Chapter Summaries

Locke negotiated a free logistics partnership with Kevin in exchange for Supplier status, and Kevin opened his pharmacy while the Hunter Association investigated man-made Environment-Destroying Organisms. As Red Stone Pharmaceuticals surged in popularity, the Ritz Family learned that Light’s company belonged to the Nosra Family.

• Locke offered to handle Kevin’s deliveries for free in return for Supplier status, and Kevin agreed and issued him a customized Black Card.
• Locke drank one of Kevin’s potions, praised its effects, and said he intended to grow stronger after his humiliation at the Hunter Exam.
• Kevin sent messages to Kite, Xiahara, Men Qi, and Biscuit as Qiduo gathered Gell, Porto, and Koto to discuss man-made Environment-Destroying Organisms released as biological weapons.
• Kevin watched Red Stone Pharmaceuticals’ medicine gain worldwide attention, then received a visit from Nion and Kurapika before closing his shop early.
• The Ritz Family’s eldest son learned from a small mafia family that Red Stone Pharmaceuticals was Light’s company and that Light was connected to the Nosra Family.

Kevin returned to Saba City to meet Begel, found the Smiler Wetland crisis had worsened, and signed Begel up as a supplier for Red Stone Pharmaceuticals. He then asked to inspect Begel’s private Treasury for valuable materials, prompting Begel to question how Kevin knew what it contained.

• Kevin reunited with Baishu, who told him the crisis around Smiler Wetland had worsened and spread beyond the Forest Park.
• Kevin arrived at the expanded, heavily guarded experimental base and reunited with Begel, who congratulated him on becoming a Professional Hunter.
• Kevin introduced Red Stone Pharmaceuticals and offered Begel a supplier agreement and membership; Begel chose the Supplier Partnership Card and bought his annual quota of potions.
• Begel agreed to exchange materials from his private warehouse for two Repair Potions, while Kevin insisted the exchange was a legitimate transaction.
• Kevin revealed that his main reason for visiting was to inspect Begel’s private Treasury and touch its contents, and Begel asked how Kevin knew which materials were inside.

Kevin obtained Begel’s Golden Egg in exchange for developing two animal nutrient potions, then learned that Golden Chickens had escaped after their habitat was raided. Begel invited Kevin to join a nearby fight, leaving Kevin to decide whether to get involved.

• Kevin identified the Golden Egg as a B-Rank material that might help him create a potion to boost or restore Aura.
• Begel showed Kevin the Golden Egg, which could not hatch, and agreed to trade it for customized nutrient potions for carnivores and herbivores.
• Begel revealed that Golden Chickens once lived in a hidden habitat, but someone had reached it first and one chicken had escaped before being accidentally killed.
• Begel offered Kevin information to continue investigating the Golden Chickens and their potential as a source of materials.
• After an explosive rumble sounded nearby, Begel asked Kevin to help as a powerful fighter, and Kevin asked what had changed.

Begel explained that an intelligent, rapidly growing monster and oversized Charging Armor had been released into the reserve as part of an international criminal organization’s experiments, and recruited Kevin to help contain them. When a giant Charging Armor charged the base, Kevin stopped it with brute strength and prepared to finish it with a powerful Nen attack.

• Kevin saw a giant beetle being hauled to the base, and Begel identified it as a modified Charging Armor.
• Begel told Kevin that a cunning monster was growing rapidly and that the Charging Armor had been released to feed it and keep it in the reserve.
• Begel explained that hunters from the Hunter Association were investigating the international organization behind the creatures, while his team handled the local damage.
• Kevin agreed to help fight the creatures, hoping the operation might lead him to the materials he needed.
• When another Charging Armor charged toward the base, Kevin stood in its path, caught its horn and shell, and lifted it.
• Kevin threw the beetle into the woods, then leaped after it and struck down with a Nen-powered move he called Traffic Ticket.

