Recaps

Biter and Pouf consolidated control of East Gorteau and began turning its military into an army for the coming King, while Illumi’s group infiltrated the capital to investigate. The chapter ended with Fei Jie and Illumi entering an upscale hotel to extract information from the country’s officials and generals.

• Biter explained to Pouf that human weapons could threaten the ants and proposed using technology to build a larger army for the King.
• Pouf agreed to help Biter hypnotize East Gorteau’s soldiers and hand them over for Gene Modification, producing over a thousand enormous eggs.
• Hisoka, Illumi, Bodrō, Fei Jie, and Kalluto entered the capital under forged identities and found the city appearing normal.
• Illumi rejected Hisoka’s suggestion to investigate the royal palace before receiving Allen’s permission.
• After gathering information about powerful officials, Fei Jie and Illumi went to an upscale hotel so Fei Jie could obtain confidential intelligence from them.

Allen hunted down and killed Meruem the Chameleon, then gained his invisibility ability. A report from Fei Jie about thousands of people disappearing in East Gorteau led Allen to suspect the Chimera Ants were transforming humans, so he warned her to stay away from the palace and contacted Netero.

• Allen tracked Meruem through the forest with Hunter's Mark, despite Meruem using God's Alibi to become invisible.
• Meruem admitted defeat, and Allen killed him with a Mithril Arrowhead before Red Dragon swallowed him.
• Allen gained God's Alibi and reflected on using the Chimera Ants' abilities against Beyond and the Kakin Royal Family.
• Fei Jie told Allen that two or three thousand people had disappeared after Diego mobilized troops, and Allen suspected the ants were using Gene Modification to transform them.
• Allen told Fei Jie not to approach the palace because the Queen and Royal Guards might be there, then called Chairman Netero to report the situation.

Allen warned Chairman Netero that Chimera Ants had taken control of East Gorteau and were turning people into Nen-using soldiers, prompting plans to seek V5 authorization for an assault. Meanwhile, the King was born, the Queen died, and the King learned that a powerful human had defeated the ants.

• Allen told Chairman Netero that the Chimera Ants had infiltrated East Gorteau's government and military and were abducting thousands of people for experiments.
• Netero agreed to contact V5 for authorization, while Allen warned that he would not wait forever and then flew toward his next destination.
• The King was born beneath the palace, and Pouf, Biter, and Youpi welcomed him as the Queen died.
• The Queen's death freed the Squadron Leaders from their genetic restraint, and a golden-haired Chimera Ant secretly carried a newborn infant out of the palace.
• The King ate two human prisoners and learned that a powerful human had defeated the ants, then expressed interest in eating him.

Allen and his team prepared to confront the Chimera Ants in East Gorteau, assigning missions to investigate the palace, destroy biological weapons facilities, and take control of the government. The chapter left the team ready to act before Chairman Netero arrived.

• Biter expanded the ants’ weapons production and biological weapons research as desertions and internal conflicts grew after the Queen’s death.
• Allen’s team found that the ants had built a modern army of roughly five hundred and restarted abandoned biological weapons laboratories.
• Allen planned to remove the ants’ control over East Gorteau before attacking, and Hisoka volunteered to reconnoiter the palace and retreat if he found the King.
• Allen assigned Bodrō and Kalluto to destroy weapons laboratories and factories, while Fei Jie and Illumi targeted the country’s leaders and military officials.
• Fei Jie revealed an assortment of props for coercing officials, prompting Allen to scold her for exposing them in front of minors.

Allen and Hisoka reached the palace, where Hisoka chose to distract Pouf so Allen could infiltrate the building. Hisoka attacked the Royal Guard but was badly injured by Pouf’s overwhelming strength.

• Allen and Hisoka observed the palace guards and found Pouf watching from above with Nen scales spread through the air.
• Hisoka changed his mind and volunteered to lure Pouf away while Allen entered the palace, agreeing to hold Pouf off for five minutes.
• Allen activated God's Alibi and vanished, while Hisoka drew Pouf’s attention with his fighting spirit.
• Pouf questioned Hisoka, who admitted he had come only to fight and then trapped Pouf in an elastic web before attacking.
• Pouf blocked Hisoka’s attacks and struck him in the abdomen, leaving him with ruptured intestines and kidneys.

