Chapter Summaries

Luzurus pressured Chorai to join him in stopping Kakin’s Succession Contest, claiming he had power beyond Zeno and threatening to expose Chorai’s weakness if he refused. Chorai agreed with conditions, but Luzurus refused to guarantee that their alliance would remain secret and revealed he had made multiple preparations.

• Luzurus showed Chorai Zeno’s strength and claimed he possessed even greater power, then asked Chorai to help change Kakin and stop the Succession Contest.
• Chorai questioned Luzurus’s plan and weighed the threat before agreeing to stand on his side.
• Chorai demanded that no one else learn of their agreement, calling secrecy his absolute bottom line.
• Luzurus refused, explaining that Chorai’s parents and others might already know and that he had made several layers of preparation.

Luzurus negotiated a guarded alliance with Chorai, neutralizing the Third Prince as a threat while bringing several other princes under his protection. With Kacho and Fugates safe in his room, Luzurus assessed which princes remained outside his growing camp.

• Luzurus revealed his precautions to Chorai, refused to surrender his leverage, and agreed to Chorai’s other demands in exchange for cooperation.
• After Chorai left, Luzurus counted the Third Prince among his allies, and Hishito Douro observed that the alliance remained uncertain.
• Luzurus had already sheltered Kacho and Fugates, who trusted him after other princes and their guards vouched for him, and Melody and Gini cared for them in a Sticker House.
• Luzurus counted the Third, Seventh, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Fourteenth Princes in his camp, while Marayum had withdrawn into a strange space and effectively left the contest.
• Luzurus identified Benjamin, Camilla, Tyson, and Halkenburg as princes unlikely to join his alliance.

Luzurus resolved to protect his siblings and overturn the Succession Contest, despite Hishito Douro warning that his plan could trigger deadly consequences from the ritual’s restraints. Morin and Netero overheard their conversation and admired Luzurus’s youthful determination.

• Luzurus reasoned that the Princes’ rivalries could be settled by defeating them one at a time, while Tserriednich’s growing power could soon disrupt the contest.
• Hishito Douro warned Luzurus that protecting the Princes and preventing them from fighting could violate the contest’s rules and bring severe consequences from its Restraints and Vows.
• Luzurus admitted the risks but declared that he would protect his younger siblings and end the ancient Succession Contest, even if he had to defy Nasubi.
• Luzurus told Hishito Douro he wanted to handle the danger himself first, while assuring him that he would seek help from him and their master if necessary.
• Morin and Netero listened from the next room, and Netero praised Luzurus’s youthful spirit.

Luzurus suspected that Nasubi had used his Guardian Spirit Beast to change Halkenburg’s resolve, and learned more about Nasubi’s rise after the Shinrinkan Incident thirty years earlier. He planned to target one prince at each weekly banquet and chose the rapidly developing Fourth Prince Cheledunich as his first target.

• Luzurus told Hishito Douro he suspected Nasubi’s Guardian Spirit Beast had influenced Halkenburg’s sudden change of heart.
• Luzurus explained that Nasubi had become king thirty years earlier, changed the country’s name, and led Kakin to its present power.
• Morin recalled that the Shinrinkan Incident had accompanied Nasubi’s victory in the previous Succession War and the renaming of Kakin.
• Luzurus planned to deal with at least one prince per weekly banquet and narrowed his first target to the Fourth Prince Cheledunich.
• Luzurus noted that Cheledunich had secretly learned Nen, was a Specialist, and had materialized another Specialist Nen beast.

Luzurus planned to use Morin’s surveillance footage of Tserriednich’s Nen training to turn Benjamin and Camilla against him while keeping himself behind the scenes. He prepared to distribute copies to other princes and the mafia families, then planned to send them out with Morin’s Space Transporter.

• Luzurus told Hishito Douro that he would make Tserriednich the target of the other princes rather than attack him directly.
• Luzurus planned to send Benjamin and Camilla footage of Tserriednich’s self-developed Nen ability so they would fear his talent and act against him.
• Luzurus decided to share the footage with the Third, Fifth, and Ninth Princes and the three major Kakin mafia families, while withholding it from Tserriednich.
• Luzurus wondered whether the Broccoli-Green Patriarch might be his father, then dismissed the possibility after Hishito Douro interrupted him.
• Luzurus planned to use Morin’s Space Transporter to deliver the videotapes to the various recipients.

