Chapter Summaries

Oboro fought Netero in an intense spar and used a new technique to numb the old man's arm and disrupt his body. Netero conceded the match, but Oboro called it a draw before Netero abruptly left after taking a phone call.

• Oboro and Netero exchanged powerful attacks, with Oboro struggling against Netero's greater experience and offensive strength.
• Oboro revealed a special technique that could interrupt blood flow and affect nerves when he struck Netero's elbow and neck.
• Netero briefly released his suppressed strength after Oboro threatened his eyes, prompting Oboro to retreat.
• Netero conceded that Oboro had won, while Oboro argued that a real fight had no rules and declared it a draw.
• Netero received a call from Beans and hurried away without saying goodbye.

After three months of training and fighting Netero, Oboro returned to the Fills Family and learned that an island had been purchased for his plans. He headed to inspect it, intending to stay there for the next year.

• Oboro reflected on how his Nen transformation and training had brought him closer to matching Netero, and considered a new pressure-point and meridian-disruption technique.
• David and the Fills Family welcomed Oboro back at the palace, where he intimidated Worm and ordered him to put on clothes.
• Mondel told Oboro that most of the newcomers had awakened Nen and that construction had begun on the island the family purchased.
• Oboro said the recruits would serve as guards and maintain order for the island's game, then left to inspect the island and announced he would stay there for the next year.

Oboro rebuilt his Nen ability while turning the Fills Family’s islands into a League of Legends-style game world, recruiting and training Nen users to create its components. With the game nearing readiness, he planned to rely on players’ Nen to strengthen it and focused on breaking through his own limits.

• Oboro arrived at the Fills Family’s islands and began rebuilding his Nen ability while recovering, training, and teaching the novice Nen users.
• Oboro assigned Nen users to develop the game’s equipment, monsters, rules, data, and controls, while guiding them in creating abilities suited to their roles.
• Oboro helped the remaining few dozen users develop abilities and brought the islands’ maps, equipment, jungle monsters, and hero skill cards closer to completion.
• Oboro planned for players to sign agreements and surrender a portion of their life energy to strengthen the Game World, with victories also rewarding winners with their opponents’ initial resources.
• Oboro decided his redesigned ability would no longer require him to create the game’s dimensional world and would instead depend on continually surpassing his own limits.

A year later, Oboro tested Hero Island, his game world, and created a custom hero whose skills could grow without limit. He successfully used Game Treasury of the Endless Dreamer to separate himself from Training Mode while keeping the game running.

• Oboro registered as player Dragon and explored Hero Island and its Training Mode map.
• Oboro reviewed a custom hero built from Senna, Thresh, Nasus, Sion, and Ekko's skills, then selected it for himself.
• Oboro gained five abilities that could strengthen his attributes by defeating enemies, including Chronobreak, which let him return to the recent past.
• Oboro activated Game Treasury of the Endless Dreamer and used it to separate himself from the running game.
• Oboro reappeared outside the covered bridge, confirming that the separation had succeeded.

Oboro explained how he had stripped three game abilities into the real world, and Biscuit deduced the limits and dangers of his new power. After accepting his gemstones, she left to inspect his game and decided to warn Netero about Oboro’s growing strength.

• Oboro showed Biscuit his new abilities, Senna's Absolution, Thresh's Damnation, and Ekko's Chronobreak, and explained how he had transferred them from the game.
• Biscuit reasoned that Oboro could no longer enter the game as a player, that training mode had to remain active, and that Hero Island could not be attacked or damaged.
• Oboro confirmed that Absolution's stacking effects had changed, while Damnation still granted one point of armor and magic power per kill, and he had retained Teleport and Flash.
• Oboro gave Biscuit three gemstones in gratitude for her help during the Botswa Tribe mission, and Biscuit left to look at his game.
• Outside the hotel, Biscuit worried about Oboro's strength and the way he had worked around his ability's restrictions, then called Netero to tell him about it.

Oboro returned to the Hunter Association to form a team and pursue missions after years of recovery and training. He recruited five Nen-using Hunters, then proved his strength when Anthony questioned why he should be captain.