Kevin killed a Charging Armor with a single Aura-focused punch and received its unusual growth organ, while Klavier Teldoruka ordered Saro to move against Light’s pharmaceutical company. At Nosra Manor, Pairo and the others prepared for a possible Shadow Beast attack and asked Nion to give them prophecies for the coming month.

• Kevin explained to Begel how he drove Aura into the Charging Armor, and Begel gave him the creature’s unusual organ, which Kevin suspected might be the prophesied Orb.
• Klavier learned that Light controlled Red Stone Pharmaceuticals and that Kevin, a Professional Hunter, supported him; he gave Saro a chance to retaliate by mobilizing a Shadow Beast.
• Kevin sent word that he would be away for a while, leaving Pairo and the others to manage the shop and discuss the threat from the Teldoruka Family.
• Kurapika, Light, Rosana, and Pairo considered possible Shadow Beast attacks and ways the family might use threats or kidnapping to seize the business.
• Nion volunteered to give everyone a prophecy for the coming month so they could prepare for danger.

Kevin managed the Charge Beasts at the base while Begel tracked the dragon-like monster and recruited Locke for the coming operation. Kevin then refined a B-Rank potion from the Golden Egg and other materials, while the Nosra Family began using Nion’s divinations cautiously to prepare for the dangers of the new month.

• Kevin kept the Charge Beasts away from the base as Begel, Baishu, and Don searched the Dense Forest and found definite traces of the monster.
• Begel hired Locke for up to a week of reconnaissance and combat support, and revealed that his Nen ability, [Special Ammunition Box], materialized bullets with different effects.
• Kevin used the Golden Egg, Growth Organ, and Golden Script Flower Petal to make a potion that increased Visible Aura and latent Aura and improved latent Aura recovery, but it consumed most of his Aura.
• Kevin considered using Nion’s divination to find the Golden Chicken, whose egg was the key material for the potion.
• At the Nosra Family Manor, Nion and the others agreed to take turns receiving prophecies so they could prepare for danger and track how their actions changed the future.

Light and his family interpreted a prophecy that foretold Nion’s kidnapping and prepared to counter it, while Kevin, Begel, and their team tracked a growing Calamity Dragon in Forest Park. They found the dragon feeding on a Charging Armor, as a wounded stranger headed toward it on another beetle.

• Nion wrote Light’s Prophecy Poem, and the family interpreted it as a warning that a Teldoruka Family child would seek revenge by having the Shadow Beasts Worm and Owl abduct Nion.
• Kevin, Begel, Baishu, Shante, and Locke entered Forest Park to hunt the dragon, and Baishu found signs that it had grown to nearly twenty meters long.
• Locke spotted a Charging Armor fleeing toward the dragon’s territory, and Begel deduced that the dragon was driving its prey there to hunt it.
• A wounded man emerged from a hidden passage in a mountainside, confirmed the Calamity Dragon was nearby, and rode a Charging Armor toward it.
• Kevin and the others concealed themselves as the dragon caught its prey, noticed the marking X-9 on its flank, and began moving closer while it ate.

Begel, Kevin, Baishu, Shante, and Locke pursued an injured man and the dragon he called Number Nine toward a hidden base. At Nosra Manor, Rosana completed her Nen ability, Home, and brought Kurapika, Pairo, and Nion into its protected space, where a strange family portrait and three-panel painting appeared.

• The dragon used its tongue to pierce and open a Charging Armor, and Begel identified it as a mature creature with Gun-tongue Lizard genes.
• Begel's group hid as an injured man arrived on another Charging Armor, addressed the dragon as Number Nine, and flew deeper into the forest with it.
• Begel inferred that the man had escaped from Hunters who attacked a secret base, and Kevin agreed to pursue the dragon and investigate the base for young Charging Armor.
• Begel offered Locke another billion, and the group followed the dragon's flight path toward the hidden base.
• Rosana demonstrated her completed Nen ability, Home, giving keys to Kurapika, Pairo, and Nion and showing them how the room could be entered and concealed.
• Inside Home, Rosana and the others found a family portrait featuring Kevin and a three-panel painting with tiny figures of Nion, Kurapika, and Pairo in its grassland scene.

