Chapter Summaries

Tony spent three days adapting Cybertronian antigravity technology into a basic model for a small crewed vehicle, then returned to Stark Industries to test it. Rimuru expected Earth’s political and economic order to block civilian hovercars, but shifted his attention when Riot’s agitation exposed his location ahead of the spacecraft launch.

• Tony studied Cybertronian spatial technology for three days and completed a basic antigravity engine model suited to Earth's conditions.
• Tony thanked Rimuru, left for Stark Industries, and planned to begin physical prototype tests.
• Rimuru concluded that civilian hovercars would face resistance from politicians, capital, and the public, but decided not to warn Tony.
• Black Dragon Gillvalis detected Riot's agitated energy and locked onto his location as the interstellar spacecraft launch approached.
• Rimuru contacted Eddie and told him to bring Venom so they could intercept Riot.

Rimuru and Venom found Riot at the empty rocket launch site, where Rimuru’s Black Flame Lightning badly wounded it and its host. Riot tried to parasitize Rimuru, but he stopped it with high-frequency ultrasound and left it asleep on the ground.

• Rimuru and Venom located Riot inside the launch site and saw it had abandoned its original child host for a middle-aged man.
• Riot realized the rocket was gone and that Rimuru and Venom had trapped it, so it transformed and tried to flee.
• Rimuru stopped Venom from attacking and struck Riot with Black Flame Lightning, critically injuring Riot and its host.
• Riot abandoned its dying host and lunged at Rimuru, hoping to parasitize him.
• Rimuru used high-frequency ultrasound to put Riot to sleep, then approached it and teased it about sleeping in a public place.

Rimuru captured Riot after defeating him and then urged Eddie to pursue Anne again. Eddie remained unsure whether he should interrupt her new life, while Rimuru and Venom encouraged him to apologize and win her back.

• Riot regained consciousness, begged Rimuru to spare him, and then claimed his defeat was unfair.
• Rimuru subdued Riot with repeated War Stomps, sealed him in a reinforced vacuum glass jar, and stored him away.
• Rimuru teased Eddie about whether he had won back Anne, and Eddie admitted he was hesitant because another man was pursuing her.
• Rimuru encouraged Eddie to approach Anne, apologize sincerely, and tell her how he felt.
• Venom joined Rimuru in urging Eddie to win Anne back.

Eddie awkwardly tried to make amends with Anne but could not tell her he wanted to get back together, leaving her to believe he only acted out of guilt. Rimuru decided to ask Tony Stark to coach Eddie before Anne’s other suitor could win her over.

• Eddie agreed to look for Anne, weighed down by guilt over how he had hurt her and ruined their future together.
• With Venom coaching him, Eddie spent two days bringing Anne thoughtful gifts, apologizing, and showing her careful attention, but he never asked to start over.
• Anne grew confused and disappointed, mistaking Eddie’s restraint for proof that he no longer wanted their relationship.
• Rimuru realized Eddie’s fear and insecurity could cost him his remaining bond with Anne, so he decided to find him a relationship coach.
• Rimuru called Tony Stark and asked him to teach Eddie how to pursue Anne and express his feelings; Tony was baffled by the request.

Rimuru brought Eddie to Tony Stark for help rebuilding his confidence and winning Anne back. Tony exposed Eddie’s guilt-driven hesitation and began planning a sincere confession, leaving Eddie more determined to pursue a future with Anne.

• Rimuru offered Tony anti-gravity vehicle data in exchange for coaching Eddie, and Tony agreed.
• Tony criticized Eddie’s hesitant behavior and explained that his apologies and kindness had buried his true feelings for Anne.
• Eddie admitted that his past mistakes made him feel undeserving of asking Anne to reunite.
• Tony urged Eddie to distinguish atonement from love and warned that Anne’s lack of clarity could let another suitor step in.
• Venom encouraged Eddie to pursue Anne, and Eddie began to overcome his self-doubt.
• Tony proposed a customized plan to clarify Eddie’s feelings to Anne and help them start over.

Rimuru watched Tony teach Eddie how to win Anne back, but Tony’s flirtation advice and stories of his past threatened to turn Eddie into a playboy. Tony insisted his methods had restored Eddie’s confidence and proposed getting him practical experience, leaving Rimuru regretting that he had brought Tony in.

