Chapter Summaries

Morin, Netero, Morel, Nobunaga, and Ging discussed how to weaken the Chimera Ants by exploiting their internal divisions. Ging revealed that the ants’ clashing temperaments and rivalries could be used to divide them, and the group began considering which ants might be won over.

• Morin, Netero, Morel, and Nobunaga ate dishes Morin had conjured while discussing their strategy against the Chimera Ants.
• Ging returned from observing and questioning the ants, explaining that he had investigated their relationships as well as their forces.
• Ging described how Colt’s discipline and loyalty to the Queen Ant had earned resentment from unruly Division Leaders such as Leol, Zazan, and Cheetu.
• Ging explained that the ants’ varied animal and human genes shaped their temperaments, creating internal conflicts between obedient and rebellious groups.
• Netero proposed dividing the ants, and Morin suggested uniting some, winning over others, and suppressing the rest.
• Ging identified relatively mild, obedient Division Leaders—including Colt, Peggy, Meleoron, and Bihon—as possible allies.

Morin volunteered to approach the Chimera Ants and use Nen abilities to persuade some of them to change course. As the Queen and Shaiapouf planned to send out more ants to investigate their human enemy, Morin found Meleoron in the forest.

• Ging, Netero, Morel, and Nobunaga discussed whether some Chimera Ants could be contacted, and Morin offered to handle it.
• Morin explained that Nen abilities could help win over useful, less violent ants, while Morel and Nobunaga warned him to be careful.
• At the nest, Shaiapouf told the Queen that humans had killed many ants and proposed sending groups out to learn more about the enemy.
• The Queen approved Shaiapouf's plan to dispatch Division Leaders, Army Leaders, and Battle Soldiers for information.
• Morin teleported to the forest and found Meleoron, whose rare invisibility abilities and nature made him Morin's first target.

Morin used the Memory Restoration Hammer to restore Meleoron’s past-life memories and learned that he and his adoptive father had been killed and reborn as Chimera Ants. Meleoron agreed to help Morin find other salvageable ants for the Hunter Association to restore, while the story shifted to Dolly City.

• Meleoron tried to hide from Morin with God's Invisible Proof, but Morin tracked him with his items and revealed that the ability could not conceal him.
• Morin struck Meleoron with the Memory Restoration Hammer, causing memories of his past life and his death alongside his adoptive father to surface.
• Meleoron thanked Morin for restoring his memories and asked him to save his father, Peggy.
• Morin told Meleoron that the Hunter Association was preparing to attack the nest and asked him to identify kind-hearted Chimera Ants who could be saved.
• Meleoron agreed to bring potential candidates to Morin so he could restore their memories, and the two began arranging the operation.
• The scene shifted to Dolly City in the Republic of Lokario.

Gon and Killua defeated Knuckle and earned places on the Chimera Ant extermination team, then headed for the NGL despite Biscuit’s warnings. Meanwhile, Meleoron gathered six Chimera Ants he considered redeemable, and Morin used his Memory Restoration Hammer on them.

• Gon used his Monster Hat and rudimentary Second Gear to overcome Knuckle’s Nen loan, defeat him, and take his wooden tag with Killua.
• Biscuit warned Gon and Killua to avoid powerful ants, while Knuckle urged them to return if the mission proved too dangerous.
• Meleoron gathered Colt, Peggy, Bihon, Brobupta, Shaiapouf, and Ikalgo in a remote forest, claiming he wanted to explain his power.
• Morin appeared behind the gathered ants and struck all six with the Memory Restoration Hammer, causing their sealed human memories to surface.

Morin helped six Chimera Ants recover memories of their human lives, then arranged their next steps and brought Meleoron, Peggy, and Hina to the Four-Dimensional Apartment. As Netero and the others began observing them, Morin and Ging sensed the King from the direction of the Ant nest.

• The six Chimera Ants awakened their human memories, and Peggy reunited emotionally with his son Meleoron.
• Colt remembered his little sister Lena and resolved to find her, while Ikalgo wanted to return to the nest to search for his old companions.
• Morin sent Colt and Ikalgo to the nest, arranged for Brobupta and Bihon to remain undercover, and took Meleoron, Peggy, and Hina to the Four-Dimensional Apartment.
• Netero and the others agreed to observe Meleoron and Peggy, and Peggy asked for books to read while they were under observation.
• Morin gave Peggy books, then he and Ging sensed the King near the Ant nest.