• Oboro reviewed his improved combat rank, abilities, and physical attributes before deciding to leave Hero Island and take Association missions.
• Oboro met the five members of his new team: Fante, Anthony, Gabe Vich, Rita, and Menchi.
• Oboro welcomed Menchi, a Gourmet Hunter who had joined because she was interested in his team and its missions.
• Anthony challenged Oboro's position as captain, so Oboro released an overwhelming Nen aura to demonstrate his strength.
• Fante, Anthony, Gabe Vich, Rita, and Menchi each acknowledged Oboro as their captain.

Oboro led his newly formed team to take a dangerous Two-Star mission investigating an ancient ruin in the Ochima Federation. After arranging the mission’s approval through Netero, he assigned roles to the team and began their hunt for hostile forces around the ruins.

• Oboro chose a Two-Star mission to investigate and help excavate an ancient ruin for a company in the Ochima Federation, despite his team lacking the usual qualifications.
• Oboro called Netero, who approved the mission, and the team traveled to the Ochima Federation after submitting their application.
• Aboard the airship, Oboro assigned Fante to protect the team and Rita, Gabe Vich, and Anthony to handle reconnaissance while he confronted the enemies.
• At the ruins, the client’s contact explained that the team would operate secretly, gave them maps, and warned that they had one month to complete the mission.
• Oboro ordered the team to clear every marked enemy position outside the restricted zone, and the others fell silent as he prepared to begin the hunt.

Oboro infiltrated an enemy camp and defeated its Nen users alone, absorbing souls and black mist that strengthened his abilities. His team arrived to find nine corpses and gained a clearer sense of how far his strength surpassed ordinary fighters.

• Rita, Fante, Menchi, and Anthony helped Oboro locate the enemy camp while avoiding its traps and lookout posts.
• Oboro killed a sentry and then fought the camp’s Nen users, evading their attacks and eliminating them one by one.
• Oboro discovered Gabe Vich hiding as a tree, explained how he noticed him, and killed him, gaining four souls and two layers of black mist.
• Oboro tested his increased attack range and told his teammates the fight was over.
• Oboro’s team reached the camp, found nine corpses, and realized how dominant their captain was in combat.

Anthony and Rita’s team ambushed two Nen users, while Oboro pursued the rest of their group and discovered that several factions had joined forces to trap him. Oboro broke free of their abilities, killed two attackers, and faced the remaining ambushers as his immense Nen overwhelmed them.

• Rita’s plants restrained two Nen users while Anthony interrogated one and learned that four teammates had gone southwest; Fante killed the other.
• Oboro pursued the group, killed two Nen users, and realized that two others were still unaccounted for.
• A hidden attacker trapped Oboro in stone while a woman created a mirror duplicate of him, and more than ten enemies emerged to surround him.
• Oboro broke the stone restraint, killed Yellow Teeth and the woman who made the duplicate, and caused the remaining ambushers to falter as he unleashed his Nen.

Oboro’s team cleared another hostile faction outside the restricted zone, then learned that three dangerous groups remained inside and that a national-level Nen user had already died. With their mission now focused on protecting valuable ruins and surviving stronger opponents, they prepared to enter the restricted zone under a revised strategy.

• Oboro returned after defeating more than a dozen Nen users in an ambush, and Anthony crossed their faction off the map as the team ate and reviewed the battle.
• The Sori Group’s contact revealed that one of its two national-level combatants had died, one hostile group had escaped with looted items, and three groups remained inside the restricted zone.
• Oboro’s team learned that reinforcements could not be freely deployed because the conflict involved multiple parties and could affect relations within V5.
• Oboro’s team accepted a route into the restricted zone and planned to enter through a gap in the guards’ coverage at ten that night.
• Oboro told his teammates to prioritize their own safety, while Menchi and Fante assessed the limited intelligence and the hostile groups’ likely abilities and tactics.

Oboro led his team into the restricted zone, where a hidden enemy ambushed them and revealed that their movements had been anticipated. The team was separated and transported to an unfamiliar place, where four powerful Nen users awaited them.