Luzurus sent videotapes showing Tserriednich’s Nen training and terrifying ability to the other Princes. Benjamin watched the footage and recognized Tserriednich as a grave threat to the Succession Contest, leaving his room stunned and silent.

• Luzurus copied the videotape and used Morin’s Space Transporter to send one to each Prince’s room.
• Benjamin and Milke cautiously examined the videotape before Benjamin ordered his soldiers to play it.
• Benjamin and his staff watched footage of Tserriednich learning Nen from Theta and rapidly opening his Aura Nodes.
• The footage showed Tserriednich’s Specialist Nen beast and Theta’s failed attempt to shoot him, which revealed the strange effect of his ability.
• Tserriednich explained his ability and declared that he would rule the Succession Contest, leaving Benjamin’s room in stunned silence.

Benjamin and his guards watched a videotape showing Tserriednich’s extraordinary Nen talent and decided they had to act against him, even as they suspected the sender was manipulating them. Luzurus watched their reaction from afar, while Camilla was shaken by her younger brother’s talent.

• Benjamin accepted responsibility for failing to monitor Tserriednich and ordered his guards to stop the Fourth Prince’s growth.
• Milke inferred that Luzurus had sent the videotape to provoke a conflict between Benjamin and Tserriednich, and Benjamin considered whether the sender was also surveilling them.
• Luzurus watched Benjamin’s reaction and concluded that, despite guessing his intentions, Benjamin had no choice but to act against Tserriednich.
• Other Princes received and watched the videotape after their guards found nothing unusual about it.
• Camilla watched Tserriednich’s performance and erupted in envy and anger over his greater Nen talent.

Camilla, Chorai, and Izunabi watched the videotape revealing Tserriednich’s Nen talent, and their reactions exposed how differently the princes and their allies viewed the threat. The chapter ended with Izunabi warning that Tserriednich’s rapid progress could make him an overwhelming danger to the group investigating him.

• Camilla flew into a rage over Tserriednich’s talent and ordered the Unretainable Citizens’ private soldiers to curse him.
• Chorai consulted Kobendopa about Tserriednich’s Nen talent, while Kobendopa insisted Benjamin would prevail.
• Kobendopa suspected the timing of the videotape was connected to Chorai’s visit to the Seventh Prince, and Chorai concluded that Luzurus’s surveillance explained how he had learned their secret.
• Chorai decided to honor his apparent agreement with Luzurus, growing more wary of Luzurus than of Tserriednich.
• Izunabi watched the videotape while Tyson and her guards ignored it and returned to dancing.
• Izunabi warned that Tserriednich’s growing strength threatened the group’s mission to investigate his collection of Kurta Clan body parts.

Izunabi considered how to share Tserriednich’s Nen demonstration, while Halkenburg watched the footage and assessed both Tserriednich’s ability and the trap behind the videotape. The Aiyi Family’s Molena remained focused on leveling her followers and planned to target the Princes when her group grew stronger.

• Izunabi decided to contact Kurapika about whether the Fourteenth Prince had received the videotape.
• Halkenburg replayed Tserriednich’s demonstration, admired his talent, and raised him to the top of his priorities.
• Halkenburg recalled how Smith O'Lee’s consciousness returned to his own body after Hikaku died, helping him understand the power and limits of his Nen ability.
• Halkenburg concluded that someone had exposed Tserriednich’s actions to provoke the Princes, and he resolved to test his arrows against Tserriednich’s precognition.
• Onioll Boron ignored the footage, while Molena stayed focused on her followers’ killings and vowed to bring down the Kakin Princes once her group was strong enough.

Molena, Luzurus, and Tzipa watched footage revealing Tserriednich’s rapid Nen progress, each reacting according to their own interests. Tzipa ended by questioning whether her powerful ally truly considered her a partner or merely a pawn.

• Molena grew more determined to kill the First Prince as Tserriednich’s Nen talent intensified her resentment toward the princes.
• Luzurus persuaded Broccoli Green and the Gaya-Xia Family to stay out of the moves against Tserriednich, then learned their matching hairstyles came from the same stylist.
• Luzurus reviewed the princes’ reactions to the videotapes and found the Second Prince and the head of the Ai'yi Family especially entertaining.
• Tzipa finished making a potion, accepted the videotape Maol had found, and watched footage of Tserriednich training Nen.
• Tzipa recognized Tserriednich’s strength and wondered whether he viewed her as an ally, a disposable pawn, or a toy.

