Chapter Summaries

Kevin told Kurapika how Mito had died saving Kurapika’s mother and Pairo, then brought him to the Nosra Family Manor, where he reunited with them. After the family embraced, Kevin left them to talk and said they would discuss what came next tomorrow.

• Kevin explained that Mito had sacrificed his life while helping him save Kurapika’s mother and Pairo, and urged Kurapika not to let grief and anger control him.
• Kevin revealed that Kurapika’s mother and Pairo had survived, and Kurapika broke down in tears of relief.
• Kevin brought Kurapika into the hall, where Rosana rushed to embrace her son and Pairo tearfully welcomed his friend back.
• Nion clung to Light after seeing the reunion, and Light reassured her that they would never be separated.
• Kurapika thanked Kevin for saving them, and Kevin left the family to reunite, promising to talk with them about what came next the following day.

Kevin considered how to protect and train the three surviving Kurta Clan members while preparing for the Hunter Exam and planning his future. He decided to ask Light about his motives and possible connection to the Kurta Clan, then met with him to seek answers.

• Kevin worried about the dangerous resentment surrounding the Kurta Clan eyes and planned to return them to Pairo only after understanding it.
• Kevin considered asking Yungu to protect the three Kurta Clan members while he attended the Hunter Exam, but worried about the cost.
• Kevin began planning to use Light's resources and connections to build a team, earn money through his potion ability, and prepare for a possible journey to the Dark Continent.
• Kevin decided to focus on the immediate matter and went to speak with Light, who dismissed the servants from the pavilion.
• Kevin thanked Light for his help and asked him to answer several questions.

Light revealed Nion’s Prophecy Poem to Kevin, explaining why he had helped him and seeking a deeper partnership. Kevin accepted Light’s sincerity but warned him to stop Nion’s divinations until they understood the ability’s possible cost.

• Kevin questioned why Light had helped him and why he seemed to know Pairo, Rosana, and Kurapika.
• Light gave Kevin Nion’s Prophecy Poem and a record of the previous month’s prophecy, revealing that Nion’s predictions could be changed.
• Kevin realized the prophecy explained Light’s actions and recognized how extraordinary Nion’s ability was.
• Light explained through his actions that he wanted to leave the underworld and cooperate with Kevin, who agreed to discuss their plans later.
• Kevin declined a divination and warned Light that Nion’s powerful Nen ability might carry a dangerous price.
• Light said Nion had made only two prophecies, and Kevin told him not to panic.

Kevin explained Nen and demonstrated his abilities to the Kurta Clan members, Light, and Nion, while warning the clan members not to rush into training. He then investigated how Nion awakened her divination ability and prepared to test it himself.

• Kevin explained Nen, demonstrated its oppressive Aura, and showed the group his Specialization ability, [Moment's Dream].
• Kevin described the methods of Nen training, warned that learning it could take years, and told Pairo he needed to recover before training because his injuries and desire for revenge made it risky.
• Kevin said he would arrange for Yungu to guide and protect them while he was away at the Hunter Exam.
• Kevin asked Nion how she developed her divination ability and learned that she had awakened it through her love of fortune-telling programs.
• Nion described the restrictions on her readings, including the information she needed, the limits on repeating readings, and the poems that someone else had to interpret.
• Kevin began a final examination by asking Nion to perform a divination for him.

Kevin received a prophecy under his true name, Zhong Wen, and interpreted it as confirmation that Light, Nion, and the three Kurta Clan members could join his plans. The prophecy also pointed him toward the approaching Hunter Exam, and he prepared to gather everyone and begin forming a group.

• Nion rejected Kevin’s first prophecy attempt because he gave her the wrong name, then used her Nen Beast to write a prophecy after he gave his true name, Zhong Wen.
• Kevin read the two-stanza prophecy, which described Light and Nion’s mafia family, the three Kurta Clan members, an approaching succession trial, and a white-haired friend waiting north.
• Kevin concluded that the three Kurta Clan members had the talent he wanted, but decided Pairo needed a thorough medical examination and treatment before he awakened his Nen.
• Kevin interpreted the prophecy as a sign to prepare for the Hunter Exam and guessed that the white-haired friend was Kite.
• Kevin explained his findings to Light, promised to arrange protection for Nion, and proposed that Light handle the group’s early stages.
• Kevin told Light they would gather everyone so he could ask the three Kurta Clan members for their thoughts.

Light explained that he was tying the Nosra Family’s future to Kevin’s and planned to enter the pharmaceutical industry. Kevin revealed his Nen ability and the group began planning a pharmaceutical company, leaving them with a business framework and plans to delay launching its flagship medicine until Kevin became a Hunter.