Rosana explained her protective Nen ability, [home], and the group decided to hire assassins from the Zoldyck Family to deal with the Ten Elders. That night, Owl and Worm attacked the Nosra Manor to kidnap Nion, while Pairo confronted Worm at the gate.

• Rosana showed how [home] let keyed family members enter a safe Nen space, sense danger through a painting, and be forcibly recalled when she activated the Fiery Red Eye.
• Nion's new fortune told of protection beneath silver wings and warned that a dangerous beast would pursue them, while the group discussed the threat from the Ten Elders.
• Pairo revealed Kevin's contact for Zoldyck Family assassins, and the group agreed to hire them and have Pairo receive the next fortune telling.
• Saro sent Owl and Worm to kidnap Nion and use her to lure Kevin to a chosen location.
• Owl rushed past Pairo into the Manor as Worm emerged from the ground to block him, and Pairo faced Worm while anxiously watching the Manor.

Pairo used his vision-altering Nen ability, firearms, and explosives to kill Worm, while Kurapika and the others ambushed Owl inside an alternate space. The explosions revealed the attack on the Nosra Family residence to Saro, who worried that Light might be hurt and hoped the kidnapping plan could still succeed.

• Pairo dodged Worm’s underground attacks by seeing through Worm’s eyes, then wounded him with a specially made handgun.
• Pairo tricked Worm into standing beside a concealed bomb and used a second grenade before shooting Worm dead.
• Owl entered the manor to kidnap Nion, but Kurapika and the others pulled them into an alternate space and detonated a bomb in the room.
• Pairo saw the second-floor room explode and Owl’s injured body crash outside.
• Saro learned about the two explosions at the Nosra Family residence and worried that Light had been hurt.

Kurapika and Pairo captured Saro and handed him over to the mafia officers, while Illumi, Silva, and Kiy traveled to assassinate the head of the Teldoruka Family. Elsewhere, Koto tracked an escaped target toward the Kukan Tribal Kingdom, and Kevin’s group pursued him through the forest.

• Kurapika and Pairo used disguises and Pairo’s Funeral Butterfly to scout Saro’s villa, then subdued its guards and captured Saro.
• Kurapika forced Saro to order his men to surrender, and the arriving mafia officers took control of the villa before Pairo shot Saro.
• Pairo left Kurapika behind to inspect the assassination site, relying on Nion’s prophecy and the hired assassin’s reliability.
• Illumi recalled accepting a commission to kill the head of the Teldoruka Family and explained that he had brought Silva and Kiy along for the job.
• Koto determined that the escaped target had fled toward the Kukan Tribal Kingdom, sent warning letters to Hunters, and prepared to pursue him.
• Kevin led Locke, Shante, Baishu, and Begel through the forest as they chased the flying target toward Biskane National Park.

Locke, Kevin, Begel, Baishu, and Shante tracked a wounded Nen user to a hidden base and captured him after he unleashed the Flying Dragon. The group fought the rampaging beast, and Kevin and Begel tore off its tongue, though Shante was badly wounded.

• Baishu tracked the Flying Dragon through the forest, and Locke, Begel, and the others followed it to a hidden base in the hillside.
• Kevin charged the base entrance while Baishu and Locke’s Shuttle Drone attacked the soldiers inside; the wounded Nen user escaped the chaos on the Flying Dragon.
• Kevin dragged the Flying Dragon out of the air, and Shante trapped it in her Unescapable Fishing Net while Locke subdued the captured Nen user.
• The Nen user activated Gene Rampage, driving the Flying Dragon into a frenzy, but Shante and Begel helped Kevin fight it outside the base.
• The Flying Dragon pierced Shante’s shoulder with its tongue, and Kevin injected her with medicine before a drone carried her away.
• Kevin grabbed the Flying Dragon’s tongue while Begel shot through its base, allowing Kevin to rip it off.

