Recaps

Rimuru helped the group retrieve the AllSpark from Hoover Dam and escaped with it as Megatron awakened. When the Autobots prepared to flee from the pursuing Decepticons, Rimuru stopped the convoy and announced that he would defeat Megatron himself.

• Rimuru accompanied Sam and the Sector Seven agents to Hoover Dam, where he anticipated the Decepticons’ arrival and had Frenzy captured by Gillvalis.
• Rimuru drew the group to Bumblebee, who was still being frozen, and helped bring him to the AllSpark.
• Bumblebee shrank the AllSpark, and the group escaped Hoover Dam with Rimuru carrying it in Bumblebee’s back seat.
• Megatron burst out of the dam, and the convoy met up with Optimus Prime and the other Autobots as Decepticons pursued them.
• Rimuru stopped the convoy and told the skeptical Autobots that he could defeat Megatron himself.

Rimuru summoned Galactron to defeat Megatron and persuaded him to join forces by offering help rebuilding Cybertron and revealing knowledge of his plans. The Decepticons ceased fire, though Bonecrusher was destroyed and Frenzy was captured.

• Megatron attacked Rimuru and blasted Optimus Prime away, so Rimuru summoned Galactron after hiding the AllSpark.
• Galactron defeated Megatron in one blow and pulled him from the ground, then Rimuru threatened him and offered to help rebuild Cybertron.
• Megatron agreed to cooperate with Rimuru while remaining leader of the Decepticons, but refused to take orders from Optimus Prime.
• Megatron ordered the Decepticons to cease fire, and Rimuru told Optimus Prime that a greater threat required them to unite.
• The group discovered Bonecrusher was destroyed and Frenzy was missing, and Rimuru revealed that he had captured Frenzy and that Bonecrusher could be revived.

Rimuru gathered the Transformers, ended Sentinel Prime’s isolation, and helped the Autobots and Decepticons defeat The Fallen before bringing Cybertron to Earth. After containing the threat of Unicron and arriving on Cybertron, Rimuru captured Quintessa and ordered Gillvalis to sever her control over the planet and reprogram her as a prisoner and reconstruction worker.

• Rimuru revived Jetfire and Sentinel Prime, and Optimus Prime agreed to support Sentinel despite not fully forgiving him.
• Megatron, Optimus Prime, and Sentinel Prime killed The Fallen and returned with his head.
• When human leaders tried to impose restrictions on the Transformers, Rimuru deployed Galactrons, prompting the humans to withdraw their proposal and negotiate as equals.
• Rimuru used Virtual Planet Kuscia to contain Cybertron near Earth, shielding the planet from gravitational damage and suppressing Unicron’s energy.
• Rimuru led the Transformers to Cybertron, where they found Quintessa draining the planet; Gillvalis captured and analyzed her.
• Rimuru ordered Gillvalis to disconnect Quintessa from Cybertron’s core, copy her data, and install safeguards that made her a prisoner assigned to help rebuild Cybertron.

After returning from Earth to the Marvel Universe, Rimuru brought the remaining Transformers to his virtual planet and found Cybertron in a massive battle. He separated the Dinobots and Predacons so the others could rebuild, then left with Jazz to visit Tony.

• Rimuru gathered the Dinobots and other Transformers on Earth, left Quintessa behind to finish her work, and returned to the Marvel Universe.
• Rimuru discovered that two weeks had passed in his own universe and later entered the virtual planet to check on Cybertron.
• Rimuru found Autobots, Decepticons, Dinobots, ancient Knights, and Predacons fighting across the planet, so he had Gillvalis freeze everyone.
• Gillvalis showed Rimuru that the Dinobots had started the battle after sensing the AllSpark, while dormant Transformers and Predacons had awakened and joined in.
• Rimuru sent the Vallis Knights to clean the battlefield and gather rebuilding resources, then moved the Dinobots and Predacons to another virtual planet.
• Rimuru took Jazz with him and left to see Tony.

Rimuru returned to Tony's villa with Jazz, a living Cybertronian he offered as Pepper's bodyguard. Tony and Pepper learned what Jazz could do, while Rimuru warned Doctor Strange about Kamar-Taj before he left.

• Rimuru reached Tony's villa in Jazz and was stopped by traffic police, but he convinced them they were testing a self-driving car.
• Pepper welcomed Rimuru after two weeks without contact, and Rimuru teased Tony before introducing Jazz as Pepper's bodyguard.
• Rimuru gave Doctor Strange a card with Kamar-Taj's address and told him to go there if something turned his life upside down.
• Rimuru had Jazz transform and reveal a weapon, then explained that Jazz was a living Cybertronian Autobot from another world.
• Jazz described his duties as Pepper's driver, bodyguard, and network-connected early-warning system, prompting Tony to question his safety and study his technology.