• Light told Terubi that the Nosra Family had to abandon illicit businesses because he was tying its fate to Kevin’s and intended to enter the pharmaceutical industry.
• Kevin gathered Light, Nion, and the Kurta Clan members, revealed his Nen ability, and explained that he could create miraculous potions and develop mass-produced medicines.
• Kevin offered Light responsibility for the company’s funding and operations, and offered shares to Pairo, Kurapika, and Rosana; they agreed to help.
• Pairo asked whether Kevin could make medicine to restore men’s virility, and Kevin revealed he had prepared a potential flagship product.
• Rosana warned that the medicine could attract illegal attempts to seize it, so Kevin proposed waiting until he became a Hunter before selling it.
• The group agreed on a company with ordinary medicines and special-effect drugs, while Kevin’s rare Nen potions would be sold through Light’s channels to build an intelligence network.

Kevin left Yungu in charge of protecting and training the Kurta children while he traveled to North Blue Port for the Hunter Exam. Along the way, he left a pungent medicine bottle on the train to wake sleeping passengers, then continued through the wilderness with Basho and Goreinu, learning that they had yet to meet the Guide.

• Kevin asked Yungu to protect the Kurta children and prepare them physically for Nen training, and Yungu agreed to exchange his commission for Kevin's medicine.
• Yungu noticed Pairo's weakness from an old injury and warned that intense training could cause problems, while Kevin said a detailed medical examination could help.
• Kevin took a train toward North Blue Port after learning airship service had been suspended, and the train stopped at a collapsed tunnel used to screen Hunter Exam candidates.
• Kevin's pungent medicine woke the sleeping passengers, while he and Basho left the train and headed into the forest; Goreinu caught up and returned the bottle.
• Basho recognized Goreinu as a previous exam candidate, and Goreinu warned Kevin that they still had not met the Guide.

Kevin, Basho, and Goreinu reached the Hunter Exam site with help from a sharp-tongued Guide Bird and joined the other examinees underground. Chief Examiner Wapoo began the first round by ordering the examinees to infiltrate a guarded naval base across the sea, and Kevin’s group started searching for a way ashore.

• The Guide Bird revealed itself, judged Kevin and Goreinu to pass and Basho to barely pass, then led them through a seafood shop to the underground exam site.
• Kevin received his Number Plate and felt a powerful craving for the Green Bean Person who handed it to him; he also met Kite and learned about Donpa’s reputation for drugging examinees.
• After the entrance closed, Chief Examiner Wapoo introduced herself, kicked an examinee who interrupted her, and announced that the first round required swimming to an island naval base without getting caught.
• Kevin, Basho, Goreinu, and Kite crossed the outer yacht patrol and assessed the searchlights and underwater warning nets guarding the shore.
• Kite led the group toward a gap in the patrols after learning that Kevin could stay underwater for about an hour.

Kevin and his companions infiltrated the Military Base, identified a dilapidated Mail Steamer as the exam’s destination, and boarded it ahead of the other candidates. They gathered supplies and concluded that the ship would likely sink during the next test, then rested until its departure announcement sounded.

• Kevin, Kite, Basho, and Goreinu used a disturbance among the patrols to enter the Military Base and agreed to search separately for their destination.
• Kevin found files identifying an old Mail Steamer as the target, while Basho, Kite, and Goreinu gathered clues pointing to the Shipyard.
• Kevin suspected the ship was connected to Nion’s prophecy, and the group agreed that it might play a role in the second test.
• Wapoo and an elderly captain welcomed the group aboard and said the ship would depart at dawn, when the next test would begin.
• The four searched the ship and found scarce food, limited equipment, few crew members, and deliberate damage that could cause it to sink.
• Kevin’s group collected life-saving equipment, rested aboard the ship, and waited as more candidates arrived and the departure announcement sounded.

Kevin and his companions began the second Hunter Exam test, a three-day voyage with scarce supplies, and prepared for the possibility that the ship would sink. As candidates traded and schemed around them, Kevin sought a stove and warned a young newcomer about trusting temporary teammates.

• Captain explained that candidates had to endure three days at sea with limited supplies, and each could take one boxed meal.
• Kevin, Kite, Goreinu, and Basho discussed their preparations while the examiners watched them and confirmed the ship might sink before reaching its destination.
• Donpa gathered veteran candidates and proposed stealing Survival Items from newer candidates under the exam's rules.
• Kevin and Goreinu traded one Life Vest for a Spice Bottle Set, then searched for a stove to cook food.
• Kevin tried to trade Life Vests for a stove, but the stove's owner refused and his companion insisted they only trade a Radio.
• Kevin warned the young newcomer that his temporary teammates might not share their Survival Items, then left as Donpa watched.

