Chapter Summaries

Menchi retrieved a recipe from the Tree Hole and realized the Crimson Jade Bird Blade might belong to the kimono-clad girl she had met, but she left to fulfill a promise to her friend. Meanwhile, Moro drove with Kalluto toward Nolan, as Nolan's Fingers gathered and Index Finger Amanda faced Professional Hunter Bucidorra.

• Menchi recognized the Crimson Jade Bird Blade at the Tree Hole, collected her friend's recipe, and left without pursuing the kimono-clad girl because she had made a promise.
• Moro asked Kalluto about the Tree Hole's copper-coin retrieval system as they drove toward Nolan's location.
• Caleb Dento, Adams Zeke, and Luke Gambino waited at Nolan's mansion and discussed Amanda's absence.
• Amanda confronted blacklist Professional Hunter Bucidorra in an abandoned shopping mall, and Bucidorra released his Nen aura to prepare for combat.

Bucidorra confronted Amanda in a clothing store, where her Nen ability let her control headless mannequins and human bodies. After Bucidorra destroyed her mannequins, Amanda caught him off guard with a hidden corpse, leaving him injured and ready to flee.

• Bucidorra charged Amanda and fought off the headless mannequins she controlled with her Nen ability, Die If You Don't Love Me.
• Bucidorra smashed the mannequins and used Gyo to check the debris, concluding that Amanda needed a headless body with an intact torso to control it.
• Amanda sent her last visible headless mannequin at Bucidorra, and he destroyed it with a Nen-enhanced punch.
• A hidden headless human body burst from a broken mannequin and struck Bucidorra in the back, sending him through the store's glass and into the corridor.
• Bucidorra realized Amanda could control humans as well as mannequins, lost his fighting spirit, and decided he had to run.

Amanda failed to kill Bucidorra, who escaped the mall, while Moro and Kalluto entered the nature reserve to find Nolan’s hideout. After Moro killed a ranger who had briefly intended to kill them, he reassured Kalluto about his abilities and urged him not to rush his training.

• Amanda used a concealed human body to injure Bucidorra, but he fled the mall rather than risk dying, and Amanda left to answer Nolan’s assembly order.
• Moro and Kalluto reached the nature reserve where Nolan’s hideout was believed to be, bought tickets, and headed toward the restricted area.
• Moro and Kalluto crossed a tall fence and traveled deeper into the forest, where a ranger confronted them.
• Moro shot the ranger, saying he had sensed a brief flash of Killing Intent, then crushed the ranger’s listening and communication devices.
• Kalluto admitted he had not sensed the Killing Intent, and Moro reassured him that his skill was impressive for a seven-year-old before directing him to lead the way.

Moro and Kalluto raced toward Nolan’s heavily guarded hideout, while the security teams detected their approach and alerted the Fingers. Adams and Caleb signed a venture investment contract as gunfire erupted outside the mansion.

• Moro and Kalluto hurried through the mountains after a ranger discovered them.
• The mansion’s security captain alerted Nolan, and the guards learned that the intruders had reached the primary zone.
• Luke ordered Adams to notify Amanda and declined to sign Adams’s venture investment contract himself.
• Adams explained his Nen ability, and Caleb agreed to invest by signing the three-day risk contract.
• Gunfire erupted in the courtyard as the intruders arrived.

Luke, Adams, and Caleb confronted an attack on Nolan's estate by Zoldyck family assassins Moro and Kalluto. The estate's seven Nen users ambushed the pair, but Moro's paper decoy and a third attacker's Nen Bullet turned the ambush against them.

• Nolan identified the intruders as two Zoldyck family assassins and ordered Luke, Adams, and Caleb to kill them.
• Nolan realized Kalluto had helped the assassins locate the estate and returned upstairs in a fury.
• Moro and Kalluto dodged the armed squad's gunfire while Kalluto used paper blades to take down guards.
• Seven of the estate's Nen users attacked the pair from beyond the courtyard wall, with three targeting Moro and four targeting Kalluto.
• Moro's clothing burst into sheets of paper, revealing a decoy, while a third attacker fired a Nen Bullet that fatally struck the four Nen users pursuing Kalluto.