Rimuru introduced Jazz, a Cybertronian mechanical life-form, as Pepper's bodyguard, then began building his own armor after Tony showed off his latest suit. Jazz proved useful escorting Pepper to Stark Industries, where he used forged authorization to get past security.

• Rimuru revealed Jazz's robot form to Tony and Pepper and explained that he was a living mechanical life-form from another universe.
• Rimuru assigned Jazz to protect Pepper, and Tony showed Rimuru his armor prototype, which prompted Rimuru to plan a more impressive suit of his own.
• Nick Fury learned that Rimuru had returned with an unusual car and ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to observe him rather than interfere.
• Rimuru used Gillvalis's data and his laboratory to begin designing gold-and-white armor powered by advanced energy systems and magicules.
• Jazz drove Pepper to Stark Industries while avoiding traffic and S.H.I.E.L.D. probes, then presented forged authorization documents and a simulated Tony voice to get past security.

Rimuru tested his new Dragon Emperor Armor and dragon-shaped combat platform over New York before discovering a gang smuggling cargo at the harbor. After the gang attacked him, he defeated them and began questioning a survivor about the shipment and their boss.

• Nick Fury ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to keep monitoring Rimuru and his new project after discovering the forged authorization documents and unusual laboratory readings.
• Rimuru finished his armor, added the Dragon Knight platform, and took the pair out for a nighttime flight over New York.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. detected the twelve-meter mechanical dragon and Fury told Coulson to prepare a new file for the Dragon Knight.
• Rimuru spotted a gang moving crates at the harbor and landed to ask what they were doing.
• The gang fired bullets and an RPG at Rimuru, but his armor withstood the attack and his palm cannon destroyed the rocket.
• Rimuru killed the gang's boss with a punch, subdued the remaining men, and demanded that a survivor identify the cargo and their boss.

Rimuru uncovered a human-trafficking operation tied to Wilson Fisk and set out in the Dragon Knight Armor to rescue victims in a Brooklyn warehouse. As S.H.I.E.L.D. prepared to respond, Kingpin learned that an unknown armored figure had disrupted his operation and vowed to retaliate.

• Rimuru learned that the captured smugglers worked for Wilson Fisk, known as Kingpin, and discovered kidnapped men, women, and children inside the containers.
• Rimuru scanned the port, promised to take the victims and challenge Kingpin, then stabilized them and asked Gillvalis to notify S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Rimuru flew toward Brooklyn to find the underground warehouse while Nick Fury ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to secure the port and updated the incident file.
• Kingpin received word that his shipment and dockside base had been lost, suspected an unknown armored opponent or S.H.I.E.L.D. involvement, and threatened to make Brooklyn a grave for the intruder.

Rimuru raided a Brooklyn warehouse where gang members were holding people captive, killing the traffickers and freeing the captives. He gave healing potions to the worst-injured survivors and planned to leave the rest to S.H.I.E.L.D.

• Rimuru found the gang's underground warehouse in Brooklyn and knocked out its guards.
• Rimuru blasted through the warehouse doors after the gang fired at him.
• Rimuru defeated the scar-faced boss and killed the remaining gangsters.
• Rimuru melted the lock on the reinforced room and freed the captives.
• Rimuru treated the most seriously injured captives with healing potions and planned to let S.H.I.E.L.D. take over.

Rimuru struck a deal with S.H.I.E.L.D. to bring order to Hell’s Kitchen, while Kingpin reacted to the destruction of one of his bases by preparing for the unknown armored threat. With Fury’s conditions in place, Rimuru began summoning outside help for his planned crackdown.

• Rimuru offered to deal with Hell’s Kitchen if S.H.I.E.L.D. helped shield him from unnecessary trouble and agreed to split recovered dirty money.
• Kingpin watched footage of the gold-and-white armored figure destroying his base, ordered an investigation, and tightened security across his territory.
• Coulson relayed Nick Fury’s conditions: minimize casualties and damage, report operations twelve hours ahead, hand over non-monetary sensitive finds, and keep financial accounts clear.
• Rimuru accepted S.H.I.E.L.D.’s terms and decided to summon capable allies rather than rely on Vallis Knight, Galactron, or the Transformers.
• Rimuru opened a spatial passage in the warehouse and prepared to summon help for his campaign against Kingpin’s gang.

