Chapter Summaries

Gelman, Shizuku, and Kurapika escaped the Fourth Prince’s residence after confronting Tserriednich, while Molena later found him dead in a staged scene marked with the Phantom Troupe’s symbol. The story left Molena unsure whether the symbol was a frame-up or a confession.

• Tserriednich tried to bargain with Kurapika and the others, but Gelman said they had five minutes and left the hidden room.
• Kurapika revealed his scarlet eyes and bound Tserriednich as he taunted him for being afraid.
• Gelman, Shizuku, and Kurapika reunited with Biscuit outside the residence, then joined Sheila in a car and drove away.
• Sheila explained how her Nen ability, Accumulated Good Fortune, had distracted nearby police officers with a robbery.
• Molena entered the Fourth Prince’s hidden room and found Tserriednich dead, mutilated, and marked with a twelve-legged spider symbol.

Shira and Biscuit rejoined Gelman, Kurapika, and Shizuku as the group traveled toward a Kakin port to escape by illegal passenger ship. Kurapika spotted two vans following them as they drove through the desert.

• Shira saw a news report about the Fourth Prince's disappearance and worried about the assassination plan she had joined.
• Shira met Biscuit, who compared a wary black cat to Gelman and explained that its aloof look made her want to cuddle it.
• Biscuit and Shira returned to the jeep, where Gelman, Kurapika, and Shizuku were waiting, and Kurapika drove the group toward a port city.
• Shira noticed that Gelman's eyes briefly resembled the black cat's as the group headed for the Europian Continent on a black ship.
• Kurapika spotted two vans following the jeep through the desert.

Kurapika’s group was intercepted on the highway by Beyond and Xiyou, who wanted to meet Gelman and learn how he had reached the Dark Continent. Biscuit stepped forward to handle the tense encounter, but Beyond’s forceful presence left even her momentarily overwhelmed.

• Kurapika noticed two vans following the jeep, and Gelman recognized Xiyou when he called for them to pull over.
• The vans boxed in the jeep, forcing Kurapika to stop beside the road as Beyond and his uniformed companions confronted the group.
• Beyond invited Gelman’s group to a nearby base and asked how they had reached the Dark Continent and returned safely.
• Biscuit stepped in front of Gelman and confronted Beyond, who praised her rebelliousness and compared their defiance of Netero.
• Biscuit felt Beyond’s presence stir her admiration for Netero and found herself almost overwhelmed by it.

Beyond confronted Biscuit, Gelman, and the others, demanding Kurapika’s methods and a price for resolving the Kakin royal family’s grievance over Tserriednich’s death. He declared that he would obtain both the Kakin Empire’s methods and Gelman’s, leaving the group facing a threat they could not simply walk away from.

• Biscuit refused Beyond’s invitation to talk privately and insisted they discuss matters where they stood.
• Beyond observed Gelman’s readiness to fight, and Xiyou and Mihail imagined several ways Gelman could defeat them.
• Beyond revealed that he knew Kurapika had killed Fourth Prince Tserriednich and taken an interest in the Hokage Eye, and said the Kakin royal family expected compensation.
• Beyond said he had waited half a century for the Kakin Empire’s methods and Gelman’s, and vowed to take both by force if necessary.
• Beyond’s thoughts suggested he intended to extract Gelman’s methods and use Kurapika, Shizuku, or Sheila to satisfy the Kakin royal family.

Beyond demanded that Gelman surrender Kurapika, Shira, and Shizuku as scapegoats to secure cooperation with the Kakin royal family and the mercenaries. Gelman refused, offered a different bargain, and used his Teleport Lantern to make Beyond’s group retreat, but neither side resolved the standoff.

• Beyond proposed handing Kurapika and Shira to the Kakin royal family and Shizuku to Mihail’s mercenaries.
• Beyond’s group moved to seize the three, but Biscuit stepped in and refused to surrender them.
• Gelman offered three other scapegoats and information about his travel to the Dark Continent, while warning that his team would resist if Beyond refused.
• Gelman revealed that his travel method was his Nen ability and summoned the Teleport Lantern, causing Beyond, Xiyou, and Mihail to dodge the Messenger Imps.
• Gelman’s group did not teleport, and he recognized that the Lantern’s conditions and the danger of leaving one teammate behind made escape too risky.

Gelman’s group faced Beyond’s forces until Ging Freecss and Kite arrived, changing the balance and helping Ging and Gelman reach an agreement. Ging offered Beyond a chance to withdraw rather than risk a fight, and Beyond dismissed his giant apparition after hearing him out.

