Chapter Summaries

Biscuit briefed the Greed Island team on the Ancient Labyrinth and outlined negotiations with Chairman Netero to protect their freedom and continue exploring the Dark Continent. Gelman planned to return to the labyrinth after the talks, while the team prepared for either outcome of the negotiations.

• Biscuit described the team's battles in the Ancient Labyrinth and said Shubika would study the All-Curing Herb after Gelman tested it.
• Biscuit said she, Menchi, and Buhara would secretly meet Chairman Netero, warning Gelman that V5 might detain them and control his Teleport Lantern.
• Biscuit proposed that Chairman Netero secretly support their exploration and negotiate with V5 to lift the ban on Dark Continent expeditions.
• List gave Biscuit Ging's Blue Planet card, and she summoned the jewel and admired it.
• Gelman said he would return to the Ancient Labyrinth after the negotiations and named two possible teams depending on whether Biscuit, Menchi, and Buhara were detained.

Gelman proposed broad changes to Greed Island, and the administrators debated how to update the game. Doon, List, Ida, and Elena ultimately supported the plan, leaving the administrators with an initial consensus to reform Greed Island.

• Gelman explained that Shubika would focus on researching the All-Curing Herb, while Abengane and the others would stay to support Greed Island and the Dark Continent expedition.
• Leol abstained from the decision, saying he would keep doing his job regardless of what Greed Island became.
• List opposed the update at first, while Doon asked Gelman to explain his plans for the game.
• Gelman proposed changes to card progression, player combat, red-named players, and side quests, prompting Doon to support the update and argue that Greed Island needed reform.
• Doon proposed temporarily removing players from the game during the update and preserving their data, then offering returning veterans perks.
• List changed his vote to support the update, and Ida and Elena also voted in favor, giving the administrators an initial consensus.

Gelman oversaw Greed Island’s coming changes while reflecting on how his presence had altered the paths of people he knew. Biscuit reported that negotiations over the All-Curing Herb had basically succeeded, pending a small condition from Chairman Netero.

• Gelman and Leol discussed their roles and the possibility that Gelman might one day have to manage people more troublesome than death-row inmates.
• Gelman killed two pirates who provoked him, establishing his authority among Leol’s crew.
• Doon and List recruited Abengane to help with Greed Island’s work while Gelman waited for Biscuit’s response.
• Gelman considered how Kurapika, Wing, Chikyū, Kite, Sheila, Hisoka, Illumi, and the Phantom Troupe had fared since their paths changed.
• Biscuit called Gelman on October 3 and confirmed that negotiations had basically succeeded, subject to a small condition from Chairman Netero.

Granny Lin Nie arrived at Greed Island with her medical staff and was introduced to Gelman and the assembled Administrators. She warned Gelman about her deadly past, then joked that she was only there as an advisor, while privately noting his readiness to fight her.

• Granny Lin Nie arrived on Greed Island with Biscuit, Menchi, Buhara, and four medical staff members.
• The assembled Hunters greeted Granny Lin Nie, who remained silent until she asked to see Gelman.
• Granny Lin Nie examined Gelman and warned him that her wrinkles represented powerful rivals she had killed, advising him to heed her.
• Menchi explained that Granny Lin Nie had been an undefeated World Cooking Tournament champion, and Granny Lin Nie laughed off her threat as a joke.
• Granny Lin Nie privately recognized that Gelman had matched her Nen intensity and concluded that Netero and Biscuit had given her a difficult assignment.

At Rimuru Castle, Granny Lin Nie explained why Isaac Netero was sheltering Gelman, Biscuit, and the others: their return of Hope, the All-Curing Herb, and his plans concerning Beyond. She left them with the sense that Netero was bringing their generation into the spotlight while preparing to pursue his own final purpose.

• Granny Lin Nie woke from her long silence and praised Biscuit, Gelman, Shubika, Menchi, Buhara, Abengane, and the Greed Island administrators for bringing Hope back.
• Granny Lin Nie urged Shizuku to take the Professional Hunter Exam, and Shizuku said she wanted to help Meteor City even if it meant destroying it.
• Granny Lin Nie explained that the All-Curing Herb had eased her old injuries and illnesses, and offered to manage Greed Island while Gelman and the others were away.
• Granny Lin Nie said Beyond had met with Isaac before the negotiations and that Isaac had sent the Twelve Zodiacs away instead of keeping them to stop looming schemes.
• Granny Lin Nie concluded that Isaac was relying on the association’s honest members and the group as Hope, while letting their generation grow and pursuing something personal in his final years.

