Chapter Summaries

After Uvogin was captured by the Third Elder’s men, Ian gathered their companions to rescue him rather than seek help from another elder. Uvogin fought in the West District prison, where a powerful guard urged him to work for the Third Elder.

• Chrollo told Ian and the others that Uvogin had been captured, and Nobunaga suspected he had gone after Angsa for revenge.
• Ian decided to lead a rescue at the prison where Chrollo believed Uvogin was being held, and Nobunaga and Machi joined him.
• Feitan, Franklin, and Pakunoda also agreed to help rescue Uvogin, and the group followed Chrollo out of the church.
• In the West District prison, Uvogin endured a beating from Tanik before landing a heavy punch that knocked him down.
• A bear-like man kicked Tanik aside, praised Uvogin’s punch, and urged him to work for the Third Elder.

Uvogin refused Ron’s offer to join the Third Elder and vowed revenge after Ron beat him. Meanwhile, Ian and Chrollo’s group reached the prison, where Ian revealed an Invisible Cloak and prepared to rescue Uvogin alone.

• Uvogin rejected Ron’s offer and challenged him to kill him, so Ron punched him hard enough to make him collapse and then left after giving his name.
• Uvogin vowed to repay Ron for the humiliation and remained in the cage, seething with killing intent.
• Ian and Chrollo’s group reached the West District and discussed the risks of rescuing Uvogin and escaping the Third Elder’s territory.
• Ian obtained an Invisible Cloak and told the group to wait outside while he entered the prison alone to bring Uvogin back.
• Ian showed the group the cloak’s power to make its wearer invisible, and Chrollo wondered what Ian’s Nen Ability was.

Ian used an Invisible Cloak to enter Meteor City's prison and found Uvogin in a cell. He revealed himself to Uvogin and asked whether he could walk as they prepared to escape.

• Ian demonstrated that the Invisible Cloak hid him from sight but did not conceal his footsteps or presence from skilled Nen users.
• Ian left Chrollo and the others waiting near the prison and slipped past its ordinary guards while invisible.
• Ian passed the prisoners and found Uvogin injured in a cell on the prison's third level.
• Uvogin mistook Ian's voice for a sign that Ian had been caught or killed, but Ian lifted the cloak to reveal himself and told him he had come to rescue him.
• Ian asked Uvogin whether he could walk and teased him about his battered face.

Ian rescued Uvogin from the prison using the Transparent Cloak and reunited him with the others. After the group joked about Uvogin’s injuries, Ian urged everyone to leave and asked Uvogin to explain what had happened.

• Ian broke the lock on Uvogin’s cell, and the two escaped beneath the Transparent Cloak.
• Ian and Uvogin slipped past the guards and made their way out of the prison.
• Machi, Nobunaga, Chrollo, Feitan, Franklin, and Pakunoda waited anxiously outside until Ian and Uvogin returned.
• Nobunaga teased Uvogin about his bruises, and Uvogin angrily swore he would get revenge.
• Ian stopped the banter and urged the group to leave, then asked Uvogin what had happened to him.

After Ian and the others rescued Uvogin, they fled Meteor City while Ron discovered Ian’s Nen talent and set out to pursue the group. Ron and Baines followed their trail with Black Wolf as Ian’s group continued toward the border.

• Ron reviewed the prison footage, saw Ian rescue Uvogin, and decided to recruit the two gifted young Nen users for the Third Elder.
• Ian, Chrollo, Uvogin, and the others discussed Ron’s motives and their escape plan, which would take them through the garbage dump to the border and then to Ejin City.
• Chrollo explained that the First Elder had prepared supplies and a route out of Meteor City, while Ian said his Nen Ability could provide for the group.
• A wolf howled behind them as they crossed a garbage hill, and the group hurried onward, suspecting the sound was connected to their escape.
• Ron met Baines and Black Wolf at a dumping ground, learned the wolf had tracked the group’s scent, and said he wanted to capture Ian and Uvogin.

