Chapter Summaries

Su Zhou visited Tony Stark and warned him that severe palladium poisoning left him only about half a month to live. Natasha then teased Su Zhou about stealing her stockings, leaving him exposed as the thief.

• Su Zhou left Nick Fury with Coulson and drove through morning traffic to Stark Industries.
• Su Zhou found Tony sparring with Happy and warned him that palladium poisoning could kill him within half a month.
• Pepper Potts rushed to Tony, who reassured her that he expected to fix the poisoning with new technology.
• Natasha offered Su Zhou a drink and invited him to investigate the theft of her black stockings.
• Natasha whispered that she knew Batman was skilled, and Su Zhou sprayed his drink while Happy caught it with his face.

Su Zhou exposed Natasha as S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Black Widow, injected Tony with lithium dioxide to ease his palladium poisoning, and pointed him toward his father's legacy. He then took Natasha to his apartment and began to ask her about Hydra.

• Su Zhou revealed that Natasha was S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Black Widow and had been assigned to protect Tony and assess him for the Avengers Initiative.
• Tony fired Natasha, but she stayed at Stark Industries while Su Zhou completed his mission, and Pepper felt guilty for having helped her become Tony's assistant.
• Su Zhou injected Tony with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s lithium dioxide to ease his palladium poisoning and told him to examine the model of the expo for his father's legacy.
• Su Zhou opened a portal to his apartment and brought Natasha with him, leaving Tony, Pepper, and Happy stunned by the magic.
• At Su Zhou's apartment, he told Natasha to call him Su Zhou and asked whether she had heard of Hydra.

Su Zhou told Natasha that HYDRA had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. and revealed that he had been its mole before deciding to turn against it. Natasha accepted his proposal to become allies after he admitted he admired her beauty, and they toasted their partnership.

• Su Zhou showed Natasha files linking Operation Paperclip and Doctor Zola to HYDRA's infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Su Zhou claimed that most of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s personnel, including Secretary Alexander, were HYDRA members, and Natasha drew her gun on him.
• Su Zhou explained that he had been recruited as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent by HYDRA but now wanted to help destroy the organization and its compromised host.
• Natasha lowered her gun but asked why Su Zhou had chosen her as an ally, and he cited her clean record outside HYDRA's files.
• Su Zhou told Natasha she was the most beautiful woman he had ever met, and Natasha toasted with him.

Su Zhou recruited Natasha to help him oppose Hydra while they continued their undercover work, and she persuaded him to take her shopping. The next evening, they attended the Stark Expo dressed in expensive clothes that emptied Su Zhou’s bank account.

• Natasha questioned Su Zhou’s plan to fight Hydra with only the two of them, and he suggested recruiting her friend Clint.
• Su Zhou told Natasha to keep working as usual and not reveal Hydra’s presence to anyone except Clint.
• Natasha convinced Su Zhou to take her shopping and agreed to become his personal assistant in exchange for a dress that would steal the spotlight.
• Natasha and Su Zhou arrived at the Stark Expo the next evening, wearing outfits that had cost him his remaining money.
• Su Zhou asked whether they could return the clothes after the event, but Natasha said they had no receipt.

Su Zhou and Natasha attended the Stark Industries Expo, where Tony warned them that Ivan was targeting Pepper. Tony also revealed that he had created a new element for his Arc Reactor, and Su Zhou reminded him that his father had discovered it first.

• Su Zhou brought Natasha to the expo in combat outfits, expecting trouble based on the disasters that had followed Tony's earlier events.
• Natasha asked Su Zhou for his spatial ring, while he complained that their expensive outfits had maxed out his credit card.
• Pepper asked Su Zhou to return Natasha, but Tony called and warned that Ivan was going to hurt her.
• Su Zhou rushed backstage with Natasha and Pepper as Tony told him Ivan had teamed up with Hammer Industries.
• Tony excitedly said he had upgraded his Arc Reactor with a new element, and Su Zhou pointed out that Tony's father had discovered it years earlier.

Su Zhou forced Justin Hammer to reveal that Ivan was at Hammer Industries and arrested him as Iron Man battled the controlled Rhodey armor and Hammer’s robot soldiers. Su Zhou and Natasha headed for Hammer Industries to help Tony reboot the armor.