• Oboro led his five-person team toward the ruins, while Rita checked for nearby dangers with her ability.
• A man with side-swept bangs approached unnoticed and tried to stab Fante, but Oboro pulled Fante away and caught the blade.
• Oboro deduced that the enemy had information about their team and charged after the man, despite suspecting a trap.
• A bald, fat man appeared after Oboro left and activated an ability beneath the remaining team's feet.
• Menchi and the others were transported to an unfamiliar place, where four powerful Nen users greeted them.

Oboro returned to find his allies badly injured and overwhelmed by Brightwave Republic combatants, then killed one attacker and crippled their captain. He sent Rita and Gabe Vich to help the wounded and vanished to finish off the remaining enemies.

• The scar-faced man and his allies attacked Menchi, Fante, Rita, Gabe Vich, and Anthony, overpowering them while waiting for Deni and Dal to return.
• The Black man moved to kill Anthony, but Oboro arrived, beheaded him, and kicked the scar-faced man to the ground.
• Oboro threw the severed heads of Deni and Dal onto the ground, and Rita cried out in relief at her captain's arrival.
• Oboro assessed his allies' injuries and ordered Rita and Gabe Vich to help Anthony and Fante.
• Oboro said he would take care of the scar-faced man's teammates in return for their courtesy, then vanished as the man shouted a warning.

Oboro slaughtered the Brightwave Republic team’s fighters and chased their captain, Steve, through the forest. After defeating Steve in a seemingly even fight, Oboro revealed that he had already destroyed his lungs and carried him away.

• A Nen user fled after Oboro attacked, but Oboro killed him and the whip-wielding woman while their captain, Steve, escaped.
• Oboro told Menchi to hide with the others and sent Ghost Mist after Steve.
• Steve realized Oboro had intercepted him and attacked, while Oboro analyzed the score-counter ability that strengthened Steve’s punches.
• After two minutes of fighting, Steve locked in his highest score, 948, and prepared to continue, but Oboro revealed that he had already destroyed Steve’s lung tissue and impaired his senses.
• Oboro picked up the dying Steve and left, intent on collecting the fallen souls and black mist before they disappeared.

Oboro sent his injured teammates out of the restricted zone and continued the mission alone, where he faced a group of criminal Hunters. Meanwhile, Menchi spoke with the chairman and began to suspect that her place on Oboro’s team had a hidden purpose.

• Oboro absorbed the scar-faced man’s soul and black mist, then gave Menchi the ruins’ artifacts and photographs to deliver to the Sori Group.
• Oboro arranged medical care and an airship for his injured teammates, but refused the liaison’s offer to end the mission and chose to proceed alone.
• Several days later, a Two-Star Hunter and his three companions confronted Oboro near the ruins, and the fight began.
• At the hospital, Menchi described Oboro’s abilities to the chairman, who emphasized his tactical intelligence and told her she would learn from following him.
• After the call ended, Menchi wondered whether the chairman had arranged for her to join Oboro’s team and whether she should tell Oboro her suspicions.

Oboro helped the Sori Group excavate ancient ruins, uncovered evidence that early humans and magical beasts migrated from the Dark Continent together, and considered whether magical beasts could fuel his growth. After returning to the Hunter Association and completing another successful mission, he refused Netero’s offer to fill the vacant Zodiac Tiger seat, so Netero appointed Kanzai instead.

• Oboro helped the Sori Group translate ancient inscriptions and found a mural suggesting that early humans had kept magical beasts.
• Oboro reasoned that magical beasts might provide souls and black mist for his abilities, then finished his work with the Sori Group and returned to the Association.
• Oboro led a team to complete another two-star mission, earning the highest contribution rating and further fame among Hunters.
• Netero asked the Zodiacs to consider Oboro and Kanzai for the vacant Tiger seat, and the members voted six to four in Oboro’s favor.
• Netero called Oboro to offer him the Tiger seat, but Oboro refused, so Netero appointed Kanzai.

Oboro turned down a premature Zodiac offer and spent the next year building his standing and strengthening his team, while Ging Freecss investigated Hero Island but failed to sneak inside. The chapter left Ging facing a Fills Family sea patrol in its private waters.