Moro used a paper decoy to lure Nolan’s guards into a trap and killed seven Nen users before wiping out most of the armed forces. When three stronger Nen users emerged, Moro chose to face them, and Adams declared him his next opponent, activating the first condition of Venture Investment.

• Moro disguised a paper figure in a forest ranger’s clothes and used it to help trap the seven Nen users guarding Nolan.
• Moro killed the seven Nen users and then struck the courtyard’s armed forces with his Flying Star, killing most of them.
• Luke, Caleb, and Adams emerged from the mansion, and the surviving armed personnel retreated on Luke’s order.
• Moro judged Luke and Adams to be formidable opponents but resolved to confront them rather than withdraw.
• Adams selected Moro as his opponent and said, “You’re my next competitor,” fulfilling the first condition of Venture Investment.

Moro recognized that Adams's ability selected a competitor through specific words and tested his theory by ordering Kalluto to attack. After Kalluto and Caleb were drawn away from the main fight, Moro faced Adams and Luke, probing Luke's spider Nen beast as the battle escalated.

• Adams named Moro his next competitor, and Moro ordered Kalluto to attack him with Paper Blizzard: Windfall.
• Caleb used Deep Addict and Complete Madness to disperse the paper attack, but Moro's flying star nearly killed him before Luke's Weaver's Lie spider neutralized it.
• Moro inferred that Adams's ability restricted who could attack him and that Luke's spider could neutralize a limited number of attacks.
• Moro sent Kalluto toward the mansion, and Luke ordered Caleb to pursue him, splitting the battlefield.
• Moro attacked Luke with Deceptive Flying Stars, watched the spider neutralize the returning strike, and enveloped Luke in Star Brilliance Condensation.

Moro used his understanding of Luke’s spider Nen beast and Adams’s reactions to lure the two opponents into revealing their tactics while evading Luke’s attacks. The battle remained unresolved as Moro withdrew a feigned Nen Bullet and left Adams exposed in his blocking stance.

• Moro identified Luke’s spider Nen beast as a stockpiling ability that could neutralize attacks, and decided he could attack without fearing its effect.
• Luke relentlessly attacked Moro, but Moro used Limb Distortion to evade his hand blades and provoke Star Brilliance Condensation.
• Moro’s starlight chains briefly restrained Luke, but Moro withdrew them after seeing that the spider Nen beast did not react.
• Adams prepared to block Moro’s apparent Nen Bullet so Venture Investment could steal assets with a single successful strike.
• Moro withdrew the Nen Bullet as a bluff and moved away, leaving Adams frozen in his blocking stance.

Adams and Luke cornered Moro by using their abilities to block his attacks and pressure him, while Kalluto struggled against Caleb. Moro accepted the Weaver’s golden crown and gained a powerful Aura, leaving Luke and Adams facing a sudden reversal.

• Adams abandoned his original plan and charged at Moro, while Luke deduced that Adams’s star mark let Moro’s flying star lock onto its target.
• Luke used Adams as a shield to fulfill Adams’s ability condition, and the Weaver blocked Moro’s grenade-and-star combination attack.
• Luke and Adams pressed Moro into close combat, while the Weaver blocked another flying star and produced a golden crown beside Moro.
• Caleb continued overwhelming Kalluto, but Kalluto declared that he could win after Moro asked whether he could trust him.
• Moro dismissed his starlight ability, let Adams strike him and drain his manifested aura, then crushed the crown and released a powerful golden Aura.

Moro accepted the crown's benefits and used his overclocked Aura to kill Adams and Luke, healing himself with Flying Star's vitality-extraction ability and gaining levels through Growth Rings. He turned his attention to Caleb and Kalluto's ongoing battle as Caleb's confidence crumbled after Adams's death.

• Moro accepted the crown and adapted to his overclocked Aura, while Luke realized the Star Marks left him and Adams with no chance to survive.
• Moro launched Flying Star at Adams, killing him and absorbing green orbs that healed some of Moro's injuries.
• Moro used Flying Star: Essence Drain to kill Luke, healed his remaining injuries, and rose from level 41 to level 43 through Growth Rings.
• Moro looked toward Caleb and Kalluto's fight as Caleb lost the aura he had gained from Adams and began to panic.
• Kalluto recognized that Moro had won and tightened his grip on his paper fan.

