Chapter Summaries

Oboro and Kaji navigated the Botswa Tribe’s underground maze and found an old tribesman guarding the ritual skull. Oboro offered to help the last survivor escape in exchange for it, but the old man refused, and Oboro prepared to fight despite sensing something was wrong.

• Oboro, Kaji, and Hisoka explored the ruined cave homes and found murals showing a faceless giant consuming people and giving birth to egg-shaped objects.
• Hisoka split off into a separate tunnel, while Oboro and Kaji followed another route through the maze; a tremor suggested Hisoka had encountered trouble.
• Oboro and Kaji reached a vast underground hall, where Oboro identified the ritual skull in the hands of an old Botswa tribesman.
• Oboro deduced that the tribe’s ritual sacrificed its members to spread and evolve parasites, while the old man insisted it was their only hope of taking revenge on East Gorteau’s ruler.
• Oboro offered to protect the last surviving tribesman in exchange for the skull, but the old man refused and raised his Nen aura as Oboro prepared to fight.

Oboro fought the Botswa Tribe elder, who repeatedly revived and grew stronger through the tribe’s sacrifice ritual. Trapped underground by the elder’s stone puppets, Oboro learned the ritual’s purpose and challenged the elder’s motives as death loomed.

• Oboro battered the elder and crushed him beneath falling stone, but the elder revived with stronger Nen and rapidly healed fatal injuries.
• The elder revived again after Oboro destroyed his body, gaining enough strength and control over stone puppets to block Oboro’s escape routes.
• Kaji fled to find Hisoka after realizing Oboro was in danger, while the elder sealed the underground exits with stone puppets.
• Oboro deduced that the elder’s revivals came from a ritual that sacrificed Botswa Tribe members, and the elder explained that the mother Origin Bug fused with him to ensure one tribesman survived.
• Oboro mocked the elder for choosing himself and said the tribe members’ deaths had not been worth it, enraging the elder.

Oboro was killed by Ike after the Botswa elder’s ritual made him stronger with each resurrection, and Hisoka and Kaji arrived too late to save him. After Ike defeated them, Oboro’s corpse began to revive amid a strange game-like error.

• Oboro attacked Ike, but the elder’s accelerated resurrection let him overpower and kill Oboro, leaving his body impaled on stone weapons.
• Hisoka and Kaji entered the underground chamber and found Oboro apparently dead.
• Hisoka charged Ike in rage, but Ike defeated him repeatedly while a stone puppet killed Kaji.
• As Ike prepared to crush Hisoka’s skull, a game-like error sounded and a flickering button appeared before vanishing.
• Ike noticed Oboro’s corpse had stopped bleeding, and Oboro rose with blazing crimson eyes and ominous Nen.

Oboro awakened a bizarre power and repeatedly killed Ike, whose rebirths made him stronger but left him vulnerable during each revival. Ike tried to negotiate as Oboro closed in, but Oboro seemed unable to understand him, leaving Ike facing imminent death.

• Oboro's Nen surged as strange shadows surrounded him, and he blocked Ike's attack with his newly hardened body.
• Oboro repeatedly killed Ike at the instant he revived, until Ike realized Oboro was exploiting the brief vulnerability between his mind and body reconnecting.
• Ike's strength grew with each rebirth, and he kicked Oboro away before summoning stone puppets and combining them into a powerful warrior.
• Oboro smashed Ike's puppets and launched him into the air, then restrained him with successive control effects.
• Ike begged Oboro to accept his conditions, but Oboro only smiled innocently as pixel blocks continued falling from him.

Oboro’s Nen answered his desperate wish to revive, letting him overwhelm and kill Ike at the cost of the Game World’s collapse. Biscuit, Morel, and Beitz found Oboro barely alive in the devastated Botswa Tribe settlement.

• Oboro unleashed the champions’ abilities, repeatedly controlling Ike until Ike’s Nen ran out and he was tortured to death.
• Oboro attacked the unconscious Hisoka, but his Nen vanished and he collapsed beside him.
• Netero told Biscuit that the ritual had ended and the living parasites had regained their senses, but the Association could not contact Oboro.
• Biscuit, Morel, and Beitz hurried to the Botswa Tribe settlement and found the underground space ruined and Oboro shriveled but alive.