• Mihail ordered the mercenaries to fire on Gelman, while Biscuit hurled a jeep to shield him and disrupt the attack.
• Beyond summoned a giant apparition wielding a guandao and prepared to fight as Gelman assigned opponents and Sheila prayed for help.
• A battered car arrived carrying Ging Freecss and Kite, and Ging agreed to help Gelman’s group escape in exchange for a route to the Dark Continent.
• Ging rejected Beyond’s invitation to work together against Netero and proposed that both groups leave without fighting.
• Beyond challenged Ging’s claim that his side would reach the Dark Continent first, then withdrew the giant apparition.

Ging explained that Chairman Netero had secretly provided information to draw him toward Gelman and Beyond’s failed negotiations. Biscuit concluded Netero was allowing the group to pursue the Dark Continent on a strict deadline, provided they returned with hope rather than calamity.

• Ging told the others that he and Kite had deliberately searched for them after finding a notebook about Gelman, the Dark Continent, and his negotiations with Beyond.
• Ging reasoned that the notebook’s author had extensive knowledge and resources, and had left the information because they knew he would be interested.
• Biscuit identified Chairman Netero as the person behind the notebook and said he had likely sent Ging a message instead of immediately stopping the group.
• Biscuit explained that Netero would tolerate their unauthorized mission if they safely brought back hope, but would punish them and disband the group if they brought back calamity.
• Biscuit said Netero had likely set a deadline for completing the Rank A mission before January 1999.

As Chairman Netero’s deadline put pressure on the group, Ging explained how he and Kite had searched for Gelman and proposed becoming the Stagecoach’s number two. He secured the group’s agreement with generous cash payments, Greed Island shares, and funding for their Dark Continent expedition.

• Gelman said he had already planned to conquer the Ancient Labyrinth City before the start of next year, and Ging agreed it was a suitable target.
• Ging and Kite recounted how they searched for Gelman across the Kakin Empire and met him on the way to investigate the Fourth Prince’s situation.
• Ging asked to take Biscuit’s position as the group’s number two and offered three tiers of cash compensation.
• Kurapika and Sheila accepted their payments after Gelman encouraged them, while Shizuku questioned why she had been offered only the second-tier amount.
• Ging offered Gelman, Biscuit, and Shizuku first-tier payments, shares in Greed Island, and funding for the Dark Continent expedition.
• Biscuit approved Ging’s proposal, and Gelman shook Ging’s hand to confirm their agreement.

Ging and Gelman discussed their shared plans to explore the Dark Continent and Ging explained how Greed Island might enable long-distance travel there. The group decided to connect Greed Island to Gelman’s Mansion Stronghold, with Biscuit carrying the game console back to brief the others.

• Ging told Gelman he had a damaged fragment of Don Freecss’s New World Chronicle and agreed to share his intelligence about the Dark Continent.
• Ging proposed taking the group to Greed Island, prompting Sheila to learn that it was a real island and game rather than merely a game concept.
• Ging explained that his team created Greed Island partly to establish a connection with the Dark Continent and develop reliable long-distance teleportation.
• Gelman explained Greed Island to Sheila as an open-world adventure game for Nen users, set in a real world where players collected specified cards.
• Ging planned to connect Greed Island to Gelman’s Mansion Stronghold using the game console, and Biscuit volunteered to take the console back and brief Shubika, Menchi, and Buhara.
• Ging said he would call Greed Island to arrange a private airship from the Aijin Continent, helping the group avoid continued pursuit by the Ten Dons and the Phantom Troupe.

The group settled their plans for Greed Island and their other destinations before separating from Kite and Shira. Ging then arranged private airship transport to Greed Island, with a later stop planned to take Biscuit and Kurapika to the Europian Continent.

• Kite said he had finished his assignment and would return to his team, while Shira asked to join him and he agreed.
• Biscuit planned to return to the Mansion Stronghold with the game equipment, but Shizuku chose to stay and explore Greed Island; Kurapika decided to go with Biscuit to retrieve his clan's Hokage Eyes and prepare for the Hunter Exam.
• Ging offered to teleport Kurapika near the Mansion Stronghold once the group reached Greed Island, but Shizuku still chose to explore the game first.
• Ging treated everyone to dinner, and Kite and Shira said goodbye the next morning before setting off together.
• Ging drove the remaining group to a city in the Kakin Empire, where they boarded a private airship bound for Greed Island.

Ging returned to Greed Island with Gelman and the others, where Leol challenged them over Ging’s decision to make them Game Administrators. Gelman accepted the test and faced Leol’s Nen ability, Fourteen Devils, as Leol launched a powerful Crimson Nen Bullet at him.

