Chapter Summaries

Netero met Ian and his companions in Ejin City, where he and Knov discussed the Justice Ropes and the Nen user behind them. Netero offered Ian a place in the Hunter Association, Ian proposed that his whole group join, and Knov objected.

• Netero asked Knov to assess Ejin City's Justice Ropes, and Knov dismissed them as impractical tools made by a Conjuration user.
• Ian and his companions arrived at the Grand Leader's Mansion, where Netero and Knov were surprised that the children had awakened Nen.
• Ian greeted Netero and considered the benefits of becoming a professional Hunter, while Uvogin and the others sized up the chairman.
• Netero invited Ian to join the Hunter Association, and Ian said he and his brothers would be glad to contribute.
• Knov objected to Netero accepting Ian without the Hunter Exam.

Knov objected to Netero issuing Hunter Licenses outside the exam and insulted Ian’s group, provoking them into a challenge. Netero agreed to referee as Knov prepared to fight Uvogin.

• Knov argued that Hunter Licenses should only go to those who passed the Hunter Exam and mocked Ian’s group as too weak to qualify.
• Uvogin angrily confronted Knov, while Nobunaga and the others reacted with hostility.
• Ian supported Uvogin and challenged Knov to spar against the group.
• Knov accepted the challenge and claimed he would teach the youths a lesson as their senior.
• Netero offered to referee, and Knov removed his jacket before beckoning Uvogin to attack first.

Uvogin challenged Knov and was badly outmatched because his Nen technique was crude, but he refused to fall and drew on his conviction to protect Ian. When Knov’s next punch failed to move him, Uvogin appeared to have awakened an overwhelming defensive power.

• Uvogin charged Knov with a powerful punch, but Knov dodged and struck his undefended abdomen with Nen, nearly ending the fight.
• Knov urged Uvogin to give up, but Uvogin got back to his feet and insisted he could withstand more punches.
• Knov warned Ian that Uvogin could be seriously hurt, and Ian chose to trust Uvogin’s determination.
• Uvogin imagined himself as an unbreakable shield for Ian as Knov rushed in and punched him in the chin.
• Uvogin stood unmoved by Knov’s punch, leaving Knov, Ian, and the others stunned.

Uvogin awakened a formidable defensive Nen state during his fight with Knov, then used the Cool Gloves to strike back and ended up lodged in the roof. Ian stepped in to face Knov and unnerved him by suggesting he liked hiding in concealed spaces.

• Netero recognized that Uvogin had experienced a moment of martial arts enlightenment and considered taking him as a disciple.
• Uvogin developed a steel-like Nen defense, enduring Knov's repeated punches until Knov backed away.
• Uvogin put on the Cool Gloves and shouted “Haohyougen,” then charged Knov with a sudden burst of speed.
• Knov dodged Uvogin's uppercut and landed a powerful punch, but Uvogin flew into the roof and got stuck there.
• Ian asked the others to help Uvogin down, then volunteered to fight Knov and remarked that Knov liked hiding in concealed spaces.

Ian provoked Knov after revealing he knew about Knov’s Nen ability, then asked Chairman Netero to let him borrow his power for their next fight. Netero agreed and shook Ian’s hand, activating Ian’s ability as Knov watched in curiosity.

• Ian hinted that he knew Knov’s Nen ability and called him a coward for relying on hiding.
• Netero confirmed that Ian had created the Justice Ropes used to maintain order in Ejin City.
• Knov challenged Ian to continue fighting, while Uvogin argued that he could have beaten Knov if he had not missed.
• Ian asked Netero to lend him his power, and Netero agreed to shake his hand.
• Ian clasped Netero’s hand with his transparent Ability Copy Gloves, and his ability activated as everything seemed to slow down.

Ian copied Netero's physical state and briefly experienced the heightened perception of a human at his limits. He began a friendly fight with Knov and sent him flying with a single strike.