Rimuru used Gillvalis and the virtual planet Kuscia to locate and erase Skynet, freeing Earth from its control. He collected data on the Terminators and left the survivors to rebuild their ruined world.

• Rimuru arrived in the Terminator world, defeated a T-600, and searched the wasteland for the story’s protagonists.
• Rimuru summoned Virtual Planet Kuscia, which enveloped Earth and scanned for Skynet while startling the surviving humans and machines.
• Gillvalis overpowered Skynet’s defenses, took control of its network, and stopped most of its nuclear missiles from launching.
• Skynet activated its Judgment Day Protocol, but Gillvalis dismantled the launched missiles and absorbed Skynet’s data, shutting down the Terminators.
• Rimuru collected the Terminator data and told Gillvalis to gather the machines for the million-person evacuation before leaving Earth with Galactron.

Rimuru deployed Terminator robots alongside S.H.I.E.L.D. and the police to raid Hell’s Kitchen and dismantle its trafficking gangs. The operation ended with the main bosses in custody and lower-level bosses assigned to repair Cybertron.

• Rimuru selected a TOK-715 as his bodyguard and ordered Gillvalis to prepare a nighttime raid on Hell’s Kitchen.
• Coulson coordinated S.H.I.E.L.D. and New York City police as Rimuru positioned T-700s, T-1000s, and a T-X around the neighborhood.
• The Terminators subdued gangsters at warehouses, bars, and garages, while the T-1000s captured several bosses trading organ-trafficking ledgers.
• Rimuru directed Coulson to send unconscious suspects to the hospital, awake suspects to the police, and use Gillvalis’s collected evidence.
• Coulson asked Rimuru for a more detailed equipment list for future joint operations, and Rimuru said his forces were only getting started.
• Rimuru ordered Gillvalis to hand important suspects to S.H.I.E.L.D. and exile mid- and lower-level bosses to Cybertron.

Rimuru dismissed Tony’s concerns about his robot army after it helped destroy Kingpin’s underworld empire, then effortlessly defeated an armed force sent to his villa. He suspected Hydra was behind the attack and returned to relaxing while Tony asked to study some robots.

• Kingpin learned that Hell’s Kitchen had been devastated, while Nick Fury considered Rimuru’s robots and asked Coulson to seek the technology.
• News reports showed Kingpin’s criminal empire collapsing as S.H.I.E.L.D. charged him with multiple crimes.
• Tony called Rimuru to question him about the robots, warning that governments would fear an uncontrolled army and that Kingpin’s allies had made Rimuru a target.
• Gillvalis detected surveillance equipment and approaching armed vehicles, and Rimuru assured Tony he could handle the threat.
• Rimuru opened a portal that swallowed the attackers and their vehicles, then suspected Hydra had sent them.
• Tony asked Rimuru to send him robots to study, and Rimuru warned him to be careful with their batteries.

Tony struggled to understand how the T-1000’s liquid-metal body functioned, while Rimuru privately understood the answer and enjoyed watching Tony’s frustration. Tony ended the chapter convinced he could not solve the mystery, then realized Rimuru had been teasing him and squeezed the slime in frustration.

• Tony examined the T-1000’s alloy and concluded that its shapeless body had no circuits, chips, or conventional power source despite acting as an intelligent machine.
• Tony cut the liquid metal apart and watched the pieces quickly rejoin and restore themselves, deepening his confusion about its abilities.
• Rimuru concealed his understanding of the T-1000 and suggested it might power itself rather than function as an ordinary machine.
• Tony lost confidence in his ability to solve the problem and compared his predicament to the one his father Howard had faced.
• Rimuru told Tony he probably would not figure the T-1000 out in his lifetime, and Tony recognized the teasing before squeezing Rimuru in frustration.

Pepper rescued Rimuru from Tony’s lab and took him shopping after dressing him in a floral dress, leaving him exhausted and determined to resist her next makeover. Once they returned to Stark Tower, Rimuru shed the outfit and collapsed in his slime form.

• Pepper pulled Rimuru away from Tony’s lab and decided to give him a makeover.
• Pepper dressed Rimuru in a floral dress and hair clip despite his protests.
• Pepper took Rimuru shopping and out for afternoon tea, while he endured the outing with an obedient smile.
• Rimuru returned to Stark Tower, transformed back into his slime form, and collapsed on the couch.
• Rimuru vowed to refuse the next time Pepper tried to dress him up.