• Su Zhou pinned Justin Hammer down, broke two of his fingers, and threatened him until he admitted Ivan was at Hammer Industries.
• Su Zhou handcuffed Justin Hammer and told Pepper Potts to have the police take him away while he went after Ivan.
• Tony’s Iron Man Armor attacked him after Ivan took control of Rhodey’s armor, and Hammer’s robot soldiers joined the fight.
• Su Zhou explained that they needed to reach Hammer Industries to reboot Rhodey’s armor, then ran with Natasha to Pepper’s car.
• Su Zhou drove off with Natasha and told Happy to find Pepper and keep her safe.

Su Zhou and Natasha fought their way through Hammer Industries to reach Ivan’s control room, where Natasha rebooted Rhodey’s armor while he was still airborne. The chapter ended with Rhodey falling toward a botanical garden and Tony racing to save him.

• Su Zhou drove Natasha to Hammer Industries, knocked out the entrance guard, and explained that the Winter Soldier who shot her was a Hydra member.
• Su Zhou punched his way through twenty-one guards while Natasha questioned him about the Winter Soldier’s identity.
• Su Zhou knocked down the two guards outside room 3082 and found two dead men hanging inside the room.
• Natasha used the monitors to connect with Tony and Rhodey and began rebooting Rhodey’s armor system.
• Natasha rebooted Rhodey’s armor while he was flying, causing him to lose power and plummet toward a botanical garden as Tony rushed after him.

Su Zhou rescued Rhodey from a fall into Hammer Industries and helped him and Tony fight off the robot soldiers. As the battle seemed to end, Su Zhou spotted a much larger threat approaching through the sky.

• Rhodey woke up after Su Zhou caught him through a portal and stopped him from crashing into the ceiling.
• Su Zhou left Natasha behind at the computer, then promised to return for her after she angrily confronted him over the radio.
• Su Zhou and Rhodey fought the robot soldiers together while Tony battled the airborne robots.
• Tony asked to study Su Zhou's Adamantium Blade and mentioned the stockings, prompting Natasha to accuse Su Zhou of stealing hers.
• Su Zhou spotted a large figure approaching with blue flames shooting from its rear and warned Tony and Rhodey.

Su Zhou, Tony, and Rhodey fought Ivan, whose upgraded armor and electrified whips overwhelmed them. After Rhodey’s missile failed, Su Zhou reappeared behind Ivan, badly burned but alive.

• Ivan struck Su Zhou with a lightning bolt while Su Zhou approached him through the botanical garden.
• Ivan overpowered Tony and Rhodey, pinning Tony and wrapping an electrified whip around Rhodey’s neck.
• Rhodey fired his Ex-Wife missile at Ivan, but it fell into the water without harming him.
• Tony suggested a plan while aiming his repulsor at Rhodey, and Rhodey warned him not to blow him up.
• Su Zhou appeared behind Ivan, and Ivan stared in shock that Su Zhou had survived without armor.

Su Zhou defeated and killed Ivan with the Adamantium Blade, then escaped the robot soldiers’ self-destruct explosion through a portal. He reappeared before Natasha, who mistook his soot-blackened face for a black man and demanded to know who he was.

• Su Zhou used the Bolt character card to rush Ivan and cut off both of his armored arms with the Adamantium Blade.
• Su Zhou kicked Ivan down and stabbed through his chest reactor, then killed him when he tried to insult Howard Stark.
• The system awarded Su Zhou 400 justice points for killing Whiplash and stopping his slander of Howard Stark.
• Tony and Rhodey discovered that Ivan’s damaged robot soldiers were set to self-destruct and flew away, while Su Zhou escaped through a portal just before the explosion.
• Natasha confronted Su Zhou after he emerged from the portal, and his soot-blackened chin led her to mistake him for a black man.

After Tony reunited with Pepper at the burning Stark Expo, Su Zhou proposed that Stark Industries compensate victims and sue Hammer Industries and the government. Frustrated by Tony’s profit-focused response, Su Zhou considered taking over Hydra before Nick Fury called about an unliftable hammer in New Mexico.