Granny Lin Nie served the group food made with her Nen ability, causing everyone who ate it to gain weight overnight. She explained that exercise would turn the extra fat into lasting physical improvements, then announced she would keep feeding Gelman until his upcoming Dark Continent departure.

• Biscuit and Shizuku wrestled Gelman while Granny Lin Nie and the chefs brought out dinner.
• Everyone praised Granny Lin Nie’s cooking and ate their fill.
• The next morning, Gelman, Biscuit, and the others discovered they had gained weight, and Biscuit was horrified by how little Magical Beautician Miss Cookie helped.
• Granny Lin Nie revealed that her Nen ability, Transmutation: Excessive Nutrition Cooking, caused the swelling and that strenuous exercise would convert the fat into small improvements to their bodies.
• Granny Lin Nie told Gelman she would cook all his meals until October 8, except for dinner on the seventh, and warned that anyone who failed to exercise enough would stay fat for at least a week.

Gelman, Biscuit, Shizuku, and Menchi set off for the Dark Continent after completing Granny Lin Nie’s training, then returned to the tower five days later. Ging greeted them and asked Gelman to tell him what had happened on Greed Island.

• Granny Lin Nie encouraged Gelman, Biscuit, Shizuku, and Menchi before they used the Lantern to depart for the Dark Continent.
• Ging explored the Ancient Labyrinth by day and waited at the tower’s Teleportation Point each night for the squad to return.
• Five days later, the Lantern brought Gelman, Biscuit, Shizuku, and Menchi back to the tower, where Ging confirmed they were all right.
• Ging asked Gelman whether he would rest first or explain what had happened on Greed Island.

Ging and Gelman discussed Chairman Netero’s situation and explored the Ancient Labyrinth, where Ging had mapped new areas and planned to continue Don Freecss’s work. The chapter ended with Ging explaining that Parasitic Plant Weapons were sacrificing themselves to revive the Painful Bloodthirsty Apostle, possibly inspiring the historical practice of bloodletting.

• Gelman told Ging, Biscuit, Menchi, and Shizuku about recent events on Greed Island, including Granny Lin Nie’s arrival and Chairman Netero’s situation.
• Ging and Gelman agreed to respect Chairman Netero’s wishes and not interfere unless he called for help.
• Ging said he had mapped unexplored areas and intended to complete Don Freecss’s Journey to the New World: Eastern Volume Fragment and write a guide to the Dark Continent.
• The group ate Menchi’s fresh breakfast, then Ging and Gelman bathed at the bottom of the tower.
• Ging showed Gelman Parasitic Plant Weapons entering the sea of blood and dissolving, and explained that their sacrifice would likely revive the Painful Bloodthirsty Apostle.
• Ging connected the Ancient Labyrinth’s ecosystem to the Plague Doctors’ bloodletting treatment for the Black Death.

Gelman and the group reviewed the dangers of Undead Disease and planned to carry All-Curing Herb Potion while avoiding infected areas. He revealed that eleven Teleport Lanterns were linked without cooldown, but their travel cost was unknown and could involve encountering disasters inside Pandora’s Box.

• Gelman compared Undead Disease with Plant Weapon and explained that the disease had one unchanging form, low contagiousness, and dangerous territory-dependent effects.
• Ging showed Don Freecss’s map of scattered Undead Disease zones and warned that its two- or three-hundred-year-old markings might no longer be accurate.
• Ging said the group should carry All-Curing Herb Potion, with most of their supply stored in Shizuku’s Evil Tenderfoot.
• Gelman explained that eleven Teleport Lanterns, including the one in the Ancient Labyrinth Tower, were connected and could be used without a cooldown.
• Gelman compared the Lanterns’ unknown travel cost to the Wall Breaker’s teleportation and warned that the other linked Lanterns were likely inside Pandora’s Box, where dangerous creatures or disasters could await them.

Gelman, Ging, Biscuit, and Shizuku teleported to the gray-white wilderness to investigate the Undead Disease, while Menchi remained behind in the Labyrinth. Gelman suffered a severe coughing disease from teleporting between Special Lanterns, recovered with an All-Curing Herb potion, and prepared to return for Menchi.

• Menchi accepted the risk of staying behind while Gelman and the others traveled to the wilderness.
• Gelman and the others used the Labyrinth's Teleport Lantern and arrived in a gray-white desert without being attacked.
• Gelman discovered that teleporting had given him the Off Target trait and Severe Coughing disease, which made him cough uncontrollably.
• Shizuku injected Gelman with an All-Curing Herb potion, clearing the disease and stopping his coughing.
• Gelman explained the teleportation cost to the others, then lit the lantern to return to the Labyrinth and bring Menchi over.

