Recaps

Allen killed a brown bear Squadron leader, learned that the ant's cocoon contained 160,000 aura, and considered how Chimera Ant rank affected strength. Illumi, Kalluto, Bodrō, and Fei Jie returned with captured ants, and Allen prepared them for Nen training while keeping his newly acquired ability secret.

• The brown bear Squadron leader tried to flee through the Shuttling Gate, but Allen caught and crippled him before questioning him about the Chimera Ant Queen and the future King.
• Allen killed the Squadron leader and fed him to the Red Dragon, whose cocoon contained 160,000 aura.
• Allen reflected on the Chimera Ant hierarchy and praised Morel's achievements during the subjugation campaign.
• Illumi and Kalluto returned with captured soldier ants and an Officer, while Bodrō and Fei Jie brought back the other squad that had gone to seize villagers.
• Allen told the group to help the captured ants develop Nen and explained why he collected abilities, while keeping his latest acquisition secret.

Allen’s team waited for Hisoka, who returned after teaching a Chimera Ant squadron leader Nen and deliberately letting it escape. Hisoka promised to help capture Ant leaders in exchange for a chance to fight stronger prey, while Allen warned him not to endanger the team again.

• Allen’s team discussed the threat of Chimera Ants learning Nen while waiting for Hisoka to return.
• Allen noted that Pokkle’s marker remained on the Hunting Map and decided he would rescue him only if it did not put the team at undue risk.
• Hisoka returned and admitted that he had taught a squadron leader Nen, then let enemy reinforcements rescue it.
• Illumi accused Hisoka of deliberately making future hunts more difficult, and Hisoka promised to help capture more Ant leaders.
• Allen asked about the Ant’s ability, and Hisoka described a Nen-powered projectile ability and requested a division commander as future prey.
• Allen agreed on the condition that Hisoka keep his promise and warned he would kick him out if he endangered the team again.

Allen’s guerrilla campaign against the Chimera Ants raised his aura capacity to about 1.2 million and greatly enhanced his physical abilities. After explaining how he created the Red Dragon to Kalluto, Allen withdrew from the ants’ territory to regroup and prepare to meet Chairman Netero’s Subjugation Team.

• As Chimera Ant Nen users multiplied, Allen’s team used guerrilla attacks on patrols and relocated after each strike.
• By mid-May, Allen had devoured more than two thousand cocoons, boosting his aura capacity past one million and enhancing his speed and strength.
• Kalluto asked how Allen had created the Red Dragon, and Allen described the resolve and rare mediums behind it.
• Illumi warned Kalluto against copying others’ Nen abilities or seeking the power of the person he had in mind.
• Allen led the team out of the Chimera Ants’ territory to rest, protect Ponzu, report intelligence, and meet Netero’s Subjugation Team.

Killua escaped the Chimera Ant nest with unconscious Gon after Kite lost an arm to Neferpitou, then met Netero, Morel, and Nobu at the border. Allen arrived with his group and confirmed that the ants had rapidly learned Nen, leaving the Hunters confronted with the scale of the threat.

• Killua carried unconscious Gon to the border after obeying Kite’s order to retreat from Neferpitou, who had severed Kite’s arm.
• Killua called for help, and Netero, Morel, and Nobu arrived with a support team.
• Morel and Nobu criticized or consoled Killua, while Killua warned them that the enemy’s aura was terrifyingly powerful.
• Allen’s vehicle broke through the border barrier, and his group killed the armed Staff Members who tried to stop them.
• Allen told Netero that many Chimera Ants had learned Nen, including nearly all squadron leaders and all division commanders.

Allen revealed that the Chimera Ant Royal Guards rivaled his aura and the unborn King would be far stronger, warning Netero’s team of the danger. As the group headed for safety to recover, Allen struck a deal with Killua to help him and Gon grow stronger in exchange for Killua’s unconditional fulfillment of a future request.

• Allen released his Nen to demonstrate his strength, leaving Nobu trembling and Morel barely able to stand, then warned that the Royal Guards matched his aura and the King would be more than three times stronger.
• Allen confirmed that he had seen at least two Royal Guards, and Netero invited him to help reduce the number of enemies after his team recovered.
• Netero said he would go ahead to prevent the disaster from spreading and cautioned Allen to remain humble about the Dark Continent.
• Allen collected the Growth-Enhancing Medicine from Killua, who asked him to help Gon and himself grow stronger quickly.
• Allen made Killua promise to fulfill a future request without delay or refusal, and Killua agreed without remembering Alluka and Nanika.
• Allen and his companions set off toward a safer rear area alongside Netero’s group.

