Chapter Summaries

Oboro attended a meeting of the domestic mafia’s core leaders at the Ten Dons’ mountain compound, where Brown acknowledged his rising influence and warned the regional families to avoid further conflict. The chapter ended with the meeting turning into a banquet while Oboro sensed a dangerous presence hidden among the Ten Dons’ people.

• Oboro arrived at the Ten Dons’ guarded compound as the other leaders assessed his Nen abilities and discussed his background.
• Green tested Oboro by releasing his aura, but Oboro overwhelmed him with a sudden mental pressure, caught his falling cap, and continued on.
• Oboro joined the seven mafia leaders he knew and met Brown, one of the Ten Dons, who asked whether he had handled the aftermath involving River and Chibu’s families.
• Brown urged the leaders to restrain their regional forces and avoid settling disputes with violence, indirectly warning the Fills Family to stop expanding.
• After the long meeting ended, servants brought in food and wine, and the leaders praised Oboro as the gathering relaxed.

After gaining the Ten Dons' trust, Oboro secretly built alliances to weaken Brown's control and prepared for a dangerous confrontation. The Fills Family secured meetings with two other Ten Dons, bringing Oboro's plan close to its next stage.

• Oboro left the Ten Dons' estate and concluded that he needed support from Brown's rivals to bring him down, while avoiding notice.
• Oboro considered Meteor City's ties to the mafia and the history of persecution that had shaped its people and the Phantom Troupe.
• Over the next two months, Oboro kept the Fills Family compliant in public while secretly arranging contacts with mafia forces on other continents.
• Brown gradually trusted Oboro and withdrew the Nen users monitoring the Fills Family.
• David told Oboro that two other Ten Dons had agreed to meet him, and Oboro ordered him to arrange the meetings.

Oboro and Fills Lily set their plan in motion by provoking conflicts among Brown’s families, while Brown grew suspicious and prepared to eliminate Oboro. As Brown arranged to leave secretly, Oboro began clearing infiltrators from the Fills Family headquarters before Lily and David relocated to safety.

• Oboro returned from meeting two of the Ten Dons, who agreed to help hold Brown back if the Fills Family’s plan proceeded.
• Conflicts between the Gabriel and Badim families, followed by the Stan and Jose families, plunged Brown’s territory into turmoil.
• Brown suspected Oboro was behind the unrest, ordered an investigation, and decided to kill him even without evidence.
• Oboro learned Brown was concealing his departure and told Fills Lily and the Old Butler to stay inside before moving to their safe house.
• Oboro recognized a disguised maid as an infiltrator and killed her with a single blow.

Oboro exploited the chaos Fills Lily had unleashed among Brown’s gangs and then attacked Brown’s weakened residence alone. He faced eighteen Nen users there and began fighting them after revealing his game-based ability.

• Brown received reports that the gangs in his territory were fighting, with Badim dead and the Stan and Jose family bosses killed, while the Fills Family claimed Brown had ordered the violence.
• Oboro learned that Brown’s troops had left the residence to fight the rebels and went alone to Brown’s gates.
• Oboro killed the guards with stones, entered the palace complex, and was surrounded by eighteen Nen users, including Green.
• Oboro severely injured a Nen user who tried to attack him from behind, then summoned his Face Button and started his game ability.
• Green ordered the Nen users to attack Oboro together as the game began.

Oboro was overwhelmed by eighteen Nen users who injured and restrained him while Uka prepared a curse, but he turned the ambush around by unleashing Nunu and Willump’s Absolute Zero. The blizzard devastated his attackers, leaving Oboro standing amid the snow and reflecting on how satisfying the ultimate felt.

• Oboro fought off the Nen users, killing two and seriously injuring another before they pinned him down and began draining his aura with a syringe.
• Uka used Oboro’s blood to repair a plush doll with yarn, while Green guarded him and the group waited for their boss.
• Oboro dislocated his shoulder to break free, killed the man holding him, and reached for Uka, but Green struck his hand with a bat.
• Oboro revealed that he had deliberately lured his opponents together, then summoned Nunu and Willump and unleashed Absolute Zero.
• The blizzard shielded Oboro from the attackers’ blows and battered the Nen users with wind and ice, after which Oboro reset his shoulder and admired the ultimate.