Kevin and the others killed the rapidly evolving Flying Dragon, recovered from their injuries, and seized the research base. After the captured Nen user died when insects hatched inside his head, Begel received a letter from the Association.

• Kevin baited the Flying Dragon into biting off his left arm, then blinded it with a punch while Begel shot it and weakened it with anesthetics.
• Kevin killed the Flying Dragon with Meteor Impact, and Begel helped him reattach his arm using Repair Potion and Healing Potion.
• Locke told the others that Baishu was in trouble inside the base, so Begel went in and helped Baishu clear the Charging Armor and capture the researchers.
• Kevin examined the Flying Dragon for useful spoils while the group made the base's mercenaries and researchers collect blood and secured the captured Nen user.
• The Nen user refused to answer questions, then died when insects hatched inside his head and consumed his brain; Kevin concluded the man had hidden insect eggs inside himself.
• A pigeon delivered an Association letter to Begel, whose expression changed after he read it and looked at the dead Nen user.

Kevin and Begel searched the artificial-life research base after Lac died, uncovering breeding resources and records of rare creatures. Kevin left with potential materials for cultivation, while the group awaited the Twelve Zodiacs and considered asking Nion the Fortune Teller for leads to other facilities.

• Kevin read Koto's letter and learned that Lac had likely carried brain insects that killed him to prevent the Hunters from extracting intelligence.
• Begel searched the base while Kevin examined its research, discovered the Calamity Dragon had escaped control half a year earlier, and learned about the Charging Armor and Carrier Ants.
• Kevin found breeding tanks for young Charging Armor and specimens implanted with Growth Organs, giving him materials and methods for cultivating them.
• Begel brought Kevin a file listing biological samples, and the head researcher confirmed that the Golden Chicken and other rare creatures were real.
• Kevin and Begel decided to wait for the Twelve Zodiacs' findings and, if necessary, seek information from Nion the Fortune Teller.

Silva, Illumi, and Kiy completed an assassination job for Pairo, who recognized Kiy through his uncle Kevin and gave the Zoldycks pharmacy Member Cards. Meanwhile, Kevin learned that Pairo had found a Golden Chicken Specimen and a Golden Egg in the Teldoruka Family’s hotel, and headed for Kuwata City to investigate.

• Silva took Illumi and Kiy to kill the Teldoruka Family patriarch, while Pairo watched the assassins through stolen sight and Silva noticed his surveillance.
• Pairo met the Zoldycks, paid them an extra three hundred million each, and gave them Member Cards for Kevin’s pharmacy after recognizing Kiy as someone his uncle had mentioned.
• Koto and Glasses Man examined Lac’s corpse and found information about the Spiral organization’s headquarters, but learned Long had already taken it down and its genetic engineering materials were missing.
• Kevin realized that the Spiral organization’s missing materials might include the Golden Chicken, then received Pairo’s call about finding a Golden Chicken Specimen and a Golden Egg at the hotel.
• Kevin asked Pairo to send the records and set out for Kuwata City with the others.

Kevin, Koto, Begel, White, and Pairo tracked the [Spiral] organization’s hidden storage base to an island and took control of it. Inside, they found a vast collection of preserved specimens, including genetic-engineered creatures and six juvenile Calamity Dragons.

• Pairo showed Kevin and the others recently made Golden Chicken and Golden Egg specimens, which suggested the organization had captured the birds after their habitat was attacked.
• White summoned the Teldoruka Family’s eldest son and learned the target location through the family’s business dealings.
• After learning the Black Bird Mercenary Corps might be following them, Koto diverted the group onto Giant Eagles while their airship continued as a decoy.
• White located the base one kilometer beneath the island, and Koto used Nen-enhanced Seeds to break open its entrance.
• Koto and the others subdued the base’s soldiers with little resistance, while White took control of the base’s systems.
• The group inspected the warehouse and found rare preserved specimens, numbered biological weapons, and six juvenile Calamity Dragons.