Neferpitou captured Kite, who was hypnotized and turned into Biter’s combat-training puppet, while Netero, Morel, and Nobu struggled to contain the Nen-trained Chimera Ant army. Forced to retreat before Biter and Youpi, Netero waited for Allen’s team and accepted that the mission could be his final battle.

• Neferpitou brought the badly wounded Kite to Pouf, and Biter chose to turn him into a puppet for combat training rather than send him to the Queen as food.
• Pouf hypnotized Kite with Nen scales, and Biter took control of him before a squadron leader healed his injuries.
• Netero, Morel, and Nobu watched the ant nest, then used smoke puppets and Nobu’s ability to kill hundreds of soldier ants and more than a dozen squadron leaders over a day or two.
• Biter and Youpi began patrolling the forest, forcing Netero’s team to halt their attacks and retreat to a cave twenty kilometers from the nest.
• Netero told Morel and Nobu to wait for Allen’s team, while privately resolving to take the King down even if it cost him his life.

Allen brought Gon and Killua into his Dungeon to train them against monsters, where time passed ten times faster than outside. After warning them that the accelerated growth would use up their future time, he teased the embarrassed pair about acting like a married couple.

• Gon begged Allen to teach him how to grow stronger quickly and swore to keep the Dungeon secret.
• Allen took Gon, Killua, Fei Jie, and Bodrō to Blackrock Spire and explained that ten days inside equaled one day outside.
• Killua and Gon began fighting Orcs, while Fei Jie got angry when Killua called her an auntie and went to vent her anger upstairs.
• Allen guided Gon and Killua through the Dungeon until they ran out of aura near the suspension bridge.
• Allen explained that time spent training in the Dungeon accelerated their growth and used up their future time, then teased Gon and Killua about being like a married couple.

After 140 days of brutal training in the game world, Gon and Killua returned with vastly increased aura reserves, but Allen warned them that they still could not face the Chimera Ant Royal Guards. Allen then left with Illumi, Hisoka, and Kalluto for NGL while Gon and Killua remained unqualified to join the Subjugation Team.

• Allen put Gon and Killua through 140 days of near-death training, raising both their aura reserves above sixty thousand.
• Gon and Killua celebrated their strength and vowed to face powerful enemies, but Allen warned that they were still far below the Royal Guards and must not approach them.
• Illumi, Hisoka, and Kalluto arrived, and Illumi questioned how Allen had tripled Gon and Killua's Nen in two weeks.
• Kalluto asked whether Gon and Killua would join the group, and Allen said they had not yet earned the right to take part in the war.
• Killua explained that Gon and he still needed to defeat two people and collect their half-boards before qualifying for the Subjugation Team, so Allen departed for NGL with his team.

Allen’s team crossed into NGL and found the country devastated by the Chimera Ants. Allen confronted the transformed drug lord Zaiyilo, who tried to buy his freedom, but Allen declared he would kill him.

• Killua and Gon agreed to find Chairman Netero’s contact and catch up with Allen to save Kite, while lamenting their brutal training.
• Allen’s team traveled through NGL, where they found abandoned villages, corpses, and signs that the country’s leadership had collapsed.
• Hisoka spotted someone in the forest, and Allen went to investigate while the rest of the team stopped by the road.
• The hooded man fired a submachine gun at Allen, but an invisible barrier stopped the bullets.
• Allen identified the man as Zaiyilo, the transformed drug lord responsible for NGL’s suffering, and rejected his offer of ten billion Jenny.
• Allen released his Nen and told Zaiyilo that no one would let him leave the forest alive.

Allen attacked Zaiyilo, the reincarnated Chimera Ant who retained his memories and murderous intent, and discovered that his black liquid Nen ability rapidly aged and destroyed anything it touched. Allen marked Zaiyilo and used explosive, tracking arrows to knock him down, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Allen rejected Zaiyilo's attempt to negotiate and struck him hard enough to shatter his kidney.
• Zaiyilo offered Allen his bank accounts, then summoned black liquid that swallowed Allen's arrowheads and reduced them to dust.
• Zaiyilo split the liquid and sent droplets at Allen, who dodged and saw the black rain turn trees, soil, and stones to dust.
• Allen placed a red X mark on Zaiyilo and fired tracking arrows into the sky.
• Zaiyilo blocked the arrows with the black liquid, but explosions behind him blasted apart a tree and hurled him several meters away.

