Chapter Summaries

Oboro struggled against Echimilu, whose shifting speed and combat experience kept him on the defensive. As Echimilu closed in for a likely decisive attack, Oboro revealed the name of his ability and hinted that the fight was about to change.

• Oboro reviewed Echimilu’s record and prepared to face the opponent who had voluntarily challenged him.
• Echimilu used unpredictable changes in speed to evade Oboro’s attacks and repeatedly strike him.
• Biscuit explained to Wing that Oboro lacked experience against powerful Nen users and was wasting aura by relying on Ken.
• Echimilu badly injured Oboro, then taunted him and offered him the chance to surrender.
• Oboro identified Echimilu as a Transmutation user and announced, “Game Treasury of the Endless Dreamer!”

Oboro unveiled his developing Nen ability, Game Treasury of the Endless Dreamer, and overwhelmed Echimilu with a swarm of game minions. Biscuit recognized the extraordinary Nen knowledge behind Oboro’s ability and left abruptly, questioning who he really was.

• Oboro explained that he was developing a vast, complex Nen ability based on the games he knew best, aiming to conjure an entire Game World.
• Oboro activated Game Treasury of the Endless Dreamer, and its pixelated vortex released waves of minions that surrounded Echimilu.
• Echimilu fought the minions but struggled against their numbers and the archers’ seemingly unerring arrows.
• Biscuit identified Oboro as a Conjuration type whose ability incorporated Transmutation and Specialization, and marveled at his mastery of Nen.
• Biscuit wondered whether Oboro was truly an eighteen-year-old novice, then left before the match ended.

Oboro defeated Echimilu in a bloody arena match by using his summoned soldiers to wear him down before striking from the smoke. Afterward, Zalon assessed Oboro’s weaknesses while Oboro reviewed the fight and prepared to treat his injuries before his next match.

• Oboro’s summoned archers and cannon carts relentlessly hit Echimilu, draining his Nen and distracting him while Echimilu destroyed the soldiers.
• Oboro sneaked through the smoke and killed Echimilu with a precise strike to the temple, winning the match as the audience erupted.
• The arena’s fighters reconsidered challenging Oboro, while a bandaged fighter grabbed Jinsha and demanded to know what she knew.
• Zalon watched Echimilu’s body being carried away and judged that Oboro could be defeated by an opponent who attacked decisively before he could adapt.
• Oboro reviewed how Echimilu had read his fighting habits, resolved to broaden his martial skills, and left his room to treat his wounds.

Oboro explained how he was developing the Game Treasury of the Endless Dreamer and its customizable Game World, then learned that a formidable fighter named Zalon might challenge him. Biscuit urged Isaac Netero to investigate Oboro’s unusual Nen, but Netero stayed unconcerned and Biscuit left to pursue an auction.

• Oboro described how his Face Button linked to a Game World whose contents and rules he was gradually constructing, and he accepted the high aura and time demands of the ability.
• Oboro read that Zalon had won nine consecutive matches on the 200th floor and considered him a formidable opponent.
• Biscuit asked Isaac Netero to review Oboro’s match footage and questioned how someone so young had developed such an advanced understanding of Nen.
• Netero said Oboro’s background was clean and that people’s abilities could differ, while Biscuit argued that the Hunter Association should take an interest in him.
• Biscuit ended the call, told Wing to continue training, and left excited by the prospect of buying gems at an auction.

After defeating Zalon at the cost of severe injuries, Oboro reflected on his tactics and planned to avoid fighting until he recovered. He later joined Biscuit and Wing to watch a match, teasing Biscuit about their supposed relationship.

• Oboro defeated Zalon by exploiting his ability and tactics, then killed him when Zalon refused to surrender.
• Biscuit explained to Wing that Oboro had won through careful preparation and hidden effects of his Nen ability.
• Oboro recovered in his hotel room, planned to surrender in future matches unless he faced a worthy opponent, and watched other fights to learn.
• Oboro greeted Biscuit and Wing at the arena and teased Biscuit about visiting him and wanting to be his girlfriend.
• Biscuit angrily confronted Oboro, while Wing observed that Oboro was unusually capable of keeping his master in check.

