Chapter Summaries

Kevin led the Hunter examinees into Labyrinth Island and set the rules for their trial, adding extra challenges for the Nen users and using his aura to intimidate anyone who objected. As the examinees entered, Kevin released Little Wang and sent Nen Aura Puppets after them, while the examiners watched from the tower and learned he had also removed the forces that made the island a Demonic Realm.

• Kevin showed the examinees the labyrinth entrance, explained that they had to enter and reach the exit, and said he had already cleared some creatures from the route.
• Kevin singled out the nine Nen users and required them to find hidden treasure and carry it to the exit, then used his pressure to silence the examinees who protested.
• The examinees entered the labyrinth in order, and Kevin sent Little Wang inside to frighten them and created Nen Aura Puppets to pursue those without Nen.
• Kevin took the examiners to the viewing tower, where Satotz explained how the labyrinth scattered entrants and revealed that Kevin had removed the cause of the island's Demonic Realm.

The examinees entered the Labyrinth and scattered, while Kevin monitored them from the central High Tower and considered which candidates might join his future Dark Continent expedition. Kiy charged recklessly through the maze, and Kevin and Men Qi watched as he approached a likely encounter with its monsters.

• Pakunoda marked a wall and cautiously explored the western side of the Labyrinth, while Kiy ran through the maze intending to kill any monsters in his way.
• Hisoka climbed onto the walls to survey the Labyrinth, sensed a dangerous Pursuer watching him, and resumed moving with passing the exam as his priority.
• Leorio decided to search for allies, while Donpa reasoned that weaker examinees should join forces and stronger ones would compete for the treasure.
• Kevin explained his Actor Potion and Dream Controller Potion to Men Qi, then identified Pakunoda, Pons, and Greta as candidates for his expedition plans.
• Kevin and Men Qi noticed Kiy charging through the Labyrinth and anticipated that he would soon learn how dangerous its monsters were.

Kiy and Gon fought Muscle Monkeys in the Labyrinth, while Kevin watched the exam and recognized Gon as Jin's son. As the exam continued, Kevin urged the candidates onward, and Hisoka encountered Illumi.

• Kiy entered the Labyrinth's wooded area and was ambushed by two Muscle Monkeys using a coordinated attack.
• Kiy killed one monkey with help from Gon's fishing float and Hook, while the other fled; Gon joined Kiy and described being beaten by the same monkeys.
• At the High Tower, Kevin and the examiners realized Gon was Jin's son, and Kevin noted the extraordinary talent of both Gon and Kiy.
• Kevin sped up his Nen Aura Clone to spread malice through the Labyrinth and motivate the cautious candidates, while Melusina continued through the exam for entertainment.
• Hisoka escaped an attack by Spiders and met Illumi; neither had found the treasure, and they continued on separately.

As the labyrinth exam stalled, Kevin’s Nen Aura Clone unleashed malice that overwhelmed many examinees, while Leorio endured it to rescue Amori. The next day, Kurapika and Leorio found the treasure and planned a systematic search for the exit, and Leorio explained why he wanted to become a Hunter and doctor.

• Kevin’s malice-filled Nen spread through a section of the labyrinth, causing examinees to panic or collapse, while Leorio forced himself to carry Amori to safety.
• Netero praised the examinees’ willpower, and Kevin asked Men Qi to bring the unconscious people to the tower; Melusina passed the exam first.
• Kurapika obtained the treasure from a giant beast’s nest, and Leorio shared the route map Amori’s brothers had given him.
• Kurapika rejected using old wall marks or the Right-Hand Rule and proposed exploring the labyrinth level by level with a breadth-first search; Leorio agreed.
• Kurapika asked why Leorio wanted to become a Hunter, and Leorio explained that the Red Stone Pharmaceutical Foundation had saved his sick friend and that he hoped to study medicine through its program.

On the third day in the Labyrinth, Pairo and Shalnark struggled to find the exit before Hisoka’s murderous desire led him to attack examinees. Hisoka fled after being confronted by Pairo and Shalnark and then frightened by Little Wang, while Kevin rescued the gravely wounded Bodoro.

• Pairo and Shalnark realized that despite exploring a vast area of the Labyrinth, they had found no clues to the exit.
• Hisoka attacked Pairo and Shalnark, but Shalnark sucked up his playing cards with her Vacuum Cleaner, and Pairo persuaded him to retreat.
• Hisoka ambushed Bodoro and severed his left arm, but fled when he sensed Little Wang pursuing him.
• Little Wang continued following Hisoka out of curiosity about the twisted Aura he carried.
• Kevin found Bodoro badly wounded, reattached his severed arm with medicine, gave him another dose, and carried him away unconscious.