Oboro slaughtered the Nen users at Brown’s estate and waited for more of Brown’s men to arrive. When Brown learned that his forces had gone silent, he sent Sato to find and kill Oboro.

• Oboro finished off the survivors at the estate, but the wounded Nen user chose to disperse his aura rather than accept Oboro’s offer to save him.
• A few days later, four of Brown’s Nen users returned to the estate and found the guards and their companions dead; Oboro greeted them by phone and warned them as they saw his display of eighteen corpses.
• The four men tried to flee, and Oboro later arranged their bodies by the fountain while waiting for more guests.
• Brown returned to Padokea aboard his airship after losing contact with his Nen users and learning that his forces could not continue their operations.
• Sato vowed to find and kill Oboro, and Brown entrusted the task to him.

Brown returned to find Oboro had killed the Nen users guarding his residence, and confronted him at the palace plaza. Oboro survived a sniper’s explosive shot, tracked the sniper down and killed him, while Sato pursued him.

• Brown learned that Oboro had killed every Nen user at his residence and ordered his forces to evacuate before returning to his base with the three Satos.
• Brown confronted Oboro at the palace plaza, where Oboro revealed that allies among the Ten Dons had helped him and that Brown’s troops would not come.
• Brown sent Sato to fight Oboro while a sniper fired a powerful explosive round at Oboro from a palace dome.
• Oboro survived the blast by concentrating his Nen to defend himself, then raced toward the sniper’s position as Sato pursued him.
• Oboro located the fleeing sniper, struck him dead, and sprinted back toward the battlefield.

Oboro fought Sato, a Hidden Group ninja whose concealed Nen weapons and unpredictable techniques gave him the advantage in close combat. Oboro summoned game monsters to pressure Sato, who deduced that the portal’s location was fixed and its monsters had a limited attack range.

• Oboro recognized Sato’s concealed, shape-changing Nen blades and tried to counter them by watching his hand movements while opening a resource-summoning portal.
• Sato wounded Oboro in their close-quarters exchange, blending martial arts with blades and other hidden ninja tools.
• Oboro summoned Shadow Wolves and Raptors, forcing Sato to fight off the creatures while Oboro looked for an opening.
• Sato defeated several monsters and used concealed weapons to interrupt Oboro’s attempted attack, then faced more creatures emerging from the portal.
• Oboro threatened Sato with Brown’s safety to keep him from moving too far away, but Sato leaped onto a distant palace dome and saw that the monsters stopped pursuing him.
• Sato concluded that Oboro’s portal remained fixed once opened, the summoned monsters had a limited attack range, and Oboro had wanted Monte dead because his sniper ability was troublesome.

Oboro explained the rules and limitations behind his Game Treasury of the Endless Dreamer and recognized Sato as the first opponent to expose its weakness. He summoned the enormous Red Brambleback and Blue Sentinel, leaving Sato facing their overwhelming attack.

• Oboro reviewed the activation conditions and drawbacks of his Nen ability, explaining how he had reduced but could not erase its restrictions.
• Oboro acknowledged that Sato had correctly identified the ability’s weak point and counterattacked Brown, the Ten Dons, and the nearby mafia members.
• Sato charged back into the jungle monsters’ range while Brown’s Nen users fled, and Oboro sent Gromp and Raptor after them.
• Oboro poured aura into the Game World’s black hole, widening it until the Red Brambleback and Blue Sentinel emerged.
• The Blue Sentinel raised its arms and smashed them toward Sato, shaking the plaza and hurling stones and dirt into the air.

Oboro defeated Sato and Brown, then took control of Brown’s place among the Ten Dons and established the Fills Family at Brown’s estate. He planned to leave the position to David and pursue his dreams.