Kalluto fought Caleb despite being badly outmatched, using his paper abilities to wound him while enduring severe injuries. Moro confirmed Kalluto’s victory, then killed Caleb with a shooting star and looked toward the mansion.

• Kalluto defended against Caleb’s relentless attacks and let Caleb break his arm so he could engulf him in paper slips.
• Caleb broke free of Kalluto’s paper attacks, struck him hard, and sent him crashing into the grass.
• Kalluto ignored Moro’s attempt to intervene and charged Caleb, using a hidden paper slip to pierce Caleb’s neck with Dance of the Serpent’s Bite.
• Moro caught the collapsing Kalluto, acknowledged that he had won, and killed Caleb by piercing his heart with a shooting star.
• Moro looked from Caleb’s corpse toward the mansion as his level rose from 43 to 44.

Moro and Kalluto confronted Nolan at the Menu Organization mansion, where Moro tricked him into paying thirty billion before Kalluto killed him. After finding a hidden safe and discovering a sealed envelope and parchment, Moro received word that a “signal” was approaching, while Kalluto collapsed unconscious.

• Moro and Kalluto entered the mansion and killed the armed guards outside Nolan’s study.
• Nolan offered to pay for his life, and Moro demanded and received thirty billion before revealing he was one of Nolan’s former victims.
• Kalluto killed Nolan with his paper fan after Moro refused to spare him.
• Moro found a hidden safe behind a painting and removed a parchment and an unopened black envelope sealed with an eye-shaped stamp.
• Argo warned Moro that a “signal” was heading his way, and Kalluto collapsed unconscious.

Moro escaped Nolan’s estate with the badly injured Kalluto, only to be pursued by Amanda, a Manipulator who controlled headless bodies. He evaded her and headed toward Mount Pinyin while realizing his level was still too low to handle large groups of enemies easily.

• Moro found Kalluto unconscious, carried him out of Nolan’s burning estate, and fled through the forest while staying alert for Argo’s reported signal.
• Moro encountered headless figures and changed course to avoid them, but Amanda’s controlled bodies then attacked from the trees.
• Moro used Star Brilliance Condensation and Gazelle Step to evade the falling bodies and escape without stopping to fight.
• Amanda pursued Moro on a vehicle made from controlled human bodies and vowed to find him after failing to catch up.
• Moro headed toward Mount Pinyin and reflected that Amanda’s human-wave tactics could overwhelm Star Brilliance Condensation.

Moro examined a mysterious map and a black card marked with the words “Truth Eye,” then continued training while Kurt remained unconscious. When two women arrived at the clinic, they discovered Moro’s mosquito surveillance and began searching for him.

• Moro studied the parchment map, found a red-marked route to a settlement, and set it aside for later.
• Moro opened the black envelope and identified the card’s mixed writing as divine script and Krakowian, which translated to “Truth Eye.”
• Moro chose not to activate the card and resumed his training beside Kurt’s bed.
• After a day and night, Kurt still had not awakened, and Moro noticed that one of his Star Marks had disappeared.
• Amane and a braided older woman entered the clinic, spotted a mosquito corpse taped near the door, and the older woman told Amane to use Gyo.

Moro ambushed Zilva and Amane at the clinic with Nen Bullets guided by mosquitoes, but Zilva countered his attack and protected Amane. Moro escaped her grasp, and the confrontation ended with Zilva catching the scalpel he threw at Amane.

• Zilva and Amane arrived at the clinic to bring Kalluto home, while Moro prepared an ambush upstairs.
• A bag of Nen-marked mosquitoes rolled down the stairs, and Zilva realized they were guiding Nen Bullets toward her and Amane.
• Nen Bullets shattered the lobby windows and struck the mosquitoes, then continued along their paths toward Zilva and Amane.
• Moro attacked Amane with a scalpel, but Zilva countered; Moro withdrew and evaded her next grasp with Limb Distortion.
• Amane attacked Moro, and Zilva caught his Aura-wreathed scalpel just before it reached her granddaughter.