Kurapika and the others deduced that the Labyrinth’s exit was the central tower, where Kevin waited for the examinees to arrive. After Pakunoda carried the wounded Pons into the hall, Kevin ended the exam and announced thirteen successful candidates.

• Kurapika concluded that the Labyrinth had no route outside and that the central tower was its exit.
• Melusina arrived at the tower first, and Pairo and Kurapika’s group reached the hall soon after; Child was among the failures Kevin had rescued.
• Hisoka and Illumi entered the hall, and the examinees waited there until dusk for the remaining candidates.
• Kevin caught a bee that flew into the hall, then watched as Pakunoda arrived carrying the wounded Pons.
• Kevin declared the exam over and announced that thirteen candidates had passed.

The final Hunter Exam test was announced as a series of one-on-one matches, and Pairo faced Gon in the opening fight. After Gon endured hours of torture rather than surrender, Pairo learned he wanted to find his father, Gon Freecss, and conceded, asking him to kick his father when he found him.

• Netero announced that candidates would compete in one-on-one matches, with a single loser ultimately eliminated and killing forbidden.
• Pairo pressured Gon to surrender, but Gon refused despite being pinned down and subjected to painful techniques and a pain-sensitivity drug.
• Pairo asked Gon why he would not give up, and Gon said he wanted to find his Hunter father.
• The examiners recognized Gon as Gon Freecss, Jin's son, and Kurapika urged Gon to confront his father for abandoning his family.
• Pairo surrendered and asked Gon to kick his father when he found him.

Melusina defeated Kurapika, and Pairo persuaded Kiy to surrender before Illumi revealed himself and tried to force Kiy back into the Zoldyck family’s assassin role. Kiy declared that he wanted friends and an ordinary life, and Melusina attacked Illumi when he challenged him to kill Gon.

• Kurapika tried his new index-finger chain against Melusina, but she moved behind him and made him surrender.
• Pairo used intimidating Nen pressure to make Kiy abandon his afterimages and surrender, then encouraged him by saying he could gain power as a Hunter.
• Illumi removed his disguise and told Kiy that he was born to be a killer and should not become a Hunter.
• Kiy said he was tired of killing and wanted to be friends with Gon, but Illumi insisted that he wanted to kill Gon and challenged him to do so.
• Melusina kicked Illumi into a wall, told Kiy that she was his friend, and dared Illumi to try killing her.

Melusina stopped Illumi from pressuring Killua, who refused to return to the Zoldyck Family and planned to ask his father for permission to live freely. Kurapika and Hisoka began their match, which ended the chapter with Hisoka cutting off his own leg to escape Kurapika’s chain.

• Melusina defeated Illumi’s attempt to control Killua, and Illumi threatened to kill Gon after the exam.
• Killua refused to return with Illumi and said he would ask his father and grandfather to let him live freely outside the family.
• Hisoka and Kurapika began their fight, trading cards, kicks, and chain attacks as Kurapika assessed Hisoka’s Nen ability.
• Kurapika poisoned Hisoka with a chain, but Hisoka used his elastic Nen to rush him and force him to recall it.
• Hisoka realized a chain mark had trapped his thigh, cut off his own leg to escape it, and announced that the second round was beginning.

Kurapika defeated Hisoka by activating his Fiery Red Eye and injecting him with a paralysis toxin, then the final exam’s remaining matches concluded. Pons was eliminated as the only loser.

• Kurapika activated his Fiery Red Eye, overpowered Hisoka, and paralyzed him with his Index Finger Chain until Hisoka surrendered.
• Illumi reattached Hisoka’s leg, and Hisoka healed it with a potion while Leorio worried over Kurapika’s injured arm.
• Killua defeated Pakunoda, Shalnark defeated Hisoka, and Pakunoda defeated Leorio.
• Leorio defeated Pons, while Hisoka surrendered to Illumi and Marvin surrendered to Hisoka.
• Shou defeated Marvin with his Nen ability, [Fox Friends], and Pons became the only person eliminated from the final exam.

After passing the Hunter Exam, Gon planned to visit Kiy’s assassin family and learned more about his father, Jin, while Kevin received the date and location of a future meeting. Marvin, Shou, and Child thanked Kevin for freeing their Village, and Kevin asked them to work for him as suppliers.

