Chapter Summaries

Three Nen ability users entered the Poison Mist Swamp and were hunted by the Swamp Mother Tree, which manipulated the terrain to separate and capture them. Chami was left alone at the camp, where a plant disguised as Crocodile poisoned him and brought him down.

• Crocodile went to a nearby lake to hunt while the Swamp Mother Tree detected the trio within its domain.
• The Swamp Mother Tree thickened the fog, dragged one companion away, and shifted the swamp until Crocodile and Ponytail Man lost their way back to camp.
• Ponytail Man was trapped by vines, paralyzed by electricity, and struck by poisonous thorns, while Crocodile was also captured.
• Chami stayed at the camp until a plant disguised as Crocodile approached and pricked his arm.
• Chami kicked the disguised plant away, but its poison blurred his vision and caused him to collapse.

The Vanguard Army retrieved the captured Nen users, while the Human Reform League ambushed Saheltar Union agents at Garbage Terminal. The agents’ Nen Beasts descended toward Meteor City as another Union squad was ambushed in Salt Lake Desert.

• The Team Leader read the memories of Ponytail Man, Crocodile, and Trench Coat Man, learned that Pariston had sent them, and ordered White Bone to take them onto the airship.
• Two Saheltar Union agents sent Nen Beasts toward Meteor City, where the One-Eye Nen Beast detected a massive heat signature in Worm Valley.
• Golden Ring and her allies surrounded the Union squad’s lodgings at Garbage Terminal, and the two sides began fighting after the captain challenged her presence.
• Machi used Parasite Thread Manipulation to control the samurai agent and make him attack his allies, helping the Human Reform League defeat the squad.
• Silk Thread Rabbit and the others ambushed another Saheltar Union agent squad in Salt Lake Desert.

Golden Ring and Silk Thread Rabbit stopped Saheltar Union agents from detonating Poor Man’s Roses and returned to Meteor City after killing the captured spies. Saheltar Union and the other V5 states began planning diplomatic pressure, while Netero assigned Pariston to represent the Hunter Association in talks about Meteor City.

• Square Face activated a Poor Man’s Rose, but Golden Ring used Dimensional Transfer to contain it before it could explode.
• Silk Thread Rabbit removed another agent captain’s heart along with his Rose, killed him, and ordered her soldiers to read the captured agents’ memories before disposing of them.
• Silk Thread Rabbit, Golden Ring, and the others returned to Meteor City headquarters after dealing with the spying agents.
• President Bill and Hoover discussed the failed Saheltar Union investigation and decided to send Meteor City an official diplomatic note while preparing further measures.
• The other V5 states planned diplomatic pressure on Meteor City, with Minbo Republic, Gugantyu Kingdom, and Oukima Federation also considering involving the Hunter Association.
• Netero told Pariston to represent the Hunter Association in V5 talks, and Pariston accepted while warning he might act against Netero’s wishes.

Delegations from V5, Kakin, and the Hunter Association arrived in Banks City for a symposium with Meteor City. Meteor City’s representatives revealed that the Elder Council had been overthrown and the Human Innovation Alliance now controlled the city, leaving the other factions to prepare for the meeting.

• Wang Gao accepted V5’s invitation and named Bamboo Rat, Angus, and White Cut Chicken as part of Meteor City’s delegation.
• Camilla arrived in Banks City for Kakin, followed by Pariston and delegations from several V5 nations, while Meteor City’s arrival was delayed until evening.
• Bamboo Rat’s intimidating aura froze the Saheltar reception party when Meteor City’s delegation disembarked.
• Camilla and Pariston watched the airport and wondered why Meteor City’s airship bore the name Human Reform League in Chinese characters.
• Bamboo Rat gave the Saheltar official a document announcing that the Elder Council had fallen and the Human Innovation Alliance now controlled Meteor City.
• Hoover briefed the other V5 delegation heads in a closed-door meeting, while Camilla and Pariston anticipated the next day’s symposium.

The Human Reform League and V5 clashed at a symposium over Meteor City’s garbage-disposal fees. After the League demonstrated its strength, Bamboo Rat demanded a fivefold increase, leaving V5 to weigh the far higher cost of handling its own waste.

• Wang Gao and Bamboo Rat arrived with the Human Reform League delegation, and Angus raised their seats above V5’s.
• Bamboo Rat, Angus, and White Cut Chicken unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out many attendees and shattering the conference hall’s windows.
• White Cut Chicken sealed three Hunters’ Aura and bound Pariston with a shadow, then overwhelmed him with pressure until Hoover stopped the confrontation.
• After the meeting began, Bamboo Rat presented the League’s proposal to raise garbage-disposal fees to five times the previous rate, and refused to negotiate.
• V5 calculated that processing its own garbage would require a huge infrastructure investment and cost more than ten times the previous annual fees.