Gelman and Menchi returned to the Ash White Desert, where Gelman revealed his new Negative Traits before the group climbed out of the pit. A sudden sandstorm forced them to regroup with Ging and follow him toward shelter.

• Gelman told Biscuit he had gained the Negative Traits Death Phobia and Perfectionism, and Biscuit warned him to use Breath of the Archangel if he was badly injured.
• Gelman, Biscuit, Shizuku, and Menchi climbed out of the pit and prepared for the gray-white desert conditions.
• A violent sandstorm struck, so the group put on protective gear and struggled through the dust toward Ging.
• Gelman sensed Ging nearby, and the group found him through the storm.
• Ging said he had passed a huge rock that blocked the wind and led the group toward it for shelter.

Gelman Squad crossed the Wilderness after a sandstorm and encountered a Thunder Dragon animated by the Undead Disease. They continued past other wandering Undying Behemoths and hurried to find shelter before nightfall.

• Ging led Gelman Squad through the sandstorm to shelter beneath a boulder, and Shizuku used Evil Tenderfoot to remove the sand from everyone.
• Ging studied Don Freecss’s map, and the squad agreed to follow routes that avoided major Undead Disease zones while dealing with scattered threats as they came.
• Ging spotted a huge creature, and the squad saw a wounded Thunder Dragon whose body regenerated despite its soul being gone.
• Gelman explained that the Undead Disease made empty husks regenerate and wander, so the squad avoided wasting time fighting them.
• Gelman Squad crossed the open ground among more wandering Undying Behemoths and searched for a place to rest before dark.

The Gelman Squad settled into a cave for the night in the Dark Continent, taking precautions against the Undead Disease and using Sleep Girl cards so they could stay awake. With dawn ten hours away, Biscuit gathered the team to pass the night playing cards, while Ging recorded their discoveries.

• Ging checked the cave's surroundings with En and reported that everything outside was normal.
• Gelman and the others injected themselves with All-Curing Herb Potion, following Shubika's advice to guard against infection.
• Biscuit summoned five Sleep Girls to sleep in place of the team while the members stayed awake on watch.
• Menchi proposed playing cards, and Ging chose to organize his Wilderness Anecdotes instead.
• Biscuit and Shizuku pulled Gelman away from his music and insisted that he join their card game.

Gelman Squad watched a nighttime procession of Undead Disease Giant Beasts and discovered a human-shaped infected creature among them. As Gelman proposed catching it to learn its identity, an eerie chill and wailing swept through the darkness.

• Gelman lost every round of cards against Biscuit, Menchi, and Shizuku.
• Gelman Squad sensed approaching Undead Disease Giant Beasts and watched them march past their cave without attacking.
• Biscuit, Menchi, and Ging speculated about the beasts’ origins as they photographed and recorded the procession.
• Shizuku spotted a small human-shaped creature among the beasts, and a mammoth crushed it before it regenerated and kept walking.
• Gelman suggested catching the creature to identify it, but a sudden chill and repeated wails came from the darkness.

Gelman and the others fought off the wraiths that swarmed them after nightfall, while the All-Curing Herb Potion protected them from the cold and disease. The wraiths then fled toward the aurora-like glow in the direction of the giant beasts, and the group stopped to rest before pursuing them.

• Wraiths emerged from their lairs and attacked Gelman and the others, bringing cold and the Undead Disease.
• Gelman coated his Meat Saw with Nen Energy and repeatedly shattered the wraiths, while the All-Curing Herb Potion helped him resist their effects.
• The wraiths reassembled after being destroyed, then abruptly fled toward the procession of giant beasts and a strange gray-white glow.
• Shizuku and Menchi felt dazed and mentally strained, while Ging and Biscuit were affected less.
• Biscuit explained that Gelman was accustomed to such trials of will, and the group decided to rest before heading toward the glow.

Gelman and the others rested in a cave while they waited for dawn and discussed possible Greed Island cards. Ging revealed that Breath of the Archangel was based on Gon's late mother's Nen ability, leaving the group silent.

