Chapter Summaries

Ian confronted Illumi, Milluki, and Tsubone after they arrived, and learned the Zoldyck Family had sent the two boys for a trial and to learn from him. He remained wary of the family’s intentions and photographed a captured Nen user with his Cursed Camera.

• Milluki wondered if the Nen-made Justice Rope was a Plant Magical Beast, while Illumi warned him not to underestimate it or reveal family names in public.
• Illumi told Milluki that Silva expected him to accomplish the goal that had driven him to run away, prompting Milluki to hurry off to find Ian.
• Ian suddenly appeared behind Illumi and Milluki, startling them and Tsubone with his speed.
• Tsubone explained that she, Illumi, and Milluki were the only Zoldycks present, and that the boys had come for a family trial and to learn from Ian.
• Ian asked about the Zoldycks’ purpose and then used his Cursed Camera to photograph a captured Nen user, producing a strange doll.

Ian showed the Zoldycks his speed and the Cursed Camera before turning his attention to the captured Nen user. He called Police Department chief Ainard for help, leaving Ainard nervously awaiting a chance to prove himself to Ian’s rising faction.

• Milluki, Illumi, and Tsubone watched Ian use the Cursed Camera and tried to understand his extraordinary speed.
• Ian walked to the police car and told the officers to leave the captured Nen user to him.
• An officer tried to send Ian away, so Ian called Police Department chief Ainard instead.
• Ainard answered eagerly and treated Ian’s call as a chance to advance within the new political order.
• Ainard waited anxiously for Ian’s instructions, hoping to serve the forces behind Grand Leader Kazan.

Ian used Ainard’s authority to take a bound criminal from the police, then confronted the man about hiding among ordinary people. The criminal’s Nen could not free him from the choking sensation Ian inflicted, leaving him struggling helplessly.

• Ian called Police Department director Ainard and asked him to make the officers follow his orders.
• Ainard ordered the officers to obey Ian and promised promotions to those being transferred to the Police Department.
• Ian told Ainard not to involve ordinary officers in what came next and said he would remember his name.
• Milluki, Illumi, and Tsubone watched Ian take a bound criminal into the police vehicle, and Tsubone warned Milluki not to underestimate people.
• Ian questioned the criminal about why he was hiding as an ordinary person and tightened his grip on the doll by the neck.
• The criminal’s Nen flared as he struggled against the Justice Rope, but Ian’s grip left him choking and unable to reach him.

Ian had a Nen user tortured for information, believing he was part of a threat against his group, but learned the man had been sent by the Black Axe Gang to attack Ejin City's local gangs and media outlets. The revelation made Ian suspect another Nen user was targeting Uvogin, and he urgently asked Machi for her phone.

• Ian handed the unconscious Nen user to the police and asked Tsubone to help interrogate him.
• Tsubone tortured the Nen user, Gazer, until he agreed to answer Ian's questions.
• Ian reassured Tsubone that he trusted the Zoldyck Family and questioned Gazer about his mission.
• Gazer revealed that Boss Tadas of the Black Axe Gang had sent him to target local gangs and media outlets promoting Evil's Nemesis.
• Ian learned Gazer had been the only Nen user sent, suspected someone else had appeared where Uvogin was, and called for Machi's phone.

Ging rescued Elena from Sharku Manor but was immediately attacked by Franklin, Uvogin, and Nobunaga. He countered their assault with a devastating punch that broke their formation, then unleashed a swarm of black talismans as the fight continued.

• Franklin fired his Infinite-Fill Gatling Gun at Ging, who blocked the bullets with a Nen barrier while carrying the weakened Elena.
• Elena warned Ging about the group’s combination attacks and the camera before her condition forced her to stop speaking.
• Uvogin charged with his Four Guardian Gate shield as Nobunaga attacked with his Twelve-Blade One-Breath Slash.
• Ging assessed the attackers and slammed his fist into the ground, creating a huge crater and disrupting their attacks.
• Ging invoked God Script · Xie, sending a dense mass of black talismans surging out of the crater.