Molin and the others learned that the Ant King had been born and left the nest with the Royal Guards to seek food, while the Queen Ant lay gravely wounded. Colt surrendered and asked them to save the Queen, and Molin offered to scout the nest and possibly eliminate the King.

• Molin sensed a Chimera Ant approaching, and Colt arrived carrying a white flag to surrender.
• Colt told Molin and the others that the Queen Ant was badly injured and had already given birth to the Ant King.
• Colt warned that the Division Leaders could scatter and reproduce if the Queen died, potentially spreading Chimera Ants across the world.
• Colt revealed that the Ant King and the three Royal Guards had left the nest to seek tasty food, which Molin suspected meant humans capable of using Nen.
• Colt admitted he still cared for the Queen because she had cared for him, and Morel respected his loyalty.
• Molin offered to scout the nest and said he could deal with the Ant King if necessary, prompting Netero's fighting spirit to stir.

Morin left with Colt and Ging while Netero arranged medical help and reinforcements. In the Queen Ant’s bedchamber, Leol led a mass defection from the Queen’s side, but an approaching group interrupted his departure.

• Morin used Teleportation to leave with Colt and Ging, while Netero contacted Dr. Li and specialists to help the Queen Ant and ordered Morel’s disciples to join the extermination team.
• Leol and Shacan argued that the ants should abandon the Queen Ant and establish themselves as kings, persuading many Division Leaders and Army Leaders to join them.
• Leol’s faction grew as Zazan, Leopard Gido, Welfin, Bihon, and Brobupta joined, leaving the crocodile ant with only Fish Elder and the mole ant at the Queen Ant’s side.
• As Leol led the defectors away, an unfamiliar human-like presence approached through the passage, and the ants recognized Colt among the emerging silhouettes.

Morin confronted Shacan in the Chimera Ant nest while Colt stood with him, and the Division Leaders questioned Colt’s loyalty. After Morin’s attempt to tame Shacan failed, Ging arrived and took over the fight, allowing Morin to leave with Colt for the Queen Ant.

• Leol accused Colt of conspiring with Morin and tried to undermine his standing among the Chimera Ants.
• Morin threw Momotaro’s Dumplings into Shacan’s mouth, but they failed to control her because she had human genes.
• Morin prepared to use force against Shacan, but Ging entered and struck her into a wall with a massive stone.
• Ging offered to handle the ants, and Morin left with Colt for the Queen Ant’s location while the others let them pass.

Morin entered the Queen Ant’s chamber and used the Restoration Light to save her from dying, but stopped once her life was no longer in danger. He told Colt that the Queen Ant would now have to obey him, while Netero prepared to join the rescue team.

• Morin’s terrifying aura froze the ants outside the royal chamber, while Ging answered with an equally menacing display of Nen.
• Netero put on his Heart T-shirt, shaved his beard and hair, and told Morel and Nobunaga to prepare for the mission.
• Morin examined the Queen Ant and told Colt he could save her, but would claim authority over her in return.
• Morin used the Restoration Light to heal the Queen Ant’s ruptured abdomen and damaged organs.
• Morin stopped the Restoration Light once the Queen Ant was out of immediate danger, leaving the rest of her injuries untreated.

Morin and Fish Elder kept the Queen Ant alive until a medical team arrived, while Ging defeated the Chimera Ants in the outer passage and learned that Gon was approaching. The rescue team began treating the Queen Ant as Colt and the other ants faced uncertainty about their fate.

• Fish Elder and Colt continued caring for the Queen Ant while Morin waited for the rescue team and Ging beat the ants in the outer passage.
• Nobunaga, Knuckle, Shoot, Gon, Killua, and Morel arrived at the ant nest with Fanlin Medical University’s medical team.
• Ging realized Gon had arrived and hurried away to avoid meeting his son.
• Morel and the others entered the nest, where the frightened Soldier Ants made way for them as they headed toward the Queen Ant’s palace.
• Morin told Fish Elder that the rescue team would take over, and Colt led the doctors to the Queen Ant.
• The doctors began examining and treating the Queen Ant while Morel and Nobunaga joined Morin and noted signs of a recent battle.