• Ian used the Ability Copy Gloves to copy Netero's abilities and entered a state in which everything around him seemed to move slowly.
• Uvogin and the others noticed a golden halo behind Ian, and Ian explained that he was having trouble controlling the borrowed power.
• Netero realized Ian had copied his power without weakening him and agreed to judge how much Ian could use in a friendly exchange.
• Ian faced Knov and adopted a punching stance, saying he would show him the compassion he had come to understand.
• Ian vanished in a burst of speed and struck Knov, sending him flying through the air.

Ian used overwhelming speed to batter Knov while demonstrating the power he had borrowed, then summoned the 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva as Knov tried to escape into Hide and Seek. The chapter ended with Ian’s First Hand striking down toward Knov.

• Ian struck Knov with a punch so fast that the spectators barely saw it, then told Uvogin, Nobunaga, and Chrollo to watch and learn.
• Ian repeatedly caught Knov in midair and slammed him into the arena floor, while Knov realized he could not keep up with Ian’s speed.
• Knov considered using Scream but abandoned the killing move, then tried to enter Hide and Seek as Ian continued attacking him.
• Ian stopped the beating and challenged Knov to use his ability, warning that he would use his final move in turn.
• Ian summoned the 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva and unleashed its First Hand as Knov hurried to finish drawing an entrance to Hide and Seek.

Netero saw Ian use a fragment of his 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva and offered Uvogin a chance to become his disciple, while advising the group to take the Hunter Exam if they wanted to join the Hunter Association. As Netero prepared to leave, he noticed Elina’s Aimon and asked to examine it, prompting Ian to question him.

• Netero defeated Knov with a flash of golden light, leaving him unconscious in a crater.
• Netero invited Ian to spar, but Ian refused, wary of how strong Netero was.
• Netero offered Uvogin the chance to become his disciple, and Ian hurriedly pushed Uvogin to bow to him.
• Netero told the group they would need to pass the Hunter Exam to join the Hunter Association, then prepared to leave with Beans carrying Knov.
• Netero used Gyo on Elina’s Aimon, stopped, and asked to examine it, while Ian and the others wondered what he had noticed.

Ian connected the strange Nen beneath Ejin City to an ancient ruin and a possible Dark Continent calamity, then told Netero what he knew. Netero began organizing an investigation, while Ian left the problem to the Hunter Association and planned to keep a low profile.

• Netero said the strange Nen in the girl seemed to come from beneath Ejin City and recalled encountering similar Nen during his travels.
• Ian linked the underground Nen to an ancient ruin, the Dark Sonata, and the dangers of the Dark Continent, then decided to inform Netero.
• Ian explained the phone call and his suspicions to Netero, who said he would investigate and gather Hunters from nearby branches.
• Ian suggested that Netero recruit Mizaistom for the investigation team.
• Ian felt relieved after handing the matter to Netero and the Hunter Association, and planned to focus on keeping a low profile.

After Netero left to contact the Hunter Association, Ian encouraged Kazan to govern Ejin City as he saw fit and brought Elina back to the residence. Feitan revealed that Ryuk’s orders had come from Minister Uzair and Grand Duke Mittern, both in Gugurian, leaving Ian to decide what to do next.

• Netero left to contact the Hunter Association, while Uvogin helped Beans carry Knov outside and tried to befriend him.
• Ian urged Kazan to continue governing Ejin City according to his own plans.
• Ian returned to the residence with Chrollo and Elina, and Machi agreed to look after Elina.
• Ian and the others found Ryuk tortured in the secret room and Ian told Feitan to give him a quick death.
• Feitan told Ian that Minister Uzair and Grand Duke Mittern had ordered Ryuk’s actions and were both in Gugurian.

Ian questioned Elena about the strange events in the Gogar Kingdom after Chrollo considered how to create an ability that could copy others’ Nen. Elena revealed that eight explorers died from a mysterious curse in ancient ruins, then all woke up again.

• Ian told Feitan that their revenge plans had to wait because trouble had struck Ejin City and the Gogar Kingdom.
• Chrollo wondered whether he could copy other people’s abilities, but Ian cautioned him that creating such a Nen Ability was difficult and advised him to consider the problem from different angles.
• Ian asked Feitan to bring him the other captive, and Feitan led him to Elena’s cell.
• Ian warned Elena to explain the events in her country accurately and asked about the ancient ruins and what had happened inside them.
• Elena said that eight explorers had entered ruins near Gugurian a year earlier, contracted a curse, and died after suffering mood changes, light aversion, and severe coughing of blood.
• Elena revealed that the eight dead explorers woke up again a few days later.