Biscuit and Morel brought the critically injured Oboro back from East Gorteau, where the Association treated him after he had overdrawn his life potential. A month later, Oboro woke in the hospital, weak and unable to move, while Fills Lily resolved to make her family stronger.

• Biscuit told Netero that Oboro had overdrawn his life potential, and Netero arranged a medical team and medicine for him.
• At the rescue airship, Hisoka woke, refused treatment, and left after asking Biscuit and Morel to tell Oboro that his performance had pleased him.
• Pariston joined the return journey, drawing Biscuit's suspicion that he had anticipated Oboro would need rescue, while he claimed he had wanted to be friends with Oboro.
• The Association treated Oboro during the journey and at its hospital, and Fills Lily and Butler David later kept watch as his condition gradually stabilized.
• Fills Lily told David that the Fills Family needed to become stronger so it could better support Oboro.
• Oboro woke after a month, recognized Fills Lily, and realized that his strength was gone.

Oboro recovered consciousness after more than three months in a coma and began planning how to rebuild his collapsed Game World with stronger aura and real-world players. He left the hospital in good spirits and spoke with Hisoka and Illumi, who offered to take a job killing Hisoka before Hisoka hung up.

• Biscuit scolded Oboro for risking his life, while Wing defended his choices and encouraged him to rebuild his Hatsu after his aura recovered.
• Oboro reflected on how his Game World had collapsed after he survived and killed Ike, and resolved to trust and strengthen his aura rather than rely on his transmigrator's perspective.
• Oboro told Fills Lily to recruit promising newcomers and have him guide their Hatsu development so he could create players for a Game World in reality.
• David pushed Oboro in his wheelchair outside the hospital, where Oboro called Hisoka and said he had only wanted to confirm that Hisoka was alive.
• Illumi joined the call and offered to kill Hisoka for a fee, but Hisoka hung up before they could make a deal.

As Oboro recovered, he discovered that Chrollo, Feitan, and Franklin had infiltrated the Fills Family while the Phantom Troupe hunted him over Phinks’s death. He ordered a trap for the Spiders and looked forward to testing his newly changed power against them.

• Oboro reviewed his improved combat ranks and heard David report on the Fills Family’s growing influence and recruits.
• Oboro recognized Chrollo, Feitan, and Franklin in the guard roster and learned they had joined the family two months earlier.
• Biscuit told Oboro that Aldama and three other Association members had been murdered by a powerful group believed to be connected to Phinks’s death.
• Oboro concluded that the Phantom Troupe had infiltrated the family and was watching the hospital, then ordered Franklin sent to him and the other two handed over to Association hunters.
• Oboro told Lily he wanted to test how the Spider would respond to extreme malice rather than simply kill them.

The Phantom Troupe withdrew after discovering that Netero had arrived to visit the badly injured Oboro. Netero questioned Oboro about his recovery and plans to seek help from the Zoldyck Family, then left knowing Oboro was willing to pursue power despite the risks to humanity.

• Shalnark explained that Oboro was a powerful Nen user and one of the Ten Dons, while the Troupe watched the hospital where he was recovering.
• Pakunoda spotted Netero arriving, and Chrollo ordered the Phantom Troupe to end their surveillance and withdraw.
• Netero visited Oboro, discussed rebuilding his body and aura, and learned that Oboro had contacted the Zoldyck Family for help.
• Oboro refused Netero's warning about the dangerous price of the Zoldyck power and claimed he could reach his goal safely without making the wish himself.
• Oboro revealed that he knew about the Five Calamities and their corresponding hopes, leaving Netero unable to gauge how much he knew.
• Netero left the hospital, while Oboro reflected that he valued becoming stronger more than protecting humanity from the dangers of the Dark Continent.

Chrollo, Feitan, and Franklin continued their Phantom Troupe infiltration of the Fills Family as David assigned Franklin to guard Oboro and sent the others on separate missions. David privately revealed that his apparent decisions followed Oboro’s instructions, while Worm sensed the trio’s unusual strength.

• David met with the Fills Family’s Nen users alongside Mondel and the newly created Shadow Beasts, including Worm.
• David ordered the family to deal with the Sandy Family and another rising family, then asked who would protect the important client recovering in the hospital.
• Mondel recommended Kunbo, Franklin’s alias, for the hospital assignment, and David approved while Chrollo silently assessed their behavior.
• Mondel split Chrollo and Feitan into separate teams; Chrollo told Franklin to build a relationship with Oboro and not act rashly.
• David privately watched the guard members depart and revealed that Oboro had scripted his actions because protecting Oboro mattered to Fills Lily.
• Worm remarked that Chrollo, Feitan, and Franklin seemed far stronger than the other Nen users, and David hinted that Worm might meet Oboro.