• Ging arrived at Greed Island with Gelman, Biscuit, Shizuku, and Kurapika, and Doon angrily confronted him for staying away for nine years.
• List guided the guests toward the castle while Ging and Doon wrestled and reconciled.
• Leol objected to Ging making the visitors Game Administrators and declared he would remove obstacles to keeping Greed Island running smoothly.
• Ging said Leol was testing Gelman, and Gelman agreed to fight him.
• Leol summoned eight of his Fourteen Devils, and Gelman destroyed the three that attacked him first.
• Leol and five devils launched a fast, erratic Crimson Nen Bullet toward Gelman.

Germain defeated Leol in a Greed Island duel, then agreed to recruit Abengane after the Ten Dons withdrew their bounty. Biscuit and Kurapika met Abengane on the Europian Continent, and Biscuit explained that Germain’s repeated killings had made him seem terrifying to outsiders; she planned to bring Abengane back to the hideout the next morning.

• Germain dodged Leol’s Crimson Nen Bullet and subdued him, earning the Greed Island team’s trust.
• Ging explained that Leol’s challenge and Germain’s quick victory would serve as an endorsement among the team, and the group celebrated at a castle banquet.
• Abengane told Germain that the Ten Dons had withdrawn his bounty again and asked to join his team; Germain accepted and asked Biscuit to collect him.
• Ging used his Administrator permissions to teleport Biscuit and Kurapika to the Europian Continent, where they watched for danger before meeting Abengane.
• Kurapika’s lie detection confirmed Abengane meant no harm, and Biscuit told Germain that his record of killing people in seven of the past ten months had made him seem fearsome.

Gehrman and Shizuku learned how Greed Island was built and managed, then explored several of its cities using an administrator travel card. They left the island’s layout and game systems better understood, after seeing players gather in Bounty City ahead of its monthly competition.

• Over lunch, Ging explained how Greed Island’s name came from its creators’ initials and described the team’s roles, the game’s Nen-powered systems, its quests, and its major cities.
• Doon complained that Ging had changed his English name to fit the island’s name, while Ging asked Gehrman, Biscuit, and Shizuku for their initials.
• Gehrman and Shizuku explored City Under The Castle Rimuru, where Shizuku noticed that the NPCs behaved like real people and steered visitors toward the main quest.
• Gehrman used an Administrator Exclusive Mobile Card to take Shizuku to Bounty City Andochipol, where they saw Game Players preparing for the September 15 monthly bounty competition.
• Gehrman and Shizuku visited Gambling City Durias and Magic City Mashadola, seeing where players gambled for Jenny and bought Spell Cards.

Gelman and Shizuku visited several Greed Island cities, met Leol and his death-row inmate subordinates, and learned that Love City Ai Ai’s NPCs had inexplicably ignored them. Back at Rimuru, the administrators suspected a bug but left the mystery unresolved, while Gelman arranged a custom outfit for their next exploration and drew Shizuku’s portrait.

• Gelman and Shizuku visited Magic City Mashadola and Love City Ai Ai, where no NPCs approached them or triggered romantic events.
• Gelman and Shizuku met Leol in Coastal City Shufurabi, where he introduced them to his death-row inmate subordinates as incoming administrators.
• Leol explained that his subordinates were real people serving as guards in exchange for having their death sentences waived, then stayed behind to supervise them as Gelman and Shizuku returned to Rimuru.
• At dinner, Gelman and Shizuku told Ging, Doon, and List about Love City Ai Ai; the administrators found the NPCs’ behavior strange and considered a possible bug.
• Gelman asked Ging to have a Tomb Raider Hunter Black Robe made for the next exploration, then drew a portrait of Shizuku, who kept it.

After Tserriednich’s murder became public, Xiyou questioned Beyond about why he had not exposed Gelman and Ging. Beyond explained that his real obstacle was his father, Isaac Netero, and revealed that he had spent decades seeking an opponent who could make Netero die without leaving a grudge that would keep Beyond sealed.

• News of Tserriednich’s murder spread, and Halkenburg posted a tribute vowing to pursue the killer, fueling rumors of a succession struggle.
• Xiyou told Beyond that the investigation had widened and asked why he had not identified Gelman and the others as the killers.
• Beyond explained that exposing Gelman and Ging could reveal his alliance with Kakin to the V5, but said his main goal was not serving the Kakin royal family.
• Beyond told Xiyou that Isaac Netero was his greatest enemy and that Netero had begun preparing for a future Dark Continent expedition.
• Beyond revealed that Netero’s seal could be broken through exorcism or by meeting its condition: Netero’s death.
• Beyond said he had spent nearly half a century seeking an enemy who could defeat Netero in a satisfying fight, allowing him to die without leaving a grudge that would strengthen the seal.