Morin explained that Ging and he had stopped Chimera Ants from escaping, while V5 ordered every ant killed, including those who had regained human memories. Gon decided to join the pursuit of the Ant King in hopes of meeting Ging, and Colt reunited with his family before awakening his Nen ability.

• Morin told Nobunaga and Morel that he and Ging had stopped a group of Chimera Ants from fleeing the nest and claiming territory.
• Gon and Killua searched for Ging and Kite but found neither, and Morin said Ging might join the pursuit of the Ant King.
• Morel received V5’s order to kill every Chimera Ant and objected because Meleoron, Peggy, and others had regained their human memories and could be useful to the Association.
• Colt reunited with his mother and sister Zai’s, and Morel moved them somewhere safe from V5.
• Gon insisted on joining the extermination force so he could meet Ging, despite Morin warning him that the Ant King and Royal Guards were extremely dangerous.
• Over the following month, Colt trained to protect his family and awakened his Nen ability in less than two days.

Killua realized Illumi had controlled him with a silver needle, removed it, and asked Morin to help him when he dealt with Alluka. Morin and the Chimera Ant extermination team then headed to East Gorteau as the country descended into chaos, while the chapter ended with Morin reflecting on the Ant King's rebuke.

• Koruto and the other Chimera Ants trained on Greed Island, where Hina developed an ability to remove Nen and earned the group's support.
• Killua told Morin he had discovered the silver needle in his head, identified Illumi as the one who implanted it, and vowed to settle the score.
• Killua's memories of Alluka began returning, and he secured Morin's promise to help him when the time came.
• Morel informed Morin that V5 had assigned the East Gorteau crisis to the Chimera Ant extermination team, and Morin, Gon, Morel, and the others set out.
• Ging went ahead to East Gorteau, while the others dismissed his claim that he was scouting and rescuing civilians.
• Morin smiled at the Ant King's furious rebuke and reflected that fate could not simply be avoided.

Ging and Morin learned that the Ant King still showed human emotions, while Netero prepared to face him and assigned the Hunters their targets. When the group encountered Youpi, Gon and Killua rushed past Morel, trusting Morin to handle him.

• Ging considered new plans after Morin said the Ant King had been playing chess, and Morin reported that Netero had replied, “The Ant King is mine.”
• Morel assigned Netero to the Ant King, Morin to Menthuthuyoupi, Ging to Shaiapouf, and the rest of the group to Neferpitou.
• Morel said the operation would begin when fireworks appeared above the palace, with Netero and his helper joining Morin and Ging; two days remained until the Ant King's chosen date.
• The Hunters encountered Youpi, who transformed into a four-eyed, eight-armed form, and Morel and the others released En.
• Gon and Killua ran toward Youpi, insisting that Morin would handle him, while Morel worried Morin might not arrive in time.

Morin arrived at the palace and stopped Youpi’s attack on Gon and Killua, while Dragon Star rained down through the ceiling. Outside, Neferpitou sensed the King’s danger and rushed toward him, while Ging confronted Shaiapouf at the palace entrance.

• Morin appeared in time to catch Youpi’s axes and told the others that Youpi was alone and to watch above.
• Dragon Star’s streaks of light pierced the ceiling, and Gon charged toward Youpi while Morel steadied himself behind Morin.
• Neferpitou stopped outside the palace, sensed the King’s location with En, and prepared to rush to his side.
• Shaiapouf reached the ruined palace, blamed himself for leaving the King, and flew toward Ging without contacting Neferpitou.
• Ging met Shaiapouf’s charge with a punch, and Shaiapouf declared that he would eliminate the humans to protect the King.

Ging blocked Shaiapouf’s scale powder and kept him from escaping, while Morin held Youpi back and urged Gon and Killua to pursue Neferpitou. Netero and Zeno reached Komugi’s room and found the Ant King kneeling beside her, gravely wounded.

• Shaiapouf’s scale powder failed against Ging’s aura, and Pouf split into tiny clones to seek another way to attack or escape.
• Morin told Morel that Neferpitou had been sent outside by Netero, so Morel took his disciples to intercept him.
• Morin urged Gon and Killua to pursue Neferpitou if they wanted to find Kite, and Gon hurried after Morel.
• Youpi transformed into a monstrous battle form and charged Morin after Morin insulted the Ant King.
• Netero and Zeno arrived at Komugi’s room and saw the Ant King kneeling with the unconscious, bleeding Komugi in his arms.

