Chapter Summaries

Sreian brought Allen to V5 chief representative Urbane, who authorized him to target the Kakin Royal Family and destroy the urn behind the Succession Contest. Allen accepted the mission despite Urbane’s warning that V5 would disavow him if he failed.

• Sreian, exhausted by his new duties overseeing the Dark Continent and Kakin, gave Allen the exploration materials and led him to meet Urbane.
• Urbane dismissed Sreian and asked Allen about his grudge against the Kakin Royal Family.
• Allen explained that he planned to sabotage the Succession Contest and kill King Nasubi to plunge Kakin into turmoil.
• Urbane questioned whether Allen could overcome the Succession Contest’s Nen and the urn’s powerful posthumous obsessions.
• Allen said no Nen was flawless and asked what authorization Urbane would give him.
• Urbane granted Allen the highest authorization to kill the Kakin Royal Family if necessary and destroy the urn, warning that V5 would disavow him if he failed; Allen accepted.

Allen obtained V5’s detailed Dark Continent expedition records and reaffirmed his plan to kill Nasubi and destroy the Succession Ceremony urn. Kite, reborn with her memories, joined Allen’s team for the journey to Kakin, where she intended to help stop the Kakin Royal Family and settle her score with them.

• Allen told Fei Jie, Bodrō, and Sambika that he planned to kill Nasubi and destroy the Succession Ceremony urn, and warned that the princes’ struggle would bring secret attacks and assassinations.
• Shina called Allen to report that the Chimera Ant Queen’s child had awakened her memories and named herself Kite.
• Kite asked to join Allen’s Dark Continent team, explaining that Ging wanted to compete with Allen to resolve the calamities first.
• Allen told Kite that the Kakin Royal Family had caused the Chimera Ant incident and planned to sacrifice two hundred thousand civilians in the succession battle.
• Kite agreed to help Allen act against the Kakin Royal Family, and Allen welcomed her and asked her to bring the little Rabbit along.

As Kakin prepared to depart for the Dark Continent, King Nasubi arranged to receive Reaper Allen and revealed that he intended to use Allen as a sacrifice in the Succession Contest. Meanwhile, Ging and Pariston chose their expedition goals and agreed to become rivals, while speculating about Allen’s plans.

• Nasubi learned that Allen was five days away and ordered that he be welcomed with the highest level of ceremony.
• Nasubi confirmed that the Princes had consumed the Pot Egg and learned the Succession Contest would begin after departure, then privately declared Allen would be the ritual’s sacrifice.
• Ging told Pariston that he planned to hunt Two-tailed Snake Hell Chime and bring back Nitoromi, while Pariston said he wanted to follow the path Isaac Netero had taken.
• Ging and Pariston agreed to compete as opponents, and Ging guessed Allen would seek ancient ruins, defeat Plant Weapon Gold and Silver Ingots, and retrieve a cure-all herb.
• Pariston said he would not side with Kakin if the royal family could not prove it could handle Allen.

Allen and his companions arrived in a modernized Kakin, where King Nasubi invited them to dinner and arranged their lodging. The chapter ended with the group settled in harbor-side hotel suites after both Allen and Nasubi kept their plans guarded.

• Fei Jie questioned Kakin’s lack of ancient landmarks, and Allen explained how Nasubi’s rapid modernization had transformed the country.
• Allen decided to seek lodging from Nasubi because the hotels and inns were fully booked while Kite was still days away.
• Nasubi’s Nen-user escorts met Allen and his companions shortly after they left the Airship and drove them to the palace.
• Nasubi warmly welcomed Allen, and the two exchanged polite remarks while cautiously probing each other.
• Allen and Nasubi shared a lavish dinner without discussing Beyond’s death, Ging’s team, or Allen’s plans for the ship.
• Nasubi arranged temporary lodging for Allen and his companions in top-floor suites at a hotel beside the harbor.

Allen explained the Kakin Succession War’s Guardian Spirit Beasts and the danger of Nasubi’s accumulated Nen, then learned that Pariston was keeping out of his way. The chapter ended with Allen asking Ging for Pregnancy Stones and Ging agreeing to send some.

• Allen told Fei Jie and Bodrō that Kakin Succession War participants gained independent Guardian Spirit Beasts and personal Nen abilities, and that they needed to find the ritual pot before confronting Nasubi.
• Ging visited Allen and said Pariston wanted to avoid involvement in Allen’s conflict with the Kakin Royal Family.
• Allen warned Ging to tell Pariston to behave or face the same fate as Beyond.
• Ging asked about Kite, and Allen said she would arrive in two or three days and was now female and closer to an ant.
• Allen asked Ging for Pregnancy Stones to help rare animals reproduce, and Ging agreed to have some delivered.

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.