As the Phantom Troupe fled across a landfill, Chrollo realized their pursuer Ron Shiryuk might be targeting Ian for his Nen potential. Ian sent the Trip Expert after Ron and planned to use the Set-Building Machine to delay the pursuers while the group kept moving.

• Chrollo warned the group that Ron Shiryuk, who had captured Uvogin, was pursuing them and might want Ian as well.
• Ian and Chrollo concluded that cameras had likely revealed Ian to Ron, and Uvogin and Nobunaga vowed to protect him.
• Ian sent the Trip Expert after Ron Shiryuk to slow him down.
• Ian decided to use the Set-Building Machine to prepare a surprise that would delay the pursuers until his next item arrived.
• Ian asked Uvogin to carry him while he prepared, and Uvogin eagerly agreed.

Ron and Baines pursued Ian through the garbage heaps, where the Trip Expert confronted them. The doll knocked Ron down with its Air Cannon and rose again to continue its assignment, leaving Baines stunned.

• Ron and Baines followed Black Wolf while trying to track the children, but Baines admitted he could not understand his Nen Beast.
• The Trip Expert emerged from the darkness, and Ron and Baines prepared to fight it.
• Ron charged the doll, confident he could destroy it with one punch, as the Trip Expert fired its Air Cannon.
• The blast knocked Ron into a crater and damaged the Trip Expert, but the doll replaced its cannon and stood back up.
• Baines clutched Black Wolf and stared in disbelief as Ron realized he had been knocked down.

Ron fought the Trip Expert, whose Miniature Grenade left both combatants battered and locked in a precarious standoff. As Ian and the Phantom Troupe fled, Ian sensed that the Trip Expert had been defeated and worried that his next summoned prop would not hold their pursuers off for long.

• Ron dodged the Trip Expert's Air Cannon shots and attacked from five directions with Nen bear-head clones.
• The Trip Expert used a Miniature Grenade, destroying four clones and blasting Ron dozens of meters away while severely damaging himself.
• Ron recovered from the blast as Baines and Black Wolf watched, and the two fighters prepared to continue their battle.
• Ian rode on Uvogin's back with Feitan and Chrollo as the group hurried away from their pursuers.
• Ian sensed that the Trip Expert had been defeated and lamented that he had not summoned a more powerful prop.

Ian and the others stopped to rest and eat after fleeing through the night, while Ian used a Nen ability to multiply their food and encouraged the group to share what they had. Far behind them, Ron and his companions remained trapped amid Ian's maze of mirrors.

• Ian noticed the group was exhausted and called for a rest, hoping the labyrinths and sculptures would delay their pursuers until noon.
• Ian asked Uvogin to bring his backpack and used a small amount of Nen to multiply the food for everyone.
• Machi handed Ian the food, and he reassured her before revealing the multiplied meal to the group.
• Franklin, Feitan, Chrollo, and the others ate gratefully as Ian explained that his ability mattered most when shared with people in need.
• Chrollo reflected on Ian's words, while Feitan dismissed the idea aloud but continued enjoying the food.
• Ron and his companions struck at the mirrors surrounding them, shattered many of them, and found more mirrors beyond as Ron wondered how Ian had created the maze.

Ron and Baines pursued Ian through a series of elaborate illusions, only to discover the towering walls were made of foam and that Ian had been toying with them. Meanwhile, Ian's group continued toward the edge of Meteor City's landfill, with Ejin City still two days away by vehicle.

• Ron and Baines followed Black Wolf through Ian's mirror illusion, while Ron insisted Ian's tricks showed that he was afraid and must be caught.
• Baines and Black Wolf helped Ron speed through the mirrors, but they encountered an immense wall that Ron believed was an illusion.
• Ron struck the wall with a Nen-powered punch and shattered it, revealing that it was made of foam and that more fake walls formed a maze beyond it.
• Baines realized Ian had tricked them, and Ron trembled with anger at being toyed with.
• Ian's group ate, then continued traveling through the desolate area as Ian wondered whether they were nearly out of Meteor City.
• Chrollo said they had almost left the landfill but still needed two days by vehicle to reach Ejin City, and they might have to walk if they did not find a garbage transport crew.