• Tony gave Eddie a detailed romance lesson and added pickup tricks from his own past, while Venom eagerly absorbed every tip.
• Tony and Venom demonstrated their methods on a passing woman until Rimuru threatened to tell Pepper and Tony stopped.
• Eddie became fascinated by Tony’s stories, and Rimuru feared the lesson was steering him away from faithfully winning Anne back.
• Rimuru stopped the lesson and confronted Tony, who claimed his stories had reduced Eddie’s guilt and boosted his confidence.
• Tony said Eddie needed practical experience with a woman he did not know, and Rimuru regretted putting Anne at risk.

Tony trained Eddie to overcome his guilt and confess his love to Anne, while Rimuru considered warning Anne’s new boyfriend, Dan Lewis, with a staged collision. Eddie reconciled with Anne before Rimuru could act, leaving Dan unbothered and Tony irritating Rimuru with his boasting.

• Rimuru stopped Tony from teaching Eddie womanizing tricks, and Tony instead coached Eddie to face his mistakes and express his feelings honestly.
• Eddie regained confidence in pursuing Anne, while Venom encouraged him to go for it.
• Rimuru saw Dan Lewis growing closer to Anne and decided to have Optimus Prime scare him with a controlled collision.
• Eddie confessed his love and apologized to Anne, who revealed through her reaction that she still loved him, and the two reconciled.
• Rimuru and Tony watched Eddie and Anne kiss; Rimuru abandoned his plan for Dan and considered sending Ironhide next time, then thought Tony deserved to be run over instead.

Eddie and Anne reconciled, and Tony returned to his anti-gravity engine research while Rimuru went back to the super electric car factory. As the factory neared completion, Rimuru identified its understaffed legal department as a serious risk and made building a stronger legal team his next priority.

• Eddie and Anne reunited, while Tony watched from nearby and declared his romantic coaching a success.
• Tony told Rimuru to keep his help to Eddie secret and threatened to expose embarrassing photos if Rimuru betrayed him.
• Tony drove back to his laboratory to resume anti-gravity engine research, and Rimuru headed to the electric car factory.
• The factory's construction and departments advanced steadily, while Eddie tested the first-generation prototype and studied its features for sales.
• Rimuru recognized that the legal team could not handle the disputes and regulatory risks of future expansion, so he decided to build a top-tier legal department.

Rimuru hired Anne Weying to lead a specialized legal team and establish a legal framework for the emerging electric vehicle industry, protecting his factory from regulatory and antitrust risks. Anne accepted and began preparing industry rules and negotiating with government and business.

• Rimuru recognized that the lack of electric vehicle laws and the risk of antitrust action could threaten his factory and its technology.
• Rimuru decided to recruit Anne Weying rather than rely on Tony's general-purpose legal team.
• Anne learned how Rimuru had helped Eddie face his feelings and thanked him for bringing them back together.
• Rimuru offered Anne authority over the company's electric vehicle legal affairs and industry regulation efforts.
• Anne accepted the position and formed a dedicated legal team at the factory.
• Anne's team began researching industry law and negotiating rules with government and business.

Anne built a legal framework for the electric vehicle industry with Rimuru’s guidance, but capital filed an antitrust suit before the rules took effect. Anne defeated the suit, the new regulations were enacted, and Rimuru prepared to expand Super Electric Vehicles across the market.

• Anne worked with government departments to draft electric vehicle regulations and compliance standards, while Rimuru reviewed and finalized them.
• An alliance of established automakers and Wall Street private equity firms sued the Super Electric Vehicle Company, demanding access to key patents, a breakup, and a massive fine.
• Rimuru handed the complaint to Anne, who used the company’s government filings, Stark Industries’ support, and patent disclosures to rebut the plaintiffs in court.
• The court dismissed every claim, finding that the company had not engaged in malicious monopoly, and ordered the plaintiffs to pay legal costs.
• Government departments accelerated and enacted a comprehensive set of regulations for the Super Electric Vehicle sector, completing Anne’s legal framework.
• Rimuru reviewed the new laws and prepared to launch Super Electric Vehicles across the market.

