Recaps

As Kakin's princes showered Allen with gifts in hopes of recruiting him, he chose to let them keep guessing while preparing for the Dark Continent expedition. Kite and Shina joined the team, while Kurapika worked to get his allies close to Tserriednich, unaware that the effort was part of a hidden conspiracy.

• The princes investigated Allen's record and sent him gifts worth over one hundred billion Jenny to win his support in the Succession Contest.
• Kite visited Allen with Shina, and Allen said he would not respond to the princes' attempts to recruit him.
• Kite told Allen that her new Chimera Ant body felt normal but gave her a powerful craving for high-quality food, then left to meet Ging for an assessment.
• Shina reported that she had been practicing Nen removal and could digest the Nen she consumed in three days, so Allen promised to grant her freedom if she did well on the journey.
• With Kite and Shina aboard, Allen's team awaited the expedition while Kurapika recruited allies to approach Tserriednich, unaware that a hidden mastermind had already obtained a ship's ticket.

The New Phantom Troupe received a mission to find and seize the Kakin royal vessel aboard the Black Whale, while Allen rejected Camilla’s overture and warned Benjamin that he would intervene if the Succession Contest endangered civilians. Allen also speculated that the Princes’ Guardian Spirit Beasts were souls tied to their ancestors, though he told Kite to keep the idea quiet until he found the vessel.

• Shila assigned the New Phantom Troupe to help Reaper Allen locate and seize the Kakin Royal Family’s inherited vessel, making the mission a contest for the group’s leadership.
• Shila watched Kurapika from afar and believed his life would soon end before she disappeared into the night.
• Nasubi and the participating Princes boarded the Black Whale for its departure, with Allen and his team among the honored guests.
• Camilla approached Allen and tried to enlist his interest, but Allen knocked her away with his aura and rejected her.
• Benjamin asked whether Allen would stay out of the Succession Contest, and Allen said he would intervene if the Princes caused mass civilian casualties.
• Allen told Kite that the Guardian Spirit Beasts might be souls formed from an ancestor’s soul and urged him to keep the speculation secret until Allen found the vessel.

Nasubi tried to draw Allen into the Succession Contest, but Allen suspected the King intended to make everyone aboard the Black Whale sacrifices for the urn. Allen and Kite resolved to find the urn before acting, then Isabelle reunited with Allen and asked about the Dark Continent expedition, which he warned was deadly.

• Nasubi defended the Succession Contest as Kakin tradition and suggested Allen could prevent needless deaths by helping a Prince.
• Allen, Kite, and Fei Jie suspected Nasubi meant to use the ship’s passengers as sacrifices to create a powerful ruler, and Allen insisted they first locate the urn.
• Isabelle greeted Allen and Bodrō, explaining that she had invested her money in a communications company and become one of the world’s richest women.
• Isabelle asked Allen about the chances of success in the Dark Continent expedition, and Allen advised her to swim back to shore before the ship got too far away.

Allen warned Isabelle that the Succession Contest put her in danger and asked her to investigate the Nen urn, while secretly using Pouf’s ability to spy on Nasubi. Kite left to meet Ging on the third level, and Allen prepared for the conflict to come.

• Allen told Isabelle to avoid the Princes and stay locked in her room to improve her chances of surviving the Succession Contest.
• Allen asked Isabelle to learn about the Nen urn through her connection to Eighth Prince Salé-salé, and she went to approach him.
• Allen used Pouf’s ability to create a tiny version of himself that slipped into Nasubi’s coat pocket.
• Kite explained that his Chimera Ant genes let him plunder some of an opponent’s aura, though he was unsure what had become of Crazy Clown.
• Kite left the banquet to meet Ging on the third level and bring back information about the pregnancy-related matter.
• Allen privately rejected Kite’s hope of handling the urn quietly and resolved to prepare for battle.

After the Princes’ Guardian Spirit Beasts began rampaging, Allen prepared his team to defend their room and refused Kurapika’s request to help the Fourteenth Prince. Kurapika told Queen Oito they would have to face the crisis alone, leaving them to prepare for the coming danger.

• Allen returned to his first-floor quarters and found Guardian Spirit Beasts rampaging through the room, then arranged watches with Bodrō, Lupos, and Lupos II.
• Kurapika called Allen to report that the Fourteenth Prince and Queen Oito had been attacked and several people on his side had died since the ship sailed.
• Allen refused to help, arguing that the Princes and Queen Oito were responsible for choices that had brought them into the Succession Contest.
• Kurapika told Queen Oito that Allen would not participate and explained that Allen did not consider her or the Fourteenth Prince innocent.
• Queen Oito asked why Waburl was not innocent, and Kurapika urged her to abandon hope of outside help and prepare for the coming storm.