Allen entered the palace, confirmed Meruem’s immense strength, and provoked him by revealing that humans had created the Chimera Ant colony. Meruem’s fury drove him to destroy the hall as Allen escaped.

• Allen infiltrated the palace and found Meruem playing Gungi with Komugi, estimating the King’s aura at more than five million.
• Biter discovered Allen in the hall and attacked, but Allen blocked her before Meruem stepped in front of Komugi.
• Allen told Meruem that humans had created the Chimera Ants and questioned Biter about what she knew.
• Biter admitted she had discovered a possible human conspiracy, and Meruem erupted in rage.
• Allen teleported away and left the palace while Meruem destroyed the hall and injured Biter and Youpi.

Hisoka fought Pouf outside the palace, but Pouf escaped to return to the King, and Allen healed Hisoka afterward. Allen explained that the King’s fate was already sealed, then promised Hisoka a chance to fight Pouf as the group prepared to monitor events.

• Pouf tried to leave Hisoka and return to the palace, but Hisoka trapped him in Stretchable Love and attacked.
• Pouf split into bee-sized fragments to escape the web, then flew toward the palace despite Hisoka’s taunts.
• Allen emerged after Pouf left and gave Hisoka a healing potion, which quickly restored most of his injuries.
• Allen told Hisoka that the King had two to three times his aura and could grow stronger by consuming Nen users, but had no chance to survive.
• Hisoka said he wanted to fight Pouf, and Allen promised to give him the opportunity before punching him for flirting.

Allen and Hisoka captured Shina, a nonviolent Chimera Ant who could eat Nen abilities, and Allen spared her while entrusting her with an infant he believed was Kite’s reincarnation. They headed back to their team, while Fei Jie and Illumi continued exploiting the officials who had sidelined Diego.

• Hisoka chased a shadow through the woods and captured Shina with Stretchable Love.
• Shina said she had never killed or eaten humans and explained that she could eat Nen abilities; she demonstrated by consuming Hisoka’s binding Nen.
• Allen recognized Shina as a rare Zetsu Master and decided to spare her, subject to observing her behavior.
• Allen gave Shina the infant she had been carrying, suspecting it was Kite’s reincarnation, and led the way back to the hotel.
• Fei Jie whipped and tortured high officials and generals as they used their authority to sideline Diego, while Illumi filmed them.

Bodrō and Kalluto destroyed a poison gas factory as Allen’s actions severed the Chimera Ants’ control over East Gorteau and left the Royal Guards trapped in the palace. Meruem, shaken by learning humans had engineered his birth, found comfort in Komugi’s words and resolved to await the coming humans.

• Bodrō and Kalluto destroyed the poison gas factory and sent word that their mission was complete.
• The destruction of the factories and the loss of external communications weakened the Chimera Ants’ control, while Allen’s presence kept the Royal Guards from leaving the palace.
• Biter killed the useless fake Diego, and the Royal Guards ordered their forces recalled and planned to surround the palace with mines and bombs.
• Meruem asked Komugi what humans were like, and she told him they were contradictory and that he was also a victim of human conflict.
• Komugi described poison gas and other human weapons, and Meruem decided to wait for the humans and declared that defeat could still be turned into victory.

After more than half a month of containment, Allen and the hunters began the final campaign against the Chimera Ants, who had fortified the palace into a mined maze. Allen unleashed a Ragnaros Replica that devastated the fortress and forced the King onto the battlefield, leaving the Royal Guards and King to be separated amid the chaos.

• Chairman Netero arrived with V5 authorization as the hunters prepared to attack the heavily fortified palace.
• Allen explained that thousands of people might have been transformed into Chimera Ants and warned that the fortress was filled with mines and bombs.
• Allen revealed a heat-radiating sphere and approached the palace, where Biter challenged him to attack.
• Allen combined the Red Philosopher's Stone with the Eye of Sulfuras replica and poured in 1.5 million units of stored aura.
• The sphere struck the fortress, unleashing magma, explosions, and a Ragnaros Replica that slaughtered ants and wrecked the palace.
• The King emerged from the deepest part of the fortress, while the Ragnaros Replica's rampage created chaos intended to separate him from the Royal Guards.