Rimuru launched three mass-market electric vehicles at the Stark Expo and challenged the traditional automotive industry’s faith in fuel-powered cars. As the audience embraced the new technology, he began considering using the AllSpark to turn the EVs into electric Transformers.

• Rimuru held the Super Electric Vehicle Company’s global launch at the Stark Expo, with Pepper Potts presiding.
• Rimuru unveiled three civilian EVs priced for commuters, families, and high-end SUV buyers, while postponing the luxury supercar series.
• Rimuru mocked the inefficiency and high maintenance costs of internal combustion cars and argued that ordinary people wanted affordable, low-hassle transportation.
• The crowd cheered Rimuru’s speech, and viewers began to see electric vehicles as the start of a new era.
• Rimuru imagined using the AllSpark to animate his company’s EVs as Transformers that could attack enemies with high-voltage electricity.

Super Electric Cars became a nationwide sensation and transformed the automotive market, while Rimuru focused on repairing Metroplex’s Transformation Cog. He successfully restored it with advanced liquid metal, but was left facing the challenge of finding and legally securing a suitable place for Metroplex.

• Super Electric Cars won over consumers with their range, low running costs, and smart features, and demand sent their factory and stock price soaring.
• Investors, entrepreneurs, and established automakers rushed to enter the electric-car market as the industry scrambled to respond.
• Rimuru withdrew to his laboratory and used liquid primordial cells from the Riot Symbiote to create a self-healing liquid metal without the Symbiote’s weaknesses.
• Rimuru used the new material to reconstruct Metroplex’s damaged Transformation Cog, restoring it to the condition of a brand-new component.
• Rimuru held off on reinstalling the cog because he still needed a secure, sufficiently large site and legal approval to house Metroplex.

The Tesseract opened a portal in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s underground base, allowing Loki to arrive and take control of Hawkeye. The T-1000 Terminators then overwhelmed Loki, leaving Nick Fury determined to keep them as the base faced the risk of an energy explosion.

• Nick Fury learned that the Tesseract had activated and was leaking an unknown energy.
• Loki emerged from a portal with the Mind Stone Scepter and ignored Nick Fury's demand to surrender.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. agents fired on Loki, but their bullets failed to hurt him, and he quickly overpowered them.
• Loki used the Mind Stone Scepter to control Hawkeye as Nick Fury tried to protect the Tesseract.
• T-1000 Terminators arrived and beat Loki down, while Nick Fury resolved to keep them and considered the potential damage useful for securing more funding.

Loki was overwhelmed by six T-1000s in the underground laboratory, but escaped after blasting them apart and using the Mind Stone Scepter to control S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel. With the base nearing collapse, he led his captives away and left Agent Hill behind as the alarms blared.

• Six T-1000s surrounded Loki, battered him, and pinned him with hardened liquid-metal restraints.
• Loki blasted two T-1000s apart with the Mind Stone Scepter, but watched them reassemble and return to the fight.
• Barton warned Loki that the director was stalling and the base was about to explode, so Loki fired more blasts to clear his way.
• Loki controlled the remaining S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and Dr. Selvig, then used the Tesseract's energy fluctuations to lead them out of the laboratory.
• Loki encountered Agent Hill as the underground base began to collapse, then disappeared into its passageways with his controlled men.

After Loki escaped with the Tesseract, Nick Fury launched the Avengers Initiative and recruited Rimuru to help defend Earth. Rimuru agreed in exchange for permission to study the Tesseract after the war, while eagerly anticipating Thor’s arrival and planning to build Metroplex’s city form as a base.

• Agent Hill failed to stop Loki, who escaped the collapsing base with Dr. Selvig and controlled agents.
• Nick Fury declared an emergency and summoned Steve Rogers, Bucky, Tony Stark, Dr. Banner, Natasha, and Rimuru to join the Avengers Initiative.
• Fury told Rimuru that dozens of T-1000s had been destroyed in the base disaster, but Rimuru recognized the claim as an attempt to conceal their recovery and keep them.
• Rimuru agreed to fight for Earth in exchange for short-term access to the Tesseract after the war, and Fury accepted with restrictions.
• Before leaving, Fury asked about Daju and petted the orange cat, then returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. to prepare the Avengers for battle.