The Human Reform League rejected V5 and Kakin’s pressure to accept a fivefold garbage processing fee, and Wang Gao declared war on the Saheltar Union after the talks collapsed. The declaration stunned Camilla and Pariston while the V5 delegates mocked it, and news of the war spread across the Hunter World.

• Bamboo Rat used maps of the continents, ocean currents, and trade winds to show that V5 and Kakin had few viable alternatives to Meteor City for garbage disposal.
• Hoover threatened Bamboo Rat, but Wang Gao condemned V5’s arrogance and warned that its power could not justify its contempt for others.
• Wang Gao refused to force the proposed fee and compensation for 1,500 years of pollution control, then left the conference with the Human Reform League delegation.
• Hoover unfolded Wang Gao’s note and discovered that the Human Innovation Alliance had declared war on the Saheltar Union.
• The V5 delegates laughed at the declaration, while Camilla doubted the matter was simple and Pariston privately welcomed the prospect of war.
• The failed talks and declaration of war sparked public discussion across the Hunter World.

Pariston questioned Camilla about Kakin’s intentions, while the Human Reform League’s war declaration against Sahelta triggered global maneuvering. Beyond and Kaikoniku then considered whether Wang Gao’s claims implied he had lived for centuries or possessed knowledge of the Outer World.

• Pariston visited Camilla on Banks Island, probed Kakin’s plans and Beyond’s presence, and warned that events could turn the world upside down.
• News spread that V5 and Kakin would not intervene, while Begrose, Oukima, and Kakin secretly prepared supplies and weapons to reinforce Meteor City.
• Cow Brother told Netero that Wang Gao had declared war on Sahelta after Hoover rejected the Human Reform League’s demands for waste fees and pollution remediation costs.
• Beyond analyzed Wang Gao’s statement and reasoned that he might personally have destroyed a thousand-year empire 359 years earlier.
• Kaikoniku asked whether humans could live that long, and Beyond suggested the Outer World might hold a way to extend life.

After V5's diplomatic talks failed, the Human Reform League mobilized its forces to invade Sahelta. The chapter ended as Sahelta's western bases examined unexploded missiles, unaware that disaster was already spreading aboard a warship.

• After V5's diplomatic note arrived, Wang Gao ordered Bamboo Rat to begin the war plan, and Meteor City mobilized a 4.55-million-strong Vanguard Army.
• Bamboo Rat's commanders organized three army groups, a Nen Legion, and an Airborne Army Group to attack Sahelta and its ally Maple Leaf Country along several routes.
• Dongpo and Silk Thread Rabbit brought the Third Army Group's submarine fleet into the Sargasso Sea and launched nanomissiles at Sahelta's western coast.
• Powell ordered Sahelta's Third Fleet to combat readiness after radar detected unidentified vessels and missiles struck western military installations.
• Captain Bacar reported that the missiles had not exploded, while Sahelta's engineers and Nen soldiers approached one aboard the flagship Yorknew, unaware that disaster was spreading.

Silvery-gray mist disabled the Sa Army’s power, weapons, and other equipment throughout the port. A Human Reform League robot army then descended through a Space Gate and overwhelmed the base’s soldiers and Nen ability users, leaving the Sa Army’s defeat all but certain.

• The Yorknew and equipment across the port and base lost power, while missile launch systems, radar, vehicles, and backup generators also failed.
• Jack’s reconnaissance squad used a Nen ability to view the past and discovered silvery-gray mist around the malfunctioning equipment.
• A Space Gate opened above the base, releasing Human Reform League Combat Robots that attacked the helpless Sa Army forces.
• Jack fired Aura at the robots, but their memory-material armor repaired itself, and the machines coordinated attacks against the Nen ability users.
• Invisible spider robots shocked Jack, while a laser killed a Nen special forces soldier; the robot legion defeated the Sa Army’s resistance.

Dongpo’s forces crushed Sahelta’s defenders at the Marine Base, where Commander Powell surrendered to prevent further casualties. The Human Reform League’s rapid expansion continued as officers reported advances across Sahelta’s coastal regions.

• The Nen Special Forces and Commander Powell’s officers struggled against the Combat Robots until Powell ordered them to stop fighting.
• Dongpo offered safe treatment and supplies to surrendering soldiers, and Powell agreed to urge the base troops to cooperate.
• Silk Thread Rabbit and several Human Reform League officers arrived through Space Gates, shocking Sahelta’s Nen soldiers and Powell.
• Silk Thread Rabbit reported that the West Blue coastal region was under preliminary control and that one million troops were stabilizing the occupied areas.
• Dongpo received reports that the First Army Group had occupied Maple Leaf Country and advanced toward Sahelta’s East Coast, while the Second Army Group prepared to advance toward the Hudson Bay coast.