• Oboro explained to Menchi that Pariston’s support for his appointment as a Zodiac would damage his standing, so he planned to wait for a better opportunity.
• Oboro led his five-member team through missions for nearly a year, helping Menchi and the others become One-Star Hunters before disbanding the team so they could work independently.
• Oboro planned to earn professional points, help Association members grow, and hunt magical beasts as he continued building the Fills Family’s influence.
• Ging Freecss learned that mafia Nen users were entering Oboro’s Hero Island game and decided to investigate the island himself.
• Ging followed the mafia’s route to Hero Island but found its waters protected by controlled wildlife and other defenses, so he abandoned his attempt to sneak in.
• Ging started rowing away, then encountered a mafia sea patrol in the Fills Family’s private waters.

Oboro met Ging Freecss after the Fills Family caught him trespassing near Hero Island, and offered him a closed beta slot in exchange for help refining the game. Ging accepted the deal’s implications with interest, while Oboro left him to decide whether to take the offer.

• The Fills Family captured Ging Freecss in its private waters and called Oboro after Ging said he knew him.
• Oboro teleported to Hero Island and met Ging, who recognized his teleportation as a game ability.
• Oboro threatened Ging by mentioning Gon, and Ging warned that he would not ignore a threat against his son.
• Oboro registered Ging as a player and explained the game's competitive 5v5 battle mode.
• Oboro offered Ging a closed beta slot in exchange for help refining the Game World, and Ging recognized the offer as a contract of sale.

Ging discovered that Hero Island’s player agreement let Oboro harvest players’ energy to strengthen the game and eventually separate it from Oboro himself. Oboro opened the game to Ging for testing, while preparing to use a mass influx of players to make the game operate independently.

• Ging examined Hero Island’s player agreement, recognized its exploitative terms, and agreed to help improve the game during the closed beta.
• Ging registered under the ID gold and entered Hero Island, while Oboro chose to remain behind.
• Mondel questioned Oboro about letting Ging influence the game, and Oboro said Ging would only offer suggestions as a player.
• Oboro planned to open Hero Island widely, using the Fills Family’s control of entry tickets to profit and a large player base to nourish the game.
• Oboro intended the player agreement to let him harvest Nen users’ energy until the game could separate from his Nen ability and operate independently.

Ging played a matchmaking battle alongside mafia members and studied the game’s mechanics while considering how much Oboro knew about the Association. After reaching level 4, Ging wondered whether Oboro’s foresight came from the Dark Continent.

• Ging joined a five-on-five match as Graves and observed that the game suppressed every player’s abilities until they gained levels and equipment.
• Ging concluded that the jungler should clear the monsters in the mountains, then ran down the hill to attack a group of Raptors.
• Ging used Graves’s End of the Line skill, noticed its slowing effect, and defeated the Raptors to reach level 4.
• Ging reflected on Oboro’s past visit to Whale Island and his habit of avoiding Pariston, and concluded that Oboro understood the Association’s important figures unusually well.
• Ging considered Oboro’s knowledge of the Dark Continent and wondered whether the source of his foresight was that land.

Ging evaluated Oboro as an unpredictable threat tied to the Dark Continent, then tested Oboro’s new game and negotiated a role in its development. The two agreed to use the game and Hero Island to keep each other in check while preparing for the Association’s closed beta.

• Ging dominated a run of matches with mafia Nen users, earning twelve consecutive victories while Oboro waited in the lobby.
• After playing through the night, Ging praised the game’s competitive potential and agreed to help develop it before its launch in nine months.
• Ging secured permission to invite people beyond the mafia to the closed beta, and Oboro agreed to invite the Zodiacs and Netero.
• Ging asked about the Player Agreement, and Oboro confirmed it was meant to help him prepare for his eventual journey to the Dark Continent.
• Oboro asked Ging to protect Hero Island and preserve the Association’s stability, while Ging accepted that they would keep each other in check.
• Oboro instructed Mondel to invite the Zodiacs on behalf of the Fills Family and to ban Pariston as soon as he entered the game.