• Tony rescued Pepper from the Stark Expo and kissed her on a rooftop until Su Zhou, Natasha, and Rhodey interrupted them.
• Su Zhou urged Tony and Pepper to have Stark Industries cover the damage and injuries, explain the events publicly, and sue Hammer Industries and the government.
• Tony praised the plan as a way to win public support and boost Stark Industries, while Su Zhou insisted he only wanted the company to take responsibility.
• Disheartened by Tony’s focus on profit, Su Zhou considered becoming Hydra’s leader and remaking the organization.
• Nick Fury called Su Zhou and told him Coulson had found an unliftable hammer in New Mexico; Su Zhou agreed to investigate.

After leaving Natasha to handle the Stark Expo report, Su Zhou used his Justice Points to draw five Calabash Brothers character experience cards. He discovered that the cards could be fused, but the system demanded more resources than he had.

• Natasha was ordered to write a report on the Stark Expo incident, while Nick Fury said Su Zhou could not write one because he could not use a computer.
• Su Zhou retired his battered Batman suit and asked the system about his 503 Justice Points and the prize-draw guarantees.
• Su Zhou chose five character experience card draws, reasoning that the cards could provide more value than individual skills and might help him advance Master of Disguise.
• The system gave Su Zhou experience cards for First Brother, Second Brother, Fire Brother, Water Brother, and Sixth Brother, completing the set alongside the Third Brother card he already had.
• The system activated a Character Experience Card Fusion System after detecting Su Zhou's interest in fusing cards, but it said he lacked enough Justice Points and asked whether he wanted to substitute experience cards.

Su Zhou joined Coulson at S.H.I.E.L.D.'s New Mexico facility to examine the fallen hammer, Mjolnir. He lifted it effortlessly, summoned lightning, and transformed his suit into Asgardian armor, then told Coulson he knew where the hammer came from.

• Coulson asked Su Zhou to inspect the mysterious hammer that S.H.I.E.L.D. could not move.
• Su Zhou recognized Hawkeye in a high observation basket and noticed Hydra agent Sitwell among the facility staff.
• Coulson led Su Zhou to Mjolnir in a crater, where Su Zhou sensed its unfamiliar magical aura.
• Su Zhou picked up Mjolnir effortlessly and tossed it in his hand, astonishing Coulson and the S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel.
• Su Zhou raised Mjolnir and summoned a bolt of lightning that transformed his suit into Asgardian armor.
• Su Zhou told Coulson that he knew where Mjolnir came from.

Su Zhou lifted Mjolnir and was transported to Asgard, where the Ancient One intervened to smooth things over with Odin. She brought Su Zhou back to Kamar-Taj and confined him to its library until Thor returned to Asgard.

• Su Zhou lifted Mjolnir, and the Bifrost carried him from Earth to Asgard while Coulson reported his disappearance to Nick Fury.
• Su Zhou invoked the Ancient One as his master, and she appeared to meet Odin and brought them into the Mirror Dimension.
• Odin and the Ancient One discussed Su Zhou, then Odin reclaimed Mjolnir and sent it back to Earth.
• Su Zhou insulted Odin by threatening to fine him for littering, so the Ancient One knocked him unconscious and carried him away.
• Su Zhou woke in the Kamar-Taj library, where the Ancient One ordered him to stay and read until Thor returned to Asgard.

Su Zhou struggled through the Book of the Vishanti after it bound him to the Divine Dimension with a Stigmata, while the Ancient One pushed him to become Sorcerer Supreme so she could abandon her duties. He finally agreed, and the Ancient One immediately handed him the Eye of Agamotto and pretended to die.

• Su Zhou recalled how reading the Book of the Vishanti had filled his head with knowledge, opened a connection to the Divine Dimension, and left him with a Stigmata that restricted him to white magic.
• Su Zhou complained that he had been confined to the library for half a month, while the Ancient One insisted he keep studying until he accepted the Sorcerer Supreme position.
• Su Zhou accused the Ancient One of wanting to escape her duties and argued that he was not suited to become Sorcerer Supreme.
• The Ancient One warned Su Zhou not to question her supposed death, and he realized he could accept the role and later pass it to Doctor Strange.
• Su Zhou agreed to become Sorcerer Supreme, so the Ancient One put the Eye of Agamotto around his neck and immediately lay down as if dead.