Allen and Fei Jie defeated Zaiyilo and uncovered his Nen ability, Decay of All Things, which Allen stole. After testing its power, Allen explained that its rapid aging effect made it unsuitable for producing high-quality cocoons.

• Zaiyilo refused to surrender despite his injuries, and Allen recognized that Zaiyilo feared dying before completing his plan.
• Fei Jie caught Zaiyilo from behind and used Love Slave to subdue him, then forced him to explain that his black liquid caused anything it touched to decay.
• Allen learned the nature of Zaiyilo's ability, completed the prerequisites for stealing it with Fei Jie's help, and killed Zaiyilo.
• Allen used Red Dragon to devour the ability and create the black liquid, while Hisoka tested it by sacrificing a strand of Stretchable Love.
• Allen said he would not use Decay of All Things often because it rapidly aged victims, weakened their aura, and reduced the quality of their cocoons.

Allen met Netero, Morel, and Nobu after they survived an encounter with two Royal Guards, and agreed to fight the Royal Guards while Netero faced the King. As the King’s birth neared, Allen prepared to intensify the campaign against the ants before they could spread.

• Allen tested Zaiyilo’s decaying black liquid and found that it drained a Nen user’s defensive aura before aging and killing them, while also serving as a powerful shield.
• Netero, Morel, and Nobu encountered two Royal Guards and escaped using Nobu’s Four Dimensional Apartment.
• Allen promised to handle the Three Royal Guards and leave the King to Netero, who accepted the challenge.
• Allen told Netero he would not accept any ants’ surrender, and agreed to lead the campaign until the final assault half a month later.
• Netero assigned Morel and Nobu to assist Allen, then departed and warned them to retreat if the King was born early.
• Allen concluded that the King’s gestation was nearing its end and said the ants’ numbers had to be sharply reduced before the birth.

Allen and his allies prepared to face a large Chimera Ant force after he massacred the ants guarding the perimeter. As two Royal Guards and thousands of ants approached, Allen planned to cut their numbers in half and summoned Lupos, who now had a cub.

• Biter estimated that the King would mature in another week to half a month, while she and Youpi admitted they wanted to fight the old man again.
• A squadron leader reported that Allen’s group had killed more than fifteen hundred perimeter soldiers, along with division commanders Broopta and Peky, so Biter ordered the ants to assemble.
• Allen, Morel, and Nobu discussed his massacre of the ants, and Allen predicted the Royal Guards would attack to test his strength.
• Kalluto reported that two guards, twenty-five division commanders, and two thousand soldier ants were approaching, while Illumi suggested retreating and Hisoka welcomed the coming fight.
• Allen confirmed that Nobu had prepared an entrance to the Four Dimensional Apartment, declared that he would reduce the ants’ numbers by at least half, and summoned Lupos with her new wolf cub.

Allen and the Subjugation Team fought the Chimera Ant army as Biter and Youpi tested themselves against him. The battle remained fiercely contested, with Allen facing both Royal Guards while his allies held off the ants.

• Lupos sulked over the newborn wolf pup, and Allen soothed him before the Chimera Ant army arrived.
• Biter challenged Allen, and their powerful first exchange convinced her and Youpi that he could rival them.
• Morel coordinated the Subjugation Team as Hisoka, Illumi, Fei Jie, Bodrō, and Lupos fought off the advancing ants.
• Allen drew his bow and faced Youpi, who attacked first and changed shape to increase the speed and force of his blows.
• Biter joined Youpi against Allen, while Allen's arrows and Red Dragon Vilnalasath cut through ants that tried to interfere.

Allen used the Unseeable Reaper to disrupt Youpi and Biter, then demonstrated humanity’s destructive power by targeting the battlefield with a Nen Cannon. He fired a deadly arrow at Nobu’s chemical tanks after the team fled into the Four Dimensional Apartment.

• Biter warned Youpi to keep Allen from drawing his bow, but Allen evaded their attacks and recognized that his charged arrows were too slow to seriously injure the Royal Guards.
• Allen summoned the Unseeable Reaper, whose control over their limbs left Youpi and Biter struggling to move.
• After Allen explained the ability, Biter cut off her controlled leg and reattached it with her Nen ability, while Youpi devoured his controlled arm.
• Biter declared Allen a threat to the unborn King and challenged him to begin a second round, but Allen fired a Nen Cannon at the Chimera Ant army.
• Nobu opened the Four Dimensional Apartment, and Bodrō warned everyone to take shelter as the team retreated inside.
• Allen drew his bow and fired a deadly arrow at the chemical tanks.