As violence spread across the Black Whale, Allen and his companions discussed the Succession Contest and searched for the hidden urn. Allen finally located it among fourteen coffins and realized that the ritual used ordinary deaths and dead Princes to greatly strengthen the winning Prince’s Nen.

• As the Guardian Spirit Beasts acted on their own, deaths and unrest spread across the Black Whale’s decks.
• Allen told Kite and Fei Jie that he had not found the urn, but expected the Princes’ growing powers to reveal it as the Succession Contest progressed.
• Allen explained that V5 intelligence operatives were searching the lower decks for clues about the urn.
• Allen suddenly announced that he had found the urn and told his companions to wait while he investigated alone.
• Using God's Alibi, Allen slipped past blockades into a ritual room where he found the urn surrounded by fourteen coffins, including one holding the Twelfth Prince, Muzai.
• Allen concluded that the ritual strengthened the Princes with ordinary sacrifices, then used the dead Princes to empower the contest’s winner.

Allen confronted the urn containing the Kakin Royal Family’s accumulated post-mortem Nen and fought it after Vilnalasath warned him of its danger. He transformed into a Great Dragon and set the room ablaze, while Royal Guards rushed in and attacked him without penetrating his scales.

• Vilnalasath warned Allen that the urn held immense malice and that touching it would turn the floor and the Kakin Royal Family against him.
• Allen shot the urn with a charged Mithril Arrow, but its Nen hands blocked the attack and then destroyed the arrow.
• Vilnalasath burned away the urn’s Nen hands with dragon breath, prompting Allen to transform into Dragon Form.
• Allen unleashed dragon breath that engulfed the room, forcing the urn to consume its stored Nen to survive.
• Royal Guards entered, fired on Allen, and were repelled as Vilnalasath-controlled tail struck the advancing Nen users.

Allen attacked the royal urn with his Red Dragon and confronted Nasubi, declaring that V5 had authorized the destruction of Kakin’s royal family. After Allen crippled Camilla and gained her Nen ability, Nasubi killed his children and called on Kakin’s ancestors for power, leaving the fallen Princes revived in ancient armor.

• A Royal Guard warned Nasubi that a Red Dragon was attacking the royal urn, and Nasubi rushed to the secret room with his guards.
• Allen picked up the weakened urn and told Nasubi that V5 had authorized the royal family’s destruction and Kakin’s division into smaller countries.
• Benjamin ordered his private army to attack Allen, but Allen killed the soldiers with a dragon-wing blow and fire.
• Allen ordered Vilnalasath to seize control of the Red Dragon, which tore off Camilla’s legs; Allen then gained the Million Reincarnation Cat ability by devouring her flesh and blood.
• Nasubi stabbed Benjamin and killed his other children before calling on Kakin’s ancestors for power.
• The urn flew to Nasubi, and the Princes’ corpses rose and manifested ancient armor.

Allen defeated Nasubi’s summoned guardian warriors as the King sacrificed himself to unleash a vast Nen force above the Black Whale. Allen confirmed that V5’s purge had begun, and their forces moved to eliminate the Kakin royal family and seize the ship.

• Nasubi used the urn to summon powerful guardian warriors, who adapted to Allen’s attacks and fought with weapons that bypassed Nen defenses.
• Allen changed forms, tested several attacks, and used Hyakushiki Kannon to drive the warriors back.
• Nasubi poured his blood into the urn and unleashed a tremendous Nen aura, rising above the Black Whale as Allen followed him.
• Allen told Bodrō to begin the V5 purge of the Kakin royal family and their loyalists, sparing only those who renounced their royal status.
• Bodrō and Kite attacked the remaining guards, while Fei Jie alerted V5 intelligence personnel and Chimera Ant soldiers seized the ship’s passages.
• Nasubi’s summoned warriors became corpses again after he drained their Nen, and the retaliatory operation spread across the Black Whale.

After defeating the urn-empowered Nasubi with a newly fused arrow technique and an enhanced Pauper's Rose, Allen left the urn cracked and barely afloat. Meanwhile, V5 took control of the ferry and began arresting or killing the Kakin royals, while Kurapika was captured.