Ian and his companions continued through Meteor City on foot, unaware that the statues he had left behind had changed their pursuers’ motives. Ron and Baines became determined to find Ian, leaving the story with their pursuit intensified.

• Ian recognized that the First Elder had maneuvered his group into conflict with the people pursuing the Third Elder and wished they had a way to travel faster.
• Ron and Baines encountered the giant statues Ian had left behind and stopped to examine them.
• Baines recognized the statue of Brand the Burning Vengeance as resembling his god, the God of Demonic Fire, and wondered how Ian knew his lord’s form.
• Ron decided he needed to meet Ian and learn how the statues had been made.
• Baines urged Ron and Black Wolf to find Ian so he could learn how to meet his god.
• Ian continued onward, unaware that his attempt to deter the pursuers had made them more eager to catch him.

Ian obtained a Nonliving Hypnosis Loudspeaker during his noon check-in and discovered it could animate objects by hypnotizing them. He turned a rock into a fan, giving the group a possible way to escape the wasteland, though they had not yet acted on it.

• After the group rested in the wasteland, Ian told his companions that he expected to find a way out soon, and Uvogin and Nobunaga anticipated another gadget.
• At noon, Ian received a green loudspeaker through his check-in and used his Gadget Instruction Manual ability to learn its function.
• Ian discovered that the loudspeaker could hypnotize and animate nonliving objects, but it could not affect living things or make objects truly alive.
• Ian aimed the loudspeaker at a large rock and repeated that it was a fan, causing a hole to open in the stone and wind to blow out.
• Machi blushed when Ian affectionately rubbed her head, while the group stared in astonishment at the transformed rock.

Ian used the Nonliving Hypnosis Loudspeaker to turn rocks into a fan and then a vehicle, helping his group escape Meteor City. As they drove away, pursuers sent by the Third Elder rapidly closed in behind them.

• Ian explained that the Nonliving Hypnosis Loudspeaker could give objects new functions and said he could make a vehicle for the group.
• Ian turned a large rock into a car with seats, stone wheels, blinking headlights, and a horn.
• Ian and the others climbed into the Rock Car and set off along the dirt road.
• The group marveled at the smooth ride as the Rock Car carried them away from Meteor City.
• A wolf howl sounded behind them, and Uvogin recognized Ron among the pursuers sent by the Third Elder.

Ian’s group fled across the Gobi with Ron and Baines in pursuit, and Ian realized their pursuers were powerful and likely wanted his abilities. He armed the group with objects from the Set-Building Machine and ordered everyone to attack together, leaving the nature of their volley to be revealed.

• Ron and Baines pursued Ian’s group, and Ian sensed their formidable Nen as Machi took over driving the rock car.
• Ron called out that the Third Elder wanted Ian to help rebuild Meteor City, while Baines demanded to know how to meet the God of Demonic Fire.
• Chrollo warned Ian that the pursuers likely coveted his construction ability, and Ian and Uvogin rejected Ron’s offer with taunts.
• Ian fired his Air Pistol at Ron and Baines, but their Nen defenses let them recover quickly and continue closing in.
• Ian distributed items from the Set-Building Machine to his comrades and counted down before ordering everyone to throw.

Ian and the others fled Ron and Baines in a rock car, first pelting their pursuers with fake “rice gold” before Ron and Baines retaliated with stones. Ian transformed the vehicle into an airplane, and the group took off as their pursuers watched.

• Ian, Uvogin, and Nobunaga threw “rice gold” at Ron and Baines, enraging Ron and forcing him to stop.
• Ron and Baines resumed the chase and hurled Nen-powered stones at Ian’s speeding rock car while Machi swerved to avoid them.
• Ian summoned Triple Rashomon as a brief visual screen, then stopped the car and used the Nonliving Hypnosis Loudspeaker to transform it into an airplane.
• Ian piloted the rock plane into the air, stunning Chrollo, Pakunoda, Machi, and the rest of the group.