Oboro used repeated trips to the 200th floor as a training ground, deliberately surrendering matches while honing his Nen techniques and earning money. A year later, he decided he had reached a bottleneck and planned to leave after challenging the Floor Masters.

• Oboro trained in new Chinese martial arts and spent nearly two months without a match before facing a nervous newcomer, whom he beat with Nen techniques before surrendering.
• Oboro repeatedly returned to the 200th floor after being eliminated, using opponents to practice, accepting occasional losses, and earning money as his reputation faded.
• Wing continued training under Biscuit and fought eleven matches over the year, winning eight and losing three.
• After Wing won another match, he met Oboro, who said he had reached a bottleneck and was preparing to leave Heavens Arena.
• Oboro told Wing he planned to challenge the Floor Masters first, eager to face the pressure they would bring.

Oboro challenged Floor Master Sami after earning ten victories on the 200th floor and defeated him in a match that showcased his refined Nen and new defensive ability. Sami was left kneeling and bleeding as Oboro asked whether he would continue.

• Oboro entered the arena to challenge Floor Master Sami, while Wing and Biscuit watched from the audience.
• Oboro and Sami exchanged rapid attacks, and Oboro's superior technique let him injure Sami with a kick to the abdomen.
• Sami unleashed colorful bubbles that disrupted Oboro's hearing and vision and made his limbs heavy.
• Sami's punches failed to harm Oboro when a golden layer covered his body, revealing Oboro's Nen ability.
• Oboro struck Sami in the neck, leaving him kneeling and bleeding, then asked, "Will you continue?"

After defeating Sami and becoming a floor master, Oboro left Heavens Arena to take the Hunter Exam. Biscuit and Wing met him before his departure, and Wing asked to spar with him.

• Oboro defeated Sami, who surrendered after Oboro punctured his neck, and Heavens Arena announced Oboro as its new floor master.
• Oboro left Heavens Arena before dawn, reflecting that it was only a stop along his journey and expecting Killua to arrive soon.
• Biscuit and Wing caught up with Oboro, and he told them he planned to take the Hunter Exam and was considering several Hunter specialties.
• Wing asked Oboro to accept his challenge to fight, and Oboro agreed, letting the taxi leave without him.

Oboro sparred with Wing and learned from Biscuit that his combat instincts and Nen technique were strong but lacked the inner conviction that supported Nen. After Biscuit’s punch sent him flying, her explanation reminded him of Netero and Hisoka, and Oboro realized he had forgotten the importance of heart.

• Wing asked Oboro to teach him and sparred with him using only Nen techniques, but Oboro read his attacks and countered him with ease.
• Wing used Zetsu and a hidden approach to surprise Oboro once, but Oboro adapted and continued pressing him until the sparring match ended.
• Biscuit explained that Wing’s fear of being hit caused harmful physiological reactions, and Oboro praised her analysis before asking her to fight him.
• Biscuit transformed into her powerful adult form and sent Oboro flying with one punch, though he managed to block it.
• Biscuit told Oboro that his Nen lacked heart and conviction, then left with Wing after saying that he could discover it through experience.
• Oboro recalled Netero’s gratitude and Hisoka’s will to live, recognized what he had forgotten, and laughed with renewed love for the world.

Oboro traveled to Tandon on his way to a Hunter Exam preliminary site and boarded a bus toward a remote town. Mafia gunmen ambushed the bus, but the bespectacled leader suspected their target, a Heavens Arena floor master, might still be alive after the attack.

• Oboro arrived in Tandon in the Republic of Padokea, where he planned to travel onward to a Hunter Exam preliminary site.
• Oboro boarded a mountain bus with local residents and several other out-of-town passengers, including a complaining blond man.
• Three black sedans pursued the bus, and a gunman shot the blond man when he leaned out the window to shout at them.
• Mafia gunmen surrounded the bus and fired machine guns into it, killing passengers and turning it into a wreck.
• The bespectacled Mafia leader identified their target as a Heavens Arena floor master and ordered two subordinates to fire rockets at the bus.
• The bespectacled leader told his men to put out the fire after declaring that the target deserved his fate.