Kevin and Begel inspected the island’s secret storage facility, where Kevin found a Ruin Beetle specimen and recovered an old book linked to Jin. After returning to Nosra Manor, Kevin learned about Rosana’s Nen ability and realized a new building was being made to improve its safe space.

• Begel showed Kevin the preserved Golden Chickens, and Kevin reviewed records confirming that their fertilized eggs could hatch, though breeding them for profit was impractical.
• Begel introduced a thousands-year-old Ruin Beetle corpse whose cloned organ had been used to create the Charging Armor; Kevin touched a detached feeler and judged the beetle’s core might be B-Rank or higher.
• Kevin found and took a centuries-old copy of New Continent Chronicle: East, then reviewed the facility’s records before the Hunter Association took control of the storage site.
• Kevin returned to Nosra Manor, where Light reported that the company was doing well and that Nion had handled herself successfully.
• Rosana showed Kevin her Nen ability, which created an absolute safe space modeled on a real home; Kevin realized the nearby building was being constructed as its template.

Kevin managed Nosra Manor’s expanding operations, considered recruiting help, and reviewed files on mysterious Beasts and Secret Realms. In Rosana’s Nen space, he discovered that her dream had recreated the Kurta home and its family paintings before the space returned to normal.

• Kevin read Begel’s update about the Spiral organization’s spoils and arranged for the Charging Armor breeding line to be installed at Nosra Manor.
• Kevin considered the team’s staffing shortages, weighed possible recruits, and decided to seek a bodyguard and a Nen user suited to animal breeding.
• Kevin reviewed Spiral organization files containing leads on Phantom Beasts, Demonic Beasts, Rare Beasts, and Secret Realms.
• Kevin entered his Pharmaceutical Room’s Nen space and found Kurapika looking at paintings of Rosana’s family and the Kurta Clan in a recreated home.
• Kevin realized Rosana’s dream had changed the Nen space; it shifted back to the Pharmaceutical Room as she began to wake, and Kurapika told her she had fallen asleep.

Kevin’s Golden Chickens disrupted life at Nosra Manor while Begel began breeding them and discovered one egg had grown unusually large. Kevin tested a personalized Digestion Potion on Kurapika, whose exhausting training ended with him slightly chubbier.

• Begel sent three Golden Chickens to Nosra Manor, where their piercing morning crowing woke the household and Kurapika and Pairo tried to catch one.
• Nion happily rode a Moving Bug while Light watched her enjoy life at the manor, though the Golden Chickens’ crowing soon ruined his mood again.
• Begel examined a Golden Egg that had grown larger overnight and decided to keep observing it.
• Kevin gave Kurapika a personalized Digestion Potion and had him eat high-calorie food before undergoing intense training.
• Kurapika trained until dawn, but leftover energy became fat, leaving him with rounder cheeks and a slight belly.

Kevin tested the [Surging Potion], which greatly increased his Aura capacity and output while weakening his control, and used it to continue training. After Rosana established a new Home in the completed warehouse, Kevin developed a promising Dragon Tongue potion formula but decided to wait until his Aura reserves were higher before brewing it.

• Kevin injected the [Surging Potion], unleashed a powerful but harmless Aura shockwave, and tested its doubled output and increased potential Aura capacity with Kurapika.
• After the potion wore off, Kevin found himself refreshed and discovered that its effects had strengthened the Aura-output boost from the [Power Potion].
• Kevin prepared Pairo for his turn at food-based training while the Manor's warehouse construction was completed.
• Rosana anchored four functional zones—Storage, Medical, Rest, and Pharmaceutical—inside a new Home, while the Family Portrait remained unlit.
• Kevin experimented with materials from the Calamity Dragon and found a Dragon Tongue formula that enhanced an object's speed and gave attached Aura attacks penetrating power.
• Kevin decided to postpone brewing the formula until his Aura reserves increased and turned back to training and other potion research.