Allen used poisonous gas to devastate the Chimera Ant army and make the survivors fear humanity. Biter escaped with Youpi, while Allen’s group prepared to continue the assault on the nest.

• Allen’s explosive arrows destroyed glass tanks and released poison gas, killing or incapacitating nearly half the Chimera Ant forces.
• Biter recoiled from the gas as Allen declared that humanity would destroy the ants and kill them all.
• Biter dragged Youpi into the forest, and Allen dispersed the remaining poison gas with the Cyan Philosopher's Stone.
• Red Dragon Vilnalasath consumed the dying ants, and Allen estimated that fewer than fifteen hundred remained in the nest.
• Nobu and Morel emerged from the Four Dimensional Apartment, and Allen told them the attack had killed roughly two thousand soldier ants, more than a dozen Squadron Leaders, and nearly a hundred Officers, while injuring a Royal Guard.

After Biter warned the Queen that humans posed a serious threat, he persuaded her to move the colony to East Gorteau. Allen learned from Nobu that the ants were evacuating, but found their old nest abandoned and discovered a pit containing over a million human skeletons.

• Biter recounted the ants’ defeat to the Queen and proposed relocating to East Gorteau, where the colony could seize the palace and learn to make weapons.
• The Queen agreed to move the colony, and the Royal Guards, Squadron Leaders, and eggs secretly headed east among ants pretending to go hunting.
• Allen noticed Pokkle’s red dot had disappeared and used Eyes of the Departed to show Nobu the memories of a Hunter captive who had been eaten.
• Nobu described seeing the Queen eat several Hunter captives and ants transporting eggs, which led Allen to realize that the colony was fleeing.
• Allen flew to the old nest on the Red Dragon and found it deserted except for a few decoy ants, along with a pit of over a million human skeletons.

After the Chimera Ants abandoned their nest in fear of Allen’s poison gas, Allen and Chairman Netero tried to determine where the colony had fled. Allen suspected East Gorteau and headed there to investigate, while Netero ordered the Association to track reports of attacks and disappearances.

• Netero asked Allen what had frightened the Chimera Ants, and Allen explained that he had used poison gas to demonstrate humanity’s strength and malice.
• Netero concluded that the ants had retreated because they feared the gas, while Allen noted that the abandoned soldiers could not reveal the Queen’s location.
• Allen suspected the colony had moved to East Gorteau, and Netero agreed that the isolated country was a likely refuge.
• Allen left for East Gorteau despite Netero’s warning that rash action could cause political trouble.
• Netero told Nobu to monitor reports of monsters eating people or mass disappearances and to keep the Association out of open conflict with East Gorteau.

Hisoka and Illumi discussed the Chimera Ants’ fear of humans and Hisoka’s desire to fight Allen, while Gon and Killua defeated Knuckle and Shoot to earn places on the Subjugation Team. As Gon faced a bull-headed Chimera Ant, Killua stayed behind to protect the defeated disciples.

• Hisoka and Illumi discussed how Allen’s victories had shattered the Chimera Ants’ confidence, and Illumi warned Hisoka that challenging Allen could get him killed.
• Gon defeated Knuckle with Jajanken, and Killua defeated Shoot, securing the two remaining spots on the Subjugation Team.
• Gon and Killua decided to carry Knuckle and Shoot back rather than leave them vulnerable to wild animals.
• A bull-headed Chimera Ant attacked Gon and Killua, and Killua identified it as likely a Squadron Leader and an Enhancer.
• Gon stepped forward to fight the Chimera Ant while Killua stayed back to protect Knuckle and Shoot.

Gon and Killua fought Bihon, a Chimera Ant Squadron leader who revealed that Biter had ordered attacks on human settlements. As invasions spread across the Balusha Archipelago, Allen split from the team to confront the ants while the others continued toward East Gorteau.

• Bihon introduced himself as a Squadron leader attacking human settlements on Biter's orders, and Gon demanded to know what had happened to Kite.
• Gon charged Bihon head-on but was badly overpowered, and Killua warned him that Bihon had several times their aura.
• Chimera Ants attacked towns and villages across the Balusha Archipelago, inflicting heavy casualties on civilians and armed forces.
• Allen sent the team to investigate East Gorteau while he rode the Red Dragon toward a city under attack.
• Fei Jie, Illumi, and Bodrō agreed to leave Hisoka alone, while Kalluto continued listening for the Queen's whereabouts but heard only noise.

