Chapter Summaries

The Exorcism Team took control of the ruins and sent a Nen-armed squad into a cavern full of winged monsters, where one soldier was infected during the fighting. Meanwhile, Ian's Toy Soldier Corps punished Milluki for mocking them.

• Kannari Rin rejected Netero's warning and took the Exorcism Team into the ruins while the Hunters were sent to wait outside.
• Hunter Jast examined the team's weapons and guessed they used Nen rather than ordinary bullets.
• An Exorcism Team squad threw a Radium Bomb into the cavern, revealing thousands of monsters that flew out and attacked.
• The squad fired Nen-powered weapons at the swarm, but a monster reached Number Ten and strange runes spread from it onto him.
• The infected Number Ten began approaching his teammates as they warned him to stop.
• Ian ordered the Toy Soldier Corps to teach Milluki a lesson, and the toy soldiers jabbed him with their bayonets.

At Sharku Manor, Ian used the Toy Soldier Corps and Copying Mirror to build up a small army, then listened as Milluki admitted he wanted another mother because he longed for more attention. Ian said he could not provide a real replacement but offered a fake way to get their mother to notice him, which Milluki eagerly accepted.

• Ian stopped the Toy Soldier Corps after they taught Milluki a lesson and explained how their autonomous attacks could protect him.
• Ian used the Copying Mirror to duplicate the Toy Soldier Corps, creating fourteen soldiers and planning to expand his forces.
• Milluki asked Ian to make him another mother, explaining that he wanted someone to spend more time with him.
• Ian comforted Milluki and told him to accept himself, then admitted he could not make him a real mother.
• Ian offered a fake way to get Milluki's mother to pay attention to him, and Milluki eagerly agreed.

Ian used the Face Redrawing Tool to transform Milluki’s appearance and encouraged him to embrace his new look while doubling his training. Meanwhile, after the Exorcism Team lost seven members exploring the ruins in Gugurian, Kannari Rin’s captains urged her to make the Hunter Association take responsibility and handle further exploration.

• Ian seated Milluki and used the Face-Erasing Eraser and Face-Drawing Pen to give him silver hair, ice-blue eyes, and a new face resembling Killua and Toshiro Hitsugaya.
• Ian photographed Milluki and told him to send the picture to Kukuroo Mountain, presenting the transformation as his future self and a reward for wanting to improve.
• Ian told Milluki that appearance did not equal strength and ordered him to double his training; Milluki enthusiastically agreed.
• In Gugurian, Kannari Rin questioned why Nen-protective gear had failed to prevent infection during the Exorcism Team’s ruin exploration, which had cost seven members.
• The squad captains urged Kannari Rin to call in the Hunter Association, blaming its information and arguing that Hunters should handle further exploration while the team focused on the seal.

After the Exorcism Team suffered heavy casualties in the Gandor Ruins, Kannari Rin asked the Hunter Association to help investigate the rapidly evolving monsters. Ging discovered that black runes infected Meng’s Nen-controlled locusts, suggesting the runes spread through Nen and might be destroyed by fire.

• Kannari Rin told Netero that seven members of her squad had turned into monsters within seconds and asked the Hunter Association to help identify how the infection spread.
• Netero sent Meng to investigate the cave with his Nen-controlled locusts, and Meng reported that the monsters had grown fleshy wings, appeared to be mating, and attacked with sound while seemingly using Nen.
• Meng suspected that black runes on the monsters carried faint, unusual Nen, and he concluded that Nen fluctuations might attract them.
• Ging stopped Meng from retrieving the locusts and spotted black runes spreading across their wings; the runes burst through his Nen bubble before a Hunter burned the locusts.
• Ging concluded that the black runes spread through Nen and suggested that flames might destroy them.

Ging volunteered to scout the cave after explaining how its monsters infected Nen users. At Sharku Manor, Ian’s check-in rewarded him with the Superpower Hat, and he immediately used its telekinesis to lift Uvogin into the air.

• Ging told the Hunters he could safely scout the cave from a distance using Emission, then entered while the others watched in surprise.
• At Sharku Manor, Tsubone trained Ian and the others in practical combat, demonstrating a chained throw and blade-palm attack on Uvogin.
• Ian thought about relying on duplicated soldiers and magical items instead of enduring the Gate of Glory’s difficult training.
• Ian checked in and received the Superpower Hat, which granted telekinesis, teleportation, and x-ray vision when worn.
• Ian put on the hat and used telekinesis to make Uvogin float, prompting Uvogin to struggle in midair while Nobunaga laughed.