Allen’s plan split the Chimera Ant forces while Netero drew the King away and injected medicine that restored his youth and greatly enhanced his aura. Netero began a fierce battle with the King, whose superior strength could not overcome the Hyakushiki Kannon’s relentless attacks.

• Ragnaros’s rampage separated the King and Royal Guards, and Netero leaped in to strike the King away from the others with the Hyakushiki Kannon.
• Gon, Killua, Knuckle, Shoot, and Morel surrounded Biter, while Bodrō, Illumi, and Nobu blocked Youpi and Hisoka confronted Pouf.
• Allen entered the former palace ruins to look for survivors and unhatched Chimera Ant eggs, intending to leave none for Pariston and Beyond.
• Netero drove the King several kilometers to an empty battlefield, then injected himself with two syringes that restored his youthful body and strengthened his aura.
• The King released enough aura to tear open the ground, but Netero’s Hyakushiki Kannon kept striking him back and prevented him from closing the distance.

Netero and the King fought in a devastating battle as the King adapted to Netero’s attacks. In an underground chamber, Allen rescued Komugi and the Chimera Ant eggs, then encountered the badly injured Hisoka.

• The King asked Netero about his attack speed, and Netero explained that it came from his ability and diligent training.
• Netero overwhelmed the King with the Hyakushiki Kannon while the King’s abilities began to awaken and he found joy in battle.
• Allen found Komugi beside a chamber full of eggs and reassured her that he would rescue the abducted humans.
• Allen packed the thousands of eggs into the Magical Wrapping Cloth and learned that the King had eaten hundreds or thousands of people.
• Komugi said she believed the King would kill her if she lost to him, and Allen was relieved that she had not grown attached to the ants.
• The badly injured Hisoka fell near Allen and asked him to treat his wounds so he could survive to fight again.

Allen battled Pouf while preventing him from reaching the King, and crippled the Royal Guard with freezing aura injected into his lungs. Allen discovered Pouf’s hypnosis had nearly killed him and prepared to devour the captured Butterfly Man.

• Allen healed Hisoka, handed Komugi to him, and launched himself at Pouf to stop him reaching the King.
• Ragnaros struck Pouf into the lava, but Pouf survived with severe burns and lost his wings.
• Allen injected freezing aura into Pouf’s lungs, causing both of his clones to cough up ice and damaged tissue.
• Pouf split into thousands of tiny versions and swarmed Allen, but Allen destroyed most of them with Super Destruction Fist.
• The remaining Poufs used hypnosis to stab Allen in the temple, but Allen grabbed Pouf by the throat and admitted the ability had nearly succeeded.
• Allen told Pouf he would share suggestions about his ability before devouring him to take his aura and abilities.

After killing Pouf, Allen took his new ability to help Illumi, Bodrō, and Nobu against Youpi, healing their injuries with potions. He faced Youpi in a direct fight and vowed that the Royal Guard would be the second to die.

• Vilnalasath devoured Pouf's cocoon, and Allen tested Pouf's Scale Powder ability before Kalluto called him to help Illumi, Bodrō, and Nobu.
• Allen arrived and struck Youpi back, then gave healing potions to the injured fighters, whose wounds quickly healed.
• Allen assessed Youpi's ability to regenerate and create body parts, then prepared to fight him head-on.
• Allen revealed Pouf's butterfly wings and told Youpi that Pouf was dead and Youpi would be next.
• Youpi charged at Allen in a centaur-like form, his aura rising with his fury.

Allen fought Youpi, overwhelmed him with supersonic punches, and blasted apart his upper body, but Youpi transformed into a giant packed with explosive aura. Allen drew the rampaging Youpi toward Ragnaros, where their collision triggered a huge explosion that destroyed much of the palace’s central area.

• Allen and Youpi traded powerful blows while Bodrō explained Allen’s regenerative ability to Illumi and Nobu.
• Allen used Jet Acceleration to batter Youpi with supersonic punches, then finished with Uvogin’s Super Destruction Fist.
• Youpi’s scattered flesh reassembled into a giant form filled with volatile aura, and he charged at Allen in a blind rage.
• Allen lured Youpi into Ragnaros’s attack range, and the Lord of Fire struck him with its blazing warhammer.
• Youpi’s volatile aura detonated on impact with Ragnaros, sending a pillar of fire skyward and destroying much of the palace’s central area.