Su Zhou returned from studying with the Ancient One and learned that the Battle of New York was imminent after Tony mentioned Stark Tower’s new Arc Reactor power supply. He answered calls from HYDRA’s Alexander and Nick Fury, then blamed Fury for mishandling the Tesseract and threatened to kill him.

• Su Zhou joked that the Ancient One was dead and tried to leave Kamar-Taj, but she knocked him out and reclaimed the Eye of Agamotto.
• The Ancient One agreed to let Su Zhou delay becoming Sorcerer Supreme until he had dealt with HYDRA, and he promised to return after destroying it.
• Su Zhou returned to his apartment, found Tony’s new phone, and learned that Stark Tower would soon run on Tony’s Arc Reactor.
• Su Zhou told Tony he had been studying magic rather than abducted by aliens, then ended the call when Alexander and Nick Fury called.
• Alexander ordered Su Zhou to investigate the Tesseract’s loss and submit reports, while Su Zhou warned him through HYDRA’s code that the call might be unsafe.
• Su Zhou shouted at Nick Fury that his Tesseract research endangered humanity and threatened to kill him.

After Loki stole the Tesseract and took control of Hawkeye and Dr. Erik, Su Zhou arrested Nick Fury for the failed experiment and seized command of the Helicarrier. He appointed Coulson commander and made him responsible for whatever went wrong.

• Su Zhou confronted Nick Fury over the Tesseract experiment that had brought Loki to Earth and let him take the Tesseract, Hawkeye, and Dr. Erik.
• Su Zhou arrested Fury at gunpoint, while the agents nearby pretended not to notice.
• Fury defended studying the Tesseract, but Su Zhou fired a warning shot and insisted that Fury be held accountable regardless of whether the Tesseract was recovered.
• Su Zhou locked Fury in a detention cell and asked who had the highest agent clearance level.
• Coulson said that he did, so Su Zhou made him the commander and told him to take the blame if anything went wrong.

Su Zhou gathered the Avengers and located Loki in Berlin, then opened a portal to take the team there. The chapter left Steve leading the group out on their first mission.

• Su Zhou appointed Coulson to command the Helicarrier, and Natasha reported that Loki had been spotted in Berlin.
• Su Zhou explained his limits with portal magic, then located Berlin and told Steve to get suited up.
• Steve discussed Bucky and the Captain America museum with Su Zhou, while Natasha and Dr. Banner returned to their work.
• Su Zhou, Steve, and Natasha prepared to leave, and Tony Stark arrived on the Helicarrier landing pad.
• Su Zhou opened a portal to Berlin, and Steve declared, "Avengers, first mission, move out!"

Su Zhou and the Avengers captured Loki in Germany, but Su Zhou shot him after he surrendered. Thor arrived from Asgard and attacked, so Su Zhou used Loki as a club to fight him.

• Steve entered the portal with Su Zhou, Tony, and Natasha, and they found Loki controlling a crowd in a German square.
• Steve confronted Loki and fought him until Su Zhou shot Loki in the neck, letting Steve and Tony subdue him and take the Mind Scepter.
• After Loki surrendered, Su Zhou shot him in the temple, then dragged him toward a portal as Natasha watched in resignation.
• Thor arrived through a beam of light and attacked Su Zhou, who used Loki to block Mjolnir and swing him at Thor.
• Su Zhou taunted Thor by calling him a weak god as their fight began.

Su Zhou took Mjolnir from Thor, gained Thor's power, and defeated both brothers. He then gave Mjolnir to Natasha, who also proved worthy and became the world's first Mighty Thor, leaving Thor and Loki unconscious.

• Su Zhou used Loki to distract Thor, grabbed Mjolnir, and transformed into armor after lifting it.
• Su Zhou explained that Mjolnir granted its wielder Thor's power, then struck Thor into Loki and knocked both brothers down.
• Su Zhou placed Mjolnir in Natasha's hand, and she transformed into armor and discovered she could wield its power.
• Su Zhou declared Natasha the world's first Mighty Thor and said he would have Thor and Loki imprisoned, causing both brothers to pass out again.