter ended with the leader obeying Xia Zuo’s command and preparing to answer his questions.

• Natasha arrived at the bank and learned that ten suspected Hydra members were inside.
• The robbers blasted through a wall into the orphanage, and Xia Zuo slipped out to investigate.
• The robbers announced their plan to take the orphanage’s children hostage while escaping with an old parchment scroll.
• Xia Zuo confronted the robbers and activated his Absolute Command Geass on their leader.
• The robber leader froze and agreed to answer Xia Zuo’s questions.

Xia Zuo used Geass to interrogate a Hydra robber and learned that the gang had stolen a parchment scroll on orders from their superior, Wickley. He forced the surviving robbers to surrender the scroll and a gun before they carried away their dead companions and killed themselves, just as Black Widow Natasha arrived.

• Xia Zuo used Geass to make the robbers' leader reveal that they had stolen a parchment scroll connected to a treasure for Hydra superior Wickley.
• After the leader regained control, he ordered his men to shoot Xia Zuo, but a Geass-controlled robber killed him and then himself.
• Xia Zuo commanded the remaining eight robbers to hand over the scroll and a pistol, carry off the two bodies, and kill themselves in the river.
• Xia Zuo hid the parchment scroll and pistol in the yard as Black Widow Natasha rushed in.

Natasha rushed into the orphanage expecting to find children held hostage, but encountered Xia Zuo alone. Xia Zuo stalled her with flirtatious remarks before pointing her after the robbers, and Natasha hurried off in pursuit.

• Natasha entered the orphanage courtyard and found Xia Zuo instead of the children being held hostage.
• Xia Zuo concealed his involvement in the robbers’ deaths and distracted Natasha so she would not notice anything suspicious.
• Natasha promised she liked Xia Zuo and kissed his cheek to persuade him to reveal what he knew.
• Xia Zuo pointed Natasha in the direction the robbers had fled, and she rushed after them.
• Xia Zuo shouted that he liked Natasha as she left, making her stumble and hurry away in embarrassment.

After the bank robbery, Xia Zuo returned to safety at the orphanage while Natasha and Nick Fury investigated the robbers’ unexplained deaths. Hydra learned that a parchment scroll remained at large and sent its modified survivor to retrieve it, unaware that Xia Zuo had it.

• Director Mary hurried outside and embraced Xia Zuo, relieved that he was unharmed.
• Police questioned Xia Zuo about the robbers before returning their attention to the bank investigation.
• Nick Fury asked Natasha to continue investigating the robbers’ deaths and noted that Xia Zuo kept mentioning her alias, Mrs. Steve.
• A man with gold-rimmed glasses questioned Wickley about the failed mission and shot him after learning Hydra’s infiltration information might be exposed.
• The man ordered a cold-faced survivor of the Death Warrior Experiment to retrieve the parchment scroll, and the survivor agreed in exchange for further modifications.

Xia Zuo studied the parchment Hydra had left behind and examined how he could unlock and strengthen the Geass Eye. When footsteps approached the orphanage at night, he suspected Hydra had come for the parchment and prepared to confront the intruder.

• Xia Zuo failed to decipher the parchment and put it away.
• Xia Zuo concluded that Eye Rings unlocked and grew stronger through conditions that could vary, while the Ultimate Eye did not communicate with him.
• Xia Zuo realized that he needed more emotional changes to strengthen the Geass Eye and thought about getting closer to Natasha.
• Xia Zuo heard footsteps late at night, hid with a handgun, and suspected Hydra had come to retrieve the parchment.
• Xia Zuo activated the Geass Eye, invited the visitor inside, and watched a stern, gloved man enter.

Xia Zuo used his Geass Eye to control John Garrett, a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent secretly working for Hydra, and learned that Whitehall had sent him to retrieve the Scroll of Truth. After questioning Garrett, Xia Zuo ordered him to kill Whitehall, leaving Garrett on his way to Hydra's base.

• John Garrett investigated an orphanage after combining S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra intelligence that pointed to a child connected to the Scroll of Truth.
• Xia Zuo established a Geass Contract with Garrett when Garrett entered the orphanage and met his glowing red eyes.
• Garrett revealed that he was a Hydra spy sent by Whitehall to retrieve the Scroll of Truth.
• Xia Zuo learned that Garrett had come alone and that no one else knew of Xia Zuo's existence.
• Xia Zuo ordered Garrett to kill Whitehall, and Garrett left for Hydra's base.