After Vilnalasath devoured Youpi, Allen rushed to the battlefield where Netero had used Hyakushiki Kannon Zero Hand and severely wounded the King. Allen arrived as Netero neared death and challenged the King to a final battle.

• Allen refused to take Youpi’s anger-fueled Nen ability, and Vilnalasath burned him into a cocoon and devoured him.
• Allen received a golden card showing Youpi’s centaur form, then sensed a powerful light from the direction of Netero and the King’s battlefield.
• Netero admitted that Hyakushiki Kannon Zero Hand was his limit, while the wounded King emerged from the rubble and demanded to know who had created the Ants.
• Allen arrived, recognized that Netero had used his ultimate attack, and told him he had defeated two Royal Guards.
• Allen taunted the King and revealed the Giant Stalker Set, preparing to stake all his Nen in a fight to the death.

Allen confronted the Ant King and unleashed a devastating arrow he had prepared to defeat him. The blast destroyed the King's right arm and obliterated the surrounding area, leaving the battle ongoing.

• The Ant King declared that violence would let him rule humanity, and Allen challenged his belief that humans would submit to a monster.
• The King charged Allen, who escaped through Shuttling Gate and prepared a heavily empowered Mithril Arrow from a distance.
• Allen held the drawn bowstring while the King hesitated, then revealed that he had prepared the attack to devour the King and become the world's strongest Nen user.
• The King compressed his aura into golden armor as Allen released Aim Shot at more than six times the speed of sound.
• The arrow pierced and destroyed the King's right shoulder and arm, then struck a boulder and caused a massive explosion that carved a deep crater.

Allen wore down the Ant King with explosive and tracking arrows coated in aura-consuming slime, while Netero, near death, offered himself to the King. After devouring Netero, the King gained Hyakushiki Kannon.

• Allen retreated through a gate, marked the Ant King, and hit him with three arrows that spread black decaying slime over his wound and body.
• Allen explained that the slime would consume the King’s aura and continued attacking him with arrows that trapped him between Shuttling Gates.
• The Ant King accused Allen of toying with him, and Allen admitted he wanted the King to become stronger before killing and devouring him.
• The Ant King turned toward the dying Netero, who offered to become his enemy and fulfill Allen’s wish.
• The Ant King killed and devoured Netero, then manifested a golden Kannon statue and gained Hyakushiki Kannon.

Allen possessed by Vilnalasath and overwhelmed the King with a relentless Arrow Rain, forcing him to accept that he would die. The King adapted the Hyakushiki Kannon to defend against the arrows, but Allen used scale powder to hypnotize and disorient him, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Allen ordered Vilnalasath to possess him, gaining the Red Dragon's strength and aura.
• Allen unleashed a torrent of arrows, while the black slime continued draining the King's aura.
• The King realized he had no way to escape and calmly adapted the Hyakushiki Kannon to deflect the arrows with little aura.
• Allen fired a Pterosaur Spike coated in scale powder, but the King knocked it into the ground.
• Allen continued firing arrows with different Nen abilities, using the scattered scale powder and explosions to undermine the King's defenses.

Allen fought the Chimera Ant King while draining his aura with black liquids, then survived Hyakushiki Kannon and trapped the King long enough to finish him with a powerful arrow. The battle ended with the King’s body mostly pulverized.

• Allen kept his distance and wore down the King with arrows until the King fired a Nen Cannon and rushed toward him.
• The King struck Allen with Hyakushiki Kannon’s Ninety-Nine Hands, but Allen shielded himself with dragon wings and healed with a potion.
• As the King’s aura dwindled, he unleashed Zero Hand, but Allen escaped with Jet Acceleration and countered with Feign Death and Freezing Trap.
• Allen combined several abilities into a finishing arrow and fired as the trap was about to end, severing the frozen King at the waist and pulverizing most of his body.

Allen defeated the King, learned that the Queen had named him Meruem, and devoured him to gain his abilities. As Allen headed back to finish the battle, he found Gon transformed and savagely beating Biter.