Tzipa warned Maol to tell Tserriednich that his Nen training had been exposed, hoping to gain his favor and expose the hidden mastermind. She then constructed an elaborate theory that the Tenth Prince had sent the videotapes to distract the other Princes, while Luzurus revealed that he had sent them simply to watch their reactions.

• Tzipa ordered Maol to visit Tserriednich and tell him that his Nen ability and training had been exposed.
• Tzipa reasoned that warning Tserriednich would help him prepare for attacks, earn her his favor, and let her benefit from conflict among the Princes.
• Tzipa suspected that a lower-ranking Prince was behind the videotapes and theorized that the Tenth and Eleventh Princes had used their abilities to hide aboard the Black Whale.
• Tzipa concluded that the Tenth Prince had circulated the footage to redirect attention from their escape and provoke a war among the higher-ranking Princes.
• Luzurus watched Tzipa's deductions and admitted that he had sent the videotapes only to see the Princes' reactions to Tserriednich's growth.

Luzurus watched Maol deliver a videotape from Tzipa to Tserriednich, anticipating the Fourth Prince’s reaction. Tserriednich accepted it but grew suspicious when Maol claimed the other Princes had received tapes too, leaving his Nen beast looming behind him.

• Luzurus eagerly watched Maol approach Tserriednich’s quarters with the videotape, excited to see the Fourth Prince’s response.
• Maol presented the Fifth Prince’s token to Tserriednich’s guards and insisted the matter was urgent and phones were unsafe.
• Tserriednich permitted Maol to enter, where Maol handed him a videotape that had appeared in Tzipa’s room.
• Tserriednich questioned Maol’s claim that the tape had appeared mysteriously and that the other Princes had received one as well.
• Sargov said he had seen no videotape, prompting Tserriednich to doubt Maol as his Nen beast appeared behind him.

Tserriednich watched a videotape showing Dita teaching him Nen and realized someone had been monitoring his actions and sharing the footage with others. As Luzurus watched from Room Seven, Tserriednich recognized that the other Princes had information about him and that he was at a serious disadvantage.

• Tserriednich ordered Sargov to play the videotape, which showed Dita teaching him Nen and later raising a gun at him.
• Tserriednich stopped the tape and unleashed malicious Nen, frightening Sargov and shocking Maol.
• Tserriednich threatened the unknown person responsible for recording and distributing the footage.
• Luzurus watched Tserriednich from Room Seven and dismissed his threats, confident in his own Nen training under Morin.
• Tserriednich realized that his location and actions had been monitored and that the other Princes already had information about him.

Tserriednich assessed the Princes likely to target him and rejected any thought of negotiating, while Fifth Prince Tzipa’s guard Maol pressed him about his plans. After Maol reported back, Tzipa considered Tserriednich’s confidence and his own interest in learning Nen.

• Tserriednich identified Benjamin, Camilla, and possibly the Ninth Prince as likely threats, and resolved to face them rather than seek peace.
• Tserriednich received a videotape from Tzipa through Maol, but refused to reveal his plans, saying his situation was being monitored.
• Tserriednich told Maol he would not negotiate peace, then ended Nen training and replayed the footage of Theta’s attack and his escape.
• Maol returned to Tzipa and recounted the meeting, prompting Tzipa to consider whether he should learn Nen abilities.

Fifth Prince Tzipa decided to seek Kurapika as her Nen instructor after witnessing Tserriednich’s rapid progress. Despite Maol’s warnings about the risks and Kurapika’s loyalty to the Fourteenth Prince, Tzipa believed she could persuade him with her influence and support.

• Maol told Tzipa that Tserriednich’s Nen ability had made him frighteningly powerful, and she asked whether she could achieve similar results by learning Nen.
• Tzipa decided to visit the Fourteenth Prince and ask Kurapika to guide her, while Maol warned that Kurapika might not agree and that the room could be dangerous.
• Tzipa argued that Kurapika had only taught the guards basic Nen because they were potential rivals, and that her status and resources could persuade him to teach her privately.
• Tzipa insisted that her royal lineage meant her talent could rival or surpass Tserriednich’s, then ordered Maol to prepare for their visit.