Ian let Machi try the Superpower Hat, then drew Fighting Gloves that attacked Uvogin whenever he wore them. Meanwhile, Ging reported that Malice Crystals inside the Gugurian ruins disrupted Hunters’ Nen, and he considered asking Ian for an item that could counter them.

• Ian gave the Superpower Hat to Uvogin, but Uvogin failed to make himself fly and only farted.
• Machi used the hat to fly, carried Ian through the air, and warned him not to misuse its X-ray vision or let others use it.
• Ian refused to let Uvogin try the hat again, then promised him that tomorrow’s item might be more suitable.
• Ian drew the Fighting Gloves, which attacked Uvogin’s face until Ian rescued him; Uvogin said he would never trust Ian again.
• Kannari Rin sent tanks to fire into the Gugurian ruins after Ging returned with news that Malice Crystals disrupted Hunters’ Nen, and Ging thought Ian might have an item that could help.

A figure awakened deep in the Ruins and began rallying the monsters of the Gandor Dynasty, while Ging concluded that Ian might be able to deal with the Rune Insects. When Kannari Rin dismissed the idea of relying on a fourteen-year-old, Ging called Ian anyway, and Ian refused to come.

• A charred figure emerged from a coffin deep in the Ruins and summoned the monsters to restore the Gandor Dynasty.
• Ging warned Kannari Rin and an Exorcism Team captain that artillery could not destroy the Rune Insects and might leave more of them dormant.
• Ging suggested that Ian, whose Nen ability could attack from a distance, might solve the problem at the Ruins.
• Kannari Rin and the captain doubted Ging's plan when he revealed that Ian was about fourteen.
• At Sharku Manor, Ian pretended the phone signal was bad and ended Ging's call about the Ruins.

Kannari Rin tried to requisition Ian for the crisis in the ruins, but he mocked her demand and asked for a spaceship to return to the M78 Nebula. After Chairman Netero called and explained the danger, Ian reluctantly agreed to think about helping.

• Ging and Netero told Kannari Rin that Ian was not a Hunter Association member and doubted V5 could make him cooperate.
• Kannari Rin called Ian and ordered him to assist V5, but he demanded a spaceship and claimed he needed to return to the M78 Nebula.
• Ian called Kannari Rin's authority a threat from V5 and declared himself a god, enraging her and leaving Ging and Netero speechless.
• Ging asked Netero to contact Ian, and Netero revealed that Ian's Nen Ability had given him a remarkable fight during their previous encounter.
• At Sharku Manor, Ian answered Netero's call with a joke, then heard that the evolving monster in the ruins could threaten the entire country.
• Ian said he would think about helping Netero.

Ian agreed to help Netero with a dangerous mission and planned to travel from Ejin City using the Anywhere Door. Before leaving, he secured Netero’s permission to borrow his Nen ability and said goodbye to Machi.

• Ian decided to help Netero because he felt indebted to him, and called to accept the mission.
• Netero agreed to let Ian copy his ability again, while Ian promised he would come himself instead of waiting for an airship.
• Ian told Machi he would leave on a long trip and asked her to tell Uvogin to train hard under Netero.
• Ian opened the Anywhere Door and stepped through, still wearing the psychic hat.

Ian arrived at the Ruins using the Anywhere Door, disarmed the Exorcism Team with his Superpower Hat, and met up with Netero and Ging. After shaking Netero’s hand, he ignored Kannari Rin’s offered handshake and urged everyone to get moving toward the problem at the cave.

• Ian appeared in the forest through a pink door, then made it vanish as the Hunters and Exorcism Team watched in alarm.
• When the Exorcism Team aimed their guns at him, Ian used the Superpower Hat’s telekinesis to turn their weapons away.
• Ian greeted Netero and shook his hand, while Ging explained that a new problem had arisen at the Ruins cave.
• Ian learned that the stern woman beside them was Kannari Rin, leader of the Exorcism Team.
• Kannari Rin offered Ian her hand, but he avoided touching it and said they should hurry to solve the problem.