• V5 seized control of the ferry, placed the surviving Princes and Queen Consorts under house arrest, and captured Kurapika after he tried to protect the Fourteenth Prince and his Queen Consort.
• The operation's leader gave Kido V5's order to hunt down the Kakin royal family's illegitimate children.
• Allen ordered Vilnalasath to fuse archery abilities into Meruem's cocoon, creating a powerful aura mass for his attacks.
• Allen used Aim Shot with the black aura mass to tear through Nasubi's body, but Nasubi quickly began regenerating.
• Allen copied and threw an enhanced Pauper's Rose into the urn, destroying Nasubi and leaving the urn badly cracked as poison spread through the sea.

Allen destroyed the Pot Egg, but its malicious Nen overwhelmed him and dragged him through a Dark Gate into another world. Back aboard the Black Whale, the Kakin royal bloodline died, and the kingdom soon fractured after V5 intervened.

• Vilnalasath warned Allen that the Pot Egg was about to explode, and Allen dropped his Red Dragon armor so she could devour its malicious Nen.
• The Pot Egg shattered, and Vilnalasath absorbed most of its Nen while the remainder ravaged Allen and reduced his Hunter Class Panel HP to zero.
• Vilnalasath protected Allen’s vital organs, but a giant wave dragged them beneath the sea, where a Dark Gate appeared and pulled them inside.
• Lupos and Lupos II vanished aboard the Black Whale, prompting Kite, Bodrō, and Fei Jie to fear something had happened to Allen.
• After the Black Whale turned back, every Kakin royal bloodline member aboard died, confirming that the Pot Egg and Succession Contest had been destroyed.
• Urbane launched a joint crackdown on Kakin, which split into more than twenty nations, while Allen was celebrated as a hero despite having vanished into another world.

After months of self-healing in Konoha Hospital, Allen woke to find himself in Konoha Village and learned that his injuries had made him much shorter while strengthening his body. The Third Hokage mistook Allen’s despair over his lost height for grief over a personal tragedy and offered him a place to live in Konoha.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that the injured boy had no signs of Chakra extraction and ordered Anbu to surveil everyone connected to the incident.
• Allen’s body continued rebuilding itself, shrinking from about 1.8 meters to around 1.5 meters as his muscles grew tougher.
• After several months, Allen woke in the hospital, sensed the people around him, and recognized Konoha Village outside his window.
• Vilnalasath told Allen he had been unconscious for months and suggested the Dark Gate had appeared when he was near death.
• Allen discovered he had lost thirty centimeters in height and lamented that growing stronger had made him short.
• Hiruzen entered Allen’s room, mistook his despair for grief over a great misfortune, and told him he could live in Konoha.

During his interrogation, Allen passed off Nen as a secret technique called Qi and convinced Konoha's leaders that he might be a useful recruit. The Third Hokage arranged for Kakashi to house and monitor him while the village explored how his healing abilities could benefit medical ninjutsu.

• Allen explained that his Qi could strengthen his body, then demonstrated it by punching a basketball-sized pit into the floor.
• A Hyuga clansman detected life energy but no Chakra in Allen's fist, easing the Third Hokage's suspicions.
• The Third Hokage invited Allen to join Konoha and teach the village how to cultivate Qi in exchange for food, lodging, and an allowance.
• The Third Hokage assigned Kakashi to house Allen, and Kakashi took him to get a meal.
• After Allen and Kakashi left, Homura Mitokado dismissed the power's combat potential, while Kou urged the village to research its healing abilities.
• The Third Hokage agreed to explore incorporating Allen's technique into the medical system, believing it was likely a rare bloodline limit.

Allen explored Konoha with Kakashi, ate an enormous amount of ramen, and tried unsuccessfully to learn how to extract Chakra. He learned that he needed to consume a ninja to gain the ability, then decided to join Konoha temporarily so he could find one.

• Allen ate more than a dozen bowls of ramen at Ichiraku, astonishing Kakashi and the shop’s customers.
• Allen asked Kakashi to teach him Chakra extraction, and Kakashi agreed to test whether his body could use it.
• After an afternoon of effort, Allen failed to extract Chakra, and Kakashi concluded that his body could not do so.
• Allen secretly consulted Vilnalasath, who explained that Allen needed to eat a person to gain their genes and abilities.
• Unable to leave Konoha safely, Allen decided to accept Hiruzen’s terms and join the village as a ninja for now.

Kakashi delivered Allen's appointment letter, assigning him to Konoha Hospital as a Medical Ninja because his Qi accelerated healing. Allen successfully treated a squirrel and then healed a Genin's deep thigh wound without pain, proving his ability worked on patients.