Moro kept Kalluto in the clinic until he woke, while Zilva and Amane treated Kalluto’s injuries and accepted Moro’s decision to stay. After Moro left, Zilva asked Kalluto about Limb Distortion, and Kalluto was surprised to learn Moro knew the technique.

• Moro explained to Zilva that a friend had taught him Limb Distortion and insisted that Kalluto remain at the clinic until he woke.
• Zilva and Amane agreed not to take Kalluto away, and Amane gave him medicine for his internal injuries.
• Kalluto woke at dawn, and Moro split the thirty-billion reward with him, transferring fifteen billion and the remaining commission balance.
• Moro asked Kalluto to find someone for him before June next year, then left after advising Kalluto not to push himself too hard.
• Kalluto ran to the window to watch Moro leave, and Zilva told him Moro knew Limb Distortion; Kalluto was stunned.

Kurapika learned that Moro had apparently mastered Limb Distortion by watching him use it, while Zilva praised Moro's talent. After retrieving the Crimson Jade Bird Blade and storing other items at a Tree Hollow pawnshop, Moro was warned about trouble tied to the Truth Eye and attacked Menchi, who had only been watching him.

• Zilva told Kurapika that Moro had used Limb Distortion without being taught, and guessed he had learned it by watching Kurapika.
• Kurapika asked whether Moro was impressive, and Zilva said Moro was as capable for his age as Young Master Illumi.
• Moro refused the clinic doctor's request for compensation and told her to ask Zilva instead.
• Moro retrieved the Crimson Jade Bird Blade from a Tree Hollow pawnshop and stored a black envelope and parchment map there.
• The old man warned Moro that the Truth Eye's invitation could bring trouble and that its followers were delusional lunatics.
• Moro mistook Menchi's watchful gaze for a threat, broke one of her kitchen knives, and pinned her against the alley wall with his blade at her throat.

Moro subdued Menchi after she watched him with an aggressive, appraising gaze, then learned she had been waiting to buy his Bird Blade. As Moro left, two Nen users entered the alley and threatened to kill him and Menchi.

• Moro pinned Menchi with the Bird Blade and forced her to drop her knives.
• Menchi explained that she had wanted to buy the Bird Blade, and Moro took her pouch of Tree Hollow coins before questioning her about the Tree Hollow people.
• Menchi said she had waited to make an offer after spotting the blade, and Moro returned her pouch and refused to sell it.
• Moro turned to leave, but two Nen users arrived, recognized Menchi as a Hunter, and declared that they would kill both her and Moro.

Moro killed two Nen users who tried to steal Menchi’s Hunter License, then left the alley while reflecting on how weak they were. Menchi chased after him and offered to pay any price for his Crimson Jade Bird Blade, leaving Moro surprised by her resolve.

• Two Nen users ambushed Moro and Menchi in an alley, intending to steal Menchi’s Hunter License.
• Moro killed the bald Nen user with a flying star, then killed the heavily built Nen user with a follow-up strike from the returning weapon and his blade.
• Moro left the alley and headed for his car, dissatisfied that the fight had offered little experience or challenge.
• Menchi picked up her remaining kitchen knife and decided to pursue Moro to buy his bird blade, believing his actions showed he had a moral boundary.
• Menchi got into Moro’s car and offered to pay any price for the bird blade, as well as find him a suitable weapon in Ryuuou Country.

Moro agreed to consider Menchi’s offer to find a weapon matching the Crimson Jade Bird Blade, and let her stay with him while she searched. After returning to Heaven’s Arena, he found Hisoka confronting Kashi Toru and Calista, and challenged Hisoka over his disciples.

• Moro told Menchi that he would consider her proposal if she found a weapon matching the Crimson Jade Bird Blade’s qualities.
• Menchi offered to cook for Moro and stay with him until she found a suitable weapon, and Moro agreed.
• Moro asked Menchi whether she could make food better than the Red Dan Noodle Shop, and she confidently said she could.
• Several days later, Kashi Toru and Calista sparred on Kashi Toru’s private Heaven’s Arena floor when Hisoka arrived and demanded to join them.
• Moro appeared at the opposite passageway and asked Hisoka what he wanted with his disciples.