Rimuru showed Tony Stark a Terminator T-X plasma reactor and proposed using it to power electric cars produced in a new Hell's Kitchen factory. Tony agreed to handle the factory and production work, while warning that the reactor's capabilities would need to be restricted.

• Rimuru escaped Pepper's prolonged shopping trip and decided to use Terminator technology to make money.
• Rimuru brought Tony the T-X plasma reactor, and Tony examined its compact design and exceptional energy output.
• Rimuru proposed building an electric car factory in the vacant area of Hell's Kitchen to use the reactor as a clean power source.
• Rimuru offered to provide and stabilize the reactor technology while Tony handled the factory, production line, testing, and operations.
• Tony agreed to the partnership and warned that the reactor would need to be heavily nerfed before the project could proceed.

Rimuru grew bored while his project stalled in the American government’s review process, so he decided to give S.H.I.E.L.D. a troublesome robot to investigate. The chapter left him taking the night off while Quintessa prepared a precise massage.

• Rimuru complained that government reviews and approvals could delay his project for six months to a year.
• Fury, Coulson, and Hill examined a T-600 and discovered its unusual durability, remote reset system, and reserved military-grade expansion ports.
• Quintessa reviewed Rimuru’s schedule and explained that his project was still awaiting another committee review.
• Rimuru proposed several ways to speed up the bureaucracy, then decided to send S.H.I.E.L.D. an upgraded T-600 with a nonlethal anti-crow protocol near its communications band.
• Rimuru dismissed his remaining obligations for the night and asked Quintessa to give him a precise massage.

Rimuru watched the Hulk’s rampage in Harlem and was stunned when Tony Stark flew in to challenge him. Tony’s armor survived Hulk’s first attack, but the fight left him badly shaken and damaged.

• Rimuru learned that Bruce Banner had returned to New York and used Gillvalis to follow the military pursuit in Harlem.
• Banner transformed into Hulk after soldiers cornered him, and Hulk shrugged off the army’s weapons and defeated Blonsky.
• Tony Stark arrived in his Mark Armor, ignored General Ross’s order to leave, and taunted Hulk from the air.
• Hulk leapt at Tony, withstood several missile explosions, and nearly grabbed him before Tony dodged at the last moment.
• JARVIS reported that Tony’s armor had taken damage, and Tony admitted that Hulk was stronger than he had expected while Rimuru criticized his recklessness.

Rimuru joined Tony after Hulk fled, then discussed the danger posed by Mr. Blue and persuaded Tony to consider recruiting Bruce Banner. Tony agreed to find Banner and ordered JARVIS to trace Hulk’s path and investigate Banner’s research contacts.

• Rimuru arrived in Dragon Knight armor just as Hulk slapped Tony away, but Betty’s influence soon made Hulk flee.
• General Ross ordered his battered troops to retreat and took the injured Blonsky with them.
• Rimuru warned Tony that Mr. Blue, Samuel Sterns, was secretly obsessed with Hulk’s gamma energy and had helped bring about Abomination.
• Rimuru urged Tony to recruit Banner, arguing that his scientific expertise could be valuable if he had a safe laboratory and protection.
• Tony agreed that Banner’s research was impressive and decided to recruit him after finding him.
• Tony told JARVIS to analyze Hulk’s jumping trajectory and search Banner’s research records for New York contacts.

Rimuru sent T-1000s to destroy Stern’s research and keep Banner from falling into Ross’s hands, but the military arrived and the confrontation pushed Banner into becoming Hulk. Hulk tore through the Terminators and attacked Blonsky, while Rimuru redirected his forces to salvage the lab’s research and turn Hulk against Ross’s troops.

• Rimuru learned that Banner had reached Stern’s lab and ordered the Terminators to eliminate Stern and destroy his research before the military arrived.
• Blonsky and Ross’s soldiers attacked the T-1000s outside the lab as other Terminators entered through pipes and Black Dragon began wiping the lab’s computer systems.
• Cornered by the military and the Terminators, Banner struggled to resist transforming, but Hulk burst through the alloy door and attacked the soldiers and robots.
• Blonsky charged Hulk, while a T-1000 killed Stern and Hulk turned on it after Betty screamed.
• Rimuru ordered the T-1000s to seize or destroy the lab’s research and redirect Hulk’s rage toward Ross’s troops.

Rimuru arrived at the battlefield and watched Tony test his modified Iron Monger armor against the rampaging Hulk. After Rimuru saved Tony from a potentially fatal blow, the Hulk turned his attention to Rimuru, who prepared to fight.