• Kakashi gave Allen his living expenses and a letter ordering him to report to the hospital.
• Kiriko explained that the medical team had observed Allen's rapid recovery and asked him to demonstrate his healing ability on an injured animal.
• Allen used Enhancement-type Qi to heal a squirrel's wound, impressing Kiriko with how quickly it worked.
• Kiriko brought Allen to the trauma ward, where he treated a skeptical Genin whose thigh had been cut by a kunai.
• Allen carefully controlled his Qi and healed the Genin's wound in five minutes, leaving the patient astonished that the treatment had not hurt.

Allen’s medical work made him well known in Konoha, while the Third Hokage and Koharu Utatane decided to test whether he was ready to become a ninja. After healing a captive Stone Ninja, Allen was ordered to kill him and did so without hesitation.

• Allen healed twelve patients in one morning, including two with fractures, and Kiriko reported his abilities to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Koharu Utatane discussed Allen’s Aura and planned a final test before giving him a forehead protector and assigning him to a Genin Squad.
• Kiriko brought Allen to an interrogation room, where Morino Ibiki ordered him to heal a wounded Stone Ninja captive.
• The captive broke free and charged Allen, but Allen struck him with an Aura-enhanced fist and sent him crashing into the wall.
• Morino Ibiki told Allen to kill the captive as a test of his resolve, and Allen drove a kunai into the man’s heart.

Allen passed Konoha’s genin exam, secretly devoured the Stone Ninja’s corpse, and learned to extract and control Chakra. After mastering several ninjutsu, he hid his progress and awaited his first squad assignment and missions.

• Morino Ibiki praised Allen for killing the Stone Ninja and declared that he had passed the genin exam, while Kiriko gave him a Konoha forehead protector.
• Allen pretended to bury the Stone Ninja, copied the corpse, and had Vilnalasath devour the real body to replenish the medium needed to extract Chakra.
• Allen discovered that he could convert aura into Chakra and back, then used Vilnalasath to simulate ninjutsu and learned the Three Body Technique and Earth Release: Stone Pillar Spear.
• Allen concealed his new abilities and continued training until Kakashi noticed the faint Chakra in his body and congratulated him on becoming a genin.
• Kakashi explained that Allen would likely soon join a Genin Squad and go on missions, which Allen welcomed.

Allen joined Might Guy’s Team Three and trained alongside Tenten, Neji Hyuga, and Rock Lee before they accepted a mission escorting a merchant to the Land of Grass. At the border, the team found poisoned victims and detected a hidden enemy ninja, leaving them on alert as Allen urged them to protect their client.

• Might Guy welcomed Allen to Team Three and introduced him to Tenten, Neji Hyuga, and Rock Lee.
• Team Three trained hard and completed exhausting low-rank missions before Might Guy agreed to take a C-Rank mission.
• Might Guy treated the team to barbecue, where Allen ate enough to cost him the reward for a B-Rank mission.
• Might Guy’s team began escorting the merchant Fukusaburo toward the Land of Grass.
• At the border, the team found more than twenty dead merchants and guards, and Tenten noticed their eyes had turned blood-red.
• Allen detected a hidden enemy, Neji identified him as a likely chunin, and Allen stopped Rock Lee from chasing him while the team guarded Fukusaburo.

Team Three camped for the night while Allen waited for the suspected attackers to approach. He intercepted six Grass Ninja and killed their leader with a Chakra Scalpel, leaving the fight against the remaining attackers unresolved.

• Might Guy tightened the caravan's security, and Allen claimed his bloodline ability let him detect people and animals within five hundred meters.
• The caravan set up camp, and Neji spotted that the same ninja was still following them.
• Allen and Tenten took the second night watch, but Tenten fell asleep while Allen waited for the attackers.
• Allen detected six approaching red dots and left camp alone to intercept them.
• Allen discovered the attackers wore Grass Ninja forehead protectors, then killed their leader by slicing his throat with a Chakra Scalpel.

Allen killed the Grass Ninja who attacked the caravan, then hid their bodies and returned to camp before Might Guy noticed. After the team delivered the merchant safely, Might Guy gave them a day to explore the nearby market, leaving Allen and his teammates free to spend time outside Konoha.

• Allen dodged the Grass Ninja's attacks and killed the remaining attackers, intending to devour them and leave replicated corpses behind.
• Might Guy found Allen among the bodies, praised his medical ninjutsu, and warned him not to charge into battle recklessly.
• Allen apologized while secretly resolving to keep acting alone when doing so would help him gain Chakra and abilities.
• Allen and Might Guy returned to camp, and the team continued its journey the next morning without Neji discovering what had happened.
• Fukusaburo thanked the hired ninjas after they safely reached their destination, and the caravan departed for the market.
• Might Guy gave Team Three a day off near the Grass Ninja Village, delighting Tenten and Rock Lee.