Saheltar’s leaders learned that the Human Reform League had launched a sudden invasion, rapidly cutting off military commands and occupying territory. Hoover appealed to the other powers for support, leaving the V5 and Kakin representatives alarmed by the League’s strength.

• Hoover told President Bill that Saheltar and its allies planned to deal with Meteor City and the Human Reform League ahead of schedule.
• Victor reported that five unknown fleets had appeared in the Sargasso Sea and that Saheltar’s Third Fleet and several western bases had lost contact.
• Victor received reports that the Human Reform League had conquered Maple Leaf Country, entered Emerald City, taken control of Nunavut, and cut off Eastern and Southern Commands.
• Bill contacted Hoover to ask the other V5 nations, Kakin, and the Hunter Association for aid while Victor took charge of Saheltar’s war response.
• Pariston told Camilla that Saheltar’s east, south, and west had fallen, then joined her at Hoover’s meeting with the other powers.
• Hoover asked the gathered representatives to support Saheltar, and they feared the Human Reform League’s growing power.

As Sahelta prepared to defend Columbus City, the Human Reform League used Space Gates to release Nanobots across the capital. Tony, Erik, and Rogers tried to counter the attack, but Wulong Tea sent a second wave of mysterious glass containers toward the city.

• Victor contracted Sahelta’s defensive lines while the Vanguard Army began its next phase of attacks across the north and center.
• Rogers gathered Nen experts in the Black Palace, where Tony and Schmidt pledged their organizations’ support for Sahelta.
• The bald Nen user detected objects appearing throughout Columbus City, and surveillance showed metal canisters falling through Space Gates as air-raid sirens sounded.
• The bald man discovered tiny robots pouring from the canisters, while Erik’s magnetic control and Tony’s attempt to manipulate the Nanobots failed to stop them.
• Wulong Tea spotted Erik, Tony, and the others through airship satellites and sent glass containers holding dark green objects through new Space Gates.

Wulong Tea unleashed Mimics that copied the Nen abilities of Sahelta’s fighters, overwhelming them as the creatures adapted to Tony’s radiation weapons. With Tony captured and the Mimics growing stronger, the battlefield fell into despair, and Red Skull Schmidt fled.

• The Mimics copied Bruce’s Angry Hulk ability and the Nen abilities of Rogers and the other fighters, while Nanobots crippled Columbus City’s machinery and electricity.
• Tony and the bald old man used Rose Bomb missiles and Nen restraint to kill dozens of Mimics with radiation.
• Wulong Tea activated the Mimics’ soul systems and Collective Evolution Mode, allowing them to adapt to radiation and revive.
• The Mimics became immune to the Rose Bomb’s radiation and gained the ability to use multiple Nen abilities.
• A Mimic tore open Tony’s armor, implanted a controller in his chest, and disabled his Nen ability.
• As the fighters faced the seemingly unstoppable Mimics, Red Skull Schmidt used Dimensional Jump to escape.

The Human Reform League overwhelmed Sahelta, capturing its leaders and securing Columbus City while the Vanguard Army continued its advance. Schmidt escaped to Banks City, where he began reporting Sahelta’s collapse to Hoover, the V5 delegates, Camilla, and Pariston.

• Schmidt fled as the Mimics defeated Sahelta’s Nen users, severely injuring Erik and capturing the bald old man and others.
• Nanobots and Mimics captured Bill and other Sahelta officials, while robots poured into Columbus City and the Vanguard Army contained attempted self-detonations.
• Wulong Tea ordered soldiers to secure hospitals, and Sahelta’s central region fell as the Vanguard Army prepared to clear the remaining resistance.
• V5, Kakin, and the Hunter Association suspected Sahelta had fallen after their calls to Bill went unanswered.
• Schmidt escaped across the Euroubian Continent to Banks Island, then met Hoover in Banks City and prepared to explain Sahelta’s situation to the gathered leaders.

Schmidt briefed the gathered representatives on how the Human Reform League had overwhelmed Sahelta with spatial gates, destructive micro-robots, and monsters that copied Nen abilities and survived Rose poison. The representatives abandoned plans to aid Sahelta and began preparing to unite against the League, while Hoover and Schmidt organized Sahelta citizens in exile.

• Schmidt estimated that the Human Reform League had taken control of Sahelta after Columbus City fell and described fleeing from its forces.
• Schmidt explained that the League used spatial abilities to open hundreds of Space Gates and deploy robots and weapons across Sahelta.
• Schmidt said tiny robots could dismantle metal and plastic, though Erik's magnetism and Tony's technology could counter them.
• Schmidt revealed that monsters from walnuts copied Nen abilities, spread those copied abilities among themselves, and survived massive doses of Rose poison.
• Hoover and the other representatives sent the intelligence to their factions, whose leaders called emergency meetings to prepare for the Human Reform League.
• Hoover and Schmidt contacted Sahelta citizens outside their homeland and established a temporary organization in exile.