Oboro fought off a Fills Family ambush after the Mafia traced his gambling winnings, killing their gunmen and a Nen-using assassin. The bespectacled leader then summoned him to meet the boss, and Oboro went along after learning the Mafia had captured Charles.

• The Fills Family attacked Oboro’s bus, but he emerged unharmed and killed several gangsters with stones before their guns could stop him.
• Oboro explained that his perfect winning streak at Heavens Arena had exposed him after he won tens of billions through casinos tied to the Fills Family.
• The Mafia gunmen opened fire, but their bullets could not harm Oboro, and he killed a man preparing to use a rocket launcher.
• Scarface challenged Oboro, but Oboro appeared before him, snapped his wrist, and killed him.
• The bespectacled leader told Oboro that the Fills Family’s boss wanted to see him, while Oboro learned from Charles’s call that the Mafia had captured Charles.
• Oboro agreed to go with the Mafia and smeared blood on one member’s clothes as he passed.

The Fills Family reviewed footage of Oboro’s fights and prepared security for his arrival, while Bort and his girlfriend discussed an opportunity to act for their own benefit. Oboro entered Fills Garu’s estate, rejected his offer to join the family, and declared he would kill everyone there; the lights then went out as the confrontation began.

• The Fills Family’s security captain showed Oboro’s Heavens Arena footage and warned the others that Rhode had been killed, then arranged precautions for the boss’s safety.
• Bort’s girlfriend suggested a plan to him after the security meeting, and Bort became interested.
• Oboro arrived at the Fills Family’s estate, where his gaze frightened the guard dogs and revealed the heavily guarded grounds.
• Fills Garu accused Oboro of taking money from his casino and offered him a choice between returning it and working for him or dying.
• Oboro rejected the offer and said he would kill Fills Garu and everyone present, and Fills Garu plunged the hall into darkness.

Oboro battled Fills’s Nen-using guards after Fills escaped through the floor, analyzing their abilities and coordination. As the fight intensified, Oboro activated Game Treasury of the Endless Dreamer and prepared to finish the remaining opponents.

• Oboro charged at Fills and his secretary as they sank through the floor, but he only managed to tear off the secretary’s arm before they escaped.
• Fills reached the first-floor entrance with the injured secretary, and Kuga escorted him outside while ordering the Mafia members to secure the castle.
• Oboro fought Sam and a knife wielder, caught the knife wielder’s blade, and knocked him out of the fight before striking Sam with an elbow.
• Sam attacked Oboro from behind, but Oboro countered and prepared to finish him until Sam conjured a heavy lead block around Oboro’s thigh.
• Bort finally rose to join the fight as the knife wielder recovered, and Oboro activated Game Treasury of the Endless Dreamer, saying one minute should be enough.

Oboro killed the knife-wielder, Sam, and Nasha, then defeated Bort and forced him to call Fills Garu. After healing himself, Oboro waited in Fills Garu’s executive chair for the boss to return.

• Oboro used his rune setup and accelerated movement to kill the knife-wielder and Sam, then resisted Nasha’s mind-speech and crushed her body.
• Bort struck Oboro with a delayed-damage ability, but Oboro fought back, overwhelmed him, and crippled his leg.
• Oboro explained how his talent runes helped him suppress Bort, then forced him to call Fills Garu and announce the supposed victory.
• Bort begged for his life, and Oboro pretended to spare him so he could gather information about the gang.
• Oboro turned on the lights, healed himself with Heal, and sat in Fills Garu’s chair while Bort crawled aside and waited for the boss to arrive.

Oboro killed Fills Garu and the gang members in the manor, then learned from Bort how the Ten Dons controlled the underworld. He decided to seize their authority and reminded Bort that his order to leave no one alive included Bort himself.

• Fills Garu arrived at the manor expecting Oboro to be dead, but Oboro slaughtered the arriving gang members and seized him.
• Oboro killed Fills Garu slowly, blaming him for the deaths of the passengers on the bus.
• Oboro ordered the badly injured Bort to kill everyone left in the manor before dawn, then bathed while Bort carried out the order.
• Bort explained that the Ten Dons controlled gang succession and territory, so Oboro could not simply take over the Fills Family or its assets.
• Oboro decided he would have to take the Ten Dons' position himself and asked Bort about the Fills Family.
• Oboro pointed out that Bort was still alive and offered to help him follow the order to leave no living person behind.