Oboro received the Shadow Beasts at the hospital and assessed their abilities before assigning them to protect the Fills Family against the Phantom Troupe. He warned Owl that strength alone would not be enough and urged him to seek tougher challenges, leaving Owl newly attentive to Oboro’s advice.

• Oboro met Owl, Rabid Dog, Bat, Porcupine, and the white-haired Shadow Beast as they arrived with mafia reinforcements.
• Rabid Dog and Porcupine eagerly called for the Phantom Troupe to be wiped out, while Owl privately suspected the troupe was dangerous.
• Oboro’s subordinates handed the hospital’s defenses to Owl, who assigned his companions to guard the entrances and exits.
• Owl asked Oboro how the Phantom Troupe compared with the Shadow Beasts, and Oboro said four of them might defeat one member but lacked experience, intelligence, and willpower.
• Oboro urged Owl not to stagnate by fighting weak opponents and told him to broaden his horizons, prompting Owl to answer respectfully.

Franklin infiltrated the hospital as a bodyguard for Oboro and discovered that the Shadow Beasts had deployed a much larger force than the Phantom Troupe expected. Unable to reach Chrollo or Feitan, Franklin grew uneasy as Oboro began telling Owl about killing a spider-tattooed man during the Hunter Exam.

• Franklin entered the heavily guarded hospital and was assigned to protect Oboro in his room.
• Franklin met Owl, Rabid Dog, and Porcupine, then realized that at least five Shadow Beasts were protecting Oboro.
• Oboro sent Franklin to fetch food, and Franklin tried to call Chrollo and Feitan but could not reach either of them.
• Owl accompanied Franklin to the cafeteria, then used a pager to order juice after Franklin returned with pastries and tea.
• Oboro asked Owl about the people monitoring the hospital and began recounting how he killed a strong man with a spider tattoo bearing the number five.

Franklin resisted killing Oboro and convinced himself he had passed Chrollo’s test, while Feitan fell into a trap set by the Fills Family and the Hunter Association. Feitan escaped after killing the six Specialist Division members, leaving his next move unknown.

• Rabid Dog mocked Phinks, and Owl prevented Porcupine from revealing the Phantom Troupe to Oboro.
• Franklin stayed close to Oboro for several days, shared his Meteor City past, and demonstrated his Double Machine Gun ability.
• Franklin considered shooting the defenseless Oboro but held back to protect Chrollo, Feitan, and the other Troupe members.
• Feitan followed the Fills Family’s Nen users to a casino, where six Hunter Association members trapped him and revealed their plan to capture him.
• Feitan fought his way out of the sealed room, and an explosion tore through the casino building.
• Feitan left the scene wounded, while the six Specialist Division members lay dead in the burning room.

Chrollo discovered that the Sandy Family raid was a trap and faced an Association capture squad. At the hospital, Oboro exposed Franklin’s disguise and ordered the Shadow Beasts and his Nen-user subordinates to capture him.

• Mondel and Chrollo slaughtered the Sandy Family’s defenders, and Chrollo realized the plan had been revealed as he encountered eight Association Hunters.
• Chrollo asked whether Oboro had informed the Association, then prepared to fight the capture squad.
• Oboro asked Kunbo to pick a favorite number, excluding 0 and 5, and Franklin reacted by attacking him.
• The Shadow Beasts wounded Franklin and drove him from the hospital room, while Bat’s sound attack sent him crashing to the ground outside.
• Franklin fought off the Shadow Beasts and killed several of Oboro’s guards, so Oboro ordered his other Nen users to join the battle.

After killing Franklin, Oboro left the Phantom Troupe a staged scene that invoked their buried memories of Sarasa and threatened them with further torment. Chrollo judged that Oboro was their natural enemy and ordered the Spiders to retreat, leaving them to grow under an invisible shackle.