Allen attacked the Grass Ninja Village, destroying much of it with his self-created Stone Rain technique before killing the surviving ninja. After wiping out the village’s defenders, he judged the Grass Ninja to be exceptionally weak.

• Allen left a Shadow Clone wandering in town, disguised himself as Hidan, and flew toward the Grass Ninja Village on the Red Dragon.
• Allen created thousands of stone spears and unleashed Stone Rain, killing many Grass Ninja and destroying more than half the village.
• Allen ordered Vilnalasath to devour the dead while he descended to confront the surviving Grass Ninja executives.
• Allen killed the nearest chunin with a Chakra Scalpel and evaded the remaining ninja’s combined attacks using Substitution Jutsu and Shadow Clone Jutsu.
• Allen killed the last of the Grass Ninja defenders and concluded that their village was among the weakest in the ninja world.

Allen found a scroll containing over a hundred stolen ninjutsu and rescued Karin from Grass Ninja Village, which he had destroyed. He took Karin as his first subordinate and returned to town, where Tenten gave him a short blade as thanks for his advice.

• Vilnalasath gave Allen a scroll of ninjutsu she had found among the Grass Ninja corpses.
• Karin emerged from the ruins and asked Allen to take her with him, and he healed her bite wounds with Nen.
• Allen revealed his true appearance and identity to Karin, who swore loyalty to him and became his first subordinate.
• Allen and Karin found Grass Ninja Village's underground treasury, which held several hundred million ryo, then flew back to town.
• Allen arranged for Karin to stay at a distant inn before rejoining Team Three.
• Tenten gave Allen a finely made short blade to thank him for his advice on weapons and explosives.

Tenten tested a new explosive-kunai weapon and received Allen’s advice on improving it. On the way back, Neji asked Allen how he could become stronger, while Allen considered how Neji’s hatred might serve his future plans.

• Tenten showed Team Three the weapon she had commissioned and invited them to test it outside town.
• Tenten fired explosive kunai at a hillside, impressing Neji and Rock Lee with the blasts.
• Allen pointed out the weapon’s slow firing and weight, then suggested Chakra-conducting metal, Wind Release, or a larger scroll-summoned platform controlled with Chakra Threads.
• Might Guy warned that Tenten and Allen’s research could produce weapons with serious battlefield impact, while Neji worried that Tenten might surpass him.
• Neji asked Allen for a way to grow stronger quickly, and Allen said he might offer advice later after sensing Neji’s hatred of the Main Family.

Team Three witnessed the destruction of the Grass Ninja Village and reported it to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who ordered them to keep the news secret. Back in his home, Allen entered the Dungeon, taught his wolves to convert qi into Chakra, and began studying the stolen ninjutsu scroll.

• Team Three arrived at the ruined Grass Ninja Village, and Might Guy suspected the Stone Ninja had used a powerful forbidden technique.
• Might Guy led the team back to Konoha, where Hiruzen Sarutobi gave them credit for an additional A-rank mission and told them not to spread the news.
• Allen returned to his assigned home, locked the door, and teleported into the Dungeon with a ninjutsu scroll from the Grass Ninja Village.
• Allen used the Soul Link to teach Lupos and Lupos II about Chakra, while the Red Dragon helped them learn to convert qi into Chakra.
• Allen began testing the scroll’s ninjutsu as the Red Dragon recorded his Chakra flow, with Vilnalasath helping him perform the techniques without hand seals.

Allen rapidly advanced his ninjutsu and other skills before Team Three was sent to the border amid a shadow war between the Land of Earth and the Land of Fire. When the team discovered three Stone Ninja waiting in ambush, Allen proposed a plan to engage them without giving them a chance to escape.

• Allen studied ninjutsu, Medical Ninjutsu with Kiriko, and the Eight Inner Gates with Might Guy, while planning to seek out Orochimaru after defecting.
• Two months later, Shikaku Nara sent Team Three to the border to locate Stone Ninja who had been attacking Konoha patrols.
• Allen and Neji used their sensing abilities to find three Stone Ninja concealed ahead of the team.
• Allen proposed that Might Guy, Neji, Rock Lee, and he engage the enemies while Tenten sent a distress signal from behind.
• Might Guy approved Allen's plan, and the team prepared to attack the ambushers.