Chorai concluded that Luzurus had learned Nen, gathered leverage over other princes, and was more formidable than Second Prince. Deciding that cooperation offered safer prospects than opposition, Chorai called Luzurus and asked about his Nen ability.

• Chorai watched footage of Tserriednich's Nen training and decided to study Nen himself.
• Chorai reasoned that Luzurus had learned Nen from the Zoldycks and used surveillance to uncover secrets about him and other princes.
• Chorai concluded that Luzurus was stronger than Second Prince and might be the hidden ultimate threat in the Succession War.
• Chorai decided it was better to remain aligned with Luzurus than become his enemy, and ordered Tenfutori to connect a call.
• Chorai asked Luzurus whether he had learned Nen and how advanced his skills were, and Luzurus readily confirmed that he had.

Chorai asked Luzurus to provide a Nen instructor, hoping to catch up with the other princes despite the risks of trusting an unknown teacher. Meanwhile, Benjamin used the King's Army to seal off Tserriednich's quarters, leaving Tserriednich confined as other princes moved against his training.

• Chorai asked Luzurus for a suitable Nen-training method, and Luzurus agreed to send an instructor from Mihail's Stone Wall Mercenary Group.
• Luzurus selected the mercenary Gladen to teach Chorai, while Chorai told Tenfutori he had to seize the opportunity because the Succession War could end within two months.
• Chorai trusted Luzurus's ability to protect their cooperation and reflected that even gaining Nen might not make him a threat to Luzurus.
• Benjamin's soldiers arrived at Tserriednich's quarters, announced that the area was a restricted zone due to an unknown danger, and barred anyone from entering.
• Benjamin used the King's Army to confine Tserriednich under the pretext of protecting those aboard the Black Whale, with other princes also recognizing Tserriednich as a threat.

Benjamin’s soldiers sealed off Tserriednich’s room and demanded to investigate reports that his guard Dita was mutating into a monster. Tserriednich refused to let them take Dita, and the standoff remained unresolved.

• Benjamin’s soldiers blocked access to Tserriednich’s room and refused to let Dankin and the supply servants pass without authorization.
• Dankin confronted the soldiers with his Nen, but their captain dismissed it as too weak to threaten them.
• Tserriednich opened the door, and the soldiers prepared to defend themselves while watching for signs that he would enter Zetsu and use his precognitive ability.
• The captain said an anonymous report indicated Dita was transforming into a monster and requested permission to investigate for the safety of the Black Whale.
• Tserriednich rejected the report and demanded to know its source, then refused to let the soldiers take Dita when the captain said the information came through a secret channel.

Tserriednich tried to provoke Benjamin’s soldiers into entering his quarters, but they refused on the grounds that Dita’s mutation might be infectious. Their standoff ended when Hunter Association Chairman Chrollo arrived, leaving Tserriednich wary of what the Association would do.

• Benjamin’s soldiers ordered Dita removed for interrogation but refused to enter Tserriednich’s quarters, claiming the area might be contaminated by a virus.
• Tserriednich angrily challenged the soldiers and suspected they were baiting him into resisting so they could arrest him.
• The soldiers said other professionals would investigate the quarters, while Tserriednich worried that his precognitive Nen ability had been exposed and countered.
• Chrollo, the Hunter Association’s new Chairman, arrived, drawing everyone’s attention and prompting Tserriednich to recognize the Association’s involvement.

Chrollo arrived at Tserriednich’s quarters at Benjamin’s request to investigate a suspected poison or disease, but Tserriednich refused to let the guards inspect the area. Their confrontation was interrupted when Tserriednich suddenly vomited blood and rapidly weakened, leaving the captain wondering whether it was a setup.

• Chrollo accepted Benjamin’s invitation after considering the threat his refusal could pose to the Hunter Association and its Hunters.
• Chrollo met Tserriednich and recognized his unusually refined Nen, while keeping a neutral distance from the dispute.
• Tserriednich blocked the captain and guards from entering his quarters and demanded to see the order authorizing their inspection.
• The captain warned Tserriednich that defying orders could bring severe punishment, but Tserriednich threatened to treat the guards as assassins.
• Tserriednich suddenly spat out a large amount of blood, turned pale, and appeared to age as his aura weakened.