Morin arrived after defeating Youpi and found Komugi critically injured while the Ant King grieved over her. Morin began treating her as Netero and the Ant King departed to fight in the desert, leaving Zeno, Gon, Killua, and the others behind.

• Morin revealed that he had fed Youpi Momotaro's Dumplings and made him an obedient subordinate.
• Morin found Komugi near death from chest and abdominal injuries and confirmed that he could treat her.
• The Ant King knelt before Morin and begged him to save Komugi, promising to do whatever Morin wanted.
• Netero agreed that Komugi should be saved, then left with the Ant King to find a more suitable battlefield.
• Gon, Killua, and the others watched Netero and the Ant King fly away on Morin's golden dragon while Zeno sensed that their battle might end tragically.

Zeno left the palace as Morel trapped Neferpitou in a ring of smoke, separating him from the Ant King. Gon, Killua, and Knuckle coordinated their abilities against Neferpitou, who remained trapped and searched for a way to reach the King.

• Zeno noticed Killua's changed eyes, exchanged a brief greeting with him, then left for home after Gon and Killua departed.
• Neferpitou tried to follow the Ant King and Netero but Morel surrounded him with smoke and blocked his escape.
• Neferpitou tried to force his way through the smoke, then asked Morel to let him out and secretly prepared to attack him.
• Killua and Gon struck Neferpitou from opposite sides while Knuckle landed a punch that activated Potclean.
• Morel and Knuckle assessed Neferpitou's aura as Gon and Killua withdrew, while Neferpitou grew frustrated by Potclean and the smoke soldiers.

Morel’s team used Morin’s Stone Hat to let Shoot ambush and disable Neferpitou, while Morin healed Komugi and left Youpi to guard her. Morin then flew off with a Soaring Map Sticker to find the Ant King.

• Shoot used the Stone Hat to conceal himself and his Dark Hotel hands, which captured Neferpitou’s leg joints and waist as Morel distracted him with the Purple Smoke Soldier.
• Morel and the others rushed toward the disabled Neferpitou, and Morel credited Morin’s gadget with turning the fight in their favor.
• Morin healed Komugi with the Doctor’s Bag, then reassured her that the Commander-in-Chief still wanted to play Gungi with her.
• Morin arranged for Youpi to watch over Komugi and promised to tell the Commander-in-Chief she had recovered.
• Morin attached a Soaring Map Sticker and flew out to find the Commander-in-Chief.

Morin arrived at Netero and the Ant King's battlefield and used the Restoration Light and Age Spring Water to restore Netero to his physical and Nen peak. Netero resumed the fight with renewed confidence, while the Ant King decided that eating him could trigger another evolution.

• Netero struck the Ant King with First Hand, but the Ant King emerged from the crater unharmed.
• Morin arrived, promised to handle the Ant King, and revived Netero with the Restoration Light and Age Spring Water.
• Netero regained his youthful body, aura capacity, and Nen power, then thanked Morin and remembered his promise to him.
• Morin said he preferred using gadgets to solve problems and stepped aside so Netero could fight again.
• The Ant King sensed Netero's restored strength and admitted he wanted to eat him to achieve a higher level of evolution.
• Netero challenged the Ant King to try, declaring that he was now completely different from before.

Morin watched Netero and the Ant King continue their duel while Morel’s group subdued Neferpitou and demanded to know where Kite was. Neferpitou led them toward his underground chamber, while Ging defeated Shaiapouf inside the palace.

• Morin chose a safe vantage point to watch Netero battle the Ant King, believing Netero could still win and reserving the option to intervene.
• Morel’s smoke soldiers and the combined attacks of Gon, Killua, Shoot, and Knuckle wore Neferpitou down until Knuckle’s ability forced him into Zetsu.
• The group incapacitated Neferpitou, and Gon and Killua asked where Kite was.
• Neferpitou claimed he would take them to Kite and secretly led them toward his underground chamber to delay them and protect the King.
• Ging defeated Shaiapouf, leaving him badly injured and sprawled on the palace floor.