• Blonsky saw Banner's blood bags and came up with an idea while the Hulk routed the army.
• Rimuru arrived in his Dragon Knight Armor and met Tony in his bulky red modified Iron Monger armor.
• Tony attacked the Hulk with missiles, sonic cannons, and other weapons, but the Hulk overpowered him and resisted his Strength Suppressors.
• Rimuru struck the Hulk with liquid nitrogen, giving Tony time to escape after the Hulk grabbed his armor.
• The Hulk turned toward Rimuru, who powered up the Dragon Knight Armor and challenged him.

Rimuru fought Hulk in the Dragon Knight Armor, matching his strength before gaining the upper hand with technique and magic. Hulk caught Rimuru off guard and swung him around, but Rimuru struck back with the Bolts of Balthakk; as their battle stalled, Abomination joined the fight.

• Rimuru and Hulk traded powerful blows, with Rimuru punching Hulk into a crater and Hulk quickly healing.
• Rimuru countered Hulk’s attacks with grappling and martial techniques, then knocked him down with an elbow and a kick.
• Hulk grew stronger and met Rimuru’s punch with a concentrated blow, but Rimuru remained standing while Hulk dropped to one knee.
• Hulk revealed he had deliberately knelt, grabbed Rimuru’s foot, and swung him from side to side.
• Rimuru blasted Hulk with the Bolts of Balthakk, scorching his chest and slowing his healing.
• Abomination entered the battlefield as the fight reached a stalemate.

Rimuru watched Hulk and Abomination devastate New York while negotiating with Nick Fury for S.H.I.E.L.D. favors in exchange for stopping them. He unleashed the Bolts of Balthakk, weakening both monsters and leaving Tony astonished as the battle paused.

• Abomination, revealed as Emil Blonsky after injecting Banner's blood, joined Hulk in a destructive fight while Rimuru and Tony discussed profiting from their brawl.
• Nick Fury called Rimuru and offered a S.H.I.E.L.D. response permit, Gamma Project research data, and an archive search in exchange for stopping the fight.
• After Abomination wounded Hulk and the battle worsened, Rimuru accepted Fury's deal and told Tony to stand back.
• Rimuru cast the Bolts of Balthakk, striking both Hulk and Abomination with concentrated lightning that crippled them and reduced their aggression.
• Tony asked JARVIS to assess the attack, and JARVIS reported energy comparable to a small tactical nuclear weapon; Tony wondered why Rimuru had fought Hulk by hand earlier.

After Rimuru’s fight with Abomination, Hydra judged him too powerful to confront and Pierce ordered a covert plan to monitor him, manipulate General Ross, and make Rimuru leave Earth if necessary. Tony and Banner analyzed Rimuru’s lightning while Rimuru relaxed at his manor, unconcerned because he believed he could leave the universe whenever he wanted.

• S.H.I.E.L.D. arranged for Banner to join Stark Industries and took the badly injured Abomination into custody.
• Pierce rejected a direct attack on Rimuru and ordered Hydra to classify the battle data, secretly track Rimuru, and monitor Tony and Banner.
• Pierce directed Hydra to provoke General Ross into testing Rimuru and placed the Winter Soldier on standby as a last resort.
• Pierce prepared the Expulsion contingency, which would spread rumors and public panic to pressure Rimuru into leaving Earth.
• Tony and Banner analyzed Rimuru’s lightning and concluded that its power and spatial effects surpassed known Earth technology.
• Rimuru enjoyed a massage from 715 and decided he had no reason to worry because he could leave if Earth became troublesome.

Hydra enhanced and brainwashed Blonsky, turning him into a stronger Abomination who escaped and began devastating New York while demanding to fight Hulk and Rimuru. Tony and Banner arrived to stop him, and the chapter ended as Hulk and Abomination met each other’s fists in midair.

• Hydra agents disabled the S.H.I.E.L.D. base’s security, injected Blonsky with enhanced gamma factor and a rage-inducing catalyst, and programmed him to target Rimuru.
• Abomination broke out of the base and rampaged through New York, demanding that Hulk and Rimuru face him.
• Banner identified Blonsky’s uncontrolled gamma energy, while Tony prepared a battlefield isolation plan and sent Banner to bring out Hulk.
• Tony and Banner reached the battlefield, where Abomination attacked Hulk before he could land.
• Hulk swung back at Abomination, and their fists collided in midair.