Ging defeated and restrained Uvogin, Nobunaga, Feitan, and Chrollo while asking the Phantom Troupe to help him obtain the Dark Sonata. The chapter ended with Ian warning them over the phone that their attacker was not a mafia member, as Ging teased them about Ian’s concern for the group.

• Uvogin and Nobunaga attacked Ging, but he blocked them and used black talismans to immobilize them.
• Ging knocked Feitan back with a Nen attack, then used Transfer and Heavy Pressure to pin Chrollo beneath a giant rabbit.
• Ging kept Uvogin and Nobunaga trapped and asked Franklin and Feitan to stop fighting so they could discuss Elena and the Dark Sonata.
• Ian called and warned the group that they had misidentified their attacker and that the attacker was not a mafia member.
• Ging smiled at the group and remarked that Ian seemed to care about them.

Ian learned that Ging had subdued Chrollo, Uvogin, and the others while seeking the Dark Sonata, and he used the Anywhere Cannon to hurry back to Sharku Manor. His Command Gun demonstration and sudden teleportation left Tsubone and Illumi astonished.

• Ian spoke with Franklin and Feitan, learned Ging had subdued Chrollo, Uvogin, and Nobunaga, and agreed to discuss the Dark Sonata when he returned.
• Ian declined Tsubone's offer to fly him back and conjured the Anywhere Cannon instead.
• Ian used the Command Gun to order Gazer to return to Yorknew City and wipe out the gangsters he had contacted.
• Ian entered the Anywhere Cannon and pulled its lanyard, vanishing from the forest and appearing on the screen at Sharku Manor.
• Tsubone and Illumi watched Ian teleport and wondered at the scale of his Nen ability.

Ging held Chrollo and several Phantom Troupe members at Sharku Manor while Ian was away, but Ian arrived and struck Ging with a powerful Nen palm. Ian then turned to free Chrollo and prepare to confront Ging's abilities, which remained active.

• Ging pinned Chrollo with a rainbow rabbit and bound Uvogin and Nobunaga with talismans while he questioned the group about Ian and their connection to Meteor City.
• Ian arrived from the sky, and Ging became distracted by thoughts about using Ian's travel ability in a game he was designing.
• Ian attacked the distracted Ging with the First Palm of his 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva, sending him crashing into a building and releasing Uvogin and Nobunaga from their restraints.
• Chrollo warned Ian that Ging had used a shockwave ability and talismans that sealed movement, while the rabbit continued to pin him down.
• Ian told Chrollo they would deal with him after beating Ging, then prepared to strike the Nen rabbit and send it flying with its master.

Ian failed to move the Rabbit restraining Chrollo and learned that Ging Freecss had arrived. Ian accepted Ging’s wager and challenged him to a fight, but his opening punch was stopped by the Rabbit.

• Ian struck the Rabbit with the 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva, but the creature remained unmoved and kept Chrollo restrained.
• Ging emerged from the rubble, and Ian recognized him as Ging Freecss after Ging identified Ian’s attack as Netero’s ability.
• Ging proposed a wager over the Dark Sonata and promised to release Chrollo regardless of the outcome; Ian agreed to fight instead of copying Ging’s ability.
• Ian charged Ging with a powerful punch, but the Rabbit appeared between them and neutralized the blow.
• Ging smiled and told Ian that he had predicted his move.

Ian attacked Ging with the 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva, but Ging blocked every strike with a rabbit-paw technique of his own. Ging admitted he had imitated Chairman Netero’s ability, leaving Ian convinced that Ging had copied the Guanyin’s power.

• Ging commanded the Rainbow Rabbit to use Suppress, but Ian dodged its gravity pulse.
• Ian summoned the 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva and attacked Ging from multiple angles.
• Ging blocked thousands of Ian’s strikes with a colorful rabbit-paw apparition that appeared near his body.
• Ian stopped attacking and accused Ging of secretly learning Chairman Netero’s ability.
• Ging claimed he had only imitated the chairman’s ability as a tribute, and Ian recognized Ging’s exceptional talent for Nen.

Ian used his Invincible Turret to bombard Ging, but Ging drew Ian and the turret into his Game World, leaving Uvogin and the others behind.