Ian confronted Kannari Rin and demonstrated his overwhelming speed and strength before using Toy Soldiers to attack the monsters blocking the Ruins. The soldiers’ attacks seemed effective, and Ian sent in hundreds more as the ground inside began to shake.

• Ian recognized Kannari Rin as the woman who had repeatedly called him and insulted her, provoking her to attack.
• Ian moved behind Kannari Rin, held a hand to the back of her head, and threatened her with killing intent before letting the confrontation cool.
• Ging told Ian that black Rune Insects and crystals of malicious intent had blocked exploration of the Ruins.
• Ian sent ten red Toy Soldiers into the cave, and explosions and gunfire soon sounded from inside.
• After the first soldiers were destroyed, Ian produced hundreds more and ordered them into the Ruins, where the ground began to shake.

Ian’s toy soldiers destroyed the Black Talisman Insects with fire, clearing the cave entrance so the Hunters and Exorcism Team could continue into the Ruins. As Ian and Ging followed them, an eerie passage began spreading toward the surface, its green lights welcoming an unseen king.

• Ian ordered his toy soldiers to burn the Black Talisman Insects, and they wiped them out despite suffering losses.
• Ian told Ging that the insects’ weakness was fire and challenged the Hunters and Exorcism Team to enter the Ruins with him.
• Ian mocked the Exorcism Team for hanging back, and Kannari Rin ordered them to continue the mission.
• Ian and Ging entered the Ruins after Netero, the Hunters, and Kannari Rin’s team.
• Ian refused Ging’s request to rely on his cannon against the Malice Crystals and said others needed the chance to grow.
• A strange passage spread underground toward the surface as green lights came on to welcome its king.

Ging warned the arguing Hunters that the Ruins’ danger remained and ordered Kannari Rin’s Exorcism Team to clear the Malice Crystals blocking their path. As the team’s Nen attacks slowly broke through, Ian questioned why the crystals had been created, and a dried corpse deep within the passage sensed Nen and released a vast En.

• Hunters argued over who would claim the valuable Malice Crystals until Ging arrived and reminded them that the Ruins’ danger was not over.
• Ging asked Netero to watch their surroundings and told Kannari Rin’s Exorcism Team to clear the crystals because their Nen-distorting field made the passage impassable.
• Kannari Rin ordered her team to fire Nen bullets at the crystals, but the crystals resisted the attacks and were destroyed only slowly.
• Ian asked Ging what the crystals had originally been made to resist, prompting Ging to reconsider the purpose of the Ruins and their defenses.
• Deep in the passage, a dried corpse sensed the Nen being used, wondered whether its enemies had returned, and unleashed a vast white En across several kilometers.

A terrifying Nen presence swept through the ruins, convincing Ian that the group faced an enemy on Meruem’s level. Though he tried to retreat, Ging and Netero pressed onward, and Ian ultimately brought out a giant gun emplacement to join them.

• An immense En scanned the area, startling Ian, Netero, Ging, Mizaistom, Kannari Rin, and the rest of the group.
• Netero recognized the ruins held an extraordinary enemy, while Ging feared the threat could devastate the Gogar Kingdom and Egina.
• Kannari Rin ordered the Exorcism Team to stay with Netero and hold their ground despite their fear.
• Ian prepared to escape, but Ging stopped him; Ian proposed retreating and used a Disaster-Repelling Sticker for protection.
• Ging and Netero continued deeper into the cave, and Ian followed by summoning a giant gun emplacement.

Ian joined the Hunters and Exorcism Team in the Ruins, where Malice Crystals had begun storing Nen and exploding when touched. He used the Invincible Turret to clear a path, then discovered that his Nonliving Hypnosis Loudspeaker could turn a crystal into a bomb.

• Ian gave Ging and Netero Disaster-Repelling Stickers and suggested bringing Knov along so the group could escape if they could not defeat their enemy.
• An explosion revealed that Malice Crystals were absorbing Nen and detonating when touched, leading Ging to explain the danger to the group.
• Kannari Rin ordered the Exorcism Team to attack the crystals, while Ging, Netero, and Ian helped destroy them with ranged attacks.
• Ian's Invincible Turret blasted through the glowing crystals and cleared the passageway, impressing the Hunters and Kannari Rin.
• Ian used the Nonliving Hypnosis Loudspeaker to tell a Malice Crystal it was a bomb, and it produced a transparent crystal bomb.