Beyond ordered Xiyou to prepare the Kakin Empire for the Dark Continent and keep the Twelve Zodiacs occupied, while Chrollo was left alone after Illumi departed. The next morning, Gelman and Ging prepared to receive Biscuit and the others after Shizuku delivered the Hokage Eye to Kurapika.

• Beyond told Xiyou that the Black Whale 1 was complete, outlined his plan to free himself from Netero's shackles, and ordered the Expeditionary Force to send the Twelve Zodiacs on long missions.
• Chrollo discussed Hisoka's pursuit and the Phantom Troupe's losses with Illumi, who then left to find his younger brother and return home.
• Gelman read Hisoka's messages about Illumi leaving Chrollo, then joined Ging and Shizuku for the teleportation preparations.
• Ging sent Shizuku to Kurapika with the Hokage Eye, then went to sleep while Gelman waited for the others.
• Biscuit, Shizuku, Menchi, Buhara, and Abengane arrived in the hall and found Ging asleep.

Abengane removed Gelman’s Greed trait and learned he would be paid to work with the group while keeping their Dark Continent plans secret. Biscuit then told Gelman that Kurapika had buried the recovered Kurta eyes and set out on his journey.

• Abengane completed the exorcism that removed Gelman’s Greed trait and said he needed time to recover before attempting another.
• Gelman reassured Abengane that he could work with them safely and would be well paid, and Abengane went to explore the castle.
• Biscuit explained that Ging had gone with Shubika to the Research Institute, while Menchi and Buhara were touring the castle with Shizuku.
• Biscuit told Gelman that Kurapika had made a cemetery near the Mansion Stronghold and held a funeral for the Kurta whose eyes Shizuku had returned.
• Kurapika set out on his journey after asking Biscuit to tell Gelman that he would return if needed.

Ging proposed moving the Dark Continent research and records to Greed Island, where Gelman studied Don Freecss’s New World Journey: Eastern Volume Fragment. The group chose the Ancient Labyrinth City for their next expedition and prepared a four-person team to seek the All-Curing Herb.

• Ging returned with Shubika and proposed relocating the Dark Continent materials to Greed Island and arranging rooms for research and storage.
• Biscuit agreed, and Shizuku moved the materials from the Mansion Stronghold to Greed Island while Ging, Doon, and List prepared the castle rooms.
• Gelman studied Don Freecss’s records, learning that the All-Curing Herb had cured Don’s Plant Weapon Gold Silver Ingot infection and that Don had mapped much of the Ancient Labyrinth City.
• The group decided to explore the Ancient Labyrinth City, with Gelman, Ging, Biscuit, and Shizuku forming the expedition team and Menchi, Buhara, and Shubika preparing supplies.
• The team planned to depart for the Dark Continent at eight o’clock on September 25.

Gelman explained his Nen abilities and Traits to Ging, Biscuit, and Shizuku as the group prepared for their departure from Greed Island. Ging then described his ability to learn and analyze other Nen abilities, ending with a joke about reproducing an ability by dying to it.

• Gelman reported his Nen ability, improved stats, conjured tools, and Traits to the group.
• Gelman demonstrated how his Traits activated under different conditions, and Ging asked how they worked.
• Ging explained that Hardcore Game Walkthrough enhanced his Nen learning and that Game Walkthrough Analysis let him study attacks and learn their principles.
• Ging described the limits of his analysis, especially with Specialist abilities, and speculated that dying to an ability might let him reproduce it perfectly.
• Shizuku asked how Ging would return to life, and Ging clarified that he had been joking about having a second life.

Biscuit revealed that her aura and strength were recovering, then the team discussed their Nen abilities and prepared for the Dark Continent expedition. List proposed using Greed Island cards to carry supplies, and he explained which cards might help the team and the limits on using them.

• Biscuit told Ging, Gelman, and Shizuku that her strength was returning and that she might break through her limits, then chased and kicked Ging after he called her old.
• Biscuit, Ging, Gelman, and Shizuku explained their Nen abilities and held a simulated battle to prepare for their journey in eight days.
• Menchi described how Shizuku’s Evil Tenderfoot could transport supplies but made items difficult to retrieve, and List suggested sealing supplies in Greed Island Freedom Cards.
• List explained that special rings and Grimoires could let the team use Freedom Cards outside Greed Island, while warning that many cards had limited usefulness or severe conditions.
• List identified Breath of the Archangel as a crucial healing card that could be used on each person only once, and explained that it could not heal Gon because he had already used it on his arm.