• Ian brought out the Invincible Turret and fired at Ging, whose Nen defense kept him alive under the repeated blasts.
• Ian continued the barrage while Ging struggled to fight back and became excited by the unusual duel.
• Ging used Transfer to appear beside Ian, but Ian countered with the 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva.
• Ging activated Game World, causing his figure, Ian, the Invincible Turret, and the rainbow rabbit to vanish into particles.
• Uvogin rushed toward Ian as Ian silently mouthed that he would return soon.

After Ging transported Ian into a game-like Nen space, Ian began clearing its monster stages with the Invincible Turret and rapidly gained levels. Ging watched in disbelief as Ian relied on overwhelming firepower, while a new wave of Red-Eyed Rabbits appeared to challenge him.

• Uvogin, Chrollo, and Nobunaga worried when Ian vanished, but Nobunaga and Chrollo urged the others to trust him and let his duel with Ging play out.
• Elena told them she did not know Ging's ability and believed he had become absorbed in the battle like a game.
• Tsubone and the others watched Ian and Ging's fight on the Anywhere Cannon's television, while Illumi considered giving up assassination to pursue strength like theirs.
• Ian found himself in Ging's white, grid-patterned Game Space and entered a cave after Ging challenged him to clear six stages.
• Ian blasted the Red-Eyed Rabbits with the Invincible Turret, quickly raising his level to 20 and earning the title "Rabbit Slayer."
• Ging watched Ian's relentless cannon fire and warned that the rabbits were only an appetizer as more Red-Eyed Rabbits emerged from the grassland.

Ian cleared Ging’s Red-Eyed Rabbit stage with the Invincible Turret, then entered a ruin and used the Nonliving Hypnosis Loudspeaker to turn its stone guards into vehicles and sculptures. After Ian placed a sapphire into a device at the ruin’s center, the ruin began to sink.

• Ian used the Invincible Turret to defeat the Red-Eyed Rabbits, including the special rabbit holding a crystal, and reached level 40.
• A pyramid-like ruin rose at the prairie’s edge, and Ian entered it with a tree branch transformed into a lamp.
• Ian turned a stone statue guard into a mud tanker truck and drove through the ruin, knocking aside the other guards.
• Ian reached a plaza, transformed its two giant guards into sculptures of Chinese rural dogs, and took the sapphire they had guarded.
• Ian placed the sapphire in a slot, causing the entire ruin to shake and rapidly sink.

Ian left the ruin and entered a mechanical city, where steam robots attacked him with lasers. He summoned a Reflective Cloak and challenged the robots to fire, while Ging watched from his observation space, eager to investigate Ian’s abilities.

• Ian followed an arrow through the ruin and emerged into a vast, overgrown mechanical city.
• Seven or eight steam robots appeared and fired lasers, destroying the dump truck Ian had been driving.
• Ging watched Ian from his observation space and hoped to learn how Ian had used the Nonliving Hypnosis Loudspeaker.
• Ian summoned a Reflective Cloak, which could reflect energy attacks, and walked toward the robots.
• Ian waved the cloak and ordered the robots to fire at him as their lasers charged.

Ian defeats the Steam Robots in Yamina until he discovers that a Guardian can talk and guides him toward the Merfolk Kingdom. In the Observation Space, Ging realizes the game’s dialogue matches names and details recorded on an ancient stele at the Palona Ruins.

• Ian reflects the Steam Robots’ lasers, destroys them, and reaches level 41 while exploring Yamina.
• Ian lets the lasers strike the ground, allowing Guardian No. 1001 to speak and classify him as eligible to enter Yamina.
• Guardian No. 1001 tells Ian that he needs its key and must pass through the Red Bay Passage to reach the Merfolk Kingdom.
• Ian takes the golden key from Guardian No. 1001 and follows it deeper into the city.
• Ging connects the game’s altered dialogue to ancient names and details found on a stone stele at the Palona Ruins.

Ian traveled from Yamina to Fish-Man Country, where he befriended a mermaid NPC and asked how to reach the next stage. When she heard him mention Yamina, she repeated the name as Ging sensed something terrifying was about to happen.