• Gelman decided the group should rest until dawn before Biscuit treated Shizuku and Menchi for pressure, and Menchi shared desserts while Biscuit summoned Fragrant Hair Girl.
• Shizuku found Elder's Energy Enhancement Potion, prompting Biscuit and Ging to explain its suggestive wording and how the card had been designed.
• Biscuit, Shizuku, Menchi, and Gelman shared ideas for cards they would design, while Ging explained that Doon and List were creating new cards.
• Ging revealed that he had suggested Breath of the Archangel, which was based on his wife's Nen ability, and explained that he had told Leol to heal Gon with it if Gon failed to reach him.
• Gelman drew Breath of the Archangel and looked at the golden-haired woman pictured on the card, who was probably modeled after Gon's mother.

The Gelman Squad found the Disease Spreader surrounded by Walking Dead and learned that it consumed Evil Spirit Remnants while vulnerable. As the gray-white aurora returned and the plant began absorbing them, the group realized they needed to act before it finished charging.

• The Gelman Squad left the cave and found the Walking Dead gathered around the Disease Spreader, blocking their path.
• Ging explained that the Disease Spreader turned souls into Evil Spirit Remnants and bodies into Walking Dead, and that it was vulnerable while consuming the spirits.
• Ging reasoned that the gray-white aurora signaled the Disease Spreader absorbing Evil Spirit Remnants and preparing to unleash its power.
• Gelman spotted the aurora returning as Evil Spirit Remnants swirled into the Disease Spreader's tumors.
• Ging warned that the Disease Spreader would become strongest once its tumors had grown enough, urging the squad to hurry.

Gelman, Ging, Biscuit, Shizuku, and Menchi injected Shubika's Vanilla Potion before beginning their assault on the ring of Walking Dead. Ging, Biscuit, Shizuku, and Menchi drew the monsters' attention while Gelman approached the Disease Spreader unseen.

• Gelman, Ging, Biscuit, Shizuku, and Menchi injected another dose of Shubika's Vanilla Potion and approached the Walking Dead.
• Gelman split from the others and quietly moved through the giant beasts, finding the remains of a human whose body had been trampled the night before.
• Gelman attacked a Walking Dead with his Meat Saw, but its severed halves regenerated and rejoined.
• Ging fired a powerful Wave Cannon that shattered a unicorn pig and pierced several giant beasts, drawing the Disease Spreader's attention.
• Biscuit transformed into her enormous form and struck down a charging Sabertooth Tiger as Ging, Shizuku, and Menchi fought the Walking Dead.
• Ging, Biscuit, Shizuku, and Menchi lured the Walking Dead into trampling their regenerating remains while Gelman detoured toward the Disease Spreader.

Gelman attacked Disease Spreader during its recharge, severing its foot and drawing its attention, but its Water Element Nen Bullet swept him into a flood. The Ominous Undead rescued him and fought through the giant beasts as the team closed in, and Shizuku swallowed and redirected Disease Spreader’s Fire Element Nen Bullet with her transformed ability.

• Disease Spreader fired a Wind Element Nen Bullet at the four-person team, while Gelman rushed toward it and learned that it had to recharge between attacks.
• Gelman used Drawing Slash to cut down the giant beasts around Disease Spreader and sever its left foot, causing it to topple and stop absorbing Evil Spirit Remnants.
• Disease Spreader fired a Water Element Nen Bullet at Gelman, who split part of the torrent with Drawing Slash before the flood swept him away.
• The Ominous Undead rescued Gelman and charged through the giant beasts toward Disease Spreader.
• Disease Spreader fired a Fire Element Nen Bullet at the Ominous Undead, which deflected the pillar toward Shizuku.
• Shizuku used her transformed Evil Tenderfoot to swallow the fire and redirect it with Evil Tenderfoot Reflection.

Biscuit, Menchi, Shizuku, and Gelman fought Disease Spreader until Ging arrived and destroyed its foot, triggering its second phase and a cataclysmic upheaval. Gelman unleashed Chaos Roar, which killed Disease Spreader before attacking Ging; after its blast, the transformation ended and Gelman fell into the ruined ground.

• Evil Tenderfoot reflected Disease Spreader's flames, clearing the Walking Dead as Biscuit, Menchi, Gelman, and Shizuku pressed the attack.
• Ging arrived and struck Disease Spreader's right foot with a Spiral Nen Bullet, causing it to enter its second phase and unleash Heaven and Earth Upheaval.
• Biscuit rescued Menchi while Ging's attack was blocked, and Gelman transformed into Chaos Roar and tore through Disease Spreader's elemental barrier.
• Chaos Roar pinned Disease Spreader and destroyed its core, burying it deep underground.
• Chaos Roar turned on Ging, who escaped its blast by launching himself into the air with a Nen Bullet.
• Chaos Roar shrank and vanished, while Gelman fell into the churned ground.