Allen confronted Cheetu after the Chimera Ant division commander slaughtered police officers, then pursued him into a forest to test and expose the limits of his teleportation ability. Allen fatally stabbed Cheetu and ordered Vilnalasath to devour him, claiming his life and Nen ability.

• Cheetu used his speed to evade a police blockade and killed the officers, but Allen arrived and challenged him to a contest with his life and Nen abilities as the stakes.
• Cheetu escaped Allen's first attack by teleporting, then repeatedly teleported ahead as Allen pursued him out of the city and into a forest.
• Allen observed that Cheetu's teleportation was limited to twenty meters straight ahead, while Cheetu exhausted himself fleeing.
• Allen suggested Cheetu could improve his ability by teleporting in any direction, and Cheetu realized too late that Allen had trapped him.
• Allen stabbed Cheetu with a dagger and ordered Vilnalasath to devour him.

Allen absorbed Cheetu’s ability, then changed course to help the city near NGL after Morel reported a Chimera Ant attack and said Gon and Killua were unreachable. As Welfin tried to subdue two Hunters with his Eggman ability, Allen arrived on the Red Dragon above him.

• Allen absorbed Cheetu’s ability and realized Squadron Leaders and Officers might develop unpredictable Nen abilities.
• Morel told Allen that a border city near NGL was under attack and asked him to check on Gon and Killua.
• Allen agreed and redirected the Red Dragon toward the city, unaware that Gon and Killua were delayed outside it while Palm and a few Hunters defended the civilians.
• Welfin hit a female Hunter and a fat Hunter with Eggman missiles that implanted Black Centipede plants, then demanded that they obey him.
• The two Hunters refused to abandon their humanity, and the Red Dragon’s shadow appeared above Welfin as he prepared to watch them suffer.

Allen rescued two Hunters from Welfin, then went to Palm for information about Gon, Killua, Knuckle, and Shoot. He learned they had gone to duel outside the city and rushed after them, leaving Palm and the Hunters to finish clearing the remaining Chimera Ants.

• Allen killed Welfin and rescued the two Hunters he had captured.
• The Hunters told Allen that Palm lived nearby and might know where Gon, Killua, Knuckle, and Shoot were.
• Allen found Palm dismembering a Chimera Ant and learned the group had gone to duel outside the city.
• Palm's Lonely Deep Sea Fish failed to locate them, and Allen explained that a Chimera Ant ability was interfering with tracking and detection.
• Allen raced out of the city to find the group while Palm and other Hunters eliminated the remaining Ants and restored order.

Killua and Gon fought Bihon, but Gon was gravely injured before Killua overcame his fear and unleashed his electric Nen. Allen arrived, defeated Bihon, saved Gon, and flew off to address the Chimera Ant invasion, leaving Killua owing him an explanation.

• Gon and Killua continued battling Bihon, who charged at Gon with his horns after declaring he would use his full strength.
• Gon tried to block Bihon's charge with Jajanken, but the horn pierced his arm, and Bihon struck him into a rock, leaving him near death.
• Killua's rage forced the needle out of his head, and he used electricity to sever Bihon's limbs.
• Allen arrived, pierced Bihon's chest, and let the Red Dragon burn and swallow him before treating Gon with a healing potion and Nen Stitching.
• After Gon stabilized, Killua thanked Allen, who warned the boys he would demand an explanation later and flew off to help contain the invasion.

At Palm’s house, Killua reassured the others that they could still fight the Chimera Ants, and Nobu summoned them to join the Subjugation Team in Blatt City. Meanwhile, Nobu and Morel learned that the captured ant had died before revealing anything, leaving them to search for the Queen and Royal Guards in East Gorteau.

• Killua explained the Chimera Ants’ physical advantages and encouraged Knuckle and Shoot, saying Allen would handle the most dangerous Squadron Leaders while they fought the remaining ants.
• Nobu called Palm and ordered her, Killua, Gon, Shoot, and Knuckle to eliminate the ants in Blatt City within twenty-eight hours.
• Palm ordered the group to take the unconscious Gon with them, and they left for Blatt City in a rented truck.
• Nobu told Morel that Allen had wiped out the ants at another location and that Gon, Killua, and Morel’s disciples were safe.
• Morel learned that the captured ant had exploded before revealing information, while tracking abilities had also been disrupted.
• Nobu and Morel headed east toward East Gorteau to search for the Queen and Royal Guards.