• Gon congratulated Kiy on passing the exam, and Hisoka and Illumi discussed their interest in Gon and Kiy.
• Kevin told Men Qi he planned to approach Pakunoda and Marvin’s group, while Kurapika and Leorio discussed Leorio’s plan to study medicine at Red Stone Pharmaceuticals.
• Kiy invited Gon to visit his home, and Gon asked Kevin and the other examiners about Jin; Kevin described Jin’s reputation and warned Gon that finding him would be difficult.
• Gon resolved to find Jin and showed Kevin the two-star Hunter License Kite had given him, which Kevin identified as Jin’s license.
• Hisoka told Kevin that the information pointed to September 1st in Yorknew City, then left as Kevin and the others reacted gravely.
• Marvin, Shou, and Child thanked Kevin for helping free their Village, described its recovery, and offered its people’s help; Kevin asked the three to work for him as suppliers.

Kevin and his allies planned to eliminate the Phantom Troupe at the Yorknew City auction, while Pairo postponed collecting more eyes until the Troupe was defeated. Kevin learned about three new allies’ Nen abilities and was assigned to teach Nen to Leorio and Pakunoda; the chapter ended with Leorio discovering Kurapika and Pairo were interviewing him for Red Stone Pharmaceuticals.

• Kevin, Kurapika, Pairo, and the others discussed the Phantom Troupe’s expected gathering at the September 1 Yorknew City auction and began planning to attack them.
• Pairo told Kurapika he would postpone collecting eyes until the Phantom Troupe had been eliminated.
• Marvin, Shou, and Child signed Supplier contracts with Kevin, who learned the basics of their Nen abilities and considered recruiting them.
• Kurapika and Pairo informed Rosana about the Phantom Troupe and arranged to interview Leorio for Red Stone Pharmaceuticals.
• Buhaci told Kevin to teach Nen to Leorio and Pakunoda, and Kevin asked Kurapika and Pairo to bring them to the manor.
• Leorio arrived for his interview and discovered that Kurapika and Pairo were the interviewers.

Kevin brought Leorio, Pakunoda, and Pons to Nosra Manor and taught them Nen, using awakening potions to initiate them. After three months of training, they learned their Nen types and began preparing to create their own abilities.

• Basho brought Pakunoda and Pons to Nosra Manor, where they joined Leorio and Kurapika for Nen instruction.
• At the Indoor Training Ground, the newcomers saw Kevin spar with Gowen and learned that Hunters who remained ordinary people had to learn Nen.
• Kevin gave Leorio, Pakunoda, and Pons Nen Awakening Potions, then taught them Aura and the Four Major Principles.
• Over the following three months, Leorio balanced Nen training with medical studies while Pakunoda and Pons explored the Manor's books, materials, and Phantom Beasts.
• Kevin used Water Divination to identify Leorio and Pakunoda as Emission Types and Pons as a Manipulation Type, then instructed them to begin developing their own Nen abilities.

Pakunoda, Pons, and Leorio returned to Kevin after ten days of thinking about the Nen abilities they wanted to create. Kevin taught them about Bargain and Vow and revealed the Emission Type’s connection to space, then hinted that the Manipulation Type also had a powerful special trait to explain.

• Pons found Pakunoda in the woods, showed him the bees beneath her hat, and reminded him that Golden Chickens were expected to hatch from Golden Eggs that day.
• Pakunoda shot a rabbit for dinner, then hurried with Pons toward the hatchery so they would not miss the Golden Chicken hatching.
• Leorio watched his mentor’s difficult operation fail, struggled with the patient’s death, and left determined to continue his training.
• Ten days after Kevin’s assignment, Pakunoda described a plan to form Nen Aura into arrows and fire them, and Kevin confirmed it was a standard use of Emission.
• Kevin explained Bargain and Vow, then taught that Emission could use Aura to form space because emitted Aura retained its effectiveness away from the body.
• Pons asked whether Manipulation had a special trait like Emission’s connection to space, and Kevin said his research had revealed one.

Kevin explained Manipulation Type Nen and helped Pons, Leorio, and Pakunoda refine their ability concepts. The three developed their abilities, and Kevin’s teaching task was nearly complete.