Elena told Ian that monsters emerging from the Ancient Ruins had infected residents and troops, leaving them trapped in the Demon Cave. As the crisis drew attention from gangs and foreign authorities, a woman dispatched an Exorcism Team, and Ging received confirmation that the monsters had changed as he predicted.

• Elena explained that the monsters from the Ancient Ruins infected people and killed her younger sister Ilian, while infected residents and soldiers became trapped in the Demon Cave.
• Chrollo asked how long the crisis had lasted, and Elena said it had been a month while the Gogar royal family debated how to respond.
• Ian locked Elena up again after saying the relevant department had been contacted, then left with his companions.
• The Black Axe Gang learned that the Kalie Gang controlled Ejin City and ordered an attack after Retsubu Kazuo failed to answer their call.
• A woman in the United States of Mit reviewed reports of the Demon Cave and ordered an Airship and an Exorcism Team to head to the Gogar Kingdom.
• Ging received a phone call confirming that the monsters in the Demon Cave had changed as he had described.

Ging hurried toward the ruins after Egina reported changes among the monsters, while Mizaistom prepared to leave Ankeli and find Ian and the other boys. The day after Netero departed, Ian drew the Gate of Glory, a specialized training tool, and called his teammates to see it.

• Egina told Ging that the monsters had begun sitting cross-legged and changing, and Ging reassured her before speeding up his journey to bring back the Dark Sonata.
• Mizaistom told Ankeli he planned to find the boys and guide them, and she agreed while asking him to call her every day.
• Ankeli privately worried that Ian and the others opposed the justice Mizaistom upheld, while Ian remained unaware of events outside.
• Ian drew the Gate of Glory, which created specialized ability-training scenarios but trapped trainees until they achieved their goals.
• Ian called Uvogin, Nobunaga, Feitan, and Chrollo to show them the new training tool, and they hurried into his room.

Ian introduced the Gate of Glory, which created tailored training challenges to help users reach achievable goals but could trap those who aimed too high. He tested Nobunaga’s sword speed at eleven slashes per second, then sent him through the gate to train for twelve.

• Ian explained that the Gate of Glory provided personalized training and warned that unrealistic goals could leave someone trapped inside.
• Nobunaga, Feitan, and Chrollo asked about the training they could pursue, and Ian cautioned Chrollo against relying on the gate to create a Nen Ability.
• Ian tested Nobunaga’s sword speed with an apple and timer, confirming he could make eleven slashes in one second.
• Nobunaga told the Gate of Glory he wanted to make twelve slashes in one second, then entered.

Nobunaga entered the Gate of Glory and met Cat Teacher, who forced him into sword training. After completing a thousand swings with a rod that grew heavier and thicker, Nobunaga faced a new trial against flying Iron-scaled Fish.

• Nobunaga stepped through the door and found himself in a vast training space while Ian reassured the others that he would return soon.
• Nobunaga tried to touch Cat Teacher’s swords, but Cat Teacher warned him off and assigned him a thousand swings with a rusty iron rod.
• Nobunaga tried to leave through the Gate of Glory, discovered it would not open, and began training with the rod.
• Nobunaga completed a thousand exhausting swings as the rod grew heavier and thicker, but Cat Teacher immediately ordered him to continue.
• Cat Teacher started the Flying Fish Collision exercise, and Nobunaga blocked the first charging Iron-scaled Fish with a short blade.

Nobunaga completed Cat Teacher’s sword training and learned to make eight cuts in one second, but seeing Cat Teacher demonstrate more than a hundred cuts left him doubting whether he was worthy to wield a blade. He emerged from the Gate of Glory and told Ian and the others that he had reached his goal but felt insignificant beside Cat Teacher.