• Guardian 1001 sent Ian through the Red Bay Passage toward the fourth stage and wished him a pleasant journey, surprising Ian and alarming Ging.
• Ian emerged in an underwater palace, put on a diving suit, and explored the new stage he believed was Fish-Man Country.
• A mermaid girl confronted Ian, but he used the Good Friend Ring to make her treat him as a friend and dismiss her turtle and shrimp escorts.
• Ian asked the mermaid about the stage's clearing requirements, but she did not know what they were.
• When Ian said he had come from Yamina, the mermaid froze and repeated the name while Ging feared that something terrifying was about to descend.

After Ging's game world collapsed, Ian and Ging returned to Sharku Manor, where Ian gave Ging the Dark Sonata and warned that he would confront the nobles who had attacked them. Ging learned that Netero and the Hunter Association were involved in the ruins crisis and hurried away to contain its consequences, while Ian turned to deal with the Zoldyck Family's unexpected arrival.

• Ging ended the game after sensing something was wrong, and Ian and Ging emerged at Sharku Manor after seven hours inside.
• Ian learned that Ging's game could not continue because it was under maintenance, then gave him the Dark Sonata to use against the Gogar Kingdom ruins.
• Ian warned Ging that he would visit the nobles Ryuk had named once the trouble was settled, and Ging said he would not interfere.
• Ian told Ging that Netero had arrived and was gathering Hunters to investigate the ruins, prompting Ging to leave with Elena and try to limit the V5's involvement.
• Ian called everyone back inside and prepared to address Tsubone and the others after the Zoldyck Family had unexpectedly sent a child to him.

After fighting Ging, Ian shared a hearty dinner with his friends and warned Tsubone that Ging was destined to surpass Netero. He learned the Zoldycks had brought Illumi and Milluki to seek his guidance, then declared Milluki his little brother.

• Ian and the others devoured dinner at Sharku Manor while Machi looked after him and Tsubone watched their lively meal.
• Tsubone asked Ian about Ging, and Ian warned her that Ging Freecss would surpass Netero and that the Zoldyck Family should avoid making him an enemy.
• Tsubone explained that Silva and Zeno had sent Illumi and Milluki to meet Ian and possibly receive his guidance.
• Ian called Milluki over, and Milluki eagerly addressed him as his big brother.
• Ian patted Milluki on the shoulder and told him, "You're my little brother now!"

Ian drew a hundred Take-copters and showed Machi, Pakunoda, and Elina how to use them, turning the gadget into a flying game. As Milluki saw Ian and the others chasing one another through the sky, he was amazed to see his big brother flying.

• Milluki told Illumi that Ian's gadget and Uvogin's fighting lessons had helped him exercise, lose weight, and enjoy training; Illumi noticed a new spark in his younger brother.
• Chrollo told Illumi that Ian had approved him using the Gate of Glory to train, and Illumi eagerly accepted.
• Ian reflected on Ejin City's growing order and his plans to expand his efforts to other cities, while noting that he still needed capable people to help govern.
• Ian drew a hundred Take-copters and demonstrated one by placing it on his head and flying into the air.
• Machi, Pakunoda, and Elina tried the Take-copters and flew after Ian, while Milluki looked up in astonishment.

Ian distributed Take-copters to the group while Uvogin teased Milluki, and the story shifted to Netero and a team of Hunters investigating evil Nen at ancient ruins in Gugurian. Ging identified the site as a ruin of the Gandor Dynasty, and Kannari Rin arrived to claim the Exorcism Team had taken control.

• Ian gave Take-copters to everyone present, including Milluki, Illumi, and Tsubone.
• Uvogin took Milluki's Take-copter and ran off with it, prompting Milluki to chase him.
• Ging told Netero and the gathered Hunters that the ruins likely dated to the Gandor Dynasty under Gandor IV.
• Moreka explained her fear that the ruins might be connected to a demon god and asked to withdraw from entering them.
• Netero accepted Moreka's request but encouraged her to remain outside, while the other Hunters voiced confidence in handling the danger.
• Kannari Rin arrived with armed troops, declared the site under the Exorcism Team's control, and challenged Netero's involvement.