• Oboro ordered Owl to contact the Zoldyck Family and prepare to depart after Franklin and several Mafia Nen users died in the battle.
• The Phantom Troupe gathered in an underground warehouse, where Chrollo considered whether Franklin was alive and concluded that Oboro knew their movements and had deliberately held back.
• Chrollo led the Troupe into the hospital, where they found Franklin's corpse displayed in a bundle beside a tree, recalling Sarasa's death.
• A recorder played Oboro's threat to keep tormenting the Spiders, and Uvogin smashed the floor in rage while Feitan demanded revenge against the Fills Family.
• Chrollo refused to risk the Troupe in a reckless attack and ordered them to retreat, travel in pairs, and avoid the Republic of Padokea and the Fills Family.

Oboro visited the Zoldyck estate to meet Silva and secure the family’s help concerning Alluka, with Killua as a crucial part of his plan. After bribing Killua with snacks and earning his interest, Oboro entered the castle with Illumi to meet Silva.

• Oboro arrived at the Zoldyck estate with Mondel and met Illumi, Killua, and Zebro at the gate.
• Killua ignored Oboro’s greeting, so Oboro had Mondel bring out bags of snacks to win him over.
• Illumi confirmed that Oboro was exceptionally strong, and Killua showed a flicker of interest in him.
• Oboro gave Killua the snacks, and Killua’s attitude toward him warmed after he spotted his favorite chocolate balls.
• Oboro left Mondel with Gotoh and followed Illumi and Zeno into the castle to meet Silva.

Oboro explained Nanika’s rules to Silva, Zeno, and Illumi and argued that Killua could make wishes without paying the usual price. Zeno and Silva agreed to let Killua help Oboro, while Oboro hoped his claims would protect Killua and Alluka from Illumi’s control.

• Silva questioned Oboro about how he knew Nanika’s rules, and Illumi exposed Oboro’s claim that he had learned them from a book as a lie.
• Oboro explained Nanika’s requests, the consequences of refusing them, and how her requests targeted one person at a time.
• Oboro said Nanika treated Killua specially because of their relationship and might grant his wishes without equivalent exchange, though he warned that this could change.
• Zeno agreed to let Killua help Oboro, while warning Oboro that the Zoldycks would kill him if anything went wrong.
• Zeno left after warning that he would accept a future contract to kill Oboro, and Silva told Illumi to bring Killua to Nanika.

Oboro used Nanika’s healing ability to restore most of his strength, while Killua helped conceal how the healing had been triggered. Afterward, Illumi confronted Oboro, who refused to reveal more about Nanika and left the Zoldyck estate.

• Killua led Oboro to Alluka in the basement, where the siblings played and Killua secretly whispered to her.
• Nanika appeared and healed Oboro, restoring around seventy to eighty percent of his strength and leaving the Zoldycks stunned.
• Alluka fell asleep from exhaustion, and Oboro told Killua to protect her through a message traced on his back.
• Illumi blocked Oboro in the corridor and challenged him, but Oboro denied owing him further answers and admitted he had enjoyed frustrating him.
• Oboro walked away after Illumi warned him not to repeat the deception.

Oboro left the Zoldyck estate after Killua became the key to keeping Alluka’s hidden rules secret, then tested his recovered Nen and went to claim Netero’s promised favor. Netero agreed to spar with Oboro for three months, leaving Oboro to prepare for the training.

• Oboro explained to Illumi that Silva would fail to make Killua reveal the truth about Alluka, while Illumi would try to control his younger brother.
• Oboro left the Zoldyck estate with Gotoh and tested his strengthened Nen on Mondel during the drive.
• Oboro saw Pariston outside the Hunter Association headquarters and ignored him.
• Oboro visited Netero and asked him to be his sparring partner in exchange for the promised favor.
• Netero agreed to train with Oboro for three months and warned that he might not know his own strength.

Oboro trained with Netero for three months, using their punishing sparring sessions to strengthen his body, refine his breathing technique, and recover his aura. On the final day, Oboro and Netero began one last bout, each determined to win.

• Oboro fought Netero in the mountains, and Netero praised his growth while identifying how his breathing technique and new martial skills were improving his body.
• Oboro explained that he was using their fights to temper his muscles, bones, flesh, and organs, then resumed attacking Netero.
• Over three months, Oboro extended his breathing technique and recovered his strength, while Netero grew increasingly tired and began to take him seriously.
• On the final day, Oboro completed his Nen training and challenged Netero to one last bout.
• Oboro charged past Netero as both fighters released their auras.