• Nobunaga struggled to cut through the Iron-scaled Fish until he focused his conviction and split one with a single strike.
• Cat Teacher began Nobunaga’s real training, teaching him to prepare fish and make fish soup between increasingly demanding practice sessions.
• Nobunaga eventually cut eight Iron-scaled Fish in one second and completed his training.
• Cat Teacher demonstrated a strike that reduced a wooden target to hundreds of splinters, astonishing Nobunaga.
• Nobunaga left the Gate of Glory and, after Ian asked what was wrong, admitted that Cat Teacher’s strength made him question whether he was qualified to wield a blade.

After Nobunaga emerged from the Gate of Glory shaken by a sword master called Cat Master, Ian reassured him and agreed to let him use the gate again. Mizaistom arrived at Sharku Manor, learned about the Hunter Association’s urgent message concerning Gogar Kingdom, and agreed to teach one of Ian’s companions Nen in exchange for information.

• Nobunaga, Uvogin, Feitan, and Chrollo used the Gate of Glory to train, but Nobunaga was left dispirited after meeting the powerful Cat Master.
• Ian and the others encouraged Nobunaga, who resolved to train again in the gate and return to pay his respects to Cat Master.
• Mizaistom arrived at Sharku Manor and apologized for neglecting his promise to teach the group Nen.
• Mizaistom discovered coded Hunter Association messages, including an invitation from Chairman Netero, and learned that he had missed them because Ankeli had logged him out of his account.
• Ian agreed to tell Mizaistom about Gogar Kingdom if Mizaistom taught one of his companions to develop a Nen Ability before leaving on his mission.
• Ian demonstrated his sudden speed to Mizaistom, warned him not to break his promise again, and led him away while sharing the information.

Ian told Mizaistom that a Nen-related plague from the ruins in Gugurian might have spread underground to Ejin City, then brought him to meet Chrollo and the others for a lesson in Nen. Mizaistom left that evening to focus on the ruins, while several unexpected visitors arrived the next day after Ian met Netero.

• Ian told Mizaistom that nearly a thousand people in the Gogar Kingdom had become man-eating monsters and warned that Malice from the ruins might have spread underground to Ejin City.
• Ian brought Mizaistom to Uvogin, Chrollo, Feitan, Nobunaga, and the others, and invited them to ask him about Nen.
• Chrollo asked Mizaistom how to create a Nen Ability with multiple forms, and Mizaistom advised using Contract and Restriction.
• Mizaistom spent the afternoon explaining Nen to Chrollo and the others, while Ian listened and learned from his insights.
• Ian let Mizaistom leave that evening to address the ruins, and several uninvited guests arrived the day after Ian met Netero.

Ging arrived at the Sharku residence to find Elena and investigate the young Nen users, while Ian and the others went into Ejin City to see how the Justice Rope had affected it. The chapter left Ging moving through the mansion as Uvogin sensed someone watching him.

• Ian ate breakfast with Mina, Machi, Elina, and the others, then suggested they visit Ejin City to observe the effects of the Justice Rope.
• A car sent by the Sharku Clan's butler took Ian and the group into the city.
• Ging flew to Ejin City on a Magical Beast, then landed on the Sharku residence's roof and used a compass to locate Elena.
• Ging used En to survey the mansion, identified Elena and five Nen users, and decided to rescue Elena before subduing them.
• Uvogin trained with the Gravity Regulator and told the others he felt someone watching him.

After a Nen fluctuation at Sharku Manor coincided with Ian spotting a Nen user among arrested gangsters in Ejin City, Ian and the Phantom Troupe prepared for a possible attack. As Ian moved to capture the prisoner, he noticed two children among the onlookers.

• Uvogin, Feitan, and Chrollo sensed a brief Nen fluctuation at Sharku Manor and alerted Ian while Franklin prepared the Gatling Gun.
• Ian spotted a Nen user bound by the Justice Rope among out-of-town gangsters in Ejin City and told Feitan that a Nen user might be approaching the manor.
• Ian warned the Troupe to prepare for an attack, while Uvogin and Chrollo said they could handle hired Nen users.
• Ian decided to bring the bound Nen user back for questioning and raised the Cursed Camera to capture him without revealing Netero's ability.
• Ian noticed two young children watching the arrested gangsters, and his hand froze.