Ian and the others escaped Ron and Baines by taking flight in a stone plane, astonishing the pursuers and their passengers alike. As they headed toward Ejin City, Ian relaxed with Machi’s help but realized he did not know which direction to fly.

• Ron smashed the Triple Rashomon, but he and Baines stopped in shock when Ian’s plane rose into the sky.
• Uvogin threw a stone at Black Wolf, and he, Franklin, Feitan, and Nobunaga laughed at the dog’s furious barking.
• Chrollo marveled at flying and wondered what kind of person Ian was, while Pakunoda reflected on their strange journey and glanced at Ian and Machi.
• Machi massaged Ian’s shoulders, and he pretended to fall asleep before teasing her and declaring that he would settle the score with Ron later.
• Ian decided to head for Ejin City, then asked which way they needed to fly.

Ian and the others arrived in Ejin City after leaving Meteor City, and Ian reassured Machi that they would stay together in the outside world. Their first landing brought them onto the Xierku Family’s property, where security guards confronted them as Uvogin stepped forward to fight.

• During the flight, Ian reassured Machi that they would live freely together and not be separated.
• Ian woke the others when he spotted Ejin City and explained that they would need to experience life outside Meteor City for themselves.
• Ian landed the rock plane in a secluded area and stopped supplying it with Nen, leaving it as a large rock.
• Ian noticed signs that the group had landed on private property and led everyone toward a secluded exit.
• Several Xierku Family guards spotted the group and accused them of trespassing, so Ian sent Uvogin to stop them.

Ian spared the Xierku Family guards, erased the group’s surveillance footage, and told the Phantom Troupe to follow local rules before resorting to violence. With nowhere to stay, the group broke into a remote home, where Ian tried to calm the frightened couple and offered to make a deal.

• Uvogin beat the Xierku Family guards, but Ian ordered him to let them live.
• Ian had the guards take the group to the surveillance room and destroy the footage, then threatened them into keeping silent.
• Ian explained to Feitan and the others that they should follow the rules with people willing to cooperate and use Meteor City’s methods only against those who refused.
• Ian and the group broke into a remote house, waking a young couple and their child.
• Ian tried to calm the couple and told them he wanted to make a deal.

Ian and the Phantom Troupe took shelter in Palu’s apartment, where Ian negotiated payment and urged the group to avoid unnecessary violence. The next day, they spotted a woman being kidnapped in Ejin City, and Ian led the Troupe toward the alley to rob the kidnappers.

• Ian threatened Palu’s family into letting the Troupe stay, promising generous payment for the rooms.
• Ian told the Troupe to respect the ordinary couple and use negotiation instead of violence when possible, then created wooden beds for them.
• The Troupe slept poorly on their first night in Ejin City, while Palu spent the night worrying about the intruders.
• As the Troupe left, Uvogin told Palu his floor-punching technique was wrong and offered him advice.
• Feitan reported seeing a group kidnap a woman, so Ian led the Troupe toward the alley, saying they could rob the criminals for money.

Ian and the others rescued Xia Ya from the Kalie Gang, killed the traffickers, and took their money after Feitan tortured the surviving gangster for the location of a hidden safe. They left the sealed alley with their shares, while a strange man in a cow-print hat arrived and noticed the blood and the missing alley.

• Feitan killed the gold-toothed gangster, and Ian and the others slaughtered the remaining Kalie Gang members while rescuing Xia Ya.
• Ian took 500,000 Jenny from Xia Ya as payment and sent her away from the alley.
• Ian sealed both ends of the alley with the Set-Building Machine while the group hid the bodies and car inside.
• Feitan tortured the surviving gangster until he revealed that the gang's money was in a safe beneath the car seat.
• Ian and his companions divided the money, each receiving one million Jenny, and left to find food.
• A burly man wearing a black-and-white cow-print hat arrived and noticed the smell of blood and that the alley had disappeared.