• Allen told the dying King that the Queen had named him Meruem, then ordered Vilnalasath to devour him.
• Vilnalasath detected Meruem's ability to gain power by eating others and the Hyakushiki Kannon inside the cocoon, and Allen drew the card that granted him those abilities.
• Allen concluded that he could now defeat any Nen user in a one-on-one fight and vowed to pursue Beyond and the Kakin Royal Family.
• A massive blast erupted near the palace, and Allen rushed toward it, suspecting Gon had unleashed the attack.
• Allen found Gon transformed into an adult, relentlessly beating Biter while the others watched helplessly.

After Gon's battle left him near death, Allen learned that Pariston was heading toward the site to seize thousands of Chimera Ant eggs. Killua raced off to use a Zoldyck Family secret to save Gon, while Allen prepared to take Gon to a special ward.

• Killua explained that Biter's revelation about Kite had driven Gon into his current state, and Allen ordered Morel to contact the Hunter Association for a special ward.
• Allen revealed that Chairman Netero had died, then learned Pariston had left with a rescue team days earlier; Allen explained that Pariston was likely after the Mageci Bag's thousands of Chimera Ant eggs.
• Allen declared that the hidden threat remained and stopped Gon from beating the corpse, but Gon collapsed as his body withered from the price of his Restraints and Vows.
• Killua announced he had a way to save Gon and fled, defying Illumi's warning that using the Zoldyck Family secret could endanger the family.
• Allen approved Illumi and Hisoka following Killua, while he planned to take Gon to the Hunter Association's special ward.

After the Chimera Ant campaign, Pariston arrived to collect the eggs and confirm Chairman Netero’s death, but Allen revealed that he had taken the eggs and declared war on Pariston and Beyond. Pariston warned Beyond that Allen was dangerous, while Beyond eagerly welcomed the coming conflict.

• Pariston arrived with dozens of Hunter Association airships and urged the Subjugation Team to board, pretending to be shocked when Morel told him Chairman Netero had died.
• Nobu questioned Pariston about the airships, while Pariston tried to hurry the team aboard for medical treatment.
• Allen showed Pariston the eggs he had taken in the God's Wrapping Cloth and announced that he knew about the plans involving the chairman election.
• Allen declared war on Pariston and Beyond, threatened to twist off Beyond's head, and boarded an airship with the eggs.
• Pariston called Beyond and confirmed Netero's death, then warned him that Allen had taken the eggs and was dangerous.
• Beyond welcomed Allen's challenge and claimed he would prove himself the strongest Nen user, while Pariston ended the call and ordered the remaining airships to return.

Allen learned that Gon’s reckless use of Restraints and Vows had left him near death, then gave Kido a growth-enhancing medicine to inspect and swallowed a pill himself. He grew one centimeter and revealed his plan to use the Chimera Ant eggs to get Pariston investigated and block his bid for chairman.

• Kido diagnosed Gon as near death and said Life Essence medicine could only delay his death, after Allen explained that Gon had slaughtered Neferpitou using forced growth.
• Allen asked Kido to inspect Elder's Growth-Enhancing Medicine B-30, and she warned that it carried rumors of a permanent height limit and a curse.
• Kido advised Allen to take no more than one pill per week, and Allen swallowed one and grew one centimeter without discomfort.
• Kido asked whether Allen would seek the Hunter Association chairmanship, but he said he had no interest in the post and intended to remove Pariston from the election.
• Allen explained that he would use the Chimera Ant eggs to persuade the V5 to investigate and detain Pariston over a possible connection to the Chimera Ant Queen.

Allen brought the Chimera Ant victims still developing inside eggs to a secret V5 facility, where Sreian promised they would receive basic human rights. He explained how Pouf’s ability had helped the Chimera Ants screen and develop Nen users, while keeping quiet about Kakin’s possible role in the incident.

• Allen traveled alone to the city housing V5 headquarters after waiting for the Dragon, Ox, and Rabbit Zodiacs to return.
• Sreian welcomed Allen and warned him not to publicly accuse Kakin of engineering the Chimera Ant incident.
• Allen followed Sreian into a heavily secured underground warehouse and released the eggs containing humans with Chimera Ant traits.
• Sreian promised V5 would care for the eggs and their occupants and grant them basic human rights.
• Allen explained that Pouf’s hypnosis and guidance ability had helped the Chimera Ants identify and develop people with strong Nen potential.