Kevin, Kite, Basho, and Goreinu prepared for the mail steamer’s expected shipwreck while other examinees grew hungry, sick, and hostile. When the Captain voided the ship’s rules on the final night, the four headed out to face the coming attacks, while Donpa confronted the young man whose stove he had stolen.

• Kite caught and prepared fish for the group, and Kevin traded two Life Vests to Donpa for a solar-powered stove.
• Kevin and his companions watched examinees quarrel over stolen goods and focused on staying healthy and gathering supplies for the expected shipwreck.
• By the third day, many examinees were hungry, dehydrated, or poisoned, and the group anticipated a struggle over the remaining survival items.
• The Captain announced that all rules were void for the final night, and Kevin, Kite, Basho, and Goreinu left their rooms ready to defend themselves.
• Donpa avoided joining the group heading toward Kevin and Kite, then confronted the young man whose stove he had traded and admitted he enjoyed breaking talented newcomers.

Kevin and his companions survived the second stage after the Captain revealed that the supposed shipwreck had been a deception, though many candidates were injured in the resulting fights. They reached Ancient Beast Island for the third stage, where Wild Hunter Zakarl announced a three-day hunt for points, and Kevin and Kite began the exam together.

• Kevin and Kite swiftly defeated the candidates who tried to rob their group, leaving one frightened man standing and sending the rest back to their room.
• The Captain announced that the candidates had passed the second stage and revealed that the threatened shipwreck had been an elaborate deception; four severely injured candidates withdrew before the others boarded yachts.
• The candidates arrived at the island and met Wild Hunter Zakarl, who explained that only eight people could advance after a three-day hunt for points from beasts or other candidates.
• Kevin and Kite received the highest badges at 100 points each, while Basho had 75, Goreinu had 70, the young man who sold Radios had 90, and Locke had 95.
• Kevin and Kite were dropped off last at the back of the island and agreed not to fight each other during the hunt.

Kevin confronted Locke, who challenged him with a flying Drone and an attacking Shuttle Drone. Kevin exploited the Drones’ limits and defeated Locke, taking his 95-point Number Plate.

• Kevin concealed his Aura, then used irregular En to expose Locke, who had been secretly following him.
• Locke attacked Kevin with a flying Drone and a fast Shuttle Drone, but Kevin retreated until he confirmed the Shuttle Drone’s 250-meter range limit.
• Kevin kept Locke at a distance and bombarded him with Rocks, then destroyed the Shuttle Drone while Locke was distracted.
• Kevin rushed into the clearing and hurled a wooden post and a tree branch at Locke, forcing him to release his flying Drone and land.
• Locke surrendered, and Kevin took his 95-point Number Plate; Locke learned that Kevin had defeated him without using his Nen ability.

After defeating Locke, Kevin recruited him to use his reconnaissance Drones to find high-value examinees in exchange for access to Kevin’s potions. Their cooperation helped Kevin collect more Number Plates, and the chapter ended with Kevin explaining that training could strengthen Locke’s Nen ability and reduce its weaknesses.

• Locke reviewed how Kevin had outmatched him and reflected on the functions and limits of his three Drones.
• Kevin doubled back, offered Locke a chance to buy his potions, and proposed that Locke scout for him in exchange for his Number Plate and a short-term partnership.
• Locke agreed to help but refused to take back his ninety-five points, and the two used his reconnaissance Drones to locate targets while Kevin hunted them.
• Kevin ambushed Itel and took his seventy-five-point Number Plate, bringing his haul to four high-value examinees.
• After dark, Locke explained that his reconnaissance was less effective at night, and Kevin told him that training could improve his Nen ability.

Kevin gathered enough points to secure a place in the top eight, then waited at the dock as the Ancient Beast Island exam ended. The results were announced, and Kevin, Locke, Kite, Gowen, Iker, Astran, Basho, and Goreinu advanced to the final round.

• Kevin defeated a Hidden Forest Tiger, took its 85-point Number Plate, and removed the Rock embedded in its forehead as a research material.
• Gowen followed Kevin and asked about the power within him; Kevin explained that it was Nen Aura and said Hunters would receive further instruction after passing the exam.
• Kevin reached the dock and waited as Kite and Locke arrived, followed later by Gowen, Basho, and Goreinu.
• The examinees gathered as the exam ended, and the examiner announced the eight people advancing to the final round: Kevin, Locke, Kite, Gowen, Iker, Astran, Basho, and Goreinu.

Chairman Netero met the eight remaining Hunter Exam candidates, heard the examiners’ assessments, and decided the final exam would use a simple match format. He interviewed each candidate aboard the airship, then the candidates arrived in Kakin Nation after five days of travel, ready for the next test.