Ian turned Malice Crystals into powerful bombs and collected thousands while the team cleared the passage. He converted a giant crystal into a nuclear bomb, leaving him confident he could face whatever waited at the bottom of the Ruins.

• Ian demonstrated that hypnotized Malice Crystals made extremely powerful bombs, then used Toy Soldiers to gather fragments as the group advanced.
• Ian converted thousands of crystal fragments into bombs and stored them in his Item Combination Belt.
• At a giant Malice Crystal, Kannari Rin negotiated for some of Ian’s bombs, and he gave her two before she and her team left.
• Ian pulled the nearly four-meter crystal from the wall and hypnotized it into a nuclear bomb.
• Ian stored the nuclear bomb and decided he could now confront the powerful enemy at the bottom of the Ruins.

Ian and the others reached an ancient stone door after clearing the Malice Crystals, and Ging explained that nearby carvings depicted an ancient war against monsters. Ian used Telekinesis to open the door, revealing a descending passage from which a horde of grotesque monsters charged, and the group attacked.

• Ian encouraged Knov and assured him that he could defeat the powerful enemy ahead.
• The group cleared the Malice Crystals and reached an ancient stone door covered in carvings of a war against monsters.
• Ging explained that similar carvings appeared at other ruins but offered no direct account of the creatures.
• An Exorcism Team captain opened the stone door only slightly, but Ian used Telekinesis to push it fully open.
• The group heard creatures racing up the passage and attacked as a horde of grotesque monsters charged toward them.

Ian, Netero, Ging, and the others fought off an endless swarm of monsters in the ancient ruins until Ian's Toy Soldier Corps helped turn the battle around. A powerful, gaunt figure emerged and announced himself as a king from the past, then took Ging's Translation Konjac with Nen.

• Netero, Ging, Knov, Ian, and the other fighters battled the monsters pouring from the passage, but the prolonged fight exhausted the Hunters and Exorcism Team members.
• Ian summoned nearly a thousand Toy Soldiers, who reinforced the fighters and helped drive the monsters back.
• The monsters began retreating as a terrifying aura approached, and Netero, Ging, and Ian prepared for its arrival.
• A gaunt figure appeared, radiating immense Nen, and declared, "Humans of the present... a king from the past receives your audience..."
• Ian gave Ging sticky cake containing Translation Konjac, allowing Ging to understand the figure's words.
• The figure took the Translation Konjac from Ging's hand and asked whether someone had mixed their own will into the Nen-infused food.

Ging, Netero, and Ian faced a corpse-like monster from the ancient Gandor Dynasty, whose spatial transfer and reaction speed made it a formidable threat. After the monster praised Ian’s Translation Konjac and named him chief royal chef, it attacked Netero, while Ian prepared to use the Cursed Camera.

• The monster transferred Ging’s Translation Konjac without touching it, alarming Ging, Netero, and Ian with its apparent spatial ability and speed.
• Ging used his Rainbow Rabbit ability to create protective projections around himself, Netero, and Ian.
• The monster ate some of the Translation Konjac, understood its effects, and praised Ian’s creation before naming him the new chief royal chef of the Gandor Kingdom.
• Netero asked the monster why it had come to the present world, but it demanded respect and attacked him with an invisible force.
• Netero countered with his 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva while Ging watched for an opening and Ian took out the Cursed Camera to try to obtain the monster’s Cursed Doll.

Netero rejected King Gondor IV’s offer to join the Gandor Kingdom and vowed to stop his plans to restore the dynasty. Ian used the Cursed Camera to cripple the king, then joined Netero and Ging in a coordinated assault that left the king buried beneath a barrage of crystal bombs.

• King Gondor IV offered Netero a new life and argued that survival justified his desperate state, but Netero refused to let him disrupt the present world.
• King Gondor IV ordered his monsters to attack the Hunters and declared that they would restore the Gandor Dynasty.
• Ian told Ging and Netero to use his stickers and asked Ging to lower his barrier, then photographed King Gondor IV with the Cursed Camera.
• Ian’s curse weakened King Gondor IV’s power, and Ian snapped the head off the king’s Cursed Doll, twisting the king’s neck in the process.
• Ian threw crystal bombs at King Gondor IV as Ging and Netero struck him into the ground, and the bombs exploded in a massive blast that scorched the surrounding monsters.