The Human Reform League’s takeover of Sahelta, the Maple Leaf Country, and Nunavut sent the world into panic and pushed powerful groups into urgent meetings. Zeno learned that his wife was imprisoned in Meteor City and agreed to attend a meeting about defending against the League for a fee of fifty billion Geni.

• Gon and Mito watched breaking news announce that the Human Reform League had taken over Sahelta, the Maple Leaf Country, and Nunavut.
• People around the world panicked and rushed to stock up on supplies as governments and the Hunter Association held closed-door meetings.
• Gotoh told Zeno and the Zoldyck Family that the League controlled Meteor City and that Zeno’s wife had been captured and imprisoned in Hell.
• Netero called Zeno to offer the Zoldyck Family fifty billion Geni to attend a meeting on defending against the Human Reform League.
• Zeno accepted the meeting offer after weighing the payment and the limited commitment it required.

Kakin’s king and princes responded to the Human Reform League’s sudden rise by preparing an alliance with V5, a vast self-destruction network, and an escape route to the New World. Wang Gao learned of Kakin’s preparations and examined powerful New World items recovered from Sahelta.

• King Kaikoniku gathered Kakin’s ministers, adult princes, and Beyond to discuss how to face the Human Reform League.
• Chorai warned that V5 could not match the Human Reform League, and strategic assessments confirmed the enormous gap between them.
• Beyond proposed uniting with V5, linking Kakin’s nuclear weapons and power plants to self-destruction systems, and accelerating construction of the Whale Ship.
• Kaikoniku ordered Kakin to install the self-destruction devices, while Beyond warned him to protect them from miniature robots.
• Skynet Agents detected Kakin’s preparations, and Wang Gao dismissed them as futile before inspecting special items brought from Sahelta’s New World expeditions.

The New V5 secretly strengthened its defenses and prepared an escape to the New World as the Human Reform League consolidated its control over Sahelta and neighboring territory. Wang Gao prioritized analyzing the Hunter Universe’s rules and identified the Zoldyck Family and Kakin as the next targets for obtaining New World specimens.

• Begrose, Gugantyu, Minbo, and Oukima followed Kakin’s example by preparing self-destruct devices and transport ships, while the New V5 announced a closer strategic alliance in Manila City.
• The Human Reform League integrated Sahelta, Maple, and Nunavut as Wang Gao redirected scientists to study the Hunter Universe’s rules and estimated that their analysis would take another 8.6 years.
• Wang Gao concluded that Sahelta’s records and samples made further V5 targets less urgent, and he focused on Kakin’s parasitic insect eggs and the Zoldyck Family’s Forbidden Child.
• The New V5 secretly expanded production of nuclear weapons and Rose Bombs, studied countermeasures to the Human Reform League’s technology, and signed an escape plan and revised Imaginary New Continent treaty on January 5, 1996.

After three years of studying the Hunter Universe’s rules, Wang Gao prepared an expedition to the Zoldyck Family to obtain more samples and advance the Human Reform League’s research. The chapter left the League’s growing, widely empowered society contrasted with V5’s entrenched restrictions as the investigation team set out.

• Wang Gao, Vegapunk, Wulong Tea, and the other researchers analyzed nearly all the Hunter Universe’s rules, but the remaining fraction still blocked key technologies.
• Wang Gao told Vegapunk that the team would soon obtain Human World samples and invited him to visit the Zoldyck Family.
• Wang Gao formed the Anomalous Affairs Investigation Team with Vegapunk, Wulong Tea, Enel, and Violet.
• Meteor City had grown into a major, domed city in the Human Reform League’s territory, where nanobots and forbidden zones deterred outsiders and spies.
• The Human Reform League had made Nen ability training available to nearly all citizens over sixteen, while V5 continued to restrict it and preserve its social hierarchy.

Ging Freecss joined Cow Brother and Chopper on a visit to Meteor City, where he explored the Human Reform League’s orderly society and its unusual shops. The chapter ended with Ging sitting down to try the Poisonous Cuisine restaurant despite the chef’s warning that the food could poison him.

• Ging Freecss met Cow Brother and Chopper at Meteor City’s harbor, and the three traveled together to the city.
• Cow Brother explained that the Human Reform League’s residents could use every type of Nen ability, surprising Ging.
• The group toured Meteor City, where Ging noticed the city’s mix of freedom and order and learned that visitors wore identity wristbands.
• Ging touched an electric mouse at Pet House and was shocked, while the salesperson explained that overseas tourists were not served there.
• Chopper spotted Menchi at Food City, and Ging entered the Poisonous Cuisine shop after noticing creatures from the New World on display.
• The chef warned Ging, Chopper, and Cow Brother that the restaurant would not be responsible if they were poisoned, and Ging agreed to proceed.