• Netero arrived by jumping from the Hunter Association airship and greeted the eight candidates who had passed the third exam.
• Wapoo, the Captain, and Zakarl shared their impressions of the candidates, praising the strongest group, Gowen’s potential, and Kevin’s refined Nen ability.
• Netero chose a match format for the final exam and decided to serve as its referee.
• Goreinu, Basho, Kevin, and Kite discussed the coming exam, and Kite recalled that his previous final had been a volleyball match.
• Netero interviewed Kite and Kevin about their reasons for seeking Hunter Licenses and who they considered the strongest candidate; Kite named Kevin, while Kevin named himself.
• The candidates completed their interviews, rested aboard the airship for five days, and arrived in Kakin Nation on the Aijin Continent.

The final Hunter Examination matched the eight examinees in two groups, with each candidate fighting their teammates and Chairman Netero. Kevin won all four of his matches and secured his Hunter License, while Locke’s unstable mindset cost him the exam; Locke vowed to return next year.

• Netero explained the final examination’s match format, assigned Kevin, Locke, Kite, and Gowen to Group One, and set himself as each examinee’s opponent.
• Kevin endured Netero’s three palms without being sent flying on the final attempt, earning 1.5 points, then beat Locke after Netero declared Locke’s defeat before the fight began.
• Kevin defeated Kite and Gowen, finishing with a perfect score and securing his Hunter License.
• Locke failed to touch Netero within thirty minutes, lost to Kite, and defeated Gowen, ending with one point as his emotions continued to affect his performance.
• Kite earned 3.5 points, and Gowen passed Netero’s trial; Locke failed the examination and vowed to return next year.

After the 283rd Hunter Exam ended, the new Hunters received their licenses and learned the Hunter Association’s rules. Kevin and Kite discussed their plans, and Kevin offered Kite a supplier contract for his potion business.

• Basho, Astran, and Goreinu placed first, second, and third in the second group, while Iker failed the final battle and Netero announced that six examinees had passed.
• Green Bean Person distributed Hunter Licenses and explained their privileges, risks, and the Hunter Ten Commandments.
• Kevin told Basho and Goreinu that the second commandment referred to Nen and that the Association would arrange instruction for new Hunters.
• Kevin gave Kite a brochure for Red Stone Pharmaceuticals and said he planned to become a Phantom Beast Hunter while using potion sales to fund his work.
• Kite revealed that his teacher was a Two-star Hunter and said he intended to become a Biological Survey Hunter after finding him and perfecting his Nen ability.
• Kevin handed Kite a supplier contract for his potion business.

Kevin began organizing his potion business by approaching potential Suppliers and discussing cooperation with Men Qi and Buhara. After inspecting their materials and agreeing to work together, he prepared to investigate a sought-after flower in the Kakin Empire before they departed.

• Kevin showed Kite a Supplier contract and hoped Kite would supply materials through his future work as a Biological Survey Hunter.
• Kevin spoke with Light about the Hunter Exam candidates and arranged to return later, then contacted Men Qi about working together and learned she was also in the Kakin Empire.
• Locke asked for potions, and Kevin offered to take an order and deposit before supplying him in about three months.
• Men Qi and Buhara arrived at Kevin's hotel at dawn, reviewed his draft Supplier contract and potion list, and advised him to consult experienced Hunters such as Biscuit.
• Men Qi and Buhara presented twenty-eight collected materials, ten of which Kevin selected; they agreed to begin cooperating before signing a formal contract.
• Kevin, Men Qi, and Buhara agreed to travel together after he investigated a material in the Kakin Empire, and Men Qi suggested they attend an auction that night.

Kevin attended a Kakin Empire auction with Men Qi and Xiahara, where he watched a pair of Fiery Red Eyes sell for 20 billion Jeni and learned they were being collected by human body collectors. He traced the buyer to the Fourth Prince, Tserriednich Hui Guo Rou, and left the hunt for the eyes to Kurapika and the other Kurta survivors, while suspecting the eyes’ Resentment would punish their collectors.

• Men Qi used the Hunters’ Licenses to get Kevin and Xiahara into the auction and secure them a private room.
• Kevin recognized a pair of Fiery Red Eyes in the auction booklet and learned that the Kurta Clan had been exterminated and the eyes’ market value had surged.
• Kevin declined Men Qi and Xiahara’s offer to lend him money, and the Fiery Red Eyes sold for 20 billion Jeni.
• Kevin learned about Greed Island when its game console sold for 11.3 billion, while Men Qi successfully bid on a collectible Kakin chef’s knife.
• Kevin used the Hunter information website to learn that six pairs of Fiery Red Eyes had appeared at auctions and that the latest buyer was likely Fourth Prince Tserriednich Hui Guo Rou.
• Kevin chose to leave further pursuit of the eyes to Kurapika and the other Kurta survivors, and suspected the Resentment clinging to the eyes would harm their collectors.