• Kevin explained the differences between manipulating objects, animals, and intelligent life, and said time manipulation could also be a Manipulation Type ability.
• Kevin advised Pons to focus on cultivating insects, especially bees, and offered her Charging Armor larvae for future experiments.
• Leorio described his goal of performing internal surgery with Nen, and Kevin helped him shape the idea into a portal-like ability.
• Kevin advised Pakunoda to use Restrictions to strengthen arrows fired with real bows and to leave room for future arrow types.
• Pakunoda developed Seven Colored Arrows, Leorio developed Wave Hole, and Pons developed Insect Nest and Queen's Command.
• Kevin finished teaching them the basics, leaving the three to refine their abilities and train on their own.

Hatsu had a fever and received an IV drip, so they took the day off.

• Hatsu developed a fever.
• Hatsu received an IV drip.
• Hatsu took the day off.

Kevin inspected Squala’s breeding facilities, then released Pons and Pakunoda to pursue their Hunter dreams after completing their Nen training. When Biscuit returned to Nosra Manor, she discovered Kevin and Melusina were engaged and demanded to know when they would marry, but Kevin said they were still young and he did not want children yet.

• Squala showed Kevin, Pakunoda, and Pons the Charging Armor breeding area, where Pons had temporarily tamed one of the insects.
• Kevin and the others inspected the Golden Chicken facilities, including the few unfertilized-to-hatch Golden Eggs and the enormous egg that still had not hatched.
• Kevin told Pons and Pakunoda that his teaching was complete, urged them to pursue their dreams as Professional Hunters, and warned them not to neglect their strength.
• Biscuit returned to Nosra Manor and spotted the ring marking Kevin and Melusina’s engagement, then scolded Kevin for not inviting her to celebrate.
• Kevin explained that he and Melusina had only become engaged and said he did not want to marry soon or have children, leaving Biscuit unhappy and withholding her promised good news.

Kevin interpreted Jin’s hint about the ancient Ruins in Kakin Empire as a possible thank-you for looking after Gon without interfering in his growth, then predicted Gon and Kiy would be drawn to Greed Island. The chapter left Gon and Kiy at Jin’s home, studying the game’s information and wondering how to obtain it.

• Biscuit told Kevin that Jin had urged him to watch the ancient Ruins in Brutal Continent, Kakin Empire, and Kevin guessed Jin was thanking them for how they had treated Gon.
• Melusina told Biscuit about Gon’s Hunter Exam, and Kevin said Gon and Kiy were at Sky Arena after learning Nen from Yungu.
• Kevin explained that Greed Island had reopened and become popular, and he expected Jin to guide Gon into the game.
• Kevin told Biscuit that Kurapika should investigate Jin’s information before their planned confrontation with the Phantom Troupe in two months.
• On Whale Island, Kiy and Gon found information about Greed Island at Jin’s home, learned its price exceeded twenty billion, and began considering how to get the game.

The Phantom Troupe gathered near Yorknew City while Kevin and the Nosra Manor team prepared to ambush them. Kevin chose to strike that night, leaving the team poised to hunt the Troupe before its members could scatter.

• Nobunaga and Franklin argued and fought as the Phantom Troupe traveled toward its gathering place, while Machi and Feitan discussed the new members and the potions they had stolen before.
• Machi explained that Hisoka had recommended Number Eight and that the Pharmacy had reopened with new products, prompting Nobunaga to suggest visiting it after the operation.
• Kevin assembled Kurapika, Pairo, Melusina, Gowen, Shalnark, Basho, Goreinu, Biscuit, Men Qi, and Buhaci to plan an attack on the Phantom Troupe.
• Kurapika identified the Troupe's gathering place from Hisoka's intelligence, and the team considered whether to strike as the Troupe assembled or after it completed its operation.
• Pairo said he was monitoring Hisoka with his Nen ability, and Kevin decided the team would move that night.

The Phantom Troupe planned to steal every item at Yorknew City's underground auction, but Hisoka's challenge and a surprise attack by Kevin disrupted their meeting. Kevin confronted the Troupe and easily caught Uvogin's full-strength punch, leaving Uvogin bound in Nen Aura as the others faced him.

• Chrollo introduced Illumi as the Troupe's new member and ordered the members to kill everyone and take every item at the underground auction.
• Hisoka challenged Chrollo to a match, prompting Feitan and the others to surround him and Illumi.
• Kevin burst into the ruined building, and Feitan recognized him as the man who had humiliated the Troupe years earlier.
• Uvogin charged Kevin with his Super Destruction Fist, but Kevin caught the punch with one hand.
• Kevin bound Uvogin in ropes of Nen Aura, and Hisoka joked that the spider had fallen into the web.