Rimuru arrived at the Helicarrier after arranging for the Autobots and Decepticons to support the Battle of New York, where Natasha confronted him over the grim Life Foundation cleanup he had helped trigger. He offered her Extremis in exchange for joining him as a personal secretary on a Hawaii vacation after the war, and she accepted despite worrying about Nick Fury’s reaction.

• Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes boarded the Helicarrier, followed by Natasha Romanoff, Tony Stark, and Dr. Banner.
• Rimuru contacted the Autobots and Decepticons to prepare them to support the coming battle, then landed on the Helicarrier.
• Natasha confronted Rimuru about her gruesome Life Foundation cleanup mission, and Rimuru offered to help her complain to Nick Fury.
• After Steve and Bucky joined them, Rimuru reminded Natasha that Extremis could heal her scar and offered her a dose in exchange for accompanying him to Hawaii as his personal secretary.
• Natasha accepted the offer but worried that Nick Fury would not let her leave S.H.I.E.L.D.; Rimuru assured her he would handle him.

S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarrier entered stealth mode as the team prepared to track Loki, and Banner joined the operation in high spirits. Loki tried to force a crowd to submit, but Steve Rogers intervened just as Loki attacked a defiant old man.

• Steve Rogers paid Nick Fury ten dollars after losing their bet about the Helicarrier, while Rimuru and Agent Hill watched.
• Nick Fury assigned Dr. Banner to help locate the Tesseract and track Loki, and Banner praised Rimuru's anti-gravity engine technology.
• Tony Stark stayed quiet as he thought about Bucky's return and the interruption of his anti-gravity engine research.
• Dr. Banner went to Nick Fury's private laboratory, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents reported a facial-recognition match for Loki.
• Loki used the Mind Stone Scepter to pressure a crowd into submission, but a white-haired old man refused to bow.
• Loki attacked the old man, and Steve Rogers blocked the blast with his Vibranium Shield.

Rimuru abruptly landed on Loki and rode his neck, tugging at his helmet horns while Tony encouraged him and mocked the Asgardian. Loki struggled furiously but could not dislodge Rimuru, leaving the invasion scene turned into a public humiliation as he threatened the mortals around him.

• Rimuru dropped onto Loki's neck and began pulling at his helmet horns while berating him for their earlier encounter.
• Tony Stark arrived in his Iron Man Armor, saw Rimuru riding Loki, and cheered him on while comparing Loki to a stallion.
• Steve Rogers, the civilians, and the agents stared in stunned disbelief as the battlefield's tension gave way to the absurd spectacle.
• Loki surged with divine power and struggled to throw Rimuru off, but Rimuru clung on and tugged harder.
• Loki roared that the Midgardians had dared to humiliate a god and threatened to destroy the square.

Steve restrained Loki and the team took him back to the Helicarrier, while Rimuru eagerly anticipated Thor’s arrival. A thunderclap and Thor’s appearance confirmed that the next encounter had begun, though Steve suspected Loki had allowed himself to be captured.

• Steve pinned Loki down, and Loki’s Asgardian armor vanished as he stopped resisting.
• Tony and Rimuru teased Loki, who silently vowed revenge and feared Rimuru’s mention of Hulk.
• The team escorted Loki aboard the Quinjet, and Rimuru anticipated Thor joining the Avengers.
• A thunderclap made Loki tense, leading Steve to suspect Loki had deliberately surrendered.
• Thor landed on the Quinjet and moved to strike Tony, but Rimuru called out and stopped him.

Thor recognized Rimuru, then seized Loki and took him to a wilderness cliff to confront him about his survival and invasion of Midgard. Tony, Rimuru, and Steve followed and watched the brothers’ heated family argument, which left Thor frustrated and Loki unwilling to change.

• Thor stopped his attack when he recognized Rimuru, then grabbed Loki and flew away with him.
• Rimuru explained Thor’s identity to Steve and Tony, and Tony followed the brothers while Rimuru invited Steve to watch.
• Thor confronted Loki at a wilderness cliff, demanding to know why he had invaded Midgard after Asgard had mourned him as dead.
• Loki mocked Thor and rejected his concerns as the brothers argued over their past and Loki’s ambitions.
• Tony recorded the quarrel from the air while Rimuru and Steve watched from behind a rock, seeing the gods bicker like ordinary brothers.