John Garrett attacked Whitehall at a Hydra base and fought the soldiers sent to capture him until he died. Whitehall was left puzzled and wary of an unknown enemy, while Xia Zuo remained unaware of the confusion his order had caused.

• Whitehall welcomed John Garrett back, expecting him to bring the parchment scroll, but Garrett raised a pistol and shot at him.
• Whitehall escaped the shot and ordered the Hydra soldiers to seize Garrett after he accused him of betraying Hydra.
• John Garrett fought the soldiers in a prolonged battle, killing many before he fell dead.
• Whitehall wondered whether mutants had caused Garrett's behavior, but could not discover what had happened.
• Xia Zuo's order left Whitehall wary of an unknown enemy, and Whitehall chose to keep the incident quiet rather than retaliate.

After Hydra abandoned its ruined base, S.H.I.E.L.D. uncovered evidence that Agent Garrett had been a Hydra spy and began investigating a recent robbery. Meanwhile, Xia Zuo met the shy little girl Mary had placed in his room, who introduced herself as Skye.

• Whitehall ordered Hydra to evacuate its damaged base and leave clues for S.H.I.E.L.D. to find.
• Nick Fury and Natasha examined restored videotapes, confirmed Garrett was a Hydra spy, and focused their investigation on a recent robbery.
• Nick Fury assigned Natasha to investigate the robbery from beginning to end.
• Mary brought a little girl to Xia Zuo's room and left Xia Zuo responsible for looking after her.
• Xia Zuo asked the girl her name, and she quietly said that her name was Skye.

Xia Zuo learned that Skye had been transferred from Mary Joa Orphanage and let her stay with him despite concerns about his safety. That night, he weighed possible paths for his future before deciding to focus on his abilities and lie low while attention from the robbery continued.

• Xia Zuo recognized Skye as the future Quake, Daisy Johnson, and asked where she had lived before.
• Skye explained that Mary Joa Orphanage had gone bankrupt and its director had sent the children to other orphanages.
• Xia Zuo reassured Skye that she could stay, but warned her not to go outside alone.
• After showing Skye around the orphanage, Xia Zuo considered joining S.H.I.E.L.D., attending Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, or seeking training from the Ancient One at Kamar-Taj.
• Xia Zuo postponed choosing a path and decided to study his abilities while keeping a low profile as the robbery drew continued attention.

Natasha and Nick Fury traced the bank robbery’s turning point to Xia Zuo, the child with different-colored eyes at the orphanage, and ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to bring him in. Whitehall learned the same secret through a mole and sent Hydra to seize Xia Zuo and destroy the orphanage, leaving both forces heading for the same target.

• Nick Fury told Natasha that two Hydra robbers had been shot before their bodies entered the river.
• Natasha connected the gunshots she had heard near the orphanage to Xia Zuo and told Nick Fury her suspicions.
• Nick Fury ordered Natasha to take a squad to the orphanage and bring Xia Zuo back without harming him.
• Whitehall learned from a S.H.I.E.L.D. mole that Xia Zuo might be behind the robbery and ordered Hydra to capture him and wipe out the orphanage.

After upgrading his Geass Eye, Xia Zuo discovered he could foresee a scene from within the next hour. When he tested the ability on Skye, he saw a vision of a blood-soaked orphanage filled with corpses.

• Skye gave Xia Zuo a flower wreath, and he accepted it.
• Xia Zuo recalled how he had protected Skye from older orphans and how she had grown close to him.
• Xia Zuo accumulated emotional fluctuations until the Ultimate Eye offered to upgrade his first Eye Ring, and he accepted.
• The Geass Eye gained the ability to foresee a particular scene from within the next hour.
• Xia Zuo tested the new ability on Skye and saw the orphanage covered in blood, with corpses strewn across the grounds.

After foreseeing an imminent attack on the orphanage, Xia Zuo used his Geass to evacuate Director Mary, Skye, and the other children. He then prepared the orphanage as a battlefield, using mirrors to let him activate his ability while staying out of direct gunfire.