• Oboro explained his Game World rules to the badly injured Sato, who realized he could not win and cut his own throat.
• Oboro killed Brown’s Nen bodyguard and then killed Brown after rejecting his offer to surrender his seat among the Ten Dons.
• The other Ten Dons supported Oboro’s rise to power, and rumors spread that he had caused Brown’s death.
• A month later, Oboro, David, and Fills Lily moved into Brown’s estate, which became the Fills Family’s base.
• Oboro told David and Lily he intended to hand his Ten Dons seat to David and pursue his dreams.

Oboro met the other Ten Dons at a V5-backed research facility and learned that their project used an experimental drug to enhance human bodies. After Rodman rejected the grotesque results and ordered the surviving test subjects disposed of, the Ten Dons prepared to carry out the order.

• Oboro traveled by private airship to Aizen Continent and trained during the journey.
• Oboro greeted the other Ten Dons at a remote research base, where a V5 official named Rodman took charge.
• Researchers showed Oboro and the Ten Dons experiments in which an injection enhanced subjects' strength but caused severe deformities and deaths.
• Oboro learned that V5 had funded the project through the Mafia to develop a way to improve human abilities.
• Rodman rejected the experiment's results and ordered the surviving deformed subjects disposed of, and one of the Ten Dons signaled his subordinates to comply.

Oboro left the mafia gathering and traveled alone to Whale Island, where he explored the town and admired its quiet scenery. He arrived hoping to relax and see Gon and Mito, but the chapter ended with him wandering the town and reflecting on Ging and Gon.

• Oboro concluded that V5 was using the Ten Dons to advance its projects and decided to have David communicate with them more often.
• Oboro declined Odai’s offer of help, gave Fills Lily and the butler instructions, and set out alone to travel.
• Oboro chose Whale Island as his first destination, partly to enjoy its scenery and partly to see Gon and Mito.
• After a day and night at sea, Oboro arrived on Whale Island and explored its harbor and town.
• Oboro enjoyed the welcoming local shops and peaceful surroundings while joking about how different Ging seemed from Gon.

Oboro explored Whale Island and traveled to Mito's Tavern, where he met Mito and six-year-old Gon. As he watched Gon eat, Oboro noticed the boy's unusual perceptiveness.

• Oboro explored Whale Island and learned about its town, wilderness, and residents from the innkeeper.
• Oboro ventured into the island's forests, then asked for directions to Mito's Tavern.
• Oboro arrived at the tavern after dark and saw Gon apologizing to Mito for returning late.
• Oboro greeted Mito and Gon, ruffled Gon's hair, and ordered food and a drink from the locals.
• Oboro watched Gon eat alone and noticed that the boy instinctively avoided meeting his gaze.

Oboro spent the night in the forest after declining Mito’s offer of lodging, reflecting on Gon’s natural potential and his own hard-won growth. The next morning, Gon found him, and they shared breakfast while Gon asked how Oboro caught fish with pebbles.

• Oboro declined Mito’s offer to stay at the guesthouse or share Gon’s room, then camped beneath the stars in the forest.
• Oboro reflected on Gon’s innate talent, Killua’s strengths, and his decision not to interfere in Gon’s life.
• The next morning, Oboro caught fish at the river and quietly drew nearby animals with his concealed aura.
• Mito sent Gon to find Oboro with breakfast, and Gon tracked him through the forest.
• Oboro invited Gon to eat with him and explained that catching fish with pebbles required throwing faster and harder than they could react.
• Gon resolved to train hard so he could catch fish the way Oboro did.

Oboro spent his vacation training and teaching Gon about the forest, then explained his breathing methods after Gon tried to imitate him and hurt his lungs. He left Gon eager to learn, and the two walked home together with Oboro giving him basic breathing guidance.

• Oboro gave Gon money to return to Mito, and Gon excitedly told Mito about Oboro’s abilities.
• Gon visited Oboro in the forest each day, where Oboro taught him about wildlife and survival while training in martial arts.
• Mito let Gon keep spending time with Oboro after Grandma noted that Oboro seemed to be someone Gon could relate to.
• Oboro practiced breathing methods intended to strengthen his body and increase his aura, while Gon watched and copied his meditation.
• Gon struggled to breathe, coughed, and nearly fell into the stream, so Oboro rescued him and warned that the exercise could harm his developing body.
• Oboro showed Gon how to begin breathing slowly and focus on the air moving through his body as they walked home.