Oboro decided to use the Fills Family as a route into the Mafia rather than hire Illumi, then confronted Fills Lily about taking over the family. Lily accepted his plan, leaving Oboro poised to become its new head.

• Oboro carried the badly injured Charles out of the manor and considered using Mafia influence to gain power and access to information.
• Oboro rejected hiring Illumi to kill a Ten Don and chose to rise through the Fills Family instead.
• Oboro traveled to Koke and left Charles at a hospital.
• Oboro entered the Fills Family headquarters and told Fills Lily that he had killed her brother, Fills Garu.
• Lily recognized Oboro, understood his intentions, and agreed to let him use the family’s influence.
• Lily asked Oboro to describe the view outside her window, and he agreed.

Oboro took control of the Fills Family, eliminated its defiant executives, and publicly blamed the Kenny Family for Fills Garu’s death. Kenny Gole saw the family’s apparent weakness as an opportunity and ordered an attack on its headquarters and casinos.

• Lily introduced Oboro to Butler David as the Fills Family’s new head, replacing her dead brother, Fills Garu.
• Oboro killed the executives who challenged his appointment and ordered David to replace them with capable, ambitious subordinates.
• Oboro stabilized the family and spread the story that the Kenny Family had killed Fills Garu.
• Kenny Gole learned of the deaths and leadership change, suspected the Fills Family was vulnerable, and ordered his men to prepare for a nighttime operation.

Oboro faced the Kenny Family’s assault on Fills Group headquarters and slaughtered their forces, including their Nen users and boss Gole. After the battle, David brought Lily back to find Oboro alive among the corpses.

• The Kenny Family surrounded Fills Building and launched a full-scale attack while Oboro watched from the rooftop.
• Fuji confronted Oboro on the roof, but Oboro killed him and fell from the building into the battle below.
• Kenny Gole advanced toward the headquarters as his forces broke through the Fills Family’s defenses.
• Oboro emerged from the building and tore through the Kenny Family’s ranks, killing Gole’s three Nen user bodyguards and overwhelming the attackers.
• David escorted Lily back to headquarters an hour later and assured her that Oboro was safe.

Oboro attended a charity gala held in the Ten Dons’ name to make the Fills Family more visible to Brown, one of the Ten Dons. He offended several powerful gang leaders but attracted smaller factions eager to befriend him, while one insulted big shot watched him with hostility.

• After the Fills Family seized the Kenny Family’s operations and expanded its influence, Brown learned about Oboro’s rise and asked about preparations for the Ten Dons’ gala.
• Several days later, Oboro and his butler David arrived at the gala, where gang leaders paid protection money through lavish bids on worthless auction items.
• Badim introduced Oboro to the region’s most powerful family heads, but Oboro ignored their questions and walked away, provoking their anger.
• Oboro watched the crowd and considered whether killing everyone there would bring him into conflict with Brown and the Ten Dons.
• James Jones approached Oboro to make his acquaintance, and as the gala grew busier, smaller gang leaders gathered around Oboro while the offended big shot watched resentfully.

Oboro spent lavishly at the Ten Dons’ charity auction, then survived an ambush and killed River, triggering a war that ended with the River and Chibu Families merged into the Fills Family. With his power greatly increased, Oboro traveled to meet Brown, hoping to face a formidable opponent among the Ten Dons’ forces.

• Oboro directed David to bid 10 billion for a porcelain vase, then won ten auction items for around a trillion and became the gala’s focus.
• After leaving the gala separately from David, Oboro’s convoy was ambushed on the road, but he survived the gunfire and learned from David that the attackers were fleeing.
• Oboro caught up with the fleeing attackers and killed River, while Brown chose not to intervene after learning of River’s death.
• The Fills, River, and Chibu Families fought for about a month before the River and Chibu Families were renamed and merged into the Fills Family.
• Brown summoned Oboro for a meeting, and Oboro traveled there eager to test himself against the Ten Dons’ powerful Nen users.