• Xia Zuo realized the orphanage was in danger and told Skye to gather everyone in the hall.
• Xia Zuo used Absolute Command on Director Mary, ordering her to take the children to a nearby park and keep them away for two hours.
• Skye refused to leave Xia Zuo, so he used his Geass to command her to follow Director Mary.
• After the orphanage emptied, Xia Zuo placed mirrors throughout the building to prepare for the coming attack.

Hydra forces surrounded the orphanage, and Xia Zuo used Geass to turn some of the soldiers against their comrades. The fight began with the controlled soldiers shooting the rest as they entered the grounds.

• More than two hundred Hydra soldiers surrounded the orphanage while Whitehall watched from a nearby building and ordered them to capture Xia Zuo, leaving the others to their fate.
• Xia Zuo activated a neon sign and mirror to make the soldiers entering through the main gate see his Geass.
• Geass's Absolute Command took control of roughly a quarter of the soldiers.
• Xia Zuo ordered the controlled soldiers to kill every other soldier inside the orphanage, and they opened fire on their advancing comrades.

Xia Zuo used his Geass to control Hydra soldiers and learned that the attackers belonged to Hydra and served Commander Suo Luo. He watched Suo Luo from the Orphanage and chose him as his next hunting target.

• The controlled soldiers attacked their Hydra comrades, and Whitehall ordered the Black Commander to fight back against them.
• A soldier searching the Orphanage hall fired at Xia Zuo but hit a mirror, where Xia Zuo's Geass appeared and established control over him.
• Xia Zuo ordered the soldier to answer his questions and then kill the invading soldiers until he died.
• The soldier identified himself as a Hydra soldier serving Commander Suo Luo and pointed out Suo Luo outside the Orphanage.
• Xia Zuo sent the soldier back into the battle and chose Suo Luo as his next target.

Nick Fury and Natasha rushed to the orphanage after learning Hydra had attacked it, but Xia Zuo had already taken control of the soldiers inside and lured Commander Suo Luo into a trap. Xia Zuo used Geass to command Suo Luo to answer his questions and kill the person who sent him.

• Nick Fury and Natasha learned that an armed unit had attacked the orphanage and hurried there, suspecting the inspection delay had been deliberate.
• As fighting spread into the orphanage, Suo Luo stayed outside until two soldiers reported that Xia Zuo had been captured and the controlled troops eliminated.
• Suo Luo followed the soldiers into the main hall and found Xia Zuo waiting among rows of soldiers under his control.
• Xia Zuo revealed the trap and used Geass to command Suo Luo to answer his questions and kill the person who had sent him.

Xia Zuo learned that Whitehall had ordered the attack on the Orphanage and discovered where he was hiding. When S.H.I.E.L.D. arrived, its soldiers found the courtyard littered with dead Hydra troops as Xia Zuo emerged to face them.

• Xia Zuo used Geass to question Officer Suo Luo, who explained that Whitehall had ordered the attack after S.H.I.E.L.D. uncovered the robbers' bodies.
• Officer Suo Luo told Xia Zuo that Whitehall was watching the battle from a building about a hundred meters away.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. arrived, and Nick Fury ordered his soldiers to capture Hydra's forces while protecting the children.
• Nick Fury, Natasha, and the S.H.I.E.L.D. soldiers entered the courtyard and found it covered in blood and scattered with dead Hydra troops.
• An armed unit emerged from the Orphanage and formed two rows as Xia Zuo stepped outside to face S.H.I.E.L.D.

Xia Zuo left the Hydra compound after telling Nick Fury that he had wiped out the Hydra soldiers who came after him. He escaped by using Geass to control Fury, and the chapter ended with the controlled Hydra soldiers killing themselves after Xia Zuo departed.

• Nick Fury found Xia Zuo surrounded by Hydra soldiers and asked what had happened.
• Xia Zuo said Hydra had come looking for trouble and that he had wiped them all out, prompting Fury to suspect he was a mind-controlling mutant.
• Xia Zuo teased Natasha by calling her Mrs. Steve, then announced he was leaving.
• Xia Zuo used Geass to make Nick Fury order his team to let him go, and he left with the Hydra soldiers protecting him.
• After Xia Zuo disappeared, Fury realized he had been controlled, while the Hydra soldiers shot themselves to fulfill his order to protect Xia Zuo until death.