Oboro said farewell to Mito and Gon and left Whale Island, but Hisoka called him en route after attacking the Fills Family estate. The call ended with Oboro angry and Hisoka delighted, while David and Phyllis Lily remained alive.

• At Mito's tavern, Oboro told Mito that Gon would eventually leave home and urged her to cherish their time together; he also explained that Gon was practicing the Breathing Technique.
• The next morning, Oboro left Whale Island after Gon and Mito's family waved goodbye.
• Hisoka called Oboro using David's phone number, revealing that he was at the Fills Family estate and had found Oboro by asking around.
• Hisoka admitted he had fought his way into the estate, where David and Phyllis Lily were alive amid the wounded and dead Mafia guards.
• Oboro threatened Hisoka, told him not to call without a reason, and ended the call; Hisoka then asked David to send away the people rushing to the estate.

Hisoka confronted Fills Lily and David while seeking Oboro, then Oboro traveled to the Luxen region to investigate the Kurta Clan and their Scarlet Eyes. After waiting for more than half a month, he spotted two Kurta men arriving in town.

• Hisoka threatened Lily and David until David gave him his master's phone number, then questioned Lily about Oboro.
• Hisoka warned Lily that Oboro was dangerous and that she should not mistake his attention for friendship before asking where his room was.
• Oboro dismissed Hisoka's visit and headed to the docks, planning to see the Kurta Clan and their Scarlet Eyes for himself.
• Oboro traveled to the Luxen region, asked locals about the Red-Eyed Demon, and learned that the Kurta Clan remained feared and persecuted.
• Oboro waited in a town where Kurta members had reportedly appeared before, then recognized two men in distinctive clothing outside a supermarket.

Oboro infiltrated the Kurta Clan settlement to investigate its history and stole a mysterious book bearing a gate resembling the entrance to the Dark Continent. He escaped after the clan discovered him, leaving Kurapika with his wallet and the elders scrambling to pursue him.

• Oboro followed two Kurta Clan members to their hidden settlement and searched their library for information about the clan.
• Oboro found a red book with unfamiliar writing and images that led him to suspect it described the gate to the Dark Continent.
• The Great Elder confronted Oboro, rejected his requests to borrow or translate the book, and ordered the clan warriors to seize him.
• Oboro deflected arrows and fought off the warriors, then raced to Kurapika and placed his wallet in the boy's hand before escaping into the forest.
• The Great Elder sent a group after Oboro while Kurapika examined the wallet, and Oboro fled with the book, planning to find someone who could translate it.

Oboro planned to build a network inside V5 through the Fills Family while deciding to take the Hunter Exam. He reached the exam site in Bungee City ahead of the other applicants, but someone hidden in Pavilion No. 3 caught him off guard.

• Oboro told David to recruit V5 officials as informants and learned that Hisoka had left the manor after a week.
• Oboro decided to join the Hunter Association and used Wing to obtain the Hunter Exam venue from Biscuit.
• Oboro flew to Bungee City during the preliminary rounds and entered the amusement park, where the ticket-taker gave him tag No. 001.
• Oboro entered Pavilion No. 3, found it empty, and turned to leave before an unseen person coughed, startling him.

Oboro met Hunter Association chairman Isaac Netero at the exam venue, where Netero provoked him into a fight to test his strength. The two prepared to clash, with Netero warning Oboro that he would have to surpass him to claim the top spot.

• Isaac Netero surprised Oboro in the Hunter Association hall and joked that Oboro could have been given a Hunter License outright.
• Netero said he had come because he was free and Biscuit had talked about Oboro, then welcomed the idea that Oboro might use the Association for his own purposes.
• Oboro tried to leave, but Netero appeared behind him and provoked him by taking his sunglasses.
• Oboro attacked Netero, missed, and realized the chairman wanted to test his strength.
• Oboro and Netero raised their auras and prepared to fight, as Netero challenged Oboro to prove he could make him step down.